The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-13
GIVE REV MACkAY
MONEY SUPPORT [ | |
Ministers N il eclare Against &.
Shield ding the Guilty,
ANXIOUS FOR TRUTH.
The Police Commissioner Preaehe,
Resigns His Pastorate-
MANY HOUSES TO BE BUILT.
Wealthy Washinstonians to Erect FifL
ty Dwellings Amounting TO Sevcn-
ty-FiveThonsanei Doliars-Naval
Constructor Woodward Will
Attend Congress OF Naval
Architects In Paris. II
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The Police Commissioner -Preaehe,
Resigns His Pastorate-
MANY HOUSES TO BE BUILT.

Nf1WIPORT NEWS. VA, March 12.-
speciai-The scandal in which Rev. I. ".
acackay. the Police Commissioner preach
err has figured has reached another stage.
Tho pre- acher ixls now rendered his resis-
nation as pastor OF the Second BGptist
Church. and It has been accepted. AT
their meeting to-day the Ministers Asso-1
citation OF the city again took up tina
matter of Mackay's proposed suit against
the persons whom he charges with slam
derinS him. ~
WANT THE TRUTH.
TIE association adopted resolution
plcdgfng dts members to give Atackay
their financial support to the extent #oe
securing q lawyer for hi1n, expressly
sttpulating, however, that this assoi'aI.
ton does not undertake to 2Torou.sce
upon his guilt or Ills innoceIrce. and that
we do this for the sake OF Christss 8 CAUSE.
which we represent and love. We have
no desire to shield am unworthy repre-
sentative of the cross. but We are deeply
anxious to know the truth 3
The resolution was passed unanimously
ut q full meeting OF the aSsocia ton.
Alackay has claimed that he did not
press the suit because he had no money
with which to do it. A divorce suit Is now
pending. in which the preacher Is named
as correspondent.
CONSTRUCTOR WOoEsW4ARD.
Naval Constructor J. ;. Woodward,
United States Navy, experimenting con-
structor at the ship-yard will represent
the United States Navy at the Congress
of Naval Architects cf the World soshe
held In Paris this summer during the
Worlds Exposition there. 1t Is also cur
rently reported that Constructor Wood
ward will have charge Of the United
States naval exhibit at the Paris Tsxpo-s:
sstiou. Mr.. Woodward has been sta
toned at this yard for some years. and
under. bis eye all Of the Narships .ttirnest
out here have been brilt. He supepfn-si
tended the construction of the .nn-hOatS.
Nashville, Helena and Wilmington, which
have been tn service in the navy sirre
1897, and the powerful bnttieships Ksar-
sarge and Kentucky. Under his super
vision the buttleships Illinois and Mis-
souri, and the monitor Arkansas are being
built.
INSPECT THE KEARSARGE.
Rear-A6hmiral Bradford. Chief of the
Bureau Of Equipment OF the Navy. Az
rived at the shsp-yard this morning from
Washington to inspect the Kearsarge and
Kentucky. When the Admiral arrived at
the yard the battleship Kearsarge fired
thirteen guns in his honor. Admiral
Bradford was escorted through the bait
ttleshJps by their respective commanders,
and Inter went through the ship-yard.
TO BUILD MANY HOUSES.
A number of wealthy Washingtoninns
will shortly erect here fifty or sixty
houses in different sections OF the city,
Mr. e. Quincy Smith, ysce-presldent Of
the Union Savings Bank OF WASHINGTON,
WIN arrive here to-rorrow for the pur-
pose of arranging the preliminartes.
Among others who are interested in
the enterprise Is s. w. Woodward, Of the
| firm of Woodward & Lathrup, of Wash
ington.
The gentlemen Interested are directors
in q fire insurance company that was
recently started. On the board are sev-s
eral well-knewn Newport News gentle-
men. among them PresidenteA. L. Pow-
ell. of the Council Mr.. Powell SAYS that
the Neutrality-suspicious. propose to buila pro-
baihly as many as fifty residences. to COST
from s1.Gc0 to Sl5Go each. 1t Is expected
that the total investment will reach In
the nesghtorhood of $4,000.