Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-05-27
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS

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saturday night u, tie charge of cnl-
hczZlement lie ccGsented to return
q New Jersey Without Il reQuisition.
Roanoke. Va. May lS-Claud Cole
man. aged IS years. Slot Charles
Woodson. a&el Is. tonight with 81
GS.jbre reviewer. The boys were quar-
re.:ng over frivolous matter. when
The Coleman boy pulled his gun and
ired. the ball passing through Wood
sons head.
| Charleston. ". Va. May 1S.-The
Jury in the Ray case. after Il two
weeks trial. wcnt To their room this
afternoon and in hall an hour returned
with Il verdict Of murder in the second
degree. This ctieusc calls for from )
20 10 years in the peaitentiary. Frank
Ray shot and killed John Williams at
Sissonvillc. this county. last fall.
Portsmouth. Va. May 1S.-William
Bailey, colorcd. was tried in the coun-
" court today for highway robbery
and assault committed on lady living
back OF Norfolk. Bailey snatched the
lady's pockethook, and when she tried
to recover it checked her. The jury
found him guilty and fixed his i'm
prisonment at ten years in the penitcn-
;iary.
Newport News, Va. May 22-The
Spanish cruiser Reira Mercedes ar
rived in Hampton Rods yesterday at
ternccn al 80 O'Clock in tow OF the
Merritt WyeGkiug ccmpany'S tug /.
!. Merritt. On her bow there appears
the only thing To indicate that she
ever sailed under any other flag than
that which tloated over her captors.
she carries q Spanish escutcheon.
Wheeling. w. Va. May l9.-One OF
/ the most peculiar strikes probably ever
contested i'll the United States has been
in progress for iiye weeks on the
Wheeling street railway lines. The
mon struck for 20 ceGls al hour. with
nine hours a day work. All the cars are
in operation and the company is no.
having amy trouble 10 run them. II is
estimated however, that not over five
persons ride on the entire system dur
ing the day. Bus lines run by the
strikers are largely patronized.
Fayetteville. Ga. May 33-Last Sat
urday night a crowd OF masked men
went to the house OF Tom Linton,
negro. at Camp Creek. six miles north
of here. burst in his door with an AK
and shot him twice. He died few
minutes atterward Several negroes
were whipped by white caps that night
IN that vicinity. and it is believed the;
intended dealing likewise with Linton.
but that he opened fire on them ami
they shot in self defense. Linton WAS
an inoffens!ve negro 1t is feared if
| the affair is ever solved it will in
volve some of the county'S best citi-
%ens.
Fitzgerald. Ga. May 2O.-The head
less body OF a young negro woman was
discovered in Willacoochee creek yes
terday. The hacked and torn stump OF
the neck gave evidence that 4 dull
knife had been used. and that two at
tempts had been made TO find the joint
in the vertebrae. 4 short distance
from where the body was found the
grass and earth were torn up indicat-
Ing a severe struggle. The body was
absolutely nude. but at the scene of the
struggle few pieces OF corset strings
were found There is no positive ciue
as to the identity OF the victim or the
perpetrators of the crime.
Wilmington. n c. May 20-Secret
service agents arreseted here yeStcr-
day two counterfeiters and seized Z
small quantity OF bogus money. The
first arrest was Walter Silvey. at his
home. in the northern part OF the city
A few hours later the detectives ar
rested Nick PolitZ, a Greek. who kept
q grocery store near Front street mar
ket. At poitz's store about 800 in
counterfeit coin-dollars and half-dol-
| lars-crucibies. tools and a quantity CT
metal were found. In the room occu-
pied by Siivey the detectives found 500
or more bogus nicllels and lot of
metal. dies. etc 1t is not unlikely that
other arrests may lie made.
Danville Va. May 1S.-A very i'm
portart special election was held here
today and vast deal of interest was
taken in it. The question submitted to
the people was: Shall the city OF Dam
VILE issue 100000 OF per cent. bonds,
the proceeds to he used for paving the
streets? While it was known that q
large majority OF the people favored
the bond issue for the purpose named
it might have been easy for small
minority tc defeat il. as under the law
two-thirds Of the popular vote cast
and a majority Of the registered prop
erty OWNERS of TIE city must be in
favor Of the bond issue to carry it.
The bond issue was carried by very
good vote.
Camilla. Ca. May 1S.---At the April
term of the superior court tor Mitchell
county James Kimberly. cclored, was
convicted of the murder OF his aunt
and sentenced TO hang On ,iay 16. On
Tuesday shortly before the hour fixed
for the execution 4 sheriff received no.
lice from tie gavernor that Kimberly
had been rc2pited for 80 days upon pc
tition of leading white citizens of the
county. Tie petitioners alleged grave
doubts of tie moral responsibility of
the condemned nan and asked for II
inquiry into his mental condition.
Yesterday leaders of the colored pop
ulation drew rp and circulated d pc
tition to the governor praying that the
law be permitted 70 take its course IL:
the case of Kimberly and dep!orin@
that he was not promptly hanged on
the date named By the trial court.
Washington, May 2S.-In the United
States supreme court an opinion was
rendered yesterday in the case of the
city of Richmond (Va) versus the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph company. The controversy in
volved the right of the telephone COM
pany to locate its poles and wires in
the streets and alleys of the city re-
CARELESS of the protest of the local
municipal authorities. the claim of
the telephone company being made
under the act of congress of 1866
granting such right generally to tele-
graph companies. The decision was
favorable to the contention of the