Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
PREPARATION ron cELEBRA,
TIoN AT LUNA PARK.
Veteran Firemen's Association Will
Be in Action with Historic En-
gine-General and Personal
Special correspondenes- of The Star. :

ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 8. 1900.
A meeting of the members of the Friend
ship Veteran Ffremen's Association was
held last night at 8 o'clock in Friendship
Hall. on. South Alfred street, for the pur-
pose of perfecting arrangements for the
participation of. the company In the OBJ
servance of Alexandra day at Luna Park
next Monday. e. E. Downham, president
of the company. presided. Much interest
was expressed by all the members present
in making the day a great success.
The members Of the association will leave
on a special train at O'Clock in the after
noon and at $40 o'clock the engine viii be
put into service to extinguish fire IN
house which will be built for the purpose
The apparatus Will be manned by twenty
two men, who will be in charge of Capt
James Webster. the commandant OF the
engine.
The board of managers of the Alexandria
Hospital. for whose benefit the movement
for the observance of Alexandria day was
started, yesterday issued a card requesting
the people Of Alexandria to turn out In
large numbers and make the occasion
conspicuous success.
Among the other attractions of the day
will be ball game, which will be played
at $40 o'clock between the Old Dominion
and Invincible clubs. and the sham battle.
which will start at 7:30 o'clock
Officers Elected.
The following officers of the Patton Elec-
trical Steamship and Construction Com
pany were elected at the annual meeting
of the company, which was held in Alexan-
dria yesterday: Richard B. Patton, pres
ident and general manager and treasurer;
Col. w. R. Andrews, vice president. and
Samuel H. Randall. secretary. The fol-
lowing directors were also elected: w. 8.
Ballard of Washington, Hiram Winner of
New York, Randall H. Foote Of New York.
John Fl. Hicklin of New York, G. Enid
Washington Ernest Gerstenberg of Wash
ington. C. L.Paiton of England, and Ed
ward Patton of England.
General Matters.
Mrs. Betty Feagans, wife of 8. H Fea-
gans, died this morning at her residence In
Alexandria after protracted Illness Mrs.
Feagans daughter of William Woods
of this city. The funeral will take place
Monday morning.
The funeral of William r. Padgett whose
death occurred at the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital on Thursday morning, will
take place from his late residence at 91S
Franklin street at o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon. The interment will be in ST.
Pauls cemetery.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Edward Monroe were held this after
noon at Beulah Church. Fairfax county
near Franconia. Rev. Mr.. Council, the
pastor of the Baptist Church at Del Ray,
conducted the services.
special examination for certificates to
teach in the public schools of Virginia will
be held July 80 81 and August l. The ex-
aminations for white and colored teachers
will be held on the same days, but at diff
ferent places.
A. w. Bryant reported to the police this
morning that shed back of his residence
had been broken into last night and a guam
tity of tools stolen. The police are fnvesti-
eating the matter.
Pudden" Washington colored, was fined
80 In the police court this morning on the
charge of assaulting with brick small
white boy named Charles Sullivan
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. P. Kelley have re-
turned from attending the annual conyen-
ton of the Grand Lodge of Elks, which was
held at Denver Col, where Mr. Kelley rep
resented Alexandria Lodge of Eiks.
Leila, an infant daughter of Heber j.
Thompson. died yesterday at the residence
of her parents at Frederick. Md. The re-
mains will be inferred in Alexandria
John Hawkins. a respected colored res
ident of Alexandria, died in Washington
Thursday. He was a member of Harmony
Lodge of Colored Odd Fellows of Alexan-
dria- The funeral will take place tomor-
row afternoon and will be under the aus
pices of Harmony Lodge.