Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-07-20
Virginia News.

The Manassas Horse Show closes this
evening.
Thomas Cook, a farmer, died at his
residence near Winchester yesterday
afternoon, aged SO years.
]. E. CardweIl, of Concord, Campbell
county, who in the past few years has
been mining inspector at Riegler, ILL.,,
was killed there instantly Monday by
falling down an air-shaft 4l6 feet.
J. NJ. Willis, of Hampton, has
bought Berkeley, the widely known
James river colonial home where were
born Benjamin Harrison and William
Henry Harrison, president of the United
States. The place brought s22, 500.
The contest instituted By J. A. Page,
defeated candidate for the nomination tor
City Treasurer of Roanoke in the demo-
cratic primary, has fallen through. The
executive committe today refused to
consider the matter as presented by Mr.
Page.
While on a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Roswell Smith, at Gainsboro, Frederick
county. Miss Rosetta Kerns, of Pawpaw,
w. Va, died suddenly yesterday OF
tuberculosis. She was daughter OF
Edward Kerns, of Pawpaw, end was ~
years of age.
Grand Commander Harwood of the
Virginia Grand Camp of Confederate
Veterans, yesterday granted charters for
two calAps, one in Halifax county and
one in Jefferson county, w. Va. There
is no grand camp in West Virginia,
hence the application for charter from
| Virginia.
Intelligence was received at WiDches-
ter yesterday of the death at Stanton OF
B. F. Mcdonald, formerly well-known
merchant of Winchester. Mr.. Nc
Donald was native of Hampshire
county, and during The civil war served
in the Confederate army. He was sc
years of age.
The grand jury Of the Corporation
Court of Charlottesville, after a three
days session, adjourned yesterday. Four
teen indictments were returned, four for
perjury and ten for gaming. In a ma
iority of the cases the offenders were
former saloonkeepers, some OF whom
had been refused licenses for the current
year.
Mai. Holmes Conrad, special counsel
for the government in the prosecution Of
the postal fraud cases, has gone to Bos-
ton. whence he will sail Thursday for
six-weeks' tour of England, Scotland
and Ireland. Maj. Conrad denied that
he was about to resign as special counsel,
and also that he was goirg away in the
interest of the government.
On Tuesday afternoon lightning struck
the barn OF Reuben Layman, who lives
near Maryland, in Shenandoah county,
and killed two horses and destroyed the
barn by fire. Mr.. Layman's son, Elmer,
had miraculous escape from death. de
had just put hay in the manger tor one
of the horses and was STOPPING over to
get hay for the other when the bolt killed
| did not even shock him.
Fire last night destroyed the factory Of
the Eureka Furniture Company, near
Manchester. The loss is about 1926, 600,
with S12, 900 insurance. The building,
according to the night Waterman, j. r.
Anderson, was set on fire by flash Of
lightning. He was on The second floor,
and was forced to jump for his life. lie
was badly burned and otherwise hurt
The nearby factory Of the Richmond
| Woodworking Company was saved with
difficulty.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, to citizens of this State, of the fol-
lowing patents John Cruikshank, York
town, rotary valve; Randolph II. God
din, of Newport News, paint composition
John r. Shackleford, of Petersburg,
knockdown chair; also the following
trademarks; Frictionless Metal Co., Rich
mond, bearing metal; Joseph G. Dill
inc, Richmond, chewing and smoking
tobacco; Louis Lazarus, Lynchburg