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the a\lutor. when the daring young
bird-man crossed tho starting line at
7:32 o'clock on his Journey across the
Florida straits to Havana, the longest
over-water Might yet attempted In tho
history of aviation.
He passed from the .sight of those
01) his side of the channel within fif?
teen minutes, and Lhc next heard of
him was that he had boon forced to
descend In the water ten miles from
Havana by a shortage of oil. McCurdy
and his machine were uninjured, and
were picked up by the torpedo-boat de?
stroyer PaUldtng and taken to Havana.
Despite the ninny disappointments to
the public here, McCurdy did not lack
spectators when he started, and
he gave all who witnessed his flight
tie satisfaction they were expecting.
When satisfactory reports on the
> ithcr had Icon received, the aviator
climbed into Ids Curtlss biplane and
waved the signal to release him. The
aerbplanc glided gracefully down the
held for a hundred feet. <>r more, and
then rose !i\tb the air.
Circle* o>er City.
After reaching a height of about f.00
feet. McCurdy turned his machine ami
I?->?] ..vet- the city. The ocean front,
was lined with eher ring thousands as
lie, passed, while other thousands tilled
roofs, open Holds and other places of,
rantago. lie then made another circle '
,;- tiu 'ity, while flying 1,000 feet Inj
the and "ii returning to a point i
above the aviation field was given Hie
signal i" start on his flight to Havana.
Acting on Instructions from the Navy
Department, l.lcutenant-< !ommander
Sterling, in command of the torpedo
ii stroyi r licet hero, rendered every
possible aid t > the aviator, and seven
naval vessels v.ere stationed along Hit
course when McCurdy started. As soon
as he was sighted by the crew of a
[mat the vessel steamed ahead, but
McCurdy; maintaining a speed of near?
ly sixty miles an hour, soon outstripped
them all, ami it then became a race to
see which would reach Havana fust.
This afternoon McCurdy's camp here
was dismantled and his equipment will
he shipped at ome to Havana,
Will Linter Ump Hnce.
Tampa. Fla.. January SO. ?It was
-b t'mitely announced here to-day that j
McCurdy would be one of the entrants
in Hie hundred-mile race over water
'luring the census celebration here.
oinmencihg February 10. Fly. Post.
Ward and Beachy arc the other en?
trants so far. and it is expected that
nie of the Wright machines now at
Augusta will he entered. The race will j
?)o from the Tampa aviation grounds
hiwn the. bay to Fort Dadc, thence
k.o Sara sota Bay and return, slightly
nore than 100 miles Handsome purses
vill be hung tip.
("?nereis the Stnr.
Houston. Tex., January 20.?Poland
Garros, the aviator, was again the
star of the Houston aviation meet this
afternoon. His performance was of the
reckless order. After executing aerial
figure eights and dips, he headed his
machine straight for the grandstand
A bumping into the stand seemed in?
evitable, when, just at the critical mo?
ment, he threw up his planes und Hew
over, hardly two feet from the spec?
tators. A minute later, he was off on
Ho ether side of the field, depopulating
Ihr- automobiles parked there. He
(based a cow up ami down the field
until she was neatly exhausted.
The aviatots have extended their
meet here one more day. Then they
will go to San Antonio. Charles K.
Hamilton made two daring (lights In
his biplane.
ku ri^YI^oIJg ht ~h ere
Arrested in Alexandria en Charge of steal?
ing iluggnge.
Julius Kurrlck, who was arrested several
days ago in Alexandria en a charge ot steal?
ing- baggage from the Richmond, Frederlcks
biirk and Potomac Railroad Street by Rail?
road Detective A. F. l.'uniidoy, wus brought
here by that officer yesterday to answer a
charge of stealing H- from J. II. .Morris ?<i
Company, Be Is also charged with stealing
mi overcoat from William Phelps. He prac?
tically admitted to Cap tu in McMahon that
lie had taken the money from the firm by
ivlitcli lie was once employed.
lie was cuptured in Alexandria by Detec?
tive Oaiiaday alter a long chase, in which
an automobile had a part. Canaciy hud peon
a man skulking In the dark near the stu
!;"!!. and when be got to his. hotel received
r report of tie- baggage robbery. Ho got
Into au automobile and went to the tiince
a'hen the man had been seen, and Kurrlck
was arrested; Ah the hajrpase was recov?
ered
arrested in pawn shop
Two Young Men Held While Trying to DIs
pnso of Clothing.
F. J. Cl?rk and Albert Johnson, two young
* hue men of prepossessing appearance, wore
arrested yesterday morning by Detective
Kerge.aiu Wlloy as one. of the two was lit.
tempting to pawn a suit of clothes in a
pawn ah?ijv Tie- detective saw the men
from a, i car* and 'followed them. He become
euspicl6us "and arrested them on the spot.
They were taken to police beadtinarteis.
where, alter close questioning by Captain
McMahon, they were locked up as suspicion?
characters.
