Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-18
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

Richmond, Va, March 12.-Goyern-
mcnt shipbuilding in Richmond took
practical form yesterday, when the kee.
Of the first torpedo boat of the three I'M
der contract by the W. II. Trigg Ship
building company was laid at the yards
Of that company here. The name of the
boat thus begun is to be the Shubrick.
Louisville, Ky, March 9.-The Eighth
United States immunes presented a bat.
tered appearance when they reached
Louisville yesterday. They reported an
encounter in the depot at Nashville, and
about 80 of them bear marks Of the af-
fray. The officers say the trouble was
unprovokcd. Captain r. u. Jacob, of
this city, says that proceedings will be
instituted in the United States court
against the city of Nashville.
Radford. Va. March 12-The Virginia
Iron, Coal and Coke company have re
corded in the Wythe county clerks of
flee mortgage involving $10.000000. II
is made to the Manhattan Trust com
pany, of New York. The bonds are is
sued in denominations of $1,000. The
paper was originally recorded in Pulaski:
county. The cost of this recording was
$1,000, and $1,000 of this was tax to the
federal government.
Savannah. Ca, March S.-The army
winter hospital at this place, Al build
ings, 1000 cots, was opened for pa.
ticnts today. Not all of the buildings
have been completed, but the government
has determined to begin the occupancy
at once. The first shipment of invalid
soldiers from Cuba will be received to-
morrow by the hospital ship Missouri.
A hundred nurses and hospital attend
ants arrived last night and today from
Fort Mcpherson and Huntsville.
Columbia, S. c.. March S.-Central,
western and northern South Carolina
experienced more blizzard weather Mon
day and yesterday, the day preceding
being characterized by spring weather,
with the thermometer at 81. In some
places the mercury went as low as 1C
below. Reports from various points
bring news of heavy snowfalls and state
ments to the effect that farmers believe
this spring freeze has indeed killed all
chance for the fruit and vegetable crops.
Norfolk, Va. March 10.-The steam
yacht Senator. owned by Charles II. Full
Ter, a wealthy resident OF Providence.
r. l., arrived here yesterday afternoon
from the North Carolina sounds, after
having been frozen in during the big
blizzard. Mr. Fuller stated that they had
plenty of food and fuel aboard and did
not suffer. He reported that during the
storm millions OF fish froze to death,
and as soon as the ice broke they foated
to the surface and when he left the
natives were gathering them by the thou
sands.
Chattanooga, Tenn, March 9.-No one
will die as result of the rioting in
which the men of the Eighth immune col
ored regiment engaged here Tuesday
night, but half dozen people injured
will be laid up for several months. In
spector Harkins, Policeman Poe and A.
J. Ledford are severely wounded, but
their injuries will not prove fatal. Three
soldiers were shot in the disturbance,
but their names could not be learned.
In addition to those injured here three
soldiers were shot on a Southern railway
train between Chattanooga and Knox
vile. The shooting was done by sol
der, who escaped from the train at
Athens, Tenn.
Richmond, Va, March 12-Mr. John
Howard, a leading lawyer of this city,
and one of the oldest practitioners i'll
Virginia, died this afternoon of hernia,
after a brief illness. The deceased was
q member of one of the most representa-
tive families of the state, and his name
was widely known in the legal profession,
MS he had practiced for years in our high
er courts. He was chiefly known through
his successful conduct of the litigation
against the stockholders of the National
Express company, a corporation in which
hundreds of thousands Of dollars were
involved Mr.. Howard. in ante-bellum
days, was associated with the late Alex
ander H. Sands, another famous lawyer.
DeIlenhauch and Burke Disbarred.