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THE DAILY PRESS
is the only newspaper
In Newport News that
receives the full Asso?
ciated Press report.
SULXJLSLlSLSULSLSULSUlJLt
VOL. XII. NO. 82
DMAS HITS
AND BAR
- -C
Unmercifully Scores Stanford White
and Evelyn Thaw's Bother
in Bitter Terms.
BtTRAYtR FEARFULLY ARRAIGNED
_
Lawyer for Defense Says That White
Muct Have Known That God WoulO
Hear Cry of the Outraged Child.
i
Mother Called Unnatural and Worse
Than a Beast.
(By Associated Pres?.."
MOW YOHK, April S.?The trial ot '
Hurry EC. Thaw, charged with inu
murder of Stanford White, is hearing
the ond. Attorney Delphin M. Bel
inas, the California advocate, this al
ternoon began his closing address to'
to the jury and after he hud spoken
for more than two hours and a half, |
nn adjournment was taken until to?
morrow morning.
Mr. Dohnas expects to conclude
before the luncheon Hour is reached.
District Attorney Jerome will make
the closing address of the trim on
Wednesday and Thaw's fait should
bo in the bands of the jury by Wed?
nesday evening.
Justice Kitzgerald today ordered
the jury to be locked up until the
ond of the trial. In view of this the
Judge's charge will be delivered im?
mediately the district attorney con?
cludes. The latter says his speech
will occupy not more than three or
four hours.
Declaring he would not base tils
plea upon the "unwritten law" be?
cause his client found ample protec?
tion In the written statutes of the
state of New York, Mr. Delmas made
a striking appeal to the sympathies ot
the jurors and so far as be has pro?
gressed the subject of Thaw's Insan?
ity at the time he committed the
homicide was not ev'en hinted at.
Mr. Dohnas based his argument
solely upon the story of Evelyn N'es
bif Thaw. With Hushed cheeks, but
dry eyes, that young woman heard
her life History rehearsed to tlie men
who are to judge her husband and
bowed her head as her m?tther was
denounced in the bitterest terms and
tones tho eloquent lawyer could com?
mand?
"Even a beast protects Its young,
be declared with scornful emphasis,
but this unnatural mother deserted
her daughter in this city of millions
to be betrayed by a uilse friend, to lie
lured into a gilded palace anil there
left the victim of a gray haired man,
wounded, bleeding and devoured."
Mr. Delmas wont with great detail
into the life of Evelyn Nesbit has led
tip to the meeting with Harry Thaw.
In all of his remarks be referred to
her as "this child," for child he saitl
she was today. He told of Thaw's]
great love for her and bis efforts to!
rescue her from "the clutches of'
Stanford White." whose achievements
in bis profession, the attorneys de?
clared, woro an aggravation or his
crime.
Mr. Delmas before beginning his
attack upon Evelyn Tnaw's mother,
poured out a torrent of denunciation
upon the architect who became the
victim of Thaw's pistol. He accused
hliu of tho "crime of rape," and then i
declared that President Roosevelt
had said in a message to Congress
that such a crime should be visited
with death. This was one of the
suggestions which Thaw himself
made to his counsel for bis summing
up speech?one of the suggestions
which played so important a part at
the proceedings before the lunacy!
commission. Mr. Delmas declared
that Cod heard the cry of the chiln
upon whom Stanford White had fixed
bis gazo and had determined should
bo bis. He quoted from scripture
that, "He who afflicts a fatherless
child shall perish," and declared that
Provldcnco had sent Thaw to avenge
tho wrong.
Thaw Evelyn's Only Protector.
The attorney declared tnal Thaw
was his wife's only protector?that he
camo Into her lifo when she wijs on
the downward path, told her that no
matter what the world thought of
bor, she was to him nn angeT. He
took her to be his wifeo, reddy to
share that burden that a mother aad
bolpod to place upon her daughter.
