The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-13
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

] ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. ia large
number Of cases of diphtheria and typhoid
fever are now in the city. and the health
authorities are taking every precautiou
! 70 prevent the spread Of the diseases. The
cases seem to be confined mostly to young
children. The system now in vogue. re-
Gently adopted by DR.. German, President
/ Of the Health Board, IS TO have the at
tending physician notify him, and he sub
Tnits the case and designates the place 10
the police. who in turn placard the house
where the disease exists a record is also
kept by the health officer and the police
department Under this system. after the
patient has recovered. the house is thor
oughiy fumiSated with foTmaIdchydc gas.
/ The attention Of the police was directed
10 case on the north side Of Upper
. King Street, between West and Payne
Streets, this morning. where a case Of
diphJheria existed and the child after
ward died and the occupants Of the house
sold some articles Of furniture 10 a sec
oud hand dealer. on Cameron Street. be
fore the house had been fumigated Tn.
dealer who purchased the furniture il is
said. claimed that the house had been
fumigated. ana that the report was spread
by a rival dealer.
Yesterday morning Lieutenant Smith
visited the house in question. and the mo-
thCr Of the child stated that the house had
not been fumigat,d. but that the furni-
ture which had been sold 10 the dealer
was not i'm use, and the reason for sell
ing Il was that IL occupied TOO much room
and they had no use for it, The Iieuten-
ant notified the woman that her husband
could get one Of the fumigatiug lamps az
the police station by calling there.
This the husband did. and the house was
thoroughly fumigated 10 prevent q furth-
~ spread Of the disease The furniture
dealer. II is understood. viii also have the
purchased articles fumigatcd. The Occu-
pants of the house were not aware Of the
danger attached 10 dispCsiug Of the furui-
ture before the house had been fumigat-
%. The police. in conjunction with the
health board. are .ery active iu their
Work Of having the disease kept down as
much as possible
on Thursday next the annual confer
euce Of the Free Methodist Church. en-
braciug the churches of that deuom:ua-
tion extending from Windsor, y. Y. 10
this city, will convene in the old First
Presbyterian Church, on South Fairfax
Street, between Duke and Wolfe Streets.
Bishop O. W Cole. Of New York. viii
preside, and it is expected that about FOR
~ ministers will be present. together with
r. lnl ~ hummer u Ky AHatEaAtS- i ne
conference will DC concluded on Sunday
evening
The work Of assigning pastors 20 the
various charges and looking after the diff
ferlnt branches Of church work within
the borders Of the conference Will be- con
sId,rCd- The business session Will com
mence every morning at 9 %. clock, and IN
the afternoons there viii be- preaching
The Rev. John Cavanaugh Is pastor Of
tho local church
The quarterly inspection Of the city Jail
was made yesterday morning by DR.. W.
r. FUTgIs. and MessTs. T.. r. TayIOr and
C. W Moore, Jail inspectors They re
port that they found that institution in
about the same condition as when they
last inspected IT, Some time ago they
recommended the jail 10 be given gen
cTal oN"rhaullug- The rooms from which
some prisoners recently escaped have
not vet been rcuairrd At present There
ar. thirteen prisoners in the jaii-fiyC
white and eight coIoTed-
The funeral Of the late Mrs. Elizabeth
EoNbuTy, widow Of Jacob RoXbgry.
whose death occurred on Monday last
took place at o'clock yesterday after
noon from her late residence 100 Prince
Street. and was attended by q large num-
Der of friends and relatives. The ser
vices were conducted by the Rev. j. H.
). Ewell, Of the German Lutheran
Church, assisted Dy the Rev. T. V Reg
ester. Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South The intermeHt was made in the
Methodist Protestant Cemetery. The fol-
l'.sltlE were the btllitfstIf IS AltS$T- ID.
Harry Appich. NJ +. Harlow. Roherf
Prcttyman. John Bockham, and Harry
HantZmOu.
Miss Eva Taylor, daughter Of stephen
Taylor. and Abram Smythe. weIl-kH0wu
young people, were quietly married al \
O'Clock last night AT the residence Of the
brides parents. southeast corner OF Fitt
and Queen Streets. The ceremony u9s
performed by the Rev. +. j. Brooke OF
the Second Presbyterian Church After
the ceremony Mir and Mrs. Smvtbe Ieft
on "A bridal tour for Atlanta Ca and
upon their return Will reside in this civ
The groom Is employed In the machine
shops Of the Southern Railway Company
IN this city
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