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IN FRISON
FOR DEBT
J. H. Gurganus of North Car
ollna is in Jall at Norfolk.
NEGRO OUTLAW CAPTURED
New Fllter Plant at Clty Water Worki
/ is Now In Operatlon?Young Qlrl
Working ln a Sllk Mill ls
Palnfully lnjured.
(Bpeclal to Tba Ttmaa-Dlapatcli.!
NOCRFOLK. VA.. Aprll J.-Deaplte the
Impreaalon that tmprtaonment for debt ls
abollshad, there la a caae of lt here-to
day. The Borvlce of a ?ummorui waa
made on J. BL Ourgamua. of North Caro
Ilna, for a debt of, *?0.M, yeaterday,
?loubtleM wlth the Idea that he would pay
rather than, go to jall. The oourt record
la to the effoct that the J. W. Pert-y)
company complaina to tho Court of Law
and Chanoery that the defandant s an
absoondlng debtor for the ^mou1ntJtf*e??
and asks that he be prevonted from eav
lng the juriadlotlonof the court tUhe
' pay. or tlll the oase ls heard by the
oourt, The defendant will not pay or la
. not able to ipay, for he waa detainedln
the Jall last nlght. and waa there thls'
?v morning when the oourt fO"rened.),Kyl?
etated by tho court offlclals that the de
fendant ls a man of property, and that
v. he wfll make arrangementa for reuer.
In the Pollco Court thla momlng JtisUce
Taylor.held tho negro outlaw 'Wllliam
"?? Harria, of Cbarlotte N. C, for the offl
cere to come for hlm. The man is a
deeperato charaoter. Ho saya his nnmo
V u Wllliam Robert James Sandera, and
that he got tho namo, Wllliam Harrls
from aasoolatlon with friends of that
Bame. The offlolal, dosorlptlon from
' XoVth Carollna.'meritlone that he has 'a
bull-frog bulld" atyle of archlctooture;
that his wrlstn and anklos are smoll, and
hta legi and arms correapondlngly largo;
that his body la phenomenally strong,
and that he haa more enduranoe than a
horae, and oan escape from either horses
or dogs by runnlng all day. He ls chargod
wlth houso-iburnlng, robbery, bnrn-burn
lng and wlth ehootlng with lntent to klll.
Tbe negro fletooflve who puratiod and
oaught hlm, Van Griftin, pf Oharlotto,
eays that there la evldenoo sufflclent to
hang HarrlB in Charlotto. _
FILTBR PX/ANT IN OFERATION.
? The work of flnstalllng tha. Contlnento.1
JTekel Flltratton Plant at tho Norfolk
^water works waa oomploted yestorday,
and the iplant waa placad in operatlon,
at'onee. In ovent the plant proves a suc
oeas after slx months' trlnl, tho clty will
pay to the oompany the sum of $18,000,
One of tha olarms of tho company Is that
lt will aavo filterlng oxpenso and bet
ter water will result. Tho dHTerenoe be?
twoen tho new and the old plnnt la that
the new ohe employa Iron. whlle tho old
? ohe employod alum as a ooagulant. Iron
ls''choapor than alum, .
Mlaa Ethol Cromwoll, of Konslngton,
whlle at work at tho sllk mlll yeBterday
momlng wasvbndly lnjured. Mltm Crom
well at the tlme aho waa hurt waa at
tacblng tho broken enfla ot allk ln the
: wlii'dlng framcs.' Hor long hatr caught
on ono of tho apoole and qulokly worked
ln the wheols. Mlas Cromwell rotalnod
hor iproaence of mlnd aufTlclontly to graap
her halr tightly ln hor hand, and thua aho
naved lt from all belng tnken out. Tho
flesh on Mlsa Cromwell'a hand was torn,
""lt havlng been caught ln tho maohlno
alao. fleveral of tho glrla who wero work?
ing near by Mlaa Cromwoll camo to hor
asslBtanoo and out her halr off wlth
Bdssora. Mlaa Cromwoll was ovorcomo by
'. the Bhock and falntod. flho was eont to
her homo, whero ahols Btlll sufteripg
from the hock and torn Hcalp.
HABEAS CORPP SUIT FOR BOY.
Sult will begln to-morrow for tho poa
Boaslon ot a. boy. Tho Bult for tho body
wlU begln ln the United etatea Dlstrlot
Court ognlnat tho commandant of the ro
celving ship Franklln, for Adam J.
"?chrelbor, His mother, Llzilo Schrolber,
1 of Albany, N. T., brlngs the ault, al
legtng that the boy ran away from home
wlthout hor conacnt nnd Jotnod tho nniry
r ns a landaman. She aaya that Adnm waa
born In Juno, 18S3, and conseqtiontly was
not of age whon he Jolned tho navy, and,
therofore, ah(> dpffrands .that ho bo re
leasod and rotufhed'to'hor. Judgo Wnd
dlll entered an order to that offoot a
' month ago, but wlthheld the exeoutlon
of ;? lt after th,o appearanco of Captaln
. Thompaon ln oppoaltlon. The cnso will
be argued beforo Judgo Waddtll to dotor
mtn* the dlapoaltlon of the young man,
He Jolned tho navy durlng a Inrk wlth
Boveral othor boya, and was sont here
for tralnlng.
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DISPENSARY W1NS
A Settlement for n Time at Least Is
Renched in Farmvtllo.
(Speclnl to Tlio IMmoa-niapateb.) ? ,
FARMVILLB. VA., Aprll 2.?Tho whla?
key questlon, whlch haa creatod bo muoh
excltemont In Farmvlllo for tho past two
Veoka, haa" boen BOttled for a whlle, at
least, reaultlng in a viotory for tho dla
penaary peoplo. Tho blll orfered by Mr.
J, J, Owon, nsklng thnt tho dlaponaary
aot for Farmvllle dlstrlct be repealed,
waa wlthdrawn by hlm yoatorday, whloh
was tho day aot for tho hearlng betore
tbo Houso commlttoo.
Now that tho mattor has boon settlod,
bo far as tho Loglalaturo ls ooncorned,
tbe Town Councll will In all probablllty
roeet shortly nnd appolnt a now dlapon
eary board, make the necoasary appro
prlation for carrylng on tho llquor traf
fle, and aeo that the law la onforoad.
Dr. Peter Wlnston, who 1b a momber
' of the dlspensary board appolntod two
yeara ago by the Councll, will tondor hla
reslgnatlon as member of such board,
Dr. Wlnatnn'a torm, howover, oxplrea the
jcth of thla month. It la not known dell
nltely what Dr. Rlchard OMdgood will do,
but It ln aald he wlU aluo roslgn. llls
term doea not explra utitll tho 16th of
Aprll, 10M. So when tha Councll iiutota
they wlU havo to nume thraa now inein.
b'.lu. ?
