Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-02

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Gerry. 22S law suits and 1O9 chancery
suits were begun. PA law suits were
decided and so are pending.
One hundred and nine chancery suits
were begun. $50 are pending, 10 final
DEGREES were entered and 225 interloc-
utory DEGREES were entered.
The court was in session 213 days.
This report of the proceedings OF the
court was prepared by MIR. j. A. Cole
man. deputy clerk. for filing with the
Clerk of the House OF Delegates as the
law directs.
A PUBLIC SCANDAL.
Norfolk must have a new iail.
Judge Hanckel hasa determined TO
nave new Jail. or that the old one
shall be improved Eighteen months
composed OF MessrS. William l.. Taylor
X. Henry Jones and DR.. Lomax Gwath-
mey. who examined the Jail building
and reported in part as follows:
we find that the accommodations
are totally inadequate and insufficient
Tor the number of prisoners usually
confined in the jail. resulting in over
crowding and consequent unsanitary
conditions, hence are menace to the
health of those so confined, and pub
lie scandal"
The report was referred by the court
70 the grand jury. which. in calling the
city Councils attention to the subject,
says: A new and enlarged Jail is the
only remedy for existing troubles" The
council appointed a new jail commits
sion." but nothing definite was accom-
plishcd and the conditions at the jail
remain the same as they were when
the matter was first considered. Judge
Hanckel entered In the Corporation
Court yesterday the following order,
winch was transmitted TO the Court Of
Law and Chancery:
1T appearing to the court from a re-
port of the grand jury filed at the Feb
ruary term. 1899. and from a report
OF committee appointed by this court
to inspect the city jail that the same
is out of repair and otherwise INSULT
cient, and it further appearing to the
court that the judge of this court for
warded both of said reports to the City
| Councils of the city OF Norfolk for ac-
ton: and It further appearing that. al
though the said jail remains in a CON
dillon of bad repair, and is otherwise
insufficient. nothing has been done to
remedy said condition, II is ordered
that said reports and said communica-
ton from the judge of this court to the
| City Councils he transmitted to the
| Court of Law and Chancery for the
| city of Norfolk for such action as said
court may deem meet in accordance
with Section S3l of the Code of >Ir-
ginia, edition 1887"
The question will be considered by
1 -
acting under the aforementioned sec
| ton of the Code, will issue a manda-
mus against each one of the City Coun-
cilmen compelling him TO act in the
Jail matter. The court may suspend
| judgment until the next meeting of the
Council.
The City Councils had the subject of
new jail under consideration two
years ago. They had practically agreed
to build a new jail and instructed a
nnrp1r, ton To I,nt NlD,. A.o
were drawn and submitted nv various
architects and the plans of Messrs. j.
*. PEBBLES and ]. T.. r. Carpenter were
accepted. But nothing was done about
the Jail afterward. Now Messrs. Pee
bles and Carpenter have plt in a bill
| asking payment from the city of the
amount they would have received as
| the architects percentage If the Jail
had been built after their accepted
plans.
On this bill the Councils have not
acted. 1t is in the possession of the
Finance Committee.
SLOOP AND CARGO STOLEN.
George Warner and Curtis King.
negroes, were sent on to the grand Jury
by Police Justice Taylor yesterday on
the charge of stealing from the Allan
| Tic City flats n $500 sloop owned by w
T. Core and containing $50 worth of
oysters belonging to John w. HoXey
The sloop was recovered in Hampton
Roads, where the oysters had been sold
for S.. The sloop was abandoned The
| negroes returned here. and after being
questioned, confessed.
BETWEEN THE ACTS.
The $1,000 suit of S. Grabfelder
against the Norfolk and Ocean View
Railway Company was called for trial
in the Court OF Law and Chancery yes
terday.
Two of the plaintiffs important wit
nesses were absent and the case was
continued until the next term of court.
The plaintiff, who had secured certain
advertising rights. claims that he lost
heavily by Il breach of contract by the
defendant.
One OF the specifications is that the
outer curtain at the Ocean View Pavil-
ion Theatre, on which the plaintiff had
certain advertisements, was not lower
ed between the acts
ELECTRIC SUPPLY FAILURE.
Herman C. Smith. conducting the
Southern Electric Equipment Company.
at 81 Bank street. filed petition in
bankruptcy yesterday before Judge
Waddill. of the United States Court.
r. r. r. Wells. trustee. was appoint
ed to settle the business affairs OF the
petitioner. The failure is for S6.S9416.
There are seventy-ive creditors.
many of whom are Norfolk firms. The
liabilities are placed at s1.6S5.3l. OF
this amount $500 consists of stock In
trade and sl,G35.3l of debts due on open
accounts
The liabilities are divided rs follows:
Wages due. $751; rent. $50: secured
claims. $3.50: unsecured claims. S6l5l16
OLD OFFENDER CAUGHT.
Messrs. Gwathmey & Co lost thirty
SIX bales of hay out of a Chesapeake
and Ohio freight car two weeks ago