Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-02-12
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS

tient at Johns Hopkins hospital for the
past eight weeks. died at that institu-
ton yesterday. The immediate cause
OF death was uremic coma
Richmond. Va, Feb. S.-A bill was
introduced in both houses Of the leEis-
latura yesterday to incorporate a Mem
orial Park association to care for the
Fredericksburg and adjacent battle
fields. The object of the association is
to mark and preserve the natural fea-
lures of the battlefields ef Fredericks-
burg, Charlottesville, the wilderness,
Spottsylvania Courthouse and adjacent |
battles.
Savannah, Ca, Feb. 7.-Savannah's !
Epidemic OF IRE continues. Last night !
damage 20 the extent Of $12500o was
caused by confagration which start
ed In q hay warehouse. The flames
communicated to several brick build
ings on Bay street. and three Of them
were entirely gutted. There seems to
be no question but that the fire was Of
incendiary origin There have been a
dozen fires within the last two weeks
Norfolk. Va. Feb. s.-W. II. Small. an
Evansville, Ind, peanut cleaner. has
been here endeavoring to form a trust
Of all peanut factories, is in Virginia
ana In the west. He also contem-
those factories not paying. No steps
have been taken by the Norfolk oper-
ators. and Mr.. Small has gone TO New
York for the purpose. 1t is stated. of
securing 5oTTI5 firm there under ttaizS ne
the organization
Richmond. Va. Feb. 5-Information
has reached here of an accident which
| occurred in King George county on
wednesday. by which Mrs. Thaddeus
/ 6orrel and a young daughter OF hers
I were 30 severely burned that they died
| within a few hours Of each other. The
| little girl was left alone in the kitchen.
/ The mother soon heard screams, and
on entering the room found the child's
clothing ablaze- In extinguishing the
flames she received fatal burns.
! Benwood, w. Va. Feb. 4.-The en-
ployes at the Wheeling Iron and Steel
| company's works ceased negotiations
yesterday with the company on the
proposed cut OF 10 to so Der cent in
wages. which Is to take effect on Feb.
a. The men Will insist upon the con-
tinuance of the old scale, and viii fight
against the acceptance of the new
scale. The plant employs from 500 to
200 men, and IL a compromise Is not
reached a strike will surely follow.
Morgantown, w. Va. Feb. THE
movement among the coal miners OF
West Virginia to separate themselves
| from the United Mine Workers asso.
| citation and form an independent or.
ganixation is gaining ground rapidly
More than 5000 miners and so OPERATOR
have Joined the independent movemen
up to date. and these are bringing ev
| cry influence to bear upon the miner
| and operators who are still In the olde
| ,ef~ fn nj
the new.
Norfolk. Feb. THE special meet
: ing of the stockholders OF the Albe
marie and Chesapeake Canal com
pany, held at its offices IN Grany street
this city, on Saturday, was OF consider
able significance. The only busines
u really transacted was the election O
/, | Robert NJ. Cannon as president Of tn
= company. vice Franklin Weld, resigned
and of Warren G. Elliott. president c
the Atlantic Coast line, as director. vic
w. S. Brown. of Erie. Pa, who de
clined to serve.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Feb. A tel
: rifle snow storm prevailed yesterda
) at Leachtown. Brock Gaines. a schoo
le | teacher. and Samuel Day, Carl Andel
N son and two children named Catri
l. were lost for two hours in the storm
lie They were nearly frozen when foun
e, The house of William Henthorn Wa
blown down. Several barns were sha
IS tered and many fences demolishe
The thermometer is below zero. Bot
er the Ohio and Kanawha rivers a,
OF frozen over here.
ne Lessburg, Va, Feb. THE bal
E. burning epidemic still prevails In tn
IS county, and on Saturday night al
other large barn was burned. with
rs contents. Twenty-Five valuable mile
ne cows were also burned. The barn w
y situated on the line OF the Southe
10 railway, between Asburn and Sterlin
"a. in Broad Run district this county, al
OF belonged to Henry Smith. a prospe
en- Gus dairyman. The fre was evident
q. OF incendiary origin.
is Petersburg, Va, Feb. T. Ezelx
A Myers, one of Petersburg's best knoI
g citizens, died this morning. He W
oe born in Richmond, Feb. s, 1924. n
n Myers served during the late war
first lieutenant OF Ramsay's Nor
ed Carolina battery. After the war
Ia settled In Petersburg, where. in 1873.
of married Miss Annie Carter Cocl
ed For some years he carried on a lar
rs. whisky distillery here. He was a me
a ber of Powhatan Starlxe lodge of N
1
-d- rate veterans.
ice Lexington, KY, Feb. 7-Seve
!. thousand negroes congregated at
Auditorium yesterday, where the
neral of the negro Baptist preach
Sanford ]. Howard, was to be preach
use The wooden steps to the AuditoriJ
laden with three score women, br'
Ill down. Four women suffered brol
MI legs, and many others were more
ire less severely bruised. During
leo, panic which ensued the Broadv
'is- Episcopal church caught fire, and
in an hour later the Centenary Net
dist church was on FIRE.
en1 Onancock, Va, Feb. 3.-There y
al the greatest hog killing yesterday
Accomac Court House ever seen
oSe the eastern shore OF Virginia Fl
w 400 people were present, and the lars
~" hog killed proved to b. the heav
ever raised in this section of the st
III weighing, when cleaned. SS7 pou
and tvs ounces. The hog belonged
G. Lloyd Doughty, proprietor OF
hotel at Accomac Court House. and
more than a month past q guess
has been kept, into which persons c.
for ten cents deposit guess at
weight of the largest hog. When
10 box was opened today 1t was 70
, .n that 1t contained $3.50. showing
- $50 chances had been taken. On ex
-. -. ing the tickets it was found that c
persons had guessed SS7 pounds,
- the money in the guess box, less
o. cent. was divided equally among Il
a The winners were ]. Robert ia
80 Robert p. Custis, w. r. Bundicl
'sy 49,, ]. Lee Justice. b. d. Jones. r. d.
'e" lam. N. Frank Walter and MOD
TroweT.