The morning times., 1896-07-15
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Escaped Prisoner From That
City Caught in st. Louis.
New Deputy yC0mmissionero of Revenue
From the Virginia City.

Officers b. F. Bettis and Herbert Knight
will appear before the police Commission
ers tonight to answer the charge of vio-
lating section OF the police regulations,
" which prohibits Officers eiitering and drink
ing in barrooms. The officers named were
given a preliminary trial by the mayor on
Monday night. Several witnesses testified
that they knew nothing about the case.
One barroom keeper however. substanti-
were denied by the Defendants the mayor
decided to refer the matter to the police
board.
Mr.. Charles Callahan, who has 50 well
filled the position for the past two years,
was yesterday appointed deputy commits
si9ner OF the revenue by Capt. r. F. Knox,
who was recently appointed Commissioners
by Judge Norton, to fill out the unex-
pired term OF the late Mai. Duffey.
The police have received a telegram from
st. Louis stating that Red Martin had
been captured In that city. Martin is
charged with robbery, and is one OF the
men who broke jail in this city at the time
Mike Thomas made his escape.
Rev. j. NJ. Eberlein OF Cleveland, O., has
accepted call to the German Lutheran
Church, In this city. He Will preach his
first sermon here next Sunday.
Bids for. building the pipe sewer from
Duke To Prince, and Fairfax street, and
down nPrincestreee tOthe river, wefeopened
yesterday. John F. Studs was the low
est bidder, and 1t is expected that he VIII
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Mr.. Sherman b. Fowler left yesterday
for New York. He will sail today for
Europe, to be absent several months. He
was accompanied to New York by his
parents, who will spend the summer in
Kingston.
A Democratic mass meeting will be held
at the opera house tonight for the purpose
OF organizing a Bryan and sewall cam
paign club.
There will be a game of ball this even
ing on the old fair grounds between the
Evening Stars and the Old Domfnions.
Game will he called at O'Clock.
A meeting was held at the residence OF
Mrs. D.. H. Appich' on King street, last
night, for the purpose of organizing the
children of the confederacy. An organf-
zation was perfected by the election of
the following officers: President. Miss
Kate Uhier; first vice president. Miss
George Hudson; second vice president,
Miss Julia Alexander, third vice president,
Miss Ada Jasper; fourth vice president.
Henry Carlin; corresponding secretary. Miss
Lizzie Appich; recording secretary. Harry
Atkinson; treasurer. Mrs. d. Harry Appich;
The treasuref-seported- that $23:63 had
been realized from the recent lawn party
held by thes ehadsen. and that $2B had
been forwarded to Richmond for the benefit
of the Jefferson Davis monument fund.
At the request of-Supt. Dodge Of Mount
Vernon, Lieut. Smith, with a squad Of
officers, went to Mount Vernon yesterday
afternoon for the purpose Of arresting pick
pockets, who lave Been doing ISLAND Of
flee business at the tomb Of Washington
during the visits Of the Christian Endeavor-
ers. The officers were evidently misin-
formed. They arrested three men, who
subsequently proved TO be one preacher
and the other two wealthy and influential
Northern capitalists.