Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-05
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Betting Carried On at the st. Asaph
Track.
Confederate Veterans Meet - Police
Court Cases and Other Inter-
esting Local Notes.

The commission room at the st. Asaph
race track was opened up for business yes
terday afternoon, with about 800 persons
present. The betting is carried on in strict
conformity with the recent decision Of
the Virginia court of appeals in the Lacy
case. No arrests were made, and the COM
monwealth's attorney for the county re-
fuses to say what will be done.
Confederate Veterans.
A regular monthly meeting of the r. E..
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, was held
in their rooms on South ST. Asaph street
last night Arrangements for Memorial
day, May 25, were completed by the ap-
pointment of committees, with Mr. G. VIM.
Ramsay as chairman. Committees were ap-
pointed to decorate the graves of the con-
federate dead at st. Mary's, Ivy Hill, St.
PaulS and other cemeteries near the city.
The committee having in charge the visit
of the camp to Richmond June 30 and July
1 and =, the occasion of the reunion of the
Confederate Veterans of the state, reported
A great deal of other business of a routine
nature was transacted.
Police Court.
Mayor Thompson this morning disposed
of the following cases: Ellis Whiteman, ar
rested by officer Ferguson; charge steal
ing bicycle in Washington; held for Wash
irgton authorities. Louisa Blackburn, col
ored, arrested by Officer Belts; charge
stealing $40 from Robert Ford; continued
Until o'clock tonight Alexander McNicol
arrested by Officer TIGER; charge assault
ard beating Frank Snyder; fined ST. John
Underwood, jr., arrested by Officer Hall
charge, assault on w. z. Graves; fined s. 80
George Pagan, arrested by Officer Fergu-
son; Charge assault on Lucinda johnson;
fined 81. Dan Corbin, colored arrested by
Lieut.. Smith; charge, vagrancy; sent to
Jail subject to the chain gang for ninety
days.
Appropriated n Wheel.
Last night about o'clock Mr.. Geo. Ayres
who runs bicycle repair shop on King
street, sent word to the station house that
a strange man had just offered to sell him
bicycle for s.. and that his actions were
suspicious. Officer Ferguson proceeded to
his place, and put the man under arrest
and took him to the station house
where he gave his name as Ellis White
ore. He stated to the officer that he had
hired the wheel in Washington yesterday,
and was simply out for a ride, and that he
in tended to return it to the place where he
hired it, Sergeant Smith telephoned to
Washington, giving the number of the
wheel, and in short while received a mes
sage that the wheel had just been reported
stolen. He is being held for the Washing
ton authorities.
Corporation Court.
In the corporation court yesterday the
case of Mrs. Arthur Snowden agt. Richard
Windsor. growing out of the settlement of
the estate of the late d. A. Windsor occu-
pied the time of the court all day, and it is
expected that it will hardly be finished to-
day, as there are a large number of wit
neSSeS to examine still.
The supersedeas in the case of the Cleve-
land Shipbuiding Company agt. the Has
kins Wood FulcaniZing Company has been
received.
The following liquor licenses were grant
ed: Steamer Wakefield, VIM. NJ. Greenwood
j. H. Crilly and Shryock & Presgraves.
Notes.
The. monthly meeting of the Mary Gus
it's Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, was held in the Young Mems
reading rooms King street this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Robert Shinn, who have
been visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. w. Shinn, on Columbus street left last
night for their home in Baltimore.
Miss Jessie Brent, sister of Corporation
Attorney Lemuel G. Brent of this city,
died in New York Sunday night. Miss
Brent was well known here where she had
many friends.