Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS FROM
OLD DOMINION CITY.
.lal Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondents Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, July l. 1908.
A charter has been granted by the state
corporation commission to the Alexandria
Apartment House Company. Incorporated.
with the following officers: J. NJ. Hill. pres
ident w. A. Smoot. jr., vice president, OF
Alexandria: and Henry J. Blaveit. secre-
tary. and George w. White. treasurer, of
Washington. The capital is named at
100000. At a meeting last night OF those
interested in the proposed apartment house.
held In the rooms OF the Business Mems
League at the corner of King and Washing
ton streets. the following directors of the
company were elected: Messrs. W. B.
Smoot. Gardner L. Boothe, NJ. B. Harlow.
Samuel H. Lunt. Henry Baader. f. E.
Downham and c. c. Leadbeater.
A special meeting of the members has
been called for Monday evening ar
o'clock in the rooms OF the Business Mems
League.
Alleged Interference With Police.
Considerable excitement was caused on
King street about O'Clock this evening
by an attempt to rescue Frederick Marks,
who had been arrested by Special Police
man Devaughn on the charge of trespass-
Ing on the property of the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Railway Company.
Policeman Devaughn had placed the boy
under arrest and was proceeding with MN
down King street, when, he alleges, Thos
Marks. a brother of Frederick, with sew
eral other young men. endeavored to enect
his release. Had it not been xor the ar
rival of Policeman Lyles at this Juneture,
1t Is said the attempt would have oeeh
successful. Thomas and Frederick Marks
were taken to the station house, where they
were respectively charged with interfering
with officers in the discharge of their duty
and trespassing on the property OF the rail-
way company. The cases Will be tried IN
the police court Monday morning.
Reports of Council Committees.
At the joint meeting OF the committees on
streets and general laws which was held
last night to consider the action of the
Washngton-SouthernR Railway Company in
securing injunction forbiddins the city
council from stopping the repairs to the
tracks of the company at the corner OF
Cameron and Henry streets. report was
adopted to be submitted TO council on
Tuesday, recommending that the corpora
ton attorney be directed to move a disso-
luton of the injunction.
The committee on streets has agreed TO
recommend to council the sale of the fran
chse of the use of Cameron street, from
Payne street to Baggetts line, to the WASH
ington. Alexandria and Mount Vernon Elec-
trio Railway Company. The company pro-
poses to build loop along the route
named in order to avoid the us Of the sim
gle track along King street.
General Items.
At a recent meeting of Potomac Lodge,
No. 3S, Independent Order OF Odd Fellows,
the following officers were Installed by
Deputy Grand Master ]. T. Watkins: j. r.
Mansfield, noble grand; c. K. Hawkins, vice
grand master; w. w. Sherwood, recording
secretary; w. z. Latham. financial secre-
tary; L. NJ. Davis treasurer; n. William
son, warden; c. P. Davis, conductor; w. A.
Conway, inside guardian, and j. J. Minor,
outside guardian.
A meeting of the congregation of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church will be held to-
morrow morning after the regular service
for the purpose of taking action looking to
the securing of a pastor for that church.
1t has had no regular pastor since the res
ignation of Rev DR.. Frank ]. Brooks last
year
Judge Louis C. Barley of the corpora
ton court has called a meeting of the
members of the bar of this city Mon
day morning at 1890 o'clock for the pur-
pose of taking action on certain proposed
repairs to the clerks office and court room.
Judge Norton is in Charlottesville attend
ing a meeting of the board of visitors of
the University of Virginia.