Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-02
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
NEWS OF THE CITY ACROSS THE
POTOMAC RIVER.



ALEXANDRIA. Va January . 1905
The United States court for the east
ern district of Virginia. Judge Edmund
Waddill. jr.. presiding. will convene here
Monday morning next at IL o'clock, al
though no business will be disposed of
on that day.
The following grand jurors have been
summoned to report Tuesday: E. l.. Allen,
Henry r. Burke, Arthur Bryant, W. A.
Moore, jr.. George w. Keys. James A.
Turner. r. w. Madison w. II. Gains. f..
J. Eggborn. S. Diener, J. o. Hutchinson.
Samuel Y. Gillian, Charles Toweson, w.
a. Jameson, r. c. Walter, John Ham
mitt, Frank Huffman. Charles l.. Bah
cock. Lee Wallace, l.. W. Hickman. Rus
sell II. Wallace, Eugene Linbrick and
Edwin Broun.
Those summoned for the petit jury are:
Charles Dearborn, w. E. Dobie. Edward
\. Downey. o. F. Baggett o. ID. Foster.
r. c. Blades. H. f. Ratcliff. Beverly c.
Lewis. George c. Wilde, Henry Ashby,
o. J. Palmer, B. Upton. d. F. Richmond,
Stone Chnn. ]. r. Trueheart Charles An
derson. c. F. Hicks E. \. Boyer, ]. E.
Cobb. D. w. Ramsey. f. G. Griffith. w.
H. Turner, c. H. Clarke and Edward
Strother.
Engine Company Election.
The Columbia Steam Fire Engine
Company at its annual meeting last
evening elected the following officers
to serve for the ensuing year: W. A.
Smoot. president; w. n Griffith, first
vice president; ]. l.. Duffey. second
vice president: John Leadbeater, treas
urer; w. l.. Hoy, recording secretary;
Charles Herbert, assistant secretary;
J. Frank Pettey, foreman: John Trav-
ers. commander; X. L. Travers, first
assistant commander; Walter hughes.
second assistant commander; c. J. w.
Summers Charles Duffey and E. S.
Leadbeater, executive committee. The
engineer appointed f. E. Entwisle, Will
liam Craven. Everett Rogers and Nor
man Treakle firemen to serve for the
year.
The Painters, Decorators and Paper
hangers Union of America, Local No.
1858, last evening elected the follow
ing officers to serve for the ensuing
year: F. w. Deeton, president: James
w. Langley, vice president J. L. Proc
tor. secretary; T. e. Zones. warden;
Frank Shafer. conductor: w. I. browns,
trustee for eighteen months. Follow
ing the election, the officers were in
stalled by II. I. Colvin, past president.
The stockholders of the George w.
nual meeting at 10 o'clock this morn
ing at the offices of James il. Cation
& Sons and the following officers ana
directors were chosen: w. s. Knox,
president; G. V. knox, vice president;
j. o. Knox, treasurer; Jed. Giddings,
secretary; j. J. Darlington. attorney;
James r. Cation, local agent.
Brief Mention.
J. Harry Mcintosh. thirty-three years
of age, died yesterday afternoon at his
home, 115 Prince street, after short ILL
ness The funeral will occur tomorrow
afternoon.
The remains of Paul NJ. Goodloe, who
died last Tuesday evening, will be for
warded at 4:1J O'Clock this afternoon to
Richmond, Ky, for burial.
Katie Durham, two years of age. died
yesterday at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Durham, Semi
nary Hill. west of this city.
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South last evening rendered the
young men of the congregation a re-
ception.
The members of Potomac Lodge. No.
IS, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in
GLIDING the degree team. will tonight go
to Falls Church to initiate nineteen can
didates.
The public and many of the private
schools this morning resumed sessions
after the Christmas holidays.
The annual election of officers of the
Friendship Veterans Fire Association,
which was to have been held last even
ing. was postponed until the first Wednes-
day in February