Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-19
ALEXANDRIA, AFFAIRS
The Color Line Again Drawn in Re-
publicaht Ranks.
BREEZY SCENES AT Il CONVENTION
Police Make Determined War on
Disreputable Places.
G E N f r A L SSIP

G E n E r A L COS SIP
The bad feeling between the "Iily
Whites and the Ebony Blacks" as the
white and coIored factions of the republi-
can politicians in this city are called, added
another chapter to its very Interesting his
tory last night, when the whites refused
the ''blacks'' admission to Serepta Hail.
where they were holding a convention to
elect delegates to the congressional conven-
ton, which meets a. Culpeper today. Ward
meetings were held in the four wards of
the city yesterday afternoon, the whites"
electrg their delegates to last nights con-
vention and the "blacks'' doing likewise
The result was there We're two sets of dele
gates but the "whites'' had the hall and
they held 1t. A large crowd of the 'blacks
collected outside, camoring for admission
but they were Informed by City Chairman
Crupper that they must show cards Of adj
| mission, which they could not do. Mr..
Frank Evans was elected permanent chair
man Of the convention and Mr.. George
holland permanent secretary. Mr. Joseph
| Crupper was reelected chairman of the
| city committee, but the members of the
| committee will not be voted for until Fri
| day, to which time the convention adjourn
| ed. after having named the following dele
gates to the Culpeper convention: Charles
Dearborn, Thomas Burroughs, George No
| land. j. ]. johnson, J. P. Lash. Frank
| Evans Joseph ,Crupper and Magnus l..
! Robinson, the last named being one or the
| colored politicians who has stuck to the
whites The convention Endorsed Col. Pat
McCaull for Congress from. this district.
Fonr Rnids-Twenty Arrests.
Officers Arlington, Young, Proctor and
! Sherwood spent last night raiding disrepu-
] table Joints in different sections of tho
city. bagging twenty law-breakers in all,
| including men, women and children OF
| most every color. One house was in Park
| row, bounded by Cameron, Queen, Fayette
| and Payne streets. where five negroes were
found huddled together in one small
shanty. In a back room of this house
! were found ten small children sleeping on
straw and old rags like litter Of pigs
| Nine Of them were the progeny OF one wo-
man, Fanny Johnson, who recently came
| here from Fairfax county. Another house.
containing one white man. two negro wo-
men and two negro men, Is in the alley
running from Henry to Fayette streets be-
| tw cen Queen and Princess streets. Lettie
Quill, who figures In police court affairs
| frequently. rents the house. Ten Others.
including one white man and two white
women, were hustled out of two small
houses just north of Portner's brewery .ac
Complaints have been made to the police
| on several &C Hasions. about the disorders
| the mayor imposed fine of s. each, In de-
| fault of which most of them will so to the
workhouse and chain gang.
Cars Jump the Track.
Three freight cars -jumped the track on
Union street. between King and Cameron,
| about . O'Clock last night. damaging the
cars, tearing up the street, and Slightly in
| juring two brakemen who were standing on
| one of the cars. The train, which was be-
| ing switched from the Union street freight
| yard to the Henry street yard was running
| at moderate rate Of speed. and the acct
| dent is thought to have been due to a de-
| fective rail. Jas. Walker and John Clarke.
the injured men, were picked up and car
| ried to the Office of DIR. NJ. w. O'Brien, the
! Southern railway surgeon, where it was
| found that Walker had broken collar bone
| and was badly bruised about the body and
I Clarke had sustained bad sprain and q
bruised hip. Clarke was able to walk to his
home. and Walker, after having his collar
| bone set was carried to his. Walker $
escape from broken neck was quite re-
markabe. as he was thrown head first from
| the top of a ear to the Belgium block street
| The tracks We're cleared this morning
Cases In the Mayors Court.
| Mayor Thompson disposed of the follow
| ing cases this morning:
| John Williams, colored, charged with IN
! lawfully trespassing on the property of the
|
| feited s collateral "7
Andrew Whiting. colored. arrested on
suspicion of stealing box Of tobacco; case
| continued for additional evidence.
VIM. Bird. colored, who claimed to be
from Washington. was sent to the chain
| gang for ten days for vagrancy.
Malzina Swallow, Georgisna Lucas, Sam
| Lucas and John Bright, all white and six
| teen onsgio Ren and wor1erlyr charged with
indecent conduct. were fined s. each. ~
| "A me- Inor oh,
J ihgton, who claims to be an attorney at
law practicihg In the courts of the District
OF Columbia 1n was found by an officer in
was held until his parents call for him.
The mayor ordered that they be arrested
unless they provide shelter for their off,
| spring.
David Fair, Arthur Mason, Harrison Bal
| timorc. Herbert Murray and Joseph Tucker.
all colored. were fined s. each by the may
| or last night at a special session of the
police court for stealing brass from the
| engine room Of the Alexandra brick works
Suspected of Stealing Tobacco.
Andrew Whiting. a colored prize fighter
| of local repute, was arrested by Officer Da-
Wis last night while trying to dispose of a
sixteen-pound box of chewing tobacco for
% cents. Whiting told the officer that his
brother. VINO kept store in Washington,
! had recently died, and he got the tobacco
! morning he claimed that he paid white
! man 90 cents for it in Washington. He
| VIII be held until the matter can be inves-
| tigated.
| Notes of the Day.
Mr.. Harry Fleischmann is spending some
| time at Lower Cedar Point
Miss Sallie Kemper is quite sick at her
home on North Washington street.
| Rev. Father Carne of the Church of the
Sacred Heart Richmond, is visiting rela-
| tives in this city.
Mr.. John 8. Beach, clerk of the corpora
! ton court, is confined to his home by sick
| ness. IL ..
Mr.. Julian Williams is quite sick at his
home on South ST. Asaph street.
| Judge ]. K. NJ. Norton yesterday tele-
| graphed for Dr. Wm.aM. Smith of this city
to come at once to Old Sweet Springs. the
condition of the judges brother, Mr.. G.
Hatley Norton. being critical. DR.. Smith
lett over the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
yesterday afternoon as
~, Miss . Julia Houek ct this.scity is visiting
Mr.. B. Conrad Peytpn is spending his va
cation at charlottesville. We
Mr.. A. w. Armstrong ana family are at
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