Evening star., 1916-07-21
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
Fire Badly Damages Coffee
!; Company Building.
CAPT. MARK L. PRICE DIES
Retired Railroad Conductor III Only
Short Time-Ball Former
Alexandrian.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 21.-F1re
this morning gutted the establishment
of the Alexandria Coffee Company, a
three-story brick building, 3o7 Prince
street. owned and operated by Claude
r. Yates. Practically all of the stock
on the three floors of the building was
badly damaged most of the damage
being done by water. The damage to
stock and building will be about $4,000,
1t is estimated, and is covered by in
surance.
The fire is thought to have originated
on the roof, and is believed to have
been caused by sparks from the Chin
ney, which ignited a small quantity of
coffee chaff.
Capt. Mark L. Price Dies.
Capt. Mark L. Price, a retired rail-
road conductor. died at 12:40 oclocl,
this morning at his home at the Vir-
ginia apartments, AIS Prince street,
after a comparatively short illness.
Capt. Price only took to his bed last Mon
day. although he had been in declining
health for some time.
The deceased was seventy-eight years
old and besides his wife, Mrs. Mary
Price, he is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. James S. Smythe. and two sons,
Mark L. Price, jr., and c. Marion Price.
A brother. City Auditor f. F. Price.
and a sister, Mrs. John r. Zimmerman,
also survive. Capt. Price for about a
third of century was passenger
conductor the old Washington and
Ohio railroad and fifteen years ago he
retired.
The deceased during the war served
In the Confederate army. being a men,
Der of the Alexandria Rifles of the 18th
Virginia Regiment and was a mem Der
of r. E Lee Camp. Confederate
Veterans. He was also member Of
Alexandria Washington Lodge of Ma
sons. His funeral will take place at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from the
residence of his daughter. 632 North
Washington street. Services viii. be
conducted by Rev. DIR. p. =. Phillips,
rector of st. Paul's Protestant Episco-
pal Church.
Funeral of E. B. Kimball.
The funeral of Edward B. Kimban
will take place at 4 o'clock this after
noon from Wheatley's undertaking
chapel. Services will be conducted by
Rev. E. T. Kirkley. pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church, and
burial will be in the National ceme-
terry. this city
W N Lipscomb, examiner of records
for the sixteenth judicial district. today
went over the merchants license taxes
with the local board of tax review at a
meeting of the board held at the Office
or C. H Callahan, commissioner of reve-
nue..
William H. Ball. thirty-three years old,
whose body was found hanging to tree
near Baltimore Wednesday. as told in The
Star, was former resident of Alexandria
For three years he was employed as a
clerk in the clothing store of B. Abram-
son. 532 King street, and he left here
last April for Baltimore, where he OBJ
tanned employment. He was unmarried
and. besides his mother. he is survived
by two sisters and a brother
The annual inspection of the members
or the police department was made at
80 o'clock this afternoon at police head
quarters by the board of police commits
sioners.
Half-hour service will be held at 6
O'Clock every Sunday beginning this Sum
day at old Pohick P. Z. Church Fairfax
county, and will be conducted by Rev.
E W. Mellichampe. rector
In the corporation court today Rev
Joakim Alexopoulos. pastor Of the Greek
Catholic Church. Washington, was grant
ed permission to perform the rite of mat
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