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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
EPISCOPAL CONGRESS.
Annual Session Convcnes in This City
Next Week.

The Congress of the Protestant Ep!s-
copal Church in America will hold its
seventeenth annual session in this city
beginning next Tuesday. the 17th inst
and continuing until Friday.
The Congress will be one of the most
notable gatherings of learned and dis
t!nguished clergy and laity that has
ever taken place in this country. Emil
nent prelates and noted laIty from all
parts of the United States and also
from England will be present and parti-
cipate III the exercises
This is the first time the Congress has
ever been held outside the great cities.
At the request of Bishop a. NJ. Ran
dolph, of the Virginia Diocese, it was
decided to hold the session of 1896 in
Norfolk. The local committee has been
hard at work making elaborate prepara-
tions for the event. Van Wycks Acad-
cmy of Music. with n seating capacity
of 800. has been secured. and there two
sessions will be held each day during the
four days OF the Congress. 1t has al
ways been customary to hold only the
first service in n church, the debates all
taking place in public auditorium.
The Congress Is Il deliberative body,
entirely. No votes are taken on the SUBJ
Jects discussed and the Congress is
vested with no law making power. But
from the debates that have taken place
at previous sessions have sprung canons
which were passed by the next succeed
ing General convention.
In this respect it's sessions and the
debates a t them are of great Importance,
OFTEN rejecting themselves In the his
tory OF the church.
An elaborate and withal n most in
tcrestinS programme has been ARRANGED
for the coming session. 1t includes a
number of momentous subjects, pro
blems to the solution OF which the best
intellect of the church is now addressing
itself.
The first session will be held at old St
Paul Church. An address will be de-
livered and the Holy Communion
celebrated by Right Rev. II. Y. Satter-
lee, ID. D., Bishop of Washington.
At night at the Academy of Music
Bishop Randolph will deliver an address
of welcome.
The programme as arranged will then
be fulfilled at successive sessions.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
TEXAS ON THE BOTTOM
The Big BattleshIp Adds Another to Her
Long List Of Accidents.
She SANK AT BROOKLYN aAvY.YARD
1hc OF Her Seaeocks Gave Way,anu
she Went 10 the Bottom nj Ones.-
ho Starhonrd nnd Port Engine
compartments Full or water-A
Hoard OF Inquiry Called.

ment is notified that the battleskip Texas
Eo,t Is resting on the mud alonslde The Cob
both engine rooms and compart,n,ents mts
Hooded. One Of her seacocks gave way
bottbm bi1 bornng, N aa and the vessel settled on the
narrow escape ~
The following FROM Commodore Scard.
commahdant of the Brooklyn Navy-yard:
HOW SHE WENT DOWN.
,oo;io seciion OF Texas starboard main in
}SSeti0n }Sa on pipe was removed for repairs and
inside Of the main Injection valve, Just
a6ove aHo,t ahS floor plates; This morning.
the steam to the Injection valve passed.
broke under the pressure of water ont,
sue, anu the sea water filled starboard
through the closed water tight doors and
gradually filed the port engine compart-
men ment: q, snip not Hooded In other parts.
Inc snip settled down upon the soft bot
ioni. heading south and now les easily at
me-, nlsh oa water @ IN 20 feet OF water. port side,
and % feet starboard side. secured to Cob
dock just south OF Fermont's stern and
iisted about six degrees to starboard Two
tugs of Chapman Wrecklng. Company are
starboard engine room endeavoring 10
stop Nop leak Nhrketa In attendance; .Nlna's
Dock No. 2 is being prepared to receive
Texas Us soon as leak is stopped Further
uetaiis Will be wired as soon as obtain
able
(Signed) "SICARD"
AS the worlmen had left the valve all
right Saturday night. the accident early
this morning before work was resumed
indicates that the yoke gave way to the
pressure that had been upon IT for about
thirty-six hours The reference to the
naval tugs Narketa and Nina Is taken as
explaining why outside tugs were called
upon in the emergency
A COURT OF INQUIRY.
In another telegram Commodore Sicnrd
asked that n court of inquiry into the ac-
cident be ordered. This was done by Hec--
retary Herbert, who made the following
detail for the court: Commodore J. NJ
Miller, now commandant of the Boston
yard Chief Engineer w. w. DUNCAN, the
senior officer Of his corps. now Inspector
of machinery ut Cramps, and Naval Con-
struetor j; +. Hanscom, with Lieutenant
B. Il. Walling as judge advocate. The
court will meet at the navy-yard, New
York, at y. M. Wednesday.
New York, Nov 9.-Later-The battle-
ship Texas was floated this evening.
She will be docked tomorrow.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
DEATH OF CAPT. II. s. PEGRAM.
a Gallant Confederate officer nnd Dis.
tinguished LAWYER

