Evening star., 1908-01-28

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| junction issued at the instance of the
| trustees of Mount Jezrel Baptist Church.
coiored. restraining Rev. Alexander Will
| banks. colored. from preaching there. so
/ as to have the church closed and pre-
venting further services there until the
case is settled by the court.
| Attorney r. u. Brumback. of the firm OF
Smith & Brumback. representing George
Midgets. colored. sentenced to be hanged
/ February Il for murder. today received
/ A letter from Constable Taliaferro OF Staf-
! ford county. Va. in which 1t was stated
| that he knows a colOred man at that place
who says he is positive that it was not
/ Midgets who committed the murder. Ii
! is also stated in the letter that the colored
man said that he was in Alexandria the
night OF the tragedy and saw the man
who committed the crime.
Second Will of Mrs. j. F. Tubman.
! In the corporation court today, Judge l..
| c. Barley presiding, a second will OF the
late Mrs Julia f. Tubman was admitted
to probate. thus invalidating the first. ad-
| mitted Tuesday last. The Will proCated
today was discovered yesterday. 1t is
written OH an ordinary piece of paper in
t c handwriting of the testatrix. and con-
/ tans only a few words. 1t is set forth
that Mrs. Tubman desired her affairs to
be looked after by her grandson. Ken
meth ". Odgen. and her entire estate to
| go to@her daughter for life ard upon her
death TO go to her grandson The IN
4 strument bears date OF November Il. 1907.
In the first win the testatrix left all
| her estate to the above-named with the
exception OF 800 each to the Alexanuria
| Hospital. Methodist Episcopal Church
South and the METHODIST Episcopal ceme-
/ terry.
The will OF the late James +. Mckinney
| was admitted to probate today In the
corporation court. City Sergeant f. Ill.
Cox was appointed administrator.
! The testator beq. 1ths TO his son. VII
1 liam ]. Mckinney. premises 405 South Lee
4 street: to his daughter. Lucy Thompson,
| two-thirds of all his money In banks and
building associations, and to his daughter,
\ Mary Ewalt, One-thrd OF money IN banks
and building associations.
A compromise has been effected in the
case OF Martha Ann Mills against the
| Washington Alexandria and Mount Yer
| non Electric Railway Company In suit
| by which the plaintiff sought to recover
| damages in the sum of 5000 for in
! juries alleged to have been sustained in
! an accident while a passenger on car
| Of the defendant company while going to
! Luna Park. The plaintiff was represented
| by Attorney Robinson Moncure. and
Messrs. James r. Cation e. Son repre-
ltscnted the railway company. This case
\ had been transferred from the circuit
! court of Alexandria county to the circuit
court for this city.
brleI mention.
! In the police court today a fine of So
was imposed on William Padgett. charged
| with the larceny Of beer from the Robert
Portner Brewing Company. Patrick
! Lynch. John SWEENEY. John Smith and
/ Thomas LedGy were charged with va
| grancy. \ fine of $3.50 each was imposed
| on the prisoners. James Beal, colored.
was committed to Jail for ten days on
/ suspicion CT lunacy.
/ Funeral services over the remains of
Ma asistrate Richard {. Triolett, whose
death occurred Sunday morning last at
/ his home. Round Hill. Fairfax county.
| Va. were held at noon today. The inter
ment was in the Presbyterian cemetery.
| The funeral Of Milton Earl kidwell. son
! of Mr.. and Mrs Ernest kidwcll. took
/ place this afternoon from his parents
! home. Addison. Alexandria county, Rev.
/ Edgar Carpenter. rector Of Grace Protes-
| tant Episcopal Church. conducting the
/ services. The in;crnent was in Bethel
/ cemetery.
! IL tho corporation court today Pearly
g. Nutting WAT granted condit onal
divorce from Helene G. Nutting on the
grounds Of desertion.
The damage suit of Mary Mean against
! the Southern Railway Company to re.
cover $lCO for alleged ejectment from a
| train at Clifton Station, Va. which was
! to have been heard in the circuit court
/ for Fairfax county, Va. has been COM
| promised
An order was entered in the corpora
tion court today directing Sergt. Cox to
sell certain personal property levied on in
the case Of John j. Nugent, administrator,
| against Floyd Galloway.
The dance given last evening at Nc
| Burney's Hall under the auspices Of Alex
andria Lodge OF Elks was one of the
NEST successful of the season. The hall
was prettily decorated for the occasion
AT the annual meeting Of the Samuel J.
Prescott Company, Incorporated. held here
yesterday, the following officers were
elected: Samuel ]. Prescott. president;
Henry T.. Woodard. secretary. and Nor
timer Harkins, treasurer. The officers,
with w. b. Cox, constitute the board OF
| directors.
Announcements is made that there will
be meeting of the George Washington
Birthday Association Saturday night
/ next at 8 O'Clock at the rooms of the
| chamber of commerce. when plans will
be made for the parade which will be
! held February ~.
| An alarm of fire at 1:1O o'clock this
morning was caused by sparks from a
chimney i'm the store of George w. Pet
tey. 529 King street.