Evening star., 1895-05-27
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Church Services Attended by Grand Army
Veterans
= Tramp Captured Who Was Well
Armed-Cases Before the Mayor
Affairs of Interest.

Last night Davis Post, Grand Army OF
the Republic, attended the service at Grace
Episcopal Church in body, where the
rector. Rev. c. K. Ball, preached an elo.
quent sermon. He took as his text He
brews. the 18th chapter and 14th verse
and his sermon was a most interesting one
and much enjoyed by the large congrega.
ton that heard 1t.
Owing to the inclement weather Of the
morning, the congregations in the various
churches were not large as usual
though interesting sermons were preached
in all except the Second Presbyterian
Church the resident rectors off1ciated. In
that church Rev. w. W. Corson preached
at both the morning and evening services
The Railroad Mission Chapel was opened
for the first time yesterday afternoon, and
Mr. f. W. Gamble of the Theological Semi
nary delivered an interesting address
rhere was much smaller number of visit
ors in town during the day than usual.
Weil-Protected Tramp.
At an early hour this morning Special
Officer kimball noticed one of the windows
o. passenger coach standing on the side
track of the Washington Southern railway
open and an investigation found three
tramps inside asleep. He called officer
Young and arrested the men. On one OF
them was found loaded thirty -two-calibe1
revolver. set of brass knuckles, two knives
lot OF poker chips beer checks, sc. The
mayor fined him $50 in the police court
this morning for carrying concealed
weapons
Police Court.
In the police court this morning Mayor
Strauss disposed of ten cases. as follows:
Wilson Braxton, Beverly Washin'< on and
William Washington. charged vi fight
ing. were fined 81 each; Dan Br, ant and
Eli Bryant, on the same charge. were dis
missed; Edward Woodlawn, charged with
making the boys fight, was fined 49, Ed
ward Hill and John Nickerson, vagrants,
We're sent to the chain gang for twenty
days each.
Frank Brigham, charged with carrying
concealed weapons, was fined 80
Nellie Whalan, charged with disorderly
condGct, fined s..
A small boy. for attempted larceny, was
turned over to his mother to be whipped.
DisOrderly House.
: Right in the heart of the city a disorder
ly house was discovered by the police last
night. and it was promptly suppressed.
Shortly after midnight while Policemen
Beacn and Ferguson were walking their
beat, on Pitt street between King and
Cameron, they heard fussing and sauab-
.biing, and the air was made blue with
rested woman named Nellie Whalan. ana
the mayor fined her so this morning. In
default of which she will go to the work
house.
Notes.
An attempt was made to rob the store of
II. j. burroughs on Hunting creek road
last night.
/ Mrs. Albert Bryan has gone to Atlantic
City.
( Mr.. Frank Field has returned from Rich
mond.
The weekly drill of the Alexandria Light
Infantry will be held tonight
The semi-monthly meeting of the city
council will be held tomorrow night
free fight in Hammond's stable yard
created a good deal of excitement yester-
day afternoon.
A number of prominent democrats of
this city will go on the excursion of the
Virginia Democratic Club to Marshall Hall
on June 4.
: An unknown man tried to f,m-flam sew
eral business men In town on Saturday
he was successful In several instances.
Bicyclists Not the Greatest Offenders.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Permit me few words of reply to your
editorial in Saturday nights Star, with ref
erence to the bicycle. The writer Is an old
wheelman, having ridden one of the first of
the old high wheels. 1t has always been a
source of great pleasure. But what there
is about a bicycle which should make it a
monstrosity and cause 1t to be looked upon
as common enemy of mankind Is more
than l can see. A quiet citizen chooses a
vehicle which he can propel himself, which
Is in its keep absolutely no expense rather
than horse to draw a vehicle which he
Intends to use in the same manner. Many
such have decided that they cannot afford
to keep horse, but by using bicycle they
can live farther in the suburbs, and thus
reduce rent, live quietly and give the chill
dren chance to grow up under more be-
peficent influences. He purchases such a
vehicle, and finds that in two or three
months the saving in rent has paid for his
carriage. and that he Is enabled, owing to
his absolute independence of street cars, to
enjoy the country longer and still get to
work in time. But he also finds that he is
compelled to carry lantern and bell,
something his rich neighbor with the grand
carriage, rattling chains and stamping
steeds, does not have to do; that he must
get permit to be upon the streets, some
thing his neighbor is not compelled to do,
and that, with the single exception of the
air. which this same neighbor finds incon-
venfent TO deny him, he is FREQ to do abso-
lutely nothing when in possession of a
twenty-fve-pound carriage except by per-
mission of the drivers of horse-propelled
vehicles. Now, the number of these same
citizens is here growing to "enormoGS pro-
portions and the day does not seem to be
far distant when the streets will be so far
filled with wheels that ordinary carriage
travel Will be difficult, If not
dangerous" When the streets of Washing
ton get so thick with bicycles that the
drivers of trucks. drays. carts, cable cars,
herdics. hacks. steam roxers, ETC., will have
to abandon the street because 1t Is "dltfi-
cult, If not dangerous" for them to use
the streets owing to the number of twenty
dye-pound wheels, the bicycle millennium
will be here for, no thanks to the drivers
they will wipe out of existence the restrict
i've ordinances by virtue of the author
fty of broad-minded, sensible legislators
"Scorching is becoming too frequent and
too reckless on the avenue" Well, what 8
the matter with the police? Has not the
bicycle been declared a vehicle by every
court before which 1t has come? Then it
is emenable to ordinances prohibiting fast
driving. ! am unable to understand why a
vehicle. no matter how driven, should not
be attacked.
There are. proportionately, many times
more people injured right here in WASH