Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-07
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
LAST NIGHT.
Reports Approved and Teachers Re-
Elected-Firemen and Wardens
Have Conference.
Evening Star Bureau.
701 King Street.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va, August Z, 1oG5
At the regular August meeting or the city
school board, held last night in the Pea
body school building, about the usual
amount of routine business was transacted
The reports of the treasurer and clerk
were examined and approved and all the
old white teachers were reelected. w. w.
jackson. colored. was elected teacher of
Snowden school, No. D, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of DR.. William
II. Madella. Newton FAINT, colored.
elected janitor of the same school in place
of Charles Brown, who died here a short
time since. Supt. X. Kemper was directed
to see City Engineer E. c. Dunn and have
the work which recently authorized
by council upon the Peabody school build
ing pushed to completion rapidly pos
sible. The board also authorized the clerk
to begin issuing permits on September 1.
1t then adjourned about IL o'clock.
Joint Meeting of Firemen and Wardens
The board of fire wardens was waited
upon last night by a committee of firemen
appointed for that purpose by the Hydrau
lion company at the meeting held Wednes
day night. The committee was composed
of Messrs NJ. B. Harlow, r. E. Gronan,
II. A. Downham, E. w. Starnell and w.
w. Ballenger The report of the proceed
ings is TO be submitted today to Mr.. M
B. Harlow, president of the company. AS
before stated, the troub ; grew out of the
action of the wardens in appointing a
driver to the hose wagon who was not a
member of the company. The volunteer
fremen urge that as they serve without pay
that some preference should be given to the
man of their choice when there is any
salaried position to be disposed Of
Electric Railway Loop Completed.
The loop around the square bounded by
Mt
has now been completed and was yester-
day opened to the of the electric rail-
way. When King street was repaved with
vitrihed brick the railroad company was
unable to procure the new grooved rails
for the King street curve. which under
act of council had to be placed there. They
petitioned council to allow them to lay the
old rails, with the understanding that they
would be taken up as soon as the new ones
could be procured These have now ar
rived, and large force of men are en-
gagged in laying them in place.
General and Personal.
Miss Ruth Rodgers. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. F. Rodgers of this city, and Mr..
Louis H. Smith of Macon, Ga, have been
married at Lewisburg w. Va, where Miss
Rodgers had been visiting.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Jessie M. Love- daughter of Judge ]. M.
Love of the county courts of Alexandria
and Fairfax counties, to Lieut. George d.
Freeman, u. S. A. The ceremony will take
place August 10 at the Episcopal Church
at Fairfax Court House.
Mr.. Reazor Darby, president Of the board
of supervisors of Alexandria county has
announced his candidacy for the office OF
county treasurer. He will have opposed to
him Mr. w. c. Wibert, the present incum-
bent.
Gertrude Long, a well-known and highly
respected colored woman, who formerly
resided in this city, died in Philadelphia
Tuesday. She will be buried here tomor-
row.
In the police court this morning, with
Acting Mayor ]. T. Sweeney presiding, the
following cases were disposed of: William
Monroe and William Green, both charged
with vagrancy, were dismissed upon their
promise to leave the city Immediately, and
in order to see that they did this they were
to be escorted to the outskirts Of the city
by an officer.
Richard Rudd, charged with assauting
and beating Thomas Beauregard, a soldier
who said that he came from the marine
barracks at Washington, forfeited 50 COL
lateral for not appearing at the trial.