Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

| The foreign exports from Norfolk
have fallen off this month, as compared
with those of November. 1896.
! DIR. R. S. Lewis died at his home a,
Culpeper on Sunday, and not at Char
lottesville, as stated yesterday.
Mrs. Annie F. School6eld, wife OF
Mr.. R. A. School6eld, died yester-
day in Danville, of pneumonia after an
illness of ten days.
! Mr.. John A. Lamb, son of Congress
man Lamb, and Miss Mamie L. Blair
were married in Richmond yesterday,
Rev. DR.. Hoge officiating.
Andrew Carnegie has written letter
to the committee in Richmond offering
to give the last $4,000 to complete the
memorial to Major Ginter in the shape
of building for the Virginia Mechanics
Institute. Major Ginter left $4,000 to
the institution.
Major Eugene Darlington died Sun
day in Richmond, at the home of mis-
sister, Mrs. Peyton Darlington. He
was born in 1910 and was educated at
the Episcopal High School, near Aleax-
andria. During the civil war he IVES
in the transportation department
of the Confederate army, with the rank
Of major.
Rev. Father Demuynck, who for the
past year has been assistant priest OF
the Church of the Holy Cross, Lynch
burg, left yesterday for Fredericksburg
to take charge of the church in that
city. He is succeeded in Lynchburg by
Rev. Michael Ahern, who was at one
time pastor of the church at Fredericks-
burg, and who for several years past
has been chancellor of the Richmond
diocese.
E. P. Balm. of Norfolk who was recent
ly appointed guardian for Mrs. Lillian
Balm Cannon will, it is said, institute
proceedings against Cannon, either for
divorce or settlement of dover. Mr..
Alfred P. Thorn, who was leading coun-
sci for the prosecution in the conspiracy
case. has been retained by Mrs. Can
mons guardian. Her husband, who
was convicted of conspiracy against her,
| is worth considerable fortune.
The Slate newspaper, which suspend.
ed publication recently, was sold I'M.
der the hammer in Richmond yester-
day, and was knocked down to John
Garland Pollard, trustee for the hold
ers of bonds against the paper, for
$4,000. The purchaser was unable to
say what disposition would be made
of the paper. The plant sold comprises
everything used in publishing the pa.
per, except the Mergenthaler machines,
Including the Associated Press fran
chise.
Spreading of the rails caused a dis
{, astrous wreck on the Atlantic and Dan-
vile Railroad, at a point east of ellis
Station, yesterday afternoon. The en-
CINE to the passenger train which left
] Norfolk at nine o'clock and was due at
Danville at 5. 25, jumped the track and
carried over the embankment the bag
gage and mail cars and two passenger
coaches, the engine being turned CON-
pletely over Euginemsn James Luter
and Fireman Frank B. Smith were in-
stantly killed. Baggagemaeter Leeds
and Mail Clerk ]. M. Burford were in
iured, but not seriously. The passen
gers all escaped without being hurt.
A bold attempt was made by two
burglars TO rob the residence of Mr..
John NJ Higgins in Richmond last
night and to burn his daughter to
death. The family had just returned
from an entertainment and when all of
them, save Miss Marie, had proceeded
mp stairs, this young woman was sud-
denly seized by two men, one Of whom
placed his hand over her mouth while
the other tied a cloth around
her head. They then tore off her brace.
lets and bandaged her hands with
clothes satuated with kerosene and set
then, +. on flre e: Inc young woman sue.
seeded in freeing her hands and scream
ed, whea the robbers escaped. They
secured no plumber.
Patents have been awarded to the
following persons Hugo Bilgram,
Philadelphia, assignor by mesne as
sianments to Bonsack Machine Com
pany, Salem, mechanism for feeding
and measuring tobacco for cigarette
machines; James W. Bodley, Staunton,
hoisting and transporting vehicle; Jas.
q. Bonsack and Il. Bilgram, assignors
to Bonsack Machine Company, Salem,
cigarette machinery; Sidney ]. Brown,
Tip Top, car mover; Henry NJ. Landes,
assignor of one half to G. B. Pugh, At
ton, cutter bar; James A. Palenthcrpe,
England, assignor to Tobacco Ware
house ano Trading Company, Danville,
sheep dip compound; Robert S. Rust,
Front Royal, assignor to T. B. Robert
SOD, Delaplane, hog nose cutter; Henry
D. Smith, NewberD, corn planter.
THORN CONVICTED.
In New York yesterday evening