They had with them a suit case and a tele?
scope bap, both he-wily idled with clothes,
linder wear, soeks. .?-tieft and a quantity ef
?m< of -Vfie men had on a new
Bull ? : clothes. They were uiiahle to give
? satisfactory explanation of the possession
of so hiucli wearing apparel, and It was
ciecided to lock them up.
The full cases wore taken from a board
li.p-house on Kast Main Street by Sergeant
Wiley, who wem there Immediately after
turning the men over to Captain McMahon.
TO MEET ON THURSDAY
YVnln*iiln <innrl Koiuls Assoriniion Henilv fnr
Active Work.
B. P Munvlllc. i haii man of the Virginia
'? Insuta Good Bohdi? Association, ha? call?
ed * meeting of tin- executive committee to
b? held in Newport N'cwa Oh Thursday at u
o'clock at the Warwick Hotel;
; : . purpose of this- meotliiK 1^ to doylst
plans and rncana looking to the construc?
tion of the proposed^sand clny road between
Norfolk, Newport News, Wllllatnsburi; and
lltclimond.
The ihehiberj of this committee are: w.
t: Koch, East IJiehnioiid: j. A, Potts. Bar
hainsvi :? . .1. K, Hubbard. Charles City; T.
II, Giddy, Wllilathftburs? <'?? l? thrift Hi
Tatibs; A: ?, CurtlH, Denheigh; M. c. Arm
strong, llaniptoti The officers <.f the asso
( it Ion v. iio a:r cx-offlclo in?inbftrH of flic
? iinmittc? are V W. Darling, president,
Hampton; II \V. Wood llrst vice-president,
Richmond j If, B, Good rid so, second vlce
l>rriident, Norfolk: J. B. C. Bpencer, third
rlce-presidcht, WllllameUui g.
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For Infanta,Invalids,and Growing children,
Pine Nutrition, up building the whole body.
Invigorates the nursing mother ?ndthe aged.
Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form.
A quick lunch prepared in a minute.
Take no substitute. Ask for KORLICK'S.
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THE ARTISTIC
SOHMER
PIANO
lck ri:m;i s.so.v piano to,,
110 Kaut llrond Street. ?
Berry's for Clothes"
The newspapers every day]
will have a short advertise?
ment, of our special cut-price
sales.
If yon are interested in sav?
ing a few dollars, note these
daily opportunities.
To-day black overcoats in
conventional styles, never out
of style?
$ 12.83 for the $20.00 kind.
$ 17.86 for the $25.00 kind.
$22.85 for the $35.00 kind. -
$26.85 for the $40.00 kind.
Black Suits, same way.
Business Trousers at $2.50 !
Worth $4.
If your duties lead you where
quality avid service is particu?
larly desired in trousers you'll
appreciate this little snap !
Hu ligerford-systeiTi made.
Girl Comes Out of Trance,
but Sight Is Not
Restored.
Plttshurg. Pit;, .January - 30, ?M are a ret Ship?
ley, a if cd t wenty-llve, of McKeesport, who
has fasted eight days with Mic belief that
she would then he given her slfiht. came out
of her trance to-night. T|ic young woman
arose from her lied and walked unsteadily
to a ebair. She sat down, and. following
the advice of religious followers, did not j:o
to a window and look. It had boon stated
by friends that when she looked out of the
window her sight would be restored.
Newspaper men were in attendance, and
their unanimous verdict u as to the effect
that the. expected miracle had failed. All
endeavor was made to test the; girl's sight.
hut all of the woman's friends objected.
I Miss Shipley has been blind since birth.
1 Eight days ago she claimed to have had a
1 revelation. A fast and studious attention to
the Ulble were to restore hor sight, and ah<>
htnrted the experiment,
A large crowd surrounded the house In
: McKeesport to-night, but after hours of
I waiting they departed disappointed. Friends
of Miss Shipley, however, have not lost
heart, ami expect the miracle at noon to
! morrow.
j NO MYSTERY THERE
Friend* ?if Jefferson 1>. Levy Mortified by
.Misleading Keporl.
Friends of Jefferson i>. Levy; who shot
himself in the Hotel Navarre; New York, oi?
Friday, were distressed and mortified by a
report published in an afternoon paper yes?
terday which made it appear that there wai
more or less mystery connected with Iii?
Identity of the. deceased. According to Ihr
afternoon paper the man who killed himself
was supposed to bo Levy Joseph, formerly
of Richmond.
The correct account of the suicide was
printed In The Times-Dispatch ori Sunday,
and this paper has been asked by several of
Mr. Levy's friends to state that the report
In the afternoon paper was absolutely un?
true. While Ids death was name there was
no mystery about It except as to why lie
should have killed himself. Mr, Levy had
expected to go Into business in Richmond.
