Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. Mamie Preston, wife OF Thomas
s. Preston, died on Tuesdayin Leesburg;;
Mrs. Preston's firsthusband was Samuei
5. Preston. Several years after the dealh
of her first husband she married Thomas
s. Preston. by whom she is survived.
Rev. Peter Burks. colored, fifty-one
years old, pastor of negro bapust
Church. in Roanoke, Is under arrest
CHARGED with criminal assault upon lola
Webb an eleyen-year-old mulatto glr''
He protests his innocence. He Will be
tried Saturday.
The work of double tracking the Z.
& o. railroad is progressing satisfactorily.
The undertaking was begun about ten
wears ago, and within year or eighteen
months it is hoped to have the work
completed. Already about one hundred
and fifty miles of the road has been
double tracked.
George F. Scranage, colorcd, who was
arrested in Fredericksburg on the charge
of having attempted to assault Miss
Minnie Schepmoes in hammock on her
back porch at night some time ago, has
been released. as there was not sufficient
evidence against him to bring HIM to trlai'
The man has borne a good character,
and il is believed that he was not con-
nected with the case.
Only thirty-two reports of tobacco
manufacturers in the State OF Virginia
have been handed in 10 Labor Commls-
sioner Doherty, whereas the total num-
ker submitted last year was forty. The
exp lanation of this decrease Is the aD-
sorption of numbers of independent
manufacturers by one company, causing
one report to be made, where possibly
three or four were made the year before
Sue Holly, of Pocahontas, is in jan
there. charged with having murdered
John Trigg at that place last night;
Trigg was negro, u years OF age and
was well liked in the community. he
became enamored of the Holly woman
and they we're living together. The
woman had been receiving the attention
of other men and this angered Trigg, anC
the pair quarreled last night The woman
picked up a pistol and shot Trigg through
the head. killing him instantly.
An opinion of much local interest ha
lust been given by Judge Henry {. Me
IDowell. of the United States Distrlc
Court of the Western district of Virginia
in Danville. in the suit filed by the Inter
state Commerce Commission against tn
Southern Railway Company. The cas-
has been pending for the past two years
The complaint charged discrimination
against Danvilc in freight rates. Tn
opinion sustains the railroad company
and the bill is dismissed with costs.
The opinion of Judge Mcdowell, o
the United States District Court for tn
Western district of Virginia, in the sui
. in equity filed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission against the Southern
Railway was handed down Yesterday IL
Danviiie. The case has been pending
for the past two years. The grayamel
of complaint is the disparity i'll freigh
rates between Danyille and Lynchburl
and the cheapness ofrafes on tobacco 10
the West giv,n Lynchburg and Rich
mond as egainst the rates on the sam
product offered Danyille. The fndin!
| N the court is that the freight rates t.
and from Danville are not unreasonable
The question of similarity Of condition
in Lynchburg was dismissed on tn
ground that the conditions are entlrel.
dissimiIar The decision .of the com
mission was reversed and the bill dis
missed with costs. An appeal Will b
taken.
W. p. Coburn, an assistant manager for !h
Life Insurance Company of Virginia. Is mis-
ing from the Norfolk office of the company
He disappeared on the Sth of July and ha
not been heard from since.