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der TO prevent speculation. The
refugees also stated that owing to the
1eers OF the army. the fleet was forced
TO make its recent demonstration of
June 2s. In order to preserve the NOR
ale OF the garrison.
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St Petersburg. June ss.-The fac.
tnat no further news OF the land oper-
atoms was received toniSht did not
serve to relieve the tension which A.
general throughout the city. T-ha
omcials continue to feel confidence I'm
General kuropatkin's judgment, and
in his ability TO deal with the mo-
mentous situation. but the general
pubic Is keyed up In expectation of
great battle and Is impatient for
news OF any sort.
The report from Toxic that a fur
ther raid had been made by the vlad-
iTostok squadron arrived too late TO
De generally circulated.
The report talIies with the inti-
nation with the squadron's activity
made In the Associated Press dis
patches, June 27th. These dispatches
said that a belief prevailed here that
the Vladivostok squadron had put TO
sea saturday last ana was likely to be-
next heard<of i'm the Korean straits
At the same time q Russian CORES
pondent at Vfadivostok took pains To
say that Vice Admiral Skrydioff's
squadron would probably be unable To
go out again for weeks. as the ships
mad to go into drydock for overhaul
Ing. The Vladivostok report Is con-
sidered by some a blind.
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Lao Yang. June 2s.-The Japanese
are reported to have retired ten TO
twenty miles from the positions which
they recently held. Owing to local
rains. 1t Is thought that the operations
north of Port Arthur have been in
definitely postponed.
1t Is officially stated that the Rus
sian fleet put out from Port Arthur
several days ago and encountered the
japanese neet. In the ensuing en-
gagement between the two fleets three
ships were lost. No details OF thu
engagement. however are available
here
The evening world., 1904-07-13
DEATH WHEN
HER CHILDREN DIED
Mrs. Gregory Was Told She
Would Lose Her Third Child
and She Drank Carbolic Acid
in Husbands Presence.

Mrs Mary Gregory, of No. 80 Sixth
avenue. brooklyn, Is dying IL the seney
uo,pitsl In her husbands presence
she drsnk carbollc acid.
-Four months age ner two youngest
children became III and within two days
died. Ever since Mrs. Gregory has been
d~sspondent.
Several days ago tho remaining child
was stricken with diphtheria. A physi-
clan In ATTENDANCE ,uiu AI'. J.
would probably die, and to-day she
wsepingly ,old her husband she knvo'
she was 70 be ch!ldless.
When her husband turned away she
drank the acid from n bottle which she
had concealed. A Senev Hospital AMI
bulancc physician worked owe Mrs,
Gregory for an hour, after which she
was sent TO the hospital.
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Took Remarkable Precn utions.

