Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-11
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
VISITING VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
AND CADET BAND PARADE.
Large Audience Present at Annual
Inspection Of Old Dominion Com
mandery-General Matters.

| Special Correspondence of The Star.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, October H. 1906.
| The Marion Volunteer Steam Fire Engine
| Company and Cadet Band of Reading, Pa,
| numbering eighty-five in all, who are max
| ing a southern tour, reached this city this
] morning from Norfolk, and are quartered
| at the Elkton, corner of Prime and Royal
streets.
The visiting firemen this morning paraded
the streets, headed by their band. and at
| tracted considerable attention. About 10
| clock they serenaded Chief George w.
Petty Of the local fire department..
| The visiting fremen were met at the
| wharf by number of members Of the Hy-
| brazilian Veteran Firemens Association,
| who escorted them to their quarters. The
visiting f1remen are in charge Of Commander
George Trevel and Capt Joseph Bachman
| The firemen spent the day in visiting the
| various places of interest in and around the
| city, and will leave late this afternoon Tor
| Washington. From there they will go to
York, Pa, after which they will visit
Harrisburg. Pa, from where they Will
| are in excellent spirits and say they have
| had most delightful trip. They left Read
| ing on Sunday last
Annual Inspection.
The annual inspection of Old Dominion
Commentary, No. 1, Knights Templar,
| took place last night at Armory Hall before
| large audience. The inspection was made
| by Eminent Sir William Baulch Of Hamp-
| ton, Va. The Templars made an excellent
showing in their handsome uniforms and
| the inspection was most satisfactory. Prior
| to the inspection the men paraded up King
street, headed by the Naval Gun Factory
| Band of Washington, and We're greeted by
| large crowd. Among the distinguished
| visitors present were Eminent Commander
! w. F. Hunt of Washington and Past Emil
nent Commander f. E. Payne of Warren.
| Ohio. At the conclusion of the inspection
| the Templars repaired to their asylum,
where an oyster supper was served.
Police Court Hearings.
| In the police court this morning, Justice
| Harry B. Cation presiding, Harrie Brown
was arraigned to answer the charge Of be-
ing drunk and disorderly at the police sta
ton The evidence against the prisoner was
very damaging and the court imposed
| fine of IS.
Seven coIored women, answering to the
| names of Irene Bushrod, Bessie Keys, Ida
Fuller, Pearl Hawkins, Marie Maine, Sophie
Tason and Lucy Shepard, were next placed
in the dock to answer the charge of va
grancy which was entered on the blotter
| against them The court was informed that
these women make practice of lettering
! around q, saloon in the northeastern section
of the city. where they spend their nights in
Sophie Tolson We're dismissed and the 9TH
ers were assessed $3.50 each.
Edward Peyton, colored, was charged
with being a suspicious character. Peyton
could not give a very satisfactory account
of himself and fine of So was imposed
Murder Trial Tomorrow.
The trial of Howard Banks colored, in
dicted for the murder of Thomas Elzey,
also colored will commence in the corpora
ton court tomorrow morning, Judge Louis
c. Barley presiding. Forty-six talesmen
have been summoned, and it is expected
that 1t will take considerable time before
a jury is secured. The murder of Banks
occurred on the night of October in
saloon in the northeastern section Of the
city. A large number of witnesses have
been summoned on both sides. Attorney
Lewis H. Machen will act as counsel for
Banks and the prosecution will be
Quoted by Commonwealth Attorney Samuel
G. Brent.
Inquest Unnecessary.
Justice Julius Pelton, acting city coroner,
this morning decided that an inquest was
unnecessary over the remains of Alphonso
Arlington, whose dead body was found
late yesterday afternoon at his home on
the river shore.
Arlington was about sixty years of age
and is survived by three sons and two
daughters. He was perhaps one of the
most widely. known characters in the city.
For many years past he had lived alone at
rude little hut the river shore with
his favorite pets-chckens and dogs-as his
sole companions.
When his dead body was found yesterday
afternoon the police department was noti-
fled and they in turn endeavored to notify
Coroner S. B. Moore. 1t was subsequently
ascertained that both Coroner Moore and
Mayor Paff were out Of the city. Acting
Mayor John I. Sweeney was then notified
and he instructed Justice Pelton to investi-
gate the case.
Exercised Over Rumor.
Local fremen are considerably wrought up
over a report which has gained considerable
circulation to the effect that some Of the
insurance companies which sustained losses
at the fire at the shipyard on Sunday last
contemplate holding the city responsible for
| the loss incurred. on the grounds that the
fire department failed to perform it's duty
and was grossly negligent in getting to
work on the occasion of the fire.
While it is admitted by the firemen that
they were considerably hampcred by the
fact that the coupling of the new fire en-
CINE would not fit the plug to which it was
attached, they claim that as as this
was discovered the Reliance fire engine took
the place of the Columbia, and shortly
thereafter two streams were played upon
the burning buildings. The flremen also
Cured they would not have been able to
save the store room of the National Elec-
trical Supply Company of Washington, sit
uated north Of the burned buildings