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NAVY-YARD
AWARDCASE
Government Contends Avvard
for Extra Land IsExcessive.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT
Judge Waddlll Wlll Hand Down Hls
Opinion In the Case To-Day?The
Property li On the Southern
Branch of Elizabeth Rlver.
(Speclal to Tbi Tlmoi-ni?pntcli.)
NORFOLK, VA? Maroh 25?Judge
Waddlll ls expootod to open tho Unltod
fttates Dlstrlot Court horo to-morrow.
One of Uie cases pondlng boforo hlm, and
on whlch he wlll dellvor an opinion to
morrow, la the award for tho lnnd whloh
the government wlshos for ths extenSTon*
of ths navy-yard. The award by com
tnUwIonera was $572,000 for 272 aores. TmJ
rovernment contends that that ls ex
cesslve, aad asks for a Jury to reappralse
the value of the land. Judge Waddlll
Is to deolde wheflter or not to grant the
prayers. The land'ls on deep water, hav
ln? a graat proportlon of frontage, and
fi consldered valuable. It ls on the south?
ern branch of the Ellzabeth Rlver,. and
adjolna the navy-yard.
The spring term of the Prlnoesa Anno
oounty Clrcult Court, Judge R. Rl Pren
tla presldlng, cKsefl last evonlng. The
prrndipal case was tho $10,000 damag*.
?ult brought by Q. H. Forbes, a lumber
dealer agalnst J. Woodhouso, member of
the late Constitutlonal Conventlon. TM
eult was for alleged falso arresU Forbos
?waa arrosted upon tho chargo of grand
laroeny for cuttlng timber wlthout au
thorlty. Mr, Woodhouso brought tho
matter to tho attention of tho Prlnoess
Anne grand Jury, but no 'indtctment wa<*
found, the members of tho Jury holdlng
that Mr, Woodhouse should hrvre suod
Mr, Forbes in the civll court, lnstead of
bringlng a crlmlnal action agalnst hlm.
A Jury of eleven members hoard tlio dnm
Bge suit, but fallod ln a verdict, and were.
?Hschargad. Nlno of tho Jurors favored a
verdict giving- Mr, Forbes $1 fiamageB,
out two, who opposod gloMng hlm any?
thlng, held out and tho result was a'
tnlstrlal.
ACTRBSS DIES IN JAIL.
Mamle Warde dled ln the Jall hospital
thls morning. She had been slck ln tho
hospital for a long tlme, and preparatlons
wero made to sond hor to tho almshouse,
She was a varlety actress, who playod
at a theatre ln Unlon Stroet for months,
and wns well known among tlio habltues
as a pretty and llvely woman of twontj^
eight or Uiirty yoars of age, Sho had also
played In Newport News. Sho was ar?
rested ln a Talaot Streot bar-room ln ono
of tho recent ralds ot the placos ln thai
Street, and put in Jail for tho fino sho was
not ablo to pay.
The Bay Shore Railway wlll start run-.
nlng to Ocean View next week. Tho ter?
mlnal will be at Tazewell Street, as ).st
summer, for a fow days, ot- untll ttf.
ralls- can bo laid lnto Clty Hall Avonuo
. tp tho placo whoro the Berkley Street
Rallway stops in front of tho Montlcello
Hotel, Meantime tho matorlals hnvo como
and the workmen wlll begln making the
new tormlnal at Ocean Vlow on tho boach
property acqulrod thero by tho road ro
cently. That new termlnal wlll onablo
the road to land Ita passongors on tho
bench near tha pavlllon of tho hotol.
The Reld property on the water front,
near tho Norfolk and Wostorn Station?
was sold thls morning for $51,000. Tho
name ot tho purchaser was not an?
nounced, but lt ls surmlsod to be tho
railway, Thore ls a wator frontago ot
260 feet; honco Uio property' Is vaiuablo
'or transportation purposes.
INLAND WATER WAY.
Congressman John I-I. Small, of North
.arollna, and Seerotary Forrest, of tho
Merchants' nnd Manufucturers" Assoola
iion. of Baltlmore, will leavo horo Thurs
Jay for a tour of lnspoctlon along tho
route of tho proposod lnland water way,
? The party wlll be gono ton days and wlll
father Informatlon, whloh wlll be sub?
mltted to Congress,
The votors of the Seventh Ward cast
thelr ballots .yesterday for and agalnst
improvornonts t.o. the ward by Issulng
$140,000 ln bonds. Of 111 voters, nlnoty-slx
voted for B.nd flfteen agalnst Issulng .tlhe
bonds. Whlle many residents of tho ward
Ipredlcted that tho voto wouid bo ln
favor of tho Improvements, they dld not
oxpect a largo majorlty ln favor of the
bond Issue, Whlle thero aro now only 140
reglstered voters ln tho ward, thoro aro
about 400 who nre qunliflod for reglstra
Uon. Tho ward has grown rapldly during
two years, and by October lt ls likely
that 600 residents wlll roglBtor.
The heavy ralnfall recently, together
wlth tho warm wenDhor, hns caused a
rnpid growth of vegetatlon. It was snld
thls morning by nn observant farmor that
ln hla oxporlonce here of twonty-soven
fears ho had never known so early a
iprlng, He sald that Btrawborrles nro ma
turlng early, and that ho ls advlsed by
North Carolina growers that thero aro
already ln that roglon many young ber
rieu on tho vlnos. Thls farmor and many
truckora In thls sectlon aro approhondlng
a frost. Thls, lt hoavy, they foar wouid
be destmctlvo.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
The engagement of Davld Jacobosky
and Mlss Robecca Mlchaelaon ls an?
nounced. Mr. Jacohosky und MIbb Mlch?
aelaon wlll be at homo to tholr frienda
Sunday, tho 29th Instnnt, at tho resldence
of Mrs. R. Welsel, ln Holly Streot.
Tho followlng is a compnmtlvo stete
ment of approxlmato earnings of tho
Seaboard Alr Llno system for tho second
weok ln Mnrch:
Week endlng Maroh 15, 1003. 1361,741; 1902,
$243,172; Increaso, $1_,5GS. Two weeks nn"
lng March 15, 1903, $531,3-11; 1902, M90.7K9;
lncrease. $40,552. July 1 to March 15, 1903,
$8,778,855; l'.*02. $8,603.8.1: Increaso. $775,474.
W. J. Baughan. a mechnnlc, employed
, at tho Seaboard Alr Line shops, mot wllh
a pecullur accident wiliilo at work yes?
terday. Mr. Baugham was hundllng a
large hnmnier, when It Bllpped. struck
hlm undor tho chln and apllt hls tongue,
whlch waa caught between hls teeth. A
physlclan's asslstance was necessary to
sew the tongue, several stltehes belng
necesBpry. The Injured man was sent to
Ms home.
