Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Cases Before January Term Of
Corporation Couri.
LEE MEMORIAL SATURDAY
Howard Banks Conveyed to State
Penitentiary.
UNITED STATES COURT SESSION
Funeral Services Yesterday and To-
day-General and Personal Mat
tiers of Interest.
UNITED STATES COURT SESSION


| ALEXANDRIA, Va, January IA. 1907
The January term of the corporation court
convened at 1890 o'clock this morning with
Judge Louis c. Barley presiding. The
| members of the local bar had been called
| together for the purpose of discussing plans
for the proposed improvements at the city
court house. but owing to the illness Of City
Engineer E. c. Dunn who was to have
been present and explained the plans, the
meeting was postponed.
The case of David T. Damc-s against
the Mount Vernon Spoke Company and HUI
bert Snowden against Harold Snowden and
others was placed on the stet docket. The
cases of the city council against J. Albert
Dienelt appeal from the decision of II.
B. Cation, police justice, and E. E. Lawler
& Co. against the Washington Southern
Railway Company were fixed for Thursday
next.
Harvey Robinson, under indictment for the
larceny of goods from cars of the Southern
Railway Company, was fixed for Wednes-
day next.
Lee Memorial Services.
An invitation to participate in the exer
cises to be held at Christ Protestant Epis-
copal Church at noon Saturday next, In
commemoration of the one hundredth an
niversay of the birth of Gen Robert E.
Lee, mas DeeH EXTENDED 10 the various
churches throughout the city by Adjt.
Chas. S. Taylor. Inc members of the 18th
Virginia Regiment and the Ladies Auxfl-
larry and the two chapters of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy will assem-
BILE at the church on that day for the pur
pose of participating in the exercises. AS
previously stated in The Star, a meeting
of the sons and grandsons of confederate
veterans will be held at Lee Camp Hall this
evening at o'clock for the purpose of
ganizing. and also to plan arrangements
for attending Saturdays exercises.
Goes to Penitentiary.
Howard Banks, colored will be conveyed
by a guard to the Richmond penitentiary
at o'clock this afternoon. where he will
spend the remainder of his days at hard
| labor. Banks was convicted of the murder
of Thomas Elzey, also colored, which oc-
Cured on the night Of October 4, and SEN
| fenced to be hanged. His sentence was re-
| Gently committed by Gov. Swanson. Sher-
| man Cooper, also colored, will be taken to
| the pententiary this afternoon, where he
| will spend term OF two years Tor roboery
| in Alexandria county.
The circuit court of this city will meet
| tomorrow morning, with Judge c. E. Nicol
presiding. AS stated in yesterdays Star.
| the case of "Cronk and Mckinney against
| the Washington Steamboat Company will
come UP at this term. The plaintiffs seek
| to recover damages because, they allege.
| the company's steamer failed to stop mere
| when it should have done so.
Funeral Services Held.
The funeral of Mrs. Emma Evans, wife of
Paul r. Evans, whose death occurred Fri
day last. took place at $3.50 o'clock yester-
day afternoon at her late home, 800 South
Henry street. Rev. J. A. LETTERS pastor of
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
officiated and the interment was made in
ST. Paul's cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs Maria Lee who died
Saturday last, occurred at o'clock yester-
day afternoon, at her late home, 3OS North
Fayette street. Rev. J. II. S. Ewell. pas
tor of the Methodist Protestant Church. Of
ficiated. The interment was made in Bethel
cemetery.
The funeral of Miss Charlotte 1. Hall,
who died on Saturday last, took place at 3
O'Clock this afternoon at her late home, 319
South Alfred street. Rev. Joseph r. Sewer.
pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church,
officiated. and the interment in St.
PauIs cemetery.
General Matters.
In the police court this morning Walter
Bryant colored, was charged with assault
ing and cutting Thomas Johnson, also col
ored. Johnson bore evidence of the assault,
as the left side of his face was wrapped in
bandages. Johnson told the court that
Bryant had assaulted him without provoca-
| ton. Bryant's only explanation was that
he was fooling. The court fined Bryant
$50. The arrest was made by Policeman
Bell and Magistrate Padgett.
State Senator Lewis H Machen, when
seen this morning, stated that the time
for his election was so far off that he could
not just yet state whether or not he would
be a candidate for reelection. Mr.. Machen
represents the fourteenth senatorial dis
trict which embraces Alexandria city.
Iria nd oirfav
counties. His term will not expire until
the second Wednesday in January. 1903.
The session of the United States court for
the district of Virginia. Judge Edmund
Waddill presiding, today taken up in
hearing testimony in the case of tie Alex
andria National Bank against Willis C.
Bates Company of Boston, Mass. to re-
cover the of 81 752, the amount of a
| draft paid by the bank to A. H. Bardne an
alleged agent for the company. The case
! VIII. it is thought, be given to the jury this
| afternoon.
| Arrangements have been made for spe-
| cial meeting of the Alexandria Lodge of
| EIks at its hall this evening at O'Clock.
| Following the meeting there will be an open
! social session. at which a number of nom
| members of the organization will be present.
| Mr.. f. P. Russell will preside over the So
/ cal session.
A charter has been granted by the state
| corporation commission to the National
| Manganese Corporation of this city. The
! maximum capital stock is named at $685. $50
and the minimum at SlUO,Ut- Inc OBJECTS
| of the company is to engage in the mining
| and timber business. The officers are:
Jackson H. Ralston of Hyattsville. Nd,
president; John B. Sleman, jr., of Washing
| ton. secretary and treasurer. The officers
| with H. Stamford constitute the incorpor-
4 ators.
| A called meeting of the Alexandria Trades
Council will be held at o'clock this even
| ing at it's hall at the Alexandria National
| Bank. Mr.. ]. J. ODonnelI. organizer of
the state Federation of Labor, is scheduled
| to deliver an address at this meeting. Invi-
! tations have been extended to the various
| trade organizations throughout the city to
! be present.
Wellman's Polar Balloon
| PARIS, January 1.-THE balloon which
! Walter Wellman proposes to use in his at
tempt to discover the north pole was shown
! yesterday afternoon. 1t Is of the usual