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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

Action Against a Mining, MANUFACTURING
and Land Company

STANTON. VA, July N.-Speciai.-
Basic city sues the Basic City Minihs'
Manufacturing. and Land Company 70
recover and declare null and Md SzS,aeo
Of bonds OF BasA City. The bcads % ",sc.
issued in pas ment OF wafer T9l - s,roi,nd
Of - the suit is that the members OF inc
Mining and NIanufaeturTs Company 2po,Nc, T' Of
also members Of the Town No cum, So "a
Paste civ. The plaintiffs rely upon So
Ion SO OF the Code OF Virginia, ~
d. $. Hcnkel aad W. h. Craig are ''le
attorneys FOR Basic city. -. ,oo,os
The stanton Fire Department leaEes
ia tho norniue 10 take part IN the cele-
bration OF the State Fire Organization at
HarrisC1Durg. .,.,.. ~ Pan
Four -thirty-twO coaches-oi bdP-
lists nasscd here to-day for the sreI
meeting tn Baltimore $780,, -,.,. o,,a
chief McGhee. OF Bedford Guy am AM
Chief Reid. OF Danyille, were uel-5 -
with the exhibit of the Stanton tite
Department last night
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

4 Man and Two Horses strnck-A BOY in
The Nngnn | niniured.

QUINCY. FLA. July U.-Io-day, az
le.,D y. ST.. while Mick Davis, colored
driver from Brack y. CoN's livery stable,
was driving a tw0-horse wagon load o.
rca vines from the Cox place, one mile
south of the city. he and 10th horses
were killed by lightning; 4 negro boy,
sitting a few feet beh'7d Mick, escaped
rnharmed. lie says they were driving
at an ordinary pace through the open
Geid when The flash care from an -
most cloudless SKY. and al fell instantly
earh horse IL his pace + side The tongue,
ena Mick backward into the boys arms
Neither horses nor man showed any
rigus of what dealt the death-olow, bit
-rhe WAGON and harness bad not even a
c--fft "a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

\ Detailed Statement ~ to the Wounding
of IriAAie Hold.

BrigadicT-General A. L. Phillips has
caused q thorough Investigation TO be
made in regard 10 the Wounding Of Phi
waite IA. B. Field, OF Company o. Third
Regiment, while doing guard duty at
pOcahortaS In speaking on the subject
yesterday General Phillips said he nad
been aCtu8ted from 4 sense of justice
and that his sole desire was 10 eXOnerate
the party charged, or punish him II gull
IT,
The following affidavit. of Corporal r.
A. Field explains The matter.
Headquarters Petersburg Gfays,
G. Company Third Reg, Va. Vols,
Petersburg, Va. july d, 80.
This is 10 certify that ]. the under
signed. was corporal Of the guard AT
might Of Nav I'D 1880 At \. VI. the
guard WAS relieved and Private VI. b.
Field Was stationed at Post one that
post guards tine road leading from the
town TO the cemetery. Being posted ti
about 2lo 4. 3d., in about ton minutes
after posting him ! heard a shot hrgd'
as we supposed. from that sentry. lnc
guard was turned out by Lieutenant
Mayo. Who was I'm command OF me
outpost We fastened a. double time 10
the post mot more than $50 YARDS ana
found Private Field the sentry. lying
ON his back. and We Thought dead. As
the guard was being turned out d second
shot was fired hy Field.
His gun was found Oh the ground near
him. where it had apparently fallen when
hc was tucken down, with an empty
shell In the breech. Field afterwards
said be- only fred once. The second shot
was caused I think by ne rifle striking
HE ground when fiu cooked. The night
WIS very dark. and rain falling heavily.
Field could not have gone from his post
TWO hundred Yards and received such. "h
injury as be- did and been brought back
during the time that elapsed DeiNeen ms
N.l.I
as he would have been compelled 10 pass
within fifty yards Of the quarters or tle
relief guard of The Cemetery nm post
-, Sergeant
T. A. Field. Corporal
Company Third Reg, Va. Vol
Subscribed and sworn TO before me TINS
LIST day OF July. 1895.
W. 4. BOND, Notary Pubic.
Fraslrfs and intorlncauons were lhauc
before The above writing was signed.
VA A T.DND Notary Pubic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

terdav with the trial Of civil cases only.
To-day the case Of The Commonwealth
acalnst G.. y. Terry, the lnmber-dealer
of King William county, viii be called
ana more than likely The trial Will come
of without any further postponement'
The accused Is charged with the passing
OF forged court orders.
Burnley Taylor. the commissioner Of
:he revenue Of that county. who recent
ly pleaded guilty TO the Issuing OF such
forged court orders. is still in jail. lie
has not yet been sentenced. inasmuch as
he is to be a witness in the Terry case
The friends Of Burnley Taylor are cir
culating petition for signatures request
ing the Governor 70 pardon their IIltHl.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

