Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-29
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CON-
GRESsIoNAL CAMPAIGN.
Candidates in Eighth Virginia Dis
trict Resort to Affidavits-Gen-
eral and Personal News.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May %. 1905
The campaign between Representative
Charles c. Car II of this city and r.
Lindsey Gordon. r., of Louisa, candi-
dates for Congress in the eighth Nir-
gina district. which will terminate June
. next. when the voters of the district de-
eide upon the man of their choice. has
within the past few days resolved itself
into a campaign of affidavits From pres
ent indications it looks as if from now on
the candidates will submit to the people
what they have to say in the form OF
affidavits
The latest developments in the campaign
come in the shape of a pamphlet issued
by Mr.. Gordon to the voters OF the dis
trict in which he charges that 1lo votes
were Illegally cast in the campaign for
Congress held here June ~ last. Mr. Cor
DON in the shape of affidavits, charges
that money and liquor were used by the
Carlin supporters.
The Carlin contingent got busy last
night ard secured aftidavits from City
Treasurer I. w. Robinson, y. S: Green
away. clerk OF the corporation court, and
the judges and clerks of election attest
ing the correctness of their books. The
aftidavits were made before Howard W.
Smith d notary public.
Elects Officers and Directors.
At a meeting of the Mount Vernon Ave-
nue. Association yesterday afternoon at
the office of NJ. B. Harlow & Co. officers
and directors were elected
The directors chosen We're William B.
Smoot, Z. T. Downham NJ. B. Harlow,
Park Agnew. James r. Cation. j. X. NJ.
Norton, Hubert Snowden. Gardner l..
Boothe. J. Marriott Hill John B. Hender-
T,h Lob pIr u
Ora ham, James T.. Clements. Joseph f.
Willard, r. Walton Moore, Alexander ].
Wedderburn. John r. Mclean, Frank A.
Munsey, Theodore W. Noyes. Scott c.
Bone. Gen Robert G. Smith. \. IL. Shea,
Fred Mertens and Robert n. Harper
The following were elected members of
the executive board: William B. Smoot,
Z. E. Downham. NJ. 3. Harlow. Park AS-
new, James r. Cation. }. Marriott HILL
James T.. Clements, Joseph Z. Willard
ard John r. Mclean.
Abs officers selected are William Is.
Smoot first vice president: +. h. Down
ham second vice president. and NJ. B.
HarOws secretary and treasurer.
Hearing Postponed.
Hearing of the case of the United
States against the owners of 500 sacks of
-four shipped by the Orville Milling Com
pany of Orville. Ohio. which was slated
was postponed The -four was recently
The flour was seized by the government
officials and the seizure was based on
the alleged violation of sections and 10
of the pure food and drug act passed by
Congress. United States Commissioner
r p. W. Garnett this morning received
an order directing him to have the flour
insured for a period of three months.
C. z. Society Convenes.
The spring convention of the Christian
Endeavor Society of Northern Virginia
convened at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon
IN the Methodist Protestant Church here.
An address of welcome was delivered by
r. E. L. Tyler president of the local
unioi. The program heretofore published
will be carried cut. The ceremonies VIII
he concluded at o'clock tonight, when
Rev. G. l. HUMPHREYS. pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church. Will denver
the convention sermon.
General News Items.
An illustrated lecture on Napoleon was
given last night by Mr.. Angus Med.
Crawford of the Episcopal High School
at the Young Peoples building of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. The
proceeds will be used for the Chapel OF
the Good Shepherd.
Francis +. Ward. employed a trolley
man on the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon electric railway. had his
hands badly burned shortly before l.
O'Clock last night. while on car near
the power house at Four-mile run. Ward
was holding the trolley when 1t slipped.
carrying him into midair. His injuries
were dressed by DR.. NJ. d. Delaney.
\ small dog, supposed to have been af-
fiicted with rabies. was killed at O'Clock
this morning by Policeman B. T. Young
on King street. The animal. it is said.
had attacked several other dogs. The
policeman knocked 1t in the head with his
baton.
Rev DR., George B. Winton and wife
of Nashville Tenn, who have been the
guests Of Rev. G. D. Bulla. will depart