Mr. Delmas accused Mrs. Ne.'sbit of
having lived upon tho wages of her
daughter's ruin. He sought to pic?
ture to tho jury what he termed the
sinister surroundings in which the
girl had been reared and In doing so
ho mercilessly attacked the mother.
Mr. Delmas rose to the higheut
point of his address today when he
told tho jury that the girl's mothter
was the one who had funilshed Dis?
trict Attorney Jerome wi!:h tho ar?
rows with which to wound the daugh?
ter on cross examination?i cross ex?
amination which ho declared would
live long In the annals jmf criminal
history, but which left the; girl's story
unshaken In all Its ecnsentlai de?
tails.
That Evelyn Nesbitts story was
NEW
STRAIGHT
D IN ADDRESS
i
true and was told to Harry Thaw
formed life subject of the argument
for more thnn^nn hour. Mr. Del mas
declared the only evidence the dis?
trict attorney had to bring against
the girl was the "miscalled affidavit
procured by Abraham Hummel. Speak?
ing of Hummel. Mr. Oehnas again
drew heavily upon nis bitterest In?
vectives and declared that ii wp?M
require more than the word of a pov
jurod man to send Harry Thaw to an
ignominious death. Hummel was ac?
cused by .Mr. Dohnas of having com?
mitted deliberate perjury upon the
stand In the present trial when he
swore he was not acting us Evelyn
Nosbit's counsel and that no action
was contemplated in her behalf. He
sad the so-called affidavit itself con
vlctt il the man of these falsehoods.
Quote^the District Attorney.
Mr. Dei mas lagan his appeal to
llu- jury by quoting from an utter?
ance of District Attorney Jerome dur?
ing the trial. Ho said: '"We have
no right, il the real facts were known
to be lure trying this man. and would
b< absolutely prohibited by the sta?
tutes.'
"Had you heard these words." con?
tinued the attorney, "from some Ir?
responsible babble r. instead id' from
an official charged with a great pun
lie- duty: had they been spoken n a
place where idle men resort to In?
dulge in Idle talk instead or in a tri?
bunal wherein justice presided in so?
lemnity; had llu occasion on which
they wen uit< rod been some trivial
one; an insignlflcnnl topic Instead ol
a debate, the issue- of which is life or
di al lb. and had you after so hearing
them hoard the same lips make an
appeal to prove that the law di maud
oil forfeit of the life of I be man
about whom they were spoken, these
words might not have filled you with
amazement.
"It is lo prevent such a conclusion
in this case." went on Mr. Delmas,
"that I have undertaken the perform?
ance- of the onerous task before me.
In this task it will be my duty to
give you all the help In my power
in deciding the qiioston before you.
"Mr. Delmas then gave a Resume or
Evelyn N'rsbli's life from^nor birth
ui> to the time when sho mfet1 Stan?
ford White, continuing he said:
"Bravo and courageous, we find this
child of 15 or 10 years of age, rushing
in the daytime from studio io studio
earning from Sil! te> $1S a week nud
ui iiigut appearing upon the boardu
and earning an equal salary."' < '
Unmercifully Scores White.
"At this tme we find a man wliosc
hair was tingeel wit a grey, who had
an excelle nt wife and an accomplish?
ed son. fixing his eyes upo'i the fated
child and determining to make her
his. To win her ho luui none of the
graces or principles of the honorable
suitor. He introduced himself into
her family in the gti'se of ah inlluen
IIa I friend. He won his way into tlie
confidence of her mother and e stab
lshcd himself in a paternal and pro?
tecting attitude in tne> family, nna
when his footing was sure he per?
suaded the mother to absent herself
from the oily, assuring her that the
chilel would he safe in his bunds and
! telling her how fortunate it was thu
j there? was such a protector to waten
over her. I.u one of those dens lilted
[ up with nil the beauty end taste
] which this man of genius possosseed
?Into one- of these de-ns this chill
was lured and found herself aleme
with this man. old enough to he her
father, the man who was her protect?
or.
