Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-16
Virginia News.

At the Richmond horse show on
Saturday Miss Garth of Charlotte and
Miss Anna Royal of Richmond were
thrown from their mounts but neither
MAS much hurt.
All women citizen of Norway over
rs years of age will be permitted to
vote in forthcoming municipal elections,
through the grant of suffrsge on SstuI.
day by the Odelsting.
Or. John Augustine English Eystsr,
of the medical faculty OF the University
OF Virgins, hss accepted the chair Of
physiology in the University of Wis
consiu, and will no. ut1rn 10 Virginia
next year.
Capt. Charles U. Williams, of Rioh
mund who was an officer Ia the Ooufed-
crate army, died Friday night at San
francisco OF Bright's disease. Capt.
Williams WAS 70 years old and vas q
prominent attorney.
Miss Arabella d. Matthews, daughter
OF Charles B Mst!hews, of Aldie, and
Mr.. Fenton L. Piggott, OF Lincoln, we're
married Saturday at the home of the
bride by Rev. Mr.. B,dger, of the Baptist
Church at Manassas.
Arrangements are under way for the
establishment of State bank at Middle
burg and charter will be applied for.
This will make total of seven banks in
Loudouu, county, beside number Of
branches ic various points, OF the Lees.
burg bank.
Virginia won the annual track meet
With Johns Hopkins at the university Sat-
urday Go points to 80. Virginia excel
led In the dsshes and field events, while
Hopkins easily annexed the two long
distance runs, Dryer and Lee outclassiDg
their opponents.
Governor Msun has aces pied the In
vitaton of the Virginia 8 ate Sunday
| School Association 10 march at the head
of the Virginia division of the Adult
Bible Glass demonstration on Friday,
May 20, during the worlds Sunday
school convection to be held 10 Wash.
lugton May 10 TO "a. The line of march
will be formed st 6 o'clock In the even
ing.
Mrs. Battle D. Garter, wife of Mr..
Thomas W. Garter, postmaster at Orange,
died yesterday at local hospital. The
body was taken to Warreuton, where
the ipterment will take place this after.
noon. Mrs. Osrter was the dsughter OIL
the late A F. Fletcher, of Wsrrentou,
and Vas IS years old.
The board of visit1rs OF The Univarsitg
of Virginia has elected Prof. James E
Ruth, OF Washington Uaigersity, 3D..
L 1uis, adjunct professor 10 the Edgar
Allan sPoes School of English during
Prof. Charles Alphonso Smiths absence
as Roosevelt professor at the UniversltJ
of Berlin. a number OF promotions In
rank we're ordered BY the board.
| Special master J. Westmore Wilcox
in the jamestown Exposition litigation
in Norfolk on Saturday, filed his repol
In court showing total debts sgainst th'
company of l,7S0,S99 and the tots
book assets OF 81 662, 1862. The VALUE
of the real estate with improvement. II
placed at 81, 900, 900, and With wha
other assets that may be realized upon
there ia q possibility of all indebtedness
being met excep! that to the Fedora
government of something less thar
! $500, 900.
That the two new battleships which i
is expected, will be authorized at the
present session OF Congress, will have {
displacement of $1,000 tons and carry
ten I4-inch guns, taking the lead of all
the dreadnoughts in the world, Is pre-
saQed by tentative designs already being
considered by the naval general board
After killing her ifteen-year-old
daughter Hazel, Mrs. Emma Chapman
aged forty-seveu years, wife of Chief o
Police Charles F. Chapman, OF BaldwinS
vile, N. Y, at an early hour yesterday
morning committed suicide with the
same revolver. Chief Chapman had hid
den the weapon in an old coat on his re
turn home from his nights duty.