Ml
PETERSBURGROAD
Remarkable Change in the Topogra?
phy of the Line.
CUT-OFF CROSSES OLD TRACK
The Electric Line is Nearlng Completion,
and Rails Arc Heins Laid foni
Chester to Petersburg?Track
Completed Over Coast Une.
(S'wciiil Dlepatda to Tlir- Times.)
CHESTER VA., Oct- 28.-The Rich?
mond and Petersburg Railroad company
is progressi ng with their work in straight?
ening their line between this point and*
Port Walthall, south of Ibis place?. it
Fenns sin;ng<? to many old citizens, who
arc thoroughly acquainted with the coun?
try, to note that ibis change will give al?
most an air line trom Port .-annali to
Chester, and yet cross their present track
almost at right ancles at one point. Put
?such is the fact, and the change, when
completed, will add much to the improve?
ment of?-lhe- road.
BIG PILLS.
?? immense amount of earth, however,
will hav? to be moved, as the cuts and
tfills are- wry" heavy. The Western I'nion
?ias already moved their -poles and wires
to the new lines, "/?it it will be a good
?irhile yet before the railroad can com?
plete tho route.
Mr. Carpenter, a contractor on the
?electric road; expects to complete his con?
tract of gradin?-, ibis week, and will go
Xroni this work to tile Seaboard Air L.-ne
below Raleigh. N. C
THE LLKCTRIC LINE.
The electric road has now about com?
pleted all its grading between Richmond
and Petersburg, and is now busy laying
the rails from this point south. This
morning they laid the rails on the bridge
over the Coast Line, and will complete
tho crossing of the Farmvilie and Pow?
hatan Road- this afternoon. After this
-there will be nothing to impede their pro?
gress until they strike the Coast lane
again on the Lett Line Road near Peters?
burg, about which they ha?? such a clash
a couple? of weeks ago.
Mrs. F. P. Cummings, of this place, who
"?ins been so very ill, is saiel to be im
jirovinjr.
JOCKEY KILLED BY TRAIN.
The Fakirs Made an Early March oa the
Weldon Fair. .
(Sr-eclBl Dlt?jiat'ch"io Tlie. Times.)
WELDON. "?*. C, Oct. 28.?James V.'hit
aker. a little colored joe-key who has been
training at the Fair Grounds for the races
this week, was knocked from the railroad
Hack and killed by tho Atlantic Coast
Line fast mail early Sunday morning.
AVhitakcr was in town Saturday iiisht
and got drunk, lie. sat down upon the
cross ties, and it is supposed that he was
asleep when the train struck him.
Crowds are already beginning io come
in for the Fair, and the fakirs are here,
as usual, in numbers, and they will be
!gin to make things lively at the grounds
to-morrow, telling of the superiority of
their respective shows.
THE CLUB MAY MOVE.
Lnkesidc Members Talle of Going to West]
hampton.
There will be a riicetjng of the Banrd
of Directors of the Lakeside Club to-night
to consider the matter of the removal ^f
the club's quarters to "Westhampton.
There is no objection to the present lo?
cation. President Levin .Toynes says, ex?
cept tlie street-car facilities are very
?poor. It seems very likely that the change
will be made
Following are the directors just chosen
for the* year: Messrs. O. P.. Hill. J. P.
"McGuire. Jr.. H. A. Williams, H. Stewart
Jones. Levin Joynee, R. 11. Johnston. i\
W. Nolano. ?\*. A. Townes. E. T. Or-gain.
?G. "vT. "Warren, Berkeley Williams, and
E. T. D. Myers, Jr.
IN SELF-DEFENSE.
George Preston Gives This Reason for Killing
His Brother.
'Spedili Pispaloh to The Times.)
MARTINSVILLE, VA. October 2S.?
George Preston, who killed his
?brother on Saturday night with a knife
in a light over a rabbit, at Axton, in this
county, was arrested yesterday by Sheriff
B. E. Davis and is now in guard in this
place. His plea, is self defense
John Cox has been arrested and placed
in th?* county jail for a felonious assault
on Daisy Hairston.
THE TRACKS COMPLETED.
Lice to Westhampton Will Soon Be Com?
pleted.
The "Westhampton Park Company has
completed the laying of the tracks to the
park and the work of stringing the wires
Ss coing along satisfactorily. There will
be many suburban homes built at the
park.
Four of the twenty new cars for the
Traction,, .Company have reached Rich?
mond. ?
But few of the Traction mon have sign?
ed the twelve-hour day petition.
