Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-10
FoRGER NOT YET REVEALED.

PETERSBURG. VA. September o
fenocial.l-Judge Mullen, of the Corpora
+fon Court, last evening granted char
90, incorporating the Virginia Lumber
manufacturing Company with a capital
IF not less than 5000 nor more than
cox nao The company is authorized to buy
nd sell timber. standing or sawed, and
.i,,,b.r lands. and to manufacture wood in
all its forms.
-r,s officers for the first year are: Pres
,dant, r. s. Gill: Secretary and Treas
nrer F. r Thweatt The above TWO.
Nth John A. I'll, Archibald Thweatt.
ami Roland Gill, all residents Of Peters
burg constitute the Board OF Directors.
That First Bale OF Cotton.
Relative to the claim of DR.. R. S. Pow
oil Of Brunswick county, that the first
hale Of Virginia cotton, of this years
IRON was sent in to market by him. MI.
lanes c. Robinson, who received bale
49, tha 4th Of September, asks in justice
- himself that the following letter noti-
,Ting him of the shipment, be published:
Ebony. Va. September 2, 1902
Dear Jim-I send you all to-day from
Rroaduax one bale of cotton. / hope you
yiIl get a fancy price for 1t, as think
/ is the first one from this section.
Yours truly,
(Signed) II. BlRDSoNG MoSLE1 T.,
This hale OF cotton of 455 pounds, with
,;I1 nf 1adine form Broadnax, signed H. 3.
Wesley reached Mr.. Robinson on the
IN Of September, and was sold the same
dav The inference was that it was Vlr-
ginia cotton.
identity Not Yet Known.
No further information has yet been
obtained as to the identity of the forger
of the j. B. Worth Companys name 10
sl1ndry checks. now under arrest IN
Tawrenceville. Kas. The indefinite de-
scrintions received o. him are not suf1i-
cient to locate him The chief of police
&c Of opinion that while the man may
have visited Petersburg, he is not
Petersburg man. Probably all doubt
about him may be removed in a day or
two.
Mrs. I. L. Simpson and daughter, OF
Baltimore, who have been spending
several weeks in Petersburg as guests OF
the family of Mr.. Ernest PuSh. on IN
tor street, left for home this morning.
Mr.. w. r. II. McEwen,1 who left here
several wears ago to reside in Phila-
dalnhia has returned to Petersburg to
resume his residence and business at his
Old home.
Mr.. Edward Blan1enship. former
PLAYER on the Petersburg baseball team
has Joined the Brownies. Of Richmond
The CITY Sergeant and his deputies are
now engaged in summoning@ the grand
and petit jurors for the approaching term
of the Corporation Court, the criminal
docket Of which is the largest of any
efnge term in several years. ernbracin
cases Of forgery, housebreaking. grand
larceny, etc.
She Slapped White Children.
Sarah Williams a negro girl. was fined
SO and costs in the Mayors Court this
morning for interfering with and slap
ping some small white children on the
Central Park She gave the police long
run before her capture.
The Wakefield Case.
The injunction obtained by the Nor
folk and Western railway against the
town of Wakefield became effective
yesterday when the company gave the
bond required by the court. AS mea-
sure of safety the company will station
guards at the crossings in Wakefield.
Only the fast passenger trains on the
the town. The whole matter will come.
before Judge Hancock on a motion to
dissolve the injunction.
Mr.. Charles Watson, who has been
spending the summer in Nova Scoua,
has returned home.
The storehouse and stock of general
merchandise, belonging to j. E. Smith &
Co, near La Crosse, in Mecklenburg
county, were burned on Sunday night.
No f.N Nc ,,,t, lao, tl,- he nJxyl1.
Frs. as the insurance was small.
The Mayor Sustained.
Che adjourned meeting of the Common
l$uneil was held this afternoon for the
:>pecial purpose Of hearing the opinion OF
the City Attorney on the subject Of the
powers and limitations Of the Police Com
mission and the Mayor. in the control of
the Police Department. The question in
Nolved was the right Of the Mayor to
suspend or remove a police officer.
Before Mr.. Mason gave his opinion.
communication was read to the Council
from the Mayor. relative to the paper
presented to the Council on tie LIST Of the
month, by the Police Commissioners, re-
Iative to the suspension of Officer Stew
art by the Mayor and his restoration to
duty by the commissioners, which paper
the Mayor said did him great Injustice
In intimating that the officer was sus-
pended on insufficient evidence. The
Mayor says the case was thoroughly in
Nestigated in open court and the evidence
fully established the hars.I treatment of
prisoner by the officer. the man being
thrown down, choked, and struck by the
officer.
The City Attorneys Opinion.
The City Attorney stated that he had
most carefully Investigated the matter OF
the relative powers Of the Mayor and
the Police Commissioners. in the control
OF the police His opinion in substance
was, that the Mayor. under the present
constitution. has the power. as the direct
head OF the city government, to suspend
police officer without authority. grant
cd by the General Assembly. but not to
remove such officer without such autho-
lltN. This is the language OF the Consti-
tuition
In answer to questions by counciimen.
The City Attorney stated that all city
charters are amended by the Constitution
to conform to its provisions. and the
new organic law repeals all provisions
IN the charters in conflict with 1t: that
the usefulness of the Police Commission