Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-09
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
LIEUT.. GOV. WILLARD TO AD-
DRESS CITY VOTERS.
Investigation of Recent Railway Ac-
cident Exonerates Company-Gen-
eral and Personal News.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August q. 1905.
Arrangements have been made for Lieu
tenant Governor Joseph f. Willard. candi-
date for the governorship of Virginia, to
address the voters of this city In the inter-
est of his candidacy the evening of Wednes-
day, August 16, in Lannon's Opera House.
The friends of Mr.. Willard here are plan
ming to extend an elaborate and hearty re-
ception to their favorite. brass band
will be engaged for the occasion. Mr.. Will
lard's home in Fairfax being close TO this
city. he is frequent visitor here, where
he is personally well known. His friends
declare that his popularity In Alexandria
is sufficiently strong to give him the vote
Of this city 1t is predicted that a large
audience will greet the lieutenant governor
when he appears here the 10th instant The
friends of Governor Montague in Alexan-
dria county, who are anxious to hear
speech from him before the campaign
closes, are discussing the probability OF
his accepting their invitation to visit the
county, extended to him several weeks ago.
on or about the 18th instant. when he is
expected to make speech in Leesburg.
Railway Accident Investigated
A coroner's jury, summoned by Justice
Of the Peace Richard Trip,et of Fairfax
Undertaking rooms of W. Domaine & Son
on King street and conducted an inquest
over the remains of the five foreign labor
ers who were killed Monday evening by a
train on the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad a few miles southwest of
this city. Several witnesses were examined
all Of the testimony tending to show that
the Italians had become panic-stricken at
the whistle of an engine on the other track
and had jumped into the passing train with
the idea that there was going to be a
head-on collision.
Several trainmen testified that there was
not the slightest occasion for alarm. as
the trains were passing each other on diff
ferent tracks, where an accident of that
nature could not have occurred had the
men remained in their places. After the
first fright nearly 100 laborers Ieaped from
the fiat cars, but fortunately most of them
jumped on the side away from the other
track and escaped serious injury. 1t ap
peared from the evidence that three of the
five men who were killed sprang straight
into the sides of the passing train
The jury returned verdict generating
the railroad company and the contractors
from blame.
General Matters.
Funeral services over the remains of
Samuel Slaughter Mays, whose death oc-
CURED Sunday morning, took place yester-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the resi-
dence of his father Capt. George w. Mays,
900 King street, and were attended by
many friends and relatives of the deceased.
Many floral tributes of beautiful designs
rested upon the casket The pallbearers
were Messrs. Isaac OBrien, Maurice Will
kins, Windsor Snowden James Douglas,
Samuel Fisher, Leo Downey, Herbert Tay-
lor and Ernest Domaine. The remains were
placed In vault in the Methodist Protest
ant cemetery.
Samuel p. Wingfeld, aged thirty-one
years. died last night at his home. 211 South
Patrick street. His wife and one child sur
vive him. The remains will be forwarded
to his former home at Rushville, Pa, for
interment.
The funeral OF Miss Judith Cutler. whose
death occurred Sunday in Baltimore, took
place this morning from ST. Mary's Catholic
Church. High mass was celebrated by Rev.
Father Coleman of Fredericksburg, assisted
by Rev. Father Patrick of Manassas as
deacon and Mr.. William Delaney as sub
deacon. Interment was made in st. Mary S
cemetery. Miss Cutler was sister Of Rev.
Father H. ]. Cutler. pastor of St. Mary's
Church.