Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-12
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF
SEVERAL ACADEMIES.
M. E.. Sunday School Convention
Closes This Afternoon-Coron
Jury Gives Verdict.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June l.. lSUS.
In the presence of large audience the
fortieth annual commencement exercises
of st. Mary's Academy took place this
afternoon at the opera house. An interest
ing musical and literary program was
given by the students of the school, after
which the members composing the grad
uating class received their diplomas of
graduation, which were presented by Rev.
Father L. F. Kelly.
The graduates in the academic course
were Misses Mary Ellen Hill, Mary Agnes
Gilroy. Katherine Groh and Mary Berna-
dette Allen. the latter OF Washington.
Misses Mary Ellen Hill and Salle Ger
trude Patterson were the graduates in
music. The graduates in the commercial
CLASS included Misses Alice Ann TRIGGER.
Hazei Eleanor Ale Elsie Milroy Hamil-
ton and Nellie Virginia Studds. The
graduates received an abundance of
pretty flowers.
The thirty ninth annual commencement
exercises OF Potomac Academy. a school
Blackburn, 212 North Washington street,
were held at that institution this morn
ing Inc graduates were Emmett Reid
Dunn. whose average percentage on all
James Mumford Rose, whose average
was 81. :
Certificates Of distinction in the Eng
fish branches were as follows: David
Harry Macrae Douglas Mclean, Harry
Moore. j. I. Preston, jr.; James Rose.
Russell Woolf. Harry Sissen and Andrew
Gilroy.
Sunday School Convention.
The business session of the forty second
annual session of the Sunday school con-
vention Of the Baltimore conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
will come to a close at 3:45 o'clock this
afternoon with an address by Mrs. Hamill.
entitled Junior Boys and Girls" Most
Of the delegates will then leave for their
respective homes. A place for the next
convention will also be determined upon
this afternoon. The session has been a
most successful one. and all of the re-
Rev. NJ. n. Keene opened the session at
o'clock this morning with devotional ex-
ercises. Addresses were then made as
follows: Temperance Teaching in the
Sunday School," Rev. w. 8. Hammond;
to Secular Affairs Rev. F. J. Pretty
man. Afterward reports were read from
the schools and discussed. 1.-The Sunday
School Aids was the subject Of an ad-
dress by E. E. French and DR.. Hamill
took for his subject The Last and Best
morning session was concluded with a
discussion on conference problems:
At the afternoon session devotional ex-
ercises were conducted by Rev. c. M.
Hesser. Rev. j.. NJ. Kline took for his
subject THE Country Sunday School and
It's Needs" Rev. w. H. Best. missionary
secretary, Baltimore conference. then de-
livered an address entitled THE Living
Link in Missions
The reception rendered the delegates and
x,(o los nj "a ho q
building was very brilliant AFFAIR and
was largely attended.
Fines Imposed.
A fine OF $40 vas imposed on Ethel
Carson. alias Williams, colored, in Police
Court. on charge Of assaulting and cut
ting Nellie Dudley and Carrie Williams.
both colored, with a razor. From the
testimony given the women engaged in a
fight across the canal yesterday. AFTER
noon. and Nellie welded the razor very
freely. Her victims went to the ONCE OF
a physician, where they had their injuries
dressed.
Daniel Gerts, colored. was fined S. for
trespassing. 1t was testified by Philip
Evans. colored, janitor OF q building.
that Gerts was about to decamp with
quilt when he was seen, after which he
made his escape. Ham Lomax. colored.
charged with assaulting and beating Hat
tie LOmaX, COlOreO, 1OrIe1tS0 % cOtidAerai
The case of John Payne. colored, charged
with disorderly conduct. was continued.
After investigating the circumstances
attending the death of Charles Birch a
coroners jury. summoned by DR.. Ashton.
yesterday afternoon returned a verdict
that the deceased came to his death by
being struck by car over the Great Falls
and Old Dominion Electric railway
through his own fault. A dolphus Virtz
was foreman Of the jury. Birch was
killed at Lyonhurst. Alexandra county
yesterday morning by being struck by
an eastbound car.
Funeral services over the remains of
Gottlieb Kicherer. who died Tuesday last.
will be held at O'clock this afternoon
from his home, near Hunting creek. Rev.
]. ]. May, pastor Of the Emmanuel
Lutheran Church, will conduct the serv-
Ices. and the interment will be made in
Union cemetery.
A meeting OF Mount Vernon Council.
Daughters of America. will be held at s
o'clock tonight at the hall of Alexandria
Council, Junior Order Of United Ameri-
cans, at which time officers will be nomin-
ated for the ensuing year.
The Alexandria delegation which at
tende1 the Roanoke state convention re-
turned heme this morning.
A lawn fete will be given by the Alex
andria .3Llf Club at it's clubhouse this
evening from until 10 o'clock
Two dogs supposed to have been mad
were killed yesterday.