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THE COAL STRIKE IS
MUG 11 COLLAPSE
The Men Are Returning to Work
in Large Number.
MARCH DID NOT TAKE PLACE
?ir.idge Jackson's Injunction Had Its Effect
on the Agitators?Some of the
Miners Without Provisions
and no Strike Money.
iSperl.il Dispatch to The Times.)
RLUEFIELD. V,*. VA., ?lune 13.?The
cea! strike is on its last pins. The agi?
tators are discouraged nnd are preparing
lo sneak away nn?l- leave tho deluded
strikers, whom they have caused to lose
their work and wages, to do thc best they
?an.
The men are vacating the company's
houses and some of thom are short of
provisions, but tho particular agitator
Who carries tho money is not in evidence.
Every day tho ranks of those who
work are being swelled by strikers who
havo got enough of being fooled. To?
day there were more men at work than
on any previous day since the strike
"began.
COLLIERIES AT WORK.
Nearly all of the operations were at
work. Some of them loaded the u*-ual
output.?
McDowell coliiery. which Is making
Some repairs, will start up Monday. The
Greonbrier, heretofore idle, had tweKe
or fifteen at work to-day putting the
?mine In shape to get down to work to
jnorrow.
On. Ci*ane Creek the Crystal Company
wlll go to work Monday. Then every
colliery in the field -??ill be at work. Most
of the strike Is over. Monday all the
Xnen will work.
MEN DID NOT MARCH.
The march scheduled to take place yes?
terday did not come off. Quite a num?
ber gathered ?at North Fork, but cither
?the sun was too fierce or the number too
email and tho agitators called it off.
The sweeping injunction granted by
Judge Jackson, against. the strikers nt
Farimont has had some effect in this
fiele. It is thought that the marching
?feature -was abandoned for that reason.
Mother Jones is one of those restrained
by this Injunction.
UNION MEN RETURN TO WORK
IMany of Them Going Back in the Poca
hontas Field?Outlook Improving.
(Br Associated Tress.)
ROANOKE. VA.. June 13.?The officials
O? the Norfolk ana Western Railroad
Ccrrpany to-day stated that the situation
In the Pocahontas coal fields is improved
ami the prospects for a resumption of
wc-ik with full forces of miners are
l?righter than at any time since the strike
.was declared.
There has been a gradual increase in
the number of strikers returning to work
during the week, and to-day one mine
is working 100 more union men than on
yesterday. The percentage of returning
r-ien in this mine is larger than at the
other operations, but all of them are mak?
ing gains. Every operation heard from
Is getting out some coal, and it is thought
from what reports have come from the
?field?* that forty-five operations o?it of
a total of forty-six are at work. The
officials are of the opinion that the entire
field will have resumed its normal con?
dition by the middle of next week at the
latest. Reports to the effect that out
jside labor is being sought are confirmed,
but it Is explained that at no time dur?
ing Ihe year is the force sufficient to
ireet the demand, and consequently there
is no special significance attached to
this action. Many of the men who have
coin*.? to the field since the strike began
were engaged a month ago. Practically
all those returning to work arc union
men. There have been no- i-eports of vio?
lence, and none is expected.
POSSIBLY MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Peculiar Story of Two Men of Same
Name and Appearance.
A lady who keeps a boarding-house on
TVYest Main Street telle a peculiar story
which may be a case of double or mis?
taken identity.
For some months a gentlman connected
with one of the local beneficial associa?
tions had been boarding at her House
with his wife. They had no children, and
there had been some disagreement or
?misunderstanding which resulted in the
?wife leaving her husband about three
Weeks ago.
One evening he came home and found
a note pinned on the pin cushion telling
him that his wife had gone for all time.
Before leaving the wife had stated that
ber separation from her hushand was oc?
casioned by the fact that one of her
?deai-est friends had taken from her the
.affections of her husband.
The husband at once left the house
at which they had been boarding and a
few days ago left Richmond, and has
-not been heard from. The wife went t<>
West \*irginia to live with relatives, but
returned to Richmond yeslerdav to visit
ber sister, who also lives on \Vest Main
Street.
A couple of weeks after the separation
of husband and wife and their departure
from the West-Main Street boarding
house, a young man. strikingly like the
busband in appearance, and who. stiange
to say, gave the same name, called one
?night about 9 o'clock to see the lady of
the house. The purpose of his visit", he
Stated, was to inquire why she had been
?reporting that he was a married man.
fTaken greatly by surprise, she replied
?that she had never made such a state
Tncnt, as she never seen or bearvi of him
before In her life. Upon this the young
man dopart?xl.