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<"? ARBORDAYOBSERVRD
Pocahontas Colllerles Oompany Pro
vldes Shado Trees for the Town.
f?i,erlnl to fh" 'flnir?.|)Upatoli.)
POCAHONTAH, VA? Aplil 8.-The Po?
cahontas Colllerles Company, os tha ra
?ult of tha publlu uplill nnd anterprlae
of Cotonal Thomaa II, Maglnnlu, lumj
wgent, lias ordared a lurgo supply of
tihada trc-.;a, whlch irere aof pijt ou thu
ytraetu of the town whara tholr property
|k loc.atfcii| alao a Ibrgo nuinbor whlch wera
' yet out lu putur perta of tha town to.
day, ln the observanco of A>'bor Day, li,
whluli tho Mayor, Cotmoll, publlo schoola
and oitlsotiu took an apIIvm nart,
Tha CounoII ot tho town hus rocently
adoiHed >>. new charter, whic:h nt-iims |q
he more fiatiafactory than tho otd ono,
juid lt U oxpoetnrj will tmol with tho up
proval <tl the oitlKonu, Pcnvltfion ls made
imm thm Jjwuuuue of bonda to Ji'juidatt.
the pfeaent Indebtedttass' of tha town,
and for tha Improvetnent of the atreeta
ahd aewor Dyatetii. An effoft to have
tho ttmotlht of lloanao on llquor daalora
ralaed to IhOOO waa defeated, and the tax
remalna aa heretofofo; *800 por year.
Some oialrrt that the matter la not aettled
aa yet #?ut tliera wlll probably not be
any ohatige made.
3, D flnbor, whn has been a leadlng
eltlaen atid probably the moat auocoaa
ful nferohant In thla aectlon of the State,
left thla mornlng; wlth hla famlly for
Jjynehburg, whore they wlll roelde In
future. '
Tho rumora of a atrlkei ln the ooal flelda
the flrat of Aprll dld not materlallae to
day, nnd there doea not aeem to be any
cvldence that there wlll be a atrike t _a
SUmmer.
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Fallure In Staunton.
(Speclil to Tha ?MmM'Dlapatch.)
STAUNTON, VA., Aprll 2.-J. W. Au?
g-tiatus, agalnat whom Georgo R. Klnge
lor obtalnod a vordlot yeaterday In tho
Corporatlon Court for two thouaand dol
Itira, asslgnod to-day. Hls llabllltiea are
sald to be olght thouaand dollara.
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NO COMPROMISE IN
FIGHT WITH DAY
Antl-Saloon League of Am
herst Nalls lts Colors
tothe Mast.
(Bptual to Tha Ttmai-Dlapateb.)
AMHERST, VA, Aprll 2.?At a called
meetlng of the Antl-Saloon Deagua of
Amherst, held thla mornlng, the followlng
reaolutlona were unanlmously adopted
relatlve to an offer of compromlao mado
to Juatlco Edgar Whitehead, by Drug
giat S. A. Day, to provido for the wlth
d'rawal of furthbr prbsecutlon or investl
gatlon . of charges agalnst Day for the
lllloit aalo of whlskey at Amherst:
"Flrat. It ls the unanlmoua lmpresalon
of the Antl-Baloon Leaguo that thoy have
no rlgbt to wlthdraw tho prosocutlon, or
make any oompromiso wlth the sald S.
A. Day, aa the caae ls now ln the hands
of the court to bo dealt with accordlng
to tho law and evldenco,
"Sooond. That lt Ia the unanlmoua sen
tlment of the Antl-Saloon League that
they have no rlght to oxouse any wltneaa
or wltnossos, that have boen niummon
od by tho Commonwoalth."
Justlce Edgar Whitehead wlll proeeed
to-morrow mornlng with' a further Inves
tlgation of tho ohargos agalnst Drugglst
S. A. Day for eelllng whlskey unlaw
fully at Amherst Courthouae, t
POSTOFFICE ROBBED
Burglars' Secure Over Four Hundred
Dollara atWarm Springs.
(Spaclal to Tlio Tlmoi-Dlipatch.)
HOT SPRINGS, VA., Aprll 2.?Burglars
ontered tho Warm Springs postoftlce last
nlght and. carrled away about f?? ln
atampa and J10 in eaah. The entrance waa
mado from the front door wlth a orow
bar and chieol, both of whlch were left
behind.-belng. tho only traoe of the rob
bory, Tho offlco ls a great dlatanoo from
any r'osidence, honce tho thlevoa had full
play, There la no Idea as to who .tha
gullty partlos wero, but the Job waa
ovldontly the work of expert robbors, tho
money drawer bolng tha only part dam
aged. Every other nrtlojo was left ln
placo, and no damngo to tho offlco waa
dono, savo tho sprlnglng of tho door.
Dast nlght ln Thpmastown, ono mlle bo
low hore, a negro,'hut waa burned and
two nogro woraon perlehed ln the flamea,
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Condltlon Critlcal.
fSpoelnl to Tho TlmoB-DlBpntoh.)
CREWE, VA., Aprll 2.?Tho condltlon
of Conductor Duther Robertaon, who
waa wounded by a negro, ia critlcal. Hls
death ls oxpeotod hourly.
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EXCELLENT MICA
IN SP0TSYLVAN1A
People of Madison Are Clam
oring for an Electrlc Road
to Orange Courthouse.
fSpoclul to Tlio Tlmos-DUpatch,).
FREDERICKSBURG, VA? Aprll 2.
Mr. T. H. Twyman has eold hla mloa
mlno in Spotsylyanla county to a Texaa
company, who wlll work the property.
Tho quallty ot the mloa taken from thls
inlne Is sald to be oxcellont.
The peoplo of Madlsoji oounty are atlll
olamorlng for an eleotrlo rallrood from
polnta ln that county to Orange Court
houBo, td'oonnoot wlth tho throo rail
roada at tho lalter pluce. An effort la
bolng mado to organlae tho movement
lnto praotloal ahape, and lt la probablo
that an eleotlon on the queatlon ot tha
oounty ssubscrlblng to the atock wlll bo
oarrlod.
Tho now Btoamor Carollne, of tho
Woema llne, due to loave horo yeaterday
at 11 o'clock wlth the flrat mnll for tho
new rlver routo from hore to Tappahan
nook, dld not arrlve untll late ln tho af?
ternoon, owlng to a Btorm, but left wlth
tho mall as aoon aa tho frelght waa
loftded, . Thla atenmor wlll make tho
trlp regulnrly botwoon thlo clty and tlr
lumna every Monriay, Wodiieadny and
Frlday, roturnlng Tuesday, Thuraduy and
Baturday,
A largo mimnor ot laborera left horo
Jaat nlght for Plttsburg, Pa., to engago
ln rallroad work.
