Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
ALEXANDRIA AFT AIRS
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
PROPOSED NORMAL SCHOOL SITE.
Conference to Be Held This Afternoon
Aquatic Events Monday
Next-General News.
Special Correspondence of The Evening STAR

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May %, 1904.
The legislative COMMITTEES. consisting of
senator's and delegates, charged with the
duty of selecting site for the new state
normal school for young women will visit
Alexandria this afternoon about O'Clock
to investigate the advantages of this city
as location for the institution. The COM
mittee consists of the following: Senators
George 7. Ford of Loudoun, j. Boyd Sears
of Matthews, P. F. st. Clair of Giles, w. P.
Barksdale of Halifax and Delegates Frank
T. West of Louise, the chairman of the
committee; R. E. Lee, jr.. of Fairfax. J. II.
Stafford of Giles. L, p. Stearnes of Newport
News and Blackburn Smith of Clark.
The visitors will be met at the railroad
station and escorted to the rooms of the
BUSINESS Mems League, at the corner of
washington and King streets, where they
Will be entertained. The following COM
prise the reception committee: Mayor
George L. Simpson, State Senator Lewis HI.
Machen. Delegate James r. Cation, Prof l..
M. blackboard of the Episcopal High School,
Messrs. Frank Hume of Washington, D. c.,
NJ. B. Harlow, F. J. Paff Park Agnew
Judge L. c. Barley, Col K Kemper. super
lntendent of the city schools; Hubert Snow
zen, Gardner L. BOothe, JosephIl. Crupper
and G.. C. Carlin.
They will meet In the Business Mems
League rooms al $3.50 O'Clock.
II Is peneved by the local committee that
Alexandra offers pre-eminent attractions
as site for state institution such as the
one proposed The proximity to Washing
ton and the access to the libraries and mn
seums there gives this city an advantage
over any other in the state
Aquatic Sports Monday.
The Old Dominion Boat Club has COM
pieted arrangements for a sc ries Of aquatic
events In the Potomac. off this city. Mon
day. Only members of the club will par
ticipate. The following program has been
arranged:
double outrigger race: half mile-Cochran
ana Hunter, Slaymaker and Demarest
I nier and Cheeseman McBurney and War.
neid. Miles and Knox, Douglas and Stout
enburgh.
Four-oared SHE'LL race; one miIe-Bryant
stroke: Green, No. 3; Moss, No. 2: Faw-
cett. No. 1. Bryan, stroke; Herbert, No. 3;
Burke. No. 2; Barrett No. /.
Canoe race; half mile-Herbert and Burke
Washington and Barrett, Warfieid and Ell
lott.
Swimming race; half mile-Barrett Knox
Stoutenburgh, Burke, Herbert. Jones. Moss
Washington. Slaymaker and French
Tub race; = yards-Barrett, Burke, Green
Stoutenburgh, Burke and Bryan.
State Firemen's Association,
Arrangements are being made for enter
tanning the State Firemens Association.
which will hold its annual convention In
this city In August 1t is expected that
about Zoo firemen will be present. A per-
manent organization for the entertainment
of the visitors has been effected, with the
election of Mr.. John Leadbeater treasurer
and Mr. Frank d. Pollard secretary. The
following are the members of the executive
committee: Messrs. F. ]. Paf chairman;
w. A. Smoot, jr., Park Agnew, H. F. Rob-
ertson, l.. II. Machen, J. Y. Williams J. L.
Crupper. j. r. Cation, George Uhler, M B.
Harlow and E. z. Downham
General Matters.
The festival given at the Confederate
Home. on Prince street, last evening by
the Womans Auxiliary. was a success in
every particular. Those who assisted in
the musical part of the program were Mrs.
Raymond Hulf1sh, Miss Lucy Graves Miss
Alice Chinn. DR.. Outcalt. and Messrs. Mills,
Ogden, Franklin, Writ. Downey and CIa-
baugh. Mr.. CASTOR 0. Wilkins of Wash
ington was the accompanst.
Mr.. Daniel Sullivan, weli-known resi-
dent of the fourth ward died early this
morning at his home, 721 Gibbon street.
He was seventy-seven years of age. Ar
rangements for the funeral will be COM
pleted later
A deed of bargain and sale was recorded
in the Office of the clerk of the corporation
court this morning, conveying Lot on
Wythe street from c. Harry Yohe to L.
Florence Mccarthy.
Mr.. John Graham, well-knOwn young
man of this city, had a narrow escape from
serious injury on a runaway horse on Com
merce street last evening. The horse, a
fiery steed, became frightened at the cor
ner of Commerce and Prince streets and
made dash for the stone bridge. In striv-
ing to avoid collision with a wagon. Mr..
Graham was thrown off and fell head fore
most on some cobblestones, but fortunately
escaped serious Injury.