Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-10

SItAAI1 LEI 'NOtaDA i 6O1
Navy Department yesterday by Rear
Admiral Caperton. The fight occur
red July l, before the tentative
agreement was made for the disarm-
ament of the rebels, The American
killed was Corporal George Fravee.
Only one of the otheS marines was
wounded seriously. The revolution,
lists were routed, Admiral Caperton
reported, carrying off number OF
wounded during their retreat.
Lying at the point of death in the
home of her mother, Mrs. Minnie
Laura Ford is the victim of her hus-
bands wrath, while the recreant
husband is in hiding in the woods
and swamps off Three Chopt Road,
near Ridge Church. After a quarrel
at their little farm home, thre miles
above Ridge Church, near Richmond
yesterday afternoon Philip Ford a
farmer, shot his wife in the abdom-
en- with a .31-calibre rifle. in the
presence of three children, and then
sped away to the woods. Mrs. Ford
is 81 years old.
Charging Judge William R. Barhs-
dale, of Halifax and Attorney Ben
jamin Watkins Leigh, Of Houston,
with secretly preparing against him
charges which were, for the most
part, proven later to be unfounded-
a proceeding which he characteriz-
ed as part of contemplate plot
to secure his removal as Examiner
of Records for the Sixth Judicial
Circuit-James E. Easley has an
nounced his intention to consult
counsel as to the advisability Of
testing the legality of the Tax
Boards action in summarily remov-
ing him from office.
Death ended suddenly Thursday
evening the career of Rev. Alfred
H. Burroughs of BristoFs Gret-
ma Green, who had married 5,142 ell
oping couples at his hotel for elop-
ing couples. He was found dead in
his garden, where he had gone to |
work after supper hour. Although !
eighty-thrcc years of age, he retain
ed his physical powers in remark |
able degree, and kept up the prac- |
tice from year to year Of meeting all
trains in order to accommodate young |
people clipping from the Virginias to
be married. In a career Of q |
years as a marrying parson, he had
married young people of all ranks
and stations in life, and was known
throughout America and in Europe.
In statement issued by the Treas
ury Department it is shown that Vir
ginia contributed $9,588, 4Q2.97 to the
income of the Federal Gov
eminent during the past fiscal year.
The department shows that the Sec
ond Virginia district yielded total
of S7,407,6 from ordinary sources;
that is, from whisky, wines, beer, to. :
bacco, ETC.; $751; 34 40 from the tai.
on corporations, and S239,SS4 So :,
from the tax on corporations, and
S239, SS486 from the tax on indivi-
dual incomes-a total of SS,041, $685.
II. The collections in the sixth Vir-
ginia district were much smaller. In
ALL, $l,217,347.S0 was received from
ordinary sources, S279,554 .7G, from
the corporation tax, and $49,647.2l
from the tax on individual incomes.
The first case under the custer i
law in Chase City, was heard yester-
day in the Mayors Court. 1t in
cluded the operation of a ice plant
on Sunday. C. R. Boswell, the gen
cral manager Of the place, and three
of his workmen were tried separate
ly, the former being fined $50 and /
costs, and the others S. and costs
each, making S. so each. The Coun- !
Gil recently declared the selling Of
ice on Sunday necessity, along with |
shoe sinners, jitney and newspapers,
but said nothing about the manufac-
turc Of ice. The mayor held that the |
manufacture of ice is not a necessity |
and contrued the law so as to make !
it separate offcnse for each one of
the workmcn. An appeal was taken
to the City Council.
Mrs. Margaret Sipe of Harrison
b,,r ,,-o, Cto4 70 Doriton