Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-23
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CONFEDERATE VETERANS TO
CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY.
Exercises Will Be Held at Soldiers
Monument and at Christ
Church.
Evening Star Bureau.
7O1 King Street,
Bell Telephone 1O6.

R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans,
has completed arrangements for the OBJ
servance of confederate memorial day in
this city next Monday afternoon. The
members Of the camp will assemble at their
new home. 800 Prince street, at 4:30 o'clock.
The parade will form on Prince street, the
right resting on Alfred street. Chief Mar
shall Capt. Thomas Perry and aids. DR.. D.
n. Rust and George X. Pickett, followed
by the band. marching in front Of the Alex
andria Light Infantry, r. E. Lee Camp, G.
". other organizations and citizens. The
procession will move along several streets
to the confederate monument at the inter
section OF Prince and Washington streets,
where music will be rendered by the band
and the invocation will be offered by Rev.
William J. Morton Of Christ Episcopal
Church.
Col. K. Kemper, the commander Of the
camp, will introduce Judge r. T. w. Duke
of Charlottesville, who will deliver the ora
ton. There will be singing by the Arthur
Herbert Chapter, Children of the Confed-
eracy. and music by the band during the
decoration. The procession will then move
to Christ Church yard. where there will be
singing around the confederate mound.
The services will be concluded by the firing
of volley and the sounding Of taps over
the grave.
The Electric Light Supply.
Mayor Simpson today received a letter
from Superintendent J. c. Colvin Of the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount Vernon
Railroad Company regarding the ordinance
passed at the last meeting Of the city coun-
Gil. granting the railroad company the au-
thority to supply electric power to con-
sumers in Alexandria for the purpose OF
operating fans, motors and other apparatus,
n q W. q q I'M o.
quiring the company to make quarterly re-
ports to the city authorities Of the gross re-
ceipts derived from the privilege, 20 per
cent of which is to be paid into the city
treasury.
Mr.. Colvin stated that the company had
informed all customers that II they attach
electric wires to gas fixtures the supply
will be withdrawn. and he wished to receive
held liable to fine for any irregularities
in the matter for which consumers may be
responsible after the inspector for the COM
pany has seen that the wires are properly
put on. The mayor has replied that in such
cases of Irregularities the company will not
be held responsible.
General and Personal.
= Mrs Alexander Murray left here yester-
day afternoon with her three small chill
dren to join her husband, Lieut. Alexander
Murray, medical department. U. 8. A., in
Cdh L idHCiSSo, lIOH WHICH, pldCo tIcy Will
sail in a few days for the Philippines,
where Lieut.. Murray has been assigned for
duty.
The funeral of Capt. James p Forrest,
whose death occurred Wednesday, took
place yesterday afternoon at o'clock, from
his late home on Queen street. The serv
ices were conducted by Rev. J. P. Stump of
the M. E. Church South.
Rev. E. V. Register of Baltimore will
preach special sermon before Old Domin-
10, Gov toIt
M. E. Church South tomorrow afternoon at
4 O'Clock. He will preach from the same
pulpit at the regular evening services.
Funeral services over the remains of
Thomas NJ Lynch, whose death occurred
Thursday, took place this morning at 0
o'clock from st. Mary's Catholic Church,
Rev. Father H. ]. Cutler. the pastor of the
church. conducted the services, and the in
Aorx do In AInu.