Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-09
Virgins News.

foot looking 10 the removal of the re-
mains of Patrick Henry from their
resting place at Red Hill, Charlotte
county, to 9t. Johns buryipg ground
10 Richmond.
Mrs. Bartlett Boiling who hss been
visiting her uncle, Mr.. Albert Stuart, has
returned to her home near The Unlver-
si,y of Virginia. Her COD, Mr. Albert
Billing, a young lawyer Of ObsrlotteS-
vile, is i'll with typhoid fever at the
University Hospital.
In Grace Episcopal Church, Peters
burg, last night, MISS Helen West Hsr'
rlsoD, daughter Of Mrs.. Rosa West Har'
rison and the late Wm. II. Harr son,
was married to Mr.. Nathaniel Walter
Hubard, of Richmond. The offic aHDg
cergymen WerG Rev. John A. Lloyd
aud Rev. DR.. O. B. Bryan.
James Slamur, Greek barber, WsS
stabbed to death In his chop In Roanoke
yesterday evening. Mshsil Mazals, 3
waiter 10 a Greek restaurant, Is accused
OF the murder. The trouble began 10
a friendly scuffle, and when samur at
tenn pied TO erect the aggres'or from bis
shop, The latter, It is alleged, plugged
a stiletto into the heart of bis sdver'
sary.
Over 100 men employed 10 the tank
aud boiler shops oil the Richmond brsroS
Of the American Locomotive Works
walked out yesterday following the is
susuce of an order changing the system
of pay fsom a daily wage system to
time, or bonus, system. There are over
800 men employed In these two de-
parlments, and the strikers say they
will also walk out later.
Mr.. ]. Newton Laws, a retired farmer
add Confederate soldier, aged IS years,
died Tuesday night Of pneumonia at bis
home 10 Front Royal. At the outbreak
Of the civil war Mr.. Laws joined Com
pauy A, Virginia Cavalry, under COL
ouel Dulany, aud served with distlnc-
ton until the close. He is survived by
his widow, FIVE daughters aud one 500.
Mr.. Laws was a former resident OF Mill
wood, Clarke county.
Miss Elmo Fletcher, who last Au-
gust burned the barn Of A. W. Ohewr.
iug, 10 SpottsylvAnis county, valued at
81 500, was tried 10 the Circuit Court
OF Spot'sylvania county, recently. The
pea was insanity. DR.. ]. s. DeJsr.
netie, Of the Western State Hospital
and several local physicians teslifsd.
The Jury broughtin verdict ofinssnity,
and Miss Fletcher will be sent to the
Western State Hospital.
4 grain OF corn lodged 10 the wind
pipe Of Robert Holden, six years old,
son of William Holden, Of Thaxtons,
Bedford county, Tuesday, and the by
vas taken to Lynchburg yesterday az.
teruoou for treatment. He vas taken
TO the Office OF the physicisui who, de-.
string to obViate an operation, with the
assistance OF the boys uncle, practically
stood the patient on bis head, hoping
this would dislodge the corn. The boy,
however, died almost instantly.
The president OF tee Union The
logical Seminary, Richmond, has receiv'
ed check for $40, 900 from Mrs. Nc.
Olrmick, Of Ohicsgo. widow Of Cyrus
Il. Mccormick, the inventor OF the
raper. Shortly after tho civil war Mr..
Mccormick, who was native OF Viz.
ginIa aud and elder In the Presbyterian
ct urcb, endowed the professorship Of
Old Testament study 10 tbs seminary,
aud the amount new given BY Mis-. Nc
Oormick is 10 be added 10 the amount
then given by her husband.
Msi Henry Clinton Wood, who made
notable record 10 the Confederate Ger.
vice, died lsst night Of paralysis, sged
~ years. he was native OF Scott
county, and served la the Virginia
senate for two terms. he was repub'
lican candidate for !eutersnt governor
when John s. Wise rae for governor.
10 1892 he was the republican nominee
for Congress In the Ninth Virginia dis
trIcf, aud vas debated by j. W. Mr.
shall, better known in Virginia as 10y
clone jim" Moi. Wood formed the
first cOmplny Of Oonfederstes that
marched ont Of Scott county.
Mesrp. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, 10 citizens OF this state, OF the
following patents! A. D. Alexander,
Urbauns, packIDg.pAd. j. r. Aiming
ton, Roanoke, stamp vending machinf ;
R. II. Buckner, Portsmouth, wster.gaLut (;
O. B. Davis, Manchester, dreuching-bot-
tie; G. NJ. Riiznlller, Norfolk, auto
matte rlbbon.reverslDg mechanism for
type writing mschines; F. A Meissner,
Mar chester, mechanical code.sigobling
device; j. o. Persons, Norfolk, lining
pipes; J. H Ryslis, Charlottesville, re-
versing mechanism for the bind cylin-
ders Of spinning.mulea.
Governor Swanson yesterday aunoun'
csd that artists will be asked to sub
mil two designs for The Gettysburg
NOR ument 10 be erected by the ststs
Of Virginia on the famous battle ground
0ae If The designs Is TO be q heroic
statute OF Gen. Robert E. Lse, COM
msnder in.ohief Of the Confederate
army. The other will be left to the
artists who may choose 10 complete
for the honor OF furnishing the statue.
The monument Is to cost the state
between $4,000 and $4,000, which
means that 40 elaborate design may
be submitted. SculPtors Of national
reputation ire eogsged 10 preparing
designs 10 be submitted 10 n, commits
sion,