Evening star., 1901-09-12
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
FREE METHADIsTs ARRANGING FOR
ANNUAL CONFERENCES.
Many Entries for the Manassas Horse
Sh0w-Gcneral and Personal
News Down the River.
Evening Star Bureau.
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Bell Telephone, No 1O6.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. September Il. 1901.
The annual conference of the Free Meth
odist Church, embracing the churches of
that denomination in the territory extend
ing from Windsor N. Y, to this city, will
begin Wednesday, the 18th instant, in the
old First Presbyterian Church on South
Fairfax street. The session will last until
the evening of the following Sunday. About
forty ministers are expected and there will
probably be as many lay delegates in at
tendance. The presiding bishop will be
Rev. G. w. Cole Of New York
The usual business OF assigning pastors
to charges and looking after the various
branches of church work within the bor-
ders of the conference will come before
the body. The business sessions will be
held in the mornings. commencing at
O'Clock, and there will be preaching in the
afternoon and evening OF each day during
the session. Rev. John Cavanaugh Is the
pastor in charge of the local church.
Manassas Horse show.
Arrangements have been perfected for the
annual exhibit of the Prince William Horse
mems Association at Manassas next Tues
day and Wednesday. and the event prom
ises to be the best ever held at that place
The entries are larger than ever before.
many well-known animals being included
In the list Courtland H. Smith of this city
has fifty-three entries Among the exhibit
ors will be horsemen from Washington,
Baltimore, Richmond and throughout the
state. A novel feature of this year $
show will be hunt teams. polo ponies. Ia
dies driving horses and unicorn teams.
Company Incorporated.
Judge Norton in the corporation court,
has granted charter to the Columbia Sup
<I,n nf xzrhfo foh iS fn
deal In patents, etc. The sum Of $4,000 is
named as the capital stock. The officers
are D. s. Fletcher, president: James F.
Tufts, vice PRESIDENT W. s. Matthews.
secretary, and Hiram Buckingham. treas
urer. Messrs. w. F. Warner and j. NJ
McClintock, in addition to the officers, con-
stitute the board of directors. An amend
ment was made in the charter of the Kuhn
Formaldehyde Generator Company where
by the company was permitted to increase
its capital stock to $5O0.0O0.
General and Personal.
Mr.. Thomas Merryman, venerable resi-
dent OF the third ward, died last night at
his home, No. TO North Columbus street
Deceased was about seventy-three years OF
age. He is survived by widow and sew
eral grown children. The funeral will take
place Saturday afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth NJ Rox-
ing, took place this afternoon from the
family residence. No. 1107 Prince street.
The services were conducted Jointly by Rev.
]. H. 8. Ewell of the Methodist Protestant
Church and Rev. f. V. REGISTER Of the NJ.
E. Church South. Interment was made in
the Methodist Protestant cemetery.
Judge Norton Of the corporation court has
appointed w. B. Dulaney administrator OF
the estate of the late Thomas E. Dulaney.
Edward Dixon. Boyd McGee. George Nick
ems. Robert Thompson and Samuel Ross
were appointed appraisers.
Miss Hattie Selecman of Occoquan has
been appointed sponsor to represent this
district at the meeting of the State Grand
Camp, Confederate Veterans to be held in
Petersburg October %.
The eleventh anniversary Of Alexandria
Council, No. 33 Jr o. L. A. NJ, will be
celebrated with appropriate exercises at
Lannon's Opera House Thursday evening
next.
Commonwealth Attorney Leonard Mar
bury. who has been spending the summer
at the Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Va, has
returned to this city.
literary meeting under the auspices of
the Epworth League, NJ. E. Church South,
will be held in the lecture room of the
church tomorrow evening Several inter-
esting papers will be read.