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TO ' AiGBHrBHIMl Tliroe Thousand Dollars to Bc Riiisct! by Evangelical Commitiec. UNION LABOR IN POLITICS t'olicc Confident That-They Have Capturcd Two Men Wlio Are Robbers. ( Sp?e!.il to The Tlmc?-Dli<|ian.li.l 'NORFOLK, VA., February O.?The evangelical commltteo ln ehflrge pf th" great Chapman metting, to bu hold in Norfolk, bcglnmng Aprll -*0ili, nn nounces that one-half of the $3,000 fund nticdtd to .cni.iar.tic expenses hos ieen ralscd. .ni.m ciunday nn t-ffori. Wlll be mad" In all of the frotesfant Churches of tho city assoclated In the meeting to raise tho balance of the amount nccded, Evangi-.ii.-t Chapmnn, with about thirtv helpcr.o, wlll havo chargo of the j meeting. Five of these meetings wlll he run dally. in thc vnrious eections of tho city. Local p.istors will bc ln bharge "of'each "1 'he sorvlces, and Jargc choirs :irc helng organlzed for tte work. L'nlon I.nbor Polltfcnl Clnb. Tho union labor leadera of tho clty Jiave cnlled n meeting for Monday nlght ul Labor Uall. for tho purpose <>f or gnnlzlng a politicnl club. tho object of which ia declared to be thc unlflcntion of tho labor forccs or tht. clty, and to fcecure their solld vote at the polls at thc apprdachlng munlelpal prlmary. Another object of the club will bo to trcure plcdges f'om tho union tnem bers that they will hc prompt In the paymien.t of their pull taxes, in order to qualify to vote for the men of thelr choice: The leaders are confident of cecurlng a unlfied rnnk, although In the past the union Inborers have been dl Vided between the two factions that contend for the suprcmacy In Norfolk. The police nrc confident that ln Wlll Thomas and hla alioyod pal, Wlll Whlte, known as "Slini," arrested thls.morn? lng. that they havo the two burglars who have been committlng so many rebberics lately about thc city. "Sltm" wns arres-tetl following con fr.f-slon of Thomas t<> thc Jetectlvda. Thnt they havfi been oneratlng Jnlntly nnd contlnuouslv for weeks Is evldent from what thc "gum shoo" inon have Icarned from Thomns. Tlu- furthor faet ls polntcd out t'n:<r slnce <he nrro of Thomas the robberles occiirrlng nlghtly In the past havo entirely ccasud. SuffcrhiK Among thc I'oor. The recent cold ivi ather. which has eleared up .to-day, has caused a great deal of sufferlng among the poor of Norfolk, the number being larger than ever before, owing to the faet that si many industrial plants are either.closed down or working short forces. The c-hnritable organleatlons of tho clty nnd the churches have been kept busy for the past weok preventlng tictual Bufferlng for the necessltles of life. BInny Physlclnns Try to Cnrc DTspcpnloi l?y HuvIiik Thelr ivtirat* Starve Ont tbe Disease. Thls Mctliod May Ittiln thc Stomnch To become a physlclan one must study OTfdieal lltcraturo for a long tlme r.nd attend several years at a medlcal crllege, dissoct. at lenst one humat, bedy, pass many qui/.zes and e.vamlna llons, and at last recejve hls dlploina. whlch entitles hlm to the M. 1>. degree, Yet nll thls does not necessurlly make a doctor. We have known many gradnates. with thelr shcepskins, who could not npply the knowlodge thoy had acquired to relieving nnd curlng" a patlcnt of dy<=T>epsin. They were floorcd by thelr flrst at? tempt to cure such rt patient. They were not to blame for thls, for Bll the knowlfdg'o they acqulrod from ?rr.odical works wns wholly experimon tal. They were told to try the follow? ing: Aromatic' Amraonln. Bicac.bouv.te u'f Soda. Blcarbonato. of Potash. Blue Mass. Jamphor Water. Satechu. Charcoal. Dreosote. Hot Water. Linie Water. fcfagnesia. Mineral Waters. Nltrlc Acld. Kttro-Murlatic Acld. S'ux Vomica. Oll of Amber. Oll of Ca.Juput. Rhubasb. Senna. Kplrlts of Lavendcr. Starvatl'on. Btrychnla. Kulphur. Bulphlte of I.ime. Tlncture of Cardatnon. Taraxacum. Tlncture GIngcr. Tlncture of Iron. Tonlcs. .? Vegetable Bittcrs. Tn the llst hot water Is tho onlj "rcjnedv that wiih not do more harm than good. and Its use ls stlll an un oolved probl'Mii. If the-pi'ofeasor who conches the frrnduato would hand hlm a package of Stuait's Uyspepsla Tableta nnd tell Mm that lt wns a snecltlc for u>i pepsia, Indjgestlon, all stomach ail mc-nts. and should be hls malnstav in nuch cases. that oiu- graln of thelr ? ctive prlncinl" would digest 3.000 arrolns of food in tho'stomnch, and that alded hy thls remedy the sjorhach ?would soon regaln its normal condi tlbri, ho would clo the student more f;ood than seridfng him forth with a ot of uncertaln khowledgp about the cvrt*. of 111<-V.