The times., 1899-03-08
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

Alexandria. Va. March William n
Miller. a German claiming Philadelphia
as his home, was arrested in this city this
afternoon charged with having attempted
| to pass a bogus check on H. r. Helwig
| proprietor OF the Exchange Hotel. in North
Royal Street. Miller called at the hotel on
Saturday last and engaged quarters. He
stated that he was man of means and
desired to visit the historic points of in
tercst in this vicinity. Sunday he stated
to Mr.. Helwig that he was short of cash.
but that he had an account at the Exchange
Bank of Richmond, Va. and requested the
proprietor to cash check for S25 drawn
on that bank. Mr.. Heiwig became suspi-
cious and refused to accept the check. but
telegraphed to the bank officials and this
morning received a reply stating that WIZ
liam A. Miller was unknown to them. MIL
! Ter in some way learned of the reply and
left the hotel, evidently with the intention
of leaving the city He was followed for
several blocks by Chalmers Harris, an at
tache of the hotel, and at the corner OF
King and Fayette Streets Harris pointed
him out to Policeman Knight. who placed
the man under arrest. The officer was en-
gagged in special duty at the time and
turned his prisoner over to Officer
Wilkinson, who escorted Miller to
police headquarters. Lieutenant Smith
and made thorough search of his CLOTH
ing. number of blank checks were
found. from the Capitol Savings Bank OF
Washington Exchange Bank OF Richmond,
and the Citizens National Bank of Nor
folk. batch of Capital Savings Bank de-
posit tickets were also found on the pris-
oner. The lieutenant became convinced
that Miller had been working in other
cities, and called up the Washington police
and gave them description of the SUSPECT.
The reply was that Miller answered the
description of man wanted in that city
and that an officer would be sent here at
once. Detective E. l.. Phillips arrived hsIe
at O'Clock this afternoon and took Miller
in custody. The detective identified Miller
as man whom the Washington police had
been locking for since aJnuary last, when
he is alleged to have passed two bogus
checks in that city one for 81, on Julius
Schleuter. a shoemaker, in z Street north
west, and the other in favor of Mrs. Fla
den. with whom the prisoner had boarded
while in Washington Miller, when first
charged with the crime by Detective fhil-
lips, denied the acquaintance of either
Scheuter or Mrs. Bladen. but finally con-
fessed that he was guilty Of the charge.
He pretended that he did not regard mis-
act as criminal. 81 had to have some place
to sleep" said the old man. 'and as my
landlady required payment in advance. I
| had to resort to this means or die in the
streets. / was barefooted, and this Is why
/ gave Sehleuter a check. | knew | had
no money in bank. Detective Phillips
| returned to Washington at o'cloek With
| his prisoner. the authorities here having
agreed to surrender Miller to the District
police.
| The wind and snow storm OF this morn
| ing caused considerable delay in the run
ming of the trains. The tracks OF the
non Railroad were blocked during most
| OF the day, and trains were got through
from this city to Washington with much
difficulty. The snow p,ow which was be-
| ing used in clearing the tracks, left the
rails at King and Peyton Streets this after
noon and ran for some distance on the
cobble stones. In its passage a lamp post
was knocked down and fire hydrant was
| broken. The train which left Washington
at $50 this afternoon met with an acci-
dent at Northwest Alexandria. and de aged
! traffic for several hours, The train had
| encountered snowdrifts. and the strain in
| forcing a passage caused the king bot on
one OF the trucks to break. Fortunately
| the train was running at slow rate, and
no one was injured by the accident. BY
| 80 the tracks had been clear-d and trains
were running regularly
Abram II. Smythe, an old and well-known
| citizen died at his home in South St.
| Asaph Street this morning The deceased
was at one time engaged in mercantile
business. but for the past twenty-five or
thirty years had held a clerkship in the
| First National Bank until a few months
| ago, when he was forced to relinquish his
| duties on account Of failing health. He
| was sixty-six years of age and leaves a
widow and five children. The funeral will
| take place Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
T,t1u Of ha
| today granted charter to the ". G. Shaw
| Company, the object of which is TO do a
| general jewelry business. W. c. Shaw of
| Washington, is named as president. aud
| c. H. Smye is agent in this city. \
charter was also granted TO the +. G.. Alex
ander Company, with +. G.. Alexander of
Wash 1ston. as president and John Critch-
| er as agent in this city. The object OF the
company is to do Il general grocery bust
ness.
In the Police Court today Thomas H.
Smith, colored. was fined $40 on Il charge
Of indecent conduct. Fred King and Will
o'Neal, charged with the larceny of $11SO
and razor from Faraguet Jules, were also
assessed SO each.
The will of the late Frank White was
admitted to probate in the Corporation
Court today. The deceased left his IN
terest in South Washington Street prop
erty to his brother. Thomas w White.
and his sister, Miss Bette White
One case of smallpox has been reported
since last night. The patient is a coored
person living at 23S North Payne Street
The general SMALLPOX conditions are sat
isfactOry to the authorities.
Rev. Father Tearney, vicar general of
Richmond. delivered the Lenten sermon in
St. Mdry's Church tonight.
On account of the storm the Norfolk
boat was four hours late in reaching this
port today.
The fish benches in the city market will
be offered for sale on Friday morning
The reading to have been given by Capt.
Thomas Perry before the members of the
Woman's Auxiliary was postponed on ac-
count of the inclement weather.
u. T. Mcmahon. electric railway
track walker. was struck by train at
King and Payne Streets this afternoon
and quite badly. although not seriously
injured. He was removed to his home in
Payne Street.