DART?N HEIGHTS CASE IS
IX DI'-Kl.V ITEbV POSTPONED
Judge Scott yesterday In xho llon
rico county Circuit Court Indefinitely
continued tlie case of B. P. Vander
vall. colored, against the town of liar- ;
ton Heights, wherein the latter seeks
to have dissolved an injunction re- i
straining the enforcement of an or?
dinance preventing the burial of
negroes near that corporation.
The injunction against Barton
Heights was granted some time ago,
..when Judge B. II. Wells was presiding
for Judge Scott. The authorities re?
fused io permit the burial of a daugh?
ter of the plaintiff, but Vnndervall
applied to the court for an order to
keep officers from stopping the fu?
neral.
The ease has been pending for a
long while
PIC K ED? P_BY~F?LI C E
Hopkins Arrested for Seitini; Liquor in)
House Where Man \Vns Killed.
Jot Nelson, colored, was arrested last night ]
on a charge <>i running an objectionable re- j
sort at i.i" St James Street.
William Miles, colored, was arrested on a
charge 61 stealing shoes from Lewis Witt.
Sam Hopkins, colored, wap arrested by Po
licemcn Kpurr and itotio on a charge ot
selling liquor at l Hague street, the home
of Henry Harris, who was stabbed to death
Sat unlay night.
B. V. Harnes, white, was arrested on a
charge of assaulting William Walker. Walk?
er I'c allen.-d to have gone to Barnes's house
and curbed him. whereupon Barnes struck
him with his list ami then finished up tlto
job with a plank. A warrant was issued for ]
Walker, charging him with cursing and
abusing Maines. The trouble is said to havfc
arisen from a quarrel over children;
J M)OI> STAGE IN OHIO
BEACHED IN PITTSUCnn
Plttsbiirg, Pa.. January no.? With tho river
rising slowly, a stage of '23.?, feet, was reach?
ed here at S P. M The crest of the flood I?
j expected early to-mprrow. when a stage of
I twenty-six feet Is predlcteii. The dangei
I mark Is twenty-two feet.
I'ji to this time, little damage has resulted
In this vicinity. Ample warning had been
Issued by the local United States weather
officials, and residents In the lowlands, to?
gether with downtown business bouses, re?
moved all perishable goods to places of
safctj.
The water is gradually spreading over the"
lowlands below the city. Houses in the Im?
mediate flood zone are being vacated; In
some of these, especially in tho lower north
side, the water has covered tho first floor
t.i a depth of oao foot.
Colored People <o Hold Fair.
For benefit of the hospital of the col?
ored Women's central I.vague, wjilcjfi ha?
doro- a great deal Of charitable work among
the poor of tin rare In m.hmond, there will
be a fair held for t\*o weeks in the Globe
Theatre. The. negroes secured. ?l>c tuo Of
the. theatre through Captain Andrew Plzzlnl
and W. B. IMzzlnl.
Franklin und \\>?t Point Grovr.
[Special to The Times-1 d.sputch. 1
Washington'. I>. C, January no.?The
population of Franklin. Vn., as an?
nounced hole to-day Is 2,271, as
against l.MSI In lftQOi and of West
Point. 1.397. ug uaralnst 1.307 In 1900
Murder and Assault, With
Intent to Kill,
Charged.
MATE CHURCHLER'S STORY
Version of Fata Row Aboard
Oyster Boat Near Colonial
Beach.
. Washington, 13. C, January .10.?
With Captaili Dorsey Allen's body on
Its way to Baltimore. Mate John Adams
Churchlcr probably dying In Provi?
dence Hospital, the body of tho negro
cook, Charles Maddox, recovered from
the Potomac, and three sailors, CJeorgo
Wallace, Mcury Brady ami Toin Evans,
heavily guarded against iynchors. in
the county jail at Montrosc, Vit., pre?
sumably all the partlclpnu's In tho
mutiny aboard the bugeye oyster
dredge Irene Ruth Saturday morning
olT Colonial Beach, Va., are accounted
for. That another man was involved
in the tragedy, a negro, said to lie
still at large In Westmoreland county,
but closely pursued by a posse, Is an
uncertain rumor.
The statement or Mate Churchlcr.
made before he lapsed into uncon?
sciousness, and continued by admis?
sions from the three prisoners and
developing circumstances, yi\es a vivid
picture and apparently an accurate and
complete account of the battle on
board the little boat and the causes
that fbri tti> to it.
Charge .Mutiny nuil Murder.
After a preliminary licit) lug at Oak
Grove, Va., the prisoners were lodged
in jail, charged with murder, mutiny
and assault with intent to kill. L?ater
they were removed to the guarded
jail at Montross, the county seat, where
they will be held until the grand jury
meets In February.
At the. hearing at Oak Grove yester?
day 200 captains of the oyster licet
and 100 or more citizens of Colonial
Beach gathered. While their attitude
was regarded as menacing, no at?
tempt to take the prisoner.* was made.
Similar Crime Recalled.
