Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-12-28
Virginia News.


Prof. John Kess1;ch, one of the bes.-
known musicians Of Richmond, died yes
teraay.
Mrs. NJ. Creighton, who for 20 years
was engaged in the millinery business
in Richmond, died yesterday morning.
According to the last assessment the
value OF land, town lots and buildings
in Fairfax county is as follows: White,
a, S92. 98l, coiofed, 1898, 455.
William s.. Smith and Miss Mary
Estelle Gray, daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Johu II. Gray, both of Stafford county,
we're married Thursday at the Methodist
parsonage, at Stafford Court House.
The report of the commissioner.geu-
eral OF immigration for the year 1907
has been received by Commissioner
KOiner, of the department OF agriculture.
The report shows that there we're some
800 immigrants who came TO Virginia
and who Nere registered by the depart
ment in Washington up to June 30,
and there have been some 400 since that
time who have come.
Adii. Gen. @. j. Anderson has sent
letter to all the members of the Cen
eral Assembly setting forth the claims
of the State militia. he asks for an in
crease Of $4,000 in the appropriation
and urges the amendments to the laws
30 that the provisions OF the National
Guard law will he complied with. This
will enable the Virginia troops to receive
some $50, 600 year from the national
government.
At shooting match at Churchville,
Thursday, 10 which all the sportsmen OF
the neighborhood were participating, .
young negro, John II. Jones, 10 spirit
of frollc, secured a shotgun from one OF
the participants in the shoot, aud placing
loaded shell in the gun, pointed the
6rearm at a white boy, John Armstrong,
13 years old, and remarked that he
would make him dance. The gun went
of and the entire load of rabbit shot en-
Tered the boys side and he died within
a half hour. The negro was immediate
~ taken before a magistrate and held
for the grand jury.
Railroad circles are discussing a re-
port that the Norfolk and Southern
Railway is to be absorbed by an older
and more powerful system. The report
names The Atlantic Coas! Line aud the
Southern Railway, jointly or separately,
as the prospective purchasers of the
properties linked together by Msrsden
J. Perry and his associates in the Nor
folk and Southern, which has within
the last two years developed from pros
porous local road, tapping rich terri
tory, into large system and factor 10
the trunk-lIne situation. The reoult is
ikelg to be tn ofisr to its present owners
which may not be refused.
Although but little has been said
about the matter, and in some quarters
there even appears to be q tinctgre OF
secretiveness about the movement, 1t is
practically certainly that the coming
Legislature will seriously consider the
adsisabilily of establishing a bureau OF
department of banking, or at least take
some steps looking to the protection Of
the public from wildcat banks. The
oil isct is to bring about the adoption OF
some laws that will insure a careful ex-
animation of all State banks by expert
accountants, whose judgment can be i'm
plici;ly relied Upon. Just how the
scheme will be worked out is not known.
Ia some quarters the belief exists that
the proposed new bureau will be at
tached to the department of insurance