Evening star., 1909-07-07
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
CITY COUNCIL WRESTLING
WITH oFFICE-sEEKERS.
Important Places to Be Filled at
Next Tuesdays Meeting-Charter
to Brick Company.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, July Z. 1909.
At the next meeting of the city coun-
ell, which will be held Tuesday next.
number of important city officers will
be elected, and it is expected that there
will be considerable opposition for several
Of them. 1t is understood those seeking
office at the hands of the city fathers
have already made very active fight
for the respective positions they seek
The following offices will be filled at
this meeting: Keeper of almshouse,
physician to the poor, health ohcer,
member of the board of police commis-
sioners from the second ward. four fire
wardens, chief of the fire department
steward Of offices, weigher of hay, two
dispensers of medicine.
At the same time it is expected that
the board of aldermen will elect a mem
Der from the fourth ward to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation OF Capt
William H. Sweeney, who was recently
elected as superintendent of the public
schools for this city. The impression
prevails that James B. Fitzgerald will
be elected without opposition.
District Woman's Damage Suit.
The damage suit of Fannie Fisher
of Washington against the Washington.
Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric
Railway Company will be heard in the
corpora ton court tomorrow morning at
10 O'clock. The object of the suit is
to recover damages in the sum of $4,000
for injuries alleged to have been sus-
tanned while a passenger on the defend
ant companys road, February y, 1908,
at the intersection OF Henry and Came
ron streets, when Southern railway
locomotive collided with a westbound
electric train. The plaintiff will be rep
resented by Attorney l.. p. Harlow and
the railway company will be represented
by Attorneys James r. Cation & Sons.
In the police court this morning the
following cases were disposed of: James
Byrd, colored, assaulting and beating
Mary Wrinkle, also colored. forfeited*o
collateral: Edward Bryant colored as
saulting and beating Bette Holmes. col
ored, fined So: Luther Daniels. colored,
assaulting and beating Mary Smith, col
ored, acquitted; William Whalen, permit
ting dog to bite horse belonging to
Malvin Simpson, acquitted.
The state corporation commission has
granted a charter to the Alexandria Re
press Brick Machine Manufacturing Cor
poration. this city. The sum of $4,000
is the maximum capital stock. with $1O,-
900 the minimum capital stock. The
objects are for manufacturing and selling
brick machinery. Officers are as follows:
Edwin L. Cockrell, president, Wood
bridge, Va: David N. Rust. jr., vice pres
ident and treasurer, Braddock HefgntS,
Alexandria county. Va: William Il.
stone, jr. secretary and manager, Brad
dock Heights.
Notes.
a small army of boys is engaged in
cleaning the grass from the cobble road
ways on South Washington and Duke
streets.
Business of routine nature was dis
posed of at a meeting of the Young Mems
Sodality Lyceum held last night at its
hall, on Duke street.
At meeting last night of the Woman S
Auxiliary of r. Z. Lee Camp, Confede-
rate Veterans, considera ole business was
disposed of.
After transacting a small volume of
| business the July term of the United
States court for the eastern district OF
Virginia, Judge Edmund Waddill presd-
ing, came to a close yesterday afternoon.
Most of the cases that came up for con-
sideration were for violations of the reye-
nue. law, and they were continued until
| the next term of court.
A number of residents of Alexandria
county have planned to hold a meeting
| in that county at 7:3O O'Clock tomorrow
| night for the purpose of considering the
| feasibility of opening a bank In that
county. The primary object will be to
loan money to builders in that county
and also in Fairfax county