- d)seased condltlons. The young doctor would galn n ropu* 'prs i--,, by curlng hi of dj prp cured would sound hla 1 near, as do thousamds ls who pralse Stuartfs oxperimeutlng with tn<: cire in the abovi- li'-t. I'i-.-ii-n:.-. more harm thut ild nlwaya bc galnlpg always curlng hls pa Indlcatidn of a shoiild discover *?: doctorni .have, ile etartf-d wjitli i I ..:ii linilation. pnck">t I! '?? -)?:-., Dyspepsia Tab-i ic-nt how to ust tness of iyi'-I (trd dohip V Is good, he wo rc-putation bv tlent. When, he r tfi^eased org *'hat hundri - that the wi: lrnperfcct <il then take ou Bnse a few 01 let?. and U-l! :th?>m. ., ? Thu rehulr vr.-.id be <*onsid(>rcd h" Ihe patient altnt^-. mlracul . is, and' suo* ress after suceess would l '? <.<> \ icved fey hlm. Many blood dlweaaee, skln eruotlon* ?nd heart trouble^ \-|fld readlly t^ Bt'uart's Dy?pepRia Tnblcts. becnuH. they cure th? lnc-ubattnit r.aijr??n-,-.. yepsia. lf tho stomach is wronij, you ?ro wrong nll ovt-r, Stuarl^B t>yspop?itt Tablrta are sold ?yerywhere at drugglsts'?SO cents pei package, gend U8 your name und addrr-sg to. day and we wlll ?i onop Hfrhd yo< Vy mall u sanmle package tree, Ad dreia F. . A. Stuart Co., 150 Stuari ?ldt., Muf shall, Mlch. \MOST EXTENSIVE DRIFTS SINCE TH~E SNOW OF 1857 Snow Piled Up Along- the Virginia Border to the Dcpth of 8 or io Feet and' Drifts Reported on the Alleghany 40 Feet Deep. I Speclal to Tlid Tlmcs-Dlsp.itcll.] MONTKHKV, VA.. Febrtiury (i?Tli-: most extonslve snmv drlfta alnco Ib'57 aro reported alom; the hordor of" the tw'o VlPglnlnns. ? Whlle'1 tlio ground is bare Iu many places) the floree ttnlca uf tho eftrly IVbi-uary days'linvo. piled the snow ln places to n depth of-elglH to ten feet, nnd some drlfts- on Alle Khniiy.nie reported to bo forty feet rleep.' The*. worat, however, nro not in the publlc litghway, but in deep gorges of iho moutitnln. Mr, Frosten Bc.ka.Vd, who has been wornlng on Clieat Mountoln, in Wmi Virginia, llaa ju^t'-reuclied ' hls home .near hero nnd rnports 'some ailven tures, In gfttliiK from the Greenbrior IVall'ey lo top of Alloghany -he "hit the ttes" on a lumber tram road whlch ; has stiff .'grndea and '-many ,curvoa. When well up the mouiitain h<\ b.v mlastep. fell thrbtigli u rnilo trossln into a drlft twien hla depth. Ho gol lil ? bearnigs us bifl he could, nnd. wlth cyca tdiut, - illggcd and tiinneled nb.'tit. thlrty feet l.i llie etlge of Ihe drlft, 'Other dilft.'j-were eneouiitcred, nhd for long dlstances liO ivulkod on hls kneea, the top of the snow being siff fli.lenlly rncruale.l to bear lilm up whon in thln pinillon. Hc rcnehed hla home about-.mlilnlglii, belnp 'sjnirrcrt to energy nnd p'crscvoraiico by ' sh-kne'ss in hls famlly. Thla l? Eeknrd's second adventure ln tlie frozen Alloghaulds. Three yeara ngo her had hls jiaiida'ao baillv ffoslecl as ui neccssltate tlie afnputatlon of all hls flngers st the second jolnt. Thls tlme ho had hla enra frnst-bltten, but ' lauglis over tlu- experloncei A number of pathetic cnsos have been j brought to llght. The llberality of the I pcople has been marked. Ed. Crcokmore, a young white man, to-day pleaded gullty in the Cdrpora tlon Court to (he cha/go pf grand lar jceny. and houacbreaklng?two counts? and was glven one year In each case ln theState penitentlary. He only re ccntly returned from the "pen," whero Iic aerved a tenn on tlio cliargte of grand larceny. a COCRT IX GUERM-ISVIbLE. CouNtUiitiottalK.v (>r Crop-Penl Statute Called Into Qucsttnn. [Speclal to The Tlmes-Dispatch.] EMPORIA, VA.. February G.?Cir cuit Court