The morning times., 1896-10-08
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Inquest Held on the Remains of
Suicide Madella.
Sale of Laundry Plant EnjOined
Potomac Company to Again Try
for Lighting Contract.

Senator Stewart will address a meeting
T. be held at the opera house tonight
under the auspices Oh the bryau-Scwall
ana RiXey Club. 1,.- ------ -.-4-
All Interesting meeting of Jackson Council
Junior uraer oi American Mechanics was
htaG last hlSht. Deputy State Counsellor
t.eains vI hichin"nu was present AMI de-
llvered an addres s.
IUrouer IurSIs eslcrday held an inquest
o.cr The remains OF ilnam Miueila who
Committed suicide on Tuesday. The Jury
rcGurDed veruIct nat Madcila came 10
his death from the tII,cts oI iaudapum.
taken with suicidal intent.
An alarm oi lire about 3 O'Clock last
evening was caused by small blaze Oh
tile roof OF two-story frame hniluiug
liz che rear Of Curtin n Butts foundry.
The damage was slight.
IN the puhce court yesterday William
Anderson, charged with being drunk ana
aisordcrly, was fined 81; +. c. Beasiey,
charged with vagrancy, was dismisSel;
faarl Hart, charged with vagiapcy was
sent To the wor6house for ninety days;
AioD2o Sims, for refusing to work on the
clialD gang, was sentenced to d bread and
| water IieU. ana Roy alexander and Alpheus
WOOD, Tor escaping from the gang, had
Thirty days each added tu their terms.
Mary Gusts Lee Chapter, Daughters Of
the tonfcderacy, has. upon the aEpncarIou
oil that lady, added the name OF Mrs
| Narna jefferson Davis 10 lis list of mem
btrs. Iheioilowing ladies' have been eIcctcd
| delegates 10 the state convention, w'ncn
Meets in Warrentnlu Mrs. Ramsay, Mrs
| O'Brien and Miss Lloyd. Mrs. YeatInan
ana Mrs. Alexander Were chosen alternates
DenOcraLic mass meeting Will ne heid
a. BtlstOn, in Alexandra county, October
10. Tue hteJinr VIII lie addressed by John
! RiXcy, candidate for Congress III this
district.
The board of fire wardens has authorized
10 purchase pair OF horses for the Re-
lief llcok and Ladder Company. One Of
the horses OF the company was badly in.
Jurcd While responding 10 an alarm last
/ eek.
Ine trustees sale OF the properly and
Business OF the Godfrey Laundry CoInpaur
has been en- joinei by Mr. Join McBurrey. on
the part OF the employees OF the company
Tie employees ailcgc That the company ID
indebted 10 them 10 the extent OF 81 500,
aud that sale under the deed would
leave them without means OF getting thei,
pay. They also claim that the deed of
trust under which the propertyls advertised
is void, because 1t is dated March l6, 1896
while the charter OF the company was not
fled in Richmond until March IS
Mrs. jane Thomas died at the Alexandria
luhrmaIf yesterday
tnin nome, OH GlhDon street. yesterday
Belle Haven Lodge, Knights of Honor,
has elected Mr. James Shinn as dictator. ana
Mr.. j. G. Creighton, yice-dictator
Il coal cart broke down on t'rluce street
yesterday. The driver, Albert Bayiss
was thrown to the ground and painfully
injured.
IL is understood that the Potomac Elec
| tric Company of Washington WI, make
another attempt to get the city council to
gi.e them contract TO furnish electric
! current for lighting the streets OF Alex
audria. As the city owns an electric
piani which is giving excellent service i
| is hardly probable that council will award
| a contract for its street lighting.
William Day was arrested by Officer
| Sherwood yesterday on warrant charging
him with assaultlng Harry Day. GotiI
| parties are Colored.
The scale oil prices adopted by Alexandria
| Typographical Union Will 60 into effect
| October 15.
Mr. Cooper, OF the PENNSYLVANIA Rail
ROAD, was in the city yesterday. He saws
! that the report circulated that the lusii
trains between this city and Washington
would again be put on is without fou nda-
ton.
Misses Sallie and Eliza Kemper have
returned from Martinsburg. W. Va, where
they went TO attend the wedding of Miss
| Faulkner
Rev, and Mrs. McDougal Tuesday evening
entertained the children of Trinity NJ. E'
Church ct the parsonage.
Mayor l.. II. Thompson has returned
from New York.
Messrs. Lawrence Perry and shby Miller
have returned from New York
Frank Payne, colored, escaped from the
Chain gang yesterday.
Julia Pines was arrested last night
charged with disorderly conduct.
Mayor Thompson yesterday evening rc.
leased frankie Folsom from Jail. frankie
was sent down for vaGrancy, and il was
einpoyment tn at she was given her