Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
LARGELY ATTENDED MEETING OF
VETERAN FIRE COMPANY.
Governor of Old Dominion Pays City a
Visit-Guest Of Mayor
Paff
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, December %. 1904
A largely attended meeting of the Friend
ship Veterans Fire Association was held
last evening at the ancient engine house of
the company, on South Alfred street. One
hundred members were present and the
meeting was characterized by enthusiastic
discussions Of plans for the regeneration
of the venerable company and for the
preservation of it's time honored associa-
| lions. 1t was the opinion of those present
that a new and important era In the life
Of the organization had been entered upon.
Steps were taken to give general publicity
to the claim, which is declared to be al
together incontestable, that the Friendship
Veterans Fire Association of Alexandria Is
the one fire company now in existence with
hich General Washington was actively
Identified. The alleged pretentions of other
organizations for this exclusive honor will
be combatted, 1t is asserted. by convincing
documentary evidence. To the pleasure and
satisfaction of the assembled members last
evening several papers of this nature were
read by the president, Mr. E. E. Downham.
A new constitution and bylaws were adopt
ed and the following officers We're elected
for the ensuing year: E. f. Downham, presi-
dent; F. ]. Paff, vice president; William T.
Emerson. treasurer, and ]. Y. Williams,
secretary. The trustees and committees
chosen were as follows: Trustees ]. H.
Trimyer. A. D. Brockett and Capt. James
f. Webster; committee on apparatus p. F.
German Capt. James f. Webster and James
TrayerS; membership committee, w. w.
Ballenger, P. NJ. Bradshaw and B. Wheat
ley. After the business of the evening the
members gathered around the banquet
board, the supervision of which had been in
the hands of Messrs B. Wheatley and Z.
NJ Bradshaw.
Visit From Gov. Montague.
Governor Montague visited Alexandria yes
terday afternoon. arriving about 3 o'clock
by train from Richmond He was enter
tanned at luncheon by Mayor Paff at his
residence on North Patrick street. Other
guests at the mayors residence with the
governor were State Senator Lewis II. Ma
chen, Mr.. George H. Rucker, clerk of the
Alexandria county courts; Mr.. Charles b.
Marshall and Mr.. Robert w. Arnold of this
city. The governor and party later drove
to the residence of Mr.. Rucker, in Alexan-
dria county, where they had dinner, and
then went in carriages to Arlington There
Governor Montague delivered an address at
the annual banquet of Columbia Lodge Of
Masons at that place. After the banquet
he went to Washington for the night.
Commuters Plan Action.
The Commuters Protective Association Of
this city has issued a call to all persons in
terested to send all notes they have made in
cars on the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon road, together with any
other grievances concerning the car serv-
ice to Mr.. o. P. Angelo, the secretary OF
the associat ton. The organization proposes
to take steps at once to secure better trav-
cling facilities.
General Matters.
Miss Nellie Curtis died yesterday after
noon, after brief illness, at her home,
21O North st. Asaph street. She was
daughter of the late William Curtis of
Fairfax county. Two brothers. Messrs.
Norman and Douglass Curtis. and two sis
tiers survive her. Her death Is regretted
by large circle of friends. The arrange
ments for the funeral will be completed
later.
The condition of Joseph Roberts, the
young man who is being treated at the
Alexandra Hospital for bullet wound in
the leg, is reported to be encouraging. The
police are yet in the dark concerning the
circumstances connected with the injury.
He still declines to tell how 1t occurred.
1t is said that he crawled into the yard of
Frank McLearen's saloon after being shot,
but it is denied that the shooting occurred
In the saloon, as the police first believed.
The Reliance Fire Engine Company has
presented it's president, Mr.. Lycurgus
Uhler, with a handsome umbrella.