Abbott lived by himself In his mise--
able storehouse TOR the loot OF thieves,
and being In constant relation with
thieves he feared them. This led him
! to arrange the most remarkable pre-
cautions for his safety. His shae,s
were protected from assault Ike a
fortress. over beams he had arranged
huge stone slabs attached with wires
whisI would them to fall on the
heads OF intruders who opened the
doors.
In a doze advantageous positions he
had mounted rides and shOtguns 90
arranged that they would explode their
charges into the bodies Of persons
stumbling over t~rip-wires
A search OF the old Junk shacks will
be made bv the police to-day. but 4;
will be a most hazardous expedition
II the stories told In the nelghbor.
hood and BY the police themselves have
any foundation.
The recluse either slept on a bundl.
OF buflap or fortified himself I'm a
clbby closet AZ night. with a loaded
rlfe standing by him and a huge re.
volver under his head. This closet was
80 small he could not stretch ui, IN
ms length In II. In II was a rusty cook
Stove on which he heated what little
warm food he ate. "''
Old Frederick Van Buskirk was the
.H. EbNfAA NbAll lFuNT 10 sleHn
m me shack. He was n harmless. pos
IDLY honest, derelict In life. lie made
himself a slave to whiskey. Re would
do a days work for the p,ttance ~ A
dime Abbott gave him for grog. soaked
win whisky he would amble back 10
tne, yard and hurl himself on a bale OF
stolen goods to sleep Il on.
Johnson and Dahlgren. the two pris
oners. are swedes. who shipped to hi,
country as seanon. and since then n, :,
been living about the Fulton stree
lodging. houses and the iunkshop II
thapel alley. Both had worked Tor All
bolt, doing odd Jobs for the prire 81 =
drink. and that Is about the only worI
Abbott had quarr,lled with them man,
times. ilc accused them ~ robblng him
Of stealing small things and selling then
Of Johns son a score OF times for theft
aud Johnson had only recently been 70
leased from Jail for stealing from Alb
bott, Ten DAYS ago Abbott asked 10
another warrant against Johnson. II
u fgh. With Johnson last fall he sho
him thronxh the arm.
only a fSN days aso Abbott told sev
eral policemen, who were making one o
frequent raids through the lunkshoI
FOR stolen propsTty' hat he Vas afrai
syede" would vet kill him
\ relative ~ Abbott Informed IN
police thus afttrnOOn that the Did junk
dealer was believed to have at leas
$4,000 in rash concealed IN this old
tunhledown building
Some time ago a sister .ot Mrs
Abbott was going through the. plac,
when she fell over a soap box, knock
ing ive tomato cans out ~ H. One cal
was chockfull NJ $50 gold pieces an,
another NJ 80 gold pieces The tire
nthor cans were hlled with n!scel
laneous silver coins. The woman picke'
them ny quickly and sent them TO An
bolts wife"
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door and saw Van Buskirk passing four
bundles to you"
You're a llar.' cried pahlgren. you
showed me the gun and also a roll oil
bills containing twentIes, tens N ives
You said you had hit an old man over
IN. head with a brick in a sack and
had got the money from him
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BURNED
CLEANING HER BED
Woman's Clothes Ignite from
Alcohol, Flames Spread and
Set Fire to Apartment Caus.
ing Damage Of $1,000.

Mr.. Annie Powers, 81 No, ~ Presi'
dent street, Brooklyn. was cleaning
her bed to-day with alcohol when the
bedclo,he, became ignlted. Her clothes
caught rre and before the flames
could he ex~tinsuished Mrs. Powers
va. badly burned about the head, face
and body. She was taken to the Long
Island civ Hospital.
While Mrs. Powers was busy sound
ing the alarm and calliGg for help IN.
burning bed clothes ,aused a general
Are in the nat The Fire Department
extins.shed the flames. The damage
was 1900.
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Each Accuses thu Other Of Stay.
Ing George T. Abbott the
lMiser Junkman, Of Brooklyn,
and His Helper.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF
HOW MEN WERE KILLED,
Charles v. Johnson, One Of the
Prisoners, Calls Oscar Dahl.
oren the Murderer, and Is
Himself Accused.

brought face to face to-day, charged
Nth the double murder Of the miser
1unkman. George F. Abbott, and OF hi'
helper, Frederick Van Buskirk, the two
men now held by the Brooklyn police
each accused the other in violent and
certain terms. They are Charles V
johnson and oscar Dahlsren.
After the murderer had set Are 10 thu
miserable shacks In Chapel alley form.
ing Abbott's junk yard and the hremer
had found the " bodies. Dahlsrsr
voluntarily pointed out Johnson as TN
eulprit, and Johnson did the same fo'
Dshlgren.
10th johnson and Dahlsren we're ar
raisned on charges OF murder In the
Adams Street Police court this afler'
mon. and we're held ritdOut bail by
N~tagistrate .righo, to be examined on
July Il.
Each Accuses the Other
Each was questioned separately "
Capt. Harkins's office last night and
to-day they were brought, together ,'
make their counter-accusations' Dahl
Eren heard Johnson say:
Il won 81 shooting craps In Jay stree
and that night Dahlgren, Van EuskirS
end myself went out to nave a goo,
time. Danlgren showed me a new
pistol he had bought and told me h
was going TO get the old a n'eanlnI
Abbotl, with II. We got bnck to tn
junkyard between 1, and / O'Clock Sun
day morning and Dahlgren put the guI
under the door into the shop.
Then | saw you lspeaktng to Dahl
gren) and Van Busklrk go into tn,
place. you having the KEY. Wa
washing my head at a hydrant. n yo'
had been In there only two minute
when heard a shot. opened tn
The evening world., 1904-07-13
THREE FlREMEN HURT.