Church Dedicated.
*Sr"?<?I?d r>i)-]>a'ch to 'Die Tliiirn )
BBOOKNKAL?. VA.. e)et. 28.?Sharon
Methodist Episcopal Church was dedi?
cated yesterday. The congregation for?
merly ? orshipped two miles from Nasuna",
a depot on the Lynehburg and Durham
division of the Norfolk and Western; but
now they have a neat house at the d??
p?t, aud yesterday was a great day with
them. Rev. Sidney peters, of Hampton,
?preached the sermon, and ???? a collec?
tion.
"Mr. Peters was very felicitous in his
introductory remarks. Five years ago he
labored in this li' id and is very popular
with all oi the people.
Rev. W. J. Williams, retiring pastor of
this Circuit, has the hearts of all the peo?
ple. Tbe people bate to see him leave.
His life and labors have been a benedic?
tion.
A series of revival services rue in pro
g-reae at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the
preaching being done by Rev. Geo. Brax
ton "Taylor, D. D., of West Appomattox.
Its Causes.
"When you are suffering agony, as most
people do when troubled with a severe
case of piles, you are in no condition tn
listen to an argument as to its causes'
what you desire is to be cured Th!? ?".,".
%iR4^si?TT?ikABsoi-"E" im?
primo
Pile
Preparation.
strictly complying with directions as tc
it? use.
Price 2Sc For Sale by AH Droj-flsts.
IS IT AN EPIDEMIC?
Vital Statistics Show an Alertainj Increase
in a a Already Prevailinj Disease.
Arc Any Exempt ?
At no time in the hifdpry of disease
has there been' such an alarming increase
in the number of cases of any particular
malady as in that of kidney and bladder
tioubles now preying upon the people of
this country, *
To-day we see a relative, a friend or an
?acquaintance apparently well, and in a
few days we may be grieved to learn of
their serious illness or sudden ? death,
e-ti.M-d by that fatal type of kidney trou
:.!<- ?'.right's Disease;
KidnY,; trouble often becomes ad?
vanced into- acute stages before the
nlliicted is aware of its presence; that is
why wc r?ead of so many sudden deaths
or prominent business and professional
men. physicians and others. They have
.1.everted to stop the leak in time.
V.'hile scientists are puzzling their
brains to und out the cause, each indi?
vidual can, by a little precaution, avoid
the chances of contracting dreaded and
dangerous kidney trouble, or eradicate it
completely from their system if already
alili- ted. Many precious lives might
have ?been, and many more can yet be
'saved, by paying attention to the kidneys.
Ail who have any symptoms of
kidney or bladder trouble may write
to-day to Dr. Kilmer and Company,
Tinghamton. N. Y.. for a free sample bot?
tle of Swamp-Root, the celebrated speci?
fic which is having such a great demand
and remarkable success in the cure of the
most distressing kidney and bladder
troubles. With the sample bottle of
Swamp-Root will also be sent free a. ;
pamphlet and treatise of valuable infor?
mation. When writing, mention that you
read this generous offer in the Itichflmond
Times.
HAS NOTHING
TO TAKE BACK
General Reyes Says His Tribute t?
Spain Was Appropriate,
HE HAS BEEN CONGRATULATED
American D'iejates Were Pleased With
His Speech?SHgh? .Misunderstanding
About Select Sessions?Secreta?
ries Took O??ense.
(By Associate?] Fioss.)
MEXICO CITY. Oct. CS.?General Raefiel
Reyes, delegate to the Pan-American Con?
gress from Colombia, and president o?
?that"country, said to-day to the repre?
sentative of The Associated Press, in al?
lusion to the Washington comment "on his
speech at the banquet of Mexico's City
Council to the delegates in which he paid
tribute to Spain:
* 1 see nothing to modify in my words
if properly understood. On the one hand
it seemed to me natural. and proper on
an occasion when the representatives of
all the nations of Spanish origin of this
continent were .gathered together, to re?
call the common source of our civilization
and pay a tribute of gratitude to our
common mother country: on the other
lttind. 1 statini that 1 believed the United
States delegates, as representatives of a
generous people, would endorse that act
as eminently right and proper. I also
affirmed that the mission of the United
States was one of progress, civilization
and liberty, which we would carry over
the continent by means of its railroads
and industries. 1 see no incompatibility
between those sentiments and the recog?
nition that in all the interests .of the
American continent the United States
ought to take the lead as along wit la
Mexico it did in convening this confer?
ence."
