Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-12

Arthur IL. fl6aSauls; duu uioo A1uo1
l.. Shelton were married in Richmond
yesterday.
The work of building q new iron
bridge over the Rappahapnock river
for the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad was commenced
yesterday.
At St. Johns Episcopal Church,
Hampton, Miss Isabelle Randolph
Selden was yesterday married to
Mr.. Harvey Reynolds Halsey, OF
East Orange, N. j.
Miss Daisy Emma Barr and MIR. g.
w. Lloyd, and Miss Mary A. Carlisle,
Of Clarke county. and Mr.. George W.
Grubbs, of Baltimore county, Nd,
we're married in Berryville yesterday.
The Jury in the case of Charles
Owen, charged with emblezzling ST, 600
from the Plankinton Packing Com
PAW, came into court g. Lynchburg
last night and announced that they
could not agree.
The place of meeting of the Virginia
State Christian Endeavor Union has
oeen changed to Lexington from Rich
nond Oh account of the church in that
CITY where the convention was to meet
losing its pastor by resignation.
Pleasant Richards Jones, president
Of the bank of Dapville, and until re.
Gently the head of the Danville Street
Car Company and of the firm of P. &.
Jones & Sons. druggists, died at his
nome 10 Danville yesterday.
Th. engagement of Miss Mary Ran.
dolph Newman, of Orange county, and
Mr.. Barton II. Cameron, of Richmond,
has been announced. The marriage
will take place at Hilton, the home Of
the bride, on the 25.h day of this month.
At Philadelphia yesterday the Uni.
versity of Virginia football team scored
touchdown on the University of
Pennsylvania half minute before time
was called, the final score being Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, SO University
of Virginia 6.
The Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, rector Of
ST. Luke's, Norfolk, has heen elected
by the board OF managers of the Epis-
copal Domestic and Foreign Missions
% be general secretary, to succeed the
late Rev. W. S. Langford, who died
more than year ago.
Mrs. Mary Page Nelson, widow OF
the late Captain William FL. Nelson, OF
Lindon, Clarke county, died at her
nome Tuesday aged seventy-two years.
Mrs. Nelson was daughter of Will
lain Byrd Page, and granddaughter OF
John Page, of Page Brook.
Lucien T. Smith, of Fauquier county,
VINO was nominated last week, at the
Middleburg convention, as the foater
repress NATIVE from Loudoun and Fau-
quier counties, has declined the NOM
ration, thus necessitatiDg the selection
ola candidate by the democratic county
| committee.
TIE $50 mile race of the young-bird
series of the Lower Merton District OF
Haverford, Pa, was flown on Tuesday
from Manassas, 81 birds competing,
The birds were liberated at 1910 a. 10.
by w. II. Stoddard. Several of the
birds were injured by gnnshots, evi
IDENTIFY inflicted by spot hunters"
Superintendent Drewry of the Central
State Hospital for the colored insane in
his report, recommends that the legis.
lature at it's next session be asked TO
appropriate $65, 900 as special build
ing fund to provide accommodations
for $50 more patients. There are at
present in the hospital $50 patients.
The policy OF the State democratic
committee was definitely outlined yes
terday by Chairman Ellyson, who stat
ed that the committee was prepared to
send speakers into the field wherever
republicans or independent opposition
was manifested against the regular de
mocraticinominee, but that there would
bs no general canvass of the State, and
that no unnecessary speaking would be
INDUCED in.
The fact that one of the cheroot
manufactures of Richmond now en-.
ploys one hundred negro girls is Great
ing great deal of discussion among
the white female cheroot.makers,
among the members of the Cigar
uaker's Union, and workingmen gene
cally. II is stated that the white girls
ire afraid that they will eventually be
Implanted by the negroes.
Information was received in Rich
mond yesterday of the death in Lon.
don, Eng, of W. Melvin Read, of the
,tton firm of Inman g. Co. Deceased
Vas native of Richmond and served
turing the greater part of the war In
the Howitzers, of that city. He was
promoted to be adjutant of Hardaway's
battalion of artillery. He went to Au.
susts. Ga and later TO Houston, Tex.
He was about GO years old.
The ball rendered the officers of the
North Atlantic squadron at Fort Mon
roe, last night, Was success, but the
browning triumph wa, the illumination
If the ships. at $50 o'clock there
olszsd forth the fiery outline of every
hip in the squadron, presenting
beautiful effect. The banquet was
strictly an army and navy affair. No
civilians were present, except the off,
GERS ladies. The ball, from spectacu.
lar standpoint. was triumph.
Tee board of visitors of the Uniyer.
sity of Virginia held meeting Tues.
day evening and authorized the com.
mittee to begin at once the construction
of the hospital and yesterday grouud
was broken for the building. The hos
pital is to be one of the most modern
and best teaching hospitals in the
country. The Alfred 81. Byrd bequest
was officially received. Mr.. Byrd, an