Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
Virginia News.

OF LlDCOli la'
The foot-and-mouth disease is caus-
Jog the Staying of hundreds of cattle In
PennsylVa 1ia and hss halted exports.
Jehu r. Williams, president Of a
large Wholesale grocery and for some
years president OF the Lynchburg COM
mon council, died SATURDAY. in that city
alter a short illness aged 81 years.
The three young men charged with en-
tering J. T. Ashford's harm near Ma
nsssas on Halloween night, whiiewash'
Jog his carr age and secreling the vehicle,
were on Friday fined BY Justice Hodge.
For the first time since September
Evelyn TbaR on Saturday visited her
hustaud, Harry X. Tbaw, who is con-
fued in the asylum for the criminal
insane at MatLeawan.
Quintus G ayes, 2-ytas-old son of
Conductor II. NJ. EddiDs, of the Ohesa'
perke aod Ohio Railroad, died In Cher
lottesvile yesterday afternoon OF conges-
tion Of the liver, caused by eating match
heals.
A bridge across the Albemarle Sound
for the Norfolk and S)uthern Ra lTsy,is
to be built. The bridge which will connect
SINNERS Point with Mackey's Ferry,
North Carolina, will be about FIVE miles
in length, aud will cost approximately
81, 900, 900.
The Independent Fertilizer Company
wa, incorpoia ed at Trenton on SATURDAY.
with a capital stock OF $4,000, 900,
divided equally into common and pre-
ferred, the latter btaring z per cent.
dividends. The object of the company
is to deal in manufactured fertilizers.
Dol. r. A. Mari, professor of civil en-
cheering Virginia Polytechnic lnsti-
tute, Backsburg, who was recently re-.
quested by the board Of visitors to resigu
bis chair, on Saturday won his fight
against removal and he will retain his
position in the faculty.
A dispatch from Rome says: Virginia is
to be enriched by still another s'a,ne from
Roman studio, this time of stOneVal
Jackson, and also this time BY the
sculptor, Moses Ezekiel, who is never
forgotten by his State, to which he does
such honor.
Richard Mills shot and instantly
killed bis brother, Columbus Mills, IS
sequel of negro craps game at the con-
slruct'oo camp on the Southern Railway
near MOtley's station, about 20 miles
uorih of Chatham, Saturday night.
Mills was arrested.
william Pearson, 15-yesrs old, Of Lew
insviIle, Fairfax county, is at George
town University Hospital, suffering from
a gun-.hot wound in his right foot. He
was playing with rife nesr his home
yesterday, when the gun accidently va,
discharged inAicting the injury.
The funeral OF Joseph Bryan wss con-
Quoted with simple ceremonies at Em'
manuel Episcopal Church in Henrico
county, yesterday afternoon. The little
church standing in q grove with Its GEM
etery, could not accommodate one-teDth
of those who gathered to pay the Ia It
msrk of respect to one OF RichmOnd'S most
distinguished citizens.
Preparations for entertaining the au-
nual Virginia State Educ ;ional Con-
ference. which Is to be held In Newport
News this week, beginning tomorrow
and closing Friday evening, have been
| completed by The local committee on ar-
rsngements. 1t is estimated that be-
tween 500 and 1000 educators will
BIZ there for t1e conference, and the COM
mtlee has been busy for weeks securing
quarters for the visitors, 800 OF whom
will be ant rtsined In private homes free
of cost.
Local option va the theme 10 most of
the churches in Lynchburg yesterday.
The big meeting Of the day was that a.
terooon st the Academy of Music, which
was addressed by Rev. Mordecsi Ham,
OF Kentucky. This meeting concluded
with nta1y 700 men pledging them
selves 10 work and vote for prohibition.
The report of the committees represent
ing the W. o. 7. u, which circulated
the petitions among the women OF the
city asking the voters to cast their votes
for Local option, report that there have
been 8. 900 signers to these papors.
The jury in Richmond 10 the trial OF
r. E. Connolly, the young u an charged
With allciously shooting and wouDding
NJ SO Katie Bselman in the Cohan de-
pertinent store, on Broad street., last
July, while in jealous rsge, failed to
agree on Saturday and was discharged.
The jury agreed that Connolly should be
punished for his act, but the disagree
ment was as to Whist the punishment
should he. A new trial was ordered by
Judge Witt after he had discharged The
jury, and bond in 81, 900 Was renewed
by Connolly.