Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-23
AT FAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Issue Between Mayor and Board of Health
Subject of Communication.
Cfty's Executive Objects to Action of
Other NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Waning
General and Personal.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. III King Street.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, February % 1899.
The city board of health met last evening
at 1870 O'Clock i'll Auditor Prices office A
lengthy communication from Mayor Simp-
son was submitted. 1t opened with COM
plimentary reference to the zeal DISPLAYED
by the members of the board in their eff
forts to eradicate smallpox from the city.
Proceeding, the communication dwelt upon
the resolutions recently adopted by the
board of health. Attentiofpwas called to the
fact that the action of, theGity council from
which the animus of these resolutions was
derived, had not yet been legally consum-
mated. The appon trnerN of a corps of
physicians by the health department to
conduct inspection and vaccination was de-
ciared to be wholly outside the bounds of
law, and it was asserted that such an
pointees would have no legal claim for re-
Enumeration.
An emphatic refusal Vas made to the
third section Of the above mentioned reso-
lutlons, which readst In part: That the
mayor be requested to recall such members
OF the. police force and other guards as
have hitherto done ebafantine or other
duty IN connection With disease
ing power delegated by the board OF
health to the health officer to secure the
services of an assistant was declared, il,
the letter. to be a nullity. The power to
confer such authority it was stated. did
not lie within the province of the board of
heai1h, Until the city council had granted
IL the relative authority of mayor co,nI
eli, board of health and health officer was
discussed at length in its bearing on the
present situation 1t was shown that the
power o"e. 70 proNloe appropriations for hand
ling disease lay with the council and not
with the board of health
Inc contrast between the mayor as a
regular bonded officer and the health Of
hceT, as ex-off1cio president of the board of
iiealth, was drawn. 1t was also shown that
every case of contagious disease should be
reported to the police department.
Abundant references to the statute books
were made all through the communication
10 support every position of Importance
assumed by the mayor Another meeting
or the board of health will probably be
held next Monday night
Smallpox the Wane.
The mild weather seems to have abetted
the efforts to exterminate smallpox, as
Few new cases are being reported and many
old patients are being daily discharged
The following named have been released
from Quarantine since yesterday: George
Martin, No. 657 South St Asaph street:
oscar Blackwell, No. 300 South Alfred
street; James Taylor No SIG Wo!f street .
Peter Lucas. No. 90 North Pitt street :
Samuet Burke, No. $40 Queen street: Julia
King, No. 5l6 North Pitt street; Daniel
Gibson No. $50 North Pitt street; James
Nickens, No. 522 Gibbon street: Philip
Shackelford, No. so Gibbon street, and
Edward Meade, No. 413 Wilkes street, the
last-named being white
Two additional cases were reported yes
ferday. One is in the family of John Ham
mersley, living at No. 913 Oronoco street
ana tire other is child of Thornton Toms
No.b6 South Pitt street, the first named
being white and the latter colored
= Jewish Wedding.
A pretty ceremony was performed last
evening at Z O'clock in Odd Fellows Hail.
on North Columbus street, when Miss Min
ME Bendheim, daughter of David Bendheim
or this city, became the bride of Magnus
Bernard Shrier of Greensboro, n. C. Rab-
bi Stern of Washington officiated, following
the rites prescribed by the Hebrew Church
Inc bride handsomely attired in white,
entered the hall leaning on her fathers
arm Miss Shrier, q cousin of the groom,
was maid OF honor. and Jacob Shrier, also
the groom's cousin, acted best man.
Fred. Bendheim, Sol Meyer, Leopold Ru
ben, Aleck Kaufman. Joseph Dreyfus of
Washington and S. Shrier of Greensboro
were the ushers.
A reception followed he,,ceremony. Many
guests from distant Points enjoyed the oc
caslon' The couple Will feside IN Green's
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