"Must I tell you how sho was |ed
on. Step by step, how she was plied
I with wine and drugs and finally be
I came his victim? Thai story you have
heard from that child's faltering lips.
Meitter that he should never have liv?
ed than to have lived to have henrd
the cries of anguish of the victim,
who lay before him. He had commu
?eld the greatest crime that eve?r de-1
filed the imago of Cod. He? had lured
to destruction and had crushed the
child who had trusted him. He had
I committed a crime against the law,
i against the law of this State, a crime
that Ihe Ch.ef Magistrate of this
country in a message to Congress
sahl should be punished by death.
"Oh! Stanford White, who entrap
pod a child who had no father, who
had been deserted by her mother, aN
was left alone In a city of millions,
had you Imagined that Clod would
not hear that cry? Had yon forgotten
that retribution would be at hand?"
Mr. Delmas recounted how White ha'
j posoned the mind of Ihe girl by tell
I ing her that he had committed no
wrong.
No Mercy for Girl's Mother.
When Mr. Delmas had completed
I his denunciation of Stanford White,
he launched into a merciless attack
on Evelyn Thaw's mother. He first re?
called to the jury that In the early
pail of the trial, when Hie name oi
Hu. mother was first mentioned, he
I stated that he would not cast any re
j flections upon her an:l held her guiTt
loss belie ving her to have been the
helpless victim of circumstances.
"When 1 said this, gentlemen." Mr.
DpimaS said. "I had not In mind three
things that had not developed?that
fcr years after this rape itad been
committed upon this girl, the mother
received (300 a month from the rav
ish.er; that her mother hnd given to
Mr. Jerome a written statement that
he might tear tho soul of her dnng'.i
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
PORT NEWS, VA., T
Med crook falls"
into hands of police
John Casey Charged With Taking
Purse From Or. Pressey's
Pocket.
HE OPERATED 0? STREET CARS
When Arrested the Man Had Just
Been Trying to Sell "Phony" Watch
to Conductor for Ten Dollars?Pal
Called at Station and Didn't Get
Away.
Clinfgcd With stealing a purse from
the coat pocket of Or. U. J. Pressey,!
a well known dentist of this city, on,
ono or the main line ears on the
Newport News & Ohl Point line abouti
?1 o'clock yesterday evening, John i
Casey, a white man :I0 years old. I
claiming to hall from Nashville,'
Teiin., wns arrested at Washington
avenue and Twenty-eighth street lnst
night by Patrolman CM, Padgett.
According to Dr. Pressey he hoard?
ed the cur at Washington avenue and I
Twenty-seventh street and was stand-1
Ing up in the car isle along with al
number of other passengers. When]
the car rounded the curve nt Twen?
ty-fifth street and Washington ave?
nue, enroute to Hampton and Old'
Point he felt some otie tug at his'
coat, and n second later found that :
his purse and several letters were!
missing from his inside coat pocket..
At the same time he noticed that a
man, who bad been standing beside
him, was hastily leaving the car, und
he followed In pursuit.
Caught In Saloon.
After leaving (he car Uio stranger
went. Into Mr. Al Tolker's wholesale
liquor house nt the corner of Wash?
ington ayenne .nnd Twenty-fifth
street. When about to follow Into the
store. Dr. Pressey saw Patrolman
Padgett, who was standing nearby
and reported the affair to him. The
ofricer went into the place and es?
corted the man out on the sidewalk.
Subsequently Mr. S. S. Archibald, who
had followed Dr. Pressey off the car
found the missing purse and letters
near the car step, where It is supposed
the man dropped them, and turned
them over to the dentist. |
After learning that Dr. Pressey hod
recovered bis property, OfHcer Pad- j
sett let the stranger go. I
Soon afterwards the patrolman re-1
ported the incident to Chief Reynolds
and the chief Instructed Officer Pad?
gett that in tile event he saw the
man again to arrest, hint on the
charge of being not of good fame.
