Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-12

REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE OF
EIGHTH DISTRICT TO MEET.
Plans for Erection of Factory-Ex-
hibit by the City at
Jamestown.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. April IL. 1907.
Plans have been made by the republican
| committee of the eighth congressional
district to hold meeting here tomorrow
afternoon for the purpose Of considering the
| advisability of placing candidate in the
| field for congressional honors. A call for
| the meeting was issued recently by Dis
trict Chairman H. P Dodge Of Manassas,
| who will probably preside.
1t is said to be more than probable that
| the committee will place candidate in the
| field, in accordance with the present policy
! Of the party in Virginia Among those
| prominently mentioned in connection with
! the nomination are William b. King of
| Loudoun and John B. Henderson, jr., Of
| Alexandria county. In the event 1T is de-
| cided to place a candidate in the field it Is
| understood that nominating convention
| will be called at an early date to select
candidate.
DR.. A. Luria, president of Chicago con-
! Germ. who desires to lease public ground In
| this city for the establishment of a manu-
| featuring plant, arrived here this morning
and is completing all the preliminary de-
| tails incident to the starting of the work.
DR.. Luria will. at an early date commence
| the grading of the ground near the old
canal docks. and he says that within the
next sixty days he will have the foundation
for the factory started.
finally pass upon the lease The proposed
factory will cost not less than $4,000 and
give employment to at least fifty indi-
v1duals.
Exhibit at Jamestown.
The plan for issuing an Illustrated book
descriptive of this city, which will consti-
tute Alexandria's exhibit at the jamestown
exposition, was Endorsed by the chamber
of commerce at a meeting last evening. It
was decided by the chamber of commerce
| to purchase 1000 copies of the book. The
city council at its last meeting made an
appropriation for the purchase Of 5000
copies of the book. Several other mat
| tiers of Importance to the merchants Of the
city were discussed. among them the ques-
ton of railroad transportation rates.
A lecture was delivered by Mrs. Amy
Weech last evening at the First Baptist
Church, entitled Christ Before Plate"
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett made an ad-
| dress concerning the workings of the Chill
dren's Home in this city The services We're
opened with prayer by Rev. Charles D.
Bulla. pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South Rev. Edgar Carpenter. rec
tor of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church.
pronounced the benediction.
Deaths Announced.
Mrs. Charlotte Armstrong Falls wife Of
Mr.. Robert W. Falls, former resident Of
this city, died at 5 o'clock this morning In
Washington. Mrs. Falls was a sister Of the
late Anthony Armstrong Of this city. The
remains were brought here this afternoon
and conveyed to the residence Of her sis
ter, Miss Louis E. Armstrong, 514 Prince
street. and prepared for burial The inter-
ment will be In Ivy Hill cemetery
The funeral of Mrs Cora Carroll wife
of Mr.. William Carroll, whose death oc-
CURED in Washington hospital Wednes-
day last. occurred this afternoon at the I'M
dertaking establishment of B. Wheatley
The interment was in the Methodist Prot
estant cemetery.
Brief Mention.
j. Benjamin Waters. jr, was arraigned in
the police court today on suspicion of SELL
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