Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-19
WRECKED VESSELS.
TRAlN-RoB5ERs ON THE sEA3oARD
AND ROANOKE RAILROAD.
Republican Politics-The Eiks-Pcrsonai--
Preparing to Entertain Several Thou
sand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
Fertilizer Warehouses.
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Correspondence OF the Richmond DIspstcn.l
NonroLx Va. October IL, 1899.
The Steamship Dorchester. Of the Bos-
ton Steamship Line, reports to-day that
yesterday morning ninety miles southwest
of Gayshead she passed the two-masted
schooner Forest City. of Ellsworth,
wrecked and abandoned. Both anchors
were overheard and both masts broken oil
ut the deck, but attached by the rigging;
The bowsprit was laying on the deck ana
the after-deck house washed away.
Captain Gillian. OF the British steamship
Suppicich, to-day reports that yesterday
morning off Body's island. seventeen miles
distant, he passed q vessel floating up and
down. The bow OF the vessel was about
fifteen feet out of water, with Jibboom
gone. but bowsprit still standing and the
bow-ports both gone. The wreck was
painted black, with red stripe about
two feet wide and about half way be-
tween the rail and tho keel No name was
visible.
The schooner J. B. Anderson. ashore ut
Lynnhaven inlet. will float as soon as she
is lightened of her cargo.
The schooner Henry B. Iilton. from New
York TO Charleston, put in here to-day with
damaged rigging, having been IN the storm
of Chlncoteague. The mate, Charles Goss,
had his right leg broken by falling block.
The wires along the coast are still down
and nothing can be heard from the strand
ed steamship Pioneer. ,
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
Company have been suffering considera-
biz Of late from ira n-rObbers. Last night
as the sOuth-bound midnight freight tram
was being madeup a Waterman at the depot
discovered that the seal on the lock of one
of the cars had been broken and sus-
pected that thief was inside. The car
was run down opposite tho police-station
and Chief lyman and Officer Hart entered
and discovered negro named jim BOvd,
from Southampton. lying ina corner. OF the
car covered over with packages OF mer-
chandise. He was promptly lodged in jail.
and il is thought be will soon give away "
other negroes along the line who assisted
him in the robbcTies and received the
goods as he threw them from the trains
he would ut different times operate upon.
The police recognize jim as an old Offend
er. .
The movement of the cOlored element Of
the city in the Republican Convention to
secure the nomination of Councilman }:
L. Fuller for the House Of Delegates fell
through completely. The labored resolu-
tiOns of the cOlOrOd pastors were read, but
when they reached the Committee on
Nominations it was found that the COM
mlttee had already agreed upon the nomi-
nees. The fact il the cOlorcd brother must
not be invited to come up higher" in the
councils of the nation just yet. there are
too many hungry whites III the black ranks
to be provided for, and the hOnors with
emouments are not numerous enough to
60 around The cOlored preachers and the
friends of Fuller are indignant that his
name was even presented. Fuller II boss
shipkeeper in the maynard and has
always enjoyed more or less profitable
consideration at tho hands Of the party.
Dir. Simon Quiulin, Grand Exalted Ruler
of the Grand Lodge b. ?. q. Elks, arrived
in the city last night and was handsomely
entertained by the order at the 81. James.
Dlstuct-DcputyJ ". Laube, OF Richmond,
was also present.
The wreckers are now hard ~ work on
the Delaware schooner j. Is. Anderson,
ashore at Lynnhayen bay, and will soon
have her afOat. The three mastcd schooner
b. +. Pool, stranded at Virginia Beach
since April. was moved fifteen feet by tie
gale this week and will soon be ailoat.
Colonel John NJ. BrOckenhrough, nomi-
mated by the Republicans for senator from
this district. was Confederate soldier. Is
a lawyer by profession, and was Superin-
tendent Of the Land Office in Richmond
during Governor CamcrOn's admlnlstTa-
ton. Emmett J. Mann. candidate for the
House of Delegates. was formerly lieutcn-
ant of police, and +. W. Lemosy WAS a
senator from Norfolk county IN the first
Legislature after the war.
Preparations are being made at Jerusa-
lem to feed several thousand Democrats
next Monday, when Massey and Tyler
speak. The parade Of mounted Demo
Gratis will he an imposing feature, headed
by Barrctt's Cornct Band. of Franklin.
The New York capitalists who were here
in September have paid 100000 for the
tract of land opposite the Gosport navy
yard, which they VIII occupy with their
factories and warehouses for the manu-
facture OF phosphates and other fertil-
Zers.
A company headed by Commodore 4. +.
Bateman. of the Atlantic and Danville rail-
way, have purchased the Portsmouth
street-railway and its appurtenances and
contemplate inaugurating number Of i'm
provemcnts to render the property more
valuable.
The wrecking steamers are now bringing
into port all the cotton from Wacha-
prague of the cargo of the wrecked steam
ship AmadOra. The weather is excellent
again for wrecking purposes, but the ship
Is gradually going to pieces. having been
badly broken up by the late northwest
storm