Petersburg, Va, Nov. 9.-(SpeciaD-
{. w. Washington, n ncsso. was be-
lore the Mayor this morning to answer
the charge Of attempting to set fire to
the Kitchen of Mr.. a. S. Traylor last
night. The case was continued TO to-
morrow morning. Bail was refused
Mason Intel. negro. who made his
escape from the Central State Hospital,
has been arrested.
Capt r. S. Pegram. who died in
lNchmond yesterday. was for some
years before and after the war Attorney
for the Commonwealth of Petersburg.
On the breaking out of the war the de-
ceased went into the army as a mem
ber of the Petersburg Riflemen He
and the late Col. James r. Branch. in
the spring of 1862. raised n company of
light artillery. of which Capt Pecram
afterwards became captain. The COM
pany occupied the redoubt on Grinith's
farm. in Prince George county. which
was blown up on the 30th OF July 1861
At the time OF the blow up Capt. Pcg-
ram was absent, temporarily in Peters
ourg on business as an officer OF court
martial. While he was in the field Can't
Pcgram's duties as Attorney for the
Commonwealth were discharged by the
late judge Peter +. Battle. About the
year 1879 Capt. Pegram was made re-
ceiVer of the Petersburg and Weldon
railroad. Capt. Pegram's remains will
arrive here tomorrow afternoon at $50
oclocl, for interment
Joseph p. Minatree, OF Richmond, a
son of Coln Jos. p. Minatree. was very
seriously injured here on Saturday af-
ternoon in n game of football
The delegates from the Petersburg
District To the Virginia Annual Confer
ence. which convenes in Lynchburg on
next Wednesday. will leave here to-
morrow morning. They are Richard r.
Davis. OF Petersburg; w. II. Wheany, of
fitriclI, Chesterfield county; Richard
Hartley. of Stony Creek. Sussex county,
and j. l.. Wedlock. of Dinwiddie coun-
ty. Bishop W. w Duncan, who is to
preside at the conference. arrived here
this morning from Norfolk. and is the
guest Of DR.. IL. G.. Leigh, Sr.
Mr.. Thomas Ransom. son OF Hon.
Matt Ransom, United States Minister
to Mexico. WAS taken suddenly III yes
'.erday q his home near Weldon, y. c..
with pneumonia. His condition tonight
.s VeIy critical.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
Not Dendbut AIn,ost.

Information was received at the sta
ton house last nigh, Ia The effect that
a coldred woman named Eliza Butt Yas
lying dead at No. Il Cleveland street.
Ofiicer Arlington was dispa: ched to the
scene. and returned with .he report tha I
the woman was not dead. but had appa-
ren;.y been terribly beaten. She was
unconscious, and the right side of her
face was badly swollen. She WAS resus-
c!tatcd. and in reply to questions as 30
how she came to be in her dilapidated
condition. said she had run against a
poat. The impression is that she is
afraid 10 tell the name of her as:ailant.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
PARDON
Granted A. u. II. Strikers by tho
President.

Washington, Nov. 9.-The President
has pardoned w. H. Clune, Isaac Ross
and Phillip Stanwood. OF California,
sentenced December 9Th, 1894, to pay q
fine of one dollar and to be confined
i'm Los Angeles county jail eighteen
months for conspiracy in violation OF
Section 5440. Revised Statutes, the Of
fense being committed in the railroad
riots at that time general throughout
the country.
These cases were appealed to the
United States Supreme Court and SEN
tencc was suspended until the Court
affirmed the sentence of the lower court
last spring.
The President wrote the following en-
dorsement on the application: These
convicts have suffered more than nine
months Imprisonment under their SEN
tence. / am bound 10 assume that they
were guilty of an offence most danger
GUS in it's character and in the COM
mission OF which they aided and en-
couraged an unlawful defiance of au-
thority which threatened the most dis
tresing consequences. / am convinced
however. that these men are not crimi-
nails, but laDoring men swept into a vio-
iation OF the law by first yielding to
the couEses of disorder Others be-
sides themselves are suffering humilIa-
tion ana deprivation on account of their
wrong doing; and / am led to believe
that the purposes of punishment so
far as the effect on the prisoners is
concerned, have been fully accomplish
cd. ] am also convinced that the i'm
prisonment already suffered by these
prisoners will he ample warning to the
thousands equally guilty, though un-
punished. and to those who may be
hereafter tempted, that the laws en-
acted to secure peace and order must
he obeyed
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
SHOOTING Ar LAMnEnr.s POINT
Two Men Engage In an ARRAY Which
Nearly Terminates Fatally.

