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PETITION IN HANDS OF
GOVERNOR SWANSON
Attorneys lor Davenport Uro Mak?
ing Last Effor to Save
His Neck.
WANT THE SENTENCE COMMUTED
Mr. Collier Will Go to Richmond
Tomorrow to Appear Before Gov
] errior and Argue Upon Application
? ?Condemned Negro Has Given Up
Hope of Escape.
I_i -?
' Attorney Fay a. Collier, senior
counsel for Andrew L. Davenport,
the engro who sentenced to hang
the negro who Is sentenced to hang
Thomas, wlir go to Richmond tomor?
row morning to argue upon a petition
which ho recently sent to Governor
Clnmlb A. Swnnt'on. ashing that the
murderer's sentence he commuted to
life Imprisonment,
Mr. Collier forwarded the petition
to the governor In Richmond a few
days ago and yesterday ho received
a telegram asking him to come to
Richmond today to argue thu points
brought out In the petition. Owing
to the fuel that he Is counsel for
Leonard Shod/,, Jr., now on I rial In
Hampton for burglary, the attorney
will not be able lo go lo Richmond
today and ho so Informed Governor
Swansou by wire last night.
As Governor Swanson has already
given Davenport two stays of execu?
tion it Is not thought that he will
now Interfere with the hanging and
that. Davenport will pay the penally
for his crliitu on the gallows Friday
morning.
All preparations for the hanging
"have been completed and the only
tljlng now necessary for the execu?
tion Is the connect lug of the electric
wlrea* to the trap on the scaffold.
This will bo done Thursday night.
Davenport has about given up hope
for lift? as ho does not believe that
Governor Swanson will grant hint a
commutation of sentence,, which is
now the only thing thai can possibly
?aavo his lifo.
Tho condemned negro is spending
his last, days quietly reading his
'?lblu und praying. Rev. S. A. How
ell, pastor of the negro Christian
church, spends several hours each
day with tho condemned man. Dav?
enport, according to thu Jailer, Is
eating very heartily and sleeps well
at night.
MAY GET DERRISH.
Dr. Loeb Wants Artillerist to Re?
place O'Hara.
John O'Harn, who has been playing
second 'base for the Shipbuilders for
tho past two seasons, left yesterday
for Emporln, where today he wll!
Join tho fast nine of that city. O'Hara
will play second base for that team
during the remainder of this season
and will make his initial appearance
with tho nine In Elm City, N. C,
this week.
Dr. Loeb is now endeavoring to
iget Derrlsh, the Artillery School
nine's fast aecond baseman to re
place O'Hara. Derrlsh lo very fast
?In' the field and Is nit excellent bat?
ter and would prove a slrong addi?
tion to the home team. He probably
?will play with tho locals against
Portsmouth Snlurtlay.
CHARGED WITH HO USE BREAKING
Sterling Blackwell Surrenders to Po?
lice For Trial.
Learning that the police wanted him
on the. charge of breaking Into and
robbing the Dixie Steam Laundry, on
Twenty-third street Sunday night.
'Sterling Blackwell, a young negro who
lives at 641 Twenty-third street, gave
himself up at the police stntlon about
10:30 o'clock last night. He was lock?
ed up on the charge of larceny.
The Dixie -sundry was broken Into
and robbed late Sunday night.. It is
understood that tho robber made a
good "haul." The matter was roport
i'e'dl-to the police yesterday morning
and Detective Sergeant J. W. Wood
-ward was put on the case.
After visiting tho scene of the rob?
bery and questioning tho employees of
the place, the sergeant placed the
Charge of robbery against Blackwell.
Last night Acting Sergeant Mosslck
and Officer Price found the negro's
-?whereabouts, but before they could ?ir?
rest him he went to the police station
ry'and gave himself up.
! ,The officers are -now hunting evi?
dence against the man.
Two Sermons at Once.
Two sermons were preached at one
time at St. Paul's Episcopal church
Sunday evening. Rev. A. O. Sykes,
the ^rector, preached to his congrega?
tion from one side of the chancel, and
from the other Rev. W. G. Fleck, of
Washington discoursed in the sign
language to a congregation of deaf
mutes of this city and Hampton. -Dr.
