Evening star., 1898-05-25
AT AIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
emi-Monthly Nesting Of City Council Held
Last Evening.
ordinance IMposing Licenses Adopted
Unanimoslsly-Confe Me-
morial Exercises-NOtes.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 25 1898.
A regular semi-monthy meeting of the
city council was held last night, and the
recommendation of the finance committee
that an additional appropriation of $500 for
cleaning the streets was approved, as was
an act to appropriate a part of the city
revenue for the fiscal year beginning June
l, 1893, to the payment of salaries and other
expenses.
The appropriation for the year ending
May 81 is more than $3.50 less than that
of the last fiscal year.
The ordinance imposing and collecting Ii
censss for the year beginning June 1, $685.
was unanimously passed.
A resolution, which Was adopted by the
board Of aldermen March % last. requiring
the washington Southern railroad to pro-
tect street crossings at the intersection OF
Henry and Ororcco streets and Henry and
queen streets. was referred to the COM
n1ttee on streets by the common council.
the action of the board of aldermen not be-
A. petition Of the heirs of the late John
w. Garrett, asking that the assessment of
taxes ON the old cotton factory ons North
Washington street be reduced from $6D,OOO
mittee.
Without transacting any other business
council adjourned.
Confederate Memorial Exercises.
The confederate Memorial day in this city
yesterday was one long to be remembered
by the members of R. E. Lee Camp, Con-
federate Veterans, under whose auspices
the affair was conducted. The exercises of
the day, as stated in yesterdays Star, COM
menced yesterday morning, when a COM
mittee from Lee Camp visited the ceme-
teries in and around the city and decorated
the graves of the confederate dead with
flowers, while the ladies of the Woman's
Auxiliary attended to the placing of large
number Of headstones at the graves.
Early In the afternoon large numbers of
people from Washington and the surround
Ing country began to come in, and by
o'clock the crowds began to assemble about
the confederate monument, at the intersec-
ton of Washington and Prince streets, and
at old Christ Church. Promptly at o'clock
the procession began to form, and at $50
O'Clock the start was made.
I'he line Of march was over the route, as
published in The Star yesterday. The pro-
cess1on was composed Of a squad Of police,
Chief Marshal Thomas Perry and aids;
Sd Regiment Field Band; R. E. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans; NJ. B. Corse Camp
Sons OF Confederate Veterans; Children Of
the Confederacy; Junior. Light Infantry,
Fire Company.
After the line nof march had been gone
over a halt was made at the monument
where singing. a, prayer by Chaplain ]. T.
Williams and 1annaddress by Rev. John Nc
Gill OF Falls Church took place. after which
the procession proceeded to Christ Church.
where there was singing by the Children
OF the Confederacy and a selected choir
under the leadership Of Mrs. w. NJ. O'Brien
When the stpeWing of flowers on the con-
mound There concluded no
exercises were closed by the sounding Of
taps by Mr.. Myers of Friendship Field
Band.
Interval Between Grand Jury Sessions
The city jsil s now almost deserted,
there being only ten prisoners confined
there, and hveYof them were sent from
Alexandria county. OF the five that are
contiued there from the city,stwo of them.
VIM A rrington and VIM. Taylor were sent
there Dy Mayor Simpson over six months
ago, charged with breaking and entering a
railroad car, to await the action of the
grand jury To large number of citizens
IL mas become matter of conjecture as to
whether or not there will be any more
grand jury terms of the corporation court.
Over eight months have passed since
grand jury was convened, although the
commemorative attorney was advised by
Mayor Simpson of the commitment of the
above-aamed men.
a prominent citizen in conversation with
Star reporter this morning said in plain
terms that 1t was an outrage to keep those
two men confined in the city Jail this long
while merely awaiting a. trial.
Baptist Young Peoples Convention.
The district convention Of the Baptist
4t ung Peoples Union, made up of repre-
sents tives from all of the Virginia counties
In this neighborhood will open at the Bap-
tist Church in this city tomorrow morning.
of nil
by Rev. j. H. Butler, and addresses on gen.
e1al topics will be delivered by delegates
flCm Culpeper, Warrenton, Richmond
Fredericksburg, Manassas. Marshall, Mid
dleburg, upperville. AIpomattox and Wash
irgton. The session will terminate Friday
eI ening.
Police Court.
Mayor Simpson this morning disposed of
the following cases in the police court:
Mary Pearson, colored charged with
abusive language toward Jane Washington,
cclored; penalty. $3.50 fine or twenty days
in the wcrkhouse. David Brown, charged
with refusing to work on the chain gang,
and who was put on the bread and water
diet, paid his fine of s..
General and Personal Notes.
The steamer Harry Loder yesterday
brought to this city 1900 pounds of to-
bacco from Pennington, which will bs
shipped to Baltimore.
Arrangements have been made with the
Washington Southern railroad to run an ex-
cursion to Richmond Saturday evening
Two whole days will be given In Richmond
with the Alexandria Light Infantry, who
are encamped thsre.
Judge Nicol of the circuit court for the
city has appointed Mr.. Gardner L. Boothe
receiver for the United States Building and
Loan Association Of Washington, which is
operating under a Virginia charter.
DR.. WEl. e. Hall last night delivered a
iec ture at Del Ray for the benefit of the M.
E. chapel at that place.
Mr. Harry Powers, formerly of this city.
but now Of New York, is here on a visit to
relatives.
The work Of shoeing and breaking the
mules at the St Asaph corral is being
pushed as RAPIDLY as possible. Twenty five