Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Melville gold mine property IN
Orange county was sold at pubic auction
at Orange few days ago and purchased
by Mr.. A. L. Bogman, of Atlanta, Ha.'
for $40, 900.
Mrs. r. G. L. Moncure died yesterday
morning at her summer residence near
Whitewater after brief illness. The de-
ceased was daughter of the late winners
Waller, of Whitewater.
information from the legislative dls-
trict, composed of the counties OF Eliza-
beth City and Accomac, is that Mr.. Z:
Locke Collier is the only aspirant, and
will probably be proclaimed the nominee.
Mr.. Collier, if elected, will be the young
est man in the body, not yet having at
tanned his majority.
Pearl Sullivan, daughter of A. j. Sui
Ivan farmer, of Stafford county, a day OF
two ago picked up a gun which had just
been set in the front hall by visitor and,
pointing it at her little sister, killed her
instantly. The top of the little girls
head was blown of, and some of the shot
struck Agnes Rose neighbours child,
making severe wounds,
Miss Mary Taylor, aged 40 years, met
horrible death in her home, at Gate
City, Scott county, yesterday. She was
in front of an open fireplace in which a
fire had been kindled preparatory to heat
ing quantity OF water, when she was
seized with an eleptic CONFUSION and fell
into the fire. She was burned to death
before assistance reached her.
Judge John A. Buchanan, of the Court
of Appeals, who has been critically i'll at
his home, near Emory, in Washington
county, for two weeks, was removed to
Richmond yesterday on a private car.
DIR. George Ben. Johnston, of Richmond,
who has been with Judge Buchanan for
several days, considers his condition very
serious, and believes an operation neces-
sary to remove the cause of the trouble
and restore the jurists health.
At a meeting of the directors of the
jamestown Exposition, in Norfolk, it
was decided TO increase the rate of inter-
ease on the preferred stock of the COM
pany from to 6 per cent. Bishop A.
NJ. Randolph, of the Episcopal Diocese
of Virginia, who was appointed an ex-
position director at large, rendered his
resignation, which will be forwarded to
Gov. Montague, who made the appoint
ment. Two other directors-W. l..
Berkeley and j. II. Jaycock, of Norfolk
county-tendered their designations also,
and their successors will be appointed
later.
Richmond tobacco men and through
out the State are predicting that the crop
next year will be smaller than any grown
for some years past. Their opinion is
based on the ground that the farmers
have come to the conclusion that prices
will be poor, owing to the lack of COM
petition for the weed. They see that the
American company and the companies
allied with it will not buy in competition
with the Imperial company because they
used different grades of tobacco, and
therefore there will lie no competition to
send the price up. Tobacco growers take
a respondent view of the future outlook,
owing to the monopoly of the market Sc
cured by the trust, and it is probable that
more and more of them will turn their at
tention to other crops.
Complaint comes from Culpeper
county Of the violation of the pure cleo
ton law in the recent primary in that
county, il being alleged that money was
used by one or more candidates, and
with telling effect. 1t is said that the
committee refused to enforce the provis-
ion which requires them 10 refuse to
award the certificate of nomination to a
candidate who, it is proved, has used
money to secure his nomination. The
primary in that county was irregular in
that it was not held under the require
ment of the party plan for voting viva
voce, but voting was by ballot instead.
1t is said that when the committee were
reminded Of their failure to enforce the
law and withhold certificates from those
using money, it was argued that such
action would injure the party in the
county.
The Prince William county demo-
cratic committee has decided to hold
primary September 3d. to nominate
county officers and member of the
House of Delegates for Prince William
county, that being the date set for nomi-
mating a State Senator for this Senatorial
district. So far as known, there will be
no opposition TO the reelection of Mr..
Thomas Ii. Lion, member of the House
Capt. J. +. Herrell. treasur-
er; and Mr.. j. b. 7. Thornton, Common
wealth's attorney. Sheriff.. 2. Leach
man having declined reelection to accept
a position in the National Bank of Man
assas, there will be at least three candi-
dates for the vacancy, F. c. Rorabaugh,
who has been deputy for about twenty
years, Charles Barbee, and Thomas S.
Meredith, brother of the late Congress-
man L. Z. Meredith.
CLoUDBURsTs IN Iowa. Two cloud
bursts last night destroyed hundreds of
thousands OF dollars worth OF property
in Council Bluffs. Iowa. The first storm |