Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-09-24
Virginia News.

"RObeSt Fulton Day" was OBSERVED
at the jamestown Exposition 9Th elabo-
rate ceremony yesterday.
Governor Swanson yesterday contired
the report that he will be at the James
town Exposition on Bryan day in Rich
mond, October IL.
Chairman ellison has called the DEM
ocratic State central committee to meet
IN Richmond Mt noon Sept. 20 h. The
committee will consider legislative tan
gel in the House district composed OF
Fluvsnna and Goochland and also a
contest from Amherst county.
j. Fl. Griffith, retired capitalist, OF
Richmond, and more recently OF Cor
louisville, died yesterday afternoon at the
home OF his son-in-law. DR.. j. E..
Taylor, at Ringgold, Pitisylvania county.
He was sixty-lhree years of age, and
is survived by a widow, and three
children.
Announcement has been made by the
postofice department that commencing
Oct. the following Offices in Virginia
would be raised from the fourth-class to
the presidential class and that the post
masters would receive an annual salary
of 81, 100 each: Burkeville, Charlotte
Courthouse, Elkton, Fairfax, Parksley,
Scottsville, and South Norfolk.
The annual meeting of the Virginia
Pharmaceutical Association convened in
Richmond yesterday, President f. @.
Hammer, of LyDchburg, delivered the
annual address. The committee on legis-
lation, which will propose new phar-
macy law, held a special meetiog today.
The association will entertain rs their
gut SITS the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical
Association, who reached Richmond to-
day.
Mrs. II. o. Williams, wife of secre-
iary II. o. Williams, of the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association,
who lives in the Madison 1ats, in Rich
moud, was rudely awakened yesterday
morning by hand on her throat. She
screamed, and she says that her as
sailsnt, a negro, rushed from the room
to the fire escape and got away. Will
liams was out OF town on business, and
1t is thought that the negro WAS cOgni-
zant of this when he enterd the room.
The Cedar Run Hunt Club was organ
lied in Nokesvile Saturday with thirty
members. 1t includes some of the
best riders in Prince William county
and has one of the best fields 10 the
state for fox hunting. The following
officers were elected: President II. w.
Herring, Nokesville; secretary and treas
urer, Melvin @. Hszen, Washington, d..
c.; executive committee, c. j. Meetz,
Bristow.; w. ]. Green, Nokesville,; Fl.
II. Hall, Gainesville; master of hounds,
r. L. Adamson, Warrenton; first whip,
G. j. Meetze, Bristow; second whip, w.
o. Hall.
Col. Charles Euker, commandment of
the Lee Camp Soldiers Home of Rich
mond, died yesterday. His death was
sudden, but not wholly unexpected. Col.
Euker was nearly 20 years old and lived
in Richmond all his life. He was a Con-
federate soldier, serving with distinction.
After the war he was engaged for a
number of years in business pursuits,
but lately be had been in the employ
OF the Passenger and Power Company
and was two years ago made command
ant of The home. His management Of
the home WAS excellent in every way.
Captain J. r. Rrsser will act rs COM
mandant temporarily.
The cash drawer of the Morgan Hotel
at Danville was riaed yesterday morning
by Nathan Lyons, negro bellboy, who
locked Ernest Adams, the night clerk,
iu tho lavatory. Adams left the negro
sitting in a chair in the office, and pre-
Stunning he was asleep, went into the
lavatory. No sooner had he closed the
door benin him than he heard a
click. Aftet much trouble he finally
succeed in getting out by breaking open
rear window. When he returned be
found that the beiboy had broken open
the cash drawer and had fled. The
thief secured about SO, but in his haste
to get away left nearly that amount un-
touched.