The Washington herald., 1912-11-13

bill of william Demaine & Son. under
takers. for s122 for burying pauper dead
| for city was referred to the finance com
mittee.
Reports from two daily newspapers to-
gether with a weekly publication in ordel
that the committee might obtain their cir
culation before awarding contract for city
printing were received and the matter
was referred to the finance committee.
The action Of the Board Of Aldermen
on the resolution for the Improvement oi
the square on Payne Street between Cam
eron and Queen Streets was concurred in
Permission was granted the Alexandria
Fertilizer and Chemical Company to
| erect frame building at Lee and Queen
Streets. William Desmond was also
granted permission to improve a house
5l5 Queen Street. Beach brothers were
granted permission to make certain inn
provements. =. :. :.
The tax collector was authorized to
sell all property on which there are de-
linquent taxes, beginning December :
next.
The committee to which the matter of
erecting a building within the fire limits
200 feet square was reported on by the
streets and general laws committee that
the matter would be later adjusted and
their report was adopted. A motion OF
Councilman Birrell to non curcur in the
action. Of the aldermen in its passage
was defeated by a vote of II to y.
A resolution appropriating 500 for
sewer from Alfred and Princess Streets.
forty feet on Queen Street, was referred
to tn street committee. =. -.
Petition of Edward T. Bell to erect
frame building on Payne Street, between
Princess and Oronoco Streets was re-
ferred to the street committee.
Check swindIer Busy.
A clever check swindler. signing him.
self III. Hunter" made a short visit to
this city this afternoon, and, after vic
timizing two merchants out OF So and
then leaving IS of his easy money in
the city, left without leaving his address.
and the police are now looking for him.
However, the swindler left the firm OF
Lowenbaek, wholesale liquor dealers, IS
for two gallons Of liquor for which he
paid and he has not yet returned for
same. When h eentered the store he car
ried in his hand a check, but, for some
reason, 1t is claimed, made no effort to
pass 1t, but simply paid the money for
the goods, stating he would return. This
was the last seen of him. The first firm
he encountered was Ross & Pierce,
wholesale feed dealers, who keep on
lO"Si ANlLb oAlC CSA- IltiG polNAooCN 80
worth of feed, and. presenting a check
for s45 on the MahoneyVille Dlstillery.
pavabIe to II. Hunter" obtained the SIS
change and left. The goods he ordered
sent to the distillery. Next the swindler
visited the wholesale liquor house of +.
l.. Downham & Co, on upper King
Street, and ordered two gallons of liquor
and gave a check for 81 and received $l4
change. saying he would return for the
81. hi
way out OF the city. the police believe.
The checks in each instance were made
out on the American National Bank of
Washington, purpOrting TO be signed by
the MahoneysvilIe Distilling Company,
whose distillery Is located west Of here.
DIR. Rust's Barn Destroyed.
Fire at 1870 o'clock this afternoon de-
stroyed the large barn and stable ad
joining together with the carriage house
nearby belonging to DR.. D. N.Rust, west
of Braddock Heights, Alexandria COun-
ty. All of the cattle with the exception
of a small calf were saved, the others
being in the field. The calf was incin-
Grated. The barn was filled with corn,
fodder, and hay, and agricultural imple
ments. 1t burned with considerable
rapidity and the blaze could be seen for
a considerable distance. The loss, IL is
estimated, is about 5000. only partially
covered by insurance. For q time the
residence of DIR. Rust was threatened.
The origin OF the fire is known.
Gets Foreign Jury.
After hearing arguments to-day in the
court for an out-of-town juhy
to sit in the case of Lewis Hooff, former
and general managfier of the
defunct Mercantile Railway Building and
Loan. Judge J. B. T. Thornton directed
that a jury be obtained from Fredericks-
burg, and also that a venire Of twenty
Ave talesmen be summoned. A postpone
ment was granted in the case, which |
was fixed for trial to-day. until January
"a next.
Arguments on behalf of the accused |
banker for an out of town jury were
made by Attorney John L. Jefrries, Nor
folk, Va, and were resisted by Common
wealth's attorney, S. G. Brent. Judge
Thornton presided for Judge L. c. Bar
ley of the corporation court.
Among the witnesses summonded on
behalf of Hooff to sustain the conten-
ton of Mr.. Jeffries that HoofT could not
obtain a fair and impartial trial at the
hands of a local jury were Laurence
StGbler. Edward S. Leadbeater and C. |
5. Taylor Burke. Those summoned for
he commonwealth to show that such
,ouId be obtained at the hands of local
Jury included the following: Harry B. |
Taton, P. F. German. Robert S. Barrett,
B. B. Smith and c. T.Goods.