Weddlng Carda.
rHpoctnl to Tha Tlmfli-Dlupntcli,)
NOfRPODK, VA? Aprll 2,?Mr, Wllllam
Ottloy, of Mlaalaslppl, has Isuucd Juvlta
tlona announolng tho marrlaga of hls
dnughter, MUs Denn, to Mr. Georgo D,
Parker, Jr,, of Portamouth. to take placo
on Wndnoaduy, tho lRth Inatant, Mlss
Ottloy Ih tha nlflco of Colonel J, J, Ottloy
nnd Mra. XCatta Ivea, of thla place, and
has many frlenda hero, havlng vlalted
her peoplo here aaveral tlmes, Mr, Parker
ja tha eou nf Judge O. D, Parker and la
a popular attoruoy ot Borkloy,
INVINQ BACHELLER'S NEW STORY
Tho popular uuihor of "Ebnn Uolden" haa
wrjtton a now ulary thjtt Wlll Bfld groally
lo hls fanifj, Jt ia called "Darrel of tha
Ttletfsed lslos," pnd ls of thrllJliia Inter
est. The Thnes-DiHpatoh has, ln con
Junctlon wlth the Now York Iferald, ho
cured tha I'ight to print thla wondeiful
atory, and lt wlll appoar iu our Kaalep
odliion of Hunduy next. Don't mlss road.
ing H._
THE SCIENCE OF BOXINQ,
?'Boxliig as a, Form pf Pliyuical
Culture" wlll ba dlscuasad by Profuaaor
Antho/iy Rurlior ln (ho Eustor edltlan of
The Tliu?B-Pl8naloh qji Biiiui.iy next,
iivmy yimiis man wlll bo intereated 1"
thls artlcle.
MILITARY
WILL COME
Great Preparatlons for the
Carnlva) at NewportNews.
THE BLACKSBURG CADETS
Tha Rlchmond Blues and Several Com
panles ot the Severlteenth Regiment
Will Be Present at the Launch
Ing of the West Vlrglnla.
(Spaclal to Tbe Ttmaa-DIipstcb.)
NEWPORT NBWS, VA., April S.-Cap
taln T, A, Johnson, coinmandlng Com?
pany C, Soventy-flrat Vlrglnla, and ona
of tbe members of the oommlttoe ln
ohargo of tho oarnlval preparatlon, to
day recelved tnformatlon that tho oorps
of Blackaburg oadots will bo here dur
lng tho Iaat two days of tho carnlval,
and will march iri tho mllltary and naval'
parade that wlU follow tho launohlng
of tlio orulaor West Vlrglnla on tho
18th, the laat day of tho oarnlval. The
aadets will ooiho hero Friday ovonlng and
wJU remaln in oamp untll Sunday morn?
ing. Tho Rlchmond Blues and aeveral
companlas of tho Seventleth Infantry
will bo hore. The entlre Sevonty-flrat will
be on hand. The .aailors on the Gorman
orulser Gaaelle Will oome ashore to
maroh. There wlU alao, be half a
doeen oompanloa of artlllery from
Fort Monroe and a large detaclunont of
United States seamon and marlnea from
tho ships of the North Atlantlo Squad
ron, whlch are expected to arrlvo here
about the 17th. Eaoh day brlnge new
featuros for tho red-letter day of the car?
nlval and what wfll^be the red-letter day
ln the hlstory of Newport News.
The new Old Domlnlon Uner Monroe will
go over to Norfolk to-morroW afternoon
or early Saturday morning. She will load
a general cargo thero, and Sunday morn?
ing, after tho arrlval of a party of the
Old Domlnlon offlclals from New York,
will aa.ll for tha motropolla on her flnal
nccoptanoe trlal. On the run up the ooast
the ahlp'a Bpoed will be tested,
Captaln W. E. Hudglns, of the oyater
steamar Rappahannock, and commodore
of tho Vlrglnla Oyater Navy, haa been
up the Jamoa i?or several days wntohlng
the oystermen at work, and he roports
that the greatest caro ls belng observed
in oulllng, and that apparehtly thero ls
llttle vlolatlon .of the law,.
Mra R. B. Wllson, ot No. 2311 Cheatnut
Avonue, f& confldent that the handaoma
young woman who waB kllled in New
York Boveral days ngo by belng knocked
down under the wheels of a cab, and.
whose body haa not been identlfled, ia that
of her cousln, Mlaa Nellle Kennedy, for
merly of Cheator, Pa. Mlsa Kennedy
wont to New York recently, is ls sald,
and in tho post slx weeks Mrs. Wllson
has not heard from her. The wearlng
apparel of the young woman who was
kllled showa the lnltlala "N. K. She
was an attractive perBon, and her gen?
eral doscrlptlon answors to that of Mlaa
Kennedy. Mrs..:Wll8on .may'.go to, New
York to-morrow to vlew tho body and
aatisfy heraelf whother or not Mlaa Ken
nodiy la doad.
KILLEDAT KEYSVILLE
Albert Rogers of Petersbnrg Run Over
. by a Traln.
(Spnclnl to Tha Tlmea-Diapatch.)
KEYSVILLE), VA., Aprll 2.-A whlte
man who gave hla name as Albert Rog?
ers, was kllled here last nlght by a traln
on the R. and M. Rallroad, about flfty
yarda from the statlori. Mr. Joe Coles,
who vlowed the remalna. atatea that de
coaaed la tha aon of Albort Rogera, of
Petoraburg, and that ho waa b.orn near
Worahnm ln Prlnco Edwaxd county.
Dooeased' was tall and olondor, belng
about twenty-flve years old. Ho stated
at the atatlon that he waa a sohool-mato
of Attorney Walter Wataon, of Notto
way. Tt has been learnod that he bought
his rallroad tloket at Dralces Branoh
and arrlved here at 4:12 P. M. yeater
day. He attomptod to board a traln and
waa takon into cuatody by the town aor
geant, who roleased hlm aa aoon as ho
seomod ablo to take care of hlmaelf.
Hla body was found oarly thls morning
lylng In tho mlddle of tho rallroad track,
whoro it runs parallol wlth the Southern
Rallway. His akull was crushed and
ono arm nlmost soverod from hla body
and horrlbly moshed.
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BUILDINQ IN ORANQE
A Number of Substantlal Structures Ke
cently Completed.
