The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-23
'NOlvEED0 Or FEAR
BECAUSE Of FEVER
Cases Of Typhoid at William and
Mary Are i'll One
Building.
SCHOONER IN GREAT PERIL
lowed in With Sails Gone and
Leaking Badly Will
Wave Examination.
especially to The .rlmes-pispatch.l

(Specal}to The Tlmes-D ispatch.)
NORFOLK, VA, Novcmbcr "a Rev
pr. Beverly D. Tucker one OF the MEM
bers OF the Board of Visitors OF the Will
liam and Mary College, at wilamsburs
Va, says there is no cause for ALARM
on account of the fever there. lie says 4
There were only eight eases in nll
and they appeared in the 1Iwcll Building
am informed that there Is no need for
excitement and that tile situation is well
In hand. | have a son ut William and
Mary and do not feel uneasy. There arc
only five or six cases IN the l1well Build
ing and It Is stated that these are either
typho-n1nlariat or typhoid and OF nila
type. Tho building in which the disease
appeared Is comparatively new, having
becli newly equipped this year, and the
outbreak Is attributed to local condi-
tons
Only twenty-five boys have left the
college and there are no cases in the
town.
SCHOONER ToWED IN.
The schooner towcd in last night IN
distress by the Merritt and Chapman
W.. Converse. She started from Port
Royal, s. c., and encountered a storm
which carried away her sails and lelt
her helpless leaking and her deck loau
gone The Rescue went from mere yes
tcrdny afternoon. and after great dii',-
culty@and danger got n tow inc 70 ny
schooner and towed her In. During the
tempt to catch tho thrce-master. whlcn
was In distress off Dam Neck on the W.T.
ginia coast. oneIof the men OF the Res.
cue fell overheard and was pulieu ot.t
of the raging sen with great a!i 'lllcs
and at the risk of the life or the sen
man who made the effort. Captain VII
linms md crew remained on the schooner
all tho time and kept the pumps GONG "
prevent tho schooner from sinking even
while she was towing in, ana Wn l. .ne
water was gaining all tho TIME. olie ".
longs to a.. j.. Newberry, or Ne" osi ~. y
Captain Williams commanded the sciuo.,
err Job II. Jackson which was sum ~ ~,
recently In IA collision with the ste slii
Bayport. 11rpr
,f :1,r 4IsaacSH. ID. Knowles, the decrepta
old man from Lcwcs. Del, Is sun mere mere.
M orders have been received from
Hnrace greeley Knowles, who is an at
tornIey at Wilmington, Del, and who was
the Republican candidate FOR congress
recently. The old man says he came mere ne,
! by a vessel which stopped at me Lel q.
ware berakwuter, near his nome, ou u tiie
police declare that he has been mere u
month living in a lodging mouse IN
Church Street. He is stu cared lot t "
chief Of Police BoushEand his son has
), yea re of age and lie begs that his Ireia-s
lives Be notified of his condition.
MR.. MATTHEW'S FOR SECRETARY
Hon. S. Wilkins Matthews. OF Accomac.
county for many years member of the
legislature ara enc OF tina best posted
men in the State on the oyster q ues-
ton. Is a cand idate for the position OF
secretary to the board of fisheries.
Those mentioned for the embarrassing
are w. Mcdonald Lee, of Lancaster
county, and R. w. shultice, of Norfolk.
Mr.. Lee is editor Of the Virginia Citizen,
| at Irvington and has been an active sup.
porter of Governor Swanson. His friends
are active in his behalf. Mr. Shultice.
! has also many friends who are working
| for his appointment. I'd
JUDGE sCROCKER'S SUCCESSOR.
| The announcement by Judge james f.
| Croker, that he would not serve judge
4 OF the Court of Hastings in Portsmouth
| at the expiration of his present term,
| starts gossip as to a successor, and seY-
! eral name are mentioned. The one most
/ frequently heard is that of Captain Johr:
/ II. Happier the city attorney, but he has
| stated that he could not give up his pr1-
1 waite practice. Mcssrs, Alex. F. Warner
4 Kenneth A. Balm and Norman Cassoll
! are also spoken OF for the office.
i DR. CElILES NOT EXAMINED.
4 When the cases Of DR.. Il. r. Chiles and
! James z, Franklin, arrested in the Miss
4 Atkinson criminal operation case, are
called in the police court tomorrow
i morning examination will be waived by
i DR. ChllNs, through his counsel, and no
4 evidence VIII be heard. DR.. Chiles VIII
d be taken before Judge A. r. ianckcl
4 and RECALLED for his appearance ~ the
4 CORPORATION Court in December, when no
4 will have a trial before the court or pc
4 fore jury, rs he may elect. Inc pro
4 ceedlngs tomorrow will probably be tho
4 same in young Franklin's case, The
4 charge is murder in tho second degree
I as Miss Atkinson Is dead.