Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-30
Virginia News.

Mr.. Rswley NJ. Showslter, OF Broad
wfy, and Miss Maude 81. Bennett, OF
Fsmfsx Courthouse, were married in
Washington yesterday.
DIR. II. V. Bristow and Miss Bunnie
Gre.hsm Tyler, Of Tappshauuock. were
married Sunday at noon a. the Baptist
church at Tsppahannock.
The building, 7O2 east Broad street,
Richmond, collapsed yesterday. This
is the second building that has fallen
there 10 the last two weeks.
Miss Mamie J. Turner, Of White
Post, and Mr.. Robert L. Littleton, OF
Berryville, went to Hsgerstown Sstur-
day night and we're married.
The Ninth Virginia congressional
district republican convention will be
held at Bristol July 60. There is no
opposition to Slemp for Congress.
William Samuel Murray, lineal de-
sceudant of John Murray, Earl of Dan
more, the last of the royal governors Of
Virginia, died in Richmond yesterday.
r. Harry Jones, member of the
Board of Control of Norfolk, died Sum
day midnight from Brighps disease.
He was Ga years old and native Of
Norfolk.
Johu T. Griffin, receiver of the wrecked
Peoples Bank OF Portsmouth, has sued
the stockholders fer dividends which had
been paid them aud which he says were
uuesrned.
Miss Betty w. Conrad, daughter Of
Msj)r Holmes Conrad, of Winchester,
will be married July 81 to Rev William
d. SIN tn, rector OF Christ P. f. Church.
Winchester.
John Wesley White, of King George
county, died suddenly at his home few
days ago OF heart disease, aged 80 years.
He he'd been married three times aud is
survived by his last widow and nine
children.
Governor Swanson yesterday grart'd
a respite to James II. Price, of Russell
county, under sentsnce to destl July
10 for murder in the first degree.
The respite is ID August "a Price Is
nesrly 20 yesrs Old. Several months
ago he got on spree and shot and
killed the msn with whom he had been
living.
Hurricane Branch, "the bloodhound
detective, "of Suffolk, yesterday snnoun-
ced his retirement from that branch { t
criminal chasing. The immeditt3 cause
was the loss of his pr'zs dog Tiger, IT,,
which was shot by closely pursued burg
lar whom he was chasing through the
ftrn.grown fastness of the Dismal
Swamp.
Returning home in Richmond from
the Virginia Hospital, where she had
been for treatment aft ar an operation, Mics
Fannie Morris yettsrday discovered her
father, f. L. Morris, beating her mother.
When she attempted TO interfere the
man turned on her, knocked his sick
daughter down with a chair and beat
her. He was sent to jail for year.
The sale of three other Site builciog'
at the Jamest1wn Exposition grounds
has been announced. They are the H.
| linci,, costing SIS, 600 to erect, fer 81
500; the Connecticut c),ting S22, 900.
for $4,000, and the Delaware, costing
IS, 900, the purchase price of which is
unknown. The buildings are being sold
at wrecksga prices, and mes of them
are being acc uired by the Royalty Really
Corporation which is speculitlng on
them.
While the Chesapeake and Ohio pas
senger train from the west, due in Rich
mond at $3.50 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, was approaching Gladstone the
crew of the Pullman car Sueno discover
ed the car was on fire. Only The train
men were aboard. The bell cord was
burned on the forward platform, and
when the men fought their way through
the smoke in the CIR they found the
door of The csr ahead locked, and COM
munication with the engineer and es.
cape was cut off. A lantern swung by
the conductor from the resr platform
caused the engineer to stop. The engi-
neer then ran the train at full speed II
Gladstone, where the flames were put
out.