The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-12
ALL ABOUT A RUNAWAY.
TWO TEAMS cor 8TINED UP IND a
UNIoUESUIT Is FILED.
Police Arrest Disorderly Negro--n Quar-
terly Conference Monday Night--Two
Mammoth Locomotives.
MANCuEslIi BUREAU RIcmloND TINES,
liig Hull STREET BEArIlE BLOCK.

Squire W. ID. Lithgow Will try rather
peculiar suit Tuesday morning.
on Friday a team owned and driven by
MI George W. Trent. OF Chesterfield
county ran into the horse and wagon o.
Mr. NJ Stein, the butcher. This caused
the butchers horse 20 run away. and be-
fore he was stopped he ran into a tele-
graph post and demolished the wagon,
but before he struck the post he ran into
the teams Of two POwhatan county farm
ers and caused their horses 20 run. Mr..
Childrcss. one of the farmers, was badly
hurt.
Now Mr.. Stein enters suit against Mr..
Trent Tor the amount Of damages he in
CURED caused by the team running into
his horse.
WITH TIE POLICE.
Tom Williams. a negro. whom the po-
lice having been looking for, was arrested
yesterday and locked up In the station
house. A warrant was issued against him
about three weeks ago. but up 10 the
present time he has successfully eluded
the officers of the law.
Williams Is charged with being the ring
leader OF a party of negro r0ughs who
raised a disturbance about the city jail
several weeks ago.
Some members Of the crowd were ar
rested and when tried by Mayor Maurice
sent them 10 Jail. lie will be tried in the
Mayors Court Monday morning.
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE.
Rev. Or. A. c. Brown. presiding elder
for this district. viii MI the pulpit at
West-End Methodist church tonight az
7:4j O'Clock.
On Monday night there will he a quar-
teriy conference of Wcst-End and Asbury
churches. The same will De held al West
End church. Asbury church is an on
spring OF West-End church. and Rev.
W. r. Williams has the spiritual welfare
OF this church under his charge.
THE BIG ENGINES.
The two Messenger engines recently
purchased by the Southern railroad will
be put IN service at once. The engines
were built by the Richmond Locomotive
Works and are said 10 be the largest pas
senger engines in the world.
One OF them was taken 10 Alexandria
Friday and left I'm charge or MI. c. w.
Lee. master OF locomotives, and the other
left yesterday IN charge OF Mr.. W. II.
Owens. the Master Mechanic. These en-
gines will be used 10 draw the vestibule
train between Washington ana Salisbury.
y. G. The railroad men say that these
engines are working nicely and on a
level road they can draw fourteen pas
senger coaches eighty miles per hour with
all ease
FUNERAL OF KENNETH MRAE.
All that was mortal OF the late Ken
meth McRae was laid 10 resi- Yesterday
afternoon In shockoe Hi Cemetery. The
funeral took place from the Presbyterian
church. Rev. Charles y. Van Houten,
the pastor. conducted the ceremony, and
spoke In most feeling terms OF the death
OF the young man who was cut down
in the bloom OF his young manhood:
MORE SALARIES 40 BE CUT.
The reduction Of the salary OF the Juige
81 the Hastings Court beginning with
the first OF January 1893 created
some talk on the streets Yesterday. IL has
been rumored, and Il IS the impression
Of a number OF people who appear TO
know that when the Retrenchment Com
mit,ee gets 10 work after the hrst OF
next January that number OF omce'