The times., 1899-07-20
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

Alexandria, July 19.-United States Mar
shall Morgan Treat left here today for Co
lumbus. o., having in custody Carlo Fasi
alias Somset, sentenced to FIVE years on
two charges Of counterfeiung; E. G. White.
alias Frank Roden. sentenced to pay a
fine Of $500 and five years Imprisonment
for burglarizing the postoffice at Waverly,
Va; 5. 5. l.. Foster. sentenced to serve
one year for stealing a mail bag and de-
stroying its contents. and John B. Par
kins, sentenced to one year for purloining
a registered letter. These prisoners will
be confined in the penitentiary at Colum-
bus, q. Marshal Treat was accompanied
by his son and Frank Evans as guards.
daring robbery was committed at Ar
lington Cemetery yesterday evening about
I O'Clock. The victims were two young
ladies from Washington, who gave their
names Of Miss Susie Morrow and Miss
Sarah Harper. When they reached the
electric railway station at Arlington they
were in pitiable condition and endeav-
ored to conceal their identity. They were
without money or tickets. and were COM
PEELED to explain their unpleasant expe-
rience to Conductor Brawner. They stated
that while strolling through the grounds
they were approached by a white man,
VINO proposed to convey them back to
Washington via Georgetown. While they
were endeayoring 10 get away from the
man negro. supposed TO have been an
accomplice of the white man. came up and
demanded that the ladies' surrender their
ya.uables. They became terrified and sur
| rendered their money and tickets. The
matter was reported to the authorities,
! and the young women were conveyed to
! Washington. Constable Gaines is investi-
! ga, ing the occurrence
| The city Democratic committee la
week ordered primary election TO be held
| in this city on Friday next for the purpose
/ of nominating u candidate for tne State
Senate. resolution was adopted provd-
ing that all persons who desired to enter
the contest should deposit the sum o, S5j
| each before 10 O'Clock today with the
chairman of the city committee, and that
| should only one person comply with this
| ruling, then no election should b. held, and
the person who had deposited the neces-
sary amount should be declared the choic.
| OF the voters of Alexandria for the State
| Senate. The names mentioned in co1nec-
tion with the nomination were Capt. S. r
| Donohoe. of Fairfax county, and Col. Ed
mund Berkeley, of Prince William county
Captain Donohoe was the only one who
complied with the ruling OF the commit eC
and will be declared the nominee. SO fal
as Alexandria's delegates are concerned.
The committee on public property o
the city council has organized by electint
councilman Hubert Snowden chairman.
a lawn party was held this evening a
the residence of Mrs. A. d. Brockett, fl
North Washington Street Dancing, graph
ophone, and solos were among the fea
lures of the evenings entertainment.
The condition of D. G. Gay. who wa
badly hurt in this city on Sunday last
while riding on the tender Of a Southern
Railway engine, is reported to be crid
cal at his home in Charlottesville
He has been unconscious since tn
accident The injured man is a Sol
of conductor Gay. who was killed on tn
road. and a brother of Herbert Gay. VIII
lost a leg and hand while In the emplo
of the railroad company.
Chief of the Fire Department Petty ha
purchased a handsome new cart.
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders Of the International Building an
Lean Association CT Washington, held i,
this city today. the following were chose
directors: Charles Lyman, F. H. Smith
L. Quincy Smith. Jackson H. Ralston,
P. Miller, John Thomas Gibson, and a
R. Holden
delegation from the convention of tn
Baptist Young Peoples Conference, i
Richmond. visited this city today. The
made a trip to Mount Vernon and Ar
lington.
The Young Mems Sodality Lyceum ha
perfected arrangements for its excursio
to Riverside Park tomorrow, and a pleas
ant time is assured all who attend
Walter Davis, while cleaning pistC
at the Southern Railway depot yesterda
evening. was shot In the hand by the acci
dental discharge of the weapon.