Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-08
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
DATES ANNOUNCED FoR CLOSING
OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June s. 1905.
A meeting of the school board was held
last evening In the Peabody building In
the absence of Superintendent X. Kemper
and Clerk Hubert Snowden. Capt. Herbert
Bryant presided and Mr.. Thompson acted
as clerk
Mrs sallie Yates Mcdaniel. who has been
principal of the Lee School for girls for
many years, sent In her resignation to take
effect at the close of the present school
year. The resignation was accepted by
the board, but no action was taken as to
the appointment of her successor.
The time of closing the schools was set
for June IS for the white boys. June 20 for
the white girls, June q for the colored
boys and June % for the colored girls. The
regular school work, however, will cease
Friday, June %. the foregoing dates being
the ones on which the closing exercises will
be held.
The committee on school furniture report
ed that the severe wind and electric storm
Wednesday had blown the cupula from the
colored boys school and had blown down
portion Of the fence surrounding the yard.
The necessary repairs were ordered.
Federation Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected by
sion at Alexandra yesterday: President,
]. M. Ryall of Richmond; first vice presi-
dent, ]. NJ. O'Connor of Norfolk; second
vice president, R. c. Meek of Roanoke;
third vice president, J. B. C1inedinst of
Newport News; fourth vice president,
Thomas Nolan of Portsmouth. fifth vice
president, r. F. Prettyman of Alexandria,;
sixth vice president, NJ l.. Lathrum of
Fredericksburg; secretary-treasurer, r. c.
Pace of Richmond incumbent for four
years.: sergeant-at-arms, J. Q. Rank, Roa-
noke: legislative committee, j. j. Dreamer,
M. F. Fisher. w. H. Mullen, ]. B. Fitz-
gerald, Philip Metz, all of Richmond; COM
mittee on appeals, j. s. Rea, l.. F. Jourdan,
w. H. Noel, A. L. Phillips, w. E. Kelley.
Railroad Detective Shot
James Brown, railroad detective, was
shot in the left thigh yesterday afternoon
near Mahoneyville, a short distance west of
this city, by a colored man he endeavored
to place under arrest. 1t is said that Brown
saw the man leaving a box car, the seal of
which he is alleged to have broken, and
when he attempted to place him under ar
rest the man struck his pistol to the ground,
grabbed it and shot Brown. The ball entered
the thigh, was detected upward by the bone,
emerging several inches higher up. The man
escaped to the swamps around the head OF
Hunting creek, where crowd of men are
endeavoring to capture him.
Brown WAS brought to this city where his
injuries were dressed Although the wound
is very painful, 1t is not thought that it will
prove fatal.
Items Of General Interest.
The residence of George Bradley at 1414
Duke street was entered at an early hour
yesterday morning and several articles OF
jewelry stolen. Among the articles secured
by the thief, who entered by way of the
front window was a gold watch with the
monogram r. E. B." inscribed on the case,
a gold fountain pen, and s;33 in money. Sew
eral other houses on the same block were
also entered, but nothing was stolen from
them.
The residence of Thomas Lynn, In west
End. was entered and two gold rings taken
from bureau drawer.
Mrs. Susan Dove died last night at the
home of Mr. Peverell in Fairfax county
Her husband, William Dove, and two chi
dren survive her. The funeral will occur
this afternoon at Sharon Chapel, IN Falr-
fax county The interment will be IN
Sharon cemetery.
A picked base ball team made Up princl-
pally of professional men of Alexandra
will pIay a game of base ball with the
Mount Vernon team, from Fairfax county
tomorrow aftrnoon at 4 O'Clock. IN Cats
field, in West End.
In the police court today the case Oh
Frank Williams who was arraigned on a
charge of committing an assault with
brick upon w. ]. Spence. was continued TOT
five days.