Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-19
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CITIZENS ORGANIZE TO RESIST
PAYMENT OF TAX.
Test Of Law Providing for Assessment
for Street improvements Cen
erd and Personal.
sEvening Star Bureau.
701 King street.
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Bell Telephone 100.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, August 10. 1903.
A meeting Of the property owners who
are protesting against the special paving
tax was held last night at $50 o'clock in
Schuler's Hall. After the meeting had been
called to order Mr.. John T. Nails was
chosen temporary chairman and Mr.. Car
lin Creighton temporary secretary.
Mr.. William Poss moved that a commit
tee of three be appointed to consult with
an attorney in regard to the means Of
successful legal resistance. Mr.. D. Harry
Appich offered resolution to the effect
that the city council be requested to cause
an agreed case, involving the legality Of
the special tax now claimed of the King
street property holders to be carried to
the court of appeals, and the property hold
ers to pledge themselves to pay the tax
hen the court of appeals shall determine
the same to be legal
ihat the city council be asked to pay
counsel and other expense on both sides,
as the corporation did in the Violet case.
nat the chairman and secretary pre-
sent these resolutions to the city council,
and that the property holders see the MEM
pers OF the council individually on the
subject and ask them not to force this
tax on their felow-citizens until the judg-
ment or the court of appeals has been
heard"
The chairman suggested that each man
present present a statement of the amount
OF MS tax, in order that an approximate
estimate of the money represented might
be obtained. This they did and the amount
was something short of $3.50. but 1t was
stated that many were absent from the
meeting who were willing to join in with
the movement. The meeting then adjourn
ed without appointing any fixed date for
reassembling, but another meeting will be
heid as soon as the committee is ready
10 make a report, which will probably be
In the latter part Of next week.
Firemen Decline to Attend Fire.
Shortly after O'Clock yesterday afternoon
fire was discovered in the supply ware
house of the Southern railway How 1t
originated is not known, but 1t is supposed
1t began in the fuse cases. The damage is
estimated at about $3.50. The fire derives
some significance from its being the first
since the trouble in the volunteer branch of
the Hydraulion Fire Company, the mem
pers or which stoutly maintained that they
would not serve until their grievances were
redressed. Not more than two or three
or the members responded to the alarm
This, however, did not embarrass the war
dens, II is said, as many citizens volun-
teered and the fire was kept well in hand
all the time.
Sons Of Confederate Veterans Organize.
A meeting of othe Sons of Confederate
Veterans was held last night in R. E. Lee
Camp Hall and organized NJ D. Corse
Camp. s. C. v. The officers elected were:
Commandant. L. D. Sullivan; first lieuten-
ant commander q Fred Eberhardt; second
lieutenant commander Andrew Sullivan;
adjutant, A. 8. Mankin; quartermaster.
Fred Schwab; chaplain, c. w. OMeara;
treasurer. j. T. 'O'Meara; color sergeant
James Luckett;9 historian, G.. Clarence
charles. The second and fourth Tuesdays
Of each month have been named as the
time of the meehngs, which win be held
in Lee Camp Hall.
49, General and Personal
In the police court this morning the
mayor disposed saof the following cases:
William Fountain. disorderly conduct and
-hghting;. forfeited hts collateral. John
Penn, charged with using abusive lam
guage, was fined IS; as was also Ella KEN
per. colored, who was connected with the
disturbance. Llewellyn Diggs was fined IS
for assaulting and beating Minnie Jackson,
both of whom are colored.
Margaret Padgett, the seven-year-old
daughter of Mr.. James Padgett, died at the
residence of her parents, 212 North Fair
fax street. yesterday afternoon.
Officer James w. Griffith of the police
force Is visiting friends in Fredericksburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kraft left this city
this morning for Germany. where they will
in future make their home Mr.. Krant
was at one time member of the city
council and has been prominent in the
affairs of the city nearly ever since he
has resided here.