Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-23
HAPPENINGS N ALEXANDRIA
ELECTRIC ROAD TO HAVE
HELLO LINE TO MT. VERNON.
Alexandria Light Plant Formally
Transferred to New Company.
Police Cases Disposed OF.
,ecial Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va. July o. 1909.
Plans have been completed by the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount Yer
non Railway Company for the installa-
ton OF private telephone line between
Washington and Mount Vernon, q dis
lance Of about sixteen miles. The line
will. 1t is stated, be used exclusively for
the company's business. 1t will also
probably be extended to Rosslyn. Poles
and wires for the line have, it Is under
stood. already arrived, and the work OF
construction will be begun at an early
date.
According to a ruling of State Chair
man J. Taylor Ellyson there will be but
one ticket voted for state officers and
members of the house Of delegates in the
various cities and counties In the pri-
mary which will be held August D. when
a governor will be nominated. This. II
is said, will simplify matters and avoid
confusion among the voters and at the
same time facilitate the counting of the
ballots. The work of printing the bal
lots will be done under the supervision
of the local committees.
Former "Topsy" in Bad.
Celia Keys. colored, who in former
years toured the country with Uncle
Toms Cabin, and who took the role OF
Topsy, was arraigned in the police court
this morning to answer to a charge OF
drunken and disorderly conduct Inc
former actress appeared In bedraggtec
condition and far from her former sell
1t was testified that at $3.50 o'clock TINS
morning she was engaged in singing
hymns on the street in the northeastern
section of the city. Sixty days In the
workhouse was the sentence imposed by
the court.
After Matt Williams. charged with being
drunk on the street. had been sentenced
to serve term of thirty days In jail. he
wanted to make a speech to the court IN
his own defense. and because he was re-
fused became very obstreDerous. and 1t
required two policemen to pull him down
the steps to the prisoners pen.
Other cases disposed OF We're: James
Lucas. colored, disorderly conduct. fined
So: James Carson and T. ]. Molynea, dis
orderly conduct and fighting, fined 50
each
The plant of the Alexandria Electric
Company Wilkes and Union streets, was
formally transferred this morning, when
deed of conveyance was placed on rec
ord in the Office of the clerk of the cor
poration court transferring 1t to Fred
erick T. Lewis, and another deed convey
ing 1t to Thomas {. Coleman. Mr.. Cole
man is an officer of the new company
which recently acquired the plant
House and Lot Sold.
Mary A. Foster has sold to John D..
Breen a house and lot at the northwest
corner of Gibbon and Patrick streets.
Leonard Wells. recently sentenced to
the reform school for entering the resi-
dence of Councilman Harry r. Burke,
was conveyed this morning to that insti-
tuition by a guard from the school at
Laurel Va.
In a holly contested game of base ball
yesterday afternoon at Falls Church be-
tween the Falls Church team and the
Alexandria Athletic Association. the Alex
andrians were victorious by score Of
) to 2.
A youth named Moore. employed at the
planning mill of H X. Field & Co.. while
at work at the mill yesterday afternoon
had his foot caught in the betting and
badly lacerated. although no bones were
broken. His injuries were dressed by DR..
S. B. Moore.
Missing From Children's Home.
The police have been requested to look
out for Maude Grady, seventeen years
old. who has been missing frcm the Chill
dren's Home since Tuesday. Before de-
parting the girl took her clothes with
her. and it is believed she has gone to
West Virginia, where her people are said
to reside
William T. Emerson. sexton for a num-
Der of cemeteries in the western end of
the city was taken ill yesterday after
noon while supervising some work at
one of the cemeteries, and had to be
taken to his home in Del Ray. His con-
dition is reported TO be considerably i'm
proved today.
The funeral Of Thomas NJ. Sprouse. in
FAINT son Of Mr.. M. II. Sprouse, who died
at Hayield farm. Fairfax county, took
place at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Rev.
Father Kelly conducted the services.
Mrs NJ. r. Sampson, who for several
months past has been visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs Henry Baader. jr., left this
morning for her home in Richmond, Va.