Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-19
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
SIMON SMITH HELD FOR FEDERAL
GRAND JURY.
Accused of Robbing the Mails - Com
mittee Receives Donations for
the Poor-Briefs.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 10, 1904.
Simon P. Smith, young man from Lees
burg, Va, was given a preliminary exami-
nation Saturday afternoon before United
States Commissioner r. P. w. Garrett on
the charge of robbing the mails. He was
arrested at Leesburg, where he was en-
ployed as clerk in the post office. 1t was
charged that he had opened several letters
and extracted small sums of money from
them. Smith was held for the grand jury
at the January term Of the United States
court for the eastern district of Virginia,
Judge Edmund Waddill presiding which
meets in this city January 2 The accused
is about twenty years of age. He had borne
good reputation in LeeSburg, and his ar
rest caused a surprise 1t is said his appre-
hension was brought about by means of a
decoy letter.
Relief of the Poor.
A committee from the Cooperative Chari-
ties Association was on duty at the Con-
federate Home, on Prince street, from 10
o'clock this morning until 1 o'clock this
afternoon, receiving donations of groceries,
clothing. ETC., to be used in the work of re-
lieving the needs of the poor during the Sc
we're winter weather. The association has
been actively engaged in the relief of suf-
fering among the INDECENT, and the de-
mands upon the organization became greater
than the resources 1t was therefore found
necessary to make public appeal to the
citizens for assistance. Contributions of
money may be sent to Miss Virginia Burke
and Mr.. James E. Alexander.
Funeral Ceremonies.
Funeral ceremonies over the remains Of
Capt. Henry kearney, whose death occur
red Friday morning. took place yesterday
aft frny tic lo%o
fax county, near this city. Rev. J. p
Stump of the NJ. E. Church South officiated
and the interment was made in Ivy Hill
cemetery. The deceased, who was a con-
federate soldier, was buried in a casket
covered with confederate gray.
The funeral of George A. Goods, who died
Saturday, took place this afternoon from
his late home, on Duke street. Rev. ]. H. S.
Ewell of the Methodist Protestant Church
conducted the services and the burial took
place in the Methodist Protestant cemetery
General and Personal.
In the police court this morning Charles
Irwin, colored, arrested by Officer Young
on the charge of stealing shoes from the
store of c. o. Pullman, corner of Duke and
Alfred streets was fined $40 The case of
Thomas Smith, colored. arrested for the
same onense by Officers Young, Ferguson
and Arlington, was continued.
The Jeffersonian Political Club of Alex
andria county will give it's first annual BAN
quet in the club rooms near st. Asaph next
Thursday evening. An address on the SUBJ
ject, 1.-THE Young Man in Politics." will be
delivered by Mr.. Edmund Clark, the presi-
dent Of the club.
The remains of Floyd Henderson, the col
ored trackwalker who was killed Saturday
morning by being struck by a, train near
Four-Mile run. were forwarded today to
Glade Springs, Va, for interment
Cards have been sent out for the mar
rage of Miss Mary French Flood daughter
of Mrs. Kate Williams Flood, and Mr.. Rob-
ert D. Oglesby. The ceremony will take
place at the residence of the mother of the
bride-elect, 607 Cameron street, at noon,
December 26