Sunday Washington globe., 1902-06-01

Nrginians received these pensions 49,
homas Johnson, Portsmouth, S.. War
with Spain--William T. Moon, Lynch
burg 20. Increase, Restoration, Reissue,
&c.-John Bailey, louisville, SI2; Thos.
Cannon, National Soldiers Home, Eliz-
aoeth City, SI2. Original-Owen Dunlea-
| Wy, National Soldiers Home, Elizabeth
City, 80. Increase, Restoration, Reissue,
etc.--Matthew Sullivan. National Sol
! diers' Home, Elizabeth City $40; James
Dorton, Masons Store, Sro Original
Pleasant Hawkins, Greendale, So VIM.
r. Crocker, Boxelder, So. War with
Spain-Paul S. Evans, Alexandra, SI7;
Joseph f. Smith, Phoebus, SI4 In
crease, Restoration, Reissue, etc.--Jos-
ePh n. Gardner, National Military Home
Elizabeth City. $40.
Following are the latest results Of the
recent municipal elections in Virginia
cities and towns. AT Fredericksburg the
Democrats made clean sweep. About
$500 votes were pollcd Officers were
elected as follows Mayor, J. Fl. Clutch
ms; City Sergeant, F. r. Tillett Com
missioner of the Revenue, W. f Bryant
Treasurer, w NJ. Turner; Common
weathS Attorney, Everett Perkins
D >
Democrats elected 8 out of 10 Council
men. At Roanoke w. c. Graicen (Rep)
elected Mayor over R. T. Barton
(Dem) Harry r. Kern (Rep.) Com
monwealth's Attorney. The Republicans
elected one Councilman. making the next
Council stand 8 Democrats and 4 Repub.
llcans. AT Winchester Mayor NJ. c. Will
lis was reelected Mayor by a majority Of
2l out OF I,Ioo votes cast. All the pres
ent Councllmen were reelected except
w. r. Bradley, who was defeated by nine
votes. AT Leesburg, B. " White was
elected Mayor by majority OF IS over
I, +. Harmon. B. W. Franklin was re-
elected Recorder and most of the old
Councilmen were reelected
The Great Council Improved Order
OF Red Men, adjourned at Roanoke. to
meet next year in Fredericksburg The
following officers were elected and in
stalled A. M. Tennis, great sachem
William A. Walden, great senior saga
more; David Johnson, great junior saga
more; ,. ). See. great prophet; Corne-
lius 5. Wells, great chief Of records Fl.
A. Southall, great keeper of wampum;
I. w. Moore. great Sannip; J. w.
Brown, great Mishinewa; s. w. CauRh-
ley, great guard of wigwam ]. S. Ham
ilton, great guard of forest r. w. Jones.
ID. 9. Calyer. and J A. Brown, great
trustees J. w. Cherry. Charles J. Phil
lips, 5. S. See Ira T. Halt, f. f. Davis.
representatives to the great Council Of
the United States
FIRE almost destroyed the town OF
Clover, Halifax county The loss is
estimated at from $G7s,ooo to. 100000.
Eleven stores, five tobacco prize houses.
four dwellings and a hotel were de-
stroyed. The fire started in the factory
OF Payne & Gregory. The loss is par
TALLY covered by insurance The entire
business part Of the village was de-
stToyed not a store being left standing.
The hre broke out at 63o o'clock in the
morning and spread rapidly sweeping
everything in its wake from Payne Il
Gregory's factory out to the Southern
Railroad depot Clover is a prosperous
village in the northeast part of Hall
fax. on the Southern Railroad The chief
business was the manufacture and sale Of
loose tobacco.
Thomas Corbin. a young railroad man.
assaulted and beat the life out of Tohn
Millner, young man about 2I years old
in Danville. 1t is stated that t6e assart
was provoked by Milner speaking Ia
was walking near the race track. Mil.
ner, 1t is alleged assumed that the
women were common characters. and
when the one to whom he spoke failed
to make any reply he remarked that she
seemed not to know him. Then Corbn
struck him. knocked him down and beat
him until lie was extinct All parties
are said to have been under the influence
Of intoXieants
The Capitol Commission met and ac-
cepted the consolidated plans of Frye &
Chesternan and Nolan & Baskerville
for the changes to the State House. The
commission also adopted resolutions to
the effect that the work on the Capitol
IS TO be done by union labor
The body of a man supposed to be
Conductor f. A. Whitaker, who was
drowned near Lynchburg last December.
was found in the river at Richmond. The
widow of Conductor Whitaker married
Mr.. Francisco in New York few daSs
ago
The contract for the construction of
the belt line of the Norfolk and Western
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads
at Glasgow. which includes a fill of 7ooo
yards, has been let to Mr. w. G.. Mat
hews, of that place
Plans are being perfected by the To-
bacco Association of the United States
to bring from the North independent
insurance companies to compete with the
Southern Tariff Association. The to-
bacco men in the South claim that the
rates Of the latter are excessive.
After offering for sale by public auc-
tion 1000 acres and the hotels located
thereon at Natural Bridge. the same was
wltndrawn by the commissioners due to
no bidders being present.
Rev. DR.. Buckner, president of King
College. Bristol has written letter ~
the Falling Spring Presbyterian congre-
cation, Of Rockbridge, indicating That
the call recently extended to him will re-
ceive favorable consideration.
Norfolk is to have a new six-storv ho-
tel--the Spottswood--to cost S2soooo
Norfolk and Baltimore capitalists are the