Three nremsn were injured to-day by
tho explosion OF nm automatic fire.
extingusher In the salvage corps house,
Pacific, near Court street, Brooklys.
me former Fire Chief 81 Brooklyn;
lame. Galway ard Martin Larsen.
Their Injuries were Gress'd by an
ambulance surgeon and tlty returned
to duty.
The evening world., 1904-07-13

could have found no more sordid ma.
terial Tor his Imagination than the char.
acters In this tragedy OFFER, Abbott had
conducted a iunkshop In the rattleuap
shacks OF Chapel alley. where thieves
sold their plumber OF every description
for 80 many years that no ~neighbor re-
calls his advent. He was arrested No
many times for receiving stolen prop
srty that ne hinself could not remem'
her the number, Yet the police say he
was such a sasacious dealer that only
once aid he serve a small sentence.
lie was married and had a son who
was sent 10 prison for a most afro
cious assault on a little girl on the
very spot whore his father was found
murdered. When tho young man came
out OF prison he had consumption and
his mrher took him South. where b.
died She has not been seen about Tor
years, blt Il was understood TODAY
that she had heard Of the murder and
was on her way TO New York from
Ashevllle y. G.
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Pure food show:

i j WV SA~V ones self with the fact that they are on sale the ear round In the
Model Food Store at the bweNp prices in New fork They're much
hyu thar usual even for Simpson Crawford 20 in tn bsea bngw With the Foods Show. As we fill mhu Ts pay
inc hr hn to any alton within miles OF New York. there's no nn why anybody within radius OF 1t
MSn, Sd hn to take advantage Of this wonthua swing Or ca ChNa 400 shhF Sor
Tamouoys good day for you city, ks bring your friends and TIT children
and MY this entertaining poGnmmt Thousands are being dlghtd NNy dN
The evening world., 1904-07-13

door and saw Van Buskirk passing four
bundles to you"
You're a llar." cried pahlgren you
showed me the gun and also a roll OF
bills containing twentles, tens and hve'
You said you had hit an old man over
the head with a brick In a saek ana
had got the money from him"
Abbott Lent Money on Clothes
abbott used to lend Ms money on our
clothes" johnson continued, and snee
the Fourth Of July he had a my oost'
or witch ne mad loaned me % cents
Dahlxren, when he came out OF 'he
shack Sunday morning, save me my
coat hack.
'When Dahlgren came OF he wanten
me to 90 in and get the money sa'p
M. that the old man had his place
fix I'd, that there were all sorts OF trap'
and I was afraid Of beins shot 80
p,h,sren wen, In and when he came
an, he had plenty Of money
johnson killed the old A aoout
: ~ O'Clock SATURDAY "'H"'
sren. He had been TO Aooo''' place
alon. and when ! met him van
Bu,kirk he had more money tnan was
aver s,sked In all the crap games OF
Jaw street A..
Johnson said h. had spen, all OF MS
rooney by Monday nirht and that wnile
he was sleeping In Chapel alley az .
O'Clock Tuesday morning Dahlsreh cams
along and woke him up,
"He gave me a drink OF whiskey from
a bottle, johnson said. and eouln
,,Il from the taste OF II that II MAS
noIsoned. Ne wanted to XIII me- van
Busklrk was then in the yard n pah''
sren took him into the stable Danlsreh
having a key. That was the last ever
say o.. Van Busklrk''
Dahlgren said he mad been AWAKENED
at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. n az
he could not sleep he went out on 'he
bridge for a walk. He anne back al .
| o'clock, got Johnson and they went up
"A th. corner, got two drinks and then
went to a restaurant ON Myrtle avenue
! for breakfast. for all OF which Johnso
paid. Dahlsren said Jonnson must have
| killed Van Buskirk while lac was walk
ing on the bridge.
Johnson said that when Dahlgren
! .ouna gu, ne would no, drink IGe
| puisoned whiskey ne tried 10 maze HIN
~ 10 the country with a.n. Tie said
would have to 90, but | knew h.
III w. aLuN mara and
The evening world., 1904-07-13
LEO VARADY MISSING.
hoy Of sixteen Went 10 Look for
work aud didn't Return.

