The evening times., 1900-03-20
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA,
Arrangements Made for the Meth.
odist Episcopal Conferences.


| ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 20.-Prepa-
I rations have been completed by the mem
bers of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal
/ Church for entertaining the Virginia Con.
ference OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
on March p. The conference will be pre-
sided over by Bishop John F. Hurst, and
will last six days. 1t is expected that there
will be about seventy-fi delegates pres
ent from the State and several from West
Virginia
This convention will elect delegates and
lay delegates TO the Methodist Convention
at Chicago and will appoint successor to
Rev. n. B. Masters, who is now pastor OF
Trinity Church, but in a few days will
leave for his new charge in Florida. A
printed programme for the six days ser
vices has been prepared which is as fol-
lows:
Wednesday at T:30 p m. anniversary of
the Church Extension Society. Address by
Rev. J. NJ. King, DID,, of New York.
Thursday morning at 8 o'clock the confer
ence will convene in regular business ses-
sion At o'clock the Woman's Home Mis-
sion Society anniversary will be observed,
and at I:30 p. m services will mark the
afniyersafy of the Conference Missionary
Society.
The address on this occasion will be de-
iyere1 by ihe Rev. A. ]. Palmer, ID. D..
OF Nsry &prk.. The business session for Fri
day VIII begin at-g a. m. The anniversary
of the Ronhan's Foreign Missionary Society
win 'be held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
and af f:S0 O'Clock Rev. L. S. A. Heavener
will deliver the missionary sermon. Ser
vices commerative of the anniversary CT the
Conference Education Society will be held
at S:l5 O'Clock, Rev. w. L. Mcdowell, DID,,
delivering the address.
After the business session Saturday Rev
G. E. Ackerman, ID. D., of Chattanooga
will deliver a lecture on .'Mormanism I'm
veiled," The anniversary of the Freed
mems Aid Southern Education Society will
take place at 80 O'Clock p. IN. Rev. ".
II. ". Rees ID. D., of Cincinnati. will ad-
dress this society. The conference love
feast will be held Saturday morning, at
$3.50 o'clock. Following this, at IL o'clock,
Bishop Hurst will deliver a sermon. At
O'Clock in the afternoon the annual ordi-
nation Will take place, followed by preach
ing at the regular evening hour. A busi-
ness session will be held Monday morning
and thereafter, until the business of the
conference is concluded.
4 writ of habeas corpus has been
granted by the Court Of Appeals in Rich
mond in the case of W. Frank Lambert,
AsSislduJ NdSnler OF the Citizens Nation
al Bank of this city who. as reported in
The Times, was arrested here on Friday
last for refusing to give Louis Barley,
the Commissioner of Valuation for this
city, information concerning deposits in
the aboye-named bank As stated the
defendant was arTaigned before Mayor
George l.. Simpson, who fined him the
minimum penalty for the offence. which
is $50. He refused TO pay the fine. and
was held technically in custody pending
the decision of the Court of Appeals The
papers in the case are made returnable
on Monday next The defendant is repre-
sented by Attorneys Francis /. Smith and
Anthony Armstrong.
The funeral of the late Henry Entwisle,
whose death occurred Sunday. took place
at 1890 O'Clock this morning from St
Pauls Episcopal Church The funeral
services were conducted by the Rev. p.
7. Phillips. and the nterment was in Ivy
Hill Cemetery. The funeral was largely
attended, the relief Hook and Ladder
Truck Company, of which deceased was a
member. attending in a body
The funeral of the late Mrs Elizabeth
Mumford. whose death occurred Sunday,
took place this morning from st. Marys
Catholic Church. The funeral services
were conducted by the Rev. ]. H Cutler.
and the interment was in Bethel Gene 4
terry.
The Agricultural and Industrial Fair /
Association of Northern Virginia met here /
this afternoon