Report has it that the young lady who
?was i-eferred to by the wif?? as her" dear?
est friend, who had stolen her husband's
afTeetlona. was marri ?3d on Saturday and
bas gone to Norfolk, but whether with the
husband or the young man of the same
same, strikingly like him in app?jarance.
goes not yet appetar.
It may be that the husband has all
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PROCTOR'S NOMINATION.
Discussion Over it Consumes the Day
in the Senate.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. June 13.?The Senate
spent nearly the entire day in consider?
ing the nomination of Captain William
Crozier to be chief of th?* Bureau of Ord?
nance. The principal speeches wore made
by Senators Cockrell and Proctor, the
former favoring confirmation and the lat?
ter opposing that course.
Senator Proctor declared that under the
law General Crozier was ineligible. He
aJso referred to the fact that G????ral
Crozier is the patentee of the Buffington
Crozier gun carriage, and he and others
who stood with him asserted that no offi?
cer possessing such an interest should
be put at the head of a bureau which
controls the use of such patents.
Senator Cockrell said the appointment
had been made because of the exceptional
fitness of General Crozier for the position,
and that he was in every way, person?
ally and professionally, worthy of the
compliment which th?? appointment im?
plied. Senators Warren. Foraker and
Harris, also defended General Crozier.
No action was taken to-day. General
Crozier's confirmation is generally con?
ceded by his opponents.
Air. Tillman. of South Carolina, pre?
sented some of the advantages of sup?
plying metal mail boxes for rural free
?ielivery. and showed to tho Senate a
sample box of sheet steel which could
be purchased for forty-nine cents. Boxes
now supplied by private individuals cost
from $1.25 to *.": each. Such a price, he
said, was a serious burden upon the
farmers. Already $7,500,000 a year was
paid for rural delivery of mail, and he
believed such rural delivery would expand
until it exceeded the cost of city mail de?
livery.
SOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIPS.
Miss Ryland Gets One in Teachers' Col?
lege, Columbia University.
(Br Associated I'r.'ss.)
NEW YORK. June. 13.??Dean Russell,
of Teachers" College. Columbia Universi?
ty, announced to-day the appointment of
the following persons to Southern schol?
arships:
Mary Grace Venable. Asheville N. C. :
Marion Garnett Ryland. Richmond, Va.;
Julia Marshall Raines, Columbus, Ga,;
Annie Linton, Athens. Ga.; Elizabeth
Avery Cotton. Campbellsville, ??., and
Bruce Ryburn Payne. Durham. N. C.
These scholarships have been given for
tlie year 30?2-?3 by V. Everi t Macy,
Georjre Foster Peabody and John Crosby
Brown, New York city. They are of the
?-alue of ~,'*00 each. Upwards of 200 ap?
plications were received during the month
of May from teachers in all parts of the
South. The successful candidates were
chosen from an eligible list of 310 names.
Two of the appointees will specialize
i7i manual training, one. in primary teach?
ing and three normal school or adminis?
trative work.
Visible Supply of Cotton.
(By Associate?! Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, June. IS.?Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's visible
supply of cotton, issued to-day, shows
the total visible to be 2.S11.949 against
2,953.031 last week and 3,044.984 last year.
Of this the total of American cotton is
"--57,949 against 3.?W4.033 last week and
1,993,984 last year, and of all other kinds,
including Egypt. Brazil. India, etc., 954,
000 against 9S9.000 last week and 1.0S9.000
last year.
Of the world's visibly supply of cotton,
there is now afloat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe, 3.6S9.0O0
?against 3,121,000 last year; in "Egypt, 101.
000 against 155.000 last year; in India, 505.
OOfi against 615,000 last year,.xand in the
United States. 537.(t00 against 754,000 last
year.
Professor Epes to Retire.
(By Associated Press.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA.. June 3.?Prof.
?. H. Epes. who for seven years has been
principal of the Central City School, an?
nounces that he will not ask for the place
again, but will be connected nexl y?ar
with a school for young ladies.
Prof. Epes is a brother of the late Con?
gressman Sidney Epos, and is one of the
best known educators in the State.
SUNTO VISIT
E
Frequent Emissions of Black
Steam from Craters.
CONDITIONS NOT REASSURING
The Volcano of Kilonea of Hawaii Has
Broken Loose Again and Flames
and Smoke are Rising From the
Crater?Light Earthquakes.
(Rv Associate?? Press.?
KINGSTOWN. ISLAND OF ST. VIN?
CENT, June 11-?Fleet Surgeon Isaac H.
