Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-20
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE Of CITY
TO MEET THIS EVENING.
Wards to BE Authorized to Choose
Delegates to State COnven-
tiOn-General News.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. T91 King St.
Bell Telephone No. JOG,

| ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 90 1900.
The democratic city committee will meet
| this evening and determine upon time for
| holding ward meetings for the election of
| delegates to the state convention. which
| convenes in Norfolk May 3 Owing to the
| short interval before the convention it is
likely a date early next week will be Sc
| lected The proposed state constitutional
| convention will doubtless receive attention,
| and it is probable that delegates will be
| instructed the matter of making the
question a party issue.
But little interest was shown until recent
| ly in the matter in this immediate section.
| 1t was entirely ignored at the Alexandria
| county democratic convention, which met
ten days ago. OF, late, however. the move
| ment has gathered decided strength, and
no doubt will command attention at the
ward and district meetings yet to be held
| before the Norfolk convention. In general
it appears that officeholders are opposing
the plan.
In Fairfax county the district meetings
will be held the 2ttth instant. In addition to
the state convention delegates, representa-
| tipes will then be chosen to the congression-
al convention, which meets in Alexandria
July IS. to nominate candidate for Con-
gress. At the meeting tonight the committee
will make arrangements for meeting or
primary to EJECT delegates to the July con-
vention.
Criminal Cases Tried.
AT the corporation court yesterday after
| noon several criminal cases which have
been on the docket for long time were
disposed of. John Dogan, colored, indicted
for the larceny of ~ from the person OF
Lee Wright, was found guilty and sentenced
| to three years in the penitentiary. nolle
pros was entered in another case against
Do yan-that of burglarizing the store of
Norton Entwisle. nolle pros. was also
entered in the case of Piggy Wi liams,
colored, charged with completely in the
Ansley robbery. The jury in the case of
Alexander b. Rowe, indicted for horse
stealing. failed to agree and the case was
continued.
Late in the afternoon the trial Of James
| Barry and Richard l.. Clark, indicted. re-
spectively, for circulating counterfeit
money, was commenced. At the outset
one of the men pleaded guilty, and before
the trial of the other had proceeded far
he also entered the same plea. The mini
mum penalty of two years each in the
penitentiary was imposed.
General Matters.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Lanston Monotype Machine Com
pany was held at the Hotel Fleischmann,
in this city, yesterday afternoon. The fol-
lowing directors were elected for the en-
suing year: ], Maury Dove, B. F. Cole,
W. II. Hoeke George E. Hamilton. Tai
bert Lanston of Washington and William
Fl. Goadby. W. NJ Laffan, J. c. Maben
and William E. Strong of New York
The Thomas J. Fisher Company has been
chartered in the corporation court for the
purpose of conducting an insurance and
real estate business in Washington. f. J.
Stellwagen of Washington is president,
and the capital stock of the company is
Put at $20D,GoO
The Episcopal High School base ball
team will play game with the Druid
Athletic Club of Baltimore on the high
school grounds tomorrow afternoon at 4 |
o'clock.
Books arranged for convenience in carry
ing a small number of postage stamps,
recently authorized by the Post Office De
partment, have been placed on sale at the |
local office.
Rev: E. A. Warfield, the new pastor of |
the Methodist Protestant Church. will as
sumo formal charge of his pastorate Sun
day and preach both morning and evening.
evening.