Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-20
Virginia News.

The president Yesterday nominated
The following Virginia posImsit re;
Charles P. Nair, Clifton Forge; John
NJ. Gd6EO, Fredericksburg.
Snow and sleel fell 10 the 5hen sndosh
Vslley yesterday, bu; melted rapidly,
and experienced fruit growers say the
crops sre not endangered, as clouds
hanging over the valley will prevent
frost.
Governor Mann has comnuted to lille
imprisonment The sentence Of Angelo :.
Hamilton, OF Lynchburg, who In Jaue
lts. shot aud killed Mrs. Slllie Hicks
while coming from 3 dance.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
ptt,nt attorneys, report the grant tlis
week 10 citiz,us oil this state OF the fol-
lowing patents: Ohss. A. Blake, Boz
noke, supporting band for tnu,ers add
other garments; Holmes o. Harrison,
Buffslo junction, csr-replacer; George
V. Hughes, Dorchester, loading device;
Marion Taylor, Sudan, gun lock.
Aunouncemsn emit wss made In Lynch
burg yesterday that Senator Daniel, who
has been seriously Ill at Daytops, Fla,
for several weeks, will be brought to bis
home In LyDchtu'g Monday morning.
The patient, who has improved somewhat
10 the past few days, will leave Dsytona
on Sunday.
The beard OF supervisors for Oulpeper
county, acting 10 accordance with the
Law of the last general assembly eu-
poweripg them to do so, yesterday APP
proprlated 81, 500 for the pu' pose OF
aiding In the erection OF monument on
the public square or elsewhere 10 the
county seat to the memory OF the Con-
federste dead OF that country.
Bysn's "Cross OF Gold" speech,
which made the "Boy Orator OF the
Platte" famous, has been stolen from
the State library, In Richmond. L! was
kept In the handsome volume OF the
worlds bes! oratiops, and the theft wss
discovered by Librarian McIIlWsine, who
has established q close watch to discover
the thief.
Bra vote OF Z to 0, sltna two.hcur
session con'u ned in reading the majority
and minority reports aud In argument,
the board of visitors OF the Virginia
Poly t:chnic Initituie yesterday, In Rich
mond, dismissed the charges brought
against President Psul B. BsrfIngsr, by
tae welfare committee Of the Alumni
Association. The minority report WIS
rel stt d by the same vote,
George c. Whit, a young married
man, charged with sedut ton, was az
ranged yesterday before Bail Commits
sioner Turner, 10 Warrertop, aud bsiIsd
10 81, 900 for bis appearance April %.
Two young girls, daughters OF two prom.
iuent families living 10 miles from War
rert ton, are the aecusers. White former
" was on the police force In The Dlstr Il
Of Ool1mbis, tus on account Of bis
health was placed on the retired lit,
The R., F. & P. q. r. will ignore the
new state law which goes into effect on
June 18Th mex. whereby The common-
wealth may assess taxes against 1t IS a
road operating Sunday trsius. The sttor-
ney general lie preparing to take The matter
lpto court aud bitter battle will follow.
The B., F. ~ r. r. r. is liable under the
uew lsw 10 The payment Of nearly $lOO,,
900 taxes this year. Speaker Z. E.
Bird will be associated With the itlor-
uey general for the state.
The food 10 the streams In touthside
Virgins, following the heavy rains Of
Sunday, hiss caused much damsge, e.
pecislly to bridges, scores OF which have
been washed away. On Monday after
noon BrsdIey's bridge, over Swift creek,
ia Chesterfield county, seven miles from
Peierst q structure 200 feet long,
was swept to destruction, aud lats Mon.
day nisht Bfauder's bridge, over the
same stream, more important and
costly bridge, vert down. Thompson's
large grist mill, on Swift creek, was 10
dsrmined and partially carried away.