Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
WASHINGTON FIRM AWARDED
BANK BUILDING CONTRACT.
Sunday Laws to Be Enforced Against
Open Business Houses-Com-
mencement Plans.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 6. 1908.
The fortieth annual commencement ex-
ercises of ST. Mary's Academy will take
place Friday afternoon at 800 o'clock
at the Opera House.
The graduates will be Misses Ella Hill.
Agnes Gilroy. Nancy Groh OF this city
and Bernadetta Allen CT Washington
The graduates in music will be Misses
Ella Hill and Salie Patterson.
Diplomas will be conferred upon sew
eral taking the business course. and
certificates in the Palmer method of
business penmanship, stenography ana
typeN riting. together with prize medals
will be awarded
Students of the school will participate
in a program which has been prepared.
The Charles ]. Cassidy Company OF
Washington was today awarded the con-
tract for the construction of new bank
building for the First National Bank or
this city. The structure will be situated
on the north side of King street between
St. Asaph and Pitt streets. 1t is reported
that the bids ranged from S3I,oO TO
$65 600 and Joseph F. Rodgers OF TINS
city was the second lowest bidder.
The exterior of the building Will pc
Pennsylvania marble. The structure will
be completed by December 30. Nost q
Morrill, of Washington are the archl,ects
for the building. They have designed the
vault work for which bids viii be opened
June Is.
Case to Be Prosecuted.
Horace Collingsworth is locked up at
police headquarters on suspicion of the
larceny of watch and fob from Walter
S. Cash. who conducts a shoe repairing
Lee streets. The watch was recovered
from a Washington pawnbroker and sub
seauentIy the fob wa located IN the
western part of the city. Afterward Cash
appeared at police headquarters and ex-
pressed his Willingness TO Withdraw the
charge against Collingsworth. The lat
ter was, however. held and viii be given
a hearing in the police court Monday
morning.
George Robinson of Clifton. Fairfax
county. Va, was this afternoon given a
preliminary hearing before United states
Commissioner r. p. w. Garnett on a
charge of violating the internal revenue
laws The accused was held for the &C
ton of the grand jury Ills case VII,
come up at the July term of the United
States court.
The police of this Cit. ii is understood.
will tomorrow see that proprietorS OF
fruit stores poolrooms and other stores
engaged in what is in the eyes OF the
law, unnecessary business, keep their
p aces closed Sunday.
Those who fail to comply with the pro-
visions of the law will ie cited to appear
i'll police court Monday morning. At the
present time two cases for violating the
Sunday laws are under consideration and
will be heard on an appeal from police
court decision
Services at the First Baptist Church to-
morrow will be conducted by Rev. Flour
noy Menefee, DID,. president of the Wash
ington COLLEGE. Following the morning
services the committee on pulpit relations
will hold a meeting for the purpose of Sc
lccting d pastor to succeed Rev. Dr. w.
F. sFisher. who rec nifty resigned to as
sumo missionary work
Saloons Closed Election Day.
Under the new liquor law all saloons in
The city will be compelled to close during
the progress of the election Tuesday next.
under penalty of forfeiture of license. TO
which will he added heavy fine In