IN KINO GEORGE
ttoads Badly Washed by the Rains of the
Past Week.
(SpapUl to Tlio TI*-i'?-l>Up?trb.)
OOMJORN, VA., March _0.?Thls sec?
tlon haa beon vlslt od by several euonnous
ralnfalls alnce Sunday morning, und. as
a result, Ihe streams aro overflowed uml
the country lnundated. The roads uro so
broken and tfullled that travel ln vehicles
ls noxt to Imposalblo, Thore was no mall
urrlval at thls place from Fred erlcks?
burg and beyond from last Friday till
Tuesday afternoon, Klng Cleorge bolng
out off from communlcaUon wlth tho out
slde world by hlgh water,
a- oyolone passod ovor $hls-vnt*lHhbor
hood about 11 A- M. Monday, and leveled
Morty ?YerrtbU*.* ?? JW Kanls. $t\ about
thirty yards wldo and tioarly o. mlle Ih
leiiRth. rtrruit trees, fonco., _o~.-old~,
fodder staoks, eto? on tho farm of Abram
Jaekeon, a. nrosberous colored farmer
near horo, Were blown down nnd oarrled
a eon-ldnrabls dH.t~-.c_. Ji.-~s~n'- llttlo
plantatlon was badly damaged, ho bolng
tho hoavlest losor by the tornndo. Por
tunatoly, only eeveral dwelllng houaos
ln tho nelghborhood wero Inoluded
In the track of the terrlfto wind, and
theBO were not damaged.
IN CHASE CITY
Its Mlner al Water and Splendld New
Hotel Qrowlng In Popularlty.
(Speclal to Tbe Tlm.i-DI-.at.-..
CHASID CITY, VA., March 26,-A moet?
lng of the stobkholder- of the Chase Clty
Mlneral Water Company waa hold at
tho hotel yesterday nnd arrangemonts
mado to lssuo bonds and mako addltlonal
und extenalve , Improvoments, 't'ho de?
mand tor tho wdtors was Increased and
saleB aro large,'
AU who patronlie the Meclclonburg aro
hlghly pleased wlth tho splondld accom
modntlons, and the baths aro sald to ba
unexoolled, Among tho guests aro At
torney-Gonerad Anderson and wlfe, R
\V, Powers nnd wlfo, John A. Coko and
wlfo, Thomas F, Jeffross nnd wlfe and
Mrs. C. E. Whltlook, of Richmond; J.
G. Penn and* wlfo, of Danvlllo, and Mra.
Page, of Now Jorsoy.
The Bnpflsts hore havo declded to
erect a new and more oommodlous church
bulldlng. It wlll be o_ brlck wlth all do?
partmonts oompleto. Tha pastor ls Rov.
Herbert T. Wll.lnm_.
The late Joseph A. Love, who was
asphyxfatod In RIohmond lnst wook, nnd
whose remains wore brought horo and
Interred at hjs old homo a few mlles dts
tant, was a most estlmable man and a
useful one to his communlty, Ho had
an Insuranoo on hls life for 31.200. One
pollcy was taken- out last month for
Jl.OOO.
Thore aro more Inqulrles for lands In
thls section than have been known for
many years. Sales of tlmborod lnnds are
made at good prices. The old llold pine
woods, heretofore regarded as compara?
tlvely valuoloss, are now ln demand.
Sales of tcrSacco contlmie to bo largo,
and Instead o{ the crop belng exhnusted
a_ the buyers supposed a few weoks ago
it soems to pour In along overy rond
whenever tho weather Is favorable. The
rains have hoen heavy, but no dnmnge
reportbd.
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IN POWHATAN
County Brldge Washed Away and Mlll
Dam Broken.
(Spoclal to llio Tlmea-DlBpatcb.)
POWHATAN C, H., VA., March 26.?
Tho rains of the last few days weto the
heaviest that have fallen ln thls sec?
tion of tho county ln tho last ton years.
Creoks that hava naver beon known to
overflow hnvo boen up. and ovorflowing.
Flno Creok waB so hlgh that the mlll
dam At Flno Creek mllls broke aml
wnshed away. Just below tho dam thero
was a oounty brldge that was also
washed away. Tho brldge was bullt
thoro Beveral years ago at a consluernble
eost to tho county. Tho wnshlng away
of tho brfilgo and the mlll dnm ls a con
sldorablo loss ln thls Bootlon of tho
oounty. Flno Creek mlll ls run by Mr.
K. I_. Plarco, who has a good run of
oustomors, and It Is to be hopedI thnt
the dam wlll soon be rebullt nnd thlngs
wlll progress as horotofore; Both the
Jamos and tha Appomattox Rivers havo
boen vory full and somo places to ovor?
flowing.
_?-??"
IN ABINQDON ,
Trial of Ella Gray for Killlng a Roanoke
Drummer.
(Spoclal to Thn Tlmo.-lM-pat-h..
ABINGDON, VA., 'March 2.,-In the
trial of tho Commonwealth ngnlnst Hlla
Bakor Gray for tho killlng of C. M. I_ob
ter, nllas Chester, on tho 22d of January
last at Ablngdon. very slow progress has
been mnde, aa tho defeiiBe ls flgthtlng
ovory partlclo of ovidenco and overy incn
of ground. Tho introduction of evidence
of porBonal effoots found on and belong
ing to the deceasod wns flnally allowed,
lneludlng oertnln lotters. The most Im?
portant witness for tho Commonwealth,
Luoy ProBton, who llved next door to
tho dofondant, toatlfiod that sho heard
three shots. and lmmadlntely nftorwards
tho dofondant ran bareheatlod Ihrough her
ynrd. From prosont prospects tho caBo
wlll not bo oonoluded tlll bhe laat of thls
woek.
Senator Ople Out Aghln.
(Sp.cliil to Tho Tl-.e--Dl.p_tch._
STAUNTON, VA., March 2G.?Sonator
John N. Oplo, tho "Tail Sycumoro of tho
Valloy," ls ablo to bo out agaln, nnd ox?
pects to roturn to hls1 dutles ln tho Son
nto ln a fow days. In hls dnlly wallts ho
Is most cordlally grooted by numerous
cltlzens ln overy wall- of Hfe. It ls
ngalnst the advlco of hls physlclans that
ho is tnklng oxorclso so soon after hls
illness, but tho "old war horso" oxplalns
that ho haB "nover Burrendered yet."
ONE STEP MORE
Will be fatal to the sleep-walker. Will
lie draw back or will he take the final,
fatal step? A great many people are in
perll liko the sleep-walker. They nro
dlseased. The disease is progressing
day by day. The tlme comes wlien oue
more step away from health is fatal.
T.he man who lias suffered from indl?
gestlon or gastric troublo
goes some night to a
dinner and returns homo
to find he hns taken that
lnst step from health
which can never be tak?
en back.
