Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-12-03
GENERAL soUTHERN NEWS

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governor o9 Tennessee. and owned
many souvenirs OF the battle Of Kings
Mountain.
Norfolk. va. Ncv 29.-Alex. Tate,
colored. who Yves yesterday convicted
OF the murder of Charles Malone, was
frustrated last night in an intention TO
commit suicide Ia the county jail 4
fellow prisoner told ;Ee jaller Of Tate s
intention. and a long. keen edged knife
was taken from the prisoner just as he
was about to commit self destruction
Bedford City. Va, Nov 3o.--On Mon
day an indictment was found by the
grand jury against James Webster. a
negro. for rape committed on Miss
Mary Aunspaugh. an aged white lady
Of this city on Nov 10. Yesterday the
case was called at 10 o'clock. at
$3.50 it was given to the jury, and at
4:05 a verdict was rendered Of guilty,
with the death penalty The prisoner
was sentenced this morning.
Huntsville Ala, Nov. 29.-Private
Lindsay. Troop f. Tenth cavalry, was
4 yesterday sentenced to be executed as
| a result of his court martial Lindsay
/ is a negro, and ten days ago In a
| drunken brawl killed one of his mess
/ mates. The sentence has been APPROX
/ ed by General Wheeler, but under the
/ articles Of war the execution will not
| take place until President Mckinley
signs the death warrant and sets the
4 day.
Macon. Ca, Nov S0.-Rumor has been
rife in the city that the negro soldiers
Of the Third North Carolina regiment,
stationed here. intended to break out Of
/ camp and destroy the city. and much
! uneasiness has been felt both by citi-
zens and soldiers. The excitement
among the negro soldiers was caused
i by the shooting in self defense of Pri-
vate WIN Kempin. of Company F, Third
! North Carolina by w. s. Simmons.
proprietor of saloon. Kempin is
! thought to be fatally wounded. Sim
mons is in Jail.
Charleston. s. c., Nov. 30.-Reports
received here from truck farming re-
rions above Charleston show that BUSH
ness was damaged to the extent OF
/ $10D 600 by the frost and cold weather
which prevailed during Saturday and
Sunday All of the tender crop was
lost. The vegetables were badly put
behind by the cold snap in October
and since then the season has been SO
damp and cold that vegetation was de-
| layed. All Of the crop for miles up the
river was cut down and ruined Cab
| bage, turnips and Strawberries were
the only things left.
Birmingham, Ala. Nov. 2S-Chiet
Deputy Sheriff John Warner, of this
city, was shot and killed here yester-
day by viii Collision, a negro. Gold
ston is a murderer sent up for life from
Antaga county, and recently escaped
from a convict camp in that county
Warner, learning of his presence in
! this city, attempted to arrest him, but
! received three balls from a revolver in
the hands of Collision, who was be-
hind a door The convict escaped, and
| although the town turned out to hunt
him. he has NOT been found. If he is
captured lynch1ng is sure to follow.
Huntington, W. Va, Nov. 2a--Judge
Nathan Goff it is currently reported
has entered the senatorial fight. This
action, it is understood. is due to q
conference held two days ago in Wash
iBgton between President Mckinley
and Judge Golf. The cause for this is
that not since the Fleming Golf contest
has West Virginia seen so heated a
campaign as bids fair to be waged in
the legislature this winter. 1t is recog-
nized that no man in the field uD to
this time can control as unit the Re
publican forces for the election OF a
senator as can Judge Golf.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Nov. 29.-Geo
Melat, white. SO years of age. of Lyons
vile, Pa, who has been employed as
an oil well driller in the oil fields was
| arrested last night on a warrant charg-
/ ing him with criminally assaulting a
/ little 5-year-old daughter Of Mrs. Mary
| Shafer, who boarded at the American
hotel with her family Melat also lived
at the hotel his family residing at
! Lyonsville, Pa. The crime, IL is all
legged, was committed early last month,
but as Melat escaped the county Of
! fcials thought best to remain quiet and
await his return. Melat refuses to talk
about the crime.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Dec. Late
last night a circular was received on
the streets reading: ARMED and
masked men wanted at IL tonight at
south end of bridge" Before II o'clock
400 mens had collected there, mostly
masked. At midnight they marched
across to the Jail, where over a thou
sand collected. Sheriff Wade had
large guard armed with Winchesters.
He told the crowd to dispense. that he
would do his sworn duty. 1t is sup
posed they want to lynch two negroes,
Wade Grant and George Malat, both
accused of assaulting women. A few
shots were fired. but no one was hurt.
Roanoke. Va. Nov ga northbound
fast freight on the Shenandoah di-
vision Of the Norfolk and Western rail-
way went through a bridge near River
side. 81 miles north of Roanoke. yes
terday. Fireman Joseph Stevens was
Instantly killed. Brakeman David Win
ger fatally injured and Engineer Ste
phen Mayo seriously scalded by es-
Gaping steam. The men lived in Roa-
noke. The bridge was under construc-
tion al the time of the accident. and
it is reported that several Of the bridge
workers We're more or less Injured. One
span Of the structure gave way, pre-
cipitating part of the train to the
water below, a distance of 30 feet. The
train was loaded with live stock and