Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-21
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

Raleigh. n. c., Jan. lin the house
of representatives of the general as
sembly yesterday Mr.. Patterson. OF
Caldwell county, offered a resolution
protesting against the seating Of Con-
gressman-elect B. H Roberts. OF Utah.
The resolutions calls upon the senator's
and representatives In congress from
North Carolina not only to oppose the
seating of Mr.. Roberts. but to pass
law covering all such cases in the fu-
ture.
Parkersburg. w. Va. Jan. ia writ
of habeas corpus was granted by Judge
Tayenner In the circuit court here to-
day in cases of Peter and Arthur Ten
ant, two Writ county brothers, in jail
at Elizabeth. Writ county, under bond
of $4,000 each. charging them with
poisoning the we'll Of a neighbor, Dr. j..
F. Bonsman. yesterday. The writ re-
duces the bond of each to $500. DR..
Bonsman alleges that large Jumps Of
strychnine were found In his WELL and
he thinks the lads wera hired by others
tc poison 1t.
Lexington, KY. Jan. 16.-The war
which has been bitterly waged between
temperance people and saloon men over
the Sunday closing law eliminated yes
terday. Through the evidence Of Bible
students who acted as spies the tenn
perance people obtained over a hundred
indictments against saloonists before
the last grand Jury. Last night spies
started on their regular Sunday rounds.
and met with warm reception. They
were badly beaten and stoned In some
places.
Richmond, Va. Jan. 16.-The Young
Mems Business association OF this city
tonight heard gentlemen from Tide
water on the proposition to build an
electric road from here to Chesapeake
bay. The scheme Is to construct this
line through Middlesex, Matthews.
Hanover. King William and other
counties. The association appointed a
committee to look into the financial
responsibility of those behind this pro-
ject before giving 1t their practical as
sIstance. Richmond Is anxious to
have q line penetrate the Tidewater
section.
Longview, Tex. Jan. ia tornado
passed through this county Friday
from the southwest. four miles north
west OF Kilgore. The tornado demol-
ished O tenement house on the Moore
place, in which were woman nnmed
Mrs. McCune and five children. dan
gerously injuring all, and perhaps f;-
tally injurlng Mrs. McCune. Acres of
forest trees were uprooted and every
thing was swept before the wind's
fury. The rain was the heaviest ever
witnessed. and the creeks are Sc
svyollen that communication Is impos-
sible with the southern part of the
country.
Charleston, w. Va, Jan. H.-Judge
Thomas Jefferson Mackey. the South
Carolina jurist who was Indicted at the
November term of the circuit court Of
this county on the charge of bigamy
left here yesterday in company with
Deputy Sheriff S. C. Young for Mar
tinsburg, where he was admitted to
ball before Judge Faulkner. He mar
ried Katherine Porterfeld in July last
and a few weeks after woman claim
ing to be his lawful wife turned up In
New York. She sued him for di-
vorce, which has been granted In that
place, and now ne Will De REMARKED 10
Miss Porterfield.
Munfordville, KY, Jan. PIT nov
seems that the murder of Lydia Brach-
er, who died as the result of a Grim
inal operation over year ago. will be
avenged by the law. Last week Pro-
fessor Mcclure, well known educator
of this section, was convicted OF per-
forming the operation and given life
sentence in the penitentiary. Yester-
day Rev Gregory Doyle, who was the
author OF the girls shame, and who
is on trial here for murder, admitted
On the witness stand his part In the
crime, endeavoring as much as pos
sible to lay the blame on Mcclure.
Doyle was formerly one of the most
srominent diYines in Hart county,