Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-22
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
DEMOCRATS ARRANGE PRO
GRAM FOR ELECTION DAY.
Superintendent of Street Department
Checks observation-disclosures
in Police Force Filled.
Authorities on
correct dress.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, October %. 1908.
One hundred volunteers will look after
the democratic votes Of the city election
day and make it their business to see
that a full democratic vote is polled. The
foregoing was dec ded upon yesterday aft
ernoon at a meeting of the executive
committee of the Bryan. Kern and Carlin
Club held at the office of Col. F. l.. Smith.
At the meeting fifty volunteers were APP
pointed. The remaining fifty will be ap-
pointed within short time.
1t was decided to have an address issued
for publication. Copies will be sent to
every democratic voter. A committee. con-
sisting Of w. II. Sweeney, s. p. Fisher
and r. s. Barrett, was appointed to
prepare the address.
Arrangements were made to have speak
ing here next Tuesday night. A telegram
was received today from j. Taylor ELY
son. chairman of the state committee. In
which he stated that Judge r. T. W.
Duke would speak here on that occasion.
The campaign will be concluded Noven-
Der with an address at the opera house
by Representative Charles c. Carlin.
In Police Department.
The police this morning received tel
ephone message from the authorities at
Culpeper county, Va, asking them to
apprehend William o. Girls, colored. who
is wanted by Sergt. Hall of Culpeper on
q charge of larceny. The alleged Of
Tense occurred last night. Girls is de-
scribed as being five feet eight inches;
dark coat and brown trousers and derby
hat.
The following cases were disposed Of in
the police court today: J. T. Krause.
drunk and disorderly, fined IS; Walter
Thompson. vagrancy. sent to Washing
ton: william Davis. same offense. sent
to Jail for twenty days: Henry Evans.
begging on the street. fined IS: Joseph
fined So; Thomas Mann. colored. stealing
coal from the Southern Railway Com
pany, acquitted.
At a meeting of the board of police
commissioners held last night Charles
Roland was elected a policeman to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Policeman John F. Henderson. Mr..
Roland will be sworn in today. There
were eleven applicants for the position.
Carter ouells Disturbance.
With a drawn revolver Thomas Carter
Yesterday afternoon in the city jailyard
held at bay four negro prisoners who
were attacking negro driver on the
streets Charles Baltimore, one OF the
prisoners, afterward secured warrant
for Carriers arrest. and Justice Cation.
after hearing the evidence this morning,
acquitted Carter.
Carter is superintendent of the street
department, and was in the jailyard su-
pervising some work when Baltimore got
into an alteration with driver. Carter
attempted to Quell the disturbance. when
he was rushed by the prisoners. He
drew his pistol and cowed the negroes.
General Matters.
The remains Of William Quinn. the New
York chauffeur who died at the Alexan-
dria Hospital yesterday morning. are still
at a local undertaking establishment I'M
claimed. No reply has been received from
the telegram sent to the chief Of police in
New York. If the body is not claimed by
tomorrow 1t will be buried here.
A defective hue caused a blaze In the