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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

Probable Action Affecting the Officers
at CROSSINGS.

1t is understood the District Commission
ers have under consideration the question
of granting the special policemen appointed
for duty at the street railway crossings
police powers. AS was stated in The Star
at the time the attorney for the District
recently decided that these men are mere
watchmen, without authority to make ar
rests. The act of June "a 1898, he explain
ed, does not confer upon them police pow
ers, do sections 376 and 379 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the District upon addi-
tional privates and special privates therein
provided for.
1t is because Of this opinion that the
men appointed for duty at the street rail-
way crossings were recently informed that
they are without power to make arrests.
When they were appointed last August it
was under the belief that they were en-
powered to perform these duties, although
they were restricted in its performance to
the points at which they were stationed.
Hence 1t was thought proper to uniform
them a. were the regular members of the
police force, the men paying for their uni
forms. as do the regulars.
There is been no desire on the part of
the Commissioners or on the part of any
one else connected with the District gov
eminent to reflect upon their usefulness as
it is stated some of the railway crossing
men interpret recent deliverances 1t is
said they can be clothed with police powers
by giving them appointment as additional
members of the police force and it is
thought the Commissioners may decide to
do this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
CITY AND DISTRICT.


Eighteen years ago Bethel Literary and
Historical Association was founded in this
city by Bishop Daniel A Payne of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church The
organization. 1t is claimed, has faithfully
carried out the purpose of broadening the
intellectual culture of the negro race and
disseminating useful history among the
masses, as designed by it's projectors. Only
speakers of recognized standing in the
world Of letters or known to be authorities
along some particular line of thought are
allowed place upon the platform of this
society The anniversary viii be duly COM
memOrated this evening at METROPOLITAN
A NJ E Church, NJ street between 10Th
and 18th streets northwest, the occasion be-
ing known as Founders day"
The following bits of history will be pre-
scented: The Life and Character of Daniel
A Payne by Rev. J. {. Waters, pastor of
Allen Chapel. Good Hope, D. c.: History
Of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church Mr.. C. n. Shorter; Bethel Lit
erary and Historical Association" Miss
Mary f. Beckett. The exercises will begin
promptly at o'clock. Prof. W. H. Rich
ards viii preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

Mrs. Ellen Hoskins, colored who says
she does not live with her husband because
the latter is insane. appeared in Judge
SCOTS court this morning and complained
against Samuel Jones, coiored for alleged
threats.
Jones lives at No. 1879 street northwest,
and Mrs. Hoskins rents room in the house
Last night Jones and his roomer had some
trouble, and the woman charges that her
life was threatened. In addition to the
threats, she said, Jones turned a big bull
dog loose in the hall where she was.
Jones denied the charge and said the
trouble resulted from his complaint that
Mrs. Hoskins had too much company.
DO you intend to harm her?' Jones was
asked by Judge Scott
mo, SIR he answered
What about the dog story?'
That's a ghost story
Jones said he had served notice the
woman to give him possession of the room.
Mrs. Hoskins denied the charge of having
used profane language. The charge OF
threats against Jones was dismissed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

The Sth 1mmunes, L. S. v, now located
at Chickamauga, Ga, will be mustered out
next week, and since two companies of this
regiment are composed of Washington BOYS
the colored people of the District propose
to give them an ovation when they reach
this city. They will come in a body and
will be accompanied by Company D of
Newark, N. j., of which Mr.. Thos H. H.
Clarke is first lieutenant. The reception
committee is in the hands of such men
at J. w. Lyons. H. P. Cheatham. Geo H.
White. r. H. Terrell, DR.. F. j. Shadd, Z.
E. Cooper, Daniel Murray and Jesse Law
son. The regiment has a band of forty
members. which will accompany the com
panies. The President will be asked to re-
view them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

The large hall of NOtre Dame Convent
on North Capitol street was. crowded last
night with the friends of the alumuae read
Ing circle to listen to an Illustrated lee
ture on Paris by Mr. Nathaniel T. Taylor.
The speaker described in a conversational
style the many attractions of the French
capital The illustrations We're exception
ally fine, one very pleasing feature being a
visit to the ancient cemetery of Picpus
where the grave of Lafayette was shown.
with the little American flag planted above
the tomb by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. \ view was also shown of
the square of ground in front of the
Louvre, recently donated by the city of
Paris for the site of the proposed statue
of Lafayette TO be presented by the school
children of America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
STAINS 4 RULING.
District Inspector of Flour Upheld
by Attorney Thomas.

