Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-25
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
FIREMEN TO ATTEND
HARRISoNBURG CONVENTION.
Park Agnew Declines to Stand for
Congressional Nomination-School
Case Under Amusement.
snecial CORRESPONDENCE Of The star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, August -. 1908.
About ninety firemen representing the
various fire engine companies of this city
will depart at 4:32 o'clock this afternoon
on special train for Harrisonburg. Va,
to attend the state firemen's convention
which convenes in that city tomorrow. The
Alexandria firemen will have parade at
$3.50 o'clock, and after all the members
of the different companies are banded to-
gether they will proceed to King and
Henry streets, where they will board the
cars.
The members of the Columbia company
will be commanded by Capt. Frank Petty
and will number forty. This company
will be accompanied by the Naval Gun
Factory Band OF Washington, numbering
fifteen pieces.
About twenty members of the Relief
hook and ladder company will go and
will be in command of Capt. r. NJ. La
tEam. The Reliance company VIII carry
about fifteen members and their own
drum corps. They will be in charge OF
Capt A. d. Grimes.
Ten members of the old Friendship COM
pany will also attend
Delegations from the Hampton and
Newport News fire companies reached
here at $50 o'clock on the Norfolk steam
err They visited the city firemen and after
warl left at S-07 o'clock for Harrison
burg The Hampton company had thirty
seven men In line. ard the Newport News
company had thirty-fOur men.
Agnew Not Candidate.
Mr. Park Agnew, former state chairman
of the republican party, when seen by d
reporter for The Star this morning, en-
phatically denied the report to the effect
that he proposed entering the republican
congressional race.
Would you accept the nomination if it
was handed to you by the district con-
vention which meets here next Monday"
Mr. Agnew was asked. In reply Mr.. Ag-
new said that he was done with politics
and had no idea of running or taking any
part in the convention.
Up to the present time Mr.. kgnew's
name has been the only one mentioned
i'm connection with the nomination. Lead
ers of the party in this city say they do
not know who will be the nominee. al
though it is regarded as certain that a
man has been selected for the office.
Enters Plea of Guilty.
When the case of Parrino Benedette,
an Italian. was called in the police court
this morning to answer charge of as
saulting James La Port and fourishing
a pistol. his attorney. r. ID. Brumback,
announced that his client would enter a
plea of guilty. The court fined the ac-
cused $50 for carrying concealed weapons
and a fine of SO was imposed for the
assault on La Port, to which was added
SO for costs, making a total of $40 that
Benedette paid. The assault occurred
Saturday last.
Funeral of Mrs. Councill.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs George B. Council. wife of Rev.
James E. Council. who died yesterday
afternoon at the home of her daughter.
Mrs George H. Rucker. Fort Myer
Heights. Alexandria county, will be held
at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning from her
daughters home. and the interment will
be made in Ivy Hill cemetery. this city
Mrs Council was sxty-eight years of
age, and was a we'll known resident of
the county She had been in i'll health a
long time. Besides her husband. she is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Rucker.
Case Held Under Amusement.
Judge j. B. T. Thornton of the circuit
court of Alexandria county yesterday
afternoon. after hearing arguments i'm the
injunction suit of James E. Clements. SUI
perintendent of the county public schools.