Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-21
Virginia News.


Mrs. K. r. Nuckols, wife of the edltol
of the Colonial Beach Progress, died al
Colonial Beach Saturday.
Thos. H. Spence and John Shockey,
both well-known citizens of Frederick
county, died on Saturday night.
Frank Sprouse and Archie Pelgier,
alias Archie Mozingro, escaped from
the county Jail at Staunton Friday
evening.
The Norfolk Library, containing 10,
600 volumes, will be opened today in 9
beautiful building, which cost 500, Oou
donated by Andrew Carnegie.
A increment is on foot to place two
bronze tablets in the retunda of the Uni
versity Of Virginia to commemorate the
students who fought in the Confederate
army.
Mrs. Langhorne Putney, sister-in-law
of Stephen Putney, it,, of Richmond,
who is mysteriously missing in St. Louis,
believes be has neither been killed nor in
jured, but has been spirited away by q
certain mysterious woman.
Miss Gertie Shelley, % years old,
daughter of William Shelley, was in
stantiy killed by the accidental dis
charge of a gun in the hands of her II
year old brother. Herbert Shelley, at her
fathers home, at Aylett's, Friday
Col. John S. Mosby, in letter to a
Boston inquirer, denies some OF the
stories told about him concerning his
cruel conduct toward prisoners OF war,
and he cites letters Of friendship from
men who had been his prisoners.
City Auditor Edward J. Warren, an
aged official, became involved in fight
with Samuel F. Shield, a member of the
city democratic committee, on Broad
street, Richmond, Saturday afternoon.
The ARRAY resulted in the arrest of the
two men.
Between 1:30 and 2 o'clock Sunday
morning, fire practically destroyed the
eastern and central wings of that per-
ton OF the Norfolk City Market used
for the sale of fish, vegetables and
poultry. A large stock of chickens and
turkeys and produce was cremated.
Mrs. Mary f. Birkby, wife of Charles
I. Birkby, Appointment merchant Of Lees
bnrg, died Friday at the Church House
aud Infrmary, in Baltimore, Nd, from
a complication of diseases. She was
iifty-six years of age. Her husband and
several brothers and sisters survive.
She was a daughter of tile late Thomas
S. Shafer. Of Baltimore.
Information has just been received in
Luray Of the supposed murder OF Robert
Hisle, the sixteen-year-old son Of r. @.
Hisle, who lives near Woodvile, Kappa
hammock county. Young Hise, a few
mornings ago, vent to his rabbit traps
some distance from his home, and in
about an hour returned, his face and
head having been seriously injured in
some mysterious manner. The young
man vas unable to give any account Of
his condition and died the same night.
The formal presentation to the Uni
yersity of Virginia of the library of the
late DR.. Thomas Randolph Price. form
er!y professor of Greek in that insti-
tuition, took place Saturday evening in
the rotunda OF the university. President
Alderman presided and introduced Prof.
Basil L. GildesleeYe, OF Johns Hopkins
University, who made the presenta-
ton speech The gift was accepted on
behalf of the university authorities by
Col. w. Gordon McCabe, of Rich
mond. The library contains about 4, 900
volumes. 1.
A movement to raise an endowment
fund for the historic University of Vir.
ginia has been organized under the
direction Of an advisory council OF
hundred or more prominent men repre-
senting all parts of the United States.
This famous school having been founded
by Thomas Jefferson, the fund, which
it is hoped will eventually amount to
81, COO, 900, will be named "The
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Fund"
Among those in the council are ex-
President Cleveland, Chief Justice Full
Ter, Elihu Root, Secretary Taft, Ad-
miral Dewey, Robert T. Lincoln, St.
Clair McKelwsy, Cardinal Gibbons,
Richard 0lney and DR.. S. Weir Nit
chell. President Roosevelt is interested
in the project and has Endorsed it in a
letter to Thomas Nelson Page, president
of the Alumni Association of the uni
versity.