Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-13

the former. but the latter was without coun-
sci. Commonwealth Attorney Samuel g.
Brent was present in the interest of the
state. In addition to the officers who made
the raid about n dozen witnesses were ex-
amined- Several testified that they had
visited the Burnett premises last Sunday
and had purchased liquor there. Some had
been served by Mrs. Burnett, while others
had been waited by Glover. Charles
Thompson stated that he had bought beer
from Glover, and Temp Wilson, colored,
swore that he paid Mrs. Burnett 40 cents
for whiskey. Neither of the attorneys made
any address to the court after the hearing
OF the evidence had been completed. Mr..
Brent stating that he would be satisfied
with the sentences above mentioned
In disposing Of the cases Justice Cation
TOOK occasion to remark that he had hard
ly known of anything to compare with the
repeated violations at the premises in
question of the law relating to the sale of
liquor He indicated that the court was
exercising leniency in not including a Jail
term In the sentence of Mrs Burnett AS
to the disposition of the other case Jus
tice Cation said he had followed the gem
eral rule in such matters where the charge
was brought to the attention of the court
for the first time.
The Burnett place raided last Sunday
by a squad of officers consisting of Police
men Bell Mayhugh. Smith. Patterson and
Beach, headed by Lieut.. Smith They cor
rallied a lot of white and colored men some
of whom were found in the act of drinking
beer in a summer garden
Funeral of John S. Beach.
Funeral services over the remains of John
s. Beach. whose death occurred Monday
night, will take place tomorrow morning at
O'Clock. from the late home of the de
ceased, 4l5 North St Asaph street The
early hour was selected In order to allow
time for conveying the remains to Lorton
Fairfax county, on the morning southbound
local over the Richmond Fredericksburg
Tha xxrf1 hs
attended by the Alexandria Washington
Lodge of Masons and by the Bachelors
Cub OF Alexandria in body. The pail
bearers will be Judge Louis c. Barley and
Messrs. Nevelle S. Greenaway Charles Cal
lahan Thomas w. Robinson ID. w. Aitche-
son and Charles w. Duffey
At a meeting of the Bachelors Club last
night resolutions were adopted reciting that
Mr.. Beach deserved and enjoyed to a
large degree the esteem of a wide circle
of friends and the confidence and respect
of the entire community in which he lived"
1t was also declared that I'm his social re-
lations he was kind and gentle and ever
ready to help his fellow men" 1t was de-
cicsd to attend the funeral In a body and
to close the club rooms for thirty DAYS as a
mark of respect to his memory Mr. Beach
was president of the organization.
General Matters.
The clerk of the city school board had is
sued up to this morning a total OF LIZ
permits for white scholars to attend the
public schools of Alexandria during the ses-
sion which will open next Monday This
number will be considerably increased by
the figures for this afternoon when the
work of supplying white children with per-
mits will be practically completed. Permits
VIII be issued to colored children tomorrow
and Friday.
The remains of Mrs. Julia A Atwell,
whose death occurred Monday in Washing
ton will be brought here for interment.
She was Seventy-one years of age and was
the widow of Ewel Atwell, a former res
ident of Alexandria.
1t is understood that the democratic city
committee VIII meet soon to name a
cessor to the late John S. Beach as dem
ocratic nominee for the cerkship of the
Alexandria city courts