Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-13
HAPPENINGS N ALEXANDRIA
EXERCISES OF EPIs-
CoPAL HIGH SCHOOL.
Hearing in Halloween Shooting This
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
the State School Fund.
'ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. November 13 1905.
The thirty-third annual athletic day eX
ercises will be held at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning at the Episcopal High
School, west of this city. Music will be
furnished by an orchestra under the di
rection Of Prof. Pitt. 1t is expected that
the events will be attended by a large
number of people from here. The events
include throwing the ball, fiat race, potato
race, senior fiat race, putting the shot,
junior running long jump, pole vaulting,
relay race. consolation race. junior hurdle
race. senior long jump, senior fiat race
senior hurdle race, relay race and sew
eral others. The reception committee is
composed of Rudolph Turk. James Eas-
ley Edmunds. jr, and Pichegru WOOL
folk The marshals are r. n. Rust, ID.
s. Brooke. J. NJ. Wood and G. A. Will
liams. At the conclusion of the events
prizes will be awarded and the athletic
medal will be awarded the person hav-
ing attained the highest number of points
in the contest.
Hearing in Shooting Case.
The preliminary hearing of E. NJ Bat
ton. charged with shooting William Cor
nell, will take place at o'clock this
1t is expected that Cornell, who is now
at the hospital, will be able to be pres
ent. Baton will be represented by At
torney X. &. l.. Moncure, and Common
wealth Attorney Crandal Mackey will
conduct the prosecution. Cornell was shot
In the right side following a fracas among
party of merrymakers at Del Ray. Alex
andria county. Halloween night He was
taken to the hospital and for time 1t
was thought he would not recover
Alexandria County School Money.
]. D. Eggleston. superintendent of the
department of public instruction of the
schools throughout the state, has appor-
toned, in proportion to the school pop
ulation of the various counties and cities
of the commonwealth. one-half to be
payable now and a like amount payable
February !. 1909: According to the ap-
portionment this city will receive
S.4S: 16 while Alexandria county will
get $1,644.44. The total school population
in the state is 5SO.61S. The rate per cap
ita is 81. 766324 and the total amount to
be paid out is s1.O25, $3.50.
C. X. Ober, state secretary of the Y
NJ. c. A. of Virginia. was in this city
yesterday and inspected the Alexandria
House property. southeast corner of
Prince and st. Asaph streets, recently
acquired by number of business men of
this city for the purpose of converting
1t into a Y. NJ. G. A. Afterward he Sc
cured plans and estimates of the cost of
the proposed improvements to the prop
erty and submitted them to those inter
ested at meeting held last night 1t is
expected that within a comparatively
short time the work of remodelng the
building will be commenced.
verdict for $3.50 was given A. A.
Davis in the circuit court for Alexandria
county yesterday in his suit to recover
damages in the sum of 5000 for injuries
sustained in a collision on the Washing
ton, Alexandria and Mount Vernon cleo
trio railway at st. Elmo last year. A
compromise for $500 was effected in the
case of Clayton against the Washington,
Ellington and Falls Church railway.
Notes.
James Edmunds. colored. member of the
chain gang, was charged in the police
court this morning with being drunk and
disorderly. Edmunds told the court that
he was simply singing hymn and had
not drank any liquor. He was acquitted
He took her hat and burned it up"
was the testimony given in the case of
Charles Easton. colored. charged with as
saulting and beating Mary Broadus, also
colored. Mary failed to appear in court
and the prisoner was acquitted, and the
court ordered Mary's arrest.
SHicl IeCctNcu Telegram In1S
morning from Alfred Leach, colored,
Charlotte. N. c.. requesting him to bury
his brothers body, Jesse Leach, who died
at the hospital. Leach said he could not
reach here. The body was buried this
afternoon in Penny Hill cemetery.
A horse and buggy was found this
morning by John Holland, colored, in
front of his home 935 North Alfred street
Holland turned the animal and vehicle
over to the police 1t is being held await
ing the owner.
Plans for entertaining the delegates who
will attend the diocesan convention of the
Episcopal Church. which will be held here
December 16 next, for the purpose of Sc
lecting bishop coadjutor were made
yesterday afternoon at a meeting held at
the office of Norton & Boothe
Joseph w. Eggleston, worshipful grand
master of Masons Of Virginia. who
laid the corner stone of the agricultural
school building at Manassas, Va, today
will tonight pay a fraternal visit to An
drew Jackson Lodge of this city.
Representative Carlin's expenses in the
recent election were $115. A statement of
same has been filed with the secretary of
the commonwealth.