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THE TOBACCO YEAR jißVin\V OV THK VO?ISRA.TIO\S OK " THI2 TRADE; • - • :':: ':- HIGH PRICES; FOR LOOSE ~ LEAF 4 T rmr:c tor 'AH; Grodc* 'Xiirjefclytf "n Kiccffj of Previous Years— Summary of Ucrelpis nnd lJellveripii^Tbibao. co Qrjrnnlsation ou a tsxßO ScaJc- Cotnpari>on ot the . Ilecclpts ot | /O n»e T^cnX for the Year With Tliose o j J'omcr Yosra, icKli^iilSii i The year just ended hrvs >ncn oneVor prosperity and progress for 'itive". tobacco of JUchmondy All its branches Miave' jlourith«'. and the city is steadily regain ing ber.'olfl prestige as a tobacco manu factaring. centre. . . ■ ■ . " The year 5n the trade has been, a re niarkribie one in more ..than, onu respect, List in none more than in the fact that there has not been- s. single failure of a* tobacco &rm, cither' manufacturing .or \jejalcr- There have been but two deaths tizacn'g lac inembt-ii-s of th*:- trade during: ;3;o year, those, of M: T. Smith; of >L T. Sialih & Co., and E. JL Moon, firm name 'S.(: fitnie- Mr. Sniltii ■ was ono :of the oldest and most widely-known members „* the Trade. '.»" . : ■_. perhaps U'.e.;most notable development, ol tho year was the formation of the To^ taoco Association of Cno United States, :i rraticnal movemerjt projected and car r:is ] to consummation "by j gentlemen of li-Js city. ... .. . :■-•: ■-• . - -.' ■' . ' Vho PvichmoncJ Tobacco Trade elected Mr. C. D. Larut, president, and Mr. "W: M. Bruges, 'BecretArj'.; ' " The year has been a busy ar*d a pros perous one in :aa:iufacturJngi line^: and likewise in the export . ar.d order-buying iranrJi^s of the tra.de. Eichxnondrinatle plug and twist r»jtains its high standard, :,j;<l its sales are steadily increasing end cxlpndingr tq'nevr. territory. l-: ■ ".' JJOOSB J^RAF MARKET, i " ,:< ■ ' Ths loose leaf tobacco market, has been unusually "< ! " v e during tho year, and u'-thnugh* the crop marketed was Inferior to the average crop in body and Qua.lity, iJic prectly increased demand and "the reduced combined to • raise the 'iricc vif the raw leaf to a- figure" almost,. if not Quite, unprecedented in tho history, of f«e market. The loose leaf, sal os for The year, even with a. short crop; aggre frated 1545,746 pounds, a record -very nr.ich in excess of the -'quantltj- sold m; 5537. and "3S&B. But far" more rcmarkaWe tljan the quan tity sold; is the Increase in averagft" price r.aifil f"r the loose lea? sold on : this -.mar- kot The average for the eniire. year," jncludingr a3l grades "and varieties;,. is rrtlniated at from ?7 to 57.50 pcr.lj^ drea pounds, c-ompaied with, an aven»ffa of abfiit 55 for 1900; a remarkable increase Kbo-alng the active demand for tho leaf. \s these averages are not ofllcially made v,p, they. caaonly be approximated. THE SITUATION AT. 2:30 A. M. q^s-W'otlz^ Vvotmiyly ll<^n-mo Opera tinys To-D.iy-FiUl 15 Indies. - - F-ora th" latest- ir.dicailons of ter 2:.-.? vcloclt this mornlnj? thero; is reason Jo n^lievc that with a continued fall of the river tlie Upper* and "liower Gas-Works a-ill iDoLh be able- to- resume, operatioiis this afternoon. As there is about a haW , flay'f supply of sas onhsnd, this, ; -\rith K-hJit can be mad© till 3 evening-, vriii, xith economy, of use. it ia thought, be though to run the city through to-night and thus obviate another : night of 1 The river at 2:30 o'clock this mornins }>-a' fallen about fifteen Inches. On, tho Ma3i-StT€>t Depot steps the- water had Ho'ae" "dwvm nearly two steps. . At that Ivur M«»yo*s Bridg? was intact, and witli the falling water there was.no reason to h'licve that it would,' be . damaged. Til" .Uiver Above I.yJichbarp. Vr Lcßoy E- Brown, president of £the 'Amlierat Pulp Manufacturing Company, srtibse property,: including- a to ccross . James river at Sr.owden. cighieen inues i7«t'of "Lynchbun?, received the foliow in? telegram Irom his manager ye?ter dav: • ~ "Flood did "ui;- no damag;*' whatevc-r; KlvcrßOWwiminM^ Ri The napcr-miU at Big Island, flve miles east o£ Snowden, also escaped damaee. A rVOISX' «lIKETiXG.. Xcw York's Welcome t» il»e Sew- KBW TORS, January l--"™ 1 . scr " vi'ccs of praror ad .«on ? ; v:Mi .to. \ws ot h'Ms ZMd ringins of cnimes; .with the Ware of thousands" of horns, ">d-.-.the ,1^ crack or revolver and T/.storsho.s; rim%i screeching of wbistle f anf.xnes from the throats of thousand s. + t c ota roar was bade farewell , and tho new voar w^lcomeG last . midnight. vrs.t& jiiFht services were held in many o^ , the churches throughout Greater - Incv; : Tork. aud many cWmcs rar-E. tneir -are- . ' wr-li to the old year end creeling to the uew. The Tioms.n Catholic churches a.d , asot marli the passing of the year by j midnight masses, as was done last. year, the service;-. tfceii having been directed by the Pope, bosause of the advent 01 a century. "" ' Old Trinity and. its chimes, were tne Principal'; magnet for the horn-blowins. crowd ir. the down-town portion o^tfce ■pity. Thousands gathered; about the his toric old church. "The scenes about Grace church £md in "Herald Square irere similar ones. The di.