The times., 1898-07-11
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
The Nickel-in-the Slot Law TO Be
Tested Today.
COIorcd Man Charged with Grim.
inui AssauTt-COrporutiOn Court
Grand Jury Meets Friday.

Alexandria. Va. July 10-The State law
| governing nickel-in-the-sIot machines will
he tested in the Police Court tomorrow
morning Under this law a number of
| merchants procured licenses and set up
! slot machines. Recently several saloon
keepers applied for licenses to operate
machines. where the gain was TO be
money. The commissioner of revenue, on
| legal advice, granted the license in one
| instance. but on the second application
| granted the license under protest. The
| machines were set up and operated under
the license granted until, II Is stated. GER
tain citizens complained TO Mayor Simp-
son that the devices were gambling ma
chimes and the promoters were summon
| ed to appear in the Police Court TO an
swer the charge of unlawful gaming. Sew
| eral members of the Alexandria bar are
| Of opinion that the slot machines COM
| planned of are legalized by the act. while
| others do not think that the law con-
| templeted machines where the winnings
| are money. Should the decision of Mayor
/ Simpson be adverse TO the defendants an
| appeal will be taken to the Supreme
70 with much interest. as IT will affect
! thousands of merchants throughout the
| State.
| Llewellen Lane, colored, was arrested
/ today by Policeman Dean on a warrant
! charging him with having criminally as
sauIted Edith Carroll a young colored
! girl The Offense is alleged TO have been
| committed yesterday. The case will be
heard by Mayor Simpson tomorrow morn
| ing. number of witnesses have been
summoned for the defense.
The grand ury of the corporation court
will meet tomorrow morning. The follow
ing names have been drawn: n. p. T.
Burke, Peter Aitcheson, q. II. Harlow, r.
H Wattles. G. William Ramsay, A. D.
| Brockett, j. F. Pollard W. H. Hellmuth,
S. II. Lunt, ]. T. Sweeney, Charles
Glover and j. NJ. White.
Frank Gleason, the young man who was
| apprehended yesterday on suspicion of
being insane, was committed TO Jail to-
| day for medical examination. Gleason
! claims Chicago as his home.
| Thomas Mccoy colored, and Ann Lucas
white charged with fighting. and William
Fox, for contempt of court, are locked
up at the police station.
Protestant Church, conducted the ser
vices at the Railroad Mission this after
noon. The meeting was well attended.
Rev. II. Shredder. of Washington,
preached at the evening services in I'm
manuel Lutheran Church. and the pulpit
at the Free Methodist Church was oc-
cupied by Rev. George Garrett, of North
Chill Seminary.
D. W. Potter. whose hand was ampu-
tated as the result OF an accident at the
Globe FIGURING Mills, left yesterday for
his home III Pennsylvania.
Miss AIine Davis of Kentucky, is visit
ing her uncle, Capt. j. V. Davis, at the
National Cemetery
VIM. a. Smoot. jr., prominent young
business man, and Miss Harriet F. Ans
ley. daughter of Mr.. H. C. Ansley, of the
Southern Railway, will be married at the
Presbyterian Church on Thursday even
ing. the 2lst instant.
Miss Matte Francis has returned from
a visit to Warrenton.
Miss Mamie Ford, of Talbot County,
Maryland, is visiting Miss Matte Hop
| kinS.