Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-15
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
POLICE COMMISSIONERS CHOSEN
BY CITY COUNCIL.
Mr.. E. c. Graham the Successor to MT.
Ashby Miller-General
News.
Evening Star Bureau,
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| 701 King ST.,
| Bell Telephone 1O6.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, January Is, 1903.
At the semi-monthly meeting OF the city
| council, held last evening" Mr.. E. c. Gra-
| ham was elected police commissioner for
| the fourth ward, to fill the unexpired term
| Of Commissioner Ashby Miller, who re-
| signed owing to business engagements
| which necessitated his frequent absence
| from the city. In his resignation, which
| was read by the clerk these reasons were
stated, and 1t was accepted. A joint meet
! ing Of the two boards was held in the coun-
Gil chamber for the purpose Of electing his
| successor. Councilman Leadbeater nomi-
| mated Mr.. Graham, and there being no
other nominations he was elected by
unanimous vote.
A letter was received from Messrs. Cuvil-
lier &, Co., contractors for the King street
paving, referring to the unexpected delay
to the work between ST. Asaph and Co
lumbus streets. and asking that 10 per cent
| of the 20 per cent of the money which under
the contract is being held be paid without
waiting for the completion of the contract.
The petition was referred. -s--
proposition read from Superin-
| tendent ]. C. Colvin Of the Washington,
Alexandria and Mount Vernon railroad rel
alive to the railroad curve at the intersec-
ton of King and Royal streets. The COM
pany, he said, would pay into the city
treasury the cost Of a new curve, ABOUT
$500 if the city would permit the track
there to remain as it Is. A temporary
curve was placed at that point when the
street was recently paved with the un-
Outstanding that it would be replaced later,
SO as to have the rails farther from the
curb in accordance with corporation re-
Quirements. The paper was referred TO
the committee on streets.
An ordinance authorizing the Washing
ton Southern Railroad Company to extend
fhoir fror W
main line with the Belle Pre- bottle plant,
was referred to the street committee. Pc
titions Of T. F. Kelly and Mrs. Anna NJ.
Appich for permission to have electricity
furnished to them by the electric railroad
company for Illuminating purposes were
granted after being favorably reported by
the committee light. A bill Of $11.5O
from w. H. Wildt & Son for work on the
city clock was referred to the committee
on finance and public property. A reso-
luton. which was introduced by Council
man Brill, authorizing the employment OF
the firm Of Wildt & Son for the purpose OF
keeping the clock in repair at a salary OF
$S.75 per month was referred. Council adj
| journed after the election Of Mr.. Graham
as police commissioner.
Midnight Revelry Interrupted.
Lena Waters, Mary Rich, Edward Bryant
| and Epps Waters, all colored. got into trou-
| BILE with the police department by disturb
| ing the midnight quiet of the neighborhood
| of the alley which is bounded by Duke,
| Prince, Columbus and Alfred streets. They
were gathered in at an early hour this
| morning by Officers Young, Roberts, Allen
| and Lyles, who stated that the accused had
been making the night hideous with sounds
| of coarse and vulgar revelry, interspersed
| occasionally with lively contentious The
| nuisance finally became too much for the
neg.hbors to bear and the officers decided to
break|lt up. Each one of the offenders was
assessed IS by Mayor Simpson in the Police
Court this morning, in default of which
they will spend twenty days in jail.
General and Personal.
Miss Florence Henry Remington, daugh-
ter of Capt. Richard Remington, and Mr..
| Edgar Seymour Brockett were quietly mar
ried last evening at the parsonage of the
First Baptist Church, Rev. DR.. George L.
Hunt officiating. Later in the evening the
bride and groom left for a southern bridal
trip. They will make their future home in
this CITY,
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs
Hannorah Desmond, whose death occurred
row morning at $50 o'clock at ST.
Mary's Catholic Church.
Superintendent K. Kemper Of the city
public schools has gone to Richmond to at
tend meeting of the school superintend-
ents of the various counties and cities in
the state.
Miss Jessie Love, daughter of Judge
James NJ Love Of Fairfax, has gone to Fort
Smelling, Mimi. where she will visit the
family Of her brother, Lieut. James Love,
U. s. N