Richmond planet., 1896-09-26

of Murder.
A SAD FUNERAL-A GRAND CON
CERT.
Personals and Local News of Importance
Ito the Planet by our Regular GORE.
spondent.)
Just as we thought; we see that the
campaign committee knows how t.
keep the funds TO themselves. TO a
certain extent the colOred brother il
side tracked. Committees from the
various Mckinley and Hobart clubs
making application TO the executive
head OIL the party for money to pay ex-
penses, such as hall rent, light, Ultra
lure ect- They were promised q GER
tain amount, but so far as we can learn
little OF nothing has been given. Al
such treatment the colored voters OF
the ward and county are indignant.
On Tuesday night last, the precinct
meetings were called. In the 2nd
Mr.. j. ii. McTaw presided, y d dele-
gates and one alternate were elected
They were not instructed.
| Over in. the Third precinct one of the
most harmonious political meetings
ever held met and selected the follow
ing delegates, Messrs. D. M. Steward
| W. K. Jefferson, Anderson Evans, q.
| E. Norman alternates Johnson Young
Delaware Williams. MIR. T.. 4. Norman
chairman Ord precinct presided; o.
NJ. Steward, Secretary. Speaking af.
| forwards was INDUCED in; Mr.. -
Brown, prominent young lawyer oi
Norfolk, Va, and an enthusiastic re-
1 pu ublican, made "A brilliant speech or
the issues of the campaign. he wal
| followed by MIR. Il. M. Monroe, whC
made the speech of the evening. No
ticeable among tine many things hi
| said was THAT it was time for the
colored man to think and act for him
self, to manage his own campaigT
without depending absolutely upoI
the white Republicans"
He was cheered Justify when he said
"Mr. Russell, spoke last Friday night
but it means for him the Postmaster
ship. and some twenty or thiIty thous
and dollars a year; others are speak
ing, what does it mean TO them? Sala
ried positions. The Negro is voting
what does it mean for him2 Noshing.
Warming up he boldly declared "Tha
if there was one man deserving to b
be sent to Congress from this district
it is John Mitchell.
ACCUSED OF MURDER,
II Information was received Wednes
day that No. Thomas Wilson promi
nent and respected citizen of this sec
Il -1 IT,.
day night last in company with anoth
7 er gentleman whose name we canno
learn on the charge of numbering
white man in village, settlement, o
the Potomac river. Mr.. Wilson pro
(; tested his innocence and elaine
Richmond as his home. The author
ties unable to prove the above charg
releas d him. He left this city som
, weeks ago, ostensibly to work
! Hampton, Va, but the suppositio
among his friends is that he subst
quently went to Maryland.
3 THE BASE BALL SEASON CLOSES.
The Base Ball season did not clos
, amidst ablaze of glory, as did the
contemporaries, the Richmond bas
ball team. Oh no, but nevertheless
lit has closed satisfactorily. I'll
Eclipse needful proud of their achieve
: ment, yet there has been many instaI
ces where they could have done bel
ter. Here is their average work dor
. this season:
Summary, games played 13; won
loss 5; base hits, POI; 2nd, base hi
%; 3rd base hits, IA home runs 4
stolen bases, 70; double plays 16 ba
es on balls 81; put SUITS, 3l1 ayerae
scores, SO; Places: Richmond, Nol
g folk, Hampton, Petersburg Total a
: tendance, 4,50O.
o. Under the superb management
2 Mr. 7 H. jackson, the team has bee
= Iresurrected from chaotic conditio
. and made one of the strongest cOlore
teams in the State. There has bee
: some talk of organizing a colored Bal
l Ball League. or course for such
q scheme to work it would be necessaI
a to get large amount of money to ca
n ry it through. But we do think tn,
the colored e ans should get in a clio
h er alliance with each other.
n An Intellectual attempt was mao
: last year to organize a colored To-
ball team, This manly game shou
receive the attention of every lover
the sport. There is plenty of goC
d material out OF which could be made
Ifine team In the meantime we W
watch with interest OUT hint on til
II question.
A coLoRED GIRL TIRED OF LIVING.
Miss Mary Scott is tired of living
= least she was before the physici
brought her back from the gawni
: chasm of death and now she is sat
$ fed to live. We hear of very few ct
q ored people who wants TO end their e
y istence. But in this case it is ar G
le cepdon. Miss Scott is a rather nj
looking colored girl, tall and broV
complexion and resides near the &C
ner of Eighteenth and Clay SITS
took laudanum with suicidal intel
last Saturday evening shortly afte
O'Clock. The neighbors hearing of t
girls action, who in the meantime h
st almost lapsed into unconsciousnC
Is commenced to walk her back aud for
10 while some one phone for the amb
/ lance. 1t arrived shortly afterwaI
q with DR. Labenburg in charge, who
st ter working on the patient for over
el hour succeeded in bringing her to CO
4. sciousness. Love is supposed to be
the bottom of the rash attempt to ia
her life.
D THE COUNTY SCHOOL
" was formerly opened on last Mond
morning. A large number was {
rolled. Mr.. Wallace Epps and NJ
Maggie Murray are teachers. In {
estimation the school is in a rather
I'd llapidated condition, and is insuffici'
ID to accommodate the crowds Of chi
IL rem who apply for admission. 2
7n corps of teachers are small indeed Q
there are enough scholars to make
least three more classes. 1t is a ?