Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-20
Virginia News.

| DR.. Newton Wsyt, aged 81 years,
died Sunday evening at his home in
Staunton of Bright's disease. DR.. Wayt
was the oldest druggist in the city.
Mrs. Anna Donohoe, mother of the
late Robert Donohoe, died yesterday at
her residence near Leesburg, aged about
seventy-fve years. She was formerly
Miss Cochran.
Mr.. w. w. Waddill, Of Danvill.e,
who has been engaged for some years In
the real estate and insurance business
died yesterday at the Orthopedic Hos
pital, in Philadelphia, where he went
about month ago for treatment
Orlean Clyde Cullen, OF Warren
county, charged with fraudulent use OF
the mails, which charge was transferred
from the Federal Court at Harrisonburg
to Lynchburg, has forfeited his bail
bond for 81 900. 1t is understood that
Cullen is 10 Canada aud that no effort
will be made to apprehend him.
Capt. Augustus G. Paul, OF Company
o, at the National Soldiers Home, at
Hampton, was stabbed through the heart
last night by Frederick j. Kingsley,
who went into the captains Office to ask
for pass. Kingsley was arrested, but
rs be has made no statement, the motive
for the shooting cannot be learned.
Constable James T. Wright, ofCamp-
bell county, who. while serving civil
process near Lynchburg, on Septem-
Der s. became involved in fight with John
Inge, during which he fatally shot the
latter, had a hearing yesterday before
Justices Fortune, Falwell and Vermil-
ion, and was discharged from custody
after Is witnesses had testified.
The large barn, two silos filed with
ensilage, and other outbuildings belong
ing to John w. Gregg, of Lincoln,
Loudoun county, we're destroyed by fire
of an unknown origin Sunday night. Mr.
Gregg runs one of the largest dairy
farms in Loudoun county, and his loss is
estimated at about $4,000. The silos
and barns were partially insured
Andrew Curry, of Paeonian Springs,
Loudoun county, as administrator of his
son, Rodney Curry, who was killed in
railroad wreck at the freight depot in
the town several weeks ago, has filed
suit for $40, 900 damages against the
Southern Railway Company. Curry
was employed as brakeman by the COM
pany at the time of his death and was
putting freight car on siding when
killed.
Congressman John F. Rixey, OF this
district, and Congressman Claude A.
Swanson, and Mr.. Q. Q. Osrlin, of Alex
andria, addressed the democratic voters
of Culpeper county yesterday. The
meeting was under the auspices of the
county democratic committee. The
speakers were introduced by T. II. Glib
son, county chairman. The speaking
was held in Rixey Opera House to an
overlooking audience.
With single-barreled shotgun, John
Ingram Avis, the nineteen year-Old son
of Manchester merchant, yesterday shot
himself 10 the head. He left no mes
sage to indicate why he killed himself,
but it is presumed that constant reading
of medical books had led him TO believe
that he was afflicted with an incurable
disease. A singular coincidence is the
fact that Miss Pokey Lowry, an aunt of
Avis, dreamed Sunday night that he
had blown out his brains.
Capt. Thomas Seward, who recently
went to the Rappahannock river with
the intention of buying oysters and
took quite sum of money with him,
committed suicide one day last week at
Millenbeck. For several days he had
been drinking freely, and on Thursday
while under the influence of liquor he
went to sleep on the grass and when he
awoke his money had disappeared. Soon
afterward be drank three bottles of laud-
anum which ended his life.
Mrs. Minerva Greear, fifty years of
age, was shot to death by one of her
sons at her home near Fort Blackman,
Scott county, Sunday. OF her two sons,
Robert and Grover, it is not known
which fred the shot which ended the
woman's life, as each declares the other
guilty of the shooting. 1t is said the
boys we're drinking, and in room adj
joining that occupied by their mother,
firing their pistols, when she entered
and asked them to stop. One turned
his pistol on his mother and sent bull
let into her heart, causing death in
stantly.
Circuit Judge Prentis, sitting in
chambers in Norfolk, yesterday upheld
the action OF the Norfolk councils in de.
posing J. Leon Wood and Robert w.
5hultice as police commissioners, and
putting in their stead W. II. Sterling
and J. Fl. Waters. The decision is a
victory for the administration forces, and
if upheld by the Court of Appeals, where
the matter will be taken, affects Nor
folks entire police force. A few weeks
ago decision of Judge Prentis uphold
imp the claims of Shnltice and Wood,
Observation-Disclosures commissioners, was
rendered, and he was sustained by the
Court of Appeals. Norfolk has recent
ly experienced an anomalous condition
- one set of commissioners being recog-
nized by Mayor Riddick and the admin
istration, the other by the Court Of APP
peals.
An Early Morning Wedding.
Mrs. Nellie Phoebus, the divorced
wife of Frank Phoebus, son of the