Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-05
Virginia News.

TIE government is considering Cape
Henry as the site Of the additional forth
ficaiions.
A live wire killed two horses belonging
to the Richmond Transfer Company Sat
urday evening
James w. Beane has been appointed
postmaster at Dranesville, Fairfax coun-
ty, and Jennie Mccoy at RivertOn. War
rem county.
Major S. NJ. Boiling, superintendent OF
the State penitentisry, was yesterday APP
pointed by Judge MoOmaw, of the Bed
ford County Circuit Court, clerk OF
that court, to succeed the late John Nj.
Specie.
Mrs. Annie Jewell, wife OF George A..
Jewell, of Lucketts, Loudoun county,
was instantly killed on Saturday by a
passenger train of the Western Mary
land Railroad, near Deerfeld, Frederick
county, Md.
A defective fue set FIRE to the home
of Mrs. Walter Garrett, a widow, at
Boyce, Clarke county, Saturday night,
and the building was totally destroyed,
together with most of its conte nts. The
loss reaches 81, 900.
Mrs. Roosevelt, in acknowledgment
of Mrs. Montague's hospitality at the
Governors Mansion during the Presi-
dents visit there, will furnish from the
White House Conservatives che flowers
for a pretty feature of "The Crystal
Slipper" to be played tomorrow night
by society people under Mrs. Montague s
patronage.
Joseph Fl. Shepherd, sentenced five
years ago for embezzlement, was yester
day discharged from the penitentiary.
He WAS clerk in the Office of the au-
ditor for many years, and the discovery
that his accounts we're wrong was a sur
prise to the officials and his friends.
He left his prison home in company
with his son, who had come to meet
him.
The grand jury of Norfolk yesterday
returned an indictment for murder
against DR.. l.. Il. Chiles, in connection
with the recent death of Miss Sarah
Atkinson. whose death followed an al
legged criminal operation. An indict-
ment was also found against Miss Akin
sons former lover, James E. Franklin,
who is accused as an accessory before
the fact. The Chiles case was set for
trial on Monday next.
Prof. Willis l.. Moore, the chief OF
the Weather Bureau, in his annual re-
port, regarding the Mount Weather re-
search observatory at Mount Weather,
near Bluemont established three wears
ago, says the observatory may be expect
ed to do as much for the science of mete-
orology and the future improvement OF
the service as has been done during the
past thirty-five years for the material
interests Of the country.
News has been received of the death
in Columbus, Tex, IF Judge George
Mccormick, a native of Fairfax county,
aged sixty.four years. Judge McCoT-
mick enlisted in the Confederate army
and served until 1864, when he was seri
ously wounded and captured near Harris
burg, Miss. He was member. Of the
constitutional convention of Texas in
1875, and served term as attorney gen
eral of that State. Subsequently he was
elected district judge for TWO consecutive
terms.
Superintendent of the peninteutiary
S. NJ. Boiling, of Bedford, yesterday re-
signed; the board accepted his resigna-
ton, and elected Capt. f. 7. Morgan,
of Roanoke, as his successor. Capt. i.
A. Lamb, first keeper, has been made
assistant superintendent by Mr. Morgan.
The other candidate for the position was
former Superintendent George y.
Helms, of Franklin. The superinten-
dent receives a salary OF $1,000 with
house, gas aud water, and the assistant
position pays 81 900.