Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-08
Virginia News.

Fire in the factory of the Virginia
Smoking Tobacco Company's plant, in
Lynchbnrg, last night, did damage
amounting to several hundred dollars.
Mrs. Mary j. Downing, widow OF
James Downing, kinsman Of Robert
Downing. the actor, died Wednesday
evening at her home at Stephens City,
aged 70 years.
Miss Susan Catherine Williamson,
aged l04 years, died at the home OF
Mrs. w. W. Williamson in Warren
ton yesterday She was the daughter OF
Rev. William Williamson, who was born
in Scotland.
The body of Catherine lie Grand
Rhea. a granddaughter of Eitzhugh Lee
and daughter of Lieutenant aud Mrs.
James Cooper Rhea, reached Richmond
this morning and WAS inferred in the
Lee section Of Hollywood cemetery.
Miss Mary Susan Copenhaver died
yesterday afternoon at the Memorial
Hospital, in Winchester, where she had
gone for treatment several weeks ago.
She was born So years ago in Clarke
county, and had resided at wildwood all
her life.
Max B. CaplaD, &c years old. an en-
listed United States seaman, from the
receiving ship Franklin, and Madeline
Vicks, 81 years old, committed suicide
at Norfolk, yesterday, the former by
shooting himself, the latter by swallowing
morphine.
A letter from Westmoreland says
"The many friends of DIR. r. II. Stuart
are sorry to learn of the sad accident
which occurred to his son, who was at
tending military school at Lexington,
and had the misfortune of havidg his
arm shot Of"
Mrs. Mamie McSween, wife of Archi-
bald McSween, died at her home in
Washington Wednesday, after short
illness. She is survived by her husband
and three children. Mrs. McSween was
Miss Mamie Jones. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel H. Jones, of Brooke,
Stafford county.
Six members of the General Assembly
will not get certificates of election, hav-
ing failed to file their statements OF ex'
penses. The time limit expired yester-
day, and the delinquents are liable to
fine of not exceediDgs FIVE thousand dol
lars each. They cannot assume office
ill the statements have been filed.
The condition of Miss Mary Johnston,
The novelist, who is i'll in Richmond, is
reported to be somewhat improved. A
few weeks ago she was thought to be al
deaths door, but she rallied and heT
friends have since been very hopeful OF
her continuing in fairly comfortable
health. Her physicians report that she
is in better condition than usual.
A letter received at jamestown Expo
sition headquarters yesterday from Pres
ident Harry st. George Tucker, written
before his departure from London for
Berlin, states that Lord Roberts, of Boar
war fame, will in all probability be as
signed TO command the British troops
which are to be sent to represent the
armies of Great Britain at the jamestown
Exposition in 1907.
Mamie Curl, thirty-two years of age,
an inmate of a house in the section
known as Locust alley, Richmond, was
burned to death in her room last night.
The woman had.been on a spree for sew
eral days, aud had several times threat
ened suicide. She emptied the con-
tents of an oil lamp over her clothirg
and then deliberately spilled match t.
the inaammable material.
Judge Lewis, recently reappointed by
President Roosevelt to his old position
of United States attorney for the eastern
district of Virginia, qualified in Norfolk,
yesterday before 4ldge Waddill and en-
tered at once upol his duties. Robert
H. Talley, who resigned as district at
lorney so that his former chief could be
reappointed, was himself reapPointed
assistant district attorney aud qualified