The Washington herald., 1907-08-25
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA

Leesburg. Aug A-Rev. G. McLaren
Bryd0n. formerly rector of ST. PauTs Episcopal
Church Hamilton. Va. has acctptcd a call 70 the
rcctCrship q the Episcopal church az McTgantovn,
" Va.
Parsons. Aug. 24.-While at work at the
pulp mill here George LaveTe lost his left hand
by being caught in the machinery Amputation vas
necessary az the elbow The fingers Ct the right
hand we're also mashed
Fairmont, Aug 24-The location for the
soldiers monument, 70 be erected in court house
square, Faiunout has been staked of. The moHu-
ment VII BE- eight feet square at the base and more
than tsenty-three feet high.
Keyaer. Aug. 24-Albert BObo. son Of
William Bob0. q keysar, while driving team near
Old Fields. Hardy County, crushed % death BY
a load Ct lumber uTssttiEg him while going down
a steep hill His head was mashed.
Norfolk. Aug. 24-Aiiss SaIie K. Will
iams formerly Of Norfolk a noted church choir
singer in New York and PittsbsIrg. and also well
Snogn in Baltimore. was married secretly 70 Robert
A. Boyce q the American Magazine, IL New York
ON August
Richmond. Aug 24-George a. Peters.
Of Carroll County is 70 be hanged for the murder
If Rev Joseph Easter. a Dunkard preacher several
months ago. This conclusion was reached by Gov.
swanson yesterday after going the application
I f0F combination
Luray. Aug. 24-AIrs. Virginia Warren
celebrated the ninety-eighth anniversary Of her
birth at her home. in Water street Luray, few
days ago. Mrs. Waren's health has always been
good and she still dos great deal Of fancy crochet
work and embroidery
Keyser. Aug. 24-While drawing water
from wen at her home here yesterday. Mrs. John
Foulk drew MP in the bucket the body Of a male
Achgd. Tie iury found that death caused by
strangllation. A box =as later found in the vel
with a stone tied to It.
Newport News, Aug. 24-John B. Locke,
a wen known young Republican leader Of this city,
a former newspaper man. has been selected By the
Newport News Republicans 70 oppose W. E. Bar
rett the Democratic nominee to succeed himself in
the House Of Delegates
KingwoOd. Aug. 24-Wlllam c. Con-
ley Of Kingwood formerly prosecuting attorney q
Tucker County, VIII be candidate for the ReTsl-
lcan nomination for attorney general in West Viz
ginia next year. Mr.. Conley is touring the cOun-
ties fixing up bis fences
Elkins, Aug. 24.-Fire of supposed in.
cendary origin destroyed a small frame building
belonging to ex-3Iayor J. H. Fout yesterday Twenty
Italians using The building for sleeping quar-
tiers and they all had narrow escapes. One lost 500
cash with a trunk which was burned.
Wheeling, Aug. 24-Grief for her two
daughters who died recently. yesterday caused the
death Of Mrs Mary Blaney, sixty-seven years old
a woman suffragist Of national reputation and one
/ of the most prominent women in West Virginia,
/ She was found dead in bed at her home az Blaneys
/ Point
| Norfolk Aug. 2L-The executive board
/ Of the American Federation Of Labor in session
here last night instructed all civic organizations
cooperate with the federation in effort to have
the next Congress enact more stringent immigration
Laws proyding for the exclusion Of Asatic laborers
/ Of every description.
/ Clarksburg. Aug PA keyring which
/ dropped from the pocket Of the man found hanging
in the suburbs Of Ciarksburg was found and on IL
was the name Of G W. PiersOn, SuEmersye, W.
Va. Il Is believed this the mans nane and
/ that he was an attorney by that name who lived
many years in Nicholas County, W. Va.
Keyser, Aug 24.-William H. Griffith. n
lcsdirg msmhcT Of the local bar. is suffering from
fracture OF the night IN two places and shat
tered left shoulder as the result q being thrown
( from q crowded street car returning from Virginia
Beach. NJ. Griffith had been attending the James
town Exposition He IS In the Sarah Leigh Hospital
at Norfolk.