General Reyes added that he had been
privately congratulated? on his speech by
Mr. Davis and John Barrett, the United
States delegates, so that evidently tliey
had seen nothing blameworthy in ii.
SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
A slight misunderstanding occurred at
this morning's ssssion. When the mem?
bers of the Congress assembled in the
hall of sessions the Mexican delegation
announced that it desired to hold'a secret
session of delegates, -excluding the secre?
taries of the delegations. Some of the
secretaries took offense and on leaving
the room declared they would not return.
11 developed that the subject which it
was desired' to treat in secret was an In?
cident at the banquet1 of th?3 City Coun?
cil, when only the delegates were invited
and no secretaries. This was a-necessary
measure, as no loom in the City Hall
would have been large enough to con?
tain the party had the secretaries been
j invited, especially as some of the South
American delegations have as many or
more secretaries than delegates.
It was desired at the secret session to
explain the occasion for non-invitation
to the secretaries, and to say that no
slight had been intended, but curiously
enough the action taken to remove the
offense" resulted in giving new offense.
The session this morning was taken up
with discussions of regulations.
The comments of the German press on
Itha Pan-American Congress furnished
much matter for informal discussion
among the delegates 10-day.
NEWS FROM BARTON HEIGHTS.
Gassi*) About the Folk of Ihe North-;
side.
Mr. ('harie.?- H. Page is still confined to
the residence of his son-in-law. Mr. K.
!.. Smith, on Lamb Avenue and Battery
Street.
Mr. Llnwood Jones has returned t<* his
residence, on North Avenue and Roberts
Street, after a very pleasant visit to
friends and relatives in Petersburg. Ya.
Mr. Arthur Faulkner, of Lamb Avenue
and Dove Street, left Sunday for
Washington. D. C-, on a business trip
in tlie interest oi the McCormick llar
?-.'sting Machine Company.
Mrss. Saunders. who has been vislstlng
her brother. Captain R. L. Glinn, o?
North Avenue and Roberts Street, lelt
Sunday to visit friends 0:1 Chestnut
Hill, from where- she will return to her
home, in V.'illiamsburg, Va.
There ?v?l be a reception on Friday
night, given by the Ladies' Aid Society
of the Ovcrbroolc Presbyterian Church,
in honor of their new pastor. Mr. J. A.
MeCluro.
Mr. J. T. Crockfbrd has returned to 'ils
home, on Lamb Avenue, after a very
Successful business trip to Eastern Shore
Virginia.
Mr. Elkins, of Groensvlllo county, is
the guest of Mrs. Noreila. Johnson, ot
Monti iro Avenue.
Mr. Frank Purvis, of Ncrth Avenue
and Home Street, has left to visit his
mother, at Oak Ridge, Nelson county.
Va., and will be gone about two weeks.
Mr. R. T. Broaddus has returned to
his rfrsl.'.once, on- ???^?d; Avenue and.
Kerstcn Street, after "a pleasant time
hunting and fishing at the home of his
sister. Mrs. M. W, Andrews, Essex coun?
ty, Va.
Mr. C. M. Fulllam and wife, formerly
of Barton Heights, but now of Richmond',
paid a visit to some of their friends on
the Hill on Saturday evening. *
Mr. Harry and William Yager, his bro?
ther, two of the most popular conductors
on the First-Street line, :are quite slcK
and confined? to their residence, near
Lakeside Park. ?J. -.. --^. -i
COLORED FAIR IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Aycock Will Make the
Opening Asdress.
WILL TREAT THE RACE PROBLEM
His Speech Looked Forward to With Deep
Interest?No Clue to the Murder of the
Negro on the Midway of The State
Fair?A Successful Revival.
(Si>o<ri.-?? DlMi-iteb to Tho Times.)
RALEIGH, N. C? Oct. 28.?The negroes
will open their North Carolina State Fair
in this city at noon to-morrow. The open?
ing address will be delivered by Governor
Aycock. He will treat the.race problem
at considerable length. The people here
an? awaiting his address with considera?
ble interest. Indications are that the ne?
gro fair will be quite successful, both as
to exhibits and attendance.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
No one has yet been arrested for the
tmirdtr of Joe Ross, the negro who was
feiund burned-to death in the refreshment
tent an the State Fair "Midway last week.
