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BODIES ARE
IDENTIFIED
Several Found Floating in
the River at Norfolk.
POWHATAN WAS FLOATED
The Board of Health Has Recomrnended
That Indlvldual Drinklng Cups Bo
Provlded for Children of Public
School for Sanitary Reason.
(Spocl-l l" ***?><? Tlmos-Dl-P-tcli.)
NORFOLK, VA., Mnrch 2_.-Tho b_~y
of tho man found floating ln lho rlvcr
ln Fobruary nnd buried ns an unknown,
wns exhumed and Identlfled thls morn?
lng. "Thomas Corrldon, of Washington,
arrlved here wllh tlio Impresslon that tho
body was that ot hls unclo, Willlam
Bresnnhnn, n brlckmaaon of Washing?
ton. Thomns Corrldon wns nccompunlod
by T Flgg. a bricknuison of Portsmouth,
who knew Brosnnhan ln Washington. nnd
iiad seon hlm after ho camo hore. They
sold that Brcsnahan had como hero to
Work nt hls trado in Hampton. but thoy
do not know whether ho worked after
l,o camo horo at all. They havo no theory
ns to how tho mnn met hls death. But
Dr Odond'hal, tho coroner, who c:tamlned
the body, says lhat he ls confldent lho
death wns vlolent and unnatural nnd wus
caused by blows from a heavy and sharp
implement.
The body found flonllng at lho ferry
sllp yestorday wns Identlfled thls morn
_H ?.~~nu-.inA_ MI *__ J" -*!'l* ***" *?f
was omployod, tlll about two weeks ngo.
nt the barrel factory of B. B. Halstoad, in
Union Streot. lt was tlie tlmo book ot tho
employes of lho barrol factory found In
tho pocket of the dead man's clothes thut
-ave thu cli.0 of identlficatlon to Solo
man Bridgoforlh, tho morguo keeper, who
drew tho body from tho wntor yestorday
mornlng Whltehurst had boen omployod
Lt the barrel factory for several years
d'or good charaeter. Thero wero
"marks of viole.ico on tho body, and
lhe Tm.rosslon ot the coroner Is thnt tho
^noXrrtW was foundi flootlng
o^of^^"-" ?$3
Western Rallroad station. It was soon
rocogn "ed as the body of .Charles Petty,
who has been mlsslng ~Inco P*?n^
3d He left homo that mornlng as usual,
but wns seon soon nfterwards wlth two
.allorV who wero strangcrs to 1,1s friends.
But a_ Petty was a shlp carpentcr and a
seafaHng man. nothlng was' thought,Qr
Hls falluro to como home untll ton days
nft-rw-rds, wlien hls frlonds ncknowl
edcod. thel- approhonslon for hls safety.
mt absence was publlshed aud Incfuir os
woro mado. bat nothlng beyond tho -
rldont of lho sallors wns revculed untll
ne wator gavo up the dead bnrly to-day.
Petty wus thlrty-olght yoars o ago aml
n-natlve of Prlncess Anno county. Ihoio
wore no marks on the body. and Coroner
Knlght says that It seems a caso of simple
drownlng. Tho body was clalmod by Tot
ly's relatives Tor burlal.
* STBAMICR FLOATRP.
Tlie officeis of tho Morrltt & Chapmnn
Wrecking Company say thnt tho slonnior
nf the Merchants" and Mlnors' llno whleh
went ushoro during her trlp from here to
Baltlmore on Saturday was tho loy,
hatan, not lhe Kershnw ns roportod.- J lo
officers sny thnt thoy pulled hor bff Ut
Wolf Trap nt 3:30 o'clock yestorday morn?
lng, nnd that they ought to know whleh
ve ssel sho wus. The shlp ls reported not
lnjured and continued hor trip to Baltl
mThe steamer Norfolk. whlch camo In
from AVashlngton thls mornlng, lost hor
propoller nt the dock, and llos thero
helpless now. Thore wlll be no stenmor
out to Washington to-nlght.
A murder occurred at Churchlnnd Sun?
day mornlng. A.crowd had congregnted
nnd was kept in the placo by the raln. A
dNnute aroso between Churloy Martin,
aliris "Hoghead." aiul another inan named
Britt'' Martin, who is un old offender,
and looked upon us u dangerotls man.
drew a knlfo and stahbod the other man
In tho heart. Britt ran from tlm houso
nnd fell dead ln a fleld noar hy. Ihe
murderer made hls cscapo and has not
boen caplured. lt Is sald thut thqro was
bad blood between tho men, und .that
Martin had onco served u term In tho
county jall for OUttlllg Britt.
BUT SF.VI.N PLAIN IJIIUNICS.
Tho police docket fir tlio two days
showed but seven cases of plain dnlnks
thls mornlng. The ollli-crs und frlonds pt
tho admlntstratlon nre polntlriR wlth
prldo to that record-ns showlng tho lm?
provement in lho order, hahlls aud
moruls of tho elty. Meaiillmo, however,
the docket was pretty well lllled wlth
nnmes of persons charged wlth ot.her
offenses, Ihus rcmlndlng tho crusaders
that thero wlll be stlll snmethlug to bo
done even whon lhe cltlzens shall havo
been reconstrucled as to Bobrloty, Stlll.
yosterday was a dry Sunduy and tho
person who wanled n drlnk nt n bur
went to somo trouble to tlnd It. Tho so?
cial clubs were stlll iu operatlon.
Tho Board of Health hus roconiriiondod
that Indlvldunl drinkliiff cups bo pro?
vlded for tin- ohlldren of the publlc
schools as a sanitary proeautlou, The
board considered tho subject to-nlght at
the request of the School poar.,
YAL1. Tl-.AM COM1NO,
The Irunsformntlon of I_n.nyetto foot
ball Held lnto a baso-ball park Is rapld.
Tho giidirou, on whlcli ~ome of tho
greatest font-lmll biittlOB of the South
were fought during thu past season, ls
belng replueed wlth u dlumond, for bat
lle_ wllh thu |,:it. in addltion to tho
chango of tlie llcld, there wlll bo nn?
other grand Htaild, wlllcll will .u .oiniiio
duto 1,000 HpoctutoiH. Tbo loft fleld
fenco Is moved back nnd 'ho park I-*
made Kquaro, so thut Norfolk wlll havo
ono of tho fliieat alhlc-tlo iiarks iu tho
? South. Manager A.hton Dobl~, of tho
Universlty of Vlrglnla l~i_o-bull learn,
hus pcheduled a gamo hero on Aprll Htli
wlth tlio Valo ba.-c-ball team. Both Vak
anrt Virginla havo inudo u good showlng
during tho prellminary pruetlco (.uinoit
played thls season, Whon tbe Vlrglnla
team arrives lt wlll havo met Lufuyette,
Brown. Pennsylvanla, Cornell and !,<??
hlgh Universlty teains und several olliot
mlnor Jcnrna. The. ~nihu~lnsis will u
ublo fo jud.* ,M'' ijuaUMea "' >'" Vlrglnla
team when lt nieeta the Yul. toain.
