Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-26
WEDDING. IN JAIL YESTERDAY
newport New. convict Take. a wife
Before Leaving for the Penite
Practice to BE Investigated.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, November IL
| (Speciall-Relative TO the story from
Richmond to the effect that Mrs. Mary a
Finch, wife Of Banker f. F. Finch, or thls
| city. is on her way to Sioux Falls, ;. y.
to secure {, divorce. Mr.. Finch stated TO-
| day that he had not been apprised OF hi:
wife's intentions in that direction, and as
| far as he knows the children are with
! her Mrs. Finch sued her husband mere
| for legal separa ton sometime ago. anC
proceeded to secure division of the pro
perry, which she inherited. ana "nlcu
to-day is worth something like s1.oOo. on
and located in the heart OF the city The
property issue was compromised. The
divorce suit was dropped temporarily
Now, according to rumor. Mrs. Fincn Is
after an absolute divorce.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH1.
Daniel Kelly, representing the Marcon1
American Wireless Telegraph Company
spent to-day in the city for the purpose OF
interesting local shipping companies IN
the particulars of his device, and
to gain information as to the
desirability Of establishing stations
at different points to be used by them
in connection with plans to be Installed
aboard their ships He has been making
a tour OF seacoast cities. and says ne
has met with gratifying success.
ALLEGED "SIIANGHAING.
practice of releasing prisoners from the
city jail so that they can be shanghaied
aboard outgoing vessels by enterprisins
boarding house runners
The Orcutt-Avenue Baptist church has
taken the matter up and has appointed a
committee to make thorough tnvestfsa-
ton and to bring the practice before the
United States authorities. It is said IN
this connection that a charge Will De
preferred against former city official
A WEDDING IN JAIL.
Henry WoodIey, an 1S-year-old n1ulatto,
who was given ten years in the penlten-
tiary for an attempted assault upon a
young white girl. was married In JAIL TO-
day on the eve of his departure tor the
pententiary. to Noral Lewis, to whom ne
was engaged when jailed
In the Warwick county court. the case
of Magistrate Hoover. charged with fall-
ing TO make proper returns of moneys
collected, resulted in a hung jury. Mag
istrate Charles Robinson, colored, Is now
The Newport News ShpbuildinG
and Dry-Dock Company, which was re-
Gently awarded the contract for the bat
tleship Louisiana over all bidders. to build
in competition with the government force
on the Connecticut, has declined to go
after both of the armored cruisers. Wash
inston and Tennessee. The contracts are
TO De AWARDED JduleIS ntii. IL i'ii9 : a. -
gets these ships it will have eight large
warsilip contracts.
The Old Dominion Steamship Company
has advanced the wages of its first officers
to $50 and It's second officers to 500.
The steamship Mira. which grounded In
New York ilarbor. will probably come here
for extensive repairs.
Superintendent OF Construction NJ. V. D
Doughty, of the sllipyard. who suffered
serious injuries while inspecting ship
at New York was brought here to-day.
HEIR TO FORTUNE.
Joseph Theising, a young German, aged
a wears, has just fallen heir to property
in, Germany valued at $4,000, TheisinS
is one of the half-backs on the Newport
News Association football club. cham
rions of America, and Tomorrow he Will
leave with the team to play in Phtladal-
ptia Thanksgiving Day against the Black
burn Rovers Thursday night he will
go to New York and on Saturday he Will
sail for Germany to receive his estate.
which is in realty. and was left him by
his grandfather He will lead TO the al
tar shortly after his arrival young
girl who formerly lived here. The:sls
has been here four years, coming from
Philadelphia. He has been engaged In
the stipyard as a blacksmith.
ANOTHER BIG l.. --ttPRiSE.
Still another large industry is prom
iseei for Newport News in the near tu-
turc and influential business men are CO.
operating with outside ca capitalists 10" It's
establishments They will not discuss the
details further than to say it wit! be
larger than the silk mill. shoe factory.
and all other enterprises recently broJght