The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-26
TUG HERCULES
NEA |. | | SWAMP ED.
ID IL Command Of Lieutenant Ken.
meth castIsman, Of Kentucky.
TERRIFIC GALE. OF. HATIERAs.
IL Command Of Lieutenant Ken
TERRIFIC GALE OFF HATIERAS.
With the Greatest Difficulty the Little
Crafts Gotten Safely Sack Within
The Virginia Capes-NorfoIk's
Mayor DisI.kes Football.
SPECIAL Dlspatch to The Times,

.NORFOLk.@,V.A. November 25.-The
naval tug Hercules was nearly swamped
off the Carolina coast. She returned here
to-day after dreadful experiences in
in command of Lieutenant Kenneth Cas-
t!eman to find the four coal barges that
We're lost ten8days7 ago. The tug encoun-1
tered the fiercest gales off Hatteras that
have occurred for years.
She was swept by the seas. the coal
from the bunkers filled the bilges and
trer choked the pumps. until swamptinS
seemed inevitable The little vessel was
full of water. But soon after the use OF
the pumps seemed no longer possible Lieu
tenant Casteman succeeded IN dong
what was too hazardous before; that is.
turning the tug SO that she might fight
her way back into the Virginia canes.
The men stood to their posts amid the
most dreadful terrors of wind ana wave
that can happen. even OIL STORMY iat
teras. and returned here this afternoon
exhausted but thankful. The stores We're
All intact. except coal and water. They
we're nearly all gone No further attempt
,ili3sbe made Just now to rescue the coal
barses.
Lieutenant Castleman is a son Of Col
opel John b. Castleman of@8Louisvllle.
Ky, well known as a solder ana Sports
man.
DIPFITHERIAs aABAT1NG-
,rhe epidemic of dphtheria that has
beer raging in the colored settlements OF
FIattonsville and Smokytown, in Norfolk
county is abating, under the direction o.
Dr. Corbell, assistant health officer OF the
county There is now only one case ana
there has been a great Improvement IN
the sanitary condition of the places Pub
liz funerals from a coored church are
thought to have been the cause OF tile
disease This resulted in about twenty
pccple contracting it and the death or
eight or ten of9them
James NJ Barton, proprietor OF the AUG
5itoriurn Theatre. has filed an answer. a ~
cross bill to the divorce SUIT recel..is
brought against him in the Norfolk Ilss
Circuit Court by his Phllaoeiiiiii Wy wy
Mrs Elizabeth j. Barton.
4 deed bv which the Norfolk Refrlser-
atine storage and Ice Company CONVEYS
sack 10 the Norfolk Ice Company sthe ID
terss ice plant in Brambleton when mace
nm mart of the late ice trust. Wen u {, 70
record in the clerks office to-day. me
consideration ifl#the deed Is ~, W -
upon. the same shows tha1 prop p,. =
,@od a 500 900 is transferred BACK 70 ..hs
#Inrfollls Ice Company. The trust sIaiteo
IL control the ice business mere. sot il.s3
#dal,t went into charge of receivers aii, l
finally was separated into us colls
and therefore, the property Is re
turned.
Mayor Riddick Will not OFFER any op-
Z ,osit IN to the game of foot-baii 70 oe
:, ~, ,.,s here on Thanksgiving despite
.,1s.s Statement that he deems the game
= cruel one as played now he was. . no.
@,ffronted at being asked OH the ilesu
because he accepted the eNpianasloh, s. " y
tho managers, that on Saturday last, ~. Tug
r,le was enforced against EVERYONE. p...
i is# stated also that the young man uiu i
not recognize the Mayor when ne as ashe :.
him to stand outaof the BOUNDS. S. :, ? !.
Garnett, Jr.. and ]. Saunders lasi ~ -
managers of the held, caiieu ~ 80
NIayor tbs morning to make an eNpiaila-
tion and 10 learn if there would De the
noIice protect ION 2T hererf7o e
,fter the conference the Mayor said he
thonrhI the same pUilGe. y &fahos.....'--t.19
u.o,ld he made AS the police nave
nraserved such admirable order at preVl-.
#n,,s games it is considered essential 10
have the assurance Of their presence
at the Thanksgiving game.
Mayor Riddick does not hesltate " uI-
clare the game of football cruel He
sa..s that Williams, the Indian, whose
sp;ne was injured here in the saiiie u
Saturday may be crippled for NE.
MORRIS IN TWO COURTS.
Morris. the disbarred attorney.
anneared as defendant in two courts TINS
morning In the Corporation Court !. ne
was called as defendant 70 the SUIT OF
Mrs. Livesey. formerly Miss Cora brown.
who accused him of retaining money
that belongs to her. This case mas peen
before the court several times. but mas
been postponed for various reasons. oue
really. as Mr.. Morris says, for the reason
that he is ready to settle and the pam
tiff doesn't wish to prosecute Mean
Il time the court will not allow the SUIT 70
he withdrawn because the court should
NOT entertain a criminal prosecution for
the collection of a debt. The case was
continued this morning because the at
torneys in the case We're engaged in other
courts.
In the Court of Law and Chancery
there was a disputed insurance poEcy
involved between two creditors OF Z. J .
Morris. When his library burned last
April he borrowed s1.225 from f. Jacobs
assigning the insurance policy of sl.oO
as collateral. Meantime. some Judgment
creditors of Texas sued to enjoin them
surance company from paying the amount