convened in Emporla on yesterday. and one of tlie hcavlcst dockcts ln tho hlstory of tlie county was before the prosidlng judiclary, Judge Jesae F. West. The caso of Turncr Chambllss agalnst Sergcant Thomna Brantlcy for fell nlous assaiilt was tlismlssed, as lt wils proved that the sergcant waa in the discharge of hls dutles when the al? leged assault was made. The case of the State Crop-Pest Com . misslon and the Asslstant State Ento mologlst, Mr. Price, agalnst ll. C. Tray lor for refuslng to antlseptically treat, dlseased frult trees, resultc-d ln thej mlnlmum line of $10 belng imposed | upon 'Mr. Traylor. The case ln all I probablllty will be appealed. ns Mr. Traylor's nttorneys, Messrs, S. Valeii- | tlria Soutliall and E. Eniiis Eanes. i Clatmed the authorlty of the .statute' I ls vaguo from the fact that tlio act does not include ln Ita tltle its true | | mcanlng. It ls very likely tlie consti ktutlbnallty of tlie statute will be bit-l ! tcrly attacked, as both of these young! atlorrj^ys belleve their prcmises are ' well taken. Tlio caso of Daniel .Tnckson, accusod of wife murder. will come up to-mor? row. As Jackson haa confeaseil the crime lt ls very llltoly the negro will recelvo tho extreme pcnulty for his dc-.-d. This ls the first sesalon of the court whlch hns been held in tho riewly ren Dvated cpurthouae. The old bulldlng has been practlcally changed into n new court of justlce', und much credit Is glveri the Board of Supervlsbrs of Greenesville county for the -prompt steps it took in making provlsion (or the retiiodcling of the bulldlng. RAPPA1IAXNOCK OYSTEUS. Tlie Scnsou Tltus Fnr Hns Bccu l'oorcst Ever Kutiwii. fSpeeln! to Tlie Tlmes-Dispatch.] LANCASTER, VA.. February C.?Re? ports from all parts of the Rappahan nock Rlver go to show thnt the season tiius far has been the poorcst one for the oystermeti over known here. The oysters' are scarcer and prices lower than thr.V havo been aince the Civll \\ar. Many of tho larg'cst shucklng r;nd packing houses along, the Rfippa . hnnnock have closed down. and somo have not opened durlng tlie entire aea ; son. lt Is hopo,d that thr- cold w-eather wo nre now havlng will Increase tho ! dt-mnnd nnd send prlces up to tlio I paylng mark. SPOTSYLVANIA TELEPIIOXE CO. j Aiinmil Mc-etiii^ nnd Blcctlon of Ofll eers?Coutpnny In I'roapcrous. [Sp-dal to The Tlmes-Dispatch.] t-'POTSYLVANlA,- VA., Kc-brUary C? The Spotsylyanln Tebphone Company niet r.t the cburthouse. of the county yesterday for the annual settleinent of tlieir aftnlrs abd for n rcor^ariizatlon of the company. The followlng officers were unanlmously elected: Presldent, j Georgo W. Perry; Vico-Presldentv Nor i man L. Mills; Secretary and Treasurer, .Wllllam B. Warren; i.-uslness Manager. [Maiilltis F. Walte. The former board j of directors waa< re^electcd. The af jfnlrs of the company are in good slinpe. j und a divldcnd of 3 per cent. on the . .stock of the company was declared. Thls company haa 100 miles of line I aud about seventy-tlve 'phones. EXOIVE CT'TS ItOV'S M1G OFF. i - Vlnylllg (ii) TrneU Burlnu Lllneli Hour. Jniucs Green Serlously Injured. fSoHclal to Thi'Tlmos-Olspat"*-.] 'DANVILLE, VA., February u.?lames | Green, a fourteeii-yoar-old boy, who is (employed at the clgaretto factory here of tlio Amerlcan Tobacc'o Company, ! was run over to-day by a slilfttng traln ; in the Southern Railway yards, where ihe was pluying during lunch hour. jlfls right leu; was aevered at the hip. and hia injurles will likely provc fatal -???o Weddlng: Aimoiiiiccincnt. rsnoclal to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch.] FORK UNION. VA., February C? Mlas C'arrle "Wltider Snead, the young? est Juughter of tho Rev. Dr. G. W. Snead, and Mr. C. V. Snyder, of Wash? lngton, D. C. wiir be marrled Saturday afternoon. Tho ceremony will bc sol omnlzed at the honle of the brlde In the presence oC tho rolatl.ves of the oontractlnyr partles. Miss Snead re? celved her educatlon at ihe Woinan'r, Coljege, Richmond, Mr. Snyder Is a prbsparous young buslness man of Waslilngton, and waa cducatccl