Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

l0fu county, Ndo uiV""NN 49, -
evening while trying to swim james
river at Lynchburg.
Montgomery Young, a fisherman OF
Stafford county, in pulling down his old
house TO erect new one, found DoN
containing 5000 in gold. Nothing IS
known as to how it came there.
Owen Brown, youth IL years OF age,
was stabbed in the neck and arm Satur-
day night by Park III. Stode, Jr., another
youth, during a quarrel between the
two at Stephens City, in Frederick
county. al
The Albert-Sidney Four from Wash
ington and Lee won from the Virginia
boat club crew Saturday in a closely
contested and game race over the mile
course on the James. 1t was four-oared
gig event. Time 5:59.
The Southwest Virginia Institute in
Bristol, valued at $3.50, 600, was sold
Saturday at public auction to the Vir-
ginia Institute Company, for SS6, 600
The purchasers are backed by the
Baptists of Virginia, who propose to
literally endow the institution.
DIR. Hugh T. Nelson, has resigned as
instructor in clinic;il.surgery at the Uni
versity of Virginia, aposition he has oc-
cupied for many years. The Board OF
Visitors, Immediately npon accepting his
resignation, appointed him consulting
surgeon to the University hospital.
Lucien Hamilton, of Collierstown,
Rockbridge county, prominent repub-
lican, has been appointed by Collector
of Internal Revenue Park Agnew as
stamp deputy for Lynchburg, vice james
NJ. Mclaughlin, who resigned to ac-
cept the postmastership of Lynchburg.
1t is reporeed that the negroes of Prin-
cess Anne county are holding weekly
meetings for the purpose of raising
money to 90 into a general fund with
which to test the franchise clause of the
new Constitution of the State. 1t is said
that Sl5, 600 of the aggregate is to be
raised in Princess Anne.
p. H. Butler, sailor from the United
States training ship, Lancaster, was
committed to the county Jail Saturday by
The authorities of Phoebus to answer the
charge of attempted criminal assault.
The sailor was arrested on complaint OF
Mrs. Kate Smith, who alleges that he
attempted to outrage her little eleven
year-old daughter.
Miss Carolina Ramsey Randolph, OF
Edge Hill, Albemarle county, died Sat
urday morning after an illness OF SIX
weeks of brain trouble. She had been
unconscious for week. Miss Randolph
was born at Edge Hill seventy-fyc
years ago, and was a daughter of Colonel
Thomas j. Randolph, a grandson OF
Thomsa Jefferson.
Fielding Lewis Marshall died al
Grunge, yesterday, aged SO years. HC
was the eldest grandchild of Chief JUS
tice Marshall He was a graduate in
law of the University Of Virginia, but
never practiced his profession. He wa
a soldier in the Sixth Virginia Cavalry
He had been married twice and is sur
yiyed by a widow and IL children.
A short time ago while Mr.. DaviC
Crabill, of Toms Brook, near Wood
stock, was entertaining company he
poured pitcher fullofmilk, which hi
sat upon a table. He was called away
for few minutes, and returned to fine
that the pitcher had disappeared. Aftei
a lapse of eleven days, his dog attracted
his attention to the woods nearby, wher,
the family cat was found in tree, witt
the pitcher over its head.
Miss Costenbader, the ffteen-year-olC
daughter of Mr.. Robert Costenbader, o
Westmoreland comfy, was brutally as
saulted Saturday evening by a negro
named John Homer, eighteen years old
She was returning from store to hel
home near Potomac Mills, when she was
waylaid. The negro madeIhis escape
Miss Costenbader succeeded in reaching
her home, and she told her story. 4
posse caught the man near Leedstowr
and lodged him in Jail at Montross. The
authorities, fearing the Jail would be at
tackled, brought the prisoner to this city
and lodged him in Jail.
Jordan Thompson, president of the
Virginia Negro Industrial md Agricul-
tural Association of Sufock, announced
yesterday afternoon that money is being
raised all over the State to attack the
lately proclaimed constitution, and es-
pccially the clauses DISTINGUISHING ne
groes. Thompson says Senator Thurs
ton, of Nebraska; John s. Wise, of New
York; and Judge Lewis, of Virginia, are
among those already retained rs counsel.
Thompson has recently returned from
Mississippi, where the negroes mean to
fight that States constitution. He be-
lieyes the Virginia organic law will be
declared unconstitutional.
Confederate veteran circles are dis
cussing the action of r. f. Lee Camp OF
Richmond in declining to extend an
invitation to G.. A. X. pOstof Philadel-
phia to visit Richmone, the post having
signiiicd its intention of going next
summer. 1t is stated that negroes are
members of the Philadelphia post and
the Confederate Veterans emphatically
refuse to recognize negro soldiers or to
permit them to enter the hall. The
monument to JefiersonDavis will be I'M
yelled next year and later the Grand
Camp will assemble there. The letter
informing the local camp of the contem-
plated visit wassfrom W. II. Neel, of
1917 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
STATE OF ONO CITY OF TOLEDO, I 90
Lucas COUNTY.