Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-20
Military Road SUIT to Be Heard
Monday Next.
LITIGATION INVOLVING OWNERSHIP
Physician Reports Suspected Case
of Varioloid.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
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ALEXANDRIA. Va. October ~. 1Ssn
case Of unusual interest. styled tho
Commonwealth against Howard p. Mar
SNAIL VIII be opened Monday next before
Judge ]. NJ. Love in the Alexandria county
court house, on Fort Myer Heights Tn,
litigation involves the ownership OF what
is known as the military road. the thor.
oughf5re extending from the west gate OF
Arlington cemetery to Rosslyn II is claim
ed by the county supervisors that the road
Is public property. but private parties deny
this, and claim ownership. Friction no
tween these claimants and the county an
thorties, which has been Of long stand
ing, reached climax about a month Az,
when a man named H p Marshall WAS
sent TO place distractions across the thor
oughfare The act being promptly report
ed TO the supervisors, an officer was sent
10 the scene, who placed Marshall under
arrest. The prisoner was taken bcfnr,, d,
JuSllce OF the peace and fined $50. and from,
J MS an appeal was taken TIL, day baf,,,,.
Marshall WAS arrested the S,p.r,is1rs an
uclpatlnS trouble, met in this city and de-
C.ued L prosecute any persons obstructIn.-
the Military road.
Inc property is an exceedingly yaluahl,
ana important piece OF roadway ,T,,Ys,.,
lilS Arlington cemetery with Washington.
me question affecting its control is of ma
u"hai interest 1t is stated that the con-
tthtlon over the ownership arises from the
iIlSufilclency OF former laws governing ptIb-
Iic thoroughfares. Many years auo n -
SAID, the road, which has since grown to
such Importance. was cut through private.
property as a matter Of convenience. and
without the fOrmality OF having il officially
surveyed and authorized hv law
fnNate parties after a time began to
4 IN b
was partially admitted by the county al-
thorIties in former years
Attorney Morgan Beach Of Washington
ana John NJ. Johnson of this city Will rep
resent the defendant. and Acting Common
wealth ; Attorney G. e GarIin, probably
assisted by Attorney Francis l.. Smith. will
conduct the prosecution.
Case of Suspected NnrIoIoId.
DIR. Il. II. OBrien, who was attending 4
child OF Mr.. Thomas Downey's living At
the corner Of Columbus and Franklin
streets, last night, suspected that the pa
tient had var'oloid. Health Officer Julian
T. Miller and Or. Arthur Snowden. quarau-
tine officer at this place. were notified. and
made an examination of the case. To de-
eide the matter definitely, however Il was
determined to send for an expert from The
uited States marine hospital service IN
Washington. This physician is expected
here this afternoon.
suit for Damages.
Another case of some interest which il
set for trial before Judge Love "Wednesday
next is that Of O. l. Little against w. h.
Palmer and bondsmen. The plaintiff sues
for $4,000 damage, alleged to have been
done her by the act of Sheriff Palmer in
seizing certain furniture from a house con-
Quoted by the plaintiff near the Chain
bridge. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture
Company of Washington ii is said is viz
tually the defendant, the sherins seiz-
ure of the property was done at the in
stance OF that company. In a suit brought
to test the legality of the sheriffs action
the plaintin was successful.
Board to BE Reorgnnized
Steps Will be taken in a short while to
effect the reorganization Of the board OF
health. This body has been in uncertain
shape since its members We're recently
elected by council, The majority of them
failing to qualify During the smallpox
epidemic last winter there were questions
as to the scope Of authority belonging to
the board of health and unpleasant m s.
understanding followed.
As the law applying in this case Is said
TO be specific enough il Is expected that
future trouble will be avoided. Tn. board
should consist Of nine members three from
from the district between Prince and King
streets and three from the district north
of King street. The health officer is ex-
officio president Of the board.
Chapter Meeting.
A called meeting OF the 18th Virginia Regi-
ment Chapter, L. d. c. was held this
morning at the residence Of the president.
Miss Katharine Stewart, 10 King street.
Instructions were given to the delegates 10
the national and state conventions. The
following are the delegates to the national
convention. which begins in Richmond No
vember ): Miss Katharine Stewart. Miss
Salle Stewart ana Miss Kate Mason Row
land. The following are delegates TO the
state convention, which meets in Ports
mouth October -: Mrs Anthony Smoot,
Miss Lula Smoot and Miss Lizzie Appich.
General Matters
The Westminster League Of the Second
Presbyterian Church held a business meet
ing last night and elected the following OH
GERS for the ensuing year: Frank Stay
maker, president: DIR. J. II. BitZer vice
president; Harvey Demorest, secretary;
William Moore. treasurer; II. c. Stay
maker. chairman of the religious commit
tee; Mrs. f. b. Kemp, chairman OF the
membership committee. and Miss Anna
Moore chairman of the music committee.
The name of James II. Lon Of this city.
who has been conducting an independent
canvass for election to the house Of dele
gates from Alexandria county and city.
will not appear on the official ballots IN
the November election, it is stated, because .
Mr.. Lob did not register with the clerk Of
Alexandria county in the time prescribed
by law. Mr.. Frank Hume is the demo
cratic nominee.
Mrs. James f. Alexander chairman Of
the ladies' committee which had charge Of
the various reception rooms during the
sesqui-centennial has called meeting OF
all the ladies who took part in the recep-
ton for tonight at Z 30 o'clock in the rooms
of the Business Mems League The pur-
80 10 RfT,ev tS ind ba
affairs of the committee.
Three hundred mules will be shipped
shortly from the government station at 81.
Asaph to the Philippines via San Fran
cisco.
To, I.,I In. l.I.ix..a.-l.