Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-31
AL EXANDRIA AT FAIRS
The Condition Of B. B. Hay, Who At
tempted Suicide
J. 8. Mason Nominated by the POpu-
ley-Othcr Matters Of Interest.

Miss Minnie Brengle who was SO badly
burned by the explosion of a lamp that she
was using to heat her curling irons several
deys ago. died at the home of her father.
Henry Brengle. on King street, about 8
o'clock last night. as the result of her in
juries
The fun eral Of the late Joseph p. Clarke
will take place from his late residence this
afternoon at 1870 o'clock. r. E. Lee Camp.
Confederate Veterans. of which he was a
member. will attend the funeral in a body.
Several days ago James Dudley, a we'll
known. colored man of this city. wrote
letter to Benoni Wheat, president of the
Alexo ndria Water Company, threatening to
take his life. together with the other OFF,
cials OF the water company. Dudley is sup
posed to be crszy. and Is now a fugitive
from Justice, having escaped from the chain
gang several weeks ago.
The condition of r. b. Hay, who attempt
ed to commit suicide at the Exchange and
Ballard Hotel on Wednesday, an account of
which appeared In The Star. remains un-
changed. Since being found by the clerk of
the hotel he has been in a comatose state
Drs. VIM. NJ. Smith and VIM. r. Purvis
have remained constantly by his bedside
and have done everything known to medical
science to restore him to consciousness He
IL being carefully nursed by a number OF
young men, many of whom are Masons
Mr.. Hay has taken two degrees in the Ma
sonic order While but little hope is enter
tanned. there is still a chance of his re-
covery. There Is as yet no clue to the
cause of his rash act, and IT will probably
remain a mystery. The report that he had
been on a protracted spree is not true. He
had been drinking but one or two days, and
then not to any great excess. His brother,
Senator James Hay OF Madison county, and
a
The populist convention, which met In
this city yesterday, was but slmly attend
ed. Not more than twenty-five delegates.
representing four counties, were present.
]. 8. Mason of Fauquier was nominated
for Congress as the candidate to oppose Z.
E. Meredith in the eighth district. The
platform of the populist party was adopted
in a set of resolutions.
E. X. OBrien left for Oklahoma today
to take a position in an engineer corps.
The season for killing reed birds opens
tomorrow
Prof Edward Dunn has returned from
st. Georges Island.
The funeral Of Miss Rosa Foley took
place from her late residence on Washing
ton street this afternoon at O'Clock.
Suicides seem to have become epidemic
In this CITY, for there was another one last
night, when James A. Hamersley jumped
from the Norfolk Steamboat Company's
wharf about 10 o'clock. Mr.. Hamersley
had been living unhappily with his wife for
some time, and a few weeks ago she Sc
cured divorce from him in one Of the
Washington courts. His two sons had
been living with him and had just left him
to go home a few minutes before he took
his life. His body was recovered about a
half hour after the fatal plunge, and DIR.
Purvts, the coroner. was notified Mr.. Ham,
ersley has been for a number of years
private Waterman for several stores on
King street. and at the same time con-
Quoted a small shop for repairing umbrellas,
&c. He was soldier in the confederate
army during the late unpleasantness