The Ballard & Ballard Company of Louis
vile. KY, recently objected to a ruling of
the district inspector Of -four that all -four
must be sold by the barrel or fraction
thereof. The company contended that it
had the right 10 sell by the pound, provided
their packages Were marked accordingly.
The matter was referred to the attorney
for the District, who sustains the inspec-
tors ruling.
The Louisville company also objected to
the provision of the law requiring ten hoops
on barrels, stating that most of the flour
barrels now used in this country have but
six. Attorney Thomas holds that the Com
missioners have no discretion in this mat
ter, although he thinks the law might prop
erly be amended in this respect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
KNIGHTS OF KHoRAssAN.


Ascalon Temple, No. 1, of the Dramatic
Order of the Knights of Khorassan was
formally installed last night at Typograph-
ical Temple by Imperial Prince J. A. Hin
sey of Chicago, Sublime Venerable Prince
j. M. Stratton, Imperial Kadi H. E. Parker
and other general officers. The Knights Of
khorassan is a new fraternal order found
ed In 1895 In Chicago, and occupies the
same relation to the Knights of Pythias as
the Mystic Shrine holds to the Knights
Templar. Its object is to cultivate social
and fraternal feeling among Pythians, but
it has no beneficial features.
Previous to the ceremony there was a
procession of the knights through the prin-
c!pal streets, and at it's conclusion an en-
joyable feast was discussed.
The officers of Ascalon Temple, who We're
installed last night are: Imeprial nawab,
Alfred E. Glascock: venerable sheik, Jo-
seph B. Conner; royal vizier, Frank H.
Hosford; grand emir, Daniel o. Driseoll;
mahedi, George w. Baumann; secretary,
Willard s. Robbins; treasurer, Motley An
derson; memal Frederick F. Phillips; sa-
pit. Jefferson Middleton: mokanna, J. KEEL
ley Mangum: joe, Percy l.. Moore.
The charter list of members is as follows:
A. NJ. Allison, Motley Anderson, s. w. Au-
genstein, George W. Baumann, George ).
stem, L. F. Bradley, W. E. Bradley, Charles
L. Brooks, W. H. ]. Brown, Thomas A.
Bynum, ]. W. Carter w. R. Carver, c..
w. Clagett, J. B. Conner, Oscar Coumbe,
Arthur Cowsill, W. N. Crawford, R. Doug
las Crupper, J ". Cronie, Frank B. Crown.
G. F. Day, G. G. Dennison, William Din
widdie, B. F. Dooley, A l.. Doran. J. H.
Doran, W. H. Doherty, H. A. Donaldson,
Daniel o. Driscoll, Samuel W. Edmunds,
c. E. Etchberger, Richard P. Evans, Will
liam Felger, Charles E. Ferguson, Ern-
est D. Frazier, w. j. Freund, Sam
uel L. Gardiner W. B. Gaitree. H: J..
Gasson, J. c. Gaulden, L. De Witt Ger
hardt, William Gettinger, Alfred E. Glas-
cock, Woolman Gibson, Charles P. Han
cock. George w. Hall, W. C. Harrell, Wal
Heare, George w. Heisley, Thomas Hen
derson. L. c. Hills, W. NJ. Hodges. Mark
H. Hopkins, Frank Fl. Hosford, A. H. HUI
Der, John w. Humphry, R. H. Jones,
Thomas L. Jones, W. J. Johnson. Albert
Kline, Gustav A Kneessi John s. Leech, j.
w. Lucas. f. S. Luby, A. w. Mackin, J..
Kelley Mangum, NJ. f. Martin. ]. S. Mar
tin, William E. Mason. G. w. Mater. J. J.
Michigan. Arnold w. Meyer, Sol l.. Meyer,
Jefferson Middleton, Lee Mockbee, Percy
l.. Moore, ]. A. Moreland Thomas r. Nal
ley, Richard B. Nixon, w. j. Noack, Ed.
OFlaherty, John Peterson. George Plugge,
Fred F. Phillips, VIM. w. Poultney, Jos. K.
Potter. Jos. Reilly, J. M. Rissler. W. S
Robbins. j. Robinson, A. P. Scheh. F. NJ
Schell, Theodore Schondau, ]. H. Shine, H
r. Sisson, Frank Slye, H. A E. Smith, E,
K. Somborn B. L. Stidham, II. NJ. Sterling.
James w. Stoker. C. K. Stribing, Charles
Stuttsman, c. E. Swigart O. G. Stacey, Ed
B. Thomas, G. Milton Thomas j. A.
Thompson, John w. Thompson. L. C. Tut
els e. Warren, F. E. Weber, r. NJ. Weedin,
D. E. Wfber, w. A. Wildng, Thomas Will
kinson, J. H. Williams Richard T. Whit
ing, E. w. Yount, John c. Yost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
RECEPTION TO BISHOP.
Preliminaries to Meeting of NJ. f.
Church Conference,

