Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
ENFORCEMENT OF SUNDAY LAW
AGAINST DEALERS.
Fruit Merchants and Others Forbidden
to Transact Business-General
and Personal.
Evening Star Bureau.
T01 King street,
Bell telephone 1U.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 4. 1906

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 4, 1903.
By order of Mayor Simpson the police
department yesterday strictly enforced the
law prohibiting the public transaction OF
mercantile business on Sunday. The DEAL
ers particularly affected were the frult
merchants. many of whom have places OF
business on King street, and who nave
lately ATTEMPTED to establish the precedent
of running their stores full blast all the
seven days of the week. The practice prov
ed an obnoxious innovation to many OF the
citizens and Saturday the mayor gave the
police orders to see that all the fruit stores
and stands in the city were closed yester-
day 1t Is said that these dealers, VINO
are Greeks, will contest the mayors au-
thority.
of enforcing the law prohibiting the sale
of intoxicating liquor on Sunday resulted
yesterday in one of the dryest days ever
seen in Alexandria. There were no or
tenders for this cause before Mayor Simp-
son in the police court this morning, and 1t
is actually believed that yesterday passed
without any infractions of the Sunday
liquor law.
Alexandria Delegate Complimented.
Mr.. James R. Cation, delegate from this
city and Alexandria county in the state
legislature, whose selection as one of the
Joint commission for code revision was so
gratifying to his constituents, is frequently
spoken of for the craftsmanship of that
commission. In a sketch of Mr.. Cation yes
terday a Richmond paper pays him the
compliment of declaring that he has been,
as member Of the house. an influential
legislator, active and industrious, and men
lions his name in connection with the NOM
nation for the governorship of Virginia.
The following is said this point: I'm the
event of free-for-all for the governorshlp
Mr. Cation has been suggested by his
friends as an available candidate from
northern Virginia So far as known, how
ever. he has never intimated such an am
bition, and there is hardly possibility that
he will aspire. Certainly few members Of
the general assembly have taken higher
rank during their first terms than he and
his selection one of the joint commission
for code revision is regarded a high
compliment
Funeral of Mrs Carlin.
The funeral of Mrs Martha Jane Carlin,
whose death occurred yesterday morning
at 100 o'clock at her home 416 Duke
street. will take place tomorrow afternoon
at . o'clock from the family residence
Mrs. Carlin was the widow of James f.
Carlin and sister of the late Benonl
Wheat, both of whom were prominent bust
ness men of this city several years ago
Her husband was engaged in business in
this city and Baltimore. The hardware
hrm In winch he was interested in Balti-
more was that of Carln q Fulton, now
known as the Fulton Hardware Company
Mrs. Carlin was in the seventy-eighth year
of her age. Five children survive her
They are Miss Mary and Messrs. ]. Frank
and George b. Carln of this city, Mrs VIM
Fulton of Ellicott City, Nd, and Mrs. John
Baker of Boston. Mass
General Matters.
Mrs. Philippine Gaines died yesterday
morning at $50 o'clock at her home III
North Royal street. She was the mother
of Mrs. Henry w. Wildt, Mrs. Louis Graf,
and Mr.. F. A. Gaines. She was the widow
Of Joseph Gaines and was born in Ger
many. Although in the ninety-first veal
of her age, Mrs Gaines retained her men
tai faculties to a remarkable degree. The