The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-11
Liquor Dealer Sent to Jail for
Selling on Sunday.
The PINE BEACH ACCIDENT
The Captain Declares The Steering Gear
Would Not Act ard the Collision, was
Observation-Disclosures Injury
10 The Olympia II Dock.
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FIRST liquor dealer to be sont to tail und o,
u the terms Of tho Mann liquor law IN
4 Portsmouth Is Ezekiel Langst ton, who was
today sentenced to fifteen days In jail
and to pay fine Of 500 for selling liquor
q on Sunday. The unfortunate culprlt VII
also lose his license. .5#t IA n
~ 4 Evidence In the case Of the steamer
Pine Beach and the schooner Mary
Crosby which resulted in n pnnie among
the passengers on tho Pine Beach, was
taken by the Federal inspectors to-day.
The accident which occurred in broad
daylight, was ,nexplicable to most steam
q Boat experts until to-day. when Captain
Nfurden, Of the Pine Beach, testified
that the steering gear Of the steamer was
out Of order and that she would not obey
her helm.
was unavoidable.
E515SST THE OLYMPIA. .' @
The cruiser Olympia was pla ced IN the
dry dock at tho navy yard In this city
3 This morning, to have tho plates that were
broken on her bottom during the ma
4 noeuyres Nreplnced with new ones,
The wood dry dock was cleared for the
4 OLYMPIA yesterday and when she was
Z f1oated into pluce over the blocks this
morning It was expected that the pump
ing out OF the dock would disclose a
worse damaged ship than the Massachu-
K sets, which met with similar accluent
during the evolutions.
W Such. however, was not me case. NY
olvmnia appears to have suffered very Sc
rious damage, to repair which will Keep
n her at this navy yard for seven weeks
y Longer. Ia ali probability, but her frame
has not apparently strained and the nc-
5 cident has developed no structural weak
( ness in the famous ship. despite the fact
:f that she has had a sea voyage ana beeh
out In a storm since the accident oc-
b Cured.
5sF The work Of repairing her will be pushed
Z, "a RAPIDLY as possible, In order that she
n NAV be ready for the winter evolutions
6 Enff CA,1cbra and also that she may ne
able to re1oin the Caribbean Sea squad
= ron, Of which she is flagship, as soon
+ as possible.
The dent in the Olympia's bottom is
4 forty-five feet long, and from every seam,
ofter she was placed in the dock, the
4 water poured in little torrents. The en-
fire double-bottom forward the engine
room was filled with water all the way
5R down the coast, and the waterrtlght
bulkheads were closed In that section
u Of the ship. =, /.
The scraplng the ship received was
clearly seen from underneath, the ROCKS
y r.
* OF "a! foot. At tho point Of greatest re-
sistance under the engine room, where
q the full bulge Of the hull comes, the
deenest dent Is seen. Some OF the navy
ward experts seem to think that 1t VIII
4 require three months to repair the Olym-
mia. In the interim Admiral Coghlan
may go to New York.
READY FOR GALVESTON
4 Prepare lions for the forwarding OF the
work on the Galveston and the dredgo
Z Reward, so soon as they shall arrive
at the navy yard from the Trigs works
t1 ut Richmond, have about been com
pleted, and when the uncompleted yes
81 sells arrive at the yard there will be no
delay In starting the work on them. y
II Most OF the machinery of the Galveston,
which arrived here from Richmond re-
oently In an uncompleted state, is now
being built UP so that It will be ready
10 install when tho ship arrives. 55ssEi
n The committees Of the straightout and
"A Fusion parties met to-day, for the pur-
pose OF completing plans for the cam
q paign The Stralghtouts held their
n meeting in Berkley at o'clock and the
+ Fusionists met at the Hotel Monroe Mt
the same hour.
There VERT some. late corners, and
among them was a new factor In the
~ race for Commemorative Attorney. IN
the person OF Mr. A. B. Carney. lie an.
nounced his candidacy at the last mo-
ment, but it Is stated that he Will make
q very strong run throughout the county
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.
An attempted jail delivery was thwart
ed at the Norfolk county jail last night
by the bravery OF jailer Huybert and Tho
faithfulncss OF negro trusty, William
Williams, notorious car rohber. arrest
585 ed few months ago in Petersburg
tried to dig out Of jail with an imple
ment made OF the bars of the cell u
which ne was confined, but which NJ
had succeeded in wrenching loose.
He mnffled the blows OF his improviset
chiscl and hammer with cloth. and bu
for the tristy. twenty-one prisoner:
would have escaped. for when discovered
the man had succeeded In digginF
through six inches OF wall.
The prisoners were inclined to mutinS
and put up show OF resistance wher
Jailer Huybert entered the cell, but they
were quickly subdued by his use. single
handed. OF his club,