Nearly all the Methodist Episcopal min
listers of the District of Columbia will go
to Baltimore today to attend a reception to
be given there this evening to the bishop
who is to preside at the annual meeting of
the Baltimore conference, which begins in
that city tomorrow and to a number of
the other high dignitaries of the denomi-
nation.
The Methodist Episcopal churches of
Washington and vicinity are affiliated with
this conference. So far as known at this
time, there are not to be many changes
made in the pastOrates here, and possibly
these may be limited to one or two, as
there is but one minister who has served
the full period allowed under the rules of
the church. 1t is well-understood fact
however. that some times the presiding bish-
op exercises his prerogatiye and changes
the preachers around to meet new condi-
tons
The first event of Importance in advance
of the conference will be the meeting of the
class of young men before the board of ex-
aminers at O'Clock tomorrow morning.
There are nineteen applicants for admis-
sion to the ministry on trial, and they will
be examined as to their qualifcat tons The
names of the applicants are: n. r. Smith,
J. II. Jeffries, F. C. Watson. w. W. Costin
| II. E. Reck. George F. Stiles, Arthur E.
! Slagel, s. W. GraffiIn, A. H. Mckinley, J..
| NJ Ferguson, Z. c. Baker, W. r. Edwards
J. f. Gardner, c. F. Bonn, w. ]. II. Deale
| Howard Davis, f. Z. Fisher, L. W. Cos
nell and V. N. Ridgeley.
| The board of examiners Is composed of
| Revs. w. W. Davis. chairman: W. l.. Nc
| Dowel secretary; William Sheers, L. A.
| Thirlkeld, Lucien Clark, H. S. France, Page
| Mi-burn, joel Brown. f. Ct. Porter, G.. c.
| Bacon, ]. C. Nicholson. j. F. Goucher, f.
| T. Mowbray ]. NJ. SIarrow, L. T. Wider
| man, John V. Van Meter. w r. Stricken.
! c. Z. Young, ]. A. Price, F. II. Havenner
and T. VI. West.
| AT 80 pm. there will be an examination
| of candidates for local orders. The three
who will appear before the board are
| Charles ]. Burdette of Montgomery county.
| Md; Frank r. HURT of Baltimore and r.
Bradley Jones of Anne Arundel county. At
8 O'Clock tomorrow evening n general meet
| ing Will be he Il IN the Caroline Street
Church, and viii include the exercises of
| the anniversary Of the american Methodist
Historical SOCIETY,". Rev. Dr. Goucher pres
| ident of the Womans College, will preside,
| and an address will be delivered by Rev.
/ DIR. S. T. Uphan of Drew Theological Sem
| mary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
FATAL ACCIDENT.
CoIored Man Receives Injuries From
Which He Soon Expires.

Mack Kaze. colored, aged twenty-five, of
6o7 Madison court northwest, and said to
have been a driver for Mr.. V. Baldwin
Johnson, was fatally injured by B. & o.
train near Brookland, ID. c., shortly before
s O'Clock this morning and died at the
Eastern Dispensary a short time afterward.
The body was removed to the morgue and
Coroner Carr notified.
According to the statements of Engineer
Philip Crummett of locomotive No. GA, by
which the man was struck, Kaze was seen
walking on the track near what is known
as University station. Mr. Crummett blew
his whistle number of times, he said. and
fnaiIy the man stepped off the track, but
not lar enough away to avoid being hit by
the pilot of the engine. The train was
stopped as quickly as possible and the man
placed in the baggage car and brought TO
the city. He was then removed to the
Eastern Dispensary, where he died, as
stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
LOCAL MENTION.
TONIGHT.

Academy-Thos E. Shea in 'Dr. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde"
BiiOu-Vaudeville.
Columbia Theater-Digby Bell IN Joe
Hurst. Gentleman"
Grand Opera House-Refned vaudeville.
Kernan's Lyceum Theater-ROse Hill Co.
Lafayette Square-'A Runaway Girl
National Theater-May Irwin in Kate
Kip"
Washington Light Infantry armory-
Washington cycle show.
Ohio avenue and 18th street-Batue of
Gettysburg.
Congregational Church-Verdi's Requiem,
by the Choral Society.
1312-131S New York aveuue-The Halls
Of the Ancients.
12<J Pennsylvania avenue-Exhibition OF
the painting of 'Trilby.'
Universalist Church-Song recital by MISS
Iulie Nailette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
DOMESTIC TROUBLE,
Anacostfa Citizen DfsngreeS with
Wife and BrOther-iu-InN

