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J. BrDUNNAVAM
ISTfl?N?lsTER
Wan Who Escaped From the Asylum
4?..- is at Home.
ANNUAtBANQUET OF PYTHIANS
Ireportant Arrests Made by Cepiain Lips
comb? ""r. Toney Is Criticali)* ill.
Personal Notes irom the
Sou.li Side.
?Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,".
No. 1102 Hull Street. J
J. li. Du min van t, who escaped from ihe
asylum in Wi.liamsburg Saturday uunng
tho excitement caused oy the lire at ihe
asylum, Is in Manchester at the home of
lus mother, beventh and Maury Streets.
From his own story, ne came to this
city on a freight train Saturday night,
and ??nee that time has oeen at Jiis home
apparently as sane as any one. At the
DnurJivant of the hospital building Mr.
Dunnivant made his escape in Lie gen?
eral excitement, and for som?? dine was
not missed. 'He has never been very
violent, and has given the authorities
Very little trouble.
It is not known what action will be
taken by the Wiiliam.sburg authorities.
but his family here seem peifectly willing
that he shall stay witn them, ror a
?while -yesterday afternoon he "Walked on
lower Hull Street and spoke to many of
???e old associates. His conversation was
that of a sane man.
PYTHIAN BANQUET.
The annual banquet of Manchester
*Lodge, No. 20, Knights of Pythias, last
night was a most enjoyable affair. After
6 short session at the lodge room, cor?
ner of Ninth and Hull Streets, the lodgr
adjourned to tho Masonic Temple, on
?luper Hull Street, where the lodge and
its ?nests, numbering about sixty, sat
down to a delightful banquet.
Alter discussing the supper. Hon. A
C. Aikisson. who ofliciated as toastma.-?
tcr, took up the toast list. Mr. R. S.
Rives'?.d-rlivered an address of welcome.
Mr. Jefferson Wallace spoke of the
Grand Lodge: Mr. I?. P. Owen. Jr. of
"The Old Lodge and the New" ; Mr. A.
35. Williams, of '.'The Press"; Mr 11. W.
Furcron, of Pythianisiii, ar.d Mr. D. L.
Pulliam. of "Our Friends."
After the scheduled speeches there were
?several impromptu talks ??*>" members of
the lini?-n.
HOUSE-BREAKER CAUGHT.
Captain Lipscomb made some import?
ant arrests yesterday morning, and land
?pd three negroes behind tie oars. The
residence of Mrs. Swan, at Sixth and
"Maury Streets, was entered Saturday
?night, and a gold watch and SS in sil?
ver from a smah bank; which was on the
?ma n tel ?pic-ce, taken. Mrs. Swan fired
three time's, but did not hit tie thief.
Ernest ' Miller, Madison Jackson and
3saac Fleming, three negroes, are at the
police station on the charge of house
hreaklng. Miller had a key on his per
f-on, which was identified by Mrs. Swan
as tbe one whicli was taken from her
door in the afternoon of Saturday, when
Miller brought a load of wood th*?ro.
"Mayor Maurice will hear the cases this
morning. The poiicc arc certain they
have the ones who have been doing tho
thieving in the city for some timo past.
MP?*. M. E. NEAL.
Mrs. ""Main: E Neal. wife <?f Floyd S.
"Seal, di^inis morning? nt 4. o'clock after
? painful illness of "ihre?-? ' weeks. De?
ceased was onlv nineteen years old and
bad beer, married two years. Just two
months ago the father buried a little
child, and from this thc mother and wife
never recovered. For some time her life
lia3 -been despaired of, yet everything
Hint loving ones could do was done for
her. She was ?a consistent member of
Fifth-Street Methodist Church, from
?which the funer.-.l will be this af?
ternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be
made in Maury Cemetery.
JLLNESS OF MR. TONEY.
Mr.-.J-, W. Toney, a well known and
highly-rcHpected citizen of the city, lies
et the 'point of death at his home on
Eleventh and Hull Streets. Mr. Toney.
who is father of Hon. D. L. Toney. was
taken suddenly ill Saturday night, and
has been unconscious ever sin?*.e. Dr. T.
