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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Future Disposition of C. J. Rixey Under Advisement. ORDER ISSUED BY COURT His Removal to Hospital for Insane Criminals Contemplated-General and Personal. Special Correspondence of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 12. 1912. When C. Jones Rixey, the former head of the collapsed Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation. appeared in the corporation court at noon today an order was issued under section 1682 of the code on City Sergt. R. H. Cox, to make application to the asylum for the criminal insane for a place for Rixey at that institution, and pending action on the application by that institution Rixey was left in the custody of the sergeant. The latter had him transferred to the custody of Dr. J. W. Freed, assistant superintendent of the hospital at Staunton, Va., who will return with Rixey to that institution at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Prior to the arrival of Rixey in court his attorneys made a motion for a suspension of the order for his transfer to Marion, Va., and also a motion that he be admitted to bail. Both motions were overruled by the court. It is said to have been the purpose of his attorneys to apply for a writ of habeas corpus, had an order been made today committing Rixey to the Marion institution. Rixey was accompanied by Dr. J. W. Freed. He was met by his son, C. J. Rixey, jr., in the office of the clerk of the court, where the brief proceedings took place. Missing Man Found Dead. The body of Charles Travers, thirtytwo years old, was found at noon today at his home. 219 South Royal street, by Chief of Police Goods and a brother of the deceased. Robert Travers. Lying on a table beside the bed was an empty phial, which bore a laudanum label, and another phial, nearby, which was partially empty, contained carbolic acid. Dr. S. B. Moore, city coroner, said this afternoon that he would give a certificate of death by suicide. Travers has been missing since Thursday last. The doctor said this afternoon that he had evidently been dead since that time. The deceased is supposed to have brooded over the illness of his wife, who only recently underwent an operation at the Alexandria Hospital and who is still there, but is reported to be slowly recovering. The last seen of Travers was Thursday evening, when he visited his wife at that institution. Owing to his wife's illness she was not notified of her husband's death. Virginia District for Taft. With seventy-two delegates present, representing every county in the eighth congressional district, a republican convention convened here this afternoon in the Elks' Hall. Resolutions indorsing President Taft's administration were unanimously adopted by the convention. H. F. Dodge was chairman and J. W. Gregg served as secretary. Before adjourning this afternoon the convention will elect two delegates and two alternates to the national convention, which will be held in Chicago June 18 next; one presidential elector, a member of the state executive committee and will nominate a candidate for Congress. The convention is composed of delegates as follows: Alexandria city, 8: Alexandria county, 4; Culpeper, 4; Fairfax, 10; Fauquier, 6; King George, 4; Loudoun, 12; Louisa, 4; Orange, 2; Prince William, 6; Stafford, 12. Court Proceedings. Arguments will be heard in the corporation court tomorrow morning on the demurrer to the petition of C. M. Kemper and others in the suit of T. J. Fannon and others against the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation. The object of the Kemper petition is to hold the directors of the trust company personally responsible for the losses incurred by the depositors as a result of the collapse of the concern. In the corporation court today a decree was entered confirming the sale of the bank building of the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation at Remington to R. L. Willis for the sum of $1,400. Death of James Allison. James Allison, forty years old, al boss driver employed by the Old Dominion Glass Company, died about 11:30 o'clock last night at his home, Fairfax and 1st streets, near the factory where he was employed. Heart trouble is supposed to have been the cause of his death. The deceased was a native of Fauquier county, Va. His wife and a son and daughter survive him. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. As a result of the campaign of publicity waged by the churches for a larger attendance under the auspices of the men and religion forward movement, the servIces at all of the churches here yesterday were largely attended, an increased attendance being noted at all. Brief Mention. A supper and conference will be held at 7 o'clock tonight at the Second Presbyterian Church, when covers will be laid for 100 guests. An address will be made by Rev. Dr. Sumwalt, presiding elder, of Washington. Addresses will also be made by the chairmen of the respective local committees. The members of Fitzgerald Council, Knights of Columbus, at a meeting held yesterday afternoon completed plans for the exemplification of the degree work of the order on a class of seven candidates which will take place in Washington February 22 next. The degree work will be given by C. E. Martin.
