Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-23
Virginia News.


J. Barry Mahool, mayor of Bait more,
was elected president Of the League OF
American Municipalities at the closing
sess ION of the annual convention, held at
Norfolk yesterday.
At "Jsckson's r est" Prince William
county. on Thursday, September l9,
Mary j. Mathew and Mr.. Roland l..
Davidson, of Washington, were united
in marriage by Rev. I. ID. Clark, oil
Manassas.
The case of the Omitted States against
the Virginia Carolina Chemical Com
pany and certain of its officers, who we're
indicted for an alleged violation of the
Sherman antitrust law, will come up in
Norfolk next Tuesday before United
States District Judge Waddill
Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Alexander, of
Leesburg, have announced the engage
ment of their niece, Miss Mary Rogers
Alexander, to Mr.. Harry Lee Gold6eld,
of Wheeling, w. Va. The ceremony
will take place in Leesburg at the BRIDES
home on Wednesday, October, 2Sd.
Miss Alexander is a daughter of the late
William R. Alexander, of Winchester,
Earle Norton, special Chesapeake and
Ohio detective, was at Stanton yesterday
having in charge J. M. Shumste, Of
Augusta county, who is alleged TO have
robbed the Adams Express Company,
while engaged as agent on several rail-
vay lines in the State. Shumate was
arrested Thursday afternoon at Mount
Sidney, Augusta county, and sent to
Richmond for trial today.
The coroners jury engaged In investi-
eating the murder OF Mrs. Mary Lawless
Rorscbacb, wife of Lieut.. Frank Rorsch-
ach, United States navy, who was shot
in her home by some unknown person
early in the morning of Tuesday, Sept
ember 10, held another session last night
in Portsmouth and again adjourned, to
meet again next Friday. II is not known
what new evidence may have been I'M
earthed at the hearing, as all witnesses
were examined behind closed doors and
bound over to secrecy.
The dropping of broken beam on a
coal car caused a serious freight wreck
Thursday night on the Southern Railway,
6fteen miles south OF Lyncnburg. j. h.
Thomas, who WAS on his way to Dan
vile, riding on coal car, was seriously
injured, but no trainmen we're hurt.
Thomas was dug out OF coal pile in an
unconscious condition. He was revived
and sent to his home at Fort Myer
Heights, Alexandria county. The track
was torn up for several yards, and traffic
was blocked ten hours.
George A. Peters, who was to have
been hanged at Hillsyille, yesterday, tor
the murder of Rev. Joseph Easter, q
Dunkafd minister, has been respited for
thirty days by Governor Swanson, who
will be petitioned by commute the SEN
tence to life imprisonment. Peters was
a whisky "blockader" and killed Eas'
ter because OF the latter's warfare against
the "blockaders" of the mountains.
There is an impression at Hillsville that
Peters was merely the tool Of other men
who had planned TO get rid OF Easter
and upon this ground the petition for
Communication is receiving signers.
When the General Assembly meets in
January it will be called upon to in
crease Tie amount Of salary or income
which is exempt from taxation. The
law requires that all who receive more
than 5000 year shall pay an income
tax OF per cent. The law is not OBJ
served with any degree Of uniformity,
there being many who evade the law by
declining to answer or forgetting TO see
that section of the tax list. Grand juries
have been considering such cases 10 many
sections Of the State, the result being
surprising, the taxpayers in many in
stances having come forward with the
request that they be allowed to amend
their returns. The new law will place
the sum to be exempt from 81, 900 to
ri. 200.