Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-04-10
Virginia News.

Charles joseph Noe'SS
night at his home, near CasanoVis, aged
81 years.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company will build $500, 900 coal pier
at Newport News.
Washington Parks, of Kins'le, oyster
inspector on the Potomac river for that
district, died last. Thursday, aged on
years.
J. d. Bondurant, 81 years old, we'll
known building contractor, died yes'er-
day at his home in Lynchburg OF COM
pIication of diseases. He WAS promi-
nent Mason.
Mr.. H. ID. Flood will be declared the
democratic nominee tor Congress IN the
Tenth district as no other name was
submitted to the committee during Inc
time specified.
A. j. Taylor, car inspector OF the
Seaboard Air Line, was killed yes
terday BY a Chesapeake and Ohio yard
engine near the. Hermitage road, near
Richmond, while inspecting cars.
The ordinance recently adopted by
the Petersburg council closing barroOms
from ! :05 at night until in the morn
ing was defeated in the board of alder
men yesterday evening by vote OF Z
to 3.
AS the result OF the appearance OF
spinal meningitis, OF spotted fever, In
the Primers PointJsnd Port Norfolk sec
tons, the Primers Point public school
was Yesterday closed when only one out
of 10 pupils appeared.
Fire at Lacy Springs, in Rockingham
county, Sunday night destroyed barn
on the farm of J. NJ. Glass. Nine head
of cattle were roasted TO death and a
large quantity Of farming implements
was destroyed.
In spite of bis confirmation by the
Senate on Friday last as pr slmaster at
Front Royal, opponents of Rev. Hamil-
ton w. Kinzer, who has held Office for
~ years, have filed serious charges
against him 10 the Postmaster Generals
office at Washington.
Rush Adams Robinson, aged 80 years,
only SOB of DR.. S.. A. Robinson, q
wealthy retired physician of New York
city, died Sunday at Cove Lawn, near
Coyesville, Albemarle county, a beauli-
fu country home, which the doctor had
purchased one year ago for his son, who
had contracted tuberculosis.
Col Clement II. Fontaiue died at his
home, ia Wythe county, Yesterday, aged
rs wears. He was native of Bucking-
ham county, this state, and WAS a grad
uate of the University of Virginia He
entered the Confederate army as prl'
yate and rose to the rank of colonel OF
the Fiity-seventh Regiment, General
Armistesd's Brigade, Picketts Division.
The strike among the Richmond mill
workers came to an end yesterday, when
the employers agreed 10 treat with the
men individually, but not IS union,
aud the union agreed to allow the men
to use their own d secretion as to whether
they would return to work. The owners
agreed to nine-hour day. An increase
OF per cent. was agreed TO by some Of
the milI-owuers
There is sttong probability that the
Southern Railway will extend its line
from Rocky Mount to Roanoke, dis
lance of 80 miles. The Southern reaches
Rocky Mount from franklin Junction,
and that line has never been a paying
one. but under The charter the Southern
is compelled to operate it. Roanoke
capitalists interested say the Southern
will enter Roanoke at no distant date.
The master plumbers of Norfolk yes
terday notified their journeywen that
they had formed union, and the Dur-
neymen union must hereafter deal with
their union and not with individuals or
firms. fhey also announced that they
will run "open shops" hereafter. The
iourneymen asked for an advance in the
wage Of irst-class men from 80 90 to
81. 80 a day, the masters to reply to this
on May /. They replied yesterday in
formally that they would not grant any
advance, AMI in the event OF a strike
will import workmen from other States