Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-26
AT AIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Proceedings Of the Circuit Court at Final
Session Yesterday.
Program of Decoration Day Exercises
-Republican Convention Called
Election i'm Prosress-Briefs.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. SO King ST.,

Evening Star Bureau
| No. 529 King St,
| Bell Telephone No. JOG,
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May &c, 1898.
| The following business was transacted
yesterday in the circuit court for Alexan-
/ dria county, Judge C. Z. Nicol presiding:
Henry Heinbuch agt. Adoiph Kammerer;
| case referred to special commissioner for re-
port.
| Virginia G. Walker, administrator agt. P.
| w. and B. Ry. Co.; case stricken from
docket
w. c. Wibert, administrator. agt. Percy
Minor ct al; report of commissioner con-
firmed and order for distribution.
Benz. T. Griffin a&t. G. P. Robinson; case
dismissed with costs against complainant.
First National Bank of Bedford agt. G..
| +. Robinson; case dismissed with costs
| against complainant
| Campbell agt. G. P. Robinson; case dis
| missed with costs against complainant
J.sR. Robinson agt. L. B. Robinson; final
| decree.
Hester Petit agt W., A., and F. C. rail-
| way; judgment for plaintiff for $6o4.
Williams, administrator, agt. W., A. and
F. c. railway; jury and vardict for plain
tiff for $500.
Charles Jackson agt. Lucinda jackson:
| jury and verdict for plaintiff for 81.
| Rosslyn Development Co. agt. W., A. and
| II. c. railway; rule dismissed against X. H.
Phillips for contempt of court in maintain
| ing car barn in the streets of Rosslyn.
| and company given further extension Of
thirty days to remove said barn.
Milton r. Birch agt. J. NJ. Love, judge Of
| county court; the petition to prohibit Judge
| Love from signing minutes of March term
| of court, during which term several persons
| We're indicted for gambling, was dismissed
and said minutes were declared valid
~ nf h
| mitted to practice in this court.
| Court adjourned for the term.
Cash Drawer Robbed.
| The cash drawer in the store of Mr.. John
| Downey at the corner of Fairfax and
| Cameron streets was last night robbed Of
its contents, about 81 in small change. 1t
| is said that when Mr.. Downey closed his
store last night he locked in some one who
| had secreted himself in the place. This
| morning a side door was found open. When
| Mr.. Downey discovered the robbery he
| ported the matter to Lieut.. Smith.
| Police Court.
| The following cases were disposed of in
police court this morning, Mayor Geo. L.
Simpson presiding: William Ford, colored,
charged with an assault on Melzina Swal-
| low; fined s., falling to pay he went down
| for twenty days. Edward Bryant, colored,
| charged with disorderiy conduct; fined
$50, in default, ten days on the gang.
Robert Jackson. coiored, charged with
| abusive language toward George Timber
| lake, coiored; penalty, So twenty days
| on the gang. Beverly Washington, a small
coored boy, charged with breaking WIN
| dow glass; fined 81.
Republican Congressional Convention
! A meeting Of the republican congress
sional committee for the eighth district
was held in this city yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Park Agnew, chairman, presided, and
| William Brown served as secretary. 1t
was decided to hold a convention in this
| city Wednesday, August 81. to nominate a
candidate for Congress, and the reprcsen-
| tation was fixed at one delegate for every
$50 republican votes cast at the last presi-
dental election: This will give the con-
| venticn about eighty-six delegates. AS yet
no one has announced himself as a repub-
| lican candidate for the nomination, but it
| is thought before the time of the conven-
ton there will be several in the field.
Decoration Day.
Monday next will be observed in this city
| under the auspices of Thomas P. Davis
Post, No. 46 G. A. r. the following is
the program Of the exercises to be held
at the national cemetery beginning at 4
| o'clock pm: Assembly, bugle; calling to
order. P. c. VIM 7. Emerson; America"
Prof. Renner and choir; invocation Rev.
P. T. Revelle; Freedoms Banner" choir;
Grafton of President Lincoln at Gettys-
burg, J. V. Davis; hymn, mixed quartet;
Grafton, Mr.. Henry r. Gibson of Tennes-
see; hymn male quartet; strewing flowers;
''Cover Them Over" Prof. Renner and
choir; benediction, Rev. P. t. Revelle; taps,
hugle.
Election Today.
An election of commemorative attorney,
city sergeant commissioner of the revenue
and justice of the peace and constable
in each of the four wards of the city is
exceedingly quiet, but little interest being
manifested from the fact that the candi-
dates nominated at the democratic priIn-
ery last month have no opposition. The
polls opened at 4:51 O'Clock am, and will
close at 100 o'clock this evening.
General and Personal Notes.
The funeral of the late Miss Martha
Adams, whose death was mentioned in The
Star, took place this afternoon and was
largely attended by the many friends of
the deceased
Joseph Ewald and J. Downey left for
Richmond yesterday afternoon to rejoin
the Alexandria Light Infantry. AS stated
yesterday. Captain Atkinson telegraphed
for Ewald, Downey and Walter Cline; at
the last minute Cline declined to go with
the others.
An alarm of fire at 430 o'clock yesterday
afternoon was caused by the burning Of
an old stable in the alley bounded by Duke,
Wolfe, Alfred and Patrick streets The
property was owned by Mr.. 1. c. O'Neal
Simms a lot on the northeast corner Of
Madison and Columbus streets for $780,
The RuIlOnfc pIa Due