The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-30
FIRE; IN The
PICKING ROOM.
Petersburg. Fire Department Do
Timely Work at Pocal,ontas
Il Cotton Mills.
SURVEY OF NEW CHANNEL
Rabbits Body Buried Here In
stead Of Being Sent to
New York. .s& Y

Especial TO The Times: Dispatch
PETERSBURG,;v Az, Aug. 20. II ire was
& discovered In the picking room OF the
Pocahon tas cotton mills in Battersea. a
suburb Of this city, late Saturday night,
and an alarm turned in BY the watch0
man, which brought the IRE department
quickly to tho scene. Al first the de-
& partmcnt had some difficulty In getting
q good water connectionfas there are no
+ IRE plugs in the vicinity and the tank a
the mills could not be used, but this
trouble was soon remedied by the use Of
L the canal nearby and the fire was con-
fined TO the picking room, which Is a
one.story brick structure, between the
& main building and the river. IA
q VI The flames were lextingnishcd after de-
stroyng some loose cotton and burning
ai,oie in the floor of the room. causing
loss OF not more than $500. covered by
insurance. A considerable quaint OF
cotton was damaged by water. The room
wns equipped with automatic fire extin-
y gulshers. which are said to- have worked
very satisfactorily. M sss
3 The origin OF the fire ID unknown and
the Waterman On duty at the time re-
ports that he saw no indication Of It's
cause. The Pocahontas cotton mills re
ltlclGSsS
4 Milling Company. large corporation
h owned and operated by local cal italists.
A They resumed work I'll his morning.
IA Mr. e. 4 L. Ritchc,B heSgovernment en-
gineer here In charge OF the diversion
Of the Appoint tpx River, to-day began
n the work OF COINS over In cross sections,
the course Of the new channel in order
20 calculate the number OF cubic yards
"a OF earth to be drcdged by til Atlantic
drtr
s$S3 The company will be paid SO much per
cubic yard. sS3
SPARK ARREsTER.
Dr. w. Bryant. ~ Of Crewe, Val, a
4 former resident Of Petersburg has IN
vented a spark extlnguisher for ilroad
4 locomotives, which IL said ito have been
4 most ceessfully tested BY several rail- a
road companies aud IS reputed to be a
h remarkable invention A stock company,
has been formed to Inanufact this lLai
f device and a meeting OF the stockholders
& was recently held here at the home OF.
a Judge YIN. Hodges Mann, for organiza-5
II ton. "a ~
the eompany's capital stock viii be up
y wards OF half a million dollars.5 T he char
ter was secured to day ;Es s8$ s. .s;s
The negro. Zone Clanson who was res
Gently arrested here on O peace warrant
and was afterwards found to be wanted
E was tot ayS taken back to tina Is city by
y OFFICER Smith, Of the oxford police force.
Elauson twaH arrested by Officers Beck
u and Aldridge and confessed his guilt. also
expressing his willingness to return to
6 North Carolina without requisitfon.
BELATEn TELEGRAM
Friends OF the late Rabbi Dlboy. who
! died here on last Thursday morning. have
retained .the services o. Aressrs.S VIM q.
\ Mc1lwalne and james NJ. Qulcke. Jr.,S to
! bring suit against the Western Union
STelegra phi Company for damages alleged
to- have been caused by delay In the de-
Z livery OF a telegram from the wife of the
Rabbi, instructing that his body sn5u!d8
i be sent to New X rk. ;$S4
8$s 1t seems that tho telegram sh ould have
been delivered on Thursday al ternoon,3
but was not delivered until after the fu.8
neral on riday, when the body had been
inferred in Richmond.
4 Irwin Byrd and three other negroes, who
recently fired from ambush mtg a crowd
d of men Mt Nforrissetts mill. Iii Bruins
wick county, woundlng two negro men,
one OF them fatally. Il are Still at large
and defy the officers OF the law. announce
ing that they will mot be captured alive.
"a Rev. s. c. Hatcher. Il OF Market Street
M. +. Church, Will leave Tuesday morn
ling for a two. wee ks' va cation Ia the:
North. ss IN; S,,
Mr. simon Seward who has been Iii,
I Europe for several weeks. has returned.
Es Mr. Geo. Mason has returned from a
visit to & the Hot Springs, and several
other Virginia mountain resorts.
5ss Mr. ". T.. Braswell. a highly esteemed.
& farmer OF Brunswick county. living near
y LaWrenceville. was k llled ON Saturday.
afternoon by a falling tree, which is
being cut fer SO ". mill