The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-04
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA Va July THE dead
lock in the board Of aldermen for presid-
ing officer Of that body continues to ex-
cite much local interest It is stated on
good authority that the original position
Of each alderman in regard to the matter
has not been changed. Aldermen J. T
Sweeney of the Fourth ward. y. 2. T
Burke Of the First ward, J r. N Curtin
of the Third ward, and w. H Sweeney
Of the Fourth ward are standing together.
On the opposite side are Aldermen J.
Mariotte Hill Of the First ward, z. F.
MarbGry OF the Second ward, Thomas l.
Clarke of the Third ward, and T Ballen-
ger Of the Second ward. Citizens are
wondering what the outcome Of the con-
test viii DC. as there seems 10 be small
probability OF any one Of the members
going over 10 the other side before the
first regular meeting Of council Tuesday,
July 9. There was some talk yesterday
OF a conference for last night TO devise
means for bringing about an election and
efTecting the organization Of the board
There was no such meeting, and from
what can be learned today it appears that
here are no definite plans in view for q
solution Of the difficulty
1t has been suggested by some citizens
jhat the question should be decided &C
cording to the representation by wards
Of the two factions. Giving each alder
man one-half the population of his ward
as his constituency the HSureS aTe Sr555
Ior the Sweeney faction and 6.I90 for the
other side.
During the I55 Intellectual ballots taken
Monday every alderman had his turn
As nominee Alderman j T Sweeney was
n nomination on his side most of the
line. + +. MaTbUTy was the prominent
candidate Of the opposition.
Niessrs- X keLnper, Thomas H Neither
land, a. OehIerJ, e. y. Marshall, 3. W ell,
=. BenGheim. }. =. Steiner. and a num-
Der of other Masons left here this after
uoon for kinSale. Va, To be guests to
laying CT The cornerstone OF the new
Masonic temple to be erected BY " est
.E0relaHd Lodge. No. - The stone was
urv scented by Lodge Ne. +, OF tTederickS-
Durg Va and was made from portion
Il the marble from the old Mary Wash
iuStoa monument in that city The Invi-
JdJiOn 10 AicNaudTIa-W aShlEEtOn Lodge
was received through Col Theodore H
tickliu.
1t was expected here yesterday that ap-
plication would be made at the Corpora
zion Court for a charter under the laws Of
ITginia for the Washington ADaJIoir
Company. but no such application was
made. As the clerks Office will not be
open tomorrow. a charter cannot be Te-
corded before tomorrow morning 1t Is
said that the articles OF agreement were
SrSTsu IN washington yesterday after
noon Inc names OF the promoters OF
the enterprise have been mentioned in
She Times.
In the police court yesterday Alice
Jones Cplored. was before Mayor Simp-
son on The charge OF stealing clothes
from William Mills The clothing was
recovered from party to whom the
Jones woman had sold them for 3. and
"a fine Of 80 was imposed Hugh Harris
was examined on suspicion of breaking
into the store Of Frank Adam There
was no discriminating evidence, and the
defendant was dismissed
The remains of Mrs. Anna NJ Penn.
whose death occurred at the AIexa ndria
luilrnary Monday evening. were forward
cd yesterday to Fairfax Court House for
iutcrm5aI.
Mrs Caroline Fairfax who died at the
residence Of her son in Washington Tues
day was well known in this city She
was the widow of Capt Henry Fairfax
and formerly resided in Fairfax County.
near this city.