Evening star., 1917-04-02
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Engine Horse Killed While Re-
spending to Alarm Of Fire.
SMALL HOUSES ARE BURNED

| responding to a lire alarm shortly aft
er o'clock this morning. Pete" the
handsome sorrel horse of the Column
| bia fire engine, slipped in making the
turn at King and Columbus streets, and
was wedged in between a telegraph
pole and a tree at the northwest cor
| and the horse was afterward shot by
| Policeman Garvey.
There is an electric railroad track
at the corner and the horse slipped on
the track, it is said. and in doing SO
| the lines slipped from Henry Posey,
veteran driver of that engine. Mr..
Posey escaped with a mashed thumb,
and W. H. Wood. jr.. engineer. also
escaped injury.
The front running gear of the en-
gine was considerably damaged. The
damaged part of the apparatus was
! taken to Washington today for re-
pairs by W. H. Wood. and the reserve
engine Champion was put in the place
of the Columbia.
Two Houses Destroyed.
The fire to which the department was
responding destroyed two small two
story frame dwellings in Muir's court.
bounded by Cameron. Queen, Column
bus and Alfred streets, one of which
was occupied by Benjamin F. O'Neil;
the second house was unoccupied. A
defective fiue is thought to have caused
the fire.
Mr.. O'Neil and his family had mar
row escape from being burned to death.
He jumped from the second-story win
dow. and later removed his family.
Fire at midnight destroyed large
chicken house belonging to Thomas c.
Violette, Luray avenue, Braddock, at
the north end of the city limits.
An alarm of fire at 6 o'clock this
morning was caused by the burning Of
a house on the north side of Wolfe
street between Patrick and Henry
streets. Employees of the Southern
| railway eXtinguished the fire.
To Organize Reserve Corps.
Seminole Tribe, No. 35, Red Men, is
going to organize a reserve corps and
will start out with a membership OF
100 out of the 235 members of this
lodge. Its first training will begin
April II and will be given by a military
officer. This lodge was organized seven
years ago, starting out with a charter
membership of ffty-two, and now has
on its rolls total of 235 members.
The meeting of the veteran members
of the Alexandria Light Infantry slated
to have been held tonight in Armory
Hall has been postponed until further
notice. AS soon as those fostering the
project secure the signature of fifty
former members meeting will be
called.
The custom of renting pews in his
toric Christ P. E. Church, where George
Washington was a pewholder and wor-
shipper, which has prevailed for the
past 144 years, has been abolished. An
nouncement to this effect was made at
the morning services at that church
yesterday by Rev. w. ]. Morton, rector.
William D. Ogden Buried.
The funeral of William D. Ogden.
who died at George Washington Uni
versity Hospital. Washington, took
place this morning from the Fairfax
apartment. Services were conducted by
Rev DR.. ]. W. Duffey, pastor of the
M E. Church South, and burial was
made in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Pallbearers were r. Frank Beckham,
John G. Beckham. John G. Graham.
Charles W. King. Maurice R. wilkins
and French S. Simpson
Funeral services for Mrs. Edgar E.
Padgett were held at o'clock yester-
day afternoop at Christ P. E. Church.
Rev. w. j. Morton, rector. officiating.
Burlal was MADE IN Bethel cemetery.
Levi S. Dove, a carpenter, died today
at his homo. 42s South Lee street. at
an advanced age. He is survived by
two daughters. The funeral arrange
ments have not yet been made.
A pastor for the Methodist Episcopal
Church South will be appointed today
by the annual conference of the NJ e.
Church South, which will conclude its
| session in Roanoke. Rey. Dr. j. w.
Duffey, pastor of the local church, has
just returned from the conference
Flag day was generally observed here
today. flags floating from a majority
of business houses and also from hun
dreds of private dwellings,