Evening star., 1901-12-24
AT FAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
THE COUNTY COURT ADJOURNs UNTIL
MONDAY NEXT.
Order for Incarceration of Samuel
Thompson, CoIored, in State Peni-
teRtiary-GeneraI News.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. I01 King Street,
Bell Telephone No. JOG,

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December "a, 1901.
The Alexandria county court, Judge j. NJ.
Love presiding, adjourned yesterday after
noon until next Monday. On motion Of
Acting Commonwealth Attorney James E.
Clements the court directed the clerk to
notify the authorities at Richmond to send
at once for Samuel Thompson colored, who
was recently convicted of criminal assault
on Virgie Smith. a small colored girl, and
TO convey him without delay to the state
penitentiary. Thompson was sentenced to
a term of twenty years and the stay of exc
lcution of sentence granted him had expired
before he had perfected an appeal for a
new trial.
The case of Isaac Tancil. colored, charged
with beating his wife, will be heard Mon
day next. The prisoner recently escaped
from the county Jail, but he was subse-
Quently placed under arrest. The case of
the Tax Title Company of Virginia against
Mrs. c. E. NJ. Ostrander was dismissed,
Judge Love holding that the company had
not proceeded in accordance with the law.
Several civil and criminal cases were con-
tlnued until the next session of court.
Report of Jail Inspectors.
The city Jail inspectors have filed their
quarterly report in the corporation court
concerning the condition of that institution,
which was recently inspected by them.
They report that, if anything, it is in worse
condition now than when they last in
spected 1t. no repairs of any kind having
been made at that place. In their opinion
the Jail is at present unsafe for the keep
ing Of any class of prisoners. The inspec-
tors conclude their report by stating that
the prisoners speak in high terms of their
treatment at the institution. and they say
that they receive plenty of good and whole
some food.
Property Sales.
C'briStiar E,1Itz Of fo
G. T. Smith house and lot on the west
side of Patrick street between Duke and
Wolfe streets for 81 100. The Mercantile
Railway Building and Loan Association has
sold to Gardner L. Booth a house and lot
on the east side of Fairfax street between
Prince and King streets for S525.
officers Elected.
The annual meeting of Alexandria Coun-
Gil. No. 6-5. National Union. was held last
night, and the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing term: F. A. Bayne,
president; L. W. Woody. ex-president; W.
P. Henshaw. vice president; j. H. Bartlett,
recording secretary: C. H. Davis, financial
secretary; James NcCuen, treasurer; Thos.
Burroughs, chaplain; I. L. Fairfax, usher;
j. A Scriyerner, sergeant; NJ. r. Norris
doorheeper; James H. Bayne, reporter
Messrs. T Burroughs. H Friendlander and
Thomas H. Bayne were elected trustees.
General News Notes.
In the police court this morning Mayor
Simpson fined Rufus Robinson and Guy
Jackson. both colored, $3.50 on the charge
of gambling. A stranger giving his name
as John Finn was before the court on the
charge of being drunk on the street He
was detained at the station house.
The regular quarterly meeting of the Free
Methodist Church will commence in that
church next Friday and be concluded over
Sunday. The Rev. George Eak;ns of Phila-
delphia will preside over the meetings.
The Rev. j. II. Boyd. d. D., formerly
presiding elder of the Washington district
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
who has been undergoing treatment at the
Alexandria Infirmary for some time, has
returned to his home at Falls Church,
much improved in health.
The Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
Company has paid into the Alexandria county
court the amount of damages ascertained
by the viewers to be due owners of lands
as follows: Bessie /. Dawson, Mary j.
Young, Annie l. Chlmeson and Catherine
Dawson.
The Sunday schools of Christ and St
PauPs Episcopal Churches will this after
noon hold their Christmas entertainments
in their respective churches at B o'clock
Both of them have prepared elaborate pro-
grams. AT the conclusion of the exercises
the scholars will be given the customary
treat.