(Spoclnl to Tha Tlmoa-Ulapntch,)
ORWVNQE, VA? Aprll 2.?J. E, Morrls
la now nddlng an addltton to hla hotel.
j, B, Long will ereot a handsome dwol
llng on his lot on Maln Street. D, P,
Colcman haa contraoted for a ton-room
bulldlng on tho lot he rocently purchaaed
of D, May. It Ib alao probablo that Mr.
Mny will ereot anothor storehouse ad
Jolnlng his prosont handsome bulldlng.
Wlthtn tho last alx or Beven yeara thlr
ty-one new, aubBtantlal bulldlnga have
boen ereoted In thls plaoe, a large ma
Jorlty of thom very handaomo, Bealdea
theae othera will ba bullt thla summar,
A handaoma llbrary wob complatod thls
aprlng, and haa a flne oolleotlon of oholoe
booka,
Maohlnery ls now belng put ln the
Orango mlll. and whon comploted will
turn out ono hundred barrels of flour a
day,
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ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Remalna ofCapt. O. E. MoMurdo Oar
rled toCharlottesvllle.
fBpoolnl to Tlio Tlmoa-piapatoh,)
CHARLOTTBSVILLE, VA., Aprll 2.
The remalna of Captaln C, B. MoMurdo,
who dled yosterday noar Tyro Shop, N,
C, wliero ho was aooldantally ahot,
reaohed thla clty at o'.OO o'olook thls nf'
tornoon over tho Southern Rallway, The/
funoral will ocour at 11 o'claok to-morrow
morning from the Eplsaopal Church.
Captaln MoMurdo was aevonty-flva yoars
of ogo, Ho waa born ln Enaland and
Joinod tho Hrltlsh army when (esa than
Bovontoon years of ago, aarvlng wlth dls
tlnotlon in tha Orlmenn Wnr and ln tho
Indlnn mutlny. Ho cunia to thls country
lli 1870, and to Albomarla county twenty
three yaais ago,
Cupluln MoMurdo had been ln North
Cuxolna nvo mnntha, havilg gona there to"
traln dogs for hunting. Ho is survlved by
hlh wlfe and eloven chlldren.
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Roadsln Oharles. Qlty,
'(Biniclttl to Tho Tluios-Waputcu.)
RUTHVn.tw, VA., Aprll fl.-Qulte a
pumber ot *ho clttisens in tha npper end
of thls county aro ugltatlng u movenionl
by whlch tho ronds can bo worUed by
the funnuiH furnishlng thelr l-ounw gratin
und upplylng to tho county for tmftl-,
olant moriey t6 pay the day labof em
ployed. Tha plan seema fensibla, and
wlll no doubt aobft ba put In operatlon,
FOR FOURTEEN /IILfiS
Chaae Olt/t Town Ssrgeatit Tracked a
Stolen Ox Thla Dlatance.
OHASta canr, va,, aphi a.-tt waa
auppoaed that eattle-atcallng had beon
ono of tho abandoned oeoupntlons ln thla
aectlon, but reoontly the praotlce has beoti
rovlved. Oattls have beon mlsaed, and
It haa been a myatory for tho ownera to
acoount for thelr dlaappe'urancb.
One mornlng thla woek "Georga Wtilker,
llvlng near here, mlsaed an ox worth
about 126 from ? hla preintsos, It had
ralnod, and he rettdlly traokod hlm to tho
town. H?re Town Bergoarit Curtls, a
very good deteotlve, Interoctod hlmaelf,
took tho track and followed lt ln dovtoua
waya fourteen mllaa to the Btaunton
Rlvor, at Clarkaville, whore ho had boen
ferrlod over. Investigatlon doveloped the
faot that the ox had been aold for IS and
killed. Tlio hlde Waa ldentlflsd, and tho
purchaser pald the -aergoant a compro
mlse value.
From the deabrip.tlon, tho thlof was a
negro who had been engaged In tho
bualneaa for aome tlme. Hoarlng of hls
purault ho mado hla oscape after tho ox
waa found, but efforta Wlll soouro hla
capturo. He usually eolootod fat cowu
or oxen and drove or led thom away
In tho nlght followlng tho least travelod
routoa. t
Sprlng la at leaat throo wcoks earjlor
than uaual. One large ralser of straw
berrlos saya he wlll-havo them thls yoar
by tho flrat of May, and probably oarller,
Ustially thoy oorae In from tho mlddlo to
the Tast of May. Ho says hla nsparagus
Is fully three weeka ahoad, whlch he has
beon uslng alnoa the 26th of March.
There haa been no damage to frult of
onv klnd reported. Wheat flolds, clover
lotn and lawna now exhlblt a luxuriant
verdure. Country roadahave groatly 1m
proved alnoe wlhter.
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STOLE SHEET GOLD
FROM A DENT1ST
p. M. Sours Says He ls from
Rlchmond?Oives Refer
ences Unknown Here.
(Bpeelol to Tho Tlmes-Dlspntch.)
ADEXANDRIA, VA? Aprll 2,-Tho don
tal offlco of Dr. Thomas Cochran here
wae robbod thla mornlng of a batoh of
shoet gold uaod ln dentlstry, and a few
minutes later an elderly man glvlng hla
name aa P. M. Sours, and saylng that
ho came from Rlohmond, waa ln the tolla.
He was glvon a hoarlng by Mayor .'Slrap-.'
son ln the Pollce Court, but rofuaedto
make any addltlohal Btatemonta. The
atolen gold, valued nt |20, waa rocovered,
Dr, Coohran testlfled that the man; had
como lnto hla offlco for asslstance. He
gave hlm a quarter and when hls back
was turned the theft was commltted.
Sours was fined *60, ln default of whloh
sum ho wlll apend three montha in Jall.
He had ln hls pocket a numbor of artl
clos, whlch the pollce say look llke burg
lur's tools. Ho also had a letter of rec
ommbndlng, whlch boro the slgnature, "M.
D. Lum, chlef englneer of the Chesapeako
and Ohlo Rallroad, Rlchmond, Va"
WATER FOR LYNCHBURQ
Expert Reporta on a Supply Syetem
from Pedlar Rlver In Amherst.
(Spoclnl to The Timea-Dlipntch.)
.LYNCHBURG, VA., Aprll 2.?Jamea H.
