Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRA A
Preparing Plans for the sesqui-Centennial
Celebration Next October.
Executive Committee to Meet Tonight
Annual Commence ment-
General Matters.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 127 King Street.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, June TO- 1899.
The executive committee, charged with
the duty of making preparations for the
| proposed sesqui-centennial celebration of
Alexandria, next October, and also of the
! Washington monument project, will hold
| its initial meeting at Z o'clock this evening
| in the rooms of the Business Mems League.
| Messrs. X. Kemper. NJ. B. Harlow. Chas.
| King, Clarence Leadbeater, ]. NJ. Hin, c. c.
| Carlin, Julian 7. Burke, W. A. Smoot and
| Park Agnew constitute this body, which is
empowered to appoint an advisory board of
| twenty-five members, and three committees
on the centennial monument and finance,
| Of five members each The formation of
| plans for the two matters proposed and
the discussion of methods of procedure will
| occupy the attention OF the committee this
evening. Much interest is shown in The Sc
| lection Of a site for the George Washing
ton Park" in which is to be erected the
monument. Several localities are being
proposed, and it Is understood that liberal
offers of sales will be made. Two squares
located in the northwest section of the city
are prominently mentioned.
Social and Literary Meetings.
A social and literary meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society was held last
evening in the Methodist Protestant
Church. There was a large attendance,
and the program was rendered as follows:
| Solos, by Misses Maggie Ramey, Lynch.
Lucie Graves and Mr.. Leo Chase; recita-
TONS by Miss Estelle Herbert and Mr.
Benedict Wheatley. Refreshments were
served in the lecture room
The regular monthly meeting Of the lit
erary department of the Epworth League,
NJ. E Church South, was held last night,
| large number were in attendance. Solos
We're rendered by Mrs. Grimes, Mrs. Chock-
| ley and Miss Mamie BontZ. Messrs Rob
ert Whatey and Julian Y. Williams read
papers relat TO periods in the life OF
Christ.
Annual commencement.
The closing exercises of the Alexandra
Female Institute took place yesterday even
ing at the residence of the principals, the
| Misses Greene. Many bright and happy
faces appeared among the assembled
pupils. Gold medals for excellence and
high standing in daily recitations were
awarded to Misses Dorsey, Ashton and
Leila Kearney; silver medals for excellence
to Misses Bessie Green and Katie Smoot {;
prizes of books to Misses May Hunter,
Clarinda Crupper and Matte Chilly. In the
primary department prizes to Misses Ce-
leSte Milburn, Elsie Crupper, Rebecca Len
non and Eva Crilly. The usual certificates
of distinction were awarded to many.
General Affairs.
A grand jury will be called in the cor
poration court Monday next to consider in
dictments in the case of Thomas l.. Calls
charged with feloniously appropriating
$3.50 of the funds of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, and the case of Albert
Wood, colored, charged with housebreak-
ing
In the Police Court this morning Mayor
Simpson disposed of the following cases:
Geo. Gaskins colored, charged with indie
cent conduct; fined s.. Eliza Davis, color
ed, charged with disorderly conduct; fined
$3.50 John Daley was assessed 50 on
charge OF maintaining a nuisance.
a collision between two freight trains oc-
Cured yesterday afternoon between and 3
o clock at Bush Hill, small station four
miles south of this city on the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad. The engine of a through
north bound freight bumped into station
airy caboose and was derailed, the crew es-
Gaping without serious injury. A wrecking
train was dispatched to the scene of the
accident and in a few hours the track was
cleared.
A colored man named Robert Mcknight,
while fishing from the railroad bridge at
Four-Mfle Run, was struck by an electric
car about o'clock last evening and
knocked into the stream. On being rescued
it was found that he had marvelously es-
capped serious injury.
Miss Ellen Herbert's school for small
children on North Washington street closed
for the session last evening with appro-
pirate exercises, in which the scholars took
part