Great preparutlons havo hty.un at th,
Norfolk Country Club tor tho Bjirlnt
openlng. Whilo thoro wlll ho no forma
,-x>-i<:t__~, tho house iuid groundti un
belng put ln n-palr. Tlio tonnls courti
wlll he roady for tho pluy.rs m.-.t week
Tlio Virginia, t.nnis tournttinent wlll l~
played ut tbo Country Cllib during tla
?-_ok of June 8th. Tho Norfolk und A?
tuntlu TerinlB.?. R-ilwoy Cowyu,uyt wbl.l
passes tlio* club,' wlll hnvo a splondltl
unluxlui. for tlie club tn.mbera during tlie
spring ntitl flUhinior.
? i-#_-'-??
AUDUBON SOCIETY
Slale Organlxatlon Effected nt Greenu**
boro Saturday Nlght.
(Speclul to Tho Tlmos-DlBpntcli.)
GREENSBORO, N. C, Mnrch 23.?The
Stnto Anduban Socloty, unilor tlio provl
?lotis ot nn act of tho lnat Gonoral As
?embly, wo* orgrnnlzed horo Saturday
light wlth tho followlng offlcors: .T. V.
lordnn, iprosldont;/ J. Y. Joyner,
?Ico-prcsldent; T. Ollbert l'earson,
iocrotaryj R. N. Wllson, treasurer; Ex
icutlvo Commltteo, C. 13. Oold, Jr,, J. 1,
r-oiish, Henry C. Knox, Jr? S. XV. Bons
ey, C. P. AnVblor.
Hy-laws wero adopted, lho 1000
liembora of tlio voluntary orgnnlnatlon.
voto olected mombers of tho Olllclal ono.
I'ho seerotary was tllrecled to Invostlgato
ho rcnslblllty o. ostabllBlilng tbo gamo
vnrdon systom ln tlila State. Tlio chalr
iinn of tho Bxecutlvo Ooininlttco wlll
non call a mootlng of the- coininlttoo to
ip out tho work to bo dono, ln accord
inco wlth tho pro-vlslons of tho lnw.
Two rovlvnls wero begun horo yester
lay?oncJ at Westmlnstor Presbylerlnn
Jlnirch, conducted liy Rov. O. A. Glllos
>lo synodlcal evnngollst; tho othor at
Iprlng Gardon Streot Mothodist Church,
iy tho pastor, Dr. ll'XV. Crawford, ttfl
iisted by Evangollst K. C. Glenn. Ser
?lees yestorday and last nlght woro ltirgo
y attendod ln splte of lho continued
aln.
Mlss Susan K. "Wltherspoon dled at tho
osldortce of hor forothor, Captaln "Wnl
or "Wltborspooii, enrly yesterdny mnrn
ng; n.irodTiTty-four. Hor body wns Inlton
o Hlllsboro for burlnl thls morning. S'lO
vns a llnonl descondant ot Johu Wltbor
poon, ono of tho slgnera of tho Declnra
lon of Indopondence.
?-' ? '' .
STORM AT NORFOLK
*Jo Wrecks Reported as Yet?Railroad
Trafflc Suspended.
(Spoclnl to Tho TlmcB-nispnlch.)
NORFOIjiC, VA., Mnrch 23.?The grent
>st ralnfall of tho yoar, entlod nt 8 o'clock
hls moriring. Prom Saturday nlght un
II thls morning tho record at the -wenth
sr bureau sliows that the total preclpl
allon wns two Inchos nnd seventy-slx
lundredlhs. lt seomed as though tlie
loodgates of heaven wero opened wlde,
'or such a downpour has not been seon
lereabouls ln mnny months. Tho raln
.?osterday came down ln torrents and tbe
ower streets wero flooded. Tho llght
llng aiul tlmndoi* storm of yesterday
iflornoon was sovoro. Tho llghtnlng
ilayed havoc ln nnd out of. the clty.
I'ho blg polo on tho woathor buronu roof
ivhlch carries the eloctrlc slgnal llghts,
ivus struck by llghtnlng, whlch ran
lown to lho soacoa-st telegrnph wlre nnd
->ut tho llno "out of commlsslnn untll thls
Tiornlng. Several tolophono wires were
?truck nnd part of tlio service paralyzcd.
Commuiiicatlon wlth tho North Caro
Ina const wns not roatorod until 10
j'clock thls morning, nnd tho fnct that
io wrecks wero reported put the shlp
iltig Interests In oettcr heart, Thoy hnd
"enrod that tlie torrlflo gnlos of two
llghts nnd days wouid havo caused mnny
llsnsters to the shlpplng. Most of the
-'m'aller craft ln thls sectlon siicceeded
n rcaonlng Hampton Roads nnd safoty.
Tho tracks of the Seaboard Alr 1-1 no
Rnllwny on the Durhiim nnd Northern
Dlvlslon uro under water for a dlstnncc
nf n mllo and a linlt ln the Neuse Rlvor
valley. Trafflo ovi.-r tho flooded dlstrlct
has been suspended.
Tho Southorn Railway also suffers
rrom tho Hood, and has abandoned traf?
flc through Neuse valloy.
?
KILLED HIS BROTHER
fwelve-Year-Old Boy Handllng a Pisto
nnd This the Sequel.
(Special to Tho Tlmes-lMapatch.)
J.YNClimiRG, VA., Maroh 23.?Guy
r.lndsuy, olght-ycar-old son nf Conductor
Bookor P. T-lndsay, of tho Norfolk und
Wostorn, was fatal ly wounded yestordny
nfternoon by hls twolvo-yenr-old brother,
who was handllng a. plstol. Ho dlod this
morning at S* o'clock. Tho accident oc?
curred ut tho homo of Conductor 1-lnd
sny at Clay's Crosslng. a fow miles wost
of thls clty. ..???-?;.
About half-past 4 o'clock Elmore, tno
twelvo-yetir-old son of Mr. 1-lndsay, was
exnmlnlng ri 32-callbro hnmmorloss Smlth
cV-'Wosson rbvolver. AVhllo turnlng tho
oyllhdor wltlfMils ilngora a cartrldgo wus
exnloded nnd tho uullot passod through
tim stomaoli of hls blght-yoar-.olcl
brothor. Guy. who was stiuidlng noar.
The I'nmlly at onco roollzotl tho dangor
ous. nature of tho. wound. nnd a suminons
wiis sont to Dr. SniniK'l Uie, of Ihls clty.
Tho Norfolk und Wostorn placed a spo?
clnl train at tho convenlonco nf Br. UIO,
who ai ffl o'clock. wlth ti trnlned nurso,
loft for Glnv'H Crosslng. By request of
tho famlly 'ho performed nn oppratlon
on tlio lad. who, Howovor, was fatully
woumlod, nnd dlod this morning at 8
o'elnvk.
SL1RGEON-GENERAL RIXEY
University Medical Students Hear of
Navy Surgeon's Work.
(Kpi-elnl to Tl.o TlinoB-HlBpiitch.)
UNIVKIISITV OP VIRGINIA, VA..
