The times., 1898-01-26
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Mrs. Mary Thomas Enters Suit for
a Divorce.
Funeral of Mrs. Georgia Seymour
Brockett-Her Sons and Nephews
the Pailpearers-Local Events

/ tton court fol absolute divorce from MiCbacl
Thomas. In February, 1896, Thomas
murdeIously assaulted his wife at their
| home on South Lee street, and after shoot
| ing her, he split her head open with an
axe. When captured, i'll Fairfax county,
/ Thomas had inflicted an ugly wound in MS
! throat with a knife, and remained at the
| infirmary under treatment for some time.
| After being removed to jail he made his
| escape, but was subsequently, recaptureL,
! tried and sentenced to the penitentiary for
five years. Mrs. Thomas states that she
| fears, should her husband be pardoned, that
he will retuIn and repeat his attempt to
| kill her.
Mi. James Eveleth has been appointed
| collector for the Alexandra Water Com
pany, to succee d Mr.. Frank Slaynaker, re-
signed
At meeting of Alexandria Council, Ma
tional Union last night the Officers recently
elected were installed by Assistant Deputy
! M. +. Hobson.
Rev. l.. j. MoDougle will preach
special sermon at Trinity NJ. h. Church
on Tuesday night next for the Junior Order
| United American Mechanics.
! In the police court today Thomas Cupid,
| colured, charged with dsorderiy conduct
and fighting, and Mary Mason, also COL
ored, charged with disorderly conduct,
were fined $500, each.
Tie funeral OF Mrs. George Seymour
| Brockett, who died in w Washington on Sat
urday, took place this afternoon from the
| residence or her son, Mr.. A. ID. BrocRett,
I I'll Cameron street. The pallbearers were
| the sons and nephews of the deceased. i he
services were conducted by Rev. bergman
Greene and Rev. James NJ. Nourse, and
the interment was in the Presbyterian
( cemetery.
In tie corporation court today Judge
Norton granted charter 10 the Columbia
| Theater Company, with Mr. j. T. Luck
EFT, OF Washington, as president The
| capital stock is 81 0,0oo, and Mr.. w. H. F.
BeckliRm is named as the agent In this
| city Judge Norton also granted charter
to tile Electric Railway Equipment Com
! many, of which Mr.. A. c. Greenlees, OF
Washington, is named as president, and
| Mr.. James r. Cation tile loca repre-
sentative. Tile capital stock is placed at
100000.
A freight car was broken into androbbed
at Ravensworth, on the Southern rail-
way, last night.
The body of ". II. Devaughn, jr., no
committed suicide near Baltimore, in De-
cember last was brought to this city to-
day and inferred in Christ Church Gem
etery.
The three masted schooner Clarence A.
Holland, with fertilizer from SewaH, Me-,
arrived here today.
The remains OF Mrs. Louis Hipkins Will
be brought TO this city from Washington
| tomorrow for interment.
The residence of James Mayner, at Side
burn, in Fairfax county, was destroyed
by fire last night.
Interesting musical exercises We're held
at Lyceum Hall tonight by the Mems
Sodality Of st. Mary's Church. Rev. II. j
Cutler read a paper entitled Are Catholics
Loyal to Their Country?'' The subject
was illustrated 10y the records OF Catholics
in the revolutionary war.
The many friends of young Joe Withers
Lambert Will regret to learn that this
popular young man lies at the point OF
death at his brother Arthur'S home in
st. Louis. The only information received
up to a late hour tonight was the tele-
grams to mis- parents here, saying he had
appendicitis and had undergone an opera
ton, which, while giving him considerable
relief, makes his condition all the more
critical. Joe went to st. Louis about
two years ago to accept a position ten
dered him by the Lambert Pharmaceutical
Company.
Rev. Dr. Mackay-Smith, of Washington
has purchas of DR.. Shirley Carter Mar
vin,'' the old Swami homestead, near Lees
burg. The consideration is said TO have
been $50, 900.
Among the officers OF the Z. s. s. Maine
is Lieut. Watt Tyler Cluverius, of New
Orleans nephew of Mr.. Edgar War
field, of this city, and whose father went
ont from here with the Alexandra regi-
ment in 1861.
Many matters of Importance to the citi-
zens of Alexandria were presented for the
consideration of the city council tonight.
The reports of the finance committee rec
ommending that the mayor, auditor and
city treasurer be authorized to borrow
certain sums necessary to meet the cur
rent EXPENSES of the city; ordering ad-
ditional appropriations for repairs to pub
lie property and fire plugs, and an adverse
report on petitions Of persons for reduction
of taxes were all adopted.
Mr.. Smith, from the committee on streets,
reported an act providing for constructing
a forty-foot gravel roadway on Washing
ton street, from Queen street TO PendletOn
street, and appropriating the amount re-
Gently turned into the city treasury OF the
unclaimed war tax for the purpose. After
some debate the proposition went over.
petition from Driver Clapdore, of the
hook and ladder company, for an increase
of So per month in his salary, which was
reported IA. orably by the board of fire
wardens, wss referred to the fina nee coin-
mittee.
/ Mr. Strider submitted an act prepared
by the corporation attorney, to determine
and fix the respective interests OF the city
council and the county of Alexandria in
the courthouse and jail properties in this
city, which property was conveyed by deed
from g. Barton, solicitor of the United
States Treasury, to the governor OF Viz
| giuia and his successors, May 81, 1S47.
and comforting jurisdiction on the circuit
court of the city of Richmond, to make a
| partition or sale of said property. On
motion of Mr.. Snowden, provision was
made In the act that the court should order
a partition or sale when agreed by
the city and county, and motion was
adopted directing the paper to be for
warded to Richmond, with the request that
the legislative representatives from this
| city and county urge the passage of the
act by the general assembly. The act
also fixes the city's interest in the prop
erty referred to as three-fourths and the
| county's as one-fourth.
The corporation attorney also submitted
| a.. Of tho fhirf third pnctiop