Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-22
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Cries of Murder Attract Attention of the
Police.
Clinton Haney Discovered in the Act
of Beating His Wffe-Gen-
eral Matters.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 727 King Street,
Bell Telephone No. LOG.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June % 1899
officers at the police station heard cries
of murder about 8 o'clock last night issu-
ing from an old building on the corner of
Fairfax and Cameron streets. Officers At
kinson and Sherwood went Immediately to
the scene, and, forcing an entrance, dis
covered a woman prone on the floor. Gin
ton, alias lobe Haney, drunk and raving,
was standing over the woman, who was
discovered to be Haney's young wife. He
was taken into custody and locked up.
DR.. Miller attended Mrs. Haney, who was
resuscftated after hard work.
Haney struck his wife with his fist, rem
dering her unconscious. He stated that
she had been unfaithful to him and be
proposed to be avenged. This morning
when the case was called before Mayor
Simpson in the police court Mrs Haney re-
fused to appear against the prisoner, and
a fine of So for disorderly conduct on the
street was imposed.
Mrs. Miller mother of the injured wo-
man, later appeared and obtained a peace
warrant, binding Haney under 500 to keep
the peace for one year.
Freight Cars Wrecked.
While a shifting engine was pulling sew
eral heavily loaded freight cars out of
side track in the yard of the Southern rail-
road here last night the two rear cars
jumped the track, and before the train
could be stopped they reached a steep en-
bankment over which they tumblsd. Luck
lily the brakemen escaped without injury,
but the cars were overturned and almost
demolished. The merchandise contained in
thu cars was recovered.
Church improvements.
A committee was recently appointed by
the First Baptist Church to confer with
architects as to the best means Of improv-
ing the front of the house of worship. AT
a meeting last night this COMMITTEES re-
ported, submitting drawings of the pro
posed improvements These were inspected
by the congregation but no definite action
was taken.
The matter will be attended to in the near
future, and when the improvements are
completed the edifice will present a much
more imposing appearance that at present.
The Visiting Editors.
About 200 members of the Pennsylva mia
State Editorial Association, attending the
twenty seventh annual summer meeting in
Washington, reached here this morning on
a special car about 1880 O'Clock. The dele
cation was met by Messrs. NJ B. Harlow.
A. ]. Wedderburn. John Marshall, j. NJ.
Hill. A. A. Warfield and other prominent
citizens, who escorted the party to Christ
and then entertained the members in Alex
andria-W ashington Masonic Lodge. r. H.
Thomas, secretary and treasurer of the as
ISOLATION. there made a short speech of
thanks for the reception rendered by the
Alexandrians, and Mr.. Harlow responded.
The delegation left about noon for Airing
ton.
General Matters.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Woodruff Manufacturing Company
was held in this city yesterday. when the
following directors were elected: Joseph E.
Epson, Elphonzo Youngs, Theodore A
Harding, Edmund NJ. Woodruff and James
II. Vermilya, all of Washington.
The case of Thomas l.. Coils was called
in the corporation court yesterday, and set
for trial ut the October term of court. In
dictments were recently reported against
Coils by the grand jury for misappropri-
ating the funds of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company.
Mr.. William A. Carson and Miss Clara E.
Reedy both of Washington, Were married
yesterday afternoon by Rev. j. H. Butler
at The parsonage of the First Baptist
Church.
Mary Ware, colored, died last night at
her home in West End.