Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-08
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

Richmond Va. Oct. 1.-At FrederlckS-
burgburg yesterday Miss Lizzie Cahill,
aged 60 years. committed suicide by
shooting herself, and the flash from the
powder set fire to her clothes, which
were burned from her body. The body
was nearly burned to a crisp.
Jackson. Miss, Oct. 3.-The yellow
fever situation in Jackson grows stead
lily worse in spite of all efforts to pre-
vent the spread Of the disease. There
were ten new cases reported yesterday
four whites, Mrs. Kavanaugh and three
ir the Hendrix family on South street,
a hitherto uninfected locality. The
other cases are negroes In the origin
ally infected district
Admission, Ala, Sept 2S.-General
ROYAL Frank, commanding Camp
Schipp, received orders from Washing
ton yesterday to get the First infantry
and Sixth immunes in readiness to pro-
coed to Cuba by Oct. 20. The First
infantry arrived here last Friday from
Montauk, but the Sixth immunes is
still at Chickamauga guarding public
property.
Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 3O.-On Por-
ter's creek, near Ell Campo, Tex, Otto
Harness, an old German farmer, 1t is
alleged, was murdered recently by his
wife and julius Harness, his nephew.
Julius became infatuated with Mrs.
Harness, and it is charged they hit the
old man on the head with an AK one
night while he was sleeping, and then
burned him to a crisp. after which
they buried the remains. Both have
been arrested.
Charleston, S. c., Oct. 1.-The bark
Wandering Jew, Captain j. S. Little,
from Philadelphia for Galveston. with
a cargo OF coal. lies in six fathoms Of
water off Long Island. Bad weather
began on Friday. The vessel sprung Il
leak in hurricane on Saturday and the
men were kept constantly at the pumps.
She tried to come to Charleston, but
was forced ashore. The captain and
crew took to the rigging and remained
in a perIlous position until rescued yes
terday by the Charleston tug John
Harlin, Captain Flatty. and brought
here.
Nashville, Tenn, Oct. POSTMASTER
Wills received letter from General
Shafter yesterday in which he says:
1.-THE attacks of the yellow press upon
me and others of the administration
are simly outrageous. The articles are
filled with untruths. The behavior of
some of the yellow journalists was so
outrageous before we even got into
Cuba that I had to put my hand on
them, and after we got into Cuba it
was still worse. Their letters are the
result of personal spite. I am very
fond of Evans (pension commissioner,
and am very glad that you are defend
ing him. Some of the G. A. R. are
simply unbearable, and seem to think
if they can't have the treasury turned
over to them they are being defrauded."
Murfreesboro, Tenn. Oct. Am aw-
full tragedy has occurred in the north
portion of Cannon county, about 30
miles east of this city, In which five
men are reported to have been saw
agely assassinated. John Hollingsworth
killed a man by the name of Higgins
in that country over year ago. a suit
was brought against Holingsworth
and a judgment obtained by the Hig-
gins family for $500. When the party
of men came to carry out the proceed
ings and had gathered in the barn
Hollingsworth and his friends fired
into them, killing four men and wound
ing another so badly that he will hardly
recover. The dead are Rev. A. c. Webb,
his son, Jeff Higgins and an unknown
man. James Vincent will die. Hol-
lingsworth and his party escaped.