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


night.
Major Beverly Randolph Sslden died
at his home, In Richmond, yesterday
after an illness Of only few hours.
Gov..eIect Mann is picking his stsf
OF colonies. Ii Is announced two oil
them will be J. W. Hough and W. 81.
Sargent, it,, of Norfolk.
The 6sb gusno factory Of the Wbsr
ton Fisheries Company, at DJmtr'i
creek, 10 Lancaster county, was huroed
few dsys aga. The loss was s22. 00C
and insurance only $40, 600
Madison Square Garden In New York,
erected al a coat OF SO, 900, 900, has been
sold to q real estate syndicate aud will
bs torn down and replaced by a modern
Office building, according 10 repor! 10
realty circIes,
Capt. Henry B. Fitzhugb. for So
years conductor on the R., F & P.
railroad, recently retired on pension,
died suddenly 10 his room In Ffede.
rirkburg last night. He is survived by
two children.
DR.. James A. Burroughs, president oil
the North Carolina State Medicsl SO.
cieiy, died at his home, 10 AshevIlle, N.
O., yesterday, alter an illness OF ten days.
He was born near Leessille, Campbell
county, Va, 90 years ago.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys. repor, the grant. this
week, to oitiz,ns Of tbis state, of the
following pstsotsi O. J. Lender, Nor.
folk, clamp; G o. Seward snd F. Won
Kulgelgen, Holcombs Rock, production
Of alloys of alksli-ssrih metals, etc.
Marrisge licenses we're Issued in
Washington yesterday to Horace 5hep
p,rd AID Minnie Sheppard both Of
Liuconis; Lewis r, Lowe and Mary
NJ. Phillips, both of Fairfax couoiy;
Oliver a. Towles and Nancy ]. Russell,
Of King Gsorge county, and to George
A. Money and Viola J. OOckrell, both
OF Oolvin Ruu.
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy Win.
throp yesterday approved the schedule
OF wsges for employees Of the Washing
ton navy yard, including the gun fac.
tory, for 1910 Except where Increases
are made 10 few classes, the schedule
is the same as that OF the year jast end
Ing. There is no change 10 the wage
scale Of mschioists, who comprise the
principal class OF employer. Those
clssses which receive small increases sre
the molders, ordnance men, painters,
riggers, wire men, corenskers. stable
keepers and dspenssry attendants, sll
these being In class !.
A fTape house st Blooms, near Ms'
nassss, the home Of Peyton Johnson, Q
respected old colored man, was burned
Tuesday night With all the contents,
and The half.clsd Inmates had 10 wade
through the snoH to 8 neighbours. Early
10 the evening two white men were seen
lurking about the premises. A search
next morning revealed two gallon can
containing about a pin! OF gasoline near
40 clubhouse. No gasoline had ever
been used about the premises before.
This Is The second burning 10 the Vicin.
ity OF AisossGss within q week, two
children having been burned to death 3
few days ago.
Judge Houeb, 10 the United States
circuit coo,t, in New York, Yesterday
deuitd the motion of CHARLES w. Morse
for a new trial, advanced on the grouDd
that the jury which convicted him was
csnlsssIy guarded aud had been allowed
to drink excessive quantities OF intoxl.
catiog liquors during the course OF the
trial. Friday be will move the Circuit
Court for writ OF error on Jddgs
Hough's decision Of yesterday, II this
is denied Morse will begin the new yesr
serving his sentence for violation OF The
national backing laws, the Sapreme
Court OF the Uailei States having pre-
viously refused to interfere In The case.
FIGHT OVER RUM IN WRECK.
a loss estimated at between eco, 900
aud $75, 900 was sustained BY the Penn.
sylVanis Rslros1 In q bad freight wreck
at Polttown, Pa, carly Tuesday morn.
log. Fifteen cars, loaded With valuable
merchandise of every description, we're
dersiled snd smashed to pieces when sn
axle on car in the m!ddle OF fast
freight broke while The train was ran.
ming ct a rate OF so miles an hour.
The engineer and conductor had narrow
escapes from inj1ry. II nquired hard
work on the psrt Of three wreck crews
and 200 men for Y hours 10 clear away
the main track. Furniture, big rolls OF
newspapers, produce and variety Of
other things were piled up 10 the wreck.
age. 10 one car vas 0 lot of whisky and
lot OF foreigners got to aghtiDg among
themselves for 1t,
STRIPED PIGS.
I:sSc Harris, farmer OF West Cape
May has litter Of seven pigs two weeks
old. ole Of them is striped lengthWlse
and looks like a watermelon. Another
is Striped like zsbra, and when asleep
might be taken for Jersey csntsloupe,
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