Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. Annie r. Robertson, widow OF
the late ]. w. Robertson, for 30 years
leading merchant of Charlottesville,
died yesterday after brief illness OF
Bright's disease.
William P. Hamilton, for "a years
proprietor Of the Hamilton House, in
Bristol, died in Lynchburg last night
at the residence Of his son, Rev. DIR.
w. w. Hamilton, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, aged 70 years.
Thomas Gresham, vice-president of
the Westmoreland Lumber Corpora
ton, with offices in Richmond, had a
diamond ring, valued at $500. taken
from his pocket while he was asleep in
a Pullman car on his way from Wash
ington to Richmond yesterday.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, to citizens OF this state, OF the
following patents: Frederick W. Bull,
Norfolk, propeller blade machine;
Claude B. Davis, Manchester, cloth
holder for brooms and brushes; Daniel
w. Jones, Lancaster, sawmill.
Representative G. Bascom Slemp,
OF the Ninth Virginia district, who has
been in New York to see Theodore
Roosevelt, says he has secured Roose-
welt for a speech in Bristol on October
7 in connection with his southern tour.
1t is understood that he will discuss
politics and urge the reelection Of
Slemp.
Judge Waddill, OF the U. S. District
Court, has appointed Mr. Chas d.
Foster, of Fredericksburg, U. 5. com
missioner for the Eastern District of
Virginia for a term Of four years. He
succeeds Attorney w. w. Butzner, OF
Fredericksburg, recently elected COM
monwealth's att orney for that city,
resigned.
Prof. Don Parker, one of the prin-
cipals of the Cooperative School for
Girls, Bedford City, and Miss Eva
Martin, a graduate of Rawlings In
stitute, Charlottesville, and former
teacher in the Bedford school, were
married yesterday at the residence Of
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. l..
Martin, near Carter's Bridge, Alder
marie county by Rev. f. f. Lamb,
of the Baptist Church.
At conference, held yesterday by
Governor Mann, Lieut. Gov. j. Taylor
ElIyson and Acknowledgement Samuel
Williams, it was decided to accept the
offer for bonding state officials, made
by a bonding company inside the
borders Of the state, at the old pre-
yalling rate. An effort had been made
by nearly all companies to force the
rate up So per cent.
In the Corporation Court of Char
lottesvlle yesterday the grand jury
returned an Indictment against Mar
tin Jackson, alias William Martin,
alias Martin Jacobsky, the alleged
trunk thief, who has been held in the
Henrico county Jail since his capture
in New York about five weeks ago.
Jackson, who is also under indictment
in Orange, was one Of the trunk rob-
bers, so the police say, who was asso-
ciated with Miller, who is serving time
in the penitentiary after a chase across
two continents and involving SEN
sationaI jail-breaking episode in New
York city.
The Norfolk and Western passenger
train between Columbus, Ohio, and
Norfolk was shot into at Vine cOaling
station from the Kentucky side OF Big
Sandy river Monday night by unidenti-
fed parties, and bullet from Win
chester rifle passed through the body
Of Lee Writ, a section foreman, just
above the heart, and cut off the fingers
Of Thomas Maynard, Of War Eagle,
Va. Writ was taken to the Welch
hospital, where he is in a serious way
with chances against his recovery.
Passengers saw the flash of the gun
across the river, but as to who fired the
shot or what the motive was is not
known.