The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-27
YEGE TAR|kNS HEAD
FOR RICHMOND.
Nan and Wife Astride Bicycles
Start Across Continent.
EILl LAND IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Newport News Elks Snow balled on
Pixies Peak in Angus. c. !.
Mann Followed Ways That Were
Dark in Newport News.
,spec,al Dispatch TO The rimes.)

NEWPORT 4>.SWS, VA, Aug. 2e.-Mr.
md Mrs. o. ". Borup. of this city. leave
here early tomorrow morning on thei:
bicycles for San Francisco. where they
will rcside-when they get there. Ihey eN-
pect to be on the road three or four
months. Mrs. Borup will ride astrade,
man-style, and will be atttred in moa-
est yet somewhat unconventional cos
tune combining both masculine and fem.-
nine points ot saI-torial architecture.
From this city the tourists go to Kich-
mond. where they Will spend one day,
proceeding thence to Washington. In
t,anapo1is. Chicago. Kansas City, Denver,
Cheyenne. Salt Lake City. Carson City.
Sacramento.
The Bo17lps are Danes. They believe
In the Wallace doctrine Of vegeta-ian!sm
and Will subsist largely upon vegetables
and roots obtained along the ROADSIDE.
For the benefit Of the people of Califor-
mia and OF the territory along the route
It may be stated that the couple VIII
doubtless lecture before they set through
with the experience.
TO TRY LUMMIE.
Justice Hoover. Of Bloodfeld, set Sep
ternber 9Th as the date Of the trial OF
Lum1nie Crump, the negro who shot
Zach Dabney Saturday night at frolic
In the county. Dabney will probably re-
DOVER and Crump has yet to get over a
wound in the leg from Officer Curtis re-
volver before he can be tried
Some of the Newport News ElEs who
attended the reunion at Salt Lake City
have returned and are very enthusiast
tic in their accounts of their experiences
sut West. particularly the. snowballins
nm Pixies Peak.
MANY WRONG WAYS.
In the case Of J. C. L. Mann. alias c.
j. Mann. alias Howard Marshall, to be
tried in Norfolk. most Of the testimony
.Yill probably come from Newport News
The man is charged with stealing . lot
of goldleaf paint brushes. whitcwash
brushes and similar supplies from {. t.
Hitchell. large Norfolk dealer Ac-
nord,ng to Mr.. A. 3. Stanton, who is
associated with Mr.. Mitchell, and who has
been over here all day collecting evil
dence, Mann or Marshall is also wanted
In Petersburg for forgery. 1t is further
alleged that he ordered a consignment
of goods from a New York firm in Nit
chell.s name. intercepted them at Old
Point and endeavored to intercept the
letter and invoice there but was unsuc-
cessul.
Police Sergeant J. ". Reynolds, of this
city, discovered that the man was going
about in Newport News trying to sell
supplies to merchants here at less than
WHOLESALERS prices In one case, check
was given for an order and Was cashed
before Mann got out of town. Had he
remained here an hour longer he would
nave been arrested. He went to Old
Point, thence to Chicago, where he re-
NAMED for a, few days. returning to
Portsmouth, when his arrest followed.
FROM GAS TO COAL.
Mr.. W. S. Bowen. formerly superin-
tendent Of the Newport News Gas Com
pany, is here from Seattle, to-day and to-
morrow will go to New York. He is ac-
companied by Mr.. r. Y. Slater, of Wash
IRgton, and represents large coal inter-
ests in Washington State In New York
tomorrow these interests will organize
the Green River Coal Mining Company
with a capital Of s5,O0o,Ooo. Mr.. Bowen
will be president for the first year; Mr..
]. J. McGeogh, of Philadelphia, secre-
tary: Mr.. r. Y. Slater, general manager.