Sykes returned Saturday from Warm
?j Springt?, _ _ '
CHARLESTON HIDE RECORD
BREAKING RON DOWN COAST
With Secretary Root Aboard the Ves?
sel Arrived at San Juan Sun?
day Afternoon.
After milking a record breaking ruu
down thu const the United Stutea
protected cruiser Charleston, a pro?
duct uf the local shipyard, arrived
at Sun Juan. Porto Rico at I o'clock
Sunday afternoon, Just throe days and
nlneleen hours out from Now York.
As the cruiser entered San Juan
harbor she received salutes from
Morru Castle and the Italian cruiser
Umbrlii. After she had dropped an?
chor Governor Winthrop, of Porto
Rico, accompanied by his secretary
went aboard the crul.ier and paid an
official call upon Secretary of State
Root, who la aboard the vessel.
After leaving Porto Rico, the
Charleston will continue on her
journey southward, stopping al sev?
eral ports along the cast coast of
Soulh America. After rounding
Capo Horn the vessel will proceed
lo Panama, where Secretary Root will
disembark. After tho secretary
leaves tho vessel she will join the
Pacllle squadron, of which she will
be made (lie ItugHhlp.
Postal Company Wins.
The ease or Airs. T. V. Smith
against thu Postal Telegraph Cnblo
Co., wan Irleil In the Corporation
Conn yesterday In favor of the de?
fendant company. The plaintiff sued
lor statutory damages for alleged
failure to deliver a message, hut
I he court held that lite company was
not liable; Mr. 13. S. Robinson and
Col. .1. W. Friends represented the
plaint irr and Mr. Raymond M. Hud?
son was coims?l for the company.
Baby Boy Dies.
ICnrncsl Dabney, the a?vcn-inonths
old son of Mr. mid Mrs. H. I), i'rld
dy, died al the residence of ltd pur
enlH, 05:1 Twonty-nlnth street, 111 :<
o'clock Sunday night. The remain.
were Hhipped to Koysvlllo yesterday
for interment In the family burying
grounds liiere.
Her Machinery Disabled.
Tho Did Dominion steamship
Jnmostown, with m?rchandlHO from
tills port and Norfolk for Now York,
Was disabled off Roods l.ll'e Saving
Ktntlou yesterday morning and had to
be towed Into Now York harbor. The
vessel Ih being run ns nn extra ship
and carried no passengers.
"Speakeasy" in Bloodfield.
A negro named Van Stntcu was ar?
rested In Hloodfield Sunday by Chief
of Pol{co Walker and Officer Whit-,
flold, on tho charge of selling liquor
without license. lOd Fox and another
negro who uro siippoHOd to have boon
Interested In tho nllogd "spakeasy"
scaped from the officers.
Marine Notes.
The Dutch steamer Sloterdyk, Cap?
tain Motz, of the Holland America
line, sailed from Rotterdam Tor this
port at '.! o'clock on the afternoon
of July 7.
OPERATION AVOIDED
EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told. That an Operation Was
Inevitable. How She Eeoapad It.
When a phyaleian tells a woman suf?
fering with serious feminine trouble
that nn operation is necessary, the very
thought of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, ana
our hospitals are full of women coming
for just such operations.
There are cases where an operation
is the only resource, but when one con?
siders the great number of cases of
menacing female troubles cured by
1 Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com?
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying sthe Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham.
Lynn, Mass., for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley, of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee, YVls., writes:
Dear Mm. Pinkham:
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?booting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down pains snd cramps compelled
me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination, said I had a female
trouble and ulceration and advised an opera?
tion. To this I strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com?
pound. The ulceration quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and I am
once more strong, vigorous and well."
Female troubles are steadily on the
increase among women. If tho month?
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' or swelling low down in the left side,
I bearing-down pains, don't neglect your
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Fleet Starts up Coast (or New
London.
NEWPORT HEXT STOPPING PLAGE
Final Dnll6 Before Return to An?
napolis Take Place off Famous
8ummer Resort?Monitor Florida
Put In Repair.