Anderson, of the British navy, and the
Scientific Commission appointed by the
Royal Society lo investigate the volcanic
disturbances here, arrived at Kingstown
yesterday and left to-day for Chateau
Bela ir. intending to ascend the Soufri?re j
volcano when possible.
The general feeling of anxiety has not
iibated. There has been no bad eruption
since May 30th. but tho appearance
of tfae volcano is not reassuring. There
are frequent emissions of black steam.
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS.
Thc. American scientists. Professor Ed?
mund O. Hoyey. assistant curator of the
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, and George C. Curtis, of Har
vard University, made another ascent
of the Soufri?re, from the e-ast. Monday
last. They heard the rumbling of boiling
water in the old crafen when half a
mile off; waited unti! the fog cleared and
found the southeast crater quiescent.
The old ridge that used to run from
the saddle to the bottom of the crater
remains. There is no w.ater in this crater.
The Americans did not venture to ap?
proach the old crater.
NOT LIKE VESUVIUS.
Professor Hovey says that apparently,
the crater of the 1S12 eruption took no
part in the recent outbreak and so far
as he and Mr. Curtis could see. no
stream*; of molton rock, like those which
issue from Mount V?rsuvius, have flowed,
only superheated steam, lava, ashes, etc.,
having been thrown out.
Kilunea in Eruption.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
HONOLULU, June 6. via San
Francisco. June 13.?The volcano Kilauea.
of Hawaii, has broken loose again, ac?
cording to a. report received to-day by
steamer. Flames and sm?.ike are rising
above the crater. The outbreak took
place June 3d and up to the time of the
last report from Hawaii, dated yester?
day, it was still continuing. The out?
break has been foreshadowed for tnany
days by an increase over the normal vol?
ume of smoke coming from the crater.
There also have been slight earthquakes.
No eruptions of lava or ashes have taken
place.
HI STEELE AGAIN.
The Famous Insane Convict is Captured
in Tazewell County.
(Special Dispatch to The Time?:.)
TAZEWELL. VIRGINIA. June 13.?
Late yesterday afternoon Deputy-Sheriff
R. S. Gillespie. and Constable Charles
Steele brought to this place and lodged
in jail H. Steele, the noted negro crim?
inal and escaped convict, who in 1S97 was
sent from this county to the penitentiary
to serve a term of ten years for tlie mur?
der of a negro woman.
Sometime after he was taken to Rich
momi he was adjudged a lunatic and was
sent to the hospital for insane negroes
at Petersburg, Ya., from whence he made
his escape about a year ago. Since then
he has been seen several times in this
county.
Some days ago the authorities at this
place were notified that he was in Ward's
Cove, in the west-end of this county, at
the home of his father and was armed
with a shot-gun and was threatening and
terrorizing the citizens of that commu?
nity. Upon this information the officers
above mentioned went to arrest him and
found him hiding at the place mentioned;
but being approached by mem and in?
formed tnat he was wanted he made no
resistance, but quietly submitted to be?
ing arrested and was handcuffed and
brought here. There is considerable
doubt as to whether he is insane, and
many are inclined to believe that he is
not. Certainly he is a very dangerous
character and the citizens are glad that
he is again in the custody of the offi?
cers. -
Political Notes.
The Clav Ward Actives will hold a reg?
ular meeting at Belvidere Hall to-night.
Only routine business will be transacted.
Captain John Lamb nnd Mr. Jefferson
Wallace will meet in joint debate at Rock
ville, in Hanover, to-night. They will
meet at Goochland Courthouse on Mon?
day.
OBITUARY.
Miss Coro Busby.
Mis? Cora Busby died at the Home for
Incurables at 5:30 o'clock yesterday after?
noon. The funeral will take place from
the Home at 6 o'clock this afternoon.
Charles W. Reynolds.
Mr. Charles W. Reynolds, formerly of
Richmond, died at Newport News vester?
day. The funeral will take plaec from
the Main-Street Station at 10 A. M. to?
day. The interment will be in Hollywood.
?J. R. Whitehead.
(Special Dispatch tri The Times.)
CHATHAH, VIRGINIA. June 13.-Mr.
J. R. wnitehcad died at nls home here
about f. o'clock this morning. He had
been a sufferer from Brighfs disease Tor
more than a year, and was taken woise
not many days ago. but arose this morn?
ing and began dressing, when ha became
very weak, ad laying down, ????.?? in a
very weak, and laying down, expired in
Mr. Wbitehea?! was rear?l ?? the coun?
ty about twelve miles from this place,
and for a number of years was engaged
in mercantile business at Warm Springs.
| He was elected County Treasurer in 1S79.
succeeding himself in that office four suc?
cessive terms, and was defeated by G. H.
