Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
news or RICHMOND
Anniversary of the Fall of
the Capital.
NEGROES ON WAR PATH
Members of tile Lincoln Club, Returning
from One Funeral, Provide for
Another. Industrial ABsociM-
ION to DO organized.
(specia! to tie DaEly Pless.)

(Speca! TO TIE IaNy PIeSS)
RICHMOND. VA, April 4.-Thirty-
ian OF kictinn,snu. That is an historic
fact. Yesterday there was another
event that, wnile mot t" so down IN ms
aory, was quite interesting ats q whole
To show their loyalty and nigh sense
of appreciut ron Of their deiiverer. the
brother In l.iack-in fact, several OF
Thoroughbred the Lincoln Club. I'ne
usual Objects. aims and purposes We're
enumerated IN their constitution anu
by laws. The p,tnGipal feature of une
organization is the burial of deeeast d
bIt-rhren with great ponlp and ceie-
lnpny. .
The Sunday funeral is the one thing
dear TO the sou.ety-funerai. The LIN
coin Club had Il funeral on the Anlper-
sary OF the fa.l Of Richmond. Tomtf-
VOW Trey Will have another, probably
awo.
The Lincoln Cub, as stated above,
had been ou, 10 bury u deceased
brother They were coming Dack,
beaded by brass band. The import
ant features of the band We're u gorge
and 'uhe Lusss drum. When jackson w anu
Darkest Africa was struck, some one
shied brick at the drum major IL
was then about dark. in q moment
there was u fusilade Of hriekbats, ana
Incidentally '.razors We're flying through
tinaNy when it was found that no
other damage than a few cracked
skulls. bruised shhns and other minor
injuries had been sustained.
Forward, march! was then given and
the procession moved on to Broad and
Third streets. There was another halt
and hostMities We're agasn d.=cared
Irving Allen. o-s,leTnber of the Lin DIN
Club, playsIliy pulled out his knife and
Sack it into the left eye Of David
Finch, removing that organ Gin the end
of the blade. The feat was so sucGes-
fuily done trsau Finch demonstrated
and in his renlonstrance he was Joined
by several friends. Then there was a
sound Of rSvel!'y by night. During the
progress Of the festivities Irving Al ems
and bore other evidences Of having
been IN the game. a squad of police
appeared on the scene at this stage Of
Tue game.
Here is what the police found:
Irving Allen, throat cut; dead.
David Finch, left eye Gu, out; seri-
ously injured.
There is a score or more who have
cuts. bruises. sc1ntches, sprdins, strains
and all of whom have reason to l,eme4n-
Der ''the day they, celsbra ted"
The police made hese arrests and thu
men are now in Jail to await p1clim-
inany exa mination on the 9Th: W!linm
Brown. Ernest Nimms. Joe Carter
David Finch, William Robins n. WI
diam Henderson. William Patterson
William Price. William Oliver and John
Brown.
Saturday night n negro man went
into the place uf AIu'. lAlo,rtsetne and
be pn,e ohstIepel7ous and the rroprle-
tor attempted to eject him In :he str1f-
fle the negro pulled ont "a knife. and cut
Mir. Mor7risctte on the mead.
There came ne IT being a serious CON
fiagration IN one OF the leading dry
goods stores OF this city lest Saturday
evening. The place was crowded with
shoppers and for a while the greatest
There is a movement on foot to or
SaliZf here dn association with an Inn
merse y'apital looking to the procuring
OF new enterprises and furnishing capl.
tad therefor 1t is proposed TO esta blisth
mere q maInrnottl steel plant and other
manufacturing Industries. The men
Who are engineering the scheme have
unlimited capital
EAST Hanover Presbytery Will meet
tomorrow in Blackstone Va. 1t is no.,
known that any important brlstne 81
will be transacted.
Mr.. Way T. knight. the recently ap-
pointed postmaster to s11 G ed Mr. W
H. Cullingworth. IS still confined 10 his
bed though considerably improved
The funeral OF Capt. w. T.. Thomas.
who died ocl Saturday. took pace this
evening at O'Clock and was largely at
tended
NotwlthstandIn the peaceful tenor
Of yesterdays Irape!s. the GU lock is re-
garied as more critical now then at
any tins. since the present trouble be-
gan
The telegram to the Press on Satur-
day night relative to the notice to hold
the State troops ready to move was Oh
fain-d from II man who was in posi-
ton to know the facts. Why me gave
out the report has not been, explained
The same report was sent tsN several
papers Governor Tyler denies the story