Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
wAsHINoToN's BIRTHDAY ANNI-
vERsARY TO BE CELEBRATED.
President and Vice President to be In.
vited-Court's Action in John
Wright's Case.

Special correspondence OF Inc star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. December Is. 1906.
George Washington's birthday anniver-
sary will be celebrated in this city with q
band concert, to be followed by a big BAN
quet early in the afternoon. This was de-
caded upon last night at meeting Of the
executive committee held at Friendshis
Hall. The band concert will be held about
noon at some central point in the city.
where a large stand viii be erected The
concert win be followed by the reading OF
Washinkton's farewell address. It has been
also decided to appoint q committee TO
place q wreath on Washington's tomb that
day. The meeting was presided over BY
Mr.. John H. Trimyer.
Among those who will be invited to be
present will be the President and Vice
President of the United States. the gov
ernors of Virginia and Maryland and their
STATS members Of the cabinet. District
Commissioners the United States senators
from Virginia and Maryland and the Vir-
ginia delegation In Congress.
Police Court Cases.
Silas Lee. colored, was arraigned in the
police court this morning to answer a
charge Of interfering with firemen while
in the discharge Of their duty at a fire at
Lees house December last. fine Of SO
was imposed. Ellis West and Richard
Chaser, colored. were charged with gamb-
ling and were fined IS each. The charge
Craig, colored. which was entered on the
blotter against Mary Pterson. was not sus-
tained and Mary was dismissed. Arthur
Robinson, coiored, was charged by Edward
Jenkins also colered. with the theft Of "a.
There was no evidence against the accused
and he was dismissed. Joseph Anderson
and George Turner. both colored, were fined
S. each on a charge OF disorderly conduct
and fighting.
Notion Overruled.
In the circuit court for Alexandra coun-
ty yesterday. Judge Charles E. Nicol pre-
siding Joseph Thomas. alias John Wright
colored was brought into court at the in
stance Of his counsel, Mr.. James E. Glenn
ents, who endeavored to have Wright tried
under Indictments pending against him
for the murder of Jackson Boney, coiored,
and also for assaulting Annie Green col,
ored The motion was vigorously opposed
by Commonwealth Attorney Mackey ana
was oyerruled by the court. Wright was
to have been hanged Friday last Tor GRIM
inal assault but his counsel secured
writ of error and stay Of execution pending
an application for new trial before the
court of appeals OF Virginia.
Indictments Returned.
At late hour yesterday afternoon
special grand jury in the Alexandra county
court returned Ill IlulttIlicHt dSdhiSe SOh"
T. Steward. aNas John Francis, colored.
charged with shooting James Dorsey. and
an indictment against Sherman Cooper, col
ored, charged with burglarizing the resi-
dence of John Moore. 1t is understood that
an agreement has been made by counsel
for Steward whereby he will serve one year
in the county jail. The case of the board of
supervisors of Alexandria county against
A. D. Torreyson to recover the sum of $3l3,
alleged overpay, was dismissed upon the
recommendation OF the supervisors
General Items. '
At a sale Of property offered yesterday
by Tax Collector P. F. German for delin-,
quent taxes, Park Agnew purchased
quarter of a square Of ground at Lee and
Church streets. MI. Mcfarland. purchased
house and lot 225 North West street by the
payment of the taxes due and the costs
The Alexandria German Club will be
host at Christmas german at McBurneys
Hall Friday evening next. The analr prom
Uses to be one Of the social events OF the
season large number of guests from
distant points are expected to be present
Funeral services over the remains or
Patrick Murphy who died last Saturday
evening. took place a. S;1 t,,, eoc ahur .n1S
Rev. Father Kelly, assistant pastor, orn-
ciated and the interment was in ST. Mary
cemetery.
who died December 8 last, were this morn |
ing forwarded to Cockeysville, Md, for in
terment. The remains We're Temporarily
nIaced in the Henderson vault. some time
ago. when the funeral services were held |
The suit of Richard Boyd colored to re-
cover damages in the sum of 500 Tor IN
turies alleged to have been sustained Whiie
a messenger on board train of the Wash
ington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Elec-
trio Railway Company. during row among
a number of passengers, was called IN the
circuit court for Alexandria county yester-
day afternoon and was dropped. a compro-
mise having been reached. The piaintin
was represented by AttoreAy Robinson
Moncure.
of Charles Mccoy, colored. charged with
shooting at a colored woman named Laura
Newman, was continued until Friday next.