Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-10-22
VIRGINIA NEWS

Mr.. A. @. Brsxton's foe barn, near
Stanton, was burned yesterday, pro-
badly by an incendiary.
s. K. Hall, OF Accomac county, and
Miss Lula B. Parks, OF King George,
were married yesterday at King George.
Miss Agnes Randolph, formerly Sup
erintendent of the Virginia Hospital,
has received q temporary appointment
10 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
Mr.. Julian A. Collins, 80 years old,
one of the most prominent citizens oil
Caroline county, died on Sunday at his
home at Milford OF cancer OF the
stomach.
Annie Allison, colored, OF Sussex
county, has been arrested 10 Richmond.
on the charge Of sbduciiog Matte L.
Smith, white girl. The cOlored wo-
mans brother is accused of criminally
sssaulting the girl.
Senator John w. Daniel. who has
been quite sick here for several weeks,
took short drive in his buggy al
Lynchburg yesterday. 1t will be some
time before be will return to the cor :
sttutiOnsl convention.
1t is announced that Gen. Thomas l..
Rosser will attempt to succeed Col. 5.
Brown Allen to the U0ited States mar.
shalship for the western district of Vlr-
ginil. Col. Allen IL the Incumbent,
and wants to succeed himself.
The tablet erected to the memory OF
the founders of William and Mary Col.
lege, which is 211 years old, was un.
yelled today at Williamsburg, by the
Colonial Danes of Virginia. Among
those who delivered addresses was Mr..
James Lindsay Gordon, of New York.
Thomas Edwards, who Ia charged
with doing the shooting that mysteri-
ouslY killed John O'Brien, foreman OF
the Richmond Locomotive Works, has
been bailed. The case against him lie
not strong. and the shooting Is believed
to have been accidental from long range.
Charles WiDgfsld, q negro, who
killed Mr.. John Carter, manager oil the
Mountain View Farm, in Albsmarle.
Saturday, and was hid by the suthori-
ties, had preliminary trial yesterday
and was hurried off to the jail at Char.
lottesville. The feeling against the
negro was very strong.
Capt. ]. J. DlckersoD,s prominent
cattle dealer of Russell county, was
struck By train from Richmond yes
terday, near Port Walthall, on the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad.
and so badly hurt that he subsequently,
died of bis Injuries. The unfortunate
man is supposed to have fallen asleep
on the track.
/. has Just been learned 10 Richmond
that Giles B. Jackson, The well-knowD
colored lawyer of thst city, secretary OF
the Negro Business League Of Virginia
aud vice president of the national
organic ,tion OF which Booker T. WASH
iugton ia president, YVES invited 10 the
dinner at the White House at the same
time with Washington.
Attorney General A. J. Montague,
Hon. James w. Marshall and Congress
man James Hay addressed a democratic
meeting at Harrisopburg yesterday.
The republican speakers at separate
nesting were II. Pty,on Gray, OF
Lynchburg, and Hugh Gordon Miller,
of Norfolk. The Booker Washington
incident ct the White House came 10
for sharp comment by all the speakers.
The Loudoun Chapter OF the Daugh-
tiers OF the Confederscy celebrated the
fortieth anniversary of the battle OF
Balls Bluff by q reception at the club
rooms OF the chapter 10 Leesburg, yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. Sterling Muir
ray, president, received, assisted by
Mrs. N. @. Purcsll, Mrs. George Hoff-
man, and Mrs. Henry Harrison. Re-
ireshments were served and appro
pirate addresses made by Judge
Niool, of the Circuit Court, and Col.
+. V. White, commander of the Con-
federate Veterans.