Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-22
Virginia News.

Valley on Monday night.
r. T. Conner, of Oatlauds, died at
his home in that place yesterday aged
fifty eight, from paralysis.
Portraits of Lee and Jackson were
presented with elaborate ceremony yes
terday at Lancaster Courthouse. judge
7. R. B. Wright presided.
Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of the
World, in biennial convention at Nor
folk, yesterday, determined that bsrkeep-
ers, bsrienders, and stone crushers shall
be ineligible for membership in the or
der, those occupations being considered
extra hazardous.
Thomas Lassiter, alias Thomas Harris,
negro highwaymaD, was yesterday in
Norfolk convicted 10 the first degree OF
numbering Charles w. Parks. 1t was
one of the quickest murder trials on
record. The case was called at II o'clock
and at 2:0S the jury returned With the
verdict.
At the special meeting of the stock
holders of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, held at Richmond yesterday,
the orly business transacted was to
authorize formally the consolidation OF
those parts of the lice 10 Kentucky with
the parent road, of which they have been
practically part.
Thomas A. Carter died yesterday at
his home in Leesburg from pneumonia,
sged eighty-three. He was prominent
Mason, Confederate veteran. member
OF Clinton Hatcher Camp, of Leesburg,
and for many years was school teacher.
He was a native of Loud un county,
and is survived by bis wife and several
sons and daughters.
The general freight agents Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio aud the Norfolk
aud Western railroads we're 10 confer
ence yesterday with the corporation
commission relative to the changing OF
freight classification to conform to the
orders Of the commission. The rail-
roads are apparently willing to accept
the findings of the commission.
A cadet of the V. r. I. at Blacksburg
who has been under suspicion for some
time o! pilfering from his fellow-sludeDts,
was Monday night brought before the
corps of cadets AID given trial.
Having been found guilty by his
own admission in several instances, the
unfortunate young man was deprived OF
his buttons ard stripes, and afterwards
escorted out of the college campus to the
edge of the town, and warned not to be
found On the Institute grounds again.
Mtssrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, 10 citizens Of this State, of the
following patents: W. G. Aylor, OF
Madison Mills, turbine attachment; G.
II. Banks, Of Norfolk, means for throw
ing liie.iines; +. L. Bell. Of Norfolk,
safety appliance for railways; j. $.
Click, OF Bridgewster, p!ow; James W.
Hurd, of Dona, matchbox; j. L. New
berry, of Norfolk, hedge trimmer; F.
Oliver, of Portsmouth, wrecking device.
John Thompson Hsrgraye. formerly a
Methodist and afterwards an Episcopal
minister, was arrested in Hanover cCun
ty MCnlay charged with defrauding
merchants ard others by the use of the
mails and Yesterday appeared before Unit
ed States Commissioner Brady, who con-
Quoted preliminary hesring. The COM
Ct ssioner decided, after hearing evil
dence briefly, that there was probable
cause of guilt, ard held the prisoner for
the grand jury The man was unable to
give the 81, 500 bond required and went
back to jsil.
The democratic executive committees
of Fauquier and Loudoun counties met
Monday night at Middleburg and &C
corded to Fauquier county The right to
select and nominate the candidate for
State senate to represent tie two cOun-
ties in the Virginia Legislature. This
leaves for Loudoun county the foater
delegate. George Latham Fletcher, of
Warreniou, and Theodore G. Pitcher,
of Midland, are the aspirants from Eau
quier for the senate. John Orr Daniel
and Maj. B. w. Lynn, of Leesburg,
are candidates for hoater delegate.
Application was made yesterday in
the chancery court of Richmond for the
appointment of a receiver for the South
ern Interstate Bank, which last week
was merged with the Bank Of Commerce
and Trusts. The stockholders allege
that they were not consulted in the deal
and they allege gross Encouragement
OF affairs of the bank. The American
Guild was large patron OF the bank
which was taken over, owing something
like seventy-fve thousand dollars. The
application was made on behalf Of sever
al clients by John A. Lamb. Counsel
for the banks were taken by surprise
aud asked and obtained continuance to
Thursday OF this week. The American
Guild recently absorbed the Modern
puritans and other fraternal organiza-
liNnE