Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-19
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Grocery Stock Is Burned and
Building Damaged.
CIVIL SERVICE VACANCIES
Examinations Announced for April
and May-Another Dog Case
in Police Court.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, March 10, 1910.
The brick store building at the south
east corner of Lee and Wolfe streets,
occupied by J. NJ Bowling a grocer.
Quilted by fire at 1890 o'clock last night.
The fire started in the basement. which
was used as a kitchen and storeroom by
Mr.. Bowling. The fire spread quickly,
and within short while the entire
building was in flames, the fire making
it's way up from the basement. 1t also
story. The stock of groceries carried
by Mr.. Bowling was practically de-
stroyed. Those -uninjured by fire were
damaged by water. 1 !, The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Mr.. Bowling stated this morning that
his loss would be about 500. The loss
is covered by insurance in the Fairfax
Mutual Fire Company. The loss to the
building will probably be about $780,
and this is also covered by insurance.
At $3.50 O'Clock this morning smolder-
ing embers took fire again in the same
building, and resulted in another alarm
being turned in. The department re-
sponded, and within short time SUBJ
dued the fire.
IHS IOSdl bOdTu Ol CIVIL service eXdHlI-
ers announces the following examinations
to be held here April 20: Assistant chem
1st. bureau of standards. $500 to 81, 200 a
year; magazine attendant, s. per day; en-
gineer In wood preservation male, 81, 300
q year: assistant physicist, bureau Of
standards. $500 to 81 800 year: banking
economist. Treasury Department. 81, 900
a year; map coloring 5000 year; labo-
ratory apprentice, male, $3.50 to $40 a
year.
Nav 1919 the commission will hold on
examination for library assistant male
bureau of statistics. Department of Com
merce and Labor. $500 year.
Fined in Police Court.
In the police court this morning John
Giles and William Pearson were fined
s. each on charge of disorderly conduct
and fighting. A stranger answering to
the name of A. c. Moses was fined IS
on charge of being drunk In default
of the fine he will spend the, next
twenty days in Jail.
police cour d0s bs case WAS heard in the
OF a dog was cited into court at the
instance OF woman residing in the first
ward because she claimed she had been
bitten In her own home by dog be-
longing to the defendant The court
ruled that the fact that she had been
bitten did not necessarily make the dog
vicious one, and dismissed the case.
At the First Baptist Church tomorrow
morning Rev. W. F. Watson pastor, will
take for his subject at the morning serv-
ices THE Everydsv Life His subject
at the evening services will be a Young
Man Returning
c. M. Hartley and E. D. Hall. arrested
Sunday last on a charge of withholding
two bicycles belonging to a Richmond
dealer, which they hired. will be taken
back to that city this evening by two
Richmond detectives
Death of Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. Anzonetta Brown, wife of George
Brown, died at her home, 9O7 Franklin
street. The deceased was ffty-eixht
years old. and was a native of Pennsyl-
vania. Her husband survives The ar
rangements for the funeral have not yet
been completed.
A meeting of Potomac Lodge. No. SO,
Order of Odd Fellows, was held last
night at. it's hall on North Columbus
street. at which time the initiatory de-
gree was conferred on five candidates.
mask social was given last evening
at Odd Fellows Hall by the Cardinal Ath-
letic Club The affair was attended by a
large gathering of members of the or
ganization and their friends.