The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-18
STEAMSHIP
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Grave Fears Are Entertained
far the s. B. LuCkonbaCk.
LOADED WITH TEXAS s: OIL II
Course OF the Luckenback LAY Directly
II Path Of Regular Liners. and !
Disabled Would Probably Have
Bsen lowed @in,.s
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NORFOLK, VA. April 17.---Grave foars
are entertained In shipping circles con-
cernng the steamship s. b. Luckenbnck.
believed to have been destroyed at sea.
and the owners are holding out against
hope. ny \. y s Il
II fear that something has happened
TO the vessel" said Captain Williamson.
local agent for the Lucken backs. own =
ers 81 the n m ssng ship Nothing has
been heard from the vessel for two weeks
and there may have been an explosion
aboard, which may have ysent al hands
10 the bo1lom.' 5s y
The Luckenback was formerly the
American steamship Norfolk. and was
remodeled ut Newport News Ut a cos,
OF $4,000 W The vessel was valued at
5000 0oO and the cargo was valued at a
large amount. Over two Weets ago the
Luckenback sailed from Sabine Pass, Tex.
for Philadelphia. She was loaded with
/ $50 900 gallons OF on taken from the Tex-
as fields. & H '.
d The course OF the Luck cnbnck lay d.,
rectiy in the path OF regular liners, and
II she had been disabled the opinion 10
that some ship would have picked up the,
tnnk vessel and towed her Into port. me
Lucken pack was commanded py captain
Thompson and carried a crew OF twenty.
ono men. The vessel was under a ten.
year con ira OF to carry oil from the }Teaas
b fields to Marcus Hook. New Jersey.
va K EFFECT OF DEATH ON DEBTS.
There ia a ne W question involved IN the
suit or Mrs. Sarah Ryan against W, q.
sarEeant The suit Is pending before
Judge Martin III the Court OF Law ana
Chancery, and involves over 500 Tor reht.
The ouestionils whether there can DC
&cistralnt for rent after the death 81 ny ..
tenant. In another form the qnes.,on -:
can the landlord come In as pre tt1,, !
creditor for the rent, or does death al
ter the relationship Of the debtor anu II.
creditor ? Thcre has never been de,
ci.ion on such case in virginia, anu
*. ia " On the subject therefore Us
uncertain here. Judge Martin heard ar.
r-,nn,ent IN the case this morning, anu .
took the case under AMUSEMENT,
Pickett-Buchnnan Camp. Daugnte ,,s' -. -.
the Confed erncy, has elected nj =. N.Y.. ~.
Yeatman as delegate and HiEs. Sna e., -
:. T,I,ott M alternate to the convention
:, 1wnchb,,rc May GOTH. The main pnr-
noaa ~ the convention Ia to consider tne
MD rnIonN ~ The two dlvisions OF the .Daugh-
tnrs n this State. The Virginia DIVISION saN
andS tho Grand Division HAYS been en- i,
doavorinE TO reunite. and the union may
ia accomplished at the convention.
The friends OF Bishop A. Coke smiin
In Norfolk desire that he should res,do
in this city, and for the purpose Of ~,
ducinx him TO make Norfolk his home
n meeting will be held in the Cumberland
street Methodist Church next Monday.
when gu descriptions to secure suit 'lt
residence will be solicited.
MANCHESTER BOY MISSING. n.
". r. Laws, OF Manchester has VIII
ten to Chief OF Police Velines, asking
tIIa aid in finding his son. The boy 10
sixteen years OF age, and disappeared
from his home in Manchester last week.
His father thinks he came here to Join
the navy He wishes the chief to find
the boy and advise him. 50 that the
father may have an opportunity to IN
vito him to return home.
On account OF the large amount OF
work. especially on locomotives. at the
seaboard Air Line shops. a considerable
amount OF new machinery will 90 IN.
stalled at the shops and the compressed
air capacity will be doubled. The Sea-
board Air Line Is contemplating many
other improvements. and will maintain
the shops in Portsmouth as It's princ''
pal ones. n