Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
PREPARING TO CONSECRATE
BISHOP COADJUToR LLOYD.
Fire in Tent Occupied by Children
Playing Circus-Many Arrests
Labor Day.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, September Z, 1909.
Bishop Coadjutor-elect Arthur S. Lloyd
Of New York will be consecrated at
Christ Episcopal Church October 20. The
conservation sermon will be delivered by
Bishop Doane Of Albany. N. 7.
A paper lantern set fire to an improvised
tent made Of bags on a commons on the
east side OF Columbus street between
Wythe and Madison streets, in which a
number Of children were playing circus,
yesterday afternoon, and little daughter
Of Joseph Winegart had her hair singed
and youth named Miller was burned on
the feet. George w. Pettey. jr.. subdued
the flames.
A false alarm OF fire brought out the
entire fire department last night. The en-
gines proceeded as far as the plant of the
Belle Pre- Glass Company, but did not go
into service. 1t was stated at the factory
this morning that there was no fire at the
plant last night. The factory expects to
shortly resume operations, after the an
nual summer close down.
Many Labor Day Arrests.
Labor day resulted in nineteen ar
rests which is considered by the police
an unusually large docket. Most Of the
arrests were made toward the close of
the day. The first case called in court
this morning was that Of Llewellyn
Lane. colored. charged with cutting
Walter Bryant. colored. Bryant said
that he refused to treat Lane and as
a result was badly cut on the left side
of the face. Lane was fined $50.
James Brown, colored, was accused Of
knocking a lamp from the hand of a
girl In the house of Ada Reynolds.
causing a. slight fire. He was fined SO.
Jack Beach, coIored. disorderly and
fighting. was fined SIS: Perry Grason,
colored. assaulting and beating Mary
Grason. colored, fined So: Annie -fitchell
and Nellie Dixon. colored, vagrancy,
fined So each; Bertha Davis and Mamie
Smith, disorderly conduct, forfeited So
each: Jerry Willis. colored. assaulting
and beating Lucy Willis. colored. fined
So: Daisy Douglas. colored. vagrancy.
fined So; John Wilson. colored. disor-
derby conduct. fined SIS; George Darby
and Ferdinand Carter. both colored,
disorderly conduct, fined SIS each.
Shot by His Little Son.
Harvey Pierson, colored. about forty
years old. was accidentally killed yester-
day at noon at his home, Burke's Sta
ton, Fairfax county. by being shot by
his six-year-old son. The lad picked up
shotgun which was lying in corner
of the room and pulled the trigger. The
contents entered Persons body and he
fell over. dying instantly.
Pierson had just returned to the house
from a trip to the woods. where he had
been squirrel hunting. He carelessly laid
the gun in the corner without unloading
It. The child at once began to play with
the weapon and pulled the trigger with
the above result. A verdict Of acciden-
tai death was given by the authorities.
Mrs. Ellen L. Petit. sixty years old,
wife of Elias Petit, died yesterday after
noon at her home. 100 Jefferson street.
after a long Illness She was native of
King George county, Va. Fer funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon.
william Martin King. Sd. the six-year-
old SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. William M. King,
ir. died yesterday evening at the Alex
andria Hospital from typhoid fever.
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