Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-12-03
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.


Knoxville. Tenn, Nov. 25.-Mrs.
Susan Sanders. aged 107. died yesterday
In the house in which she was born.
on Churcky river, I'm Watauga valley.
She was a relative Of John Sewer, first
governor OF Tennessee, and owned
many souvenirs Of the battle OF Kings
Mountain.
Roanoke Va. Nov. ga very per-
ceptible earthquake shock was felt
here yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
lasting about 80 seconds No serious
damage was done. Reports from vari-
Gus parts of southwest Virginia and
North Carolina show the tremor to
have been very general throughout
that region.
Savannah. Ga. Nov. 25.-Every SOL
der in the Seventh corps was made
TO feet ts.t yesterday was Thanksgiv-
ing. All drills were abandoned. and at
2 o'clock each man received ration OF
turkey. fruit and cake. over 1000 tur-
keys and several wagon loads of fruit
and cake were sent out to the camp.
The feast for General Lees men was
provided by the ladies' OF Charleston.
Huntsville, Ala. Nov. 2S.-Private
Lindsay. Troop. f.. Tenth cavalry, was
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
day.
Charleston. s. c.. Nov. So-Reports
received here from truck farming re-
rions above Charleston show that BUSH
ness was damaged to the extent of
$1,000 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.-Chief
| Deputy Sheriff John Warner, of this
city. was shot and killed here yester-
day by Will 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 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 lynching is sure to follow.
Augusta. Ca, Nov 25.-The strike
! among cotton mill operatives here now
affects 5000 workers. The new scale
which the owners seek to enforce and
to which the strikers object is based
on the rate OF wages paid In South
Carolina and North Carolina. so the
| owners say. This the strikers DENY.
] claiming that the conditions here and
in the Carolinas are different. The min
| owners are firm In their determination
| to enforce the cut. and the strikers are
beginning to yield. They recognize
their situation, and know that they
have no weapon to fight with II this
| cut is successful It is believed similar
reductions will be made in Gotten mills
in other parts OF the south.
Roanoke. Va, Nov. pa north bound
| fast freight on the Shenandoah d.
vision of the Norfolk and Western rail-
| way went through 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-
ton at the time OF the accident. and
1t is reported that several az the bridge
workers were more or less injured. One
span OF the structure gave. way. pre-
cipitating part OF the train to the
water below. n distance az 90 feet. The
J train was loaded With live stock. and
f. some of the cars were deTpeIished, kill
lag considerable number OF cattle