Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-02
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
TOWN OFFICIALS OF POTOMAC
ARE SWORN IN.
Aged Man Robbed at Old Fair
Grounds-Boat Races
Entries
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. September -. 1905
| At a meeting of the town council OF
| Potomac. Alexandria county. held last
night, town officers elected June tooa
the required oath of office. They are:
Joseph L. Supplee. mayor; George W
Zachary, clerk William p. Varney
| treasurer; l. w Burrell. town sergeant
John A. Carpenter. c. A. Campbell, Ed
mund Clark, William T. Emerson. William
E. kidwell. Hugh II. Powell. counciImen
The oath was administered by Walter
L. Narney. Mayor Supplee appointed
several committees as required by the
charter. The council adjourned to meet
the second Monday in September.
Thomas A. Beach, sixty-five years OF
age, who lives at Harrisonburg. Va. was
held up and robbed by two negro high.
waymen about midnight last night on the
| ola fair grounds Of S25.33. all the money
| he possessed. Beach is in this city today
| penniless. and unable to so to his deSti-
| nation down the road
Beach said this morning that when he
| reached here. late last night he asked a
| strange negro where he could secure &C.
commodatfons for the night. The negro
conducted him to Wash Jackson's
place. where both had a meal. The negro
| departed. Beach proceeded to the fair
| grounds. where a carnival is in progress.
On the grounds he was accosted by two
negroes. each about twenty or twenty
| five years old. One grabbed him around
the waist and the other took the money
from his pocket The men then ran.
Beach returned to Jackson's and re-
ported the robbery. Shortly before
O'Clock Jackson notified police headquar-
tiers.
Entries for Boat Races.
All arrangements have been completed
for boat races tomorrow afternoon at
Marshall Hall under the auspices of the
Elks Dramatic Club, this city. The club
| is to hold a complimentary excursion
The races will begin following the land
ing of the afternoon boat.
| The following are the entries:
Speed boats, twenty miles-Mae, r. B.
Emerson: Hindo, w. E. Moore; Tryto, J.
j. Moore
| Cruising launches handicap, sixteen
miles-Seagull. George T. Cation: Victor
H.. Victor Emerson; Augusta, F. "A.
| Gaines.
Runabout launches. handicap. eight
| miles-Mary. Al Hullings: Eleanor George
Ayers: Mae. Thomas Hall: Alma, Wal
lace Evans: Zephyr. George Chadwick:
Eva c., w: c. II. Wildt; Edna, Harvey
Evans: Nettie. J. Frank Carlin; Spider.
Paul Schlichting.
|. Those I'm charge Of the contest will be
| Harry Fleschmann. starter: J. Fred Bir-
rell. c. B. Marshall and T. F. Kelly,
| judges: Thomas Chauncey. referee: Court
ney Acton. timer: E. j. Fleming. clerk of
course: d. f. RObey. assistant clerk. The
schooner Ella Hill of this city will be the
judges boat. while the Edna Earle of this
city and Marguerite of Fort Hunt will be
the stake boats.
The city democratic committee meeting
last night at the Opera House cafe de-
cided to hold a mass meeting Saturday
night at 8 o'clock at Sarepta Hall for the
purpose of organizing Bryan and Kern
club. At the meeting officers will be
elected. The name of Col. F. l.. Smith
has been mentioned in connection with
the nomination for chairman. S. G. Brent
presided over the meeting and r. T. Cook
served as secretary.
According to a report made to the police
last night by John r. Bolton, who resides
in West End, west Of this city. his son-in-
law Gordon Hagner. about forty years
old. has been missing since he left Boil
tons home Saturday morning at 1880
o'clock. His family is uneasy over his
unexplained absence. Hagner came to
this city from Pennsylvania. At the time
he left home he went to an uptown drug
store to have a physicians prescription
filled, and had about $40 in his possession.