The morning times., 1896-03-27
FRESH FROM ALEXANDRIA
Lilly White" Republicans Hold
Ward Meetings By Themselves.
II. c. Burnett Is Finally Released on
Bail = Child Seriously Burned.
Must Support His Children.

The white Republicans, or lilly whites,'
as they are called by their colored brethren,
held meetings last night in all the four
wards OF the city and elected delegates
10 the city convention which meets tonight
in Sarepta Hall, for the purpose OF selecting
delegates TO the district convention, which
will in turn select delegates 10 the State
convention. 1t is said that the colored
men will have u convention of their own
and will also SEND delegates TO the State
convention.
The st. Andrew VS. Brotherhood services
in Old Christ Church last night were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Dr. Summers, an
eminent Episcopal divine from Baltimore,
and were attended by n very large oongre-
CATION. The sermon was intensely inter
esting and was heard with the closest OF
attention.
The little daughter OF Mr.. John browns,
on Upper Duke street, was seriously burned
yesterday morning. The mother was
heating irons at an oil stove when the
| child backed against the stove, Ter clothing
| taking fire and almost burning from her
person.
The commission appointed by the county
court to appraisc the brick yard property
| OF John Miller near Waterloo, in this
| county, assessed the damage to that
| property by the Washington. Alexandria
| ~
| Lottie Short, from Washington, arrested
| here on Sunday for being drunk and dis
| orderly, and committed TO the workhouse,
| made her escape from the institution on
! Wednesday.
| The funeral of the suicide, Walter Pare
| CORY, took place from Demain's undertaking
! establishment yesterday afternoon, at
4 clock, and not from the Ba ptist Church,
as previously stated. Rev. j. II. Butler
| conducted the services. There was
| large attendance.
| The police, on their rounds yesterday,
| unearthed several nuisances and ordered
| their abatement.
The building at the corner of Fairfax
and Prince streets is being fitted up 10
| accommodate the Emerson Bag Company.
| The company will give employment 10 about
twenty-five people.
The Junior Assembly will give their
| hop at McBurney's on Monday, April g,
| instead OF on the 1th as previously stated
| by The Times
In the case of T. seddon Talaferro VS..
| Reuben Johnson ct al, in the corporation
court yesterday, q decree OF reference
| to A W. Armstrong, commissioner, was
entered.
Judge Norton yesterday released r. c.
Burnett from custody. Burnett was COM
mitted TO Jail by the mayor March lS,
without bail, on the charge OF robbery
from person, and the case was brought
before the Judge on Il writ of ha beas corpus
| by his counsel, j. K. Cation, with the
above result. His bondsmen were Mrs.
Irene Bum gardner. William j Bumgardner.
and Mrs. Maggie Burnett.
The condition OF Policeman George
Jones remains about the same, and his
| friends are very anxious about him.
| Mrs. s. L. Deeton is seriously i'll with the
| grip at her home on Patrick street south.
Mr. Morgan Davis returned home Wednes-
| day night from Norfolk, where he had been
| in the interests of the Portner Brewery Com
| pany in that city.
The Washington detectives have recoy-
cred bicycle which was stolen from Larkin
| Smith, OF Franklin street, this city. The
| wheel will be returned TO Smith.
Mr.. Mcdaniel, Of Upper King street, who
! was reported some days ago i'll The Times
as being very i'll, does not show much im-
| provemcnt. He is suffering from COM
! plication OF diseases, principal of which is
! heart failure.
] raising and ballasting the track of the
| Washington Southern Railroad, on South
| Fayette street.
The mayor required $40 per month from
! Charles Edein for the support OF his
| wife and children or be sent 10 jail 1t
/ is said he Will give the required bond and
| be released from custody.
A number OF strangers were in the city
! on Tuesday last and made an inspection
| OF the steamer Howard CaSsard, lying at
the Shipyard, and il is stated by some, that
| they were not all strangers to the vessel, as
! several OF them are known To he Baltimore
! people who are interested in the boat, and
| with them one, who is supposed to be a
| Cuban, that talked to several persons about
the facilities of Newport News for fitting
| out vessels, and if a crew could be gotten
/ here for sea service if one were needed
leading them, naturally, to suppose that
there was something besides mere iBspec-
| ton Of curiosity seekers.
Stump Shirley George Shirley, and Harry
| Shirley, colored, are locked up in the police
| station on a charge Of cruelty TO animals, in
| having tortured cat to death. The in
| formation was brought to the police by
! woman named Lucas, who lives in Maiden
Lane, in the northern part of the city, and
who said the men caughtthe cat and without
| killing il, partially skinned the poor ami
NAL, and then cut it up. They Will be
prosecuted by the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals.
Alexandria Council of the Jr. o. U. A
NJ. at their meeting last night. conferred
| the degrees of the order upon several can
| didates.
Miss Lizzie Roach, daughter of the late
| James Roach, aud niece of Miss Albula
Sisson, died yesterday at Mrs. Sisson's
| home on Wolf street, of consumption, aged
| twenty nine.