Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-08
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
ACTION BY THE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Fire on Car of Electric Railway.
Paying the Poll Tax-Brief
Mention.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, December I, 1907.
At meeting Of the Alexandria county
board of supervisors today at the county
lie road between Ballston and Cherry
dale, distance Of about one mile. 1t
was announced that the parties through
whose property the proposed road will
pass had donated the right Of way free
of cost with the exception of Miss Mary
f. Wallace. The latter was cited to ap-
pear before the supervisors next Thurs
day and show cause why the land needed
should not be condemned.
contract for a concrete bridge at
Braddock Heights was awarded to Mr..
Torison. A large number of bills were
passed on and ordere paid.
The rear part of the motor car of a
south bound train over the Washington,
Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric
railway which left Washington at
o'clock this afternoon took fire when
the train reached the north end Of the
siderable difficulty, was extinguished
with a stream from a small garden hose
which was being used by men putting
down concrete, roadway. The damage
to the car was slight, although the train
had to be turned in when it reached the
Four-milc-rlin power house. The paSSen-
gers were placed aboard another car. AS
result Of the fire the passengers were
nearly an hour late in reaching the city.
Unusual activity is being manifested
by large number of residents in this
city in paying the annual poll tax. Those
who do not pay the tax. $50. before
Tuesday next will not be allowed to vote
in the election for mayor and three coun-
cilmen from each ward the second Tues
day in June, 1908.
Resentencing Of Midgets.
George Midgets, alias William John
son, colored, will be resentenced to be
hanged Monday morning next at II
o'clock. Sentence is to be pronounced by
Judge Louis c. Barley in the corporation
court. Under. strong guard the pris-
oner will be conveyed to the courthouse.
Immediately following his resentence
Midgets will be returned to the city Jail
and there he will remain until the eXecu-
ton.
Midgets was today visited by colored
minister. He at times reads Bible. and
in the book he has picture, taken from
a newspaper. of Charles T. Smith, the
man he was convicted of killing.
A special term of the circuit court for
this city will be held Tuesday next,
Judge Thornton presiding. to hear the
case of j. Louis Loose against the South
ern Railway Company The object of the
Of $4,000 for injuries alleged to have
been caused plants and hot houses of the
plaintiff, situated near Hunting Creek,
by smoke and cinders from the defend
ants shops and roundhouses. The case
was tried once. but the jury was unable
to agree.
Frank Hall and Charles Reynolds,
painters, about 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon fell from the scaffolding attached
to the third story of the Fairfax apart
ment house, northeast corner of King
and Columbus streets. Both men were
precipitated to the ground. Other than
being badly bruised they escaped injury.
Brief Mention.
Plans have been made for a mass
meeting for men at $50 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon in the Second Presby-
terrain Church, when an address will be
delivered by Tom Harrison of Atlanta,
Ga. The mems meeting at the Methodist
Episcopal Church South will be omitted
tomorrow afternoon.
At the December term of the corpora
ton court, which will convene Monday