P. Mathews is constantly in attendance
et his bedside, but his condition is ex?
tremely critical. He complained of a head?
ache Saturday afternoon, but his-family
thought "*--noihing serious until about 9
O'clock, when his condition was found to
"be much more -?-rious than had been sup?
posed.
PERSONA I .-G.: AND BRIEFS.
Mrs. T. E. Reynolds, who has been very
ill for tho past week, wns considered
(Somewhat better yesterday.
The funeral of the little child of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Fnrpnison took nlnce from
Sacred Heart Church yesterday at 11
o'clock. Thc interment was made in
Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Mr. T. F. BoncTur?nt, a, substitute of the
fire department, lost his badge Saturday.
If left at tho department the finder will
he rewarded.
Miss Nannie Johnson, who has been
spending the past six months with friends
here, returned yesterday to her home.
Mr. William Amos is yet in a critical
condition.
Mr. H. M. Merchant, of Manassas, is
spending a few days with his brother.
?Dr. Merchant, of Porter .jtreet.
Mr. J. L. Owen was taken very sick
yesterday afternoon at his home, on De?
catur Street.
Liberty Council, Xo. 12. D. of L-. held
an interesting meet ins last nicht. Ofli
cers were installed for the ensuing term.
RICHMOND GIRL SUES.
She is Claimant to lis?ale of President Jobn
?00.
Suit has been brought in Greenville,
Temi., by Martha Patterson Landstreet,
daughter of Captain Jolm Landstreet, of
this city, ivhich. if she wills, will bring
her into possession of the? e-staie of the
late President Andrew Johnson.
The son is to set aside ihe last will
of the late Mrs. "Martha Patterson,
daughter of Johnson.
The estate consists of about sixty or
seventy thousand dollars' tvcrtii of prop?
erly, including the gifts to President
Johnson fro.i the American people and
all his papers.
Mrs. Patterson made a contract with
Captain Landsinet before her death by
which ihe was to have little Miss Mar?
tha to -live with her until she was ten
years of ????. Shewas then to be re
. ..i-ini t?t her father and be made the
sole heir".SL-Jh'e estate.
Tills contract was made and although
a .--ccond.'wjll made Mr. and Mrs. David
a second; \?'?}1 made Mr. and Mrs. David
Pattw*so*?,'.' tot Greenville. Tenn., the
hears, the Landstreet claim under the
contract: is considered good and will
he pressed.
RECRUITS ARE MANY.
United States Army Enlistln?** ?Men for Phiiipv
-pine Service.
C-apUiinj^Ppftan thinks something like
charge af.'.the, ?recruiting office of the
*"*n'ted "States ?army, reports that on ac
?sount of ".the large number of men re?
turning from tho Philippines, there is
W**? ot )?<????? take their places.
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For over thirty years Mr, Fletcher has giveu, and still gives, his personal
attention to the preparation of Oastoria? It has won the confidence of mothers
and physicians everywhere?never harmed the tiniest babe. This cannot be said
of Imitations, Counterfeits and the " Just-as-good " rot.
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Captain Dugaii thinks somethink like
20.CW men could be enlisted at once.
Mr. John il. Delmer, who has seen ser?
vice in Cuba for the last three years, is
here as assistant to Captain Dugan.
The following is a list of the recruits
sent from this city the last few days:
John AV. Courtney. Little Plymouth, Va.;
Henry L. Fitzhugh, Westmoreland coun?
ty. Va.; Robert W. Boisseau. Amelia
Courthouse, Va.; William G. Hund? ay-,
Richmond, Va.; John W. Lucas, Rich- |
mond, Va.; Elmer C. Coe. Mclntyre. Pa.; I
Edward R. Wilcox. Dresden. N. C. ; John j
Harvey, Fifishie. Scotland: Robert ?. ?
Mann, Petersburg. Va.; Robert L. Camp- |
bell. Bowling Green, Va.; Raymond I
Rawlings, Wilmington, Del.; Monroe j
Childress, Hanover county, A'a.; Clarence |
M. Conrad, Albemarie county, Va. ; S
James S. MeKenrion, Davis county. Mo.; |
Richard C. Jones, New York, ?. Y.;
Archie H. Gillespie. Elizabeth, N. C;
Frank X. Moseley, Richmond, Va.; Har?
ry C. Freeman, Richmond. ATa. ; Walter
C. Smith. Raleigh. X. C: Frank A.
Rogers, Christiansburg, X'a.; William
Mussleman, Frederieksburg, Va.; George
P. Hughes. Scottsville, Va.; AVilliam H.
Hurt. Lynchburg, A'a.; Morel A. Lacks,
Providence, A'a.; Daniel C. Butler, Rich- j
mond, A'a.