LOUISVILLE, KY. July N.-At a
meeting here yesterday OF the leading
aistillers Of Kentucky. il was decided 10
make no whisky in the State during the
season beginning July /, lSs0. and end
ing July !. lsg0. on the condition that
% per cent. Of the distillers in the State
so elect Seventy-fiye per cent. OF the
distillers have signified their Willingness
10 shut down. and those at the head OF
the movement have no doubt that the
remaining l. per cent necessary will
readily fail into line. AT the meeting II
was shown that the stock OF whisky at
present OF hand throughout Kentucky Is
100000 gallons. while the demand is very
LIGHT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Their Long Trim on Wheels.

The following communication by Rev.
". A. Christian. OF this city, dated July
18th, was received at The Times One
from West Point yesterday: we feach-
ed here to-day. The roads were very
muddy We leave here for Williams
burg. Yorktown. old Point. and Norfolk,
10 morrow. Tire recreation was delight
full"
Mr.. Christian or his companion left
The Times Office on their bicycles Tues
day morning ut 9o5 o'clock. They will
make the round trip on theic Wheels.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. July IT.--Spe-
ciai-The steamer Acme. which left here
last night, ran into the schooner Char
lotte r. Sibley in Hampton Roads. dam
aging the latter 10 the extent of 500
-rhe contested-election case of Crafferd
Gordon and others VS.. VI. q. Jones came
10 In the County Court here to-day.
Judge Atkinson presiding in the absence
OF Judge Peek, who is at Chase City for
his health. The case will perhaps De
finished tomorrow.
The three w0rkmen shocked by hSht-
ming at the shp-yard yesterday are 40
ing we'll and will be out in a few days.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Judre Hammani iarries.

MEMPHIS. TENN, July r.-Ju1ge r..
:. Hammand, OF the District Court for
he Western district of Tennessee, was
married In ST. Mary's Cathedral 10 MIS-,
ontored the church. escorted by General
WalthaU. of Mississippi. an Intimate
friend. who gave her away
The groom met her at the chancel at
tended BY his hest man. United STATES
Jn5Se Clark of Chattanooga. The cere-
nonv was performed by the Right Rev.
Tfcmas Gaylor. assistant bishop OF the
Diocese Of Tennessee.
The bride has. during several years OF
widowhood. been the leading teacher OF
elocution and physical culture In the
city. Judge Hammand has been ON the
bench twenty years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Tore Down the Flag.

BOSTON. MASS. July T-TAcre was
considerable excitement in the vicinity
If Berkley street and Columbus avenue
early this morning when Waterman
discovered several young men tearihs
down the American flag from the People S
Temple. The Waterman discharged shot
IRON. his revolver TO attract the attention
OF a policeman. Several office g respond
"a. and the men took to tLclr heels, iol-
lowed by the policemen Dl ring the chase
several more pistols yer earcd 10 bring
the men 10 a stop, and finally TWO o..
them surrendered. At the station they
y,cre booked as Joseph and Theodore
DCcttt, brothers, aged. respectively, tWen-
" and twenty-five years. -Four American
daes. 9x6 feef. were found IN their pos
session, and are supposed 10 have been
stolen. The Young men claim TO have
been born i'm the Brisush provinces.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

he Is implicated in the robbery OF the
Richmond Tobacco Company.
John Carnegie paid costs on the charge
OF beating his Vile A..
Emma payne (colorcdl was hned $50
for using profanc language and destroy
ing city property. 49,, .o,.,.,..
Joseph Harthcn. assauung ana beating
Henry Wood Find s. y.
g. il MAYER was 0ncd $40 for beating
and tortnring horse belonging TO Lee
Ienkins. lie was prosecuted by the ;. +.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

