Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-23
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
FIRST BUSINESS MEETING OF
NEW CITY COUNCIL.
President Snowden Announces Com
mittees-Tournament This After
noon-R.R. Conductor Arrested.
corresnondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, September 3d. 1908.
The first business meeting II the new
city council was held last night, and con-
siderable routine business was disposed
of.
President Snowden announced the ap-
pointment of the following committees:
Finance, Henry Bladder. H. r. Burke;
streets, E. s. Leadbeater, T. L. Risheill;
light L. E. Uhler, r. D. Brumback, ]. T.
Harrison; poor. F. ]. Birrell. F. c. Spinks;
public property, c. B. Marshall, w. H.
Hellmuth; general laws, H. w. Smith. S.
L. Monroe: claims. H. R. Burke, F. T.
Evans; police, F. c. Spinks. F. T. Evans;
schools. L. e. Uhler w. H. Hellmuth.
City Engineer E. c. Dunn presented
ordinances fixing grades and changing
curb line at the following places: Prin-
cess street between Payne and West.
Queen street between Henry and FaYette
streets, Alfred street between Prince and
Duke streets. The above were passed.
Capt. F. l.. Slaymaker petittoned council
on behalf of Company G., LIST Virginia
Regiment. for free gas at Armory Hall
for military purposes. The petition was
referred to the light and finance commit
tee. a petition was received from a num-
Der of renters in the city market asking
that electric lights be installed to take
the place of gas. The matter was referred
and general laws.
Election Deferred
The election of police commissioner
from the first ward to fill the place OF
Fora Hill, whose term has expired, was
deferred until the next meeting. because
the aldermen declined to go into q joint
session for that purpose.
Councilman Birrell gave notice that at
the meeting to be held in November he
would ask for report from the commit
tee having in hand his resolution, which
has for its object the codifcation of the
city laws.
Nugent Brothers presented a petition in
which they said that the sewer at Pitt
and Gibbon streets was badly constructed
and that 1t damaged their property. The
matter was referred to the proper COM
mittee.
Petitions for improvements were granted
as follows:
George Uhler, Printers alley; c. kicher-
er, 100 Prince street: W. G. Van Meter,
King and Pitt streets; Mrs. G. Pierson.
1912 Cameron street; ]. A. Cogan, Ill
North Royal street.
Tournament and Barbecue.
Between twenty-five and thirty knights.
regarded as being leading riders in the
District of Columbia. Maryland and Vir-
ginia, will this afternoon participate in
the tournament and barbecue which will
be held at George w. Fereuson's place.
Columbia pike, Alexandria county A
large crowd Is expected. including a big
delegation from the Master Butchers AS
ISOLATION of Washington. Riding will be-
gin promptly at 3 o'clock. Following the
tournament big barbecue will be served
aH-
dresses. The coronation address will be
made by Brooke Hunter of Maryland. Ad-
dresses at the barbecue will be made by
Lewis II. Machen of this city: Common
r. c. l.. MOncure of Alexandria county.
A social session of Alexandria Nest. No
1O7. Order of Owls, was held last night at
Odd Fellows Hail. and large delegation
of members of the order from Washington
was present President Thomas Chauncey
delivered an address of welcome to the
visitors on behalf of the local nest Sec
rotary Sellers of the Washington lodge
made a hitting response in which he re-
viewed the cardinal principles of the or
der.
dominates Officers.
At meeting of the Young Mems Sen
ate, held last night, the following names
were placed in nomination for offices for
the ensuing six months: II. Noel Garner
and j. E. Monroe, president: Arthur H.
Dawson, ]. E. Monroe and T. H. Monroe,
vice president; George L. Appich. journal
clerk; Harrie White and Marshall Scho-
field, aiding clerk: L. N. Duffey and NJ.
L. Schofield, financial secretary; J. c.
Knight, Fletcher Dyson and Joseph Gold
smith secretary: Albert We'll. Arthur H.
Dawson. C. Conway Brawner. Roger
Pickett. ant-at-arms; Louis n. Duff
fey, official reporter: Alvin Powell and T.
NJ Craig. postmaster: Samuel Lunt, page.
Officers will be elected at the next regu-
lar meeting.
Railway Conductor in Custody.
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