Tho United States cruiser Newark
and the monitors Florida and Nevada,
which have boon at this port with
Several hundred midshipmen from
Die naval academy at Annapolis
aboard, weighed anchor yesterday
afternoon and sailed for New London,
Conn., where the "middies" will
spend a tdiort. time before going to
to Newport, lt. I. Thu "middles"
will spend some tithe drilling u't the I
naval training station at Newport |
and will return to Annapolis the lat?
ter part of ibis month,
While bound to this port from Slo
mail's Island, Md., In company with
the cruiser Newark and the monitor
Arkansas, the monitor Florida struck
a submerged wreck which broke her I
starboard tall .shaft, causing her I? ? |
loose a part of the shaft and her
starboard wheel. The vessel con?
tinued on her voyage, being propell?
ed by lior port wheel, nod arrived!
here wllli thu other two vessels |
without further accident.
A few days after her arrival horo|
Hie Florida was ordered to the lo?
cal shipyard, whore she was docked
to have a new wheel and tail shaft
put on. The wheel and shaft were
sent lo I his city from Washington |
ami were iiutnllcd on the vessel last
week. ??
During their slay hero the middlesI
on Hie cruiser ami monitors visited
the shipyard. Inspecting the work
now -lit progress on the unttloshlp
Minnesota and the armored cruisers |
North Carolina and Montana.
"ZEPPA" AT BUCKROE.
Miss May Hillman and Her Company
Present a Strong Comedy.
"ZCppB,'' a comedy m four acts,
pleased a good-alxcd audience in Hie
Biickroo iii ach theater last night. In
this play Miss May Hillman and her
company probably appeared to better
advantage titan in any other comedy
which has been put on. The vaude?
ville features were attractive. To?
night "Zcppa" will ho tho bill again.
Arrested For Manchester.
It. C. Rotlford, of Manchester, Va.,
was arrested last night by Officer
Webb an a warrant sworn out by
Mrs. ICinma Red ford before tho may?
or of .Manchester, charging him with
desertion. It Is alleged that Rod
ford failed to support his wife. The
prisoner was bailed by Justice J. D.
(J. Brown in Hie sum of $lut) with
J. D. Wade as ii'.s bondsman.
Social-Persona!
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Invitations have been issued by I
Mr. und Mia. R. 11. Hudgins ofj
New Canton, Va., to the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Mabel An?
nie, to Mr. Claude Lay ton Goodman,
of this city. Tho wedding will take
place nt Mount Zion Baptist church.
Buckingham county, Va.. nt 2:801
o'clock on the afternoon of July U.
Mr. C. G. F. Kloeplnger left yes-|
tcrday for ills home In Toledo, 0.,|
after a visit to friends in this city.
Mr?. J. B. Wlgmore, of Roanoke, Is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. P. Fin
negan, on Twenty-seventh street.
The Misses T)ux, of Washington.
D. C, are visiting their sister, Mva.
Sol. Peyser, in this city.
Mrs. H. E. Boykln left yesterday]
to spend a month In the mountains j
of North Carolina.
Mr. Charles Lohmann, Jr., will [
leave tomorrow for Arkansas, where]
ho will spend several months.
Mrs. B. A. Powell, of Boykins. is|
the guest of her sons, Messrs. A. L.
and W. Lee Powell.
Mr. W. W. Gates, of Washington,
formerly of this city, is spending his |
vacation here.
Mr. J. W. Evans has returned from|
a visit lo Norfolk.
Mrs. J. Watts Pace and little]
daughter have ?jonc to Staunton to |
spoml the remainder of the summer.
ftir. T. A. Seabrook arrived yester?
day after a visit to his parents at Pas
sale. N.J.
An Ice Cream Festival will be given
at the home of Mrs. J. W. Davis, at
New Market, by the Ladies' Aid So
jclety, this evening, for the benefit ot
the Sunday School. Everybody is in?
1 vlted to attend. 7-10-lt
CONSTRUCTOR WOODWARD.
Late Naval Officer Was QlBtingulshtod
Member of Class of '81.
The following brief sketch or the
career or the late Captain J. J.
Woodward, is from the Washington
Times:
Nuvnl Constructor Woodward was
une or the most, distinguished mem?
bers or tho cla.ss or tSHi at the Naval
Academy. After graduation he serv?
ed two years at sea as a cadet mid?
shipman, and on his return for fln:il
examination at Annapolis, In 1883.
was selected for appointment as an
assistant naval constructor. He was
sent abroad for n course of study
In naval architecture in tho French
government schools, the Ecolo Poly
tcchniquc, und the Beule du Genie
Min time.
