Evening star., 1902-09-12
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
REPUBLICANS eTo NOMINATE A
CANDIDATEFoR CONGRESS.
Contest Probablei Over Seats in the
observation-disclosures Divided
-GenefaI Matters.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 5D1 King street,


ALEXANDRIA, Va, September II, 1902
Inc nomination of candidate for the
house OF Representatives this fall by the
republicans of this district it is stated. is
as good as assured Indications are that
w. h. Skinker of Fauquier will be the man
CHOSEN to oppose Representative John +.
RiSey, the democratic nominee. A number
OF prominent party leaders have been men
TONED for the honor, and there will proba-
oiy pe contest in the congressional con-
vention which meets here the 25th instant.
among others spoken of in this connection
are j. M. Thorne of Fairfax and State
Delegate M. X. Lowery of Stafford
The convention will be called to order at
noon by District Chairman Fl. B. Dodge
OF Manassas 1t will probably be held in
odrepta Hall Many of the counties
throughout the district have elected their
delegates In this city they have not been
CHOSEN. City Chairman Joseph L. Crupper
VIII issue call for a city convention with
tion will be named
some contests for seats may slightly dis
turb the harmony of the congressional as
semplage AT the meeting of the republic
cans OF Culpeper county held August 80
the antl-administration men dissented 10
the acton of the regular party followers,
Withdrawlng from the hall and holding an
other meeting. The administration people
pIoceeoed with the election of delegates to
the Alexandria convention and indorsed
PRESIDENT Roosevelt and the Virginia or
ga ganizatlon; Their opponents may claim
that the election of delegates was not reg
ttar But in this case the disgruntled re-
publcans Were in the minority.
Held for Pennsylvania Officers.
The police department Of this city had
heard nothing up to this morning from the
authorities at Apollo Pa, regarding the
case of William 1bar
with the commission of a felony at that
place, who is confined at the station house,
having refused to return to Pennsylvania
without requisition papers. Dade insists
tnat his ofense was nothing more than
simple assault on a colored woman who
attempted, he alleges, to strike him with
an ak. He has been confined since We'd
nesoay evening. Unless Mayor Simpson
receives some communication from the
PENNSYLVANIA authorities within few days
the prisoner will be released.
Store Broken Open and Entered.
owen Nugent who conducts grocery
business at the corner of King and Payne
streets, this morning notified the police
that his store house was broken into last
nl&t. An investigation showed that the
thief or thieves had effected an entrance
by boring holes with an auger in the panels
OF back door. The interior showed no
sign of disturbance except in one place,
where an effort had been made to get into
slot machine. Nothing. was taken. al
though there was cash In the money
drawer. Mr.. Nugent believed the intruder
was some one well acquainted with the
premises.
General and Personal
In the corporation court yesterday Judge
j. K. NJ. Norton presiding, Attorney Harry
B. Cation was appointed administrator of
the estate of William Williams William
Klaus, E. M. Reed and George Klaus were
named as appraisers. Samuel L. Monroe
qualified as administrator of the estate of
Elizabeth Monroe.
The police inquiry made in this city as to
the whereabout of Peter Fl. Smith of Wash
ington, as requested by the Washington po-
lice department, has been barren of results
When the local department was called upon
1t was stated that the wife of the missing
man had received telegram from her hus-
band dated Alexandria, September o.
Andrew Whiting was before Mayor Simp-
son this morning in the police court on the
charge Of stealing garment from Edward
Baggett. The fine was So William Wink
ley was assessed s. for assaulting his wife
Mary. The same amount was required Of
EdWard ware on the charge Of disorderly
conduct. The prisoners were colored
Mr.. Nevelle S. Greenaway. deputy clerk
of the city courts. has been appointed not
AIRY public by Governor Montague
Mrs. Blanche McClary and Mr. Charles
by Rev. J. H. S. Ewell at the parsonage of
the Methodist Protestant Church
Rev. DR.. George L. Hunt pastor of the
First Baptist Church, has returned from
spending his vacation and will occupy his
pulpit next Sunday morning