Sunday night about o'clock Charles
c. Bright ana William Wilson. white,
became involved in row at Lambert S
Point. During the alteration Bright
fred on Wilson and wounded him near
the heart.
The injured man was carried to the
hospital and Bright was carried before
Justice Loper and bailed for his appear
auce in the sum OF S2OJ. The affair was
said To have heen the outcome of n
game OF cards in n saloon, and on this
information Constable McKowan
searched the cooltshop where the affray
occurred, but found no evidence that
Ii is q saloon.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
ACTIVITY
I'm Southern Business ~ Noticeable Mt
Many POiuts.

Savanna. Ga. Nov.-There has been
lively activity in business circles since
the election. Merchants report large
ly Increased trade. and enterprises
which have been practically dormant
awaiting the result of the financial
question, are active.
Macon, Ga, Nov.-The merchants are
especially jubilant and are looking for
Il fine trade during the balance of the
winter months. Indications point to
the fact that real estate investments
will be very large next spring. This Is
especially true of suburban property
and those who own tracts suitable for
residence sites wiz plat them at once
and put them on the market for spring
sale.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
32J,OOO Worth OF Dress Goods and Ncs
tiuus Must re Sold is, sixty Dnya

The entire stock must be sold in sixty
days, regardless Of cost Think of all
wool Suiting, worth 25c, now 10c La
dies Cloth worth soc. now 25c Ladies'
Cloth. worth 81, now 69c. Fancy Dress
Goods. worth soc. now 25c. Novelty
Dress Goods. worth, S1.50. now SSc. Sinks.
worth 75c, now 44c. Silks. worth $1.5O,
now SSc. job lot of Capes for Ladies
from soc up. worth Si.50 to $500. Jackets
from 50c up. Eiderdown Sacque, worth
81 %, now Gee. Sacque worth $15O, now
S1.00. Sacque worth $500 now Sf.l5.
Two Thousand yards OF Pride of the Mill
Cottons worth j2&c viii go while IL
lasts at 6s4c. Outing worth Sc, now 4Isc.
outing worth 10c now Sc. Remnants
OF Pcrcale worth 10c, go while they last
at 4&c.
Remember, all goods must be sold in
sixty days by the Trustee of r. A.
Saunders.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
RFoLK vIRGINIAN TUESDAY. NovMEBER TO- 1896

scription. He pictured the risk Of an
European war, and then said that the
six great Powers must act in concert.
Any one of these Powers was able to
veto the others. He denied that the
Powers were acting on selfish principles.
They had firm ground for difference of
opinion. The motives influencing the
British Government must influence all
conscientious rulers. Her Majesty's
Government. he added, had been urged
by the Right Hon. John Morley and
others to abandon It's policy OF the past
and renounce certain lands, in which
case the foreign Powers would accept
Great Britain's policy. He did not be-
lieve in anything Of the sort. At all
events he did not see any cause to aban-
don the policy hitherto pursued or TO
relinquish an acre of ground now oc-
cupied by the British. (Cheers) Con-
tinuing, Lord Salisbury declared that
the concert of Europe seemed 10 be IN n
more favorable condition to eXterpa;a .
the terrible disease in the Eas: ;han
ever before. He eulogized the speech
made on Tuesday last by NJ. Harotaux,
the French Foreign Minister, in the
Chamber of Deputies. He did not. he
said, expect that France would try to
battle tlSe action of the European con-
cert while. he added, the Triple Alliance
had always been in sympathy with the
British doctrines regarding the Eastern
question.
RUSSIAN ANTAGONIST.
Lord Salisbury repudlated the idea
that there was necessarily permanent
antasonism between Great Britain and
| Russia. (Cheers) Such an idea was n
superstition of antiquated diplomacy.
FIe he'd. he said, good ground for believ-
ins that Russia had the same views. He
did not desire to imply that there was
any power with which Great Britain
would specially act. He only protested
| against the idea that any power was
specially Great Britain's opponent.
He would not say there would be diff
Guilty in concurring in any scheme to ex-
ercise force If the other Powers agreed.
but he did not know whether the use of
force was meditated against Turkey.
lie referred to the latest promises of re-
| form made by the Sultan. and said that
| The future alone could determine how
far even such humble promises as these
would be realized. He hoped the Powers
would be able to convince Turkey that
I she was drifting in the current towards
an ahss. and that they would succeed
| IN diverting her before she arrived at
the edge.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
Bonrd of1.ndy nanarers.

