Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-06-30
Virginia News.

tiTKIUld NCUc'
News has reached Richmond of the
death in King William county OF VIII
liam d.. Adkins, chiefof the Chlckahom-
my tribe Of Indians.
Frank Williams, alias Ohio Hump,
was in the United States Court in Nor
folk yesterday, found guilty of robblng
the postoffice airport Norfolk, June 10,
OF last year.
John Ray, one of the leading business
men Of Winchester, and widower, was
married Wednesday night TO Miss Viz
ginia Smith, daughter of the late Capt
Edward Smith.
Farmers and cattlemen throughout
the Winchester section are alarmed over
the appearance of a peculiar disease
among cattle that has caused lnany head
OF fine stock to go blind.
Washington Tazewell Capps, rs years
old, father of Rear Admiral w. L. Capps,
chief Of the Bureau of Construction and
Repair in the Navy Department, at
Washington, died at Norfolk yesterday.
Col. Robert A. Mari, professor of en-
cheering at the Virginia Military lnsti-
tute, has been offered the deanship of
the engineering department of the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, at Blacks
burg, to succeed the late Col. William
Nj. Patton. Colonel Mari has the offer
under consideration.
The body of Miss Mary Rogers, who
committed suicide by drowning at Sara
nae Lake, N. Y, is being removed to
her home at Leesburg, the train having
left Saranac at S:45 o'clock last night.
The funeral will take place at Leesburg
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. Ser
vices will be conducted by Rev. j. w.
Morris, of st. James Protestant Episco-
pal Church.
Judge R. Carter Scott, of the Circuit
Court Of Henrico, yesterday refused a
new trial to Austin Johnson, who was
sentenced to hang July 20 for attempted
criminal assault, but extended the time
to September %, in order that counsel
might have time to ta'e the matter be-
fore the Supreme Court. Johnson adj
dressed the court at length in his OWN
behalf, declaring that he was innocent
and the witnesses we're in conspiracy
against him.
DR.. Joseph w. Southall, superinten-
dent of public instruction, yesterday
morning appointed Judge David A..
Christian, of Appomattox, to the posi-
ton of second clerk and statistician,
which was made vacant by the re-
cent removal of john A. McGilyray,
from that Office. Judge Christian is
widely known throughout the State and
was for several terms judge of the County
Court Of Appomattox.
At meeting of the Joe Kendall Camp,
Confederate Veterans, at WarreDton this
week, the date of the annual reunion
was fixed for Saturday, August II. 1t
was decided to secure speaker to adj
dress the August meeting in behalf Of
the Gen. William Smith memorial, for
which a considerable sum has already
been contributed. Other addresses will
be made by DR.. Henry Cochrane, NJ. NJ.
Green and Major r. A. Mcintyre.
Miss Annie Lee Ball, daughter of the
late George Ball, OF Loudoun, was mar
ried on Wednesday afternoon to Mr.
Harry Ball, of Newport News, by Rev.
DIR. J. w. Norris, Of st. James Protest
ant Episcopal Church, at Goresville.
The maid OF honor was Miss Elizabeth
Ball, a sister of the bride, and the
groom's best man was Rodney Ball, of
Purcellvile. The ushers we're Howell
Lightfoot, Harvey Ball, Adie Ball and
Carol Paxson, of Purcellville. After a
short bridal tour North Mr.. and Mrs.
Ball will reside at Alexandra.
Very unfavorabe to the prisoner was
the evidence presented yesterday before
the Manchester Hastings Court in the
case of Mrs. Shepherd X, Smith, now on
trial for her life on the charge of having
beaten to death her son Ralph. Mrs.
Smith sat between her mother, Mrs.
Charles Townsend, and her brother, DR..
Wisner r. Townsend, the distinguished
New York surgeon. The gist of the tes-
timony was that the child had been un-
mercifuIly beaten. The contention of
the defense is that he was whipped to
cure him of evil habits, but with no H.
tenlion of causing his death.