The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-03
UNION PLUMBERS
CO CO ON A. !. STRIKE !. !.
Norfolk Chamber Moves for Bi--
Weekly Service to Rap
! pahannock
TENNIS CHAMPIONS PRACTICE
Brains Of Confederate Soldiers
Perfect After Many
Years.
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NORFOLK, VA. May 2.-.rhc brains Of
: Confederate soldier who was buried
in 1853 and which appear to have under
f gone no change since, arc In tho possess
siot, OF II. Graham Roban. Of Norfolk
who says he will send them to the Smith
sonian institute. Tho brains IRE those
q OF Sergeant Derrick, who was buried near
Morristown, Tenn. Roban WIS employed
Z BY w. B. Tate Camp, Confederate Vet
Grams, OF Morristown, TO cxhume the
body, which they desired buried In tho
cemetery at Morristown. In doing this
hc discovered tho condition Of the brains
X and in the Interest OF science determined
Ito send them to the Smithsonian. The
skull which contained them fell to pieces
when exhumed. 81
# william Larned, Holcombe Ward and
Beales Wright, who will play in England
shortly for the tennis championship Of
the world, are practiclng here, and to-
day played a match on the Grcenway
+. Tennis Club court They are expected
to play here daily until they are TO sail
FOR England. s;
The union plumbers here all went on
strike to-day. The strike is said to he
due to tho fact that the open shop"
system was inaugurated by employing
plumbers here sometime a SO. and the
number OF nom union men employed has
grown large The strikers also want
wages advanced from 1925 and ST. to 81
daily for eight hours. Master plumbers
4 says TINT they last year vol unfairly re-
" duced the number OF ~ hours Of work
from nine TO eight without any reduc-
ton In pay. They will resist the new
y demand 10 the end, and anticipate that
their business will suffer little by reason
q Of the strike. FL s{3s} M
The bark Baltimore recently libeled here
4 BY Vincent Cacace for an alleged debt of
some 5000 will be sold by the United
n States marshal Monday, May 9th, at noon.
Her Baltimore owners refused to give
bond and hence the sale.
TO COAL AT SEA. 81 lSs{
q The United States collier Marcelus COM
pleted coaling this afternoon and pro-
fceeded seaward to join the battlcshtp
Illinois. Together they will 30 outside
S.nnd test new system OF coallnG e
sea. s3.
Norfolk police have been asked to try
to locate John Davis ] ohnson, youth
who. 4 1t Is sta ed, left Covington, a,
u February sd and is believed olbe here
abouts It Is stated in the letter that
/, something OF value to the wanderer VIII
% be told hintif he can be found.
BI-WEEKLY BOATS.
s Norfolk Chamber OF Commerce having
asked the ;Neen1s Line 10 y }st eanlers- ito
again put on a bi.weekly service between
Il Norfolk and Rappahnnnock River points,
which service had been reduced TO week
~ snilngs, president Of the line VII WI !.
lard Thompson. wrote the Chamber q
Commerce intimating that the patronage
OF the Norfolk business houses was not
& sufficient to enable the line TO run two
steamers week with profit The Cham N
q Der has, therefore. decided 70 cal "a
meeting OF the business men interested
.and ascertain whether they can give the
Il line enough business to justify It in IN
or,easing the sailings to two each week es.
s Gently chartered at Richmond has leased
and win reopen and operate the Lam;
berts Point Knitting Mills here. which
( have been Idle for some time. freside 81,
aainh Riddleberger reports that the mills
Will manufacture underwear alrd sNFi VIZ
y employ about $50 hands # II ,l