To neglect the cure
of iudigestion or some
other form of stomach
trouble is daugerous. It
is also inexcusuble. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medlcal
Discovery cures diseases
of the stomach and other
orgnns of digestion aud
nutrition. lt purlfies
the blood, stimulates the
livet, cures biliousness,
niul elimiiiates bilious
poisons from the sys?
tem.
"The pral-e . would llke
to cive your * Goldeu Medlcal
Discovery' I cnunot utter in
?worda br descri.e with pen,?
write* Jus B. Ainbro-e, Jisq.,
or 1305 j. Mlftlln 6t? Hunt.
? ? lagdon, Pa. "1 wus taken
wlth what our phyaician. Mld wan lnUI?8tiou.
1 doclored with lhe bc_t around here and found
no relief. I wrote you, aud you udvL.d me to
uae Pr. I'lerce'a Goldeu Medlcal PUcovcry I
look three bottlea aud 1 fell *o good that I
.topped-belng cured. I huve no .ymptoms of
ta-tric trouble or indlgestion now."
If you ask your dealer for "Golden
Medlcal Discovery" because you havo
coufic.ence in its cures, do jiot allow
yourself to be swHched ofi to a medic ne
clalmed, to be "juBt ae good." but which
you did not ask for and of wliich you
fcnow nothing. , , _
You can get the People's Common
Bense Medlcal Advissr, looS pageu, pa?
per covers,/..- by seuding ,i one-cenl
stamps, to pay eapenae of niaiHng only.
Address DivX V. J? iexco. Uuflalo, N, V.
R0B1NS0N
D1SBARRED
Bloodfleld's Negro Maglstrate
Cannot Practlce Law.
IN THE PENITENTIARY
After Hls Term In the Penltentlary Waa
Over Hls Polltlcal Disabllltles Were
Removed, But Hls Llcense ,
Was Superseded.
(Spoclnl to The Th_ci-Dl?p?tch.)
NEWPORT- NEJWS, VA? Maroh _..?
In tho Pollco Court thls morning Pollce
Justloo J. D. G. Brown rulod that.C. H.
Roblnson, tho nogro Justlco of thn poaco
of Bloodllold, hnd no atandlng as a law?
yer In hls court, and that ho could not
pormlt Roblnaon to praotlco beforo hlm.
Tho matter was ln oourt on a quostlon
ns to RoblnBon's rlght to practlco law
ralsed by a nogro attornoy. Promlnent
whlto lawyora appearod ln court for bolh
Bldos, and the law on the BUbJoet was dls
oussed for two hours, Roblnson was
convicted some yoars ago In Wnrwlck
county of embezzlomont, and was sont
to tho ponltentlary. Judge Peek
superseded hls llcense to practlce
law.; Later Governor Tyler ro
movod Robinson's polltlcal disablll?
tles. Tho nogro has practlced law ln
tho county since, It Is stnted, and ho has
boen permltted to tako out a llcense by
the commlssloner of the revenuo ot tho
county. Ho was recently elected a
Justlce of the peace, J. Thomas Nuw
some, a colored lawyer of tho clty, ob
Jeoted to appearlng in a case In court In
whlch he represented tho plalntiff, \vlth
Roblnson, who represented the defense,
nnd who, Nowsorne submltted, had not
the rlght to practlco thore, having boon
debarred from praoticlng In the county
court by renson of his convlctlon of a.
felony. A bltter argumont was made by
both B.oblnson and Newsomo at tlie tlmo
and Justlco Brown declded to contlnue
tho hearing of tho questlon untll to-day.
The crowd of spectators was so largo
whon tlio caso was called that the Jur,
tlco retired to tho Corporation Court to
henr irgumont of counsol In the caso,
Justlce Brown held that the removal of
Robinson's polltlcal disabllltles simply re?
stored hlm to cltlzonshp wlth all tho
nntural rights thereof; that tho praotlco
of law wns a prlvllege nnd not a natu?
ral rlght of cltlzonshlp, and that, there
foro, lho rlght to practlce could not bo
clalmod by a lawyor who hnd been con?
victed of a felony, whoso llcense had beon
suporseded, and whoso polltlcal dlsablll
tlos had afterwards beon removed, unless
thnt lawyor should go about seourlns
that rlght ns though lils applicatlon
wero an original one. He rulod that
RoblnRon wns clearly wlthout. the rlght
to appear at the bar of hls oourt, and
that ho oould not be recognlzea beforo
him as a prnctlolng attornev.
IN THE COUNTY,
The caBes ot April Roblnson, Robert
Carter, Eatello Whiting and Lllly Epps,
who aro charged wlth felonlous ussault
on the three sailors of tho German
steamshlp Albano, and wlth robblng the
seamen, wlll bo heard ln the Justlce's
Court ln Bloodllold Saturday. lf the
caBes are flent on to the grand Jury lt
13 probablo that a speclal Jury wlll bo
empunelled to hear the ovldenco and
dotormlne whother or not the prlsoners
shall bo lndlcted. The Warwlck oounty
authorltles have all along dlsputed the
olty's rlght to try these oaaes, and when
tho clty role.ased the prls/iners thoy re
arrestod thom. It has Just come to light
that tho county polloe have had in Jall
all tho tlmo Robert Cartor, tho nogro
who at llrst was .believed to havo es
cnped, Ho was arrestod aftor tho clty
pollce capturod tlio othor flvo negroes.
Ben Powoll oscaped tho county authorl
tfus on habooa corpus proceedings,
George Tlnsloy was glvon eight yoars In
tho penltontinry In the Corporation
Court and aftorwards granted a now
trlal, wheroupon Commonwealth's At?
tornoy Roblnson nollo prosoqulod tho
cuso. The county authorltles ronrrosted
TiiiHley, but now lt dovolops thoy havo
turned Tinsley loose, saylng that thoy
do not want to try hlm lf tho clty wants
hlm to havo a now trlal,
A now lodgo of Odd-Follows wlll bo
organlzed horo Friday nlght, nnd It wlll
begln wlth a chartor mombershlp of
sovonty-four, whlch Is tho largest that
any lodgo In thls sectlon was organlzed
wlth. The followlng promlnont Odd
Follows wlll bo presont: Grand Master
W. D, Hlll, of South Boston; Grand
Marshal J. J, Mitchell, Phoebus; Past
Grand \Vurd5ns E, 13. Northern and T,
B, Tlornoy, Thoy wlll bo ln charge ot
the mootlng and whon ofllcers are eleot
o.l will Install thom,
BASE-BALL CLUB.
The Newport Nows baso-b.all club haB
arranged a gamo hero wlth Maryland
A_-rlculturnl College April 1-lth. and
Richmond College wlll probably como on
the 10th, the day of the Four-Clty
Leuguo meotlng here to arrango achod
ulo for the season, Tho artlllery achool
at Fort Monroo wlll probably Bond Its
nlno hero to play tho locnls on tho ISth.
