Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
VESPER SERVICES DRAW LARGE
CONGREGATION.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, November 5. 1906.
| The vesper services held last evening at
| st. Mary's Catholic Church was attended
| by one of the largest congregations that
| has perhaps ever attended worship atThat
| church. The services were conducted I'M
der the auspices of Fitzgerald Council, No.
459, Knights of Columbus. The celebrant
was Rev. Father Alder Negahaquet. an In
dian priest from Oklahoma. who is a stu
dent al the Apostolic Mission House. Brook
/ land, DC. The vespers was sung by double
| sextet composed of seminarians from the
| Apostolic Mission House. A sermon touch
| ing on the relationship existing between
| the church and state was delivered by Rev.
| Alexander p. Doyle. c. 8. p superior Of
| the Apostolic Mission House, Brookland
u. Z. The members of the Knights of
Columbus occupied seats in the main aisle
| of the church. They marched in a body
| from the Lyceum Hall, headed by State
| Deputy d. J. Callahan of Washington, and
| We're accompanied by prominent members
| of the order from Washington. The visit
| Ing priests and members of the choir came
| down on the palace car Mount Vernon"
| over the Washington, Alexandria and
| Mount Vernon electric railway.
| The sermon of Father Doyle was in part
| as follows:
1.-The Gospel today teaches us that there
are duties to be rendered to Caesar as well
while these obligations are each in their
own order of paramount Importance, in no
| sense are they in conflict. The church and
| state are like the mammoth trees growing
! side by side, plungng their roots into the
| same soil and drawing therefrom the susie
nance that gives to each strength and v1gor,
and in the deeper region combining their
| roots. but where they rear their lofty
trunks into the air they are totally separate,
| protecting each other, if you will, from the
| storms that sweep over the land, but each
| growing by its own life.
Fundamental Principles Harmonious.
I'm our American commonwealth the fun
| damental principles of both church and
| state are harmonious. We firmly believe
! that all men are created equal in the linn
tied sense of the declaration of independ-
| ence, and nothing affirms this equality more
| than the tragedy of Calvary where men
! stand equal in origin, in duty and IN deS-
| tiny Moreover like the civil state. the
| church is the greatest exponent OF oppor-
tunity the world knows.
| s"The non-interference of the state in mat
| tiers of religion is the only policy that guar
antees the church that freedom of &C
| ton that is necessary that the church
may do her best work The Catholic Church
| is no stranger to our American policy nor
does she find herself in any sense antago-
nstic to the fundamental American prfncl.
pies but on the contrary, the founders OF
our republic by laying deep and broad the
base of public and civic equality ana
forming Constitution more ample IN lts
provisions for the rights of man than the
world has ever known before. furnished
true home and shelter for the church OF
Cod
Fall Term of Circuit Court.
The fall term of the circuit court for this
city convened this morning. with Judge
c. E. Nicol presiding. The docket was
called and a number of cases set for trial.
Among the cases of interest which will in
all probability be called at this term Is
that of Annie Cronk agt the Washington
and Potomac Steamboat Company, suit
to recover the sum of 500 for the alleged
failure of the defendant company to stop
it's boat in this city while returning from
a lower river resort last summer. Inc
complainant alleges that she was passen-
ger aboard the defendant company steam
err and was seriously inconvenienced by be-
ing carried to Washington in the night
time. A similar suit to the above has also
been filed by Mary V. Mckenney. who seeks
to recover the sum Of $1,000 damages for
the failure of the company to stop It's
steamer here.
The case of ]. Louis Loose, a suit to re-
cover $4,000 from the Southern Railway
Company for damages alleged to have been
sustained by plaintiffs greenhouses and
plants from smoke and cinders from de-
PENDANT company's engines and plant, will
be heard tomorrow
Police Cases.
In the police court this morning John
Hannah forfeited S. collateral for drunken
ness and disorderly conduct. A fine of $3.50
was assessed against William Matthews and
John Donohue for offenses similar to that
charged against Hannah. When the name
of John w. Watson was called to answer
a charge of assault upon James Godfrey he
failed to put in his appearance and forfeit
ed so collateral
Frightened Horse Runs Away.
A horse attached to light runabout ran
away yesterday afternoon and created con-
siderable CONSERVATION in its wake The
house was being driven by Mr.. Clifton Pei
ton and a man named Scrivener was also in
the carriage. The two men were returning
to the city when the horse snied near the