The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-21
SNOWMAN
DROWNED.
Fell Overheard and Sank
from Weight Of His Money.
MARYLAND'S LAUNCHING
Governor White, Of West Virginia, and
His Party Return to Charleston on
Monday Custom-House Offic-
ials Looking for Immigrants
special to The T1mes-Dispatch.)

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NEWPORT NEWS, VA. April 20
Morris skolnk, a photographer attached
to the Layton Carnival Company which
showed here last week, was drowned
about 10 o'clock yesterday morning off
the Chesapeake and Ohio passenger pier.
The man was late for the steamer Vlr-
ginia, which was just pulling out for
Norfolk when no reached the pier. He
made u jump from the pier for the boat.
Failing to get suro footing on the boat
he sprang back to the pier. lost his bal
ance and went Into the water. Several
people on the pier attempted to catch
him. but finding that they were about to
go overbonrd themselves. they let him go.
Skolnik had a money-sa tchel slung around
his neck containing his share of the
weeks earnings-$294-hal Of which was
In silver The weight Of tho money acted
us a snker and the unfortunate man
went to the bottom before he could reach
a rope which had been thrown to him..
The body was recovered twenty minutes
later. being found In q feet of water.
Bernard Sisson, skolnilt's partner. tele-
graphed to the wife Of the deceased. who
lives In Brooklyn, and had tho remains
Mrs. Skolnik arrived here from Brooklyn
this morning, and left this afternoon to
take the body to Brooklyn. for inter-
ment.
The case of r. w. Graves, colored
against tho New Era Publishing Com
pany the company which publishes the
Star, the local negro paper, Is set for
trial in the Corporation Court tomorrow.
The PLAINTIFF is suing for $1,000 damages
for alleged libel. Some time ago Graves
wrote m article advising the negroes of
Virginia to stop fighting the new Con-
stitution and to set about to qualify
themselves to live under tho new order OF
things. The article was published In the
Daily Press, and 1t caused something Of
n sensation among the negroes. The Star
'roasted" Graves numerically, and. so
the plaintiff claims. made a number of
statements which were libelous. Captain
C. G. Berkeley is the attorney for the
plaintiff, and Colonel Marquis Jones. Mr..
C. Aylett Ashby and ]. T. Newsomo. tho
negro lawyer, represent the partners who
form the defendant company.
The local custom house authorities have
been notified to look out for two imnli-
grants, supposed to be criminals, who are
supposed to have come over on the ital.
ian steamship Equita. The Equita brought
passengers from Genoa to New York and
then came here to load cargo of coal
for Barcelona. She Is row dlscharging
ballast. The authorities have kept a strict
watch on the ship, but SO far no effort has
been made to land the immigrants The
captain states that If they are aboard
he knows nothing of them. and the au-
thoritIes are inclined to believe that If
tho immigrants came over on the vessel
they were landed In New York.
VI vtv,t1 4
his launching party left for Charleston
yesterday afternoon on n special train.
II was necessary to run two excursion
trains yesterday in order to accommodate
the West Virginians, who did not leave
FOR their homes Saturday night.
The shipyard officials will announce In
n few days probably the date for the
launching of the armored cruiser Mary
land, which is a sister of the West Vir-
glnia. The name of the Marylands spon.
sor has not yet been announced. The
Governor OF Maryland will be invited to
name the sponsor. and the selection is
entirely In his hands.