So much feeling has not been mani?
fested In twenty years, when a similar
eiiine was committed in that section
of the country; In lSOl the captain of
the schooner May Brown was: mur?
dered by his crew, which mutinied, It
is claimed, because of his harsh treat?
ment.
Male John Adams Chuiei.ler. with a
fractured skull, cuts on the face and
arms and other injuries, is unconscious
ami near death on a cot In Ihe marine
ward at Providence Hospital, He was
brought to Washington iast night
aboard the river steamer City of Mil
ford, ami was removed to tin.- hospital!
from the Seventh Street wharf.
Churchlcr accuses Captain -Mien or
striking the blow. with a monkey
wrench, which laid htm low. H,
blames the captain for causing tho i
trouble. The mate, in conscious mo?
ments ami at broken Intervals when
pain would permit him to talk, told
his story of the tragedy wlilic on the
way to Washington.
Captaili Allen resented hi:, mate's
remonstrances against the mode or
punishment meted out to a dissatisfied
sailor who tried to get away from the
Irene Ruth. This precipitated the
battle, said Churchlcr. that resulted in
two deaths and Churchler's own prob?
ably fatal injuries.
Illume* the Captain.
Irons, confinement, starvation, re
villngs and beatings were considered
by Churchlcr too much of a penalty
for the sailor t'o pay for trying, to get
away from the bugeye. The mate in?
tervened between the prisoner and the
master of the dredger, when Captain
Allen again offered to strike the man
Churchlcr declares. The mate was hll
with a monkey wrench by the captain
for Interfering. \
The negro cook. Charles Maddok,
who was killed later, interfered to
protect Churcliler, and hit Cagtaln Al?
len over the brad witJi an iron bar.
The captain diopped, said Churchlcr,
and the rest of the crew took the op?
portunity to get into the battle.
The captaili was vbenten into insen?
sibility by the crew, Churcliler said.
He himself received another blow that
made him lose his senses.
"The trip from Raltlmore went along
all right until we came up into the
Potomac." Churchlcr said. "It. was
then that Captain Allen scarted to
t oss the boys and curse them.
"Finally one of the crew?I do not
know his name?became disgusted, and
placing his clothes on top of his head
I Friday night he plunged Into tho icy
river and started to swim for shore.
I Before he had gone far he became
tired, and then struck out for another
I oyster boat which was not far away
1 from us.
"The captain of thnt hoat was 3
friend of Allen'?, and ho placed thd
man in irons and sent him back to tli?
Irene Ruth. When Allen found that the
man tried to get away he Became fu?
rious, and nfier removing the. iron.*
from the man he had him locked in a
room.
"On Saturday lie went to the room
and cursed and hit the man, who at
that time had had nothing to eat for
nearly twenty^four hours. The parr
cam'' on deck a little later and the
captain began his tirade asain.
Warned of FonkIIiIc Trouble.
"After the captain had gone on th?t
way for over an hour 1 went to liUri
and told him that he should quit, ur
maybe he" would get himself in trouble.
The captain picked a monkey wrench
from a box and hit me on the head
with it.
"The cook. Charles Maddox, who is a
friend of mine, then went for the cay
tain, and he struck Iii in over the head
with a bifr Iron bar. I saw the captain
fro down on the deck, and then there
s vras a general fight.
".Somebody hit me again, and that is
'all 1 remember until I awoke, just
I now." Church! er did not know until
' informed aboard the steamer that the.
j cook had been killed.
I The body of t.'aptain Allen, made
ready for burial In an undertaking cs
is quickly relieved by using
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213 East Broad Street.
tablishmcnt at Colonial Beach, was
brought, to Washington this morning;
It will bo reshipped to Baltimore
whore it -will bo met by friends.
Ilody of Cook Recovered.
Several oysternien nave their craft
to the Colonial Beach authorities yes?
terday afternoon for use in hunting for
the body of* the colored cook, Cnorles
Mhddox. After grappling with hooks
In the water near the scone of the
crime for several hours the body was
brought to the surface.
It was found upon examination that
there was a slight bruiso at the base
of the skull.
Maddox and Captain Allen were obi
friends, and had known each other
since boyhood: They had lived in ad?
joining houses In Fairmount, Somerset
county, Md., for some time.
Ceurge Wallace, eighteen years old,
a foreigner, the mutineer who made
his escape through the woods after
swimming ashore from the Irene Ruth,
gave himself up yesterday morning to
Thomas Pitts, a farmer of King <ieo.rge
county, Va? near the Rappahannoek
River, who had given Wallace supper
and lodging Saturday night.
Wallace explained to Mr. Pitts f.-.o
disappearance of Maddox. tie said
that after Captain Allen and .Mate
Churchler had been assaulted with
blunt axes and left supposedly dead, he
started to leave the boat anil swim
ashore, when the negro attempted to
stop him.
Wallace, then explained that be
knocked Maddox overboard, and when
the negro attempted to swim back to
the boat, he picked up a boat hook
and brained the negro, whose body
disappeared under the water.
