The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
SWlll'Be. Some Time Yet Before
It viii Be Plentiful.
PRICES e ARE I, T, NOT 1'''' I. HIGH g
Butthe Wholesale Dealers and the Rail.
ways Take Their Own Time n De-
liverlng it---o Orders Delayed by .5
Orders from Larger Cities. &
(speclal to Tho Times-Dlspatch.)

3 NORFOLK, VA, April ia conl
4 dealer Just returned from Baltimore
z says that 1t will be some time before
fuel will DO plentiful here again. There
4 q a great deal of coal moving In tho
4 North, he says, but tho consumers there
X are buying It as fast as 1t is offered
"A fer sale. Tho prices nro not high, but
y the wholesale dealers and the railways
q take their own time in delivering It.
Il That condition makes tho chances Of
B getting an abundant supply here doubt
Ii ful,S1'ho orders from here are delayed
stillBthe orders nearer tho mines or IN
n the larger cities arc filled. When tho
Il cellars and bins OF the northern cities
b nreS full tho overflow may come mere.
Il Meantime thousands Of tons Of soft coal
are sent from here by vessels Which
I come Into port for bunker and cargo
q coal.
There was q scene In the Police Court
this morning when Sam. Green, vaude-
willie actor was sentenced to jail for
thirty days on tho complaint Of his
Y stage wife Florence Green complained
ITO 8the police that Sam assaulted and
v beat her. It was difficult to arrest sam,
Y because he jumped over the footlignts
d and attempted to- escape among the
Edelighted auditors, whom no was enter
8taining from the stage. Ills wife ap-
Il peared in the Police Court. but 1t seems
that she had no iden that Justice TAYLOR
would administer anything sevcrer than.
rood advice to Sam. Hence, when the
I sentence of a term Of thirty days Tor
reflection was passed, Florcnce's grief
N oyercame her, and she wept aloud. lier
4 grief was too late, however, Tor tEe
N case was tried and settled,
S5E During the terrific rain-storm OF tues
8day night the embankment of the Gill
merton cutoff Of the Dismal swamp
Canal broke away. and now the can l !.
q is$empting Its water In q tributary OF
u the R southern branch Of the Elizabeth
River. When the water is out of the
&ranal the work Of repairing the break
4 ,yav will be started Traffic has not been
suspended, however, as large vessels did
not ply through the waters OF the Gil
merton cut. The main canal IS not al
fected. Truckers lave sustained great
loss, the result Of the heavy rain. inc
8felds were flooded and the crops are
#all more or less injured. Tho lrlsh
potato crop is greatly damaged.
1.-THE first Strawberries of the season
4 we're picked at the farm Of w. II. Den
y MS, of Western Branch, yesterday morn
ing. Thlrty-two quarts were gathered.
. Then were shipped by Mr.. Dennis TO
a tie northern markets. ,a III AZ
The jury after three days consumed
Il in tho trial OF the suit of George M.
Peed. administrator Of Leroy Peed, de-
ceased, against the old Portsmouth Street
Railway Company, yesterday evening re-
i turned verdict In favor Of the plain
II tiff, assessing damages at $500. The
suit was for $4,000, and grew out or
the killing of Mr.. Peed by street car
3 In Crawford Street, Portsmouth. on
a March Sth, 1890. 1t was shown In the
a trial, by witnesses for the plaintiff. that
q to make the schedule In effect at that
1 time sthe cars were run at a rate Of
n speed Of between sixteen and seventeen
miles an hour. Numerous exceptions were
y noted by counsel for the defense to the
K rulings Of the court, and notice was
II given of appeal to the Supreme Court.
n Sagetta Is the name Of fast and
beautiful pleasure sloop yacht Just ar
rived here. She Is the property Of w e,
b Cobb and ]. Leon Wood. She is TO pc
used for pleasure and for racing In the
B waters hereahout She Is 62 feet long.
III and carries large amount Of sail.
Two Of the large plate glasses IN the
b show windows.ef the.rstore Of S. Dozer
il Main Street wore cut, probably last
z night, with a diamond Tho glasses are
ruined by this act OF vandalism, for
which there Is no excuse and no eSpla-
The damage is probably $lW.