Evening star., 1899-10-06
Last Days Session Of Woman's
Christian Temperance Convention.
RESULT OF THE ELECTION HELD TODAY
Completing Arrangements for City's
Sesqui-Centennial Celebration.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
Evening Star Bureau,
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l A<o. fvl Ming StTett,
Bell Telephone No. 1O6.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 6, 1899.
The last days session of the annual state
! convention. Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union which met here Tuesday last opened
| this morning at 8 o'clock with the usual
| meeting of the executive committee in the
| Methodist Protestant Church. At 10 o'clock
| the convention proper was called to order
by Mrs Howard NJ. Hoge, the presiding
| officer. A short devotional exercise preced-
| ed the reading of the minutes for yester-
day afternoons session. A report from the
executive committee followed. and then the
| convention proceeded to elect officers, re-
| sulting as follows:
| President, Mrs. Howard NJ. Hoge of
Loudoun; corresponding secretary, Miss
Laura Kern of Richmond: recording sec
| retary Mrs. w. D. Southall of Norfolk;
treasurer, Mrs. E. B. Clements of Cen
| tralia.
| The vice presidents and other officers will
| be elected this afternoon.
The afternoon session was largely taken
up with hearing reports from various COM
mittees, and with the transaction of unfin-
| ished business. The committee resolu
| tions made its report. embodying thanks
| to the people of this city and of the vari-
Gus churches, especially. for kind and hos
pitable treatment since the convention as
sembled.
The evening session will open at 8 o'clock
with devotional exercises held in the large
auditorium Of Trinity NJ E. Church. Rev.
| j. Ernest Thacker Of the Second Presbyte-
rian Church will officiate. grand gold
medal contest will follow, and the presen-
| tation of banners Will bring the convention
to close.
Meeting of Columbia Fire Company.
A largely attended business meeting of
| the Columbia fire engine company was held
| last night The part which the company is
| to take in the sesqui-centennial celebration
was the principal topic of discussion. 1t
was determined to meet at the engine house
| at l o'clock the 18th instant and be ready
| to go on the street at 80 with the entire
engine house apparatus. A drum corps,
| headed by Drum Major William c. Wilkin-
son of Washington. will escort the fire.
| men. feature of the meeting the pre-
sentation of large and handsome United
States flag to the company by Mr.. Robert
c. Lee of Prince William county After
the transaction Of business smoker was
enjoyed. -
District Commissioners Invited.
A committee. consisting of DR.. William
NJ. Smith, chairman of the sesqul-centen-
nial parade committee: Messrs. c. c. Car
| lin and NJ. B. Harlow, will call on the Dis
| trict Commissioners in Washington this
| afternoon and invite them to visit AIexan-
| dra on the date of the celebration. An in
vitation will also be extended to the Wash
letter was received this morning at
sesqqi-cent tennial headquarters from Major
| Jackson commanding officer at Fort Myer.
! stating that arrangements had been made
for bringing troops to this city to partici
pate in the parade. 1T is expected that
nearly 300 Red Men from Washington will
| be in line.
Police Court Proceedings.
In the police court this morning Mayor
of he
Walter Posey. charged with assaulting
John Vented; dismissed. the complainant
| withdrawing the warrant. James Jordon
was arraigned the charge of being a
suspicious character. The prisoner admit
ted having been in trouble with the Wash
ington police recently, and said he was
sent out of that city yesterday. He wish
ed to reach Norfolk and the mayor ordered
| that he be kept until tonight, and then put
abe ard the Norfolk steamer, the authorities
at his destination being in the meantime
notified. An aged woman giving her name
as Mary DCnkiE was next brought into the
dock. She said she was tramping from
Loudoun to a point in Fairfax and the
mayor ordered her release.
General and Personal.
Mary A. Robinson, the venerable mother
of Rev. R. B. Robinson and Magnus L.
Robinson, well-known colored educators of
this city died last night. The funeral serv-
ices will be held at o'clock Sunday after
noon at Roberts Chapel.
The funeral Of Carl E. Furrer, the aged
gentleman who died yesterday at the resi-
| dence of his daughter. Mrs. c. Bohrans,
| will take place Sunday afternoon at 2
| o'clock.
| The marriage of Miss Susie A. Lucas to
Mr. H. L. Bogden, which took place We'd
nesday evening at the residence of j. s.
| Garrison. in West End, has just been
nounced Rev. A. w. Graves of1ciated.
| The couple will reside in Washington.
The funeral of William Dernnon, a for
mer resident, who died in Washington Wed
| nesday evening, will take place here to-
morrow afternoon.