After scouring the woods and
swamp of the Virginia coast along the
Rappahannoek River, Henry Brady, ot
Raitimore, was caught by a posse Fri?
day afternoon. The third man, xorn
US vans, was caught yesterday.
The three prisoners refused to say
anything further than muking a state?
ment about the death of the negro
cook. They refused to discuss the
death of Captain Alien or of Church
ler's injuries.
Statemenf by Kvaim.
in speaking of the cook, Kvans said
that four survivors of the battle had
embarked in an open boat and started
from the Ill-fated craft for shore. Ac?
cording to Kvans, the negro became
abusive, and he was hit on the head
by one of the party and then thrown
overboard. The three white men then
rowed to shore and immediately left
lor the wild country.
There was no liquor on the boat, and
according to Kvans there was merely
fi disagreement. Kvans also admitted
thai he knew Captain Allen was dead
but he refused to say who had killed
hfiii. Allen was killed by a blow from
a hatchet, he said.
It was reported yesterday that an?
other negro had been a member of the
crew, and that he, too, had been mixed
up with the trouble. It was further
elated that a posse had surrounded the
negro in some woods near Colonial
Reach
All three men caught state that they
rind Churchlcr are the only surviving
members of the crew.
At the time "Wallace surrendered to
Mr. ntts a posse of fifty oyster
dredgers from the river fleet were
within a few miles of Pitts's farm. The
fanner Know this, and, therefore, hur?
ried his guest to Lieedstown.
At Leedstown AVallaco joined Evans
and Brady, the two other mutineers of
the crew, who were being held In hiding
from possible lynching. From Leeds
town Wallace, Evans und Brady were
taken under strong guard to Oah
Grove, six miles away.
There they were given a preliminary
hearing before Justices of the Peace
Out ridge and Nlnde, who jjOld them for
the grand Jury of Westmoreland coun?
ty. Va., which meets February 1.
Upon the evidence and tho result of
Saturday night's Inquest the prisoners
were held on two charges of murder,
one of mutiny and another of assault
with intent to kill.
Last nlKht tho prisoners were trans?
ferred from Oak Grove to Montross.'
the county seat of Westmoreland coun?
ty, where they wore placed in the
guarded jail.
The prisoners have retained \v. D. I
Wirt, of Oak Grove, to defend them.
Attorney Wirt has instructed his
clients not to talk to any one about
the affair.
GOVERNMENT VICTORY
Tent Cane Wen, and Itatlrond Must Pny
Excettalye Charges.
New Orleans, H.a., January 30.?The
government won a sweeping victory
to-day in a test caso of the interstate
commerce act, when a jury in iko Fed?
eral District Court returned a/verdict
of guilty against the Texas and Pa?
cific Railroad, under an indictment
embracing five counts. Tho charges
against the railroad were, that in the
'guise ? >t storage charges rates in ex?
cess of those approved by the Inter?
state Commerce Commission were made,
on Shipments from Missouri and Ar?
kansas points to New Orleans.
The penalty which the court may
impose ranges from $1.000 to $20,000
fine oh each count. It Is stated that
the railroad will bo called upon to pay
back all such oxcesslvo charges col?
lected, amounting to thousands of dol?
lars, according to the government offi?
cials.
Only One ??IWOMO QUININE,"
Thai i? i.amativi: bromo QUININE, i.ook
for th<; hlRiiaiuro of E. W. DROVE. Used the
world over to euro a Cold 111 Otic Dav. 2&o.
MAY REDUCE PAY
OF STATE CLERKS
Matter Brought to Attention of
North Carolina General
Assembly.
HEARINGS FiOR THIS WEEK
Legislature Makes Rapid Pro?
gress in Disposing uf Local
Bills.
[Special to The Timos-Dlsputeh. J
Raleigh, N. C, January :*.0.?The
Senate received to-day, and 1? on pee led
to pass, a bill by Senator .Martin, or
buncombe, to establish a teachers'
training school in Western North Caro?
lina, In the Ashevillo section. It cur?
ries an appropriation of $2o,000 for
buildings and equipment, conditioned
upon the community where it is lo?
cated pledging a lll<e amount. It also
carries an appropriation of ?lU,Vvo an?
nually for maintenance.
Representative Spnlnhour, In the
House, offered a resolution to appoint
a committee of live to Investigate the
pay and duties' of dorks in the Stale
offices, and recommend reduction of
salaries, on tho ground that while
th so clerks are receiving from $1,500
to $2,000, teachers arc being only paid
$25 to $10 per month, and many col?
lege professors $<>oo to $1.000. The
resolution demands a scaling that will
put the clerks more on a parity with
?...- teachers, of whom far greater
equipment Is demanded.
