Evening star., 1897-03-01
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Large Congregations Listened to Ser
mons Yesterday.
VIOLATED A PROMISE GIVEN
Assault and Robbery of a Well
Known Young Man.
q E y ERAL LOCAL NOTES
q E y ERAL LOCAL NOTES
Evening Star Bureau.
No. l2l North Washington Street.
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| Inc orleht, pretty weather of yesterday
| brought out large congregations to the
| various churches. and interesting sermons
were the order OF the day Right Rev.
John h. Newton, bishop coadjutor Of vir-
sinia. preached and administered the apos-
| tolic rite of confirmation AT 81. PauTs
| church at IL O'clock at Grace Church at
! 40 O'Clock and at old Christ Church al
| 80 o'clock. The congregations at all the
| services were large, and the confirmation
| classes of a goodly size. Rev t. W. No
| Corkie ofticialed morning and cvenin, al
lie Second Presbyterian Church. which i
| still without resident rector
| Rev Frank T. Benson Of the Methodist
| protestant church preached special ser
| mon last night on the morals Of The city.
| taking as his text is this the city men call
| the perfection of beauty. the JOY of the
| whole earth?' Mr.. Benson spoke passion
| ately of the recent upset condition of some
| OF the city affairs, and roundly scored th.
| mayor and chief OF police, while he COM
| mended Sergeant Smith i'm the highest
| terms. The press THAI had sided with i'm
| morality cam" in for a share of condemna-
| ton Mr.. Benson's sermon was listened TO
| win rdpt attention by the large congreCa-
| ton present. III. did mipcc matters
| and whenever ii became necessary did not
| fail to can black black
| The services al the railroad reading rooms
were, as usual, interesting. The services
| were conducted by students from the Nir-
sinia Theological Seminary. A; ST. Johns
| Chapel, West End Mr. Nm IA = E,ck-
| ham conducted the services last night.
| Wednesday the church enters upon the
| penitential season OF Lent, Ash Wednes-
| Gay being observed i'm the Roman Catholic
! and Episcopal churches as a day of pen
| ance and humiliation.
! In the Roman Catholic Church the ashes
from the palms used ON Palm Sunday viii
| be blessed, and the priest will sign the
! iorehcads Of the peop,c with the sign OF
| the cross, saving al the same time. Re
| member, man. that dust thou art ana unto
dust thou shalt return.
Violated the Promise.
! II was rumored on the streets Saturday
| nigh; that the Washington. Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company
would put a steam engine on its line
oetween New Alexandria and Mount Yer
non for Use in moving the large crowds
! during the inauguration of Presidrnt-el.-,t
Mckinley. The mayor heard of the matter
and Greeted Lieut.. Smith to investigate II.
| Lieut.. Smith telephoned General Ma.aGer
Abbott ard was informed that the com
/ pany was thinking about the matter, hut
would ask permission Ia run the engine
| through the city before doing SO. Tn"
mayor then directed that permission he
| granted TO have the engine go through the
streets provided it was not under steam.
| Shortly before :. o'clock yesterday morn
| ing Officers Howison and knight discovered
| headlight at the head OF King street.
| Upon investigation it proved to he engine
| l. " Is
steam, with Supt- Colvin in charge. one
of the officers boarded the engine while
| the other Tagged" it 10 the corner of King
| and Royal streets, where the breach OF
| promise reported 10 Lieut.. Smith.
| Supt. Colvin told Lieut. Smith that the
| coupling of engine to motor ear was
| almost Impossible and presented this a.
| an excuse for using steam through the
| city, though te did NOT explain why tine
dead of night was chosen the time when
the promise was TO he broken. for IL Is
hla~.a Il hat
| an engine and motor could not more easily
be coupled al night than in the daytime.
| Lieut.. Smith allowed the engine to proceed
| to New Alexandria.
| Assaulted and Robbed.
| Auburn Price a well-known young man
| of this city. found in his room at thu
residence of his sister, Mrs. William Hogan,
/ in Del Ray, SATURDAY night, with serious
| wound in his head and in semi-conscous
condition. When found he claimed that he
| had been shot. The family had gone to a
! rec. pticn and did not return home until
| II o'clock DIR. 7. Marshall Jones was
hastily summoned and upon examination
| Of the wound the doctor was under the i'm
preston that the man had not been shoi.
| but had been struck with brick. From
| what can be learned Of the affair. young
Price had been in this city Saturday night.
| and about o'clock he started to walk TO
| his sisters. where he has room. When
| about half way fe met by coiored
| men who asked him for aims. He gave
| them a nickel apiece and started on his
| way He had not gone far. however. before
| he was struck I'm the head aud he fen pros
| trate 20 the ground He managed to crawl
| TO his home, about half mile distant.
When he was found, Prices pockets HAD
| been rified and every thing of value taken.
| The police have description of the men
and every effort is being made to capture
! them. Mr.. Prices condition today IS 10.
as critical as 1T was yesterday, although
| he is not entirely out of danger
Isaac HIckley. well-h known cOlored man.
has been arrested on suspicion of being
| OF the men who assaulted Mr. Price and is
locked up at the station house. He will be
given a hearing tonight at O'Clock. The
| police expect TO have the other man behind
the bars before night.
A Small Fire Last Night.
The alarm of fire at o'clock last night
| was caused by the partial burning of the
newspaper office of the Leader" a paper
| published by Magnus l.. Robinson, on South
| St. Asaph street. The entire fire depart
| ment responded, and but for the prompt
| and efficient work of the iiremen the flames
would have done more damage. The roof
was badly burned and the building consid-
erably damaged by water. The presses and
type were removed 10 the street before
much damage was done them. The total
| less to material and building will amount
| to about $500. The fire evidently of an
| il oendiary origin. there was no fire In
| the building, and no one had entered there
during the day.
Rcinacker Lecture.
Tomorrow at noon at the Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary the fourth Reinacker lee
ture Ct the session win be delivered in
Whittle Hall by Rev. c. NJ. Meade DID,
professor in Hartford Seminary. Many
people from this city expect to attend. as
this course of lectures Is very interesting
one.
Mrs. PohImnn's Funeral.
The funeral of Mrs Maria Pohlman, wife
o. Michael Pohlman, who died at her home
on North Pitt street Saturday. took place
today at 3 o'clock from the German Luth-
eran Church. 1t was largely attended.
Dropped Dead This Morning.
Mr.. Patrick Cunningham. a well-known
dairyman, dropped dead I'm the office of the
Alexandria House, corner of Prince and
ST. Asaph streets, this morning. The de-
ceased had been delivering milk in the city,
as usual. sll the morning. and when he ar
rived at the Alexandria House he went
into the office. He had hardly gotten inside .