Leo varady. sixteen years old. ha.
been missing since last Thursday. wher
he left his home. No. rs Avenue A
Hs told his mother that he was solns
out to look for work. That was the
last seen or hear I'd OF him.
yarady is smaller than the ordinary
boy OF his age. Is OF dark complexlor
and slim build. When he disappeared
he wore dark clothes.
The evening world., 1904-07-13

II nov appears certain that the aged
and garrious miser was ~strhnglel'
shot and his head beaten In during the
1uict hours ~ Sunday or early shtr''
day night and that early YESTERDAY
nornlng the murdersrs, whose motive
was robbery and revenge returned an
sho: Did Van Buskirk dead as he sat
In a chair in a drunken stupor. Then
tho place was AIRED to hide the crime.
The morbid builder Of a melodram1
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EXCITING AFFAIR
Supreme Court.
eta, 4 . Tha TYn.s-p,spatch.,

Especial to The Times-Dispatch)
JACKSON NJ Ct, August 3--Judge VII
nan, a. 7Hoke opened TIE August term Of.
the Superior Court Monday. There was a
record breaking crowd present from al.
State Us. Johnson and Venable, for bur-.
gisry ia the arst degree was on the dock.
&. and special venire OF 100 was or
5deled by the Judge to be subpoenaed. At
forueyS 7. Y. Mason, 3. S. Gay, G. FL
aIidysste. C.. G. PEBBLES and F. r. Harris
9apnsared for the defendants. The Stale
4 Is represented by Solicitor walter =; Dan
sroes wh 9 broke into the home of Edward
$justis near Garysburg. about three
months ago. Ii X
The Democrat tie Executive Committee
have elected GARLAND F. Afidyctte, chair
iran; a. j. Conner, secre tarS.
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The
MAN
ABOUT
TOWN
Harry Tucker.

8 @ York Hotel, New York, 5Juls 20
How do said Mayor Mcclellan, /. glad &
{ to gee you; have a sent .3s
Then we sat down on ono OF the CITY
Hall Park benches and we realized that
we were IN The rpetrolops
After TINT Mack waved the clouds Of
smoke from his Flivanna cigar or to-
ward the Brooklyn bridEe. and said he
felt Parker was gSner win.
II think could have carried N,York
by a bigger majority But what t'ell2
n I'm young ard got plenty Of time,
Fhen no waved some more smoke. and
when we told hin, that was a good cigar
he hn aded liz q match.
h Johr Campbell, who was with us. re-
NAMED quiet, after be bad told tho
Mayor that be was looking we'll and had
made Side ren,srk about Ii. weather.
After few minutes OF bard silepco
Campbell suggested we had bc3 ter 10
UP town and get mixed up In the Tender
SloiD vortex, and wo went. s
At Fourteenth street we met Bily 4
Reese. al All x Is n II e. ss IA IS
Everybody II Richmond knows Keo,c.
He stops IN that city once Or twice
year, and is a leader In the borough OF
Long Island. II X
& He told Fus that The town was an Tho
lag. as all the yandcrbilts5 and Astor5
and sich had gone to Gancy Island SO
Campbell and us decided to go to that
3resort lust Az soon as we could get our
grips In cold storage. 5Fs
es5 AZ the door Of the York 6il Stokes met 4
u.s.. and there on the inside stood Jack
English, Jim Afapning and Eddie palarue,
all ready to scr what was 70 be raw
Ed We got Chief Clerk Buck TO nut our
gnaines on the blottar. had our shoes
shined. and went out to see some cle.
waited trains. and things. and TO write some
letters back 10 the girls we left behind.
We had various ventures. and We shall
In these papers tell our friends about (
them. beginning tomorrow with the
STORY OF the Umbrella: or, the Diff 4
5cultias in Finding the Girls Number
II. I. s5
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DON'T HESITATE TO COME no THIS
store when you want the right sort 81 81
tho greatest variety at the right nj tees
We've given special thought 70 tho
choosing Of our Wall Paper stock, and
are prepared to offer for No,,. a RIVAL q!
the parIor. he'd room. hall. library; m
fact, for any room III ..sie house you're
thinking Of having papcred Come II
and let us show. you the new styles w.
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SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES TO Los
ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO,
VIA gsoUTHE HA HALLWAY, ae5,2
FOR The FOUND TRIP, RE.

