The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-20
MASS-MEET|NG
FOR EXPOSITION.
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Many Distinguished Speakers
viii Be Present.
GENERAL LEE ENCOURAGED
He Hears Gratifying Reports in Regard
to the attitude OF Congressman
and Members cfthe Legislature
As to Exposil'n Appropriate
Especial Dispatch to The Times

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
NORFOLK. VA, December ia great
meeting viii be held here on Monday
night for the purpose of arousing inter-
est In the great Jamestown Exposition
enterprise This meeting is to be held
n the Academy OF Music. Addresses will
BIO delivered by Governor Montague
MISUNDERSTANDING Willard. General
FiEhugh Lee, Judge T. S. Garrett, T..
J. Wool and D. Lowenberg. There will
music by the Marine Band.
The speeches will be delivered with the
intention Of informing the people con-
corning the objects. The aims and the
purposes Of the jamestown Exposition
by those who have taken the greatest
interest in It and by those who are now
directly concerned in the management
OF the enterprise. They will tell what
has been done, what is doing now and
what should be done, to realize the sue
cess the projectors anticipate from the
celebration of the landing Of the pioneers
at Jamestown in 1907.
Everybody Is expected at the meeting.
There will be room and interest for all
who will come. All of the members
of the General Assembly are invited and
The prosceniu1n boxes Will be reserved
for their use. The Mayor. members Of
: the City Councils. county supervisors and
!. the Leads of city departments are eX-
pected. !he members of the labor or
Eanizatious and the officers of the navy
yard, Of the receiving ships and OF other
government vessels which are here now
will be welcomed. The preachers and the
city officials will add to the throng. and
the meeting is expected to be the largest
und the most representative that ever
occurred in Tidewaler Virginia
GENERAL LEE ENCOURAGED.
General Lee, Mr.. Lowenberg, c. Brooks
Johnston and G. T. Shepherd have been
In Richmond during the week to visit
the members Of the Legislature person
ALLY in order TO learn their views, and
they have a favorable report to make
to the mass meeting of the attitude OF
the majority Of the members.
In addition to that General Lee will
tell OF the many members of Congress
who have spoken to him encouraSlngly
Of the prospect that Congress VIII vote
q large appropriation for the purpose OF
e,nnhas;zing the Importance Of the event
the Exposition is designed to celebrate.
He declares that many distinguished per-
sons with whom he has talked have
shown an enthusiasm that he did not eN-
meet, and which was therefore all the
more gratifying.
The Marine Band from the navy yard
has been engaged, SO that in addition to
the Singing OIL Lie i'dli 'ot1S SOAi5Sf ''i'->AA
Will be a feature of the evening, there
will be music and eloquence sufficient OF
themselves to make the occasion bril-
liant.
FOOTBALL TICKET CASE
The case of the men charged with con-
splracy to sell tickets for the football
game between the North Carolina ana
Georgetown teams has failed to stick in
either the Police or the Corporation
Tar1or decided that
the Police Court had no jurisdiction.
This morning Judge Martin, sitting for
Judge Hanckel, decided that the Corpo-
ration Court had no jurisdiction because
the offense of conspiracy and larceny oc
Cured in the county. If tried the case
must come before one of the county
Justices The men whose cases were
nolle pressed this morning are Leon Mar
shall. Ed. Curtis Mike Kelly. Charles
Tarley and William Hope. Judge Hanckel
did not preside In the trial, because he
ss nres,dent Of the football club, which
owns the field
A yertitable woman's quarrel blossoned
n the Police Court this morning. 1t en-
tertained the court, but came very near
annoying Justice Taylor. The two wo-
men are hair dealers. and seem to be
rivals in business. Mrs. Gates sold a
wig to a negro woman, in Portsmouth,
the money to pay for the wig. the
money came by error to Mrs. Welfore.
Mrs Welfore had some dealing with the
same woman and kept themoney, think
ing II due to her.
While the sparring lasted 1t was as
lively and as important as If the wig
were worth $500, instead OF IS. Justice
Taylor dismissed the case.
WIDOW ARRIVES
(,F late T.
n. Feldsmith. who was recently killed on
the Norfolk and Western Railroad track
near the Church Street crossing. arrived
here to-day from her home in Iron
River Michigan, to settle up her hus-
bands estate. consisting OF some 500 in
a Norfolk bank and several diamonds
found on Feldsmith'si body after his
death He had consulted an attorney.
Intending to secure a divorce at the time
Of his death
At the last term of the Corporation
Court Allen Miller. colored. was convict
ed OF forging the name Of DR.. Z. G. Lee.
dentist of this city. and was sentenced
for four years in the penitentiary. a mo-
tion for a new trial was overruied. His
attorney. T. ]. Randolph. has now de-
cided to appeal the case to the Supreme
Court
Robert Lugwood left his property.
valued at 5000 to Jennie Smith. negro
He was retired chief carpenter. mate in
the navy and died at his home in Ports
mouth last night. The deceased was a
Nova Scotian by birth. but served in
the United States navy for over forty
years. On his retirement, at the age of
sixty-two years. he made his home here.
and purchased consiaera Bile property. He
had nc relatives. and some time ago he
made will leaving all he possessed to
his housekeeper. Jennie Smith.