Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-08
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Union Services to Be Held During the Week
of Prayer.
Case of William Craig, Charged With
Felonious AssnuIt-General and
Personal News.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. T0f King Street,
Bell Talanhnna No 1lS

| Bell Telephone No. 1O6,
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, January s. 1900.
| The week of union prayer services, OBJ
| served by the Methodist. Baptist and Pres
| byterian congregations, will open this even
| ing, at 1:3O O'Clock with a meeting In the
| First Baptist Church. Rev. T. P. Revelle
| OF the Methodist Protestant Church will
ofhciate the subject being, "Prayerful Con-
| fession The services tomorrow evening
will be held in Trinity NJ E. Church, Rev.
j. II. Butler pastor of the Baptist Church,
preaching on the theme, 1.-The Church Uni
versal' Wednesday evening the services
| will be held in the Second PRESBYTERIAN
Church and the speaker is yet to be sup
| piled. The subject Of discourse for that
evening will be Nations and Their
| Rulers
The NJ. E. Church South has been Sc
! iected Tor the services Thursday evening.
! and Key. N. B. Masters of Trinity Church
| Will deliver sermon on Families and
schools The series will be closed Friday
evening with sermon on Foreign Mis-
sions, delivered by Rev. E. V. Register of
Protestant Church
The regular weekly prayer meetings and
young peoples meetings In the churches
participating in the union services will not
| be held this week.
Case Referred to Grand Jury.
The case of William Craig, a young col
ored man, charged with felonious assault
| was sent to the grand jury by Mayor Simp-
son in the police court this morning, Es
telle Lucas, also coored, being the alleged
victim.
Lucas woman last night at the corner of
Oronoco and Henry streets and assaulted
ner with knife, infiicting one cut across
the face, one just under the heart and an
other across the left hip each one of which
is an ugly wound. Craig stated in court
this morning that the woman had cursed
and abused him, and that he finally used
his pocket knife to subdue her.
The woman stated that the instrument
| used was table knife, and the appearance
OF her wounds seemed to substantiate her
assertion. Craig could not furnish bond for
his appearance in the corporation court, so
he was sent to jail to await a hearing.
Other cases before the mayor were as fol-
lows: Walker Washington, colored, charged
with being drunk and disorderly in the
street, was put a diet of bread and wa
ter at police headquarters. James Cole
man and Joseph Green, both colored,
charged with shooting crap, had their cases
continued until tomorrow morning
Church Services.
Large congregations attended all of the
churches yesterday and most of the resi-
dent clergymen OBLIGATED. Special services
were held at the Free Methodist Church,
where a quarterly meeting was in progress.
The pulpit of the Second Presbyterian
Church, from which Rev j. E. Thacker
lately resigned, was occupied by Rev T. J.
Broake, ID, and in the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church Rev. NJ. Schroeder of Wash
ington officiated. This church is also with
out permanent pastor.
It is understood congregational meeting
will be held shortly and a call extended to
clergyman who formerly occupied the
pulpit.
Rev. DIR. Forrest officiated at St Paul's
Church in the morning service.
Prisoner Conveyed to Leesburg.
Richard Andrew Lee Thompson, colored
who was brought here Saturday night and
lodged in the station house, under charge
of numbering Town Sergeant Seaton of
Middleburg, Loudoun county, was removed
to Leesburg yesterday morning, in custody
of Sheriff Russell. During the time Thomp-
son was here he talked freely about the
murder, asserting that he had nothing to
do with it, and could be Of no use to the
I.oudoun county authorities except as a
witness. Officer Atkinson escorted the pris-
oner as far as Alexandra Junction, where
Sheriff Russell took him in charge.
General Notes of Interest.
The January term of the corpora ton
court, Judge ]. K NJ. Norton presiding
opened this morning. A grand jury was
empaneled to consider the case of Thomas
TIlsey, colored. charged with the murder of
near the Stone bridge, and the case of John
Dogan. colored, charged with burgIarizing
the grocery store of Mr. Norton Entwisle.
Dogan is now under Indictment for the rob-
berry of $40 from the person of Lee Wright.
Mr.. Charles Entwisle reported to the po-
lice that his grocery store, at the corner
of Princess and Columbus streets, had been
entered at an early hour yesterday morn
ing and about 81 in cash stolen. A large
plate glass window on the Columbus street
side was found smashed, showing how the
entrance was effected.
Funeral services over the remains of Miss
May Sisson, whose death occurred Saturday
morning, took place yesterday afternoon at
st. Marys Church. Rev. H. ]. Cutler Off
ciated, and the interment was made in ST.
Mary'S cemetery.
The annual meeting Of the Independent
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Fairfax
county was held in this city this afternoon,
and the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: James w. Roberts,
president; c. Lucas, secretary; Walter Rob-
erts, treasurer. The executive committee
composed of James w. Roberts, John
Ballinger and Charles +. Wilson. The
board of directors elected was composed as
follows: E. J. Nichols. H. C. Dodge. John
Ballinger, c. F. wilkins j. w. Roberts,
Geo. B. Ives, William Fl. May, Oskar Baker,
DR.. E. S. Detwiler, NJ. NJ. Sadley, NJ d.
Hall, c. C. CLANCY, Geo. L. Kenyon.