The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-26
Sailor Saves TWO Lives at
Ocean View.
PENNSYLVANIA SETTLERS
St. vincent's Hospital 70 Have New
Superintendent Mayor Ridd'ck Se-
cured a Ticket for Aisle Fass
TO Enable Her to Get Away

stltutionality OF the Mann liquor law Is
Y heinr tested in the case of j. NJ Barton
nronrietor of the Auditorium theatre. Tho
matter will In all probability DC llhaiiy
a adjudicated BY the Supreme court. MI,
James U. Goode counsel for the defense,
rnauos Tho noInt that It Is unconstitu-
rional for an act of the Legislature 70
have any other object than that stated
IN the title There must be but QUE
noint covered by the law. also, no holus,
and claims that the Mann bill Violntes
both these points.
Judge Hanckel to-day decided that the
point raised By Mr.. Goode was not wen We
taken, and the case now goes 10 '''e ~
preme Court.
Fire broke out at 8 o'clock this morn
Inc IN the residence OF the trained nurses
OF the Norfolk Protestant Hosp'tai ".'
Olney Road. The prompt arrival OIL me
firemen prevented the destruction OF ''e
building. ,.::.,,, No
More than one hundred families WIN 90
settled on the eastern oranch ., w.
1Slizaheth River by party Of Unionto"n'
Pa, capitalists. who are INTERESTED II, ~
reai estate in that section. a steel plant
'nero SAVE SAVED TWO LIVES.
II develops that Jones Dracer. me
sailor from the destroyer BaAnoriu 80
last night saved two instead OF one r r,.',
nerllled swimmer at Ocean view. ~
brave fellow, who, has been tecoi .,,n ,,Fo.
n the Navy Department Tor inc ne 's.
savers, medal would say little OF ,, s
,notter to-day. but he admitted that LIE
c,var IJnke. who went after poHel
..os almost exhausted when he reachcu
49, twain. But for the sailor both men
would have been drowned.
Tho meeting for the consolidation o. ~
National Bank Of Commerce nhu nv
CIV National Bank. called for yeste,,
a.. .fternoon was adjourned over tn
.H.a,,,'. when the consolidation was ell
! fected. Mr roph,
.hior ~ the CITY National Bank retlre.
president Bcaman and Cashlcr Nell ~
the National Bank of Commerce, rell," ~.
a huge office building VIII DC eiee'e'
the bank. $50, ,,.,u cool, to
have nil stores in the city closea o'l i1a
Dor Day. ,,~,,,rNr
Nav, Vincent Martin, or Mll"a"'
49, ho. been placed In charge OF 81. ' IN
aant.s Hospital, Norfolk, vice Sister mace
line McDermott. who has oeeh .'a'''
sferred to New Orleans. or,or
sister Madeline has been sister sap ,,,o -
atSt vincent's for two years. ana Mu ..
ol ~ .,,'',nstitution with marked ability
elo sncceeded the beloved Sister lsaaore
1ta,nv sister Of the late G. ID. Kenny y.
pa,t,more The new sister superior IA.
heAn at the head Of one OF tme "a .
irstitutions of the order at Mn ~. VIZ,
ava IS we'll fitted to manage 81. VIZ
cents. n,1r rr1c,,ET
,,,,or Riddick makes no attempt &c
comceal the fact that he provided tlcko'
~ Aisle Fass to enable her TO get away
,,.,th hcr child She sought to escape ,,,t
rasac,t,o, brought By First Ohcer w
i,,r, Fincke. of thu United States nava,
collier Leonidas. who claimed the ei, ~
as his own. The Mayor is reported " y. V.
willing to face any lnVea '.,.. ~
~.nusa1L county authorities may bring ms
- ma means employed to take the woman
oyay while she was out on ball
When the missing woman failed for thf
sh,rd time TO appear before County Mug
s.trata Matthews to-day, he continued INC
case without declaring the bona iorle',eu
10 said the Norfolk authorities have I'M
NEEDED the course of Justice. tihcke ~,
tlon In this case VIII llKclS DC u,ousn. -
the attention OF the Navy Department
AN ASSIGNMENT.
The Union Furniture Comrnny' OF
Portsmouth. assigned to-day Thelr ia
Utilities and ''hssets Fare each about sd'oVo
They havie Baltimore and Richmond cred
!tors. .,,,,
Pennsylvania capitalists VINO are alreaus
heavily interested In real estate hereaDouts
have purchased for $1,000 the Wilson tract
~ water front near Portsmouth, 1t will
no improved and used for ind'lstrlnl PUT
noscs The new owners are not inc
1Iniontown people who have purchase'
Eastern Branch property.
NEW NAVAL BUILDINGS.
Two magnificent new buildings are Y
,itNInS al ~
be added to the grent naval sh,pp"'lo''t
,,,ant of the government here. The equip
,rnn, denartment will have n Headquarters
building. to cost $4,000, and the construc
zion department viii have another bulld
inr for the storage Of steel. This bulld
ang Will cost $4,000 Lines for these struc
lures are being run, the contracts hnv'
been let. and they will be completed with
81 a year.
seaboard Air Line shops, built TO repac
the one burned at the great May fire
has settled in the middle, roof and all
!, may have to be partially rebuilt,
RECLAIM DISMAL SWAMP
1t Is stated that the Ohio capitalist
and farmers who are engaged In the tire
rendous task of retaining very larg
norton OF the great Dismal swamp, n
making considerable progress,
They came here some time ago an
orrchased tract of more than 200
acres In the heart of the heavily tin
bered portion Of the swamp This In
1nense area they have started In to drai
and clear. After the timber Is sold tht
viii convert the tract into nrabls Ian
and they believe that the natural fer'
lizer of the ages which has been monl
erne on the ground n foot thick f'o
season TO season, WIN make the tract o.
OF the most fertile In the country,
1t is a well known fact that all the lal
that has been reclaimed from the swan
around its edges Is vastly more ferl
than Immediately adjoining tracts. a.
the Ohioans think they will have literal
struck pay dirt when they get their tru
and staple crops to growing where Is M
the heart OF the swampy tastness,
The great Dismal Is rich In game a.
timber, but both are disappearing befo
the settler. The work OF rcclamati
Will probably consume another year, b
1t viii be complete. and. Us promote
believe, highly profitable.
The Camps, OF Franklin Va, are t
proprIetors of some forty thousand acr
OF the best timber In the swamp Th
will robably work this mp al the II
they are TO establish In this city, 1t v