Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-11
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
IN OLD REVENUE OFFICE.
Meeting of Council Committee to
Consider Schools and Finances.
General News
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
| ALEXANDRIA. Va, October II. 1907,
The Washington board Of civil servic-
examiners will, October -, commence
the holding of a ser.Cs of examinations
n this city IN rooms on the second fool
of Tn, post office building. which was
formerly &C Upi"d as an internal revenue
ot.lce. The local board of examiners this
morning received Il letter to that effect
This will be the first of a series of exam
lus.tions that VIII be held here, and it IS
announced that on an average OF 5000
applicants will be examined in this city
ev,ry month. The Office where the eN-
animation will be held has recently been
fitted UP with desks and other furniture
necessary for that purpose.
Council Committee to Meet.
\ meeting of the joint committees on
schools and finances of the city council
VS. held last night. when plans for the
opening of u night public school for boys
in this city were discussed, although no
formal action was taken. The city Coun-
Gil at a meeting held Tuesday night last
aporopr lated Il small sum for carrying
on the work. Those interested III ths
movement claim that the amount dppio-
pr,ated is entirely inadequate TO operate
a school of the kind proposed 10 De
opened. and on this account IL IS re
ga dcd as more than probable that a
small tuition fee will be charged all
scholars. The question Of renting 10
place for the school was considered IN
advisable owing to the lack OF 1unds,
and In the event the school IS started II
will in al probability. be held IN one OF
the public schools.
About $50 O'Clock last night the fire de-
,1iird TO pXtlnRulSD Il
ire in q two-stCry frame tenement, occu-
Die by CT rel people, on NoTth 81 Asaph
street between Wythe and Madlsoh
streets Before the flames were put out
the house was practically destro! ea:
colorcd family named Johnson occupied
the house The occupants succeeded IN
saving Their furniture.
The brick work on the Fairfax apart
ment house. at the northeast corner OF
King and Columbus streets, will be com
pleted Monday afternoon next, and Will
lie followed by a topping off" The struc-
ture is four stories high and the con-
tractor in charge of the work, NJ. Juilai
ID. Knight expects TO complete the pulid-
ing January /, 1876, although he mas IN
ill February Is in which to complete the
building The work is being done under
the supervision of Mr.. Samuel ID. De
vaughan.
Funerals Today.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Ellen Nugent, whose death occurred
Tuesday evening last. took place at $50
o'clock this morning at st. Mary's Cath
Ollie Church. The services were conducted
by Rev. August Halbleib, who Is serving
as assistant pastor. Six nephews of the
served as pallbearers, and the
interment was made in ST. Marys ceme-
terry.
The funeral of Miss Emma Rebecca Goe-
tor r.lnn at a. oil tic a St2rn
at the Confederate Home. 800 Prince
street. Rev. Charles d. Bulla, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
conducted the services and the burial was
made in Bethel cemetery.
General and Personal
Eugene Fritter. twenty-one years of age,
a freight brakeman employed by the
on-Southern Railway Company,
fell from box car, at the Potomac rail
road yards Wednesday night last and had
his right leg broken at the hip He was
In an ambulance to the AIexan-
dria Hospital. where his injuries We're
dressed by DR.. W. M. Smith, the COM
pany's surgeon.
Zouaves of Elizabeth City, N j., were in
this city today inspecting the various
points of interest. The zouaves also went
to Mount Vernon and Arlington.
/ ne tNdl1lIl-SackS company OF " ASH
ington held its annual meeting in this
city at the Hotel Fleischmann Wednesday
last and the Old board of directors was
reelected for the ensuing year. Follow
ing the election a buffet luncheon was
served.
The only case in the police court this
morning was that of a. y. Beauregard,
charged with disorderly conduct. Justice
Thompson fined the accused So.
Miss May Kidwell the four-year-o!d
daughter of Mrs. John E kidwell, who
resides at 113 South St. Asaph street, re-
Gently fel! from sofa at Ter home, where
she was sleeping, and broke her collar
bone.
The semi monthly meeting of the Alex
andria Division, No. l, Ancient Order of
HiUernians. was held last night at St.
Mary's Hall, and considerable business of
q routine nature was disposed of.
Mr. William II. Cook last night at his
home 122 North Patrick street, rendered
his son, William H., jr., a party, the oc-
casion being the lads tenth birthday an
nlversary.
Mr. Newell S. Greenaway, clerk of the
corporation court, WHO has been al the
Jamestown exposition, has returned home.
Miss Ella Lawler. after visit to Rich
mond and the jamestown exposition, has
returned.