Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-16
Virginia News.

The snowfall on Saturday was quite
general throughout the state. In the
southwestern section the fall reached a
depth of from 10 to u inches.
Alta meeting of the American Hack
ney Horse Association In New York last
week, Mr.. Henry FaIrfsx, of Oak Hill
Farm Aide, was elected president.
Gan. ]. Holmes Smith, 6nsnce CLERK
in the Lynchbur, postofice, died sud-
denly at his home Sa 'urdsy afternoon,
aged II years.
One minute after reaching his home,
10 Lursy, yesterday from q drive, Pa
rick Dodson, Hged 66 years, dropped
dead.
Gstrge William Moore, for the past
fifteen y,a" cashier Of the Lynchburg
National Bank, died at his hume there
Saturday, aged so years.
Ia drilling rain, which eventually
turned into sheet OF snow, aud on &
field ankle deep In slush, Virglnia's
football team on Saturday scored 6 to
0 over Georgetown on Georgetown field.
The state bar examination for licenses
to practice law, held in Richmond on
Friday, resulted In the defest of Is Of 30
applicants. Seventeen were given H.
censes aud will be allowed to practice 10
this state.
Mr.. A. A. Gray, while out hunting 10
Fluvsnnah, e.. Saturday was accidental
ly shot and instantly killed. As he was
descending q bill, he slipped aud fell,
dischsrging his gun With fatal effect.
Mr.. Gray Was a distinguished lawyer.
Maj A,hleigh E. Moody, of the
Second Battalion, Second Regiment,
Virginia Infantry, volunteers, who was
operated on at the Petersburg Hospi al
two weeks ago for tuberculosis, died
Yesterday at the hospital. He was
about 81 Yeas old.
Mr.. Orlando w. HUNT, formerly a
we'll known lawyer Of Fairfax and who
had macy ir.euds 10 this city and
throughout this section, died at his home
in Washington, on Saturday 10 the Ssh
year of his age. His remains were taken
back 10 his former home It Fairfax TO-
day for intermeDt.
Receivers Of the jamestown Exposi-
lion have purchased for $50, 500 several
buildings bs OK, in hope of selling to the
government The buildings Ere North
Carolina, New York, Massachusetts,
Illinois, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Vermont, Michigan, Della ware aud Rich
mond city. Their original coat vas
$l75, 900.
Thoma' James, locomotive engineer
on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway,
was found dead in bis room at the S rat
ford Hotel, Petersburg, yesterday fore
noon. He was shot in the mouth. The
supposition is that he committed suicide,
bot for what cause Is not known. On
his person Vai found $106 In money d
and express company's money order for
81, 500 aud a 6ue god watch and chain.
James headquarters were at Charleston,
s. o, and bis home at Racine, Wis. |
After many years OF spsrIing between
the lsgis'a ures and legal departments OF
tle Two States 10 an effort to arrive at |
some basis for the settlement of the |
famous Virgipis-West Virginia debt
matter, which would be naturally salts
factory, ia lgible stige in the contro-
verSy has been reached, and Hon. Charles |
E. Lttlefsld, ofMaine, a,special master |
Of The Supr'me Court OF the United |
Ststes todaj ia Richmond began the frat |
bGa ing concerning the accounts.
Three hundred delegates, representing
practically every state 10 the union ae.
sembled in Richmond S turdsy night 10
a lnusl session of the American Prison
A ISOLATION. Governor Swanson and |
Mayor Richardson entertained the dele
CATION TO which responses we're made by |
O. b. Henderson, Of Chicago, and J. l. |
MiIligsO, OF Pittsburg, the latter the
president Of the association. Mr.. Hen
derson urged the necessity OF training the |
child. Or. Mulligan's address va, con-
fined almost entirely to 8 review OF the
charges in and advancement Of the as.
socisuoD's work.