Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-17
VIRGINIA. NEWS

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Virginia does not tax borrowed.
capital according to the views of Vii.
lam H. Sands, examiner OF records
for the Richmond district.
R. f. Waters, aged &c years, en-
ployed as brakeman on the Nor1oik
and Western Railway, died in the.
Petersburg Hospital Wednesday al
ternoon of injuries received IN the
recent freight wreck near Dlsputanta
The boldest jail delivery that has
occurred for long time IN Prince
George county took place Wcdnes-
dav night, when five prisoners es-
cancd from the county Jail through
mole in the floor of the prison which
they had sawed.
Senator John Walter Smith, Of
MARYLAND, and Senators Martin ana
Swanson. of Virginia, yesterday ur-
aed General Kingman, chief of the
armv engineers, to waive the order
requiring pound fishermen OF the
Maryland and Virginia waters to re-
move their pound poles during the
mid-winter season.
At the conclusion OF holly con-
tested trial which lasted six days, A
E. Fuller, Bristol manufacturer:
Yesterday won when the jury said nc
was not liable for damages for the
alleged alienation of the affections OF
Cleolia Wires, the young wife of L.
C. Wires. Wires sued for 100000.
The young daughter of Mr.. ana !
Mrs. L. N. Cox, of Pedlar Mills, is IN !
Lynchburg taking the Pasteur treat !
ment. She and two other children !
were bitten by mad dog at Pediar !
Mills a short time ago, and the head !
of the dog was sent to Washington I
where it was examined and announced 1
rabid.
The sixteen-ycar-o son of Harry 1
GAYLE, of Gressitt's, King and Queen
county was shot and killed instantly
Wednesday He was about to 60 hunt
ing, and had his gun resting against
the side of the house, when ms
Young sister picked up the gun and
handed it to her brother. In passing \
from one to the other it exploded and
killed the young man.
BRIEF
Acl, Hale, who was convicted m
December 1908, when 20 years old.
Of the murder of Lille Davis, Bris- 4
fol girl. who was shot to death on
grave in East Hill Cemetery, has cs-
caped from the Tennessee pcniten-
tiary by scaling the walls. lie Is
under life sentence. The Hale case
was one of the most sensational IN
The history of this region, Hale had
spent the day with Miss Davis and
lad driven her through the parks in
= buggy. He contcnded that Miss
Davis shot herself.
Mrs. PHYLLIS Langholnc Brooks has
been granted divorce by Judge
Jchn w. Fishbulnc, of the Circuit 4
Court for Albermarlc County Tor:
Reginald Brooks, the New York club
man. Early last year Mrs. BROOKS cH-
tered suit for Il separation. "n'c"
was granted. In her petition Mrs.
Brooks recited that the couple were
married on November ID, 1901, anu
alleges that her husband deserted
ner on September Is, 1912. The pre- =
sent decree changes the separation
INTO an absolute divorce, Mrs. Brooks
will receive an allowance Tor the Z
support of herself and two children.
Citizens of Wytheville, the birth 1
place and girlhood home of Mrs Edl'
III Boiling Gait, are sending a hand
some wedding gift. to be presented
10 President Wilson and Mrs. Gait
upon their wedding day. The pre-
sent will consist of handsomely franz
cd miniatures of Judge and Mrs. [
II. Boiling, father and
mother Of the bride. Miss Ellen Doug .
las Stuart has for some weeks been :.
engaged in painting the portraits.
Miss Stuart was the artist selected to
paint the miniatures of President 4
Wilson's father and mother, which i
we're presented by the citizens of Staun 4