Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-06-02
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.


convention proposition failed I'm the
First. Fifth and Ninth districts, but
carried In the others. and was carried
In the state by safe majority.
Wheeling, w. Va, May 24.-The
Central Glass works, OF Wheeling. and
the Fostoria Glass works, OF Mounds
Vile. w. Va, will, Il Is claimed. short
ly amalgamate and expand by build
ing another factory at Clarksburg. w.
Va II Is proposed to manufacture all
lines Of table and decorated ware. and
to operate In competition with the
tableware combine.
Charlotte. N. c., May 26.-J. L.
ODell, boss Of the weave room of the
Southern Cotton mills, at Bessemer
City, was stabbed and almost instantly
killed yesterday by Hope Davis, a dis
charged operative. Davis persisted in
returning to the mill and was ordered
out by O'Dell, whereupon he drew a
knife and stabbed O'Dell in the throat,
severing the tugular veins Davis was
captured
Hopkinsvills, KY. May 26.-As a
crowd OF negroes left the circus tent
Thursday midnight at Bolivar, KY,
numerous persons began shooting pis-
tolls. A fusillade followed, about 75
shots being fired. Mary Bell and
Frank Rives were probably fatally
wounded and Zordie Wills and BUS
ter" Davies severely injured In the
panic which ensued. Several children
were hurt
Richmond, May 25.-The Peninsula
Bank OF Williamsburg was entered by
| robbers Wednesday night, tho safe
blown open and about $1,000 In money
taken There is no clew to the rob-
bers. There were six explosions, which
awakened number of citizens. W. D.
! Powell, Of New York, was captured and
bound by the robbers. Other citizens
surrounded the bank, but the gang es-
capped in the darkness.
Augusta, Ca, May 24.-D. B. Dyer,
as president OF the Augusta Railway
and Electric company, and E. G. JEFF
/ ferson, the conductor in charge OF the
car upon which Alex Whitney, a white
man, was killed by a negro ten days
ago, and for which the negro was sub
sequently lynched, have been indicted
by the grand Jury of Richmond county
for alleged violation of the state law
requiring the separation OF races on
public conveyances.
Fredericksburg. Va, May 26.--On the
very, ground over which the old Fifth
corps charged at Fredericksburg Presi-
dent Mckinley, his cabinet and Gen.
Miles yesterday witnessed the laying
of the corner stone In a shaft which
VIII perpetuate in bronze and granite
the heroism of the army of the Po-
| tomac. 1t was an impressive cere-
mony, and rendered the more so by
the fact that among the hundreds who
witnessed the event were noted leaders
or both the federal and the Confederate
forces.
Knoxville, Tenn, May 24.-The $50
miners at the Coal Creek company's
mines, near this city, returned to work
yesterday after reaching an agreement
with the company to submit their
grievances to the arbitration of Presi-
dent Mckinley. The men went on a
strike April 10 because four union
miners were discharged. President
Mckinley viii be asked to say whether
the four union men should or should
not have been discharged, and In any
event each side Is to submit to his
decision
Wheeling w. ". May 2S.-Yester-
days baseball game was remarkable
not only for its length, but for sensa-
tional plays In nearly every inning and
the excitement caused by the attempt
to arrest the players by the church
federation people. A constable who
tried to arrest the men was seized by
the bleacherites and thrown over the
fence. His warrants were torn up and
he was finally placed under arrest him
self for disorderly conduct Wheeling
won In the 18th inning. Score: Wheel
ing, 8; Mansfield, 2.
Raleigh, N. c., May 24.-Twenty-
two miners, ten white men and twelve
negroes, lost their lives In an explo-
sion at Cumnock coal mines, Chatham
county, N. c., Tuesday afternoon. The
explosion Is supposed to have been
caused by broken gauze in a safety
lamp. The accident was in what Is
known as the east heading, and be-
tween 40 and 30 men were in the mine
at the time. Five were brought out
alive from the east heading, while none
OF the men in the other parts Of the
mine were injured.
Louisville. May 2S.-The tenth an
nual reunion of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans will begin in this city
Wednesday. 1t is expected, consider
ed numerically, that the tenth annual
reunion will surpass any OF the re-
unions previously held, and a conser-
vative estimate is that 10000 visitors
will be in Louisville during the week.
Every arrangement has been made for
entertaining such a crowd. The city
is handsomely draped in bunting, The
! red and white of the Confederacy be-
Ing most prominent, while the por-
traits OF Confederate generals are sus-
pended from many buildings.
Columbia, May 2S.-State officials
J have just brought to light Individual
vouchers which they say show that the
national government Is largely indebt-
ed to this state for supplies and trans
, portatiou furnished state troops in the
several wars of this country. The
claim on account of the revolutionary
war is $S16, 947, to which is to be added
interest for over a hundred years
which, with the 1912 war claims ($2O2,-
2s0), including interest up to 1858, the
Seminole claim ($20,000) and the Mex.
/ lean war claims 1882 ,162), with no in
terest, will make total aggregatine