Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

ton ON June 9 is near Stanton.
DIR. George L. Ames, a prominent
physician of Accomac, died Monday
night at his home, after short illness.
The grand jury of Richmond is max,
ing searching investigation IN regard
to the alleged bribery of City Council
men.
Patrick II. Lawler, the Norfolk man
who disappeared while on the Washing
ton police force, has been heard from IN
Capetown, South Africa.
Efforts are being made by Petersburg
ladies to secure memorial window IN
old Blandford church in honor of Vir-
pinias Confederate dead.
Mosby's men met today at Leesburg
to exchange "reminiscences, renew OLD
acouaintances, transact business, and
have a good time Col. Mosby was
present.
After completing exactly one hundred
wears. Mrs. Mahala Smith, widow oil
Joseph Smith, died yesterday at Pleas
antdale. near Winchester. She was
Miss Bloxall. of Loudoun county.
The grand jury of the Corporation
Court of Newport News, yesterday In
d;cted Fred Moore on the charge of lar
ceny. obtaining 81, 400 on notes under
false pretences, being the specific charge.
The betrayal case, at Heathsville,
which two months ago created such a
sensation, and which involved Miss
Lulie Vanlandingham and Mr.. W. j.
Mozingo, was peacefully settled on FRI
day, when the couple were married.
Rev. DIR. JamesK Hazen, secretary
of the committee of publication OF the
Southern Presbyterian Church, is in
critical condition at his home at Bon An
near Richmond. There is now said to
be but slight hope for his recovery.
Thirty striking carpenters have left
Norfolk for Washington, Baltimore and
BROOKLYN. The officers of the union
declare that they intend to pursuade all
of the idle carpenters to leave and tt
stay away until the trouble in Norfolk
is settled.
The contest between Wallace and
Lamb for Congress is growing warmer
each dav. The campaign will open uI
in earnest in Richmond in the next few
DAYS. Thursday night Lamb club viii
! be organized in Manchester with large
membership.
No light has been thrown on the mys
terry of the death of j. Hudson Eager,
the Norfolk man, whose body was found
cast up by the water above Buckro'
Beach. The remains, now inferred in tho
Potter's Field, were too badly decom
pos c to permit an intelligent autopsy
He was a native Of Hamilton, Ontario,
where his father is postmaster.
J. w. Collins was fined 800 and sen
fenced to two months in Jail for operat-
ing wheel of fortune in Newport News.
Collins had iust served twelve months
sentence for assault. After his sentence,
when his wheel was destroyed, it was
discovered that a hidden spring in the
fable enabled him TO stop the indicators
at any point in the circle he chose.
Andrew Carnegie has declined the
proposition submitted to him by the spec
ial committee representing the art So
cieties of Richmond to give the $40, OOC
he proposed to donate to a public library
towards a fund for the erection of a
great building to be the home of the fine
arts in Richmond, which building, it was
proposed, should include library.
Four conyicts, employed in the Enter
prise Cooperage Works, adjoining the
State farm, succeeded in oyerpowering
the guard and made dash for freedom
Monday. Another convict walked
leisurely away from the State farm on
the same day. None of the five have
been recaptured up to the present time,
as far as is known at the office OF the
penitentiary.
William Barmer, young white man,
was Yesterday crushed to death at the
Nansemond river docks, at Suffolk.
Barmer, who is engaged with the Suffolk
branch of the Richmond Cedar Works,
was unloading a ear of logs, when those
on an adjoining car became loosened
Barmer, who was standing in the way
was knocked to the ground and tive
large logs rolled upon him before helI
could prevent. He died half houl
later.
Late yesterday afternoon Benjamin
White, twenty-three years of age, anC
an employe of the Krekley Flour Mills
in Winchester, received serious, perhaps
fatal injuries by being caught in thu
betting of the machinery. He was draw
to the ceiling, and an instant later woulC
have been whirled to death, but the belt
broke and he fell to the floor. His arm
was so badly crushed that it was neces
sary to amputate it at the shoulder. Hli
condition is critical.
1t is understood that the plans for re
pairing the Capitol building in Rich
mond are about completed, and that thu
specifications are now being prepared
The committee will probably meet II
about two weeks and receive both. i
is not expected, however, that any move
ment looking TO the commencement ofth'
work will be taken until after the Ions
session of the Legislature next winter
A Joint resolution has been adopted by
the General Assembly deferring the ac.
tual work of repairs until the time in
dicated above.
As the result of shooting ARRAY in
Roanoke yesterday morning, Arthur
Boone received a wound in the back and
Tom Mullen, his assailant, is locked VI
in Jail. Boone had been out of town foI
some time, and when he returned to his
home yesterday morning he was met al