The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-27
PICTURE or JUDGE HUGHES.
a Similar Picture VIII Be Presented to
the Court TO Be Hung inthe Federal
Court Room in .Richmond-An
Admiralty Case is Dec ded.
fspccial D,spatch TO The Tlmcs.)

LIZ Dill states that irreparab Die INJURY VIII
Y be Done to the plaintiff If the Hampton
4 Company be allowed to#cut5 communlca-s
ton with Norfolk fter hearing the bill
LIN chambers Judge NTaddill issued an or
der that as this4is# a case of emergency
uEtl the final hearing of the case the
Hampton Telephone Company be required
to restore. in accordance with the prayer
of the Plaintiff communication between
Norf4lk and Hampton by the defendants
wires, and restore proper telephone ser
vice between Hampton and Norfolk. as 1t
existed prior to November 10TH MS
p,oEably portends# long and bitter con-.
test.
Judge Waddill this afternoon. decided the
admiralty case growing out of a coll
slisicn at Norfolk in 1eI between the
steamer Belle Horton and the tug Joseph
NJ. Clark The court decided that the col
lision was the fault o. the tug at the
.;Jne 1t left th. Sewells Point pier and
also in taking the wrong course after 1t
left THE laws OF navigation We're vlo-
lated BY TIE tug ard the lihellants must
recover. TIE case #Soe sto n commission
To ascertain Just damegss Some Sa.tv13 IS
claimed. Judge Maddill said the case
gave hin, 1nora trouble than any otherhe5
lad had in Yea rs.5s@
JUDGE HUG HE'S PICTURE.
Robert NJ. Hughes, recently q candidate
fir Congress- in this district, presented
s,1ctJ.rc Of the late Robert W. Hughes, his
Fl; Their. who was the United States circuit
jucgez of this districtf or TWENTY-FIVE. Years.
Il, the court this morning. Judge cdmuhd
SNaGdill, the present OCCUPANT OF the
bench received the pictuTt. winch was
huns. OF, the north wall Of the courtroom.
viii appropriate remarks On the charac-
.,}sifity and lone. service Of ais distin-
gutsiled predecessor. and referred 10 me
decision in the Virginia coupon case,
which spread the reputation OF Judge
nlshes throughout thcGcountry. He said
that it would be we'll for Mr.. Hushes 70
present copies Of the same picture 70 me
courts a Richmond and tslexaidria where
the distinguished Judge had presided also.
The picture E IN sslceltene .ilhslless NJ
Il: set il d handsome gilt frame NJ =
Hughes inliiratetl his.inteItion8to comply
Win Tire lsi!g E;es lion of Judge NNaddill. and
10 send a pistp,ss 70 Richmond
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IN EIiie Poiica Court THIS morning the
docke, was pl1eiaosnenaliy light. Iiiare
vera Tut -four eases They We're cases OF
absolutely iudisting{iished DRINKS ihey
had nsl@..the merit exn OF being
t,abi,Hals. Thevsvere such plain drunks
than Justice Taylor declared that he was
disposfd to d:echarse thea with a word
in recognition OF the small number OF Of
fer.degs. ana % the Ssuper!ative innocence
OF t!iK lolices As d reason for the re-
,aarg,.l5ieE absence of applicants for jus
tioe at his court. Justice .FaSior says
that j, q is becoming unpopular with GER
tain sid customers at his bar: t1at he
has pursued Z: policy Of aeagE fines en-a
,aiiin:, imprisonment, which keeps
majority Of TIE hahitta1s confined: that
he uses the whip 50 literally that he is 6
;,s.ets. ri scR#9i1rg gray-haired man to
be whipped with tiie consent Of his "
parents. The law TernlitsNza boy not
over sixteen S-earsao a sc to be whipped,
but Justice Taylor finds the effect of
the wain-sing SO beneficial for certain
classes @of rsttv criminals that he inter
nrets the NV literally. and to fit the
cline. That policy IS heuug fruit in#
decreasing the most troublesome classes
is I hat but four men appeared at the bar
this morning, and they were sailors who
had taken too much shore Leave liquor.
LARGE PAYROLL.
During the first half of the present
month there We're employed atathe navy
yard in this city. 2.;s9 men. and the
amount of money raid to- these. the esti-a
mate not including the officers serving
on the station nor the enlisted men
aboard the receiving ships and the other
vessels OF war at the yard amounted to
the ma sIlif.eent sum Of s73 1850 for the
fist Fifteen days in November
E. fsl'nst arrived here to-day as the
new traffic manager of the Sea beard
Air Line, VIE " H. Peasants. resign
ed Mr. Cost IS from Cincinnati. where
he was connected withthe Big Four.
The thIrty-seyentil ANNA. conference of !
the African Methodist Episcopal Zion
.CshuFcilH o. 3rsiIIia and Eastern North
Carolina hogan this morning in Metro
spalitan Church Bishop Waters. Of
1assag City. X T. presided. Bishop
Randolph. Of the Southern Diocese of
Virginia, is scheduled to make an ad-
dsass t1a-niS.l3t is Navnr Ri4dick
Ground was broken this morning at the
corner Of Princess Anne Avenue and
the Norfolk and Western Railway cross.
ing for the big cigar. factory and stem
merry OF the American Cigar Company. !
which will when completed, give en-
p!oyiner u t.0ol people. 1000 White and
2nhn cnioeed
The building vii. cost ss1ooGoo. exclusive
OF the machinery. The factory is ex-
reeted to be in oneration q sixty days
Il vii! fe four stories high.
~ 7 Afankin. of Richmond has the
contract for the erection Of the fac
tory.
AT LoGGF2FsEADs
Of Commerce here are at iogserheads.
The latter met to-day and declared that
there is no coal monopoly here. and prs,-
cuoed ai.idarits from the.miners to show
that the coal dealers here and the Nor
sfcik and Western Railway are not max
ing money because OF tbs conditions
Meantime the Cotton Exchange has ee-
clared that the price OF coal is eNorbi-
tant, aud that the local dealers and the
Prcahontas Coal Company have monop-
ely. which they are using 10 Cypress the
consumers. After the meeting of the
Chamber Of Commerce to-day, promi-
ncnt member Of the Cotton Exchange.
on being asked wha would be done. de-
dared with emphasis, We will fight
Within sixty days there will be great
cigar factory here. It will give employ
rscnt to 400 persons. Contractor r.
Mankin. of Richmond has been here for
a week preparing. and he broke ground
.o-Gay4 on the site Of the proposed A;neri-
Tan Cigar con1pany's factory. at the \
corner Of Princess Anne Avenue and the
Norfolk ana Western Railroad. large
force of men are at work excavating anu
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