Evening star., 1901-09-16
AT FAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES ANXIOUS OVER
IMPENDING CHANGES.
Veterans to Attend Presf.
dents FuneraI-Dend Body Of
Baby Washed Ashore.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. T01 King Street,

Bell Telephone No. fO6
| ALEXANDRIA. Va, September 1s. 1901
is reported here that the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad Company will transfer the man
| agement of the line between the south end
| OF Long bridge and Quantico. Prince Will
| lam county, to the Richmond Ersdor,o,,,-
purs and Potomac Railroad Companv Oc
| toner l. Arrangements have already been
iiaoe Tor The change. So far as lis known
TIE eihPioyeS or the road have not bean
io'iied or the deal by officials of the com
panS, but the local railroad men regard II
as good as settled. They have been dis
cussins the matter for several DAYS. and
are much concerned over the question Of
the retention of their services
me hne, which was formerly the Alex
aharia and Fredericksburg road ia knaurn
as the Washington and Southern Tba aIs
@ .ailce from this city to Quantico is ahou,
ets "en.s- seven miles. At that point ii con-
ptt Win Sne northern terminus of th,,
Richmond. Fredericksburg and -, sne
road; AT present the two roads are nna-
ni raaeu so that trains go through, only stnn-
of snuin "a. esuahtlco long enough for a change
- ,sines. Under the new management
| II IS SAID there will be no change of az
S.hes at Quantico those of the Ricbmord
operataS Aspure s and Potomac road being
operated over the entire line. Ouanttco iS
tnaI event, will lose it's character &c . ~ ~
road terminal town. ei as rah-
10 Attend Presidents Fuper.,
| 'iieu meeting OF r. E. Lee Camp. Con-
a.e veterans, was held last night
with commander p. f. German presidinq
II was unanimously decided to attend tha
funeral of the late President MCKINLEY 10
morrow morning. committee. consisttrp
VI commander German and Iientanant
commander q. William Ramsay. who were
appointed last night, was in Washington
TO-DAY 10 arrange for the place to be taken
os the camp at the services. The command
VIII assemble early tomorrow morning and
VIII attend the funeral in the regular mi
form OF the camp. 1t was the first time, In
the history of Lee Camp that a meeting
was held on the Sabbath
LAWS fost, Grand Army of the Republic
ol TINS city VIII also be represented at the
funeral The delegation will be headed nv
capt. j. V. Davis, superintendent of the
natlonai cemetery, just west of Alexandria.
Many private citizens of this CITY will On tn
Washington tomorrow to do the last 6omo
age to the dead President
In all of the churches here yesterday the
pastors b4 aWelt at length upon the life and
death or President Mckinley. His favor
lte hymn Nearer, My God to Thee" was
sung with much pathos by many choirs
and congregations.
Dead Body Discovered
The dead body Of infant apparently
about three weeks old was washed ashore
this morning at point just north of this
city known as the river shore. 1t appear
ed to be mulatto. The body was discoy-
cred by a colored woman named Lucinda
Jackson, who notified the police. Officers
Beach and Davis removed the body to the
station house, where 1t was viewed by Cor
oner William r. Purvis. He will make
further examination and probably hold an
inquest.
Police Court Docket.
In the police court this morning Mayor
Simpson fined Charles Gaskins, colored, SO
on the charge of carrying concealed weap-
ons
For using vulgar and abusive language
on the street Alfred Richardson, colored.
was assessed So. William Dudley, colored,
charged with being disorderly, was fined
the same amount.
In addition to disorderly conduct a col
ored man named Jaret Dorsey was charged
with resisting an officer. His fine was also
S..
Laura Carroll appeared before the court
as complainant against a man giving his
name as Wilson Gordon, whom she charged
with having assaulted her. He was re-
quired to pay 50.
General Matters.
The funeral Of Mrs. Louisa Swain whose
death occurred early yesterday morning,
will take place tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock from the Second Presbyterian
Church. The deceased was seventy-three
years Of age. She is survived by her hus-
band, Mr.. Franklin G. Swain, who does
business in Washington as commission
merchant, and three daughters and one
son.
Mrs. Fannie D. Davis, wife OF Policeman
Arthur Davis, died yesterday afternoon
after brief illness at the home of her
husband, No. 219 South St. Asaph street.
She was thirty-five years Of age and is sur
dren She was q daughter of Mr. James
Dean. The funeral arrangements will be
made later.
The annual meeting of the trustees OF the
John Hay Normal and Industrial School
will be held this evening, when teachers for
the coming session will be elected. The
school will open Tuesday, October 1.
Among the Alexandrians who attended
the german given at Leesburg last Friday
evening in honor of Miss Wooster Of Ohio
were Miss Lucy Douglas and Messrs. Clar-
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