The times., 1901-06-10
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, June 9.-The Columbia Steam
Fire Engine Company have about perfected ar
rangements for their trip to Westminster, Nd,
on next Wednesday morning to attend the an
nual meeting of the Maryland State Firemen's
Association, which meets in that city. The
members Of the Columbia Company will hold a
meeting in their house tomorrow night when
final arrangements viii be made.
The members of the company viii leave their
engine house Wednesday morning at 7:S0 o'clock
and march in A body to the Pennsylvania depot,
where they viii take the o'clock train for
Westminster. 1t is expected that about fifty
members viii go, and they will all be Uniform
ed. They viii be accompanied by drum corps
of fourteen pieces 1t is expected that several
members Of other companies, together with a
number OF friends of the company, will go with
them. The members of the company will be
quarteGed at the Albion Hotel, in Westminster.
The company have secured SPECIAL rates for those
who intend to accompany them. The committee
having charge OF the trip has perfected all ar
rangements for entertaining the members, and
il IS expected that the trip viii be a very pleas
ant one. On account OF the Hydraulian engine
being out Of service the members Will not take
their engine. but they are very desirOus OF doing
so, as at every place where they have gone
they have always succeeded in carrying ell
the first prize The members of the company
will enter the contest for the company which
has the best appearance in line, for which there
is a prize OF SO offered. They VIII return home
Thursday night.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Alex
andria County board OF supervisors viii be held
in the court house, Fort Nver Heights, to-
morrow morning. This viii be the last meeting
Of this board, at the recent election the
present supervisors were not reelected. It is
expected that considerable Old business viii come
up for consideration The new supervisors VIII
be installed July l.
The Ancient order Of Hibernians held their
regular semi-monthy meeting this afternoon in
St Marys Hall and elected the following Of
fctrs TO serve tor the ensuing year: +. VI. Bir-
rell. President; VI. Creegan, Vice President; NJ.
j. Mcfarland, Recording Secretary; James T.
Patterson Financial Secretary; w H. Sweeney,
Treasurer; Charles +. Dowuoy, Scrgcant-at- Arms;
James Bennett Sentinel, and the Rev. H. J.
Cutler Chaplain.
The funeral OF Mrs. Virginia \. Miner. whose
death occurred Friday last, took place at
o'clock this afternoon from the residence of Mrs.
Mary G. Windsor. coz Cameron Street. The
funeral services were conducted by the Rev Ber-
ryman Green, OF Christ Episcopal Church, and
in the Methodist Protestant Cemetery The fol-
lowing were the paIbearers: X. Kemper c.
William Ramsay. ". 4. SmOot, T. ". Robinson,
George Wise, and Edgar Love- Of Washington.
The remains OF Mrs. Thomas W. MeeSs, whose
death occurred Saturday afternoon, were this
morning forwarded TO Oak Ridge. Va, for in
terment
The new church known as the Crawford Mem
orial at Lewis Chapel, Lorton, in Fairfax
County which was recently completed was to-
day dedicated with appropriate exercises. The
dedication sermon delivered by the Rev. T.
lN.er, of the Methodist Episcopal Church