Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
ALEXANDR|AAFFA|RS
DOG Catcher to Be on Job
Tuesday Next.
TAGLESS ANIMALS MUST GO
City Council to Hold Adjourned Ses-
sion-Depositors Of Defunct Com
pany Awaiting Dividends.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 49, 1911.
The official dog catcher. with wagon
for the reception of the CANNES, will
start out on his rounds Tuesday morn
ing. No time has been fixed for the dis
continuance Of the dog wagon, and, the
presumption is that its retention will be
indefinite-at any rate, 1t IS written that
all the dogs found roaming the streets
minus the official dog license tag re-
auired by the city must be gathered In.
The number Of days that the wagon Will
be on the streets will be governed largely
by the rapidity with which the ours are
captured. This step Of placing the wagon
on the streets was decided upon tonight
by Mayor Paff. It is claimed that hun
dreds Of non-licensed dogs roam the
streets day and night. The dog catcher.
If he is successful, will put q stop to the
nuisance within q few days, It IL be-
lieved.
Licenses Issued Number $50.
The number Of dog licenses Issued by
City Auditor Price up to the hour of
closing this afternoon was $50. which is
ninety less than the number issued last
year. the total then being go.
1t is generally believed that the num-
Der Of dogs at present in the city Is close
to 1000. Such being the case. there are
more than four hundred unlicensed ca
mines in the city.
The dogs which are captured by the
official dog catcher will be held at the
pound In the rear OF the city jail for
period Of about forty eight hours, and In
the event the owners fail to call for them
az
be dispatched.
Within a short time, 1t is announced,
the police will also begin a crusade
against the owners Of unlicensed dogs.
license will be subjected to arrest and
fine in the police court for their delin-
quency.
Council to Meet Tuesday Evening.
An adjourned meeting Of the city coun-
Gil will be held Tuesday night next at
8 o'clock for the purpose of taking up
the unfinished business which the council
failed to dispose Of at it's meeting Tues
day night last.
The principal things to be considered
will be the election Of physician to the
poor and the election Of fire wardens;
the terms of all of the incumbents hav-
ing expired It is understood there are
the positions Of fire wardens.
At the conclusion Of the meeting a reso-
luton will be offered to adjourn for the
annual summer recess, the next meeting
Depositors Await Dividends.
Depositors in the defunct Virginia Safe
Deposit and Trust Corporation, many Of
whom had their life savings tied UP in that
institution, are eagerly awaiting the div
idend of 20 per cent which it Is an
nounced will be declared and distributed
by the receivers August 1 next.
The defunct concern. with its eight or
nine branches located in various sections
of Virginia, had approximately 5000 de-
positors, many Of whom were reduced
to penury as a result OF the collapse of
the company.
Released on Bond.
Ernest Meyer, a Baldwin railway de-
tective. who was arrested on charge
of threatening to shoot C. e. Crown
last night at the Union passenger rail-
way station. following the shooting Of
Walter Jackson, a negro, by Meyer.
was brought before Justice OF the
Peace George c. Stuart in Fairfax
county this afternoon and released on
500 for his appearance when wanted.
The condition of Walker is said to be
considerably improved tonight, al
though the bullet Embedded In hi hip
has not yet been located.
Jail Prisoners in Row.
As a result Of fight at the city
Jail yesterday a special session of the
police court was held this morning at
the jail. when Ike Edney and John
William Robinson. both prisoners. were
fined. A negro named Ed Miller was
charged with aiding and abetting the
fight. ALI three were fined IS each,
and In default of payment they will
have twenty days additional added to
their sentences.
Services at the Churches.
ices being held at the Protestant
churches will take place tomorrow
night at Trinity Methodist Church. at
which time a sermon will be preached
by Rev. s. w. Roseberger. pastor Of
the Methodist Protestant Church. He
will take for his subject THE Precious
will take for his subject at his own
church tomorrow morning Gods In
dependence of Numbers"
Rev. Mr.. McCauley of Washington
will conduct the services tomorrow
morning at Trinity M. E. Church in
the absence of the pastor.
Our Debts: What Are They?" will
be the subject of an address which will
be delivered at 1870 o'clock tomorrow
night at the Methodist Protestant
Church, at a meeting Of the Christian
Endeavor Society, by Mrs. A. C. Few.
Brief Mention.
Funeral services for John R. Jasper
will be held at the Confederate Veterans
Home at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon
They will be conducted by Rev. w. F.
Watson, pastor Of the First Baptist
Church. Members Of r. E. Lee Camp
Confederate Veterans. will attend.
Officials OF the Washington-Virginia
Railway Company at a meeting last night
discussed freight rates on its line with
officials of the chamber of commerce. The
proposition of the railway company is de-
clared to have been very satisfactory.
The Relief Hook and Ladder Company
has elected delegates to the state fire.
mems convention in Newport News. Va.
| next month. as follows: Al Hullings. e
Steuart Smith, William Cleveland and G
w. Myers, with E. Wi1dt, George Bur
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