The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-09
TO TURN THE
APPOMAT T0X
Diversion of Stream SLOW
but Sure.
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Safe Crackers Make Daring Burglary
of a Safe and Secure Small Loot.
Four Sermons on Living
Problems.
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(Special to The Times-Dispatch)
PETERSBURG, VA. Oct. SIN re-
Spouse to telephone communication from
y. e. winslow, United States engineer,
Norfolk. Va, a delegation from the COM
r,ittee in this city went to norfolk yes
terday afternoon to confer with Engineer
Winslow in reference to the plan for the
diversion OF Appomattox River. All
matters concerning this project are pro-
crossing in manner entirely satisfac-
rory, and 1t is not probable that the be-
ginning of this improvement VIII be mucn
longer delayed. Tho engineer is now
making Specifications for the work ana
bids will be asked for as soon as these
have been completed.
with the United States government on
one side and railway corporations oi
the other, and the city between. much
time Is necessarily taken up IN CORE
spondence, since all matters from esther
party come first to the commltlee IA
petersburg for consideration.
MERE FORMALIT1ES.
There are few matters yet to DO
arranged between the railway companies
and the government. but they are mostly
matters Of details about which the com
ranies and the government are one. ms
usual formalittes must prevail, however,
and all correspondence must proceed
through the proper course before these
matters are formally arranged. AS soon
=. this is done and the specifications
made. It may be expected that the pc
ginning of the work will not be further
deferred.
The committee in Petersburg. of which
Mr., Carter r. Bishop is chairman mas
done all in It's power to expedite 1he
work, and they are exceedingly wen
pleased with the progress now oeihs
made.
Safe crackers with dynamite wrecked
the large safe of the Davie & White
branch of the Virginia-Carolina Chemi-
y cal Company in this city last night ana
rot only $50 for their daring and de-
struction.
The night Waterman was in another
part of the building when the ourgiary
occurred, and. therefore, knows notnine
of it. There is no clue 10 the rooo e,t,.
Three strangers were seen IN the city
Monday and Officer Heelan reported to
baadn,,arters that he believed the men
we're safe blowers, but there was not
susnic,on enough to justify any arrests
being made. -,
Mr.. w. P. Aldridge, who has been con-
Quoting a bicycle and general repSr
business in this city, made deed OF
g assignment to-day to- Mr.. John D. wat
,,ins .rnstee conveying all his business
interests. ,.,a~
Miss Kate Elsmere Fuller. an elocuuon-
Isl of rare ability. will appear at the
Young Mems Christian Association 10
morrow night for the benefit OF HIGH
street Methodist Church. This VIII De tne
first of the series Of entertainments which
Mr.. Isham Dyer will give at the Young
Mems christian Association to take the
place of the Y. NJ. c. A. Star Course,
which has been discontinued.
SMALL THIEVES.
Thieves. supposed to be small boys,
broke into the store Of Mr.. w. II. Dead
mon, on Sycamore Street, last night. they
did not carry off much booty.
The body OF Mrs. Osborne Archer was
brought from Williamsport Pa. and was
I. hurled to-day Mr. Archer and his wife
recently moved to Wiliamsport from Eft
/. trick.
A party OF thirty ladies and gentlemen
from the Masonic Benevolent Association,
now In session in Richmond, VIII reach
Petersburg tomorrow morning by way OF
CITY Point They will be taken over the
battlefields around the city by Mr.. c. A.
Clarke. :,
Beginning next Sunday evening, Rev.
Mr.. Booker, of High Street Church, will
preach a series of sermons on the sew
eral subjects, 1.-The Solution of Living
Problems In the Light of Christianity"
The subjects for the four nights are:
!. Sunday night. October 1lth-"ls 1t
Right for Christian Nation to Declare
Z and Wage WARP"
IL Sunday night. October 1sth-"How
* Amicable Relations May Be Established
and Maintained Between the Capitalist
and the Laborer."
III. Sunday night. October 25th-"Our
Duty With Respect to Our Brother in
Black or the Future of the American
Negro"
". Sunday night. November 1st-"The
Reign of the Demagogue in American
Politics. and How He May Be De-
throned,"