Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-21
Virginia News.

All the candidates whose names go be-
fore the democratic primary tomorro"
are claiming the nomination.
Decatur Jackson Shepherd, we'll
known Confederate veteran, died at his
residence in Winchester Saturday, alter
long illness, aged seventy-four years.
Michael Pattrona, a yellow fever sUs-
pect, is confined in the station house IN
Portsmouth. Pattrona is from Guliport,
Miss, and he says he left there for Ports
mouth Thursday night.
The fruit growers of Virginia are fac
ing golden opportunity and are already
realizing the benefits arising from an
alarming shortage in the European, Eng
lish, Canadian and the domestic fruit
harvest.
Mr.. Joseph Wilmer's barn and dairy
at Rapidan were destroyed by fire Thurs
day night. The contents of both houses
were lost, with large quantity. OF hay,
which was in the barn, and being green
was the origin of the fire; fortunately no
stock was lost.
NJ. X. Lowry, member of the House
from King George and Stafford, recently
appointed Collector of Internal Revenue
for the Richmond district, has forwarded
his resignation as a member of the Cen
eral Assembly, and the same has been
accepted by the governor.
The friends of Governor Montague
were much excited last night over a cir
cular sent from Richmond out over the
State signed by 20 of the advocates OF
Senator Martin. The circular claims
the State for Martin by large majority
and declares that even Governor MOnta-
gue's friends admit that he cannot win.
A public mass meeting composed of
5000 citizens was held in the Capitol
Square, in Richmond, Saturday night,
and resolutions petitioning Judge ;. b..
Witt to empanel another grand, jury at
the September term to the Hastings
Court to further probe the alleged prlm-
AIRY election fraud were adopted.
A letter from Fairfax says: "In re-
gard to the race between Mr.. Robert Lee
and Mr.. Walter Oliver for the legisla'
ture, Mr.. Lee seems TO have the advan-
tage. Mr.. Oliver is a native of Fairfax
Court House and bright young lawyer,
but he does not appear to have gained
sufficient momentum in this race to
enable him to seriously disturb Mr..
Lee"
An accident occurred at Luray yester-
day by which the year-old baby OF Will
liam A.. Kline lost its life. The baby
was sleeping in an old fashioned cord
bed. and in some way rolled to the lower
end of the bed, where there is large
roller around which the cord is wound.
The child's head got under this roller,
and it strangled to death, it's neck be-
ing broken, before the discovery was
made by its parents.
Plans have been prepared from which
the Baptist congregation at Manassas
will soon commence the erection Of a
| new church tulhCt' OH lhV ol'V VI Vhe
present building. 1t will be ffty-one
by seventy-eight feet on the modern one
story plan, with class rooms, library and
pastors study. The foundation will be
of stone with the superstructure of wood.
A tower on one corner will rise to a
height of seventy feet. Metal shingles
will be used on the roof.
Rev. J. Ernest Thacker, OF the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, ar
rived home Saturday from New Eng
land, where he spent his summer yaca-
ton of six weeks. While Mr.. Thacker
was away report gained currency that
he had been given The Finck home
and grounds, in Norfolk, by Mrs. Finck,
who died some weeks ago, said property
being quite valuable. When questioned
Saturday DR.. Thacker said that he had
nothing to say on the subject.