The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26
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SMASHED ! I THINGS |. | 3!
Furious Becausc the Manager OF
An} Oriental Theatre Fooled
\ Them. s$
700 MILES FOR HIS HEALTH i:
The Very Remarkable Record q.
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S8J Especial TO The Times Dispatch) w. XII
ss Nl3NPO RI NEWS, "A, September y. :.
The Oriental Theatre, 3 one Of the
4 features or II carnival which has been
\ in progress here for a week, was de-
1nolshed just before midnight Saturday
might by an Indignant crowd Of mon and
boys who had paid to see u dance which
4 sthe manager failed to- produce. The police
gEhhd the tent under surveillance, all last
week and tho shows were Of tho tamcst
&rature. a Il. @ 81 4 Ss n i
III Saturday night the .sipelero in front
siof the tent announced TINT Il sensational
net would be put OH later IN L he evening.
Il About IL o'clock a crowd Of about forty
men Of all ages and descriptions gathered
5.in the tent to see the performance. The
4 East Indian in charge OF X the place in
formed the crowd that II 25 cents In adj
,dition to the regular admission would
u tliayento be paid by those who wanted to
3 see tho sensatioliaT show that was TO!
FOLLOW. This caused some. Erumbling out;
Il most Of tho men produced the money and
waited. tt 855s3 t55s5
X Crowd Smashed Things Il
Sts5 Then one ofSthe women dancers cavorted
about tho stage for Il few minutes and
n the nnoa ger announced that ~ twas all
g over This made the crowd mad. In two
minutes the performers had been chased
4 on the stage, the lights smashed and tho,
tent pulled Down ~ falling pole strucF
SSDne of the dancers and injured her palm
fully. as ~ s5: jssys
Several police officers arrived on the
4 scene, scattering the crowd and restoring
peace. n o arrests were MADE a
~ James Marvin, II farmer from North
west Ohio. arrived here Saturday from
Norfolk, on his was to New York after
completing an extraordinary pilgrimage
from, his home. The man says he walked
4 3pvers7nO miles for his health: HI started
from his home over two months ago and
wa liked all the way u to |l.lchmond, aver
aging about twelve or. II teen miles per
d day., and spending his nights ut farm
4 houses Tor under any shelter that hnp-l
Spcned toabe at hand when darkness over
q ttok kim. III 6 reached Richmond one day
Il last week. and there purchasd q owboat,
y inSwhch he came down James River to
\ Norfolk, reaching Norfolk yesterday
/ morning. He5 sold his boat and came over
here on the steamer Virginia Last night
he left for New Y ork.i Kits II ,5 #
Just for Exercise.
According to Marvin IS account, he is q
Comparatively well toSS do farmer, and
made the trip simply because ho&is IAN
enthusiast on the subjectSof outdoor exer-S
/ disc. He is "a man fIabout forty, and
n Has no family, When she reached. here.
& lie wore Il lightweight black suit half
& hunting boots and carried small teie-
q scope. x 8S55 ~ 4, HI
5sThe@tnammoth French liner La Savoie,
which has been a 1.-THE local sship-yard for
several weeks undergoing repairs, will sail
Z for New York tomorrow. La SaYoie,
broke her port propeller shaft recently
while trying to lower the record between
Z Cherbourg and New York. }5ti
The new home of Newport News 4Aerie
a No SIS, III r. O.. Eagles, will be. formally
opened Tomorrow. There will be a parade
and baseball game in the afternoon
} At night there will BIO g Japanese Ian
tern parade, followed by a social ses-
{ sion and speech making at the home. b