Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-16
AFFAIRS - ut : s:AlExANDRlA
CALL FOR MEETING OF REPUBLICAN
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
Contest to he Made by the Party in
Four consr9Js- : District.
-GeneFaI SfRtters.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. III King street.
Bell TelephoDa No 1O6

ooet fciSphoile NO. NO.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. August 16. 1900.
Mr.. Park Agnew, chairman Of the state
republican committee. will call q meeting
of the executive committee to be held In
Richmond Monday. the 9th instant The
object of the meeting will be to discuss
party policy and outline plans for the con-
duct of the coming campaign throughout
the state. The representatives for the first
and third districts on the executive COM
mittee have not yet been chosen. The mem
bers from the other districts are as follows:
Thomas Lowery. second district: W. A.
Jamison. fourth district; John R. Brown,
fifth district: ]. NJ. Mclaughlin, sixth dis
trict: c. NJ Gibbons, seventh district: JOS
L. Crupper. eighth district: c. c. Lincoln.
ninth district. and 8. Brown Allen, tenth
district.
Mr.. Agnew stated this morning to a re-
porter for The Star that the republicans
would make their strongest fights in the
second. fourth, ninth and tenth districts. In
all of these, which are regarded as close
strong efforts will be put forth by the re-
publican management to elect its party
nominees for Congress. There will be re-
publican standard bearers in the other dis
tricts. but it is said that with the excep-
ton of those named above the democrats
will have no trouble in electing their rep
resentatives.
1t is regarded here almost assured that
the republican convention for this the
eighth district to be held in this cjtv the
"oth instant. will nominate Mr.. w. H. Egg
John F. Rixey. the democratic nominee for
the House Of Representatives.
County School Board.
The school board for Alexandria county
met yesterday in the county court house on
Fort Myer Heights. Mr.. James E. Glenn
ents the superintendent. presided 1t was
determined to use Lees School History of
the United States in the place of the text
book heretofore authorized The school
census, which is taken every five years.
was reported by the clerk. The figures
showed an increase of seventy-eght in the
population of the county between the ages
OF hve and twenty-one years over the num-
Der reported in 1898. In Arlington district
there was an increase of nnety-one and in
Washington district an increase of TWENTY
one. In Jefferson district there was a de-
crease of thirty-four there big in this
scholars and increase of fifty-one
whites 1t was determined that the school
year should open September II and con-
tlnue Tor nine months.
Police Commissioners Meet.
AT the regular monthly meeting of the
BOARD OF police commissioners held last
night there were present Commissioners
Bryant. Price and Miller Chief Webster
submitted his report. and a communication
man complaining that a member Of the no.
lice force had allied to pay him a bill Both
matters were held over until a full meet
ing of the board After an informal dis
cussion of certain subjects, the meeting
adjourned.
Funeral of Henry Ii. Poss.
r. E. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans.
and Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows, with
many friends and relatives of the deceased
attended the funeral of Henry b. Poss
which took place at 6 o'clock Yesterday
evening from his late residence, No. 100
King street. The services were conducted
pF Key. J. Ernest Thacker of Norfolk
1ormeriy pastor of the Second PRESBYTERIAN
'hurch In tRfs city Messrs Oscar Tub
man. F. Pan, So. All Naffs, P F. Gorrnan
John T. Harrison and Georee W. Boafz
acted as pailbearers. Interment was made
IN the Methodist cemetery. So h
General Matters.
Miss Florence King and Mr. Timothy SIR,
Ivan. both of Washington. were quietly
married last evening in the presence of a
Few friends at the parsonage of Trinity
church. on Prince street, by Rev. J. A. JEFF
fers. the pastor. .-H H4
The remains of John e. r. Carlin, whose
death occurred in Washington yesterday
morning, will be brought to this city and
inferred tomorrow afternoon. Deceased was
well known here. and once owned large
tracts of land at Carln Springs, in Fairfax
county.
The three lodges OF the Jr O. U. A. M.
went on an excursion this morning on the
steamer Kent to the historic court house
in Westmoreland county Va
W iiIiam Pierpont has been appointed sub
stitute letter carrier at the local postoffice.
Walter Posey who was shot about two
weeks ago by officer Atkinson while re-
ISSUING arrest is able to be out again.