Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-08-31
Virginia News.

Inc MetnOulsJ EPlscopal OnuICn
South at Falls Church, Va, was rededi-
Gated on Sunday morning Rev. j. Il.
Light delivered the sermon.
Rev. Albert Rhett Walker, of st.
Johns Church, Langley. Fairfax county,
has accepted the charge of Trinity
Church, Long Green, Baltimore county,
Md.
james Thomas, of Lara, was tried at
Heathsyille Saturday before Justice T.
w. Eichelberger and fined $3.50 for IL
legally selling whisky in a local option
district.
Democratic headquarters will be open
ed in Richmond tomorrow by Col. Jos.
Button, secretary, and in short time
speakers will be assigned to the various
districts.
General Corbin has fixed September
10 as the date for holding the final re-
view of the 25, 900 troops to participate
in the annual maneuvres of the army.
Wellington is the place selected for hold
ing the review.
At an adjourned meeting of the repub-
lican Seventh district convention, held at
Front Royal yesterday, Charles NJ. Kee-
zell, of Rockingham county, was nomina-
ted for Congress 10 oppose Hon. JAmes
Hay, democrat, of Madison, the incum-
| bent.
Judge T. w. Harrison, of the Circuit
Court of Clarke county, has received
petition from a number of the residents
of Berryville district, in that county,
embracing tie town of Berryville and
that magisterial district, asking that
local option election be held there.
A negro man gave the information at
Norfolk yesterday that the republicans
are preparing to colonize the negro voters
in New York and that an agent had
been here to register negroes for work in
the Brooklyn navy yard, and they will
90 on later to accept the positions and tc
vote.
Miss George Marmaduke, of West
moreland, died Friday Of consumption,
aged IS years. A brother was buried
about three week ago, who died with the
same disease, and two other members Of
the family who are likewise affected,
are not expected to live but very short
while.
The democratic State central commit
tee meet in Richmond about September
5 to make plans for the prosecution of
vigorous campaign for the democratic
nominees for President and Vice Presi-
dent, and for Representatives in Con-
gress. Reports will be received at that
time as 10 conditions and outlook in Vir-
ginia.
Virginia is fast taking the lead in the
productions of all kinds of valuable min
erals, as is frequently evinced by govern
ment figures. The geological survey
is producing figures as to the production
of manganese and barytes for the year
1908. These figures show that Virginia
produced more than half the manganese
OF this country last year and did well in
barytes.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant this
week to citizens of this State of the fol-
lowing patents ID, Jackson L. POston, OF
Wiehle, for a single saving machine;
Charles w. S. Turner, Of Mountville,
for a nut lock; Samuel d. I. Manning,
of Portsmouth, for a window screen;
Eustace C. De Putron, of West End, for
a print for cigars.
Joseph Key, white, aged twelve, was
shot and killed Sunday morning on the
farm known as Shawsmont, owned by
Commissioner R. L. Battle, in the up
per part of Westmoreland county, by
Tom Baylor, colored, aged sixteen years.
No one was present when the shooting
took place The negro reported that the
shooting was done in a tustle between
him and the white boy. The weapon
was single-barrel breech-loading shot
gun.
All of Monday night, and until 2:3O
o. clock yesterday morning the shake-up
of Norfok's municipal government con-
tnued without abatement, and again
yesterday afternoon the task was taken
to repair holesin the slate, which, strange
to say, the leaders did not make. Short
ly before O'Clock yesterday morning
the slate, as far as completed, was an
nounced. During the caucus the coun-
Gil deposed two-thirds Of the existing-of-
fce-holders, making clean sweep of the
entire list of appointiye officers.
information has reached Tazewel of a
bloody fight Monday night between the
Whitakers and Altizers at their homes
on Indian creek, on the border of West
Virginia, about Is miles north of Taze-
we'll. As a result of the fight Noah At
izer is dead, Lee Whitaker is seriously
injured, Bill Whitaker is shot through
and through, with the chances of his re-
covery very small, and John Stanson, a
sympathizer of the Altizers, is seriously
injured. The trouble occurred at
meeting of Baptists and Seventh Day
Adventists. The services we're in prog
rers when some one fred shot and a
general fusilade began. The Whitakers
and Altziers had been enemies for thirty
years.
Nan Patterson Makes n Statement.
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