Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CONFERENCE DELEGATES ARRIV-
ING IN THE CITY.
Methodist Body to Convene Tomorrow
Morning-Headless Body Found
General and Personal.
special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

ALEXAN DRIA Va, March %. 1884.
Scores of delegates to the annual session
of the Baltimore conference. Methodist
Episcopal Church South, the first business
session of which opens tomorrow morning
at . o'clock in the Washington Street
Southern Methodist Church. reached Alex
ardria this afternoon. Rev. j. p. Stump
the pastor and the local committee on en-
tertainment spent a busy afternoon in show
ing the ministers to their homes. The open
ing sermon will be preached this evening 1t
7:3O o'clock by Rev. John A. Anderson of
Central Church. Baltimore. Bishop Alpheus
w Wilson of Baltimore Will open the bust
ness session of the conference tomorrow
morning aftsr the usual re .gious exercises.
During the morning the standing commit
tees of the conference will be name
Committees of five each representing the
Baltimore conference and the Virginia con-
ference will meet tomorrow to formulate
some plan for the future management OF
the Baltimore and Richmond Christian Ad-
vocate the church paper. which has mere
tofore been conducted by the two confer
ences Rev James l.. Armstrong Is secre-
tary of the conference and he has the fol-
lowing assistants: Rev T.. V. Register, re-
corder; Rev. George I. Tyler, Rev; ); T.
Stump Rev II. S. Coe and Rev. William
M Waters, statistical secretaries.
Decapitated Body Found.
The body of unknown coiored man
was brought TO this city this morning from
a point in Fairfax county on the line of the
Southern railroad. where it had been COM
pletely decapitated and otherwise mangled
by train. The remains were sent to the
undertaking rooms of W. Domaine & Son
by the county authorities. One of the rail
road watchmen found the body late last
night lying between the rails of one of the
many tracks in the yard. 1t is said that
he was seen in the same position yesterday
afternoon by two tramps who persuaded
him to come to this city. after which he
returned. This led the police to suspect
suicide and Officer Allen examined the
BODY to see if 1t was that of a young negro
named Robert Bowles who is wanted for
the murder of John A. Ruff at Clifton
Forge, Va, March n. Though the face was
much like the picture of Bowies, other
marks of Identification were lacking. jus
tice Bowie held an inquest last night. and
ii was decided that the death was the re-
suit of accident.
Engine Wrecks Buggy.
A light engine of the Southern rail-
road struck the buggy of Dr. e. A Cor
man at the intersection of King and
Henry streets, threw Dr. German out and
injured his leg. smashed the buggy and
Injured the horse SO that it. had to be
shot DIR. German was driving west on
King street and the locomotive in charge
of Engineer TIGER WAS coming south.
Seeing the danger of collision the doc
tor swerved his horse to the left on Hem
ry street and the horse and vehicle were
side swfped by the engine. Dr.. German
jumped to the other side and was
thrown out His escape from death was
remarkable.
General and Personal.
The funeral of Miss Margs ret Wilson.
whose death occurred yesterday morn
ing. took place this afternoon from the
residence of Mr.. e. f. Price, lis North
Alfred street. Many friends of the fam
lily attended The interment was pri-
yate.
A decree was entered in the circuit
court in vacation yesterday in the case
of the board of supervisors of Alexan-
dria county against the city council of
Alexandria directing the conveyance of
certain lots on Columbus street between
Queen and Princess streets to E. w. Star
nell. Gardner l.. Boothe was appointed