Evening star., 1901-06-12
City Council Holds a Meeting With
Eleven Members Present.
CONCLUSION ABOUT Jim CROW" Law
Tho Local Electric Railway Be-
Iieved to Be Exempt.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
Evening Star Bureau,
No. T01 King Street.
Bell Telephone No. 116.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. June II, 1891.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va, June L. 1901
Next to the last meeting of the present
city council was held last evening with
eleven members present. President Hubert
Srowden occupied the chair In the alb
sence of Clerk d. r. Stansbury Council
man ]. H. Trimyer acted as secretary pro
TEN. The bills of $50 each for the three
members of the board of examiners for
the position of superintendent of gas were
ordered to be paid. A favorable report
was made by the finance committee on the
proposition to allow Chief Pettey of the
fire department s12o annually for the care
Of horse. The report unanimously
adopted.
The finance committee also recommended
the appropriation of 81 OPS for the purchase
of lot the west side of Royal street
between Cameron and Queen streets for
the erection of a building for the Relief
hook and ladder company. The report was
laid the table motion of Mr.. Trim
yer. Mr.. Burke inquired to what had
been done with the resolution for a reduc-
ton of the police force. In reply it was
stated that there had been no meeting of
the joint committee to which the matter
was referred. Mr.. Lawler said he would
try to get the members together and have
a report ready for the next meeting.
Mr.. LawIer Makes Inquiry.
Mr. Lawler asked what had become of
the resolution recently introduced. direct
ing a committee to ascertain whether the
state law requiring separate coaches on
railroad trains for white and colored pas
sengers applied to the Washington, Alex
andria and Mount Vernon railroad. Mr..
Burke said it was the opinion of the COM
mittee that the local road was exempt,
under the provisions of the bill. The mat
ter was then dropped.
A petition was received, asking that the
salary of the clerk of the city gas works
be increased from 81 900 to $1,000 per an
| mum. 1t was referred to the finance COM
mittee.
Two petitions were received from prop
erty owners on King street asking, re-
Spectively, that the squares between Fair
fax and Lee and Lee and Union streets be
paved with vitritied brick similar to the
paving now being put down on King street
between Fairfax and Royal streets, the
| work to be done under the thirty-third sec
| ton of the city laws. Both petitions were
| referred to the finance committee.
Episcopal High School Finals.
The final hop of the Episcopal High
| School will be held Monday evening, the
11tl instant, at McBurney's Hall. Robert
| Woodward Barnwell is chairman of the
| Joint committees on arrangement from the
Fairfax and Blackford literary societies.
In addition the following are the members
Of the committees: From Fairfax county,
B. Cecil Hodgman, John H. Elliott, 5r., X.
| Kenneth Waters and Samuel w. thinner:
Blackford society, Thomas P. Bryan, Har-
riSOn G. Berkeley, +. Mercer Nalle ana
r. Porter Naiie.
Tuesday evening. the 18th instant. the
joint debate of the two societies will be
held in Liggett Hall, on the school grounds.
The following are the names of the partici-
pants:
Fairfax society-Benjamin c. Hodgman.
West Virginia, president; Lefebre 1saacs,
l ID ~i,1,+
Texas. reader; John H. Elliott South Caro-
lima, declaimer; Edward S. Fawcett, jr.,
Virginia. debater. Committee of arrange
! ments: Robert K. Waters, Maryland, joint
Jones, Jr., Texas; r. w. Barnwell, South
Carolina; Paul Micou. Virginia. c. b. Craw-
ford. Virginia. and ]. G. Trigs. Virginia.
John H. Elliott will be joint valedictorian.
Blackford society-Thomas T. Trapnell.
West Virginia president; Carroll A. st.
| John, Virginia vice president: T. P Bryan,
Virginia, reader: Oscar De w. Randolph,
Illinois, declaimer; Harrison c. Berkeley,
Virginia debater The following consti
tute the committee on arrangements: n T.
Barton. Louisiana; F. E. Carter. Virginia;
r. P. Nalle. Virginia; J. L. CrenshaW, Nlr-
ginia; Edward Moore, West Virginia; Z.
S. L'Engle, jr., Georgia.
General and Personal.
The members of the Columbia Fire En-
gine Company and many of their friends
Pennsylvania railroad for Westminster,
Nd to attend the annual convention of the
Maryland Firemen's Association. The fire.
men departed amid the merry ringing Of
fire bells A brass band accompanied the
party. The company is expected home
Thursday night.
Dr. and Mrs w. Peyton Moncure of Fair
fax have issued cards for the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Anna Hull Moncure,
to Mr.. William Draper Brinckle ot VIII
mngton, Del. The ceremony will take
place Wednesday evening at $50 o'clock,
June 2G, at Lion Church In Fairfax.
Miss Florence Tyler and Mr.. William
Clair, both of this city, were quietly mar
ried yesterday at the residence of Mr.. Bal
lenger, No 504 Cameron street. The cere-
| mony was performed by Rev. E. V. Regis
ter of the NJ. ES Church South.
The closing exercises of ST. Mary's Acad-
emy took place yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock in Lannon's Opera House, follow
ing the program published in The Star.
Miss Bessie Virginia Cornell died early
this morning at her home, No. COL South
Alfred street. Deceased was twenty-one
years of age. Funeral arrangements will
be made later.
Mr.. Randall Cation of this city graduated
today at Western Maryland College at
Westminster. Md, with the degree of bach