Another Little Game.
About 8 o'clock, when returning on
one of the Newport News & Old
Point ears from his home In East
End. where he had gone for supper.
Officer Padgett saw the stranger on
the car anil kept him under close
watch during the trip to Washington
avenue. intending to arrest him
there. Just after the car crossed over
the Twenty-eighth street bridge. Con?
ductor J. \\\ Sewell. who was In
charge, pointed Casey nut to Officer
Padgett and informed him that the
man hod nttetnnted to dispose of a
fine looking gold watch for $10.
When -searched at the station
house. Casey bad a "phony" watch on
him. which was the one he had of?
fered to sell Conductor Sewell.
An Alleged Pal.
Soon after Casey was locked up, C
D. Odum, 23 years old, claiming to
be from Dayton. Ohio, appeared nt
the police station in search of a
friend named "Peter Jones." After
questioning Odum for a few minutes
Chief Reynolds locked him up on the
charge of vagrancy. It is thought thnt
he is Casey's "pal."
The police believe these men are
the advance cnarrt of the crowds of
crooks thnt will make their headquar?
ters In this section durincr the James?
town Exposition. Chief Reynolds ex
nects to make It exceedingly uncom?
fortable Tor crooks, thieves nnd pick?
pockets who stop here and he asks
the en-operallon of the people o! the
dty in minimizing thefts by keening
close watch on any valuables they
may carrv on their persons from this
time until the Exposition closes.
ANNUAL SERMON TO SOLDIERS.
Rev. E. A. Shenk Preaches to Hunt?
ington Rifles.
Rev. T2. A. Shenk, pastor of Trini?
ty T.utbernn church, nreached the an
?nal sermon to tho Huntington Rifles
Sunday morning. The Rifles, com?
manded by Cantaln Moore, attended
the service in dress uniform.
A detachment of officers and men
from tho German cruiser Bremen wns
also present.
Ninetv Davs for Vagrant.
Adnm Hanslemnn, arrested f>">r
drunkenness and vagrancy, was given
ninety days In Jail by Justice Brown
'n the police court yesterday morn?
ing.
H STATES SAYS
i BOMBARDMENTS
1
Tells Contra! American Rnpubllcs
Tnat Ihsy Cannot Again Fire
on Port Towns.
.5* _
8iG STiCK MUCH I? EVIDENCE
? 'I
Hondurnrij Soldiers Thought the War
Was CiVer, Abandoned Puerto Cor
tez antSWent Back to Work on the <
Plnntd\\Sn6?Mercantile Interests of
Forelg^^-a to be Protected.
(^rj? Associated Pross.)
NEW EHR LEA NS, I.A.. April 18.?
Piieflb Qnrtoz one of the prhtclpnl
ports of>vtlondnris has surrendered
without \<3?'.htlnji. Abaut 1.500 Hon
durnn nttUIIers abandoned the purl
two - da/ft? before the Nicaragua!)
troops npWari'd.
The H'jtKlurnns did not desert their
|k)sl. t through cowardice, tint decided i
that the $nr was over. They return-'
ed to thet-hnnuna plantations, whore
most of Tfjem had been employed as
laborers peforu the war began.
The fofiowlng proclamation was Is?
sued by Commander Phllum of the,
Marietta jjrrtd Virgil C. Reynolds. Unit-1
ed Stntes'ytylco Consul: "To the peo-|
pie of Cftjbn: The generals of the I
Honduran'-prmy having left Celba, thoi
civil autbbrltles will assume charge
of the city government, All liquor j
saloons ;.*111 be Imtnedlately closed
and will remain so. Sailors from the'
nlted StntgB ship Marietta will patrol
the slrecfi and assist the civil au?
thorities m,'xjre?crve order and pro?
tect propeT^^roreigu or, m ivnte. Tho
sailors t^^^rj^d ais friondsi of Hon?
duras, M\ pe'n'mns -are'warned that
there ;n.'i-; be ' no' disorder or" viola?
tion i,f the laws of Honduras and all
are advised to remain In their homes
for the present. In case Nloaraguan
forces concentrate at Celhn they will
not Interfere with the law abiding
people and there need he no alarm
whatever."
