Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-03
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Ine c0rt monroe hreenhi n"o
abolished.
Charlottesville was lighted Wednes.
day night by electric lights for the nrs'
time.
For the fret time 10 the history OF
Richmond girls selling newspapers ap'
peared on the streets Of that city tues
day.
Judge Baker P. Lee, OF Hampton,
Judge Of the Warwick and Elizabeth
City County Court. is very III at DIS
home.
The Confederate women of Virginia
will continue their efforts to have the
remains OF the Confederate dead now
inferred 10 Washington turned over 10
them for refinement In Virginia.
DR.. Thomas NJ. Lippit. Of the United
States navy. who returned from Pekin,
Ohins, was elected president OF the
Alumnae Association Of the University
College of Medicine at the meeting held
In Richmond yesterday.
Fire Wednesday night destroyed the
planning mill OF G.. w. Ellemong on the
outskirts of Winchester. Several flre-
men were badly burned while fighting
the flames, and minor casualties occur
red. The total loss is IS 900.
The richest deposit of mari In Am.
erica. probably has just been found at
Drewry's Bluff, In Chesterfield county,
only eight miles from Richmond. The
dimensions of the vein are remarkable,
and the quality OF the deposit as ferti-
lizer is said to be most valuable. Inc
vein Ia no less than forty one feet 10
thickness.
Three OF the best class OF saloonkeep-
ers in Richmond plead guilty 10 the po-
lice court yesterday to the charge MADE
against them Of keeping their places
open and selling liquor on sunday. Va
the promise OF saloon men never more
to violate the law and to aid In enforc'
ing 1t as regards others the minimum
fine was imposed.
The Lees5urg Mirror ssys' MIR.
Robert Neville Is reported to have had
substantial rewards this spring as q
breeder and dealer 10 thorougnbreds.
He is said to have sold seven or eight
horses and to have gotten for none lees
than 81 900. he sold one brown geld
ing, called for Eophone, to Mr.. Jos. +
Widener, for $1,000.
The friction and discord among the
officers OF the First Battalion OF the
SEVENTEEN Regiment, which resulted
In Col. Anderson having had Capt
Charles 0. Saville, First Lieut.. James
E. Cherry, and Second Lieut.. Henry y
DickersoD, of Company A, placed up
der arrest for failure TO attend the the
oretical drill school, was adjusted las'
night, when the last of the officers who
had been placed under arrest, made
satisfactory explanations.
a letter from Upperville to the
Warrenton Virginisn ssys: Senator
VIM. M. Stewart, OF Nevada. stayet
here about week. buying COWS for hi
Loudoun farm. He left on April q
With drove Of So cows and heifers
which cost him about 50 300; the prices
ranging from $50 to 500 per head. Up
perville is now suffering with mill
and butter famine, and DR.. Hough say
his boarding houss charges him II
cents extra for each glass of milk h'
drinks.
w. P. Saudridge, postmaster o
Goshen, upon n tificat ion OF nomina
ton by the Rockbridge republicans TO
the constitutional convention. declin 81
to accept. Yesterday at Buena Vistt
J. 8. Anderson certifis sd In place OF Mr.
Sandridge, and stepped into the harness
without nomination. He has resided
ia Rockbridge county at various time
and held the position OF gauger ant
United States revenue officer. Mr.. An
derson was placed In nomination q
Mondays convention, but had hi'
name Withdrawn.
|. The Board of Public Works Of Vir
ginia met 10 Richmond today for th'
purpose Of ascertainiug and assessing
the value OF the property OF oil rail
roads, canals, steamboats, and express
companies In the State. This is done
for the purpose OF determining the
amount OF taxes to be assessed the sew
ersl companies for the year 1901. The
railr .ads and canals last year paid
taxes on $5S, $50, 345.T OF property, and
the express and steamboat companies
on $3.50, 1853. From present esti
mates the value of taxable property
will greatly exceed that OF last year.
A letter from Richmond to the
Petersburg Appeal says: The Swanson
people say that il bis friends had beer
10 the msjority In the democratic com
mittee 10 Manchester he would have
been criticised from one end Of the
State to the other for ordering go early
Q primary. Delegates will bs elected
in that city on the Oh of May. The
Swanson people wanted q later date
Mr.. Swanson had little to say Of this
matter. 81 am not going to do the
baby act" he said to a friend. "LeI
them 20 on with their work. My sup
porters will never with my consent
give anyone q chance to talk about
snap judgment"
Bessie Clark, the fourteen year-old
daughter OF Mr.. Charles Clarke, o.
Manchester, was, from all that can be
learned, drugged or made drunk and
then maltreated Wednesday night by
several young men. The girl was
found by police officer early yesterday
morning 10 little shop Ia an appar
emily drunken or bysterical condition
The girl says that she entered the shop
Wednesday evening about 6 O'Clock
and that soon after going 10 drinks
were proposed. She drank twice and
then had more forced upon her. She
remembered little more Of the deeds o.
the night. Frank Armistead, E. E
FagaB, Okey Pillow and Willie Bel