Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CORPORATION COURT DECREE
CONFIRMING APPOINTMENTS.
Special Police Agents for Service at
Union Passenger Station--Gen-
eral and Personal.
Special Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December s, 1906
A decree was entered In the corporation
court yesterday. Judge Barley presiding,
confirming the appointment of 8. H. Da-
vaughn. R. H. Remington and L. o. Hardin
as special police agents in and near the
new union passenger station at the head of
King street Since the removal of the
Washington Southern and the Southern
railroad depots from this city and the COIN
cident opening of the union station outside
the corporation limits there has been more
or less urgent need for special provisions
for police protection for the depot and the
lines Of approach to 1t from this city In
several instances lawless persons took ad-
vantage of the fact that the Alexandria city
police do not patrol the King and Prince
street roads further west than the CORPORA
ton line and number of bold assaults and
robberies occurred The fact that con-
siderable portion of the way from the town
to the depot was without lighting facilities
added to the prospect for success in rob-
berries and seemed to invite such efforts
Finally the city council took up the matter
OF providing proper lights and pavements
FOR the distance intervening between the
corporation limits and the depot and steps
were taken, in conjunction with representa-
tives of the railroad companies, to effect
adequate improvements along that line. 1t
Will be brought about in short time With
the depot and Vicinity patroIled by special
policemen, together with the improvements
IN lighting and paving, 1t Is believed that
the disorders which have heretofore been
frequent will be prevented in the future
Illness Causes Delrium.
While delirious from pneumonia William
Sampson, residing at Pill Commerce street,
yesterday climbed out of his room. in the
ctn 90 =;
dow to the pavement and hurried to the
station house. several blocks away, where
he startled Policeman Roberts, who was on
duty at the time, with a wild and harrow
Ing narrative. The officer was Informed
by the visitor that his house had been d.
vided and portion of it removed, and that
some Of his children had been murdered.
An investigation soon disclosed the iden-
tfty of the excited man, who was wrapped
in blankets and conveyed to his home. Ho
was In a serious condition
General Items.
Mr.. Donald Aftcheson, who has been ap-
pointed to a position with the Panama
canal commission, will leave this city next
Saturday for the isthmus.
The fire department was called out yes
terday afternoon for slight blaze in the
roof Of small frame building near the
Southern roundhouse. The fire was soon
extnguished.
Miss Sarah Simpson of Newport News,
Va, is visiting at the home of her brother,
former Mayor George l.. Simpson of North
Columbus street.
The regular monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary of R. e. Lee Camp, Con-
federate Veterans. will be held this evening
in Lee Camp Hall, on Prince street.
The funeral of Joseph Runtree, whose
death occurred Saturday at the Emergency
Hospital in Washington, took pace this
afternoon from the undertaking rooms OF
B. Wheatley, on King street. Rev. j. ii.
8. Ewell conducted the services, and the
Protestant cemetery.
The police department has been asked by
Mr.. Charles King of the firm of Charles
King & Son. wholesale grocers, to appre-
bend a young man who. it is charged has
in his possession a check for $1,000, drawn
on the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany, and bearing the forged name of Mr.
King. According to the information re-
ceived by the police the young man at
tempted to get the check cashed at the
Citizens National Bank Saturday afternoon
but Mr.. Pierce, the assistant cashier, to
whom the paper was presented declined to
accept it. Noting that 1t bore the name of
Mr.. King in handwriting that appeared
strange Mr.. Pierce, after he had declined to
take the check, called Mr.. King up over the |
telephone and the latter pronounced the sig
nature forgery. AS soon as his effort to
get the money was unsuccessful the man
disappeared.
AVN iaefle, mo. Oh oTueT Oh Eagles, nelU
meeting Sunday afternoon and elected
the following officers for the ensuing year: |
Samuel Bendheim. worthy president;
Thomas Chauncey, worthy vice president; |
E. j. Fleming, chaplain; Joseph West, sec |
retaryi A. A. Paul, treasurer; Harry Head, |
inside guard. Thomas Downey, outside !
guard; Emmett Kelly. conductor; Peter Won |
de Westelaken, John Hanretty. and w. IL. |
L. Kelly, trustees.
Lorena Butler and Rose Williams, both |
colored, who were arrested last week on the |
charge of giving perjured testimony in con- |
nection with the case of a negro charged |
with highway robbery, were given a hear |
ing this morning by Justice Cation, but their |
cases were postponed until this afternoon. |
Services In celebration Of the one hum |
dredth anniversary of the birth of William |
Lloyd Garrison will be held Monday night, |
December IL. at the Alfred Street Baptist |
Church (colored).