The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-26
At THE STATE CAPITAL
Many Matters of Interest to All
Virginians.
THE HOGE SEMl-CENTENNlA L
Reception and Sermon. Christian
Endeavor Societies Required to
Disband. Military Affairs. A
Marvellous Escape of a
Child. Arrested.
Special Dispatch to the vlrsinian.

RICHMOND, February 25.-The
reception that will be given at the
Masonic Temple to morrow night in
honor of the iiftleth anniversary of
the passionate of Rev. DIR. Moses d.
Hoge will be quite a notable affair.
The public is invited and all creeds
and conditions will be represented
there. The First Virginia Regiment
will turn out in O body. DR.. Hoge
has been chaplain of this organiza-
ton ever since soon after the war.
The veteran organizations also will
turn out. AS already stated in this
correspondence DR.. Hose will on
Wednesday night deliver q memo
rial sermon at his church.
There was q sad scene at Cente-
nary Methodist Church yesterday
when the Christian Endeavor SO.
ciety there met to be disbanded by
Rev. DR.. r. N. Sledd. the pastor.
This ia the next to the oldest society
in Virginia and had in it's member.
ship thirty five pious young people.
The Methodist preachers of Rich
mond some time ago decided to gu
force the church discipline, which
requires the organization of Ep-
worth Leagues for the young PEG.
pie. Thursday night the Endeavors
of Centenary met and DIR. Sledd an
nounced his purpose to disbsnd the
organization and form a League.
Strong young men pleaded with the
pastor aud young women wept. but
DR.. Sledd would not yield. Sstur-
day DR.. Sledd issued q formal order
for the Society to disband and u
meeting was held and the order was
given effect yesterday. Many tears
were shed at this gathering. Some
of the Endeavors may go into the
Epworth League, but the ma jority
will not. The Society ut st. James
Church was converted into the Ep.
worth League yesterday without the
feeling manifested at Centenary.
MIR. John ID. Murrell, OF the Gen.
tenary society, is q member of the
State Executive Committee of the
Endeavors and will continue in that
position and remain in touch with
this great movement.
Six officers of the First Regiment
have now resigned. They are Gap
tains @. Gray Bossieux aud George
Wayne Anderson; Lieutenants,
Mills. Paynter, Jeter and Davis.
All of these belong to the faction
that is fighting Dol. Jones. 1t is
pretty well understood that Col.
Jones and those in sympathy with
him will not voluntarily retire and
1t begins to look as though the Gov
ernor would have to dlsband the
organization and order q reorCani
cation before harmony can be re.
stored. Capt. Bossieux has long
been in the servics and his is the
crack company of the regiment. His
men begged him not to resign, but
ne thought it his duty to do 90.
There Is much feeling manifested
by some In this matter.
An IL monts old baby had an
almost miraculous escape from death
here yesterday. The child's name
is Marie Theresa Scaudder. daugL.
Ter OF a former opera singer. Her
nurse had her on the bridge over
the canal at Ninth street, and the
child fell through O crevice Into the
water. The canal lie covered owe:
for some distance, and it was i'm
possible to quickly rescue the child.
The little one was In the water fully
i've minutes and doated fully seven.
fy-tive yards before she could be
reached. 1t required some time to
restore her to consciousness. The
nurse went almost into spasms and
beat her head against the curbstone
until blood flowed freely.
The Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad has given the Richmond
Locomotive Works an order for en-.
gines.
Robert B. Mantell, who cloged an
engagement at the Academy Satur-
Gay night, left for Brooklyn yoster.
day for the purpose of surrendering
himself to the police and going to
jail Tor contempt OF court. The
actors wife recently obtained a sep
sration from him with Judgment for
sllmon y amounting to SlOU f. week
Gov. Oterrali, II an interview.
disposes of the Pilots reply to the
card issued by himself and the At.
torney.General by showing that in
she cases cited by the Pilot the cor.
dltlons OF the contracts we're differ.
ent from those in Virginia.
Inc house, IN Ashland, of Mr..
John ENG. of this city, was damaged
terday. "''
Mrs. Mary Parrish, mother Of MIR
~ NJ. Parrish and the late William
ID. Parrish, died Saturday in Nelson
county, aged SO years.
Judge Wiekham, in the County
Court to-day, fixed the date for the
ttiai Of Frank Lockwood Smith, the
goa orick swindler, for March 18Th.