Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-25
WILL HANG FRIDAY.
PRESIDENT HAS NOT COMMITTED
ANDERsEN's DEATH SENTENCE.
SHIPS IN HAMPTON ROADS
The GunbOat Wilmington Attracts
Much Attention-Improve In
the Channel of the HiTer-News in
Police Circles.

NORFOLK, VA. August A.-(special)
The gunboat Wilmington. now in Hamp-
ton Roads, has attracted no little at
tention, both on account of the fact that
she was built at Newport News and
because OF her part in the action in
which Bagley was killed. One of her OFF,
GERS said to-day that the use Of river
gunboats like the Helena, Wilmington,
and Nashville, for cruisers, as was done
off Cuba, is mistake, but that the lit
tie vessels gave remarkably good &C
counts of themselves, considering the
hard work to which they were subjected.
Many Of the converted yachts and auxil-
larry gunboats now in the Roads will be
taken 10 Norfolk for repairs.
AWAITING THE GALLONS.
| No intimation has been received from
| Washington as to whether President
Mckinley will commute the sentence of
( John Andersen, whose execution Is fixed
| for Friday. The gallows, which is being
erected in the Jail-yard, is nearly COM
pleted.
Andersen is visited daily by his spirit
ual adviser Rev. Joseph B. Merritt, of
the Methodist Church, who is the sea-
mems chaplain for this port. Rev. c. Q.
Wright, United States naval chaplain
saw the prisoner last evening. Rev. Mr..
Shenck, of the Lutheran church, and the
ladies of the Christian Association, held
religious services in the Jail to-day. Yes
terday afternoon, Mr.. George Z. Bowden,
Collector of the port, telegraphed a
strong appeal to the President, asking
that Andersen's sentence be committed.
The condemned man is still hopeful that
the Executive will save him. He bears
up wonderfully well under the terrible
strain.
THE CAPTIVE SALOON-KEEPER
A. o. Tucker the Phoebus saloon
keeper, who shot J. j. Corcoran, a sea-
man from the collier Cassius, last Sun
day. and who was brought to Norfolk
for safekeeping in the city jail, for fear
OF lynching at the hands of the troops
has been turned over TO a Hampton
officer by Sheriff Lawler.
Sam Hall, the negro who shot and kill
ed a soldier and wounded another in
Boodfeld, near Newport News, last
Thursday afternoon, and who was
brought here by the authorities of that
section to avoid a possible lynching, is
still In the Norfolk jail.
FOR THE CHANNEL
A second dredge will be put to work
tomorrow on the deepening of the Eliza
beth river. BY September 1st, there
will be seven of them at work on the
job. When completed, by June SOth next,
the channel will be $50 feet wide
and twenty-eight feet deep Under the |
contract channel $50 feet wide is to be
finished by November Both. Of this year. |
Mr.. Charles Campbell Jones. a popu-
lar young gentleman of this city. and a |
member of the firm of Ferebee, Jones & |
Co.. was married yesterday at IL o'clock |
NJ TO Miss Aida Jordan Wilson, of |
Smithfeld, Va.
The Republicans of Norfolk will, il Is |
said, hold ward meetings next Tuesday |
night to elect delegates 70 a city conven-
ton, which. in turn will elect delegates
TO the congressional convention.
Spinal meningitis is proving fatal to a
large number of horses and mules in
Norfolk and Nansemond counties. A
gentleman from the latter county said
this morning that fourteen animals be-
longing to his neighbors had died from
the disease in the past few days.