Mnrch 2a.?Admlrul Presloy M. Rlxoy,
Surgonn-Clonertil Unltod Btnles Navy nnd
nn nluinnns of tlio Unlversity of Vlr
irlnln. gavo tho modlcml students of thln
hia U-utlon a very dollghtful und prollt
ablo tnlk Snturd.iy nlght. ?? **'? *';
vantages of lho Mnrlno Hosp tn) Berylcq
11 n, Calllng for Young Mon." DobpHo
'tho hoavy downpour of raln, tho sonlor
lnw lecturo room, whoro tho nddress wus
dbllvored. was erowded to lho doors. Dr.
Illwy pnld a hlgh tributo to tho Unl?
vorslty of Virginla mon who hnd boon
|? 'tbo imval ROfVlco, Tlo polutod out
tlmt tho rocont aotlpn of Congress wlik'h
callod for Iii" oxlrn Hurgoons for tlio
navy In tho noxt four yoars wouid glvo
rani'il promotlon to tho mnn liow ln tho
Bprvlco nnd also to thoso cntoriiig Ullrtor
tbo n.-w rulo. Qulto a niiinbcr ot BtU
ddnta l.nd n talk wltb tbo JQoqtpr aftor
1,1s ...l.l.-.ss nn.l a declilod Intorest ln thls
nervlco was uwakonod,
BALL LEAGUE FORMEl)
Danville, Greensboro, Lynchburg and
Roanoke Teams Compose it.
(Speclal 1" Tlio Tluios-IMspali-h.)
liVNl'liHUllli, VA.. March 23.?A bane
bull league was orgiinlze.l horo to-n.ht
eonslsllng of Danville, Gr.-onsboro,
I.ynohburg aud Hoanoko. lt wus tigicoil
tlmt }2.V1 shtiUld bo put up us u yimniiit.-i)
,,i coorl falth; that the salary llmlt should
|,t tW nol IncludliiK th? playlng inan
agor'a ialaryi tlmt tbo sousoi. gliould opon
on Thursday, April IWth! that tlie |oagl*?
Bhoiilll |iO callcl I*"* S'li'.h.ia-raiolliiii
l.,!iKuo, und tlmt lho vlsltlng club ahoult]
recetvo llfty per cent. pf tho plo ro*
V'.e.i llurper, ol I.yii'l.burg, was olectet
pii-Hldenl of lho longue; Judge A. H. Klng
of Hoanokf, vlce-piesldt'iit; li. J. Hitindt
pf d.-.-n.-boio, K. ?'?, secretary nml treaa
uret*. nii.1 theso ollicers, wlth K. 1'. Uiiltie
of Danville, und M. H. Dliigeo, of l.yi.cb
l.urg, illicitijis. (,'oininlttei-s wcie appolnt
td to (tr.ift by-law* and n cuiistltmluu ?"<
, tu uiTiiin-y' u Bvlietfulo, i
CANDIDATES
IN THE FIELD
Fight for State Senator in
Fredericksburg Distrlct.
WASHINGTON INN SOLD
Heavy Rainfall Slnce Saturday ln North?
ern Virginia and all the Streams Are
' Flooded?Steamers on the Rap?
pahannock Delayed.
.Rwelnl to Tlio T!m-~-W-Pnt<~0
FKFD1-U CKSBUBO. VA., March 23.
Promh,rent Democrats from Bpg* Van*
county, who woro hero yostet day. Btatoa.
tlmt tho namo of Judgo Roboit10.WU
ler of tho County Court. of Spotsylvania,
vl'l bo prosontod boforo tho noxt convon
tlo for lho Democrutfo nomlnation or
Stuto Senutor from this ^"f ? ' "'^
ls composed of Spotsylvania Do" sa and
Stafford countles. lUld.tho.p|ty:?01^ed
oi-icksburg. Judgo F. W. Slms, of Loulsa,
Hls understood, wlll bo P?t 'orwnnlfo
tho honor by hls county. and "? P???nt
Sonator, Dr. G. M. W.tUaco of Staf?
ford, wlll no doubt 1)0 a candldato for re
nomlnutlon, backod by the solid <W l
of hls county. Fredericksburg wlll prob?
ably not bring forward a candldato. at
loast nono of hor cltlzens hus so far
boon mentloned ln thut connectlon.
Mr. A. Loewenson has purchased of tno
estato ot John C. Sholton. tho propor y
on Maln Streot known as tho \. osh
ngton Inn,'on prlvate tonns.
Messrs. James Boblnson and Amos Sul?
llvan, of Stafford county, wero trled yos?
terday nfternoon ln a Mnglstrate's Court
ot Boach's Mlll, chnrgod with fightlng
In tho public hlghway und Boblnson wus
fined ... and costs, umoiinling to .S, by
.lii.tco'Thomas W. Frunkln.
Br. Waltor, of Maryland, prenohcd nt
Whlto Oak Church, in Stafford county,
vcslordny aftornoon ut 3 o'clock. nnd
agaln to-dny at 11 o'clock to flne congre
gutlons. i ?'
Tho revival in tho Clirlsllan Church,
whlch hns been In progross nll of tho past
weok, resulted in tho addltion of flve
members to tho church. The prenchlng
was dono by llov. Proston A. Cnvo, ot
Bchmond. ,
Rev. J. W. Heckman, of Spotsylvnjila
county, wlll lonvo to-morrow for Wost
morolnnd counly. to asslst Bev J. K.
Holmari ln a meetlng at Grant's Church,
in tho lattor county.
HT3A.VY RAIN'FALD.
Raln hns been falllng hero heavlly at
frenuent Intervals slnco Saturday nnd
nll of tho streams uro flooded. Tho Rap
pnhnnnock Rlvor Is very hlgh nnd stlll
rislng, nnd tlho Wecms stonmer from
Baltlmoro, due hore Saturday nlfilit, haa
not arrlved.
Tho People's Steumboat Company, of
thls clty, Is sald to have In contompla
tlon the establlshment of a llno from
Norfolk to Crlsflohl, Md? via Urbanna,
Irvlngton and Reodvllle. *
At a mass ineetlng of cltlzens of E..-x
sex county, hold n fow days ago nt Tnp
pnhannoek, for the purposo of devlsing
somo means for lmprovlng tho publlc
hlghways, a co_mmltlee wns nppolnted
composod of Messrs. J. M. Terrlll, H, I~
Baker. Robert Bevcriy. W. J. Parker, J.
II. Kldd. John R. Ilnllo,' Bov. Joseph
Lowis, H. I_. Newblll nnd R. G. Nealo,
to confor wlth tbo Board of Supervlsors
of tho county nnd report somo plnn at
a meotlng of cltlzons to bo hold ut the
Aprll term of court
Tho Tldowater Agrlcultural and Stock
Assoclatlon of Kssex county has olected
tho followlng offlcors for 1003:
J. P. Wilkinson, prosldont; B. B. Brock
enbrough and J. T. Green, vlce-presl
dents; R. J. Duke, socretnry; R. D. Pon
dloton, treasurer. Thoso wlth R. T->. Ellls,
Joseph Bakor, J, P. Tnllaforro, XV. XV,
Flsher, J. M. Dowls nnd XV. D. Hosklns,
form tho Bonrd of Dlrectors. The tlmo
for the noxt agrlcultural fair hus not boon
seleeted. ,
At u mobtlng hold a fow days ngo by
tho publlc school toachers of Bowllng
Green Distrlct. In Carollno county, os
snys woro road by Mlsses* D. B. Glassoll,
Annie McCnlloy nnd LI~~le Wrlght. An'
other moetlng will be held at Sparta on
Aprll 17th.
