Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-22
AT F AIRS N ALEXANDRIA
Preparing for Representation at Washing
tons Peace Jubilee.
Business to BE Largely Suspended
and Schools to Have Half Holt
dISs - General News.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. May -. 1899.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 121 King street,
Bell Telephone No. l0S,

| ALEXANDRIA, Va, May -. 1899.
This city will be well represented in
| Washington during the three days of the
| national peace jubilee, beginning tomorrow.
| While few of the local organizations will
| attend in a body. individually the member
ship and the public generally. will be there.
| Business in many instances will be sus-
pended, and the public schools will give
| half holidays each day.
military party representing the Vir-
| ginia militia will leave on the II 80 o'clock
| boat tomorrow morning. In the company,
| which will be mounted, will be Maj. Will
lam NJ Smith, late surgeon of the Sd Viz
! ginia Regiment; Capt. Anderson of Farm
vile, Capt. Nichols of Petersburg, Capt. j.
| E. King and Lieut.. Murphy of the Alex
| andria company.
| Meeting of Military Company.
| About sixty names have been enrolled for
| membership in the new military company
| which is to take the place of the old Alex
| andria Light Infantry, and which will sue
| coed to that title. A meeting of the sign
| ers, presided over by Capt. James Z. King
| will be held at o'clock this evening at
Armory Hall. The enrolment will then be
| made up and the papers forwarded to Rich
| mond Subsequently Adjutant General Male
| will, it is expected, advise Capt. King in re-
gard to mastering the company into the
state militia.
| At the meeting tonight the question of
providing funds for improvements at the
armory will also be considered. An excur-
sion will probably be decided upon.
The Electoral Board.
The city electoral board will meet this
evening and make final arrangements for
the election next Thursday. As the ballots
have already been prepared but little re-
mains to be done, except the choice OF
judge of election to succeed John H. Greene,
who will be a candidate for common coun-
ell. John II. Bartlett, who had announced
himself a candidate for common council IN
the second ward has decided to withdraw
and as his name will appear on the ticket
he will issue a card, asking the people not
to vote for him.
General and Personal.
In the police court this morning Mayor
Simpson disposed of the following cases:
Alfred Bundy, colored, charged with dis
orderly conduct, fined 50; Richard Ware,
colored on the same charge, was assessed
So. Several minor cases were dismissed.
A delegation from the Epworth League,
NJ. Z. Church South, will leave this evening
to attend the bi-monthly meeting of the
League Union of Washington, Alexandria
and vicinity, to be held in Mount Vernon
L.
local delegation will respond to the address
of welcome.
Judge Edmund Waddill has set the date
for holding the United States district court
in this city for May II. At this session the
admiralty suit of the Washington Steam
boat Company against the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company will come
up for trial.
The Assembly, a social organization, will
give a May ball at Schulers Hall on King
street this evening Professor Edward T.
Davidson Will have charge of the dancing.
Services were held in the First Baptist
Church by Rev. DIR. Truitt Of Georgetown,
in the absence of the pastor, Rev j. H.
Butler, who is attending the southern Bap-
list convention at Louisville, KY. Rev. NJ.
b. Lambdfn preached at the Second Pres
byterian Church.
Yesterday was observed as Decoration
day by the Jr. Q. L. A. NJ. in this city.
Decorated with the insignia of their order,
they marched to the various city cemeteries
and placed flowers and flags over the graves
of their deceased associates.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of
Rev. J. Howard Wells of Warrenton, Va,
to Miss Estele Laurette King daughter Of
Mr.. Edwin w. King of Baltimore, Nd to
take place Thursday, June /. at pm, in
Hartford Avenue NJ f. Church. Baltimore.
Mr.. Eugene Dorson accid autally fell on
upper King street last evening, sustaining
the injury of broken nose.