A gamo Ib proposed wlth Cornoll on tho
Oth, but It Heema that there Is a move?
ment to got tho gamo by the artlllery
school for tho Fort, and there may bo
a flght for lt.
Tho Board of Dlroctors of the Nowport
Nows Gonoral Hospltnl has termlnated
tho affalr ln whlch nurses, superlnten?
dent, head nurse and physlclnns woro
lnvolved. Tho resignatlon of Mlsa Bar?
ry, the hond nurso, was acceptod. The
resignatlon of six nurses wero not ao
eepted, and tho nurses wero reprlmanded
for talklng tno much about tho trouble,
It ls understood that Mlsa Mabel Jonos,
the Buperlntencleut, wlll reslgn, The
wholo disturbanoo seems to have been
croatod by tlia nurses on a/ccount of
rules that woro laid down for them by
tho now superlntendent, whlch they re?
garded as onurely tno Boyere,
Mrs, Reglna Fltohett, aged elghty
yenrs, fell ln a tlltoh ln Hampton and
wouid probably bnve beon overcome by
Btrangultttlon but for the tlmoly n.sint
anca of a negro, who, after offootlng the
rcHcue and seolng the aged woman safe,
quiotly dlsappeared. The relatlves are
trylng to ascortaln hls name to express
thelr nppreclatlon, but bo far havo boon
unsuctvssful.
NEGRO DROWNED
Attempted to dump From Rappahan?
nock Steamer to the Wharf.
(Spe.-t-l to Tha Ttiuoa-nUpntcli.)
FREDERICKQBURG. VA.. March 25,?
Wllllam Payne, of Lancastor county,
colored, was drowned Monday nlght at
WUboii's Wnotf, on the lower Rappahart
nook Rlvor. He wns a passenger on tho
steamer Easax, and at WUson's Wharf
he attempted to step from the steamer
before lt had touehed the wharf. It was
tilfht, ahd he tell In the water. Hyery
effort wa_ mttde to resoU- hlffl, but he
wns drowned before help oould teach hlm.
The body waa reoovored.
Full returna from tho rallroad election
In Stafford oounty show that the majorlty
iigRlnst lhe subBorlptluti of $00,000 towarda
tho capltal atook of tha Froderickaburg
nnd Rappahnnnoak l.leotrio Rallroax.
Compnny by tho county waa greater than
nt flrat reported. The majorlty of the.
genoral vote agalnst the propoaltlon waa
2.C nhd of the freehotdor voto, -10.
The total ooat to Loulsa oounty for the
treatment of bhe recent smallpox caaes
ln the Green Bprlngs tielghborhood
amounted to about $600.
MoBsrs. Monouro and Wallace are tear
Ir.g down tho large nld brlok faotory at
Folmouth, ahd wlll erect a pickle factory
on the site. Thls bulldlng was ownod by
the Green estate, and before tho war
cotton waa manufactured ln It. SlnOe
then It hns been Idle, and was looked upon
as one of the landmarks ot thls soctlo(n,
' Judgo John T. Ooolrlclc, of thls clty, haa
beon invlted to dellver an addross boforo
tho Unlon Vetorans' Loglon at Plttsburg,
Pa., on Aprll 9th next. A numbor Of dla
tlngulshed soldlers snd cltlzons wlll also
speak on tho occasion, Judge, Goolrlcka
aubjoct wlll be "The Surrender, from tho
Standpolnt of an ex-Confedorate Soldler."
Tho young aon of Mr. Robort Woolfrey,
of Orange county, whlle playing wlth an
nxe, let lt fall on hls foot, and three of
hls toes were aevered. 1
LOCAL OPTION FK3HT
Election toBe Held To-Day and Meet?
ings for and Against Last Night.
(Spoclal to Tlio Tlmos-Dl-patch.)
CHARLOTTESVIL--I-, VA., Maroh 25.?
The local option campaign, whlch haa
been engnglng the attentlon of the voters
of thls city for tho past fow weeks, closed
to-nlght. At the spaclous armory of tho
Montlcello Guard Mr. Danlol Harmon, a
promlnont attorney, and Dr. Charlos W.
Kont. of the Universlty, spoko to over
ono thousand peoplo In the Interest of
local option. whlle nt the courthouso ad?
dresses agalnst prohlhltlon wero made by
John B. Moon and VV. Sam Burnloy.
Genoral Rosser and IV.ayor McCue. who
wero nlso bllled to speak, were nnablo to
bo present. . Tho lntter meetlng was
only arranged lato thls nfternoon,
and tho audience thero was com
paratlvoly small. Varlous guesses nre
made on the result of tho election to
morrow. Tho VWcts" say tholr majorlty
wlll be between ~0 and 70. Tha "Drys"
predlot a close vote, and aro hoplng to
wln out.
WRECK AT AMHERST
Through,Freight Crashes Into a Local
Freight Sl.iftlng Cars.
(Speclnl to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.*)
AMHERST, A'A., March 25.-A freight
wreck on the Southern Rallroad oeour?
red at Amherst dopot last ^venlng nt
7:80 o'olock, when one brakoman, J.
Aumack, was conslderably brulsed up
and knocked senseless for somo tlmo,
whlle his injuries woro not regarded as
serious. Four ompty cara woro torn to
spllntors, and several loaded box cars
conslderably broken up, whilo thelr con
tents wns not much damaged. The
northbound local freight wns shlftlng
cars s.t the station, nnd through freight
traln. No. 72 came dashlng along, plow
lng through a part of tho local that was
on the maln llno. The onglneer and
flroman escaped unhurt, and but little
Injury was dono to tho englne.
?
LIQUOR ELECTION
IN BLACKSTONE
Llcense or No Llcense Left by
the Council to a Vote of
the Cltlzens.
(Spoclal to Tho Tlmea-Dlapatcli..
BliACKSTONE, VA., Maroh 25.-The
questlon uppermost ln the mlnds of the
pooplo hero thls week, and the one heard
dlsoussed on every corner from morn tlll
e>. e, ls that of llcense or no llcense, Thl8
wns iproclpltated by tho actlon of tho
Town Councll on Frlday nlght, when they
doclded to hold an election ns to whother
or not thoy should grant llfiuor llconse
for anothor year. Thls wlll not bo a legal
oleotlon, but tho Councll will aet in ao
cordanco with tho result of tho ballotlng,
tho quostlon of grantlng belng Jn tho
hnnds of tho Counoll by renson of the
falluro of the Constltutlon to provlde for
tho holding of spring electlons ln tho
towns. Thls necessltates the old Council
holding ovor, and the questlon of llcense
to ho settled by them. Tlie oloctlon wlll
bo hold oa Frlday of thls weok, nnd the
threo judges takon from tho different
sldes of tho questlon wlll dotermlno tho
qunllflcatlons of each mnn to voto, 113
thero hn,s boen no full registration in tho
town undor tho new Constltutlon,
Judgo W. II. Mnnn wns horo on Sun?
day nnd dollvorcd an addross In tho
Mothodlfit Chuj-ch that aftornoon ln tho
interest of tho antl-snloon advocates, Ho
also Bxplnme% hls blll ln tho Sonato, and
tho effects of Its operatlona wlth tho
amondmonts that hnvo beon attached to
lt. Tho judgo Is reported to hwro sald
that hls blll wlll mean total prohtbltlon un?
less the Judgo to whom appllcatlon ls
mado for n llconBe shall havs a skin an
Inoli and a half thlck.