Tlio mombors of Upporvlle Baptlst
Church, in Fauriuier county, havo found
ed a scholarshtp at Richmond Collego, lo
bo known as tho I. B. Luko pcholnrslilp,
as a compllment to thoir pastor.
RAILROAD WORK.
Ono htindred and flfty nogroos and flfty
mules havo beon brought from Alabama
to work on doublo traeking tbo Southorn
Rnllrond through Culpoper county. Tho
brlnglng of thoso mon from suoh a ills
tnnco was mndo necessary hy tho scarclty
of labor ln thls part of tlio Stato.
Messrs. B. F. Glpson and R. L. Bond,
of Ornngo county. have secured contracts
for rallrond constructlon ln Wost Vlr?
glnla and hnvo carrled wllh them to that
Stato ' sovonty-flve colored laborers of
Orango county to eiigago ln tbo work;
Tho colored peoplo of Tappuhnnnnek '
havo formed a stock company, purchased
property nnd oponed n storo wlth two
clerks ln churge to calor to tho trado of
plockliolders nnd colored pooplo goner
ally.
Tho necessary slgnors hnvlng beon so
curod to a local option potltlon nnd pre
Kented tn Judgo R, 11. Doale, tho court
has ordered uu olootlon to tnko placo ln
Marshall Distrlct, ln Rlehmond county,
nn Aprll 29th.
Tlio stable, wlth oontents nf R.uln nnd
feed, bolonging to Aloxander Wnlknr, In
lower Kaiuiuier county, was destroyed hy
flro a fow days ngo. No insurnnco.
Mr. R. 10. Beddoo hus pnrolinsod of 15,
M. Bealo tho bulldlngs. whurf nnd land
attuohod nt Uoalo's Wharf, on Nomlnl
t'roek, In Westmorelnnil county,
Mr, L. Brown, of Southwest Vlrglnin,
has puroliusort tho Kmaiiuol fnrm, lu
Orango county. Mr. I'mnnuol nnd fnmily
wlll movo to Ornngo Cqur tho'iiso to rosldo.
Slxteon flno sheep bolonging to Mr.
James Ballurd, in Fniuiuler counly, woro
kllled by two dogs n few nlglils ngo.
Messrs. James \V. Garnott, C. XV. Wll?
llams, W. XV, Lewis, J. W. Coons nnd
G. F. Apperson havo been appointed enm
mlKsloniM-s lo condoinn tho rght of wny
aud assess damages for Innd In doublo
traeking tho Southorn llailroud iu Cul?
poper county,
Mr, C'hurk-s Beeler, of Free Port, BI.,
hus purchased of B. F. Qnuger hls furm
ln Loulsa county, ^ontaln|ii|{ 250 ncres, ou
prlvnto terms.
I.OVi Dr. J. S. PJI1 ls sli-k nnd was uii
uble lo flll hls pulpt at tho Bnptli.
Uhuroli here yosterday. Ilo is now some
what lmproved. ,
A wasliout on tho I'ledinont, Frotlorw
liksburg und t'otoinue itallroad In-day,
pieventfd tlw traln wltli p.-issongors und
mall from this clty from making the trlp
lo Oiuiiko.
,'1'ho Rapimhaiinoi-k Rli.or |s vory hlgh,
aud stlll rislng. Iteporjn nro that nll
slieuuiH up tho oountry aro swollen, und
It ls expected thut the llood wlll exoeed
any for years.
i-?
In Luwroncoville.
(Spoclal to Th. Tliu,--lll~|.ut.~.)
LAW Rl.NC'KVILLK, VA., Mureh _...
Mr_. P, T. Hostlc-k, who husvbeon 8Q
serlously ill for soveral days, ls reportotj
Vo he Hom.thhife' betttir to-day. H?r ?<.?.,
Mr. N. J. Bostlck, ls horo, hnvlntf b-otl
called nway "tram Richmond Collogo oti
account of hls molher's lllnoss.
Mre. lt. 11, Turnbull, wlfo of SHofiff
Turnbull, ounlliiu.s ijulLo slck.
Tho Bev. Ut. Klbblo, nf PolcrsliUrg,
camo ovor horo on Snturdity to proach iit
St. Androw's, but owlng to so muoh
raln aml hlgh Water ho hnd no servlces
on yestorday. Tho sltMius horenbout uro
hlghor than for yoars.
OIFFEN'S NEW COMPANY
Declded Success Scored on Openlng
Nlght tn Norfolk.
.. n'oelnt to' Tlio Tlmos-nispnteh..
NORFOLK, VA., Mnrch 23.?Tho Acad?
emy Muslcal Comedy Company, whlch
appourod horo for tho flrst tlmo to-nlght
ln "Tho Lndy Slavoy" achlovod nn cm
phntlc succoss. Tho aiidlcnco wns onthu
slnstic and domanded liumberloss onoorcs
of tho molodlcs, . Much onthuslasm and
tntorost was oxhlblted. Tho --iimhnnrie
wlll say to-morrow mornlng that tho
Acndomy wlll not bo Inrgo enough touc
uommodnto tho crowds thut wlll nocK
to soo thls latest and most hrllllunt
achlovemont of Mnnngor Giffen.
For hoauty nnd bxponso, tho productlon
hns nirely hoon equnlled, ovon hy tho best
of tho trnvellng coiupnnles. Tho chorus
Is porhaps tho bost costumed and tlio
most onorgotlo soon hore. It hns been
cnrofully trained and goes through tlio
dinicult drllls and duncos wlth unusunl
splrlt. Tho principals of tho company
aro excellent,
The plopo ls most oordlnlly prniscd.
Tho company was accordod a great re?
ceptlon and tho porformunco went wlth?
out a hltch.
AN ARSENIC MINE
Work Started In Floyd County on a
Unique Enterprise.
.Spocliil to Tho TIul-a-Dl-piUch.")
ROANOKE, VA., Mnrch 23.?What is
aald to bo tho only nrsonlo rrilno in Uie
United States started operallons In Floyd
county yosterday. The mine ls on n trnct
of land whlch embrncos sovoral thousand
ncros, and Is sltuated thirty mlles from
Roanoko and ten mlles from a rallroad.
The compnny, whlch ls called tho United
States Arsenic Mlnhn. Compnny, ls enp
Itallzed nt $500,000, nnd all ot tho Rtock
has boon sold. R. C. Borton, of Plttsburg,
l_ -presldent.
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SHARON CHURCH
IS CONSECRATED
Bishop Glbson. With Other
Clergymen. Take Part in the
Services Near Alexan dria
(Speclnl to Tlio Ti-i-S-lM-pnteli.)
