Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-07
DIED FROM DISEASE.
Az Acep NEGRO FOUND DYING IN A
" cLuMP OF BUSHES.
r.,.vsa Normal and Collegiate fnss'tate'
Richmond Accused nf Trying TO "''
petersbarg's Tobacco Trade.

,co~~,s,opdencc OF .he Richmond Dispatch'l
pvrvpsnrna. Va, July CA negro agea
.;,,,,,v-aix years. said to be from Bucklng-
ban county aud on his way to Richmond
was found In diving condition in clump
~ bushes few hundred yards from Nv
Airy about s O'clock this morning.
colored man who hal taken his cow out 10
craze had his attention attracted Dy the
rroans OF the unfortunate man. VINO was
beyond all speech. He communicated the
fact 10 thepolico but when they arrived on
the spot short time afterwards the Oh
man was dead. II was suspected tnat thefe
NAV have been foul play. and an IN
ouest was held. Ii was ascertalne1 thao
the mans name was Joe Shumaker, that ne
| had been given accomlnodatIohs ia the
Iall on Friday night. aud q, the alh5nouse
ON Saturday night. being discharged from
| the latter institution on SUNDAY after nc
| had eaten his breakfast. The jury render
| ed a verdict Of death from causes un-
| known. No evidence beng given TO show
violence OF any kind. the supposlti0n IS
| that the old man must have lam out o.,
SUNDAY night and died from disease ana
| exposure.
| sr,,vrR SESSION At THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
| Over 20) observation-disclosures are IN attend;
ance on the summer session ut the Norman
AMI Colleeiate Institute (colOred) near tins
city. larger number than has heretofore
been present. All portions oil the ota,s
| are we'll represented. Inc progtniiliuc -
| stndies embraces the fundamental princl-
| pies of arithmetic, geography, speii1ng,
| physiology, history, and pedagogy. Inc
professors nj the college and several prOinl-
nent educators from distance give the i'i-
| structiOn.
| FINED FOR ASSAULT.
Adolphus Allen, the negro who knocked
| down Officer John Williams while under
arrest Saturday morning and made MS IS
cape. was fined S25 in the Mayors C0urt
| this morning and sentenced 10 tnreo
months Imprisonment IN laii'
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Mr.. Worrell McGll. son of Mr.. John Nc
| G;li who has been confined to his bed Tor
some weeks with typhoid fever. Is coh'a-
Rev. DIR. j. b.. Newton, Of Richmond H.
| was expected to deliver nm address DeIore
| the Brotherhood and Ladies Guild OF
| Grace church tonight. but he was unable
to come over. -
Two attempts were made last night 10
break into the residence of blr. D. T.. IA
VS.. on Harding street. but each time the
burglars were discovered and driven away.
! Il THIS BOYCOTT!
Tobacco circles here are very freely com
mentino ON what is deemed a serious blow
at the interests of the Petersburg trace
dealt without cause or compliant by hich-
moud. and which IS believed to nave ueeh
inaugurated with the purpose OF Dullcih9
M the trade OF Richmond at the expense
of that Of Petersburg. Wlthln the past Few
DAYS official information has Oeen received
| hot oil
Austrian Government must be sampled III
| Richmond under the supervision OF the IN
| snectOrs there. large proportion OF tnls
| ,nbncro has heretofore been purchased ana
sampled in Petersburg by the resident SUP.
agent or contractor. who - one OF the oS9'
Judges of tobaccpin the state. ana uhuer
| The inspection of the official officer OF the
Trade Thr.s has never been any com
plant about this sampling and the Peters
burg purchases have been conducted win
satisfaction year after year. Of course
| this edict necessitatps the shipment or 70
bacco that hos been coming TO Petersburg
directly 10 Richmond and It's influence
= may be still more widely felt.
MERITS or THE NARKETs.
II has given rise 10 the interesting ques
tion of the merits of the two markets. and
the issue Is made all the more interesting
aud timely by reason OF the fact that He
! tersburg having the supremacy IN the eX,
nortation OF the Manufactured article. anc
beipq pevonl successful challenge one OF
the best markets in the state, NOT only fol
shipping, but all srales Of tobacco Is now
: called upon 70 Withstand hoycot, DN
Richmond. But there are two sides tC
eyery question, and in this case 1t is quite
no.sible that if Petersburg samples are
not accepted On the Richmond
Fxhange, then Richmond will also suiiel
, from the consequences thereof. II +
. atfcndy intrnated that some Of the large
manufacturers here. who have been &C
= customed to buying extensively IN kich
any more purchases there. 1t is believe,
that there will certainly be retaliation. an'
that our manufacturers will not bllndll
, accept such arbitration. unusual, and un
necessary discrimination against thi'
market.