Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
AL E CAM RIA AT FAIRS
A Lively Fire Takes Place This
Morning.
Invitation Affair at the DRIVING. Park
Business - other News.

Tomorrow night will be a gala one at the
Gentlemen's Driving Park. near this city.
The entire park will be Illuminated by
electricity so that the whole can he seen
at glance. Special wires will be connect
ed with New Orleans, so that the Bowen
Carroll fight, which takes place before the
Olympic Club in that city, can be witnessed
as though one were in the arena. Every
phase of the fight will be explained on the
mammoth blackboard that has been put in
position in the large pool room of this new
institution and an evening of pleasure will
be spent by those who have been successful
enough to receive an invitation, as this is
a gratuitous entertainment to the friends
of the management.
The opening of the fall races at this track
will see at the fore some of the best horses
in the country. and in talk The Star man
had with Mr.. J. NJ. Hill. the general man.
ager. n was assured that only first-class
stock would be granted stable room.
The blowing of whistles on the engines
standing in the yard of the Southern Rail-
way Company in this city, the shriekiug of
the police whistles and the cries of fire by
those who had been awakened by these
whistles brought to consciousness those
who had not already been awak ened from a
sound sleep about 2:i5 this rhorning.
The cause Of all of this alarm was the
burning of "Fawcetts row. on Alfred
street, which had in some manner caught on
fire. a fire in small town usually brings
forth large crowd OF people and such
the case early this morning, for men,
women and children fOcked to the vicinity
of the burning buildings i'm large numbers
Fourteen houses in that row, which was
what is commonly known as a frame row,
were destroyed The fire had gotten well
under way before the arrival OF the fire
men, and ii looked as If the buildings on
the opposite side of the street We're also
doomed To go. but by the good work of the
gallant fire laddies, all OF whom, by the
way, are volunteers they We're saved. The
fire ragged fierce and strong. and for many
minutes the hremen worked hard to check
its progress. They were finally successful
but what was left of the goods of the
fourteen homeless families could have been
carried away In one wagon. The buildings
were insured, and the owner will sustain
but small loss. while the contents, which
were not covered by insurance are a total
less to those poor unfortunates who occu-
pied them.
A special meeting of the city council was
called for last night by Mayor Strauss, to
consider the subject of making certain
grants to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. which has recently bought some
property In this city which IL pro-
poses to erect depot and side tracks for the
handling Of freight, etc. The following
ordinances were passed by unanimous
vote: First, An ordinance authorizing the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to
cross with It's tracks, Union street and the
Potomac strand near Wolfe street. Second
An ordinance authorizing the same COM
pany to lay a vitrified brick pavement at
its property on Union street near Wolfe.
Third An ordinance to authorize the same
company to close up portion Of the Poto-
mac strand between Duke and Wolfe
streets.
Owing to the rec ent boycott which has
been enacted by the merchants of Alex
andria against the pennsylvania Railroad
snfr,v = <rnvat Of
faciltias-both passenger and freight--the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company have
decided 20 come I'm and get a share of the
business, and to this end have purchased
property end made plans for an extensive
freight depot in this city. That they will be
encouraged in this by the merchants is a
matter Of little doubt. Before this boycott
commenced the freights TO and from this
city over the Pennsylvania railroad
amounted to about s3s.G1 a month.
Mr.. VIII F.. Carne of the Morning Bulletin
has gone TO Baltimore for short stay. In
his absence Mr.. J. Stanley Neale is holding
down his chair.
OR Gatewood and wife of this city. who
have been spending the last several weeks
at Fairfax {. H., have gone to the Fauquier
White Sulphur Springs. where they will
spend The Balance Of the summer.
Messrs. j. III. ID. Smoot d Son of this city
have contracted to furnish 100000 feet of
lumber with which to build the grand stand
at the driving park near this city.
Belle Haven Council. Jr. Order United
American Mechanics, held ar interesting
meeting last night. They were addressed
by Mr.. w. d. Zimmerman, district deputy
state councillor. On Wednesday night the
decree team win give rehearsal
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Frank McI.es-en leave for
Colonial Beach today for a short stay.
The examination for teachers in the col
ored public SSECols was begun by the super
intendert this morning.
Mr.. Henry Strauss. with his Wife left for
the Rockbrdge Alum Springs this morning
for a stay of a few weeks. At the springs
Mayor Strauss will he Joined by his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Philip Letterman Of Charlottes-
vile.
At the called meeting of the city fathers
last night a license tax of 500 was i'm
pcse d on the express companies. This has
been tried before. but no one has ever been
able to collect ii. The question now is, who
will collect 1t this time?
An unsuccessful attempt was made at an
early hour this morning to rob the house of
Mrs. Weldon on North Pitt street. The
would be thieves were scared off, however,