The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-06-28
THE OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All Over the
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Street, Richmond, sustaining injuries
from which he died in a few minutes.
Wires passing over the building had
rubbed and worn of the insulation. A
pedestrian saw the occasional flash and
turned in an alarm. Wright was Il hose
man on Engine No. 3, which respond
ed to the alarm. He went up the
ladder with an extinguisher. Knowing
something of wires, he saw what the
trouble was. Returning to the ground
lie put on leather glove and procured
a piece Of rope for the purpose Of tieing
the wires apart Policeman George Acre
and others saw Wright when he reached
for the defective wire They say he
gasped as he touched it and fell from
the ladder before Captain Wise, who had
followed him, could render him any as
sistance The inside of the index finger
of Wright's left hand was burned to
the bone. Superintendent L. J. Max
well, of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, stated that the wire belonged
to the Western Union Company.
The Sanger Hall property, on Seventh
Street, between Broad and Marshall
Richmond, is soon to become the site
Of a theatre. S. c. Schmidt recently
acquired an option on this property. The
new playhouse, which is to be managed
by Richmond man, will be one of the
properties of the Shuberts, who are
now building a theatre in Norfolk The
Shuberts are fighting the Theatrical
Trust and they are of the opinion that
Richmond will offer a fine field for their
activities. 1t is not definitely known
when work on the new structure will be-
gin. The building will cost in excess OF
$4,000.
Lightning struck the residence of Mr..
w A. Bell, on Washington Avenue,
Fredericksburg tearing off weatherboard.
ing, entering the house, twisting up the
bath tub and making circuit of several
rooms. The damage was considerable,
but covered bS Sinsurance. The house
was not set on FIRE and no one was hurt
though Mr.. and Mrs. Bell were asleep
in the house at the time.
Roanoke is now sure of an electric
railway between that city and Salem
and it is almost assured that the line
from Roanoke to Fincastle will be built
in the near future. Options have beer
secured on the right of way for line
up the Roanoke River. It is said that
W. n. Camp, the Florida millionaire and
promoter of the great dam and power in
Roanoke River, is behind the scheme to
belt the entire county with electric lines
Salem capital will also build an indie
pendent line to Roanoke through a great
trucking region.
The bond issue OF Leesburg to the
amount of $4,000 for a system of waters
works was sold at premium of $IzN
10 N. w. Harris & Co., of New York
City. For the construction of the sys-
tenn there were IS bidders, the three
lowest being w G.. Morris, of Phobus.
Va; the Southern Construction Com
pany, of Norfolk, Va, and II. c. Brooks,
of Southwest Virginia. The contract
for the system was not awarded.
Prof. James B. Mcmillan, Of Bristol
violiniSt of note and for many years
connected with the orchestras in the
summer resort region of North Caro-
lima. died suddenly i'll Gainesville, Texas.
aged 43 years Death is supposed to
have been caused by rheumatism Of the
heart
r. Henry Jones, president of the Nor
folk Hay and Grain Association, asked
President J. w McCarrick, of Norfolk
Board of Trade and Business Mems
Association, to appoint a committee to
investigate the action Of the London and
Liverpool grain associations in exclud-
ing No. ? corn shipped from this port to
Eastern ports and place the blame where
It belongs. The letter calss attention to
The fact that the boycott of No corn
from Norfolk is 10 an extent injurious
to the port and declares that thorough
investigation is necessary for the pro-
lection Of the port
Chairman c. Brooks Johnston of tho
board of governors Of the Jamestown
Exposition, was notified through AS
sistant Secretary of State Bacon that the
Italian Government has officially ac-
cepted the invitation to participate in the
jamestown Exposition next year and
will send squadron of warShips to
Hampton roads.
{. II. Bronson, whose real name is
believed to be Frank p Hall, of Raleigh.
n. c., has been sent to Jail at Richmond
charged with forging the name of Pur-
cell & Ladd to a check. He says he is
from Boston.
d. w. May the young married man
wanted in Henrico County for criminal
assault on Miss Rosa Nicholas, daughter
of u Goochland County magistrate, has
apparently succeeded in throwing the
police off his trail.
Robert NJ. Henry has bought the
Burton place, near Winchester, from
Mrs. f. III. Burton, widow of Colonel
Burton, for $1,000 The farm contains
IS acres and is situated a mile south of
Winchester, on the Valley turnpike.
The Jane p Holt farm. near Cedar
Grove, which was the birthplace of the
late Bishop Holt, of the United Breth-
rem Church. has been sold to John
Thwaite, Frederick County farmer, for
$4,5oo The farm contains about 100
acres.
The suit in election brought by heirs
of George w. Baker, of Winchester,
against the Berryville Turnpike Com
pany, inolving property valued at $1,000
has been dismissed ON demurrer fled by
counsel for the TuApikc Company by
Judge Harrison, in The Circuit Court.
The DoSSesSiorP 6 an aid tollhouse or, the