at the Georgetowp Unlverslty, of that city. Miss Snead will entertaln a few of her frlends on Frlday nlght at a re? ceptlon. Petlliou ln llittiknipley. rspocial to Tho Times-DHpafch,] SUFKOLK., VA., I-'etnuary 6.?Jameii M. fcarce, a merchant of Whalev Stu tloh, Va., to-day filed in tlie Unltod Stni.s court a voluiitary bankiup-cy petitlon. The llabllltles ure placod at *2,8QQ with estlmated assets 51,100. judgo lt- II. Rawles la counsel. llev. .Mr. Wood neellues Cull. (Kperlal to The Tlnies-Diiipatch.] BLACKKBirUG, VA., February G. Rev. d, .r. Wtiod announced to-day that he had docllried the call lvccntly ten dered him to the Presbyterlan Cliuiih at Pavldson College, f.'. C, und would remaln in Blacksburg. Wllllama?ilcCormlclc. 'SV-IhI ro.Tbo Tlm?8-?ianatoh.] LEX1.VGTON, VA,, February 6.? "The Plnes." the beautlful home ot Mra. J. r, McCormlck, at Raphinc, Rockbrldge county, was the aceiie yes? terday noon of an Interesttng nuptial evuriC the contractlng , partles belng her daughter, Misa Alleo McCtormlck. and Mr. Charles Oragg wtlliuTiia, cash ler of ih<- Bank of Uaphlne, The rooms [Vere tastefuljy decorated ln pa'uiis, J'-ni-i und running; cedur, - ? Tho brlde wure a golnff-uwny gown of brown i-ioth. wlth hat and gloves to niatcli, anu eurried a shower bouqiiet ol vlolets. 8he waa given away by her brother. Mr. Herbert McCowulck. w.u,i another brother, Mr. Harold McCor ttllcK, acted ns best man to tho brldc groom. There were no other attend unts. Thc brlde's pastor. Rev; A. H. Hnnillton. D. u., was the ofllclatlng niinisier. Mlss Mayme Smith played the weddlng marches, "Tannhau'ser" as tho bridal party entered the pafldi' and the "Lohengrln" bridal chorus as tliey left. During tho ceromonv "Love's Oivn Sweet Sotig'.' was softlv romlered. Mr. and Mrs. Williams left over the Norfolk and Western traln on a trlp to HUntlngton, W. Va., nnd Lexington. Ky. On thelr return from thelr bridal Journey they wlll make thelr home at Juapnino. J.'r, Wllllams Is a natlvo of Kon uoky. He ls a young man of fino pusiness uttfilnmonts, and [H held ln hlgh esteetn in the commuuitv of hls adopted home. Among thoso present nt the mar? rlage wore Mrs. J. McD. Adair and Mlss Bessle Adalr, of I.exlngton; Mlss Lclla ltlchoKon, of Uuena Vlstu. and Mlsses George and Turk, of Newport. A receptlon was glven Tucsdny nlght th brld'?C S sn*sls at thc ??omo of ROMAJV'CE LE.4DS TO AT.TAll. MIsn Cottrcll'n Marrlage In Wnalilugton Culiniuudoa or SetiHliore rtoniiu.ee. (From Our Begulur Correspondont.J WASHINGTON. D. C, February C? Mlss Marie Cottrell, of Richmond, was marrled yesterday to Brndford G. Halh awny. or thls cily and New York. The couple met at Oconn View last summer, and Mr. Hathaway hos boen prossing his suit slnce soon after the flrst meet? ing. Mlss Catlreil, who Is tho daugh? ter of tho luto J. H. Cottrell, came to this clty from Norfolk. wlth hor mother now Mrs. Q, L. Andcrson. Mlss Cottrell and the groom met soon after, and golng to the residence of Rev. Dr. MacLeod, wero mado nv.in and wife. Tho mother was stirprised when she learned of tho marrlage, but pnrental blesslng was quiekly forthconilng. There apnears to have boc-n no objec tion to tho marrlage, the couple act Ing clandi'stinely only because of a> deslre to lond romnnce to tha nffalr. Thoy wlll go to Now York to spend thelr honeymoon, und wlll resido ln thls clty. ? -> v - ?* ? -,*--'?, 5 :,-???.->. ??;?.?: ?...-...- '?:.-..:,/-.-:.: j- ..--.' ; - ?:-?:.:?.?>??? ?::.?? 1; -vfrnm .'V'J v*':&': |'V'."< ? ??? ? : . ..;*t '?.-.? :"SlV>-'.'..-',;.y'.-V.