Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-20
Virginia News.


Mrs. Jane Montietb, widow OF the
late John Montietb, of Stafford, died IN
Washington Friday of heart disease,
aged "a years.
Mrs. Mollie Bates Robinson, wife OF
Joseph B. Robinson, died at the home
OF her husband, near Ruther dlen'
Caroline county, Sunday.
Prof. Edward Carroll, IA years old,
who helped develop the system OF Pnollc
instruction in India and Cape Colony,
died at Norfolk yesterday.
Rev. DIR. NJ. Ashby Jones, for eight
years pastor of the Lehigh Street Bsp-
fist Church, Richmond, has offered his
letter Of resignation TO his congregation
Gaorge Z. S. Phillips, retired con-
tractor, died at Berryyille yesterday, OF
cancer of the heart. He served during
the civil war in Col. Chew's battery. He
was ~ years old.
Fire broke out yesterday in one Of the
cotton storage warehouses of the River
side Cotton Mills, at Danville, entail
ing a loss of several thousand dollars.
A thousand bales of cotton was stored
in the building
Alexander Rothgeb, aged 20 years, a
wealthy farmer of Page county, died sud-
denly Saturday night al his home, four
miles west OF Luray. He was reading
when he was stricken with apoplexy and
died in an instant.
In Charlottesville yesterday the case
against J. Antonio Ambroseli, we'll
known politician, charged with assault
ing Miss Rosa Dudley, daughter of
Arthur Dudley, was dismissed, the com
monweath's attorney stating that he was
satiiied there was not sufficient evidence
to convict.
Rev. DR.. .Iohn McGill, rector of
Trinity Church, of Manassas, is danger
ously sick there. DR.. McGill, whose
home is at "The Plains" Fauquier
county, went to Manassas Saturday
night for the purpose of filling his APP
pointment Sunday morning, feeling as
well as usual. but before retiring for the
night his symptoms became so alarming
that physician was called.
10 the Corporation Court a. Char
lottesvlle yesterday the case against
Duncan, Niche and Hawkins, charged
with Matchmaking the late Robert ID.
Ballantine, were continued on account
of the illness of the wife f one of the ac-
cused, to April Is, at which time, Judge
Morris stated he would insist upon a
trial unless there were very strong
grounds for postponement. Duncan has
not as yet been found.
The distributing of the back pay for
for volunteers in the Spanish war began
in Richmond yesterday by Major Sol.
Culchins. The money arrived yester-
day and will be sent to the men by mail
Governor Swanson has received from the
U. s. Treasury three warrants. aggre-
eating $6l, S67.4S, to be distributed
among the 5000 white and colored
Spanish American war veterans in
Vir inia, each of whom will get some
thing like 500 The checks represent
compensation from the period just after
the volunteers were organized to the
time they we're formally mustered into
the United States army.
Il A. James, chairman, has called
meeting of the democratic executive
committee of the Fifth congressional
district, to be held at Martinsvile Mon
day, April 2, for the purpose OF fixing
date for the nomination of a candidate
or two candidates for a representative in
Congress from the DanviIe district to be
voted for in the regular election in
November, and for such other business
as may come before the committee. The
Fifth district is now without repre-
sentative in Congress, on account of the
election Of former Congressman @ A.
Swanson to be governor The new con-
gresham will probably fill both the UNI
expired and the regular term.