Officers Elected.
Ivnnhoe Lodge, Xo. 71, Knights of
Pythias, have just elected the following
officers for the term beginning January
1st, 1902. They will be installed on the
third Thursday in tliis month:
Samuel Thomson Pulliam. chancollor
comrr.ander; R. E. Bruce, vice-chancel
lor; J. S. Eggleston, prelate; H. L.
King, master of work; A. L. Davis,
keeper of records and seals; P. A. Ar?
thur, master of finance; E. A. Shepherd.
master of exchequer, \V. B. Freempn.
master of arms; AV. D. Leake,' inside
gua ?1: ?. P. Dalton. outside guard: R:
M. Smith. T. L. Courtney, H. L. King,"
trustees. Jefferson Wallace, represent
tive to the Grand Loti ge. P. A. Arthur,
D. G. C.
SECRETARY TAKES UP CUDGELS
Writes a Long Letter in Defense of Navy
Department.
(r..v Associated Prrss.)
WASHINGTON", D. C. Jan. 6.?Secre?
tary Long has addressed to Senator
Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, a long let?
ter defending tue Xavy Department,
against what is declared to be unfriend?
ly criticism in connection with the dis?
tribution, of prize money and bounty.
The letter is called forth by one from
the Senator, asking for information en
this point for the use of a western news?
paper.
The secretary declares that the criticism
that the ?Jepartmcnt has discr.mmated
in favor of Admiral Sampson and against
Admiral Schley in the distribution of
prize money and bounty, is unjust, be- j
cause the department has no control over I
this matter; the money Deing distrtouted j
from the Treasury, and all questions cf ?
law and fact relative to prize money and j
bounty having ueen determined by the j
courts.
The secretary call's attention to the |
laws touching prize money and bounty j
as they existed at the beginning of the ?
Spanish war. and he says, that, though I
advised by thc Attorney-General that it ?
might make a distribution, t-e Navy De- ?
partment preferred to place the matter |
in the Court of Claims, and so far from I
displaying favoritism adopted thc most !
euective means in its power to secure a
just distribution by the courts of law.
COMMANDER'S PART.
Touching the claim of Admiral Samp?
son for bounty at Santiago, the Secre- ?
tsry-says that the distribution was made
under a decree of the Court of Claims,
which he cites, ar.d from which no ap?
peal was taken. He further points out
that under.the prize laws the comman
dcr-in-chief of the fleet is entitled to his
"nnfl-lwei^llfith" **?? ***** Win ? ?it K*r virtua I
of his position as commander-in-chief,
whether he is personally present during
the engagement or not. Says the Secre?
tary:
"As commander-in-chief, Admiral
Sampson would, therefore, under the law,
have been entitled to his share of bounty
for the destruction of the Spanish ships
at Santiago if he had been on the north
shore of Cuba at the time. This was the
law for which the Navy Department was
in nowise responsible."
AMUSING FEATURE.
On this point the Secretary says that
the Department itself was the first to
realize the iniquities of this ' law 'and
to make the recommendations which led
to its repeal so that, "a rather amusing
feature of the attacks made upon tho
Navy Department,," ad the .Secretary
puts it, is that the administration is
blamed more than two years after it liad
cured thc evil.
Tlje Secretary concludes his letter with
an extract from the- report of the auditor
of the Treasury for the Navy Depart?
ment, showing the status of the prize
money and bounty cases yet unsettled,
owing to delays in the courts, and pre?
dicting a settlement within thc year.
SENSATIONAL DEPOSITION.
M.'?bourne MacDowell ?'akes Gravee Charges
Against '?"'Hraser Brune.
(l'y Associate-I Press.)
KANSAS CITY. MO?., Jan. G? Melbourne
MacDowell. the aelor. who ended an en?
gagement here yesterday, signed a. sen?
sational deposition to-day in Kansas City,
in his suit against Clarence M. Brune, a
tjteatrical manager, who last season
starred his w-ife. Minnie Tittle Brune, and
MacDowell in Sard?u's play, "Theoelora."
