Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-17
Virginia News.

George H. Rector, appointment farmer
of LoudOun county, died at bic home,
near Hillsboro, on Sunday night, aged
50 years.
f. b. Armstrong, of Fauquier county,
and Miss Ellis Button, Of Culpeper
county, were married few days ago at
the Button homestead in that county.
Rev. James B. O'Reilly has been sp-
pointed the pastor of the new Sacred
Heart Cathedral, in Richmond. He has
teen pastor for Is years of the old
Church OF the Sacred Heart.
The Norfolk and Southern Railway
and the Virginia aud Carolina Coast
Railway we're yesterday merged, when
the stockholders of the two lines met 10
Norfolk and confirmed the consolidation
effected by the directors of the two CON-
panies.
Commissioner Koiner has received
about score of letters from laborers in
England, Denmark, Sweden, and Nor
way, all inquiring about farms and
prices paid for labor in the State. The
writers say they represent several people
who are anxious to come this way II
they are certain to get work at fair pay.
Judge G. j. Campbell was fined $25
for contempt of court within the pres
ence of the court yesterday by Judge b
T. Gordon, Judge of the Circuit Court,
who is holding court at Amherst. The
fine was the result of cOllOquy between
Campbell and Mr.. Thomas Whitehead,
| IT,, who were engaged as counsel on the
opposing sides in the trial of case.
Roseben, son of Ben Strome- Roseleaf,
proved his right to The title of champion
sprinter of the world at New York yes
terday, when he clipped three seconds of
the worlds record for seven furlongs over
a circular course and eclipsed by one and
two-Efths seconds the record that has
stood for twenty years for seven furlongs
straightaway. He covered the seven
Fights of a mile in Leg carrying, l26
pounds, and defeating the only other en-
try in therace Beauclaire, exactly one
sixteenth OF mile. The horse proved
himself the fastest creature on four feet.
Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural
Department, has notified Governor
Swanson that his department will be
glad to assist in the building OF road
from williamsburg to jamestown. An
engineer and several road.making ma
chimes will start to work at once, and,
with convicts to do tAe work, $4,000
appropriated by Williamsburg and James
City county, and stone furnished by the
Che sapeake & Ohio railway, the maca-
dam pike from the old capital of Vir-
g:uia to the site of the first permanent
Elglish settlement in America should
soon be reality.
John Hardy, colored, who last Friday
shot and instantly killed Policema n
Beard during raid by the officers on a
negro dive in Roanoke, Yas captured on
Bent Mountain. 10 miles southwest of
there, yesterday by thres farmers lodged
in the Roanoke Jail. The negro shot
twice in resisting arrest. Seeing resist
ance was useless, he then shot himself.
The bullet penetrated bis neck and came
out al his right eye After his capture,
Hardy admitted that he shot Officer
Beard four times, AMI that he Sas shot
once in the hip. Mayor Cntchin last
night addressed large crowd 10 front OF
the police station and advised them 10
20 home, as the negro would die before
morning.
John f. Hays, aged fifty years, a
travelling salesman, committed suicide in
his room st s uotel in Harrisonburg yes
terday. Hays was foiiud shortly before
noon by a bell boy. Hays was found
on the bed, stiff and cold in death. He
had strangled himself to death by tying
i si;k hsDdkerchiel around his neck aud
fastening it to tue hsa5 Of the bed. There
were signs on the bed Of violent strpg-
gle during his dying agouies. HAYS
wet to Hsrrisonburg, October 3 He
was melancholy the greater part OF the
time, and was brooding over tie death OF
his wife, which occurred only sho'i
dine before. He had threatened u kill
himself, aud precsqtions were taken 20
prevent him from DOUG himeelt hsrD
The Market.
f3eorRefoHn Oct II Wheat Is i13