Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-17

GreeDville s. c., Aug lo-Senator
MacLaurin yesterday addressed 1000
people at oakway. near Westminster
He emphasized his position on ma
uonat issues. touched on the PARIS
treaty and expansion and advocated
the building OF a merchant marine
which shalt fly the Stars and Stripes
Memphis. Tenn. Aug S.-A trolley
car belonging TO the Memphis STREE
Railway company was derailec while
crossing bridge over a bayou at
Second and Mill streets yesterday Ar
terncon. and went down a 2O.foot EN-
osnkment. Five persons were injured
more or less seriously.
Montgomery. Ala. Aug S-Captaip
Noble Wiley. son OF Congressman
Wiley, OF this district AND who re
Gently received an appointment as a
lieutenant in the regular army. was
shot and seriously wounded here last
night by DR.. ] Fl Grassland. The
cause Of the difficulty is not known
Norfolk. Va, Aug S-The Mentally
OIL Manufacturing company. which
manufactures castor peanut and other
OAAo ohN WAS aUOuI
to leave Norfolk on account of exces
sive freight rates on raw material.
VIII build $50 900 plant and continue
operations here
Tampa, Fla. Aug 12-It Is stated
today that Padil!a the secretary OF
Resistencla, and the one strike leader
who has successfully evaded deporta
ton by the citizens has fed from the
city to prevent being .summarily sent
out. 1t is probable that labor matters
Will adjust themselves N the next Re
days
Memphis. Tenn. Aug l0.-The safes
of the Illinois Central railroad and the
American Express company In the de.
pot In Bolivar. Tenn. were blown open
and robbed early yesterday by two
masked men. after the robbers had
forced the night telegraph operator
into box car and locked him in. No
booty was secured
Birmingham. Ala. Aug 12-The
s7th annual convention OF the Inter.
national Typographical Union will be.
! gin its session in his city to-day. Del.
| eGates have arrived from all parts OF
the United States and Canada. The
most important matters under dIscus
sion are the eight. hour law and de
creasing the numbers OF districts in,
J which organizers shall work,
Tampa, Fla. Aug. 1O.-The mem.
bers Of the Res!stencia Cigar Makers
Union, whose leaders have been de
! ported by the citizens. are circulating
, petition directed TO the president OF
/ the Centre Espanol. asking that he cali
: special meeting of the Centre to take
! action demanding that the case he
taken up at once by the Spanish min
| lister at Washington.
Birmingham. Ala, Aug lO.-The
! first Indication OF the revival of the
| export iron trade, which has been dor
mant for six months. was made known
yesterday. when a firm of iron brokers
/ booked an order for good round lot
| or pig iron for European points The
southern iron masters had not re-
1 ceived an export order in ten months
, up TO yesterday.
Montgomery. Ala, Aug 10.-Gov.
/ ernor jerks yesterday had a long con
| ference with r II. Parks, state solicit
tor or the Coffee county district, with
reference to the bringing to justice OF
those who participated in the burning
at the stake OF John Wesley Penning
: ton negro. near Enterprise. We'd.
nesday. Pennington is said to have
, confessed to having assaulted Mrs. j.
F., c. Davis. a white woman. ,.,
Roanoke. Va, Aug 10.-A man Civ
, Ing bis name as Frank Jones, Of Lex.
, ington, Ky, but who mas been identi,
; ned as Charles Lyles, was arrested
here yesterday afternoon and locked
| up charged with murder. Lyles. alias
Jones. is wanted in Charlotte N c.,
where there is a charge against him
for the murder OF Newton Lanier. who
| was found dying last Friday evening
near railroad crack a few miles
south Of Charlotte
Union, S. c.. Aug 10 Senator r
! X. Tlllman was the last speaker al the
h..s meeting here yesterday He dis
cussAd the commercial Democracy"
kdvocateh by Senator McLaurin with
out personal bitterness or abuse. aud
said IN part:
The report is going the sounds that
the mills are behind this neSS doc
trine. do not believe any such re.
port deny that the mills and the.S
owners want to turn the state over
to the Republicans | give them credi,
for more patriotism and for more
sense"
Senator Tillman failed to see any
reason or excuse for the mi!I men fol
lowing commercial Democracy. and IN
less II be because of boot licking"
he could see no excuse for the change.
lie feared the trouble was due to the
ract that they had been associatinS
with northern bankers.
Friday, August 9.
Charles Towle, United States con
sular agent at Saltillo, Mexico, is dead. |
The conference between the glass
blowers and manufacturers at Allan
tic CifU adjourned vaStar1av