Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-13
VIRGINIA NEWS
Paragraphs Picked Up Here and
There Throughout the State.

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baggage car of the train he was driv-
ling, died at his residence in Wash
ington, yesterday. Mr.. Sanders
death was caused by injuries receiv-
ed when he fell from the. running
board of locomotive at Charlottes-
vile, two weeks ago. He was 56
years old, and had been driving loco
motives for the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad for 80 years. Funeral SER
vices will be held at his native city,
Richmond. Mr.. Sanders is survived
lby his wife, and seven children.
| The Democrats of Hamilton held
la big celebration Friday night to
celebrate President Wilson's re-elec-
ton. A parade consisting of num-
| Der of decorated automobiles filled
with Democrats passed through the
towns of Hamilton, Purcellville,
Round Hill and Lincoln, and cannon
was fred at each stop.
Democrats of Fredericksburg
celebrated the victory of Woodrow
Wilson with parade, fireworks and
bonfire Friday night. 1t was par
ticipated in by practically the entire
TOWN. Though hastily gotten up, the
parade was half mile long. Head
| Led by a brass band, following which
lcame Prosperity" riding the Demo-
Icratic donkey and carrying a banner
INSCRIBED "Pack again." it was made
lup of various city organizations, the
boy scouts, railroad men, other
marehers and automobiles. Every one
was plentifully supplied with lights
and fireworks and many of the houses
along the line of march were gaily
decorated and lighted. Funeral of
the old Guard" of the Bachelors
Club was one of the features. Eight
pallbearers carried the remains and
were followed by long line OF
mourners all dressed in sombre
jclothing. At the end of the line OF
march services were read, parodied
hymns sung and the body at last
cremanted in bonfire. From an au
tomobile carrying crowd of women
was prominently displayed on
transparency, "Who Kissed Charlie
Hughes Last Night"
Four men and three women had a
morrow escape from death Friday
night shortly after 1880 o'clock when
one of the front tires Of the Cadillac
touring car in which they were
speeding along the Virginia Beach
road toward Norfolk at speed of
about thirty five miles an hour blew
out, and the car swerved from the
broad and turned turtle. T. B. Will
liams, the chauffeur, received a Sc
we're cut across the side Of his face,
Mrs. Belle Hunt, was badly bruised,
and Louis NJ. Sumter, a United
States sailor, was slightly injured.
The other members of the party, two
women and two civilians, escaped IN
jury.
John Rigdon, one of the four al
legged auto thieves brought back
from Maryland yesterday by Detec-
tives Wiley and Kellam, of Rich
mond, is in a serious condition as a
result of injuries sustained when ne
jumped from the train in an attempt
to escape. Rigdon, together with d.
H. Hester, Andrew Young and
James Norton, were arrested IN BE-
lair, Maryland, on charge OF steal
ing an automobile valued at $500
from w. J. Shellingbury, broker
of Richmond. Detectives Wiley and
Kellam went to .Belair, and took the
men to Baltimore. They took a train
there for Richmond. and about sixty
miles from the city Rigdon asked per-
mission to 60 into the toilet. Per-
Hitted TO go, he jumped out OF the
window while the train was running
Detective Wiley stopped the train
went back and picked up the injured
man.
Luther Sheffield, twenty-seven
years old, was'kihed' yesterday morn
ing about eight milesrf from Richmond
near the Curtis Neck Farm! With
some other men, Sheffield was at
tempting to raise a crippled horse
from the ground and was construct
ing d sort of three pronged scaffold
for he. purpose. One of the prongs
suddenly slipped, striking him on the
top Of the head. An ugly cash was
L. ~ e.