No More Bombardments.
An authoritative statement or prent
moment In the relations of the Unit?
ed States to Central American rcpitiv
lies has been given here. It Is to the
effect . thai bombardments of coast
towns cannot be permitted "during
the frequent wnrs and revolutions In
Central American BtatCB."
The statement is |?v Command"**
Fnllnrh of the United Sln'os Cuiihoal
Marietta nnd is part of n letter to
General Estrada, general commander
of the Nlcur?guan expedition engaged
In capturing the Hondurnn port.
JAIL BREAKER AND
BURGLAR JAILED HERE
,E. R. Thompson Arrested Aboard
I Transport Sumner for West
Virginia Authorities.
E. R. Thompson, who is wanted In
Williamson, W. Va., for burglary and
jail breaking, w-as arrested on hoard
the transport Sumner Sunday morn?
ing by Chief of Police Reynolds, Ser?
geant Mitchell and Officer Pearson.
Thompson has agreed to return to
West Virginia without requisition and
an officer will arrive today to take
charge of him.
Recently Chief Reynolds learned
that a dentist's orfice in Williamson
had been robbed and, thinking that
the job probably had been done by
tho mnu who robbed the offices of
Dr. Applewhite here and Dr. Pressey
In Hampton, he eoniimin1'""1
Ihe chief of police at Williamson. He
learned that one K. R. Thompson
and another man had been arrested
for the robbery and that they had
broken jail, delivering ten other pris?
oners. Later the chief learned that
Thompson had enlisted on the Sum?
ner under nn assumed name.
Going aboard tho Sumner soon af?
ter tho vessel came up from Old Point
Sunday, the chief secured a list of
the men signed on the last trip from
! Lieutenant Splllcr, the quartermaster.
Prom ten names the chief selected
"C. Smith," nnd when C. Smith was
sent for he proved to he the man
jwanted.
At first Thompson denied his Iden?
tity, but later he weakened and con?
fessed.
REV. IV. M. HUNTER GOING
TO NEW FEMALE COLLEGE
Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church
Resigns to Accept a
Call.
Rev. W. M. Hunter, for a number
of years pastor of the Second Presby?
terian church, has 1-een elected presi?
dent of the Female Seminary which
?has just been established at Wil
IllnniRbUrg by tho Norfolk 1'reshytery.
I Sunday morning Mr. Hunter tendered
his resignation tu hin congregation
tu take effect nt tlii> pleasure pf tho
Norfolk l*r?Bl?yl?ry. .
Itev. i:. T. Wolirord, pastor or Uta
First Presbyterian ohurch, presided
during th<> congregational mooting,
and tlto following resolution was
adopted:
"Whereas, our pastor feels eonvlnc
cd tlitit ho Is culled of (lud to accept
tlio cull of the Fluentlonnl Board
of Norfolk Presbytory to the presi?
dency of the Female Somlnnry tit WII?
HatDRhurg, und has requested (hut wo
concur with him In n roquost to dis?
solve the pastoral relation, we re?
luctantly concur In the retptest. We
furthermore desire to express our ap?
preciation of his most efficient and
consecrated labors amongst us, his
invaluable services to (be whole com
mttnlty our high appreciation of him
tis pastor und Christian citizen and
we most heartily commend him to
those whose good fortune It will be
to labor with him In the future."
Mr. Hunter bus been n lender In
the Antl-Stiloon Leagues of the city
and wns largely responsible for the
thorough organization of the three
bodies.
COMPETIVE TEST OF
SUBMARINES ORDERED
Lake Cruiser Built Here Will be En?
tered and is Expected to
Make Best Showing.
