Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-30
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
MAYOR Announces INTENTION OF
VETOING AN ORDINANCE.
The Grant OF Authority to Railway to
Furnish Electric Lights
General News.
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ALEXANDRIA Va November 80, 1900.
MAYOR Simpson stated this morning that
he would veto the resolution adopted at the
last meeting of council granting the Wash
ington Alexandra. and Mount Vernon raul
road the privilege of supplying city mer-
chants with electric power for incandescent
lights in their places of business during
December. The following is the text of the
resolution: Authority is hereby granted
any person within the city of Alexandra
to use incandescent electric lights during
the period beginning December !, 1909, ana
ending January ). 1901, and permission is
also granted the Washington Alexandria
and Mount Vernon Railroad Company TO
supply such current as may be necessary
for the operation of the aforesaid eiectrlc
lights: and it will be unlawful for any party
to use said lights granted under TINS per
mission after January ;. Any party Vlo.at'
ing this act shall be fined 81 per day 1or
every day such lights are used. and sald
fines shall be collected by the mayor
Mayor Simpson said the bill although IN
the form of a simple resolution, mad the
elements of an ordinance. He took the
ground that council had no authority 70
provide fine TO be imposed on private
parties for using electric lights or any othe"
lights. He said il was the matter of sup
plying such Illuminating power that couh-
Gil colid make punishable by fines. Mayo:
Simpson also directed ttntion to the
length of time allowed in the resolution
He sal that last year the time speclned
was mach shorter than that named In TINS
resolution Furthermore, Mayor Simpson
said : .at council would have an carry op-
portuntty to overrule his veto or to change
the resolution. Council Will meet AGAIN De
cember II.
Played to Il StandstiIl.
Four hundred people gathered at the fair
afternoon
of the cleanest and best games of foot ball
ever played in this city. The Alexandria
Athletic Association eleven and the Portner
Athletic Club of Mount Pleasant played to
standstiII the game ending to O. In
the first half Alexandria worked the ball
down to the visitors tifteen-yard line, but
was held for downs. The playing in the
last half was hard and fierce. Alexandria
carried the ball to within two yards of their
opponents goal line, but was again held on
the third down. The Portners kicked out of
uanger and the best efforts of the local
For Alexandria the work of Powell at right
half back was brilliant. Chauncey at left
end also played an excellent game.
State Championship Game.
The Episcopal High School foot ball team
will leave here early tomorrow morning for
Charlottesville, where they will play ST.
Adams School from Radford. Va, on the
University of Virginia grounds for the
school championship of the state. The
game will be called at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. The following will be the line
up Of the High School: Davis, right end;
Moncure, right tackle; Fawcett, right
guard Crowder, center; Waters (captain),
left guard; Trigg, left tackle; .Aacgill, left
end: Campbell, right half; ST. Johns, full
back; Head, left half; Berkeley, quarter
back. Substitutes: Moore and Nalle, half
backs, and Haxall, center Former High
School men now on the Virginia eleven
have coached the High School anu a good
game IS expected st. Adams has made an
excellent record this season. A large crowd
of rooters from the High School will ac-
their team.
General and Personal.
MI John McGahey received Intelligence
yesterday of the death of his son. James
j. McGahey, which occurred yesterday
morning at Somerset, Orange county,
Young McGahey was injured in a boiler ex-
plosion the previous evening. He was an
employe of the Southern railroad, and was
at work in a pump house at the time Of the
accident. Deceased is survived by a widow
who resides at Burkes station, Fairfax
county.
Funeral services over the remains of Mr.
Charles II. Motley, whose death occurred
Wednesday evening at his home in West
End will take place tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock. Deceased was twenty-six years
of age. Interment will be made in Bethel
cemetery.
The Monmouth foot ball team (colored) of
Washington defeated Dixon's Athletics in
a close game al the fair grounds yester-
day afternoon by score of to O. Owing
to darkness, and the severe injury of one
of the players, the game was called in the
first half.
Messrs. David Hul1sh and Gordon War
field of Randolph-Macon Academy at Front
Royal spent yesterday at their respective
homes in this city.
The lecture on the building and dedication
of Solomon's Tempe, delivered by Mr. W.
H. H. Smith of Washington at Trinity
Church last evening, drew a large and ap-
preciatiYe audience