Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-23
Virginia News.

Luther Brown, well-known Win
chester merchant, died Saturday evening
of drogsy, aged 4S years.
While attending services at the Open
Door Mission in Lynchburg last night
William E. Frazier, aged Sc, died OF
heart disease de had been in i'll health
for sometime.
James Branch Cabell, q we'll. known
Richmond author, has declined sn APP
Pointment as secretary Of legation ten
dered him by acting Secretary OF state
Robert Barr.
The Dreylns Association Of Richmond,
at meeting held yesterday, took the
lnitiaIory step towards iDauguratlng a
a Dreyfus scholarship at Richmond Col
lege. 1t is proposed to raise an annuity
Of 81 900 Tor the purpose.
Thad NJ. Woody, of Petersburg, who
was visiting his sister, Mrs Jarrati, died
suddenly in New York Saturday. Mr..
Woody was for many years manager OF
the DuDlop Tobacco Company in Peters
burg. he WAS about 50 years old.
Jake Wells, president OF the lakewood
Amusement Company, and sixteen
others we're arrested in Richmond yester-
day by warrant charging them with
violating the Sunday laws. The arrests
we're made for the purpose of testing
the law. ~
Captain William Hunter TSliaferro,
who served as member of the Fourth
United States artillery before Santiago
aud who was identified with the United
Spanish war veterans, died suddenly in
Washington Saturday. He was 81
years old aud WAS native of Fredericks.
burg.
Albert Young, aged about II years,
was taken to Luray Saturday night by
Sheriff H j. Miller, of Rappshsnnock
county, and lodged in the Page county
jal to prevent lynching. Young is
charged with committing an assault upon
Gussie Wtlch, an H-year-old girl, liv-
ing near Flint Hill, in that county. The
crime WIS committed several days ago.
Frederick Smith, coljred, one OF the
panel OF "a jurors summoned to try Jetfer-
son Davis for high treason against the
Uuited States, died in The City Home in
Richmond Saturday. Thejur which vas
POSSIBLY the first mixed petit jury ever
,mpeneled in the United Ststes, consist
I'd of IL white men aud l9 negroes.
smith was in the ninetieth year of his
age.
While Rev. Wilbur Cosby Bell, rector
of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, OF
Onancock; Rev G. Peyton Craighill, as
.istant sector of st Johns Episcopal
Church, Roanoke; Rev William Laird,
rector of st. James Episcopal Church,
Warrenton, and Mr.. Warner Ames, a
Dung lawyer of 0nancock, were bathing
on Metompkin Beach Wednesday, Mr..
Ames became exhausted in deep water
cd the three ministers nearly lost their
lives In rescuing him.
At Floyd Court-house Saturday even
ing The jury il the case of Frederick
Hobaek, charged With the murder a
year ago of Curtis Jet, brought in a
verdict of involuntary manslaughIer
and iEed the prisoners punishment at
IL months in the county Jail Judge
MoGelt at once set aside the verdict
and ordered that new trial be entered.
The trial which vas the second, lasted
one week and created general interest in
the Southwest. The tragedy WAS the
result Of an eIopsment of Hoback' =
sister with Jet, which was frustrated
by Fred Hoback. In fight that follow
ed Hoback's father was badly wounded
Hoback himself was cut almost to
death, and lett was killed by pistol
shots dFed by Fred ho1ack,