Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-07-03
VIRGINIA NEWS.

DR.. Thomas Taylor, aged sixty-seven
years, died Monday at his home near
Leedstown, Westmoreland county.
The Homestead Hotel at Hot Springs
was burned to the ground at IL o'clock
last night. All the guests escaped with
out injury.
Mr.. Bryan, while In Roanoke yester-
day, said: "I am fighting on not 90
much to win, for l would rather die
fighting for right than win fighting for
something else"
Mrs. Georgiana Menefee, widow OF DR..
Reuben f. Menefee, and who has been
a helpless invalid for 40 years, died ut
Front Royal Monday night. She was
about 20 years old.
Tho Bank OF Clarke county has de-
clared semi annual dividend of 81 per
cent. ard increased the banks surplus
So 900, making this sum $4,000. Its
stock at last sales brought lib.
Mr.. Josiah Rylsnd, one OF the btst
known residents of Richmond, Ia Ill at
st. Luke's Hospital 10 that city, an
operation having been performed upon
him for complicated internal trouble.
The Court OF Appeals, in session at
Wytheville, has cleaned up it's docket,
but will not adjourn till next week.
The law examination, for which sixty-
five have filed applications, will be held
on Friday.
Patrick Tracey, aged 65 years signal
man for the Norfolk and Western and
Southern railways at Riverton junction
died Monday night OF paralysis at his
home, in Central City, suburb OF
Front Royal.
Attorney General Montague, who has
been complaining for several days, has
been ordered by his physicians to go
to some cool resort to recuperate. He
will leave tomorrow and endeavor to
get in train for the gubernstorial cam
paign, which the republicans threaten
to make very warm, indeed.
Mrs. Jane Trent, aged 60 years, died
yesterday at the City Cemetery at Roa-
noke while attending the funeral OF her
grandson, Roy Hosl. As the coffin was
being lowered In the grave she threw
I'D her hands and fell forward. and al
most before any one could reach her she
was dead. She is survived by four
children.
The Virginia Biscuit Company of
Lynchburg, which has been in opera.
ton less than year, has filed a deed
assigning all its property. It's liabili.
ties are estimated at about $40, 900, and
much OF this ia due 10 that city. 1t is
said that the principal cause Of its fail.
ure was the fact that as young con-
Germ 1t could not stand up against tie
trust, capitalized at millions.
The Montague delegates from Rich
mond held q meeting last night and
agreed on John s. Hsrwood and John
J. Lynch ss members OF the new State
com mittee, in plscs of Clyde w. Sand
ers and II. L. Carter. Sanders has been
q very active Swanson man in the cam
paign, and Carter declared for Monta.
que at the eleventh hour. II. Nj. Tyler
was elected as chsirmsn OF the delegates
at Norfolk. The delegates agreed to
support Capt. Willard for lieutenant
governor. They failed to sgree on o
candidate for attorney general.
The severest hailstorm known for
some years occurred yesterday sfter.
noon along the line OF the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway, between Stony
Creek and Emporis. The hail was IN
usually large and the crops were badly
injured BY it. An electric storm and
shower at Richmond at o'clock cooled
the atmosphere and gave relief to SAT
fering humanity. A number Of prostra'
tons have occurred. Moses Pugh and
Councilman w. T. Woody have beer
the only fatal ones so far. George Drill
55 years old, of Green Spring, neal
Winchester, was found dead in harves
field yesterday and physicians gave sun
stroke ss the cause of the death.