The Richmond College library has just
received from Rev. Ed G.. Baptist. Of
Spotsyivania county. the somewhat bro
ken. yet legible. diploma granted Ed
v,ar1,sm Eaptist" by Hampden-Sidney
College September 10. 1913 IL is signed
Inv Moses Hoge, president, and Curators
Venable. Lyle. Morton, Watkins. and
others. Perhaps the younger generation
win he glad 10 know that this is the
elder Edward Baptist who taught the
scnool in pOwhatan county. out Of
which the Virginia Bantist Seminary and
afferMard Richmond college grow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
A Sensational Statement.

BRUSSELS. July ia scene OF great
excitement occurred in the Chamber OF
Deputies to-day when NJ. Demblon. So
cialist. in the course OF a speech. declared
that although the Belgian royal family
had come TO Belgium as poor as rats
they had become enormously rich from
the sweat of the poor OF the country.
A prolonged uproar ensucd. and the prest-
dent ordered NJ. Demblon TO withdraw his
remarks. but the deputy refused to re-
r..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

NORFOLK, VA. July H.-Specl al-The
Durham Light Infantry. OF Durham; \.
C.. arrived to-day at ocean View, where
they viii encamp for ten days. Inc
officers Of the company are CAPTAIN );
TX. Sneed. Lieutenant :. y. Wooaall and
W. H. Riddick. Sergeants w. G. Lyon,
W. :. B0lyn. A. Compeck 20. W. W
Thompson. and r b. Bassett. The hor-
nests Nest Rlnemen. Of Charlotte, \. -,
as previously announced. will leave that
CITY rext Sunday evening for ocean View,
where they viii go into camp for one
tyftx
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
SING CHONG THE JICT0R.
lie Ignominiously Nanquishes HIS 'o'-
orcd EmpioSe.

Sing Chong. the successor to Hop Sing
who runs a laundry on Main street near
Third, recently had a difficulty with "a
colorcd boy named Joe, whom he en-
ployed. $1,000. g.,
Tuesday morning a customer came IN,
and Joe. instead of being i'm the shop a.
tending to business, was loaiing III the
street.
The customer had 10 call the China
man ont of the back room 10 take ms
bundle of clothes. Sing Chong repflmand-
ed Joe when Joe came IN, ana Joe sMpio
an him whcreunon the boss struck doe.
Now joe wasn't paid 10 take cuns from
the Chinaman. so he laid hold on a
club and gave his dssailant knock on
the head. Then Sing got a hatchet dlt'
mi a nick IN the ncgrO's hand ana whach-
I'd MIN upon the pate. Joe left, ana mas
not been back for his wages.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

The Tredegar VIII Voluntarily hais'
Wages Ten Per Cent.

As another evidence Of increasing pros
perity in business circles. and especially
i'm the Communicating business, the Of
0cers of the Tredcgar Iron Company have
decided To voluntarily increase the wages
of their employees in the baf-miH, steam
forge. and spike-miH departments.
the increased wages will 80 into effect
on July 22d. and will affect some l,5j
workmen.
This will be gratifying news TO the
wcrkmen. and particularly from the fact
that the raise will be entirely voluntary
on the Dart of the company.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

