The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-25
NAVY YARD
INSPECTED.
Admiral BOWles Goes Over.
4 the Government Plant
THE OBJEC OF HIS VISIT
He May Have Norfolk IL Mind as a
Good Place at Which TO Build a
w BatteshipT TWO Training
Ships Soon to be Built
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ssaRS NORFOLk, VA, March 24.-Admiral
Il +. r. SBowles, chief of the Bureau of
Il Construction and Repair, arrived at the
navy yard this morning, and after call
Ting on Acting Commandment Crag In
III spected the different departments in
company with Naval Constructor Stocker.
n There are two surmlses us to the special
" object Of the Visit. One Is that Adj niral
Sllsowles Is here to prepare for the build
b Ing Of the two training ships. The other
4; Is that his visit Is to ascertain Il the
h conditions be favorable for building Of
M u bnttleship. ii[,,ti 81 a IS
MA Since yes terday fleet Of over one hun
y dtcd sckooners has passed out the cnpes
s$fiOm Hampton Roads, where the YES
,scls were storm bound. In tho fleet were
4 vessels Of every description from the one
sticker to the six. master. The sigh1.t4off
rs the moving vessels was n pretty one.
MANY OF the Hchooners had been in the
Roads for three weeks awaiting favor
II able wind. "a s4s flsii. " 4
Charles Petty has been missing ever
& since December 8, 1902. Ills body was
Y cast up from It's hiding place in Elizabeth
IL River yesterday, and sent to his former
Ii home at Oceana, In Princess Anne county,
4 for burial to-day. The disappearance at
sBtracted great attention ut the time. be-
II cause the family OF tho deceased made
4 great efforts to trace him, and because
u his last companions were two unknown
sailors, and there was a suspicion that.
" they had taken some advantage Of him.
L There were no evidences of&vtoence OF,
1.-THE body however, and the coroner, DR..
$Kight, announces that the death resulted
a from drowning. It is the accepted the
4 Dry that Petty fell overheard and was
drowned IIe was thlrty-eight years OF
rt,1,i ~ a .1,t n
member Of an excellent family. Il
3a55gs5g7 YOUNG HUSBAND GONE.
~ John i. q G ooch left his pretty little
wife Sunday a week ago She has not,
heard from him since, and she has a
4 suspicion that he may have committed
Sgested as an explanation Of the pro-.
sionged absence OF the man whom she.
loved and to whom the members Of her,
family had become reconcled after she
4 had contracted a runaway marriage with
4 him against their consent. On sunday
week G ooch was seen on the ferry going
TO Portsmouth. II Since then he has not
been heard from except that one OF MS
acuunintances thinks he saw Gooch IN
$Rchmond. Last j uly John L. sGooch.
y who is known here as having 4 been en-
gagged In the restaurant and tho pie
making business, and Lille Braithwaite,
Sthe seventeen-year-old daughter OF ~.
W. BraithwAite, OF No. Is Fenchurch
street vent 80 Elizabeth City, N. CT
10 be married. They returned here. ana
after q few months the parents OF the
young girl were reconciled to tho mar
riage. Mr.. BraithWalte says ne G w.. nv
$icredlt the suicide explanation OF MS SON
#in-law's absence, but he is inclined to;
believe that Gooch has become distressed
"A over the escapnde of a former wife, q
pretty girl from Kentucky, who deserted
4 him here 10 go on tho stage several
Lat =,
III time being. S5t IT.
s y steve Seelnger's case was decided ny
Judge Hanckel to-day by m imposition
4 sc a fine OF $40 and costs. The case was
tried blythe judge without u jury on an
i5nppeal from fine OF $50. imposed in the
lower court for having partition IN !, q
bar-roon that obstructed q view OF tne
rear. The partition was temporary. but
f II was used only on Sunday to separate
the bar from the Luncheon counter
Seeinger assorted thattthe partition was
B not intended to conceal and did not con-
y cca the sale OF liquors, because nc ulu
mot sell liquors on that SUNDAY but was
to comply with the law in allowing men
40 be at the luncheon counter without
being in the saloon. The judge decided
i against that plea, but reduced the amount
d Of the flne This was test case to de-
E termine whether q saloon may hhv =.
even n solid wooden partition or not In
1.-THE rear. ,5ls 5.As sRl5s sH ,
Miss Halle Waddy has been appointed
to the position OF finance clerk TO captain
II. B. Nichols. postmaster She has
given her bond with, n guarantee conf
pany az surety and will begin her duties
Z at tho postof11ce on the first OF the month.
A She Is tho daughter OF Colonel John Is.
4 ,yaddy, who died, leaving Il large family.
Immediately after he had received the
d appointment to the office OF postmaster,
rhe friends OF tho family are very much
sratifed at the appointment of Miss
WaddY as she Ia the support Of the
family.
pILINd is NOT NEEDED.
City Engineer Brooke has decided that
the new school building to be erected IN
Chael Street will be safe without plng.
This will save the School Board from
f II. Zoo 10 5000 of the s3b, 900 appropriation
e and give the board that much more
money to be spent on the building proper.
Arthur Parati. italian consul ut this
h mort, has received CIRCULAR from tho
Secretary of the Interior OF Italy IN
forming him that hides shipped TO mat
country from the United States VIII 20
Z admitted free OF sanitary Inspection. pro
yided they are accompanied ny ae,..n'
Il cate isslIed by the consular representa-
tive OF Italy at the port through which
X the shipment Is made,
Miss Fannie Caps. OF Portsmouth, was
& a ma ssenger on the steamer Metamorn,
which sank in the ocklawaha River. Fla,
Z Thursday night. Miss capps, with other
passengers was rescued by HE crew OF
the boat, who succeeded In breaking into
the state-rooms after the rooms were
/. flooded with water. All OF the passsn-
gers were saved. but two OF the crew
lost their lives. y,
b BREWERY RI1SIsTs TAXATION.
Justice Taylor entered warrant
against the Consumers Brewing COM
pany on the notice OF the city tax col
lector this morning. and fined the de-
PENDANT $50 and costs for not paying the
tax. The charge Is that the breWtly W
doing business in the city without paying
the licenae of s2iO required by the city
ordinance, This case came up before, and
had reaahed the same stage OF develop
ment. when the brewery carried the case
10 the Court of Appeals and had the de-
clsions OF the lower courts reversed on
M technical error IN the warrant, Now
Justice Taylor has drawn q special war
rant to ut the case and the tr1al will
come i'm on Its merits in the CORPORATION
court irhe question Is, can the city col.
act tax on the business for which the