Evening star., 1909-04-23
HAPPENINGS N ALEXANDRIA
UNWILLING OF TABLET FOR
WASHINGTON PALLBEARERS.
Death Of q Fairfax County Farmer
Carnival Queen Vote Contest
Nears Close.
special Correspondence Of The Star.

SpcCl1t correspondence OF Inc star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. April %. 1909.
At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon q bronze
memorial tablet to the memory Of those
who served as pallbearers at Washing
tons funeral will be unveiled at the east
entrance Of Christ p. E. Church under
the auspices of Mount Vernon Chapter.
D. A. r. Should the weather conditions
prove unfavorable at that hour the ex-
ercises incident to the unveiling will take
place in the church instead of in the
church yard, as previously planned. The
unveiling will be made by Margaret
Douglas Reese, a descendant of Col. Den
mis- Ramsay. and John Caile Scott. de-
scendant OF Col. Simms, both OF whom
served as pallbearers for Washington.
During the exercises music will be fur
nished by forty-five pieces Of the Naval
Academy Band, under the direction OF
Mr.. Zimmerman. Invocation will be pro-
nounced by Rev. w. J. Morton, rector Of
the church, which will be followed with
an address by Representative c. c. Car
be made by Mrs. Eleanor w. Howard on
behalf of the local chapter. and 1t will be
formally accepted by Rev Mr.. Morton
on behalf Of the vestry OF Christ Church.
Representative Morris Shepheard of Tex
as and Mrs. Donald Mclean will also
make addresses. The Masons and de.e-
cation of members of the D. A. r. from
Washington will also attend. The in
scrption on the tablet reads as follows:
In memory OF the honorary pailbear-
ers OF General George Washington, fel-
low-townsmen. brother Masons. trusted
Friends comrades in the cause Of Ameri-
can Independence, Col. Charles Simms.
Col. Dennis Ramsay. Col. William Payne.
Col. Charles Little. In memory also of
the lieutenants, William Moss. James
Turner. jr.; Lawrence Hoof. George Wise.
OF the 1O6th Regiment Of the Virginia
Militia. who bore his body to the tomb
December 18th. 1799. Erected by the Mt.
Vernon Chapter. National Society Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution OF Alex
andria. Va, in 1909"
Date Of Schultz Murder Trial.
A date for the trial Of Richard, alias
"Dick" Pines. James Dorsey, Henry
Smith and Calvin johnson, negroes. held
for the murder Of Walter F. Schultz, the
Chicago artist, will be fixed by Judge
Barley In the corporation court at 10
pected that the trial will be either May
II or IL next. The prisoners will be
brought to this city in charge OF Chief
Goods and several members OF the police
assign counsel for tvo of them. who have
not as yet secured counsel. Pines, Dorsey
and Johnson are confined in the Jail at
Fairfax ourt House and Smith il q pris-
oner in the city Jail. It is expected that
there will be q large crowd In court to see
the prisoners.
Joseph I. Grehan, a prominent farmer
Of Franconia, Fairfax county, died last
night at his home after a long illness.
Mr.. Grehan was seventy-three years old
and was a native of Ireland. Besides his
wife, several children survive. His fu-
neral will take place at o'clock Sunday
afternoon from st. Mary's Catholic
Church and the interment will be made In
st. Mary's cemetery.
With but one more day before the close
Of the contest for queen Of the carnival
the vote today among the six leaders is
as follows: Miss Marie Fannon. 5,31S:
Mrs. r. Won de Westlaken, 4757: Mrs.
Cletia Whitehead, 3.391 Miss Marie
Drew, 1,730; Mrs. A. D. Montier, 1,63S;
Miss Caroline Wedderburn, 966.
Roderick Hearing.
In the corporation court today the case