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THIEVES BREAKS INTO
GARS ON G. ft 0. YARD
Quantities of Meat and Liquor
Carried Off Under Cover
of Darkness.
HOBOES CBEOIIEO WITH THE RAID
After Selecting as Much Beef, Pork,
Whiskey and Wlno as They Could
Carry, the Robbers Scattered Other
Stuff About the Yard?No Clue to
Identity of Thieves.
Two box cnra on tho Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad yards north of Fortieth
street, wero broken open and robbed
early last night.
Ono of tho cars contained a quan?
tity of beef und pork consigned to
tho local agency of Armour & Com
l?ny, and, after taking off all of tho
meat they wanted, the robbers throw
a largo quantity or that left In tho
ear out Into the rnllrond yard. Homo
of It was mutilated by the robbers and
u great part of It will bo practically
useless.
Tho other car contained packages
of liquor and Wines for Western ship?
ment. Tho robbers employed the
Miunu tactics In that car ub In the
first, carrying ofr several cases of
whiskey and wlno and then destroy?
ing a number of other cases.
The robbery was discovered by one
of tho workmen employed on tho yard
and ho reported It to Special Agent
V. M. Pettus, of tho railroad. Later
tho affair wiib reported to the police
and Mr. Pettus add Officer Henry
Messlck visited the scene. They round
that the seals on the curs had heeif
broken and the doors forced open.
ThUB far no clue to tho identity
of tho robbers hnB boon found, but
from all of tho circumstances sur?
rounding it, tho police believe the
raid wan made by hoboes camping in
the woods to the north of the city.
APPROPRIATION FOR FIREMEN.
Committee Recommends Trnt $1,000
Divided Between Companies
The fire department and water
commtttoo of the city council has
decided to recommend thnt $l,b
bo appropriated and divide 1 among
tho three volunteer tiro companies
to bo used in equipping their quar?
ters. It is alt'o urged that $360 he
appropriated for rubber boots nnd
coats nnd helmets for tho depart?
ment.
'A? to the paid men, the. committee
recommends at Increase of $10 per
month for engineers and drivers and
that Uiia salary of tho chief bo
Increased to the amount paid tho
chief of police.
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
Local Workers Going to Richmond
to Attend Session.
A number of well known b in'ay
school workers of this city wl'i go
to OEtchmond tomorrow to attend, the
sessions of tho Sunday ScIiojI In?
stitute, to bo held In that city this
week under the auspices or tjtio
Internalonal Sunday School Assoc?
iation.
Intorestlng programs have been
arranged for all of the sessions and
a number of Sunday school workers
of national prominence will address
the Institute form day to day.
Mr. Duncan Returns.
Mr. V. s. Duncan, secretary of
tho local Young Men's Christian
Association, returned yesterday
mo'hlng from Richmond, whore he
^TT5 a a b' a rnimsvv b'bt oTnraTnro'b tr \
Candlesticks
and
Candelabra
are essential to the
correct fitting of the
modern home.
We have them in
Sterling Silver, Sil?
ver Plate and An?
tique Brass.
The prices range
from 3
9
$L50 to $20.00
Especially suitable
G for Wedding Gifts.
?LR.Sprague,
Jeweller and
Silversmith.
Open a Savings
Account
With the
Powell Trust Co.
Paying
We take Check Accounts
also and Loan Money to
you, or for you at (>?|0 in
tereet. ?:? ?;? ?:- ?:- ?:
Open from 8:30 a. m. 6:301
p. m. Saturday's until
9:80 p. m. -:? -: -:? ?
2711 Washington Avenue.
has been attending the annual meet?
ing of tire State Y. M. C. A. execu- [
live committee
H Social-Personal &
Miss EJIln Kl Inger Iras gone to At?
lanta, Ua. to visit her brother
there,
Miss Jonnottc O'DonneH has re?
turned from a visit to Raleigh, N. C.
Mbs Grace Simon, of Philadel?
phia, Is the guest of her counslns,
the Misses Sctflater, on West aven?
ue.
Mist Margaret Thomas of Rieb-1
rnond, la visiting her couk'ivs, the
Misses Thomas, on Huntington aven?
ue.
Miss Uemleo Forth has returned
from Tarboro, N. C.J where sho spent j
thyreo weeks with relatives.
Miss Mattle Willamson has return?
ed home after spending a week ?n
Portsmouth and Berkley.
(Miss Bessie Kline has returned
from a vslt to friends In Williams
burg.
