Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
DISTRICT CoIORED WATCH
MAKER UNDER ARREST.
Delinquent Dog Owners Nay Be
Cited to Court-Held for Ma
nassas Authorities.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. July Is, 1909.
John Harvey. colored. who says he Is
| a matchmaker. and who claims to reside
in Washington. was arrested this morn.
ing on complaint Of Ernest Bowen. COL
ored. who lives at Arlington, Alexandria
county. Bowen alleges that Harvey is
unlawfully holding a watc.. belonging to
his mother, once the property Of his
aunt, together with another watch. The
property. he claim:, was given to Harvey
more than year ago to repair and he
never returned 1t. Bowen also alleged
that there is warrant for Harvey's ar
rest in the hands Of a justice Of the
peace in the county. Harvey says that
he may have gotten the articles claimed,
put that II the people have q ticket for
the same he is willing to return them.
He. however, was unable to say positive
ly whether or not he has the articles in
question.
The following cases were disposed of
In the police court this morning. Justice
y thompson. presiding: Earl Hayes.
dfscharging pistol in the street. for
ieited $50 collateral; Eliza and Nick
Mulley. disorderly conduct and fighting,
ACQUIRED acaa william Gilmore. vasraney.
orderly conduct. fined $3.50: Joseph
Adams. colored. disorderly conduct. flned
IS; Florence Watson. disorderly conduct
and fighting. acquitted: Bessie Brown.
oisorderiy conduct. forfeited S collateral
Fairfax Horsemen's Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Fairfax
Horse Protective Association will be held
August next at the Episcopal High
School at o'clock in the afternoon. At
this meeting officers will be elected for
the coming year and other business dis
posed Of
An overheated gas stove on the third
floor Of the building No. Alb King street,
occupied by the Oriental University. was
responsible for slight fire at $50 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The fire was extin-
guished with a chemical extinguisher.
The work OF the dog wagon Is now
completed and today Policeman Garvey
is busily engaged in hunting up delin-
quent dog owners who have not yet paid
the the required city license. It is expected
that within the next few days a number
OF delfnouents will be cited to appear In
the police court and show cause why they
should not be fined for failure to secure
licenses for CANNES
Two civil cases are slated to be heard
in the corporation court Saturday next,
Judge L. G.. Barley presiding. They are:
Patterson against Harrington. and Frank
& Adler against the Washington-S Southern
Railway Company.
Funerals.
The. funeral of Mrs. r. d. Cats. who
died Saturday morning last, took place at
3 o'clock this afternoon from her late
home. No. 1872 Duke street. Rev. W. F.
Watson, pastor of the First Baptist
Church. conducted the services.
Funeral services over the remains Of
Mrs Ophelia Beach, wife OF DR.. Charles
S. Beach. were held at o'clock this aft
ernoon at the Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, Alexandria county. and the inter-
ment was made in the cemetery at that
place.
John Williams is being held for the au-
thorities at Manassas, Va, on suspicion
Of stealing clothes from II. C. Ryckman,
Manassas. Va, several days ago. Will
liams recently pawned the articles here.
He says he returned here for the purpose
of redseming the clothes and intended to
return them to the owner.
Hundreds OF Alexandrians are now on
their vacations at the various seaside and
country resorts. and the departures OF
people on their vacation is just now at
it's height. Many are also spending their
vacation at the lower river resorts.O
Services at the NJ. e. Church South last
night were conducted by Rev. Osborn
Belt, pastor Of Trinity NJ. E. Church.
Carter Brothers have purchased from
the George Washington Monument Asso-
citation q lot in George Washington Park.