The House passed the Joint resolu?
tion by Senator 13rown to Investigate
tno Mattamuskeet Railroad, I-Jlkln and
Allegheny. SlatesvlUe Air Dine ..all
roads, Wilkesboro-.lefferson lurnplkc,
und ollier matters unfavorably report?
ed by the State Board of Internal Im?
provements. K.\-J udge j-.wart declared
in this discussion that the Slate lias
evidently lost in the ..lat tamuskcet
Railroad scheme alone $2 10,000.
Important lienrlngn Set.
The uniform bill of lading bill Is. to
have its final hearing before Hie Judi?
ciary Committee, No. 2, Tuesday after?
noon. Tills is the hill for which the
hanking Interests of the State are mak?
ing tite principal light, and the rail?
roads are strenuously opposing.. It
would make bills of lading for cotton
absolutely negotiable paper, that can
be hypothecated by the holder at will,
I he carrier issuing it being liable for
the cotton it represents, and for any
fraud that may be practiced In its issu?
ance by any agent.
There will i.e a hearing by the Sen?
ate Committee on Railroads Tuesday
afternoon on the Baggett bill. It pro?
poses to force the railroad companies
to pull miicago on the trains. Instead
of requiring mileage tickets, by re?
quiring all railroads that refuse this
concession to sell tickets at a 2-cent
rate, Instead of '2 '/? cents, allowed un?
der the passenger rate itrt, under
which it is charged that the railroads
have taken advantage of the State and '
the traveling public in exacting the i
mileage ticket "nuisance," as It Is de?
nominated. The railroad authorities '
are to be here In force, It Is said, for j
this hearing. I
Propere?* of Legislature.
Including to-day, ]0; bills have been ]
ratified by the present General Assem- i
bly, as against ">S for the same num?
ber of days of the session two years
ago. While a number of bills of State?
wide application are included among
those ratified during this session, the
great mass of them are local acts. This
showing demonstrates that the policy
with which this General Assembly
started out to get rid of local legisla?
tion Is being carried out, so as to give
the remaining days of ihe session to
the more Important State-wide legis?
lation.
It looks a.q if Raleigh has about
abandoned the Idea of securing com?
mission form of government from this
Legislature, unless possibly there is
the enactment of the State-wide bill
to all cities and towns to adopt and
change their charters at will, subject
to the approval of the Attorney-Gen?
eral of the state as to constitutional?
ity. The Aldermen are moving now
through a legislative committee to
procure amendments to tho present
charter that will allow the eloctlon
of Aldermen by the voters of the
city at large, two from each ward.
The present system is for ench ward
to elect its own representatl vc_s on
the Board of Aldermen. The Alder?
men are also planning to secure the
right to issue street Improvement
bonds. Some want $l.r.0,000; others
want $250,000; and the more progres?
sive and daring In such matters are
Insisting that not less than $600,000
should be provided for the work dur?
ing the next two years.
Charters by the State.
Six charters for new corporations
and one amendment changing name
were Issued to-day. The Blue Rldgo
Band Company, of Charlotte, author?
ized capital $'>O,0O0, to begin business
with $:5,S0O. The principal Incorpor
ators are C II. Robinson. F. R. Mc
Nlncb and J. M. Harry. The Bladem
Telephone Company, of Ellzabethtown.
to build and operate telephone line?
in Bladen, Columbus. Cumberland,
Brunswick and New Hanover coun?
ties; capital, $10.000: John .McDowell,
R. S. White and J. D. Mercer, ^cor?
porators. The Fingt chart Granite Com
I pany, of Greensboro, to buy and sell
'granite and other stone; capital, $50,
000; W. Z. Brown. R. D. Douglas and
Clark H. Knglehart, incorporators.
The Capital Buggy Company, of Hen?
derson; capital, $25,000; R. J. Corbltt,
B. P. Shaw and A. C. Zollicoffer, In?
corporators. The Henderson Buggy
! Company, of Henderson; capital, $26.
000; R. J. Jones, R. J- Corbitt and A.
C. Zollicoffer, lncorporsir.rs. Tho Mar
quard Social CluU, s* Norwood; W. M.
: and J. A. Marquard and II. J. Fesper
man, Incorporators. The Ange-Cald
| well Construction Company, of Wln
I ston-Salem, changes Its name to the
I Angc Construction Company.
Henry W. Miller, assistant to the
president of tho Southern Railway,
has informed the Corporation Commis?
sion that tho company has completed
arrangements for establishing an
agency at Pleasant Garden, orf-the
A. & Y. road, eight miles south of
Greonsboro, ? February 11. Heretofore
no agent has beon employed there,
although a depot has been built for
several years.
Governor Kltchin will deliver tlm
address of welcome at the annual
Forestry Convention hero on'Wednes?
day of this week. There will he three
sessions, and an interesting program
will bo carried out. It includes a
lecture by A. Gasklll, forester of the
State of New Jersey, and addresses
p'y W. S. Lee. vice-president of tho
Southern Power Company; Thomas P.