Mrs. 1.. M. Branch, of Norfolk,
spent yesterday In tho city with
friends.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Sol Peyser have re-|
turned from a business trip to New,
York.
Mr. Terrel Walker arrived in the
cltv yesterday from Chicago to vis?
it hit; mother. Mrs. IM". I>. Walker,
on TiMlrtyrsecortd -street. Ho will
leave tonight for Boston.
IMr. and Mrs. Sol Peyser have re?
turned from a business trip to Now
Yorlc.
iMies Nannie S. Reynolds has re?
turned from an extended trip to
Spartanburg. S. C.j and Georgia,
where sho visited friends and rela?
tives.
Mr. Edward Monroe, of Washing?
ton, Di C. is spending a few days in
this city with friends.
FUNERAL OF MRS. BRAXTON.
Services Will Be Conducted at
Thirtieth Street Christian Churcji.
The funeral of the late iMrs. Nan
nio C. Braxton, who died at b?er
homo, 115 Thirtieth street Friday
night, will take place this afternoon
at 2 o'clock from tho Thrlrtloth
Street Christian church. Tho body
win be Interred at Greonlawn come
lory.
'Mrs. Braxton. who was the widow
of the late Colonel Carter M. Brax?
ton, Is survived by two sisters an<f
a .brother. Dr. lAlsop, of this city:
and six daughters. Mrs. A. C. Peachy,
Mrs. V. P. Barclay, Mrs. Sallle Sunn
| dors and Miss Pohephlno >Braxton,
i of th!s city: Mrs. Patterson. o
Ix>uisa county, and Mrs. Bailey, o*
Elizabeth, N. J. She was G4 years
old and had lived here slnco 1883.
when she came here with hor bus
I band and clldren.
Brown to Be a Consul.
It is learned that W. IL C
Brown, a negro who formerly was
a customs Inspector here, probably
will be appointed to a conslnlato
by the President. ."Brown is a grad
uate of Harvard. He ?s now In
Washington, stationed in the post
offlca department.
DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL.
E. S. Boycc and Two Children Victims
of Mistake.
'Bv Associated Press.!
P KAR I SI) URO. VA.. Feb. 23.?As a
result of drinking wood alcohol by
mistake, three members of the family
of H. S- Boyce. of Elizabeth; Wise
county, are dead. Boyce purchased
tho alcohol and nfter arriving home
drank somo of It. by mistake and also
gave somo to two of his children who
were slightly ill.
MUST APPEAL TO BOARD
Committee Insists Upon Cancelling
Powell Trust Company's Policies.
GSTY ATTORNEY MISSIE'S OPINION
Saves Policies are Valid Under At?
torney General Anderson's Inter?
pretation of State Law?Chairman
Allen's Explanation.
(Although City Attorney J. A. Mass?
if lias given his opinion that this
fire insurance 'policies on the city
public school buildings hold by the
Powell Trust Company, Inc.. are
valid under attorney General Ander?
son's Interpretation of tho State
law, tho special Insurance commit?
tee, of tide board of school trustees
has not recalled the notice it serv
od on tho Powell company Friday
that It would 1)0 expected to cancel
all |M)licles It held on school build
Inga nor has tho commlttoo come,
to any agreement, other than (Ms,
?with the 'Powell company.
iMr. J. W. Allen, chairman of the
insurance committee, staled yester?
day afternoon that the policies had
been returned to the Powell com?
pany "by the committee and as far as
the committee is concerned any
appeal from their decision in tho
matter will have to be made t<> the
school board.
In explanation of the action of the
committee, Mr. Allen said that he
and his associates were of the opin?
ion that at the Kmc tho policies
were written by the old Arm of
Powell BrotHefs. Dr. W. P. Cooper
who was then and Is now a member
of the school board, was Interested
In that company and the policies
were in the opinion of the commit
teemen uu valid under the State
law.
Continuing Mr. Allen said that he
though there would be no trouble
about the mntter and thnt the Pow?
ell Trust Compnny would be ahle
to come to a satisfactory agreement1
with the school board on th'e in I
surnnce question.
FIRST GAME OF BASKET
BALL TOURNAMENT
"Insects" Beat Team No. 1 at Y. M.
C. A. In One-Sided
Match. '
In the opening match of the basket
ball tournament at tho Yo\ij?; Men's,
Christian Association, plnyocjf I? the.
association gymnasium last night, the
"Insects" walloped Team No. 1 to tho
tune of 35 to 0. Although the match
wns one-sided throughout, some fnst|
playing was done by both teams at |
times, and the large crowd of enthu-i
sinsts gathered around the gymnasium
hall were given numerous onportuni
Utes to give voice to their enthusiasm.
