Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-24
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
The Prisoners at Jail Increasing in
Number.
Meeting of the Democratic Commit
tee Local Notes of General
and Especial Interest.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. T27 King Street.
Bell Telephone No. 10S.


ALEXANDRIA,, Va, July D. 1899.
City Sergeant William Smith, now has
under his charge at the city Jail a larger
number of prisoners than has been con-
fined at this place for any length of time
during the past year. At several recent
periods the force of prisoners has been so
reduced that there were scarcely enough
to keep the chain gang in operation On
one occasion that body was actually dis
banded for lack of a quota-four members.
There are now nineteen names on the roll.
All are colored and all male excepting one,
Amanda Randall. Ten of them were re-
Gently indicted by the corporation court on
various charges and are awaiting trial at
the October term. They are Albert wood,
Anthony Lamdon, Robert James, John
Dogan, Robert Saunders Patrick Gath
wright, Malachi Ballard, James Bell, VIII
liam Williams and Alexander Rowe. Frank
Ward Philip Warren, Jonah Gibbs, VIII
liam Jones, Albert Brown and George Nor
ton are chain gang prisoners.
James Waters and Frank Wiihams are
the only United States prisoners confined
in the Jail. They are serving short terms
for robbing the post Office at Leesburg va.
Democratic Committee Meeting.
Tie democratic committees for Alexan-
dria city and county will meet here this
afternoon at o'clock to fix upon time
for holding primary to choose candidate
for the state legislature. The committees
will also consider the methods of making
a nomination Mr.. James R. Cation, who is
prominent candidate, will appear before
the committees and urge the acceptance OF
TIE primary plan, in which the candidate
receiving the plurality will be the nominee.
Mr. w. H. May. another candidate, will
ask for nominating convention to follow
the primary. In addition to Messrs. Cation
q MpSSrs-
Of this city and August Davis and Frank
Hume of Alexandria county are mentioned
as probable candidates.
Charter Granted.
In the corporation court today Judge
Merton granted a charter to the Home Saw
iEgs Bank of Washington D. c., the pur-
pose of which is to conduct a savings bank
in Washington. and to do a general bank
ing business. The sum of $50, 900 is named
as the capital stock, divided into shares of
800 each. The principal Office is to be in
this city, with James r. Cation as local
agent. The board of directors is consti-
tuted follows B. F. Saul, S. B. Lincoln
Ferdinand Schmidt, Anthony Gaegler,
Francis Miller, John H, RUPERT, John
Shughrue and Michael J. Colbert. The obi
GERS are as follows: B. F. Saul, president;
Anthony Gaegier, vice yresid mt; Ferdinand
Schmidt, secretary, and Francis Miller,
treasurer.
General Matters.
The following prisoners are locked up at
the station house awaiting trial this even
ing before Acting Mayor VIM H. Marbury:
George Dolan, colored, charged with dis
orderly conduct and assaulting George
Tnnlake; VIM. Holiday, John and Charles
Hasbins, all colored, charged with gam
bling; George Bellew, charged with as
saulting w. E. Mansfield; Mary and Ell
mira Grisby, colored. charged with throw
ing stones on the street. officers knight,
Belts and TIGER arrested the alleged gam
blers.
The city council will hold a meeting to-
morrow night. All of the recently appoint
ed committees have organized with the
election of chairmen and are in working
shape. According to custom this would be
the final meeting of council until the au-
tumn. An effort will, however, be made to
prevent the regular summer recess.
bus load of members of the Epworth
League, NJ. E. Church South, will leave
this evening for Falls Church to attend the
bi-monthly mass meeting of the league for
Washington and vicinity. to be held in
Dulin Chapel at that place
Police Officers W. H. Atkinson and VIM.
Wilkinson left this morning for a short
trip to Asheville, n. c.