Adlvces wore received In this I
c''v from Washington yesterday to
lue effect that the navv department
will hold a competitive test of sever?
al types of sul marines In Narrnnan
sett bay, lt. 1., beginning on April 111'.
Among the vessels lo he entered In
the lest will be the Lake Submarine
Torpedo Pout Company's cruiser sub?
marine Lake, built at the plant of the
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry
Hock Company.
Several other typcB of pllingCIM
will enter the test. Including the Bill)
marine Octopus, which was construct?
ed under contract with tin? navy de?
partment several mouths ago. This
Is the largest submarine over built
In America.
The Utke Is the only submarine of
the even keel type which will enter
j the contest and naval men who have |
fUiuNcd various types of submarinen
I nrlt confident that she will make the
iber.J allowing. In thai eventthe diayff,,
department probably will order sever?
al VohhoIb of her type.
Funeral of Mr. Ford.
The funeral of the late C. A. Ford,
who died Saturday, took place yes?
terday morning at 10:30 o'clock from
the residence, 222 Forty-fifth street,
conducted by Rov. Asbury Christian,
assisted by Rev. H. W. Dunkley. The
'body wns Interred at Oreenlawn cem?
etery. Mr. Fortl was a native of
I Charlottesvlllc, but had lived here for
eight years. He Is survived by bis
widow and four children?W. V. Ford.
, of New York, and Misses Nellie, Msie
'and Louise Ford, of this city.
YOUNG IvrNAuTlslN
RICHMOND HOSPITAL
' Report That He Was Dead Proved
to bo Incorrect?Mrs. Webber
Went to Identify Body.
Young McNnir, tin* druggist who
j formerly lived here and who wns re
1 ported to have been found dead in a
j Richmond hotel, is alive und the pby
Kleinas sny he will shortly h<> In good
j health. The young man Is in u lios
I pital at the capital city, recovering
from an operation which he under?
went two weeks ago.
When the druggist left here several
weeks ago he told Mrs. Webber, by
whom he had been employed, that
j he was going to work for a druggist
named Richardson in Richmond.
Mrs. Webber suppuscd he was at
work until it few days ago. when she
.vas notified by Mr. Richardson that
tin; clerk had never put in his appear?
ance. Friday a man was found dead
aud his appearance corresponded with
a description of McNnir, so Richard?
son notified Mrs. Webber
Mrs. Webber went to Richmond to
identify the body, but she found she
did not know the (lend man. An In?
vestigation was made und finally Me
Nair was located In one of the hos?
pitals.
It seems that the young man was
Liken ill while on his way to Rich?
mond and wns removed to the bos
pital upon his arrival. He had not
had an opportunity to communicate
with either Mr. Richardson or Mrs.
Webber.
LOCAL MAN LOWEST BIDDER.
M. P. Powell Offers to Decorate Fed?
eral Building for $1,260.
Bids for painting and decorating
the Interior of the Federal building
here were opened In the ofllco of
Collector of Customs .1. F.. B. Stuart
at :: pejoek yesterday nfternoon and
were forwarded to the treasury de?
partment hist night.
Mr. M. P. Powell, of this city, sub
' mitted the lowest bid on the work,
bis figure being $1,2C0 and 00 days
In which to complete the job. The
other bids were as follows: R. 10.
Bowles. Asheville, N. C. $1,203 and CO
days; F. M. Johnson, Asheville, N. C,
$1.705 and flu days; John Gibson,
Philadelphia. $2,9.':? and 45 days.
The treasury department will let
the contract within a few days and
the work should begin by May 1.
THE WEATHER.
Fair and sllfjhtly
colder Tuesday; Wed?
nesday fair; fresh
west winds.
(5LflJULPJLPJL?JL!UULa^
PRICE TWO CENTS
SLAPPING HUSBAND
Prominent Dentist of Far Rock
away Charged With Murder?
ing His Better Rail.
