Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

Tavenner will support Gov. Montague for
the Senate.
Friends of all the candidates. both state
and local, are claiming the city and county.
but as it has been shown before that voters
generally consult their own feelings in these
matters especially now that they must pay
In order to vote, the result Is not to be
stated by any of the wise politicians
On the application of w. r. and Fannie
w. Wilson. through counsel. Circuit Judge
Thomas w. Harrison this week issued a
writ of habeas corpus requiring Gus Orn-
dorf and Salna Orndorff his wife, to pro-
duce the body Of Jessie Wilson,
morning. with a view of having her re-
leased from the Orndoffs who are alleged
to have been illegally OBTAINING the girl.
Wilson claims that he was recently work.
Orndorff home, and that he was not al
lowed to speak to his child. The Wilson's
are now residents Of West Virginia and
the Orndorffs reside in this county
Ex-Gov. Charles L. O'Ferrall, who also
represented this (seventh) district in Con-
gress. has again appeared In the literary
field, his recent book, Forty Years OF Ac
tive Service" being followed by another
book of a romantic character entitled
Shenandoah"
Several thousand people from all sections
of the lower valley of Virginia attended
a reunion of confederate veterans at Flow
Ing Springs near Charles Town, Jefferson
county, w. Va. today. AElong those de-
liverng addresses were United States Sena-
tor John w. Daniel. Maj. Robert w. Hunt
er of Winchester and Rev. DR.. William NJ.
Dane of Baltimore. chaplain of the 9Th
Maryland Regiment.
Rev. Edward H. Ingle, who has been
rector, Of Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church at Wildwood, Clarke county, which
is one of the most aristocraic sections OF
Virginia. for the past few years, has &C
cepted a call to the American churches at
Nice, France, and -Lucerne, Switzerland,
the former being winter church and the
latter open only in the summer. He and his
family will leave for France in October.
Many Washington horses and horsemen,
as well horsewomen, will be seen at the
annual Berryville horse show, which will be
held on Wednesday and Thursday. August
% and "a. The entry books. which closed
this week. show about 400 entries, and in
view of past successes many new classes
have been added and purses increased.
The Winchester base ball club, which has
wen nineteen out of twenty-five games play
ed this summer, leaves Monday for a trip
through southern Virginia, stopping at
Washington where they are to play with
the District Commissioners team. They
will then go to Norfolk. Portmouth and
other towns in that section. Richmond.
Charlottesville, Staunton and elsewhere be-
fore returning home
Capt James H O'Bannon. for eighteen
years superintendent of public instruction OF
Virginia, died at his home In Barton
Heights Richmond on Wednesday night.
after a long Illness. aged seventy years. He
was a native Of Charles Town. Va. now
West Virginia, and was a guard at Har-
per's Ferry during the John Brown raid.
Later he enlisted in Company l, ID Virginia
Regiment Clarke Riies), and rose to cap
tain. In April, 1864, he captured near
Washington and was confined In prison at
Fort Delaware till the close of the war.
He had been a resident of Richmond since
1890, was prominent in democratic politics,
and a member of the Masonic fraternity.
The following children survive: Mrs. 8.
Lee Sanger Of Fairfax county. Sidney NJ.
T. Bryant, James B.. Charles W., and Miss
Kathleen o. Damon of Richmond
Miss Elizabeth B. Whiting, daughter Of
the late Francis H. Whiting, and member
of the old and distinguished Virginia family
of that name. died at her home, Ingleside,
Clarke county. on Wednesday, aged fifty
seven years. Her remains were inferred IN
the historic graveyard at Old Chapel near
Wildwood.
The remains of Samuel Strider House,
formerly a prominent merchant of Win
chester and Washington. who died at his
home in the latter city on Tuesday, were
brought to this city on Thursday and inter-
red in Mount Hebron cemetery. after serv-
ices at Grace Lutheran Church. He was
a native of Harper's Ferry. having been
born in 1910. and Is survived by his widow.
Miss Cecilia Belt House. one son. Maj. 8.
Porter House, D. c. N. G., and two
daughters. Mrs. ]. William Allen and Miss
Bessie Gilbert House. all of Washington.
Several brothers also survive.
Announcement is made of the engagement
OF DR.. John II. Latane, son OF the late
BlShOp James A. Latdne OF the FeloIileu
Episcopal Church of Baltimore, and Mrs.
Einor j. J. Cox of Lexington. Va. The
marriage is to take place in the fall about
the same time that DIR. Latane's brother.
DR. s. p. Latane of Winchester. weds Miss
Elizabeth Faulkner Love Of this city. DR..
John Latane Is a member OF the faculty of
Washington and Lee University at Lexing-
ton, and Mrs. Cox is the youngest daughter
Of the late DR.. William F. Junkin OF Mont
clair N J. After the death Of her hus-
band, Lewis Berkeley Cox, at Portland, Ore,
some years ago. she resided in Washington
and recently moved to Lexington. where
she now resides at Mulberry Hill. the old
family place