Vaden, the incumbent, in 1S95, after which
he retired to this mercantile business
which he established here during his
early years as Treasurer, and enjoyed a
large and lucrative business.
In 3900 he ran as independent candidate
for Congress from this (the Sixteenth)
district, being defeated by Claude A.
Swansoh, the incumbent of that office.
?Mr. Whitehead then retired from busi?
ness life as the malady was slowly doing
its doadly work and the last several
months of his life were spent in his home.
For several years while Treasurer he
served as Chairman of the Democratic
party of the county.
He is survived by a widow, five sons.
Senator Joseph Whitehead, Messrs. J. J..
J. P., R. D., and William Whitehead,
four daughters, Mrs. F. B. Watson, Jr..
Misses Nannie and Elhel, all of this
place and Cllncy Whltehead, of Balti?
more. Md.
One sister, Mrs. Peter Booth, of Roan?
oke county and two brothers, now livin
out west. Mr. Whltehead was nearing
his fifty-eighth mile-post in life. He
v.as a deacon in the Baptist church and
for a number of years superintendent of
the Sund.iy-school. The funeral will take
place from the residenci at P. M. Satur?
day and the interment will be in the
Village Cemetery.
C. W. Reynolds.
(?Special Dispatch to The Timos.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA., June 13.?
Charles Warring Reynolds, one of the
best-known and most honored citizens of
the city, died this morning at 10 o'clock.
?.g?-d forty-one years, after a lingering
illness of Briglit's disease, complicated
with other maladies. Brief funeral ser?
vices will be held at the residence to?
morrow, after which the remains will be
taken to Richmond for interment in
Hollywood Cemetery. Mr. Reynolds came
here from Richmond many years ago
and entered the service of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, later joining the staff of the
Merchants' and Miners' Transporatioh
Company, with whom he was engaged for
the. last five years of his life.
Ho leaves a widow and two children.
Charles Price and Anne Holmes. There
are three brothers, John D. Reynolds.
of New York; R. M. and L. B?. Rey?
nolds, of this city. He also leaves a
sister. Mrs. Fred Allen. The deceased
was always prominent in politics hero
and was for a long time secretary of the
City Democratic Executive Committee.
He was a member of the First Presby?
terian Church.
Mrs. Adelaide Doyne.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
FARMVILLE. VA., June 13.?Mrs. Ade?
laide Doyne, widow of the late John
Doyne. a widely known and highly es?
teemed lady in Farmville, died very sud?
denly at the home of her step-son. Mr.
XV. T. Doyne. this afternoon, aged eighty
one years. Mrs. Doyne was apparently
in ?jod health up to about ten. minutes
before she expired. Her death was due
to rheumatism of the heart.
?DOUt twelve months atro- her onl*- sis?
ter, Mrs. Augusta Sheffield, of New York,
who was visiting relatives ?at Burkeville,
Va., died very suddenly in that place.
The funeral and burial services will |
take place Sunday from the house, con?
ducted by Rev. S. II. Thompson, of the
Baptist Church, of which the deceased
was a consistent member.
Miss Lucy Catesby Lewis.
f?5*-.oCfrl nisnatch to T'*<- Times.)
BISCOE, VA.. June 12?Miss Lucy Cates?
by Lewis, died on Wednesday, the 11th.
at Sunny Side, tho family residence, rear
Miller's. Kssex county.
Miss Lewis had been ill for some weeks,
so her death was not unexpected, but as
she ha.d resisted the disease thus far the
doctor? thought sho would recover.
She was the daughter of the late Mr:
Thomas Lewis, and his wife. Nancy La
tano. of Mansfield.
Miss I>ewis leaves four sisters and seven
brothers, and a large circle of rela?
tives and friends.
She will be buried in the cemetery at
St. Paul's, which church she has lived
and attended from her infancy.
Death of ari Infant.
? ?-.nodal Dispatch to Tho Times.)
BEDFORD CITY. June 13.?The infant
child, aged one year, of Mr. and Mrs. Orton
Goodo. of North Carolina, died suddenly
Wednesday at thc home of its grand?
father. Mr. T. R. Goode, whom they were
visiting, from convulsions. The inter?
ment took place this morning at Long
wood Cemetery, the services being con?
ducted by Rev. R. B. Scott.
Mrs. Elizabeth Emory.
iSncoir.l Dlsriar-h to The Times. 1
PETERSBURG. VA.. June 13.?Mrs.
