The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-02-07
OOINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION
The Latest Virginia News Told in
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a freight train on the Seaboard Air
Line Railway was wrecked at the
bridge over the Roanoke River, near
NOrlina, n G.. The wreck was
caused by the train running into a
piledriver which was at work at the
time on the bridge The piledriver
was badly damaged and FIVE or six
cars wrecked The fireman OF the
train, whose name was not learned.
was killed and several other persons
seriously injured. In consequence of
the wreck all the trains on the road
had TO be run from Weldon, \. C..
to Richmond over the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway
An effort is being made by prop
erty owners in Bedford County to
secure the extension of the system
of the local street railway system TO
point on the Tidewater railway, in
Bedford County, % miles from
Lynchburg. The management of the
Lynchburg Traction Company has
been interviewed by the promoters
Of the extension and. it is under
stood. is willing to meet the people
Of the county who are interested half
way
At an election in the Third Bat
TALON, Seventy-first Virginia Regi-
ment. held at Suffolk, the captain, f.
2. Goodwin. Of EmpOria was elected
major without opposition. The cleo
tion. which was participated in by
the line officers OF three companies,
was conducted by Major E. w.
Owens, of Portsmouth. In the new
alignment of battalions Portsmouth
is substituted by Emporia on Gov
ernor Swanson's order
Joseph Echols has been arrested
charged with the murder of Walter
b. Barksdale, who received his
death wounds in shotgun duel with
Echols near Danville Monday after
quarrel over a package of cigarettes.
Echols' cousin, Charles McGregor.
who witnessed the shooting, has
been arrested as an accessory. Ech-
OILS was taken from his home to the
county seat in a hack and conveyed
to Jail in a bed, having been badly
wounded in the fight.
The Virginia Supreme Court issued
writ forbidding Judge d. Gardner
Tyler, of the Williamsburg Circuit,
from taking any further part in the
case of DR.. l.. S. Foster, late superin-
tendent of the Eastern State Hos
pital, until the Supreme Court shalt
have reviewed the proceedings. The
order is made returnable and the
case set for hearing Tuesday. The
effect of this writ is to permit Dr.
O. c. Brunk, the new superinten-
dent, to assume the duties of office
In accordance with the action of the
State Hospital Board without fear
or interference on the part of the
Judiciary of the circuit in which the
hospital is located. Governor Swan
son has written a letter upholding
the Attorney-General in sustaining
the action of the General Hospital
Board, by which Superintendent Fos-
ter, of the Eastern State Hospital
for the Insane, was deposed. This
is construed to mean that if Dr.
Foster resists longer turning over
of the Office to his appointed sue
cessor the power of the Common
wealth will be used to eject him.
Coy Dickinson, colored, of Roam
oke, was shot by CASTOR Harvey
at n negro church and died from the
effects of the wound Immediately
after the shooting, Harvey went to
the police station and surrend cred.
The shooting was evidently acci-
dental
Judge James Francis Crocker re-
tired as judge of the Portsmouth
Hastings Court after a service of
six years. He was greeted in his
last appearance on the b ,nch by al
most the entire bar of Portsmouth
Judge Leigh r. Watts, who is the
dean of the Portsmouth bar and for
which he acted. presented the re
firing Judge yfth handsome silver
loving cup. y Judge Crocker is rs
years old.
Richmond's record-breaking cam
paign for a 100000 fund for the
erection and equipment of a Y NJ.
c. A. building came to a close Thurs
day, with a cablegram from Miss
Helen Gould, who is now in Rome.
Italy, requesting that her name be
placed on the subscription list for
S25, 900. The young men had, how
ever, succeeded in their effort ever
without this liberal donation, having
tipped the necessary 100000 with
an extra thousand in subscriptions
prior to the receipt of the cablegram.
The subscriptions are still coming
in through the mails The campaign
lasted 10 days. A handsome dona
tion had been promised. with the
understanding that the 100000 be
raised
Governor Swanson ordered tha{
w. l.. Francis, embezzler, be im\