The times., 1899-04-27
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

iei ia, va, april Zb-Ihe stock
holders of the Janney Car Coupler Com
pany held their annual meeting in this city
today and elected the following directors:
Z. H. Janney. R. f. Knox, ]. T. Burke W.
b. Smoot, and E. S. Leadbeater. r. f.
JanTey was elected president, Major E II
Janney having declined a reelection: E.
II. Janney. vice president; Arthur Her
bert, treasurer, and K. Kemper secretary
AS the time of the Janney car coupler
patent will expire in the near future the
company will soon wind up its affairs.
Sharp5 and Flats" rendered the Chimes
OF Normandy" at the Opera House tonight
| to large and appreciativei audience.
John Webster and Miss Leila Faulkner
daughter OF Capt. S. F. Faulkner, OF the
Southern Railway, were married tonight
by Rev. ]. FL. Butler. of the Baptist church
only the immediate friends of the con-
tracing parties witnessed the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster will reside in this
city.
Miss Annie NJ. Lucas. OF this city, and
Harry Burchall. OF Illchester, Howard
county, Nd. will be married at the BRIDE $
| hcme, in North Columbus Street, on
Thursday, at 1:30 p. m. The couple will
leave Immediately after the ceremony for
a trip north.
In the county court today. at Fort Myer
| Heights, Judge Love sentenced Lee Gaskins
| to serve ten years in the Richmond peni-
| tentiary. Gaskins was convicted yesterday
| OF having Cbstructed the tracks and at
tempted to wreck a car on the Washington
Arlington and Falls Church Electric Rail-
| way Sandy James. cclored, who was re-
Gently indicted for similar offence. was
placed on trial in the county court today
The prisoner at first pleaded not guilty,
but subsequently changed his plea to one
OF guilty. He was promptly sentenced by
Judge Love TO the penitentiary for ten
years. John Boulden, colCTed, who is con-
fined in the county jail, charged with hav-
| ing attempted to wreck an electric car,
will be given trial on Friday.
| Lisle ellis, son of Commodore Gillis,
was married this morning to Miss Grace
! Standiford. daughter of John Standiford,
/ at the home OF the brides parents, in
KING Street. Rev. J. II. Wells, formerly
| pastor Of the Village Chapel, ofiiciated. Mr..
and Mrs. Giliis left for the north this aft
ernoon.
! Presley Bloxham was stricken with par
aiysis at his home, in West End, last night
hr Bioxham is Mexican vetearn, and Is
well known resident CT this section.
| George Parker, colored who was arrest
cd IN this city charged with the larceny of
harness in Fairfax county, was today turn
! ed over to the authorities OF that county
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Democratic committee has announced that
Messrs. F. ]. Paff, Louis Brill, B. b.
Smith. and George A. Appich received the
| highest number of votes polied In the
! Third ward in the primary election, held
on April 10. and are the nominees OF the
party, for that ward. Councilman Harrison
has been induced by his friends to allow
| his name to be used as a candidate for re-
election at the approaching general cleo
tion. to be held in May. Mr. Harrison was
| candidate for nomination for council
at the recent primary. and according to
the returns Of the judges on the night of
election he received sufficiently large
vote to place him among those chosen.
| 1t was thought that mistake had been
made in the count, and an examination Of
| the ballots by the Democratic city com
mittee demonstrated that this had been
the case, and that Mr. Harrison's vote
was less than that received by the four
| candidates named above. AS the list of
Democratic nominees is certified to by the
Democratic committee and as Mr.. Har-
rison's name will not appear in that list,
he cannot be placed upon the general
ticket as Democratic candidate for the
city council.
The funeral OF Miss Alura S. Miner, who
died in Brooklyn on Sunday took place
from the residence of Mrs. d. A. Windsor,
! in Cameron Street today. Rev. Bergman
Green. of Christ Church, officiated The
pa!lbearers were Messrs. T. w. Robinson
Fred Johnston Richard S. Windsor jr
| James johnson, Frank F. Marbury, and
| A. E. Smoot.
John H. Naylor has announced himsel!
| as an independent candidate for the Board
of Aldermen for the First ward at the gen.
eral election in May. In the Fourth ward
Frank Evans will be an independent can
didate for the Board of Aldermen.
The Seventeenth Virginia CHAPTER,
United Daughters OF the Confederacy. will
hold a special meeting at T19 King Street
tomorrow morning.
Miss Helen Langford died at her home,
916 Duke Street, last night. She was
twenty-three years of age. Her funeral
will take place from St Mary's Church
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The funeral of Thomas Buckner took
place from the Second Presbyterian Church
this evening.
In the Corporation Court today W. E.
Latham was appointed guardian of the
infant children Of the late Norvell Shirley.
Albert Wood a notorious negro, was dis
covered about II O'Clock last night secreted
in the near portion of the residence of Mrs.
India Hudson. in Cameron Street, between
Washington and Columbus Streets. Mrs.
Hudson and the members OF her family
were aware OF the negro's presence in the
building, but gave no alarm until Mr.. Har-
ry Hudson returned home. The latter on
searching the premises. found the negro
| secreted in a corner of back room. He
placed the man under arrest and after
some difficulty took him to the police sta
ton. This morning Mayor Simpson COM
mitted Wood to jail to await the action OF
the grand jury of the Corporation Court
Wood is one of the negroes who waylaid