The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-18
BENJAMIN BATES
10 BE TRIED AGAIN.
4 Richmond Doctor an Important
Witness.
CHARTER FOR A NEWSPAPER.
The Newport News Publishing Com
pany TO Start Both a Mornin. and
Afternoon Ed .tior-a En-
tcrprising American.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Jan. H
Spec:al-Benia,nin Bates, charged with
she murder of Charles Wilkerson. is Oh
trial for his life again in the Corporation
Court. the first trial OF the case, some six
months ago. having resulted in hung
suTy.
The entire morning was devoted to Sc
curing a Jury panel. but eleven men beng
available firm The first twenty-throe sum
rnoned for The purpose.
Colonel j. C. Baker, appointed by the
court, is acting as Commonwealth -Attor-
,leY, Inc prisoner IS Ge1enaec by MtssSis
c. C. M4acaeli and o. 7. lial ui
Ii is bel we'd hit, without Unforeseen ~
terrupuons, lie case can lie conciuoeu pS
SATURDAY.. However, Or. Hugh Taylor. 4
most important witness living IN hach-
,1lond, is not here in SPITE of the fac. taat
the city sergeant went to the capital city
y.ste .day for him. 1t is expected TO prove
W:lkrsou's dealh and The nature OF rs
wounds by this surgeon, vino performed
the autopsy il the hichnond hosoial.
1moor,ant new evidence viii be intro
duced in The shape Of the cioti hS "ofi!
by WIKI rSon when shot 1t Is e&l'ecito
that tbs clothing will show powder BURNS,
tending to prove The theory OF the delshac
that Ni!ieson was on top of Bates When
shot irssead of standing some distance
away, as testified by some Of the witnesses
for the Commonwealth at the former trlai.
NEWSPAPER CHARTER.
1,,dee Barham. of the iCorporation
Court. to-day granted a charter to the
SeWrort News Publishing Company, the
4,o,ooration which proposes 10 start a
r<wsnar,er here about the first of @larch
:, he known as the Herald, and 20 nave
both morning and afternoon eollShs. Inc
f..nt.al stock is 10 be not less than Sl2''Vo
nor more than $4,000; shares. SO" each.
The officers are: President, L. T. sfeaIl-es'
yioe-pres dent and General Manager
Frank IS Woodson' Secretary ana iie"s-
l,1er. d. ,r-uoe Sally: Directors. the above
and g ". Eobinscn Irwin Tucker ana
John %. Ki1,ll erly. All are of this city
sscerlt The last named, who resides al oid
Point. .,,,
Those who used 10 read the papers
before the late war with Spain, Temem-
ha- how the Cuban insurgents We're
wont To go out before breakfast in the
MORNINGS and dynamite 4 train or blow
IN a railroad bridge, as an appetizer
Those who read the papers, doubtless,
often wondered If there We're any rail-
roads or trains left in the island, so
numerous were these 'appet!Zers.
However that may be, the bridges and
The locomotives were left where lhcE
were wrecked and there they would prop
ably have remained had it not been Tor
-he speculative instincts of an enter
Jrising Yankee, MI lSadc 'osS'ii' W
Cincinnati.
Mr., Joseph, being an obesrvant man,
did not fail to notice the rapid advance
going on in the price OF iron, and as
he noticed the same, he bethought him
CT the rusty wrecks in the desolate
fields of Cuba
The longer he thought the more con-
WINGED did Mr.. Joseph become that there
was money in those wrecks. he ac-
cordinsly bought them up-for a song;
sent his agents to Cuba and had them
collected and brought to Havana There
they We're loaded on the American bark
entire Louise Adelaide. Captain Orr.
The curious cargo was consigned to
Newport News for shipment West The
vessel is now lying at the Old Dominion
Land Conpanys pier discharSinS her
cargo.
That cargo is sight for men and
GODS. It looks like an exploded junk shop
There are twisted rails, torn boilers,
fragments of bridges. bolts, bars and
what-not.
The work of discharging these relics
Of war-like days gone by viii be COM
y,leted in short time.
A MINED SITUATION.
The city has on its hands a $4,000 bond
issue a consulting engineer paving,
elaborate plans and specifications, a how
ling citizenship ycarning for the paving
that never comes-a dilemma Of in
leresting proportions.
What is to be done with the bond issue,
the engineer, the citizens? This IS the
question
The street committee, given power TO
act by the council and confirmed in all
action taken to date, has been tied hand
and foot and can neither proceed nor re-
treat.
The Mayor is unyieldingly opposed to
the appointment of Mr. T. Challlley Hat
other reasons why he thinks the specil-
cations should not be accepted. he is
firm in his attitude. The committee is
firm In its attitude. The rest OF the coun-
Gil is between the devil and the deep sea
and doesn't know what TO do. This is
The situation.
A conference will be held tomorrow
afternoon between the Mayor and the
committee for the purpose OF seeking If
some adjustment of the difficulty can not
be arrived at. Mr. Hatton has been
wired for and will arrive in the morning.
The council will meet tomorrow night
TO receive the report of the conference.
IL the matter is not adjusted by that
time it would surprise no one to see the
street committee throw up the whole
business