Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
CONTEST FOR QUEEN OF THE
CARNIVAL is OPENED.
Fifty-One Candidates Voted Most
Popular-School Girls Escape
Train Wreck.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, March -. 1909.
The contest for the most popular lady for
queen of the carnival for the home-com-
ing week, April 26 to May 1, is now on.
The ballot boxes were opened last night
and every matron or maid receiving fifty
or more votes was entered as a contestant.
Mrs. A. d. Monitor is now in the lead,
having received 412 votes. That the con-
test will be a very spirited one is evil
denced by the fact that the total number
receiving more than the required number
of votes is fifty-one. and all have their
supporters, who will doubtless make the
fight extremely interesting. The boxes
have been placed in various. stores
throughout the city and will be opened
April "a at 10 pm. The name of the win
ner will be announced that evening and
the successful contestant will be awarded
q handsome diamond sunburst. Money de-
rived from the contest will be used for
decorating the court of honor and H.
luminating King street during the prog
ress of the carnival, which will be held
in connection with the homecoming week
exercises.
The names of those voted On and the
number of votes received are as follows:
Miss Mary Adcock, 80: Miss Ruth Appick
80; Miss Jessie Armstrong, 30; Miss Viah
Baggett. y; Miss Minnie Berwanger, 81:
Miss Katherine Brill 80; Miss Katherine
Rirrell. 80; Miss BERTHE Baader, 80: Mrs.
J. w. Bales. 1856; Mrs. Louis Brill. ST.,
121: Miss Ida Breen, 49, Miss Janette
Curtin. 80: Miss Estelle Clapdore, So
Miss Bessie Creegan, 80: Miss Grace
50: Miss Hattie Douglas. 80; Miss Marie
Drew. 20: Miss Helen Drew. 80; Miss
Marie Fannon. 1874; Mrs. H. Friedlander.
FOG; Miss Meryl Goldsmith. TO- Miss Annie
Miss J. Ethel Grimes. 80; Mrs. NJ. P.
Greene. 81; Miss Ella Hill. 10; Miss Sally
Harlow, 30; Miss Amy Heisley, 30: Miss
Bessie Jones. 80; Miss Dorothy Lannon,
20: Miss 1nez Marshall. so; Mrs. J. w.
May, 90; Miss Margaret Milstead. so:
Mrs. Eva G. Mushback. 30; Mrs. A. D.
Montier 412; Miss Irene NJ Pullman, so;
Mrs. F. J. Paff, 80; Miss Sallie G. Pat
terson. 30: Miss Bessie w. Reeves. So
Miss Flora Rocker. so; Miss Marsie
Miss Mamye Schwarzmann, POI; Mrs
J. b. Sullivan. 90: Miss Ethel Simmons.
30; Mrs: A. Fl. Smythe. 30: Miss Mary
D. Williams. 80; Mrs. Cleta Whitehead
Caroline Wedderburn, 127.
Little Concern Over Escape.
Cnmindful of a head-on collision at the
dixie, two miles south of this city. on the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount Yer
non electric railway at $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. a party of thirty-ffve
girls from the Friends Select School, Phil
adelphia. following the wreck. chatted
merrily. and while arrangements were
being made for their transfer to Alexan-
dria left the wrecked car and made snap
shots Of the wrecked train and the sur
rounding country. The girls appeared to
be but little concerned over their narrow
escape from perhaps having their lives
crushed out and within an hour afterward
they were in Washington, the debris hav-
ing been cleared away.
The train carrying the schoolgirls was
single motor car, known No. Is.
which left Mount Vernon shortly after
3 o'clock. Everything went we'll until
when the work train. consisting of gon-
dola loaded with lumber and motor
car. known as No. 53. doomed up on the
main track with the gondola in front of
the motor car, the former being loaded
with lumber.
Both motormen saw a crash was in
evitable and applied the emergency
brakes. 1t was, however. too late. and
there was a terrific crash. The impact
derailed the work train and caused the
lumber to be scattered in every direction,
while the motor cab of the work train
was reduced to splinters. J. ]. Kane was
in charge of the motor of the passenger
car and c. +. Hayden, train dispatcher
of the road. was also In the cab. Both
jumped, and Kane only sustained slight
cut on the head. w. NJ. Mcbride was
motorman of the work car.
Colored Methodist Conference.
At the forty sixth session of the A. NJ.
E. annual conference this morning at
Roberts Chapel devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. B. F. Myers. This was
followed by the transaction Of consid-
cradle routine business.
The afternoon session was the ami
versary of the Women's Home Missionary
Society and was presided over by Mrs
S. B. Holmes. Devotional exercises were
conducted by Mrs. Louisa Brown. Miss
Anna r. Johnson gave a brief outline of
the work accomplished by the society.
THE Use and Importance of Pledge
by Mrs Estel1e B. Jordon. Mrs. Estelle
Value of Supplies" The Queen Esther.
Who and What" was read. Music was
furnished by the Epworth League choir.
The annual meeting of the Preachers
Aid Society will be held tonight. Rev:
Rev. 8. H. Norwood is secretary.
Bishop ]. c. Hartzell addressed the con-
ference in the interest OF the African
diamond jubilee yesterday afternoon. a
resolution. offered by DR.. w NJ clair,
favoring the diamond jubilee celebration
and pledgng the conference to raise $1,000
therefor was adopted. The report of
the select number in the case of ]. ".
Lavatt was made. The charges not being
sustained. he was adJudged not guilty
and his character was passed.
Revs. w. H. Draper, Joshua Barnes and
r. s. Smith were granted superannuated
relation. Rev. G. E. Young, fraternal dele
gate from the 4. NJ. E. Church, was
introduced and extended fraternal greet
ings. Bishop Berry responded. The trans
fers of Revs. Taylor. Terpean and Trigg
were announced by the bishop.
Funeral Services.
The funeral of Miss Annie Dugan, who
died Thursday morning. took place at
O'Clock this morning from st. Mary's
Catholic Church. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev Fathers Cutler and Kelly
The interment was made in st. Mary's
cemetery. Those serving as pallbearers
were NJ. Downey. +. McGowan. G. Cum
mings. s. ]. McCauley, John Mckenna
and James Martin.
Funeral services over the remains OF
John W. Brown. who died Wednesday
night. were held at 2 o'clock this after
noon at ST. Johns P. Z. Chapel. West
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