Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-11
Virginia News.

DrugeIsts aud uewsdeslers In New
mort News kept open their stores yesler'
dsy despite q warning given them oy
Justice Brown that they sre violating
The Suudsy Law.
Adit Gen. Sale has issued sn order
uamIng DR.. JnuIns F. Lynch, OF Nor
folk, former major OF The medical corps
Of the Virginia Stale troops, With the
rank OF lieutenant colonel.
Mrs. Anna Maria Roszsl, wife Of
Stephen George Roszel aud daughter oil
the late Col. Bnniz Mayer, OF Baltimore,
died at her home In Washington SstuI-
day, aged SO years.
President Alderman, OF the University
of Virginia has received letters from Au-
drew Carnegie and Senator Root re-
GREETING their inability to be present at
the proposed founders day exercises at
the university mex Wednesday.
The third disttic; cong resaloDsl COM
mIttee met Saturday and ordered that
the primary to nominate q CONGRESSMAN
ia that district ID be held August 9Th
next. The fee for the primary was
fixed at $3.50.
Because some Of the players on the
baseball team we're caught smoking olga
rettes, which are under ban In the In
stitutiou, The faculty of the Virginia
Ohrl.tisu College, q. LYnchtu'g, has or
dsred the team to cancel all Of their
games for the season, which will be
done.
The annual election Of the MuIus
Fire Insurance Company, Of Waterford,
was held on Monday lsst ard resulted In
a complete reverse Of the directors named
g year sgo-lhst is--practicslly those
who we're displaced at the last annual
meeting we're reinstated.
Hundreds of delegates from through
out Virginia will be Ia Norfolk to attend
the nineteenth annual convention Of
the State Sunday School Association
which will begin at Ep worth Cbu'ch tc-
uipht. An address by Governor William
q 1dges Mann will be the principal fea-
ture OF the irst session.
W. NJ. Msusey, clerk for the United
States Ocutt st Dsnvile, was found dead
Yesterday afternoon 10 bis Office at the
pos'ofiice building. Death Was cus TO
heart tttuSle. Mr. Msusey was formerly
deputy In the federal court Office It
Lyuchburg. Mr. M,usey took grta
inierelt In religion, ma t,rs, and was
engsgsd 10 copying some quota one
rom the Bible when stricken,
The residence Of Capt! j. w. Christ.
mas, at Charlottesville, narrowly
| escspsd dett'uction by FIRE yesterday
morning. The clothes OF ihe cook,
| Martha Payne, aged about 20, cSught
Are 10 TIE kitchen. She ran to the
! upper part OF the house, AID on her way
set FIRE to The tapestry In the hall. The
flames spread rapidly, tn! we're soon
| checked by prompt assistance, rendered
by the neighbOrs. The girl was prob
ply fatally burned.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wbitmore, who
reside on their estate near Brandy
.ts,iop, Oulpsper county, were murder.
ously assaulted yesterday morning abou!
o'clock, and bat fox the rare presence
# mind oil Mrs. WhItmoEe aud her ready
use and kpovlsdge Of 6rearms both
might have been killed. ThsIr Essail
ant entered their bedroom through an
open window and dealt the couple 8
blow with a bludgeou. He evidently
81 ught 10 crush the heads Of both by one
blow, bu. Ia the darkness his aim mis-.
carried, and the only injuries iunletsd
we're bruise on Mr.. Whitmore's
| shoulder and one over Mrs. WhItmore's
| eye. Mrs. Whitmore lespsd from bed
aud grabbed 8 revolver. The sssailanl
aed through the window. She fred al
him, ku missed.