Evening star., 1903-07-02
burned in the Norfolk navy yard by the

burned in the Norfolk navy yard by the
bursting of gasoline torch.
Rev. r. F. Cauley, Baptist, of Floyd. Va.
was dragged from his buggy near Vinton
by rufffans and murderously assaulted. His
assaflants are supposed to have been
friends of the men Hardin Custer and
James Manning. recently sent to the At
lanta penitentiary upon evidenee given
against them in the United States court
for the western district of Virginia by Rev.
Cauley.
The minister reported Custer and Man
ming for selling liquor near his church
and the two beat him numerically. He re-
ported them again and their sentece to
prison followed.
Rev Cauley is in a bad condition from
the last assault. The masked men who at
tackled him beat him with whips. cudgels
and j.; ks and then left him on the road
side for dead He was found during the
night and sheltered at a neighboring farm
house.
The ruffians who assaulted the minister
have not yet been caught.
Levin R. Stoakes a prominent resident OF
Mathews county, Va, and former citizen
of Portsmouth, is dead at his home near
Fitchetts, aged ffty-eight years.
John T. Steele. young newspaper man.
and Miss Eve Augusta Johnaken were mar
ried at Freemason Street Baptist Church.
the event being quite brilliant one. They
left for Washington, Niagara Falls and
Canada.
WeemS
been running only one boat week from
Norfolk to Tappahannock and other Rap
pahannock river points, will on July be-
gin running two steamers weekly. The
steamer Essex will leave here Tuesdays
and Saturdays and will leave Tappahan-
mock Fridays and Sundays
The assets Of Adolph Michelsohn. the
noted Norfolk lawyer and money lender
who failed owing 200. paid out only I
per cent on the dollar. D. Laffler was the
1or
Terrauit Of Toledo. Ohio was the next
highest at $11 900 B. Miller, who failed
with Michelsohn. owing over 100000, is
now asking a full discharge in bankruptcy
from all his debts. Judge Waddeli has
fixed July u for a hearing. There will like
ly be spirited contest in the matter. Mil
ler's assets amounted to only s., ,OOO
Charles G. Kizer, eK-chief of police OF
Norfolk and weil-known printer. has
bought the "Unionist." the local labor or
gan. He will enlarge the plant and i'm
prove the paper. w. r. Davis, the old
owner, will engage in the supply business
here.
A man named Donahue has been sent
on to the federal grand Jury in North Car
olina for selling moonshine whiskey at a
blind tiger" which he ran In a cemetery
at Concord.
Donahue, it Is alleged. always did bust
ness at night, and while there were many
reports about his blind tiger no arrests
were made. The federal authorities taking
a hand planned an attack which worked
successfully
This was made at night. when Donahue
was found serving drinks as fast as he
could to patrons who were gathered about
his cart. The man was arrested and his
whiskey seized. Donahue is now out on
bail.
North Carolina Is using every possible
effort to have state building at the st.
Louis exposition. The sum OF 10000 must
be raised privately before the legislative
appropriation OF $10.O0O IL available. and
have this sum raised. Az yet not q NTH
Of the necessary $4,000 has been raised.