Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-08
FIRE IN PETERSBURG.
A LARGE FRAME FACTORY BUILD
ING BURNED.
RATHER SUSPICIOUS CASE.
A sorcIy-striclsen Tamiiy-Mniignant
scarIct-Fever-Ch with Horse
Stealing - An Approaching Mar
riage-PcrsonnI and General.

IEl EltSBlRG, VA, November T.
CSpecial)-The large frame brick factory
building on Hinton street owned by Mr..
Simon Seward, and occupied as a tobacco
stemmery by Mr.. J. Z. Villa nsol, caught
fire in the drying-room this morning
about 8 o'clock. and was totally Destroy
ed, with its contents II is estiuiated that
there were between 5000 and 609O0 pounds
OF leaf-tobacco In the building. none Of
which was saved The building was an
old one, was so seasoned as 10 furnish
good fuel for the flames. and its destruc-
ton was very rapid. There was an insur-
snce on 1t Of about $500 which will lard
ly cover the loss. Mr.. Williamson holds
policy Of 5000 on his stock in the
Orient, which falls short OF his loss on
the engine, boiler. and fixtures there was
an Insurance OF $500.
THREE DEATHS IN ONE FAMILY.
Mention was made I'm this correspond
ence of the death from scarlet-:evcr on
Saturday morning OF the eldest daughter
OF POlice-Officer Henry Dolan, on Federal
street. and Of the illness Of the two young
er children with the same dread disease.
one Of these died Saturday eveaing. end
on Sunday morning. while the interment
Of the two little bodies was going on at
the cemetery. the third child passed
away, and the afternoon witnessed an
other funeral from the house. The family
are grievously stricken in the. loss Of all
| their children almost within the space of
a sinsle day, and the hearuest sympathy
Of the community is expressed for them
| The ages OF the children. respe ctively
| were 4 6. and years. They We're bright
4 hA natr. ga az
! the neighborhood and about whom were
! cntwined the tenderest affections of loving
parents. The disease which carried them
/ off was q malignant type of scaclot-fever,
/ which bafIled the best medical skill. The
] cause Of the disease is believed 10 have
/ been purely local, as there is not brother
case in the city.
A SUSPICIOUS CASE.
white man. who gives his name as
! Howard Hoke, which is believed TO be a
false one was in the Mayors Court this
! morning on the charge Of jumping his
board bill at the Shirley Hotel. where he
/ had been stopping. In his possession ana
about his person were found papers which
would indicate that he has been engaged
I'm crooked business of some kind. He
had in his pocket q check on the First
National Bank of Richmond. Cor $50,
drawn by Henry Crawford, and bearing
/ the date of "Richmond, November 3d.'
| Hoke says he was in the bank in Rich
mond. with a companion. and that he just
wrote the check for pastme, ana mat
he does not know any one by ;he name
/ of Henry Crawford. lie says he was ais
charged a few weeks ago from the Luna
| tic Asylum at NOrristOwn, Pa; tnat ms
/ mind at times has been wrong. ana that
he was not on such occasions responsible
for his acts At his request the case was
| continued till the nth. in order that ne
| might communicate with his friends, and
| in the mean time the police Will try 10
fined out all about him.
ARREST OF AN ALLEGED HORSE
THIEF.
George W. Whitehead. a citizen cf furry
| county. was arrested Saturday evening
by Constable Doyle Of Sussex county,
charged with the theft Of a horse belong
! ing 20 Mr. y. L. Gwaltney, at Waverly.
| The theft was committed about ten days
ago. and the horse was brought through
this city and left subsequently with a
farmer in Dinwiddie county, who was en-
gagged to keep the animal. Descriptions
of the man having the horse ed TO the
arrest of whitehead. who is now IN Sus-
sex Jail The accused has been a resident
OF Surry about two years, coming there
| from Indiana.
| APPROACHING MARRIAGE.
Mr.. Richard H. Mann. Jr., a Using and
popular young lawyer Of this city, viii
| wed I'm the Methodist church at Lunen-
burg Courthouse at high noon Wednes-
day. the 10th instant, Miss Henrietta
daughter of Judge \. NJ organ, OF Luz
nenburg. Hon. William Henry Mana, OF
this city, brother of the groom, viii act
as best man, and Miss Sue organ, sister
OF the bride, will be maid of hon)r.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
Mr.. James NJ. Quicke Sr, a prominent
merchant, and member of the Common
Council from Second Ward, has been cutie
sick for several days.
Mr. Joseph D. Cooper has been appoint
ed freight and passenger age1t Of the
! Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina Rail-
road Company in this city. Trains on
this road began to run regularly today.
The Petersburg street railway VII. De
| sold at public auction on the 'Oth instant
under decree of court 1t is probable that
| the Piedmont Traction Company, when
has a franchise for building new street
| railway through our city, will be the pur-
| chaser. though there may be other bid
deTS.