Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-30
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
UNEXPECTED DISCLOSURE SETS THE
POLITICIANS TO GUESSING.
Mr.. EggbOrn Loses Favor Among
sional Convcntion-Genera News.
Evening Star Bureau,
- No. 101 King Street,
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 80. 1890.
The republican convention for the eighth
district of Virginia met at 1 o'clock this
afternoon in Serepta Hall for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for the House
Of Representatives and electing district Of
flcers. The meeting was called to order by
District Chairman H p. Dodge of Manas--
sas Full delegations were In attendance
from the ten counties in the district and
Alexandria city was well represented. Party
leaders recognized that the most important
business before the convention was the Sc
lection of a man to lead the fight against
Representative Rixey, the democratic NOM
inee.
Up to this morning it seemed an assured
thing that the choice would fall to Mr.. w.
H. Eggborn of Culpeper. But at an in
formal meeting of leaders held this morning
some one made the statement that Mr.. Egg
born had voted for the proposed state con-
stitutional convention. This at once set the
delegates to guessing 1t was pointed out
that even should Mr.. Eggborn be accepta-
BILE to the convention after this fact be-
came known he would enter the race for
Congress seriously handicapped. II will
be remembered that State Chairman Park
Agnew sent out a circular before the con-
Ventlon question was submitted to popular
vote calling upon all loyal republicans to
visit the polls and defeat the measure.
setback caused some embarrassment. 1t
was found to be no easy matter to decide
upon a man that would carry the conven-
ton and give promise of securing satisfac
tory support at the polls. The list of posi-
BILE candidates was gone over and the name
OF Mr. May Lowery of Stafford county
seemed to be the most favorably considered.
Indorse Foreign Missions.
The Lott Carey missionary convention is
In session in this city in the Shiloh Baptist
Church and is attended by over 300 repre-
sentative negroes from all parts of the
country. At the session this morning the
Rev. DR.. C. S. Brown Of Winston, N. c..
presided. The morning session was spent
In hearing reports and general missionary
discussions. AT this session missionaries
will be appointed to go to Africa, Cuba and
other parts of the world The convention
declared today that it was the duty of the
negro Baptists to save the world for Christ,
and to do this they would have to send mis-
sionaries to all parts of the world.
Charles S. Norris a returned missionary
from Africa, delivered address this
morning on the condition of affairs in South
Africa. and urged that two or more mis-
slonaries be sent to that part of the world
at once.
General and Personal.
A double wedding was celebrated yester-
day afternoon at the home of Mr.. John T.
Allen near Woodbridge. The contracting
parties were Miss Myrtle May Allen and
Mr.. AlOnZO Walker of Havre de Grace,
and Mr.. John T. Selecman of Prince Will
lam and Miss Minnie f. Allen. Both couples
will spend their honeymoon in the north.
The clerk of the school board will Mon
day next commence the issuance of per-
mits for children to attend the public
schools. Permits will be issued to white
children Monday Tuesday and Wednesday,
from am. to pm. Similar certificates
will be given to colored children during
corresponding hours of the two succeeding
days.
Mr.. B. D. Pitchers and Miss Ellora Fair
fax. well-known young people, We're quiet
ly married last evening in Trinity Church
parsonage, on Prince street. Rev. j. A. JEFF
fers, the pastor performed the ceremony in
the presence of few friends of the bride
and groom.
In the Alexandria county court late yes
terday afternoon John Carpenter was con-
vcted of housebreaking and sentenced to
serve five years in the pententiary.
A commitment made out this morning
a the police station for the delivery of
Norman Willis, small colored boy, to the
state reform institution for colored youths,
situated near Richmond. a few days ago
Willis was convicted in the police court of
firing a revolver at his father. He was
also charged with larceny.
In the police court this morning Mayor
Simpson fined Fannie Pierce, colored, s.
for assault. Two strangers giving their
names as John Brown and James Smith
were charged with vagrancy. "A few days
on bread and water was the sentence
Cadet James LannOn of the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis is spending
months furlough at his home on North
Washington street.