Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-11
Delegation for President Taft.

men will resume work Should the mat
ter be disposed Of tonight, the blowers
will resume work tomorrow.
Delegation for President Taft.
The Alexandria delegation elected by
the state convention which convenes in
Roanoke, Va. tomorrow. will leave for
that city tonight. Tho delegation L.
Of the state executive committee. who
left last night. II. B. Quinn. city chair
man, and W. III. p Kelly, secretary Of
the city committee, will leave tonight
Alexandria city will have four votes in
the convention. q proxy being carried
by the delegates. 1t Is understood they
will favor President Taft's nomination.
Plans for Funeral.
The remains Of Mrs. Edwin n. O'Reilly,
a former resident, who died Saturday last
at her home, SOL West 10th street, New
York, will be brought here this afternoon.
The deceased was a Miss Abbie Ennis
and was a daughter of Mrs Annie En-
mis- and the late William Ennis. Funeral
arrangements have not been completed.
Building Company Organized.
The Virginia Highlands Building Com
pany has been organized by a number
of prominent business men. The OBJ
jects of the concern are to construct
twenty-five poured cement houses At Vir.
ginia Highlands, Alexandra county. The
work of construction will be begun at
are now being successfully erected
throughout the country and are declared
to be meeting with considerable favor
Y,.S,,,s>e Dr~,o roxo,
Clarence Bundy, colored. eighteen years
old. fell from freight train at Manassas,
Va. at o'clock yesterday morning and
had both legs horribly crushed. Bundy
was brought here at 10 o'clock and taken
to the Alexandria Hospital and attended
by DR.. w. NJ. Smith. He died shortly
before noon. Bundy was an employe Of
the Southern Railway Company. and
place the body was shipped this afternoon
for burial.
Civil Service Examinations.
Examinations to be held in the near
future. as announced by the civil service
commission, follow: March 1914, Junior
engineer. mining, bureau Of mines;
junior engineer, mechanical, bureau Of
| mines; March 80. timers helper; April
}, preparation, male; blue printer: micro
analyst. bureau Of chemistry, Department
Of Agriculture: photographic specialist.
male: assistant physical chemist, male
junior engineer. electrical; April 6, bac-
teriologist, male; Philippine service:
April 1oA11. scientific assistant in plant
pathology.
Literal and Visible.
Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison preaehed to
| a large congregation last night ct the Gee
ond Presbyterian Church on the Second
Coming of Christ. Rev. DR.. Allison
!. claims that 1t will be . literal and Wis.
| IDLE second coming. The sermon re-
ceived very favorable commsnt. and Rev.
DR.. Allison has been requested to speak
| again on the subject next Sunday night.
| Friday night next Old Dominion Com
| mandery. Knights Templar. will confer
| the templar's degree. It IL expected that
| the meeting will be largely atfendeA. IAe
commandery Will hold tts regular weakly
| drill tomorrow night
| Noah Green, colored, following . pre-
| liminary hearing this morning before
United States Commissioner r. p. w.
Garnett, on charge of selling liquor
| without a government license, was held
| for the action Of the grand jury. In de.
| fault Of bail he was committed to aaii.
Green's case will be heard at the July
term OF court.
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