Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-20
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
BILL IN LEGISLATURE OF INTER
EST TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
Remedy of Defects In Anti Bookmak.
ing Law-Governor Pardons
Richard Burnett.

Special Correspondence OF The stsr
ALEXANDRIA Va, February 20. 1905.
senator Lewis II. Machen of Alexandria
Yesterday introduced bill in the state SEN
ate which is of considerable interest to the
people of this section of the state. The OBJ
Ject of this bill is to remedy defect in the
present anti-bookmaking law which was
held to be unconstitutional.
The text OF the bill as introduced is as
follows:
BE it enacted by the general assembly of
virginia, that 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons. corporation or corpora
tions, by any ways means devices, to
make any bet or wager. OF receive or
record. or register, or forward, or purport
or pretend to forward, any money, thing or
consideration of value to be bet or wagered
upon the result of any trial of speed or
power or endurance or skill of animals or
beasts which is to take place within the
limits OF this commonwealth; by any
means, ways, or devices assist or abet the
making OF any wager or bet, or the receiv-
ing or recording, OF registering, or for
Wardfng. or purporting or pretending to
forward any money, thing or consideration Of
value to be bet or wagered upon the re-
suit of any trial of speed or power of en-
durance or skill of animals beasts which
is to take place beyond the limits of this
commonwealth, or to aid or assist or abet
in any manner or in any way in any of the
acts forbidden by this act.
That any person or persons, or associa-
tons of persons. or corporation or corpora
tons violating the provisions of this act shall
be fined not less than 5000 nor more than
$500 and be imprisoned not less than thirty
days nor more than ninety days.
This act shall be considered as remedial,
and the circuit court of the counties, and
the corporation courts of the cities of the
state shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with justices of the peace and police JUS
| ticPS in all of violation of this act. ~
Death of Alice Bowie
Mrs Alice Bowie died last night at the
Alexandria Hospital from the effects of a
dose of carholic acid and bullet wound
over her heart. Mrs Bowie lived in Fairfax
county, and It is thought that she was de-
spondent and subject to frequent attacks OF
melancholia, during of which, Sun
day, she swallowed the acid and fired the
shot into her breast. She was brought to
the hospital yesterday in a critical condi-
ton. and her death followed at 1880 O'Clock
last night. Drs. Samuel b. Moore and w.
A. Warfield attended her.
Burnett Pardoned.
pardon was yesterday granted by Gov
Claude A. Swanson to Richard c. Burnett,
who was convicted last summer of selling
liquor without license and sentenced to
serve term of one year in the city jail and
served about half of the Jail sentence. He
has not yet been released the warden has
not yet received the official order for the
same.
Fined for Trespassing.
John Dice, John Mollborn and George
Harmon, all of Washington, were arraign-
ed In the police court this morning before
Justice Harry B. Cation on the charge OF
trespassing on the property of the Wash
n
were arrested yesterday by the special Of
ficer of the railroad company, who testified
that they were loafing around the COM
pany's yard all day. The men claimed that
they had come to Alexandria from Wash
ington looking for work. but could find
none. They were fined So each
General Matters.
Funeral services over the remains OF
James 2. Wood. whose death took place at
the residence of Thomas W. White, 523
South Washington street on Sunday morn
ing, were held this morning at II O'Clock.
Rev. J. P. Stump. pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, conducted the
services and the interment was made in the
old Methodist cemetery.
James R. Roberts died yesterday at his
residence. 203 Queen street. The deceased,
who was thirty-five years of age, was a pa
perhanger by occupation.
a rather pathetic incident occurred in the
police court this morning when Lizzie. MIL
ton, colored, WAS arraigned on the charge
of indecent conduct. During the testimony
in the case her father Uncle Tom Mil
ton, an aged colored man Of the 'old-time'
type, burst into tears and begged the JUS
tee not to inflict any punishment upon his
daughter. The girl was dismissed.
Miss Margaret B. Aud died yesterday at
"Strathbane," the home of her brother, Mr..
George Aud, in Fairfax county. The de-
ceased who was seyenty-six years old, was
a native of Scotland, but had lived in fair
fax county since her early girlhood The
funeral will take place at O'Clock this
afternoon.