Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-09
Virginia News.

J. w. Wilson, known throughout TIE
State as Revenue" Wilson, died sud
denly at his home, at Rsdford, yester-
day, sged 81 year. He was United
States deputy marshal for ~ years sno
was terror to mooDshi1ers,
Sheriff John Beard, ofAmherst county,
was run over In front of the Southern
Railway station at Dsnyille shortly
after 6 o'clock yesterday evening by
passenger train, which severed both oil
his legs below the knee, causing injuries
from which he died last night.
Her mother going down stairs for q
minute 10 bid the father and husband
goodby as be went of to work in Nor.
folk yesterday, Margaret Csffee, sged :
years, pulled cover from table, up
setting burning oil lamp, which ex-
ploded, fatally burning the child.
Col. O. W. Chapman, revenue agent
for Virginia, returned to Dsnville yes
terday and reported the seizure OF the
Dry Fork Distilling Company, near
Dsnville. The plant Is one of the largest
In Virginia. 1t is understood that 1t
has violated the laws in regard to excess
OF output for amount Of returns made.
Charged with the theft of bis grand
mothers diamond brooch, valued at
5000, and bis fathers gold watch, worth
800, John W. Turner, of Fredericks-
burg, was placed under arrest in Rich
mond last night, the information being
furnished by his father, who had fol-
loved the lad to that city and pointed
him cut to the officers.
The National Executive Council OF
Jewish Women adjourned 10 Norfolk
Thursday night, leaving to the national
officers the Hual selection OF place OF
meeting OF the triennisl assembly in 1908.
The council appropriated 81, 500 for the
extension of the work in behalf of Jewish
immigrant girls, which is proving so ef-
fective at New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Boston. Provision also Was
made by the council for censor COM
mittee TO prevent newspaper publication
OF personalities as far as its members are
concerned and to use it's influence in
suppressing newspaper publications af-
fecting juvenile criminals that might
tend to blast the future responsibility of
these criminals.
At a mass-meeting OF citizens OF Roa-
noke Thursday night in opposition 10 a
proposition for the city to take over the
Randolph market property, which
course was recommended by subcom-
mittee of the city council, speeches we're
made denouncing such deal and favor
ing the city enlsrging the present market.
Councilman Thomas j. Carter declared
that graft in Roanoke is worse than in
81. Louis, Philadelphia, San Francisco
and other corrupt cities. Resolutions
we're adopted calling on Aldermen
Weaver and Donaldson and Common
Councilman Hodgson to resign their
seats. These three men constituted the
subcommittee that several nights ago
brought in q report favorable TO the city
exchanging its market for the Randolph
property.
An antI-ipjunction demonstration will
probably be the feature of next weeks
labor convention in Norfolk. Courts
ahich issue and employers who solicit
iniunctions will be fercely arraigned.
Resolutions will probably be adopted
urging Congress more vigorously than
ever before to transfer from the bench to
the jury box the power to punish for
contempt outside the court room. 1t is
pr iicted that the anti-injunction fight
will fully commit the American Fedora
ton Of Labor to politics and force 1t to
fight for candidates who can be depended
on to advance unionism's cause. 60
cialism, which will probably make an
other attempt TO force itself upon the
convention, seems destined to be re-
pulsed. The fight Gompers and his
executive council will make in Congress
this winter will have the support of 20
ngressmen-several of them real la
boring men-plodged to unionism'S
campaign.