Another mootlng waa held In tho Moth
odlflt Church on last nlght, at whlch tlme
qulto a numbor woro present, hicludlng
many ladles, Remarks wero mado by
Rovs, W, M. Seay, of the Baptist
Church 1 Theo P, Epes, of tho Prosbyto
rlnn Cliurch, and James Cannon, Jr?
prlnclpal of tho female Instltuto; alao by
MesBra, H, II. Seay, R. F, Dlllnrd and
George P, Adams, Every offort ls belng
put forth by the temporance peoplo tn
bring out tho full dry vote, nnd they nro
clalmlng vlctory already, Thero aro threo
saloons horo, and thoy pay a town llcense
of $500 eoon a yoar, a total of $1,-00 in
all. Ttuw far thls llcenso haa pald tho
greater portlon of the town's exjpondl
turea, and wlthout lt taxes wlll be mato
rlally Increased, Tbls wlll causo aome to
vote wot who would probnbly not other
wIbo do 80.
As soon as thls looal flght ls o.er an
other wlll bo preolpltated. embradng Not
toway and Amella, In tho eloctlon of a
member to the Legislature to auocped
Hon, R, G. Southall. recently reslgned
to take hls seat Jn Congress. Soveral
names havo beon lnentloned In thls con?
nectlon, but It ls believed tho i'.ght wlll
narrow down to Colonel Meado Haskins,
an attorney of thla place, and Hon. H.
E. Leo, an attorney and Mayor of Crewo,
It Js reported that the lattor wlll bo en
dorsod as the nntKsaloon candldato,
Thls belng tho homo county of Judgo
Mann, moro than ordlnary interest ls felt
here ln tho blll bofore the I~>glslature
whloh bearu hls name, and .here U a,
strong dotermlnatlon among the adrooatos
of that blll to sond eome one to tho Log
lalature In thorough sympathy with IU
Inteiitlons, No dntra hn~ been aet for thla
olootlou, us at thls wrltlng lt Iiiih not
b~on-. rderod by thu Speaker' of tlie Houuo,
but It ls expected that he wlll do bo lu
a dny or two end u>r-p~r~ tlon. nre boltiy
mado in uiit.-lim.tlon ot hi* ordor,
BRIDESOF
THESPRING
Mr. E. N. Newman and Mlss
Moon Married Yesterday.
CEREMONY IN LYNCHBURG
Beautlfully Decorated Audltorlum of
Westmlrlster Presbyterian Church
a Scene of Especlal Beauty.
Other Marriages Yesterday.
(Spoclnl to Tho Ttmea-DlBpatch,)
J LYNCHBURG, VA? March 25,-MIsb
Mary Augusta Moon, of thls clty, and
Mr. Edward Nowton Newman, of Rich?
mond, wero united In marrlago horo thls
evenlng at Wostmlnster Presbytorian
Churoh. The ceremony took place at 9
o'clock, and at tho hour appolnted the
beautlful audltorlum of Uho church was
erowded to Its utmost capaclty with
friends and relatlves of tho young couplo.
The chanccl, whlch stands at qulto an
elevatlon abovo tho moln floor, had boon
convertcd Into a mass of flowers and ovor
greon plants, tho formor belng the graco
ful Easter llllos and tho latter palms and
ferns and other plants. Theso woro placed
upon a foundation of whlto cloth. Tho
background of the plcturo wns the grand
new organ of the churdli, whlch rlscs
from tho chancel platform to tho roof
and prosonts nn Imposlng array of golden
plpes and oxqulaltely pollshed woodwork.
Tho ceremony wns impresslvely performed
by the pastor, Rev. R. H. Flemlng, D. D.
Tho brlclosmalds, who woro charmlng
gowns of SwIbs en. tralno, wlth laco mo
dalllon trimmings, nnd carrled Easter
llllos, woro Mlss Mary Flemlng, Mlss
Katherlne Horsloy, Mlss Lucy Coleman,
Mlss Allce Bnrnes, MIbs Pearl Watson,
Mlss Bosslo Martln and Mlss M, Bertha
Flemlng.
Tho mald of honor, Mlss Katherlne
Moon, a slster of tho brldo, who ls a
lovoly blondo, was attlror ln a costume
of point d'esprlt laco and carrled Easter
llllos. Anothor slster of t/ho brldo, MIbb
Floronco C. Moon, who woro a dress of
whlte chiffon, wlth lace trimmings, acted
as ring bearor.
Mr. Nowman wns attonded by hls bost
man, Mr. T. Garnott Tabb, of Richmond,
and by tho followlng groomemen: Mr.
John O. I-Iaytho, of Lynchburg; Dr, Lov
eielto S. Enrly, of Potorsburg: Hon. H.
D. Flood, of Appomattox; Mr, E, R.
Whlte, of Washlngton, D. C'i Mr. S. A.
Harris and Mr. S. H. Taylor, of Lynch?
burg, and Stato Sonator Frank C. Moon,
an unclo of tho brldo.
The ushers wero Dr. N. E. Patlllo, Wll?
llam Beasley, James R, Kylo, ot Lynch?
burg, nnd Aubroy Isbell. of T.ynchburg.
Professor XV, S. Adams proslded at tho
organ and renderod most oxprosslvoly and
effectlvcly Mendelssohn's weddlng maroh
for the processlonal, ond tha weddlng
chorus from "Lohongrln" for the roces
slonal. During tho ceremony ho played
Boftly and eweetly tho selectlon, "0, Prom?
ise Me."
