The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-08
DOLPHIN Al
SE !. A GALE !. !. |. /:
Puts out From Norfolk III a Forty,
. Mile BLOW on Some Secret s
Mission. Bs d
TUNls RE q Z 4 s u
The Move q Plan to- Getathci
Lumber Compai,y's# affairs il
i38 the Hands Of Old Owners. ].

Especial 10 The Times Dlrpatch,1
~ NORrOLK IA VA. March lin the
d teeth OF "a bowling forty-mile gale, the
cruiser Dolphin put 70 sea to-day on on
some unknown mission She will return All
IL tho yard Friday. Further iifor,r1nt-.
ton Is withheld. VA M
Annie Turner last night swallowed the
~ contents Of five half pint bottles OF
whiskey, and died from the effects. 7 ]}e
coroner decided that she committed sui
eide. 81 4. FL IL Si.
IL NJ. Wiley. president OF the Tu lirl1sI
& LUMBER Company. to-day, put Or, record Org
contract between his firm, Wiley, tiar-
kcr and Company. and the 3Tunis Com '1'fnl.3
,I,any, whichSnllows five per cent commits
n eon on all sales made by his firHl II Q
also claims TO have advanced $4,000 70
the concern. & I'LL & "a NJ # .3 u 3si
PROSECUTION b X PR EsBY'T = E Z.
rho Norfolk prcsbytery to-day heard
ia further argument III the case OF the COL.
Icy Memorial Church. against ore Of Of It's
most prominent members lSd va camp
"a manufactured. 1t alleges that he has
u not attended services regularly |. 81 &C.
the return OF Rev. r.. "A. robinson, whose
Il recall til tho %pastorate Mr. Camp II OPP
AZ posed vigorously. Mr.. Camp applied for
a letter Of dismissal to the secon n Pres
by1erian Church, which was efused by
R the, session. He declined 20 be coerced
into attending n church where the ser.
n vices were frepiignant to him. hence the
opposition. Il Past political s5di fferences is
( al the bottom OF the matter It IS stated
s585 S5 3$2a DAMAGE VERDICT ssiS
gts}8 a verdict for $500 was rendered In
the case III Mrs. Afargie Williar against
I. the Norfolk Light md Railway Cou1Ta ny
to-day. Mrs. " liar claimed that 1er
health had been permanently impaired
5$8 by an accident sustained Hon@ one OF the
cars Of the defendant company. 55
46It is now reported that Colonel g. q.
CabeIl will mot be ready with the de-
tense on the god government party's
sidegof the contest OF the recent primary
this week. A
THE TUN1s RECEIvERSHlP.s
5.g 1t Is stated that the Tunis Lumber
y Company's receiyership is merely re-
t,ir,. OF the concern to the hands OF the
receivers who we're appointed by the.
United States Diatrict Court several veal rs
ago. and out OF whose hands the plant
4 was taken under an agreement with the
creditors. ,s 4 St * s55
r. Is significant that tho parties suing
~ the concern arc Stockholders as well as
creditors for sums advanced the COM
parry. II They are OF 4 tho Tunis family
which Shas little or nothing to do with
the concern since II emerged from the
a hands of the receivers. 38s M n sIt5 .3gti.
5SIt Is vel! understood In local financial
and lumber circles that the arrangement
ander which the company. which Is capi-
I talized at millior dollars came out
. OF the hands OF receivers and the reor-
! tiv,e.
factory to tho men who had built up the
plant to Its present Immense proportions
Therefore, 1t IS apparen to the dis
corning that tho return OF the plart to.
the hands OF receivers. II. b. Nichols
Theopolus Tuns and E. II. Thompson.
the latter Of Baltimore, is an effort to
get the property again into the hands of,
its founders. who, through the plaintiffs,
Mrs. Margaret Wilson and Mrs Bessie
Wilson. Tunis. allege that the manage
ment put IN charge, at the dlctation OF
the creditors, has not cornpetcntly H1an-
aged the property, which should be im-i
rncnsely proflta ble, ( Es (. II, Isl A d
h 1t is generally believed that a clash
between tho State and Federal authority
is likely to occur-in fact. that II is well.
nigh inevitable In the case OF the Viz
GINA Pilots Association. shortly to come
before the Supreme Court OF the United
States at Washing ton: "a
The action involves the very essence OF
the constitutionalty OF the compulsory
spilotage acts Of tho State OF Virginia..
II which have been upheld N by Its II local
courts whereveS tried. ~
The very life OF the Pilots Assoca-
IA ton is dependent upon the decision, for
NJ tho law is the only bulWark the q ssocla-s
ton has against the possible action OF
masters of vessels bringing 4 n their own
craft without the aid Of a pilot. w
!: As the matter stands. whether this Is
Y done orSnot,E the vessel Is bio for pilots
\ age fees 1t Is the fight OF the vessel
owEers against this construction Of the
law that will bring the case to the SUI
Il spremo Court Ssss ISa55 IA 4 3Fs q iij II @
Counsel for the vessel owners declare,
that the first time a Federal court Is
called upon to decide the question at
issue It will determine thatno State has
a right to pass a law giving any man or
organization a right to, assess charges
for services which they never rendered,
The pilots maintain that this phase Of
a tho law merely pcnaIzes those who TALL
to take the precaVtlon OF having q pilot
aboard, and that 1T Is intended toSactE as
fine for their failure to comply with
$&thallaw, which says 1t shall BIO essential
for them to carry one a pilot, they
hold. is ms necessary to a boats ga fety
as any mechanical ppltance Installed
aboard for that purpose. 5 Il 4
s ~ II the case goes against the pilots. 1t
will knock out large number of suits
entered by them to enforce the collection
Of fees against various vessels failing to
accept the services OF the members OF.