The Washington times., 1904-08-12
SPECIAL HONOR
TO JUDGE ALVEY
Will Represent America at
Congress Of Lawyers.
DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT
Studious and Peaceful Home Life of the
Maryland Jurist-Wife Comes From
Celebrated Family.

Chief Justice and Mrs. r. H. Alvey are
expecting 10 visit the ST. Louis Fair in
September.
Judge Alvey has been invited by the
Board of Trade of Washington to be a
member of the reception committee on
District Of Columbia Day. IN October.
but this invitation the Judge has been
obliged to decline.
President Roosevelt has designated
Judge Alvey as one of the delegates
to represent the United States IN the
Universal Congress Of Lawyers and
Jurists. TO be held at the exposition in
September.
This appointment the chief justice has
accepted, and he hopes and expects 70
attend. He declares that he expects
a great deal of pleasure in meeting dis
tinguished men from every part of the
world.
Every country which has exhibits in
the fair will send delegates 70 this con-
gress, and it is expected that it will be
one Of the most distinguished bodies Of
men that ever assembled. as it will en-
brace learned representatives from
every civilized land, including some that
are not much civilized.
Text of Letter.
The text of the Presidents letter to
Judge Alvey is as follows:
white House. Jan %. 1904.
Sir: In pursuance Of the requests Of
the respective presidents Of the Univer-
sal Exposition. St. Louis, and Of the
American Bar Association, that the
President Of the United States should
designate a certain number Of delegates
10 the Universal Congress Of Lawyers
and Jurists, to be held IN St. Louis in
September. 1903, you are hereby desig-
mated a delegate on behalf Of the United
States TO the said congress.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Mr.. Chief Justice Alvey"
During the recess OF his court Judge
Alvey is az his home, on Prospect Street
Hagerstown. While this is nominaIly his
vacation, Judge Alvey Is never idle He
spends his time in his library. which Is
splendidly equipped with law books, and
IN addition he is provided from the IL
braries with the best books as they are
published.
Reads necessarily.
Judge Alvey reads almost necessarily,
except when he is writing opinions. His
only Interruptions are from his friends
and neighbors who call from time to
time for chat He IS a most charming
companion. His extensive reading and
his marvellous memory enable him TO
talk delightfully."- on almost any subject.
and his personal recollections are fun
of interest.
Friends reproach him for not taking
more exercise. but he seems TO have
done very well without any. with the
exception OF a rheumatic affection OF MS
feet, HIS health is. and always has been,
excellent, and now at his present ad
feh
amount Of work which would appss,r
impossible 10 the average man many
years his Junior. Mrs. Alvey Is the
judges constant companion, ana she
too. anticipates much pleasure from the
visit to St Louis.
The Judges Wife.
Mrs. Alvey is a great-granddaughte
OF Col. Joseph ChapIne. the founder OF
Sharpsburg. Nd, and for a time com
mandant Of Fort FREDERICK. Colonel
Chapline's wife was a Miss Williams
but not Of the Prince Georges family.
She was born in Wales. Her father.
Rev. William Williams. was sent by
the Presbyterians in Wales as a mis-
sionary 10 Virginia, but he soon found
that the laws interfered with his min
istrauons, and he was imprisoned for
undertaking to perform marriage cere-
monY.
Afterward he shook the dust Of Vir-
ginia from his feet and settled at Welsh
Run, near Mason and Dixon's line, not
far from HagerstoWn. Mr.. Williams
brought with him from Wales three IN
married daughters and all OF them eloped
10 marry.
One OF them married Colonel Chap
line. the founder Of Sharpsburg; one
married Benjamin Chambers, the found
er OF ChambeTsburg. and tho other mar
ried Mr.. Price, a mem Der Of tho Hagers-
town bar. She was the mother Of the
distinguished lawyer William Price.
Among other curiosities and relics
possessed by Mrs. Alvey is a hair ring
which belonged 10 Rev. Mr. Williams.
In II is the following inscription:
William Williams Is my name. Christ
and His salvation are my aim
Mrs. Alvey has two most remarkable
portraits OF the younger Joseph Chap
line and his wife. They are prohles and
are done IN gold after a fashion which
IS unknown 20 the various artists who
have examined them. The elder Joseph
Chapline was an officer in the French
and Indian wars and also In the War
OF the Revolution. He was a friend OF
Thomas Sharpe. governor Of Maryland
during the French and Indi6n war, and
In honor OF him the town or ShaTps-
burg was named.