Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Thomas G. Anderson, ex-assistant
United States attorney for the western
district of Virginia, died at his home IN
Wise county yesterday of appendicitis.
A new postoffice has been established
at Totten, Warren county, and Joseph
NJ. Totten commissioned postmaster.
Flossie White has been appointed post
master at Archie, Culpcper county.
Mr.. Thomas II. Cross, postmaster at
Hampden-Sydney, and formerly Deputy
United States marshal for the eastern
district of Virginia, died Thursday even
ing at Hampden-Sydney, aged about 6S
years.
Ex-Judge Hugh Nelson, of Rocky
Mount, died yesterday, aged eighty-four
years. He was the first judge of Frank
lin county elected under the constitution
of 1873, and was for many years Com
monwealth's attorney.
Robert Vaughan, convicted of murder
in the first degree, and Claiborne Walker
and John Banner, three colored pris-
oners, escaped from Dinwiddie county
Jail Thursday night. Walker returned
yesterday afternoon and told of the
escape.
Acting Secretary Darling has decided
that the work of completing the cruiser
Galveston shall be done at the navy yard,
at Norfolk. That vessel was under con-
struction at the shipyard of Trigg & Co.,
at Richmond and was about two-thirds
finished when the company failed.
Mrs. Mary l.. Garnett, widow Of
George w. Garnett, for years member
of the banking firm of Conway, Gordon
& Garnett, Fredericksburg, died Thurs
day night at the home of her son-in-law,
DIR. George B. Steel, in Richmond, in
the seventy-fifth year of her life. She
was a Miss Fletcher, Of Rappahannock
county.
The conviction Of ex-Alderman King
of Richmond for bribery in street con-
tract cases will be followed by other in
dictment.s Commemorative Attorney
Richardson announced that he had I'M
earthed the existence OF regularly or
ganized corporation formed for the pur-
pose of controlling contracts awarded by
the city from time to time. AT the head
of this corporation, he declared, was
member of the city council, who was
formerly n member of the street COM
mittee.
A "a, 100000 mortgage was recorded
in the office of the Chancery Court in
Richmond yesterday. 1t is given by the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company on all its property to
the Central Trust Company of New York
to secure bond issue to the amount of
81, 900, 900. The object Of the company
in placing the mortgage and issuing the
bonds is to double-track and otherwise
improve its railroad plants. The mort
gage covers SO printed pages. The work
of recording it will occupy several days.
The corporation commission in Rich
mond yesterday granted number of
charters and amendments to existing
ones. The one of greatest interest was
the amendment to the charter of the
Washington Southern Railway, in
creasing the capital stock from 81, 500, :
900 to "a, 900, 900, and giving the road
some other additional powers. The fee
from this transaction amounted to 81, 900
and, along with other charter fees col
lected, a good sum was added to the
funds of the State. The charter of tn
Bank of Washington, ID. O., an Alexe
andria corporation, was also amended so
as to allow an increase of the capital
stock to 500, 600.