Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-03
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Final Meeting of Board of Fire Wardens
Prior to Reorganization.
Candidates for the Wardenship MAX
ing Themselves Known-Gencral
and Personal News.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 721 King Street,
Bell Telephone No. 100.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 8, 1893.
The final meeting of the old board of
fire wardens was held Saturday night. when
the question of making changes in the fire
alarm system now in use was discussed. 1t
was agreed that some improvement on the
present method is advisable. but the board
deferred definite action.
Fire alarms are now turned in to the diff
ferent engine houses over telephone. one
long ring being followed by number of
short rings indicating the district in which
the fire has occurred. The objection is that
the directions too indefinite. and 1t is
proposed to inaugurate q system whereby
those at the engine houses may be directed
to the immediate locality of the fire. To
do this new phone will have te be put
into the hook and ladder house. IN
There are several candidates FOX men,
bership in the new board of wardenS which
is to be chosen by the city couyIeit at its
next regular meeting In the ftgt ward.
Harry r. Burke leaves a vacaEcys~and w.
K. Griffith and Clarence N. Moore are the
candidates. John Harlow, in the second
ward. will be opposed by John Cogan and
Samuel Cuvillier. In the third ward NRcb-
ert GrOnan, incumbent. is the only candi-
date. Richard Roland. incumbent will be
opposed by VIM. Wheatiey in .he fourth
ward.
United States Court.
"A grand jury VIII SIT at the July term OF
the United States court. Judge Edmund
Waddll presiding. which convenes here
Wednesday morning. and the following
cases will be presented for indictments
Sydney Foster. colored, charged with the
larceny of a mail pouch in this city: John
b. ParkinS of Prince William county.
charged with opening and robbng a regis
tered letter; E. G. White alias Frank Ro-
den, charged with being connected VITA the
DitT gla riZjnR of fhp WaVarIy Va af
fee: J. E. Waters and Frank Williams,
charged with robbing the post office at
Wheatland, Loudoun county.
The case of Herbert A. Davis of Metz,
Fauquier county, under indictment for vio-
lation of the postal laws. will probably be
tried at this term of court.
Officers Chosen.
At business meeting of the Railroad
Reading Room Workers, held yesterday
Afternoon. it was decided to hold subse-
quent business meetings the first Tuesday,
instead of Sunday, in each month. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for a term of
six months: John w. Herndon. president;
Milton F. kerrick. vice president; w. l..
Grltnn, recording Seci etary; Miss Lulu
Makeiy, finan ciaI secretary and George
Windsor, treasurer.
General Matters.
In the police court this morning Mayor
George L. Simpson disposed of the follow
ing cases: Mat. Lucas, colored for being
drunk and disorderly, was fined s.. James
Lucas, arrested for using bad language on
the street, was assessed the same amount
Dennis Harris and Ida Honey both color
ed, were charged with fighting and disor-
derby conduct, and the fine in each case
was s..
The senli-annual intere st on the city's
bonds is now being paid by City Treasurer
M. B. Harlow. The interest approXimates
SIS, 900.
A double team belonging to Mr. William
hewitt of Fairfax county ran away on Up
per King street this morning and damaged
the wagon. Layman Scott, the driver, es-
capped without injury. but one of the horses
broke bis leg and had to be shot.
The regular monthly meeting of r. E.
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, will be
held this evening.
The stockholders of the C. c. Smoot Tan
merry Company held their annual meeting
this morning, but adjourned until Wednes-
day, when directors and officers will be
chosen
At the annual meeting of the Alexandria
Brick Company held today the old board of
directors was reelected, as were the Off
GERS. as follows: Park Agnew president,
and Nj. B. Harlow, secretary and treasurer.
Rev. Father H. ]. Cutler of st. Mary's
Church. spiritual director of Father Ma
thew Total Abstinence Society," is delegate
ex officio to the twenty ninth annual con-
vention of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America, to be held in Chicago
August 8. Mr.. George A. Harlow has been
oil tod lala