Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-03-20

VIRGINIA NEWS.

Several stores and houses 10 Meherrin
10 Lunenburg county. were burned
yesterday evening. Loss 5000.
Capt. Wm. T. Whitaker, o native OF
Petersburg. 81 years old, and master
mechanic OF the Dsnville and Western
Railroad shops, died at Dsnville yester-
day of Bright's disease.
The banking house OF Conway, Cor
don g. Garnett, of Fredericksburg, is to
reorganize as Q national bank. With r.
V. Conway president, and A. Randolph
Howard cashier.
Jesse K. Anderson, OF Stafford, broth.
er of William Anderson, Of Fredericks.
burg, died at his home. near Spotted
Tavern, Sunday, of Bright's disease,
aged fifty.two years.
Rev. J. w. Rosebro, D. D., pastor OIL
Tabb Street Presbyterian Church,
Petersburg, yesterday received call
to the pastorats of the Presbyterian
Church at Fredericksburg.
Two additional infantry companies
are about ready to be mustered in. 1t is
probable that there will soon be enough
companies to form two regiments,
when orders will be Issued for that
purpose.
DR.. Richmond A. Lewis, one OF the
oldest and most prominent physicians
and educators of Richmond, died Sun.
day night. DR.. Lewis was seventy-six
years OF age, and native OF Spottsyl'
vania county.
Col. Henry A. Ware. q wel'-knowu
Virginisn, died at Huntington, w. Va,
Saturday morning. He was native Of
Caroline county, and during the civil
war was q member of Company +,
Thirtieth Virginia regiment.
Mr.. Thomas 8. Lloyd. master me.
chanic OF The Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, has rendered his r. sgnation
to President Stevens and will become
the superintendent of motive power Of
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West.
ern Railroad at a handsome salary.
Many fruit and tomato Gamers Of the
Northern Neck and Rsppahannock
county have announced that they will
close down this season, because of the
high price of cans. alleged 10 be due to
the tin trust, and the decline in the
price of canned products, tomatoes es'
pecially,
The Shenandoah county republicans
held their convention at Woodstock
yesterday and elected delegates to the
district and State conventions. Resolu-
tions were adopted endorsing the adj
, ministration Of Mckinley and the
State committee and its chairman, Mr..
Park Agnew.
Mr.. Samuel Green, OF Dinwiddie
county, was instantly killed yesterday
afternoon. He was 10 q store at Church
Road when some one accidentally
knocked gun down, which caused il
! to be discharged. The load struck Mr..
Green 10 the forehead aud tore away
nearly the whole OF bis head.
Henry V. Cnanceaulame, of Harri-
sonburg, was asphyxisted by illumua.
ting gas yesterday evening in his room
at Mrs. Milburn's boarding house in
Baltimore. Arubber hose, which COD
nected his reading lamp with lamp
on the wall, had slipped from it's place,
and in this way the gas had escaped.
Robert Kennedy, residing near Old.
nam, Wesimoreland county, commit
ted suicide at his home about 8 O'Clock
Sunday night with shotgun, His
children bad jus. returned from church.
When they knocked and asked bim to
open the door, he responded "Wait a
minute" end then shot himself twice
in the left side.
The Lynchburg Advance says Capt.
Pat McCaull of the United States volun-
leers, arrived in the city Saturday on a
visit to friends. Captain McCaull is al
officer in tho quartermaster's depari-
ment. and returned from the Philip
pines about th,ee weeks ego on the
transport Missouri, of which ne has
charge. He will return to Manila 10
the same capacity in Q few weeks,
A warrant was issued in Suffolk yes.
terday for a reputable citizen, who is
grandfather, on charge of having be
lrayed neighbours young daughter.
The girl was married about Christmas.
She and her husband lived happily till
a few days ago, when the latter return'
ed his girl. wife to her home. She &C.
cused the aged neighbor, who had been
a friend of the family for many years.
Adjutant General Male and the other
military officers In Virginia are using
their il fuence In behalf of the bill
pending 10 Congress to appropriate 3d.
600 900, instead of 100000 annual y
for the equipment of the members ol
the National guard. Virginia RECEIVES
SIC, 900 year under the present sp-
preparation. She would get SOC, 900 al
nualy should tie bill 10 question be
passed.
The Governor has declined to exer-
else executive clemency in the case oil
Reuben Grigg, the negro youth under
sentence 10 be executed at Cumberland
Court House next kriday for criminal
assault upon q colored girl. Judge
Miller, Commonwealth Attorney
Smith, the mother OF the girl and sew
eral members of the jury petitioned the
executive to commute the sentence to
life imprisonment.
DR.. Whistler died 10 London, Egg.
land, February q last. DR.. Whistler
was a practiciog ph ysician 10 Richmond
before the civil war, and later entered
the medical department of the army OF
Northern Virginia. He was sent az
representative of the Confederate med
ical department to London to purchase
supplies for the COnfederacy, and after
the war made the British capital his
home. He wac q member oil Pickett
Camp, Richmond.
A MESSAGE OF VENGEANCE.-Just
hefore his death SUNDAY afternoon, Dr.