Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-01-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

home, in Clarke county, on Thursday
evening in the eighty-sixth year OF her
age.
Applications have been filed by sew
eral Senators for the seats of Senators
who retire this session. Senator Cor
mans seat Will go to Senator Daniel, OF
Virginia.
Miss Mary Hamilton Somerville,
daughter OF Prof s. W. Somerviile, OF
Fredericksburg College, died of pneu-
monis at her home in that city on
Thursday.
Mrs. Rosalie Up,hur, wife of Mr..
Walter S. Upshur, OF Norfolk, died yes
terday at the home of the Misses Hur-
kamp, in Fredericksburg, where che
YVES visiting.
Rev. ]. j. Clopton has resigned Up
per Truro parish, OF The Episcopal
Church, and accepted Emmanuel and
Cedar Run PARISHES. He will reside at
Casanova, Fauquier county.
On Thursday evening at the home of
he bridegroom, in East Radford, Mr
William Piukney Scott, seventy years
of age, was married to Miss Oracle
Fortner, aged twenty-one years.
The report sent out from Newport
News, to the effect that a steel Plant
costing S. 100000. and employing 5000
men, with Coils P. Huntington ideDtI-
fed with the enterprise, is not true.
Mrs. Laura Boone, who has been
| matron al the Mary Baldwin Seminary
for about twenty years, died
at Stanton on Thursday, from
pneumonia. Mrs. Boone was native
of Alternate county, but had lived in
Stauntou number OF years.
TIE marriage OF Miss Annie May
Shecs elford and Mr.. Edward Patton,
at Richland Baptist church on Thurs
day, was brilliant affair. Rev. c. w.
Brooks officiated The maid OF honor
vas Miss Carrie j. Burton, aud the best
man was Henry Patton, of Richmond
Medical College.
The Newport News board of heal b
has taken steps TO carry into effect the
compulsory vaccination order. Undtr
the present arrangement the city has
been divided into districts, seven il
plumber, corresponding to the seven
wards, and physician has been as
signed to each ward. The work of vac
cinating the general public will beglo
Monday.
Workmen were engaged yesterday
in tearing on. q portion OF q wall 10 The
basement of the Capitol in Richmond
under the impression that q record Of
the famous John Brown trial had been
sealed uD thare. The story was that
these alleged records were placed in
this wall by Msjor Newberry, vino was
the SUPERINTENDENT OF public buildings
in 1870. No such documents Were
! found.
Union Steam Fire Engine Company,
of Wibc5ester. received check las
niaht from Charles Broadway Rouss,
the New York millionaire, for ont
thousand dollars to BE- used for ban
ouet to be rendered Mr.. Rouss on Ii
birthday on February II next. This Is
the second check for similar amount
the company has received from Mr.
Rouss for the same purpose. His do
rations 10 the town aggregate over one
hundred thousand dollars.
L9e Camp, of Confederate Veterans,
OF Richmond, last night took the first
steps toward collecting information
with view of carrying out President
| McKinley's suggestion for the general
government to care for the graves Of
| Confederate soldiers. The camp mace
en- appropriation to obtain the number
OF cemeteries in Virginia in which Con
federate dead are buried and the nun
Der of graves contained in each, which
information is to be furnished to The
government. There are more than y,
coo Confederate buried in the three
cemeteries in Richmond.
The W. R. Trigg Company starte d
work in Richmond yesterday Oh the
three torpedo boats-Stocklon, Shu-
brock and Thornton. The plant has
been established since the contracts
were secured, the only nucleus being
an idle machine-shop. Yesterday the
sheds were completed, the furnaces
burning, the machinery running, and
one of the finest drafting lofts in the
country is being utilized. A full force
of hands is st work Oh the frames OF the
boats. which will be l75 fee. in
length, II 6 in breadth, feet S inches
draft, 165 tons displacement, 5000
horsepower, and have t. speed OF TWEEN
ty-six knots.