Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-20
ON THE PENINSULA
THE NEWS IN AND AROUND NEW
PORT NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF GREAT GU.
GUNS
The Old Dominion Not Badly DAM
ngcd-Austin Granted IN New Trial
by Judge Lcc-A Child burned to
Death.

| NEWPORT NEWS, VA, June 19.-(spe-
cial.)-Mr. Coils p. Huntington and party
left this morning at o'clock in special
train for Washington.
There are now two great guns at the
ship-yard. both for the battleship Kear-
| sarge. The second Of these arrived yes
terday morning on two steel cars from
Washington and was transferred TO the
shiD-yard Immediately on arriving
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany's steamer Old Dominion Is In the
dry dock at the ship-yard. The repairs
to the ship will not be as extensive as
was at first expected 1t will only be
necessary to put on two or three new
plates in place of those which We're
sprung. The vessel will be In the dock
for several days.
Work was started to-day on the new
S35 900 market to be built by Mr.. f. f..
Finch, on his Lafayette avenue property.
a large number OF citizens are making
preparations to build handsome residences
on the property below the city, fronting
on Hampton Roads.
The new City Bank of Newport News
opened for business this morning In tenn
porary quarters, OF Washington avenue.
The printers of this city met yesterday
and organized local branch of the In
ternational Typographical Union. The
officers elected are. President, T.. H..
Perry, Evening Journal; Vice-Pres Ident,
5. \. Pettus, Commercial job Printing
Ofice; Financial Secretary, Fred. NJ. Far
rant Daily Press; Recording Secretary,
NJ l.. Jones. Daily Press; Treasurer, T..
L. Hite foreman of the Evening Tele-
gram. 4 Committee on Constitution and
Bylaws was appointed. 1t is the inten-
ton of the union to take in all of the
printers on the peninsula, and apply FOR
permission to use the name, Peninsula
Union, instead of Newport News Union
The steamship Hiram arrived in port
from Honduras to-day with $1,000 punches
of choice bananas
Judge Baker Il. Lee, Of the Elizabeth
City County Court, this morning handed
down his decision in the motion for a new
trial for Colonel Gould =. Austin, con-
victed and given eight years FOR criminal
ly assdulting Bertha Tappan. in Phoebus.
The opinion gives the prisoner another
trial. making his fourth trial on the same
charge. In the first two there were huns
juries, and in the third he was convicted.
Counsel for defence submitted afiidavits
Of several people, who claimed that Bcr-
tina made a confession to them, in which
she stated that she mad sworn falsely.
Among these was Justice Furniss. who
was called into Emma Funieys house 10
hear the girls confession. Judge lee de-
cided TO grant the new trial on this point,
holding that Justice Furniss's testimony
would undoubtedly have weight with any
jury.
Mary Lauson, the lS-mOnths-Old child
of Mildred Lauson (colored), met with a
horrible death this morning by burning.
The house in which the woman lived was
burned to the ground. The mother went
out 10 gather clothing from her patrons,
leaving her 7-year-old boy and the IS
months-old child alone. She had been
away only few minutes when fire broke
out in the house The boy escaped. but
the girl could not walk, and was roasted
to death. This is the second child the
woman has lost by burning.