Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

inent farmer, dropped dead at his
home near Grimes, Frederick county,
yesterday morning.
Rev. James E. Cook has declined the
call to the Second Presbyterian Church,
of Selma, Ala, and will remain With
Hoge Memorial Church. 10 Richmond.
To the Circuit Court of Frederick
county on Friday Judge Harrison or.
dered q decree entered for the sale OF
the Jordan Springs property located
near Slephensons, that county.
Mrs. Margaret Thompson, a we'll
known lady of Spottsylvsnia county,
was found dead 10 her bed at her
home near Fredericksburg Sunday.
She was sixty years old.
Mrs.. Peasants, wife OF Mr.. George
D. Peasants, Richmond insurance
man, died yesterday afternoon. She
was sixty.four years old and Is sur
vived by her husband, four SOM, and
two daughters.
Mr.. William H. Peters died yester-
day ct Norfolk. He was q bank presl-
dent, and head OF the firm OF Peters q
Reed. He supervised the sale OF cotton
through the Federal quarantine In aid
OF the Confederate government.
Mr.. w. G. McClung, q Virginian,
died Saturday afternoon ct the Garfield
Hospital, 10 Washington, OF Brights
disease, after an illness extending over
six weeks. Mr.. McClung was born
near Fort Defiance, almost sixty years
ago.
John A. Cannon, OF Manassas, has
secured the contract for erecting q
handsome residence, 10 the colonial
style, for E. B. White, OF Leesburg, on
bis fine Selma estate, about four miles
north OF Leesburg. The building will
contain 10 bedrooms in all, each sup
piled with private bath. Its cost will
be about $4,000.
Over a newly opened route the
Southern Railway Sunday ran ist
first train direct from its depot in Rich
mond to Washington. This was done
by means OF q connection made with
| the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Road giving trains from the
South a straight through run from
Richmond to Washington without
transfer.
Will Moss was dangerously shot il
the face by r l.. Redman at Mountain
Gap, Loudoun county, Sunday night
The shooting was the result OF
quarrel, although previously the two
men had been playing cards and drink
ing together. One Of Moss's eyes wa
destroyed. Several shots passed
though Redman's clothes, but he es'
capped uphurt.
Revenue Collector Asa Rogers. OF thu
Richmond district, received detailed
reports yesterday from the reve
nue. agents in Carroll county show
ing how all their efforts at raid
ing Illicit stills this season had beer
th warted by the blowing OF horns snt
by new thorough system OF sisnal'
| which were run up from every caoiI
| 10 the mountain territory where TIT
moonshiners were known to be doipl
business.
The entire capital stock of the DIS
patch Company, publishers OF th
Richmond Dispatch, was sold yester
day to Leland Rankin and associates
The company was reorgsnized ct ono
by the election of Leland Rankin. w
d. Ches.erman and Ct. Watson James
OF Richmond; Charles Il. Grasty, of tn
Baltimore News, and George Trabue
of the Nashville American, as directors
and Leland Rankin president and pub
Usher, and w. d. Chesterman and q
Watson James editors. The Dispatcl
has for fifty years belonged equally l.
the Cowardin and Ellyson families an
has always enjoyed the confidence Q
the Virginia people to a remarkabl
extent. Mr.. Radkin, the new put
Usher, was five years manager oil To
Nashville American. and during tn
past year has been manager OF To
Dispatch. Charles OBJ. Cowardin
president of the Dispatch Company
died about 16 months ago, and hl
widow disposed Of her interest. Tn
Ellyson family has retained none Q
the stock held by its members, 80 tn
change ia ownership is practicall.
complete.