Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-02-03
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Norfolk. Portsmouth line, sank at the
Berkeley ferry wharf yesterday. 1t is
thought she is broken in two. No one
was on board at the time.
Mr.. Leopold B. Klippstein. one of
the best-known of the ante bellum
school masters in Winchester, died
from an attack of heart disease ye5ter-
day morning at his home in Briggs.
The residence of Mr.. Albert Fletcher,
about four miles from Winchester, was
totally destroyed by fire early yester-
day morning, with its contents. The
family narrowly escaped crem alton.
Mr.. William A. Van Deusen died Of
paralysis at his home in HerndOn CD
Tnursdsy. He was in his eighty-sev-
entn year, and was one of the most hon.
ored, respected and successful farmers
10 that vicinity.
AT largely attended meeting yester-
day evening Of the Richmond Chamber
Of Commerce resolutions were adopted
heartily iudorsipg the efforts of the
Rlchmond and Washington Air Line to
construct another road to the national
capital.
l. is believed now that Theodore F.
Taylor, the late deputy clerk of the
Henrico County Court, charged with
embezzlement, has gone to Canada. A
letter received from the chief of police
of Cincinnati states that Taylor left that
city on Saturday last.
The Armitage manufacturing plant,
makers Of tar paper and roofing ma
terial, at Richmond, was burned last
night. The loss is nearly total. The
property was insured for ten thousand
dollars in the Virginia State Insurance
Company, which will likely cover the
loss.
The large building used as Offices of
the president-treasurer and command
ant, and as an experiment station for
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at
Blscksburg, was completely destroyed
by fire yesterday morning at 2 o'clock.
All the vouchers OF the treasurer's Office
and many other valuable papers, ex-
cept such as were in the safe, were de.
stroyed.
Rev. F. P. Berkeley has accepted the
call extended him by the Front Royal,
Riverton, and Happy Creek Baptist
churches, to gil the vacancy occasioned
by Rev. r. E. L. Aylor going to
Chatham. Mr.. Berkeley will at once
resign as pastor of the Fauquier and
RappahannOck county churches, and
will take charge of his new field about
the 1st OF March.
Ajury in Richmond last nigh. brought
10 verdict of S4,75O in favor of Mics
Foulk. a young lady who was some
weeks ago injured by being caught 10 an
elevator in the dry goods store of Myers
& Co. The young lsdy's injury resu
ed in the amputation of one of her low
or limbs. She was an employe in the
defendants store at the time of the &C.
cident. The young lady sued for 500 900.
In Richmond last night Judge Wad-
dill took under advisement the petition
of Thomas F. Ryan, of New York. for
an order restraining the consolidation
of the Seaboard and Roanoke railroads
ss part of the Seaboard Air Line.
Counsel for the petitioner pressed the
Judge for an immediate order granting
this Injunction, but he declined. Prom
ise was made, however, that decision
would he given in few days.
Mrs. w. M. Jolly, Of Dinwiddie coun-
ty, widow OF the late w. M. Jolly, for
whose murder Junius Robinson, col.
ored, was recently hanged, lost her
home and all its contents by FIRE Thurs.
day night last. Mrs. jolly and her lit
tie children were asleep when tne
house began to burn and escaped uu-
injured, but brought pothing from the
house save the clothes they wore. The |
and a thousand pounds OF
meat was also destroyed. The fire
is supposed to have been the work OF an |
incendiary.
Coroner Taylor held an inquest 10
Richmond yesterday in the case of |
Frank Barnett, who was shot and kill
ed by William J. Rhodes. The evi- |
dence showed that death resulted from
, pistol ball severing q large artery.
The verdict of the jury was that Bar.
nett came to his death from o pistol
shot wound inflicted by Rhodes. Toere
was no proof in support of Rhodes's
charge that Barnett had broken I'D
Rhodes's home, but it was shown that
Rhodes had threatened to shot Barnett
for making appointments to meet Ger.
tain persons at his lRhodes's) house.