Evening star., 1909-03-01
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
LEE SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE
MADE APARTMENT HOUSE.
Military Company Will Appear in
Inaugural Parade-Desire to
Secure Court Of Honor.
Special Correspondence Of IN. Star.

| Special Correspondence OF The Star.
! ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 1. 1909.
| AS soon as the city school board trans
fers the girls from Lee building, King
| and Alfred streets, into the new struc-
| ture on Prince street. about April /, the
Lee building will be turned over to the
| purchasers.
Application for a charter has been made
| to the state corporation commission for
the Cameron Apartment House Company.
with capital stock of $50, ,o00 The fol-
| lowing are named as officers: A. S. Doni-
phan. president and general manager; c.
c. Leadbeater, secretary and treasurer;
Milton Dana Morrill,. vice president. The
foregoing, with John Leadbeater, consti-
tute the board Of directors.
Able Douglas, .colored. charged with
feloniously cutting Isaac Hack'ey. also
colored, with razor. the 18th of last
| month. was today held for the action of
the grand jury. His Wife, Mary Douglass,
charged with assaulting Sarah Hackley,
| deceased. was fined $40 Douglass re-
newed his bond for appearance at the
June term of the corporation court.
Floyd Gallaway, colored, was held for
the action of the grand Jury on a charge
| of cutting George Marshall. colored, last
Saturday night.
To Be in Inaugural Parade.
Capt. F. L. slaymaker or Company g,
1st Virginia Regiment, announced today
| that thes Farmville Guard, I,mpany I,
| 1st Regiment, and the Washington
| Guards. Company l., 1st Regiment, will
be quartered in Armory Hall here, In
| connection with their trip to the inaugu-
| ration in Washington. They will reach
here Wednesday night disembarking at
| the union passenger railway station and
| be escorted to the hall by the members OF
the local company.
| Company G, LIST Virginia Regiment, this
| city, will also participate in the inaugural
| parade. The state will be represented by
| eight companies of the list Regiment In
command of Maj. ]. e. King. this city
There will also be battalion of the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
The March term Of the circuit court 70,
this city. Judge Thornton presiding, oon-
of William N. Amory against the Wash.
| ington Steamboat Company, limited, an6
others, was dismissed an agreement hay.
ing been reached.
In the case of Bessie Bowler against
Annie Crawford and others, the report
Of G. L. Boothe, commissioner Of sale
| was approved.
| In the corporation court in the case OF
Conway Kelly against Lena B. B.Foster, a
report OF H. Noel Garner, special COM
| ii1oSIoACi, Woo aPP1 oSSu anu d 0VSI &C 1S4
| sale entered.
Brief Mention.
Norman Dove of Fairfax Courthouse,
formerly a trolleyman on the electric rail-
way is held on a charge of stealing a
diamond horseshoe stick pin valued at
500, from Charles W. Simpson, con-
ductor. At police headquarters today it
was announced that the case will be heard
tomorrow although, 1t Is stated Mr..
Simpson doesnot desire to. prosecute the
charge.
Efforts are ching made by the commit
tee in charge of the Homecoming week
celebration to secure the court of honor
para phernalia usedin Washington this
week. A committee consisting Of A. ].
Wedderburn, secretary; NJ. P. Greene,
chairman of the decoration committee.
and J. NJ. Hill of the finance committee,
went toWashington today in connection
with the proposition.
The remains of Thomas Toms, fifty-four
years old, who died yesterday morning at
his home. 215 South Fayette street, was
this afternoon sent to Covesville. Va, his
former home, for burial.
The funeral of Joseph Mintree Evans
was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from
his parents residence, 314 South Asaph
street. Rev. P. P. Phillips officiated