Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
B. E. LEE CAMP, CONFEDERATE
VETERANS, HOLDS MEETING.
Perfecting Plans for Procuring Per-
manent Home - Church Elec-
dons-Brief Mention.
Evening Star Bureau,
701 King street,
Bell telephone 106,


Bell telephone 106,
ALEXANDRIA, Va. April IA, 1903.
At called meeting Of R. E. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans, in the camp hall. on
Prince street. last evening. steps were
taken with a view to perfecting the plans
heretofore mentioned in The Star, for pro-
curing a permanent home for the organi-
zation. committee was appointed. with
Mr.. John M. johnson as chairman to make
the necessary arrangements for purchasing
the De Lagnel mansion, on Prince street.
Among the matters which will receive at
tention from the committee will be that Of
determining the legal points involved in the
proposed purchase. The grand camp OF
Virginia, under which the local camp holds
Its charter of incorporation, will, it is said
be communicated with by the committee
respecting the deal.
When the meeting was opened last night
Mrs. j. Mariotte Hill. Mrs. E H. OBrien
and Mrs. Thomas Collinsworth were pre-
sented as committee from the woman S
auxiliary, appointed to confer with the camp
in regard to the proposed new home. The
matter was freely discussed, and the unani-
nous favor of the veterans was expressed.
AS before stated, the movement was start
ed by the woman's auxiliary, which pledged
third of the purchase money.
Vestrymen Chosen.
The following vestrymen have been elect
ed for the ensuing year by st. PauIs
Church: ]. Wallace Hooff, John w. Green,
Robert F. Knox, John R. Zimmerman, Ed
ward L. Daingerf1eld Herbert Bryant,
George T. Klipstein. J. K. M. Norton, l..
w. Reid, William H. Lambert, J. Clinton
Milburn and Julian T. Burke. At Christ
Church the following have been elected:
William A. Smoot, L. M. Blackford, Hubert
Snowden, d. N. Rust, G. William Ramsay,
George s. French, j. w. Slater, Ashby
beaten. Henry F. Robertson and Lawrence
Washington.
In Corporation Court.
In the corporation court yesterday after
noon, Judge Louis c. Barley presiding
Perry Shields, colored, was arraigned on
two indictments, charging him with bur-
glary. He pleaded guilty to both indict-
ments. and the court sentenced him to a
total term of six years in the penitentiary
In the case of G. H. Ramey & Son against
the Pure Food Interstate Company a judg-
ment was rendered for the plaintiff. Judg-
ment was also rendered for the plaintiff in
Mason.
Before Mayor Simpson.
In the police court this morning Harry
Johnson was before Mayor Simpson on the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons. He
was fined $40. Henry Johnson, colored
was up on the charge of destroying private
property. He was also assessed $40, but
being unable to produce that amount he
will discharge his obligation to the city by
remaining at the Jail for thirty days, sub
1ect to the chain gang. The third entry on
the police blotter was one which recited
the capture of a COW wandering at large
upon the street. Its owner coming forward
and making satisfactory explanation, the
animal was delivered up.
General Mention.
The fire department was called out short
house No. 1909 Duke street. frame tene-
ment, occupied by the family of Robert
Rector, colored. The use of chemical ap-
paratus extinguished the fire In a short
time without the necessity of recourse to
water. The damage was slight. 1t is said
that the fire started from the overturning
Of a coal Oil lamp.
Right Rev. Bishop Van De Viver of Rich
mond will administer the sacrament of con-
nrmat1on to a class of children and several
adults at st. Mary's Catholic Church, May
10.
The improvements which are now being
made on Trinity M. E. Church building will
De completed, 1t is expected, in time for the
formal reopening of the church early in
June. The building is being thoroughly re-
modelled.
A delegation of knights and ladies' of
Maccabees from this city went to Washing
ton last night to take part in the exercises
at the Masonic Temple, welcoming Mrs
Lillian NJ HOLSTER, supreme commander.
and Mrs. Susan Fisher Rose, supreme med
ical examiner.