Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-18
Virginia News.

MRS. mary ". 6OBe, WIG vi riAfius
Hoge OF Loudouu county, died Monday
at Georgetown University Hospital.
lesser & Wiltshire, who operated a
confectionery and Ice cream parlor at
Lynchburg, assigned yesterday with
liabilities Of %, 900.
Mrs. Mary Ann Green, widow OF
John Green, late Of Stafford county,
died In Washington on Sunday, aged 81
years. Her remains were inferred todsy
at her former home in Stafford.
Mrs. Eleanor Willis Pendleton, wife
of M. Edmund Pepdelton, died at her
residence yesterday. Mrs. Peudelton
was daughter of Mr.. Nathaniel Wills,
OF Charleston, Jefferson county, West
Va.
X. O Henderson fell through an eleva-
tor shaft at Stanton yesterday morning
and narrowly escaped death. he stepped
into the shaft at the Beverly Hotel when
the elevator was up aud fell some dis
lance, sustaining injuries to his back.
Charles Ststs, a farmer, four miles
north of Abingdon, Was killed BY light
ming during q storm yesterday afternoon,
ard his two sons were probably fatally
shocked. They were working 10 feld
when the st rm came and they took ref
uge under 8 nearby tree, which was
struck.
A series of heavy thunder storms
passed over the lower valley yesterday
afternoon and last night. Since early In
the afternoon the mills In Winchester
operated by electricity from the big
power house at Millvale have been at
standstill, and last night Winchester w's
In darkness.
The coroner's jury investigating the
death Of John Fl. Tyler, whose body was
found In Shockoe creek, Richmond, sew
ersl days ago, brought in verdict yes
terday that the man came to his death
under circumstances unknown, but that
the evidence adduced was sufficient to
establish the belief that the man had
been murdered.
Miss Berthe McUorkle aud Miss Ger
trude Paxton, who live near Midway, pesr
Stauutop, we're struck by an engine on
The Norfolk and Western Railroad while
driving to Sunday school at Mount Joy.
Their horse became frightened and dashed
across the track. The locomotive struck
the hind wheels of the buggy, smashing
the vehicle and throwing the girls
against cattlegusrd. They we're picked
up unconscious. No bones seem to have
been broken.
Alleging cruel treatment to his wife,
who claims to have been brutally treated
by Il. r. Blunt and W. 8. Blackburn,
dog catchers, @. K. Lsssitsr, In Rich
mond, yesterday placed his case In the
hands OF attorneys for prosecution. The
case arose out of the capture Of Fannie,
fox TERROR, which accompanied Mrs.
Lsssiter 10 the old market and while
there fell into the net Of the men EN-.
ployed to lid The street, of worthless
CANNES. In the suffle for possession OF
the dog, Mrs. Lassiter sustained severe
bruises. She asserts positively that she
was showed, cursed and roughly handled
by the men.
William Krause, for more than q
quarter of century catsrer at the Mason
ic Temple, Richmond, fred bullet into
his head vt his home early yesterday
morning, dying almost instantly. He
left no note or letter. He was alone in
bis room at the time. Suffering, due to
illness, intensified by The excessive heat,
Is the reason assigned for the act. Mr..
Krause was stricken with paralysis three
monthsago. He alose and walked to the
resrof his home, where he aroused his
wife and requested her to geta cup OF warm
water. Mrs. Krause went at once to the
kitchen aud Was drawing the water when
she heard the mDfflsd report of the pis-
toll.
Fire early Sunday morning destroyed
the home OF Judge James Lyons Tails
ftrro, near Gloucester Court House,
many heirlooms of silver, china and fur
uiture being lost in the ruins. The home
wac one OF the most interesting in the
state, having built In 1858 on land
granted by the crown, and having de-
scended through generations ofthe Booth,
Thurston ard Talisferro families to the
present owners. There we're portfolios
In the doors, which were used in Indian
warfare. The place, now called Church
Hill, was formerly known as Mordecai
Mount, after Mordecai Cooke, immi-
grant. The Are originated In the ser
wants quarters adjoining the house. The
monetary loss Of So, 900 is as nothing to
the less Of relics which can never be re-
placed.