Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-01-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Ephriam t. Munsey, a prominent citi-
zen of Floyd county, died Sunday night
aged Sc years. He was a Confederate
veteran.
Walter NJ. Sanders, one Of the wealth
lest men in Tazewell county, died at bis
country home, near Graham, yesterday,
aged SO years.
Bishop Van de Vyver has issued an
appeal for $45, 900 for the erection of a
handsome residence near the new cathe-
dral in Richmond.
General Fitzhugh Lee and General
Joseph Wheeler were speakers at the
dinner of the Confederate Veterans
Camp of New York, at the Waldorf last
night.
DR.. S. ]. johnson, who went from
Rappahannock county to Welch, w.
Va, to practice dentistry, about two
years ago, died at the latter place a few
days ago.
Miss Caroline Taylor, of Purcellville,
Loudoun county, died Sunday evening Of
pneumonia at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Hannah B. Stabler, of Montgomery
county, Md.
John Crowley, a we'll known citizen
of Tazewell county, dropped dead while
at prayer in his home on Sunday night.
He was Sc years ofage and leaves a large
family, His death was due to heart
disease.
Mr.. Bailey, Of the Bailey, Banks &
Biddle Company, Of Philadelphia. has
sued his brother-in-law for the alienation
of his wife's affection and asks damages
in the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars.
Mr.. H.. w. Webb, living near Ma
manassas has sold his farm, the old Doyle
place, to Mr.. A. T. Rollins, an engi-
neer on the Southern Railway. Price
80, 200 cash. Mr.. Webb will leave for
Texas early in February.
At Chatham, yesterday, special grand
jurors examined eyewitness to the
Carter Ball tragedy which occurred n
week ago in Hotel Bennett, and returned
a true bill against George and Thomas
Ball. The case will come up for trial
in the March term Of the Circuit Court.
A contract was let yesterday by the
Lynchburg Lodge of Elks for a club
house of colonial style, to cost SIS, 500,
and to be erected on an acre lot, CEN
trally located, upon which is standing
the home of Gen. Jubal Early. The
Early house is to be torn down al once
and the new building is to be completed
by July 10.
Harry Thomas, the negro who was
brought back to Winchester on Saturday
from Pennsylvania, to stand trial for a
heinous assault, admitted his identity,
although no one is there who could have
identified the prisoner, and he would I'M.
doubtedly have been released. He also
confessed to his part in the crime for
which his partner is undergoing a ten
year sentence.
Mrs. Edgar W. Tucker and her five
children were rescued from a burning
building in Richmond early yesterday
morning. The fire originated in the
lower portion of the house, which was
used as a store, and before it was discov.
cred had cut off from escape the family
sleeping above. Firemen, with ladders,
brought them out unframed in their
night garments. The loss is s., 900,
with 81 400 insurance.
A jury in the Federal Court of New
York yesterday fixed $475,OOO as the
correct valuation for the Schmoele tract
of 272 acres desired by the government
for charging the Norfolk navy yard.
The owners have moved for a %retrial.
The matter has been in dispute for a
year, and a commission of freeholders
fixed the valuation at$572, 900, to which
the government objected. A 81, 900, 900
dry dock will be built on the property.
Ben Johnson, colored, was arrested
in Richmond yesterday charged with
burning the Gallego. Mills three weeks
ago. The evidence againt him il cir
cumstantial. He was sentenced to Jail
for stealing from the mills and his term
in Jail had just expired. The fremen
met a negro on the fourth floor coming
out with a lantern as they came in, but
in the darkness and dense smoke they
did not see him plainly enough to iden-
tify him.