-, fllU. WILI.IAM S. KOSSITEIl, . tvIio Itns becu iipiiiilntcd Publlc Printer by Pre'aldcut Roosevelt, vlcc Chnrlen A. Stllllugs, laeumbeiit of tbe olllee for Hcvernl yoiir.s, >vho lins bcen tcm nornrtly suspcudcili Good Food, Good Company, Good Service at Hotel St. Regis, New YorH A FAMOUS RESTAURANT It is stated oii reliable nuthorlty that more than half a milllon dollars ls n'lghtly pald at the cash desks of New Vork City rcstaurunts by people who dlne. At many of the great .dinmg establishmontsj for 'which that city ls famovis, It la often -neccssury to en gago tables in advance if ono.would avoid waitlng or tho danger of golng hungry. One of the most Invitlng of New Vork reslauranls ls thut in tho Hotel St. Uegis, at Fifth Avenuo and Fifty fll'th Street. Here ono is ussured good company, good food und good sorvice aiuid un-wrpussed ? surroundlngs. A vialt to thls suinptuous dlnlng-room of an evenlng. wlth lta crystal elcctroliers all aglow, wlth Its faultlcssly set, llower-centrod tables, surrounded by beautiful women and well-groomod men, and the sparkllng jowels '.nnd Wlnes. mlngled wlth thu irresistlble sparklO of v,lt and gopd-fellowshlp, ls a pleusure whlch no vlsitor to New Vork should mlss. ln tlie grand diivug hall of the St. Rogls, ensily tho moat bcuutiful room of its kind ln tlio worhl. or, for that tnatt'er, ln any ono of the numerous smaller diniiig-ropms her<i provtded, you wlll reallze the faet that St. -Regls cookery tompts and s'atisfios. whlle St. Reg a prlces brlug the tno-ul woll wuhin reach of those who rntie-t consider the cost. the restaurant charpes being no hlgbev than at other liotels nf the llrst class. But tho St. Rogls restaurant, supo rlor as lt ls, ln only ono ofthe numer? ous attractlons offered by thls leader among tho great hotels of, the world. ln every detail thntw makca for eom f< it, safety and beulthfiUn'OHB thls pcr fettly Inillt und uqviipped hotel la -pre ominent. A w beautifully furnlslu-d rfioiti for $1 a day, or the enran wlth biith for J5 a day;. or a parlor, bed room aiul Uath tox, SL2? * v Pctcrsbttrgei's Await With Inter? est Report of ilic Committee of Thirtecn, PROHIBlTlON TALK INTHE AIR Committee \Appointcd to Make . Arrangemt'nts for the Grays' Bazaar. J, ? JSpanlal lo The Tlnies-Dlsptttch.] PETERSBURG, VA., February ?.? Iritensp interest la b'ing tuken in the expected report of ihe comniltteo of I thlrtoen citlzens, two from each of the j six wards of tho ciiy, wlth Rlchnrd B. ! Davls as chalrman. which waa up ! pojntod at tho recent mass-meetthg ln the hall of tlio Chamber of Commerce, called to consider ways and means for tha further roatrlctlon of the Ilquor trnffic In thls. city. Many aro tho ru mors aa to the plans and recommonda tions to be mude by the committee, but nothlng authorltatlve has been glven out, and thls retleence has kcyed public curlosity:up to a hleh polnt. The two recommendalions, whlch are generally regarded ln well Informod quarters as most likely to be' contalned in the re . port, are tlio removal of saloons from lall resldentlal xectlons of the city, aud I another Increase In the licenso tax. Eocal optlon tulk ia in the nir, but is I very indefinlte and vague. Tlio com : mitleo will,probably submlt Its report j at another meetlng of citlzens Inter I ested liv thls work. and lt la under I stood that its recommcndatlons ' me.y be"presentcd to Ihe next meetlng of the Board of Aldermen. A majorlty of tlie. colored churches of the city, of all denominations, havo. ag'reod to gi,ve regular contrlbutions to the support of tho Dunbar Memorlal Hospital, a recently establlshed col? ored Institution in thls city. Tbe GrnyV Buznnr. Captaln Bonjamln Harrlson, of the Petersburg Grays has appolnted the followlng committee to make arrango uients for the bazuar, whlch the com puny, at. a.-recent meetlng, decldod to givo In March: Wllllam L. Zlmmer, Jr? Robert Gllllani, Jr., Louls L Kidd, Churles S. McKenney, R. B. Bragg and Wllllam E. Moody. The committee held lts llrst meetlng to-nlght.' A saered concert will be glven at Tabb Street presbyterlan Church to morrow ovenlnf? at half-past 8. o'clock. A most attractive program of vocnl nnd Instrunicnlnl muslc has beon ar runged, and will be rviidored by the best musical talent In the city. Among those who will tnke part are Mrs. H. Woodrow W'ellca, Mrs. E. Louvonworth McGtll. Mrs. G. C. Wrlght, Mra. C. Wlllsori, Mrs. E. L. Quarles, Mlss Julla Wrlght, Miss Florence Tltus, Mlss Tlny Taylor. Mrs. Charles D. WRherspoon. Mrs. Charles E. Plummer, Mrs. J. .J. Nelms, Miss Janle