The subscribers TO the Boys Home
met yesterday a; that institution and
elected the following Board OF Lady
Managers: Mesdames Sans Hailed.
jenkins. lIulaad. De Cordy, White,
Lander. Gurgre:, Lyman. Mack, Cecil,
Sha:p, Lamb, Greenwood, Bruce.
Hughes. Stephen, Edwards Rettew,
Bufwell Page, Tenney, Burruss. Fos-
ter. Z2na. Nash, Balsom. Ruffin, Misses
Ronndtree and Bland. y meeting will
be held on the first Thursday in Decem-
Der to elect officers for the Home
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
For False .'retcnsc,.

Henry Jones, colored who was for
merly employed by Amos p. Jordan
about two weeks ago, after being dis
charged by Mr.. Jordan, went to busch s
stall in the market and obtained a
quantity of beef, representing that il
was for Mr.. Jordan. He also obtained
a quantity of fish from Charles Walker.
The police have been looking for him
ever since. and last night he was arrest
ed by Detectives Arlington. Snowden
and Ruddick
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
Scrap in Talbot Street.

Charles Jacox and Jim Barber were
arrested last night by Detective AIRING
ton to prevent breach Of the peace.
The trouble occurred at Jim Barhcr's
saloon, on Talbot street. about mid
night Both parties were reprimanded
and discharged. Two minutes later ia
cox returned his face bleeding from n
cut. which he said had been inflicted by
Edward Wright
Both Jacox and his assailant wore
locked up
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
CIni,ue,,IIc MES ,,ohhod

y c1lo.ld man NAMED \. s. johnson
ciEcd tho Po,icc Sta%on lasi night,
and clnimcd th7! he hsd Been robbed by
another colo ca man. ono Monroe Scull.
of a t"n-d1!!ar bin. and that the thief
had alsp assaulted him. \ warrant was
a once issued for the alleged thief, who
was prt vrtly arrested aId brought 10
the STAT n-housc, where he strenuous
ly denied b!th charges. The Police Court
viii Investigate the affair this morning.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
a Fireman Hurt.

a small blaze in the rear OF John r
Howard's storehouse, at the corner of
Bank street and City Hall avenue.
caused an alarm of fire at ] 40 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The loss was
nominal.
on the way to the fire. w. H. knight.
OF Engine Company No. l. was thrown
from a hose carriage and his head was
badly cut
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
FIRES WEI'1'.
The Town orSpcncer, w. va.. Nearly
Destroyed the Second Timc

Ravenswood w. Va, Nov. 9.-The
entire business portion of the town OF
Spencer wds wiped out by fire at 1880
last night, including the bank, two ho-
tells and thirty-nine business places.
Only two stores are left in the town
The fire originated I'm the Simmons
block opposite the courthouse. This
same territory was burned out in 1888.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
Mrs. waiter whitc,,mrst.Dend

Mrs. Mamie +. Whitchurst. wife of
Mir. Walter Whitehurst. died suddenly
Sunday morning at their home at Bay
side. aged 20 years. The funeral took
place to-day at Haygood Memorial
Methodist Church, Princess Anne
county. The interment was in the fam
lily burial ground at Bayside.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
stole Scycn Tous orConI

Special officer Frank Barron, OF the
Norfolk & Western Railway. last night
arrested Robert Pagan and Robert An
!derson. colored. on the charge of steal
ing at odd times from coal cars of the
company seven tons of coal. The pris:
oners were lodged at the station house.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10

London, Nov. 9.-The Lord Mayor s
show. making the installation into Office
of the new Lord Mayor, MIR. George
Faudel Phillips, started from the Guild
Hall at IL O'Clock this forenoon. The
weather was bright and sunny, and the
crowds which lined the streets through
which the pageant passed were enor-
mons
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
IlItECitISE.sDGE
VIII NOT COntcst but He Dies


Lexington, Ky, Nov. ?-Col. Breck,n-
ridge WI! not make formal contest for
the Ashland District seat in Congress-
but hc Will offer a protest before the State
Returning Board against the vote of Owen
county being counted because OF viola ,
tons OF the election law.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
RELEASE
From Prison Has Rcen Promised Mrs.
castle.