% too, in the "'Tenderloin"" oarly in-" the. evening .was i'.rrilic. Eut the noise" and confusion thai broke loose from steam,; whistles fend horns on tlio etroke/Of mid:ught was ths climax of the .celebration. SEXATOE. MI2IIKV feCKKiiK-ISG- JIUCIL Ue S« iWo io.SU "OP, Kut *» C«i of Bunker*-, . I.TTTLOD BOCIC ARK.. December Sl- 'Adrfct-s from Bentonville to-day, indi rato that United States Senator James 11. BenT Is suffering- greatly from -.the injuries he received two weeks a^o at Kf.Ti-burg, by a fall. He"'.' ls "able' to elt up for brief periods, but is not out r-f danger. The amputated leg that was iiijured is :' bl&clc from the contusion its irAJro Icnirth, and the danger is from erysipelas or other disorders arising frcin the inflammatioji. It niay.be ..;& lons lime before ho will bo able to talio ".«P . fcls. senatorial duties. . . SEXT OS. ...''-' ' .. , Cliarcod Wiilx Settlnsr Vire toltutM ingK- --, - <■ .-- ■ NEWPORT NEWS, "VA\, December 31.— IBpecial.w John .-" Thompson, . the y-riesro *ho was arrested late last night on the ckarfeo of setting flre to the bulldltiss «hich vero destroyed in Kloadyke. wa? <-<"'-flay sent on to tbo «rand- jury in a 3ilooafi<»ld mafe'ifitrate's court, iv "tf ar- Avick county. ; . Itichard Ray Held, a 13-yftar-o3d boy, was 10-day eont on to tho grand Jury, charged v.ltK Btabblng ISdward Sauuders, : a.-play «iatc. fiaundcrs'a condition- now ..'seems; to be favorable to recovery. .- -/': ' - — w — ■-- '--' ' . v ;-. •-. ; ": ' .-...: .cuiTiCAULiY it-i"' : • );i..?ud S c Alex«x»<J«r J. ilritnd, rof Itoancite. BALTIMORE, SID. , ' December.- Sl.— (Special.)— l2a:-Judfj« Alexander " J.^ iPrana, of .Roonoke, Va.. is -criUcally:-,iU£«'it'.t^e ■J"sms Hopkins lloEpital,- Euffftrinfirrirpai ♦toniajph "'trouble.' He is'under. the care <Jf Dr. "AViUlars Oekr. .. ■:.•%.. '} St'tul a Copr to YonrFrieiids. ' .^) This, the New-Year editlo»Vof;tbe:DlST, I ; a-rch, jrfvius in coridehficds?.;fornv^tne; of Riciimondf : 'or^a": Jl ''jnth, will be put up? forijinalHnffiialj «»«;•. D!Ki;atch : counter;^ .without -v, extra.; fhare". You onU-r tl:<? p-iwr arjd:.3e|W ? |L J • ? Q " IS THE- O^LY ; NEWSPAPER - PU^BsHI WG * •: .- fJPSK |% . If you want to follow the proceedings, word for word, you mi |M can do } $M LJ a year,, or ••"so cents a month "for a shorter penod, payable strictly L |J |J' *• in advance. n . .. ■ J pi.: ■ =-..• ■ , .-■ .-• " i^ a """","-""" '■"'■"■"i 1 " 1 """"" 111111111 L ---'=M«-^-*-i" i^"~---v" 'Lir*-«nii.«^M 1-.1..11 i _ .-..;..''.". :•!.".' ..' '.■■;; : - B 5 ' " ' -_'■/; '."' : '- • -' • ■ .■■■"■ *- . ■'''..-,-. ---■"'■ -'-': ■ •■.' ■- : .-'-' ...''..■•.•.■.■■■.' '' ■• •■■■■■.■■ .-■ ■.■•.■■.■.-..■: ■ ■ - ■ JT ' ' '•■•' y f■• g " ; - THE 525.000 IS SAFE. VIRGIAIA BAPTISTS SECURT2 THE ROCKEirELLKII GIFT. "~*^*' TIME LIMIT EXPIRED AT MIDNIGHT. At Tiiat Time §75,000 and. More Had Been Subscribed, and But F.cvr of the Bondij "Were • Outstn'ndixig;— ■ Frleiuls ot Hicliniond. College Ual- IJcd Finely in (he Closing Days- Ur. IJn trlier Hnj»i»y. The filends of Richmond College In Virginia have more than raised the $75,000 necessaiT to" secure the Rockefeller gift 0f '525,000. The bonds were not all in hand last, night, but Dr. Hatcher eald there was nor the' slightest doubt but" that 1 the' money will all bo" In hand— that It had all been contributed In accordance with the requirement' of Mr. Jolm D. Rockefeller* Dr.- Katcher wa3 seen last night by'a Dispatch reporter at Ws ofllce at'tha college. He was in a happy frama of mind, and was proud; of the achieve ment. • _ - Dr. Hatcher said th© frightful storm and disarrangement of the mail service had delayed many of the returns v from the churches. He declared, however, tliatal though.-tlie campaign would close" -with the opening of tlie new year, all that had been born of the agitation would belong to the fund— even if not in: hand of the committse for several days yet; ' It Is expected > that the students ; who will soon begin to rotum from their Christmas' vacation, will bring a neat sum. which, has not been j included in the a momit mentioned above. Dr. Hatcher said ho would not take" sl,ooo for what tho student body would : bring with ; them. Dr. Hatdier said that the newspapers bo tli religious -and secular— had been , a potent factor, in. assisting him and .the committee in reaching thegoaL; The gifts have come from many sources and show the love the Baptists of th? State ? have f'-r the college. Tho V largest V.onation was 55,000, and . the smallest was 25 cents. Tha last 'named amount; came In' yester day^froiu' a UtUe girl. in Orange county. One of the students delivered the gift to the committee for the child. : Late during tho nigln tho Endowment romnittee held' : a meeUns at wliich; the ;Sd^rkof securingnhe:?loo,ODO en dowment for the old : college, ; wss^oJs cu"Ned and tho ; members congratulated each other upon the outlook: for the fu ture. ■ ■ ■ - ■ . . K;>; OBSANGVEREIX VIItGIMA. T^liey f?J«S ««* I>«nce the Old Year Out at.Sangcr Hall. 