Fuertes, of Now York, tho expert englneer
ongogod by tho Clty Councll to lnveatlgate
the feaslblllty of obtolnlng a supply of
water from tho mountalna of Amher?t by
meana of gravlty, sent in hla report to
day, Ho recommenda' tha conatruotlon of
a alxty-foot dam on Pedlar Rlvor, wlth
a storago capaolty of from ? ono bllllon,
flvo hundred mlllion, to two bllllon gal
lons; tho laylng of twonty-twp mlles of
plpo?nlneteen mlles of wbodon stave plpe,
two mllea of caat iron pipo under atreams
and ono milo of steel plpe for tho hlghest
preBsure polnts. He calculates that tho
clty can secure from the dam a dally
supply the year around ot twelve mlllion,
flvo hundred thousand gallons. The total
oost ls placed nt $710,000..
a '
Soon to be Morrled.
fSpoclnl to Tho Times-Dlanatch.) . .
VASHTI, VA., Aprll 2.?Invltations have
been recelvod horo to the marrlage of
Mlss Loula W. Polndextor to Mr. James
W. Ferroll, at Scott Momorlal Church, at
RocRy Mount, on Aprll 8th, The brldo
to-be la well known here, la a beautlful
and accompllshod1 young lody, and tho
only daughter of Mr. John Polndexter,
who was the popular sherlff of Fronklln
county at tho tlmo of hls death.
Mr. John Muse, ot Brlstol, 1b vlsltlng
hla mothor here,
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WANTPROPERTYAT
GLOUCESTER POINT
Reported that Mr. Wllliams Is
Endeavoring to Secure
Water-Front Holdings.
(SpeoUl to Tha Xun?a-Dl?P?teh.) ,
YORKTOWN, YA? Aprll 2,-Partloa
who havo bought the land around Glou
oeator Polnt andl violnlty have their
repreaentatlvo there now, taklng up tho
optlona that have follan due, and taklng
posaeaalon of the property. It la undor
atood hero that representatlves ot John
Skelton WllUama, of Rlohmond, havo
beon hero durlng tha paat week and at
Glouoeator Polnt, endeavoring to obtaln
any avallable water front prbporty thut
oould be had. They found tha land
protty well taken up, '
Tha agltation ot the eleotrlo llne \n
tereata to thls polnt oontlnuo nnd grow
tnora and moro docldod, Thla la under
utQod to be an extenalon of tho olty pas
aongor aervlce from Rlohmond, nnd de
slgned to purallol tho Ohosapeak* and
Ohlo and to bo usod prlnolpally for paa
senger eervloo. Tho route of O, D, Jack
Hon, from Jameatnwn to Old Polnt, may
llguro jiromlnoiitly ln tho doal,
Mr, T, B. liarrlu, of Harrls Grove, has
nnnounoed hlmaelf a pandldato for oom
inlaulanor of tho revenue for York oouuty,
aubjoot to tha Demooratlo prlmarles,
Thla makes the iight qulto Intereatlng,
a trlmisular ono, tha other two partloa
belntf Mr, W. F. Whlte and W, F, Daw
non, of Pocjuoson
Intllctod ln Sussox,
(Hi.uclul to Tho Tluiub-Dlspntdi.)
8TONY OREEiK. VA-, $prU' P.-The
pegro John Rally waa Indloted by a spo->
clal grand Jury to-day for uttempted
urlmlnul asHault on Mra, Coker, near
ptraw Hlll, in Susso*, on February 87th,
Muoh fuelliig oxlBts, but there la no llka
lUinod uf a lynohlng, provlded the negro
ls glveii tho full uUeut of tha law for
auoh crluies.
KNOWN IN
PETERSBURfr
Albert Rogers, Found Dead at
Keysvllle, from That Clty
MR. HATCHER DECLINES
He Cannot Become Presldent of the
Epworth Leagues of Vlrglnla.
Ladies Boidly Rout and Flre
Upon Three Whlte Thleves.
(Spaclal to Tha Timea-Dlnpatch.)
' PETERSBURG, VA., April 2.-Informa
tlon whb rcoleved.ln Potoraburg to-day
to the offoot that Albert Rogers had
boen found dead on tha Southern Rall?
way traolc at Koyevllla. Tho young man
waa Juat twonty-flvo yeara of age, und
from tho doscriptlou ,ln tho tolograrn ra
oolvod la bollovod to bo Mr, Albort Rog-.
ors, spn of Mr, Albert Rugors, and
brolhor of Mr. Samuel Rogors, of thla
ulty. He left Petoraburg several w.eeks
ago for Pfince iSdwaid county, and the
fact that ho froquently vlalted Keyavlllo
leaVes no doubt ln, tho mlnds of hla
frlends ln thla olty that he la tho man
who was kllled. Mr. Samuel Rogers left
thls afternoon for Kcysville. Mr. Albert
Rogers, Jr., waa excoeedlngly well known
ln Polersburg, and untll he left for
Prlnco Edward county had been" ln the
omploy of the Soward Trunk and ?Bog
Company.
On ttocount of speolal plana, togethor
wlth work among his own oongregutton,
Rov. S. C. Hatchor Will bo Unable. to
serve as proaldont of tho Epworth
Lcaguoa of Vlrglnla. Mr. Hatcher waa
olectcd proaident at tho reoent conven
tlon In Danvlllo, nnd whlle ho has com
munlcatod to hla frlends ' that he could
not Aocopt tho offlce ho hns been'unable
to notlfy tho loague, ns ho has not yet
been notlflod of hla eloctlon. Ho has ro
oelvod many ^ommunlcationa ln refer
once to varloua matters ln whlch the
lenguo la concerned, and-doslrlng that'
no doiay mny'bo oecaaloned ln nny of Its
work, he has stated that lt will bo 1m
poaslblo for hlm to aerva aa prealdent
The Common Councll last evenlng
transacted rugular bualness, but no apo
clal mattera of lmportance eame beforo
tho body. A general meotlng will be held
on tho l&th to .conalder llconBo ordlnance.
Tho petltlon from the Vlrglnla Pasaenger
and Power Company, aaktng to bo al
lowed tq put In a "Y" at Eranklln and
Sycamoro Street, ' haa been wlth
drawn. Tho company haa beon excee'd
Ingly anxlotta to havo thelr cara to run
from Franklln Street to Broad Streot,
Rlchmond, but the wlthdrawal of thla
potltion would (make -it necesaary for
them to seek another plaoe as a atart
lng polnt _
THREE WHITE THIEV'EB.
Three whlto thleves were dlsoovered
taklng flowera from Klrkham's. flowor
garden Tueaday evoning. One of tha
men had prevloualy called at the houao
and deslred to purohaso aomo hyaclnths.
Mrs. Klrkham and her nloce, Mra. R, B.
Btilea, armed themselves wlth plstols and
went to investlgate the nolae they heard
ln the hot-houBe. Aa the thlevoa ran off
Mra. Stllea flred at them, They eacaped
and havo not been detoctod.