Although the coroner's jury rendered a
verdict that the deceased came to bis
death by heat and suffocation after being
foully dealt with by parties unknown,
there seems to be really no clue to the
guilty party. The evidence indicating
foul play is the fact that the shanty ?.vas
locked from the outside, and about a.half
hour or such a matter before the lire cries
of distress were heard in the direction of
the tent." but were not definitely located.
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL.
A very successful three-weeks' revival
serviere by Rev. Lawrence B. Greenwood
was closed at the ' Tabernacle Baptist
Church Sunday, and Jlr. Greenwood has
gone to Wilmington to conduct a meet?
ing In the First Baptist Church there;
About forty persons have joinetl Taber?
nacle. Church, and there were over a hun?
dred professions as a. result of the trie?t
0B1TUARY.
Frank M. Wise.
Mr. Frank M. Wise, who. on Fri Jay af?
ternoon last, was stricken with paralysis
while at work at his desk in tho Mer?
chants' National Bank, died > ??'?reviy
morning at 3 o'clock, at his t--silence,
No. 204 East Main Street. Frjm ?. lew
hours after he suffered the stroke up to
the time of his death he was unconscious
and unable to recognize those about h.s
bedside. But slight hope was entertain?
ed at any time for his recovery. ^ic-had
no premonition of tlie stroke.
Mr. Wise was born in the county of Ac?
comac, and his parents were Tully R.
anel Margaret D. .'. Wise. His brothers
were James M. Wise,. Peyton Wise. T.
R. Wise, John H. Wise, L. W. Wise and
Geo- D. Wise. He had one sister. Sarah
E. Wise, who died during tne war. Re?
signing a lucrative? position in the _-e
partment of the Interior to come South.
Mr. Wise served in the Confederate army
and was engaged in several battles fought
around Richmeim". After the war he was
associated in business here in Richmond
with his brothers, James M. and Peyton
Wise, as commission merchants, under
tne style "Wise Brothers," anel upon the
dissolution of that firm became connected
with the Mercliants' Nationel Bank, where
he- renia-n?e? until his death, serving suc?
cessili. iy as bookkeeper! receiving teller
and discount clerk. He married Miss Li
Ion Tompkins. -aughter of the late Col.
Christopher Q. Thompkins. She. with one
child. Ellen D. Wise, survives him.
Mr. Wise was faithful, efficient and con?
scientious in the elischarge of every' tluty,
and always enjoyed the confidence, love
and esteem "of those with whom he was
associated. Of a gentle and lovable tlispo
sition. "and nf warm and generous im?
pulses, he was devoted to his ?.amlly;, anel
when not engaged in business spent his
whole time with them. He never sought,
nor cared for, public positions, but was
always active and prompt in business
pursuits. ?
. The funeral will take place Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock from St.
Jame.?-' (Episcopal) Church, Rev.
Ro.iert ?.?range officiating in the absence
of the vector. The following gentlemen
will act as pall bearers:
Active?James W. Gordon Allen M.
Lyon. Fred W. Scott. Thomas M. -Jin
ford. Dr. Augustus W. Bee. Maj. Otway
S. Allen, Bev. T. Crump, idalcolir Car
rington Wm. B. Lightfoot.
: Honorary?Dr. James jj. McCaw <.rm.
M. Brielgcs. Col. Archy Anderson, R. W.
Watkins. "fiamos R- W?rth, Judge S. B.
Witt,* John P. Branch, James B. Pace,
Wm. M. Archer. Dr. J. N. Upshur, Rich?
ard A. Dunlapi Dr. ?\ . A. Deas.
John If. Howell.
Mr. John ..,'. Howell, an employe of the
William R. Trigg Company, dropped dead
Sunday night at S:'"0 o'clock at his home,
No. -02 East Main Street.
Mr. Howell was born in King William
county and moved io this city about six
months ago. He leaves two sons anel
tnree daughters, who are Frank, James,
Sarah. Mary and Lottie IidWell.
The remains Avere taken to Bester man?
or yesterday afternoon lor burial.
Mrs. \V. ,Vi. Jennings.
Mrs. Alice Mills Jennings, wife of Rev.
W.?? ?. Jennings.- toed last Friday night
at Clealum. Washington State.
Mrs. Jenningswas the daughter of Mrs.
M. B* Mills, cf this city, and wies married
In Richmond April 17. 1S94. to the Rev.
W. .m. Jennings and had s.nce resided in
St. Clair. Penn., where Mr. Jennings bas
been located ili charge of the Baptist
Church.
Thinking that a change of climate
would- be beneficial to Mrs. Jennings?
health. Mr. Jennings connected himself
with the Baptist denomination of Wash?
ington State and left for there October
ISth.