ALEXANDRIA, VA., March 23,-Tho
new Eplscopal Sharon Chapel, ln Falr
fax county, noar tbls clty, was conse
crated wlth approprlato servlces before a
largo gnUherlng yesterday. Bt. Rov. Rob?
ert A. Glbson, of tho Dloceso of Vlrglnla,
ofliolated, and tho followlng clergymen
took part ln tho exorclsos: Rov. Bexryman
Green, of tho Theologlcal Seminary, for?
rnerly rector of Chrlst Church, ln thls
clty; Rov. Dr. S. A. Wallls, of tho Seml
hary; Rev. Robert Whlto and Rev. John
Maxwell Robeson. Tho latter delivered
tho consecration sermon. lt wus duo
lnrgoly to the efforts of Rev. Mr. Robo
son and Rov. Mr. Whlte, whilo in tho
senior class at tho Somlnary last year,
that tho funda necessary for tlho erectlon
of tho new bulldlng woro ralsed.
Post F, Travelors' Protoctlve Associa?
tion, of thls city, has named the follow?
lng delegates to attend the annual State.
Conventlon of tho assoclatlon ln Danvllle,
Aprll 24th: Messrs. Raymond Hulilsli, Al?
fred Thomson, Jullnn Y. Wllllams, O. II.
Kirk, R. F. Downham, A. D. S. Brockett
nnd R. M. Graham. Tho local delegation
is instructed to urgo tho eloctlon of Mr,
Brockett as Stato presldent. The follow?
ing otlk-ers have been elected for the on
sulng year hy Post F: A. D. Brockett,
presldent; Jullnn Y. Williams, vlce-presl?
dent, und R. M. Graham, socrotary and
treasurer.
Tho locnl agont of the Adams Express
Company bolieves Oliat ho hus locnted tho
reliitlves of Rosa Thomas (colored), whoso
body has beon nt the ofllco hero slnco
Saturday nlght, havlng beon recelved from
Cleveland, Ohlo. They nre sald to llvo
near Accotlnk, Fnlrfnx county, Tho body
was conslgned to Nancy Ross, and the
company olflclals wero glven somo unens
Iness whon it wns dlscovered thnt no such
person could bo found ln Alexandrla.
A vonoruhlo colored mnn of tho old
school numed Jefferson Davls wus found
Siuuluv mornlng half buried in tho mud
In a dltch on ond ot tho roads Just out
of thls oity. Ho was unconscious und wns
taken to tho Alexandrla Hospltal, whero
iils conditlon to-day was reported bottor.
The healthy
woman need not
fear the change
wliicQ comes us the
beginuing of life's
aututnu. It is tlie
woman who iswortt
out, ruu down and
a sttfferer from
womanly diseases
who natural ly
dreud- thu change
of life. This is tlie
critical period of
v.oinuu's Hfc, and
the prevaleucc of
womauly diseases
muUes lt the duty
of every womau
who would uvoid
unnecessary sutfer
ing to take especial
care of herself at this time.
TUe Ills which vex so mutiy women nt
the change of life me entirely nvoidecl
or cured hy the use of Dr. Pierce's l*tt
?v'orite I'rescriutiou. It makes weak
women strong, aud ejwbles the weukest
to pass through this trying change with
the tr~l.qu.Uity of perfect liealth.
"I have bt-ru a very healthy woiuuu, und llil_
tlme has beeu very liard with mc," wnlea Mrs.
Maggle Mor.is. of Muusou btalioii, Ueartiekl
Co?l'u? llox 16. "I nm come to the llir.e of
cliaag- of life, aud I have been alck '- Kieal deal
off aud on. Wheu Mrs. U-mniU, moved bvslde
uie l was sick in br <1, aud wheu she ca?u. to seo
me aud we were talUing over our Wfluitw, Mls.
ReiiMiiis told me lo try Br. f cif'? l ' I ?
Preseription und 'QoKiett/ Medical Discovery,'
ols.)' P.Hei..' I ao her to briug &$__*}_\_t
each from tlie ~ru_; slore aud I used l iem.
They did me a^reut .leal of _.*>.>. P> 'V (f?,\}??
Wtl UcttlcBol* .avoritei're-crip lou 1 never
taenccd your remedles 1 was 9^lJ^l^h."\\
wan i,., ?ik.i mlscry I hardly,.knew what_ lo do
4J..-I tr.rl W-.'l'
?J... l'i~;v?. a !'Jw~~>l?t ?*#'& "*$ *?';*a.
APPOMATTOX
OUT OF BANKS
Downpour of Raln at Peters
burg Does Great Damage.
THE RAILROAD WASHOUTS
Tho Richmond and Petersburg Electric
Line ts Somewhat Damaged?Many
Brldges Aro Wnshed Away by
Swollon Streams.
(Spoclnl to Tho Tlinos-PlspntcIO
PETERSBURG, VA? Mttrch l!3.?Thoro
is consldorublo nnxlety felt ln Potorsburg
ovor tho rupld rlslng of tho wator In tho
Appomattox Rlvor. Roports from polnta
up tho rlver nro to tho c'foct that tho
water Is rlslng nt tin unusuully rupld
puco, and that a blg rlso may bo looked
for nt l'ctorsburg. Tho wator ran out
of tho banks yostcrdtty morning, nnd
thls afternoon II had backed up on Rlvor
Street. Sovoral nianufactitrlng plants on tho
rlvorsltlo aro nlready tied up, and cortnlnly
ocnslderablo lumber wlll bo damaged by
water aud mud, lf tho freshot does not
carry nny'nwuy.
'Bho ralnpour from mldnlght Saturday
nlght to onrly Sunday morning was tho
henvlest known ln Petersburg for many
soasons. At tlmos tho pour was sn hoavy
that lt seoincd almost a cloudburst.
Small streams ln adjolnlng countles wero
so groatly swollen that many brldges
were wnshed away.
A washout on lho Soaboard Alr T-Jno
Rallroad between Davls and South SUcotH
Interrupted tiufftc for a short tlme.
Tho foundation of tbo tracks of tlio
electric rallway betwoon Central State
Hospital nnd Grtinlto Grovo was washed
out for riullo a distance.
NEGRO POUND DEAD.
Henry Wrlght, colored, wns found dead
on tho Norfolk and Western Rallroad
tiack ycslretltiy morning near whero tho
suburban electric llno passes under tho
Norfolk und Wostorn tracks.
Wrlglht had formorly been ln tho em?
ploy of tho Norfolk and AVostern Com?
pany, but hnd recently beon worklng for
tho Virglnia?PnasciiHor nnd Power Com?
pany at tho locks. His fainlly drove homo
ln tholr wngon Saturday, und ho rodo
nenrly homo on tho electric cars. It ls
thought that ho was drunk and wns killed
whllo walking along tbo track. Tho cor
oner's Jury to-day renderod a vorillct sim?
ply to tho elTect that ho was killed by a
Norfolk and Wostorn trnln.
IN PETERSBURG.
Upon Instructlons from Judgo West, John
Bailey, tho nogro dharged wlth attempt
Ing to assault two whlto women, has been
returned to Petersburg for safe-keeplng.
