Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Norfolk has been declared Off
Ex-Mayor Josiah Hazard, of Freder-
icksburg, died in Washington yesterday.
Miss Bette Hamilton died suddenly
at White Post, Clarke county, Saturday
afternoon.
The Hygeia Hotel at Old Point will
be taken down in sections and carried TO
Ocean View.
William G.. G. Lowry, clerk of the
Court of Appeals at Wytheville, died at
Abingdon on Friday.
The fourteenth annual session of the
Virginia Bar Association will open at
the Virginia Hot Springs tomorrow.
Chesapeake Junction was raided yes
terday and number of people alleged
to be engaged in gambling were arrested.
The socialist labor party of the Sixth
district of Virginia, has nominated II.
d. McTier, of Rockville, for Congress.
Mrs. Annie Hawks, widow of Corporal
Hawks, died at her home at White Post,
Clarke county, on Saturday, aged 20
years.
Andrew J. Bailey, of Richmond, was
struck and instantly killed Friday by
passenger train on the Southern Railway,
near Reedsville.
The Virginia State Dental Association
will meet at Old Point this week. Por-
celain filings will he demonstrated for
the first time in Virginia.
Full returns from the democratic pri-
mary in the Fourth district show the
nomination of Mr.. X. g. Southall for
Congress by majority of l23 votes over
Mr.. F. h. Lassiter
Mrs. John II. Wingfeld, jr., consic-
cred the most beautiful woman in Nor
folk. is dead. She was a daughter OF
Col. II. l.. Turner, and at her death
was barely 81 years old.
The Bertha Zinc Company, of Pulaski
City, has purchased the property of the
Wythe Lead & Zinc Company, of Wythe
county, for $3.50, 900 cash. Improperly
has been operated for more than 10
years.
About 250employes of the William r.
Trigg Shipbuilding Company in Rich
mond were laid Off on Saturday. The
discharge includes men and boys in every
branch of the yards. The discharge
came as a surprise to the men and no
cause was given for the lay-off.
The Grand Lodge of Elks has ac-
quired the Bedford Hotel, at Bedford
CITY. almost At the foot of the Peaks OF
Otter. and will convert it into home
for aged and INDECENT members of the
order. the structure being a handsome
building of stone, brick and single.
1t is anticipated that there will be a
large attendance at Culpeper at the UNI
yelling of the monument in the National
cemetery on August at the annual re-
union of the New York State Twenty
eighth Regiment. Infantry, First Brigade
First Division, Twelfth Corps, Army OF
the Potomac.
Hal. b. MOsby, the son OF Mr.. VIM.
II. Mosby, nephew of Colonel John ;.
Mosby, and assistant postmaster Of Bed
ford City, has received the appointment
of Inspector of the Rural Free Delivery
system of Mails for the Post-Oiiice De
partment, with the United States as his
territery, with headquarters at Philadel-
phia.
Bozie Orabbe and Miss Viola Fallin
were married Thursday evening, in
Northumberland county. Miss Fallin
charged Crabbe with having betrayed
her, and vet he swears his innocence.
Crabbe is a mere boy, and is believed to
have been scared into marrying the girl.
Most scandalous rumors are out in refer
ence to the affair
U. s. Consul-General Bingham at
Capetown, South Africa, under instruc-
tons of the L. 5. Government, institut-
ed a four days search for Charles II.
the young Virginia cattle
dealer, who disappeared mysteriously
early last Christmas morning, and states
that the missing man could not be found
nor could proof be obtained that he had
been there.
Mrs. Mary Dean, wife of Zedekiah
Dean, and three daughters, Misses
Minnie, Katie and Grace, were seriously
injured by horse running away and
ipsetting their buggy while going down
4 steep hill west of Toms Brook while on
he way to the Confederate reunion at
Fishers Hill Saturday. The accident
vas the result of a broken back strap.
Mrs. Dean remained in an uncon-
cious state all yesterday, and it is fear
ID her injuries will prove fatal,
The democratic primary in the Sixth |
congressional district on Saturday result
ID in the nomination of State Senator
Jarter Glass of Lynchburg, by a plural
ty of probably $500 or 5000. His |
were State Senator Graham
Jlaytor, of Bedford, and Col. A. VI. |
Bowman, of Salem. There are only two
more candidates to be nominated by the
democrats of the State These are in
he Second and Third districts, in both
# which there are interesting fights.
The former is especially so.
At Amherst on Saturday night Judge
jlarence J. Cambell was acquitted
f the charge of assaulting Rev.
Or. Crawford. The announcement
f the verdict was greeted by the
Judges adherents with yells of APP
lause. Though the night was nearly
asst when the news came, the sound Of
he court bell rang out upon the air, and
Judge Cambelrs friends gathered together
nd held a meeting. Resolutions con-
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