Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-16
HAMPTON NEWS.
Business Men Meet And Con.
slider Various Communications.
Captain OF Thc"spray"Gets HisDischargo-
Arrest For Arson-Pretty Church We'd
ding Case In Regard To Granting LII
cense To Uzzell At Point OF Pines.

Hampton, Va, May 15.--At $3.50 last
evening the Business Mems Association
met In the exchange building. with the
following members present: v. p. Holt.
S. G. Cumming, II. II. Carr, G. T. Holtz-
claw. A. d. Wallace. Frances Barry, c.
M. Pace and II. p. Houston.
The president and vice-president be-
ing absent, Mr.. S. Gordon Cumming
was chosen president pro tenn.
A communication was read from the
committee on one-cent postage, which
was submitted to the association by the
PHILADELPHIA Board of Trade. Moved
by Mr.. Carr that the secretary COM
municate with our Congressman advis-
ing him to support the bill
\ voluminous letter was read from
Mr.. Charles Elley Hall. staff correspon-
dent for Frank Leslic's Weekly. and
endorsed by Messrs. w. j. Payne. of
Norfolk. Newport News and Old Point
railroad. and George a. Stevens. of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. The
purpose of this letter was TO get the
BUSINESS Mems Association to cooper
ate with Norfolk and Newport News in
n write-up of this section for the paper
lie represents. The matter was thor
oughly discussed and tabled.
CAPTAIN OF THE SPRAY DIS
CHARGED.
Yesterday Captain Calvin Shenk. of
Norfolk. aud master of the pleasure
yacht Spray. was dishonorably dis
charged from services by Mr.. e. NJ.
Haynes, OF the Normal School. who has
charge of the Huntington Industrial
works.
Last Saturday the Spray was hired
by the members of the GUNNER Lum-
Der Company. of Norfolk. for IL days
outing. and they cruised up York river.
The party had on board IL lot of beer
and other drinks. and the master of the
vessel. when they We're offered by the
gentlemen aboard partook freely of
them. Ile then became furiously drunk
and. beginning to curse and swear. he
fearfully abused the old engineer, Ben
sion by name. Having gotten his fiji of
abusing this man. he jumped with both
feet on the young purser, or agent, for
the boat. Rowland Wheeler, who re-
sides in the city on Locust street. and
cursing this young man to all he could
lay tongue to. He then commenced
interfering with the crew." continued
young wheeler from whom the account
was gotten. land would have had g.
general scrap. but there was enough to
prevent and quiet him.
Then Shenk got q double barreled
shot gun and loading it. drew it upon
the whole crew and held them at bay
until he finished saying to them what
he cared to. and declared that he would
shoot the whole party.
SERIOUS CHARGES.
Yesterday afternoon a negro and n
White man, Lcweling Bagley and
George Gavin. respectively. We're taken
TO the Jail handcuffed together. RapIov
is charged by Louisa Simms. his former
mistress. with having caused the fire in
the East End last Saturday nipht
Gavin is charged with criminal as.
sault. do
PRETTY MARRIAGE.
A beautiful marriage ceremony n,o
solemnized at the residence of Rev r
l.. Kurtz. the rector of Phoebus Fpisco-
pal Church, yesterday morning at IN
o'clock. The contracting parties wore
Miss Elizabeth Coffin and Mr. Sarn,,ai
G.. Fuller.
CONTEST OVER LICENSE.
County Court convened Yesterday
morning for the regular jury term. The
past week. during the session of cir
cult Court court was held in the conn
ty clerks office. Prior to Yesterday
morning no cases of any Importance
were heard. other than the granting al
| licenses and the naturalization or eth.
Zens.
Yesterday morning the first case M
| on the docket was the case of the New
| port News Cemetery. against Mr.. W.
| zell. the proprietor OF the saloon near
the Point of Pines. within a short dis
lance OF the city cemetery. and known