Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Judge Allan r. Hanckel, Of the Cor
poration Court of Norfolk, yesterday rem
dered his decision in the appeal case OF
James NJ. Barton to test the validity OF
the Mann bill, the court deciding that
the law was constitutional.
A granite tablet was on Saturday
placed in position at Spottsylvania
Courthouse in front of the historic hotel
to mark the headquarters of General r.
f. Lee during the battle ofSpottsylvania
and Bloody Angle during the civil war.
The tablet is one of those donated by
Mr.. Ryan, of New York, for marking
battlefelds in this section.
A bridge builder near Ringold, in
Pittsylyania county, yesterday discovered
tramp placing distractions on a bridge
of the Southern Railway. He was ar
rested, but refused to give his name. He
confessed, however, to having tried to
wreck the train saying he wanted re-
venge on the conductor, who put him
off the train. He is thought TO be de-
mented.
A colored girl was shot Monday
night in the face, being mistaken for a
burglar. Mrs. Kern, the wife of Rev.
ID. II, Kern, the Methodist minister,
at Harrisonburg, called neighbor and
told him that she had heard a burglar
in the house. j. c. Staples and his
son, Robert, went to their assistance.
As young Staples opened one of the
rooms he saw a dark object move in the
room and shot, thinking twas the burg
lar. The girls injuries are dangerous.
The trial of r. J. Gaskins, who was
accused of completely in the issuance of
lottery tickets with James n. Whelpley,
who was on Monday convicted and given
six months in Jail and $3.50 fine, took
place yesterday before Magistrate Pen
dleton Bryan in Harrisonburg. The
magistrate said the evidence was not suf-
ficient to connect Gaskins with the crime
and dismissed the warrant. He was
Immediately rearrested by Deputy Mar
shall Heber Ker, of Stanton, for viola
ton of the United States laws on the
subject. United States Commissioner
J. Samuel Harnsberger set Tuesday next
as the date of his preliminary trial, and
he was remanded to Jail to wait his trial.
The complete destruction of the union
in Richmond as the result Of the recent
street-car strike was made known
yesterday, when it was learned that the
strikers had appointed a special COM
mittee which had secretly canvassed
each car with view of getting the men
now at work to rejoin the union and
failed. The fact that the international
union has not come TO the support of the
strikers in Richmond, except in very
small way, gave the committee small
argument as to the advantages to be
gained by an organization that had lost
them their positions. Some declined to
commit themselves, and Others refused
to listen to the propositions. The main
issue in the strike was the recognition of
the union, and this the men and the
company understood alike, and when
the demands for more money and fewer
hours were lost the union also went by
the board. The men are now working
~ hours and at 81 a day, the same as
before the first strike, over IL months
ago.
The final registration Of voters in Winches-
ter closed Monday night by a hand to hand
fight between Mr.. Richard +. Byrd and DIR.
Julian f. Ward, one Of the registrars. Mr..
Byrd, it is said, made some remarks which
were personally offensive to DIR. Ward and
the other registrars, with the result that the
two men came to blows. After while they
were separated, and friends Of Mr.. Byrd took
him away from the surroundings.
In Roanoke Monday night the police arrested
Mrs. Susie Wingfeld, wife Of City Constable
f. S. Wing6eld, in a house Of i'll fame. She
spent the night in jail and was fined $40 yes
terday morning. Her husband has instituted
suit for divorce. She is a very handsome
woman and the mother Of two children.