Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-02
Virginia News.

The prospects of the national gather
ing of firemen in Roanoke in August are
not reassuring.
Charles Nelson Hawkins, OF the editor
iaI staff of the Danville Register, died st
Patrick Springs Saturday He was about
60 years old.
Three hundred and forty'eight sailors
are said to have deserted from the battle
ships Virginia snd, Louisiana at the Nor
folk navy yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Dutton, of Fair
far, lannounced tine marriage of their
daughter, Susanna Burns, to Richard
Powell Harrison Summers, of Loudoun
county.
Rev. q D. Owen, of Pennsylvania,
has accepted the pastorate of the Con-
gregational Church at Herndon, Fair
fax county. He is graduate OF Yale
University.
John L. Mills died Saturday evening
at the home of his adopted daughter,
Mrs. l.. f. Hudson, of fredericksburg.
He was 76 years old and was a Coined
crate veteran.
Rev. John A. OurraD, of Washington,
has been appointed by Bishop Van de
Vyer as assistant to Rev. ID, f. Coleman,
pastor OF St. Mary's Catholic Church, in
Fredericksburg. ...-"
d. I. Blackwell, deputy sheriff of
Roanoke county, died Sunday at Salem,
aged 45 years. He had been connected
with the sherifl's Office Of Roanoke
county for 20 years,
l., Ashton Dodd, of Fredercksbur
and Miss Lula Bessie Patton, daughter o'
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Mercer Patton, of
stafford county, were married Saturday
in Rock Hill Baptist Church.
Mrs. Emma Hall, died Saturday at
the University of Virginia Hospital,
where she was operated on for gallstones.
Mrs. Hall was a Miss Carter, of West
moreland county, and was twice married.
Miss Beuah McCandless, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. McCandess, of
Culpeper county, was married to Maj.
T.. H.. Gibson, in Christ Episcopal
Church, at Brandy Station, Saturday,
Rev. Carter Page officiating
Among the bills passed by Congress
but which were not signed by the Presi-
dent was one relating to the movements
aud anchorage of vessels in Hampton
Roads, the harbors Of Norfolk and New
port News, aud adjacent waters in the
State of Virginia.
Mrs Sarah +. Bowles, aged IS, wife Of
Nathaniel r. Bowles, of Charlottesville,
died Saturday night at the University Of
Virginia Hospital. On Sunday night
last Mrs. Bowles fell in the yard; Of her
residence and sustained bad fracture
of the hip, which was the direct cause Of
her death.
Frank n. Castleman. son of the late
William A. Castleman, of Berryville,
and one IF the best-knOwn hotel men
and turfmen in Virginia, died Saturday
morning at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Ann n. Jastleman, at Berryyille,
after a years illness of cirrhosis of the
liver, aged 81 years.
The Corporation Commission has COM
pIeted an order prescribing rates and
charges for all kilograms sent or receiy,
ed between points in Virginia and has
served the order on the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies. Ma
leria reductions have been made in
charges between all in terior points.
Attorney General Anderson has de-
cided to file a complaint on the part of
the Commonwealth before the State cor
poration commission against the rail.
roads of Virginia on aceoput Of their
1siasaI 70 place mileage books on sale,
as prescribed by the Churchman 2-cent-
rate act, which went into effect June 1S.