Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. William :. fioyu, Va
died Of paralysis at the Hotel Linden III
Leesburg yesterday.
Mr.. f. A. Dfyine died at his home IN
Leesburg Yesterday aged "a years. lie
had been in i'll health for some time.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Jonathan Boman, Of Gladesboro, who
was 10 have been tried for selling liquor
without license, committed suicide
Thursday by swallowing strychnine.
The registration in Warrenton under
the new constitution will close today.
The registration will be exceedingly
light. Up to this time the vote STANDS
about five whites to one colored.
The large iron safe of Mr.. W. J. Parr,
commission merchant at Brandy sta
ton. Culpeper county, was blown open
Yesterday morning and $3.50 stolen.
Dynamite was the explosive used.
Rev. DIR. T. NJ. Carson, rector of st.
PauPs Episcopal Church, LynchhIrg,
suffered slight stroke Of paralysis on
Thursday. His condition is more reaS-
surfing, the alarming symptoms having
disappeared.
At a meeting of the republicans OF
Stafford county yesterday, delegates were
elected to the Eighth district congress
slonaI convention to be held in Alex
andria ON the 25th. NJ X. Lowry was
endorsed for Congress.
Cornelius G,lcarys5of Roanoke has
been indicted in the United States Court
at Lynchburg on the charge of violating
an act of Congress in failing to place the
two tax stamps on 1850 shares OF
stocks handled by him as broker.
Mr.. Catherine Burghalter, of Gains
vile, and Mr.. William Wharton, OF
Haymarket, were married on Tuesday at
the brides home. They were attended
by Mrs. A. f. Clark as matron OF honor,
and Mr.. Hamilton as best man.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will, it is stated,
make his home in Norfolk in future.
He will devote all his energies to pro-
noting the success ofthe jamestown En-
position. The bids for the exposition
sight have not yet been opened.
The Junior Hose Company, of Roam
oke. has determined to ask the city
council to relieve them from further
service in the Roanoke Volunteer Fire
Department. 1t is understood that the
Friendship Company will make similar
request,
The terrible experience of Mr. Pat
rick Guthrie, who fell from a X, +. * L.
train near Fredericksburg Thursday
night and had one of his legs crushed
off. was described in yesterdays Ga
zette. The unfortunate man is book
keeper for the Robert Portner Brewing
Co.'S branch Office in Richmond.
Mr.. James NJ. Armistead, real es-
tate dealer, fell through the top of an
old we'll in Lynchburg yesterday, dis
lance of 30 feet, and remained in the
water 20 minutes before he was hauled
out. The fire department, which was
called out, assisted in his rescue. Mr..
Armistead is IS years of age. lie was
badly bruised, but not dangerously IN
jured.
The large iron safe of Messrs. W. j.
Parr & Sons, commission merchants at
Brandy station, .Culpeper county, was
blown open Thursday night and slo0
stolen. Valuable papers were scattered
on the floor and torn. The robbers
pried open the door of the safe with an
axe. using hammer to drive it in, both
of which were found on the premises.
There is thought to be no clue to the
robbers.
Scott Bradley, charged with implica-
ton in the lynching of the negro Craven
at Leesburg July 81, was placed upon
trial yesterday morning. Seventeen
witnesses have been summoned by the
prosecution, and it is expected that the
case will be given to the jury tonight.
Only few witnesses were examined
We tterday. At $3.50 clock this evening
The court was still in session, but the
general impression is that Bradley Will
be acquitted.