Elizabeth Emory, aged fiS years, died at
her residence, on Bollingbrook Street, this
evening. Mrs. Emory hnd been in feeble
health for many months, and her death
was not unexpected. One son, Mr. Wil?
liam V. Emory, survives her.
Mrs. James Michie.
(Snecial Dispatch to Thc Times.)
GREENWOOD DEPOT. ?'?.. June 13.?
Mrs. James Michie died at her home.
Blair Park. Albemarle county, yesterday.
She had been ill for several weeks still
her death was a shock to her famiiy
and friends. She was buried at Em?
manuel Church this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
W. L. Butts.
("Special Dispatch to The Times.)
PETERSBURG. VA., June 13.?W. L.
Butts, aged seventy-eight years, died late
to-night. He retired from business and
had been almost an invalid for the past
two years. He leaves a wife.
Funeral Services.
The funeral of Mr. John J. Crutchfield,
Jr., took place from Park Place Metho?
dist Church yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Interment was made in Holly?
wood.
Tho funeral of Mr. ?. P. Adams, the
old gentleman who was killed Thursday
beneath the wheels of a Seaboard Air
Line engine, took place yesterday morning
from his late home on Bacon Street at
9 o'clock, the Rev. J. A. Sullivan officiat?
ing. Interment was in the family bury
ing-ground on Brook Roafl.
The funeral of Mrs. Y?'innie Clark, who
died at her home, 31$ South Pine Street,
Thursday night, will be from St. Peter's
Cathedral this morning at 9:30 o'clock.
. j.-, ?. .?*
DEATHS.
REYNOLDS.?Died. Friday. June 13. 1902,
at Newport News. CHARLES REY?
NOLDS, formerly of Richmond.
Funeral from Chesapeake and Ohio,
Main-Street Station, at 10 A. M. TO?
DAY (Saturday). Interment in Holly?
wood.
BUSBY.?Died, at the Home for Incur?
ables. June 13th, at 5:30 o'clock, Miss
CORA BUSBY.
Funeral TO-DAY (Saturday) at 6
o'clock from the Home for Incurables.
LAST MEETING
OF THE COUNCIL
Considerable Transacted at Last
Night's Session.
BELL'S PETITION WITHDRAWN
Expert Accountant Submits His Report
as to Maury Cemetery?"Blue
Jeans " to Play?Man?
chester Briefs.
Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times,
No. H?32 Hull Street.
The last regular session , of what has
been and is yet known as the City Coun?
cil was held last night in the Council
Ch.tmber, with eight members ipresent.
There will be a called meeting of this
body on the 27th, but no other regular
meeting. The meeting was in session
from 8 until after 11 o'clock, transacting
all necessary business, so the new bodies
Board of Aldermen and City Assembly
would have their hands free when they
begin enacting laws.
The first business transacted was the
reading of the Expert City Accountant's
report for the year. Mr. Sutton, In the
report, called attention to the hooks
of the cemetery, and s.tid there could
be a better system inaugurated. In in?
specting them he foun?. that there were
some names of parties buried in the ceme?
tery which did not appear on the books
of the Board of Health. The case was
also vice versa. This is accounted for
as follows: Parties?mostly colored?will
go to the president of the Board of Health
and secure a certificate of death to be
presetned to the keeper of the cemetery
After obtaining this, the body would be
interred in another burying-ground. Th?
name would appear on the records of the
Board of Health, while the keeper of the
cemetery would never know anything of it
It was suggsted, and made a. part of the
ordinance passed last, night, to have the
certificate of death awarded by the Board
of Health to the keeper of the cemetery
returnable to the hoard after the inter?
ment of tne body. The undertaker in
charge will be neld responsible for tnis
rtv?rn. i
STREET COMMITTEE.
The Street Committee expended for the
past month $413.03, in permanent improve?
ments.
The application of Judge Hancr. of the
Richmond and Petersburg electric line,
to defer paving a part of the Turnpike
until the city had paved its part, was
reported upon favorably by the Street
Committee, but met a stumblin block in
the.shape of Mr. ??. ?. Bradley. Mr.
Bradley objectea to the wording of the
application.
The matter will go to tho Street Com?
mittee again, which will meet at the spot
and look into the question. The amend?
ment to tho ordinance granted to Messrs.
Woodward & Sons, the wording of which
is "One of which spurs may cross Fourth
Street into the lumber yards on the West
side of Fourth Street between Stockton
and Everett Street." was taken up. As
there was no blue print of the proposed
spur, Mr. Bradley kept the body waiting
for some time in making an argument
against the rerommondntion. It was
pass.jd with this proviso, that the blu.
print should be recorded in the _.ity En?
gineer's office.
