Evening star., 1907-10-27
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Progress of Contest for Com
monWeaIth Attorneyship.
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES
Field Day Exercises of Episcopal
High School.
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES
Funeral of Matthew McKeown.
Construction of Houses at Del
Ray-Other Matters.
SERVICES

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tFaiiuii Maehes' 'ie 'i'' "'''''"t'' l''..
| Charles I. Simms which VIII be deciden
by the election November =. is attracting
attention throughout the county. Both
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49,, 4, +r,+ for +b. oa4ca q, sheriff he
+,,,,, W II p.I,,,a,. III. i,c,nbent and
u pt.t
= w Eo,, +roos,,rar will not ra,,a or,-
roei+,o, Tba condolences for sunarvisore
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Inc cahdlcateS Iof supervisor III IfHer-
son district are w alter I. Narn-y, Joseph
w Walker. Edward duncan Arlington
district +. 5. torbitt, j X, Hagen, Henry
W. Smith; " as HingtGn strict, {. j. Cos
fellow, George W. Dona dson and w. n.
febrey. One supervisor Will be chosen to
represent tdch district.
The slate for constable Is as follows:
Jefferson district, j. Fl. Cornell; Arlington
district, Edward +. Vetch. the incumbent;
j. Harry Collins and james Burke: Wash
ington district. j. W. Evans, the !ncum
bent, ana William II. Payne.
Justices of the peace: In jefferson dis
trict, S. r. Thompson. Isaac G.. Burre l.
G. NJ. RiXey. Louis Dalhrrt D. n Rust
jr., and J. +. Supplee; Arlington district
Joel Fl. Whitehead, Joseph Bcil Arn.ss NJ
+, Birch and E. F Thompson; Washing
ton district Charles W. G.unweli W liam
II. Moody, Normal Harrell and Henry
Parker.
Action in Nelson Case
IT. 1 .,
SHeo ~ 'Iose lHoih'on III
| 'he circuit court Of exandria county
| against John c. Ne,son Friday last will
be reached for hearing At ia o.cio,.,, ,a,,+
| 1,-od,,o.,,o-- ,i0H
ii'oi iH'S' MI. Neisoh, II is
! stated, Will De required TO show cause
| why he should not be fined or committed
| to fail for contenpt of court Tha ru1e
was based on the affidavit of A. d. Bren-
nf tha wv WV mas d W,'hess IN th9 case
| CLAYTON. convicted last Friday of r,,nning
| a slot machine and sentenced to pay a
| nne OF 800 and to be confined In jail for
| nr n.s @ uas D.
| Nelson had "a Led at HE borsa i, washl
| !ngton and tossed a gold certificate in his
| lap with the request that Brennerman not
appear against Layton. blennerman
iurtneE stated mat ne had peen ADVISED
oS NTfsoh mat 'hefe was no power TO
coihpei witness TO leave the u strict or
| 1oiumbla Tor the purpose or testiiyng In
| Virginia.
| Judge thornton stated that ne INTENDS
! 70 dea! severely in all cases in which he
|
10 tdlnpSr with witnesses. ne common
wealth's attorney stated to the court that
II is common thing in liquor and gam
pllng cases for witnesses VINO RESIDE IN
| money to remain away from virginia.
! he referred to Instances OF witnesses
s . ps 49,. 81 ~ a.. go ~ &c e, GU
| him cases in the circIl;t court Of aIax-
| anLria coun v Usua ly in .ch cases IT
| was declared. the person bribing or at
| tempting 10 prioe witness IS stranger
;t ~ 49, tba ont ;s no1rerIesS in
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Settled Out of Court.
| ,,, ,,. 80 +,,o 1,,st,,r+o, ,r,;,,+o,
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ana rams thufch hailIoad Company
| against the board of supervisors of Alex
andrta county will not be called for hear
no y, tk,. circ,,i+ oo,,rt as was exnacted
20 80 " - =, -, t.,
| ihe ld!lioa COMPANY itao "sie'u wan
| he attorney for the board of SUPERVISORS,
| Mr. Mackey, to remove its tracks from
ANAL street Rosslvn with the under
| tandine that the railroad will he ner-
| ,';ttsa "a Law a track aIonp tba north
adse of canal street to connect with the
| Cat Falls and old Dop,inion railroad
ana The railroad conpany-is is to remove
| ts fraiqtt cars from in front Of the
| nank on Canal street TO a noint on chad
| I'LL ayen,1a inst east of the hanl, hiI;ld
80
| TITS is said to he a sa+isfactorv settle
| ,,ant Of 1vbat uo,,Id ,rohaJJv ha,.a haan
| 1nngydrawn|ont E+featfnn
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| Car Breaking In Potomac Yards.
| IT. oo e .ho commonwealth, o,,,ct
| -, ISsl,s ..'i1, aan', ta 80 =,
ba cfrcni+ court of Alexapdris co,,n.v
| ,a+ora 1,dpa Thornton nex+ "Wednesday
| Jordan is under Indictment for oar hraal,-
| ne, az tho Potomac railroad wards in
| ,,ax.,5ri. co,,rtv In tba Indictment
! which contains six counts, he is charged
| II various ways with having broken the
| seals of cars of the Washington Southern
| railway and taken from them liquor and
| other merchandise
| More than 5000 of merchandise has
| oeen stolen from railway cars in the
| vicinity within the last few months it is
| asserted. and the railway officials claim
| d widespread conspiracy involving about
| seventy-tve of the more than 100 per
| sons employed at the yards. The yard
| S one of the largest in the country, ana
| IS used by six of the leading railways
| If the south as sort Of distributing
| point for freight, which is said to give
| abundant opportunity to effect an en-
| rance into the cars at all hours of the
| light.
| Large quantities of stolen merchandise
| nave recently been recovered from cui-
verts and other obscure places in the
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