Evening star., 1900-08-17
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
WILLIAM INGRAHAM ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT BY CLAUDE OLIVER.
The Wound Serious, hut Not Danger
y
the 24fh Instant.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 701 King Street,
Bell TelenhOne. No. JOG.


| ALEXANDRIA,. Va, August II, 1900.
| William Ingraham, a resident of Alexan-
dria county. was accidentally shot and Sc
| riously wounded by a companion. Claude
| Oliver, a youth about sixteen years of age.
while cunning yesterday evening about
| o'clock in the woods between the Potomac
river and Waterloo. A charge of bird shot
struck 1ngraham on the right cheek and
| ploughed an ugly furrow the whole length
| OF the face, tearing off the right year. He
was conveyed to his home near by and a
| physician summoned from the city.
An examination showed the wound to be
| dangerous, though not necessarily fatal.
The jaw bone fractured.
| From accounts given by the unfortunate
mans companions a party had gone into
the woods to shoot blackbirds. Game be-
| ing scarce, the hunters amused themselves
| by firing at targets thrown into the air.
After shot Ingraham laid down his piece
and went to inspect the target. In the
| meantime it is said, young Oliver picked up
the gun and it was accidentally discharged,
the charge hitting 1ngraham as above stat
ed. Terrified by the damage wrought Oliver
ran to neghboring house and gave the
alarm Ingraham is about thirty-five years
of age and resides with his family close
to the old Columbia brick yard.
Democratic Flag Raising.
The democrats of the first ward will open
the presidential campaign here Friday, the
24th instant, with the raising of thirty
foot flag on Windmill Hill. The stars and
stripes will float from the top of a pole
one hundred feet high, which has already
been erected. From its commanding posi-
ton the flag may be seen for many miles
up and down the Potomac. Mr.. Samuel G.
Brent has been asked to deliver the address
of the occasion. 1t was the intention OF
the first ward democrats to have the for
NAL inauguration of the local campaign
two weeks ago. but there was some un-
expected hitch in the preparations.
General and Personal.
The Womans IIott-Carey Baptist Foreign
Mission Society will meet in annual conven-
ton Wednesday, the 23.h instant, at the
Shiloh Baptist Church tcolored), corner of
Duke and West streets. Representatives
from all over the Union will attend the con-
vention and special effort will be made to
collect funds for foreign missionary work.
The new Masonic Hall recently built
Fairfax Court House to replace the old
structure, which was destroyed by fire,
has been formally opened. The present hall
was built by Capt. Joseph E. Willard.
William Holland, colored was before
Mayor Simpson in the police court this
morning charged with assaulting James
Myers with a shovel. The evidence showed
that Holland had used insulting language
to the complainant, and when the latter
was about to resent it with force Holland
seized a shovel and dealt Myers a blow oN er
the head The mayor assessed William 50
This district is furnishing two candidates
Tor positions on the democratic state ticket
Capt. Joseph E. Willard of Fairfax is out
Tor lieutenant governor, and State Senator
J. l.. Jeffries of Culpe per is candidate for
the attorney fgeneralship. Both are well
known and popular throughout the state
and it is said their chances for success are
good.
Mrs. E. A Proctor, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. f. J. Birrel, and the lat
Ter son, have gone to the mountains of
Virginia to remain several weeks
ReN. Rather CaYanaugh of Lexington
Mass. who has been visiting Rev. Father
II. }. Cutler in this city, has left for a short
stay at Asbury Park.