Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Al XANDR|A AFFAIRS
Ash Wednesday Services Are
Largely Attended.
DEATH OF AGED NEGRESS
Mary Woodlawn Was los Years
Old-Postmaster Burroughs In
dorsed for Reappointment.
DEATH OF AGED NEGRESS
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF Inc
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 8. 1910.
The Lenten services at the various
churches today were largely attended
Services were held at st. Mary's Catholic
Church at $50 o'clock, when mass was
celebrated At o'clock the ashes were
blessed and distributed, there being no
mass The services during the season
will be held Wednesdays and Fridays at
8 pm. Beginning next Sunday at the
1920 o'clock mass a series of lectures
will be inaugurated by the fathers of the
Holy Cross of the Catholic University,
Washington.
Christ P E. Church-Tuesdays. prayer
and address at pm; Thursdays, sermon
by visiting clergy at 8 pm; Fridays,
litany and address at ) pm
St. Pauls p. f. Church-Tuesdays, s
pm; Wednesdays, 4:30 pm; Thursdays,
4:3O pm The services Tuesday evenings
will be under the auspices of the Broth
erhood of st. Andrew, and sermon Will
be delivered by visiting clergy.
Grace p +. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
evening prayer and sermon by special
preachers at o'clock. Fridays. prayer
and address at 100 pm.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church-ServlceS
Wednesday evenings at O'Clock.
Short Session Of Council.
A fifteen-minute session Of city coun-
Gil was held last night. But little bust
ness was disposed Of Upon the recon-
mendation of the finance committee the
sum of $500 was appropriated for the
purchase of fire hose. The hose will be
purchased by the board of fire wardens,
the chief of the fire department and two
members from the public property and
finance committee. A bill from New
York firm for 1888 for fire hydrants
was referred to the public property and
finance committee.
Arrangements were made for a special
meeting of the council for Tuesday night
when the new set of building laws Will
come up for consideration. The regular
meeting to be held February % will be
omitted.
Mr.. Burke announced that the commit
tee having in charge the work OF codlfy-
ing the city laws thought it best before
completing it's labors to wait until the
health and building laws committees COM
pleted their labors
Census Office Examination.
The local board of the civil service ex-
aminers announces that March next an
examination will be held in this city to
secure eligibles for appointment in the
census office. 1t is announced that there
is a scarcity of candidates. particularly
in the southern and western states.
March 16 the commission will hold an
examination for the position OF phOto-en-
graver, Philippine service, at a salary OF
from 81 600 to 800 per year.
\ fine of $50 was imposed in the Police
Court this morning in the case of James
Diggs, colored, charged with stealing a
watch from VIM. West. also colored. West
told the court that several days ago he
was asleep in saloon in the northeast
ern section of the city. When he awoke
his watch was gone. The watch, he said,
was worth $3.50. Diggs told the court
that he found the watch in saloon. Aft
erward he loaned it to "a negro woman for
the use of a dollar.
Representative r. T. Ansberry last
night delivered a lecture at the Young
Mems Sodality Lyceum Hall, taking for
his subject THE Trial of Christ From
the Viewpoint of a Lawyer" large
audience was present. The affair was
under the auspices of Fitzgerald Coun-
Gil, knights of Columbus. The speaker
was introduced by NJ. j. Mcfarland, past
grand knight. of the local council. The
musical program was given by a quartet
from the Sacred Heart Church, Washing
ton
Dead at Advanced Age.
Mary Woodlawn, colored, about 1O5
years old, died this morning at her home