Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-30
VIRGINIA NOTES.

1t has been discovered that on account OF
the condition of the ground on the site Sc
lected for the new marine barracks In the
Norfolk navy yard piling will be necessary
The new barracks are To be constructed on
the land recently acquired for the extension
of the yard proper and known as the
Schmoee tract, comprising about 270 acres.
The new building is TO be erected by the
Penn Bridge Company.
The big naval tug Uncas which has been
undergoing extensive repairs AT the Nor
folk navy yard for several months. sailed
yesterday for Guantanamo. Cuba. in COM
mand Of Chief Boatswain Renest V. Sand
strom. L. S. n. From Guantanamo the
Uncas will proceed to the naval station at
San Juan, Porto Rico. its home station.
where it will relieve the naval tug Po-
tomac, which will return to Washington.
Capt William T Smith. a farmer and
planter OF Prince George county. killed
himself Sunday by taking poison and cut
ting his throat He had-heeH-i ia feeble
health for some time. and his condition had
assumed form of melancholia. His ply
stefan had prescribed nitrate of strychnine
tablets, to be administered at given inter
walls, and when he learned that the tablets
contained poison he got hold of the bottle
and swallowed enough TO kill him, after
ward cutting his throat with a penknife.
He was about seventy years old and quite
well to do. His is survived 10y his wife and
NJ. Lascara, chairman, and Italian DEL
egation from NoSolk visited Richmond
Sunday to consult Bishop Van de Vyver rel
ative to the establishment of an Italian
church. with Italian priest in charge.
in that city. They called to see the bishop
and were given permission to build church
in that city and the bishop assigned Father
Louis GuZZardi now of New York. 10 the
parish. Old st. Mary's Church will be used
till such time as the new church-can have
n Tod In 1afpt tn
ship.
Employees of the Seaboard Air Line rail-
way system have voted down the generous
offer of Mrs. Thomas +. Ryan Of New York
to provide the employees of the company
with three hospitals, to be located at Pc
terSburg. Va. Hamlet, y. C.,.and Tampa,
Fla. and to provide wards at one OF the
commercial hospitals now located at Sa-
vannah, Ga. Mrs. Ryans offer, which in
volved the expenditure of $4,000 upon her
part, did not meet with very hearty re-
Spouse from the employees of the road. some
of whom objected to the assessments and
Others to a certain religious clause in the
conditions.
Engineer William e Dunn of the Old
Dominion Steamship Company and attached
to the steamer Luray of the Smithfield-
Norfolk service dropped dead from apo
plexy Sunday while boarding a ferryboat
in Portsmouth. en- route to the steamer
Luray, lying at the Norfolk piers of the
Old Dominion Company. Mr.. Dunn
forty-nine years of age and was married
one week ago Sunday.
Judge Joseph Christian. for more than
half a century a member of the state bar
and for a long time judge of the supreme
court of appeals of the state. died Monday
afternoon at the Retreat for the Sick, in
Richmond where he had been a patient for
some time. He was known as one of the
abiest lawyers in the state. but because Of
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gagged in practice for several years. He
leaves one son, Walter Christian, clerk of
the hustings court of Richmond.
Rev w T Derieux pastor of Venable
Street Baptist Church, at Richmond. has
rendered his resignation. to take effect Sep
TENDER I. The resignation came as q sur
prise as the pastor has been on the best OF
terms with his congregation and his church
is one of the most prosperous I'm the city.
He has been with the church ten years or
more.
The statement printed in Richmond by
Maj. A. S. Lanier. for some time first as
sistaut clerk in the state corporation COM
mission, touching upon the alleged causes
for the request for his resignation created
something of a sensation at Richmond.
Mai. Lanier says that the cause for his
resignation was prompted by jealousy on
the part of the chief clerk. John A. Upshur.
who shorn of his authority when
bureau was created and Laner was placed
in charge thereof. He published a card
yesterday saying his action in organizing
company to obtain charters was done with
the knowledge and consent of Judge Crump,
chairman, and First Clerk Upshur Judge
Crump is a stakeholder in the company.
William l.. Royal, counsel for Lanier, is
preparing to for $4,000 alleging ma
licious libel on the part of Upshur-
James Pratt. who lived near Woodville.
Rappahannock county, was burned TO death
a few nights ago in a house on Henry
Woods farm and ii is supposed the IRE
was caused by the explosion of a lamp:
Pratt was severely burned that he died
in few hours.
While driving across a deep cut in the
Coast Line Railroad In Chesterfield county
Monday Samuel Watkins was instantly
killed by train.
After being out for less than five min
utes in the case of state VS. John L. An
drews indicted for felonious assault upon
his wife, the jury at Newport News re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. Andrews
and his wife left the court together
John Haley colored, whose home is In
Greenville s. c., was struck by train near
Arlington Junction Sunday night and severe
ly injured His jaw and collar bone wers