Immediately after the marrlage the bri?
dal party nnd relatlves and frlendB re?
palred to Hotel Carroll, where a reception
was hold. Lator on a banquet was sorved
In the dlnlng-room, and, of eourso, thls
lncluded tho cuttlng of tho bride's cake
and the dlstrlbutlon of Its Interesting
contents, Soon after tho banquet Mr.
nnd Mrs. Nowman boarded ono of tho
fast llmlted trains on tlhe Southorn Rall?
road for an extonded Northern tour. They
wlll be abscnt untll April 10th, when they
wlll roturn to Richmond, tholr futuro
home, There wero scor.es of handsome and
costly bridal presents, mnny of whloh
wero sent by friends resldlng at a dis?
tance,
? Mlsa Moon Is a oharmlng and attraotlve
young lady, and ls tho daughtor of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Moon, formerly of
Snowdon, Bucklngham county, but for
the paat ten years residents of Lynch?
burg. Thelr home ls sltuated In Rlvor
mont, Lyndhburg's beautlful Biiburb. Mlss
Moon's father Is a near klnsmnn of Con?
gressman J, A, Moon, ot Chattanooga,
Tenn,, and of Senator ThomaH B, Mnrtln,
of Virginla, On tho mnternal sldo she Is
descended from Governor Dlgges, colonlnl
Governor of Virginla, ond ls closely ro
latod to Hon. W. H. Bonz, of Albomarlo,
a dlstingulBhed momber of tho Virginla
Leglslature. Sho Is also a grent-nfeco of
ex-Governor Thomns Walkor Gllmor, of
tiiis Stato,
Mr. Nowman ls the dlstrlct Biiperlntonn
ent of the MassachuBetts Mutual Llfo
.liBiirance Company, wlth hendquarters
lu Richmond. He is most hlghly esteemed
in buslness and soclal rolntlons, Ho Is a
son of the late Captaln and Mrs. Wnltor
N. Newman, who removed to Richmond
In the yoar 1855 from the Valley of Vir?
ginla,' nnd whoso fnmlllos embrnce many
promlnent and Influentlal cltlzens of tho
State. Includlng Judge E, D, Nowman, of
Woodstock. nnd State Senator Georgo B.
Keezell. HIb father wns a captnln In tho
Confederate army, and for a numbor of
years aftor tho war ho was connocted
wlth tho offlcos of tho Btato Trousurer
nnd Audltor In most lmportant poBltlons.
Hla grandfather, John Nowman. Bsq.,
was a roprosontatlvo of hls county In tho
Leglslature, -/-'-'-;?_
HENDERLITE?CROW
Marrlage Ceremony In tho Flrst Pres?
byterian Church, Norfolk.
(Bpnclul tn Tho TluioH.PIspnti'll,)
NORFOLK, VA? March 25,?Mlss Nel?
lie Crow. daughtor of tho late Georgo L.
Crow and Mrs, Virginla Crow, and Rov.
James H, Hendorllto woro marrlod at the
Flrst Presbyterian Churoh thls aftor
noon. Tlio ceromony wns performed by
Rov, Dr. Joseph Ronnle, pnslor of tho
church. nsslsted by Rov, p. T, Hondor
llte, of Huntlngton, W. Vn? a brothor of
tho groom, The mald of honor wns Mlss
Julla Caatex, of Goldsboro, N, 0? and
Mr. Dwlght Sloun, of Aldorson, XV, Va?
was best man, The ushors woro Dr.
Chnrles Crow, of Loxlngton, Vn? brother
of tho brldo; Archlo Rntos, nf Ports?
mouth, a cousin of the brldo; 0, V, Sos
Boiiie, of Norfolk, and Judgo B. n, Whlto,
of Prlncess Anne,
Tho brldo, who was glvon away hy hor
brother, George B. Crow, woro a gown
of bluo brondoloth, wlth hnt and glovos
to correspond, nnd carrled brldo's roBos.
Mlss Castox woro n gown of nream laco
and hat pf llko mntorlnl. Hor flowors
were Easter llllos.
Rev. and Mrs. Hondorllto leavo thls evo
nlniT *>r a trlp to Now York and Wash?
lngton. They wlll be at homo two weeks
henco ln Hondorson, N, O,, tho groom
belng tho pastor of tho Prosbytorlan
Church at that place,
Soon to be Married,
(?Spmilal to TUo Tlmoa-PI-ptttdi,)
WYTHEVILLE, YA? March i5,-Mr,
und Mra, J, Haller Glbbonoy onnounco
tho marrlago of thelr daug'htor, MIiih l'tetr
la Lollln Glbbonoy, to Mr, I.ouln Llndsny
j.wol, of Pittsburg, Pa? whlch wlll bo
oelohrated ut Bt, John's, Hplsoopnl Ohuroh,
.Wytheville, on Wednotfflay svenliiff, AprllJ
16th. Tha brlde ta. one pf \vythevllle'a
"most attraotive young tadtao. Tho groom
wa* formorly a resident of Chrlstlanaburg,
Vt. : ?/?*;_
STEVENS?SNEAD
Beautl.ul Home Ceremony In Bellevue,
In Nolsori Oounty.
(Speclnl to Tlio Tliiic?.DI-Utttch.). _
LYNOHBURG, VA., March _6.-ReV. Er
neat Stavons, pastor of Memorial Metho?
dist Churoh,. and MIbs Ell~abo.~ Nolan
Snead, daughtor Of Mr. and Mra. John
Snead, were married thla evenlng at the
brldo'a homb, "Bollovue," In Nolaon coun?
ty. Tha ceremony toolt plaoe ln the apa
cloua liarlora of the noble old manalon,
and tho colobrants woro Rov. W. B.
Mooro, pastor of lhe brldel Dr. J. G. Itoed,
presldlng eldor of. tho Lynohburg Distrlct,
and Rev. R. H, Bennett, presldlng older
of tho RIohmond Distrlct,
Llttlo Master Estls waa rlng boaror, and
tho beat man was Mr. Harry Snead, bro?
ther of tho brlde. The brldo'a alstor, Mlaa
Annlo Bnead, aoted aa mald of honor. Tho
couplo .advancod to tho Btralnn of tho
weddlng mnrch, played by Mlsa Lolla
BnGad, elater of the brldo, and' took tholr
places undor a large and beautlful florol
bell. atisponded from tho colllng.
Prpmlnont cltlzons of Nolson woro prea?
ent at tho weddlng, and Mr. John Bell
Wlnfroo waa a gueat of honor froin Lynch?
burg. A dolightful ropoat followed tho
corornony, and tho happy young couple
loft ahortly nfter over tho Bouthorn road ;
for a Northern tour. '
Whlte?Dodson.
(Sneclol to Tbe Tlmci-Dliipntch.)
HBATH^VII_LE, VA? Mnrch fc.-Ju
lliis Whlto and Mlss Julla Dodaon, of
Avalon, Northumberland county, woro
qultely married at the homo of Jamea
Dodson on MondayN?vening last by Rov,
G. W. Beale. "Wiay wlll llvo at Avalon.
Smlth?McMorrow.
(Spnclol to The TlmM-Dlipatch.)
FREDERICI^SiBURO, VA., March 25.?
"Willlam Smlth and Mlss Tasslo McMor?
row, both of Orange county, wore mar?
ried thla weok at tho homb of tho brldo,
Rov. M. W. Smlth offlciatlng.
Stuart?Jones.
f~P~clal to Tho Tlin-?-DI?pntch.)