Deceased was a woman of lovely
Christian character and was a tii?;
Cured of
?f ter ??any Years.
Mrs. D. E. Reed, of Albany, says: "I
would not take $500- and be placed back
where I was before I used Pyramid Pile
cure: I suffered for years and It is now IS
menths since I used" it and' not-the slight
cat trace of the trouble has" returned."
For sale by all druggists. Little book
"Piles, Causes and Cure" mailed *"ree.
Pyramid Drug? Co., Marshall. Mieli.
FOR RELIABLE
- HATS,
SHIRTS, ?
UNDERWEAR and
NECKWEAR,
..CALL ??..
MUSCOE H. G?RNETT,
Cor. 8th and Main Sts.
less worker In. church circles. She
is survived by two children?Nellie
and Wf-uon?agrd respectively rive and
three .wars, and in Riehmond by her
mother, Mrs. M. l?. Mills and her sisters
Mrs. G. O. ?tali. Mrs. Mary M. Stratton,
Mrs. James M. Carter, of Henrico coun?
ty; Mrs. J. T. Lcavell, of Washington.
D. C\: .Mrs. H. M. Fitzhugh, of Fred?
ericksburg; Mr. ELM: Mills, of Richmond;
and Mr. W. M. Mills,, ?f Newport News.
?Mrs. Alice Puller.
Mrs. Alice Pu..er died at 1 o'clock yester?
day morning at her residence, No. 21 V est
Marshall Street. She was stricken with
paralysis some time ago and never re?
covered.
Mrs. fuller was the widow of Mr. J. B.
Puller, a relative of Chief Puller, of the
Fire Department. She leaves four chil?
dren?Messrs. Orc?way Puller. B.? Puller
and Marye Puller and' Mrs. Ei.ie Loomis.
all ot this city; and three sisters. Mrs.
W. ... Sizer and Mrs. F. S. Dalton, of
this city, and Mrs. J. J. Terrell, of Mis?
sissippi.
The funeral will take place at .1:30
o clock this afternoon from the
Seventh-Street Christian Church, the pas?
tor, the Rev. Carey E. Morgan, conduct?
ing the service.
George Gordon.
Mr. George Gordon; a well known citi?
zen of Henrico. died yesterday afternoon
at his residence on the Craighton road,
Mr. Gordon was in his sixty-second year,
and was a native of j.unly, Aberdeen,
Scotland.
The funeral will take place from St.
Patrick's Church to-morrow morning at
9 o'clock and the interment will be made
at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
.Mrs. Mary B. Scott.
Mrs. Mary B. Scott, wife of Mr. J. A.
Scott, died Sunday night at 7 o'clock in
her home. No. 300 South Laurel Street.
The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock
this afternoon from the Third Christian
Church. The burial will be in Oakwood.
I.ifants D:ad.
Ramond Franklin Duggins, the infant of
Mr. and Mrs. Nannie C. Duggins. died
Saturday night at 11:03 o'clock in the
home of his grandfather, Mr. .1. F. Wing
field, No. 313 West Marshall Street. The
funeral took place from the house yester?
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Emma Catherine Thorp, the infant of
?r. W. A. and Mrs. Annie Clark Thorp,
died Sunday morning at '.? o'clock. The
funeral took place from the house. No.
420 Reservoir Street, yesterday ;u,.erno?n
at 1 o'clock.
Charles Baker.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
EMPORIA. YA.. Oct. 2S-?Mr. Charles
Baker died yesterday morning at his resi?
dence in North Emporia. He was the
manager of the Fanners' Supply Com?
pany, and attended to the business on
Saturday till a late hour in the afternoon.
At 10 o'clock he was taken very sick and
died ?Sun'day morning. Mr. Baker's death
caused a shock to the entire community
and is deeply deplored.
He was' regarded as a leading business
man of the town, holding many offices of
trust; was a member of the Board of Su?
pervisors for the county, a director in
the Greenesville Bank, and leader in every
enterprise for the upbuilding and progress
of the town: He was hardly in the prime
of his life, and his friends thought he
had many years of usefulness before him,
but truly in the midst of life we 'are in
death. He leaves a widow and five chil?
dren, an aged father, three brothers and
two sisters.
The funeral will take place at the Hio*--s
ford Methodist Church at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon. The interment will be in the
cemetery here.
Rev. Joshua Charlton Fleelwood.
(Special Dispatch to Tho Times.)
