Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Grand Lod2e Independent 0 :
der of Good Tempars Of Virginia open
cd its annual session in Newport News
today.
The Auditor yesterday paid 500 to
the State Naval Corps of Norfolk for
services rendered during the yellow te'
yer scare down there.
Mr. TnomAs n. MacoU, highly es-
teemed citizen OF Orange county, died
yesterday aged about SIS years. He
was related to President Madison.
AT Newport News yesterday Judge
Blackstone granted stay OF execution
until October 20 in the case Of Rich
ard Williams, colored, who was TO
aays been hanged next Friday for
murder.
The democrats of Washington conn
ty yesterday nominated J. W. Price
q O. n. McClung for the House OF
Delegates. The candidates are left un'
instructed as 10 how they shall vote Tor
U. S Senator
The democratic convention held at
Bowling Green yesterday to nominate
candidate to represent Caroline coun-
ty in the next legislature nominated ID.
B. Powers, jr., OF Port Royal, on the
fret ballot. He is Martin man.
Five prisoners escaped Sunday night
from the Portsmouth city Jail. All five
except one, Walker, wanted In Henry
couotv for murder. were either con-
victs or awaiting trial upon charges OF
robbery or burglary. The prisoners
were confined 10 steel cage.
Hereafter all the coal shipments from
Newport News to northern cities will be
made by the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road, which has taken up the business
OF the deiunct Atlantic Transportation
Company, and is acquiring fleet OF
steam GOLFERS, schooner and barges.
Dennis Collins, one of the oldest Sec
ton hands ca the valley branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio was killed near
Stephenson's Frederick county, yester-
day. MIR. Collins was engaged in dis
tribuling railroad ties from u hand-car
Ia attempting to board the car he
slipped and fell.
Immediately after the regular morn
ing service on Sunday, the Monroe Bsp
list Church OF Richmond extended call
% Rev. A. J. Hall to become its pastor
The continued ill-health of Rev. DR.. J
:. Hidden, who had temporarily accept
I'd the pastorate, made it impos5ible fol
bin to assume the duties of tie perma
nent passionate.
The Virginia S ate Fireman's conven.
lion, which will open in Roanoke to.
morrow, and will continue for three
days, bids fair to be Q success. Thirty
Two companies had SIGHTED their in
!, tention Of going to Roanoke by formal
" accepting the invitation sent out by
the committee, but some of the compa-
MES have decided not to 60.
Mr.. Heth Tyler, son of the Govern
or, returned to Richmond last night
from East Rockford, and said: Father
needs now twenty votes exactly
TO give him sixty ia the democratic
caucus. There are twenty.three nom
nations yet to be made. Father ex-
poets to secure Mt least twenty of these.
| think sixty votes in the caucus will
nominate" 1t is understood that Sen
ator Martin is willing to give Governor
Tyler twenty votes and then beat him
badly.
The governor has appointed delegates
to the National Farmers Congress,
which convenes in Boston on October
$, one delegate from each congressional
district and two at large: First, H. l.
Baylor, Loretto; second, DIR. J. F. Bry-
ant, Franklin; third, J. B. Watkins,
Chesterfield; fourth, John r. Shell, Eb-
ony; fifth, W. S Redd, Ridgeway; sixth,
w J. Shellburne, Montgomery county;
seventh, Capt. J. c Neh, Mount Jack
son; eighth, Henry E. Alvord, LewiDs-
vile; ninth, c. W. Anderson, Meadow
View; tenth, w. A. Crawford, Swoops.
At large, Col. A. NJ. Bowman, OF Salem,
and Hon. Henry Fairfax, OF Fairfax.
NEGROES IN THE SoUTa.-Five hun
bred negroes heard Booker t. Wash