The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-14
Preliminary Steps Taken for
an Organization.
ENTIREOUTPUT TOBE CONTROLLED
Eastern Capitalists Manipulating Deal
Price of Nuts to BE Advanced as soon As
Trust Is Compieted-Marriage at Norfolk
of Mr.. Charles Parker Breeze and Miss
Meta Gordon Moore Maniac Father
Hurts His ChiId-Other Virginia News.
Special 70 Tie Pest.

Special to Tie Pest.
Norfolk, Va Feb s-There is very lit
tie doubt but that the entire peanut out
put Of the United States will be in the
hands of one heavily capitalized concern
in a short tine. Several abOrtive at
tempts have been made TO form peanut
trusts but the latest attempt has taken
tangible form. There was a meeting IN
Norfolk last night of representatives of
Eastern capitalists, who have for some
time been endeavoring 10 form the COM
binatiOn- The peanut men are Tettcent
and exactly what was done is not known.
IL is believed, however, that the long
talked-of combination has been formed,
and that practically all the peanut clean
ing establishments in the United States
have agreed TO enter the trust.
The probabilities are that the price OF
peanuts will advance as soon as the or
ganiZation of the trust is completed. Mr..
". +. Weatherly, formerly of New York,
who was largely influential in forming
the trust, completed his work here yeSter-
day afternoon and left last evening for
Petersburg for conference with peanut
men there.
i5reeZe-MoOre Wedding.
Meta Gordon Moore we're quietly married
at $50 o'clock this morning at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. Margaret 5.
Moore. corner York and Botetourt streets.
The celebrant was Rev Edward Mack.
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Cambridge Spotwood, of Petersburg,
acted as best man. Among those present
at the wedding we're the groOm's parents,
MF nd RrGe1A of GnnnpPtignf
groom volunteered for service during the
Cuban war, ra sed a company of engin-
GERS here. which he commanded and went
with it on an expedition to Porto Rico.
He has since resigned from the volunteer
service.
Yesterday afternoon A. c. Campbell,
living at West Norfolk suddenly became
violently insane, and but for the timely
action of others in the house, would have
killed or done serious injury to his little
child, who was badly bruised by the
craZed father.
He was later brought to Portsmouth,
and confined in the county Jail. Campbell
has been i'll for some weeks, and this is
thought to have affected his mind.
In the Law and ChanceTy Court to-day
a receiver was appointed for the Reese
-hAoliNl atltI lti6 Company W MN ObtioiS
d fish fertilizer company near this city.
The appointment of receiver was on mo-
ton of counsel for the Alexandria Fer
tilizing and Chemical Company,
Hatr. 4 IA. anY Chartered
Judge Hanckel to-day chartered the
WilloCshbly Hotel Company with a capt.
tai stock of $4,000. The concern will
erect a hotel ON Willoughby Beach, oppo-
site Old Point.
Lumbermen in this city, while exceed
ingy retieent on the subject of the pro-
posed great combine to control the North
Carolina pine industry, express the opin-
ion that the big deal is going to be con-
summated. The meetings held in Balti-
more Tuesday confirm the announcement
first definitely made In these columns that
the combination is we'll under way. The
Norfolk concerns which would be affected
own long stretches of railroad through
out the famous long leaf pine region, and
the amount required for the purchase Of
their vast properties will be well into the
millions. Their cooperation with the
combine is absolutely necessary to its
success, and no effort is being spared to
secure 1t by the promoters of the deal
Norfolk lumbermen who are interested
directly in the deal. protest that the com
bine cannot properly be denOminated a
trust They declare il rather to be an eff
fort 10 secure the preservation of lumber
lands.