Turner, Mrs. Myer Saal, Mlss Jean Greenway Trlgg nnd Messrs. E. L. Quarles, II. T. Donnan. H. Turner, Edward Butcher and Her? bert Prltchard. An offerlng will be taken, whlch will be devoted to the Irnprovement fund of the church. To, Encottrnjse Iuiiiil-^r.itlnn. Mr. E. Lt Quarles, secretary of the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, and its representativc In the Southern Im migration Asiociatlon. went to? Rich? mond thls evenlng With a Norfolk dele gatlon reproKontlng tho orgnnizatlon, to appear before a committee of the Leglslature ln advocacy of a blll for the npproprintion of 810,000 to cn courage lminigratlon to thls State. WASIIIXC.TOX AND LEE. Program of E.ver"l*es for tlie Xo.\t Coiiinieueentent. i [Speclal io The Thnes-DUpatch.] I.EXINCTON, VA., February 6.?Tlie followlng spoakers for the commence rnent exercjses of Washlngton aud Lee (Jnlversity, next June. havo accepted invltatlpns'on the program: ^ Baccalaurcate sermou, the Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph. Bishop of the. DIoceso of Southern Vlrginla; address b'l'ore the Young Men's Chrlstlan Associatlon. tlie Rev. Ernost Thompson, D. D.. of Charleaton, XV. Va., or the Presbyte? rlan Church; address before the Alvmni Associatlon, Hon; Wade Hampton Ellla. Attorney-Generaj of Ohlo, a graduato of the law school of tHp unlverslty; address before the Lltoi-ary Soclctics. Hon. Wllllam A. MacCorklo. ex-Gov ernqr of West Virginia. a graduate ln the law school of Woehlngton nnd Lee Ir. the claas of 1877.-'78. MOXTOOMI5RY - PRESBYTERY. Mcctlrig lo Ile Held tbe 1-lth to Consid? er Several Pasloral GumiKCM. :Sp--i-il io The Time.?-Dlpr.aich.'| LYNCHBURG, VA., February C.?A speclal meetlng of the Montgomery Prcsbytery of tho Presbyterlan Church hus been called to bc- held at V.'ost minster Church hero February 14th, to tllssolve ihe pastoral relatlons between Rev. A. S. Venable and Glaagow and Falling .Sprlngs Churches, and that between Rev. Bolling Hobson, and a group of churches ln Gllea county; to dismias Rev. A. S.. Venable to the Pnes hytcry of Dnllas and to give Westmin ster Church permission to pro.secute lts call of Dr. AVallaco T. Palmer be? fore the Prcsbytery." at New Orleans, and (o (,-ive Revl Bolling l-Iobson to hecome .superintend'ent of the Orplian's Home of the Synod of Virglniu, whlch is located here. 0.. - ?''. IlItAKEMANi IXJUUED. Strnclc by Flange of Wliccl, IL'.x Jsiw ls Urokeu and Slioulder Dlsloeuted. (..Speclal to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch. j NORFOLK, VA., February ii.?E. Church. l.rakeman on tho Norfolk and Portsinouth" Belt Lino Railroad, to-day fell, and, belng struck by the fhinge of n wheel whllo tho traln was in motlon, hls jaw was broken in flve places, a shouldor dlslocated, and near? ly ull uf his teeth knocked out. i(0 had u narrow escape from lastant death. Ills tonguo was laceraicd ln several places, and, swelllng rapldly, hc ls unnblo to speak or take nourlah nient. The attendlng surgeons are hopoi'ul of his reeovery. 11 YSTElilQUS DEATH. Wcll-Kuowii Tluuer of Lynchburg I'miud Dcnd Iu Ills Uoom. I'Hn cliil to The Timca-DIspatch.], LYNCHBURG, VA., February .G.? ?Rnr.es B. Snead, aged about lorty-fivo |a won-known tlnner. wns found deud jlote to-day ln his bedrpom lii'an ofllcs : bulldlng .in Main Street. .'Ho had evl [iHiuly been dead several days when 1 tho body waa dlscovered. Persons ln [the buiiding' had not eeon hlm slnco j ladt Saturday. Ht'slXESS MEX'8 BAXaUET, Several Prominent Guests <o Atteuil Alexundrln's Fcn?t? rspsclai to TheTlmea-Dlspatoh.] ALEXANDRIA. VA- Fobruary 6.? The Clmmbor of Commorce will glve its first annual banquet next Tuesday nlght, at lyhlch wlll.be present a nunibur of prominent men-ln tho busl uess and tnercantlle world. Covers wln i,e luid for over 100 gueats, Amons those alatc-d to vwpihu t0 toast8 are, Vresiuent W. W.