Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
FAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Date for Q, s. District Court Opening Still
Undetermined.
Important Cases to BE Brought Be-
fore the Acknowledgement
and Personal News.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. III King Street.
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Bell Telephone No. lbb,
ALEXANDRIA, May IL. 1890.
The date for holding the next session OF
the United States district court in this city
has not yet been made known, If decided
upon. Judge Edmund Waddll has been
communicated with, but has not replied.
The session Will be an adjourned one. and
was first set for April and later for the I'D
of this month. Several minor cases OF vio-
lations of United States revenue laws are
on the dock1 but the principal case Will
be that of the Washington Steamboat Com
pany against the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company. which is admiralty
suit growing out Of the collision between
the ferryboat Columbia and the steamer
Newport News, which occurred near this
city the fall of 1897.
Attorneys Cation OF this city and Hughes
of Norfolk represent the plaintiff. and At
torneys Parker OF New York and White OF
Norfolk the defendant.
Services to BE Continued.
The services at the railroad reading
rooms tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock will
be conducted by Mr.. Powell OF the semi
nary Mrs Julia Chockley will render a
solo.
AT a meeting of the Workers held last
night 1t was decided to continue the special
services during the coming week Rev. j.
E. Thacker of the Second Presbyterian
Church will officiate Monday night
Military Company Forming.
The names of those desiring to enlist in
the Alexandria military company are now
being received. 1t appears that there Will
be no difficulty in securing full compile
ment In order to form a company TO be
mustered into the state militia the regula-
tions REQUIRE not less than tifty-nine nor
more than seventy-five. Capt James r.
will those
for some date next week, when the llst
will be forwarded to Adjutant General
Male in Richmond.
Explosion Causes Fire.
A fire, about O'Clock last evening, dam
aged four frame houses on Queen street
near Payne street to the extent of $500 or
SToo The buildings caught from a gasoline
stove explosion in the house occupied by
Mary Branch. The families Of Jane Nc
Gruder, James Turley and William Hedg-
man occupied the other houses MIs.
Charles Greenwood was the owner, ana ths
occupants were colored. The fire DEPART
ment did excellent work.
Unknown Man Arrested.
Officer Ferguson and Atkinson today ar
rested a strange white man whose actions
indicated insanity. He was found on lower
Cameron street where he terroized the COM
munity, and he was with difficulty taken
to the station house. From a letter dlscoN-
cred on his person his name is thought 70
be c. E. Desmond Of Baltimore county.
Md. The name of Henry ID. Schaefter with
the same address, was also FOUND. ne con-
stantly talked Of a DR. Stern, ana II lsf
thought he has escaped from some asylum.
Efforts are being made to establish his ioen-
tity.
General and Personal.
The remains of Mr. Bush Laws, who died
in Washington yesterday, will be Brought
here Monday for interment. The deceased
had relatives in this city, where he for
merly resided.
A horse hitched to a heavy wagon, ths
property of Thomas Slick, became fright
ened on King street yesterday afternoon,
and ran away. demolishing a buggy be- b
longing to DR.. l.. r. Quackenbush.
The literary department Of the Epworth
League Nj. E. Church South, gave its regu-
lar monthly entertainment last evening
Mr.. Stewart Jones of Fairfax county re-
lateS that few days since he discovered
a soldiers cap and other articles indicat-
ing military ownership on the roadside near
New Alexandria The cap had cross-guns
and was marked Company K, 4th Artillery
United States army.
Mr.. William b. Corse, who has been ap-
pointed acting city engineer by the coun- b
ell street committee. will enter upon the
discharge OF his duties Monday next
Mrs. Prudence Emerson, widow OF Mr..
John P. Emerson. is lying dangerously Ill
at her home at Payne and Duke streets.
Wanted TO Sec the President.
Michael Donneliy, who said his home Is IN
Newark, N. J., came to Washington this
morning to see the President, in order that
he might be relieved, he said, from hin
prosecutors. After some wander1ngs, he