The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-07-26
The OLD DOMINION.
Latest News Cleaned From All Over the
State.

dNliOn against the BdltimOTe
druggist whose name and address were
found in package of cocaine in the
hands OF a vender when arrested We'd
nesday night. The law against the sale
OF the drug Is state law and the Mary
land man cannot be reached 1t is
stated, however that he can be dealt
with through the United States courts,
and this course may be adopted The
vice Is growing with deplorable rapidity
IN Richmond, and while the police are
making a crusade against it they find it
extremely difficult to secure the evidence
and feel that they cannot check it cx-
cept at Its source OF supply.
Francis Edgar Kent and Harold
Chamberlin Gay. OF South DevonSfire.
England, are advance guards OF Com
missioner Koiner'S work i'm England.
They are located near Howardsville. and
Will work on farms until they learn
farming and climatic conditions and will
then buy farms. They have ample means
for this purpose and are enthusiastic
agriculturiSts They were in Richmond
a few days ago exchanging some Eng
llsh sovereigns for American money.
The factory of the Virginia Pipe and
Foundry Company, on Belle Isle, COM
| menced operation. The enterprise is a
chartered company run by Richmond
capital They start with 90 hands, and
soon Will have $50 at work. The charter
officers are Thomas S. Wheelwright,
president; c. Manning, Jr., vice presi-
dent; Henry Wayt, secretary treasurer.
and Charles Winnbourne, superinten-
dent
Discovery of crude petroleum on the
site of the new Hccht-Hircshler Build
ing. in the heart OF Norfolk. caused
something OF furry this morning. and
4 number of men have visited the scene
to make a personal examination OF the
OIL that has oOzcd TO the surface around
piles driven into the ground. The crude
petroleum only appears in the bitches
around several Of the piles, located about
100 feet back from Duke Street. The
bitches are about II feet in depth and
The piles extend into the ground about
25 feet
Carrying out orders issued by Mayor
Baker the Winchester police have cap
| iured and shot several dogs in the
! southern part OF town suspected of hav-
! ing been bitten by mad dog 10 days ago
| A horse bitten by the dog developed
rabies and was shot
David a. O'Neal. foreman of the COM
DOSING department. of the Houston Print
ing and Publishing Company. Of Hamp-
! on, committed suicide iii his room at
.hc Augusta Hotel by firing a bullet
! INTO his heart from 4 revolver which
ne had borrowed from A. c. Jones, the
night clerk at the hotel While no cause
Tor the rash act of The young man i
known. ii is thought that he ended his
life because OF disappointment in
love affair He had been spending few
days at Ocean View. where a Miss
| Price said TO have been the dead mans
sweetheart IS now staying. Upon his
arrival at Hampton from the resort
, O'Neal talked about his trip, saving thar
he had a good time He then went to
his room, and no more was seen of him
until w. J. HudginS. personal friend,
| went to the mans room at noon. Hudg-
ms knocked, and. upon receiving no re
! sponSe, had a maid open the door He
found O'Neak lying upon the bed dead
In a note he left the dead man asked
that his mother (MrS ID. l.. O'Neal. Of
Lynchburg,) and Miss Price, at Ocean
View, be notified of his death He did
not give any cause for the suicide in the
Ote
John David Radeffer. \. NJ. (Roanoke
College), Phi ID. OohnS HopkinS) has
accepted the chair of German and FrencS
in Roanoke College. Professor Radef'
fer is thoroughly prepared by univerSi-
ty study in AnHiIca and Europe for the
new position to which nc comes He
succeeds DR.. F. V. ~ Painter. who is
transferred to the new department OF
education, just established at Roanoke
College
At Forest Depot J. B. Oueens5ury.
who was charged with having caused
the death of his wife some weeks ago.
had hearing before Justices Walker
and Burt, and was acquitted A dozen
witnesses were examined for the prose
cution and J. J. and T. X. Terrell for
the defense. the latter testifying that the
deceased died from typhoid fever
Plans are on foot to obtain a pardon
tor Charles X. Fishburnc the young
Roanoke banker. who murdered Dr
Frederick Lefew in that city "a October
1904. The trial OF FiShburne was one
OF the most sensational In the history 0t
the State. FiShburnc had unlimited
means TO employ counsel and it was
used lavishly for that. purpose. Judge
A NJ. Aiken, of Danvi,le, presided at the
trial FiShburne was found guilty OF
murder. having stabbed Dr. I.efew sew
eral times. The verdict of the jury was
hve years i'll the penitentiary. The de
tense made desperate effort to keep
.FiShburne out of the penitentiary-try-
ing to get new trial before Judge Ak
EN- and finally going to the Supreme
Court of Appeals, Defeat met them at
every turn, however, and finally there
was nothing to do but for the convicted
man to don the stripes. He went to Rich
mond i'll the private section of a Pullman
car, and was at once taken out to the peni
Tertiary. Fishburne was never strong
man physically, aud since he has bcenX
prisoner he IS a. the farm sCow---he
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