Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-18
Virginia News.

Ex-Governor Montague Will take au
active part in the Virginia campaign.
John Williams, 8 leading business
man of Lynchburg. died yesterday, aged
70 years.
The plant of the George Z. Clarke
Overall Company, in Newport News,
was seriously damaged by FIRE OF un'
known origin yesterday.
James Ward, colored, was convicted
10 Richmond yesterday of numbering
Carrie Meekin, colored, and was sentenced
to death December 14th.
John s. Riley, proprietor of bottline
works in Roanoke, was run down auc
killed by Norfolk and Western Rail
way train near Eggleston yesterday.
At his own request, Capt. NJ. b.
Rowe, captain of the Washington Guards,
Fredericksburg, Company L, twentieth
Virginia Infantry. has been placed on
the retired list with the rank of captain
Marriage licenses we're issued in Wash
ington yesterday to George Robert Keel
ing and Agnes Csthaleen Laugblin, both
of Dunn Loring, and to Harman A.
Dinwiddie, of Charlottesville, and Laura
V. Ferguson, of Inlet.
Judge Henry E. Blair died yesterday
at bis home, at Salem, aged 50 years.
He was judge of the Circuit Court for
more than 30 years and was one of the
best-known men on the Virginia bench.
He was native Of Richmond.
The marriage OF Miss Adra Father
Bradbury, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. L. Bradbury, to Mr.. Alexander L.
Browning, a prominent young lawyer,
took place at ST. Thomas Episcopal
church, Orange, Wednesday evening
In Market Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Winchester, yesterday afternoon,
Miss Pansy Leafe, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Lesfe, of Winchester, became
the bride Of Leslie Boiling Shepherd, a
young railroad man, OF Kansas City Mo ,
and the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geor,e
Shepherd, of Berryville, Clarke county.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys. report the grant, this
week, to citizens of this State, of the
following patents: Arthur B. Agnor,
Of Raphine, wire stretcher; and Edwin
II. Les, of Richmond, bucket. The
following trade. mark was registered
Napoleon Lodor, of Richmond, for head
ache remedies.
While making an early morning toilet
yesterday 10 her bedroom, at Richmond
Miss Lizze Mcnamara, sixteen years old,
was suddenly confronted by q negro, who
stepped into the room and closed the door
behind him. The girl screamed and her
father, who was in the next room, hast
enei to her assistance. The negro fled und
and has not been captured.
Rep esentatives of the principal Vir-
GINA railroads appeared before the cor
poratiOn commission in Richmond yes
terday and registered vigorous, though
diplomatic, protests against recent rul-
ing requiring the roads to show cause
why they should not keep up all exist
log schedules aud give the commission
80 days notice of any desired change.
A tangible move which will most like
ly result in the purchase and preserya-
ton by the Stale Bar Association OF the
old Marshall house was made in
Richmond yesterday when two commit
tees OF that body delbersted and acted
on the subject. A subcommittee, was
appointed to confer with the city au-
thorities with the view of acquiring the
property.
DR.. J. NJ. McBryde will Announce his
acceptance of an appointment under the
provisions OF the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching and
submit his resignation as president of
the institution to the meeting OF the
Board of Visitors of the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, to be held tomorrow
at Blacksburg. The resignation will
take place, at the latest, at the close OF
the second session.
Governor Swanson yesterday afternoon
announced the f. flowing appointments
on the board OF visitors OF the Medical
College of Virginia: DR.. j. NJ. Burke,
OF Petersburg, to gil the vacancy occs-
stoned by the death OF DR.. james B
McFaw, of Richmond; David L PulliaU,
of Manchester, vice John B. Purcell, Of
Richmond, resigned; DR.. w. l.. Harris,
of Norfolk, vice w. X. Meredith, Of
Richmond, resigned.
The Stephen Putney Shoe Company
of Richmond has offered a reward Of
800 for the return Of strong box con-
tanning $4,000 in money and checks,
which disappeared Monday. Charles b.
Ehrler, a trusted employe, has been mis-
sing since that time. Ehrler was in
railroad wreck sometime ago. from which
he suffered severe injury to his head
His friends think he has gone of in an
unbalanced state Of mind.