-ITinleyi of the South?. * ? I E. B. Taylor Co. MAIN STREET STORE.' i Another Week of Big Savings in China, Cut-Glass, Silverware and House Fumishirigs. Sale Starts* Promptly, With the Usual Rush, Mcnday Morning at 8 o'Clock Clean-Up Features in Dinner Sets Wonderfuljy Cheap. For ST..23, value $7.60, American Porcelaln 101r pieco Dinner Set; biuo underglnze decoratlon. For $10.00, vulun $15.00, Engllsh Porcelaln 101 plcco Dinner Set; floral decoratlon: -a hummer. For 910.00, value $15.00, Oerinan Chlna 101-pIcce Dinner Set; floral decoratlon. Don't mlss thls chnncc. , . For tsr-'.oo, value $1C00, Porcelaln 101-plece Dinner Set; ildral do-oratlon nnd gold llnes, For $23.50. value $30.00, Haviland Chlna 101 plcce Dinner Set; floral decoratlon wlth gold knobs; a great value. Toilet Sets at Clean-Up Prices Too many different styles and prices to itemize, but we make a one-fourth reduction on all io and 12-piece Bcdroom Toilet Sets. American Cut Glass Another chanee to buy Rich Cut Glass at less than factory- prices. Cut-Glass Frult Bowl at *3.00; valuo $4.00. Cut-Glass Frult Bowl at $3.."-0- value $5.00. Cut-Glass Footcd Bonbon nt fz.7">\ value $-1.00. C'ut-Glnss Decnnter at *-I.H5; value $0.50. Cut-Glass Jugs at $3.50} vnlue $5.00. Cut-Glass Jugs at 8-1.05* value $C50. Cut-Glass Bonbons at S7ct value $1.25. Cut-Glass Tumblers at 35c- value $5.00 per dozen. Special Table of Various Articles Worth up to 50c, sAny article on thc table 19c each. None C. O. D. Ncver-Burn Roast Pans. FrySng Pans. Enamel Wash Baslns. Enamel Puddlng Pans. Enamel Saucepans. Enamel Coffee Pot, 1-qt size. S'ickel Covered Puddlng Dishee. Set of 6 Tnblo Mats. Salad Bowls. Cake Plates. Glass Pitchers. Chlna Pitchers. Cracker Jars. Sugars. Creams. Chlna Cuspidore. Chlna Meat DIshcs. China jardinieres at Half-Price We sold many Jardinieres at last weck's sale. We still have some left that you can buy at halr their original price. Specials in "Rogers" Cutlery Rogers' Sllvor NIckel Teaspoone. per eot, 37c. Rogers' Sllvor Nlckol Tablospoons, por set, 75c. Rogers' Sllvcr Nlckel Medlum Forks, per set, 75c. Rogers' Sllver-Plated, Solid Handle Knlves, each, 10c. Rogers' Silver-Plated, Solld Handlo Forks. each, 10c. Rogers' Sllver-Plated Knlves, warranted, each, 21c. Rogcre' Silvor-Plnted Forke, warranted, each, 21c. Rogers' Sllver-Plated Toaspoons, warranted, each, Oc. Rogers' Sllver-Plated Tablospoons, warranted, each, SIlCi Quadruple Silver Plated Ware Three extraordinary Silverwarc bargains: I-plece Bijvor-Plat*-d Terf Servlce, only #5.00. Sllver-Plated Baking Dlsh, $3.W), Silver-Plated Buttdr Dlsh, *1.50. Special Table of Various Articles Worth up to 25c. Any article on thc table gc. Norie C. O. D. Rolling Plns. Salt Boxes. Wooden Brcad Plates. Towel Rollers. Enamel Puddlng Pan. Revolvlng Sifter. Nlckel Covered Puddlng DIghes. Toilet Paper Holders. Roast Pans. Salad Bowls. Cakc Plates. Dlnnc-r Plates. Soup Plates. Chlna Tea Plates. Sugars. Cream s. Jardinieres. Mllk Jugs. Glass Pitchers. LOOK OUT FOR GREEN TAGS crn Railway Company; President Clar ence P King, of the Washlngton. Alex andrla and Alount Vernon Electrlc Railway Company; Commlssloner Mne IFurland, of the Distrlct of Columbia: Warren P. Taylor, traffic manager of the Rlchmoiid, Frederlcksburg and Po tomao Rallroad Company, Two Con grcssmon have also been Invlted to re spond to toasls. Thelr nnmes wlll be mndo publlc wlthln the next few days. Extensivo proparatlons are being mado b,v? the committee havlng chargo of the parade, whlch will bc given Feb? ruary 2'Jd. under the nusplcea of the George Washington Birthday Assocla? tlon. Judglng from present Indlcatlons tho parade wlll bc nearly two nillcs long. FUEDEIUCIvSBl ItG'S ELECTION. Probnblc Candldntcs for SInyor?Ex? pected From the Plilllpplncs. [Specitil t'o Tlie Tlmcs-Dlspatch.l FREDERICKSBURG, VA., February 6.?The election for Mayoi; of thls clty wlll tako place during. the comlng sprlng. Major Thomas P. Walltico, tho present Mayor, wlll not be candldatc for ro-election. Colonel E. D. Cole. Cap'aln James S. Knox. Counellmon H. B. Lane and W- "E. Bradley, who have been mentloned In connectlon wlth the position. have announced that they wlll not be candldates. Those most prominently spoken of nnw for