The morning times., 1895-12-29
Wash. B. Williams,
9TH and D SITS. N. W..
ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows has
chosen the following officers for the en-
suing term: Noble grand, Il. E. L. Tyler;
vice grand j. E. Swaine; secretary, W.
E. Latham; treasurer, L. NJ. Davis, and
chaplain, Edgar Lyles.
Oriental Lodge, No. 6, X. of P, has
elected walter Brown, chancellor COM
mander: Frederick Baker, prelate; Henry
CruInp master of finance; William Ii.
May, warden of exchequer; William Baker.
keeper of records and seals; Robert Han
cock, inside guard, and William H. May.
representative to the grand lodge.
Alexandria Lodge, X. of P, has chosen
james Hoosen chancellor commander; c.
E. Graves, vice chancellor; A. W. Mel
chior, prelate; Edward Violet, master OF
finance; Benjamin Florence, master of
eNchequer; George Benson, inaster-at-arms;
+. d. Peyton, inside guard; W. r. ArIna-
cross, outside guard, and Benjamin Flor
ence, representative to the grand council.
The officers of all these lodges will be
installed on their next regular meeting
nights.
Another female tramp, giving her name
as Ellen Mclaughlin, was given shelter
from the rain and snow last night in the
police station. The woman claims that her
home is in Baltimore, but not being able
to get work there she had started out on
the road TO hunt for it, but had not yet
found it.
Another party, two men and woman
who gave their names as George Jones,
Charles Birch and his sister, Alice Birch
also found shelter in the station. They
were from Havre de Grace, Md, and had,
80 they said, lost all their property in q
fire that destroyed their home. They
were on their way to Fredericksburg to
relatives, but had only money enough to
pay their fare to Washington and will
walk the remainder Of the way.
Mr.. Luther Finks, a brakeman on the
Southern Railway, had his shoulder blade
broken and his head badly cut by a fall
between the cars yesterday evening.
Nine of the Washington bricklaye
working on the Washington, Alexandria
and Mount Vernon Railway power house
at Four Mile Run, left their work yester-
day by order of the Washington trades
union, of which they are members. 1t is
stated that the cause of the trouble is the
fact that the men are required to work
nine instead of eight hours per day. The
officials of the railway company here
profess to have no knowledge OF the
trouble.
Walter Washington, a colored member
of the chain gang while at work on the
street yesterday evening, made an attempt
10 escape. His absence from the gang was
noticed at once by Capt. kell, and the police
station was notlileG, ana IN Il rev minutes
the man was arrested by Officer Smith
and locked up in the police station. He
will get several days additional to his
sentence.
The condition OF young Winfred Dean still
continues to improve, and DR.. Smith says
his chances for life are now good. The
police have not yet been able 10 find any
one who saw the boy when he fell from
the train, although it is understood they
have information which they think will
enable them to ascertain whether the boy
fell or was knocked from the train.
Mr.. John Pickett, OF Cincinnati, Ohio
is visiting his brother, Mr.. George K.
Pickett, at Anandale, Fairfax county.
Judge ]. B. McCabe, of Leesburg, a cam
didate for the Democratic nomination for
Congress, is in the city looking after his
interests here.
The young son OF Mr.. Peter Francis, who
was badly burned by an explosion of
powder on Christmas Day, is very Ill.
His daughter, who was burned at the
same time, is getting much better.
Lewis Boswell, the only fortune teller
Alexandria has, was yesterday sent TO
Jail by the mayor for ninety days on
charge of vagrancy.