Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-11-18

Mrs. w. S. Towson, a well-known
woman of Stafford county, died on sat
urday at her home "Perlington," IN
that county.
The stockholders of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway at their meeting IN
Richmond yesterday decided to increase
the capital stock to sl5, GOO, 600.
An incendiary attempt was made sun
day morning between 2 and 3 o clock TO
burn the car barns and cars Of the Vir-
ginia Passenger and Power Company IN
Richmond.
Odd Fellows of Roanoke, Salem and
other sections are preparing to file a
protest against the selection of Lynch
burg as the place for the location OF the
Odd Fellows Home.
Fire in Norfolk last night did sl5, 600
damage to the wholesale grocery house
of the II. b. Goodridge Company and
the big warehouse of Armour * 20.
was saved only by hard work OF the fire
men.
Mr.. w. A. Rudasille has discovered
coal on his farm in Culpeper county and
also indications of petroleum. MIR. W.
I. Fitzhugh, of the same county, has
found indications of oil under his farm,
Englewood.
Mrs. Laura l.. Marshall, wife OF
Sheriff James NJ. Marshall, of Warren
county. died at her home at Front Royal
Yesterday. She was forty-one years OF
age. and was the daughter OF MIR.
Phillip T. Sheaff, of Warren county.
At the Baldwin House in Warrenton
Yesterday. Snyder Martin, young
Slater of Martinsburg, w. Va, attempt
ed suicide by swallowing chloroform.
He gave as his reason that he was tired
of living, and that domestic difficulties
were the cause.
The State board of canyassers met IN
Richmond yesterday informally, and de-
cided not to take any action in regard 20
the summons issued by Judge Waddlll
in connection with the recent election
until after the preliminary forms have
been gone through with.
The contest for the Richmond circuit
iudgeship, to be made vacant by the
voluntary retirement of Judge b. X.
Wexford, promises to be lively one from
now until a selection will be made by
the city bar association to be certified to
the democratic caucus OF the general
assembly.
Mrs. Susan S. Goggin, widow OF John
o. L. Goggin, died yesterday at her
home, near Bedford City, aged 81 years.
Mrs. Goggin was for years resident OF
Lynchburg. Her family had been foI
years one of the most prominent and
best known in that section. Mrs. Cog
gin was the mother of the late Edmund
PendIeton Goggin, who married daugh-
ter of Col. Robert E. Withers.
In the so, 900 libel suit of Common
wealth's Attorney John G. Tilton
against the Virginian-Pilot newspaper
Judge Martin in Norfolk yesterday
awarded Mr.. Tilton $4,000 damages.
The Virginian-Pilot, in quoting counsel
for Charles f. Hiatt, the alleged double
wife murderer recently delivered to the
Oklahoma authorities, said Mr.. Tiltor
was guilty Of unprofessional practices
John o. Wood, clerk in L. o. Clan
niny's wholesale and retail grocery
store at Charlottesville, met with seri
Gus, fnot fatal, accident Sunday morn
ing. He was a passenger on the Chesa
peake and Ohio train between Union
station and Charlottesville depot anc
leaned his head out of the window o.
the car and was struck by fence, re-
sulting in breaking his jawbone anc
other injuries, and is now at the Uni
versity hospital in critical condition.
WILL APPLY FOR DIyoRCE.-Mrs.
Roland B. Molineux, of New York city,
has unexpectedly arrived at Sioux Falls,
s. ID. She authorizes the statement
that she is in Sioux Falls for the purpose
of securing divorce from her husband,
who last week was acquitted Of the
charge of murder after two sensational
trials. Mrs. Molineux says she has nc
reason for wishing to keep the object OF
her coming a secret. In fact she wishes
the world TO know why she has taken up
her residence in South Dakota. That
sheis in earnest il shown by the fact that
yesterday afternoon she engaged the SER
vices of the law firm of Kittridge, Wi
mans & Scott, of Sioux Falls, to conduct
her divorce case. Mrs. Molineux de-
clines to state the nature of the ground
upon which the suit will be based. In
the highest terms of praise Mrs. Moli-
neux speaks of General Molineux, father
of her husband, but she refers to her
husband in terms which are anything
but hattering. She does not refer to
him by name, or as her husband,
but invariably speaks of him
as "fhat man." In sadness she
speaks of her life as the wife of Roland
Molineux. His arrest after only five
weeks of married life, her living with his
mother at Sing Sing one year after
he had been incarcerated at that place,
so she could visit him, and her anguish
of mind during that time have had their
effect upon her. One of her friends
said that her visit to the home OF Gen.
Molineux last week, after the acquittal
of her husband, was only for appear
ances. At the earnest solicitation OF
General Molineux she consented to visit
his home, it is declared, after the verdict
of the jury, but on the understanding
and promise that she should not see her
husband. After remaining there a
short time, during which time she did
not speak to or see him, it is said, she
left for Sioux Falls.
CATION