Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-07-29
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEW

GENEKAL SOUTHERN NEWS
FoRT MoNRoE, Va, July "a Mr.. Harry
A. Hitchcock, whose neck was broken
while diving from the pier last Wednes-
day, is still alive, and was taken to Balti-
more for treatment at Johns Hopkins hos
pital.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. July 22-Prose-
cutting Attorney George j. McComas, who
has been attempting to put stop to gam
bling in this city, was yesterday afternoon
indicted for being a party in poker game
6 short time ago.
WARRENToN, Va, July o2.-Miss Bessie
Stone. eldest daughter of Thomas G. Stone,
committed suicide at her home near here
by shooting herself in the mouth with
pistol. She and her father had quarrel.
when she went to her room and ended her
life
HAGEIsTawN. Nd, July 24.-Yesterday
fire broke out in the stable of Jones &
South. Their wholesale house was COM
pletely destroyed, together with the adj
joining houses of John Emmert and Dr. j.
S. Wishard The total loss is about sl20.
600. OF which Jones & Smith lost 100000.
WHEELING, July GA c. Davis, the
absconding president of the West Virginia
Business college at Clarksburg. charged
with forgery, and who was arrested in
Cairo, Ills. arrived ut Clarksburg last
night in charge of u detective Davis de-
MES the for;series. and says lie left because
his life had been threatened.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July GA Bran
ford special to The Tinies-Unio says the
negro convict who outraged and murdered
the 9-year-old daughter of Carr Elliott, IN
Lafayette county last Wednesday. was
lynched Thursday night on the SPOT where
he committed the crime, by a mob num-
bering between three and four hundred.
The negro confessed
ATLANTA, July 22-Dr Westmorcland
and Attorney Rountree were tried yester-
day upon charges that they intended to
violate the peace of the state They have
been bombarding each other in the papers,
and duel was feared. DIR. Westmoreland
Was required 20 give bond in the sum of
$500 and Mr.. Rountree in the sum of
5000 that they would keep the peace.
MoRGANTowN, w. Va, July 22-As u
result OF the long continued disputes and
counter charges, prompted by jealousy,
between President Turner and Professor
Ogden, of the West Virginia State univer-
siJy, the regents have dismissed all the
professors. Thirteen of them may be re-
instated, but it is not probable that Presi-
dent Turner will be among the number.
SAVANNAH. Ga, July PA colored wo-
man and her two children were smothered
to death in II tenement house fire early in
the morning in the colored quarter of the
city. The mother and little boy and girl
ran to the stairway and then to the win
hnt If hoin
cut off they dropped on the floor, where
their bodies were found by the firemen,
naked and scorched by the flames.
LOUISVILLE, j uly 25 - The Louisville
City National bank suspended payment
vest erday. Its suspension was expected,
ss is has been weak for some time. Will
lam Pope, the teller Of this bank, walked
of one Saturday evening in March, 1889,
( with $50, 600 Euttoned under his overcoat
He was accompanied by prominent
young society man. and they have never
been heard from since. The City National
has never recovered from this and other
losses.
| BALTIMORE, July 25.-William Kemper,
aged 80 years, is locked up, charged with
enticng little girls into his house for i'm
moral purposes. Five young girls. none
over 10 years old, and some as young rs 10,
admitted to Justice Anderson that Ken =
per had committed an assault after entc-
| ing them into his house on the promise of
| giving them candy. At the hearing the
station was filed with children and wildly
excited parents. In case of conviction
Kemper will probably hang.
/ LOUISVILLE, July 26-The Fourth Ma
tional bank threw up the sponge yester-
day afternoon after a hard fight. A run
during the day, with "a drain from the
country banks, caused the suspension.
President George Davis was seen just
after the closing of the doors. "All the
information we have to give out at this
time" he said, sis that no one will lose a
mill by our suspension" The Merchants
and Deposit banks were also forced to
close their doors indefinitely
( Knoxville, July pa desperate fight
+ occurred between two prominent citizens
of Sevir county-Robert Mcmahon and
i Robert Cation. Eighteen pistol shots were
fired, and Cation was struck by six, nearly
every one of which in itself would have
proved fatal. He fell and expired in an
/ hour. Mcmahon was saved by his pocket
knife, which was struck by shot from an
Z English bulldog revolver The cause Of
/ the difficulty was the undue intimacy Of
Cation with McMahon's wife.
| DANvILLE, Va, July 94-The sudden
{ death of Major w i. Sutherlin is an
nouneed. Major Sutherlin was about 20
years of age, and was a self-made man in
I every respect. He amassed a considerable
fortune by trading in tobacco. He was
just prior to and during the early part of the
I war mayor of Danville. When Jefferson
Davis and his cabinet left Richmond after
+ the evacuation their first stop was in Dan
/ vile, and the last cabinet meeting held in
/ Virginia was in Major Sutberlin's house.
I CHARLESTON, S. c., June 25.-J. Buck
/ ney Floyd, who was enjoincd by Judge
1 Hudson from establishing state dispen-
sary in Darlington, and who subsequently
opened the dispensary on an order of sup
ersedeas granted by Associate Justice
Pope, of the supreme court, is again in
trouble On Friday morning next ne and
the county board of control must appear
before Judge Hudson to show cause why
they shall not be punished for contempt OF
court. The ex-liquor dealers are pushing
the case.
/ WASHINGTON, July 81. General John G.
/ Walker died Mt his residence in this city
! lToli "a StIOht VI Ait was ~
I years Of age, and lived in Winchester, Va.
| Before the war he was captain Of com
/ pany of United States cavalry, but in 1861
! he resigned and went south to battle with
the Confederates. lie became major gen
er;tl of Confederate forces and WAS a dis
tinguished figure in the battles of Sharps
burg. Manassas and all the fights around
Richmond. During Mr.. Cleveland's first
administration he served the government
upon several special missions in South
! America.
COLUMBIA. S. c., July 26.-At CASTOR, q
little town fourteen miles from Columbia
on the Southbound railroad, two negroes
named Handy and Thompson forced II
entrance into the dwelling of Archi,
/ Sightler, white, and knocked Mrs. Sight
Ter down, threatening to kill her little boy
/ about years old, il he made any cutlery
! The boy escaped and met party OF fol
hunters, who returned to the house, bui
the negroes had escaped, it is presumed
after outraging the lady. Handy wa
lynched, it lie reported, and Thompson 1
supposed! to be in Columbia. The negroes
entered he house in a nude condition