Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-22
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

I tract from the city council last night
j and Mr.. Livers says the lights viii be
I In operation within 20 days.
/ Houston. Tex. Oct. 10 Steve Ada
/ mex Bohemian farmer. and his wife.
4 fought in cornfeld near town. The
I husband stabbed his wife to death. He
I then went to his house. and after slash
( ing his throat with a knife took shot
! run and blew out his brains.
! Alexandria, Va, Oct IA jocular
proposal to put a curfew law into OPP
Grafton here and require the police TO
send home all boys and girls under 10
found on the streets at night is exciting
some attention. The police say that
they would need the help of the Third
Virginia regiment TO enforce the law.
Staunton. Va, Oct i7.--Saturday
night two prisoners broke jail here,
loosening the bars with tools left by
plumbers. and lowering themselves by
their bedclothing. One of the prisoners
was young white man named Thomas,
convicted Of stealing cattle. and the
other was a negro who had been recap
tured after escaping from the'city chain
gang.
4 w ifiNnGSAtAs v de- WI ANNHN'
/ Chapman, son of James Chapman,aged
"A years. is now lying at the point OF
/ death with a gaping wound in his side,
/ the result OF a gunshot. Young Chap
/ man and Benjamin Cline. also |"
engaged In a friendly scuflie for the
j possession of an old musket. with
which they proposed killing crows,
when the weapon was dicharged the
4 contents entering Chapman's left side.
Atlanta. Ga. oct. f7.--Dr. Donald A.
| Taylor, acting assistant surgeon in the
general hospital at Fort Mcpherson,
4 is dead of peritontis. Or. Taylor's ill-
ness was due to hard work in the hos
| pital. he having contracted malaria
while attending to the wants Of the
sick men brought to Mcpherson. He
was the son of Major Blair d. Taylor,
surgeon in charge at Fort Mcpherson,
and a graduate of the University OF
Virginia.
Charleston, s, c., oct. Is, - w Fl
Robertson. colonel of the First regi'
ment National Guards of South Caro-
lima, was suspended by an order from
Adjutant General Watts yesterday. II
was reported some days ago that Rob-
ertson had pawned seven Springfield
rifles belonging to one of the local COM
panies in the regiment, and when the
matter was investigated the guns were
found in a Charleston pawnshop. This
was sufficient for the suspension. The
National Guard is a colored organiza-
ton
Newport News, Va, Oct ia riot
occurred Mt saloon in Phoebus late
last night. Five regulars from Fort
Monroe were shot, one being killed and
another mortally wounded. No civilians
were hurt It is understood that the
men were shot by the proprietor or
employees of the saloon, which is own
ed by p. F. Eagan. After the shooting
the soldiers set fire to the saloon. After
| continuing their threatening demon
STATIONS for some time the riotous sol
diers were taken in custody by detail
from Fort Monroe.
Charleston Oct Ex-senator II. r.
Tiliman has sent Mayor Smythe copy
OF a letter from General Corbln, in
which the latter says, among other
| things: Savannah, Ca, has been
chosen as one of the ports at which
we shall embark troops. The secretary
of war desires me to inform you that he
will give instruction that Charleston
also be used for this purpose. In other
!, words, he desires to arrange that ship
ping be as nearly as possible divided
between the two ports Of Charleston
and Savannah"
Bristol, Va, oct. 15.-Hon. r. II.
Butler. state senator from the First dis
trict Of Tennessee and the Republican
nominee for reelection, received fall
| few days ago, from the effects of
which he is critically Ill and may not
recover. Mr.. Butler is about rs years
! of age. He has seen more of public
life than did the late Senator Isham q.
| Harris, of Tennessee, having constant
/ ly held some public office for nearly 40
years. He was ten years member of
the United States congress in the lower
house from the First district of Ten
nessee.
Bristol, Va, Oct 16.-Bristors first
carnival and street fair, which was held
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of the past week. was brilliant sue
cess, and was attended by thousands
Of people from southwest Virginia and
east Tennessee. The principal streets
were gaily decorated. The chief at
! fractions were the historical, CONNER
cial and floral parades. Bristors re-
sources and advantages were never
shown TO better advantage. There were
! three halls containing exhibits repre-
| senting the natural resources and the
| agricultural products of southwest Vir-
ginia and east Tennessee and the indus
! tries OF Bristol.
Shepherdstown, w. Va, Oct. IA
shocking accident occurred near Shep-
herdstown at o'clock this afternoon,
| by which Joseph Welshans, a youth
about IS years OF age. was instantly
killed. He and two other boys. Law
renee Brown and Paul Davis. his cou-
| sin, were hunting rabbits on Quarry
Hill. near the cement hill, a mile below
town. The boys were sitting in a
group and the gun carried by Brown
was being examined by them. While
Brown was working at the stock by
some means the gun was accidentally
discharged. The whole load entered the
right side of Welshans neck and, as
| he was only q foot or two away from