Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
PETITION FOR ABSOLUTE d.
voRCE DISMISSED BY COURT.
Payment of Annual Poll Tax-Oil
Wagon Collides With an
Electric Car.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 81. 1907.
A petition for absolute divorce of Mamie
R. Shelly against Col. William c. Shelly
was dismissed by. Judge Barley in the cir
cult court for Alexandria county this aft
ernoon. The court directed the complain
ant to pay the costs of the case. The petit
toner charged her husband with cruelty
and infidelity. The case has been before
the courts for several months past
Attorneys R. Walton Moore of Fairfax
and J. B. T. Thornton of Prince William
represented the petitioner, and Attorneys
]. X. NJ. Norton of this city and Samuel
A Putnam of Washington appeared for the
defendant.
The suit of George D. Hopkins against the
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Yer
non Electric Railway Company 10 recover
damages in the sum of 5000, because, it
was alleged, he was elected from car
of the defendant company April Is 1906.
at Fourmie run. will be heard Monday
next in the Alexandria county court. Judge
Harrison of the seventeenth judicial dis
trict will preside, owing to the fact that
Judge Barley will be Il witness.
Annual Poll Tax.
Citizens who fail to pay the annual poll
tax May next will not be able to partici-
pate in the democratic primary, to be held
June 10 next, for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for Congress. The city treas
urers Office will be kept open May until
8 o'clock pm. in order to give additional
opportunity of paying the tax. 1t is said
that large number of people who were
in arrears have within the past few weeks
paid the tax.
A large tank wagon filed with oil, be-
longing to the Columbia Oil Company of
Rosslyn, Va, this afternoon struck
by a southbound electric train of the Wash
dria
Electric railway while standing near the
intersection of King and Columbus streets.
AS a result of the collision the top of the
wagon was almost completely demolished
and the vehicle otherwise damaged
Rev. c. p. Staley, who has been conduct
ing revival services at the First Baptist
Church, will officiate at all of the services
at that church tomorrow. Rev. DR.. w. F..
Fisher, pastor of the local church, will &C.
cupy Rev. Mr.. Staley's pulpit at the North
east Washington Baptist Church.
Brief Mention.
The funeral of Andrew Ford, whose death
occurred Wednesday evening last, will &C.
cur at o'clock tomorrow afternoon at
the residence of his mother, Mrs. Emma
Ford, 3O2 Queen street. Rev. Dr. w. F.
Fisher, pastor Of the First Baptist Church,
will officiate. The interment will be in the
Methodist Protestant cemetery.
Arrangements have been made for an adj
dress on american Diplomacy at Lee
Camp Hall Monday evening next by Mr..
John Barrett. The lecture will be under
the auspices of the Cameron Club
Mr. E. E. Downham, former mayor, de-
parted tonight for Los Angeles. Cal, as
representative of Acca Temple to the I'm
perial Council, Mystic Shriners, which will
be in session May 7, s and 8 next.
John Thomas, colored, was arrested this
afternoon on charge of assaulting Abra-
ham McCorkle also colored. Thomas will
be given a hearing in the police court Mon
day morning next.
The pupils of the musical history class
of the Arlington Institute gave a musicale
last Friday night. The program consisted
of Instrumental music and choruses by
Weber. Schubert and Mendelssohn, and
talks stating the significance of the COM
positions of Weber and Schubert in relation
to musical history.