The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-03
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIt TY YEARS AGO
Reprinted from This Neuspaper,
Sew DIscnsc In dine south.

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new disease. which seems TO he for
,ne present banding the uoctoia. has
uaoheh out among the negroes III the
| hciShoorhoou oil AbbcvIiIv. =. g.. IL
proves TO bo worry unln;tnuI cable, ana
IN nearly every Instance 50 tar has been
| Iatal The physicians have named this
new ana apparently incuIaole disease
SpiromenimEitiS
tcn.rni Malone n senator.
;, .s'or"as MOI iihs, IN the senate end
General " ,Ili;,m hlahune, elected from
tho norfolk District To MI the vacancy
n.,.,cnsioneu by the resignation OF Hon.
w iiiistih l.. Iayloi, appeared, subscribed
TO tho usual oath ana took his seat az
a senator. IL ~. OF course. understood
mat General Malone viii subordinate
ms senatorial duties To those Of "A mill
tary character.
kaiirond Man Robbed.
purlnE the Yankee raid along the
Ceatrnl Railroad a party Of the raiders
near tredericks Hall caught William
" Richardson. the roadmastcr Of the
ci.nt highway method. lie was relieved
oil gold watch. $500 In gold and Il
so"a n amount OF Confederate eur
Kicha rdSon was released ana allowed
to depart i'll peace.
Another Rnia I,umor.
eStcrday afternoon there were more
witd ruinors of another Peninsula raid
being engineered by Butler. Up to n
i iS.T nonr TN nothing denni,e could be
Reas, Butler did send out a force of
cavalry to mid AS hest IL could from
that has just been knockc ed out Nv our
v'Eilant home guard contingent The
Butler crowd has gone back To protec-
roe
Loose Work In Dnnviiie.
10y uiSGing u tunnel under the build
ing and out into an adjoining lot sixty
nine Yankee prisoners escaped Satur-
day night from the Suthcrlin ware
house IN Danriilc. which building is
f,.fcn lie ,.. "a
that tn. escaped men took possession
~ number or boats they found on
Dan f'Scr and the water being hugh
from recent rains. they had no trouoio.
W rowing down stream To the kuanoAe
RIVER 80 lar none have hren recap
tured, although IA much delayed force or
guards - saiu to he III pursuit The
prison Regime at nanvIlle rtust exis,
m very loose condition. AZ least suu
,ime To umc been sent TO Danvill- have
huccecdcd III making thcti escape.
4 Valuable II uiIurm."
ma. Ala Mrs i. s. White, OF Selma.
WAS = Miss Todd. Of Kentucky. and me
s sister OF Mrs. Ah'aham Lincoln. but
she went TO kentucky and made her
way through the lines ~ Lexington.
neinS sister OF Mrs. Lincoln. she was
permitted To 70 on 10 Washington
where she spent two weeks with her
sister ON hrr return, several weeks
ago Mrs White was permitted 10 bring
form Tor very dear friend OF hers,
"ho BY the way, is IN the Confederate
army a large number OF buttons
adorned this uniform, hut they ut :
tracted no special attention OF the OFF
Gers. rs they were covered with cloth
IL turns out, howcvcr that the buttons
were OF gold coin, the cloth Covering
$3.50 50. slo and 500 gold pieces Tho
c.o'n was set in wooden buttons. and
IN, Covered with cloth Thus Mrs.
thc lines quantity Of gold that was
valued at .e.ono in Confederate money.
Great III the ingenuity of solno good
women.
Stole Everything in sight
Ine Yankee raiders. who came down
tno Central road stole everything they
could put their hands on near Beaver
Dam station, in Hanover County. They
tried TO carry OFF a number or slaves
Tut tho most Of these were rccapttired
among them two belonging to t;olonni
Edmund Fontaine. the president or tho
Central Railroad. Colonel Fontaine
hu, managed to make his escape un.
hurt.
Hotels Closing
the Powhatan Hotel closed ag an
American hotel on Monday ana reopen
ed yesterday AS a hotel on what is
called the European plan" who're
meals arc served and paid for stimuli
,anoonS!y... This ncw-tanrled Euro
pcan plan" threatens 70 swallow M an
tho established hotels OF Richmond
Less than :, year ago the Capital OF thr
.coutedcracy boosted Of eight iirst-clats
and nourishinE hotels only three now
remain-the Ballard. tho Spotswocd
and the American The Exchingc. 90
lumhia, l.inMood, Monumental. Powha-
tan ana the Richmond House exist only
~ the memory IF former days and good
dinners. Salons. too. are disseminating
ana 10 meet tho approaching etItr If
affairs. genera! fast for an indefinite,
reriod should he proclaimed Nv the
PRESIDENT Of the Confederate States or
America.
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