Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-17
Virginia News.

MI. tucker will spesk To-Day 10 h1ck-
inghsm county where state Senator hei-
zsll has declared for him.
The wife of Captain James Bumgsrd-
liner, jr., of SiauntoD, died Friday night,
leaving a husband aud six Children.
The graduates of the University OF
Virginia this year will present the uni.
versity with busts of Lee aud Washing
ton.
Speaker Cannon and party OF con-
gressmen will travel BY automobile
through the Shenandoah Valley this
week.
The weekly newspaper known as the
Caroline Echo, Published at Bowling
Green, in Caroline county, has suspend
ed publication.
James NJ. Price, of Besleton, Sstur-
day afternoon announced bis candidacy
to represent Fsoquier county in the
next legislature.
Mrs. Edmonis Brawner, wife OF Frank
Brawner, of Aide, Loudoun county, a
prominent educator OF the state, died al
her home in that place Saturday, aged
so years. She was Miss Edwards, Of
Leesburg.
The International League for High
way Improvement, in session In Rich.
mond on Saturday, asked Congress for
81 900, 600 to support the work of the
body, and adjourned to meet next year al
st. Augustine, Fla.
The sixty-thifd annual session Of the
great council of Virginia, Improved Or.
der OF Red Men, will assemble 10 The
wigwsm of Hiswsths Tribe In Roanoke
at 9 o'clock on Wednesday, the 18th,
and will remain in session two days.
At Bristol on Saturday night Judge
Mann spoke aud declared that be would
never seek another political position
This means that Judge Mann will moi
he a candidate for the Senate upon toe
expiration of his term IS governor
should be be elected.
Mayor Cutchin's proclamation of foul
months ago hiss proved dismal failure
in Roanoke and yesterday the Sunday
selling laws rs applied to drug stores
aud news stands are being openly vic.
lated. Tobacco, cigars and newspaper
sre being generally cold.
The STATE Summer Normal destitute
10 Winchester will open june 30 snd
continue in session until July 81, the
last three days being given to exsmins'
ton. This school will give especial at
tenlion to reviews of the subjects upon
, which the teachers are TO be examined
Mayor Rodefer, of Woodstock, has
issued orders thst hereafter the ordi
nanees of the town shall be enforced tC
the letter 10 regard to doing business
on Sunday and has had the news deal
era notified that hereafter they will no
be allowed to sell or deliver newspaper
on Sunday.
DR.. Harvey Wiley, chief chemist,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, has purchased for 1927, 900 the Gil
Fur farm, a portion of the estate of ibt
late Townsend FRASER, located near Up
perville, L0udoun county. and contain
ing 900 acres. he will convert it into {
grazing farm.
The fofty-flth anniversary OF the bat
tie OF New Market wss observed at the
Virginia Military Institute Saturday by
decorating the graves of the FIVE cadets
buried there. The entire battalion o
cadets marched to the cemetery. Gap
tain Robert Z. Lee, jr., a grandson o
General Lee, made the address.
Dol. S. S. Brooke, commander of thu
Confederate Veterans of Virginia, hal
appointed Miss Annie Grace Buford, o
Roanoke, sponsor, and Miss Elizabeth
WsnsD Merchant, of Manassas, maid o.
honor, to the fourteenth annual reunion
OF the Confederate Veterans, to be helC
at Memphis.
En.aiing loss Of nearly q millior
dollars, the general storehouse of the Sea
board Air Line Railway system at th,
shops in Portsmouth was totally destroyed
| by fire yesterday morning at 5:5(
O'Clock. The explosion of several tori
of railway signal iorpedOes shook Ports
mouth and Norfolk, breaking Windows
at a considerable distance from the scene
OF the fire and ipjuring one man who
WIS fighting the fire. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Norfolk sent fremer
to aid in txIipguishing the flames
This is the second time In FIVE years tina
this compsny's supplies have burned.