MacDowell, in his deposition, swears that
in New York, while intoxicated, he was
induced to sign bills of sale conveying th?"*
rights of the Sardou p?ays to Brune for
?NJOO. He asserts that undue influence wa.s
used in bringing about the transaction,
and asks that it be set aside.
The suit was filed in Ramsay county,
Minnesota, and seeks ?o recover damages
and to restrain Brune from producing any
of the Sardou plays. Other sensational
statements are made by MacDowell in
h.'s deposition, one being to the effect that
he was drugged in New York, put on
beard of ? steamer, and taken first to
Boston and. then to Newport News, and
that at Baltimore, later, while still under
the influence of the drug, he was mar?
ried.
MAY?. HAVE LANDED.
Revolutionary Steamer Libertador Due on
Venezuelan Coast.
(lb* Associated Press.)
W1LLEMSTAD. ISLAND OF CURA
COA. Jan. 6?(Via Haytieri cable).?
Shortly l,T?fore midnight last night a
steamer, believed to be the Venezuelan
revolutionary steamer Libertador, passed
several times before this port, signalling
to people ashore, answering signals ap?
peared to ha\*e been received from the
shore, and it is assented that the last
members of the revolutionary expedi
FIVDS WAY TO TiY-v""?. LONG
The startling announcement of a Dis?
covery that will surely lengthen life is
made by Editor ? H. Downey, of Chu
?ubusco, Ind. "I wish to. state," he
writes, "that Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption is the most infallible re?
medy that ? have ever known for Coughs,
Colds and Grip. It's invaluable to peo?
ple with weak lungs. Having this won?
derful medicine no one need dread
Pneumonia or Consumption. Its relief
is instant and cure certain." Owens &
Minor Drug Company guarantees every
i"0c and 51 bottle, and give trial bottles
? tions, who had assembled.on this island,
embarked on board.the Libertador and
! should have been landed early this morn
| ing on the Venezuelan coast near A'ela
| do Coro.
It is reported here; this afternoon that
j the Libertador has captureu the A*ene
j zuelan gunboat Vumbador.
The gunboat Arumbador, of the Arene
! zuelan Government,..was originally a tug?
boat named the -Agosto.
OUR SHIPYARDS.
German Naval constructor Makes Very
Favorable Report.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Jan. 6.?Tjard Schwartz, a
German naval constructor, who was re?
cently sent to the United States by the
Marine General Staff to investigate ship
building there, has submitted his reports.
The investigator says that materials for
the construction of steel ships are lower
in price in the United States than in any
other country and that the only thing
to be complained of is the fluctuation of
| prices.
The .German investigator refers to the
I splendid body of American workmen
earning wages from thirty to fifty per
cent higher than those paid in Great
Britain and ICO per cent, higher than the
wages paid on the continent, and says
that wage bills are counterbalanced by
economical processes of machinery not
found in European yards.
Herr Schwartz reports that notwith?
standing the wages paid' freighters .are
being built on the great lakes, as cheaply
as tramp steamers are built in Great
Britain.
ARE KNOWN HERE.
Mrs Charles Russeil: Keiley Sues for Separa?
tion from Her Husbind.
Mrs. Charles Russell Keiley, known on
the stage as Dorothy Daffron. has brought
j an action for separation and alimony
j from her husband, who is the son of A.
j M. K?iley, judge of the International
? Court at Alexandria, Egypt, and former
i ly Mayor of Richmond.
Th,? grounds for the action are that Mr.
! Keiley has been hypnotized into desert
: ing her.
Mrs. Keiley comes of an old Virginia
; family. Among her relatives is Rear
i Admiral Boardman.
Baseball D-atl in Nor'o'k
(Specl.:l Dispatch to Tho Time?.*?
NORFOLK, A'A., January 6.?That
base-ball is dead in Xorfolk is evi?
denced by the announcement thnt on
next Wednesday the grandstand, bleach?
ers and fence at League Park will be
sold at public auction. The owner of the
franchise, Harvey Cunningham, has tried
hard to make the game popular here, but
failed.
