Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-04-19
Virginia News.

Ira COlvln Wells bas oeon ~PPOi"'o"
postmaster at Bull Run, Fairfax county.
Mr.. Talisierro Hunter, jr., and Miss
Virginia Louise Bowers, both OF Caro-
line county, were married Tuesday in
Concord Baptist Church, Caroline eoun-
ty.
John s. Hawkins, charged wish black
mailing the late Robert ID. Ballantine,
millionaire and society leader, was
placed on trial in the Corporation Court
at Charlottesville yesterday.
Miss Anna Jan Fraeis WAN Metcalfe,
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. b.
MetcaIfe, was married at st. PsuPs
Episcopal Church, Haymarket, Wednes-
day to Mr.. Dudley George Roe, OF The
Baltimore bar.
DIR. st. George Tucker Grinnan, OF
Richmond. and Miss Susan Fitzhugh
Dabney, daughter OF the late DIR. VIII
liam Cecil Dabney, OF the University OF
Virginia faculty, were married yester-
day morning in The chapel at the uni
versiiy.
The consolidation of the Public Ledger
and Norfolk Dispatch, evening news
papers, was announced yesterday. This
is the result of an attempt to run two
large one-cent dailies in that limited
field. 1t has been costly experiment
to all Interested. The paper will be
called the Ledger. Dispatch.
At a meeting of the board of visitors
of the University of Virginia last night
Armistead G. Gordon, Of Stanton, was
elected rector, to succeed Charles Pinck-
ney Jones, of Highland, whose term III
member of the board had expired. Dr.
George Ben Johnston, of Richmond, ask
ed to be released from his cond tional
acceptance of the chair OF surgery, aud
the request was granted.
While tearing down an old house near
Roanoke yesterday g. q. Gish, we'll
known farmer, found an iron pot con
tanning "a. 900 in gold buried in a
chimney back of the fireplace. Besides
the money there was a large quantity OF
silyer@are aud fine goll watch and
some !rinkeis wrapped in a Masonic
apron. Gish recently returned to Vir-
gina from Kansas. He purchased the
house at cheap price. and was tearing
it down to make way for a new dwelling.
The house had been standing many
years. No one has so far laid claim Ia
the gold.
Mrs. w. II. Ribble, it,, vile of a
WytbeviIe physician, was fatally in
iured and A. B. Stewart, brother OF MIR
Henry Stuart, of the State Corporation
Commission, was seriou y hurt in run
away accident near Wytheville late yes
terday afternoon while diving in the
country. Their horse took fright at a
train and dashed along the road, throw
ing the occupants out of the vehicle.
Mrs. Ribble struck on her head and has
been unconscious several hours. Ply
4 clans say she cannot recover. Nr.
Stuart had his cOllarbone broken in two
places, shoulder dlslocated and was
otherwise injured.
James Arthur Reagan, former presi-
dent of the Dsnsille Commercial Asso-
citation, accidentally killed himself yes
terday while huntipg robins 10 vacant
lot opposite his residence in Danville.
About 10 o'clock, Mr.. Reagan was dis
covered dead under a tree in the l"t with
the gun under his body. Several people
passing by noticed Mr.. Reagan carrying
his gun carelessly onshis shoulder, and
it is supposed that be fell aud the dis
charge occurred. The left side of bis
face was badly mutlated, and the load
from the gun entered his throat, sever
ing the jugular vein.
Mrs. Emily @. Roak, i9 years old,
wife OF Motormau J. n. Roak, OF Man
chester, was burned from her waist to her
head yesterday morning when about fin
ishing the preparation OF her husband
breakfast One cover to the stove bears
the full print OF her baud. Her hus-
band says she had taiuting spells. He
thinks she tainted anG fell across the
stove and her clothes caught from the
opening from which the plate had been
removed. The neighbors heard the
screams OF her OBe-year-old child and a
heavy fall. They found the you7g wo-
man PROSTATE aud her clothes burned of
above the waist aud her hair burned
away. She is in a critical condition.