Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Planning New Home for the
Lodge of EIks.
PRESENT ONE INADEQUATE
Structure Will Cost Upward of
$25, 1000.
CITY PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS
Accident to the Electric Light
Company-Debate to Be Held
on Retrocession.
CITY PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

| ALEXANDRIA. Va, August :, 1900.
| Within the next few weeks plans for the
| proposed home for Alexandria Lodge. No.
| 75S, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, this city, will be submitted. 1t is
understood that several architects will
submit plans for the proposed home and
the award will be made by the building
| committee. composed of members of the
lodge.
Immediately following the acceptance of
the plans chosen specifications will be
made and the contract awarded. 1t is
| said to be the intention of the committee
| to have the contract given out in the
early part of September in order that
the work may begin shortly after. Should
| this be done it is figured out by the COM
mittee that the building will in all proba-
bilty be completed in the early spring
The new home will be erected on lot
adjoining the present home on the south
Fairfax streets. The building will be
three-story brick structure which will
cost upward of $4,000. The matter of
the erection OF a new home for the lodge
has been under consideration for some
time, the present home is deemed In
adequate to meet the demands of the in
creasing membership of the order. Ac-
cording to the ideas of the committee
| there will be a clubroom, library, billiard
and card room on the first floor. On the
second floor will be a public hall for So
| Gals and ballroom capable of accommo-
dating 500 people, and on the third floor
| will be the lodge room.
Debate on Retrocession.
| Arrangements have been completed for
joint debate on the question of retro
cession, which will be held Tuesday night
next in the Young Peoples building of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
under the auspices of the Young Mems
I Senate. The question TO be debated is.
| Resolved. That it will be detrimental
! to that section of Virginia once part
| of the District of Columbia to again be
| annexed to that District.
The business men of the city have
| been invited to be present. The judges
| have no5 yet been chosen. The debate
Will be all open one.
| Alexandria in Darkness.
| Owing TO an accident at the plant of
! the Alexandria Electric Light Company
at $3.50 O'Clock tonight the city for a
short time was thrown in total darkness
| many of he arc lights being eXtin-
guished. Stores illuminated by electricity
/ also suffered slightly. the lights in
them became very dim. Within a short
| time. however. the trouble was remedied
! and the lights again turned ON In fui-
MANY OF those using electricity resoried
| to the use of gas during the accident
Special Term Circuit Court.
A special term of the circuit court for
! Prince William county has been ordered
/ by Judge J. =. r. Thornton for August
%. for the purpose of entertaining mo-
ton TO be made to confirm the sale of
the Max Lansburgh property at Potomac
| City to Wallace 4 Brothers of Freder-
licksburg, Va. Ii is expected that Judge
Barley of the corporation court of this
| city will be designated to sit in the suit
as Judge Thornton represents one of the
clients in the case.
| The work of rounding up unlicensed
dogs is now completed, and the official
dog catcher and his wagon will be rele-
gated TO the rear for twelve months TO
come. AS result of the work more than
100 worthless CANNES were put to death
and the majority of dogs now in the city
have been licensed. required by law
! During the past week there has been
unusual activity in the real estate mar
ket in this city, and property aggregat-
| ing S3O.HU in value changed hands. 1t
/ is said that there is a big demand for
good siX-room houses. The ma jority of
the houses III the city are at the present
| time occupied. although real estate deal
ers declare this to be an off season
Slow Work on the Sewer.
| The work of building the trunk sewer
which. when completed, will drain the
western area of the city, is progressing
slowly. Up to the present time not more
| than half a square has been completed
on West street between King and
| Cameron streets
| The funeral of James Henry Beach,
who died Thursday, took place at >
| o'clock this afternoon from his home
| 3OS North Alfred street The services
| were conducted by Rev. Edgar Carpenter
rector of Grace p. Z. Church. and the
| burial was made in the Methodist Pro-
testant cemetery.
i S. III. Iunt. auctioneer. today sold at
public auction house and lot on the
east side of Patrick street, near Duke
street. 1t was purchased by the German
Cooperative Building Association for
SS15.
4! Persons entitled to receive Confederate
| crosses of honor are requested to make
application to Mrs. J. L. Alexander be-