The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
HIGH WIND ]. \
AT NORFOLK
American Cigar Company's
u New Factory is Injured.
I GALE ON THE CHESAPEAKE
The United States seacoast Telegraph
Wires We're Frustrated During the
Day and No News Could Be
Had from the Coast.
Especial to Tho Times. Dispatch

A.f}lf (SpeClal 10 .lnc lllucS'b'sPatSh'F
IF NORFOLK, VA, February 2s.--Ihe
wind reached velocity Of thirty-eight
d miles an hour in Norfolk this morning,
Y and during the height Of the blow con-
i siderable damage occurred. The %ind
4 struck the American Cigar Company's
new four-stol-y factory, in the course OF
construction on Princess Avenue, and the
"a whole building was damaged. Some M
teen feet Of the brick work was bloWn
out Of one side OF the building and all
K four corners were twisted. The damage
! 10 the building may mean It's entire re- re,
construction. A negro workman was m
Jured by falling bricks.
THE wind blew gale on the coast and
IN Chesapeake Bay last night and all
incoming steamers were delayed. The
United States seaooast telegraph wires
were Frustrated during the day ana no
news was had from the coast except py
telephone from Cape Henry.
Susan Perkins, negro woman VINO
had been missing several days, was lou nv
"a on Wednesday night in a ditch near w
BaIlentine farm by a boy who was pass
inc tina way IN a cart. He went to her
\ assistance and found her In q helpless
7! condition, Feeble wet and cold How
< she got there has not developed, but II
seems that she wandered out into the
country and fell into the ditch. The boy
4 took her o5his mothers house nearby,
where the woman has since been cared
Yor. She is about seventy years Of age
SFT INCREASED FINES.
Justice 7Tazewell Taylor threatens to In
crease the fines against those who per-
Est in violating the liquor lows, 1t
seems that there Is an impression that
The liquor business ls SO profitable that
il 49, II m y,a1 \ Ia f1naS and still
make a profit by defying the law. The
statenent is that next week the fines
will be increased to $500 for the recalci-
trant saloon keepers who have been fined
before and who are persistent yiolators
4 Of the laws and ordina noes. Atfthe same
time q bond Of $1,000 will be required q, for +,
FOOD behavior for q year. his will be
3 drastic method Of punishment, as It
increases the fine from 500 and the bond
from the same amount. IA
s. Justice Taylor to-day rendered q
lengthy opinion In the case of License
Inspector Doran, who swore out war
rants against the Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Newport News Company, charging
that the defendants operated steam
ferry between Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Berkeley contrary to section 134 Of an
i ordinance OF the city ''imposing taxes on
property, persons and licenses for the
payment Of the city debt and to meet
the general APPROPRIATIONS EloI lhe Sedt
beginning July l., 1902.
The defendant company was flneu S25
&The3opinion colses rs follows:
Government agancies are only exempt
from taxation so far as 1t interferes with
their efficient service to the government.
With this reason for the rule before US,
we do not feel justified In holding that
the defendant corporation. operated Gpri-
Il Inarily for the benefit of its stockholders.
comes within any expressed or implied
exemption that entities 1t to immunity
from its just proportion Of the burdens
imposed upon other citizens by the city
y of Norfolk. and fine of twenty-five
dollars and costs is therefore imposed
upon said defendant on each Of said
warrants"
555l AFTER HIS ATTORNEY.
.5F G. P. Lewis, who has several other
aliases, was in the Corporation Court
4 before Judge Hanckel again this morn
Ing. The Judge was ready to pronounce
the sentence Of Imprisonment on him for
three years In the penitentiary for the
& abduction Of the little Girl Myrtle Joy.
ner. But the prisoner asked the priv
ilege OF a longer time to induce his at
torney to ,IeN hlip why the plea for a
new trial was not prosecuted The
court granted the request. as he has
granted many other requests of. the
same prisoner, when there was little.
: IL any, reason UuL lHo dpuItltIL S1Vih-
nncy OF the court In the behalf ola
En,nrt hut friendless convict. The time
That Lewis spends in Jail here will not
z be deducted from his time In the peni-
tentiary, hence there Is no apparent ad-
vantage Is delaying the time Of passing
the sentence and Of going to tho peni-
tentiary.
After Lewis had been sent hack to
fail, the attorney. who had the last at
Tempt at the case. l. w. Eason. called
m Judge Hanckel and they agreed that
devils should receive his sentence on
Monday Lewis, therefore, will likely
20 to Richmond with the other prison !.
Lr7vrIn BOY RUNAWAY.
me !ltrlc boy runaway. Darl Mont
bastle, who processes to be fifteen years
Of age, but appears not moro than 10,
and who was arrested at the Monticello
Court this morning. to be held for the
orders from hts father, Of Brooklyn. He
3 IS we'll dressed. pleasant looking lit
tic fellow, who Is lust In the condition
OF cniIow but defiant youth when sew
eral spankings and sound thrashine
would reform his notions and steady his
nerves.
Montcastle Is a hoy of more nerve thai
discretion, He left his home about :
Z month ago. and since that time hif
family. who arc representative people o
Br, rklvn. have h,sr looking al over
The ceuntryfor him.
He first went to Philadelphia, ane at
Yer making himself at home IN one o
The bsst hotels at that place for severa
weeks departed He was called upor
Tor settlement OF account when It u
Alleged be took French leave and Wen
4 Ia baltimore, Washington, Richmond
Petorsh,lrg, Old Point and finally iande4
IN Norfolk,
Dnrins his stay at the Chamberlr
4 Hotal ne managed to accumulate bill
10 The amount Of SIT, whom he decided
In como 10 this city. He arrived a
HE Monticello Hotel early last evening
mi after registering was assigned one
~ the best rooms IN the hotel.
IbEsERTER BROUGHT BACK.
Disorders from the navy who az
.anght have heavy bills TO pay for thel
slps when they are returned to thei
,hlps, Here Is an instance Of one whicl
occurred to-day, officer ". II. Peterki,
ST the Niagara City, n. Y police force
4 brought Striker Louis Conrad, landsman
from Niagara City 70 tho receiving shll
franklin LAST night. Peterkin got th
tsual 80 reward fer returning De
terter and 50 for his expenses, IN addl
lion 70 tire railway fare for himself am