Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-03-23

or his employment Of a negro stsnox-
rapher. The judge is a candidate for
the convention, and this fight Is being
waged against him In the labor and
other organizations. Judge Christian
is the chairman OF the Confederate
| camp historical COMMITTEES and one OF
the most stalwart southerners In Vlr-
ginia. His employment Of the negro
stenographer. however, II is believed.
will compass his defeat
Harrisonburg, Va, March 17.-Ira
| sheets, young man whose homo was
near Mount Pisgah, Augusta county.
committed suicide last night at Bridge
water by shooting himself through the
neart with revolver. He came to
Bridgewater last evening, it Ia sup
posed, to visit young lady to whom
ne mad been attentive. Calling at her
nome, IL is thought, he had reason to
believe that the attentions of another
young man were preferred, and while
standing at the front door he shot him
selt three times, and he died almost
instantly.
Williamson, W. Va, March ia re-
markable accident befell Charles Shiye-
~, living near Madison, Boone county.
u
using sharp bladed knife. and In sew
erlng tough branch the knife slipped
and struck him In the right eve. cut
ting the ball fairly in two. Excited
with the pain, he quickly placed his
hand over the blinded eye, and In SO
doing Jabbed the point of the knife into
the other eye, cutting the ball Of IL so
that the sight was completely DESTROY
ed- The lid OF the second eye was
closed when he struck IL with the knife
and the upper lid was slit clear across.
Wheeling. w. Va, March 17.-Frank
l.. Hoge, died last evening without any
premonitory symptoms Of coming dis
bolutton- He was born at Mounds
Vile, w. Va, in 1S41, and came from
an old Virginia family. He was 40
pointed naval cadet in 1856 and grad
uated in 1860. At the outbreak Of the
war he was In the Mediterranean ON
the Susquehanna. I living in Boston.
he resigned and at nee entered the
confederate navy, sewing lieuten-
ants commission. He served through
out the war and received wounds in
tnree engagements. During his stay at
Annapolis he was a school fellow with
Admirals Dewey, Schley and Watson.
He fired the gun that sank the Galena
at Drury's Bluff. He was for many
years city engineer of Wheeling.
Winchester, Va, March 1.-THE fury
In the circuit court yesterday awarded
John Kaufman $500 damages against
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for
putting him off train at Charlestown.
w. Va, on April 13 last Mr.. Kaaf-
man had purchased a round trip ticket
from Winchester to WASHINGTON. ID. c..
which expired on April 13. After he
mad changed cars at Harper's Ferry. on
the Valley branch OF the Baltimore and
Ohio, the conductor refused to accent
mis- ticket, claiming that the expiration
date thereon was April IL and the tick
ct, therefore, was invalid Mr.. Kaaf-
man was put off the train at Charles
town, and, being without funds. was
compelled TO walk to Summit Point.
where friends on another train paid his
fare to Winchester. He entered suit
| for 81 300.
Parkersburg, w. Va, March 1.-THE
evidence in divorce case which was
heard yesterday brought to light a
case in which two persons had lived to-
gether as husband and wife for I6
years, although they had never been
legally married. In 1885 James Dyke
secured marriage license in Washing
ton county, o., to marry Mamie Cla-
way. They came to West Virginia and
were married by Rev. Henry CelLers.
who did not notice that their license
was issued in Ohio. They did not
know that ii was not good in this State
and until the discovery was made yes
terday that they had never been mar
ried they did not know it, The result
was that instead of granting a divorce.
which the court could not do because
there had never been any marriage, il
annulled the alleged marriage and the
parties are once more free without a
divorce.