Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29
ALEXANDRIA Aft AIRS
Memorial Day Exercises in
National Cemetery. !.
GRAVES TO BE DECORATED
st. Mary's Cemetery to Be Improved.
Freight Brakeman Man
gum Hurt.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May IS 1910.
The only public observance of Memorial
day in this city will be at the National
cemetery.
Exercises will be held at o'clock Mon
day afternoon. Addresses will be made
by Rev. J. r. Sewer. pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. and w. p.
Graves.
Earlier in the day the graves of the
Union soldiers in that cemetery will be
decorated, under the direction of Capt.
Crittendon, superintendent. At I O'Clock
in the evening a salute will be fired by
the Alexandria Light Infantry.
The banks. government and city offices
will be closed all day. The majority of
business houses will suspend operations
will be closed throughout the day. At
the city post Office there Will be but
one delivery.
Many residents have planned - leave
the city fer Memorial day, for river and
other resorts Many left this evening.
A large number of AleXandrians will 20
to Arlington cemetery Monday to at
tend the exercises there.
Fraternal Observances.
The members of Belle Haven and James
W. Jackson councils, Junior Order OF
United American Mechanics, tomorrow
will decorate the graves of the dead
members in the different cemeteries with
flowers and tiny American flag. There
will not, however, be any set program.
At O'Clock tomorrow afternoon the
Order of F'raternal Americans, No. D,
will hold its annual memorial services in
the national cemetery.
The program which will be carried out
follows: Opening remarks. James X.
Mansfield; prayer, Rev. ". +. Watson,
pastor OF the First Baptist Church; sing
ing, How Firm a Foundation, CHOIR;
announcement of names of members,
John b. Trimyer; singing, Jesus, Lover
of My Soul choir; memorial address,
Orlando II. Daniels; singing. Nearer,
My God. to Thee choir: address, Rev.
J. NJ. Canter, pastor OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church South: singing, mock
OF Ages" choir: closing address. James
r. Mansfield; singing, America choir
prayer and benedictton, Rev EDGAR Car
penter. rector of Grace P. f. Church.
Music will be furnished by the choir
of the First Baptist Church, under the
direction of j. I. Preston.
Cemetery to Be Improved.
A movement has been inaugurated har-
ing for its object the Improvement of
ST. Marys Catholic cemetery AL
ready, through the efforts OF Council
man w. ii. HeIlmuth. a fine roadway,
distance o. about five squares, together
with a substantial footpath leading TO
the cemetery, has been completed.
Funds for the work of improving the
cemetery are now being collected by
means of a petition which is in circua-
ton. If the proposed plans are car
ried out the cemetery will be one of the
most attractive looking in the city
The work of installing an electric pas
senger elevator in the custom house
building here will be begun shortly by
the Otis Elevator Company. The con-
tract provinces that the work shall De,
completed bv December 1. An appropria-
ton for the work was obtained through
the efforts of. Representative Cariin.
The farm Of the late j. Jenkyn Davies,