The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-08

der was committed between the hours of
1:3 0and o'clock on the night OF March s.
A grand Jury will be summoned either
the latter part Of this week or early next
week to consider eleven criminal cases
which viii be presented to them June Is
next in the Corporation Court, Judge L.
c. Barley presiding The cases are Us
follows: Walter Skipworth. negro. house
breaking; William Taylor feloniousiy
cutting John letters; Alfred Lewis. fell
onious shooting; Robert Smith. negro.
shooting Ed GroOns. negro: Ernest Mills.
better known as Babe" Mills. felonious
assault on John Duggan: Robert Sorrell,
breaking into and entering a warehouse;
Frank Wilkins, HOUSEKEEPING; James
Harrison. Lee browns. and Arthur
Burns. boys. entering a house.
Electric Light Inquiry.
With Ii5S examination of one witness
for the city last evening by a special COM
mittee Of members Of the city council
appointed to investigate the Alexandria
Electric Light Company's contract with
the city, the investigation which has been
in progress for several nights past came
70 an end. The committee did not hear
any witnesses in behalf Of the company
Another meeting of the committee viii be
held Monday night next. at which time
it will formulate its report, which VIII be
presented to the city council for consid-
Grafton at its meeting, which wifi be held
Tuesday night. II is generally believed
that the report will be favorable 10 the
company, inasmuch as no witnesses were
heard in behalf of the company.
At 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon there
will be a game OF baseball between teams
composed Of Alexandria Washington and
Andrew Jackson lodges of Masons. this
city. Those who viii play for Alexandria
Washington Lodge are as follows: Dun
bar. Gary, Zachary, Brumback, Cooper
Swami, Poss. and Dufrey; for Andrew
Jackson Lodge, II. B. Cation, w. r..
Latham, Sergts Roth and Salyers, a.
Schwarzmann. W. P. Taylor. Preton c.
Cockey, S. P. Fisher. and Messrs. Clark
and Harper.
Announcement Of the following real
estate transfers, through the Office of
J. D. NoTmOyle. real estate broker. were
made to-day: For Charles F. Webster TO
Henry F. Kelly, a two-story brick dwell
ing house on the east side Of Lee street
between Prime and Duke streets, known
as No. 30 South Leet street: four frame
houses for Jonathan Matthews TO Miss
Stella HobltzeIl IN the square bounded
by Alfred, Patrick, Wolfe, and Wilkes
streets.
The funeral Of Capt. Albert ]. Fair
took place at O'Clock this afternoon
from his residence. 12s Wolfe street. The
services were conducted by Rev. ]. r.
Sevir, pastor of tn Second Presbyterian
Church, and Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector
Of Grace p. f. Church. The following
were the pallbearers: Luther H. Thomp-
son, ". E. Latham. Frederick Klaus,
Samuel H. Lunt, George Laycock, and
Dorsey Fair.
A meeting of the Civic Improvement
League will be held Friday evening next.
at which time arrangements will be made
for an excursion which will be given to
Marshall Hall July s. Proceeds of the
excursion viii be used in installing
screens in the city almshouse.
Mrs. Fannie E. Edelin,, wife of Lewis
Edelin,. died this morning at her home,
1921 Queen street. She was sixty-eight
years old and a native of Fredericksburg.
Va. Besides her husband. several chill
dren survive. Her funeral will take
plaS- at $50 o'clock Friday morning
from st. Mali Catholic Church.
The excursion givtn to-day to Marshall
Hail. under the auspices of the Alex
andria Light Infantry, proved a big sue
cess. The evening boat was well pat
ronized-