QURRALED OVtR SERVANT GiRL
After Committing the Crime Calmly
Walked Out of the House and Cooly
Told an Officer That He Was Go?
ing After a Cigar?Sho Wus Mem?
ber of Prominent Family. >
(Ry Associated Press.)
NUW YORK, April 8.?Samuel Ouy.
a- dentist of Par Roekuwny, is under
arrest chnygod with tho murder or
his wife in their honiu tonight.
The wpmnu's body was round lying
on the dining room floor with two bill'
let wounds In the brenBt.
Dr. Guy wan arrest ml its bu wan
leaving the house und Just us a ser?
vant canto screaming from one of tho
doors and hysterically told a police?
man that her mistress was dead.
Lato this afternoon the doctor
came from n saloon near his resldenco
and entered his home. It Is aliened
that he went to the kiteben and nn
noyed a servant for some minutest,
finally being Induced to leave tho
girl by his wife. The servant Bttys
?is husband und wife entered the din?
ing room. Mrs. Ouy slapped his fneo.
Immediately afterward the door clon?
ed and In n few moments, two sliutn
startled (ho girl.
Dr. Ouy walked to tee hall, took
down his overcoat and started from
thi> house. A policeman met hlm,nnd<..
.asked.him whore, he was going. "Junt,
to get a cigar," said the doctor oonlyi,
L ?AfUW ..second*- mi er 'the 'eYles.. dnWv^,
Rf-'rvant fr?re heard and the doctor
was promptly arrested.
Mrs. Guy waB 42 years old and her
husband 66. She was u dOHcenlant
of the Moot family, which owned
practically nil of Par Roeknway, tho
members of which nre ncconnled very
wen I thy.
MAG "UDER CAMP GOING
TO RICHMOND IN A BODY
All Veterans In Vicinity Invited to
Make Trip to Attend Grand
Camp.
Mngruder Damp, Confederate Vet?
erans, last night decided to go in a
jiody to Richmond nn May llfl to in?
tend the sessions of the Grand Ciunp,
United Confederate Veterans, and
participate in the great street pnvndu
i which will bo a feature of tho rio;
union.
j A resolution wns adopted Ipvlllnx
all veterans in this section, whether
or not they nre members of thin
icamp, to Join with the camp and
make the trip to Richmond.
Great preparations nre being ntudo
j for the reunion in Richmond, where
Ii Is believed ten thousand veterans
will gathr from all over the Smith.
On Mny HO a stutue or General ,T. E.
n. Stuart will be unveiled, and the
Jefferson Onvis statue will l>n linyctl*
ed on Juno 3.
ACTION OF RAILWAY
WILL NOT AFFECT PORT
Leading Coal Agent Says Lighters
Are Not Needed Very
Often.
"In my opinion the action of tho
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
in refusing to continue furnishing
lighterage for vessels taking coal In
the harbor here will not seriously
nfrect. the conl trade at this port,"
stated one of the leading coal ship?
pers In tho city to a Dally Press ru
porter last night when questioned as
to the probable eHect of tho order
just Issued by the railway company
upon the coal trade here.
"The Norfolk & Western Railway
Company discontinued Its barge ser?
vice several years ago and Norfolk
tides not seem to have suffered any
bad erfects rrom that action. The on?
ly time when n barge is needed at
this port is whn a warship comes
hero ror coal or when a steamer that
bunkers through side ports stops for
fuel. The total amount of coal load?
ed on such vessels would not exceed
10.000 annually." continued the agent.
The government has furnlBhed
barges at Norfolk for barging conl
1 from the piers to the warships and
H probably will do the same at this
port when It is found necessary.
Funeral Services.
The funeral of Mr. Paul Metcnlf.
the young electrician who was killed
it the plnnt of the Citizens Railway
Light & Power Company here Satur?
day, took place from the resldenco of
Mr. C. R. Metcnlf. a brother of tho
deceased, at Suffolk Sunday.