Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
DECISION IN SAVAGE BANK
RUPTCY LITIGATION.
Extension of Winchester and Wash
ing City Railway Company's
Lines-Progress Being Made.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


WINCHESTER, Va, April IA, 1905.
After carrying the case from one court
to another, the Savage divorce and bank
rupt litigation, which, for the past few
years has attracted attention, was this week
lost by Joseph H. Savage, petitioner, and
his former sister-n-law, the divorced wife
of Ralph Savage will, 1t is stated, receive
in the neighborhood of SS,0e0
With the extension of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad in Jefferson county, w. Va,
and the forthcoming construction of the
Winchester and Washington City Railway
Company's lines in several counties Of the
Shenandoah valley, the great mineral depos-
its in the Blue Ridge mountains of this
section, it Is stated, are to be developed on
an extensive scale.
Since spring weather arrived the con-
tractors at the power plant of the Win
chester Washington company are putting
In every hour available, and progress is
being made The company is under con-
tract to furnish electricity for street light
ing purposes by June / in Winchester, and
number of other cities and towns OF this
section are to be supplied. In the power
house alone over $40 tons of machinery will
be installed within the next few weeks.
Substations are under construction at
Berryville CharlestoWn and elsewhere, and
large forces of men are erecting poles
stringing wires and clearing the right OF
way for the laying of tracks across the
Shenandoah valley to a point son the Blue
Ri6ge mountains near the Southern rail-
way, where connections will be made for
the national capital.
Alleged Theft of Jewelry.
William o. Fraker. a Cumberland Valley
railroad engineman, Is in Jail at Carlisle,
Pa, charged with stealing a satchel con-
tanning jewelry and Elk lodge emblems
worth 50, 800 belonging to Lewis C. Reisner,
manufacturing jeweler of Lancaster, Pa,
last Wednesday evening
The Court of Claims at Washington this
week allowed the congregation of Market
Street Methodist Episcopal Church OF Win
chester civil war damages amounting to
81, 40. About $1,000 was asked by the
church. At frequent intervals during the
war Market Street Church was used by fed
eral troops as hospital. morgue and horse
bic
The state corporation commission has lust
granted a charter TO the Savage Distillng
Company of Kernstown.
Bold swindlers attempted to victImize a
number Of farmers In the southern part of
Frederick county this week by Offering to
erect lightning rods on their residences for
So j. ). Kline of Vaucluse gave an order
and when the men came to put up the rods
one of them approached Mr.. Kline with
what purpOrted TO be a contract, but which
upon closer Investigation, proved to be a
note TOT S5pt. MI. kline refused 10 sign 1t,
and while he was notifying the county au-
thorities the men fled and their present
whereabouts are not known by those they
attempted to victimize, 1t is stated that
similar transactions were discovered in
Warren and other counties in Virginia.
Novel Legal Decision.
A novel case. the first of the kind ever
heard in Virginia. was decided here this
week by Circuit Judge Thomas w Harri-
10 bafJ sko4
sue nonresident In Virginia for claim
having Its origin IN another state.
Extensive preparations are being made
here for the summer normal school for
| teachers of the seventh congressional dis
| trict OF Virginia which Will convene here
| on July and continue in session more than
a month. Prof. J. d. Harris is to be in
| charge OF the school.
| The democratic committee for the tenth
| congressional district met today and de-
| clared Representative IL. d. Flood of Apo
/ rnattox tho nominee of the party in the
! election next fall. Mr.. Flood was the only
| candidate who filed notice of his candidacy
! with the committee. and the time for SC
| doing has expired.
| A nail falling in cardlng machine at a
| mill at Martinsburg. w. Va last Wednes.
! day night made a spark which ignited tho
| wool and caused fire less of about So 600
! principally to machinery. Prompt actor
on the part OF the mill force prevented tota
| destruction of the building.
An engine spark caused fire at the plan.
| ing mill of the United States Lumber Com
| pany at Green Spring, w Va, recently
! which consumed the entire industry at thai
point. Including thousands of feet OF vaiu
| able lumber.
! Hugh F. Conrad, son OF Charles F. Con.
| rad and nephew of Maj Holmes Conrad
| was fatally injured on Tuesday by a stons
| falling on him at Roanoke while engaged
! in civil engineering He was removed to
! hospital where he died on Friday. His re
| mains were brought here the same evening
| for burial. Mr.. Conrad was twenty-sis
( years old and belonged to one of Virginia
oldest families About eighteen month,
ago he was severely injured by q premafur.
| blast near Brooklyn. N. Y. He is survives
| by hie father, who Is a prominent civil en-
| gineer of Staunton. Va, and one sister
| Mrs David ]. Randall OF PlainfeId N. ]
! His mother died several years ago.