FRED.iR.CICBBURG, VA., Maroh 25.
R, A. Stuart, of Baltlmore county, Mary?
land, and Mlss Mary Jones, of Stafford
county, woro married' at tho homo of the
brldo thls week. ^
Interestlng Announcement.
(Bn.clnl to Thn TluieH-nispstch..
WYTHEVH-LE, VA., March 25.?It Ib
announced that the marrlage of MIs
Catherlne Pondleton, youngeBt daughter
of Mr. and Mra. R. N, Pondleton, of
Wythevllle, to Mr. Robert O. Moore, of
Roanoko, wlll take place on tho 22d of
Aprll, Mlss Pondleton ls one of Wytho
vIllo'B most charmlng young ladles.
NEW NATIONAL BANK
Cltliens of Manassas Are Subscrlblng
to Its Capltal Stock.
(Spocliil to The Tlinc.-Dlinatch..
MA~.ABAAS, VA., March 25.?The cltl?
zens of Manassas ej.ldcntly thlnk tho
now National Bank hero wlll be a tuo
0083. Thls ls evldont from lhe VTumGor
of people who havo taken stock and the
number of flharea takon. About $10,000
of the capltal atock lias boon subscrlbed
and the pooplo of Manassas would havo
taken tho last dollar of It could' they havo
BOtten lt. It Is tho purpoae of tho pro
motcrs to get tho stock well scattored
throughout the country. Many wealthy
ahd Influontlal men havo subscrlbed to
tho stock.
Mr. Robort Lynn, of tha Stnto poniton?
tiary, left here to-/lay ln eha.KO of R. L.
Mclnteer, who waa sontenced to three
years' lmprlsonmont In tho penltontlnxy
for shootlng at hls brothor wlth tntont to
kill.
.- .
Chased by a Mad Dog.
(Speclnl .to Tho Ti-i.fl-Jl-patch.)
6UFPOLK. VA.. March 26.?As Presl?
dent John Klng. of the Suffolk Pnanut Com?
pany, wns golng to hls factory oarly thla
mornlng, rldlng a blcycle, he was chased
by a mad dog, The dog attnekod hlm on
tho wheel nnd flnally grabbed a shoo. An
oxamlnntlon proved that no skin waa
brokon.
?
NO DISPENSARY
IN FARMVILLE
The Situation ls Rather Un
settled and the Town is
??Dry" at Present.
(Bpectal to Tho Ttmon-nlspat.li.)
FARMVILLE, VA., March 25.?Contrary
to expeotatlons, a dlsponsary was not
oponed In Farmvllle. thls mornlng, and
from present prospocts tho town wlll re
maln dry for somo tlme to como, whlch
wlll ho H~llBfi.ctory to both sldos, lf tho
llquor pooplo fall In tholr efforts to got
tho dlsponsary aot for Farmvllle Distrlct
repealed. The Dlsponsary Bonrd fully ex?
pected to put In oporatlon a dlsponsary
thls mornlng, but tho Town Council.
whlch was In sosslon last night for tho
purposo of dlscuHslug tho mattor, show?
ed them a fow polnts whlch Bot thom to
thlnklng. Tho Town Councll clalms that
tho Dlsponsary Board. whlch hus gono
ahead, bo your corrospondont ls Inform
od, and bought a stock of llquors, ronled
n house nnd appointed a dlspensary tond
pj;, Is an Ulogal body, nnd has hnd no
rTglit to proceod ns thoy hnvo dono.
Tho not of tho Loglslaturo auihorl_lng
the dlsponsary Htutos that throo shall
constltuto a Dlsponsary Board, und tliat
tholr torms shall bo for ono, two and
threo years. Tho present board was np
polntod two yoars ngo, whlch throwa out
Mr. W. T. Clark, who was appointed for
tho one yenr torm. Tho torm nf Dr. Wln?
ston explrns the lfith of next month, and
tlmt of Dr. Bldgood oxplros one yoar
from that dalo. For tho abovo reason
tho Councll clalms that tho board was
not a logal ono, ,_ _
Tho maln roason, lt Is aald, for not
oponlng a dlsponsary Is that no .ono ls
willing to tnko lho rlsk of furnlshlng
money for tho runnlng of a dlsponsary
under present olraumstancos. Tho Town
Councll wl'll tako no aotlon regarding
the mattor, so far as tho appolntmont of
a now DlHPonsary Board and tlu) nocos
sary approprlation for runnlng same, un?
tll tho law-makers declde what thoy wlll
do They' do not cara to purchase a
Htne. of. llquors and go to othor ax.iai.ses
when thoro I . u pri'b .'Uty of lho J..g|_
laturo ropoallng tho aot, whlch would
throw tho Btock on thelr hands, and fur
thermoro, tlje Councll ls alroady ln dobt
nnd would have to borrow monoy to car?
ry on the llquor trafflc,
Dr. Wlnston, a londlng temporance lead?
er of tho tpwu, ls ln Richmond to-day
in tho lntorest of tho dlspensary people.
Tho othor sldo also havo ropresontntlve.
thore, Bomothlng doflnlte regarding tlie
repoallng of (ho aet ls oxpoctod to-mor?
row, Judgo Watklns left for Richmond
yestorday mornlng. Ilo la tho patron of
tho blll, and It Is roportod that ho haa
slgned a paper tliat ho wlll voto for tho
iep-i-1 of tho not, Hon, J, J, Owon, jep
resontatlvfl from thls county In tho
House, by requeet, (..troduced tho blll
yosterday,
METHODISTS
IM SESSION
Baltlmore Conference Opens
In Frcderlcksburg.
A METHODIST ORPHANAGE
A Commlttee Is Appolnted to Consldsr
nnd Report on the Questlon of Es
tabllshlng Such an Institutlon,
- Bishop Smlth Presldlng.
(Speclal to Tb* Timea-IMipatch.)
FREDERICICSBURG, VA., Maroh X.-t
The Baltlmoro Conference of the MeUwx
dlst Eplscopal Churoh, Bout/h, opened la
tho Methodlst Church here thla mornln(
at 9 o'clock wlth religlous Bervlcea, led
by Bishop A. Coke Smlth, of North Car.
ollna, who wlll presldo over the sesslon*.
The openlng: prayer was made by Rev. J.
