Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-28
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
SCHOOL TO BE PROVIDED WITH A
HANDSOME FLAG.
Returned by Grand Jury
Deferred q Second Time.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 701 King street,
Bell TELEPHONE No. LOG,

Bell Telephone No. LOG.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. August %. 1900.
The large and handsome brick school
building situated on Mount Vernon Avenue
in Del Raw has been completed, and will be
supplied with a United States flag, pre-
sented by the Junior Order United Amer
lean Mechanics Monday. September 3. An
elaborate program has been prepared for
the flag raising. which will take place at 3
O'Clock in the afternoon. The exercises will
be under the direction of a committee COM
posed OF representatives of the three local
councils, Junior o. u. A. M.-Alexandria
Council, No. 80; Belle Haven Council. No.
81, and James w. Jackson Council, No. 30.
Invitations have been sent to the councils
of the District of Columbia Maryland and
throughout Virginia, and from reports
cefved it Is expected that large member
ship of the order will be present Acting
Commonwealth Attorney James E. Glenn
ents of Alexandria county has been re-
guested to make the speech accepting the
nag. pole thirty feet in height will be
placed in position on the building this week.
Indictments Reported.
In the Alexandria county court yesterday
afternoon, after The Star report closed the
grand jury reported the following indict-
ments: Washington Davis colored charged
with the murder Of James H. Smith, also
colored: Kincaid Irving, colored, charged
with felonious and murderous shooting two
indictments: Henry Lewis, charged with
shooting; John Carpenter. charged with
housebreaking. and Robert Horseman.
charged with malicious trespass Court adj
journed until Wednesday morning when
one OF the cases will be called for trial, and
the Following two days will be devoted to
the trfal or the other cases.
FIag-Raising Frustrated.
Plans for inaugurating the local part of the
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ceremony of erecting a Bryan and Stevenson
banner on Windmill Hill have been
thwarted on two occasions. A date was set
Tor the event several weeks ago, but the
nag did not arrive on time and the affair
was postponed. Matters were put in shape
however. and the event was to take place
Friday last But something else unforeseen
occurred, and the flag raising was again de-
layed- When it will take place IL at all. is
a matter Of conjecture. Mr. Samuel G.
brent mas been asked to make a speech on
the occasion.
General and Personal.
small boy, apparently eleven years of
age was picked up on the street about 3
o'clock this morning by Officers Goods and
Howson and carried to the station house
Ihere he gave rambling account of him
SELL stating at first that he lived In Balti-
more and later that his home was In this
CITY The police have communicated with
the washington authorities and it is sun
posed that the little wanderers home is in
that city. " -
A horse belonging to Mr. r. r. Wolfe of
alexandra county, and attached to a light
conveyance, ran away this morning on
King street and did considerable damage
TO the vehicle. At the corner of King and
falrtax street. lady avoided being RIM
over by the narrowest margin
"A little child of Mr.. Hugh Cregan resid-
ing at the corner of Patrick and Princess
streets died early this morning.
John A Berkeley. who lives in Fairfax
county about three miles from this CITY
appeared at police headquarters last night
ana reported that his house had been
entered shortly before noon yesterday and
ROBBED OF valuable gun and a suit of
clothes. VI
Funeral services over the remains of John
FITZPATRICK, whose death occurred Sunday
evening, took place this morning at q
CLOCK from st. Mary's Catholic Church
Rev Father II. ]. Cutler officiated. and the
interment was made in St Mary's ceme
terry. .ee
Charles w. Buckley. the operator who
was assaulted and injured Sunday night in
MS office at Arlington Junction. is able To
pe out again His wounds did not prove to
De serious. There seems to be little prob
aDinty or the capture of his assailant
Misses Sophie and Louise Bowie and
MISS Katie Smith. who have been spending
the summer with relatives in CulneneT
county, have returned to Alexandria.