Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-25
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
TABLET 10 BISHOP BROOKS MEM
DRY TO BE DEDICATED.
Confederate Memorial Day Exercises
General and Personal
Matters.
Special Correspondents of The star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May %, 1905.
The presentation to the Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary of Virginia of memorial
tablet dedicated to the memory OF Bisnop
Phillips Brooks by the alumni and stu
dents of Harvard University, which Will
take place next Tuesday afternoon at 2:oo
o'clock in the chapel of the seminary. VIII
be the occasion of impressive ceremonies
and will be attended by committee Oh
Harvard men and many other FRIENDS OF
the theological school. President Roose-
welt has bee, invited to attend, but his
acceptance has not been received. and II
is hardly expected that it will be con-
venient for him to be present. The invi-
tation was sent short time ago by the
university committee with the cordial sec
onding of the faculty of the seminary,
Prior to that the President had been asked
to deliver the presentation speech, put the
committee was informed that he did not
then expect to return to washington IN
time for the ceremony. Rev. Dr. floyu
Tomkins of Holy Trinity Church, Phiiaoei-
phia has been selected to make the speech
conveying the memorial to the seminary:
The address in acceptance Will pc deHVerEu
by Rev DR.. Carl E. Grammer OF Norioik'
who was formerly professor at the illsu-
tuition The friends of the seminary gem
orally have been invited to attend.
The annual commencement OF the semi,
nary will be held Thursday, June 10, anu
the ordinat ton services will take place the
following morning The annual missionary
exercises will take place the evening VI
Wednesday, June IA.
Memorial Day Grafton.
Several thousand people gathered at the
intersection of Prince and washington
streets yesterday afternoon about O'Clock
1.
Holmes Conrad of Winchester, in which he
recounted at length the deeds of the confed-
crate soldiers and spoke in high praise of
President Roosevelt The occasion was the
annual observance of confederate Memorial
day. and was held under the auspices OF H.
z. Lee Camp Confederate veterans me
program before outlined in The Star, con-
sisting of parade the decoration OF the
Appomatox memorial and exercises IN
Christ Church yard was carried out. Inc
music, furnished by large choir, ASSISTED
by brass band, was declared to be of the
highest order.
General Matters.
Appropriate exercises in observance OF
Decoration day will be held next Tuesday
afternoon at the National cemetery The
grafton will be delivered by Rev. ]. P.
Stump of the NJ E. Church South and mu-
sic will be rendered by choir of Alexan-
dria singers. The graves of the soldiers
will be decorated with miniature flags OF
the United States.
1.-THE Sharps and Flats" closed their sea-
son with euchre party last evening in the
Hotel Appich. Supper was served and sew
eral members of the society sang selec-
lions from Fra Diavolo. Among those who
sang were Miss Myra Lee Cavalier. Miss
Edna Scott Smith, Mr. Harris Franklin,
Mr.. William E. Clabaugh and Mr.. Lucius
Randolph.
In the police court this morning. Justice
Cation presiding John Smoot, colored, was
assessed $50 on the charge of disorderly
conduct and carrying concealed weapon.
James Bell. colored, had to pay So for as
saulting and cutting Harry Jackson, also
colored.
Rev. J. c. Edgmont, Canadian mission
airy of the Methodist Church, who has
spent several years in the mission fields OF
Africa delivered address in the Wash
ington Street M. E. Church South last even
ing. He gave an entertaining description
of the character of the work in which he
was engaged.