The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 24--The final
meeting Of the present city council Will
be held tomorrow night, when all old
business viii be settled, and the session.
10 doubt, viii be a lengthy one. The ma
Jority Of the present members Of the body
will not return.
Among the business scheduled to come
up for consideration viii be the petitions
from property owners on King Street,
between Lee and Fairfax Streets, and
also between Lee and Union Streets. ask
ing council that those two squares be
paved with vitrfffed brick, like that now
being laid on the square between Royal
and Fairfax Streets The merchants re-
siding on those two squares want the
work done under the th1rty-third section
of the city charter. that is that the prop
erty owners pay one-third Of the cost and
the city pays the balance. The Committee
on Streets viii make their report on the
petitions.
The question Of reducing the police force
to fifteen members may also come up
for consideration, IT is said This matter
was presented to the consideration Of
council by Mayor George L. Simpson sew
eraI weeks ago, and the plan advocated
by the mayor was to make the reduction
only in case of death, resignation, or
removal for any cause of members of the
force The matter was called Up at the
last meeting. but the committee to which
it had been referred was not ready TO
render report
The services al the various churches yes
terday were largely attended, and several
Of the pulPits were occupied by OUt-Of-
town preachers The morning services at
Christ Episcopal Church were conducted
by the Rev A. NJ Lewis, and the night
services were conducted by the Rev w
A Brown At the Methodist Episcopal
Church South the Rev J. w Dufey, Of
Washington, preached at the morning
services. and the Rev E. V REGISTER,
the pastor, occupied the pulpit at the
night services The quarterly meeting Of
the free Methodist Church was concluded
tonight The Rev. George EkinS, of
WnkesbaTTe. Pa occupied the pulpit
W. H Bouldin, of the Episcopal Theoiog-
zeal Seminary, preached this afternoon at
the Railroad Reading Rooms.
The funeral Of Alexander Page McBur-
ney. who was drowned in the Potomac on
Friday afternoon took place from the
mothers residence, ~ North Columbus
Street, this morning at 10 o'clock The
inteTmeut was private
The recently elected officers Of the Ma
sonic organizations. viii be installed to-
night, St Johns night
Under the auspices OF the local lodges
Of Odd Fellows a minstrel performance
viii be given at the Opera House next
Thursday night = large number OF local
talent viii participate and the 2lfair
promises to be quite successful
The new shirt waists for the AleXan drla
letter carriers have arrived and viii De
worn commencing tomorrow and all
through the summer season All OF the
carriers have adopted the waist
The members of the Alexandria Light
Infantry viii gi-e an excursion to River
view july 10 The company are making
active preparations for the event
The regular term OF the Alexandria
County Court. with Judge J. II Love pre-
siding met in the county courthouse this
morning
A youth named Vickers, son of Mr..
Vickers. of Mount Vernon, was struck by
\ carriage driven BY a .coIored man named
James Beale. yesterday, at thhe inter
section of King and Royal Streets The
little fellow received several bruises about
the body He received treatment at the
drug store of ". 7. Creighton.