Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-02
Virginia News.

| II is reported that the Clyde Line
Steamship Company contemplates plac'
ing steamers on its former route between
Richmond aud Philadelphia.
The pippin crop in Albemarle county
this year has been most unsatisfactory
one, aud, as q consequence, there VIII
be a noticeable shortage in the output
of cider.
J. Harry Stewart, well-known young
farmer of Brucetown, was yesterday IN
dicted by the grand jury of Frederick
county on the charge of having criminal
ly assaulted Ethel b. Owens, the thir-
teen year-oli daughter of Charles ID.
Owens, farmer.
Mrs. l.. z. Clark, the .rapeze perform
er with the Cole Bros circus, who was
shot in Staunton in the abdomen on the
night of September 6 by her husband,
while he was attempting to shoot another
Snowman, died yesterday at the Kings.
Daughters Hospital.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Della Osburn, of
Leesburg. granddaughter of Mrs. Jane
Pancoast, to Frederick Bukey, of Chi
cago, formerly of Vienna. The wedding
will take place in December at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Via, Psrkers-
burg, W. Va.
The board of directors of the Wash
ington Board of Trade yesterday after
noon laid on the table the proposition to
merge the three commercial organizations
of the city, decided TO have no hand In
the formation of the proposed 400, 900
Club" and discussed fsvorably the propo-
sition to have an exhibit of Washington's
commercial advantages at the Jamestown
Exposition next year.
State Chairman J. Taylor Ellyson has
opened democratic headquarters in
Richmond. From now until the cam
paign is ended the battle will be fiercely
waged, especially in the Fifth and Ninth
districts, the only two in which the re-
publicans will make fight. The very
best speakers in the State will be sent in
to these districts, among them being Sen
ators Martin and Daniel and Governor
Swanson and Judge William Hodges
Mann, Harry st. George Tucker and
Hal D. Flood.
The State Corporation Commits ion
yesterday took up for second time the
hearing of the assessment cases involving
the steam railways of Virginia, which
was postponed last week. The transport
tation companies object most strenuously
to having their property assessed at the
rate of 500, 900 a mile for single track
and $25, a mile for double track.
They allege that they had some sort
of understanding with the members OF
The constitutional convention whereby
The trackage was 10 he assessed at only
SIS, 900 mile for 10 years.
The l50th anniversary of the Ketoc-
tin Baptist Church, near Round Hill,
Loudoun county, was celebrated at the
church Sunday by an all-day meeting.
The morning sermon was preached by
the pastor, DR.. l. B. Lake. His sub.
ject was 'The Baptist Position" The
afternoon sermon on 1.-THE Noblest Lega
cy of the Departed God," was delivered
by Rev. Frank p Berkeley of Lees5urg.
Rev. Fleet II. James read an historical
sketch of the church, aud Rev. w. Z.
Gibson made an address on the subject
of "Onr Young People, as Related to
UNCONVENTIONAL Integrity"
Falling from a window of his room in
the second story of hotel to the side
walk on Broad street, Richmond, dis
lance of eighteen feet, Andrew j. Gray,
sixty-one years of age, Yesterday morn
ing, received injuries from which he
died in ten minutes. Gray was in the
city with his son, William Gray. His
skull was fractured at the base, his right
arm was broken at the elbow, and his
neck was dislocated. Gray's relatives
believe that he walked out of the window
in his sleep. Gray was widely known
in Confederate veteran circles He
served in the Powhstan Troop, Fourth
Virginia Cavalry, during the civil war,