The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
MAINE TO
TRY SPEED.
viii Make Fast Run to Guile
bra and Back.
A MANCHESTER FUGITIVE
New Baptist Association to Be Formed
Of Churches that Withdrew from
the Dover Association-Social
Club Gases In Allegiance.
(specIal 10 The Times. Dlspatch0

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA, September
3O.-The bnttleship Maine arrived here
this morning from Old Point, and Will be
placed in the dry-dock tomorrow for
painting. AS soon as the vessel leaves
the yard she will make flying trip to the
Culebra Islands, West Indies, for the pur-
pose of testing her engines and boilers.
She will go down the coast and back to
Hampton Roads at full speed and her
trim will be after the order OF the one
made by the battleship Kearsarge from
England to this country recently.
The cadet training ship Newport left
Old Point this morning for Boston. where
she will go to the navy-yard for repairs.
The ship has been lying In Hampton
Roads for several days and Admlra&
Mertz is on board.
NEW CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
The new Catholic Sisters School. 10
Gated at the corner Of Thirty-third
Street and Virginia Avenue, will be for
mally blessed by Rev. Father TIL. Will
son, pastor Of st. incent's Catholic
Church, Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
The school will be opened for the ses-
sion Monday morning.
The Sisters of Charity, who arc to
have charge OF the school will arrive from
Nazareth, Ky. Friday. Work will be
started in few days on q residence for
the Sisters in the rear of the school
building, fronting on Thirty-fourth Street.
A residence has been rented for their
use at present.
The school will receive pupils of all
denominations. as does the xavertan
Brothers Academy, which is located ~
the same block.
MANCHESTER FUGITIVE.
Evans Mendenhall. negro who Is
wanted in Manchester on the charge OF
selling liquor without license. was ar
rested here this morning by Sergeant
Reynolds. Policeman Wright, OF Man
chester, came down to-day and return
ed with his prisoner this afternoon. The
negro was indicted by the grand jury
in Manchester recently, but he had
skipped out, coming to this city and going
to work at the shipyard.
Cary Lewis a negro, who escaped from
the chain-gang as it was coming In from
work yesterday afternoon, was given SIX
months in Jail this morning in the Police
Court. The negro was recaptured last
night.
city, charged with failing to comply with
the city ordinance. requiring them to pay
q license tax Of $500 were not taken up
in the Police Court this morning. although
they were on the docket. The injunction
granted by Judge Blackstone, restraining
the city, the commissioner OF the revenue
and the treasurer, from taking any step
toward collecting the license Will prob
ably prevent any justice from trying the
cases before the injunction has been dis
solved.
Judge Blackstone's illness has prevent
ed him from holding court here recent
~. or the cases would probably nave been
disposed of some time ago.
License to marry was issued In the
clerks oflce of the Corporation Court to-
day to A. B. Todd and Lotto e. Motley,
both parties OF this city.
NEW ASSOCIATION.
Representatives Of the Baptist Church
ties. will meet tomorrow night at tho
BAPTIST Tabernacle for the purpose of
organizing a new Baptist Association.
The association Will be composed OF those
churches which recently left the Dover
Association. The business session Will
be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock and
the exercises tomorrow night Will be OF
preliminary nature.
Chief Of Police johnson will leave Fri
day for Trenton, N. j., to make another
effort to get possession OF Chester Frank
lin and Jerry Cornell. the men who arc
ceny. Requtsiton papers have been Is
sued by Governor Montague.
Robert Page alias Bob Blue, the negro.
who shot and killed another negro named
Mason several months ago, will be tried
in the Police Court tomorrow on the
charge Of carrying concealed weapons
The grand jury failed to indict tho pris-
oEer on tho charge of murder and the
Common wealth's attorney then sWore out
the concealed weapon warrant.
The bark Undaunted. which was con-
demned some time ago. will be sold at
auction at tho shipyard In a few days.
The sale was scheduled to occur Monday
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