Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-03-22
Virginia News.

DR.. William Hollis, so years old,
died Saturday. at ,be residence OF his
sister, Mrs.. Bette Hupp, of sIrssburg,
The Rev. S. Roger Tyler, OF Hamil-
ton, has been called to the rectorship OF
Noltoway parish, southampton county,
in the diocese Of Southern Virginia.
John T. Riley, of WslerlOo, CulpePsr,
county, a member of the Backbone
Troop, 6. S. A., died Saturday. mr.
Riley was postmaster and merchant at
Waterloo.
The Rev. Wythe l., Kinsolving,
formerly rector of the Church OF the
Epiphany, Barton Heights, Richmond,
has declined the call which be received
to Corvallis, Oregon.
Mrs. Frederick I. EIkhorn, Of Denver,
Colo, dropped dead from hemorrhsge
Of the lungs at Falls Church, yesterday,
at the home Of her parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. Charles McG.esrty.
Mrs. Patterson Bayne died a! the
home of her brother, G. Il. Latham, al
Cedar Mountain, Oulpeper county,
Thursday. The remains we're inferred
in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond
this evening.
Alexander Whestley, Wallace Chap
man aud Jake Butler, sl black coDvicts,
escaped from the convict road force,
Camp No. IL, near The Plains, Sstur.
day afternoon. on their return to camp
from work under Guard Gregg.
The term of Mr.. l.. P. Summers, ss
collector Of internal revenue for this, the
western, district, will soon expire, bat
Mr.. slemp, the only republican con-
gressmsn from this state and the dis
tributor OF federal arOosge thereof,
says Mr.. Summers will be resppOinted.
Aurelius Christian, negro, who at
tackled Aunie May Dobbs, l4.year.old
white girl, and then cut her throSt With
q rszor, expisted bis crime 10 the cleo.
trio char at the State penitentisry today,
just 81 days having elapsed sincs The
commission Of his crime and his con-
Viction 10 The BotetOuit county court,
on February Is.
The original documents in the arrest
and trial of Aaron Barr for trtaso,
which bave been part OF the records 10
the federal court in Richmond since
1907, will be sent to Seattle as a part OF
the government exhibit In the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition. These dUcu-
meDts are kept In a vault Ia the federal
building in Richmond, and are intrusted
to but few persons. The papers have
remained in the undisturbed possession
of the federal court there since the date
of the trial in the summer Of 1907.
Henry o. Whestely, the confessed
wife-murderer nnd incendisry, commit.
ted suicide 10 the Oulpeper Jail, Satur-
day, by hanging himself with towel.
Whestley on Thursday set fire to 6
tenants house and then killed bis wife
With an axe, nearly seyeriug her head
from the body. He was the first and
Only inmate of the jail. Owing to bis
advanced age and enfeebled condition
he was placed 10 the hospital room Of
the jail, where he killed himself. He
was believed to have been insane.
The town Of Boydton was swept by a
fire during the early morning hours yes.
terdaY which for time threatened the
entire village, and as it was did damage
to the extent Of 800, 900, destroying two
blocks in the heart Of the business Sec
lion, thereby psrslJzing business. Tue
IRE gained considera ole hesdsay before
being discovered, aud all the buildings
being Of wood burned 6ercely. By
heroic work the Boydton Hotel aud the
dry goods establishment OF 81. E. Cole
man Il Bro. was saved. The colored
students a! the Boydton Institute reD-
dered valuable service in fighting the
flames. The origin of the fire is mys.
terry.