Dr. R. D. McTlwalne waa tak'en sud
denly 111 on Sycamoro Street this after?
noon wlth aouto Indlgestlon. His Mnees
lasted only a ehort timo, and he waB
tendlng hla praotlce regularly wlthln a
very fow mlnutes.
Thoro are aald to be about twenty-flve
orthodox Jowlah famlllea ln Potoraburg,
who will In a. short tlmo undertako the
bulldlng of a synagogue. Rev. Davld
Kuaner wlU be in ohargo, He haa beon
ln thla country only a few yeara, but
ppeaka' Engliah fluently and ia popular
among. hia peoplo. , .
! Thero la conaldorable Interest ln the
mbotlngs ln progreaa at WoBt End Ba.p
tlat Church. Each nlght the attondanco.
la large and there havo beon several oon
veralona. Tho paator, Rov, Mr. Doan, ls
conduotlng the mootlnga.
HASTHR GERMAN.
The Vlrglnlan Gorman Club will hold
its Easter german at Llbrary Hall Aprll
14th.
Many ladies ln Potorsburg are lnter
estod ln the Confedorate Bnsanr to bo
he.d ln Rlchmond Aprll 15th, and are
working vlgoroualy In Ita Intereat.
Alex, Davla, tho negro arrostod ln
Lynohburg on ausplclon of belng tho
party who.shot Mr. Luther Robinson, the
'frelght oonduator on the Norfolk and
Weatern Rallway, near Crewo,, Tueaday
nlght, waa brought to Poteraburg thla
morning and lator returned to Crewo.
Davla denies any gullt, and stoutly as
Berta hla Innooence. Tho pollco here do
not bellove that he la tho man wanted.
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NEOROES PAYINQ UP
Preparing to Quallfy ns Voters by Tax
Paylng In Hallfax,
(Speelal to The Tlmoa-Dlapatch.)
SOUTH BOBTON, VA, Aprll 2.?Tax
oollootora roport that tho negroes aro moro
prompt ln paylng taxos ,thls year than
ever boforo. They are proparing tq quall?
fy as votors.
Parmere are cornplalnlng in many local
itles that tho contlnued wet spell lnjured
wheat consldorably, ospoolally on bot
tom lands. It haa, ln ma'ny ae'atlons, turn
ed yellow, and does not branch out.
The W. O. Slate seed farm on Hyco, sold
alxty bushels of tobacco seed duiing the
wlnter. Tho farm produced nearly one
hundred buahols last year, In 1,T,'0 R, L.
Ragland ooncelvod the Idoa of ralatng to
baoco seed for brlght tobaoco, He sua
ceeded udmlrably, and annually dlspoaed
ot hla aeeda ln South Amerloa and Afrl
ca, The farm ls stlll kept up by his suo
aessor,
The negrooa oontlnue to leavo the farms
and go to rallroadlng ln Weat Vlrglnla;
thoy say tha pay Is muoh batter, Large
quantltles of fortlllssers aro bolng shlpped
to ajjenta In the county, but whara the
labor i.i to noma from to make the orop
ia a problem to bo solvod,
Major H, A. Edmondson, the far-aeotng
ohalrman of tho Board of Bupervlsora,
has purolmsed flve new road maohluea
and a rook oruaher, Thoao maahlnea have
arrlved and will ba put into operatlon at
onoo, iTiillfax intends to have good roads,
if poaslble,
FOR MALPRACTICE
Dr. B, H. Sparks Arrested In Ohnr'
lottesville Yesterday,
(Spactul to Tha Tlmea.pjaputcb,)
OHARLO'ITESVH.LE, VA., April 8.?
Dr, B. H. Sparks, a praotltloner of West
Main Street, thls clty, was arrested thls
morning by Chlof of Pollco T, A, Trioe
ua the ohurga ol' malpruotloa. A, speolttl
auaHiiin of tho Polloa Court waa oulled
by Justtca Edward O, MoOuo to try tha
tiaao, and ?s curtnln wltnesaaa could not
uppoar tha Justioa contlnued the caaa
untll Aprll 10th.
Dv, Spurlts wus ailowed to go on bai)
of 11,000, Mr Charlos U*aylor golng hla
bond.
Tha warrant was sworn out by Mr,
Dan Bnead, who llves Just outslda tho
clty Ilmlts on Roao 'Hill, and wlth whotn
tho glrl on'whom Dr, Sparks, Jt la al
iBjfed praotloed, is llving. This glrl j?
Mf. Bnead'B nltoe, and the on*? oomea
wtthln thejurladlotlon ot the elty.be
oatise the hielpractlce t? ?ald to have
ooourred In the^oftlce of Dr. Bparke on
Maln Sfroet,
Tho Ellls glrl 1* too 111 to appear n
oourt at thla tlme, and It 1? even ea-ld
thnt her llfe ls lti danger. Judg6 R. T.
W, Dtike, Jr., repreaents the acduiea,
whlle tho prosebUtlon'B caae ls ln the
handa of Oommonweitlth's Attorney
irrnnk Gllmer. In tho lohB ilst of wlt
neeaoB for, the proseotltlon are Drs.J.
Ht Brownlng, H, *. Nelson and Charle*
8, Vehable, and Justlce of the County Mr.
E, G, Haden, ? ?
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Pallure In Dnnvllle.
(Speolal to Tb? *hnaa-Wapatcli.)
DANVILLH, VA? Aprll B.-J'Yank J.
Dofortlor, owner and proprletor of tne
St. Lnwrenoe grooery, whlch waa ro
cently lovled upon to satlsfy & olalm for
rent, flled by, the Manonlo fraternlty,
flled a volunthry polltloa ln bnnkruptoy
In tho olork's oflloe of tho United Btatea
Court to-day. He Bohodulos dobts
nmountlng to 14,288.08, wlth aasets ag
gregatlng $2,208.48.
VIRGINIA DEBATERS
IN PHILADELPHIA
ii-?
Pehnsylvanla-Vlrglnla Debate
at Houstoh Hall at the Unl?
verslty of Pennsylvanla.
? (Spcclal to-Tha iTIraea-Dlauatch.)
