The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-12
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NEWPORT NEWS. VAa April liz
renry w. Dewitt, a carpenter, aged
forty-fIvc. from Flushing, N. j., was
found dead in his bed at the Peninsula
Hotel here yesterday morning. The coro-
ncr's jury decided that the man came TO
his death from the effects OF a protracted
spree, and that lie had possibly taken
laudnnum'
Err u u ERtI CkSBURG.l VA--IIenry
Slaughter, negro boy, sixteen years old.
has been sentenced by Judge A. =. En-
brcy, of the Corporation Court, to eighteen
months in the penitentiary for assault
and battery. An effort was made to get
him into the colored reformatory on
james River, but the Institution was
crowded.
8 ASHLAND. VA.-The Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and t Toto Railroad da mas
Of the Ashland members Of the Richmond
"Wednesday Club. which leaves Richmond
every Tuesday night at III o'clock from
pa; 4ni,s ;hf ldst .h1S Steamer Hell
en- Euphane, belonging to the Ilubank
Guano Company, Will run daily during
the fishing scason from Dividing Creek
and Jackson's Creek to Cape Charles.
This will enable the fishermen to get their
fish to the Philadelphia and New YORK
markets twenty-four hours earlier than
heretofore.
get practice Of the washington Guards
tho highest score, seventeen out O. "a pos
sible twenty-five, was made BY Lieuter-=
ant a. 6. Billingslcy. ,,,u.
MONTEREY, YA.-Mr. a. WhitelaW,
who has recently purchased valuable,
grazing lands In Highland, has just re-
turned from Maryland. where he p,r-l
chased several head Of thoroughbred cat
I:AT;E CITY. TA.-rhomas Franklin,
who lives about one mile east from Gate
City, while returning to his home late
ths afternoon fell dead In TIE road "a
well known in this section. The cause Of
his death was heart failure.
~. FRONT ROYAL, N.A.-The Pine 11ill
its second annual show on the Fair
Grounds. west Of town, Thursday, May
18TH. The event Of the day will be the
+ four mile point-to-point race, In which
six horses will participate.
NORFOLK, VA.-The British steam
ship Rosewood, which ran ashore at
Virginia Beach Friday in dense fog,
was 1cated this afternoon, and VIII 90
to Newport News for repairs. Ihe vessel
WEST POINT. vA-The tugboat
Caribel. belonging to Wheeler and Den
mead Brothers. was burned at o'clock
ed, but were unable to save The boat. The
boat came from up the Mattapont River
and tied to the dock Mt O'clock. me
cause of the fire is unknown There was
no NE I!'SHFa'Iei NEWS, vA,-1ittle .Inther
+. Hobbs. Jr.. the infant son OF Mr. ana ana
Mrs. Luther +. Hobbs. of Hampton, died
from Wec the ee' eb ID alohing
caught fire while he was playing alone
in a room Hearing his screams, the
mother rushed in and succeeded IN piit-
ting out the flames, but it was too late.
Tic baby was terribly burned about the
body and neck. and after suffering ago
MES for three days, II gave up Inc strus-
gle for life ~. ~
rooms in Suffolk will have to remain
closed from May list to May 9th. or else
sell without a license. There was mace
no provision for the bearing OF anpm ,i..,t
m rfert Of The circuit Court in March, and
now that court has adjourned there
saen,s ia he no legal way through which
day may DO set for hearing applica-
'' FORK UNION, vA.-since the inaug,-.
ration Of the first County Court in Flu
wanna in i'm there have been only four
clerks aohn Gonns 5e Incmbent
their terms 81 service S 1877 years. !,
' A'tsT'AJJNToN. u YA.-The first Parker
here here a few days ago. will have meet
ny TR1sPP, ~, ICKsBuRG, NA,--Alucl In
terest fol, here in the s1ns GSnre
!uv ,nhii will viii begin next. Sunday and con-
t M,,ie'' through tho week, CLOSING, the fol.
i inwine sunday. a number, OF me most iI
dlsllhs ~ u IT In the programme. This church
t has u pn membership Of nearly six hundred
and n Sunday school enrolment , Ct ahou.
th ,us' same number, Rev. r., A. Wll!ahs
IS 11 1l,a rrIsViLLE, Waffle plan OF deep
cnine the channel IN the creek forming
t thc head Of coan River, usually knoWn
point 1T n asonia Of ssahn nfsas
~ tn,a s;evaral business mon have MADE
trI1m; to washington and have enlisted tho