Both Mr. Keegan and Mr. Johnston were in the city for a short time yesterday. They are members of the commission of Fisheries, and reported at the governor's office to proceed with him yesterday afternoon to Old Point Comfort.

Mr. Fotts said yesterday that he had received flattering assurances of support from friends in every section of the State and had reason to believe that he would have been elected had remained in the race. Business reasons, he said, had induced him to abandon the contest. The opinion was general in Roanoke that the greater part of Mr. Botts' failing in that city will transfer its support to Mr. Johnston.

Mr. Botts remained in Richmond through most of the recent legislative session, and it was thought that he was conducting a vigorous campaign, which would be pursued to the end. Mr. Johnston was a candidate for the office of Auditor of Public Accounts at the session of 1912, losing to Mr. Lee Moore by two votes.

The Richmond Refining Company was yesterday fined $100 and placed under $500 bond for one year on a charge of creating a nuisance by allowing disagreeable odors to emanate from the company.  Its plant. This was the second time that the company has appeared before Magistrate H. S. Sunday. For the first offense, Magistrate Sunday placed a fine of $100.
A number of witnesses appeared against the company, among whom was W. W. Sydnor, sheriff of Henrico County.
In the Husting Con. 