Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-04
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

Lynchburg. Va. Jan. 30.--Israel Hun
ter, colored, was arrested here tonight.
charged with killing his father. The
| men had dispute over a bucket of
water at a well. and Hunter is said to
| have struck his father with a clothes
prop.
| Montgomery Ala, Jan. 31.-The gem
eral assembly has passed resolution
recommending to the president the APP
| pointment of General Wheeler to the
| position of major general in the regu-
! lar army as soon as a vacancy shall
! occur.
| Roanoke, Va, Jan. 30--News was re-
ceived here today of the death of Mil
| ton Wade, at Hunters Hall. Franklin
county. Death was caused by a blow
on the too of the head and as a man
named Fisher was heard to threaten
the life of Wade, the former is locked
up on suspicion.
| Holly Springs. Miss, Feb. This
section was visited by a severe biz
zard Monday night, accompanied by
rain, sleet and snow, which froze as 1t
| fell. The thermometer fell to five de-
| grees below zero. Yesterday a snow
storm occurred, lasting several hours.
| 1t is the coolest weather since 1895.
| Similar reports came from Oxford,
Miss, and Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va, Jan. 27.-The board
of visitors of the Virginia Military In
| stitute has decided to reinstate the 50
! cadets composing the first class who
were dismissed by the superintendent
| for gross breach of discipline on New
Years eve. The resolution of the board
sustains the action of General Shipp
the superintendent, and imposes heavy
| penalties on the cadets to be rein
stated.
Louisville, Feb Word has been re-
ceived here that the deal combining all
the important distilleries in Kentucky
into one great corporation had been
about successfully concluded in New
York city. The company is to be cap
italized at $S2 coo, 600 of which s12 000,-
900 is TO be preferred stock and 500 900, :
600 common stock. The combination
includes some so distilleries in the var-
Gus portions of the state.
Savannah, Ga, Jan. 2S-Jennia
Moore, a white woman, aged 10, who
says her home is in Jersey City, N. j.,
and Trinnell Ellis, a negro, were yes
terday sentenced by Judge Norwood,
Of the city court, to the chain gang
for mscegenation. Later the sentence
as regards the woman was suspended
and she was given "a hours TO leave
the state. The woman says she is an
army nurse. but was left behind when
the troops went to Cuba.
Savannah, Ga, Jan. 30-Major Appel,
Of Of 40 te,
here to take charge of the new winter
hospital at this place. He announced
today that the hospital would begin to
receive patients in three weeks, not
withstanding all of the buildings will
not be completed within that time.
There are 46 buildings in the estab-
lshment. Twenty of them will be
ready for occupancy next week, and
the hospital ship Missouri will begin
to bring patients from Cuba and Porto
Rico. The buildings here will not be
used as a hospital from May to Novem-
Der.
fredericksburg, Jan. 30.-The Free
Lance newspaper, Of this city, which
is advocating a big navy, publishes a
letter from United States Senator T.
S. Martin and one from Congressman
John +. Rixey. The letters are writ
ten in answer to questions as to
whether they favor charging the navy,
and great Importance attaches to them
because of the positions occupied by
Senator Martin and Congressman
Rixey, the former being a member of
the senate committee on naval affairs
and the latter a member of the naval
committee of the house. Both favor an
increased navy as the best guarantee
of peace.
Newport News, Va, Jan. 30.-Cap-
tain C. Booker Jones. who lives about
four miles above the city and who IL
we'll known in Newport News and
Hampton, was painfully and perhaps
MORALLY wounded this morning by the
accidental discharge of his gun while
he was in the act of climbing a fence.
The unfortunate man was removed to
Dixie hospital in Hampton, for treat
ment. The details of the affair are
unknown, but it is understood that
when the gun went off the contents of
the barrel struck the captain in the
face, causing an ugly wound He Is 70
years old and a Confederate veteran
of the civil war.
huntington, w. a., Jan. 3O.-Peter
Smith, of Raccoon Creek, this county,
is under arrest here charged with APP
plying a torch to the Bethlehem
Church, Is miles south, totally destroy
ing the building. The fire occurred
IS months ago. and was supposed to
have been accidental until yesterday,
when Henry Thomas made full con-
fession. Thomas says that he and
Smith We're paid IS for burning the
church edifice by young Smiths father.
who some time before the fire had had
trouble with the church trustees over
the ownership of ground where the
church was located.