Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-30
Virginia News.

The residence of s. O. Whitaker, at
NortoD, was destsoyed by FIRE Tuesday
night.
Major Beverly Randolph S.lden died
at his home, 10 Richmond, yesterday
after an illness of only few hours.
Gov.-elect Mann is picking his stsff
OF colonies. 1t Is announced two of
them will be ]. W. Hough and W. e..
Sargent, il, of Norfolk.
The fab gusno factory of the Whar.
ton Fisheries Company, at D5mer's
creek, in Lancaster county, vas hurned
a few days ago. The loss was s22. 600
and insurance only $40, 200.
Madison Square Garden in New York,
erected 8. cos, OF s3,000,0 900, has been
sold to real estate syndicate and will
bs torn down and replaced by modern
Office building, according to a report 10
realty circiea.
Capt. Henry B. Fitzhugh. for IS
years conductor on the R., F. & P.
railroad, recsntly retired on pension,
died suddenly 10 his room in Frede-
rickburg last night. He Is survived By
two children.
Dr.. James A. Burroughs, president OF
the North Oarollpa State Medicsl So
ciety, died at his home,iu Ashevllle, n.
O., yesterday, after au illness OF ten dsys.
He was born near LeesVille, Campbell
county, Va, 53 years ago.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, to oitiz,ns of this state, of the
following patents: o. J. Lender, Nor
folk, clamp; G o. Seward aud F. Won
Kulgelgen, Holcombs Rock, production
of alloys of slkali-esrth metals, elc.
Msrrisge licenses were Issued in
Washington yesterday to Horace Shep
p .rd AID Minnie Sheppard both OF
Lluconis; Lewis R, Lowe and Mary
NJ. Phillips, both of Fairfax couoty;
Oliver a. Towles aud Nancy J. Russell,
of King George county, and to George
A. Money and Viola J. Cockrell, both
of Oolvin Rup.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Win.
,hrop yesterday approved the schedule
OF wsges for employs Of the Washing.
ton navy yard, including the gun fac.
tory, for 1910 Except where increases
are made in few classes, the schedule
is the same as that Of ths year jaat end.
Ing. There Ia no change 10 the wage
scsle of macbinists, who comprise The
principal class of employee. Those
classes which receive small increases sre
the molders, ordrauce meD, painters,
riggera, Wire men, corenskers, stable
keepers and dispeussrY attendants, all
these being in class ].
a ffape house 8! Blooms, near Ma
nassss, the home of Peyton Johnson, 8
respected old colored map, was burned
Tuesday night 9th all the contents,
and The haIf.clad Inmates had 10 wade
through the snoW to neighbours. Esrly
10 The evening two white men were seen
lurking about the premises. A search
next morning revealed two gallon can
containing about pin! OF gasoline near
40 clubhouse. No gasoline had ever
been used about The premiaes before.
This is lbs second burning in the Vicin.
ity OF AiaoasUsp within week, two
CHILDREN having been burned to death q
few days ago.
Judge Hough, 10 the United States
circuit cou,t, in New York, Yesterday
deuied the motion of Charles W. Morse
for q new trial, advanced on the ground
that The jury which convicted him was
csrel .ssly guarded and had been allowed
to drink excessive quantities OF intoxl.
catiog liquors during the course OF the
trial. Friday be will move the Circuit
Court 10, writ Of error on Jddge
Hough's decision of yesterday. If this
is denied Morse will begin the new year
serving his sentence for violation OF The
national banking laws, the Supreme
Court of the UniIei States having pre-.
viouslS refused to interiors in The case.
FIGHT OVER RUM IN WRECK.
4 loss estimated at between &c.,
aud sT5, 900 was sustained BY the Penn.
sylgania Railroad In a bad freight wreck
OF po!tstown, Pa, early Tueaday morn.
ing. Fifteen cars, loaded with valuable
merchandise of every description, we're
derailed and smashed to pieces when an
axle on a Gar in the M!ddle OF a fast
freight broke while The train was run.
ming at rate OF so miles an hour.
The engineer and conductor had nsrroW
escapes from irjary. Il required hard
WORK on the part Of three wrsck crews
and 200 men for Il hours 10 clear away
the main track. Furniture, big rolls OF
newspapers, produce and variety oil
other things were piled up In The wrsck.
age. 10 one car 9ss c lot OF whisky and
lot OF foreigners got to fghting among
themselves for it,
STRIPED PIG5.
Isaac Harris, farmer OF West Cape
May has litter Of seven pigs two weeks
old. 01e OF them is striped lengthHise
and LOOKS like s watermelon. Another