Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-12
Virginia News.

Dehaven, is dead at her home, in Fred
erick county, aged 70 years,
The campaign prior to the wet and
dry election, which will be held in Dan
vile Thursday, is beginning to warm up.
Two state convicts escaped from a
woodworking force near Lynchburg yes
terday and have not yet been located.
They were "trustees."
Senator J. A. Camden, of West Vir-
ginia, has purchased of Charles II. KEN
per, the Cedar Grove farm in Fauquier
county, contained 103 acres, for $40, 900.
Up to the time Of this sale the farm had
been owned Ivy the Kemper family for
100 years.
A census bulletin just issued shows
the per capita wealth of the city Of Rich
mond to be greater than that Of any
other city of the South, and far greater
than that of the vast majority of the
cities of the country. The wealth, per
capita, of Richmond is $947.4 40. The
per capita wealth of Norfolk is S516.9 "a.
State Chairman Ellyson will open head
quarters Richmond next week, with Secre-
tary Joseph Button in charge. The cam
paign will begin with speech at Han
over Court House next Monday by Con-
gresham Claude A. Swanson, nominee
FOR Governor Governor Montague is
expected to speak at Lovinsgton, Nelson
comfy, September %.
The farmers national congress met
in Richmond today in its twenty-6fth
annual session and will be in session
about ten days, about week of which
will be given up to excursions 10 places
of interest. There will be addresses by
Congressman Livingston, of Georgia.
Adams, of Wisconsin; John Lamb, Of
Virginia, and by Gov. Montague.
The railroad companies of the State
will appear before the corporation COM
mission at Richmond today to file what
EVER objection they may have to the fix
ing of date for the enforcement of rates
and classifcations recently promulgat-
ed by the commission for the govern
ment OF railroads. 1t is understood
that all the railroads will protest, and
will ask time in which to prepare their
answer
By direction OF Gov. Montague, Regis
Ter of the Land Office Richardson has
Notified William l.. Royal, chairman Of
the citizens committee for pure politics,
that the Capital square can be used by him
for a mass meeting next Saturday night.
The object of the meeting is to call on the
Richmond electoral board 70 resign. Mr..
Royal applied formally for use of the
square, objection having been made by
State Senator w. p Barksdale.
According to former Congressman w.
F. Rhea, one of the most influential men
in Southwest Virginia, his section will
send solid delegation to the next State
convention, should there be such body,
TO protest against the primary plan, to
which, he says, the people of this wide
ssction, having tried it, are more OPP
posed than ever. He believes the senti-
ment against it will be widespread, and
that there will be return to the con-
vention and mass meeting method Of
nomination.
AS had been minated in the Gazette,
ninety eight out of 10l union printers
went out on strike in Richmond yester-
day afternoon as the result of the refusal
of the employing printers to allow them
an eight-hour day with present pay after
January 1 next. The Typothete, COM
posed of the job Office proprictors, was
yesterday morning notified that that the
printers must have an answer to their
demand by 4 p. m. The body was in
session for some time, and finally refused
to agree to the terms The men wanted
the matter settled now, saying that If
they waited until January l, the en-
plOyers would have made arrangements
to thwart them. 1t is said that the
printers have been laying up money for
some time and are in good financial
shape for the fight. The newspapers in
Richmond are not affected.