Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-12
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
Public Schools Open With
Large Attendance.
CIRCUIT COURT BUSINESS
Change of Name Of Prince William
County Post Office to Avoid
Confusion.
CIRCUIT COURT BUSINESS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, September II, 1910.
Armed with books and states. the chill
dren Of this city were on hand this morn
ing at the opening of the public schools.
Promptly at O'Clock the bells I'm the
various buildings were sounded and
soon thereafter the youngsters were as
signed to their respective classes by the
teachers, and a line of studies was
mapped out for the afternoon. Following
this preliminary the pupils were dismissed
until o'clock this afternoon, when they
reported for studies.
The attendance at this session aggre-
gated 141 more than al the last session.
The free kindergarten also reopened
this morning after the annual summer
vacation, with many little ones in at
tendance.
During the summer months many i'm
provements have been made. noticeable
among them being the laying OF a gran
olithic floor in the basement Of Washing
ton School for Boys.
Circuit Court Proceedings.
The will Of Julius Dreifus was admitted
to probate in the circuit court for this
city this morning, Judge j. b. T. Thorn
ton presiding. The deceased left an es-
tate valued at $1,000. He bequeaths one
third of the interest in his business to his
son Louis, and the residue he divides
among his nine other children. Albert
Dreifus qualified as executor of the es-
tate and gave bond in the sum of $1,000
IN the suit of p. 7. Harrington against
the city to recover damages for the loss
of q horse demurrer TO declaration filed
and overruled, and plea of not guilty en-
tered. The case was continued until the
H.. - 49,
The suit of William clippings against
the Adams Express Company. to re-
cover damages in the sum of $500 for
alleged personal injuries; jury gave a
compromise verdict for $125.
decree for divorce on statutory
grounds was granted the complainant
in the suit of Clara NJ. w. Abbott
against George NJ. Abbott. Mrs. Abbott
was awarded the custody of her eleven
year old daughter, and also given all
mony i'm the sum of SIS a month. The
couple were married in Washington, u.
c., July 5, 1898.
Change in Post Office Name.
Announcement is made by the Post
Office Department that, beginning October
/ next, the name of the post office at
Quantico, Prince William county, Va.
known as Potomac, will be changed TO
Quantico, owing to the fact that mail
addressed to Potomac, Alexandra county,
frequently is sent to Potomac, Prince
county, was recently incorporated under
that name Ii embraces Del Ray and
st. Elmo. The trouble heretofore existing
because of two offices having the same
name will be eliminated.
Recent Deaths.
Funeral services for Thomas Z. Jasper.
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Saturday last. will be held at o'clock
this afternoon at Lee Camp Hall. The
services will be conducted by Rev. w. +.
Watson. pastor of the First Baptist Church.
and the interment will be made in Ivy
Hill cemetery.
The deceased was sixty-nine years old
and q former resident of this city. Sew
eral children survive him. The funeral
will be attended by members of Lee
Camp. Confederate veterans ana charles
s. Taylor, Booker c. Hall. J. 3. Spicer,
G. w. Ramsay, Edgar Warfield. sr.. and
p f. German, members of that organiza-
ton. will serve as pallbearers
Mrs Ada Kane. wife OF Levi Kane,
died Yesterday afternoon at the Alexan-
dria Hospital after. brief illness. The
family home is on Jefferson street. Mrs.
Kane is survived by her husband. She
was about forty years OF age.
George Gehi. thirty-nine years old. an
inmate Oh tic city ohhShooSCs dASh O.
that institution yesterday afternoon. His
funeral will take place at o'clock this
afternoon from Wheatley's undertaking
chapel.
The funeral of Charles Z. Dove took
place at o'clock this afternoon from the
Free Methodist Church. Rev. John Cav
auaugh, pastor, conducted the services,
and the interment was made In Bethel
cemetery.
In Police Court.
julius Slaughter, colored, was fined SIS
in the police court this morning for
carrying a pistol. He was charged with
an assault on Ernest Mcbride, colored,
with a pistol Saturday night last at a
saloon in the northeastern section of
the city Mcbride told the court that as
he was emerging from the saloon with
a colored girl Slaughter grabbed the girl
and then pulled the gun on him.
Other cases disposed of were Estelle
Lee, a colored girl. accused of Sealing
iewelry from the residence of Winfield
Watkins. acquitted: James Whitney, coll
pred. improper conduct. acquitted; Mamie
Wayne. colored, vagrancy. acquitted:
Irene Price and Nellie Dudley. colored.
disorderly and fighting. the former fined
b and the latter forfeited S. collateral:
James Miller, colored, disorderly and
lighting. acquitted.
Brief Mention.