Evening star., 1914-07-07
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Cases on Hearing Before the
United States Court.
LAD BROWNS IN CEssPOOL
City Bonds to Amount of $500
Canceled-Death of Mrs. Lucy
B. Meade.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. July THE suit
of H B. Hutchison against the New
York and Pennsylvania Company. a cor
poration. alleging damages to timoer
tract of land in Prince William county
is to be heard tomorrow before jury
In the United States court for the east
ern district of Virginia, Judge Edmund
waddiTl presiding. Judge c. f. Nicol,
John s Barbour and Thomas Lion rep
resent the plaintiff. and the defendant
company is represented by Attorney s.
G. Brent.
The morning session of the court to-
dav was taken up with hearing argu-
ments on the demurrer in the case
of Virginia McGuinn. administrators,
against the Southern Railway Company
Attorney Leo P. Harlow represents the
plaintiff. and the defendant company is
represented by Attorney John 5. Bar
hour
For violating the provisions OF the
game laws fines of so each We're i'm
posed Yesterday afternoon on James
Monroe Jenkins ]. r. Early, H. H.
Berry, Taylor Cooper and A Carter
Gutridge The case of Arthur Ashanks
alias West. charged with improper con-
duct was continued until the January
term of court.
Final naturalization papers were
granted the following: Matthew Henry
Middleton. Scotland: John Joseph Roce,
England; David Gulland. Scotland: Sam
uel Mendleson. Russia and Christian G..
West.
Cancellation of City Bonds.
The commissioners of the sinking
fund of the city at a meeting held at
the Office of Mayor Fisher purchased
IS 900 worth of per cent bonds of
the issue of 1908 at 90 and they Will
be Cancelled and destroyed.
Three bids for bonds were received
as follows: One for $4,000 and another
for 5000 at 81. and third for 5000
at "a. Few bonds bearing 4 per cent
bring as much as 81. and as only
$4,000 was offered at that figure 1t is
evident that these bonds will each year
increase in value.
These bonds. which were known as
the 1908 issue. We're issued to the
amount of s7450o0, and through sale
and exchanges the city realized Si39,-
40. The commissioners of the sink
ing fund have previously retired
$4,000 by purchase. and this. with the
5000 yesterday. makes a grand total of
$1,000 redeemed thus far
Four-Year-old Boy browns.
Rufus Brown, four years old, son of
Edward l.. Brown of Hunters station.
Fairfax county, while fishing in a cess
pool five feet deep on his fathers
place, at 4:3O o'clock yesterday after
noon, fell in and was drowned.
The protracted absence of the lad
from the house caused his mother to
60 in search of him. Arriving at the
cesspool she found the fishing rod lying
beside 1t. and at once stirred the water
with the rod. and the body of the child
came to the surface and was pulled out
by Mrs Brown. The mother and others
endeavored to resuscitate him, but
their efforts were futile.
The funeral will take place at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning from
Wheatley's undertaking chapel
Mrs. Lucy B. Meade Dead.
Mrs Lucy B. Meade, widow of the
Rev. Everett Meade of Pohick Church,
Fairfax county. died yesterday after
noon at Courtland, Va. Her funeral will
take place tomorrow afternoon from
Pohick Church. of which church her
husband was rector for many years
Mrs. Meade is survived by eish.
children-Emmett A., Philip Nelson,
Everett. jr., William Meade and Mrs
Lizzie B. sydnor. Miss Jane Page