Tho feeling ln Susr.ox county ls bltter
analnst the negro, nnd It ls not thought
safe to keep hlm thoro.
Tho Watts fuelton secured nn Injunctlon
ln tlmo to havo thelr pastor, Rev. Ellls
Watts, preach ut Hnrrlson-Strcet Bnp?
tlst Church, colored, yestorday. No dis?
order occurred at tho servlces, and largo
congrcgatlons wore presont.
Tho Appomattox Cannlng Company has
glvon ah ordor for 300,000 tomato cans.
Dr. Starr prcachod tbo second ot hls
series of sermons lnst nlgiht, nnd dosplto
the unfavornblo weather a tfood-slzed audl
once heard hlm. Hls subject was "Tho
Connectlng Blnks Whlch Blnd a Cltlzen
t? tho Commonwoalth." Thls sermon wns
among tho ablcst ever delivered ln Po?
torsburg.
Mlss Mary McKcnnoy, who has boen
111 for several days, ls now much better.
-?
POOR CATCH OF FISH
York River Pound Men Are Very Much
Disappointed.
(Spoclnl to Tho Tlmca-Dlapntch.)
YORKTGWN, VA., March 23.?Tho
pound mon of York county nro very mucJi
disappointed ovor tho extromoly poor
cntch of flsh for the past ten days. Her?
ring and shad aro1 extromely scarco, and
unless hotter catchos aro mado vory
.shortly the ond of tho season wlll llnd
tho flshormen badly ln debt. Tho Cnib
Neclt men soem to bo exeeedlngly unfor
tunnte. ln convorsntion wlth thom It was
loarnod that for snvoral days past six or
olght shad takon from four solnes wns
tho hoavlost caloh of tho day.
Tfho projects lor rallrond devoloprnont,
among them the Cliesaponke-'Wcstorn ter?
mlnus at Gloupester Point; tho extension
of Gould's electrlo llno down tho Ponln
sula, und a proposod routo from Hampton
to Yorktown, crosslng Po.pioson Rlvor
at Hont's Wharf, nro mattera of no llttlo
comment. A deop Intorest is takon in tlio
varlous schemos, find much anxloty ls
oxpresHOd tin to tho probable outuomo.
Misses Annio Tonnls nnd Bessio Lank?
ford, of Hampton. aro spendlng tho woek
lioro, tho guests of Mlss Clura Chandler.
Tho monltor Purltnn wlll arrlvo back
at hor anchorngo to-day, aftor having ro
pnlrod tho daningo lo hor nneHior, whlch
occurred on tho last trlp. Tho command
Ot thn tendor "1'oorlti" has dovolved upon
Chlef Warrant Offlcer H. C. Jarratt, En
slgn Ttirdy, her commander, belng nl>
sent nttendhig oxumlnatlon for pronio
tlon.
EASTERN SHORE HORSES
William C. West's Fine Mnre, Bertio',
and Her Splendld Colts,
(Kpoolnl to Thn Thnca-lllspi.tch.)
ONANCOOIC, VA? March .3.-Somo
lline ngo Thomas XV. I.awsmi, of Boston,
a.lvortlsud that lio wouid brood freo ot'
charge llt'lcon umros to hls young slnl
li.n.s, Droiuuor und Oxford Boy, Tlu.
inures wuru to ho tho best bred nnd of
lho llnest prnduolng riualltlos ln Aiiiorica,
YVJllium C. West, proprlotor of tho Omui
CocH Hotel, aud ownor of tho great brood
riu.ru Uerlln, 2:311, PUW tho advurtlseniont
aud wroto Mr. Bawson tlmt ho wlsl.cd to
onlor Bortlo lu Ului contest, Uo 1ms rc
c. Ivod a lettor I'roin Mr. BaWH.in sltitluB
thai BortlQ has boun chosoii ono of tlio
llllc-ou from amoiiK suveral hundred, and
thai Mr. West mny send Bortlu to his
t'ann, "Hreamwold," at auy tlmo. Sho wlll
bo bred to lireainor, who has a inark of
gtH l-l 'at throu years old, and Is slrod
by Oakluud Baron, 2:o'J 1-1, tho "star slal
llnn of the twenlielh i-eutury." Bertio hns
(our eoliu llvlng--Uaiup Ulrl, 2:M; Gold
Bill'f, 2:1:1 l-l; two young colts, Bertio
I'OWPl) and B.rtlu'i* Boy, both by I'ow.ll,
_:3_, by Wy.-lll't'e. Berlla Bowell Is In fonj
by Buraiiry, 2:21 l-l, by Bursar, 2:lt .J-M,
tbo _iro of GfJld llurr. rilio Btuck li iin.Il
ln hor hutif when a twu-yimr-ol.l, and
Mr. Wost bred il.or. Sho haa uoltun nll
rljjht an.l wlll 1... racnd next yWr aa a
IVui-year-old green borse. Bertlo's Boy
wlll bo riued thls year us u two-ynar-oKl.
Mr. Wost lius also rocolvud a lotter H'otn
Dr. Plagge, of Now York, the owner of
Oold Burr, 2:13 l-l, statlng that Oold
Burr wlll bo ouleivd ln tho Bituiicr Mo
iiioilal Stalto of $20,?iuo, for 2:12 trotters, to
bo iiuiul ut Brlghloii Bunch Jn August.
Your eorrespnudeiit learna that Dainp
Glrl, 2:uD, thu uuceii of the l-ustocu Shoro,
und thu fiisti-.it troltlng niuro over rulsod
\ln Vlitflniu, und now owned by Mr, Ulch
Weddlng glftsate never tnor*
ncceptablo than whon of
Gorham
Silver
whose sterllng quality and
thoroughworkman.hip aro
recognizetl by Its reciplents
as assurances of perma?
nent value. The Gorham
tradc-mark amounts to a
personal guarantee. > x
All
reaponslble
jewelera
keep lt .
ard II. Plant, of Macon, Oa., lw.s beon
sent to Boxlngton, Ky., to ho brod to On
wurd Bllvor, 2:08, tho wlniior of tho iraii
sylvanla ln 1901,
FEW IN AT FIN1SH v^
Keswick Hunt Had a Stiff Chase to Foi
* tow on Last Saturday.
(Spoclnl to Tho Tlmes-Dlspntch.)
KESWICK, VA., Mnrch Et,-Ttro week?
ly drug hunt ot Saturdny brought out a
good flold to tho inoet nt "Clsmont,' at
2 o'clock. Tho houndfl bolng lald on Ut
Goorgo Mncon's road gato, took n Houlh
orly course through tho farms of Ma?
con and Sampson to Ctimpboll's Station;
Ihonco bne.k across country ovor lnnumer
tible llmber jumps, Includlng ono "plg
pon," flnlalilng ln tho Bandolph Mordocal
fleld opponlto "Clover Flulds."
Although tho wonther was rathor warm
lor fust ftolng-, tlio grotmil wus ln I'f.cd
conditlon, tho sceut low nnd the hounds
raltled ovor the eourso at such a pace
that only a small proportlon of tho fleld
succoeded ln fliilshing wlth them.
