Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-09
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Early Decision Expected in Case at Issue
Between City and Railway.
Matter Argued Before the Court of
AppeHls-Genernl and Per-
sORal News.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. March 0. 1900.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 701 King Street.
Bell Telephone No 10S.

Corporation Attorney Gardner l.. Boothe
and Attorney James r. Cation have returned
from Richmond. where before the Virginia
court of appeals they argued the case be-
tween the Washington, Alexandra and
Mount Vernon Railroad Company and the
city council of Alexa ndria. Mr.. Boothe rep
resented the city and Mr.. Cation the rail-
road company. This case was appealed
from Judge Nicors circuit court in this
city. The city council of Alexandria brought
suit against the above named railroad COM
pany to compel it to lay new and improved
rails on King street. \ decision in the court
Of appeals, it is said. may be looked for in
the course of a week.
Special Mission Services.
Mission services will be conducted at ST.
Pauls Episcopal Church from the 18th to
the 18th Of this month inclusive. Rev. Mel
son P. Dame Of Winchester, Va. will con-
duct the services, which will be held as fol-
lows: Week days. short service and address,
al IL o'clock am: Bible reading at 800
O'Clock pm; mission service and preaching
at 30 o'clock PM. except Saturday: holy
communion on Thursdays, at 1::s0 O'Clock
am; Sundays. holy communion and adj
dress at 30 o clock am; morning PRAYER
Htany and sermon at II o'clock am: ser
vice for men only at $3.50 o'clock pm. and
mission service and preaching at 7:3O
oc-ock pm.
Police Court Docket.
Mayor George l.. Simpson disposed of the
following cases in the police court this
morning: Florence Knight, eolored. charged
with disorderly conduct, was dismissed. The
charge of disorderly conduct against John
Johnson also colored. was sustained and
John was assessed So. Charles Baltimore
coloreG. charged with stealing box of CT
gars from Frank Baltimore was fined 50.
County Supervisors Meeting.
The board of supervisors for Alexandria
county Will hold meeting at the new
county court house on Fort Myer Heights
Monday next. when the proposition sub
mitted by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany for a final settlement OF the suit in
volvfng the old Washington and Alexan-
drria turnpike. leading from the south end
OF Long bridge to this city, will receive at
tention. The necessary legislation for a
complete settlement of the matter has been
passed.
General and Personal.
Funeral services over the remains of Mr.
Benjamin F. Goods, whose death occurred
Wednesday. took place this afternoon. con-
Quoted by Rev. T. p. Revelle of the Meth
odist Protestant Church. Interment was
made in the Methodist Protestant cemetery.
The funeral of Mr.. Lewis T. Hellmuth.
who died Tuesday. took place this morning
from the late residence of the deceased, No.
80 South Fairfax street. Rev Father ii.
j. Cutler of st. Mary's Church conducted
the services and the interment was in St
MaryS cemetery.
The remains Of Mrs. Title Rust. who died
IN Washington yesterday morning, will be
brought here this evening for interr1en-
The burial will probably take place tomor-
row Deceased was the wife of Capt NJ T.
Rust, who formerly lived with his family
in this city.
Cards have been issued for the marriage
of Miss jamie Belle McCracken, daughter
OF Mr.. George McCracken, to Mr. James H
Myers. in this city Wednesday, Marcn H.
The literary department of the Epworth
League, NJ. +. Church South, will hold It's
regular monthly meeting in the lecture
room of the church this evening at 40
o'clock. A special musical and literary pro-
gram has been prepared, the subject being
Shepherds of the Bible
Rev. S. A. Johns of Washington delivered
q special Lenttn sermon al Christ Episco-
pal Church last night. The next of the
a, Barr, DID. the 18th instant. Rev. w
NJ Dame, D., will preach March % and
the sermon April ) will be delivered by
Rev. w. NJ. Clark
Rev. bergman Green will preach in S.
Pauls Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va
occupied by Rev. S. A, Wallis of the Theo-
logical Seminary.
The Arlington Pleasure Club has written
Mayor Simpson a letter oCmplimentinE Off
GERS knight and Roberts for the efficient
manner in which they kept order al social
entertainment recently given at Scnule;''s
Hall by the club
Surveyors are at work laying off an ex-
tensive plot for a new cemetery near CO.
lumbia pike in Alexandria county.