Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-15
VIRGINIA n EWS.


In the Steeplechase at Leesburg on
Tuesday f. l.. Sinclair, of MiddIcburg,
was thrown at the first Jump, and is in
serious condition, the horse rolling
over him. He was riding Brother
Frank, which was killed by the fall.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, to citizens of this state, of the
following patents F. f. Damron,
Roanoke, railway track drill; w. z.
JordOn, Norfolk, mooring buoy.
Judge T. w. Harrison, of Win
chester, has entered an order in the
Circuit court of Shenandoah county at
Woodstock. ordering local option
election in Lee magisterial district
December 10. This is the district in
which New NJ arket and Quicksburg
are located, and has been dry for
number of years.
Miss Sue Gordon Lewis and Rev.
Charles Clarence Durkee were married
at Grace Memorial chapel at Lynnwood
last night. Mr. Durkee is native OF
Togo county, New York, and gradu-
ated last June from the Theological
Seminary, near Alexandria, and is now
rector of the parish at Luckett's, in
LOudoun county.
The subcommittee appointed by
the state democratic committee in
Richmond Tuesday night to investigate
the primary in the Second district will
take up the work Monday at the Mon
ticello Hotel, Norfolk. The committee
will visit every county or city where
Irregularities are charged and also
where additional charges by either side
are made.
Miss Franceska Kaspar, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Josef Kaspar, and Mr..
Huron Willis Lawson were married
in Washington yesterday at the resi-
dence OF the brides father and mother,
1917 NJ street, in the presence of 90
relatives and intimate friends. Rev.
J. Henning Nelms ofliciated. Mr..
and Mrs. Lawson will spend their
honeymoon at Mr. Kaspar's county
home at Bluemont.
]. n. Gardner a travelling man of
Reidville, N. c., was yesterday in
DanyiIe required to give a 81, 600 bond
for his appearance before the Mayors
Court Saturday for assaulting L. n
Read, of Atlanta, who travels for
Louisville distilling company. Read
is in a critical condition at the General
Hospital, and it is feared that his skull
has been fractured. The assault APP
pears to have been purely accidental.
The two men were friendly. and while
walking up the street with some other
friends, Gardner started scuffle. He
accidentally knocked Read down, the
latter's head striking on the stone
curbing Gardner left Danyille, but
returned voluntarily when he heard OF
the serious condition of the injured
man.
Mrs. Goldie Jenkins, wife of Rap
pahannock county farmer, is suffering
from rabies. Mrs. Jenkins was bitten
by pet dog sometime ago, though
gave the wound little concern until
the dog developed unmistakable symp-
toms of rabies. Then the nature
Of the wound began to prey upon her
mind, which, in turn, was followed by
hydrophObia. Brooding over the pos
sibIe terrible consequences of her con-
tact with the rabid dog is said to be
responsible for her condition. Be-
fore the dog was killed it had bitten
number Of other dogs in the neigh
borhood, and these are reported to
have bitten several other persons.
Clyde J. Carpenter, 26 years old,
seller Of papers and magazines on
trains between Washington and Balti-
more, and Miss Beatrice Conrad, from
Harrisonbug, were arrested at the
Union station in Washington yesterday
afternoon upon their arrival from Har-
risonburg, and the girl was sent to the
House OF Detention to be held pending
word from her parents. The girl had
gone to Washington with the newsboy
upon his promise to procure employ
ment for her. She admitted that she
had come to Washington without the |
knowledge Of her p rents. She de-
clared that Carpenter had promised to
marry her, and he, when questioned,
admitted that he was willing to make
her his wife.
Elizabeth Collins, 14-year-old girl, |
who, her mother claims, was kidnapped !
last Thursday by travelling evangelist
who gave his name as ] II. Arnold. |
was located yesterday at Pulaski The
mother, Mrs. Henry Collins, who re-
sides in Bristol, states that Arnold rep
resented to her daughter that he wanted |
her to accompany him to become his
organist in the religious service he was
holding. The mother states that Ar
mold presented papers to show that he
had formerly been in the service OF the
federal government, and represented
that if the girl did not 60 voluntarily
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