Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
REPUBLICAN PLANS FOR CAMPAIGN
NOT YET MATURED.
Uncertain Whether or Not Local Cam
didate for Convention Will
BE Named.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. TO1 King Street,
Bell TelephOne No. 1O0.

When asked this morning II his party
had decided to name candidate in this
city for the state constitutional convention,
Mr.. Joseph L. Crupper, chairman of the
city republican committee, stated that the
question had not been settled He said 1t
would not be determined until it could be
brought before the republican committees
for Alexandra city and county. A joint
meeting of those committees, Mr.. Crupper
said. would be arranged at an early date.
They will probably assemble in this city
Monday or Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Crupper and Mr.. Park Agnew chair
man of the state committee. returned yes
terday evening from Richmond, where they
had been In attendance on a meeting of the
state and executive committees. 1t seems
probable that nomination will be made
for Alexandria city and county in line with
the decision at the meeting in Richmond
TO nominate candidates In every section of
the state in which there seemed to be op-
portunities for securing election.
Mr.. John NJ. Johnson and Col. Francis L.
Smith, the candidates for the democratic
nomination, are conducting an active cam
vass- The democratic primary will be held
next Thursday. The general voting for
delegate will take place at the regular
spring election, Thursday, May %.
Will Probated.
The will Of the late Mrs. Eliza K. Davis
has been admitted to probate in the cor
poration court. Mr.. Gardner L. Boothe
qualified as executor and Messrs. Julian T.
Burke. r. F. Knox and N. P. T. Burke
have been appointed appraisers Of the es-
tate, which is valued at about $4,000. The
deceased bequeathed to her relative, Mrs.
]. G. Chapman of this city, $500. The bulk
of the residue is to be divided among her
six nieceS
Because 1t was not executed and attested
according to law the will of the late Owen
Carroll was not admitted to probate yes
terday, when 1t was presented at the cor
poration court. 1t will now be necessary to
resort to legal proceedings to divide the
property. The deceased named Mr.. M.
Schiller as executor and left the major por-
ton of his estate to his daughter, Mrs.
Lizzie Greene.
Benefit of Church Choir.
A large audience attended the musical
entertainment given last evening at the
First Baptist Church for the benefit of the
church choir. The following program was
rendered: Chorus, by choir; vocal duet,
Miss Graves and Mr.. Mills; bell solos, Mr..
Featherstone: vocal solo, Miss Rebecca
Pollard: instrumental solo, Miss Helen
Leef: vocal solo, Miss Lucy Graves: vocal
solo. William c. Mills; instrumental trio,
Misses Florence Oehlert, Eta Jackson and
Helen Leef.
To Sail for Africa.
A largely attended meeting was held at
the First Colored Baptist Church last night
in honor of Rev. C. C. Boone and wife, who
will sail next month for Congo, Africa, to
engage in missionary labors under the au-
spices of the Lott Cary Baptist Foreign
Missionary Society. The meeting was adj
dressed by Revs. NJ. NJ Alexander, CORE
spending secretary of the society; Johnson
of Zion Church and c. C. Boone.
General Matters.
A freight car loaded with lumber jumped
the track this morning about 9 o'clock in
the yard of the Southern railroad. The car
was practically demolished and traffic was
delayed for about an hour. No one was
injured.
By order of Capt. James E. King sum-
mary court-martial will be held this even
ing at Armory Hall to try certain members
of the Alexandria Light Infantry who are
charged with neglecting to attend the reg
ular drills of the company.
Rev. j. s. Crowley, a missionary recently
returned from the Congo Free State, Afri-
ca, will deliver a sermon tomorrow evening
at the Second Presbyterian Church. The
subject will be Affairs in Africa
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