The Washington herald., 1909-02-26

yesterday in Washington:
". ". Shaekelford and Mamie B. Far
mer. both Of Culpeper County. Va.
Robert r Jefferson. Of Brentwood. Nd.
and Bertha II. Culley. OF Bladensburg,
Nd.
Leonard l. Soper and Ruby 3. Hutehi-
son, both Of Loudoun County, Va
Carl " Kramer. OF this city, and Lot
tie II. Bicks, Of Silver Spring. Nd.
Norfolk. va--MIss Mamie Rephon, OF
Charleston. s. c., who lost leg BY be
/ ing run down by a car OF the Norfolk
ans Portsmouth Traction Company last
! November, has entered suit IN the United
! States Court at Norfolk. through her
/ father, against the traction company for
/ $4,000 damages.
I Richmond. va--Benjamin Gilbert. the
/ Norfolk boy who shot his sweetheart,
/ Amanda Morse. when he found her out
walking with another young man. was
respited until March I9 by Gov. Swanson,
when Daniel Coleman, for Gilbert. arrived
( in the city and notified Gov Swanson
/ that he had presented TO the Supreme
Court Of the State an @o-page brief ask
/ Ing for a writ OF error. Gilbert was
70 have been executed to-day.
Norfolk. Ya-May "A has been selected
as the date for Confederate Memorial Day
in Norfolk by the Confederate Camp Of
Veterans
Norfolk. Va--The landmark says that
by reliable sources il is estimated that
the crowd, which witnessed the fleets
/ homecoming. was between 75.oo0 snd 1oo,-
600. It says that 49I7s persons were car
I ried on the steamers TO Hampton Roads.
and that the traction company carried
+ over 5000. Traffic on the Ocean View civ
F ision OF the trolley company was the
/ heaviest in the history Of the line, not
even excepting the big days az the James
town Exposition
I Berryvine. Va.-The woods promises 70
be fun Of candidates for the honor TO rep
resent Clark and Warren Counties in the
house Of delegates Already ". NJ. Stru-
der and N = Reardon have announced
/ their candidacy. and row there are de-
mands being made upon Ralph Grigsby,
one Of the county supervisors, and John
T. Sewers. 20 get in the race.
Shepherdstown. W VA local option
election viii be held here March 6. when
the question Of license OF no license will
be voted upon Shepherdstown not only
enjoys a large local trade but its retail
saloons ship gallons OF whisky across the
| line into dry" Virginia towns
Fire Creek. ". va--Mr. and Mrs James
Westwater. Of Columbus, Ohio, have an
nounced the marriage Of their daughter
/ Miss Phoebe Virginia Westwater, 70 Dr.
lGwynne Page Harrison. The ceremony
was performed February % az Columbus
The groom Is a native Of Clarke County.
I Va. and a member Of the weli-knOwn
Harrison family. Of that State They viii
reside here
Cumberland. Va--Paul McRae. Of Cum
/ berlsnd. has announced his candidacy for
/ the legislature. Mr. McRae. who is a
prominent attorney. was in the house Of
delegates three years ago. It is the Gus
/ tom with Cumberland and Buckingham
counties 10 alternate in sending their joint
representative, and the choice viii fail
} this year 70 Mr.. McRaes county.
Goshen. Va.-The Victoria furnace. al
this place, which has been closed down
for ten months. has been put in fun blast
About go men are employed at the DIFF
ferent operations Of the company. Already
many orders have been taken for iron 10
be delivered in the next few months.
Buckingham, Va.-Buckingham County
is climbing into the good roads band
wagon. The board OF supervisors has
decided 10 appropriate an amount equal
10 that sppOrtoned TO Buckingham from
the State appropriation for road building
AD order OF court viii be applied for 10
secure an election on the question OF is
suing bonds OF the county TO raise q sum
sufficient 10 buy a mule team. road ma
chine, and 20 employ a permanent road
force by the year
Richmond. Va.-Concerning the location
Of the Wirz monument. the called meeting
OF the United Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy, which viii be held in Atlanta. Ca,
March Il. promises to be the most lively
that the Georgia division has ever known
Many Of the members OF the association
claim that the reconsideration OF the de-
/ termination 10 place the monument here
Is now too late, and that the promises
/ which have been made TO Richmond can
not be retracted. In case this city is put
! out OF the race il is probable that Ander-
sonvilIe. Americus. and Atlanta viii be
/ contestants for the honor
! Heathsviue, VA few minutes after
drinking from cup Of water, OF which
she had permitted her pet cat 10 par
take. the little daughter Of Mrs. Powell,
who resides near this town, became vio-
lently III and died before medical assist
ance could reach her.
The cat also died in convulsions. An
/ investigation showed that the cat had
eaten strychnine. which had been put
| out for the purpose Of destroying rodents.
and that enough of the powder had ad-
hered to its mouth 20 poison the water
from which it drank.
Charlestown. ". va-The Nathan B.
Scott craftsmanship medal presented by
the United States Senator by that name
to the National GGardsman making the
/ highest scores at the annual shoot. and
won last summer by Lieut. George ".
Price, of Company !, First Regiment OF
I Morgantown, has been mailed 10 its
owner by the adjutant general.
Bristol, Va.-It Is believed that the sale
or the Ordway nlant. which VIII be made
al public auction March Z. will result IN
/ Bristol securing new and important in
dustry The large manufacturing site.
Eve miles south OF the city, was built at
I a cost Of SIGo000. and IS amply suited for
almost any kind Of manufacturing busi-
ness
/ There are claims aggregating some
Ss2.01e against the properly, and IN favor