Evening star., 1900-09-17
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
CITY COUNCIL SENDS DONATION OF
$3.50 TO GALVESTON.
Efforts to Increase the Fund Plans
for COncert-GeneraI
News.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 101 King Street,

Bell Telephone No. 100,
ALEXANDRIA, Va. September II, 1900.
A check for $50 was forwarded today to
Mayor Jones of Galveston for the relief
of the sufferers in that city as a donation
from the city council of Alexandria. AL
though there was meeting of council to
make the appropriation the members have
signified their willingness to ratify the ac-
ton at the next meeting
With the above named sum as a leader
1t is expected that the citizens of Alex
andria will. by united effort and private
contributions, soon swell the amount to
many hundreds of dollars. At the rooms
of the Business Mems League this evening
a meeting will be held for the purpose of
making plans for a concert, the proceeds
of which will be forwarded to the stricken
Texas city. Among the leaders of this
movement is Prof. Sherman Fowler He
mas secured the corporation of a number
OF singers. and 1t is proposed to hold the
concert in the Opera House Thursday
evening. Mr.. William Conley and Mr. Ho-
ratio Wrench of Washington have been
engaged to MI places on the program, and
Miss Mai Greenwell of this city will be
solOist
Fireman's Funeral.
Many members of the Alexandria fire de-
partment attended the funeral of John
Craven. a member of the Columbia COM
pany, which took place yesterday afternoon
from the First Baptist Church. Fire bells
mingled with the tolling of the church bell
as the funeral procession moved to the
cemetery. Representatives of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics, in
which the deceased held membership also
attended the services Rev. DR.. George l..
Hunt, the pastor, officiated. The pail
bearers were Messrs. f. F. Price, c. r.
Callahan, Julian knight, Anton BaccigaIupi
Il II INIT.
profusion of flowers in tasteful designs
adorned the casket.
Police Court Docket
The usual Monday docket, consisting of
a variety of cases, was disposed of by
Mayor Simpson in the police court this
morning. The sum of s. was the popular
assessment today, and it was imposed upon
almost everybody before the court Among
those were Martha Lewis colored, charged
with disorderly conduct: John Simms and
Joseph Gedney, charged with the same
offense; Lucinda Johnson, vulgar and
abusive language; Henry Mason, colorea,
assault On his wife Susan; William r.
Lee, colored, drunk and dsorderly conduct
Two colored women, Alice Kits and Laura
Carroll, were convicted of keeping a dis
orderly house. and both fined so.
General Matters.
Mr. Henry Miffieton died at the Alexan-
dria Infrmary yesterday. The deceased
took overdose of laudanum Thursday
and was conveyed to the infirmary where
he was resuscitated. His physicians stated
that his death was due to Bright's disease,
which was, In measure, aggravated by
the bad effects of the heavy dose of lauda
mum. The deceased was fifty-five years of
age and unmarried. Funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
George Hawkins, a Co1ored man. VINO has
his home in Washington had his right leg
broken Saturday evening while handling
fertilizer at the Alexandria Fertilizer and
Chemical COmpanys plant on UnioR street.
He was taken to the Alexandria Infirmary.