'A ! concert, a dance, ;and a, supper^ r^tS- friends enjoyed.: the occasion Sn« b#Se l-ork of tiV turbulent iT »ters oftfao toes, ana early In the.day; they S fl ? incandes«snt r lights placed over the SftulaSa on all sWes won _tho-<=!icalleat : SrtM F --£Si tte applause :;.^tl, W UoU:lt with' storiris- of'- applause.-; ■-;--.-■;.■ ; . .'.i Vir^nia - Gleoi Club. ' a. quartette of Messrs. : W.- A^vWatklns, R. S >ni SSe^fe^ Moßaln^andJJoseph v" wZ sanr several 1 , aelectlons-and canvKor^^uU share of^the^honorer -S orchestra- enlivened ;the ? intermis- S lon? with selections from Floradora and th^ne^year; .had^beonjfalr^ I'creil- in v.'hen - the entertainment cams WBHk- ■ '" r ' ; sl ■""•■ w , : ; J. * \ -■' ■■•'■:■■■•■...■' ;s*f9i the Jefferson; Club on elaborate 1 and highly-enjoyablo affair. VTn its making a menuV that left nothing to be desired, and an entertainment . programme, in which local talent 1 : worthily entered the lists with artists from the: Bijou, rather served to help along' than retard the current of sociability and 'good fellow ship. Three hundred or , more sat down to the banquet of, the evening.: Palms and potted ["" plants and -a ; full orchestra were pleasing aocessories. The speeeches of the evening were impromptu, : felici tous, and; spirited.- " The first part of the programme con tained five numbers:. Mr. Tom. iiitchell, a.' popular tenor ■ singer; Mr. Naj::Nich ola, m'onologist; Mr. Charles ■-C- 'Crump, '.'The- Deep Basso"; Mr. Lon' Wilson, "The Inimitable Lion," i arid -Professor. Felix lardella, Richmond's popular .; clari netist. ■. "At 11:15 the second ;part" of the ' pro gramme: wajs .&nncjunced, a series ;ol specialties ■ by. members of .'The Tele phone Girl" company, in costume, now playing at the - Bijou. TRAGEDY IN PRAXKLIX. One >'et?ro Shoots* and Kills AnotUer. • Potter Claims . Accidental. ROCKY; MOUNT, ; :VA M December 81.— (Special.)— George Potter, a.; colored youth 11 years old, has been lodged In jail here, charged with killing. Spottsville Holland,; also colored, and and;; about ,lth* same age as Potter. .The shooting, took place at Dickinson, : in this" county, fifteen miles southeast " from the/ Courthouse. . . Your correspondent interviewed Potter, in his cell, and, . according; to ;hls version, y the killing/ was purely: accidental. He says xbat he and a colored boy named ;"Winsr fleld were scuffling over tho possession of the gun ho carried, -when, '■■ in ■"; some unaccountable way, it went ; oft", -the con tents of oho barrel talcing effect in Hol land's left-side, 1 ;. ..inflicting: a: gha."stly wound.f rom the ehtccts of which he di^rd within twenty-five minutes. Potter ■ claims that lie -and -Holland -were -friends;, and that-.there was no .bad blood between them. Ho appeared ,to .feel "little ..con cern "over. -the matter, though; he does not present the appearance; of ! a ;vicious, lad by any. means. .An Inquest was held upon the dead body of Holland, ; i the [verdict of the Coroner's jury J.being-. ."That .the said Holland was shot to death.through.'crimi nal' carelessness with a breech-loading shotgun in' tho hands of George -Potter, whom "the jury adjudged guilty of invol-; untary -manslaughter.'.'.; :•.;. This is ".tho fourth person killed maliciously,, or other wise;: in- this county, during';the ;present yean OC IirEPEK'S 3IYSTERY. Tlu; 'DlßapiKJirance ; oi diaries H. r ' _,- . '■ Xevrlxouse.' • r ; ■ ; CULPEPER, VA.; December; 31.— (Spe-! cial.)— Our' town and county -are greatly agitated arid; gravely apprehensive touch- | ing the whereabouts and safety of Charles H. Nevfhouse, a wide-awake; and exten- | slve'. 'cattle';" broker ,of- this county, ;wHo | shipped several car-loads : of cattle to ' the j Baltimore market Monday. December 22d. ; Thesa ; he accompanied to, the market, as -] is his ucual' custom;, but since ;that- time j all trace of him lias been .lpst.-v- With Mr.Newhouse was a friend who ; stopped'! with him at the Howard r House :Jn Bai- ! "tlmore, 'and' from; this 'friend it is ; known i tb'atl-llrJ^.N«wliouse;v''a^ter\?ysellingrlvlJis: stock, remarked that he: would spend the i evening 1 out. He lett: a check for the i cattle^rof :" about -?