London, Nov. 9.-The Southern Asso-
ciated Press is informed that Mrs. ELLA
castle, of san Francisco. sentenced n
few days ago To three months imn,is-
onment for shoplifting, will be released
tomorrow
she is at present IN the hospital of
Holloway Jail
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10

The shipments of fractional silver coin
from November ist to 18th aggregated
$22l ,030.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
Ueutuel.y,s Vote

Louisville, Ky., Nov. 9.-,rhe Times
places McKinley's plurality at b76 with
official returns from four counties miss
ing. RI
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10

s'Eewest Discovery"-Ext. teeth; no
r>in. N 7. D. Rooms Ennis. 162 Ma:s.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
THE TURKISH QUEsTION

Lord Salisbury then proceeded to the
Turkish question. the repeated the ar
gurnents. against Great Britain taking
Isolated action against the Porte. and
emphasized the fact that the military
occupation of Turkey would be neces.
Fery IL ouch action were taken. Great
ESissin, he declared. could not occupy
Sasc country unless ehe established con-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-10
THE DIVINE HEALER.

August Schrader, the Divine Healer,
who has been here day or so. left his
boarding house, No. OH East Mar. hall
street. and'went on an afternoon train
10 Lynchburg yesterday. All day sat
urday he was KEEP. busy blessing folks
and stamping his name on handkerchifs.
Yesterday hundreds OF persons called.
Some went because they had faith in The
man. and others went TO see the long
haired, bush-bearded healer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-07-23
A Cheap silo..

The Colorado state experiment sta
tion has tested very cheap method
Of silo construction, and Prof. w. w.
Cooke furnishes the following particu-
lars: Our soil here is almost perfectly
dry when not irrigated, so we were
able to dig eight feet into it without
fear of water ever troubling us. This
is the real secret of the clleapness Of
our silo. After digging the hole by
plow and scraper in side-hill eight
feet at rear and six feet in front and
twenty-five feet square, we laid a 2x8
sill, SO aus to make our silo twenty feet
square inside; 2x8 studding, two feet
apart and twelve feet high. with 2xSs
plate, formed the skeleton. and this
was lined inside with one thickness
Of one inch unplaned and unmatched
boards and one thickness of tar ma
per. The doors are on the lower side
and begin about four feet from the
top and extend to within three and
sone-half feet Of the bottom. "A passage
way is dug out at this depth in the
dirt outside. The silo has no roof
whatever. A layer of straw is put on
top Of the ensilage and then the dirt
from the sides shoveled onto the straw
to make a six-inch layer This is suffi-
Gent to keep out frost and absorb the
heaviest rains and snow that ever oc-
cur in this region When the ensilage
3 fed out in freezing weather LAYER
Of poles is put fat over the top and the
straw from the silo put on top of this.
We have thus fed ensilage without
freezing, with nothing but canvas
sver the door when the mercury was
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-07-23
italian SoddinT,

Mr.. J.. 81. Hale, in the Connecticut
Courant, tells how an Italian workman
laid sod for him. Hr. Hale had been
in the habit of cutting the sod quite
thick. SO as to save the roots. The
Italian, while preparing his foundation
soil very thoroughly, cut his sod about
foot square and very thin; then, be-
fore placing them scraped off as much
Of the earth as possible from the under
side, SO as really to lay only thin
skin Of grass. This, carefully placed
and well wet down, was then lightly
covered with loan, wet again and
thoroughly pounded; then another
layer Of loan, wet and pounded. The
result was one of the incest jobs Of the
kind Mr.. Hale had ever seen, and he
thinks this root-pruning Of the turf is
probably just what is needed to stimu.
late new feeding roots, while the loan
dressing protects the top until the roots
are well established. We know from
experience the value Of loan dressing
on turf, but cannot quite understand
the wetting and pounding Of the loan.
The result would seem to be plaster
that would exclude all light and air
and kill the grass.