The old Arirginla League was a finan?
cial success, but of late years interest in
ti*?? garrir" here has been . dead.
Tho Truckers and Traders' Bank,
which was recently incorporated with a
capital of ?30,000, opened for business this
morning.
Wireless Succe-s.
(Special. Dispatch to Tho Timea.)
NORFOLK, VA., January 6.? Pro?
fessors 'Jhiessen and Plckells, of th
weather bureau's wirel?-*ss telegraphy
staff, passed through to-day from Cape
Henry, bound to ,Reanoke Island, N. C,
to further .experiment. It Is learned that
messages were on Saturday successfully
sent without the aid of wires, from Cape
Hennv to Manteo, N. C, a distance of
nearly 200 miles.
NEAV YORK?The. directors of the
Nr-w Jersey Central "Railroad have de?
clared a i*t*Jarterly dii'idend of 2.per cent,
aga'nst 1 1-4 oer cent, at the' last pay?
ment.
FRUIT GROWERS
IN SESSION-TO-DAY
Va. Horticultural Society in Annual
Convention.
AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME
Many Prominent bruit urowcrs Here to
Attend ? Governor Mout?gue to
?pcak?Th?* Programme
ior Io-Day.
The sixth annual meeting of the Vir?
ginia State Horticultural ?i/CieLy will De
cailed to order 111 tne assembly room ot
tho Chamber of i_ommerce at 10 o'clock
this morning, and win last for two uays.
A great many prominent fruit growers
are already In tne city, aiid' otiieis are ex?
pected this morning. Fine sampies o?
appies, mosuy from the test orcnaros at
Biacksburg, have been placed on exn.bi
tion, and different kinds of spraying ap?
paratuses are on hand and will be used
by the speakers In giving illustrations
as to tho spraying of fru c trees.
The Executive Committee held a meet?
ing at Murphy's last night ana revised the
programme and: issued a general invita?
tion to the public to attend the sessions
of tne convention.
Governor A. J. Montague, who takes a
lively interest in such matters, has con?
sented to be present to-day and make an
address.
PROGRAM?MB FOR TO-DAY.
The following is tne programmo for tne
first day's session:
Opening exercises?Prayer by Rev. Dr.
J. P. Smith.
Address of welcome by Mr. L. Z. Mor?
ris, president of the Chamber of Com?
merce,
President's address?President Samuel
iB. Woods (Charlottesville).
Appointment of temporary committees.
(1.) Credentials.
(2?) Order of business.
(3.) Nomination of officers.
(4.) Resolutions.
(5.) Auditing treasurer's report.
Prof. H. E. Van Deman?Pomologist
Pan-American Exposition.
Address by Prof. W. A. Taylor, assist?
ant pomologist, U. S. Department of Ag?
ricultural.
"How to Plant and Grow a Young
Orchard.*'
Discussion led by Hon. George E. Mur?
rell, Fontella; James Craig, Waynes boro;
C. H. Birch, Covesville.
AFTERNOON SESSION 2:30 P. M.
Chamber of Commerce Hall.
Report of Committee on Credentials.
Report of Committee on Order of Busi?
ness.
Report of secretary and treasurer.
Prof. S. B. Heiges. State Test Farm,
Saxe, A'a. (Bx-U. S. Pomologist.)
"Care of an Orchard."
Discussion led by J H. Coleman. Cov?
ington; W. XV. ?tey, Draper; H. G.
Moran. Miller School.
W. T. Hood, Old Dominion Nurseries.
Richmond
"Propagation and Cultivation of Nur?
sery Stock."
Discussion led by J. B. Watkins. Hills
horn; W. A. ?-"rancis Salem: J. O. BnrVs
dale. Red HJ1L Howard B. Dinwiddie,
Greenwood.
? ? he Hestlessness of our Farm Labor."
Discussion led by Hon. G. W. K?lner,
Commissioner of Agriculture; Captain C.
E. Vawter, Miller School. Albemarle
county; F. S. Kirknatrick, Lynchb'jrg.
EVENING SESSION. S P. M.
Prof. W. B. Alwood, Va., Experiment
Station, Blacksburg.