Forgive and forget was the advice
Judge Scott gave Chas. Tierback and his
young wife today. The husband. who is a
musician, lives in Anacestia. About a week
ago he had some trouble with his wife and,
1t is said, inflicted punishment upon her. A
warrant was procured upon the advice, it
Is said, of Mrs. Tierback's mother. for
assault. Besides this affair Tierback had
struck his brother-in-law with a black Jack.
and on this account two additional charges
Were preferred against him.
While on the witness stand the young wo-
man. who had been married but a little
more than year, glanced at her husband
several times and did not seem particularly
anxious 20 prosecute him.
Prosecuting Attorney Mullowny succeed
ed in causing her to smile when he made
an effort to bring about a reconciliation.
Counsel for the husband said he had been
making an effort to patch up the difficulties
between the husband and wife, but had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
EXCURSIONS TOMORROW.

Steamer Newport News for Fortress Mon
roe ard Norfolk at $50 pm.
Steamer Wakefield for Colonial Beach
and river landings at Z am
Steamer EsteIle Randall for Glymont and
Intermediate points at $50 am.
Trains leave 49, street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue hourly for Arlington from a m. to
s pm
Trains leave 1874 street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue for Mount Vernon hourly from 10
an. to g pm.
Cars leave Aqueduct bridge for Arlington
and Fort Myer every half hour from S am.
to pm
Cars leave Aqueduct bridge every hour
for Falls Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
TAXING CORPORATIONS.
Proposed Law Amended by Direction
of COmmis siOners.

The draft of an amendment to the act of
1877, relative to the taxation of District
corporations, recently prepared by Asses
sor Matthew Trimble, has been received by
the Commissioners from their attorney to
whom it was referred by them. The Com
missioners requested their attorney to in
sert clause providing that persons making
false statements in their returns to the
assessor shall be deemed guilty of perjury.
Mr. Thomas returned the bill yesterday in
Guiding this provision and few other
changes.
This has been done, the proposed amend
ment providing, in addition: That all cor
porations, with the exception of railway
to per cent of their gross receipts, and
shall make a sworn return of these re-
cetpts to the assessor on or before July 10,
and that street railway companies shall
pay 4 per cent annually of their gross re-
GENTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
White-Georse Forest of this city and
May Adams of staunton, Va; Antonio Fra
tantnono of Baltimore, Md, and Rosina
Maria Racioppi of this city; Augustus
Knight of St. Louis, Mo-, and Katherine
b. Brearley of Philadelphia, Pa
Colored-John Jackson and Harriet
Better; Robert Minor and Ida Wingfieid.
Edward Olden and Ada NJ. Pettus; Julius
w. Ports and Martha C. Henton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

been unable to see the wife 10 was h,s
iuea mat the mothers consent will have 20
oe obtained before anything can be accom-
plished.
IN 'ne case or assault on his wife the
court took the husbands personal honda
and gave both young people some good adj
vice ~
he Kind TO your wife" the fudge said
and when your mother-fn-law calls treat
her properly. and don't have any trouble"
In the case of carrying concealed weapons
Ilerback was fined $50. and n fine of $40
was imposed for the use of the weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Funeral of Rev. ParrOtt.

The funeral of Rev. Ralph Parrot, an
aged Baptist minister of Georgetown. took
place yesterday afternoon from Mount Zion
NJ e. Church, on 18th street. delegation
of Baptist ministers of the city attended
the funeral. The sermon was delivered by
Rev. Jerry Jones, and short addresses over
the remains were made by Rev. James Hill.
Rev P. Lucas, Rev. F. Williams, Rev. ].
NJ Hall, Rev. w. A. Jones, Rev. D. E..
Wiseman and Rev, Murphy. The deceased
was the father of Prof. r. S. Parrott the
leader of the choir of Mount Zion Church.
The interment was made at Mount Zion
cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
MADE THREATS.
Marshall Mccoy Answers to IL
Charge in Court.

Marshall Mccoy Answers to the
Charge in Court.
A well-dressed man named Marshall Nc
Coy caused some trouble at his sister
boarding house, on 18th street, about II
o'clock last night, and Policeman r. E
Doyle arrested him on charge of threats
The complaint against him was made by
Mr.. Edward Richards, who has room in
the house. Mccoy told the judge he had
been drinking and had no recollection OF
having used threatening language.
Mr.. Richards told the court that the de-
PENDANT ordered him from the house and
threatened to blow his head off. He said
Mccoy used offensive language toward his
(McCoy's) own sister and it was as much
for her protection as for his own that he
filed the charge against him.
Mccoy pleaded with the court to release
him, saying he intended to start for Chi
cago tonight. Judge Scott required him to
give real estate security in the sum of SGT
or to serve sixty days in Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Death of Maud HasIam.