BOYKIN, YA.. Oct. 2S.?Rev. Johua
Charlton Fleetwood, an honored and suc?
cessful minister of the Baptist Church,
died at his residence in Northampton
county, N. C. very early yesterday
morning, aged 7-1 years. He leaves many
ohildren and friends to mourn his death.
He was a good man.
The funeral will be held to-day. and the
body wul be interred at the family bury?
ing ground near by h.s residence.
Mrs. E. A. Scott.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.) ,
FARMY1LLE. YA., Octob?.-r 2?.?
Mrs. E. A. Scott, a former resident ot
Farmville and'the mother of Mr. John A.
Scott, died at thfe home of Mr. A. J.
Davis, iu Mecklenburg county. yester<-uy
at the. advanced? age of ninety-four years?.
The body will lie brought here to-night
for interment in the Farmville Cemetery
to-morrow.
John Walter R?b?r?s.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
SUFFOLK. YA.. Cet. 2S.?John Walter
Roberts, county treasurer, died this after?
noon at his home, in Isle of Wight county,
aged about seventy years. He had an
arm shot off in the Civil War. He was
one of seven brothers who fought for the
Confederacy. None but him was wound?
ed. Among those surviving is Postmas.cr
Hen Roberts, of Windsor.
Dr. Geirg? N. lialstead.
fRpeoIal Dis;:-oih <o Th?? Times.)
NORFOLK YA., Oct. 2S.?Dr. George
N. Halstcad, aged sixty-one years, did
to-day at his home in Norfolk county, lie
was a surgeon in the'Confederate navy
and past commander of Ni?mfey?r-Shaw
Camp, Confederate Yeterans.
Mr. Pulaski Cowper.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
RALEIGH, N. C. Oct. 2S.?Mr. Pulaski
Cowper."president of the "North Carolina
Home'Insurance Company, died this fore?
noon in the seventieth year of his age.
He had been president of the North Caro?
lina Homo Insurance Company for two
years.
DEATHS.
ENGLISH.?Died, at the residence of his
father, No. 1014 Park Avenue. Monday,
October ?Sth; at 11 P. M.. JOSEPH AU?
GUSTINE ENGLISH, in the twenty
second year of his age.
Funeral notice later.
r
GORDON.?Died, at his residence, Craig
ton Road, Henrico count?- *?t 2:20 P. M..
Monday. October 2.S. inni. GEORGE
GORDON", in the sixty-second wr of
his age. Born in Huntlv, Aberdeen,
Scotland.
The funeral will take olace at St.
Patrick's Catholic? Church TO-MOR?
ROW (Wednesday) MORNING at f?
o'clock. Friend's and acauaintauces pre
respectfully invited to attend. Interment
iu Mt Calvary Cemetery.
??"????
Buffalo EHI Gets'Em Gchg.
(Special Dispatch to Tie Times.)
DANVILLE. VA., Qct. 2S.-Buffalo Bills
show will be here to-morrow. The indi?
cations are the city will be crowded as
never before. Wagons from the surround?
ing country are pouring in every hour.
Extra police are on and the city has as?
sumed a holiday attire. Banks will close
at noon to-morrow, and many of the fac?
tories and stores will close at.the same
hour. .?
This is the first time the show has ever
[ been to Danville.
OYSTERMEN GIVE .
UP THE BUSINESS
Merchants Who Sell Them Supplies
Compi?in of Dull Times,
MRS.STEVENSGRANTED DIVORCE
Splendid Prices Obtained for Apples Shipped
to Liverpool?A Prominent Citizen of Or?
ange Observes His 78th Birthday With
?Many Descendant? Around Him.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
FREDERICKSBURG. VA., Oct. 3S.?Mr.
James Garnett, a well known citizen of
Caroline county, dropped dead a few days
ago, while attending to his usual duties
at his.home and farm, aged seventy years.
A wife, and one son survive him.
Oystermen along the Potomac have be?
come so discouraged at the scarcity of
the oysters that many of them have quit
the business and gone to the cities for
employment. Country merchants along
the river and tributaries, who formerly
did a thriving business with tongmen
and dealers, are complaining of dull
times.
Rev. J. T. Eubank has tendered his r?s?
ignai on as pastor of Bethel Church, in
Caroline .county.
Mrs. 'Mary E. Stevens has been granted,
in the Corporation Court here, an abso?
lute divorce from her husband, George
Stevens, on the ground of desertion.
UNVEILING POSTPONED.
