Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-11-12
VIRGINIA NEWS.

IItU1lNlh IN W -.
Mrs. Bette ]. Atkinson. mother Of
Judge VIM. NJ. Atkinson, died in Win
chester yesterday.
The spoke factory and valuable ma
chinery at Crewe, on the Norfolk and
Western road, was destroyed by fire
yesterday.
The remains of Miss Jane Phillips,
sister of the late A. K. Phillips. who
died in Norfolk on Monday, were taken
to Fredericksburg yesterday for burial.
It is reported that Virginia lumber
dealer lost $1,000 through the opera.
tons of gang of swindlers, some of
whose members are believed to be un-
der arrest in New York.
At meeting of the Roanoke city
council last night ]. R. Terry was elect
ed president of that body, vice W. K.
Andrews, who succeeded to the Office
of mayor on the death of Mayor Nc
Clelland.
Within the past mouth more than
600 head of cattle have been purchased
in Bedford county and shipped to
counties in the Valley of Virginia,
where they will be kept during the
winter and fattened, to be sold in the
spring.
Senator Daniel has written friends in
Richmond that he expects to be in that
city soon to confer with the party lead
ers about the State campaign of next
year. At this conference the Senator.
ship and the policy of the democratic
party will be talked over.
The trial of Jas. E. WINNER, charged
with the murder of Samuel Thalheimer,
began in the Hastings Court of Rich
mond yesterday. The prisoner, who
stabbed young Thalheimer to death for
having, as he claimed, betrayed his
daughter, pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned in court.
Ninety out of one hundred
counties and all the cities OF the
State have officially reported election
returns to the Secretary of the Com
monwealth. The totals are as follows:
Bryan, IA, 100; Mckinley, III, 22333; Pal
mer, 1883, and lowering, 1922.
Bryan's plurality, 1887.
Charles Klebahn, well.known Nor.
folk barkeeper, was found dead in his
room yesterday. Death had been
caused by asphyxiation. The gas jet
was open, and the room could not be
entered at once. His wife has been ar
rested on suspicion Of sufiocatipg her
husband while he was drunk.
President William NJ. Turpin, Of the
Board of Aldermen of Richmond, yes
terday requested City Clerk Ben. L.
August to call joint meeting of the
two branches of the City Council for
next Monday night to consider and act
upon the resignation of City Attorney
G. V. Meredith, and if it is accepted to
elect his successor.
A memorial window, in honor Of
Governor Spottswood, was yesterday
unveiled at williamsburg. The window
was placed in the old powder house,
noted colonial structure in the old CAPT
tai OF Virginia. The ceremonies took
place under the auspices of the Virginia
Association for the Preservation of An
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B. B. Munford made addresses.
Deputy United States Marshals ].
W. Wilson, of Christiansburg, and
Henry Hall, of Floyd county, passed
through Roanoke yesterday en- route
to Danville with nine prisoners, who
are to be tried in the United States
Court in that city. The prisoners We're
arrested in the Shooting Creek and
Rennet Bag sections of Southwest Vir
ginia. Eight are charged with illicit
distilling and one with shooting at a
revenue officer.
The examination of William Baker
Holmes on the charge of cutting H.
Clay Utterback on the night of Novem-
Der 3, was held at Marshall yesterday
before Justice VIM. II. Lake. Utter
backs condition was such as to prevent
his presence at the trial, but the justice
took his testimony at his bedside. He
deposed that he received his wounds at
the hands of Holmes. Justice Lake
committed Holmes to Jail, for trial in
the county court Of Fauquier.