W. =. Clarke j. Charged with Cutting }. =.
HairGeId with - Knife.


The case OF W s. Clarke, who is
charged with cutting j J.. Fairfield with
knife. was called Tor ;r!al ia the Police
Court yesterday morning.
The physician VINO was called ln on
Saturday. july 9th 20 give medical at
tendance 90 AIR Ha4fIeld when placed
ou The stand stated that De Was SUM
monol . Mr. Hairncld's home, ana ou
arriving there found MI. HARMED Wltl
wound ln his side and in weak con-
difln The cut was on tne icit side De
tween the sevc1ta and e.snil rDs, and
about one inch 10 one and hdi long,
but not very deep. ON being asked by
counsel for the defence II il was dam
Etruus cut. rerIcl tlat IT the knife hau
gone AN eighth or an inch deeper 81
would have penetrated me lung, ana
would have caused serious trouble, but
es n asa not he ala not think II was
dangerous.
The trorbio arose over the sum Of
I'VE dollars, which MT. Clarke. VINO keeps
% hardware store on west Broad street
endcaNorel To- collect on bin owed nm
BY Mr. lialIneld. He called at tie lai-
dfNcuity. which resulted in the cutt-1s.
tHc details of tre trouble were 80 dciai
explained in court hy the several Wii-
nesses and tae accused was finally sent
go TO the grand jury.
NtrDi sGAiN ooos FREE.
Tho one saloon man who was reported
TOT Keeping bis b0r-rocm open ON last
sunday was before Justice CrutchAeld
ye icrday morning.
ohcor Shields testified that he could
hear men either in the cigar or bar
room and the rattle OF glasses Narui
SAID his family were eating in the room
above az the time. and that was whore
~" found came from. Justice Cfutch-
hf4 could MOI ser evidence s"iilcicnt 10
convict The nian. and the case was dis
missed
Lucy Coleman was fined $50 for biting
Cn.ty Ann James.
James Wooifork was sent TO tail for
thirty days ~ default OF 500 security as
SUSPICIOUS character IL ~ thought that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

Round-trip tickets to Ocean View.
Norfolk or Newport News Saturday
night. July %. 1895. on the new and
handsome steamer Pocahontas. Tickets
also good 20 return from Norfolk ana
Newport News the following Tues
day. Steamer will leave Richmond at 10
o'clock: arriving at Norfolk at
o'clock: returning. leave Norfolk Sunday
at I Z. NJ, arriving in Richmond sun
day night in time for electric cars. No
dust. cool breeZes
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

>Nchmond: Fanni. and W. HAMPTON
e uius 20 Charles H. Smith. IS IL feet on
state Steet, southeast corner Of Fulton,
Margaret 4. and ID. J. Quinn 10 George
T. 'utfie. Is HIP feet on west side Of
second street. near Duvai $500.
Alice N. Roddy TO susan r. Pitcher. 81
ieei on south side Of Main street. be-
wv .n Cherry and Linden, 5000.
Juhuo Straus and others. trustees, 70
Odd-FellOws' trustees. % feet on east side
OF Inirt street, between jackson and
Duyal. s60e5.
Henrico: r. G. Brlstow and wife TO W.
H. Diilard. 30 feet on Twenty-third street,
northeast oofasr af Y. LOO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
NORTH STATE QUIZ DRfrERs.
Annual Session of the Press Association
Opens at Greensboro.

GREENSBORO. y. c.. July Especial
The North Carolina Press Association
met in annual session in Odd-Felio"s
Han here to-day About 100 members ar, are
uias delivered by Mayor Jonn !. Nelson,
and was responded to by h. \. London.
OF the Pittsboro Record. only routine
business was disposed of in to-day 5 ses-
This afternoon the entire party was
,iven drive over the city, ana 70 tne
t;uilfOrd battle-ground. lc-NiSn ~. NJ , ',
party was entertained at the BenOo"
House by the citizens OF Greensboro
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

Round trip to Ocean View, Norfolk or
Newport News. next Saturday night
July Goth. on the new and handsome
steamer Pocahontas. Tickets also good
10 return from Norfolk and Newport
News the following Tuesday. steamer
will leave Richmond at 10 o'clock; arrive
at Norfolk \. NJ: returning. VIII leave
Norfolk at =. NJ. Sunday, arriving at
Richmond in time for the electric cars
No dust. cool breezeS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

weeks vacation which he spent at his
home In Charlotte county. Mr.. overly
states that during the past week the
Democratic county convention was held
In Charlotte, and Mr.. Henry c. Rice
was nominated to represent that county
in the House OF Delegates during the
next two years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

a time certificate OF deposit In a bank.
except the State Building and Loan COM
pany guarantees 5 per cent, ana the
bank pays 4.
Ne also recommend 70 investors our
$3.50 full paid s per cent stock which
shares in the profits Of the company III
excess OF the per cent. ONCE. iiQS east
Main street.
THOMAS Il. stage President;
w. MINOR WOODWARD N.-Prest.
". J. WHlTEHURST.
Executive Committee
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Accidentally Shot.

