Evening star., 1897-07-31
AT AIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
The City Secures the Long Coveted Street
Bprhkler.
Sensational Hxpisede in the Police
COurt-George Cleveland, Brawn-
er's victink In Critical State.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. $50 King street,
Bell telephone, No. JOG,
ALEXANDRIA Va. July 81. 1897.

| Bell telephone, No. JOG.
| ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 81, 1897.
| Following the appearance of the cut In the
Alexandria street sprinkler in last Sat
| urday's Star, and as result Of the caustic
criticisms. Alexandria today has an i'm
proved street sprinklng machine. 1t made
| its first appearance on the streets this
| morning when the weekly cleaning of King
| street began. The machine was secured
| through the efforts of Mr.. Braxton B..
| Smith, the new chairman of the committee
| on streets, and was drawn by pair of
spanking bays, driven by Mr.. John Connell.
1t was truly novel sight, and as the ma
| chine made its first trip down the street,
| throwing d stream of water from side TO
side, merchants and others along the line
rushed TO the doors in wild effort TO
witness the initiation of a new era in Alex
| andria's street cleaning department. To-
day, for the first time in many moons,
| business men have been able to conduct
| their business with open doors while the
streets We're being cleaned, and without
being subject to the damage and other dis
| agreeable features caused by the clouds
| OF dust which have always arisen when
| the street sweepers were at work.
Now that the great benefit derived from
| an improved street sprinklng machine has
| been realized it is believed that the ma
| chine will be permanent feature. Chair
man Smith is accorded great credit for the
up-to-date spirit he has manifested during
| his incumbency, and it is confidently be-
lieved that through his efforts even greater
things in the way of improvements may be
| expected in the future.
| Charges of DisOrderly and Threats.
This morning in the police court there
| was quite an interesting episode in con-
nection with the charge of disorderly con-
duct against Sarah Henderson, a colorcd
resident of the Hard Corner neighbor-
| hood, Lieut.. Smith and Mr.. Henry Rice fig
| uring prominently.
Lieut.. Smith when put on the stand
| stated that while in the neighborhood of
Hard Corner yesterday afternoon he
| heard profane language, which he To-
| Gated as coming from Harry Rices saloon.
| He went into the saloon and asked Mr.
| Rice who had been guilty of using the foul
language. Mr.. Rice told the lieutenant
that he did not hear any foul language
and did not know who had used it. The
lieutenant persisted that he had heard it,
and he and Mr.. Rice had some words
Mary Henderson was arrested and locked
up.
Lieut.. Smith testified at length as to
the manner in which he had been treated
by Mr.. Rice, claiming that the dignity of
the law had been insulted and ended by
saying that Mr.. Rice kept very disorder
ly house.
Il intend to prove it by every member
of the police force added the lieutenant
When Mr.. Rice went on the stand he
uelleu tIdl MS mouse was ulS0rderly, and
stated that he had not heard the language
which Lieut.. Smith had claimed was used
ON his premises. He charged that Lieut.
Smith had been very insulting in language
ana bearing, and that the lieutenant had
| 1t in for him.. This the lieutenant denied
stating that he had always been friendly
to MIR. Rice. The latter demanded that
Lieut.. Smiths alleged threats and abusive
language be Investigated by the police COM
missioners. The counter charges will be
investigated at an early day.
Clcvelnnd's, Condition Critical.
Mr. F. w. Brawner, who shot Mr. George
Cleveland at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, claiming that Mr.. Cleveland, who at
that tim, was unknown to him, had at
tempted to hold him up on Suter's Hill,
about a mile west of this city, and not at
the Seminary, as reported in all the papers
except The Star. appeared before Mayor
Simpson this morning in the police court
and was released or his own recognizance
until Mr.. Cleveland's condition is such as
to admit of a trial.
A reporter of The Star called at the Alex
andra lnfirmary this morning and was in
formed that Mr.. Clevelands condition is
the same as it was YESTERDAY still criti-
cal"
Mr.. Brawner was very much broken up
when he returned to the city last night
over the result of his shooting. He has
always been known to oe most inoffenSive,
and was never known to harm anybody,
being of q very peaceable disposition. 1t
Is said that when he started out Friday
morning he took pistol with him for the
first time, though he makes the trip weekly
Police Court.
In the police court this morning Mayor
Simpson disposed Of the following cases:
Silas Dixon and Henry Williams, charged
with disorderly conduct dismissed Mary
Webb, charged with disorderly conduct;
fir ed 50.
Brevities.
Mr.. James Patterson was this morning
sworn in by Mayor Simpson as a member
of the board of fire wardens from the third
ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Joyce have gone to
Prince William county for few weeks
Several candidates were initiated at the
meeting of Mount Vernon Council, Daugh-
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