The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-02
Admiral Harrington Succeeds Is
Admiral Cottontn Command y j q.
No MO RE :, Dl 1 i Il !: !.
jThs seven Marines Who Have De
5sgyeloped the Disease are IN sat's sa
tory G Condition - Others Are
Still In Quarantine.
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X 4, - Enr,K VA. 4 April Rear Adn'i-
h raj Charles 81 Cotton. who has Deeh as
Il signed to command the European ' sa va
& ron was relieved as 3commandant OF INC -
II Norfolk navy.yard to-day at noon ioy
D Eear- Admiral p. F. Harrington, late cap p
tain 81 the New York yard the he m MAJ il
battalion and band paraded and the
Y iings ot both officers were saluted, houl.
Adn,iral Cotton came. here July ~ ls w.
This was his second tour OF duty l mere
Y bo,,t.. for years before, whom u captain,
Ira was n command OF Fort Norfolk, the
V I'D naval depot Admiral Harrington
4 comes from the New York navy-yaru,
isof which he has been ca plain. he serVeu
sea during the Spanish wal, mas , Deei.
IA the navy forty-two years. IN all OF
which time. he has been Unemployed DIT
n hraa d earsassas He his seen seventeen
4 wears, sen service. and twenty years duty
anni shore. He entered the navy IN 1851.
from !. Delaware; his native State. The
Admiral Is In the prime OF lie, ana
4 Il known as one Of the most ef1icienti ofi-
+ GERS In the service.
sstS There has been Il no other case .,
& dphtheria among the men IN inc VIVA W..
u Hospital since Sunday. The seven men
mo have developed tho disease arc IN
+ satisfactory condition, and no others have
been added to the suspect camp, ana
those held as suspects will pc discharged
from quarantine!
,Sst On the suggestion OF the clerk OF the
4 Board Of Health. Hummer Pnnnill Mayor
@Rjddicka sent letter to the clerk OF
the market this morning directing MN 70
q exercise great care against the safe. or
the exposure for sale, Of unsound flsh.
meats and egetables There has been
/ come complaint against one OF tho mer-
chants In the market, and the letter
uirocts ttention to the laws, which glve
1.-THE officers authority to- Inspect stuff Of
3Yered for sale. and empower the Board
j OF Health with authority to seize any
thing that isAnot fit for use, or that is
tainted with decay. The market men.
are said to be careful generally, but there
I are exceptions which caused the letter to
+ be Written. This Is the finest FISH ana
oyster market In the country, ana the
officials are anxious to protect Its repu-
Z IA Il on against those dealers who are too
/ anxious to make money to be honest.
There are very few such, but those are
Y cautioned They must not sell unsound
I; foods. The fine Is so to 500 for each
$offense Il
Is TRIED TO SHIELD HUSBAND
William Rodenberg was tried TOR
5Sfelonio,ls assault on his wife in the Po-
lice Court this morning. They'll live Mt the
Atlantic Garden. In Hill Street. The off,
8 GERS were called In to protect the woman.
II She is Ia Beiio Asia on tho stage, and
II IS "a da ncer a -<Ne Atlantic. AS Mrs. r oden-
berg, her husband assaulted her with a
Y sausage grinder nndi cut wound In her
4 forehead which required surgical attcn-
IL tlon.&Sh would not accuse him before
III Justice Taylor this morning and Roden-
Il berg took the opportunity to deny tho
4 lssa ult so genera ously that Justice Taylor
S5flned him 800 for perjury. and sent him
& to9the Corporation Court on the charge
u OF felonIous assault. Rodenberg was sont
II to Jail. Ills wife showed distress Tint he
n should be put to any inconvenience for
u the assault on her That Influenced the
4 attorney to say that. probably, no had
I corrected his wife before. But Rodenberg
d aid he saw his wife's blood flowing
3 put he did not know what caused tho
q Wound.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
S8 Judge Thomas Wilson ana Mr. r.
Cloato. of st. Paul. Mimi, who have been
(peHding Some time at the Chnmberln.
& Did Point came over to Norfolk yester-
4 lay to make wal to the Hon. George
4, E. Bowden. who.isorvrd. in Congress dur.
i jng the Forty-pinth and Fiftieth sessions
b with Judge Wilson. Judge Wilson was for:
4 nerly g. Justice OF the Supreme Court OF
! Minnesota. and is was understood at the
time that II the Democrats had CON
trolled tho Ftfty-flrst Congress he would
i have been made chairman OF the Ways
~ and Means Committee. He has Retired
from politics. and Is ono OF tho most
4 Influential citizens Of Minnesota. Mr..
\ Floate has Immense interests In st. Paul
and the West. and !s visiting Virginia for
short rest, accompanied BY his wife,
The visitors were taken in n launch by
Hr Bowden to see the points OF interest
n the ha rbor- and at the nayy-ynrd, AZ.
)er drive through tho residence portion
u the city, Mr. Bowden entertained them
II It luncheon. They returned TO Old Point
q Comfort