Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-29

the contemplated attack. A half dozen
police are stationed at the shops.
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS,
| New Orleans, June 21.-walter
Selph, a young drummer, son of Col
Dudley Selph, state inspector of rife
| practice, and former rifle champion
was killed last night in a fight at Au.
| dubon Park. He and a young man
named L. L. Bailey had quarrel at a
military ball, and agreed to fight It out
with bare fists. They had no seconds,
and pounded each other until Selph
fell from blow which broke his neck.
Martinsburg, w. Va, June 2O.-The
heaviest electrical and rain storm ex-
perienced here in many years passed
over this afternoon. The lightning
struck the large grain elevator at the
Cumberland Valley freight depot. oc-
cupied and operated by Henshaw &.
Licklider, and greatly damaged it, but
fortunately it was not set on fire. The
residence of Mr.. A. G. MatthaeI. on
South Queen street, was also struck
and badly damaged.
Knoxville. Tenn, June 2o.-Ceneral
Superintendent w. A. Dodson, of the
Southern railway district. made this
statement relative to the machinists,
strike; None of the machinists who
wentout on strike three weeks ago have
oeen or Will be taken back into the
shops OF the Southern Railway com.
pany. The proportion of men we have
put to work in their places varies AT
oinerent shops. At some places more
than half the positions have been
filed"
Atlanta, Ca. June 25.-Ike Ham
mond, one of the three negroes arrest.
ed Tor the murder of Policeman e. II
Debray last Thursday night, confess.
ed yesterday that his brother. Tom
hammond, had murdered the officer.
Ike also confessed that Oscar Ham.
mond and Jim Erwin were with Tom
when the murder occurred. Hammond
acknowledged that there was a plot to
murder the policeman. but he said he
had nothing to do with II. The detec.
uves say they are convinced that Ike
Hammond himself was into the Mot
and that 1t was HIS mission to decoy
the officer.
Montgomery. Ala, June 25.-The
section relating to a sheriff's tenure
OF ONCE and suspension from Office
and impeachment, when he permits a
prisoner to be taken from him and
lynched, was reconsidered by the con-
stittional convention yesterday and
one OF Its features stricken out. AS
amended it provides that the sheriff
shall be ineligible to reelection, and
whenever any prisoner is taken from
his custody and put to death or SUI.
fers grievous bodily harm owing TO the
sherin's neglect, connivance. coward.
Ice or other grave fault such sheifr
may be impeached.
Elkins, w. Va, June 20.-A work
train went through the Laurel Fork
bridge on the Dry Fork connection of
the West Virginia Central railroad. IA
miles south of Hendricks. w. Va. this
morning. The dead are William Book.
er, roadmaster; j. w Crowl. engineer
and ]. Speelmap, fireman, The acct
dent was caused by a flange ON the
pony truck breaking, causing the en-.
CINE to jump the track, pulling several
cars and a portion OF the bridge with
1t, Surying the men under the debris.
Rosdmaster Booker was riding on the
engine, and it took three hours to re-
move his body from under the debris.
Richmond. Va, June 20.-The pro-
ceedings today OF the Virginia Consti.
tutional Convention showed very plain
ly that the overshadowing subject
which is to come before il will be the
of the negro. There
were two resolutions offered and re.
ferred to the suffrage committee pro
posing to appeal to the other states o.
the union to join in a movement for a |
repeal OF the fifteenth amendment.
The first OF these was presented by |
Circuit Judge Thomas w. Harrison, of |
Frederick. After declaring that uni |
versal suffrage has in the past been
safely intrusted to the whites the reso-
luton sets forth that universal suf- |
rage has been attended with great |
evils in the South