Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-17
ALEXANDRIA.
THE RAILROAD MEETINGS.


The annual meetings of what remains of the
stockholders of two of what we're once Alex
andria railroads were held here yesterday
afternoon in the Midland office. These compa-
MES were the Virginia Midland formerly the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, and
the Washington and Ohio, formerly the Alex
andria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad Com
pany. They with the late Alexandria and
Washington Railroad Company and Alexandria
ami Fredericksburg railroad have dropped the
word ALE xandria" from their names The an
nual meetings formerly took up two or
three days and brought great throngs of
stockholders with their wives and children
to Alexandria, where they spent thousands
OF dollars In the stores, shops and hotels.
These annual meetings, held in the largest
halls of the city, 700 stockholders being some
times present, were the great events OF the year,
but I'VE have changed all that" A few gen
tlemen in a small room in Alexandria, repre-
senting few men in a small room in New
York. hold, for the charters sake, annual meet
iBgs, two in an hour, and adjourn. The direct
ors chosen this year comprise, however, large
number OF Nirglnians and are as follows Viz
ginIa Midland Railroad Company, Messrs. Geo.
Parsons, John II. Inman, l.. L. Moben and John
McAperney of New York and John S. Barbour.
Robert Portner. John W. Burke. E. s. Reid, G.
5. p friplett, b. T. Mason, Jos. Wilmer &. n.
Blackford, d. Payne, C. g. Hall, J
I. Lowell, James b. Pace and E. ID. Christian
of Virginia.
The W. and o. railroad directors we're C 8.
Brice of Ohio, J. c. Calhoun. Thomas Logan
and W. G. Oakman of New York and q. E.
Hine, E.V White, Henry Harrison, Holmes Con-
rad. X. E Byrd and j. NJ. Mccormick of Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Logan of New York is made presi-
dent of the Virginia Midland Company and Mr..
W. H. Marbury its secretary, and the Washing
ton and Ohio president elected is John H. In
man, and A. j. Raub Is secretary and treasurer.
coLoREp INDIGNATION MEETING
meeting of colored citizens was held a. the
Third Baptist Church last night for the pur-
pose of protesting against the passage Of the
separate car BILL now pending before the Vir-
GINA legislature. The church was crowded.
". Ii. Freeman MurIy, a clerk III the Interior
Department at Washington, presided. ROZier
ID. Lyles, pubic school teacher, acted as Sec
rotary, Rev. d.. Fields Cook was the first
speaker. He is known as the first colored
man who asked for suffrage in Virginia.
DIR. Cook declared that he did not believe that
the separate car-law bill could be passed. Mag
nus L. Robinson, editor OF the Alexandra
LeddtT, made an address He asserted that if
this separate car-law bill reached the United
States supreme Court it would be declared I'M
constitutional under the operations of the
fourteenth amendment. 1t was an attempt he
said, to abridge the civil rights of the negro Ad
dresses followed by Rev Ii. Ii. Wariug Norman
b. Prince of the public schools and Rev L. H.
Porter. Resolutions protesting against the
proposed legislation were adopted and a COM
mittee appointed to send them to Richmond.
Mr.. Robinson says that a colored state eonven-
ton will be held to further call public attention
to this matter.
Mr.. Robert Williams well known at the city
market for many years, died yesterday.
The funeral Of Mr. Randolph Purcell took
place here yesterday. The remains were
brought from Washington and attended to the
grave by the Independent Order OF He'd Men.