Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-16
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CLOSING SESSION bF THE JOINT
EPwoRrH LEAGUE CONFERENCE.
Effort Of Maryland Hospital to Regain
Possession of an Alleged Insane
Murderer Abandohed.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. October 1e, 1902.
The joint conference of the Washington
District Epworth League, NJ E. Church
South, and the Epworth League Union of
Washington and vicinity, which opened In
the Washington Street Southern Methodist
Church Tuesday evening. closed last night
with conservation services, conducted by
Rev. DR.. Frank L.. Day of the West WASH
ington Church. Rev. H. A. Beach of Falls
Church was reelected president and DR..
Thaddeus P Bell of Washington was elect
ed secretary. Rev. F. ]. Prettyman, pastor
of Mount Vernon Place Church, Washing
ton, delivered an interesting lecture on
"The Epworth League and Old-time Reli-
gion." Several of those present took the
opportunity afforded for an expression of
their views under the head Of What Have
1 Gained From the Conference?' The place
of meeting for the conference next year
was not decided but will be arranged later
by the executive committee.
Klein Case Abandoned.
Messrs Machen and Moncure of this city.
associate counsel for the Maryland Hospital
for the Insane in the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings instituted before Judge Love in
the Alexandria county court with view
of regaining the custody of George Klein.
the alleged insane murderer who escaped
from the hospital September Is, have re-
ceived letter from Attorney Morris A. So
per of Baltimore, counsel for the hospital,
in which he states that the directors Of the
institution have abandoned the purpose Of
carrying an appeal from Judge Loves deci-
sion against them to a higher court. Klein
has been in Alexandria county since his es-
cape from the hospital. His father en-
ployed Francis l.. Smith Of this city and
Charles Pelham of Washington to combat
the effort of the hospital authorities to have
him returned to Maryland. The final ruling
of Judge Love was against the hospital at
torneyS and they at once noted appeal
but, as above stated, the matter will be al
lowed to stand as it Is.
New Rules for Police.
The board of police commissioners held its
regular monthly meeting last evening, with
Mayor Simpson presiding and Commission
ers Lawler and Fisher present. The re-
port of the committee on rules and regu-
lations was received and adopted, and the
secretary was directed to have fifty copies
printed. The new book will contain TWEEN
ty-four brief rules in place of the fifty
eight contained in the old book. Under
the new rules the punishment for certain
offenses committed by the policemen is
modified SO as to be within the discretion
of the board. For corresponding offenses
the old rules prescribed dismissal from the
IOTce. Another important -CnanSe, 1t Is
held Is that which now allows the police
men to take active part in political
matters just as any other citizen. Before
the members of the force were prohibited
on pain of dismissal from such par:icpa-
ton.
General Matters.
Miss Marian V. Lynch, daughter of Mrs.
Cornelia Lynch, and Mr.. Preston Cockey
will be married this evening at o'clock at
the residence of Mrs. Lynch, on Wolfe
street between Washington and Columbus
streets. The ceremony will be performed
by Rev. ]. P. Stump of the NJ E. Church
South.
Miss Annie f. Kenny and Mr.. Walter ].
Heald, both of Baltimore, were married
last evening at s o'clock at the parsonage
of the Southern Methodist Church, Rev. ].
P. stump officiating. Mr.. Stump also Off
ciated in his parsonage Tuesday evening
at the marriage of Mrs. Ellen O'Donncll
and Mr.. Frank f. Smith of Washington.
Corporal Roy Crawford of the 47th Com
pany, Coast Artillery; stationed at Fort
Hunt died at that place yesterday after
noon from perniciOus malarial fever. He
was native of Indiana and was twenty
four years of age. Corporal Crawford was
unmarried
James Minor, colored. was before Mayor
Simpson in the police court this morning
on the charge of stealing a stove from
Charles Griffin. AS it was his third Of
Tense Minor sent to the grand jury.
Ferdinand Patton, charged with vagrancy.
was sent to the workhouse for twenty