Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-04
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
MR.. DANIEL RUBEN FATALLY IN
JURED BY A FALL.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

special Correspondence OF Inc star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 4, 1906
Mr. Daniel Ruben, member of the firm
of NJ. Ruben & Sons. furniture dealers. died
last night about IL o'clock at his home. Ole
Cameron street. from injuries received in
an accident about o'clock yesterday after
noon. when he fell through the elevator
shaft at his place of business, northeast
corner of King and st. Asapn streets, sus-
tanning fracture of the skull. Mr.. Ruben
did not regain consciousness from the time
of the accident until his death. He fell
from the first floor to the basement strik-
ing his head with great force against the
concrete pavement. The noise of the fall
attracted the attention of persons in the
store, and his brother Mr.. Leopold Ruben,
and others, hurried to the scene. The UNI
conscious man was at once removed from
the basement and conveyed to his home,
where he was attended by DIR. William M.
Smith The injury which Mr.. Ruben had
received was of such desperate character
that his life was despaired of from the
first.
but IT is supposed that a sudden attack of
vertigo caused Mr.. Ruben to lose his bal
ance on the verge of the elevator smart
At the time he fell he was experimenting
the moving of merchandise from one floor
to another. He was standing on the f1rst
floor and an employe was receiving goods
from the elevator in the fourth story. Inc
noise of a falling body and the fact thaI
Mr. Ruben did not respond to the slgnal
from the upper story caused an fnVest1ga-
ton. which revealed what had happened:
Mr. Ruben was about forty-fve years OF
age and unmarried. He was son of the
late Morjtz Ruben. and lived with his
mother, Mrs. Amelie Ruben, his brother
Mr.. Leopold Ruben, and his sister
Miss Sarah Ruben, In the family residence
on Cameron street His death Is deeply re-
GREETED by a large circle of friends, among
whom he was admired and respected. He
was member of the Alexandra Washlhs-
ton Lodge of Masons and of the alexandra
Lodge of Eiks. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock from the
family residence.
Week of Prayer Services.
The observance of the annual week OF
prayer, participated in by several OF the
local Protestant churches, will begin next
Monday evening. with services in the Meth
odist Protestant Church, at 7:45 o'clock
which will be the hour for the beginning of
the exercises to follow in the other churhces
The services Monday night will be conduct
ed by Rev. Dr. w. f. Fisher OF the FIRST
Baptist Church and Rev. j. A. Jefrers OF
Trinity M E. Church. Tuesday the union
congregation will meet in the First Baptist
Church. and the speakers will be Rev. j. +.
Stump of the NJ. E. Church South and Kew.
J. H s. Ewell of the Methodist Protestant
Church. Inc services
will be held in the NJ. e. Church South, and
will be conducted by Rev. Edgar Carpenter
of Grace Episcopal Church and Rev. Dr.
Fisher. The exercises Thursday Will
take place in Trinity NJ E. Church, the
speakers being Rev. Edgar Carpenter and
Rev. ]. p. Stump. Friday evening the union
congregation will be addressed by Rev. j. A.
LETTERS and Rev. ]. II. S. Ewell IN the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church.
General Matters.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Peverlll, whose
death occurred yesterday, will take place
tomorrow from her late residence near this
city, in Alexandria county. Mrs. Peverill
was born IN Oxfordshire, England, ninety
two years ago, but she spent the greater
portion of her life in this country. She is
survived by four sons and one daushter-
Messrs James Peverill, Louis Peverill,
Thomas Peverill and George Peverill and
Mrs. E. D. Crane-and thirty-four grand
children and forty-fve great-grandchildren
The Cooperative Charities Association
will hold it's annual donation party in Lee
Camp Hall, on Prince street, tomorrow,
from 10 am. to ! pm. The people of the
city are invited to send food supplies and
articles of clothing.
A colored woman giving her name as
Ethel Williams appeared at the station
house this morning and voluntarily sur
rendered herself for trial on the charge of
a knife The Williams woman alleges that
she was attacked by several persons and
that she acted in self-defense in the fracas
which followed. She is represented by At
torney Robinson Moncure. The case will
be tried tomorrow