Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-08
THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS.
Interesting Educational NOTES.-The
Point Of Pines Affair.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, September T.
Especially 1.-THE new steamship FL Norte.
the second of the ships completed for the
Morgan Line by the Newport News Ship
building and Dry-Dock Company. left the
ship-yard this morning on her builders
trial trip. She returned this evening
after making a most successful run.
II Norte will probably leave on her
maiden trip to New York Saturday morn
ing.
SCHOOL NEWS.
The Board OF School Trustees met to-
night and assigned the teachers TO the
schools for the session OF lSS9-lsoO Most
of the teachers have arrived in the city.
All OF them will report 10 the principals
Saturday morning and on Monday morn
ing the schools will open for the session.
All three Of the buildings are new, and
the High and Eastfcnd schools will be
opened for the first time 1t is expected
that the school population this year will
be considerably larger than last.
The steamship Massapequa, which left
Newport News August Dist for Rotter-
dam with cargo. has reached her desti-
nation with the crew OF the bark c. Il.
McGlvery. which was wrecked off Cape
Henry. The Massapequa was blown out
wrecked sailors, who were given up here
as lost.
General Superintendent c. T.. Doyle. OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. arrived
in the city this morning to inspect the
improvements being made TO the termi-
nails. He returned to Richmond this af-
ternoOn.
W. II. Maher. chief clerk to General
Yardmaster Il. /. Ford Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. and Miss Katherine
Heffer, of Philadelphia, were married this
afternoon at 5 o'clock at the church at
Fort Monroe.
LOOKING FOR MIR. LYONS.
The officers of Newport News and Eliza
beth City county are still looking for
Mr.. John A. Lyons. formerly proprietor
and manager of the Point-of- Pines Park.
against which the Second Baptist church
has inaugurated a crusade. Rev r. j.
Mckay swore out four warrants against
Lyons yesterday, but when the officers
started out to serve them they could not
locate the accused. 1t is stated, authori-
tatively. that Lyons boarded train yes
terday afternoon at Morrison's for Rich
mond.
G. c. Guvernator. the Richmond liquor
man. holds an $3.50 mortgage on the
license, lease, and everything but the
chanics lien of S475 on the buildings 1t
is stated that G.. T.. UzZell has made Mr..
Guvernator an offer for the lease, which
runs for five years The park IS owned
by Mr.. Lake Of Hampton.
City Treasurer j. VI. Curtis this after
noon shipped. through the First National
Bank, the 10000 bonds. duly signed, to
Rudolph Kleybote & Co., the purchasers,
whose main office is in New York. The
bank viii draft the purchasers for the
face value and the premium.
There is nothing new in the strike situ
alton White lOngshoremen are still
working all Of the ships that come here
consigned TO the Chesapeake and Ohio
Steamship Company. Furness, Witty &
Co.. and the United States Steamship
Company. The colored men are doing
nothing. apparently. It is not known
whether or not they have applied TO the
association for assistance. !
If they have the reply has not reached |
here yet.
The friends of Mr.. George Warde, Of
the outside machine department at the |
ship-yard. presented him with a solid |
silver tea service yesterday. He has ac-
cepted a government position.