Afler completing the course with
honors in 1887, he returned home,
and since his return has been con?
stantly engaged in important duties
In connection with (tie building of
warships for the government. II"
was on duty nt the navy yard. Now
York, during the building of the ori?
ginal Maine, as' chief assistant in
charge of Hint work. He was ordered
to (lie Im reu u or construction ami
repair in Washington In 1801, where
he was in special charge of the de?
signs for the armored cruiser Brook?
lyn ami the battleship Iowa and oili?
er smaller vessels.
He then became superintending
constructor at the works of the Now
port News Shipbuilding Company,
where for a number of years he sup?
ervised the construction or vcsjcIs
building there, including the first
battleships built by that company,
the Kcitrsargu ami Kentucky.
Since 11101 he has been a member
of thu board of inspection ami sur?
vey, which bus charge of the inspec?
tions and trials of all naval vessels.
Naval Constructor Woodward was
an iindufnligablo worker, and Iii?
the highest devotion to his duties and
responsibilities. His loss will be
deeply felt throughout Hie naval ser?
vice and by his classmates of Vi,
Whoso reunion, recently held In
Washington, he attended. He leaves
a widow and oik* 'minor child, who
reside in this city.
Abbe Wins From Cooke.
in the semi-finals of the Hampton
Roads Coif and Country Club tennis
tournament yesterday afternoon Mr.
.lames 10. Abbe. Jr.,beat Mr. W. L.
Cooke two straight sets. The scores
wore G?1, 0?1.
"KILLED MAN."
Slayer Tells the Sheriff About the j
Crime.
(By Associated Press.)
CHARLOTTE, N. C, July 0.?.1. T.
Bledsoo, who shot ami killed Dan
Alexsoll on au excursion train near
Autryvllle, N. C, Sunday morning for
I he alleged reason that Alexson had
displayed two pistols and expressed
a determination to kill all in tiic
car, wired the sheriff at Clinton to?
day as follows:
"Killed man near Autryvlile last
night. Want to surrender. Advise."
NEW BOILERS FOR U. S. SHIPb.
New York, Massachusetts and Glou
ccstcr to 3c Refitted at Navy Yardo.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. D., July 0.?
Nearly $500.000 worth or boiler in
slallation will shortly be bought for
tiic navy. New hollers for the cruis?
er New York nnd battleship Massa?
chusetts aloue will cost $UU0,000. New
boilers will also be placed in the
Gloucester at the Pcnsacola navy
yard, and will cost about $13,000.
FAMILY SENT TO PRISON.
Man, Wife nnd One Son Sentenced
For ,a Murder.
(By Associated I'reas.)
EVANS VI LLE, IND.. July 9?Jo?
nah Williams, his wife. Minerva Wil?
liams and their son, Wesley Williams
were sentenced to prison for life to?
day for the murder of .Inmes l^clgh.
nt Boonvllle last spring. Andrew
Williams, another son. is sorting a
jail sentence for a petty crime. Two
smaller children are in the reform
s,rhr>ol.
Virginians Go on Sea Trip.
(By Assoclntod Prnsfl.)
Norfolk, Va., July fi.?The Virginia
Pharmaceantical Association lei:
here this evening on the Providenta
steamer Tor a repetition or its last
year's session at sea with Narragan
betto pier ns its destination, where
I? will entertain the Rhode Island
Pharmaceantical Association, by
which It. was entertained lust sum?
mer.
Newport News. Va., July 7th, 190G.
The John W. Daniel Chaptej, Daugh?
ters of tho Confederacy, will give a
lawn party on the Cnslno Grounds,
Tuesday night, the weather permit?
ting. If not. on Thursday night, the
12th. The Newport News Band will
furnish music for tho ladlcB on this
occasion. 7-8-Ut
Unusual.
Sommerville ? Cc. offer an execel
lent house and lot In the best section,
near West Avenue, for only $200 cash
and $50 per month. Now rented for
$35 monthly. All conveniences. Four
rosms on first floor. See them about
it quickly. 7-7-3t
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