The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-15
Criminal Cases to Be Heard
by United States Court.
MASONs HONOR WASHINGTON
Two Beautiful Wreaths Placed on
Tomb at Mount Vernon John
Sharp Williams VIII speak at BAN
quet on Lees Birthday-FuneraI Of
Miss Marian Beach johnson Held.
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU,
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(Ben Telephone 81
so King Street
/ Alexandria, Va, Dec 1.-THE January
term of the United States Circuit Court
for the Eastern district of Virginia will
convene in this city January g. 1908. with
Judge Edmund WaddiIl jr.. presiding.
Among the criminal cases slated TO come
up for consideration at this term are the
following: T. b. Berry, Illicit distilling;
Charles F. Dawson, retailing liquor with
cut a license; r. W Rains retailing
liquor without a license; b. F. Gore. fail
ure TO cancel marks and brands; William
G. Bohr. retailing liquor without a license.
The only civil case scheduled to be
| heard at this term is that of r. Hilton
jackson, trustee. against R. S Matthews.
Two beautiful memorial wreaths were
to-day placed on the tomb OF George
Washington by Alexandria Washington
Lodge. No. p. and Fredericksburg Lodge,
No. 4, Of Masons, in honor Of the 10Sth
anniversary OF his death, as is their an
nual custom. Drs. Thomas b. Cochran
and J. p. stiff masters respectively of the
two lodges. placed the wreaths upon the
tomb. The wreath sent by the local lodge
was made Of embalmed magnolia leaves
and Enchantress carnations. festooned
with white satin ribbon. and on bronze
easel In gold letters was the following
inscription Alexandra Washington
Dodge. No. p A F. & A NJ The
wreath sent by Fredericksburg Lodge
was made OF beautiful ivy leaves.
The principal speaker at the banquet
which will be given January 70 by r. Z
Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans. at Lee
Camp Hail in observance Of the birth OF
Gen. Robert z. Lee viii be Representa-
tive John Sharp Williams. The services
Of Mr. Williams were secured through the
efforts of Representative Charles c. Car
lin. Of this city Announcement of the
other speakers who viii deliver addresses
on that occasion have not yet been made
public.
Miss Marian Beach Johnsons funeral
took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon at
the residence Of her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. John NJ Johnson. GA Prince street.
Rev. p. p. Phillips rector Of St Paurs
Protestant Episcopal Church. performed
the ceremony. and burial which was pri-
vate was in Ivy Hill Cemetery Those
serving as palibearers were William
Brookes, AlgernOn Chalmers, Daingerheld
Addison. Frank Garnett, Frederick Tay-
Tor. ]. T. Burke, jr., and J. ". Burke.
Funeral services over the remains Of
Mrs. Nancy Diggs Lynn, widow OF John
Lynn. whose death occurred yesterday az
the home of her son. Rose Hill Farm.
Fairfax County. Va, viii be held Mon
day at Haymarket, Va. where the re-
mains VIII be buried. Mrs. Lynn was
eighty-siX years Of age. Several children
survive her.
Mrs. Ellen G. Fawcett. who resides AT
517 Prince street, has in her possession
an Alexandria corporation stamp. dated
1875. which has just been discovered
among a number Of old letters. and which
Is valued at more than a thousand dol
lars. Several firms have already made
offers for the rare stamp. and it is ex-
pected that it Will shortly be sold It is
said that it is one OF three OF that de-
nomination now in existence. Mrs Faw7
cett few days ago gave Mr.. A L,
Jameson some old envelopes, which had
in bygone years contained letters, in or
der 70 look over the old stamps Upon
seeing this stamp Mr.. jameson ar once
notified its owner of hts find.
Arrangements have been completed for
a meeting for men which will be held tc-
morrow afternoon at o'clock in the
Young Peoples Building, at which time
Representative Champ Clark, Of Missouri.
viii deliver an address entitled An
Optimists Message" A duet will be
rendered by the Misses Vierkorn At 2.30
o'clock tomorrow afternoon Tom Harri-
son, a converted railroad engineer OF
Atlanta, Ga, VIII deliver an address
before a meeting FOR men, which viii be
held NJ the Second Presbyterian Church.
st. Andrews Brotherhood, Of St. PauTs
Protestant Episcopal Church, has elected
the following officers to serve for the en-
suing year: J. L. Jackson. president; c.
c. Brawner, vice president; Reginald
Tatspaugh. secretary. and James Z.
Nagel, treasurer.
The Alexandria Golf Club will not have
to abandon its clubhouse, situated on
Soother's Fiji. just west of this city. as
was thought some time ago when il was
announced that the hill was TO be divided
off into villa sites It is now stated that
the house will be placed on a site on the
center OF the hill, which will be either
sold or leased 20 the owners
Mrs Susan P A Calvert has pur-
chased through MIR. John D. NormoyIe.
real estate dealer. two lots in St. Elmo.
Alexandria County. She viii, it is stated,
shortly improve the same. The lots were
the property OF Mr.. E. L. Cockreil
Taylor Hodges, colored. who was on
Thursday sent to jail in Washington on
a charge of swindling a druggist, is be-
lieved to be wanted in this city on a
similar charge.
William wilkins. who died last night
near Sudley Mills Prince William Coun-
ty, Va. was a brother of Capt J. T.
Wilkins and DR.. R. Lee wilkins. both
of this city
Upon the application Of the Southern
Railway Company Judge Barley, Of the
Corporation Court. to-day appointed NJ.
l. Pankey police agent for the company.
Mrs. Albert Doyle Brockett entertained
at luncheon Tuesday in honor OF her
cousin, Miss Victoria Johnson Peed, whose
engagement TO Mr.. Townsend. Of Wash
ington has just been announced. The
color scheme was pink and white. and
the place cards were dainty water colors
of brides and cupids. Those asked 10