■ •" liis ' : friend, telling liiraheiyvould::be;back : in time for. them to ;go home 'together ;■ put as New libusedid not; return,; the gentleman came home -alone and ;i delivered the 'check 'to Newhouse's father. ■ Further,; investigation has .'developed -the fact dmt,, air. ; Kew hbuso's; satchel ; and -"overcoat . are - stil • at the-Howard Houae, but that;h'9 had not returned.. . The business; /hoiiseaj Jwlth .which .lie i dealt arid f his dssfceiate*. were importuned by telegrams, but could; give no ,clew:V .Tho' Odd-FelloWs^ J^ijfft ; of ; 'tills ; town,' of - whicnr Newhousa" is a mem ber. r 'helda called meetirifr .yesterday, and sent -a 'committee " to Baltimore &akjng the : co-operation 'of I; that ). city's ' Odd-FeK lows,; and pladnffithel case; in tholhands of " the?j police/ % and « also , L de teotivesV'to locate':- the^ybung '■■man..: :>vAf 'wire- this: evening- from, this i source (glyes hb'olow^ and" bur^peoplo ibeliOTe i that"- ba he has -been foully, dealt withj ;• ; Mr.l New^ house 7 is : a-" eon) 5 of /i Representative ?;Newr house,' '■' of -.tlie'- Btata ?• and junior nieraber; of "thVtflrm'Jof ; S.v3yL jNe^ hou se *&" Son; ? ~: There' Is; •; perhaps, , no more popular v orj. ; corr€ct;iyoungr^man % in couhtySth'ari^Oharl^sT-HM^^andyiisJabr: Veri'ce loads -all^ tol feep; that'; some iphyMca^: calamity JioasSbef alien him. . Mr.-'Ne^ houso^ layabout* 1 »e: f aca?^arid^phys|due;rtHß^t^coiaplexlomßa. l lar^b' eyes* 5 andiblack ; hair rtweiehg {about I7s>ounds, and is nearly cix feet tall. PNEVW. 'TOBK.' tjanuairp Eishth r Avenuo f- Theatro tv-js dlestroyciV a long performance, ana the audience had been out of tho.ibuilding only about fifteen minutes when the flre started. It was: caused by a lighted cigarette. ■'-• After the ■ fire started ■ the ; chorus girls and employees of : the theatre fled to the street kv a panic, :It is believed that all got out safely. ;/ .; ':. r A SPECTACULAR BLAZH. Freshet Causes Fire on p v iver-Front— How It Was.FougUt. : A. flre •at the warehouse of :.; Warner Moore & Co. yesterday afternoon result-. Ed i n a los 3of about §7,0C0, fully covered by Insurance. • ...^ : --'•■ : " The fire, like that; at the Hawes.ware house a year or two ago, was; occasioned by the high water ; getting into unslaked; lime ' The . firm had carefully removed all their barrels of:- lirao to. the. second floor'- but the; dust : scattered about : the floor or the contents ; of some, broken barrel' :.was ;■ sufficient, ; whenrxne. water came, to set the;place afire.. ; . /■ The flre -was the most .unique land -pic turesque ; whjch : Richmond people "-ever watched,- anrf it: was fought and'eonfined. to the portion of; the building.; In -which, it originated : - with great , skill and re- ; sourcefulnes3 on the -part of the depart ment. ' . ' ■■-■ >■ * . The' building was entirely - surrounded by water ■ fivo or six; feet deep. ; It (was; impossible to get^ the engines, up ..to good positions: The lines ..of hose had vto ; vbe carried over and through the western.: portion of the building, and, along the Seaboard viaduct. :The exploit of Cap tain Wise, of "Engine' Company No.;' 4,, who launched forth in a' small boat.with one or two. men of his. company and his line ' ■of hose; will long ■" be remembered. They.rowed out to the front of~the build ing, disembarked on the top of a small chicken-house; .which had floated arid fought tho flames from that position. . The '■■. building ,wh|ch was "burned .was stored with lime arid excelsior. j ; There w ere over a thousand barrels of lime' in the buildinST. '','■ ■■:'"' • ' - ■ Married. iiT Baltimore. : -LA! well-known "Rlchrhonder/Jyeaterday captured a. Baltimore^ bride, ■ : the : wedding occurring at the" home^bf .the. bride, -in the Monumental: City, at 6. o'clockP. ,M. The contraoting- parties, were Miss Carno ■Waaserman.innattractivo' young; lady; of Baltimore,: arid-Mr. : >Meno;.Mittlpdorfer,, of this city. The wedding was a quiet: home ceremony", witnessed by the friends of .the principals. f : Mr." Mit teldorf er lia ■ a ( member of the firm ; of V. & B. ; Mitteldorfer; of this city, and; is well-known ; and widely esteemed. The couple will .be at homo in this city in a few days.' ; . ■ Resignniion of Collector jpeinan«lea. -NASHVILLE, TENIS'., ; December 31.— President '-■ Roosevelt ; has ; [de manded tho j. resignation-; of X David : A.- N urm, : - Col le ctor . of : Internal j for the* FlfUi. District of Tennessee.- Alleged violationTof civil service, regulations^.iii the discharge of a 'clerk is »aid, toy.be; tho -cause. v Colonel .Nunn- has;gona; to ; Washington. ' Part ot Stolen Jewelry, Kecovered.y; NEW LYORK, j December : 311— It : was made-known rat r the Detective this' afternoon'-that - $20,000 worth :of>< the jewelry stolen from' Paul • G. Thebaud had been ' recovered.' ' ■ Som e of -it - was : found" In a pawnshop in" this city andithe rest ln"a' satchel. Kern;; thef valet;-- had.;left the.