LEEseURG. VA, July H.-Speciai.-
Marshall Rust q nleeH~year-0ld son or
the late Colonel \. 4. II. Rust. was dan
gcrously wounded by a gun-shOt wound
near here to-day. Ne was out gunning.
and while getting over a fence. tie gun
was accidentally discharged, the entire
charge entering his groin and iniSn, Dr.
Wcsf was hastily summoned. He thinks
the young man viii recover
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Mas Well Known Here.

Rev. DR.. Arthur Brooks. who died or
board the steamship Fulda, on her pas
sage from Southampton 20 New YORK.
Richmond. tie and Or. Carmichael had
exchanged pulpits Not many months ago
he delivered an address before the Nir-
gInia Bible Society. which was considered
one Of the finest expOsitions OF the biDle
over heard here.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Reunion in Cmlneper.

CI-LPEPER. VA. July N.-SpeciaL-
The following notice has been issued
The annual reunion of Company d
Little Fork Rangers. Fourth Regiment.
virginia Cavalry, will take place at Oak
shade. Culpeper county, Virginia, on the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

An alarm OF fire was turned IN at 5.i3
o'clock Yesterday afternoon from box ~,
caused by blaze IN the kitchen OF house
No. 2Sl3 east Grace street, owned ana oc-
cupied by Mrs. VI. 7. Prosser. Inc hte
ofi~inated from an 0vcr-heate1 stove
pipe. and was soon eNiingulshed. the
Ilamage. which was about -. was covered
LN INSURANCE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Killed by Falling From a Tree.

HILLSVILLE. VA, July T.-Special.-
Mr.. Floyd Kemp, a worthy citizen OF
this county. fell from cherry tree last
Saturday evening. alghting on his head,
and so injuring the spinal cord that he
died in twenty minutes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

Among the visitors at the state Library
hnuJinr Yesterday were Sheriff |. *.
Briggs of Clarke county; Sheriff J. +.
Reard Of Amherst county; and Treasurer
Hugh Hamilton, Of Fauquier county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Green uille.

ROANOKE. VA. July T.-Special.-
James $ Green. OF this city. and Miss
Imogen Yuille. Of Lynchburg, were mar
ried here to-day at noon at the residence
of Mr. John OFT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
OMens-PYle.

Mr.. s. =. Owens. a well-known young
business man Of this city, and Miss NJ.
Augusta pyle were married al the Giace
street Baptist church last evening a. D
o'clock The ceremony was performed by
Itnr Or HnfnIaT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

WASHINGTON, y. c., July. lit -
said M Tho State Department that Nagas
and Russell, the two American citizens
arrested in Cuba agreed 70 leave the
island II released from arrest, and they
we're accordingly deported.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

Richmond TO Baltimore and return.
$40. via Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad, July 18th and nth,
account OF Baptist Young Peoples Union.
Tickets good to return until August 9Th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
4 Remarkable Old Nan.

UNIONTOWN PA. July i7.-John Muir
ray. aged one hundred and two years.
died at his mountain home, near Wymp's
Gap This county. Sunday. He was the
Oldest man IN the co luiy. and had a
very interesting history. He was born
I'm Maryland. but came TO this State at
the close of the war Of 1872 tt ma hei
with the American army across Licking
creek.
4 short time before his death he trans
ferrei his property TO John Durham
aud his sister-in-law. who had long taken
care OF him. He rode TO Bruceton, W.
Va. a few days before his death and
ordered his coffin. Murray never had any
children. but raised fourteen orphans, all
Of whom VIII attend his funeral.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

After the grip, diphtheria, pneumonia.
scarlet-fever. typh0id-feyer. etc, Hood y
imparting the strength and vigor so much
desired.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
Chapcery Courf.

William VI. Hamilton yesterday qualified
in the ChanceTy Court as administrators
of Robert Hamilton, deceased.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

Upon the application OF Attorney-Gen-
eral Jordan. the Bank Of N0rhorne Mo,
has been placed in the hands OF a receiv-
or. The Carroll County Bank. located at
Dewitt, Mo-. has also met the same fate
This makes three hanks which have col
lapsed In that county within one week
Every. other bank In the county Is to
frst-class cpnditinn-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18
To Represent Charlotte County.

Mr.. John Fl. overly, one OF the clerks
IN the Office OF the Auditor OF Public Ac-
counts, returned yesterday from his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-18

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable, harm
less. effective. do not pain or grippe.