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THIRD DIVIDEND WILL BE PAID TO CREDITORS Receiver for Mercantile Railway and Building and Loan Association to Award 7 Per Cent. MRS. NORA BARKER LOSES SUIT Alexandria, Va., May 6.-A third dividend of 7 pe ent will be paid to the ereditors of e defunct Mercantile Railway Bulle g and Loan Association within a few days by Receiver Douglas Stuart. A decree for this dividend has just been entered in the Circuit Court for this city in the case of F. F. Marbury and others against the Mercantile Railway Building and Loan Association. Creditors of the concern include those who had money on deposit in the savings department of that institution. together with several banks in the city This distribution will not include stockholders of the defunct concern. The first dividend paid to the creditors was 30 per cent and the second was 20 per cent. The Mercantile Railway Building and Loan Association closed its doors January 12. 1911, which was two weeks following the collapse of the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation. After deliberating an hour this morn- in ing in the Circuit Court for this city the suit of Mrs. Nora Barker. of Washington, against the Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat Company. the jury and again announced it could not agree was discharged by Judge B. T. Thornton. The object of the suit was to recover $10,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been received while a passenger on the steamer St. Johns, July 25. 1912. A number of people from this city have and arranged to go to Manassas Friday participate in the placing of a Confederflag on the spot where Gen. Bee was ate killed in battle. The ceremonies will the be under auspices of the Daughters of Confederacy, of Prince William County. and the flag. a handsome Confederate of emblem. is the gift of the Daughters Confederacy, of Texas. There will be an all-day picnic in connection with the affair, and also public speaking. Representative C. C. Carlin. of this city: Representative Sisson, ted of to Mississippi. and others are make addresses. Announcement is made that between $1,200 and $1,400 was realized by the Alexandria Motor Boat Club from its recent bazaar. The proceeds will be used in improving the clubhouse and its grounds. Preparations are being made for the annual meeting of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which will begin its annual session May 14 at Mount Vernon. 0 It is expected the session will last ten days or two weeks. The regents will room at Mount Vernon during the progress of the meeting. T A list of the subscribers to the proposed new building fund of the Alexandria Hospital will be announced tomorrow morning. Total contributions to date amount to $23,300. It is expected this will be considerably Increased before noon tomorrow. for C R. H. Cox, city sergeant, was apC administrator of the estate of L pointed Anna E. Gibson, deceased, in the CirS cuit Court for this city today. M C Jonathan Matthews has sold to R. H. th Massie a house and lot on the south side a of Queen street between Columbus and b) Alfred streets. A deed of conveyance was recorded today. T th Depew T. Chauncey, son of Council5 Thomas Chauncey, who has been li employed man in the Pension Office, has been m transferred to the Interior Department. New Mexico, and has left for his new post. J. R. Mansfield, of this city, has been F granted a patent on an improved design for a fraternal emblem. Ernest Simpson, a bricklayer. was inI. jured yesterday afternoon while at work sh on the new building, the Second Baptist W Church in upper King street. or Mrs. William A. Moore, Mrs. F. J. di Paff. Miss Lucy M. Graves, Henry K. pl Field. and N. S. Greenaway have gone to fo Newport News, Va., to attend the annual meeting of the grand chapter, O. E. S., de in session in that city. St pr The hospital workers are jubilant over in the fact that in two and one-half weeks there remains less than $500 to be added ia to the score of $25,000 (half of all needed un and asked) that they have been working Is and hoping for to place in the "Quick Givers' Club," and It looks as, though re the amount will be exceeded. m W The Malay states have a coin worth ne one ten-thousandth part of an English de penny.
