Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-09
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
FIGHT FOR STATE SENAToRSHIP
BECOMING WARNER.
MI. Wedderburn Not to Retire From
the Contest-General and Per-
sonal Notes Of Interest.
Evening Star Bureau,
701 King Street.

I0l hln8 street,
Bell Telephone 106
ALEXANDRIA. Va, September 8, 1903
The fight for the state senatorship for
this. the fourteenth senatorial district, Is
becoming warm and beginning to attract
more attention as the time of the primary
election draws nearer.
The democratic committee as before
stated. has set the I'D day of September
as the date on which the primary Is to be
held in this district An article recently
appeared in one of the democratic papers
of this district which stated that Mr.. Alex
ander j. Wedderburn. Of the candi-
dates for the state senate. would withdraw
from the contest before the date of the
primary.
burn stated that 1t was entirely unfounded
and that he was in the to stay until
the end. He is supporter of Senator
Thomas S. Martin. and an opponent of the
Mann liuuor bill.
Death Of Mr.. John Roche.
Mr.. James Roche of this city received
a telegram this morning announcing the
death of his brother. Mr.. John Roche of
Manassas. Mr.. Roche was the proprietor
Of the Howard House of that town. He
is survived by widow and three children.
EOllCe court FCOCceO1nRS.
In the police court this morning Mayor
George L. Simpson disposed of the follow
ing cases:
John Redman. charged with being drunk
in the street. was fined s..
Ernest Brooks. colored. Elmer Simpson
and James Cook. boys about twelve years
old. were before the mayor chorged with
trespassing on the property of the Washing
ton-Southern railroad. The boys had got
ten into freight car. and were engaged
In throwing stones and behaving in a gen.
eral disorderly manner when q special
watchman Of the road came up and after
chase. succeeded in putting them under
arrest They were fined IS each.
assaulting and beating Alice Washington,
his wife. was fined $3.50 Alice, who made
the complaint. stated that her husband
was chastising their three-year-old daugh-
he generally used. and she. thinking this
punishment to be too severe. interfercd,
whereupon he slapped her in the face
Joseph Seth, colored, charged with unlaw-
FULLY assaulting and beating Margaret D.
Evans; case postponed until tomorrow
morning, owing to the absence of witnesses.
General and Personal.
Business Of Importance will come up be-
fore the regular monthly meeting Of the
A'Ih SA6iiud kteSlWenC Cnapter, United
Daughters Of the Confederacy, which will
be held at the r. E. Lee Camp Hail. on
Prince street, tonight at o'clock.
Officer Garvey will leave today for Phila-
delphia, having in custody CORTLAND W.
Page. who deserted from the navy. Page
was arrested yesterday morning while hid
ing In cupboard in house in the north
western part of the city. He will be turn
ed over to the naval authorities at Phila-
delphia.
Douglas Magruder, an Industrious colored
man. living on the farm of Mr.. George Aud
In Fairfax county. recently lost his savings,
amounting to 1885, in a peculiar manner.
HIS wife while cleaning the house in some
way got the money, which was in bills,
mixed with some trash which she burnt
The loss is a severe one to him. as the
money represented years of labor.
AT the regular monthly meeting of the r
p. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans, held
Monday night a communication was re-
ceived from Governor Montague, requesting
the aid Of the camp in securing a complete
list of the names of all of the men who
entered the confederate service from this
city. These and the names of all other Vir-
gfnia troops will be used by the United
states government in the publication Of
civil war statistics
Mr.. r. O. Robbins, who has been visiting
relatives in Pittsburg, has returned home.
Mrs. Alexander McBurney has returned
from Allerton, Mass.