Among theso was tlmt true old sport
and cross-country rlder, Jack Barnnrd, on
ihe Ihoroughbred stcop'.e-clin.sor, "Clcon,"
son of "Bon." Thoso rldlng woro*.
Julliin Morrls on "Winslon," Georgo
Savage on "Allon," J, C. Baniard, of
Connectieut, on Cloon;".?' Mrs. Barnard on
"Granlle," Mr, Boocock'on "Groy Dawn,"
Mrs. Boocock on "Bomorsot," Mlss Carrlo
Bandolph on "Jnck," Dr. Thurman on
"Charllo," Mrs. Thurman on "Froscatc,"
Mlss Hancock on "Kltty." Tho absonco
of that good New lliunpshlro sport, Ed.
Joslln, and hls beautlful mount, "Mlss
Biuiford," was noted wlth rcgrot, ho hav?
ing "takon a day off" to vlow tho sport
from n hlgh hlll. Thls drng hunt Is no?
tablo for bolng tho only ono during tho
season. not followed by u dollghteful
breakfast
Thoro aro sovoral moro of theso good
"aftormaths" ln storo bofore tho season
ends; among them, tho ono for noxt Sat?
urday, nt Andy Chlshnlm's, ls antlclpatod
by tho wholo hunt wlth keon rellsh.
? -0
ST. ALBANS DEFEATED
Improvement Shown by 'Varsity Team
Greatly Pleases the Rooters.
fSpeclnl to Tlio Tlmcs-Dlspatch.)
CITABt.OTTE_syri.BE. VA., March 23.
St. Albans base-ball nlno dld not catch
Virginla napplng thls sonson as she dld
last, tho Unlvorslty flndlng llttlo trouble
to-day ln wlnnlng out by the doclsivo
scoro of ton to one. Tho vlBltors had
wlth them the former Trlnlty pltcher,
who ls now Instructor at Bt, Albans. Ho
welghs 2M0 pounds and has plonty of
speed. but lt avallod hlm llttlo ? to-day.
Ho was almost tho wholo thing, however,
as ho made tho only hits socured by tho
Badford nlno. Cracraft wus u verltablo
puzzlo to the remiilnder of tlio team,
eloven batsmon fannlng tbo alr. Sclon
tlllc battlng nnd clover btuso running
nmrked .Yirglnla's play. Tho improvo
mont shown by tho mon grently plonsod
tho several hundred rootors. Munger
put up a Uno gamo behlnd tho bat, and
battod opportunely. Stearns showod'up
In hls old tlmo form at tho Inltlul bag
und mndo two hits. In the thlrd Innlng
St. Albans' thlrd basemnn made a son
satlonal catch of a foul lly. Tlio collogo
sonson proper opens up on Thursdny,
when Virginla meots Brifayetto. To
day 'b scoro by Innlngs:
Tt. II. 13.
Virginla .0 110 0 4 10 3-10 0 .'I
St. Albans .000001000?1 '_ 4
EASTERN SHORE EXCHANGE
Meeting at Onancock for the Election of
an Asslstant Manager.
(Speclul to Tho 3'imcs.Dlspiitch.)
ONANCOCK, VA., Mnrch 23.?Tho Gen?
ornl Bonrd of Directors of tho Enstern
Shoro of Virginla Broduco Exohange met
at Onley and consldered tlio iippolntmont
ot' nn asslstant gonoral manager. Tho
liicumbent, Mr. Edward 10. Mllos, of
Onancock, having entered tho wholesalo
grocory buslncss nt Onley, nnd Ilndlng
tlmt ho cnul.l not nttond to boUh dutles,
docllliod a roappolntmont. Mr, Mllos has
beon ln tho iniilii olllce of tho exchaiigo for
two yoars, und ln hls- doollnatlon that
oi-Ranlnalloii loses an ofilclont und valua?
ble man. A rosolutlon wns passod nllow
Ing Northampton county to solect threo
men, from whom Oeneral Managor W. A.
Button Is to choose nn asslstant. Tho
mattor of oxtondlng tho Jurlsdlctlon of Ihe
oxchnngo lnto Bomorsot nnd Worcester
countles, Md., was not consldered, but
wlll bo taken up ut the next moetlng.
Bev. Botor B. llond.illlo, who cnnio to
tho Virglnln Enstern Shoro from Toxns
last Novbniber, wns Installed as pastor
of Uho Makemlo Brosbylerliin Churoh, nt
Accomao Courthouso, nnd tho Nnoint
Mnkomlo, at Onnrieouk, on Sunday.>?
vlsltlng mlnlstnrs woro Rov. J. ?. Main
oHon, Bocomoko Clty, Md.; Rov. R- ''?
Stoelo, clmpluln of tho Hampton Bonds
llnrbor Mlsslon, Vn? and Buv. O. Syciney
Tc-nablo. Capo Charlea, rcp,SOopal
'I'ho vestrlos at Ht. jartu"* **< ? ?
t'l t.eh al Accomao Courthouso* of Bm
drv1^r?aVeTected
The Blackwater nnd Its Trlbutarles Out
of Banks.
fBneoIni l" Tl'u TlnicKUhpiitcIO
SUBBY C IB. VA., Mnr.li -.l.-Four
nSoa of Surry glvo Br. S, B. Barh.-.m
5 votes for Houso of Po|ogut03, Thoro
?o opposltlon to Dr. Burlmtn. llfl wlll
Vlll tho i.nexpli'od tPi'in of W. B. Cli.rli.
Tlio Rlnek AVnter Blvor and Its trlbu
tui-los nro all out of banks. Many county
brldges huY0 hoen washed out, A wash
oul ou tho S. S. and S. Rnllway has ln
tt-rrnpted all trnliiB on thls slde of Don
di-on, und lt cannot ho re iche.l to repulr
lho diimuBo untll lho wator subsldos.
The wator ln Black Wntor nt Wall's
Btldgo has roacliod lilghwntor mark. for
tho last Huvonty-flvo yoars, nnd still rls?
lng. ?_-?__
WOODWARD A SON
LUIV1BER
VERDICT IS
SET ASIDE
Negro Charged Wlth Robblng
Oermans Is Rearrosted.
FIREMEN MAY RESION
Volunteera Believe That the Pald OftV
clals of the Department Should Re?
celved More Pay?British Shlp
Daventry Belng Repalred.
{Spocliil to Thn TI-icB-DI-tmt-h.)
NMWI'OIW* Ni_YV8, Maroh 23.-In th*
Corporation Court to-day Judgo Durharn
set asido tho verdict ln tho caso of
Ooorge TJnsley, tho nogro who was given'
eight yoars lu tho State penitontlurj.
soveral days ago on tho chargo of roh?
blng Oorman. sallors. Commonwealth'^
Attornoy Roblnson, nollo proscquied th*
caso agalnst Tlnsloy, docldlng that he
would havo no chanco of .eonvlctlng him
lf he should go lnto <i socond trial. Tha
Warwlclc county authorltles roarreatod
Tlnsloy lmm_dla.lely aftor ho was ro?
lonscd, and wlll hold hlm for trial Jn
tho Gounty Court.