the po sition are Messrs. M. Sanford Chan cellor, H. Lowls Wallaco and A. Ran dolph Howard. - All'three are promlnent clllzens and fouslripss mcp. Lioutenant Robert S.' Knox, son of Clty Tronsui'er *R. T. Knox. of this city, who ls now In the Phiilpplnes, haa been appolnted adjutant'of hls reg Iment. The reglmont has bee'ri ordcred to thls country, and Lleutenant and Mrs. Knox will snll wlth them from tho Phiilpplnes to tho Unlted States on February 24th. Mr. ?Wllllam K. Howard. who has beon elected superinteptlent of the clty electrlc light works, to suceeod Superlntendent E. M.. Green. who re slgned, has ontered upon hls dulles. y .-?-__ MISS IIILIVS l/ECTUItli Entertiilnlng blHcnur-*o nt AVUltniii umi Mairy on tlie Kludcrgnrtcn, [Sp?cial to Tho Tlnioa-Ulspatcli.] WILLIAM'SBUHG, VA., February "fl_ Mlss Patty Sv Hlll, whn condu'ets gratlu ate clasaos at Columbia Unlverslty, nnd who has devoted hor life to the ad vnneemont or educatlon in thc South, deljvered ono of the most interesting nnd Instructivo lectures in the cqllogb chanol last evenlng that has ever failcn to thn lot of .mp's't of her listeners. Tho"subject oftho lecture was "Tho Problcm of Work and Play ln- the I'.indersiivtoii nnd ln Elomentary- Edu? catlon." The suggi'ttlons mado hy the flecturer were sound and nractical, and ff'orci doubtlf-ps of great benefit to the nudlence, whlch was comnosed for the most part of thoso dlrectly coucerned in'tho educatlon of the child?-pubUc 3?or Infants and ChiWren. The Kind You ta Always Bought Signaturo of C&a^ffi&c&K Hang Your Faith on Our Carriages. The greatest value given to day in Virginia on Buggies, Run abouts, Surreys, t Wagons and Harness. Prices in reach of cverybody. Ainslie Carriage Co., SiiIi--.ri.om and Pnctory, Noh. S. 10 nnd 72 S. Elgbth St'. UICnMOXD, VA. gious Four-flfths of a Ccntury of 1'nliroken Publl ealluii. A mcdlum of power wltl. the largeat r-s Ilelous denomlnatlon ln Vlrginla. Tlie organ of tho Ilaptlsts of the State. An advcrtlslng medlum ot peculiar Btiength and cslabllshod value, goiag Into tho eholcust homes in tho Commomvc:alth. RIchmond advcrtlsera ought to look into thls modlum. THE RELIGIOUS IIEHALD CO.. Ttlchmond, Va. school. teachers and students who will bo teachers in a short whlle. Mlss Hill is a gentle, unassumingSoutli ern woman. and her charming manner bf speaklng cohipletely cuptured her audience. She brought out many psychologlcai. problems to bo studlcd by ^eachers, and showed that play waa an ossentlal pluise in tho chl'd's lifo. Dr. S. C. Mltcholl, of RIchmond Col? lege, waa ptosent, and mado a few remarks after Mlss H'lll's locturo. lt had been planned to have Superiutcnd ent Eggleaton present, but, owlng to buslness in Richmond, he could not come. -Vc--; ROAD IMPROVEMEXT. SiiPcrvIsorn of Ituunoke, C'ouulj- io Co. oyerut'e' WUIi Uoanokc Clly. ISneclal t? The Times-Dlspatcfl.r ROANOKE, VA., February O.-r-Thc Supervlsors of Roanoke county hnve appropriated $5,000 for Improveinent of half a' mihi of eacli of tho flve roads enterlng into Roanoke, with tho mj derstanding that tho clly' will pave or inacadamize 'tho streets leading to tlie roads. THE JEFFERSON IX POUT. Old Domlnlon i.iurr Xot StueU ihe Worse for Her- Mlslinn. rsp?clal to Tho Tlmos-Dlspatch.]. NORFOLK, VA., February 6.?Tho Old Domlnlon llper Jefferson, whloh rammo'd and sanfc the schooner Emilv E. Blrdaall, oil' Wlnter Quartpr Llght, reaelied Norfolk yesterday mlnufc m'ouldlng and flag'staff, tho only dam ago sustained. Captaln t-lulphers de clares that the schoonor had uo stern llghts" or torchea' buvnlng, aud was not seon .uiud Bti-uck. . . ??. ;t lave ived A Fresh Suppiy of j Finnan Haddie, Smoked Saimon, Keeler Spratlers, Bloaters, Boned Scotch s. 504, 506, 508 E. Broad St. Fine Groceries and Wines. Mail Orders Solicited / luSSSSSSt i?-.-ivi, t r',>?f.i^-asa-i?,-?fir.n^? boesReduced $5. and $6. Shoes, ^95 Every Palr Sold Undur a St.rlct Guarantao, 8. I., I.EDMAX. Holi AKont LUMBER Sash, Ulliidh. llniirn, Mrmldlnga. I.nrgu stijek. Low I'rloea. W'OODWAll? ? SON. Ulclirooud, V?,