If DESIRED.
Beginning with August eth and con
4lnnlng 3ally to September 9Th. Southern
Railway viii sell from Richmond and ali
points on'its lines to Los Angeles or San
francisco and return, special tickets. nj
raie df sb52b with final return li,nit Oc.
ltober I'D The Southern offers the choice
cf several routes. rate open to the public
--Ro one reuse and retprn another, il de.
ssired, taking IN al the same time the ST
Louis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES via this route
allowing siop-9yer Of as much al len
days at st Louis For Details, apply to
any agent Southern Hallway or
"A G. w, WESTBURY, d. p. A
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New Iewelry Company.

Especial TO The Times. Dispatch.)
n. c.. August 3,-The Jones and
.Frasier Company Is the style OF the new
Quoting jewery business on q large scale
,rbe charter was granted yesteNiay with The
capital of s2OOnO. with tue privilege Of In
crsaspg TO So, one" The incorporators are
NJ. H. Jones. w. Co. Frasier and B. L.
Jones. NJ. n. Jones is president OF the com.
panS, and Mr. w. g. Frasier. secretary and
treasurer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-04

SPRING CLEANING Is 1NCoAfPI, EI e
unless YOU hnve your. parlor suit Or
chairs Or couch bolstsred Sip Ge ~
Z q We do this work cheaper and better
g han a nyone else In the state. and baVo
the pref tlcst coverings. you. car BAY
# &. J J uR & SON. lio-:l East Broad.
Phone 255S4.s ~
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OUR RECORD: RIVE ri 1sGH e ~
awards and gold medals, over two mil.
lion bottles sold in 1903 and distributed
a In twenty-five Sta ties, three /. solid car \,
4. loa DIS shipped In one week. this month:
s, Who's = %fl SAUER'S EXTRACTS. OF
"A course Gould this be Il they were not
the best7 Try them and judge for your.
y self. gg 4igI ". 4 s. 81; 3 81 y
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VIRGINIA COLLEGE
For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke, Y

For YOUNG LAUIES,R ohHURt, y IA
Opens sept, 20. 1904, One Of the, leading
IbSlidinss plano and pjpmsnt. CAMPUS ten =
acres Grand mountain n ~
American teachers. Full COURSE Conservatory
MnslG and Eoeuasdon Gs.
For ca talogue.5 address MATTE =, HARRIS,
President. Roanoke. Va, @y-
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YES, WE HAVE HEARD THERE. rs AN
~ epidemic OF cholera morbus In this city.
.but we are glad to offer you a Panacea,
Il for It In F1ARRIS'S NANII-DYSPEPT
ISL AND TONIC TWATER;g Air. Morris says
1t cures every time. and no Doctors bill
to pay. Phone 4SS2.
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WANTED.

READ REApl wHAr ONE OF OUR
most prosperous and influential citizens
he's 70 say. Of the Harris Anti pyspeptic
ard Tonic Water. 35 a8s
MI. Jas. "A. Morris, III Nj Seventh ST.
Antis pyspeptlc Water FOR two months,
eai, heartily .ecSatsme,nrd y Tor d. l NJ
/ can now eat and enjoy q hearty meal.
. In addition to It's medicinal properties.
Il this water Is most refreshing and
4 yours. r. Il B1ANTON, President Rich
rnpnd Dairy Company,
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SYoU, NEED M II Z o 70 TIL q coUN-
try. to get fat and we'll; Just drink freely
ss5s OF "A. p. Water and be harpy. y hone
1892. 8 +. a3 slSE
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HELP yyANTED.-Male-

