Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-10
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
CoLoRED RESIDENTS ORGANIZE
PALLBEARERs' UNION, NO. 1.
City Almshouse without Inmates.
Gases in Police Court-Other
News of Interest.

ALMA pikIkAt d, OClODeT 1891.
number Of Colored men of this city
have organized "PaIlbearers' Union. No.
/" II is announced that the object of the
union is TO aid bereaved families by serv-
ing as body bearers in the event of death.
The union holds weekly meetings and has
officers. the membership at present being
seventeen. All applications for member
ship are voted on.
Il is said that the organization was the
result OF an unsuccessful effort on the
part Of the relatives OF deceased colored
person To secure body bearers. According
to a statement made by one of the officers
this morning number of colored people
had volunteered 10 serve in that capacity
GuG when the corpse was being removed
from the house there was absolutely no
one present to take the body and the
work had 10 be done 10y the undertaken
and las assistant
1Hr officers OF the UNION say that they
do not strictly Coutinr themselves to as
s!stsu- ia burytug members of the union,
but assist any who may desire their serv
Ices
TIM officers and members OF the union
are Scott Butler president; Ellis Day.
vice president William Payne, financial
secretary, George Darlington, assistant
secretary Charles Carter, treasurer, Al
berJ Green. general manager; Fred Jones,
sergeaut-at- arms; William Jackson, John
TO.iveT. James Banks. Joseph Howell,
William Washington, Benjamin Hender
son Walter Gaskins and Abram Gibson.
There are no colOred prisoners in the
city almSEOuSe at present. In former
years it was seldom that there We're less
than ten inmates at the institution at any
one time, mostly females. Up to a few
weeks ago women when not able to pay
their fines in the Police Court were sent
10 the almshouse to work it out" The
question of keeping women at this in
st!tution has for several years been
problem. The almshOuse is not equipped
as a prison, and thoss who do not care
to remain have no difficulty in escaping.
change has been made. and all women
who are now fined in the Police Court
and do not pay are sent to the city Jail.
Miss Rebecca Goebal died at 2:3o o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Alexandria
hospital after a brief illness. The de-
ceased was a daughter of Mrs. Virginia
Goebal and the late Charles GoebeL The
remains were this morning removed to
the Confederate Home SU6 Prince street
where Mrs. Goebel had resided Ar
rangements for the funeral have not yet
been completed,
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs Ellen Nugent whose death occurred
last Tuesday evening, will be held at 8
O'Clock tomorrow morning at st. Marys
Catholic Church. Rev. Father L. +.
Kelly assistant pastor. will officiate. The
interment Will be made in St. Mary
Cemetery
Inthe Police Court.
In the Police Court today Justice L. H.
Thompson presided and the following
cases were disposed Of: Elsie Brown,
charged with selling liquor without a II
cense. forfeited $50 collateral: Alice Page,
colored. charged with dsorderly conduct
and interfering with an officer IN the
discharge OF his duty. fined 50; Nick and
Eliza AuHy. charged with disorderly con-
duct. Nick dismissed and Eliza fined
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The work OF paving King street be-
tween Fayette and Payne streets with
vitrified brick is rapidly nearing com
pletion.
Miss Burke. who resides at 2oS Wilkes
street today reported to the police that
some one threw bricks at her residence
hast night One of the missiles broke
buggy and II Is said that lady pedes
TRAN had a very narrow escape from
being lit The police are investigating
the matter.
Brief Mention.
Harry Stanton. who resides west of
mis- city, today reported to the police
department that a dress-suit case had
been stolen from wagon driven by him.
Several members of the Old Dominion
-CommGHdery knights Templar, are in
attendance at the annual convention Of
the order at Norfolk.
r. y Brumback has been appointed
local counsel for the Southern Railway
COMPANY
Mrs Amelia S Evans of Kernstown,
Va. is tHe guest OF the family Of Rev.
Charles ID. Bulla al the Parsonage 80
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