Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

/ Mrs. Virginia Masters died in Fred
ericksburg yesterday, aged 70 years.
/ Abraham Metzger, a prominent He
brew citizen of Norfolk, is dead.
| The attendance of cadets at the Vir
ginia Military Institute is the larges
( since 1871.
Mr.. Jas. K. Vowel and Miss Rsbeccf
Ritenour, of Wildwood, eloped to Hag
erstown yesterday and were married.
Joseph Maeri, young Lynchburger
has taken his degree of bachelor o
theology at the American College il
Rome.
The steamship St. Paul yesterday ar
rived at t.ne Newport News shipyard
where she will be overhauled. The
Paris has been repaired aud has sailed
for New York.
Captain M. B. Rowe, of Fredericks
burg, declined to accept the position ci
colonel on Governor Tyler's staff, ant
the Governor yesterday filed the va
cancy by appointing Councilman e. D.
Cole, OF that city.
| Friday night at Keysville, the home
of Buck Johnson, colored, with it's con-
tents, was destroyed by fire. His
grown daughter, with her infant child
and one of her younger sisters, were
burned to death. Another sister. who
jumped from window, was go badly
burned that she will die.
Mr.. Charles Owen, of the merchan-
disc brokerage firm of Charles Owen &
Co., Lynchburg, was yesterday ad.
judged insane by commission of luna.
cy. Business trouble is said to be the
cause of the young mans unfortunate
condition. The firm, of which he is the
seuior member, were agents in Lynch
burg for several large pork-packing
concerns.
Anthony Paten, son of MIR. Charles
Paten, was arrested yesterday aboul
three miles west of Winchester
charged with having committed
q criminal assault on the ten-yesr-
old daughter of Mr.. Robert L. Boyd
The deed was committed on Saturday
night at the home of Mr.. Boyd
Young Paten is about fifteen years old
and has always borne good reputa
ton. The prisoner was sent on to the
grand jury.
A letter from Richmond says it is
quite evident that there is going to be
a hot fight for the seat Mr.. Martin now
fills in the U. S. Senate. He is a candi-
date for reelection. It would not be
surprising if he should have half doz-
en- or more opponents. Congressman
W. A. Jones, Hon. R. Walton Moore
of Fairfax, and General Fitz Lee are
spoken of as possible candidates. Re-
| Gently there has been much said about
Governor Tyler as possible candidate
Rev. DR.. Preston Nash. rector Of
Christ's Episcopal Church, Richmond
had a narrow escape from death by
chloroform Saturday. He had been
suffering for week with painful cold
and undertook to relieve it by inhaline
obloroform. He became unconscious
and the timely appearance of his wife,
who heard his stertorious breathing, and
removed the handkerchief from his
face, probably prevented his death. He
preached as usual Sunday. and himseli
told of the occurrence.
The contest for the successorsbip oil
circuit Judge Barton, who died in Fred
ericksburg on Sunday night has already
begun. Among those who are, or who
may be, candidates for the position are
Senator John E. Mason, of King George
county; Judge Eustace Moncure, and
Mr.. a. B. Chandler, of Caroline; Mr..
George Haw and Judge Wells, of Han.
over; Judge F. W. Sims, of Louisa, and
Hon. Robert Washington, of West.
moreland.
A dispatch from Richmond says SIT
is said that Prince Fabian Colonna, of
Paris, is engaged to Miss Eleanor Der.
ger Moran, famous beauty, heiress
and belle at Narragansstt under Mrs
E. D. Morgan, and Mrs. Elisha Dyer,
of New York. The Prince fell in love
with her photograph, and dedicated a
poem to her. Mrs. B. F. Moran and her
two charming daughters, Misses Belle
and Eleanor Berger Moran, recently
came from Charlottesville and tooS
apartments at the Jefferson. where
they will spend the winter. They will
remain here until spring, when they
will sail for Europe, spending most OF
their time in Paris"
Mrs. Ella B. Washington, formerly
of Jefferson county, W. Va, died at
the residence of her son, Mr.. w. II.
D'Hurtburn Washington, in New
York, yesterday. Mrs. Washington
was Miss Bassett, of Hanover county,
and was related to the Washington
family. She married the late Col.
Lewis w. Washington, of Jefferson
county, W. Va, who was one OF the
hostages placed in the engine house at
Harper's Ferry by John Brown. Mrs.
Washington was the West Virginia
member of the board of regents of the
Ladies' Mount Vernon Association.
She was lady of rare Conversational
powers and decided literary culture
and was prominent in the southern cir
Gle of society in New York. The
funeral services will be held at Zion
Church, Charlestowp, at 11:3O a. m. to-
morrow.
A dynamite bomb exploded yester.
day near Dejame, Havana, at the mo-
ment when Spanish military train was
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