Tvev. of Fayottcvillc; J. B. Blades, of
Newborn; J"; S. Holmes, forester of
North Carolina; State Geologist Joseph
Hyde Pratt 'and .T. WUwood Cox, of
High Point. The railroads of tho
State will have reoroientatives at tho
meeting.
CASTOR IA
The Kind Toxi Have Always Bought, and which lias been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the Signatare of
and has been made under his per
?^fy^hjr eonal supervision since its infancy.
t-cccc^U/lS. Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" aro bufc
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health ofT
Infants and Children?-Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOR!?
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, I>rops and Soothing Syrups. It is-Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Fcverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CCNTAUli OOMMKT, TT MURRAY OTMCCT. NEW * OB? CITY.
Virginians at the Hotels
Murphy's?Henry p. Wysor, Dublin: Mrs.
N. T. .Maxwell, Norfolk; Mrs. W. jo. Dorsey.
Norfolk; Dr. H. C. Henry, Keysvltle; K. I
Scott, WllUamsburg; W. Vir. I.oe, Norfolk:
J. l{. Campbell, Suffolk; .1. G. Llvcsay, Wjiv
?rly; rd^s Spraglns, South Boston; \V. !..
Willis, Crowe; John l? Jackson, llarrlson
i>ur>.-; r. i; Frost, Virginia; Mr. ami Mm. ft,
s. Woo'Ih, Crozot; W, j\ Blnkey, Axhland;
'?. Btekenier, C'rowo; C. Ivloche, Crowe; W.
F. Wlmtely, ICew : M. a. Baskervlllc, \y. n."
Baskervlllc; Baskervlllo; Miss Julia Meli:
chump, Norfolk; <;. h. Culder, Nprfolk; John
j. Wood riff, Homcinct; Marc S\ Urudlej
Htuuntoh; a. w. Boyd, races; Mr. and Sirs.
J. I. Young. Petersburg; (? v. Hanger, Am
herist; Mr. and Mrs. s. J. Ullman, Norfolk.
Richmond?Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Butler,
Williams Wharf; M. k, Wright Miss j,orna
Daley, WllUamsburg; Robert i. Wlugdeld
Dlllwyn; C. C. Farley, 111. ..'. Miss Cm
Muhh, Norfolk; Mr. an,l Mrs. h. II. Wcrtlicl
iricr, Newport News; J. a. Kllngersmith,
Norfolk; Krank Crown, Norfolk: T. J. I'oiv
??II. Norfolk; 13. a. Schubert, Roanoke; ",v
II. Kussel), Clarkuvltle.
Davis?W 1 Fry. Island; Mr. and Mis n.
B. Metilcy, Virginia; Mis. Clodk any grand?
daughter, Virginia; J. ':. Baughaw. I'olndex
ler; J. C Payne, Virginia; 12. M. Miller, Vn
glnla.
Lexington?T5, IC, MerccrenU, W. \V. Mcr
cerenu, staunton; <;. W. Guten, Roanoke; 8.
F. Hibert, Harris.;>i?ut g: a. T. CraUe, Vir?
ginia; l-\ I,. Beld, Lynchhurg; T, .1. Ilolb'r.
Fort Octiilnco; 'I'. a. Campbell. Wilmington;
J. B. Qucensbury, vw-glnia; Mr. and Mrs;
W; K. Gregg; Virginia.
Gilbert?\V, 11. Fa kin, Clifton Forge; a. a.
Davis; Bowling Green; V. I.. RanneCk, Alex?
andria. A. If. Taylor. Sparta; It. W. Webb,
Norfolk; <'. v. Steptoe, Lyricliburk;
Stumpfs?F. B. Winston, Hanover; T. D.
Page; Newport News.
?liidgment Kntered.
Judgment wan entered yesterday In the
Law and Equity Court In the ease <>t James
11. Fraaer against the Fulton Brick Worka
for $X>0. Tb.> case was warmly contested.
OBITUARY
Mrs. 'Phoinna J. Crockett.
Mrs, Ida Vers er Crockett, wife of
Thomas J. Crockett, of York county,
Va., died last night at 10 o'clock at
the. home of her aunt. .Mrs. W. F. Hop?
kins, this city. The body will be?
taken to Graf ton to-morrow morning
for burial.
Mr*. Hehler A. Smith,
fSpecial to The Times-Dispatch. ]
Staunt on, Va., January 30.?Mrs.
Hester A. Smith, widow of James II.
Smith is dead, aged .seventy-four years.
Site had been a member of Christ
Lutheran Church of this city for forty
two years, and was one of the oldest
members. .She is survived by two sons,
Richard LI. Smith, of Statinton. and J.
Mi Smith, of Ford wick.
)lm, Mary II. Moon.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.1
Chariot tesville, Va., January :*,0.?