A, Anderson, of Central Church, BalU?
more. A roll call of the ol'erlcal ond lay.
delegates showod that nearly all bf tfiw
nif.mbors of the conference were present,
Dr. Jarnes E, Armstrong-, presldlng elde.
of the Roanoko Dlstrlct, was elected sec?
retary, and ho appolnted as hla asslstanU
Revs. E), V, Rogester, Georgo T. Tyler,
Jnmea P. Sturnp, H. S. Coe and W. E,
Water.. Tho conferenco dectded to meet
overy morning at 9:80 o'clock. The after
noons wlll bo dovoted to commlttee meet?
lngs, and-speclal programmes wlll bo ar?
ranged for each nlght. Rev. W. G,
Hamniond moved that ono olerlcal and
ono lay dolegato be appolnted from each
dlBtrlct of tho conferenco to consldor
the questlon of establlshlng a Methodlst
Orphanngo, whlch was carrled. Substl?
tutes for ubsent delegateB were reported
to vurlous boards and commlttees, The
matter of arranglng for publlc worshlp
during tho conforonco was left ln charge
of tho presldlng older, Rev. J, W. Duffey,!
of thls dlstrlct, and Rov. George T. Ty-i
lor. tho pastor of tho church hero, A com-j
muntcatlon was read from tho Board ot'
Church Extension at Loulsvllle, statlng}
that lt had flxed tho assossmont of thtf
Bultlmoro Conferenco for thls year af
$5,137. Tho mntter was reforred to the
Commltteo on Churcfh Extension. '
REPORTS RECEIVED. ?
Tho roport of tho Board of General Ed?
ucation was mado by Rev. J. B. Hamj
mond and the reports of tho publlshlng
houso at Nnshvlllo and of tho Sunday'
Bchool Board woro rocolved. Mlss Nlni'i
Wllson, of Baltlmoro, made tho report
of tho Conferonoo Board of the Women'l
Forelgn Mlsslons, and Mru. J. B. Porry.
of Wostbrook, Md., that of Women'?
Homo Mlsslons. The report of tho 8un?
dny Leaguo of Amerlca was reforred tn
tho Commlttee on Sahbath Observance.'.l
A Commltteo on Sabbath Observance(
was then appolnted as1 follows: Revs. O.)
C. Beall, J. B. Honry, W. H. March, HJ
Wolls, U. P. Welklo, F. A. Galvs, A. Al
P. Neal, J. O. Waggnor; laymen, M{
Walls. G. M, Roy, W. W. Dukncll. RJ
W. Hlll, J. A. Calhoun, H. M. CUnar
dentst. V
The followlng Commlttee on Orphana.e
was named: Rova. J. A. Andersdn, li
Hammoml, W, G. Hammond, B. F. Ball'
C, W. Cantor, J. B. Engle, N. Steveruy
W. N. Waggnor; laj*mon, L. W. Davh. -
C. M. Armstrong, F. Wcavor. J. __.
Roder, M, C. Sessler, A. E. Huddleson,
M. A. Patrick.
A communlcntlon from tho trusteee otj
tho ondowment fund for superannuated;
proachors was received And referred t*,'
tho joint Board of Flnanco. tj-'
BIRTH OF WESLEY. ? ''
A commltteo, composed of the presld,
Ing olders of Baltlmoro and Enst Baltl^
moro Districts, Rov. W. II. D. Harper
and ev. Dr. B. XV. Bond, rospectively,'
and Rov. E. B. Prettyman, of Baltlmoro,'
wos appolnted to confor w'th tho con
feronces of tho Mothodist Eplscopal and
Mothodist Protcstant churches of Baltl?
moro in regard to tho two hundredth an?
nlveraary of the blrth of John Wesley,
with tho view of approprlatoly observ**
Ing tho some. ,
Tho twentfoth questlon wns called and
tho followlng presldlng elders reported,
and tholr charucters wero passed: Bal?
tlmoro. W. H. D. Harpor; Enst Baltl?
moro, B. W. Bond; Wnshlngton. J. W.
Duffey; Wlncliester, H. D. Hnmill; Rock?
ingham, Davld Bush; Roanoko, J. E.
Armstrong; Lewlsburg. J. S. Hutchlnson;
Moorefleld, J, T. Williams.
Rov Tl. H. Brown, of Stevens Clty,
proached at tho Presbyterian Church
hore to-nlght nt 7:80 o'clock. Rev. Dr. John;
Hannon dolivcrod hls famous lecturo,
"Tub Phllosophy of Dlogenos, at tho
Methodlst Church at 8 o'clock beforo nn
immcnHo audlonoa, whlch heard the
splendld address wlth evldont pleasure
and satlsfaotlon, _______
PLATER RELEASED
Boy Thought to Have Been Murdered
Found Alive nt Grottoes.
(Speclul to Tbo Ttmca-nUnntch.) _^ ?
H'PAUNTON. VA., Murcti 25.-A gf'
deal o intorest has beon taken hy
trial of Henry Plater, Sr? churgeH \i
the murdor of hls son. Honry i-la,
Jr wh. was to havo beon trlod to-n\
row A-out a yoar ago tho suppoi .
h_nos of a human belng wore found ln
_mnll n oco of woods near whoro Plat,
had formerly llved. about four mil*
south of Staunton. Though It wns knowl
? hat Plator hnd gono to Ponnsylvanla1..
hocause of anothor troublo, clrcumstanlUU
ovldonco polnted to hlm. an.l ono and aliy
nroclnlmod that lt wouid tako more than ,
a Phlladolphla lawyor to keep hlm from \
bolng hung. ..
Wlth tho caso ln thla desporato condi?
tlon for tho defoiiBo, ho socured na hla
counsol Mossrs. Jnhn B. Cochran and
j, W. H. Pllson, who set to work upon
the onso, and soon had conclustve ovl?
donco to provo that tho boy. Plutor, hart
beon soon by sovoral rollnble porson*
since tho discovery of the bones. At last
they actually found the boy nllve and
well, llvlng wlth Mrs. Fulton, at Grot?
toes, Va, i; . I
It soon lenked out, howovor, that tho at
tprneys for tho defense hud thls solar
plexus blow ready for tho Common
wealth. and the numerous wltnesses who
woro ready to testiry agalnst Plater be?
gan to "seek tho tall timber," and when.
tho County Court mot yesterday, Platec
was ordered roloased.
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Negro Fatally Stabbed,
i*8ni!..|.il I" Tho Tlmi'S-Dlaniil-h..
BRISTOL, VA., Murch 25.?Harrlson
Bowcrs, a colored man employed nt tho,
Bristol Iron Furnace, ls believed to have;
been fatally stabbed ln Urlstql, va., thla af?
tornoon. Ho was ussalled by John Taylor*
and Churles Wrlght, colored, who settled,
a gi'Udgo by stabblnK hlm twlce ln th<j
back. tho knlfo blado penetrntlng hls lung,
Taylor nnd Wrlght dlsappeared ancl hav .n
not been approhehded.
-.-p .-,
The Perfectlon
of a puro, rich, unswoetoned oondensec.
mllk ls Borden's PoerlesB Brand Evapo
rated Cream. lt ls always avallablo for
every uso lo whlch raw mllk or cream ia
dovoted, and Is far superior to tho aver?
age quallty of elther. Prepared by Bor?
den's Condr?*??d Millr. Co,?fidvt