Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The taking OF deposltlons IN the
Thorp-Eppes congressional contested
election a began to-day in Peters.
burg.
Agnes Tuppence, 3 half-breed wo-
man, was shot and killed near Indian
town, in King William county, Sunday
by a negro named James Williams.
Colonel William Bagge Smith died
very suddenly Saturday at his home,
near Pastoral, in Accomac county, III
the ninety.ffth year Of his age.
A telegram announces the death, in
Buffalo, of appendicitis, of Joseph
Davis, general manager of the Davis
Shoe Company, operating the factories
in the Virginia penitentiary.
While playing with paper near an
open crate, Saturday afternoon, at
Lynchburg, Walk r, the fo~ur.year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Burnley, was
fatally burned and died at 5 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
MIR. Henry w. Rountree, who some
days ago rendered his resignation as a
member of the Richmond Council from
Clay ward, and who has since been
strenuously urged to withdraw it by
his numerous friends, yesterday con-
sented to do so.
The Manchester Council, Royal Ar.
canum, expect to have q grand meeting
tonight, when they will be visited by
Grand Regent ]. J. Jameson, J. Taylor
Ellvsop. Sol. Bloomberg aud j. B.
Blanks. These grand officers will au-
dress their Manchester brethren.
MI. Charles H. Gordon, a member OF
the Black Horse Cavalry and some
! years ago a representative in the Vir-
| GINA Legislature from Fauquier county,
! died at his home, near Midland, Sunday.
| He was an accomplished speaker and
always prominent in Fauquier demo
cratic politics.
Richard Bowers, living near Ruther
Glen, Caroline county, was shot yester'
| day by a friend named Durrett while
| starring on a hunt. Durrett pointed
the gun playfully at Bowers, when ii
| went off and killed him instantly. The
| young men were close friends, aud
Durrett is overcome with grief.
Mr.. Benjamin Florsheim, a well
known and esteemed merchant Of Rich
mond, died very suddenly in Balti,
more yesterday, whittier, accompanied
by his eldest daughter, Miss Estelle
Florsheim, he had gone q short while
ago to put himself under the treatment
of a skilled medical practitioner.
President Boatwright, of Richmond
! College, in an interview says that the
| c%oeducation of the sexes in that instltu'
ton may be considered. Such a propo
sition may be brought up at the June
; meeting of the trustees. 1t is believed
that q majority of that board lsin favor
of coeducation, but prejudice stands IL
The way.
! Rev. R. L. Gay, pastor of the Bap
list Church at Bowling Green, ha;
rendered his resignation 10 the church
conference. A resolution declining tt
accept the resignation and requesting
him to reconsider and withdraw it was
unanimously adopted by the church
He has been pastor of the church FOL
four years.
Drs, Mcclure, of Winchester, Va,
Glasgow and White, of Lexington, hac
a consultation Sunday, in Lexington
after examining Hon. John K. Tucker
and pronounced his disease durable, and
expect him to be able to return to hi:
duties in about six weeks. Hon. Fl
St. George Tucker spent Sunday with
his father
Charles Fouchee, the f%ourteen-year
old boy who was charged with the
murder at Edward Tinsley, a keeper al
the Laurel Reformatory, was in Rich
mond yesterday convicted OF murder il
the second degree. The jury gave the
prisoner ten years in the penitentiary
Frank Jordan, the lad who was charg'
ed with being Fouchee's accomplice,
was acquitted. Fouchee pleaded guilty
and set up a defense of insanity.