Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-01
ALEXANDRIA.
TIE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
At the count of the ballots in the democratic
primaries for candidates for the house of dele
gates last night the vote stood: Chas. Bend
helm. 472; Vim. ii. May, 461; ". W. Douglass
l16. the total vote being 1.109 1t had been
agreed in the primary that Douglass. as a county
man. should be given the three county dele
gates Ill a convention of twenty delegates that
viii meet here on the Sth instant, and the burn
ing question with the democratic politicians is
now to apportion the other seventeen dele
gates in the proportion of the votes received
il town by each candidate, for under the rule
Mr. Beniheim is entitled to send seven men
and small fraction of a man to. the conven-
ton. Mr.. MAY Is entitled to seven men and
smaller fraction OF man and Mr.. Douglass to
send over two men and half. Alexandria
democrats are often divided, but not in this
way; SO Mr.. Bendheim will have seven dele
gates. Mr. May seven delegates and MIR. Doug
lass three delegates from the city, and Mr.
Douglass will also have three delegates from
the county, making the convention stand at its
opening on next Thursday: Bendheim, Z; May
Z. and Douglass. 6. What will be the result OF
the combinations or disintegrations of the con-
yention Is, of course. all guesswork.
FIRE IN SUBURBS.
An alarm was struck by the fire bells about
1l:5O last night for fire at the grocery of Vim.
Woolls, on the north side Of the old canal basin
near the intersection of Curtis and st. Asaph
streets extended. The fire was too far from
any water source for the steam engines to go
into service, but the hook and ladder company
tore down some sheds near by and prevented
extension of fire 10 the other frame build
inSs in the neighborhood. The loss is esti-
mated at $500.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The circuit court, Judge Keith. continues its
sessions. The report OF Francis Miller of
Washington in the suit Of Summers agt. Miller,
where all the parties live in Washington has
been confirmed by the court In the railroad
case of Williams agt. the Richmond and Dam
vile Railroad Company. the jury failed to
agree. John c. N.ghingill has obtained judg-
ment against the Metropolitan Insurance Com
pany for the amount claimed by him. On the
probate side OF the court the will of Miss Lydia
Mark has been admitted to probate and rec
ord.
NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS
There is some discomfort with the regula-
tions of the fire department just adopted by
the fire wardens. 1t is commended by some
that the fire wardens have no business to make
,ula tions for the department, and that the
powers Of the board Of wardens are confined
by law TO the selection of the hand engineers
and drivers and to the control Of money but
not CT men The law declares that the nine
tire w.rdens shall have the direction of all
purchases and expenditures on account of the
FIRE companies or tine fire DEPART
ment, including the hand engines, and
NAY direc. the manner of certifying
The same for payment. 1t is claimed that the
only body legally authorized 10 make reguIa-
tions is the board of directors of the fire de-
parsnent IA the law enacts that the fire war
dens IN conjunction with the chief engineer and
the presidents OF the several fire companies of
the city shall be and constitute the board of di-
rrctors OF :Ec ire department of Alexandria. :"
The said board o. directors Of the fire depart
IneHt OF Alexandra, or a ma jority of them
shall have power 10 prescribe rules and reguia.
tons fo- the government. OF lie steam and
hand companies AZ fires and elsewhere in mat
ters not provided for by existing laws" The
Columbia company met last night and con-
CARED III Directing 10 some OF the regulations
recently adopted by the board of fire wardens.