During the Intermission between
halves. Physical Instructor Ellrich and
Mr. Scott entertained the audience
with an athletic exhibit.
Four teams are competing In the
tournament and games will bo played
every Saturday night until the tour?
nament ends.
Following Is the line-up of the
teams playing last, night:
! "Insects." PIsition. Team No. 1.
I RowlbottoTU.c.Cotroll.
Morlinge (capt.)..R. P.R. Mennlev
I T. iMeanley. L. P.McKamey
I Thomas.R. G.Rogers I
? Putzc-l.L. G..,(capt.). .Lang
SKOFIELD LEAKING AGAIN.
Temporary Pater. Put Over Hole at
Yard Yesterday.
The barge George It. Skolfield
which has been here for several
weeks, sprang a second leak Friday
and was dockd in dry dock No. 2
the finest and simplest
(Jo-Cart made, reclines in
a perfect sleeper or you
can fold it up and put
it in a suit case.
Sold exclusively in
Newport News by The
Newport News
3007-9 Washington Ave.
at tho shipyard, yesterday morning
for repairs.
?A temporary patch was placed on
tn'o vessel's hull to stop the leak
and she was floated out of the bas?
in yesterday evening. The Qkolfleld
sprang a leak at one of the Chesa?
peake & Ohio coal piers last Sunday
and waa docked at the shipyard the;
following day for repairs. She left
the basin Thursday.
REPAIRS COMPLETED ON
TWENTY-FIFTH STREET
Many New Steel Beams Placed In
Frame and Entirely New Floor
Provided.
Repairs to the Twenty-fifth street
bridge, which were started several
months ago under the supervision of
Street Commissioner S. .1. Harwood,
were finally completed yesterday and
the entire bridge is now open to traf?
fic. The work of repairing the south
side of the structure was completed
several months ago. but work on the
westerly approach of the bridge has
been delayed several weeks owing to
a sarcity of labor and material.
Many new stool beams have been
placed In the frame of the bridge and
an entire new flooring has been laid
so that the structure Is practically as
good as new and It will bo Severn I
years at least before any extensive
repairs will again have to be made.
The repairs to the bridge cost In
the neighborhood of $2,000.
Meade Held in Port.
Forty-five seamen of ttio crew of
tho Ulnted Stntes army transport
Kllpatrlck, now at New York, that
are to tako the transport -Meade
to Brooklyn for repairs, have not yet
nrnlved here and consequently tho
'Meade did not get. underway yes?
terday as expected. She probably
will leave port Monday.
* THEATRICAL * j
When "The Clansman," now on lt?i
second Southern tour, plays at tho'
Academy tomorrow afternoon and
Slight, public interest will focus
on tho two great scenes of the third
and fourth acts. Both the situa?
tions referred to have on the one
Wand been denounced without stint
nnd on the other side, warmly ex?
tolled.
The trial of the Ku Klux Klan
in a mountain cave near Piedmont,
S. C, Is realistically presented. A
negro accused of the murder of a
'white girl is brought before the
wWlte-rdbed and masked Clansman,
denying his guilt with screams or
terror. When placed under hypnotic
Influence the eyes of the wretch
become llxed and glassy; he sees'
as in a vision bis awful crime and
rehearses every step of It?how he
lured tho girl on and on by Imitating
tho notes of a bird, how ho seized
her by the throat, how she escaped!
his clutches and how finally frenzied
with fear sho threw herself to her
death over a precipice. After tho
story is told the spell of hypnotism
Is removed, and the shrieking pris?
oner Is dragged off to execution,
while the Clansmen, waving aloft
the flaming cross of St. Andrew, j
send a trusty messenger across
the border to summon their North
?Carolina ibrelhren for the I'fe-arid-l
death struggle with the blacks'.
The other scene shows the at?
tempt of the then mulatto Lieuten?
ant-Governor of South Carolina to
force an alliance between hlmscif
and the daughter of a white man.'
The girl's father, Stoneman has1
organized the Union Ixuiguo of
blacks and has encouraged and pro-1
tecled Lynch In every way. |
The negro is about to have tho
marriage ceremony performed by a
preacher of his own rnce when the
Ku Klux Klan a pears on the scene
add saves the girl.
