The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Nov 24-Four
| postofiices in Fairfax County, on the
Washington and Ohio Railroad. were last
night entered by thieves and robbed. The
thieves first robbed the postoffice at vi
emma, where they secured about 500 in
stamps and 40 cents in change; at Dun
Loring they only secured 70 cents; at
West End, nothing. and at East End,
about As cents in change. Some small
articles were also stolen. The Offices
robbed are small affairs and none of them
has safe. The thieves had little diff
Guilty in effecting an entrance. They
smashed the windows and doors to gain
admittance. The robberies were not
known until this morning. The burglars
left the line of railroad at East End.
There is no clew as to their identity.
Wingield Deane, white youth. Who
for the past few days, has been detained
at police station on the charge of steal
ing watch from a carpenter named Fer
ris, was this morning dismissed by the
mayor. The evidence given at the hear
ing was very conflicting. The plaintiff
~ d
his watch, valued at SIS, was taken from
his coat, which was hanging nearby He
had seen Deane leave the place and offer
the watch for sale. Other witnesses tes-
tilted to seeing the accused in another
part OF the city at the time of the alleg-
ed theft. On this account the case was
dismissed.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Ann
Doran, whose death occurred on Thurs
day evening, took place from st. Mary's
Catholic Church this morning and was
largely attended. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. j. H. Guitar and
the interment was made in St. Mary's
Cemetery. The pallbearers were Patrick
Dwyer, Edward Quinn, Edward Hughes.
P. F. German, John Harlow, and Henry
Kelly.
In the police court this morning French
Jones, white youth, was arraigned be-
fore Mayor Simpson on the charge of as
saulting Henry Minton and splitting his
head with a brick. After hearing the evil
dence the accused was fined $40 and in de-
fault of payment he was sent to jail.
frame tenement house was today sold
at auction and purchased by the German
Cooperative Building Association for
$2l0. The house is situated on the east
side of Alfred Street, between Wilkes and
Gibbon Streets.
Harvey Crump. son OF Engineer Cary
Crump, while sitting on fence watching
a football game this afternoon, fell and
broke his arm.
The second team of the Episcopal High
School Football Club met defeat this aft
ernoon in Baltimore in a game with the
Cloverdale Athletic Club Of that city.
The score stood: Cloverdale 6, High
Schools 5.
Calvin Smith. a well known and 1e-
spected citizen, aged seventy years, died
tonight after protracted Illness at his
residence. in North Payne Street. The
deceased is survived by wife and five
A free reading room has been organized
at Christ Episcopal Church. 1t will be
under the charge of the Brotherhood Of
st. Andrew. of that church, and for young |
men only. 1t will be open from Z to 10 |
D clock every night, except Saturday and |
Sunday. Books. magazines. and other lit |
erature, together with games, will be fur |
nished.
The game OF football to have been played |
on the old fair grounds this afternoon
between the Primrose Athletic Club Of |
and the Alexandria Athletic |
Of this city. did not come eff,
On account of the former team failing to
show UP.
The following prisoners have been ar
rested since the holding of the mayors
court this morning: William Dudley. COL
bred, charged with the theft of 81 from
Lucinda Wright, colored: Matt Williams,
charged with the theft of a dolls dress
pattern from Charles Zimmerman They
will be given a hearing on Monday morn
ng.
George H. Rucker, Clerk Of the Alex
lndria County Court, is recovering from
IN attack Of malarial fever