Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-28
Virginia News.

/ Norfolk bakers have agreed to accept
a reduction in wages, and the threatened
rke is averted.
In Richmond Saturday Judge Wad-
dill handed down an opinion granting
the petition Of the Metropolitan Trust
Company to sue the Passenger and Power
Company.
The plans Of the Navy Department for
docking the ba,tleships Iowa and Maine
at the New York navy yard have been
changed. Instead, the vessels VIII De
sent to Newport News.
J. II. Dickson, of North Carolina,
was asphy xiated in Norfolk hotel.
Saturday. While intoxicated he mis-
took gas radiator for steam radiator
and turned on the gas instead OF steam.
Robert E. Knowles, local politician,
and brother of William Knowles, super
intendent OF the City Gas Department,
lost his position Saturday night, and
Yesterday afternoon killed himself with
a pistol at Dutch Gap, few miles be-
low Richmond
The aDjsC me residence on Col. Rich
ard Dulaney's farm No 6, near Upper
vile, that was destroyed by fire some
time ago, is to be rebuilt, and will be
similar to the structure which was burn
ed. The stone work alone will cost about
$l5, 900 and the total coast will be be-
tween SS5, 900 and $40, 900.
Three barns and contents, one of them
completed about three months ago, on
the farm of Mr.. W. D. Reamy, near
Jackets Mills in Stafford county, we're
totally destroyed by ERE Friday morning
at II o'clock. The cause is supposed to
have been sparks from the smoke stack
of corn shreddcrat WORK in the barn
yard.
A county road meeting for Fairfax
county, under the auspices of the
Dranesville D strict Good Roads As
ISOLATION, will be held at Fairfax Court
House on Tuesday, December lS. The
purpose OF the meeting is to inaugurate
an organized movement in each district
of the county TO improveits public high
ways. Gov. Montague, Senator's Daniel
and Martin, Hon. John f. Rixey and
Hon. Harry St. George Tucker have been
invited to attend.
James Robertson Vivian Daniel, long
leading lawyer of Richmond, died of
apoplexy at Yonkers, n. Y, Saturday.
He was visiting friend there and was
apparently in his usual health up to
Friday night, when he was stricken.
Mr.. Daniel was a son of OF Peter Vivian
Daniel. jr.. a distinguished lawyer, and
grandson Of Peter V. Daniel, sr. who
was associate justice of the United States
Supreme Court from 1912 to 1860. He
was fifty-fOur years old.
Col. Thomas NJ. Semmes, for thirty
five years professor of modern languages
at the Virginia Military Institute, died
Saturday afternoon, aged sixty-four
years. He was lieutenant and adiuiant in
Col. Rusts Arkansas regiment during
the civil war, and served in West VIr-
ginia, He is survived by his widow,
who was Miss Louise BrOckenbrough,
daughter Of Judge John w. Broken
brough, and five children. He was
native OF Caroline county.
The first raid on an alleged poker room
was made in Norfolk yesterday morn
ing by the new Chief of Police, Mr.
Boush. A well-known house on Church
street was pulled and David Hathaday
aud ii other persons we've taken to the
station house to be bailed for their APP
pearance in the Police Court tomorrow.
Among those caught in the raid were two
women. Both were young and fashion
ably dressed. This is the first time in
the history of Norfolk that women have
been arrested in poker room.