Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-29
Virginia News.

The Southern Railway depot at Dry
Fork was destroyed by fire last Tuesday
night, the loss being between $4,000
and Sc, 900.
The Grand Ltdge, Knight Of Pythias,
at Stanton, yesterday adopted a reso-
luton providing for the building OF q
castle hall in Richmond as Hines
memorial.
All members of Camp Mari will meet
ct Fairfax June 1st, Memorial Day, to
do honor to the 800 or 400 Confederate
soldiers buried In the cemetery there, by
decorating their graves With flowers.
George William Pullman, a Winches-
ter busiu ess man, and Miss George
Sinner we're married Wednesday night
ct the home of the BRIDES brother-in-
Law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. james E.
Gearing.
A disaslerous FIRE took place at Oul-
pepper Yesterday, when the large plan
ing mill and lumber factory of Walters
& Gown gton was burned. The loss will
reach $l2 900. The origin Of the FIRE
is not known.
Adjutanl- Genera Anderson yesterday
received letter from Washington in
forming him that the date for the Vir-
ginia troops at Ohickamauga had been
fixed for the week Of July % to August
/, both inclusive.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss Blanche Bay, stepdaughtsr
of Lawson K. Wallace, Of Leesburg, to
Alfred s. Curtis, of Culpeper. The
ceremony wss performed st the brides
home on Wednesday, May 20.
Shilo Bishop, Montgomery county
farmer, near Chrisiisnsburg, was struck
and instantly killed by lightning yester-
day afternoon. Bishop, with several of
bis children, was standing in his yard
under tree when he was struck. One
of the children was knocked senseless,
but recovered.
The supervisors of Orange county and
those of Culpeper county have awarded
contract for the erection of q steel
bridge, with stone piers, across the Rap
idan river, st Rspidsn, to the Canton
Bridge Company, of Canton, Ohio, at
81, 1856, payment to be divided between
the two counties.
Alfred B. Williams, editor of the
Richmond News Leader, 10 al editorial
yesterday afternoon, charges Thomas
F. Ryan, who is delegate to the demo-
cratic State convention from Nelson
county, with contributing trust funds
to the republican campaign fund while
8 member of the democratic state ex-
ecutiye committee. Williams urges
that Ryan be removed from the COM
miltee, If be does not resign, and, speak
ing of Ryan's probable ambition of be-
coming governor of Virginia or U. s.
Senator from Virginia, declared that an
attempt to crafty such an ambition
would provoke singing rebuke at the
hands Of the people.
The cornerstone of the Handley Lii
brary was laid in Winchester yesterday
with impressive ceremonies, in charge
Of the grand lodge of Masons in Virginia
headed by the grand master, DR.. Joseph
W. Eggleston, Of Richmond who was as
sisted by the grand lodge officers and by
Winchester Oommandery, Knights Tenn
plar, and Hiram Lodge, of Winchester.
The Grafton was delivered by Maj.
Holmes Conrad, and crowd Of 5000
persons surrounded the building. At
night the annual inspection of the Win
chester Templars was held followed by
banquet. The Handley Library is being
erected ont OF bequest OF $500, 900 left
to the city OF Winchester by the lsts
Judge John Handley, of Scranton, Pa,
who Is buried there. Among those pres
eut was Past Grand Master OF Mssous In
Virginia K. Kemper, Of Alexandria.
Confederate Memorial Day was OBJ
served at Leesburg yesterday with appro-
pirate exercises aud In tie presence of
an immense crowd Of citizens and vete-
rams from Loudoun and surrounding
counties. The graves Of the dead SOL
diers were decorated In the morning, and
Confederate crosses of honor were award
ed to the veterans by the president of
the Loudoun Chapter, Daughters of the
Oonfederacy. The monument erected to
the memory of the dead soldiers and sea-
men in the Oonfederacy from Loudoun
WAS unveiled at O'Clock. 1t is located
on the courthouse lawn and Ia in bronze.
1t represents soldier on guard. 1t is
mounted on q granite pedestal and is %
feet high. The unwilling speech was
delivered by Senator Daniel, and re-
sponses were made by Governor Swan
son, Ool Edmund Berkeley and Mr..
John II. Alexander. A poem eommem-
orative Of the occasion was read by the
author, Harry =. Harrison. The speak
efs we're introduced by Judge o. f.
Nicol. of Manassas. The statue was un-
yelled by Elijah V. White, grandson of
the late Col. E. V. White, assisted by
Miss Mary II. Keller, of Middlesburg
Chapter; Miss Hannah b. Mcintosh, of
Loudoun Chapter, and Mrs. Thomas F.
OsFruthers, of Blue Ridge Chapter,
Daughters Of the Ooufederacy.
DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS.
Joseph Sudgsburger, foreman of the
Bureau OF Engaving and Printing stable,
In Washington, diedAt Emergency Hos
l. l. IL =.