WITHDREW PETITION.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
withdrew its request for a. temporary
franchise to erect poles on Eighth Street.
As the company have no franchise now
and are operating their lines in the city.
Mr Abbott a*fked"if their present franchise
suited them.
Work on Stockton Street in front of (he
Baptist Church was ordered to be done.
Thirtsenth Street from Perry to Railroad
will be paved ?it once, "or as soon as is
practicable. One side of the street is to
be paved all the way. while from Semmos
to the Railroad is to be guttered. The
paving of the. square between Porter and
Bainbridge on Twelfth was ordered done.
This will cost about .*?120. The Thirteenth
Strcot work will cost on an aggreg.ate
of $1,500.
Mr. Bradley met with a rod hot ?prepo?
sition when he asked that Thirteenth
Streikt work have priority over that on
Stockton Street. Mr. Wakerield lives In
First Ward and he at once pricked up
his ears, and macie a short talk, car?
rying his point.
The fine of $20 imposed upon W. T.
Johnson, colored undertaker, for burying
a body without the proper certificate from
the Board of Heallh, was ordered to be
remitted. There was a request from the
president of the board asking this, as
it seems that the error was unintentional.
The Election Committee had a report
to make relative to the payment of the
bills of Registrars Pickett. of the Sec?
ond Ward, and Porter, of the Fourth.
These bills ?are for copying new books.
Ten dollars for the white book and the
same for the colored. The whole matter
was referred back to the committee, to
come un again in a better shape. All
other bills were paid.
The ordinance presented September 13.
3G?01. by Mr. J. T. Abbott for the Maury
Cemetery, was passed last night. From
time to time this ordinance has been
postponed and when it was called last
night, there was no opposition or argu?
ment; just the motion to adopt was put
and carried unanimously. The cemetery
now has water supply there being plugs
down on the railroad, near the large fac?
tories there and leading up to the ceme?
tery.
BASE-BALL TO-DAY.
The "Blue Jeans," assisted by their
mascots, will endeavor to defeat a team
of young people from the Richmond Lo?
comotive Works this afternr.-on. The
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Forest Hill Park. There is so much in?
terest manifested that extra cars will
b?? furnished to accommodate the crowd.
Richmond crosses bats with Petersburg
this afternoon in the latter city. The
game is scheduled for 4:30 P. M. The
"Blue Jeans'' will play the Pc-ntiacs.
from Richmond, next Saturday. Base?
ball is becoming fashionable in the city
at the present time. There are many
nines,' yet the "Blue Jeans" are appar?
ently the most favorable of all.
CHIMNEY COLLAPSED.
The collapse of a chimney of the house
situated at No. 1106 Hull Street yesterday
morning com-getely wrecked the build?
ing. Mrs. E. G. Crlchet. who with-her
family occupies the upper floor, had a
narrow escape from instant death. As it
happened, she was in tho rear room, an?!
the force of the chimney falling did not
affect this as it did the front of the
building.
The building was formerly used o>
Moore brothers as a printing office, they
having moved but last week. What was
the direct cause of the collapse seems to
be a mystery, further than that there
was some defect in the building, which
all at once toppled over. '
The ground floor is a complete wreck.
It is hardly likely that the building will
be repaired, it seeming more probable
that a new one will be erected on the
site.
A CURIOSITY.
Petrified wood has been found in Man?
chester. An enbankment being cut down
near the corner of Tenth and Hull
Streets is the spot where the petrified
piece of timber was found. A young
gentleman walking through the place
yesterday saw a peculiarly shaped object,
and picking it up discovered that it was
a petrified piece of wood. The piece
found is evidently a part of a limb of a
tree. Captain Lipscomb looked at it and
said he thought it to be a piece of p<ilm
tree. This was' the opinion of Judge
William I. Ciopton. who also made a
minuti? investigation of the object.
This embankment is being cut down
for the purpose of making bricks, anrl
the earth has been dug away until about
twenty feet below the level of the ad?
joining land has been removed. The
finning of the wood, petrified as it ?va.?.
c.iuserl some interest among the older
people.
DIDN'T HAVE CERTIFICATE.
Before Mayor Maurice yesterday Vf.
I. Johnson and Company, colored under?
takers, were fined $20 for burying a
body without the proper certificate from
the president of the Board of Health.
It seems that when the negro died the
undertakers buried the body without first
consulting the Board of Health or the
physician who attended him. and for this
they were fined. The fine was paid.
Mr. Upton Robertson, a nephew of Mr.