^ jewelry pwlth Sthe pawnbroker^ and was" to have : received aj loan ; of . $1,600. s .: He received; $700, ; and • was " to ;; have?" returned v^sterday : for $SoO ; and the ticket-~He; did not come^ back. ' : ;-: '•■•■;• "V- ■■'. : -: ; ' ■' ';■':■;'■- ■/■ '■ ? PocalibntivSjP»GS»ngeri».;V;;. ', :.■' Passengers for steamer jPocahontas this (\\ r ednesday) ttorains..will ; take"9":A."::M. Carinon-BalL trainiito. Petersburg/where train ; for 'Cltyij Point; will X be . 'waiting £to; take > them ' down? ; to '; the steamer J Poca :hontas^at'i City Point. ■ , ''..." : v Passengers ; . comine ; up ;..- on ; steamer.;:Po cahoritas - to-day, .will 'arrive y at" Richmond 6^o P. C M. ;: on ■\Carin6n-Ball jtralriVifrom Petersburg. , .-' *' Majcif ■ iyle Major i David "A^-Lylt), ; , Ordnancei Depart-; ment.v has Sbeessrellevedp from: duty s as : inspeotor ; of r vordnance^atK-Philadelphia;; and J assigned. - to ? command yof ?i the ,v*Au-1 gusta "•■ Ars»nal,^Gal v 3 relieving. Major, John i Pitman, "who is ordered :■;; to s Springfield, Mass. - 1 r, JJm-Crovr- Cu-r.Blll. . ■■■':, &AJJFIWDB.W. MD-TiDecember 21.-HSpe'. clal.)~OaQr of 3the?first vblllsathat J.wHlf-b9 iuWoduced iii; 4 the y Legislature; 's. which convenes v ln ? Aiinapolls H to-morrow, ; SwlU' •be ;r a?i"Jiin-Crowl' ? car,Sblll;ia prepared;: by; Delegates^ Glle3,"| of | Somerset.-^The §pro visions I are svoiyS- slra ilar lto s.thbse| incpr^* poratefiiariJtheKvlrffint.' la-,v. ;v; v Send a"Co»y to Year Fritnds?^^ I^Th^^ti"«|NewrTea^e(UUq»^ofittigj-piß|| patch, ylviag" ' a coudenßtd former the. ■history^ .of iiHlchraon-.l for a twelve month, will brf put up lor mailing^ at' the "©Dispatch i counter/ / without i" exjtral charge %Tou ■ order iho paper ancl leav? FKI-T-Z- vSITTERDMS; HE IS 3LVDE PRESIDENT. OF A NEW. :• - POWER COMPANY. THE; STREET-RAILWAY INTERESTS. Tliey Arc Alleged to Be :Iny'olTed in. the Reorgnniztttlon— Said; That a J. Great; Power Plant "Will ße .Erected oa the Appomattox River— All This Very Interesting to' Rlclimonders, V PETERSBURG, VA.i .December - ; 31.— : (Sptecial.)— -The agrcercent" entered , o£ rscord in = th«; Clerk's:; office: last;' night,: consolidating .'"■ and ; merging v tho .-; South side Railway :and Development : ; Com-; pany. into the Virginia , Internal : and lin-, provement ,' Company, ; Is an ; important: move in the . direction of .what it is .be- i lieved- more - important -developments >in _; the way of consolidation of. interests soon^ ; to "* follow. v"; . N ,- ' ' - '/ - : ' : ! ! . .; /.... v"; THE CONSOLIDATION. > ; C Under'. 1 this - consolidation and merger ! the -new organization i 3 to be called the I .: -Passenger ; v arid ; Power ;• Com,- ! pany," but riot withstanding, the Vchanso j of 'name, all the i franchises, rights. . and privileges, -, etc., of! the •' ■Virginia ■": lnternal: and Improvement j Company ; are' to ...continue., ; ; "- ' ] -There is said to be unlimited capital be-j hjnd -this ■ scheme, and ; . while the 1 present ; authorized capital [if] ?3,0p0,000,r divided into i SO.CiOO '.'shares - : of 5100 ■; each, ; yet the same | may be increased from .time to time; | as- may be deemed, necessary ;by the;:af flrmative : vote; of s the holders of a ; ma- | iority-of tho ; outstanding capital stock.- j '■: v THB LOCAL COMPANY. •.;-:: I Tiio Virginia Internal : arid'. Improve-: irient company is a local -chartered or--;! '■gahiaatioh . with ; large ; privileges. ' xts i stockholders, aye-young: and progressive j The Southside Railway; and'- Develop- | ment Company owns, our street etectric ■■ railway; system,, owns all : of ,;the, valuable property of the old 'Upper -Appomattox ( Company, owns all of the laluable; water j power ; of the canal and-'of s the" river west j of -the city, : from iCambeH's ; bridge, ; for many ' miles. :' The company ;; has •> made large v Investments of money ■ and erected costly improvements here. ; THEIR PURPOSi:.;, '.■;.,; : Greater .; investments : ; and greater, im-, provements wilibeTthe^result^of^this consolidation of Interests, -} in ; whieh, _;it . is believed,' -I the ■• Richmond ;, and y Peters burg Electric : Railway Company,: and; the Richmond- Passenger ■-; and ;•' Power^ Com^ pany, ' with ;j their ., still ; greater = interests, 'Mr ; : Fritz ;; Bitterdinff, of ; Ricnmond.v Is president of the:new.:;company;Mr.:Fred : crick G Frese, /of i Richmond, • largely in terested" In the Richmond and ; Petersburg :Electrlc:;rbad,r Is -a directory and r Mr. Louis ' B. Spencer,^ of ; Ne\vj York, lis| a< di T rector also. .The^ two -local ; directors are Augustus . "Wrisht? and -a^R,; Bishop/ ; : A ; great powerplant is to erected,, pror, bably J at ?the locks^ several miles /west :of this - city, ; where ;a: tremendous :. water power^can 'be utilized;. <Thls^plant^will bb able tb> furnish : : power sufficlentiJ for all j the needs^of and Am in dustrial and railway ..