"Orchard Conditions in A'irginia, Pres?
ent and Future," with lantern illustrci
tion-?. -
Joseph Stumpf, vice-president Mer?
chants' Cold Storage Company, Kich
mond.
Address on "Cold Storage.'" N
THE OFFICERS.
The present officers of the society are:
Snmuel B. Woods, of Charlottesville.
president; Geo. E. Murrell, of Bedford;
W. T. Hood, of Richmond; Dr. M. L.
McCue, of Albemarle; David O'Rork, of
Augusta; A. M. Bowman, of Roanoke
county; G. W. Koiner, of Augusta, and
XV. B. Alwood. of Biacksburg, vice-presi?
dents; Walter Whately, of Albemarle,
secretary' and treasurer, and Howard B.
Dinwiddie, of Greenwood, recording of?
ficer.
Some of tho prominent members who
are already in the city are: Messrs. S.
B. Woods, of Charlottesville; J. J. Boaz,
of Covesville; James Dickie and Withers
Massie, of Nelson; C. L. Wayland, H.
B. Dinwiddie, E. XV. Blincowe. XV. S. Bal?
larci, Walter Whateley and Hon. W. H.
Boaz, of Albemarle. and Senator S. L.
Lupton. of Fredericksburg. Most of them
are registered at Murphy's, and this pop?
ular hotel is looked upon as headquarters.
President Woods and Secretary Whate?
ley both said last night that the outlook
for a successful meeting was very bright,
and that about two hundred fruit growers
were expected to attend.
A FRUIT-GROWING STATE.
President Woods saiel Richmond was far
removed from the fruit-g-rowing belt, and
for that reason the attendance would not
bo as large as had the meeting been held
in (he be't. He said, however, that an in?
vitation to meet here had been accepted
for the reason that it is the purpose of
the society to stir un Interest in th?? in?
dustry nil over the Stnte. Mr. Woods is
sure that certain kinds of fruit can be
successfully crrown on the Enstern Shore
and in nenrly all sections of th?*? Stnte.
and the society desires to encoi;r<i?re the
industry all ????et th?*? lines. He says no
State anywhere has better f m?t-sto win sr
lands thnn Vi re-i ? in. pnd that if she will
onlv pull tin and interest her pponlo sh?"
will vet take a very high rank in the in?
dustry.
Mr. "Woods, who is one of the ?tvpnUh'Pst
farmers anel fruit g-rowers in Albemarle,
is enthusiastic over tiie societv's work,
and believes its present session will be
productive o? ?T?**?.t benefit to the fruit
growers of tho State.
Tho sessions of tho mppf-tn-r promise to
be verv interesting and will be well worth
atferid?Ti?**? bv 'hopo who tak?*? nn interest
in the great fruit-growing indutsry.
"?'1.?? ?FNTUI?Y COM FOI IT.
Millions are daily finding a world of
comfort in Buckien's Arnica Salve. It
kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts,
Bruises; conquers _UIcers and Fever j
Sores; cures Eruptions. Salt Rheum.
Bolls and Felons; removes Corns and
Warts. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
25c. at Owens & Minor Drug Company.
\T?? VF. \ It's fil'T.
Buy a house <>f A. .'. Chewning Co.
and present it to your wife.
UNTMPE.?' CHARLE?If you were to see
thi unequalled volume of unimpeachable
testimony In fa.vor of Hood's Sarsaparilla
vou would upbraid yourself for so lontr
delaying to take this effective medicine
for that Mood disease from which vou
ara? suffering.
HI?HF-ST Pitici?" PAID FOU OLD
oohn.
E. J. Crane will pay jn cash *"20 an
ounce for old gold dentist plates. Old
gold and silver of every kind bought for
cash at 123 1-2 West Broad Street,
it Pays to
?y a Piano
Last a Lifetime.
You Will Make no Mistake
If You Purchase o4
Cable, Conover,
Kingsbury, or
Wellington Piano.
Buy from the manufacturer and save
the middle profit.
We have just received several lar?e
shipments from our factory and would
deem it a pleasure to have you call
during the coming week and look over
our beautiful stock of high-grade
Pianos.
Investigate.
Call and let us show you original
letters received from prominent schools
and colleges now using our pianos ex?
clusively.
Simples entertainments every day.
