Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-03-26
Virginia News.

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Morgan Brooke died suddenly We'd
nesday at his home in Stafford county,
aged seyenty-seyen years.
Mr.. Tyson Janney has been appointed
school trustee for Occoquan district to
fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
DIR. j. S. Powell.
Senator John n. Opie, Of Staunton,
has announced his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for Congress IN
the Tenth district.
Mrs. Bette Stephens, of King George
county, died on Thursday at the home
of her brother, G. T. Purks, near lgo,
after brief illness. She was aged
fifty-Seyen years.
Rev. S. Cary Beckwith will sever his
connection as rector Of st. Andrews
Episcopal Church, Richmond, June j,
but has not decided on his future plans.
He went to st. Andrews from the
Warm Springs two years ago.
The new school laws will have almost
revolutionary effect in the State, bring
ing in many new teachers, to some ex-
tent breakingup nepotism whereof exists
and cutting the commissions OF the coun-
ty treasurers out of the school fund IN
half.
William King, brother of John NJ.
King, the ex-alderman, now serving a
term in the Richmond city Jail for re-
ceiving bride from contractors, made
an assignment yesterday. William
King was in the ice business in small
way, and attributes his failure to the
ice trust. ~
Col. Robert Fielding Morriss, at one
time wealthy citizen Of Richmond and
mining engineer of experience, died at
his home yesterday aged IA. he or
ganized ten companies of troops in
Richmond at the beginning of the civil
war, wholly equipped one of them and
partly the others at his own expense.
Chesley Peoples, white, was hanged
at Wytheville yesterday for the killing
of John Seagle on December 2, 1903.
The men were playing cards in Seag!e's
room and quarreled. Peoples left the
place, saying he would return and kill
Seagle. Securing ashotgun Peoples re-
turned to Seagle's room and shot the
latter, killing him instantly.
Mrs. G. G. Galleher, of Prince Will
liam county, died Tuesday in Washing
ton, where she had undergone a surgi-
cal operation at Columbia hospital, on
Saturday. She was sister to Mr..
Henry F. Lynn and was 81 years OF
age. Mrs. Galleher was widely known
and esteemed for her many virtues and
beautiful character. Her death is sim
cerely lamented.
Judge George l.. Christian, command
err of the Grand Camp Of Confederate
Veterans, has revoked the plan adopted
by the local committee at Lynchburg
for holding the reunion of the Grand
Camp on the same date with the horse
show in that city. The Grand Comman-
der thinks it would be bad plan to hold
the reunion at time when the hotel ac-
commodations of the city will be taxed
by visitors to another attraction.
Theron H. Brown, former cashier Of
the Life Insurance Company of Virginia,
of Richmond pleaded guilty to the charge
of grand larceny in the Hastings Court
this morning, and was sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary. The court an
nounced that sentence would be suspended
until March 81 to give counsel an oppor-
tunity to use efforts to secure a COM
mutation of sentence. The Indictment
to which Brown pleaded guilty charges
him with stealing the aggregate sun OF
SIT, 177.33.
Mr.. Moses Green, member Of the
general assembly of Virginia from Eau
quier county, has been on visit to
Washington. In the course of con-
versation yesterday he stated that he
failed to vote for the Machen primary
bill because bis duties as a member of
the committee on enrolled bills neces-
STATED his absence from the hall at the
time the vote was taken. He has since
been studying the measure and has be-
come satisfied that it is bad bill and
ought not to have passed. Sohe is glad
he was absent, for he would have voted
for the bill had he been present.