Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-31
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
NEW CITY COUNCIL TO ORGANIZE
TOMORROW.
Mayor Paff to Be Installed - Colored
Man Sacrifices Life for
Children.


Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 81. 1904.
The organization of the new city councA
will be effected tomorrow at noon and the
induction of Mayor-elect Frederick Pan INTO
office will take place Immediately thereat-
ter The members of the common counch
and the board of aldermen will organize IN
their respective chambers. The inaugural
ton OF the mayor will take place at JOINT
session of the two boards In the chah-
her of the common council, certain changes
in the regulations of the city legls-
lative body are made under the new con-
stitution An act of the legislature In 1903
provides that the members of every council
and of each branch thereof shall be elected
for a term of four years; but that, upon
the first assemblage of every council the
members of each branch shall be divided
into two classes to be determined by lot,
and that the term of the members OF the
first class shall be two years and the term
of the members of the second class four
years. Thereafter the term Of all shall De
four years. The act also provides that d
presiding officer shall be elected IN eacn
branch for a term of two years and that
vice president shall be elected 10 preside IN
the absence of the president.
Suspect in Shooting Case Released.
Owing TO the laCh u eNidShSS "6oAAA"S
Thomas Eppa, the negro held yesterday in
the Police Court on suspicion or being con-
uected with the shooting of policeman in
DanvilIe. Justice Beach this morning gave
orders for the release of the prisoner. He
declared that he was not the man seen
jumping off the Chesapeake and Ohio train
Yesterday morning and told straight story
about his presence in Alexandria. Six
strangers giving their names, respectively,
as William Farrell, Edwin Dunn, John NC
Bride Charles Morgan. Charles Jones ana
William Bowen. were assessed 50 each on
the charge of trespassinS on the properly OF
the Southern Railroad Company. The ar
rests were made by Officers Allen and Mich
olson. The cases of James Lewis and Will
lam Mccoy. both colored. charged with rob,
bling Philip Jones, also coiured, OF 300 ana
a gold watch, were postponed until Sep
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Died in Saving Children.
Perry Rollins, colored, died yesterday af-
ternoon. about O'Clock, at the Alexandria
Hospital, as the result of terrible burns sus-
tanned in saving his four little children
from the flames started by coal oil ex-
plosion yesterday morning in his house, on
Pendleton street between Pitt and Royal
streets. Rollins extinguished the fire that
had caught in the clothing of his chlidren'
but was himself enveloped in flames. Al
most the entire surface of his booy was
scorched and he suffered terrible agony at
the hospital despite all efforts for his ale
Walton.
General and Personal.
| A large crowd at the old fair grounds
Yesterday afternoon witnessed the defeat
| of the team of the Alexandria Athletic
| Association by a nine from one Of the de-
partments of the Washington navy yard.
1t required eleven innings to finish the
| game and the final score was to Z.
Edwin George was severely injured
yesterday Afternoon at the plant OF the
| Emerson Pulp Company by piece OF
| falling machinery. He was conveyed to
| the Alexandria Hospital, where 1t was
| found that he had sustained a broken leg.
One of his hands was also badly injured.
| He was recently employed at the pump
works.
| Waterman has been stationed at the
| railroad crossing at the intersection OF
| Henry and OronOco streets, In accordance
| with an ordinance passed at the last
| meeting of the city council This action
| was taken in lieu of erecting gates be-
| cause the tracks on that street will soon
| be removed
| Miss Halle Gatewood. who has been
visiting Miss Nora Goolrick in Freder-
| icksburg, has returned to this city.
| Miss Bertha Peake and Miss Sadie Lewis
| of Braddock Heights, Alexandria county,
| are visiting friends in Fredericksburg.