Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-06
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Hotel Alpin at Hot Springs was
destroyed by fire yesterday. The hotel
was crowded but no one was injured.
The property loss will reach 500, 600.
The Manassas Agricultural High
School, third year, begins September
18th. Tuition is free in all depart
ments to all boys and girls OF the Sth
congressional district.
Judge Hanckel yesterday sustained
the action OF Mayor Riddick, OF Nor
folk, in suspending for 80 days City
Comptroller Thomas S. Purdie for mis-
conduct and neglect of duty.
Mrs. Alice Jansen died at her home
in Fredericksburg Thursday night of
consumption. She was 90 years old
and was native OF King and Queen
county.
Miss Margaret Settlers, Of Front
Royal, and Mr.. Matthew Tobin, OF
Mortified, were married Thursday
evening at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adams, at Falls Church. Rev. I. s.
o. Thomas, OF the Baptist Church, per-
formed the ceremony.
The eighteenth annual Confederate
Veterans reunion at Fishers Hill was
held this afternoon. There was large
attendance. The principal address was
made by Major Holmes Conrad, Of
Winchester.
The situation regarding infantile
paralysis, or, scientifically, anterior
poliomyelitis, is considered grave by
the physicians Of Richmond. There
are eight unmistakable cases OF the
malady reported in that city.
The State dairy and food commission
is preparing to enforce the recently
passed law demanding n license for the
sale of stock and poultry foods and
powders in Virginia which goes into
effectsSeptember 18th, and all merchants
having continental supplies on hand
are being urged to dispose of them.
After striking out the clause prohibit
ing lawyer members of the city ecun-
ell from appearing in court as counsel
in cases where the city is interested, the
common council of Richmond Thursday
night passed the ordinance, designed
to prevent members of the municipal
body from appearing before municipal
boards for the purpose of representing
special interests for a consideration.
News reached Roanoke yesterday
from Montyale, Bedford county. that
c. C. Williamson, prominent farmer
and church leader, fell across run
ming saw at a saw mill Thursday and
was cut in twain. He was 81 years old
and married. He formerly was presi-
dent of the Patterson Palmer Hat Com
pany OF Roanoke.
A terrific wind and electric storm
passed over Dinwiddie county in the
vicinity OF Reams Station, on the At
lantic Coast Line railway, Thursday af-
ternoon. Corn and fencing were blown
down and much damage done. Ten tele-
phone poles, all in line. were struck by
lightning and eight OF them shattered
to pieces. The same afternoon there
was heavy wind and rain storm in
the neighborhood Of Disputanta, on the
Norfolk and Western railway, which
did considerable damage to the crops.
A bride of fortnight, Mrs. May
Marhoffer, who married DR.. Charles
Marhoffer, dentist, in Baltimore, 10
days after he met her in Danville, is
dead by her own hands in Norfolk
Death from an overdose Of bromidia
administered by her own hand" is the
cause of death assigned Mrs. Mar
hotter was formerly Miss May Kidd,
Of Danville, and the doctor met her at
one of the moving picture theaters,
where she was the pianist
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant. this
week, to citizens of this state. of the
following patents: P. Aylett. Ports
mouth, concrete construction, two
patents; |. NJ. Bond and. T. b. Hall,
Tacoma, machine for manufacturing
fire crackers; ]. S. Enrich, Lynchburg,
protector for automobile tires; C. d.
Huddle, Draper, attachment for lamp
chimney; G, X. Lassiter. Richmond,
metal-cutting tool j. II. Pence, Roa-
noke, water vessel