The morning times., 1896-06-22
NEWS FROH ALEXANDRIA
Joint Final Celebration Of the
Episcopal High School.
Travel Temporarily Suspended on the
Joseph LeveI,a n Colored Man.

Joseph Level, colored. was arrested by
Officers LyIes and Davis yesterday after
Noon and locked up ut police headquarters.
| Level went TO the home Of his father, Isaac
/ Level, on South Columbus street, and us
sauitcd the old man and his daughter in a
| brutal manner. he then proceeded to
demoiish the furniture, wien the officers ar
lived and took him into custody. The old
fatberis cripple and was unable to defend
himself from the attack OF his fDhumaa SON.
Joseph will appear before Mayor Tbomp-
son this moming.
| The remains OF the late Mrs Margaret
Cooke, wbodiedin Washington, were brought
| To this city yesterday afternoon at O'Clock
and buricdin Bethelcemefery The tlecea sed
| had mnDy friends and acquaintanccs in this
city who followed the remains to its last
resting place.
The Joint final celebrations of the Black
ford and Fairfax Literary Societies OF the
Episcopal High School will take place to-
morrow evening. Mr.. Mason A. Amber of
west Virginia will be the vaIediictorian for
the Two societies, and the nedulists are:
Biackford society, reader. p P. Steptoe of
virginia, dcclafner, E. W. Robertson of
LOUISIANA; debater. N. C. Amber of West
Virginia. Fairfax society, reader, w. L.
hinsoivng OF Virginia; declaiIner, T. L.
Rust. Virginia. and debater, W. W. Laird
OF Maryland. The closing exercises of the
school will take place Wednesday
Alexandria Council No. 627, will celebrate
Royal Archnum Day. or the anniversary of
the organization OF the order. On Tuesday
evening. Refreshments will be served after
the regular meeting.
Travel was suspended on the electric
road between this city and Washington
yesterday afternoon for several hours.
Inc road officials stated that the power
on the Washington end failed them, which
caused all or the trains to be held in that
cry AS soon as the line was in working
order, about O'Clock seventeen loaded
cars were run through to Riverside Park.
Ihe cbiidren's meeting at the Union
Mission tent. on North Washington street 4
yesierday afternoon, was very.interesting
and largely attended At night a praise
and experience meeting. was oousfucte,i
oy Mr. Residfng, the superintendent, and
was well attended.
A large class OF children received their
hrse communion at the Z O'Clock mass
In ST Aiary's Church yesterday morning.
The Eidorado property offered for sale
Saturday was bid in by Mr. Theodore
Baileuger for $1,000
The case of Nike Thomas, who shat his
wife and then murderousiy assaulted her
with an ak, some months since, will come
up for trial in the corporation court today
Thomas, II will be remembered. broke
jail in this city and was captured IN
Washington
w. u Cops. tramp, will be brought
before Mayor Thumpson this morning on
the charge OF trespassIBg on the cars of
the Southern Railway Company. Cupps
claims 10 be baiiOoDist, and saws that
he was on his way from North Carolina
TO the northern summer resorts
Tie valuable gold watch two boxes OF
cigars. bottle OF whisky and 81. which
were reported stolen frJm the store of
streets. have been returned. 1t is Thought
to have either been a Joke. Or that the
parties vino stole the articles were fright.
ened into returning them. Several par
ties had been suspected. and it was through
the efforts OF Officer Roberts that the
stolen goods We're returned. Mr.. PAWS
found the articles this morning in a
cracker box in his store. and also tfiscov-
cred that the party who returned tt.m
had forced open rear door in order
TO gain admittancc.
Mr.. Ezekiel Taminosian, of Antioch. Syria,
delivered IN interesting lecture in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South yesterday at
IL a. m, ON the cruelties perpetruted by
the Turks in Armenia.
The case of John Nelson. on Indictment
for the murder of Deputy Hines. in the
formers bar room at Jackson City, is
set for trial in the county court today.
Nelson Is also under Indictment in the cor
poration court on the charge of having
stolen lot of gambfng paraphernafia from
the Old court house, and which had been