Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-01

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ers OF this section have lost 800, 900
by the food. Replanting of thousands
of acres of cotton and corn will be
necessary.
Richmond, Va, May 26-Up to last
evening 351 delegates had been elect
ed to the Virginia Democratic state
convention for the nomination of can.
didates for governor, lieutenant COVER
nor and attorney general The con.
vention will be composed of about
$500 delegates, rendering $50 votes
necessary for a nomination. The del
egates so far elected are instructed as
follows: For Montague, 1877: Swanson.
152; Marshall, 2S; Echols, IL. with 10
in doubt.
jacksonville, Fla, May 29.-The la
Dor problem is still a great one to deal
with, but carpenters are being sup
piled with tools and a number of build.
ings are now in the course of erection.
There are some men on the streets
who are chronic idlers, and the lumber
mills are short of hands to do their
work. The idlers are cut of from the
commissaries, and every effort is be-
ing made to find out whether the wo-
men are feeding them from the com.
missaries.
Jacksonville, Fla, May 25.-The Re-
lief association yesterday distributed
$3.50 rations and gave away clothing
to $50 people. This shows that the re-
al ~ No
distribution very thoroughly, as COM
pared with two weeks ago, when H..
800 people were fed and half that mum.
Der clothed. There is plenty OF work
in the city now for all laboring men,
and as soon as mechanics are supplied
with tools there will be no reason why
every man able to handle a tool OF any
kind can not find employment.
Key West, Fla, May 27.-A terrible
tragedy was enacted here last Satur-
day night at the cottage occupied by
the D'Ormond Fuller Opera company.
as result of which Miss Inez Leon
ard and Edgar Beaucligh, two mem
hers of the company, are dead. The
latter, who had been drinking, shot the
woman and then killed himself. The
couple were always very affectionate
toward each other. They were engag-
ed and expected to be married as soon
as they went north. There had been
no quarrel, or anything approaching a
quarrel between them, so far as is
known.
Charlottesville, Va, May 26.-The
body of Carl II. Hotopp, of this city,
was found this morning beside the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway track
one mile west of Waynesboro. His
pockets had been rifled, probably by
tramps. Mr.. Hotopp left here on a
late train yesterday afternoon after a
hurried business trip to Staunton, and
it is believed that he was returning
on the fast train due here at 1929 this
morning and that he fell from the
train. He leaves a widow and one
child. A short time ago Mr.. Hotopp
took out life and accident insurance
policies amounting to $65,000
Elizabethtown, Tenn. May ga
flood from the Dee and Watauga rivers
swept through the low lying section
of Elizabethtown during the night.
drowned three persons. carried away
62 dwellings, and caused damage in the
rich farming districts of Carter county
estimated at $1,O00,O00. Nearly ev
cry farm house for some distance
along both rivers was destroyed or
washed from its foundations, and II is
possible the loss of life will be greatly
increased when full reports are re.
ceived. The known dead are Mrs.
Gregg, Mrs. Filley and a negro known
as Souchone