Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
GREA TBIGMORTGAGE
,rwronT NEWS snIpnuILp1Na-
COMPANY RECORDS IT sE,rERDAr.
70 A NEW YORK CONCERN.
sacrament Executed to- Settle Tn
with the HunsInxto9 E.,a tease
of Lawyer Charlie. F. Rnth-Thc
.rellow fSid,' bad BOY.

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i smcai)-A general mortgage from the
j newport News Shipbuiidsng and Dry.
i Dock Company to the Union Trust Com.
q psny Of New York. bearing date OF Jan.
Il ra-y lst. was filed In the Office of the
y eIe-R Of courts to-day. Involving s. 900. 90;
i md requiring q tax OF $500 The mort.
4 rASe Is to secure payment on the 5000
u bonds, each OF $1,000 face value which
4 we're authorized at the stockholders meet
ID ms Of the shipbuiiding Company, held a,
n the General Offices in this city several
u Ssys ago. The bonds were Issued to pay
of certain existing indebtedness, the
General Assembly Of Virginia giving the
company the right to float such an issue
two gears ago. 1t is understood that the
Il payment OF this Indebtedness Is simply an
sraicablc understanding between the COM
Coils 2. Huntington. owner OF the ship
yard, lived. the mortgage probably would
no; have been fled.
4 The deed, which is handsomely printed
OF heavy paper. is signed by Calvin s..
e.
Il PRESIDENT and secretary of the Newport
4 News Sh.pbuilding and Dry-Dock Com
pauy and Edward King and j. ". 3.
Thaye- respectively president and sec
rotary Of the Union Trust Company.
which has its Office at No. so Broadway,
New York. The bonds will run for fifty
years. bearing interest at 5 per cent,
which Will be payable sen1i-annrally.
TO secure ful! payment on the bonds.
the Shtpbnildng Company makes grants
10 the Trust Company many parcels of
land. buildings. plants. etc
II the Shipbuilding Company defaults
In the payment of interest at any time
for six months, OF fails to take up the
bends in the required time, the Trust
Company is authorized to sell or dispose
Of all the realty, etc, according to the
usual conditions. Edwin T. Corey, COM
missioner for Virginia in New York. Wit
messed the signatures.
CORPORATIONS Hailed TO COURT.
The Citizens Railway. Light and Power
Company, the Newport News and Old
Point Railway and Electric Company, the
Southern Bell Telephone Company, the
Consumers Light, Heat and Ice Company,
IND the Citizens Telephone Company.
sere to-day summoned to appear in court
hey should not be fined for not having.
their poles painted. labeled and numbered
n accordance with the law. The Hamp-
.on Roads Railway and Electric Company
@as IL court to-day on q similar charge,
Ind lis case WAC continued, indefinitely.
CASE OF CHARLES +. RUTH
Attorney Charles F. Ruth will arrive
rom Washington tomorrow morning to
stand trial on the charge OF embezzIenent
# $500. belonging to Mrs. Mary Johnson.
The general Impression here is that Ruth
cannot be convicted because he announc-
60 publicly in The papers several days
befoE. his departure that he was going.
10 leave. and no attempt was made TO
prevent him from going. Police Sergeant
c. B. Craford will bring Ruth back It
Is understood TO-DAY that Contractor Ma
honey. of the Block Asphalt Company for
which Ruth was attorney. and which
holds money said to belong to him. to-
day offered TO settle any claims against
him.
ThomaG Ryan and Stephen Adams, two
leserters from the steamship Cebriana
urested here, were to-day taken to Pin
1ers Point by Detective Sergeant Rey-
lolds and placed aboard their ship
Ii there is a well defined movement to
reorEantze the baseball league in Vir-
glHia next summer plenty of interest will
Dc found here, as there are a number
d men who want to go into the enter
lElse, II those backing 1t mean busi-s
hess.
THRASHED THE CAPTAIN.
Stanley I. Croft. the gen,!enanly young
feWafd Of the steamship Buenaventura,
tho administered tllrashing to Captain
J" N Cronin and was this morning tineo
lightly. iibeied the ship for his wages.
amounting 10 s2S. now due Tim, because
ne mas received his discharge.
Henry Abernafhy, alias yellow Kid
Who was arrested at a1orrison's yester-
aaF by Detective Sergeant Reynolds. was
V-oaF held for the Refo-matorr'. at Lau-
ell Va. the authorities wiring that they
wanted the Toy. Alternately has broken
out OF the Refornaatory several times.
1e claims he is now 2 years old.
a WEDDING.
Charles W Hayne. of this city. on We'd
nesdaS married Miss Liza r. Miles of
oa'''Hore AT the same time the brides
s-s1er, Miss lea L. Miles, was married to
William II. Gillingham. of Baltimore. Mr..
eiad Mrs. Hayne viii arrive here in few
2ayS 10 make their home
MIS-. D. r. Davidson. of Shanghai,
eAipa is on a visit, with her children. to
aer parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Joo. Mr..
700 IS postmaster at Sewell's Point. q nd
IL managing the small hotel there. Mrs
davidson lived here for several years,
il'0!1Elng the general manager In China
'or the American Tobacco Company. She
VII return TO Shanghai in February
KEY. Z. T. Wexford, pastor Of the First
Ittspyterian church. is in Baltimore.
"hefe he was called by the serious III
ness Of his aunt. Mrs. Taliaferro, who
% "eii-know'n in Virginia.
RECORD OF THE NASHVILLE
IN" gunboat Nashville which is now
CT route to Hampton Roads from Cute
IRA Tor repairs. was the first warship
ouit a; Newport News, and she was also
tAe first captor OF a prize In the Spanish
american war. This is the Nashville's |
HiSt visit to Hampton Roads In FIVE years,
SAe having been stationed in European
ana South American waters during that
'ifne. She holds the worlds record for
speed among gunhoats
The Cralnp-buflt hattleship Maine is
expected TO reach Hampton Roads in a
lew days from Philadelphia Here she
VIII receive her sailing order 1t is ex-
pected that she will proceed to Cute
bra
New Light OH Crime.
Ehhe Board of Police Commissioners has
sast had electric lights Installed In the
Third police station, and the current was
sa;ued on last night. for the first time