Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-29
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. F. ". Johnston, one OF the re-
porters ofthe Fredericksburg Star. died
yesterday after protracted illness,
aged twenty-six years.
Mr.. P. V. D. Conway, of Fredericks-
burg, is in receipt of telegram an
nouncing the death OF Mrs. Moncure
D. Conway, in New York city, On
Christmas day.
Mrs. Elizabeth E Eldredge, wife of
7. G. Eldredge, we'll known citizen of
Winchester, died at her residence on
Monday night, after protracted i'll
ness, aged sixty nine years.
H. c. Meredith, the postal clerk,
who was injured in the Norfolk and
Western wreck, near Pulaski City, on
last Friday night, died at the Home
and Retreat, in Lynchburg, yesterday
evening.
Right Rev. A. Van de Vyver, bishop
OF Richmond, will celebrate bis ninth
anniversary on Thursday with solemn
high mass, with himself as celebrant.
The occasion will be made quite an in.
teresting one.
The congregation of St. Georges
Episcopal Church, Danville, have unan-
imously extended call to Rev. George
S. Vest, ut present missionary to the
Ute Indians. Mr.. Vest was formerly
pastor Of St. Georges.
John P. Hall, marble dealer, bonds
man for E. Guy Hall, one of the alleg-
ed conspirators in the Hall.Cannon-
Smith conspiracy case, assigned in Nor
folk yesterday. The Twin City Loan
Company also assigned for $4,000, the
Bank of Commerce being the principal
creditor.
Senator Daniel will be in Richmond
Saturday, and will, it is expected, ad-
dress the joint meeting of the two
branches of the Legislature, thanking
the members for his reelection. The
Majors friends propose to give him a
dinner at the Jefferson during his stay
in that city.
Mr.. Samuel NJ. Barton, son of Mr..
Joseph Barton, of Frederick county,
was married yesterday evening in
Winchester to Miss Mary Tidball,
oldest daughter OF the late Edward M.
Tidball. Mr.. Barton is professor of
mathematics in the University of the
South at Sewanee, Tenn.
The merchants of Richmond are OPP.
posed to the use Of trading stamps.
There was lively meeting of retail
men held last night in the Chamber OF
Commerce Hall, at which resolutions
were adopted urging the Richmond
members of the General Assembly to
support the bill which prohibits trading
stamps and other gift enterprises. Au
influential committee was appointed to
press the matter.
Pert OF the testimony in the habeas
corpus proceedings to secure the re-
lease of Mrs. Mary Lucy Ford, Of Rich
mond, from Mount Hope Retreat, was
heard by Judge Dobler yesterday in
Baltimore. Mrs. Ford is eixty.t two
years old and is the wife of A. ]. Ford,
proprietor of Ford's Hotel, in Rich
moDd, but has not been living with her
husband for some time. 1t is alleged
that she is suffering from melanchola
and is subject to frequent violent OUT
breaks. She was sent to the asylum
December by her children.
The Legislature will probably az
prove the suggestion of Governor
O'Ferrall to reopen the State debt ques-
ton to the extent of permitting the
holders of old bonds to refund them
into centuries. There are now applica-
tions for fifteen or twenty thousand
dollars of old State bonds. One of these
holders is a resident of the Island of
Malta, in the Mediterranean sea. The
January interest on the public debt will
be met promptly. This amounts to
S350,O0O. The outstanding century
bonds slightly exceed SIT 100000. The
most engrossing question connected
with the debt, however, is the increased
rate ofinterest, which begins in Janu-
uary, 1902. This will increase the
States interest burden $4,000 al
nually.