Old Stoneman sorrowfully acknow-.l
ledges his mistake?that of "trying
to make water run up hill, to turn
r. negro into a white man. an animal
into a king." He says he will go
to Washington and ask tho govern?
ment to 'withdraw tho Federal
i t loops from Southern territory and
to restore pence and prosperity to
the. stricken South.
Although there arc still a plenty
of unsold seats for both perform?
ances of "Tho Clansman," tho de
maud for U.'cm Is expected to be
so great, that Manager Hooker an?
nounces that he twill not bo able to
hold tickets laid adlde for parties
living in this city later than to?
morrow at 12 o'clock. If tho tickets
are not called for before that time,
the 'House reserves the right to
put them back on sale. While Sn
Richmond yesterday 'Manager Booker
arranged with Manager 'Bronnan u
havo a number of the scats on the
lower floor sold at $1 each.
Coming Attractions.
Among the attractions -booker to
ajpoar hero In the near future arn
Lew lXickstader and his minstrels
"Y-Mo College Widow and "Johnny
Wide."
Sent to Hospital.
One of the firemen or tho Britisn
steamer Crathorne, undergoing re?
pairs to ;^>r machinery In the har?
bor hero was taken 111 yesterday
and wan sent, ashore to the General
hospital yesterday afternoon. Dr. A.
IC. Jones, marine, doctor at this .port
Is attending the man.
"Everybody Should Know"
says C. G. Hays, a prominent busi?
ness man of Bluff. Mo., that Buck
len's Arnica Salvo is the quickest
and surest healing salve ever applied
to it sore, burn or wound, or to a
case of piles. I've used It. and know
what I'm talking.about." Guaranteed
by The Ideal Pharmacy. 25c.
WANTED?SECOND COOK (MAN):
good wages to competent man. Ap?
ply Hotel Jordan, corner Twenty
fifth street and Washington ave.'lt
The latest
importations
RESOLVED
that the Amount of Goods
WYoiJR garment i5nt Ml.
that 15 nece5jtaky. WET
have the quality as well
as the quantity together
w\th style anp fit
and variety! well YOU
61HO?LD SEE THEM.
BUSTER BRoVN
WHY So MUCH GOOD CLOTH 1-5 WASTED BE?
CAUSE IT IS NoT.MADE UP RIGHT WE CANNOT
UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW THOUGH THAT A
GREAT PART OF THE GOOD CLOTH THAT IS
MADE IS MISTREATED BY BEING PUT INTO
ILL-SHAPED S{J\TS. FIT IS A THING WE LOOK
TO WHEN WE BUY OUR GOODS. MIGHT YOU
NOT JUST AS WELL Go To A STORE THAT
HAS GOOD FITTING GOODS ? CLOTHES THAT
FIT, FEEL BETTER; AND GOOD CLOTHES THAT
FIT MAKE A MAN FEEL BETTER. WE CAN
SELL YOU S\J]TS AND ToP-CoATS FOR THE
FOLLOWING PRICES, AND THEY WILL FIT:
$15.00 SUITS-OR OVERCOATS; $12.00
il?.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATS, $14.40
$20.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATS, %\6.00
$25.00 SUITS OR OVERCOATS, %20.00
THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEK OF OUR
GREAT 20 PER CENT. REDUCTION SALE.
Wertheimer arid Co.
Washington Avenue and Twenty-Sixth Street.
2206 Jefferson Avenue.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Hotel Pocahonias
Under New Management
Announces extensive Improvements and remodeling.
Table excellent. Rooms most comfortable.
Special Rates to couples for Sunday Dinner. Our
Regular Boarders wilt be taken care of during Expo?
sition. Nobody '::'// be imposed upon. Send your
friends here. They will appreciate it; so will we.
NEWPORT NEWS HOTEL
T. L FARRAR, Al. <?. TOLKER,
Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Vice President,
J. T. GREGORY, Secly. and Treas.
ARE YOU
IN THE DARK ?
SEE ME.
T, G. CQBURN,
Electric, Gas and Qas=
olipe Construction
and Supplies
COMPLETE 8T0CK.
Both Phones 148?Residence Bel)
Phone 148-Y; Residence Citizens
Phone 418.
Office and Store
2917 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH
FROM 12 TO 2 O'CLOCK.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO
REGULAR BOARDERS.
Transient Roomers Aceommo
Sated.
Flrst-elas? Bar attached, stock?
ed with all leading branda of
Wines, Liquor? and Clear*.