Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-10
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
GENERAL NEWS OF OLD DO
MINIoN CITY.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


allen ANDRIA, Va, April TO- 1908.
A coroner's jury this morning investi-
gated the circumstances attending the
death of an unknown colored man, whose
body was found near the Union railway
passenger station at an early hour yester-
day morning, and returned the following
verdict:
Said unknown colored man came to his
death by being run over by train on
the northbound track Of the Washington
Southern Railway Company about forty
feet from the Union station at Alexandria,
Va. April 9. before 1920 am
The jury was composed Of R. NJ. Ora
ham. foreman; August H. Oehlert. Charles
A. Simpson, Harry D. Kirk, George D.
Hopkins and Capt r. F. Knox.
At meeting of the congregation of the
Second Baptist Church, held last night
at the Baptist Mission, corner of Column
bus and Pendleton streets, Rev. Mr..
Hobbs, pastor OF the Del Ray Baptist
Church, was chosen pastor. Announce
ment was made that services at this
church will be held every Sunday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock and Sunday school
services will take place at 2:30 o'clock.
Prayer meetings will occur every Thurs
day night at 7:3O o'clock The church
was established only few weeks ago.
Considerable apathy exists among the
democratic voters of the city in regard
to the primary which will be held the 21st
instant in the second and fourth wards
for the purpose of nominating candidates
for the board of aldermen and city coun-
Gil. In the second ward, Alderman w. w.
Ballenger, incumbent. will be opposed by
Harrie White. Two councilmen are to be
elected from each ward. The aspirants
in the second ward are II. w. Smith, R. ID.
Brumback and Carol H. May, and in the
fourth ward the candidates are F. c.
Spinks @ B. Marshall, incumbents, and
C. w. O'Meara.
a Lodge of Owls was organized last
night by National Organizer E. c. Nc
Cullough, assisted by Supreme Sentinel
John o. Gamble of South Bend, Ind, with
the election of the following officers
William l.. Rammel, past president: Thos.
Chauncey. president; w. S. Schwarz-
Gator: Joseph West, secretary; ]. Sidney
Douglas. treasurer: Erwin SchwarZmann,
sentinel; B. B. Cline. warden: George E.
Pickett. picket; Drs. E. A. German. NJ. D.
Delaney and S. B. Moore. nest physicians;
w. L. Hinken and Floyd Saunders, trus.
tees. The lodge starts with a member
ship of over one hundred members and
will hold meetings the second and fourth
Thursdays Of every month. Following
the election officers were installed. Meet
ingS will be held on the fourth floor Of
the Alexandria National Bank building
A meeting of the Young Mems Senate
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South
was held last night in the Young Peoples
building. when the question of Shall or
Shall We Not Have New School Build
ing?" was debated upon and the side TAX
ing the affirmative won out by a large
ma jority Those deba ting for the affirma-
tive were Senators Schofield and Hudson.
Senators We'll and Knight took the mega.
tive end of the proposition.
Arrangements have been made for Sen
ator Robert Taylor of Tennessee to de-
liver a lecture entitled Castles in the
Air. at the Young Peoples building to-
night.
District Deputy William l.. Allen and a
delega ton of MasonS of this city will to-
night go to Falls Church to pay fra
ternal visit to the lodge at that place.
Lieut. Smith of the police department
is confined to his home by illness.
The remains of Connie Gray, colored, a
soldier who died in the Philippines Sep
TENDER %, 1907, will be brought here in a
few days for burial
A civil service examination was held
here today and over fifty candidates were
examined.
Rev. William NJ. Dame of Baltimore
last night conducted Lenten services at
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church.
Many of the Catholic and Episcopal
churches in this city are making prepara-
tons for special musical programs for
Easter Sunday.