Mrs. Mary Barclay Moon, aged eighty
eight, wife of the late Robert Barclay
Moon, died Saturday night at "Dun
lora." the home of her son and only
child, John B. Moon, one of the most
prominent attorneys of the Albemarlo
bar. She lived for many years at
"Brooklyn," her home near Scottsville,
In this county. She was the. daughter of
Nathaniel Massie, of Waynesboro. after?
wards of ' Spring Valley," in Albcmavle
county, and sister of the late N. II.
Massie, of this city.
Mm. .Iconic Watson.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Winchester, Va., January 30.?Mrs.
Jennie "Watson, who was found crawl?
ing on her hands Und knees In tho
northern part of Winchester several
days ago. feebly calling for help, af?
ter sustaining an attack of heart dis?
ease, lingered, until this morning, and
expired, aged sixty-three years. She
DEATHS
MEADOR- -Died at his residence. 1 (?C
Taylor Street, JAMES If. MKAhOU,
age sixty-one years.
Funeral from the house at .'!
o'clock THIS JJVENING. Friends and
relatives respectfully Invited to at?
tend.
CROCKETT?Died, in this city, on the
30th instant, at 10 o'clock r. M.. at
tho. residence of her aunt, Mrs. W. !P\
Hopkins, IDA VERSFR. beloved wifo
of Thomas J. Crockett, ot York
county, Va.
Tho remains will ho taken to
Grafton, Va., WEDNESDAY MORN?
ING for interment.
CR I DDI N?Departed this life January
30 at 12:15 P. M? SADDIE GRAY
-^CRTDDIN, beloved wife of George C.
Cridlln. Sho leaves her husband.
mother, brother and four sisters to
mourn their loss.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice wo loved Is Mill,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can \k tilled.
HER HUSBAND.
Funeral from her late residence,
2111 M Street. WEDNESDAY, Feb.
ruary 1, at 3:30 P. M. Relatives and
friends invited to attend.
i
WAD DEN?Died, at his residence, 221
Randolph Street. Sunday. January
? 29th. at 7:35 P. Mi} W. MASON WAD
DEN, aged fifty-three years, son of
the late R. and M. E. Waiden. Re?
sides his wife, ho loaves one brother
and one sister, Mr. J. S. Waiden und
Mrs. M. IV. Pace!.
Funeral will take place from Ran
dolpth Street Baptist Church THIS
MORNING at 11 o'clock.
leaves a son, on0 sister and two broth?
ers.
JoHcpfa A. Oft borne.
[Special to Tlio Times-Dispatch.]
Suthorlirt, Vu., .January 30.?Joseph
A. Osborne, a prominent Halifax coun?
ty farmer, and a. Confederate veteran,
died at his home near Brooklyn, in
this county, January 23, in the elghty
fiiH?. year of his age, and the funeral
i nd burial took placo on the L'Oth Mr.
Osborne leaves ?<. wlfo and seven chil?
dren- -YV. A. Osborne, of Greensboro,
-"?*. C.? J. A. Osbormv Jr., and A B
Osborne, of Sutherilh; .1. n. Osboine.
of Kansas City, Mo.; ji. j. Osborne. of
Oklahoma, and Misses Bessie M. md
Moitlo S. Osborne, of Brooklyn. Mr.
Osborne was for many years one of
tin; Lading tobacco grower.- of Halifax
county.
John Aftbburn.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch: ]
Heatiisyllle, Vu., January 30.?John
Ash burn died yesterday morning Of
Pneumonia at his home in Buck's
Neck. The Interment will he In tho
family burying ground at his home,
and tho services will be conducted by
Rev. Herbert s. Drlscoll,
Mr. Ashburn was about seventy
years of age, and leaves a :\ ife and
several children.
Mr*. .In.lib A. DoKgrtl.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Heathsville, Vu., January 30.?Mrs.
Judith Ann I >oggett died at her home,
near Nuttspille, on Saturday, of pneu?
monia, aged about seventy years. She
Is survived by five children, all of thla
county.
.1. II. Kite.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Liberty Mills. Va., January ,",o.?J. B.
Kite, of this place, died Sunday morn?
ing at 4:?.u o'clock, aged fifty-four
years. He is survived by his wife and
s'x children, ns follows: Anna Lester
and Margaret Pendleton; James Bar
hour, Jr.. of the medical faculty of :ho
University; John N.. of Qulhhlhiont, w.
Va.. and William \V., of Uwton,
W. Va., and Edwin Randolph Kite. Mr.
Kite Is also survived by three sisters
and lour brothers, as follo.vs: J. P,
Kile. Somerset: J. M. Kite, Alexandria;
Thomas Kite. Sexon; Dr. T. W. Kite,
U. S. N.. Washlngtn. D. C: Mrs. Mil?
ton Variier, Odessa, Mass.; Mrs. Kauf?
man. Fort Worth, Tex.; Mrs. Sirane
Kite. Madison.
The Interment will take niaca at
Graham Cemetery on Tuesday. He \\Ml
be buried with Masonic honors by the
Orange Lodge, of which he bad long
been a member.
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