Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-03

No MEErING.-There was no meetine
of the City Council last night, a quorum
failing to appear in either board.
Aldermen Marbury, Lindsey, Burke
and Leadbeater were present, and
Councilmen Snowden Thompson, C..
". Moore, Fisher, Klaus, Mushbach.
Harrison and Cation A regular meet
inc will be held next Tuesday night.
The object for which the meeting was
called-thc disposition ofthe fish wharf
property for the coming season-would
have proven ab0rtive anyhow, as Mr..
]. II. Beach this morning offered to
pay $50 rent for the premises, he TO
put the wharf in proper order, and his
offer was accepted.
The Common Council was called to
order informally just as Alderman
Leadbeater entered the chamber.
Mr.. Leadbeater explained the condi-
ton of affairs in relation to the rental
fthe fish wharf to Mr.. Henry Beach.
He said that the advertisement of the
rental of the wharf did not offer any
repairs, hut after the rental had been
made to Mr.. Beach 800 had been eX-
pended in repairing the wharf, but this
did not satisfy Mr.. Beach and he had
announced that he would throw up the
rental Of the wharf.
Mr.. l.. said the difficulty now could
be obyiated by appointing an agent to
collect The wharfage for the corpora
lion or rent the wharfto some one else.
The Chair announced that no quorum
being present no business could be
transacted, but he felt confident that
any arrangement the public property
committee would make would be rati-
lied by Council
The call of the Mayor conyening
Council was then formally read and no
quorum appearing the board adjourned.
POLICE CoURT.-Mayor Strauss pre-
8iiiaq.-The following cases were dis
posed of this morning:
Two white men, tramps, arrested by
officer Griffin for disorderly conduct,
were sent to the chain gang for fifteen
days.
Three white itinerants, arrested by
officer Griffin for vagrancy, were sent
10 the chain gang for fifteen days.
-Four colored boys, arrested by OF
Gccrs TIGER and Young, for dsorderly
conduct. were fined $3.50 each.
Joseph Whitman, charged with sell
ing liquor on Sunday, was dismissed.
The warrant against young man
CHARGED with cutting another was with
drawn.
4 one-legged tramp named William
Johnson was ordered TO leave the city.
\ man charged with casting garbage
INTO the street was fined -.
Lewis Boswell, very drunk, was
hauled to the station house in Il wagon
aud locked up
James Quill, colored, arrested by
officer Howsou for stealing various
articles from the residence of Mrs.
James Entwisle was locked up.
Night Rcport last night was clear
and cool. Eleven prisoners and siXte, Il
dodgers We're nj the station house.
An ALLEGED BURGLAI.-As has
been stated, one of the tramps arrested
Yesterday for disordcrly conduct on up
yer huke street asserted that one of his
companions was the burglar who es-
capped from the officers when Mr.. W. L.
GraNes's store was robbed about thr' c
Years ago. The accused calls himself
Frank Morris and bis accuser gave has
name as Timothy Madden. The latter
WAS positive in his assertion that Nor
lis WAS with Clark on that occasion,
and in order to test the truth of his a :
serlion Lieut.. Smith placed Clark 5 pie
tire with that of a dozen others on 4
table and had Madden brought IN
When asked To point out Clark : PIC
tnrc he picked it up from the others as
soon rs his eyes were set on 1t. Inc
Lieutenant later telephoned to pt Ice
headquarters in Washington for officers
20 cone here and look at Morris and
see il he was wanted there for any
crime. During he night three detec-
'lyes arrived here and identified Morris
as a housebrealler who had served y
Germ in the Maryland penitentiary fol
burglary in Baltimore. They had nc
new charge to prefer against him, how
ever.
Tie a. l.. |. held their weekly drill
last night The company expects to be
ordered 10 Manassas on the goth i!
Robinson and White. the negro raVish-