The Washington times., 1901-07-10
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

Pan presided. and an unusually large
number Of spectators were preserts The
board OF aldermen also met and had an
exciting deadlock before they agreed upon
temporary settlement The board then
went into joint convention with the eoun-
cil
The board of aldermen was called 10
order shortly after s o'clock by Clerk
Thompson, who announced the first busl-
ness before the body was that OF elect
ing presiding officer. J. T. Sweeney took
the floor ard made a brief speech in ref
erence TO the deadlock over the election
of president. He said much valuable
time had been spent in fruitless balioting
and announced that he would withdraw
his name in favor of ]. r. n. Curtin. OF
the Third ward. Liberal applause from
the spectators followed the statement a
moment later ]. NJ. Hill, of the First
ward arose and made short nominating
speech in favor OF T. Balienger, of the
Second ward. Mr.. Hill referred to the
record of Mr.. BaIIenger as presiding Of
| hcer of the board for the past two years.
The first ballot resulted in a vote of
to 4.
Mr.. BaIlenger then announced his with
drawal from the contest. AS substi-
tute for himself he placed in nomination
Frank F. Marbury, of the Second ward.
The following ballot also resulted in a tie.
Several other counts were taken with
the same result. There occurred a con-
sultatiOn among the representatives of
the two factions. The matter discussed
was not made public. but the object was
doubtless the devising of some scheme for
breaking the tie-up. At the close of a
| lengthy interim Mr.. Burke moved that
| the balloting continue. ]. T. Sweeney
| took the floor and nominated William H.
Sweeney. Mr.. Ballepger moved that re-
| cess be taken until the first regular meet
| ing In October. but Mr.. Burke objected,
saying that it would be unfair to the
| people who had elected the members of
the board for business that needed early
attention. He moved that the question
of the craftsmanship be submitted to
| Democratic primary for decision He
| thought that this would afford a fair
method of solving the difficult problem
| Mr.. BurI1e's remarks were received with
much applause from the spectators. but
his motion was not formally put before
| the house.
The baIloting continued without varying
result. On motion Of J. NJ. Hill a recess
| was then taken. When the board was
called to order again Mr. Hill arose and
nominated Mr.. Curtin. This was received
| for a moment with silent surprise by the
assembled crowd. Thomas Clark then
| arose hastily and announced that an un-
| derstanding had been reached whereby
| the election was only to be temporary.
| J. T. Sweeney took the floor and stated
| that Mr.. Curtin's election, if it occurred,
would be regular. and he would be duly
| sworn in as president of the board. He
! said, however. that it had been agreed
| that Mr.. Curtin would resign after the
| first meeting. All doubt being removed
from the minds of the aldermen as to
| the deal, the clerk was directed to cast
| the ballot for Mr.. Curtin. which was
| done.
Mayor Simpson was then sent for and
administered the oath of Office to Mr.
Curtin, who in turn swore in the other
members. The next business was the
election of a clerk. Luther H. Thompson.
the former clerk. was unanimously re-
| elected. George Shafer. the former mes
| senger, was also reelected, the vote
standing I to i in favor Of Mr.. Shafer
over S. p. Jackson. The boards then went
into joint session for the election of sew
eral minor city officers.
The first business to be transacted was
the election of a police commissioner
from the Second ward. Mr.. Normoyle
nominated George f. Price and Mr.. Des-
mond nominated Z. r. Lawler Mr. Law
Ter received fifteen ballots and Mr. Price
received nine. Mr.. Lawler was therefore
declared elected He will take the place
of Police Commissioner Frank Price.
De Wilton Aitcheson was reelected to
the position of 'yeigher of hay by unau-
inous vote.
The names of Drs. William R. Purvis,
p. A. German, and A A. Rittenour were
placed in nomination for the position OF
physicians TO the poor. DrS. PurYfS and
German were elected to that position
DIR. Purvis received 10 votes, Dr. German
II, and DR.. Rittenour II. DIR. q. a. Cor
man was elected TO the position of health
officer. DR.. j. T. Miller. the incumbent,
declining to run. Chief George Pettey
was reelected chief of the fire depart
ment. The following fire wardens were
elected: First ward. w. II. MelchlOr; Sec
ond ward, John Harlow: Third ward, NJ.
L. Risheiii; Fourth ward, c. J. w. sum
mers.
George H. Richards. incumbent. was
unanimously reelected TO the position OF
overseer of poor over Frank Wood w
NJ. Smith, incumbent, was reelected to
the position of keeper of the aimsh0use
over w. NJ. Mullen Mr.. Smith received
20 votes and Mr.. Mullen 4. When the
nominations were made for this position
William Gilmartin, an inmate of that in
stitutiOn. who was Il spectator. arose and
created something of a sensation by stat
ing that Mr.. Smith was good man and
treated him in a good manner. His talk
elected much applause
The following board of health was then
elected: District south of Prince Street.
J. johnson Green, NJ. T. Dwyer, and Rich
ard Rowland; district between King and
Prince Streets, p NJ Bradshaw. R. IL
Cox and Thomas Fannon; district north
of King Street, James f. PeytOn, William
F. Hoy and John r. Harrison. In the
Eastern district Edgar Warteld, jr.. was
unanimously reelected dispenser Of med
icine for that district without opposition
The following druggists names were
Ulaced IN opposition for the position for
The Western district: Messrs. Dienelt *
Walker John w. Entwisie. Richard Glib
son and Charles G. Lennon. Messrs-
Dienelt & Walker were elected to the po-
sition they receiving 10 votes. The names
of William Craven and J. Christopher
Gill were placed in nomination Tor the
position of steward of offices. on the
first ballot Mr.. Craven received IS votes
and Mr. Gill received 6. Mr. Craven was
therefore declared elected. The joint ses-
sion then dissolved, after which council
adjourned. m
The funeral of the late Melville w.
lindsey whose death occurred Saturday
night at the Alexandria Infirmary, took
place at 1890 o'clock this morning from
his parents residence, 2l2 South Royal
Street and was attended by large num-
ber of friends. The floral offerings We're
numerous and beautiful. The Rev. e. Y:
REGISTER. of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. conducted the funeral ser
vices and the interment was made in the
PRESBYTERIAN Cemetery. The following
were the pallbearerS: MeSSrS. chase,
Sterrett Norris and Ashford, of wash
ington and L.Iewellyn Powell and William
N SWINE Of this city. All of the pail
hear were fellow students of the de-
Ion TRiN~ n