Miss Maud Haslam, a young actress well
known in Washington. died Saturday of
consumption at Liberty, N. Y. She had
been i'll for some time. having been COM
PEELED to cancel her dates last fall. Miss
Haslarl was known in Washington as a
bright member of the Frohman companies
and the leading lady of Fred Bond s
stock company at the National something
over two years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
state, War and Navy Council.

The State. War and Navy Council of the
National Union he'd its regular monthly
meeting at Scottish Rite Hall Friday. Feb
ruary -. with President p. NJ. Kennerly in
the chair. A quartet, composed of Arthur
Earnest, ". H. Barnholdtz. F. Finley
Hayes and VIM. Bussey. with Charles s.
McEnaney at the plano. furnished music
for the evening. The lodge was also enter
tanned with recitations and remarks by F.
Finley Hayes, j. ID. Bfddfs. j. Eliot Wright
ID. VI. Hildreth and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
Laundryman's Clerk Alleges He Was
Dragged by Unknown Man.

The detective bureau is anxious to find
the man who is said to have robbed the
laundry of Chong Long, No. 500 18th street
northwest, last evening of $50. Chong told
the police authorities that he left his place
in charge of an assistant about Q o'clock
PM, and upon returning two hours later
found his clerk in a stupefied condition. his
money drawer robbed of So and that from
a trunk in rear room $45 had been alb
stracted.
The assistant claimed that a man came
into the place shortly after his boss left
and offered him some candy, which he ate,
after which he could not remember any
thing of what had occurred. He could give
no clew to the alleged robber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
BABY IIECHEID
SIX YEARS
Spent OmeT housandDoIlars

TRYING TO GET HIM CURED. OLD FRIEND
SUGGESTED CUTICJRA. SLEEP AND REST
ON FIRST APPLICATION. NOW COMPLETE
LY CURED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
"CertainIy Did Smack Her."

Il m guilty because / certainly did smack
her. was the plea of a colored woman
named Nancy Miles, who was called upon
before Judge Scott this morning, to answer
to charge of assaulting Rebecca Doug
lass
She didn't only smack me-" said Re
becca, but she beat me-
The women had trouble over a hat, which
was said to be the property of Nancy, and
the court excused her for what she had
done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

The funeral of the late x-Representative
Levi Maish of Pennsylvania. who died in
this city Sunday from an attack of apo
plexy. will take place at o'clock today
from Oak Hill chapel. Services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Albert Rhett Stuart The
District commandery of the Military Order
or the Loyal Legion and the Union Veter-
ans Legion will participate The remains
will be inferred by those of the late Mrs
Maish in the family lot at Oak HTi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Ladies' Souvenir Week.

This will be another souvenir week for
the ladies at the great "Trilby' exhibition,
1870 Pa. ave. Each lady will receive a
beautiful ''Trilby heart lace pin. There
will be an abundant supply this week
Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Growing
Child
CITY ITEMS.

makes strong bone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
James ID. Tebault's Will.

The will Of the late James D. Tebault,
dated the 4th instant. has been filed for
probate The estate of the deceased is be-
queathed for the most part to relatives
Mrs. George Kicks is named executrix
Near relatives are named as beneficiaries
IN the will of the late Wnfred Kelly. also
fled for probate. Edward o. FoFney and
John W. Ross are appointed executors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Suit Against Telephone Company

Suit in equity for an injunction to re-
strain the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company from removing telephone
instrument and appliances from the estah-
hshment of the complainant, $40 9TH street,
was filed today. The nature of the suit Is
similar to that of the many others brought
against the defendant company during the
past few months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
PROPOSED NEW STATION.
Railway Officials to Replace the One
Destroyed at ROsslyn.

1t is understood the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company intends to erect a much
larger freight station at Rosslyn, Va, to
replace the one destroyed by fire. The new
structure, 1T is said. will be much more pre-
tentious, from an architectural standpoint,
than the old one.
1t has been said that the establishment
OF this branch depot, from which all of
the Georgetown merchants and many West
End business men get their goods, has in
creased the freight traffic, and this was
something very much desired. Ths bust
ness will be fostered by the Pennsylvania
road, and the residents of Rosslyn hope
that in time the village will become a COM
mercial center.