The time for the unveiling of the Con?
federate monument at Madison Court?
house has been postponed, the exact date
to be announced later. It was found
that the monument could not be com?
pleted by October 31st, the time origi?
nally selected.
The cornerstone laying at Rochelle,
Madison county, has been postponed to
Saturday, November 2d.? -
Mr. Charles Waugh, a prominent citizen
of Orange county, celebrated his seven?
ty-eighth birthday a few days ago at
his home in that county. The occasion
was a very happy one. More than 100
guests were present, including children,
grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
friends. Mr. Waugh has eight children
living, 'forty-eight grandchildren and
twenty great-grandchildren. An elegant
collation, comprising choicest viands and
delicacies, was served, 'and the occasion
was an enjoyable one to all present.
- Mr. E. F. Porter, of Westmoreland
county, raised eighteen bushels of corn
on one-eighth of ap acre from one quart
of Dent seed corn.
BARN BL'RNED.
Tho barn belonging to Mr. C. R. Cole?
man, in Spotsylvania county, was de?
stroyed by lire, together with contents,
entailing quite a. heavy loss. No insur?
ance. The lire is supposed to have been
of incendiary origin.
The suit of Mr. Carter Honey against
the city for alleged damages from run?
ning a sewer through his property, re?
sulted in a verdict 'for the city, Mr.
Honey having already been compensated
to the extent of the amount fixed by
commissioners for laying the sewer.
Mr. C. Ii. Woods, of Rappahannock
county, shipped a car-load of apples to
a commission firm in the Liverpool mar-?.
ket and received $"'.52 per barrel for Yorks
and S?.72 for pippins.
Captain John II. Davis, of Westmore?
land county, a gallant ex-Confederate,
member of Company E. Fifty-fifth Vir?
ginia. Infantry, during the Civil War, is
dead.
Mr. Conway M. Lawrence, formerly of
this city, ''now of Vicksburg, Miss., was
married a few days ago to Aliss Belle
Crook, of that city. Mr. Alexander Fitz
hugh, formerly of this city, was best man.
In a game of football here between the
junior team of Fredericksburg College
and a team composed of pupils of the
public schools neither side scored, and
the result was a tie.
AINLY ?/jiBOUT I EOPLE
Misses Daipy and Bessie Crawfoid, of
Roanoke. aie guests of Mrs Jarnos ?.
Marshall.
Mr. William H. Hefner leaves t.o-dav for
Rock Hill, \". C, where he goes to attend
the Sykes-Barber wedding.
Mr. R. H. Beasley, editor of the South
Boston News, and his wife, who have been
spending a short time in this city, re?
turned borne yesterday morning.
James" Taylor, a negro man. was ar?
rester yesterday for stealing a horse,
the property of Mr. C. I?:. Short, of
Petersburg, He was caught on the horse
by Mr. Short and t?ke-n t?> the First Po?
lice Station.
Mr. W. A. Broidy, vice-president and
general manager of the Allen-Broid'y
Compahy. has gone on a northern tour
for the purpose of buying goods for the
firm. He will go as far north as Bridge?
port, Conn.
Mr. George W. MeCreery. for many
years a valued' employe of the Southern
Railway Supply Company, has returned
home from ?Mexico, where he went last
January in search of health, but he found
the climate did not suit him.
Hen. John E. Epps and a party or
friends returned yesferday from Cohoke.
in King William county, where they have
been fishing for several days. " They
bagged a number of tine chub and perch
and enjoyed their trip very much.
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Captain Charles faville's Resignation Will Be
Returned lo Him.
The resignation of Captain Charles O.
Saville, of Company A, will not be ac?
cepted by Colonel Anderson unlrss Cap?
tain Saville positively insists upon its
going to the Governor.
A delegation of his company waited
upon him yesterday and urged him to
withdraw it. The oflicers of the regiment
/have also urgtd him to withdraw, and
it is very likely that he will do so. Vie
stated yesterday that he would take the
matter under consideration and announce
his determination at the meeting of his
company on Friday night.
Tho men under Captain Saville are
much wrought up over the matter, and
they are leaving no stone unturned to
induce their captain to reconsider his
move. Adjutant C. Gray Bossieux has al?
ready set his foot on the resignation and
he is aiding the members of Company A
to get the popular captain to withdraw
the paper.
DALLAS, TEX.?The Texas Supreme
Court to-day decided in favor of the 3t.
Louis-Southwestern Railway Company
and against Secretary of State Todd In
a! case where the secretary attempted to
collect S3.C00 for filing an amendment to
its charter.
