Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. w. w. Rouss died in New YORK
yesterday. Her remains will be in
tered in Winchester.
Representative Claude A. Swanson,
of Virginia, will be candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination in 1908.
State Senator William B. Mclllwaine,
of Petersburg, denies emphatically that
he has any idea of entering the race for
the United States Senate.
A dual athletic meet between the
Johns Hopkins University and the Uni.
versity of Virginia has been arranged
to take place in Baltimore Thursday,
May Z.
Quite a surprise was sprung on the
people of Wytheville, yesterday when the
liquor dealers withdrew from the local
option contest The election will take
place April %.
Mr.. II. II. Brosser and Miss Edwards,
daughter of Mrs Walker Edwards, both
of Fredericksburg, were married yester-
day at the residence of Rev. /. l..
Chestnut, who performed the cermony.
The menhaden fishermen in the lower
part of the Potomac river and in Chesa-
peake bay are making extensive prepare
tions for the opening of the season, in
few days. About dozen steamers
are employed in the industry.
Mrs. Jane G. Carter wife of Mr.. w.
Alfred Carer, and daughter of the late
Mr.. James Meeks of New Baltimore,
died at her home about 8 miles north of
Warrenton, on Monday night, the 18th
inst, in the 18th year Of her age.
Mr.. Andrew A. Lipscomb, of Alexan-
dria county, a well-known practicing
lawyer of Washington, has definitely
announced to his friends that he will be
candidate against Congressman Rixey
in the democratic primary elections next
year.
The members of the State corpora
ton committee authorize the announce
ment that they will appoint B. j.
Wysor, of Russell county, to the posi-
ton of assistant clerk. They further
state that, at least for the present, Chief
Clerk Upshur will be allowed to have
J. w. Newly in the Office as stenogra-
pier to the commission.
A republican member of the General
Assembly said in Richmond yesterday
that many of the best republicans of the
State want ex-senator Joseph S. GILES
pie, of Tazewell county, to be the next
chairman of the party in Virginia.
They claim that the republican victory
in the Ninth district entities that section
to the honor of having the chairman of
the party.
Henry Taylor, of Richmond, has been
named by Senator Martin as a cadet
to the United States Naval Academy,
at Annapolis, with Taylor Smith, of
Fredericksburg, as alternate. Re-
preventative Flood, of the Tenth dis
trict, has appointed Hugh ID. COyner,
of Waynesboro, a cadet to the same in
stitution. Representatives Swanson has
reappointed Cadet Watson to the United
States Military Academy. Mr.. Watson
failed on a previous exami nation.
Governor Montague yesterday ap-
pointed about rs delegates to the national
good roads convention, to be held in st.
Louis from May 81 to May 20. The
following were appointed from the Eighth
district. William d. Fitzhugh, Inlet
f. S. Turner, Warrenton G. W. Grigs-
by, Igo; Charles p Janney, Leesburg
Robert A. Hutchinson, Manassas VIM.
C. Duval, Bellefair; Cornelius Shoren,
Waterford. Among the Others were
A. b. Chandler, of Caroline; +. A.
Shackelford, of Warsaw David Meade,
of Clarke; and w. B. Richards, OF
Warren.
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