The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-05-31
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From Al Over the
State.

:oI with the election OF officers. Chas II.
Harvey OF Knoxville, was elected Grand
Commander, to succeed Jacob G. Smith.
Inc Grand Inspector awarded first hon
ors to Lookout COmmandery. of Bristol.
Inc next conclave will be held at Knox.
VILE The Knights visited Natural
Bridge
The cornerstone of the new Christian
church IN course of erection on West
Washington Street. Petersburg, was laid
IN the presence of large crowd by Pet
erSDurg Lodge, No. IS, of Masons The
ADDRESS on the occasion was made by
Kew. I. .. Woodward, a former pastor
of the church, now pastor OF Conardn
Avenue Christian Church in Manchester.
The Southern Railway Company has
purchased the old Trigg shipyard prop
erty. The formal transfer will be made
within the next few days. The price
paid is close to $4,000, and is for the
entire real estate holdings of the COM
pany. The company will at once, it is
understood, proceed with the LAYING of
he tracks and the building of new and
'ommodiOus warehouse to facilitate the
handling of freight
1t Is likely that the Corporation Com
mission will hold its hearings on the
railroad rate cases in the town of Wythe
vile. The hearing will commence June
). The state is represented By Attorney
General Anderson and A. c. Braxton.
he legislature having made an appro-
orlation to secure his services in this mat
er. All the prominent attorneys in the
employ of the railroad OF the state will
DC present.
Governor Swanson has designated
Judge A. r. Hanckel, of the Corporation
Court Of Norfolk, to sit during part
ot the term OF NanSemond Circuit Court
tor Judge PrentiSs, as the latter has a
personal interest in some of the litiga-
ion to be considered, and, therefore,
asks to be excused from presiding.
Fred Sopneidcr, a German. about 80
years old, committed suicide in the Ho-
tel Fleischmann, Alexandria, by turning
on two gas Jets. A revolver and S38
were found in his clothes Justice Pelton
viewed the remains and decided that is
was clear case OF suicide. No cause
is known for his rash act.
Jesse ]. Robertson. a young boiler
maker in the United States Navy. is
dead in the Naval Hospital at Norfolk
as the result of an injury sustained a
few days ago in baseball game Young
Robertson was struck on the head by a
ball. His skull was fractured. He was
at the bat when the pitcher delivered the
the ball Young Robertson was a native
Of Atchison. Kan
Christopher Ehni, of Raritan. n. J..
one OF the survivors of the Fifteenth
New Jersey Volunteers. who were view
ing the battlefildS on which they fought
in the sixties. was badly but not seriously
injured in Spottsylvania County, near
Fredericksburg, by a spirited horse at
tachcd to the team in which he with
several others was driving, becoming
frightened and unmanageablc, precipitat-
ing the vehicle with its occupants. off
Timberlake's bridge which was without
proper guard railing. into the water,
distance OF Is feet. demolishing the car
riage. Mr. Ennis head struck on a pro-
jecting Cak log rendering him uncOu-
SclOuS and cutting several deep scalp
wounds and iniuring one of his ears.
The driver had his neck severely sprain-
ed.
An interesting ceremony at the Uni
versitv of Virginia, Charlottesville, was
signed to commemorate the noble pa
triotiSm OF those students of the univer-
Sity who lost their lives in the actual
military service OF the COnfederacy-
those who died from sickness or wounds
in the army as we'll as those who were
killed in battle. A number of alumni OF
the university from different parts of the
country was present to attend the unveil-
ing. The speakers addressed the au-
dienCe from the south portico OF the
rotunda, with the audience seated on the
porch and eSplanade and on the steps
and lawn. The tablets Containing SOC
names, with places of residence and place
of dcath), were presented on behalf OF
the donors, the Ladies' Confederate Me
mortal Association OF the University of
Virginia and Charlottesville, by Rev.
DR.. ]. William Jones. a former private
and later chaplain in the Confederate ser
vice, at one time chaplain of the Uni
verSity of Virginia, and now chaplain
general OF the United Confederate Vet
Grams, and treasurer of the Confederate
Battle Abbey Association. The tablets
were accepted on behalf of the university
by President Edwin A. Alderman. while
the address in memory of the deceased
alumni was delivered by Rev. DIR. Rand
dolph II. McKim, rector of the
Church of the Epiphany. Wash
ington, d. c. DR.. NIcKim is
Marylander by birth, an alumnus of the
University of Virginia, and 4 former pri-
vate in the First Maryland Regime -, {.
S. A., later aide-de-camp to Brigadier
General George II. Stewart. and after
ward Chaplain to the Second Virginia
Regiment of Cavalry, c. s. A., COM
manded by Col Thomas I. Munford
During the winter of IS6o-6T two COM
panies of students were formed, the
Southern Guard and the Sons of Liber-
ty. When they were enlisted, however,
they were, at General Lees request, scat
tered through the army. The 600 stu
dents Of the session enlisted almost to a
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