Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-07-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

It reported that President Kruger has
.greed to grant concessions which are
acceptable to Great Britain.
A large number of black bass are b.
og caught from the Shenandoah, near
Winchester. Prominent fishermen say
be sport was never better.
The Eagle Shoe Factory at Freder-
lcksburg caught fire from the engine
yesterday evening end was damaged
20 the extent of several hundred dol
lars.
Mrs. Sallie Milf eton, OF King George
county, was stricken with paralysis on
Thursday and died Immediately. She
vas sixty years old, and leaves several
children.
The International Trust Company, OF
Baltimore, has arranged coal and iron
ieai in Alabama to purchase 10000
acres of land, four furnaces and several
hundred coke ovens.
Col. G. P. Austin, who is awaiting
lis fourth trial at Newport News on
he charge of criminal assault, is i'll at
lis home, and in critical condition.
Fears are expressed that he may not be
Aole to go on trial again.
The Episcopal churches in King
George county, the pulpits OF which be-
:ame vacant recently by the resigns.
ton of Rev. John McMabb, have call.
ed Rev. w. J. Morton, of Tappahan-
?ck, and he has the call under con.
sderation.
The old Exchange Hotel, in Rich.
nond, long the most fashionable place
TOR visitors in the city, is to be sold at
public auction next week. No one
would buy it now for hotel purposes
because of the location. It is thought
it will be purchased for warehouse.
The old St. James Episcopal Church,
at Leesburg, built of brick, has been
sold by the vestry, to be torn down, the
interior furniture, pews, &c., being re-
tained. Mr.. E. L. Peasants is the pur'
chaser at 1925. With the bricks Mr.
Peasants proposes to build residence
for his own use.
4 company has been chartered to de-
velop supposed lead deposits in Clarke
county. The Shenandoah Mining Com
PAM has been chartered under the laws
of West Virginia to develop the prop.
erty. This company, which is made up
of capitalists from Philadelphia and
other points, has al authorized capital
of $50, 900.
A cablegram from Manila states that
military men in the field regard the
outlook as more gloomy than at any
previous time in the war. About $500
men haye sailed this week from San
Francisco to rejnforce General Otis in
he Philippines. freadent Mckinley
mas informed General OILS that be can
nave all the troops he requires to SUBJ
Due the Filipinos.
The ordination TO the gospel minis.
try of Mr.. Arsene B. schaayornian took
place at the Congregational Church ct
Falls Church yesterday. Rev. Selma
vorian is an Armenian, and is o gradu-
ate of the Robert College 10 CONSTANT
nople, as we'll as of the Hartford Theo.
logical College at New Haven, Conn.
He is preparing to return in the early
future to his native country,
Miss Mary A. Broughman committed
suicide yesterday st the home of her
mother, Mrs. Martha B-ougdman, at
Walnut Grove, Bedford county. She
was discovered in the carriage house
dead, having hanged herself from a
beam of the building with the buggy
reins. She was beautiful young girl,
and there is no apparent reaseH Why
she should have kill herself.
A vote was taken in the town OF Bsr'
rvyille on Thursday to obtain the sense
Of the people Us to whether or not bonds
to an amount net exceeding $4,000
should be issued by tie town to pur'
chase from the present owners the
property and franchise of the old Der
ryville Water Company and complete
the works, tie amount above mention
ed having been estiGleted to be ample
for that purpose. The vote caat was:
For issuing bonds l24; against 20
The reported strike az the Homestead. Pa,
steel works of the Carnegie Company has not
taken place IS yet. but the men are much