The Washington herald., 1907-11-28
HOLD UNION SERVICE
Thanksgiving Day 0bServ-
anceS in Alexandria.
HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY
Case Against TOots OIden. Charged
with Highway Robbery. ReoPened.
Broken Trolley Wire Delays Ttaf-
he-Nrs. Harriet McDonouGh Dead.
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Alexandria. Va. Nov. 1.-THE principal
| feature Of the observance Of Thalksgiv-
| ing in this city Will be the services in
I the churches. The banks. city Offices.
and schools will be closed throughout the
entire day The usual holiday hours will
prevail at the city post-office 1t is ex-
! pected that most Of the business houses
Will suspend operations Tor the day at
noon. and the keeping of the day will be
in accord with that OF former years.
Union services VIII occur at the First
Baptist Church At II O'Clock. The con-
/ gregations of the Baptist. Methodist.
Presbyterian and Methodist Protestant
! churches OF the city will participate in
these services. Rev. L. V Register. pre-
siding elder of the Washington district
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
/ viii deliver special sermon. Appropriate
/ services will occur at II o'clock at ST
/ Paurs. Christ, and Grace Protestant
| Episcopal churches. Services AT St
/ Mary's Catholic Church Will he held at
/ $50 and O'Clock. when masses will be
celebrated. At II o'clock services viii be
/ held at the German Lutheran Church.
! io-iHollbN VIII De DONATION OdN dt the
/ Alexandria Hospital. Every Thanksgiv-
ing Day the hospital Is the recipient Of
money and clothing. and the board OF
! governors hope that the hospita! will be
I remembered tomorrow At the First
Baptist Church the collection viii be de-
voted 10 the Alexandria Hospital.
The Children's Home, 400 Duke street
@will be open tomorrow from a. m. until
10 p. m. to receive donations.
Toots Olden. colored. who was recently
/ sentenced 10 serve a term OF six months
in the city Jail on a charge of highway
robbery from the person Of Thomas Col
bert also colored. had his case reopened
to-day in police court. Commonwealth
Attorney Samuel q. Brent appeared for
the state. aud, afte. hearing the evidence.
Justice Cation held Olden for the action
Of the grand jury. resembling his former
decision. II was testified that Olden held
/ up Colbert at the corner of Washington
and Princess streets last Wednesday
night and after knocking him down Sc
| cured s. in bills and some loose change.
For stealing a silk umbrella from the
residence Of Mrs. W. B. Nowlin. 81 King
street yesterday afternoon. William Wat
son, a stranger, was a prisoner I'm the
Police Court this morning. The only ex-
cuse Watson had TO offer was that he
was drunk He was held for the action
of the grand jury.
4 meeting Of Fitzgerald Council. No.
459. knights of Columbus. was held at ST.
Mary's Han tonight. Addresses were
made by Rev Walter p Noon. Of Des
Moines Council; Eugene r. O'Neil. Of
ell AT that place. and John J. O'Nen. do
casan president Of the Father Matthew
Total Abstinence Society. Scranton. Pa.
y recitation was rendered by Mr.. J. J.
/ O'Shea, OF Washington.
4 cOlored woman. employed rs cham
bermaid at the Tontine Hotel. this even
ing took a quantity Of laudanum, pre-
sumably with suicidal intent DIT Wal
| ter A. WaTneld was summoned, and re-
] stored the woman 10 consciousness. She
Will recover. The woman. whose name
/ could not be learned, recently came here
from Charlottesville. Va.
Mrs. Harriet W. McDonough died this
afternoon at her home, 2l9 South Royal
street, at an advanced age She was the
widow Of F. NJ. McDonough. and came
TO Alexandria from Hobokeu. y. j.. with
her husband during the late war. Mrs
McDonough is survived by one daughter.
Mrs. F. f. Ludwick. of Braddock
[ Heights. Alexandria County, and four
grandchildren.
Miss Lucy T. Crawford died this after
noon at her home, 4l5 North Asaph
street. The deceased was seventy-five
! years Of age. Miss Crawford was a native
Of Fairfax County, Va. but had made
this city her home nearly ali her life.
She was an aunt Of the late John s
Beach. Funeral services will be held
4 Saturday morning at Lorton Valley. Fair
fax County. and the burial viii be made
at that place.
Funeral services over the remains Of
David b. Cook. who committed suicide
Monday by shooting himself, were held
at 10 o'clock this morning at Wheatley's
| undertaking establishment Rev DR. w.
/ T. Fisher pastor Of the First Baptist
Church. conducted the services, and the
remains We're Inferred in the National
Cemetery, this city.
The trolley wire Of the Washington.
Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric
Railway Company broke down shortly be
fore o'clock tonight at the intersection
of King and Columbus streets. As a re-
suit Of the accident traffic was considera-
bly, delayed The accident caused a bril-
liant electrical display which attracted
considerable attention.
John Bryan, colored, was taken in Gus
tOdy this evening on a charge of the
larceny Of a crate of beer from the saloon
of Joseph Breen, southeast corner Prin-
cess and Fairfax streets. Bryant will be
given a hearing in the police court to-
morrow morning. Policemen Bell and
Ferguson arrested Bryant.
Big Bear Hunt I'm West Virginia.
Special to The Washington Herald
Winchester, Va, Nov. "a messag ge
received tonight from WardensvjlIe
Hampshire County, w. Va. states that a
large party of hunters who have been
pursuing a large black bear for two davs
We're closing In on bruin. Its tracks are
the largest ever seen in that section
Smaller tracks. indicating the presence
OF other bears. have been discovered
William F. Barbee killed a big deer to-
day, while hunting for the bear
Exodus of Foreigners. A..
, Special 20 The Washington Herald.