Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-08
HAPPENINGS N ALEXANDRIA
NEWS OF THE CITY. ACROSS THE
POTOMAC RIVER.
Colored Republicans Hold Mass
Mesting-Plans to Reorganize
Military Company.
pscial Correspondence of The Star.

SPECIAL Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 8, 1908.
About 200 colored republicans of the
eighth congressional district assembled in
mass meeting yesterday afternoon in Odd
Fellows Hail, South Columbus street. in
pursuance of a call of the national repub-
hcan committee April and 8. Resolu-
lions were adopted indorsing Senator For
aker for the presidency.
The convention was called to order nv
Thomas n. Watson. and the call was read
by Edmund Hill, jr., of this city. Rev.
L. L. Marshall of Culpeper. Va, was elect
ed chairman and Mr.. Hin secretary Il
IL the intention of the colored republicans
to send contesting delegations of their own
race to the Chicago national convention
and also to the state convention at Rich
mond, Va. next Thursday.
The delegates chosen to the Chicago
convention are Thomas M. Watson. Alex
andria. and Rev. l.. L. Marshall, Gull
pepper: alternates, A. c. Lightfoot. Gull
county. r. L. Rossin. Culpeper, Va, was
chosen elector.
Efforts are being made by r. L. Stay
maker, formerly lieutenant of. Company
dria Light Infantry-to organize a COM
pany to take the place of the company
disbanded for alleged inefficiency by rec
ommendation of the assistant inspector
company was assigned Maj. James f.
King of this city and he deputized Mr..
Slaymaker to proceed with the arrange
ments. Mr.. Slaymaker said today that
hehas been rendered the captaincy of the
company by Maj. King and has accepted
Announcement of the disarmament of
the company was received here with con-
siderable Jsurprice. The order came
from the ONCE of Charles j. Anderson,
adjutant general.
Mai. King has been directed to collect
the property issued to the company and
make an inventory Of quartermaster ord
nance stores;
1t is explained that the deed of trust
for &200.OO from the Emerson Pump
Company to a trust company of WASH
ingtOn placed on record yesterday after
noon I'm the office of the clerk of the
corporation court was to secure an issue
Of 100000 of per cent gold bonds
Brief Mention.
A party of about twelve men were en-
gagged today in endeavoring to raise the
steamer Trenton. Mate Beach stated
that it is hard to tell when the vessel
will be raised. The work of dragging
for the body of the Posey child has been
discontinued.
At meeting of the school board held
last evening City Engineer Dunn was
instructed to go to Halifax county and
inspect two school buildings being
erected there and report regarding the
design, etc. c. r.. Yates was added to
the special committee to make arrange
ments for the construction of new
school building
At late hour this afternoon argu-
ments were being heard in the circuit
court in the>case OF Robert NJ. Cheshire
against the Washington Southern Rail-
way Company, suit in which the
plaintiff seeks to recover damages in
the sum of $1,000 for personal injuries
alleged to have been sustained while i'm
the Potomac railroad yards August l..
1906
In the police court today Nettie Duvall
was acquitted of a charge of vagrancy.
Kenneth Richards. colored, charged with
the larceny of wagon spring, was or
dered by the court to be whipped by his
mother
At meeting Of the board of police