Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
LABOR ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED
AT OPERA HOUSE.
Meeting to Be Held Under Auspices OF
Trades Council-General
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. January g. 1905.
The leading questions engaging the at
tention of labor organizations throughout
the country will be fully discussed this
evening at a mass meeting to be held In
the opera house under the auspices of the
Alexandria Trades Council 1t is expected
that large gathering of people interested
in the promotion of organized labor will
hear the several addresses. Among those
whose names are on the program for
speeches are: Representative William R.
Hearst of New York, Representative Claude
A Swanson of Virginia, Representative
Robert Baker. Representative Livernash of
California and Mr.. II. W. Sherman. the
vice president of the American Federation
of Labor In the absence of Mr.. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor Mr.. Sherman will deliver
the principal address.
Supposed to Have Been Frozen.
The body of an old colored man named
Lewis. which was found yesterday beside
the electric railway track in Alexandria
county, was inferred today at the expense
of the county 1t is supposed that he had
been frozen to death. He had formerly
been blacksmith but, though incapacitat ted
by age, he refused to become an inmate of
the poorhouSe and lived alone in a hut.
1t is thought that he started to a nearby
house to ask for assistance and was over
come by the cold.
,Rumor Regarding Electric Railway.
1t is rumored here that Lieut.. Gov.
Joseph E. Willard of Fairfax will be inter-
ested in the new management of the Wash
| ington. Alexandria and Mt Vernon Electric
Railway Company The fact that Col. Will
hoIs3 To- ~
ington. Arlington and Falls Church Electric
Railway Company. which. it is understood,
has been anxious to get into Alexandria
for some time. Is considered significant.
Well Gone Dry.
Keeper Greenwood of the lighthouse on
Jones street, below Alexandria. is in dis
tress, owing to the failure of the water
supply at the station. well twenty or
thirty feet deep for years supplied the
station with drinking water. and water for
domestic uSageS. Wednesday morning,
when Mr.. Greenwood went to draw water.
he found the we'll dry, and 1t has remained
dry since that time, neceSsitattng his cut
ting hole in the ice on the river to OBJ
tain a supply of water Jones Point. on
which the lighthouse is located, Is but a
sardbar. Jutting out into the river. and it
Is supposed that the well Is supplied from
the river. the water filtering through the
sand into it. For some days past the tides
have been very low, and the theory Is that
the tides being below the level Of the well
the water In 1t leaked away. On the re-
turn of the tide the water will also return,
it is expected.
General Matters.
Funeral services over the remains Of
Mr.. Thomas Walsh. whose death occurred
Wednesday, took place this morning from
st. Mary's Catholic Church. Many friends
and relatives OF the deceased attended.
Rev Father H. J. Cutler, the pastor, con-
Quoted the services and the interment was
made in st. Mary's cemetery.
The engagement of Miss Elizabeth Lloyd
Lee, daughter of Mrs. Cassius Francis Lee
OF this city, and Mr.. George Carr Henry of
Norristown, N. j.. has been announced. The
ceremony will take place Easter.
The annual hunt ball of the Cameron Run
Hunt Club which was held last night In
McBurney's Hall. was one of the sue
cesses of the season. Many out-of-toWn
guests attended.
In the case of st. Paul. ) Episcopal Church
of this city against the United States dep
ositions were taken yesterday In the law
Office of Attorneys Norton and Boothe
The church claims 5000 for damages. al
legged to have been sustained by the build
Ing during its occupancy by federal troops
in the civil war. =-..