-.system, .-;■_ electric cars between : Richmond and : Petersburg," arid-^bave : PowerxstiU 1 tcv^pare-even Richmond, » if necessary.' ;: ; / •-;,•■■:.-■ ;.'-. -. .;:.- y ;.:- -of- the -"Virginia PaEsenger; and Power- Company" will ; be in Petersburg. ' FIRE ON STEAMER; BANES^ -iii Eiploftlbn of Gasoline— The iCoofc *-;::;-:',■::■;■ :' ; Killed. ; , :Decemoer*s.Sri-Th3 i' steariicr-Banes/f from | Mobile last yFriday.s for I Bocaa 'del;; Tor?;- caught fire -Sunday s morning; ,r Dfcccinber J 2Sth; a a.t s9a^arid J put|into;Havan^|tmrnln?^She had . a lumber?;:carso; lyaluedvat $500 ? *iriVgold- ! 'coIn;/andv ; tho^m.iil'rfor I:Colombia^Tha^oiri^wasfor^bejagciit^oi;1 :Co lombia^Tha^oiri^wasfor^bejagciit^oi; the ".::•: Camors-XIcC irinoll , -at BocaaV del Toro. : Tb3 : carg3;^was partly insured., A .yart >>f;the.,cars£>';wa 3 ;;.a ffasolenet engine¥and^ several^ drums ? j of gasolene;: 'and ? it^i3^suppon&l j,the leri«^ecapsd^Heriic:,an.aokplosiqn|^hat '■% the « slde^i of &l:e liyetyelra andj r causedi tfc?are:&Tlw*9 j wanj : seventeen ■ in tlu- 1 creW All were unhurt, iaye^tio ccoi? who was wna3.' ? The aama of the 'c^blc^ls uot known H-ra. %^B^Addlsoiri^J.t: S.:,iWiHlamo, i KW:aldorJf j| JpjfevV&Danner^ P. i-T. ; f Suttoh?|Flf th^AYe^j j :; J^M^i »I*ellJsrlii J ■' aid v wlf aij Nayaxrd ; ■' &. fr IS^^Wa. I~^ ters,' J- D. .Walt*??, lmptjrf ? l: S. ciitch- EARTH TO -jDead iGfrl "Wsw SSold in Captivity; o»d Later- Killed, aa« Her. Body Placed in tbe Rlxei>-i»rellmlnary & ■ Examinatlo not; - ot ; James Wllcos :To- X ■}- Day— Scniliaent -^ AKalnjTt "■.; Dim ? Still :'• ; NEW YORK, -December 31.— (Sp ejclal.)^ Five hundred-. people 'in vthe, quaint ceme-; I teryiof3Jthe.< C*utch^Reformed s church. :ln JSrooklyn, ■ wept a3 fth»> last^ spadeful^ of earth feilt on t the" grave : of ';Ella : Cropsey," arid I the gr uesbme | tragedy. ~of | Elisabet|i j ■CltyV^N.^C.,'-: seemed;^ transCerred vtor. ; "thV "moment... to".- the ; mossy 1* graveyard.; r^The 'scene was sad: and" sorrowful. , Trie ; burial waa \ made at the Ryder ; plot. Sorrowing relatives,; thelr.i eyes f fed v with J.'weeplrisr.' : arid I all wearing "\ the i black \ garb of i grief .; stood Vln melancholy^; fashion, about .the grave.* There were ~ : Judged Arid raw, G- Cropssy, an undo of > Ella Crbpsey's, ; who : the > body;*; frbmj; Elisabeth City ; :-■ tho Misses ~i Carrie, Ella; ;; anclj Celiaj Cropsey ,- aunts of the dead" girl ; ; Samuel; Ryder; '■ with V his ; Helen v ßyder;; ■Henry. < R>^er,^Q.}::cbusln; -Da vidvWhUer'; head,. r a cousin, ";arid. : Mr 3. 'Southard; andj family.; A. fsirnple' -and affectirigr'/.barjilj servico . was read,; arid all was over. ; _ ; ; The r , funeral' - services ,; were ■ con ;ducted by'thb Rcy."tAifred B. Bu>h| pas :tbr;6f -the Dutch ißcformed chur,c]b,^as-. sistedby the Rev., W. r Ten -Eyck^ Adams.' of V;the:' Edgewood. 'Reformed ''church;' :of; i -W'.- 1 :;-Xi^Da-J :vison, V of. 'Grace. ;, church. •"•Bxy" Rltlge.' -'Among .the -mourners : . were -.', about -one huridredschool'friends.of the dead girl's.; ?and>Mlss Alletfca ; Ryder, ; the; s!sto r ; of : Mrs. Cropsey,, the mother of the dead girl.:: - ' ' ;'■ ":" '-'-'■: ■■' '■■-■-'- ' ', JUDGE CROP3EY'3 : THEORY. -. ■ ; -X iG. Cropsey.. ;the -uncle of -Ella, sala this averiing: "After Ella went .: to -the front 'door . with " Wilcox; , he. ; must " have' chloroformed her, or put something over, her /mouth, and' carried her away. ■'■• The blood-hounds '■ could not trace .any ;. of jhw (tracks, exceptT on the floor -oC the -ve randa. There were none of her tracks on the, steps or tho ground near-by.^ The "girl had;beenln tho water only "-. 'three or four 'days; The body was riot decomtj "posed, }nor '"■ had it been " touched by the fishc3. " She was lying In the water face downward, : arid her knee 3 ;wero up ( under !;her;'chin.- A'.pcrsori ,T7ho;has been dro>vn | ed irif theVsea- does riot "lie In the water I . in . that - way. Between the ] time she dls 'appcaredand ithe timeshe 'was evldently rplaced In the river she "must, liayb been ;a; prisoner/- -I believe'; that ;Wilcox, : or some ; of his ; accomplices, If ? he" had any, i were holding . the girl ; in cap tiivity; I•' am inclined" to . believe that .the stories .that ' tho "girl had | been ] seen . In near-by, parts hafveiffonie liasls. of "fact When Wilcbx j discovered\the awful results i of ; his deed he -killed the girl, and placed. her In : the river, in order .that it might appear shs I had comriittted suicide. It ;was to far 1 ther thi3 plan; that;he:'created ! the ! story ; of her. -impurity,, which is «.i-baseleW falsehood. 