213 East Broad St
J. G. CORLEY, Manager.
TO SEND OUT COPIES.
Richmond Will tNot Be Inactive in Elforts to
i-ecure Exposition.
Through a special committee named
from the General Committee of tne Cham?
ber of Commerce, which has in charge
the. Jamestown Bxpositior matter, there
will be scattered broadcast through the
State within a few days about 15,000
copies of the bill which was introduce?!
in the short session of the Legislature in
opposition to the Norfolk charter bill.
The preface to tn'ts bill is now being pre
liared' by Mr. Henry R. Pollard, of the
? special committee, and 'it will probably
bo mailed uuring^ ttzertstan??iM
In this preface to the bill will be em?
braced a synopsis of its purposes and a
further explanation of why it is desiraoie
to the State at large to take some cog?
nizance of the Jamestown settlement.
Mr. Pollard will probably place the mat?
ter in the hands of a printer within a
day or so. .he plan of distribution is
through merchants, who will be asked to
send the literature directly to the men
whon they know will be interested gen?
erally in the move for the furtherance
of the interests of the State.
On this committee, in addition to Mr.
Pollard, are Colonel John Murphy and'
Mr. B. F. Johnson. All express the opin?
ion that this will possibly be one of the
most fruitful efforts yet made in behalf
of the Exposition.
THE FLRD? UNiON HOTEL.
This Will Te tbe Name oi the St. Chares
Unler Mr. G??'* M ?-?-???em-nt
Mr. A. J. Ford says the name of the
old St Charles Hotel, under tus manage?
ment, will bo the "Ford s Un on.
Mr. Ford declared yesterday that ho
would open the hotel a3 so :?
cable. Already "workmen are ei
preparing it for the reception or"
The hote!. as now constn :ted
ninety rooms. Ten mor- will b? .. led
Mr. Ford says he will buy the
ture for the hotel in Ri? hmond, bell .
he can do as well here as anywhere in
the country. It is Interest!.':-,- ; ? tai *??
that Mr. Ford should have ?wned the
? St. Charles once, away bark in l.,V".
Captain McCreary, ronnerty with the
[ Bay Line Steamship Ctompany, ?.?.'iu be
| Mr. Ford's assistant. His lease is for ilve
years.
RUMOR OF FCR?INE.
Airs. Orili, So it is Said, is fudtlenly Made
Rich.
If the rumor be true. Mrs. Bernard
.Briel aad htr family, of No. SW North
Thirty-second Street, have fallen. heir to
a fortune (estimated at from $350,000
$1,000,000, through the death of a relative
Un Germany. There'se nothing as yet to
show this report to be true, nor has the
fami.\v, apparently, heard anything di?
rectly of the amtter. Mrs. Briel said
yesterday that so far as she knew, it
might be true, but she is not waiting !
for it.
When approached about the matter yes?
terday, members of the family could, or
would, say little. A daughter re fer reti
alt inquiries to Mr. F. Pheltteau. of Bal?
timore, through whom there seems to
have reached the fami!.?.* a similar rumor
of good fortune some time; ago.
It seems, according to what could be
learned, that the late Bernard Briel, of
whom Mrs. Brie! is th? wodiw. had a dis?
agreement with his father many yean5
ago and came to this country. It is pre?
sumed, therefore: that the* fortune, if for?
tune there is, came through this source.
f)ami?e to th.* ^a-riatte.
The damige to the Marriatte Hotel, at
Rocky Mourt, N. C, by fire Saturday
night, was learned yesterday to amount
to about $2,000. This losswas' covered by
insurance. The furniture was not in?
sured, and the loss was well nigh total.
The heating apparatus wiis but
?
71 O iVla?n St.
Stoves,
Ranges,
Furnaces,
Latrobes,
Wood Heaters,
Scuttles,
Coai Vases,
Ash Sifts,
Ash Pans.,
7 IO Main St.
|ANDEBSOR'S|
[-^Carpet House !=|
frtr.c.si: U"8
^Cotr.??
CorP2t5t
Lace <
For?-re~'
ares.
I
??"*"'
??
r:sw.
?
Geo. W.
Anderson & Sons,
215 E. Br ai St.
little Injured. William Cook, the fin
man, overcome by heat, was gottinj
??.long aiceV yesterday.