UNIVERS1TY OV VIRGINIA, VA.,
Aprll. 2.?Tho: outcome of tho Pennaylva
nla-Vlrglnltt dobate, whloh ooours to
morrow eventna; :ln Houaton Hall, at tho
Unlverslty of Pennsylvanla, la looked for
ward to wlth much Intaroat by tho metn
bors of the fltorary Bocletlea of thls In
stltutlon. It ls fully expectod that the
contest wlU be nn exccodlngly Interesting
ono, as tho reprosontatlvea of tho Unl
voralty of Pennsylvanla havo catabllahcd
a reputatlon. of whlch they aro Jtiatly
proud, b"y dcfoatlng ln auccessloti the
tcaniB of Mlchfgan, Columbla and Cornoll,
and the Vlrglnla team, though leaa ox
perlenced, la regarded as a falrly strong
one. " . ,.
j The dueation.ls. "Reaolved, That In the
eettlement ofilobor dlsputos concemlng
wages nnd hours of work, crnployea. aro
Justined1 ln rofualng to make ngroemonta
wlth labor unlons, of whlch a majortty
of thelr employes are membera." Tho
questlon waa chosen by tho PonnBylvn
nla Debate Commlttee nnd BUbmltted to
a commltteo from tho Washlngton and
Jofforson Lltcrary .Soclotlos of the Unl?
verslty of Vlrglnla, who choso tho noga
tlve sldo. It la the flrat debate Vlrglnla
will have wlth the etudenta of a North
orn unlverslty'.
Mr. Rlchard C. Dala, a truatee of the
Unlveralty of Ponnaylvanln, will proBldo,
and of the three Jndgea, only ono has
th'u?'far\been'obtalnod, Robort C. Ogden,
Esq? of New. York. Both toama havo
been actlvo lh the preparatlon for tho do?
bate for aevoral wecka.
The Pennaylvanla team conalata of
Thomaa D. Copo, of West Choster, Pa.j
Robort T. Moore, of Haddonfiold, N. J.;
John A, Wllllama, 'of Norrlatown, Pa,,
wlth Winton J, Whlte, of Columbla, Pa..
aa altornato.
The followlng ptudonts nro the mom
bers of tho Unlveralty of Vlrglnla team:
Irvln W. Ayers, of Oakland, Cal.; Wln
Bton Parrloh, of Portamouth. Va., and
Jamos 8. Earron, of Warsaw. Vn.: tho
alternate la Roger B. Wood, of Fted
erlck, Md, ;
Tho commlttee In'Charge of the dcbates
n> tfie Unlverslty of Pennaylvanla con
Blstfl of Dr. Jamea' T, Young and Dr.
Clarence G. Hong, of the college faculty,
and Profeasor Owon J. Roberta, of the
law faculty. Tho Btudent mombers of
tho commlttee ?5xe Jnmoa E. Maraha 1
and Walter B. Saul, of tho law achool,
and Paxaon Deotor, TliomaB D. Copo nnd
Henry C. Dlller, of the college, the latter
two aotlng aa eecretary and ohalrman,
rospectlvely.
All tho mombers of the Vlrglnla team
aro Btudonta ln the law department ex
oept Ayera, who la puraulng ndvanoed
courses ln tho ocadomlo department.
CHARLOTTE'S LEAQUE
Antl-Saloon Movement Organlzed and
Officers Elected.
(Spoclul to The Tlmea-Dlapatch.)
EUREKA MILLS, VA., Aprll B.-An
Antl-Saloon League for the oounty waa
organlsed at Charlotte Coqrthouse Tues
day, wlth the followlng offloers: Super-.
Intendent, Captaln A. J. Torry; Chalr
man Rav. J. C. Granny. Jr.; Socrotary,
Loe W. Mortonj Vice-Prosldonta. Revs.
j ia Hoarne, W. J. Jonea, Moaara. W.
D Rlco, A, J. Adklns. J. H. Hanklns..
\y E Halloy, N. L, Shaw. and W. Q.
WUllamB.' Great enthuaiasm was manl-,,
fested Tho fblowlng made apaoches of
n, hlrch ord'er: Dr, John Hannon, of Rlch?
mond; Rov. J. W. Weat fleld jocretnry
of the league of the State; Rem W.
MoO. Mlller and J. M. W. Elder nnd
Captaln N. L. Shaw. '?
Boulah Mothodlat Church haa been
torn down and sold to the negroea for a
ohuroh, and a new ohurch bulldlng will
be soon ereoted In Rlace of the old one,
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PLAYINO WITH TORPEDO
Two Srrtall Ohlldren at Cllfton Forga
:J,aVe Palnfully lnjured.
r'Hru'cUl to Th? Tlmi>a.DI?i?tch.)
CtLII^TON' WrQIE, VA., Aprll S.-Two
small ohlldren of H. F. Vonce, who
moved hore from Rlchmond, were badly
lnjured to-day by the oxploslon of a
rallroad torpedo, One of tho ohlldren
lald the torpedo on a pleca of wood and.
struok lt wlth an axe. A plooe atruok
the glrl on the oheek and stlll another
ploce Infllcted a painful wounft on tho
llttle boy's forehead. Dr, II. H, Tatum
waa called and admlnlstered the noces
sary madlcal attentlon,
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SIXTEENYEARSFOR
CHESTER MURDER
Negress Who Kllled Roanoke
Drummer Severely Punish
ed byAbingdonJury.
(Spaclal to Tho TliueaDlapatcU.) ^
BRISTOL. VA., Aprll 'i~fn the caso
of Ella Baker Gray, tho uogreas ,who
Bhot and Ullled 0, M, Ohester, a West
Vlrglnla trayellng man, at Ablngdon,
Va., on tho nlght of Junuary Sl2d, an
Ablngdon Jury to-day convlcted the wo?
man of nuirder ln tho soe.nnd degreo and
flxod. hor punhihment at ?i.\teon yeara 1?
the penitentlary, Thero were no eye
wltneases to the ti'agedy, and whlip tho
Jury perhaps felt that ij. was a cusa of
murder ln the flrst degrfjo, thero.wa? no
delliilte evldence to that effect, Tlio wo
man ileolared on tha star,d that sha kllled
Oheater ln her own lioine aftor ho had
orlminally asaaultad ber,| Her reputatlon
was not suoh ns to glvo forco to hor toa
tlmony, Tho young mari Bhe kllled rep
resented an Instnlment liouse on tho
road, Ho waa a, stranger ln thla sectlun,.
|ila homo belng; ln PUtsbur^ p*.
t'l . '
PASTORIS
ONTRIAL
Charged Wlth Forging Call in
Hope of Oettlng More Money
HOLINESS CHURCH SPLIT
Ohargea and 8peclflcatlona are Belng
Heard ln Becret In Danvllle Before
a Repreaentative of the Holl?
neaa Natlonal Board.
(Bpaclal to Tha Timaa-Dlapateh.)
DANVIDDE, VA? Aprll I.-fter. J. W?