1 1 believe that Wilcox had the girl - in : captivity, ana slaterikilied - her." T WILCOX ; EXAMINATION -.TO-DAT.^ ELIZABETH CITT,: N. jC.v/' December 31.— JamesiWilcox, who; Is held in ;con neetion with tha : : dea th'- ■ of ; Miss Ella .Cropsey, . wUI jbo .given a . preliminary. ;hearlng to-morrow five justices^ .The 1 Citizens' Committee of flve, inves-, tigatlng i every; possible^ clue" to the cause of ;Mlss jCropsey'a death., will .present'all 1 tho }'eyidencei it ; ha3. obtained- at the hear ing tb-mbrrow. . . -,: :A i-: .; ;\; \ ". ': WUcox is ■ still confined 'within the , Jail here. Popular sontiment : is very strong against him, but "time has alleviated^tha "feeling^-.somewhat;, >;; and: the :■ talk ": of lynching, has; '.ceased. Wilcox's mother. I "who ' : , is ; in d elica to - heal th, : :;ls .'said, to :be I Iri <i serious condition, owing; to' the]sus picion cast 'upon -her "son. ,' ■": " ' • 1 Wn^COX'S HEARING POSTPONED. ' I ;/--■ ELIZABETH L :CITY.-N.;; a, ; December 21.— Solicitor G.W.; Ward announced '-to~ : jnight 1 that at Wllcox's ; own request, his I preUmlnary,: hearing."-. on 'the chargaVof killing "Sliss -Crop3ey, will not : take place 1 this week.: He v Is now held; in "custody \ by. . recommendation, 'of the Coroner'M jurj', pending presentation by_ the^ -grand" I Jury for the: March term of tha Superiof [.Court... :"' ... . . ; ;■■ : :,,;v;'z - : ■■ ..: .- .v . -:■ xot feom; lyxchbuk d. Identity. ':o€: iTLoytng'y Voiuoxi Funnd ..-■ 'DrnKßed ou ."Went I^rankllii. , The.young woman, giving 1 her name as May, who was found 'on Monday night .in: a semi-conscious 'Condition, arid probar fcly under the : "nfluence" of I some drug.', on. Dr. ■ E. 1 L." Hobson's' porch,' at Foushee ; and: Franklin : streets; turned out,yester :day'to be Mrs. May Harris, a daughter "of Mr. W.J. i Williams, of No. ISI7 Hull. street/Manchester. ."" ■ ' ; : It \ appears? that ,iri 1890 she married a man named Charles : Harris, ' in , Peters burg, who sent her -.to> Richmond! to rent a' house : and ; then \ naver showed up.. ; She lived at her father's! home, .in Manches-_ ter, for aitime/andafter. treatment at a ; ; hospital, : \ returned '-,; home, iiyrHit& she remained ...until J August ? She 7 th en wen t i to; livo v . with an .aunt living-. -'on i "Eleventh'; 'street,' in Manchester.' ,-'■ ; Mr. % Williams says- he Ihasvnotr heard of his daughter sinee .■ Christrrias-Day. ; . : . :.:... r . ;'jMra/: Harris's; account of .her.." adven-" ;,tures - Monday iwound ,up ; with- the ; st ate-: ■ ment that: towards -evening: she was ;.wi_tK a man from Peter3l>urgrandidrank'some thing j^ from '/ a ; bottle he ; carried f-iii-shia pocket.' She did not; remember any thing afterwards.; ■'; . _;' ■;■ '---- -. ■■■■; Transfers of Property. In Richmond: T "William V, r . "Crump's'iEx-; ecutor to IX $£ Williams,- 35 6-12 feet east; Bide of -Fifteenth -street. . between ;Broa«l and^MarshallJ streets, J250. y, •_>-;,■ __^ B.'- IC sGarrettQ and wife to- John : W: : Hu'kn'es;'r23 9-12 v *feet- on "; north side-Pop-", street; .No^l^i,; ?i00. ; ; ; . : '■:> ;■';* . ' ' -John%'W.<Kughe9-to,Vr'iniam Giy Smlth. q;. feet ; on; north side ißaker street, ;:ST; feet :; from 5-Tyler i street, - subject-.' to " deed of trust "for $550, $300- " \ -Joseph/: Mabel A-i " Norma ; E., and Lewis v"W. r - Porter • to B. 'F. VW': " Carter,?3o feet' on ; west? side > Twenty-sixth .; s^rset,' -i 105 ;.-; feet north . of N ; street, :?2,4oa^V;^- v v^ >'-Tv* y - H '^and : > Ann -Lcv/is'a^ Trustees to Guarantee -'ißuUdins;-; Ix)an-- and ; Trust! Company,-; ■25 feet 'on ■> nor th*; side j-Boyd j street, between and' Harrison. s feeta 3300. ", \S H : 'A- 1 McCv rdy ; and - wife to , Z.. *M. WiK liam's ■■■'- lot -fronting '37? feet '.on .1 an:: alley, ' between "Fltteenthiandg Sixteenth;' and -Marshair^and :ci^y,l streets sf2SQ. - • .■-■. ■-■ Z .. £, Mollie B-i 3IlHs to :Mary;ai.vStratton;*2o. feet : on '-west sida Reservoir = street,-] SS f eet •; from -"Wallace '3treet, :51,2C0./ s s B ! :S - Rose," : sub-trusteo,«to •.Sarah^A:^ Bush -tie tlegalStit!lß;itos2B?feetsonyea3t: aide" > First ;•' street/" 115 £f ee 141 4 f f om i Federal ; street,^ shoihsjvingTderlvcdgthej equitable ■ title;' by 'a 1 - former:, conveyance; , ' ~ ' bin s 'He'nrlco : : = A.^ {W.^Ball % and iwif o to. Matthew^ QHmbur,s 80 ? feet Jon £ north :'ald© Ivy" street, : \iniplan : : of >Lasbr«rn^sß22.?s. . - " * Patterson"' andft Hooper [ r .;. Newton^:; spe "cial^masters;!to D^Dv^Pleasacta; J2 facres; on '■ tho "> countyi road," : i about ? ;75 ?. rods E north 1 ■ of ' tho * Nine^Mlle s road,^ and j: abou t |three ! miles s east 3 of t*Richmond.ri and"? 