Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01
ALEX ANDRIA AFFAIRS
REMOVAL OF INTERNAL REEVE
NUE. OFFICE TO ABINGDON.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 80, 1905
Special services will be held in some of the
local churches tomorrow and visiting min
listers will deliver sermons At the Wash
ington Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South the annual session of the Woman S
Foreign Missionary Society of the Baltimore
conference will open at II am, and the
annual sermon before the society will be
delivered by Rev. E. v. Register of Balti-
more. Many of the delegates to the con-
vention reached Alexandria this afternoon
Arrangements have been made by the mem
bers of the local chapter of the society for
the entertainment of sixty or seventy ladies.
representing all of the districts of the con-
ference. Services in the interests of chill
dren will be held by the delegates at $50 in
the afternoon. apd missionary addresses will
be delivered at 30 in the evening.
Rt. Rev. A. Van De Vyver DID, bishop
OF Richmond, who has recently returned
from Rome, will officiate at the o'clock
mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church tomor-
row morning Since his arrival here Bishop
Van De Vyver has been the guest of Rev.
Father H. j. Cutler at st. Mary's parsonage.
The first quarterly conference of the Free
Methodist Church will be held tomorrow in
the church on South Lee street There will
be love feast at 2:30 in the afternoon,
and at 730 in the evening a sermon will be
delivered by Rev. A. G. Miller, the district
elder.
Rev. G. w. Butler of Brazil will occupy
the pulpit at both the morning and evening
services tomorrow at the Second Presbyter-
ian Church. The pulpit of Trinity M. E.
Church will be occupied at the morning
mon in the evening will be delivered by
Rev. S. F. Stokeley. In the other churches
the resident ministers will conduct the
services.
Revenue Office Transferred.
The work of transferring the internal
revenue headquarters for the sixth Virginia
district from this city to Abingdon was
completed today. The apartments in the
post Office building which were used by the
clerical force of the revenue service have
been stripped of all furniture and carpets.
1t is undertood that the collector, Mr.. L. p.
Summers. claimed authority, under an
order from the Treasury Department, to
remove everything in the shape of furniture
or fixtures connected with the apartments.
The clerks who left today for Abingdon
were Chief Clerk w. M. Slemp, Mrs. K. w.
Flood, Mrs. l.. M. Tinsley and Messrs. G..
w Grayson, George Patterson, John Hern-
don, R. w. Blair, M. Bowen and A. H. Ag-
new Mr.. A. K. Stratton, who has been
connected with the office for several years,
did not go to Abingdon, having accepted a
position with the Southern Railroad Com
pany. The internal revenue office has been
located in Alexandria for the past eight
years. 1t was removed here from Lynch
burg.
Wharf Property Sold.
The property known as TWINS wharf at
the foot of King street. including all the
land bordering on the strand from the south
side of King street and the west side of the
strand to the alley running from Union
street to the river. has been sold by Messrs.
NJ B. Harlow & Co., real estate brokers'
for the estate of William H. Irwin ct al to
Mr.. Park Agnew. 1t is understood that Mr..
Agnew will apply to, the city council for
privileges which will allow the erection of
modern office and warehouse buildings on
the property and the Improvement of the
wharf. 1t is said that the purchaser is
considering proposition from assteamboat
company to lease the property after 1t Is
improved for term of years. On account
of its location the site is of the finest
for wharf purposes on4the river front.
Arrested by the Mayor.
Mayor Par performed active police duty
this afternoon by assisting in the arrest of
a young man giving his name as George
Lloyd who was charged with disorderly
conduct. Officer Roberts had gone to the
scene of the alleged disturbance on King
street and was attempting to make the ar
rest when the young man sought to escape
by running through an alley. Happening
along at the time Mayor Paff seized him
and escorted him to the station house.