Parker, former paator of tha' Danrilla
Hollneaa Churoh, la belng trled to-day.
upon ehargee and apeolfloatlona heretofore
fiied wlth Rev. Charlea F. Walgele, tha
evangellat, who holda a oommlaalon from
Seth C. Reeae, chairman of tha Natlonal
lioard of the Hollneaa Church, to conduct
auah Inveatlgatlon. The trlal la balng held.
at the home of lt, N. Farmer, on Cabell
Street. The reault of tha Invaatlgatloal
eannot be foreoaated.
The chargee on whlch Mr, Parker la ba.
Ing trled are conduct unbecomlng i mlai
liiter, falae atatementa and tha forging oi
n letter from a churoh in North CaroH
llnn, purportlng to bo a call, ln tha hopa
of gottlng an ,lncreaae of aalary. Tha
church waa lockad aome tlme ago, and
Mr, Parker organlaed a branch church ln
North Danvllle. It Ia reported to-nlght
that tho two footlona are expectod to bo
unlted, and wlll unlte on another man,
Buggcated by Rev. Welgele. Two mem
bera atato. thla, but the Inveatlgatlon com?
mltteo wlll not deny or ararm,
Mr.'Parker, the acoused man, la tn tha
clty and Ia confident that he wlll be Yln
dlcated at tho trlal. A great many wlt
iiesses have been examlned, The utmoat'
aecrocy j haa been preeerved throughout.
Tho trlal waa not concluded to-day. '?
<KJAINT OLD HOME BURNED
Splendid Realdence of Dr. J. M. White?
head In Lee County Deatroyed.
(Hpvclnl to Tha TtmcavDUpateh.)
JONBSVHXE, VA., Aprll 2,?The maa>
nlflcent and quaint old reaklenc* of Dr.
J. M. WliUehead, ex-ropreeentative of
Deo county ln the VIrginia Degialature,
altuated aome flve milea from Jonaavllle,
was completoly deatroyed by flre Tuea
day nlgh,t. Only a few amall, unimport
ant thinga were reacued- from the burn
ln_. btdldlng. It la thought that the flre
was atartcd from an 111 oonatruoted flue.
aiid tho materlal used ln tho buildlng be?
lng of auch a combuatible nature, the
fl.'unes sproad bo quickly that the houaa
wau.-gono bofore help could be aum
moned. Tho Doctor waa an archltect,
and Bpent mauy yeara ln drawlng the
plana of the buildlng, whlch aeemed to
ba hla greateat amultlon,
Ono whoihiia vlowed thla magnlncent
atmcturo wlll not bo llkely to forget lt,
wlth lta tall cupola, from whloh a very
extenaivo view of the town of Jonea
vllle could be obtalned. For the laat few
yeara the upper atoriea of the cupola
havo been taken poaaeaalon by beea,
whlch furaiahed the' Doctor wlth lm
menBO amounta of honoy, but kept hlm
from uslng thla part of the buildlng'aa
an observatory. The buildlng waa large
ly covered by inauranoe.
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NEW 'PHONE COflPANY
Covlngton Determlned Not to Pay Ad
vancoof Rates Demanded.
(Spacial to The Timaa-Dltpateh.)
OOVTNGTON, VA., Aprll 2--In re?
sppnae to tho call for a meetlng of tha
cltiaena of Covlngton for the purpoae ot
dlflouflslng plans for the organUation of
a ' local tolophone company, quite a
crowd gathorcd in the courthouae Wed
nesday nlght It was very evident that
all of the 'pljone rentera who attonded
the meetlng had determlned to do two
thlnga-to refuae to pay the Increaae in
tho 'phone' renta, rocenUy demanded by
the Cllfton Forge Telephone Company,
and to eatabllsh a 'phone syatem to be
owned and oporated by the clUsena of
Covlngton. Deflnlto plans could not ba
formed at thla flrat moetlng. but two oom
mltteea were appol'nted' to make auoh
orrangomenta aa were./deemed necoaaary
befbro proceedlng tb formally organtae a
company. The flrat commlttee. conalat
Ing of Meaara. Wlll McAlliater, M. M.
Colllna, C. W. Rush, W. R. Mann and
E. P. Robey, Ib to dotermlne eosta of
bulldlnir and bporattng of a 'phono aya?
tem. The second oomralttee. conslatlng
of Mr. W. a Allen, Dr. W. B. Payne
and Mr. F, C. Jesser, ls to secure a fran
chlso from the Town Councll. Anothe*
meetlng wlll be held on Aprll 10th
ATTHE NAVY-YARD
Qbvernment Will at Once Erect a Wtre?
lesa Telegraph Station.
(Speolal to The Ttm?a-Dl?p?tch.)
NORJITODK, VA., Aprll 2.?Tho govern
ment la to orect at thla navy yard a
wlrelesa telegraph atatlon that wlll com
munloate wlth tho one to bo erooted at
Capo Honry, as woll aa wlth the over- ?
land atatlona at Washlngton and Annap
olla, Tho Inveatlgatlon of the navy'e,.
syatom of wlrelesa communtoatlon wlll
oonttnue through the medlum of the.ia
atatlona, and put thom to practlcal
overy-day use as aoon aa lt-ta demon
atrated that tho tmportant measagea of
tho govenunont can be eent aoourately
by tho aystem. The work ta ln charga
of Cuptaln Cltnton K.. Curtts, at thla
navy yard. The Departmant ia advertla
Ing for blds for tho ereotlon of the potea,
whloh are belng construoted tn the maat
house of thla yard.
NEGRO IDENTIFIED
Aasallant ofConductor at Crewa Jailed}
In Fartwllle for Safekeeplng.
(Hneclul to Tb'? Tliues-DUputcb.)
FARMVIDLE. VA., Aprll 2,-One of.
tho two negrooa arrested and taken be?
fore Conduotor Duthor Robertson at
Crewe was poatttvoly Identtned by hlm
as the man who ahot hlm on tha traln
Tueaday nlght. Tho negro waa brought
to PaBmvllle thls afternoon by Detectlve
WrlBht and Polloeman Allan for aafe
keeplug, Had ha been kept at tho homo
of hls vlotlin, there mlsht havo been ae~ ?
rlous troublo to-nlght. D.nvla Is dlscreel
and talks but llttle about hlmself or any*
thlng olso, only aaya. that If glven a
ohanca ho wlll proyo hla Innooence. Hal
aaya hla home la tn Dynohburtr.
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Plvorce Suit Instituted.
fg^peUl to Tho Tlniea.piauatch.)
WINCHESTER, YA? Api'il 2.-Davld C\
Mlller, a wealthy county man, haa lnatU
tuted ault fov a dlvorco from hls wlfo.
WOODWARD _ SON
LUMBER
HOUGH AND ORESSKtt