Stanley, and Mr. J. C. Robertson, of
Manchester, and a well-known young
man, now of Savannah, was stricken with
paralysis at the home of his mother in
Amelia county this week. He is reported
to ho speechless. Mr. Robertson lived
for some time in Manchester, where he
made many friends.
FAILED TO CONNECT.
There Is vague rumor to th?3 effect
that two gentlemen and one lady were
held up near Forest Hill Park last Sat?
urday. Rumor seems to be the only
element in the story. It is reported and
made public, in the press, that two men.
either white or negroes, it matters little,
jumped at the bridle of the horse, which
was being ridden by a young man, and
ordered him to halt. The young man.
struck his horse, knocking the would
be- robber over, when they all escaped.
Bullets cut the air. around their heads.
b"ut none of the party lost any locks of
hair, by the leaden missiles This seems
sti-ange. To make It a better story, the
young laily should have been dragged
from the buggy, and then rescued by the
men.
SUCH BAD BOYS!
A certain newspaper man in Man?
chester, working on an afternoon paper
is having trouble with two cherry trees
which he has in his rear yard.
Not with the trees is he having so much
trouble, however, as with the boys, who
persist in gathering cherries. There are
at present only about eleven cherries on
the tree, and these hang on one of the
highest branches. Threats of arrest
coi?i t f.r naught. Boys will be boys.
Rev. E. V. Baldy expects to have a spe?
cial service at Bainbridge-Strect Baptist
Church on next Sunday morning for peo?
ple advanced in years. All persons of
50 years eld an?l upwards are spetially
and ?affectionately invited to attend this
service and hear a special sermon preach?
ed by the pastor addressed to those" who
by the Divine Providence, have passed
the period of middle age and are tendir.~
towards the evening of life. People of
all ages will no doubt be interested in
this special service and all are cordially
invited.
A BLIND PREACHER.
The colored people of Manchester and
other cities, who have been trying to or?
ganize a church where the old Central
Methodist now is, have prepared a splen?
did programme for Sunday, at which
time the question will be definitely de?
cided upon. This is the programme pre?
pared :
Sunrise P?ayer Meeting con?lucted by
the Old Veterans of the Cross.
0 A. M.?Christian Love Feast, conduct?
ed by the Blind Preacher from Washing?
ton. D. C.
It A. M.?Sermon by Rev. Foard. th*
blind preacher, the wonder of the twen?
tieth century.
3 P. M.?Sermon by the pastor, subject.
"It's not what we are now but what w-e
shall be."
S"P. M?Sermon by Rev. Foard. the
blind man.
Meetings will be held there during the
week bv a blind preacher.
CLOSED YESTERDAY.
The fifth session of Mrs. E. Howlett
Trainum's school closed yesterday
with a picnic at Forest Hill. The fol?
lowing children received honors:
Intermediate Department?First Honor
Grace Gibbs. Hilda Day. Margaret Sims.
Ruth Latham, Ellen Goode. Ella David?
son. Curtis Gibbs. Nellie Horner. Sec?
ond Honor?Heinz Lottn^r. Vernon Brad?
shaw, Charlie Taylor. Zeila Koons.
Primary Department?First Honor?El?
len Phillips. Sherwood Simmons. May
Ledfcrd. Gladys Robinson. Florence Sims.
Lewellyn Lewis. Second Honor?Grover
Donald. Cailton J?-nki:is.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mr. Albert Cheape. of Charlottesville.
is visiting his brother-in-law, Mr. R. T
Minor, on Forter Street.
Miss Alice Reed, of Danviile, Is the
guest of Miss Norma Lithgow, at
Eleventh and Porter Streets.
There will be a Japanese wedding at
Leader Hall Wednesday night, under the
auspices of the ladies of Meade-Memorial
Church. Tho wetlding will be in cos?
tumes, interesting and instructive. There
will be several musical specialties ren?
dered by the young people of Manches?
ter.
Miss Mollie B-iird. of Swansboro. is re?
ported to be slightly better to-day.
The Sunbeam Society ?>? Clopton
Street Baptist Church meets Sundav after?
noon at 3:30 o'clock. A . pretty pro?
gramme has been arranged for thc oc?
casion, and the public is invited.
REDS BEAT GITS
BYCLOSE GAME
The Brooklyns Defeated by St.
Louis, and Chicago Shut
Out by the Phillies.
Cincinnati, 7; New York, 5.
NEW YORK, June 13.?Cincinnati de?
feated New York io-da.v In a slow tus?
sle, in which both sides played poor
ball: Score:
Cincinnati .2 0 0 2 3 2 <f 0 0?7 10 2
New York .? ? o 2 0 2 0 0 0?5 11 2
Batteries?Hahn and Bergen: Sparks.
