DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - NEWSPAPERS - The Washington Post, Monday, February 3, 1896, pg. 8 ----¤¤¤---- This file is part of the DCGenWeb Archives Project: http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm ********************************************* http://www.usgwarchives.net/dc/dcfiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************* Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives Project by: Jamie M. Perez (jamiemac@flash.net) --------------------------------------------------- ALEXANDRIA. There are sixteen blowers employed at the Virginia Glass Works, besides a force of about forty helpers. All those who desire to become policemen in the future will have to stand an examination before the Police Commissioners. Mrs. Carrie Nightingale, widow of John Nightingale, died yesterday morning, early, at her residence, on the corner of Oronoco and Alfred streets. She had been ill for a long time. The ground hog did not see his shadow around Alexandria yesterday, nor did some of the old-timers see anything to drink, as every bar was closed tight. So much for the new Police Commissioners. Miss Isadore Henry died yesterday morning at the residence of her brother-in- law, John Callahan, on Duke street, after a long illness. Miss Henry was in the twentieth year of her age, and was a daughter of the late George Henry. Mrs. Whittington, the widow of George Whittington, who was well known in this city and Washington, died at the Alexandria Infirmary yesterday morning after a short illness. Her funeral will take place this afternoon at 4 o’clock from St. Paul’s Church. Gen. D. J. Turner, Commander of the Brigade of Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, of Virginia, has issued an order to his staff officers to inspect and install at the regular meeting on Friday the officers of their respective divisions. Maj. A. F. Cox, of the Eighth Division, of this city, is one of the staff officers. The report on the street last night that T. C. Keen was dying from the result of injuries he received at the hands of Lee Lash Saturday evening was incorrect. He is, however, very much bruised about the head and face, and his left eye is very much swollen. The difficulty between Keen and Lash arose from some personal matters. Keen said last night that he did not intend to have Lash punished. The authorities, however, have taken the matter in their own hands, and will have both of the gentlemen in the Police Court this morning. A good many people walked out to the Southern Railway freight yards yesterday to get a look at the three new passenger cars for the Mount Vernon Electric Railroad, which were built by the J. G. Brill Company of Philadelphia. They are the finest cars of the kind in this country. The cars are forty-five feet long, and they are to be heated and lighted by electricity. They also have toilet rooms and all the modern conveniences now in use by the leading railroads. The cars will be shifted from the Southern road to the street car tracks to-day or to-morrow. Fire was discovered about 4 o’clock yesterday morning in a frame house at Princess and Oronoco streets. This house is used as a barroom, and was owned by a man named Nelson. Thomas Brent, who was sleeping in the second-story room of the house, was the first one to discover the fire. He had to make a hasty exit out of the second-story window. Brent is of the opinion that a defective flue was the cause of the fire, while Mr. Nelson says that it was the work of a firebug. His loss is considerable, there being no insurance on his fixtures and stock. The frame house on the corner below was burned last Sunday morning. Saturday night Brook Arnold and Samuel Parks, special policemen, discovered William Arrington and James, alias “Jamesy,” Sullivan, two young white men, trying to break the lock on the freight depot of the Washington Southern Railroad. Mr. Arnold says they were at the door full twenty minutes before he could locate them. The plan of the robbers was to wait until the train from Washington came in, so that there would be such a bustle at the depot to keep them from being caught. Capt. Webster and Lieut. Smith have both been on the watch for this gang for some time. The Post several weeks ago showed this same gang up, and said at the time that they were thought to be implicated in the robbery of freight cars in this city. They have at last been caught in the act. Alexandrians during the past six days have experienced all kinds of crimes with the exception of murder. Last Sunday morning a house was set on fire by some firebugs on the corner of Royal and Oronoco streets. Friday there was a highway robbery, in which Mrs. Gregory lost a registered letter containing $55, and last night a house on North Lee street was attacked by a party, including Messrs. Tolley, East, and several other young men whose names the police could not learn, who literally carried away all the windows in the front part of the house. They were arrested by Policemen Sherwood and Ticer, and taken to the station-house. Their friends about an hour afterward secured enough money to have them released. They will appear at the Police Court this morning. East will also have to answer to the charge of defacing property belonging to Hugh Strider.