Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-12
ALEXANDRIA.
CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.

CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
I The two boards Of the city council met last
| night. In the board OF aldermen President
Marbury presided, and there were present
| Aldermen Bryant, Hinken, Leadbeater Burke
and Lindsay. In the common council Presi-
dent Snowden was in the chair, and Messrs.
Moore. Aitcheson. Jones, Harrison, Smoot,
Evans. Davis. Strider and McCuen were pres
ent- communication Of Mayor Strauss an
nouncing that Policeman 5. p. Taylor had re-
| signed and that first resdyman Banner Il.
Young had been designated in his stead was
| read and ordered to be received. The bill of
City Sergeant VIM. H. Smith for $1.5s9 so
was referred to the joint committee on finance
and general laws. An ordinance making addi-
tional appropriations to carry the street de-
partment and other branches Of the munich
year was passed unanimously. An order
to repair the pump at Battery Rodgers was re-
| ferred, as was petition of Wheat 4 Suter for
the establishment of certain street grades on
West, Oronoko and other streets near lots
Gently purchased by them on the west edge Of
the city. II. Dunn's petition for street i'm
provements on Cameron and Henry streets was
referred to the committee on streets and that
OF h. kemper for a supplementary salary as
superintendent of schools to the committee on
finance. A report of the committee ON light.
advising that two gas benches Of six rstorts
each be added to the city gas works, was
agreed to in both boards unanimously. Prof.
j. s. Blackburn was authorized to erect frame
school house within fire limits at the rear Of
his dwelling on Washington street; . new
pump was ordered ct the corner Of Washing
ton and Gibbon street and an application for
the opening Of . roadway through Penny Hill
burial ground was referred to the public prop
erty committee.
THE CONCERT LAST MIGHT.
Alexandria last night greeted the Washington
Concert Company with large audience at the
Opera House. All the company did we'll, and
Mr.. Charles F. Miller of Washington met with
special favor in 'Clancy's Trotter,' being
lows: Overture. Washington Concert Company,
Waterbury, orchestra; quartet, sailors Life, ;"
White. Washington Concert Company; A few
minutes with the great negro delineator, Mr..
W. P. Gallaher: solo. The Daisy" Arditi, Miss
Mr.. G. Il. Michaelsen; quartet, "Us -Four
Tramps," Hub Smith, Washington Concert
Company; musical specialties. including their
latest novelty, the Swiss bells, Waterbury
Brothers. solo. "Clancy's Trotter," Pagan,
Song" Pinsuti, Miss b. Yewell solo, always
Save Place at the Table for Jack Thornton,
Mr.. Frank Anderson; solo. "Buzz, Little Bee."
Gro, Mr.. James H. Cathell; quartet. Annie
Laurie" Geibel, Washington Concert Company.
THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SALARY.
School Superintendent Kemper made appli-
cation to the city council last night for sup
Elementary salary Of $500 in addition to the
$3.50 paid by the state. making the salary Of
the superintendent Of schools $3.50. Hereto
fore since the origin of the schools the salary
paid by the state has been the only compensa-
ton paid to the school superintendent. Super
iEtendent r. J.. Carne in making his last annual
report said: AS l shall soon resign the super
intendency l feel at liberty. for the first time,
to suggest that the schools now need more
thorough superintendent. The whole time of
the superintendent ought to be given to them,
and to give it he must have a living salary In
the earlier days of the school system there
were fewer schools and fewer children attended
them. and, as l could not give my whole time
to the work. and ii really not needed,
have been content with the small salary given
by the state (S3s0 year., though it has not
by any means paid me for the time and thought
have bestowed upon it." The application is
now in the hands Of the city finance committee.
THE JEFFERSON PHILLIPS CASE.
At the corporation court today the case Of
Jefferson Phillips, indicted for the murder of
George S. Smith in July, 1891, was called, and
the preliminaries of his second trial for the
crime discussed.
THE COUNTY SCHOOL TAX.
The county school board at its session here
HOS uAcu Inc sCuoOl YAK IOr tnlb year as IOl-
lows: Washington district, As cents on the
hundred dollars; Arlington district, IS cents,
and Jefferson district, 80 cents. 1t was agreed
that the present class Of school houses recently
put up shall be the model Of future ones TO be
erected.
NOTES.
marble statue Of St. Vincent dc Paul has
been presented by the members of the confer
ence of that society here to st. Mary's Church,
and will occupy niche on the north side of
the main altar.
Sarepta Lodge. l. o. o. F., exemplified the
entire work of the order at its meeting last
night.
The Royal Arcanum here last night initiated
five members and received several applications.
j. ?. Lash acclaimed Poe's Raven for the
entertainment of tine council
The Roslyn Fishing and Cunning Club has
been chartered here with the following Wash
ingtonians as incorporators: Jas. W. Owen,
Thos. G. Smith. John w. Clark, r. T. Hum
phrey and Thos. Muntz.