The times., 1898-11-05
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.
Funeral of the Mother of Gen. Fits
hugh Gee.

Funeral of the Mother Of Gen. Fitx-
hugh Ise.
Alexandria. Nov. kpe funeral services
over the remains of Ms. Anne Maria Lee.
reiict of Commodore sydney Smith Lee.
and mother of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. were
held shortly after noon today In Christ
Church. The church was well filled with
citizens of Alexandria and community.
The train bearing the remains reached
the Fayette Street Station at noon, and
the casket was placed in a hearse and
conveyed to Old Christ Church. where.
in 1888, Mamie Mason was wed to Lieut..
Sydney Smith Lee. The services of the
Episcopal Church ~conducted by Rev.
Bergman Green, and the choir was under
the direction of Miss Katharine Stuart.
The interment was In the family lot in
Christ Church cemetery. where lie the
remains of Commodore Lee, and Capt.
Smith Lee and Henry Lee. two of her
sons. The honorary pall-bearers were John
W. Errke. Col. Arthur Herbert Capt.
Herbert Bryant, Capt r. F. Knox, L. NJ.
Blackford. Capt 8. : B., Davis. Capt. X.
kemper. The active pall-bearers were
Lawrence Stabler. Charles S. Taylor.
Murray Nj. Davis. w. F. Brookes, John
Nj. Johnson. r. +, Lee. Samuel G. Brent
and Hubert Snowden.
The floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful. Among those who attended
the funeral were Gen, Fitzhugh Lee, Mai
John Lee. Capt. d. NJ. Lee, r. C. Lee
Gen &. w. c. Lee. and Maj Robert f,
Mason
The case of the city council against the
Washington. Alexandria and Mt Vernon
! Electric Railway. mandamus to compel
the company to pave between its tracks
ana to lay grooved rail on the street
TO be improved, was argued before Judge
| Nlcol. at Manassas. today.
Major Arthur Snowden, who entered
!. the volunteer service and was appointed
surgeon-in-chief Of the army In Porte
Rico. has received an honorable dis.
| charge.
Mrs. John p. ,Agnew and family have
returned from their Summer home, neal
Accotink, in Fairfax County.
The school board of this city are con.
! sidering the abvisability of introducing ir
the public schools the American system
OF music. The cost Of introducing the
system. it is said, would be compIratiyey J
! small, and 1t is claimed that there would
be no expense for special teachers. The
matter is In the hands of the committee
on studies and discipline.
Scarlet fever was reported tocay at No
4l4 South Fairfax Street and at No. 92;
Oronoco Street.
The remains OF Mrs. Rebecca Sutton
were brought here today from Washing
| ton and Inferred in the Union Cemetery.
Quarterly meeting services were begun
in the Free Methodist Church, on South
Lee Street, tonight. The services will be
continued tomorrow night and all day
Sunday. Presiding Elder j. w. Tamblyr
is in attendance.
The Central High School eleven. OF
Washington, will meet the Episcopal
High School team on, the grounds of the
latter tomorrow. 1t will be athletic day
for the local schools
A convention of the Christian Ends avo
Societies of Alexandria County will b,
held at Ballston Presbyterian Church to
morrow.
The funeral of L Workman. eldest sol
of Peyton S. Wortmah, of Del Ray. tool
place this morning. Young Workman die.
of typhoid fever.
Travel on the Mt. Vernon electric roat
was delayed foS time today BY th'
derailing of COACH at King and Wash
ington Streets.
A trainload os horses left St. Asapl
last night, destined for Huntsville, Ala
Louis Brils entertained a number of hi
/ friends tonight at an oyster roast