Mathewson and Bowerman. Time?2:03.
Umpires?- ^?vers and Brown. Attend?
ance?2.70*).
St. Louis, 4; Brooklyn. 3.
(P.c Associated Prca.)
NEW YORK. June 13.?The Brooklyns
were defeated by St. Louis to-day. Or.eil
kept the home hits well scattered while
the visitors bunched their hits.
Score: R. H. B.
St. Louis.000200110-4 8 3
Brooklyn..100000020?3 ? 3
Batteries: j. Oneil ?and M. Oneil; Kit
son. Donovan and Ahearn. Time. 2:00.
Umpire. O'Day. Attendance. 1.200.
Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 0.
PHILADELPHIA. June 13? Philadel?
phia took the first game from Chicago
to-day. Both White and Taylor were
very effective.
Score: R. ?. E.
Philadelphia. . . .2 ? ? l 0 0 o 1 *?4 10 1
Chicago.OOOOOOOOO-fl 5 5
Batteries: White and Dooin; Taylor and
Chance. Time. 1:30. Umpire, Emelie.
Attendance 1.16S.
Eastern League.
Newark. 4; Providence. 7.
Jersey City. 4; Worcester. T.
Other games postponed.
North Carolina League.
Newbern. 5; Charlotte, 3.
Wilmington, 5; Greensboro. 1.
Raleigh, d; Durham 4 (11 innings).
American League.
Chicago 9. Boston 0.
Batlimore 4. Detroit 0.
Philadelphia 6, Cleveland t
Washington 11, St. Louis 1.
Southern League.
Memphis. "; Birmingham. 2.
Shreveport. 6: Nashville. ?S.
New Orleans, d; Atlanta, 4.
Little Rock. 7: Chattanooga,
College Games.
Brown. 5; University of Pennsylva?
nia. 12.
Gentlemen's Driving Park.
(By As#o?*iato?l Press.)
BALTIMORE,. June 13.?Results at
Gentlemen's Driving Park:
2:1S trot? Roherta, won: Millard Saund?
ers. second. Best time. 2:17 1-4.
2:23 pace?Captain, won: the Spaniard,
second. Best time. 2:16 1-4.
Special trot?Deltha. won: Grant F.,
second. Tim?-?. 2:20 1-2.
Telegraphic Brevities.
WASHINGTON.?The Pres.der.t to-day
signed the rivers and harbor bill.
Refuse Bell a Charter.
(Special Plorateli fo Tho Times.)
? CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA.. June 13
The City Council refused last
nkht to grant a charter to the Southern
Bell Telephon?? and Telegraph Company
to do business in Charlottesvilie.
Edward O. McCue. brother of Mayor
McCue. was elected police justice, vice
Alonga Wingfield. and E. I. Carruther
was ?host-n city au<litor. to succeed Hans
ford Wills, resigned.
Dr. Witherspoon's Plans.
Rev. Dr. Jero Witherspoon. pastor of
the Grace Street Presbyterian Church,
is engaged to occupy the pulpit of the
Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn. N. Y.. *n the 27th of July
He has also consented to deliver an ad?
dress to the Central Branch of the V.
M. C. A. of Brooklyn at 4 P. M. on the
same day.
CHESTERFIELD COAL
Inhabitants Rejoice Over Early Opening
of the Mines.
(Special Dispatch to The Times )
MIDLOTHIAN. VIRGINIA. June 13.
?There is rejoicing at Midlothian and tha
surrounding country, to know that the
coal mines at this piace are going to re?
sume operations at once. This basin ot
coal extends thirty miles from north tc
south, and ten miles west. At no point
In this thirty miles has the seam of coal
been penetrated three-fourths of a mile
from, the eastern out crop going west, sc
it can be easily seen that this basin of
ccal is in its Virgin state. It has been
mined at different piaces in the basin
fifty feet thick.
This basin is thirteen miles from th??
city of Richmond and Manchester with
the population of 120.1?) inhabitants and
als?> ihe same distance from deep water.
The Southern Railroad passes through
this basin and uses a Large quantity of
ccal.
Heretofore this coal basin has been
operated on the antiquated style. It is
to be hopod in the future that the more
modern devices will be adopted.
The Senate.
(By Associate.1 Pre*>s.)
WASHINGTON. Jim?? 13.?During the
greater part of to-day's session the Sen?
ate was engaged in the transaction of
executive business, the nomination of
Capt. Crozier to be chief of ordinance of
tho army being the particular subject un?
der consideration.
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