MALE TEACHERS WANTED
at once for principals Of graded schools
In Virginia, paying $50. so and SOS n
month. address e. L. WORREll.
Manager Southern Teachers Agency,
Roanoke, Va.
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h, 2l5--FoR RENT. WITH
board large, bow window. SECOND -fioorS
front room, With or without hall room
adjoining. Apply to Mrs. r. L. HUN
/, TER, 21S Il. Franklin, s
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WANTED. BOARDERs AT OCEAN
View, Va: good board; refined people;
cottage on water; low rates; transient
am regular. Address CT. LEM EMIT OF
TAG e.. ~
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WANTED, OCCUPANTS FOR DE-
lIe41tfrl second and third floor rooms In
& a corner house. centrally located on.
Z Grace Street: service 5nrst-class number
limited; arrangements Will be made for
the winter; no children taken ddress.
unoer own signature, II. NJ, care TINS
office. 55S
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i 900 BILE HEADS, OUR NEW FORM.
printed aud Il delivered for $l.D cash;
SONS Sc Co., Snithoeai
Building.
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FL 1oa5-1 lie Nm x--lot6 Z.
Marshall: handsome rooms, with or
without board. n sS
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SUMMER BOARDING WANTED.

VI. -ETED7LADY5 WITH TWO chill
dren, ages s and 9, wishes board III coun-
, try for about one month. Address e. Q.
Box %. Richmond, Va.
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fIREMEN'S
TOURNAMENT
Grand Parade at Salisbury More
Than a Mile
Long.
THEN CAME The H. CONTESTS EST
.Raleigh's Fire Laddies Win the
Much Coveted Prize III the
Hose Wagon Race.
THEN GAME THE CONTESTS.
tspeclal to The Tjmes-DispatcA.)

(Ssecal TO The Tjmes-Dispatch)
- SALISBURY, N. c., August s.~-A mag
nlfleent street parade at . a. n. to-day
2 was Introductory feature Of the state
h 17iremen,s tournament now being held In
" this city. All the steamers, hose wagons
hook and ladders, hose reels and other
4 equipa ses OF the State In attendance lance
uron tho convention, with all the attend
inv firep,en, together with thousands
Of citizens, participated in the parade.
which was more than one mile IN length,
3 being pronounced the grn-ndest In the his
terry OF the State.
THE CONTESTS.
Following the parade. was the quick
steam contests on the public square. The
companies entering, time and prizes We're
as follows: Newberne. No. 1. 2:s9 ID,
first prize, so; Elzabeh City, 3:161-2 sec
] ord prize, $50; Rocky Mount, 3:l7, third
prize. $50.
The results Of the long distance steam
& ar con tests were as follows:
Elizabeth City, GAG feet 10 inches. winning
first prize, $50: Rocky Mount. 2l2 feet 8
inches. second prize, $50: Greensboro, ls9
feet, third prize, $40.
Interest conferred In the hose wagon
races this afternoon. The distance COW
cred was 800 yards and the teams en-
tering we're as follows:
e Capital, Of Raleigh, time 80 s-5, Winning
first prize, 800; Eclipse. of Goldsboro,
time e 54-5. secopd prize, $50; Durham. No.
q. time 81 AS, third prize. SO; Fayette-
VILE, time 81 is; Rescue. Of Raleigh
time ~ 2-5, and Elizabeth City,, time!
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TWELFTH ST., MI 4G3-+Nf RS. sTlANES.S
fnrst-class rooms and board; also table
board transient boarding 81 per day.
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FRANKLIN. H.. 1l5-Nf1ss P1TzER;
choice rooms single and en- suite; pri-
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G AtNvAssER S--N1NE MEN FOR
house,to house canvass: big money; call
early. Mr. cox, Franklin House.
Franklin Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-04
.VIRGINIA STATE FAIR,
Horse .l,'I J. Show '|F and Races.
Norfolk, Va, August lst 10 9Th,
Friday, August 5th, the Big Day.

Special excursion via, Norfolk and
Western Railway, Friday. august 5th,
q round trip. Train leaves Richmond,
Byrd stneet Station. 500 a. NJ; Peters
hung, s:a5 a, ~. Returning. leave Nor.
folk, 7:l5 r. NJ. Off TO the races.
i% r. r. ADAMS, Manager.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-04
SUMMER BOARDING. Y

BOARDERS Il WANTED #{AT VIRGINIA.
Beach for August and September; sre-
cial rates of 81 per week. Address
: GRAY AR CHER. Virginia 53ea chIsFa.5