Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-21
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
PROGRESS of NON-PARTISAN MOVE
NEWT FOR CITY GovERSMENT.
Committee of Twenty-Five VIII Meet
Tonight-Lee Birthday Annf-
versary Celebrated.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. FOL King Street.
BELL Telenhone No 1H.

| ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 81, 1901.
The committee appointed last week at a
| meeting of representative citizens called
| to provide for placing a citizens ticket in
| the field for the spring municipal elections
will hold its first meeting this evening in
! the rooms of the Business Mems League.
| BY the addition of Messrs Frank 7. King,
| Henry Strauss, Park Agnew, Frank 5.
| Harper, ]. T. Fannon, Worth Hulfish, Will
| liam A. Smoot, jr., George s. French and
J. w. Emmert the committee has been in
creased to twenty-five. Ways and means
will be discussed tonight, and a plan of
action outlined. The committee will proba-
bly, get down to business and decide upon
citizens who would be acceptable as cf.ldi-
dates for council. Oh course before any
persons are formally selected as candidates
| they will have to express themselves favor
ably In regard to the objects which the pro-
meters OF the movement have in view
namely, street improvements, an improved
system Of sewage and the betterment OF
municipal affairs generally. AS the move
ment Is non-partisan and several of those
interested are republicans, an effort Will
be- made, it Is said, to set aside, at least
for the coming election, that section of the
| rules of the city democratic committee
which permits only members of the party
to vote at the democratic primaries. The
Introduction of this new element into the
local political field will probably result In
SOME interesting QeNelOpmenIS DeIOTe the
elections.
In Honor of Gen. Lee.
The ninety-fourth anniversary Of the
| birth of Gen. Robert L. Lee was celebrated
at the banquet board Saturday evening by
r. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans.
Members of the camp and many friends as
sembled at Hotel Appich, where sumptu-
Gus table with many covers was spread.
After the feasting, Commander j. Clinton
Milburn introduced Representative John
Lamb of Richmond, who responded to the
toast, Gen Robert e. Lee" Mr.. Lamb
entertained his hearers with many personal
"reminiscences of the southern chieftain. He
said he had seen Gen. Lee under the most
trying circumstances, and had never heard
him utter a word of Impotence or COM
plant. The speaker quoted an eminent
English authority, who ranked the con-
federate general among the five great
military leaders of history. Representative
Lamb closed his remarks with a touching
tribute to Cen Lees memory. A letter re-
81 citing inability to be present was read
from Senator Bate of Tennessee and State
Senator J. c. Featherstone of Lynchburg
was introduced in his place to speak in re-
Spouse to the toast, Confederate soldiers"
Our soldier boys" was the theme of an
address by Representative j. W. Maddox of
Georgia Representative Claude NJ. Swan
son of Virginia responded to the toast,
Sons of veterans" and the exercises
closed at late hour with the reading of
Gen. Lees farewell address by AdJt e. II.
Brien.
General Matters.
A subcommittee consisting of Major VIM.
NJ. Smith, Capt. Albert Bryan and Capt.
James Z. King has been named by the
committee recently appointed by Major
Smith of the 10th Virginia Regiment to
formulate plans for the Improvement of the
Alexandria Light Infantry Armory Hall on
South Royal street Aereport is expected
from the subcommittee at an early date.
Joseph Johnson, cOlored, arrested Thurs
day afternoon on the charge of filing a
false claim for pension, and committed to
Jail, has been released under bond in 1.-The
sum of $500 for his appearance before the
grand jury at the July term of the United
States court. -, - @
Mayor Simpson disposed Of the following
cases in the police court this morning: Jo-
seph Tucker, colored, charged with assault
ing Janet Dorsey, was fined So For being
drunk on the street Fred. Walker was sent to
the workhouse for thirty days. Edward
Price, colored charged with destroying prop
erty belonging to James Goods, was fined
So.
After the regular services last evening at
the NJ. E. Church South, Rev. E. V. Regis
ter, the pastor, received thirteen persons
into church membership. 1t was announced
that the special series of revival services
commenced last week, would be continued
throughout the present week.