The Washington herald., 1909-04-01
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WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU,
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Alexandria. Va. March 3I.-About 100
members Of the general committee for
the homecoming week held a meeting
this afternoon az the Surprise Theater.
when plans were mapped out fe'' work TO
be done. and reports were received from
the chairmen OF the various committees
The meeting was presided over by Presi-
dent W. B. SmoOt A J. Wedderhurn
served as secretary. Others VINO Occu-
pied seats on the stage were Judge c. L.
Nicol and Robert 5. Barrett
NJ +. Greene. chairman Of the decora-
ton committee. said the committee al
ready has spent SIS. and would nee1 Ap-
proXim8tely N,o00 before its labors are
completed The work OF Alexandria
Washington Lodge Of Masons in dedicat-
ing George Washington Park was out
lined by r W. Arnold. OF that lodge
The park will be dedicated April go
The committee on decorations has ar
ranged for the placing OF $500 incandes-
cent lights In King street from the river
front "a West street. a distance of twelve
squares. which viii illuminate that thor
oughfare during homecoming week.
Hattie Wilson. a negress. about forty
years old. was arrested tonight by Po-
ncemen GIL and Nicholson on charge
Of robbing graves in the various Gene
teries Of flowers. metal wTeaths. and
other decorations. The police early to
night recovered sheath OF wheat a
metallic wreath. ribbons used in tying
flowers, and several articles which gave
police headquarters the appearance Of a
cemetery. The woman, the police say.
said she stole them 10 place on her
fathers grave. They were recovered al
various houses occupied by negroes.
where. IL IS alleged. she had left them
Among the articles stolen was a dove
which the police found adjoining a gate
post. where IL had been placed by some
youths Hattie viii be given a hearing
in the Police Court tomorrow morning
Finishing touches are being put on the
First National Bank Building IN king
street. between ST. Asaph and Pitt streets.
and that bank has arranged 10 move into
the new structure May J. The building
is a One-story AFFAIR OF classic design
with a front Of white Georgia marble II
has a depth Of seventy-fve feet. and Is
about fifty feet high. TX was erected
by Cassidy & Co. Of Washington. and the
plans were drawn by Architect IL D.
Morrill,, Of this city
Mrs. sarah Matter, widow OF John ID
Matter. died last night al her home. SO
South Fairfax street. aged seventy-three
years. She was a native Of Pennsylvania.
and is survived by three sons and two
daughteTs-Mrs. NJ II Page Of Char
iottesviIle. Va; Milton Matter. 81 Nor
folk Edward Matter. OF Panama. Mrs
Lev
ter. OF this city The funeral wlu take
place ar 3 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
Funeral services for AIRS. Amelia d.
Lyons were held at o'clock this after
noon from 81. PauTs Episcopal Church.
Rev. 2. p Phillips. rector. conducted the
services. and burial which was private,
was in Ivy I'm Cemetery- Pallbearers
were DIT. Marion Dorset. J. Harris Frank
lin. Arthur Herbert. Jr., Judge J. X. n.
Norton, L. E. Uhler, and Harry R. Burke.
The funeral OF William Butler took
plac al . o'clock this afternoon from his
home 40 South Payne street Rev. w
J. Morton. rector Of Christ Episcopal
Church, conducted the services The
body was placed in the receiving vault in
the NJ 2. Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Kenneth Baggett. George Baggett. Nah
Ion MilbuTn. Winter Barnes. Dr. Clifton
Young, and Carroll Woolf.
Frank c. Berrymans funeral took place
al 40 o'clock this afternoon from his
home. 20 North Patrick street Rev. c.
=. Bulla, pastor OF the Methodist EpiscO-
pal Church South. conducted the services
Burial was in Union Cemetery
Tire law firm Of Norton 4 Boothe viii
be dissolved tomorrow by mutual con-
sent Judge J. X. NJ Norton will re-
tain the Offices Of the firm in South FAIR
fax street. and Gardner l. Boothe VIII
be located in a suite of Offices over the
Alexandria National Bank Mr. Boothe
has sold his interest in the Office building
on the east side OF Fairfax street be-
tween King and Prince streets. 10 Judge
J. X. NJ. Norton
William Thomas. a negro Iaborer. en-
pIoyed az the Potomac railroad yards.
was struck in the back this morning by
a stray bullet. Thomas was brought 10
the hospital His injury IS not regarded
as serious.
A largely attended meeting OF Fitz-
gerald Council. No. so. Knights of Co
lUmbus, was held tonight, when the first
degree was conferred upon a class OF
candidates
Preparations have Seen completed by
Seminole Tribe. No. 50. Improved Order
OF Red Men. Cor its first annual banquet
al the Hotel Rammel at $50 o'clock Fri
day night
The clerk Of the Corporation Court dur
ing the month Of March recorded tn ~ty-
six deeds and issued thirty-three mar
rage licenses. twenty-seyen TO white and
six to cOlOred persons
TIE pure food and industrial exposition.
in progress al ArmOry Hall for the past
week. closed tonight The attendance
was large
Little Miss Ruth POss. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Harry POss. who WAS recently
operated on al the Episcopal Eye and Ear
Hospital, Washington. returned home to-
day.
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