Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-27
Virginia News.

The State convention OF Ancient VI
der OF Hibernians and the state LANES
Auxiliary will meet in Norfolk To-Day.
John u Beans. native OF Loudoun
county, son Of VIM. II. Beans, OF kound
Hill, died recently at his home, Boards
town, ILL.,, aged SS years.
DIR. Alexander Brown, author oil the
Genesis of the United States, died
Friday at his home, Julian Hill, IN
Nelson county, aged 60 years, oil pa
ralysis.
w. Dnval Adams, of Adams Brothers,
the largest building material and lumber
concern in the State, died in Lynchburg
yesterday after a long illness, aged
seventy-one years.
United States Senators Daniel aud
Martin, Governor Swanson, Congress,
man Flood and Others, OF Virgins, Will
leave early this week for New YORK 10
attend the Bryan reception.
Governor Swanson will return to the
capital today and will take up the mass
of work that has accumulated since ne
has been on his vacation. He will prob
ably leave Tuesday or Wednesday for
New York, where he will participate in
the Bryan welcoming ceremonies.
j. @. KellermaD, carpenter, aged
about 40 years, who went to Lynchburg
recently from New Jersey and had been
working at the Women's College, was
killed Saturday at .he union depot by
getting in the way of postal car which
was being moved by shifting engine.
Mrs. Rose Washington died recently
at her home, "Windsor," King George
county. She was the widow OF
VIM. Henry Washington, of Windsor,
and was daughter Of the late Washing
ton Cailett, of Port Royal. She is sur
vived by four daughters and two sons.
J. Raynor Storrs Wells, apprentice
seaman in the navy, has been discharged
for the good of the service. 1t was re-
ported from the Norfolk navy yard yes
terday that he has been discharged, aud
that he has gone on his way with re-
joicing wife and mother. he is the son
Of Newport millionaire.
A September marriage OF interest is
that of Miss Elizabeth Sinclair Black.
burn Lee, of Gloucester county, to Mar
shall Mccormick Milton, of Baltimore.
The ceremony will take place in Ware
Episcopal Church, at Gloucester Court
House, September 5. The bride to he is
the daughter of Rey. aud Mrs. William
Byrd Lee.
The libel suit for $25, 600 Instituted
by Hon. Carter Glass against the }. Z.
Bell Printing Company, Of Lynchburg,
for printing an alleged scurrilous pam
phlet, in which Mr.. Glass and other
public men were attacked, has been
withdrawn, the Bell Company showing
to Mr.. Glass's satisfaction that they did
MT know the nature OF the pamphlet at
the time, it WAS printed and now regret
its publication.
Capt William p. Kent, OF Wythe-
vile, who was recently appointed con III
general to Guatemala, and Miss Annie
Hendro1 Patrick, of Stanton, were
married Saturday in Trinity p. E.
Church, at Staunton. They left at once
for New York, and in few days will
sail for Capt. Kenls new post OF duty in
Guatemala. Lsst fall he was the re-
publican candidate tor lieutenant gov
ernor. His father was formerly lieuten-
ant governor.
Jealous of naval officer, Lee Cooke
fred a bullet into his wife's body Satur.
day night, in Portsmouth, and she is
not expected 10 live. The woman was
with o. l.. Combs, of the navy, when the
shooting occurred. The husband APP
preached the pair from behind just as
they reached an illuminated portion OF
one OF the principal streets and fired.
His wife was shot in the back. After
firing on his wife Cooke opened on
Combs, but his shot went wild and he
was disarmed.