2^i\, ! acre 3 about; 40 ;rod3v north v= of^'^thd&NinerMUe] road,^: about? threoimiles ' frornVßichmojod,' r :' Joseph'C." Schutte a^d jwifalito ? the I,ts iburiPLand^Cbmpai^bfißichinorid^^a;,: 40ifeet ! ion1iiorthtBid9lKensinstott?8tr«etd Semi a. Copt to Yonr Frie'ria«jgp| ■MThis New-Tear c edition i of 'the slK* ipatchi; siving in condensed- form,, tha hl3tory of Richmoud toV.-a. I lyolvr ;month, will bo put up;' for^ mailing? at ? th^Dlspatclv% counter, _, without^fejtljra.' 1 We Are Ro!!ifig.^|i -in new • conaigitoaentvof k Cut Glass and Cb^w&te? to meet the-demands of: :oar^nr« creasing trade. Mauy'of. th_em* ' are specials -for^the holiday Sitbivt| \ wilVmaice 6 urHable3an3; shelves! I the delight of : tho«se \vho^.want| I - to get an appropri ate New:; Year *sf The E, 8, Taylor Co,, ton E. Main, 1 ■ - ,-' V 9 £.Broaa. MS 9 aa-Saa, Tu&Fri ,' -s~ : The; Ksw ■%& Al)|oiintßly)PireprbiJrf Hotel Earlington. 1 Twenty-se-'BentU' "'street, .;Tn;irt(i! % riear^BrondiTay, - ~ p I „ ': ■■ > V.Ne w YorlsColty. V? ■ r^BftJil fi ■■'■* The most c central ? and • acceaalt)l»|i S location in the city,'- combined .with- jt S 'quiet ; and reflned 3 surroiuidinga."M||f k - .-■yti'VA.niVF.-. OFJiUATBSiggBm S Single rooms - (bath)^ $i:so;t»i SStK « i Double rooms (bath), 1 person,-' 43.^ i /Double rooms (bath), 2 persona, sa^; g.. Sath-rooms adjoining. >" -. -^ % Large' double" rooms/.wlth Iprtv»t»1 prtv»t» i w , v bath-rooms, I, person,;^?.;'.?^ ':.■■• Largo double, room9,:.with private? jfibath-rooms,"- 2 persons, J4. , ; [g /Suites lof parlor, vbedroomi 'and?; 1 -bath for.l" person;; 43 " : %4, «s,i VTSggm g j: Suites -of r parlor. s bedrooncranr and 3 S i bath f or : a persons.- p*s $s," pi, \ J». : ;rs| B Suites ;otparlor»; 2 -bedrooms,: and }| I bath, ?7, $10. •'■ % -C E. XI. BARLE Jfe SOS X ' <'; £| Thirty ">j 'years "■; -connected V *.with<j a' ; . : -'-".' '■" ' Earle's-ltotel. :'- -: : ;,; Vi ravv: .".. -.■:•■" /- ;(ja, 1-lm) f au. wsiaar-FOjj woae tbak halp a CENmn i pi ßviiv-n^nnlilH/J m n Posses* *s all tbe latlntivj and anodyne qualities of Is Optnm, bat pro'lnee* no auk — «a of the stooMeii. la .. aonta nervons disorders it l» an in valuable Bameoyv-^ aecommenilad by best Physicians everywhere. ,^~:f? WRIdaT'S INDIAN VEGETABLE PIU. CO., Now Yaffc. Vr'-. ; ' ""■;: ;.(nol3-Wly) SV^P-^^^r GOUDOXSVILLE. noatb ; ot ■ b>- ,Yottii« '"'Sterehant— staV»M-S EWWsjwwjSllgaSS-v 1 ' ;■• ■: ■- .■,-'-. •.-.. —.••■■.- ri»-»<-r» ■«•?>?«■ : * ia »e. GORDOXSyjIjLE, VAj: December JL— '^ 1 (Special.)— Mr. E. B. Wood ''di-d' at .hlsr- -' home hero Monday" evening about 4^5 ....<•?, o'clock, in the IHth year of h.i 3 age. .■ =- . On Sunday, December 22d, Air. "Woob.^'^ was i taken ill ; with - pneumonia; : and ,fdePHf| spi te^ the^efforts s of? Gbrdpnaville's^moaitgi| Ekilful physicians and the beat of nuVsins,'.^.; death- claimed him. &'■ -"*- ■ ; ; Mr; ; Wood-.-was: bora^ahd >reared;gln:||s; Gbrdonsville, and, at tho time ot hia father's" death, r succeeded, him in -business, ; "? which he conducted. withigreatßUCcess. -" ♦ ' ? Mr.^Wood;lcave3 a, wife and three 'sinoJt^ children, besides: his mother. -'- " the bride's parents ito-day,> atihighlnoon, 1 "; the ' - ofilciatingv mlnlster-'.being Ilev. ' -yi.- ~\ Tui>per7\Vlng^eld,'rot3ths;BapUst a -church;j-:.v? •^.The'ibrtde^ who'l3lthb?daushter,'b£^Mrg^ and 1 Mr338.-B. /Husbe3; fottGordcrnaylUe;-. . : ; was 'becomingly % gowned lln % o.' haridsoma . blub 'tailor-made salt,- and ■-, tb 9 ; br Idegroora?^ • was ; ; neat-fitthiff £ '» u *t^ot^g black. ; ■ ~'^T^4 7 Miss ; E3ther Goodwin; 1 daughterjcf fMr. v ;; • and -Mrs. Barnes C^odwin;- andlcousiwloS -.^ 'the^rlde^wasimald^bfJhonbr/^UayMr:':^ ■ Curtis Adaais; of ; l>scua t ;Gr ove^sra»Jtte|^ best man. *3™^&}s[M K-ThellparlprVwas^beautlfully jaecorate*^ fwlthlhollyiittndjeyergTeensJ •*.• >"l^ter^the*ceremony^^the:ihappy^coap««|^| ;the ■ Chesapeake ■) and JranvlNo^^ f -i -■}. for -Orange,"", where v they? drove ?acro«*.^ tha country, to tho Wdetfroom>.hoiw;jmfj^ Locust Grove. - * «£*&«S ; Those present from^ a disUnc© wew^; fiirs^H^H: ? Sauaders.-fo; jßichmpnd : Mildred 1 Saund'Jrs.f of -I^lsa;|Mra?A4»»^i^ bf:Charlbue^ile;i2^;Je^ej34»rtta.io|^ r Orbnge; 3 Mr^J Bayer.^bf I Oranar«»t|Mes«wgg : Cwtls s Adarns: : and;:Jam«i3 : Ad3ans^|^^o^p cust Grove. •;/ V;. ; ; - :£^@ VA. ni-JTOniCAt. SOCIETT. Addr«« l»y rrot. 3*mU°n£m*xOm «ers Ke-Electetf. Professor ;johttVPranJclia Jantfadn/Vhea* hall of tW Houaaiot rx^t«t^ Profe33or?|Ja23it3on'a|sol>Ject^Traa , l.no .enjoyable.- . .„";,,» m "p : Prior to thf address, esoec irir'oC'tJia society was h*»iU. v * Tie ■ present r6fflc«r«! ot>thQ ;«ow«t3^w^*j^ * patchJ#gtvJnyS in !.:? condenift^ fbtta |Htaf |«:? (hlit6r^«?cfl|Blcl»«oncS- -tor:?i^tw«lv»; I month, witl .ba put "u^itoriseutUterfav '•thftT- Dispatch j: coxioter, witiioitt^ftcUT. •;.\;£