Tho Bloodflehl justlco has sent Aprll
Roblnson, Blly Elpps arid lOstello Wliltlng,
lho threo negroes who wcre'arYeBted wlth
Tlnsloy and Bon Powoll, on to tho grand
Jury of Warwlclc County Court. A spo*
clal grand Jury wlll probably bo sum?
moned to-morrow to dlsposo of'tho cases.
Tho volunteer flromon of tho clty, ono
hundred strong, throaton to roslgn unlesu
tho City Councll sees l',t to lncroaao tha
sulurlos of tho pnld lioads of tho depart?
ment. Tho chlof now only drawn 11,000,
a yonr, tho engineers $00 nnd tho drWoni
$r<0. Tho volunteer mon clalm that tholr
heads aro lnsulflclently pald, and thoy,
doinand that Increasos bo mado at onco.
The Brltlsh steamshlp Merchlstan, Cap
tnln Mtire, from Appnlnclilcola, Fln? for,
Jlarllngen, Hull and FIcotwood, England,
whlch put In hero Saturday for bunkor
coal Is stlll horo, tho crow havlng refused
to sall wlth hor bwuse sho was too heav
lly ladon. Tho vessel Is loaded wlth tlm?
bcr, nnd Is welghted down ten inches be?
low hor summer load llno. It Is .irobahlo
that sho will go to tlio shlp-yard and
dlskdiargo part of hor enrgo boforo pro
ccedlng to sea.
Tho Brltlsh steamshlp Daventry, whlch!
went nshort on tho coast of North Caro-*
llna, and sustalnod darnago to her bot-?
tom on tho slarboard sldo, loft tho shlp-.
yard yesterday; aftor havlng beon tho*
roughly ropalred at a cost~Bf $.0,000.
Clty Sergoant 13. W. Mllstead wont U
Norfolk thls mornlng and arrested Henrjj
Mason, tho young whlto mnn who w*~T
fined $200 nnd costs lu tho Corporation
Court Frlday for peddllng wlthout a V?
censo. Mason wns lined $100 In tho pj<
llco Court, and hls attorney appcnlod tlfl
caso to tho hlghor court. Ilo was roieasw
on hls own recognlzance for hls npipcan
anco, He appeared Tuesday,'nnd-a con
tinuanco was granted untll Frlday. Th
'same dny Mason dlsappoaro'd. and dlj
not show up on Frlday whon the cas
was takon up.
Thero Is trotfblo in tho Nowport N(*W
genoral linspltnl between somo pf/''i<i
nurses, tholr suporlors and tho pmI*
clans who havo cases In tho hostfiltnljH
seoms to bo somo intornnl mlsundr.
standlng, nnd wlll prohnhly ho adjus^d,
It Is sald that six of tho nurses tendtr-i
ad tholr roslgnntlons, but~\v*ero pr-i.alM
upon to withdraw them. J ^
Tho saloon koepers of tho clty holaV*
meotlng thls aftornoon and wlll probubf;
mako anothor prntost to Mayor _>fos~,
and the Clty Councll agalnst lho highy
llquor llcenso rocenlly authorl_ed. Ono \
of tho Councllmen who voted for tho
hlgh llcenso Is quotcd n? saylng that ho
would not havo dono so had bo hnownt
tho Stnto llcenso would bo increased.
Holmes nnd Curtls McMurran havo^ ro?
celved a lottor stating that thelr brother,
Honry McMurran, tho young man who
mystoriously dlsappourod from thls soc?
tlon two yoars .ngo. nnd who wns bo
lloved to bo dead, had been seen allvd
und well ln Montorey, Moxlco.
Georgo Mllton, tho negro barber at tho
Soldlers' Homo, was found dead early
thls mornlng on the bac". pprch of hia
homo. Tho coronor declded that tho no
gro's death wns duo to heart falluro.
A monumont about f.fteon feet ln
helght, orected over tho gravo of Rlchard
A Ruth, in old St, John's Church yard,
Hampton. fell and broko to pieces lnst
nlght. Tho monument wns placod abovo
tho hoad of tho cusket, and tho wolgllt
caused tho casket to cpish nnd tho
ground to envo. ? _
Davld Stovonson, George Oroer, AIox.
Shlleds, Wininm Brooks, nll negroes,
wero arrested to-day ln Hnmpton,
charged wlth stoallng ono hundred do.
la rs from Edward Nolan, n Fedoral vot?
ortn whilo all wero Jn tho Hamptot,
ii I Nolan on n chargo ot dnmkonne.s,
The latter imd tho monoy aowed.ln thd
c,~a_es of Ills trousea, and says tho ne.
groes robbed hlm. j
Heard In Loulsa.
(Speclal to Tlio Ttmo-.DI-pntcijI)
" BOUIBA. VA., March -3.-R ln fel|
horo almost wlthout Intormi-slok fronj
early Saturday nlght untll noon tto.dny,
Tha rosult ls nll streams aro at bresonl,
Impassuble. No damage to brldas hmf
ho fnr boen reported to tho eounV ?u.
thorltloa horo. \
Ono furmor reported to your \orro*
spoiidout to-day tlmt hls entlro crin ot
|ust yoar's tobacco, nbout llvo ol six
lhpu.8i.nd pounds, was perhups a V_tn|
loss, owlng to tho wiinn wot weathcl. \
?'Captaln Jack" wlll ba presented bj.
nn ainuteiir company, composod of itom*
talent. In tho now Opera "0?""?.*?|
Thursday nlght. Mui'ch JCUli, for U.*
honelU of tho Mothodlat Church. I
Wnshout Near Emporla.
(Spoclal to .'Iw Tliueu-lhsputcli.) \
SUFFOI.K, VA., March _3.-Thoro wl
a bud wushout last nlght nn tho Southo
ItiilW~y neur 1-i.ipo.hi, Vn. and o-d,l
r-liu. could not pass tho placo, but wor,
transVorrod on Atlantlc Coast I.lno truck1!
vlu Hoclty Mount, N, C.
At i piollmlnary houilng whleh eudod
'to-iilKlit ln Suffolk, Bon llorton uceusoa
of slu ,11 g Albort'. Brunch on^ ho Streof
Suu.l. y, wns heldVor court. Tlm wound; I
ed man whoso eondijlou ls not dnngorous,
suys ho wus u^tlng as poaoon.ukofc \\
Radi'ord Dam lnjured, M
(Bpeelnl to TUo T||l|0?-|il?PMtpy.) Jj
19AST RAl.-XiRl-, VA., Maroh _'l.-<
Rall fell stoudlly horo Juat nlght for^'
licuii-H Tho musslvo stone forobuy o( y?
0am of the Rudfofd Wator Powor Co.
r.aiiy was wuslied away thls mornlni i,
d o'clock, und as a result tho clty wlllh
iieprlved of stroot cars und oloot. io llrtitl
for tho po~t ten dayn. Now Klyerijla-.
j-lslng stopdlly und Ja now 0l(fhte_n (m
