The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-19
Big Truckers Say the Acreage
Is Greater Than Ever Before
THE SCARE OF LABOR l, 3
The Recent Importation Of Foreigners f's'''
Has Proved Satisfactory, ana f' t55
Number Of Orders Have Been
Given for More Of Them.
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NORFOLK. VA, March 1S--T?fe bu TX
Of the spring potato crop mas been pant lal =
"a rhe ncreage Is grenter than ever pc
fore, The big truckers have q grea gu uea'
OF trouble about labor. SO many ne 'E
groes have left the country. or gon1s on on
small places for themselves, that g man ian
ia hard to get. The recent importa ton
or foreigners has proven satisfactor
Thcv aro excellent and Intelligent work
ora A number Of orders have boon given
in for moro Of them. e
rho police have an inquiry for q miss
ing boy fourteen years OF age, Win ~
Ills heart His name Is Lycurgls Wllker-
snt, md his home is Cleveland, Ohio
ant he may give tho name Of Hunt, or
strong. or Sidney, rs his PENANG Tor
n,,rposes Of concealment. His parents
will pay tho expenses Of telographlng$
If the truant be. found
Russell Murden, aged fourteen years,
son of Joseph Murden, Of Salem, Prln-s
cess Anne county, who was shot last
Saturday, Is now reported as improy-
ing. Young Murden was out cunning
with companion when BY the accden-
tai discharge of his gun his hand was
nearly blown off. He was treated by
his family physician and then brought
to this city for trea tment by Dr. South
gate Leigh, The little fellow VIII lose his
hand. 5a5 !.
4 Dr.. Julian Baker. the principal in the
tragedy at Tarboro, N. CT, when DR..
Bass, Of that town, was killed, arrived in
the city to-day. from Richmond and left
later In the day for Tarboro. Dr. Baker
declined to talk about the lamentable NJ
fair. lie is out on $500 bail for g hear
ing later In the week. Tho arrival Of DR..
Baker in Norfolk was known 70 but q
BODY s1DDNTIFIED.
Mrs. Olive NJ. Hunter, of New DOrches-
ter, Mass, has written q letter TO the
chief OF police saying that the man
murdered there and buried as an un-t
known persons is her husband. The pic.
turc and description Of tho murdered
man were sent to the postmaster there, by
request and It is supposed the writer
has seen It., for she writes confidently
that Charles r. Hunter, alias ], r. Al
len, is her husband. She asks for tho,
name OF the undertaken and says that
she wishes to make arrangements for.
the disposition Of the body The body
found in tho river. and supposed to be
that OF q murdered man, has not been.
sat factorIly Identified,
The Weather Bureau to-day reported
that the schooner James D. Dewell,
Captain Hammond. passed In the capes
with her bowsprlt and foretopmast car
rled away and bow DANA ged. The pre-
sumption is that tho schooner was in col
lision in the dense fog that yesterday
prevailed along the coast.
D The Maritime Register shows that the
FDewell was bound from Providence to
5Lambert's Point for coal, which was to
be taken to Charleston.
up to this afternoon none OF the par
tlculars Of the collision were obtainable,
as the vessel had not arrived In tho
llarbor. 5s ~
& The naval magazine on Julian Creek
is to be enlarged by the erection of three
big brick buildings where high explo-
fsivcs, shells and other materials, used
In making ammunition for warships, will
be stored. Quarters for tho marine guard
stationed at the magazine and for other
employees will also be constructed, Work
Is to begin at once. a, 6 I'll 2 #
fs EAGLE WING RELE0As.aD.
The libeled schooner Eagle Wing, Cap-t
tain Thomas T. Morgan, was released
in the United States District Court this
morning on bond Of $22500 given by a
surety company She was lIbcled by
Captain G, v. Chatheld, OF the schooner
r. land II. Hargraves. with which shts
was In collision In Hampton Roads on,
February 18TH I,
Steve Seellnger was IN tho Corporation
Court this morning onk tho charge Of
violating tho Goodrich Aordinance, 1t
is not charged that he allowed liquor to
be sold in his place on Sunday, but that
he put up a partition in tho rear OF tho
bar which obstructs the view Of TIC
renr of tho room. He contends that tho
partition ia a solid board division wn:.~
separates the lunch room from the bar.
and that to so from there to the Ear V
Is necessary to 60 up and down stair
ways and into the street Hence the
partition Is not placed to sell liquors be-
hind a screen, but to separate the bar so
that It will not interfere on Sunday with
the lunch counter, The case was heard
by Judge IIanokel and decision reserved
to determine II the partition violates the
ordinance,
l. Cheyromont. member Of the City
Council OF the municipality Of San Juan,
Porto Rico has written to Mayor Rid
dick asking for information as to the pub.
lie services of Norfolk and The care Of
the streets, lights, markets md the san
itary regulations. The information was
sent to him without any details Of, thu
means by which American Counc!lmen
work their gratis on the c1A7 finances.
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Charged With Assault