Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-03
The Election In City Results in a Big
Democratic Majority.
STAR BUILETNSREhD BY THOUSANDS
Local Marriages. and Other Events
Of SfeoaI Interest.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
Evening Star Bureau,
No. so King Street,
Bell Telephone. No, 1O(

The election in this city yesterday, as
| anticipated in The Star, passed off quietly
| and withoat any disturbance to mar the
| day. While the vote was not large, still it
| was fairly good one in view of the fact
| that the democrats felt the day was theirs
| anyhow, and appeared to take but little in
| terest In the election beyond going quickly
| to the polls and casting their votes. At no
time during the day was there crowd at
any of the precincts, and one would hardly
| nave known 1t was election day.
The only, ripple of interest was caused
yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock, when
1t was discovered that the republican vote
| in one or two precincts was larger than
| that OF their opponents. Democratic lead
ers were notified and in a few minutes
| vehicles Of all kinds were pressed into SER
| vice and for while democrats rolled up
to the polls in large numbers.
me total vote of the city was about /, 100.
Inc following Is statement showing how
the vote was cast for the democratic and
republican candidates.
There were about 800 scattering votes
cast for candidates on the ticket who were
not In IT, SO to speak.
Crowd at Star Bureau.
The polls had hardly closed before the
people began to assemble in front of the
bureau, where it was announced that full
and complete returns of the election in the
city and throughout the country would be
promptly displayed on mammoth bulletin
boards, arranged for the occasion. Within
a rev minutes after the voting ceased the
official count for the city was announced
by the megaphone operator and then post
ed, ana 1t was more than an hour before
these returns were announced at any other
newspaper office, and even then they were
secured from The Stars official count.
In the meantime the bulletins from out
OF town began to come in. They were
promptly read through the megaphone and
posted on the bulletin boards for those ar
irving later to read at their leisure. In
this feature The Star also lead. being the
first paper to give the Alexandria people
the news.
During the evening the leading politicians
and city officials made the bureau their
headquarters.
The reading of the bulletins by mega
phone seemed to catch the crowd, as the
figures announced could be heard by those
who could not get near the bulletin boards.
Then, too. it was a novelty, as a mega
phone had never before been used for such
purpose in this city.
The bureau Is indebted to Mr.. Will Wood
engineer of the Columbia Fire Company,
for the loan of the megaphcne. and to the
Postal Gable Telegraph Company for the
prompt ard efficient manner in which the
rews was furnished by The Stars special
wire direct to the scenes of the great fight
Today The Star has been complimented
1t furnished the news. l.'rz,3
tea DIR. s1fowsie1l, Surgeon.
DR.. Harold Snowden of the Alexandria
Gazette has been elected surgeon of r. E.
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, to sue
coed the late DR.. Bedford Return,9
-~1"' Police Court. =
din the police court this morning Mayor
Simpson disposed of the following cases:
Thomas Christmas, charged with assault
on Mary White, was dismissed. VIM. Nor
ton, charged with stealing corn from AL
fred Peters: case continued. James Rich
ARDS and Frank Carol, for refusing to
work on the chain gang, were given
bread and water Giet. .s-.e-
,z.-st. Wright-RObbins Nuptinls.
Mr.. Robert Elan Wright and Miss Laura
Kate Robbins were married at the Meth
ceist Episcopal Church last night by Rev.
J. T. Williams, pastor of the church, as
sisted by Rev. ]. H. Wells Of Del Ray NJ.
E. Church. The sacred edifce was very
prettily decorated with cut flowers and pot
ted plants. Messrs. Victor Pill, William
Wright. John Adamson, Julian Williams
and Thomas Wingtield acted as ushers.
After the ceremony there was reception
at the brides residence.
brotherhood Reading Rooms.
the auspices of the Brotherhood of ST. An
drew will be opened this evening at 4O5
King street, from until II o'clock All
persons are cordially invited
Swiss Couple Married.
Joseph Closeup and Emily Trenatha, ma
tives of Switzerland, finding it difficult to
secure the proper credentials in Washing
ton, came here yesterday afternoon, OBJ
tanned marriage license from the clerk of
the corporation court and were married by
Rev. J. H. Butler, pastor Of the First Bap-
fist Church.
Brevities.
Col. Morton Marye and C., Lee Moore
formerly of this city, came here Yesterday
to vote
Rev. Bergman Green has gone to Rich.
mond on church business.
There was a meeting of the Epwortb
League of Trinity NJ. E. Church Yesterday
evening.
The monthly meeting Of the Hvdrau,;on
Fire Company was held last night.
There was called communicates of A,
exandria Washington Lodge of Masons
last evening. S
Halloween Candy Pull.
The Young Mems Union Of tho E,ir.t
Congregational Church celebrated Hallov-
cen Monday night by a csndy mil Of Tho