OUT OF DEATH'S JAAVS.
"When death seemed very near from a
severe stomach and liver trouble, that I
had suffered with for years," writes P.
Muse, Durham, N. O. "Dr. King's New
Life Pills saved my life and gave perfect
health." Best nills on earth and only 25c.
at Owens and Minor's drug store.
It's a habit?and a bad one
Constipation dulls body and brain. Tho "regular" average man
works herder?does more-lasts longer than the Constipated Geniu?*.
You must remove the poison of clogged bowels from the system.
Here's safe and certain means:?It insures regular?easy movemen.s.
Has no calomel, aloes or opiates. Gently stimulates the liver?keeps
the bowels regular?cIeai-3 head. Insures health.
Mason's BROWN Tablets cure Constipation
Bilious and Liver Troubles, Bad Breath?0. K. In the mornlr***.
fin Calo-net, AIMS or Upfc.es.
Mason's Yellow Tablets Care
DYSPEPSIA '
Sea aad Car Sickness. Headache
Brain and Nerve Tonic, 10c
Mason's Brown Tablets Core
CONSTIPATION
. Billons and Liver Troubles?
0. ?C. in tbe mornln;, 10c.
Mason's Red Tablets Cure
COUGHS
Bronchitis. Dad Breath? -
Sure of a eight's rest. 10c
??j
mum
Mason*? While Tablets Care
SORE THROAT
Tonsilitis. Colds?
Rcdnce Inflammation. IOc
Mason's Cream of Ollres Cares
CATARRH
Croap, Pimples, Neuralgie.
Burns aad Plies, 25c
AH Druggists or mailed for price by
0. T. MASON CUEM1CAL CO.,
521 Arch Street.
Pblladelnbla. P?
r
Connecticut Pie Company, ?..
8 ? Mosby Street.
Makes Pies Fit for the King.
Fresh from the Bakery Daily.
Have you Tasted Them?
Delicious, Delicate and Whole?
some.
Sold by Dealers Everywhere.
Connecti?uit I?i-e Corra-pa-aray.
Customer wishing
to dispose of
LANDAULETTE
CARRIAGE,
like cut shown will
sell
S13200
Carriage at very low figure. Can be closed or open.
Great bargain. Can be seen at
DAVID A. ?lNSLIE'S, Tenth Street
Notice is required of the use of electricity
for light and power in insured buildings.
Permits for its use are granted when the
installation is in accordance with the rules
of the National Board ot Fire Under?
writers, otherwise no liability is assumed
for loss or damage from electric fires.
Mutual Assurance Society of Ya.,
EDWIN A. PALMER, Secy, j
i
With some of those pretty colored Bordered Muslin
Curtains we are selling so many of. Every variety
of Lace Curtains; come in and let us show them to
you.
Carpets, Portieres, Rugs.
Until further notice no
change will be made by us
in price of fuel. Those in
need of fuel, however, will
make no mistake in pur?
chasing now and having it
put away.
As usual,, we are well
stocked and able to make
deliveries at short notice.
Our prices are regular. We
are not cutters.
Our fuel is clean and dry
and we have never yet been
called upon to furnish guar?
antee certificates to our
weights.
Both 'phones.
JGhmondlceCo.
A. D. LANDERKIN,
Secretary and Treasurer.
MEETING OF MEDICAL SOCIETY OF VIR?
GINIA, LYNCHBURG. S5.?0 ROUND TRIP
VIA C. & 0.
For the meeting of tlie Medical t-oolety
of Virginia, at Lynchburg, Va.. .Novem?
ber ?th to 7th. the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway will sell tickets from Richmond
Ito Lynchburg and return on November
4th. ?th and 6th, good for return untU
I November 9th at rata of J*
Weddings.
beautiful creations in
Sterling Silver?the larqest
and best selected stock ap?
propriate for 'wedding gifts.
Prices unquestionably the
lowest.
Tlie Nowlan Co.
921 East Main Street.
..THE.. <
LEXINGTON LAUNDRY ! ?
712 East Broad. <
DsHvery Sams Day. S
?Phones: 2?\w? :4?. 01d?2lC4. J
\VK WANT YOl'liOUDElt?
for coal ?and wood the ensuinx sea*- ?
Our long experience in the business en?
ables us to guarantee you entire satisfac?
tion. Office ana yara. -seventeenth Street,
between Cary and Dock.
J. H. WARDEN & CO.