Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-18
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
OPPOSITION TO PAYING FOR
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Business Men Object to Sharing Elk
pense-Police Court Proceedings
General Matters.
Evening Star Bureau.
701 King Street,
Bell Telephone 1O6.

7O1 King Street,
Bell Telephone 1O6.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August Is, 1903.
When King street was repaved with vitri-
fed brick, under the ordinance passed by
the council authorizing this improvement.
it was stipulated that the abutting property
owners were TO pay one-third Of the cost
There was considered to be no opposition to
this at the time. but now agitation is being
made by some Of the owners In the hope
that the assessment may be contested. A
meeting has been called for tonight at 8
o'clock in Schuler's Hall. on King street.
and the matter will be discussed. The work
was commenced under the thirty-third sec
ton of the city charter. which was made
invalid by the passage of the new state
constitution. but since the work was au-
thorized and really commenced before the
constitution was adopted, and. therefore,
when the other was in force it is not
thought that the claim that the work is I'M
constitutional is tenable. Most of the prop
erty owners, however, have either paid
their share or signified their intention of
doing SO. The entire improvement cost
$4,000. and about $4,000 of this was as
sessed against the property owners.
Skirmish Drill Last Night.
skirmish drill was held by the Alexan-
dria Light Infantry last night in the fields
just west of the city on the old Braddock
road. The company assembled at the
armory at $50 o'clock, and, under the COM
mand of Capt. James E. King. marched to
the grounds. distance of about a mile.
One of the squads in executing a charge
ran into a barb wire fence in the darkness
and several Of the men were proded with
the bayonets of their more sanguinary
brethren.
General and Personal.
The Virginia Stars, local base ball nine,
were yesterday afternoon defeated on the
old fair grounds by the Old Dominion base
ball team. the score being Z to 4. The fea-
ture OF the game was the batting and pitch
ing OF Smithers Of the winning team, who
made home-run hit Smithers and Lyles
constituted the battery of the winning
team. while Cockrel and Stearns that Of the
Stars.
A typical "darkey' case was heard in
the police court this morning, Albert
Holmes having been charged with using
abusive language toward Lewis Strange
on on a long and rambling story the prin-
cfpal feature Of which was that Holmes
had called him a mo count Niger"
Holmes made an eloquent Defense and the
AhoSOi Sdiu Hc EcSdTUeQ II as q very
strange" case. and would dismiss it.
Nellie Rosser. charged with disorderly
conduct and fighting, forfeited her col
lateral for not appearing at the trial.
The Del Ray Methodist Episcopal Church
South will tomorrow night give a song
service in which the hymns will be given
in stereopticon views. A quartet of the
best singers of the city will be present, and
an interesting meeting is expected The
entertainment will be free
The Jewish Synagogue has been greatly
improved during the summer, and is now
in an excellent condition. Some minor In
terror fixtures are yet to be arranged, but
by the time Of the services in connection
with the Jewish new year day next month
they will have been completed The pres
ent officers are I. Eichberg, president; B.
We'll. vice president; E. Goldsmith, treas
urer. and N Wollberg, secretary.
Lieutenant James Monroe Love, United
States army, and wife of Fort Smelling,
Mimi. are visiting Judge J. M Love Of
Fairfax.