The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-01
GREAT DlSMAl
SWAMP | \ ON|'F|.||.R||E| |
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The FLAMES Can be Sect, a N,ini-
Der Of Miles Distant From
tic Scene.
REPUBLICANS {: STIRRED UP.
Sleinp's Assessment Will Not.
be Honored- Girl Tries to
Stop Drinking.
REPUBLICANS {: STIRRED UF
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Special TO The Times Dispatch)
%s NORFOLK. VA. March 81.-Tllcrc Ii al
Z IRE raging In the Great Dismal swamp.
The trees can be seen burning about fo,ir
miles below Money Point, landing on
the eastern branch Of tho Elizabeth
River. The heat has beef, unprecedented
for March, and the trees. the tangled
underground and the deep deposit OF peat
under both are In the most inviting con-
dltlon for a nre. After The trees are
burned off tho surface the peat frc-
& qucntly burns for weeks, till stopped by
heavy rains.
ASSESS OFFICE HOIIDERs
The political sensation here to-day Is
& tile cIrcuiarlcttcr @. 3. SlcInp. son OF
7 Congressman Slemp, and the new I.oose-
welt chairman OF tho Republican, phrty,
z making a i've per cent. assessment on the
salaries fof all OF the Federal office
holders. The circular declares that con-
.trIbutiOn to the campaign liz voluntary
but adds that II is very Important. The
Republicans here arc surprised that the
4 civil service administration would allow
an assessment on their salaries for po-3
litical purposes, and they are refusing
to send the contribution to Chairman
Slnnp. I'd
Lille Cspclart. an unfortnpate young
woman, who has frequently been arrested
for drunkenness, told Chief Of Police
Il Bdush to-day that she would like to stol,
i drinking, and believed she could do this
.En she was away where she could not
4 buy whiakcy. The chief thought well Of
her proposition. and will send her to the
sSproprletor5sof u mill in North \ Carolina,
where she can get permanent employ
II DIent. z55t 5gi z43 5;ss Z
30 M Rim Erl&NVChfA N,S GOWN fg5 i5Ef
b. Gray TunstalI. street inspector, and
Edward Chaplin. foreman OF the laborers
! a the excavation for the new building
Z Of the Bank Of Commerce, had a fight.
and were arrested to-day. Mr.. Tunstall
chidcd the foreman for allowing n pump
q his men were using to ruin q ~on1an's
gown With muddy water thrown on ne
L street, and ordered the pump removed
A&quarrcl and q fight ensued. The case
will be heard IN the Police Court to-
morrow KS
MILITARY CLOTHING STOLEN.
Three members OF e Company B, OF thcS
4 Seventy-nrst Regiment. were held for IN
y dctmcnt to-day. They are Joe Fcntress,s
young married man whose pretty wife
was in the Police Court; William Preni-
pert. of Wilmington. n. c., who joined
the company 4 month ago. pnd James
Daye. or Charlotte, n. c., who Joined the
company recently. 1t is ascertained that
seventy-llve military shirts, worth 81
each have bcen# stolen from the arrfiorlcs
Of Companies a andB tits charged that
tliesc t1lcn$a arc the guilty ones. The mon
are all young, and have borne good char;
SAVED MAS's LIFE, J,
The photograph OF John Williams, coli
q ored. condemned forgnlurder In Whining
ton. Del, was recognized to-day aud she5
will be saved. u Williams was fried and
fpt. NH ds,y.T a In,
He offered an alibi. but was una BILE to-
summon the witnesses to prove It. De-
IA ectiye Rutlege, Delaware, came here and
after search found ". l5.4s Hawkins, a
stevedore OF the Southern Railway, who
recognized the photograph as that OF q
man whom he had employed at Pinner's
E Point in 1898. That csta lishesa i he saltbi,
and the condemned man mus. be re-
leased. Il ts Si I-S
Oswell Burns. an employe at Alargo-
Illus Brothers bagging factory suffered
the loss OF three fingers, MS the result
( of having his hand mashed In machinery
mt the AIargolius factory yesterday fter--}
noon. Tho fingers were anlputated Mt
st. yincent,s Hospital 55 S5 aas3S
OLD SOLDIER OtJT AGAIN.
Frederick G. 4 Kingsley Is out Jf jail
again. he was tried and convicted Of Kill
Il Ing Captain a. G. Paul during a quarrel
while both of them were inmates Of the
Hampton Soldiers II ONE as pensioners
In / consideration Of I<ingsley's age
wounds and lnfrmties, Judge NVaddill,s
OF the United States Court. before whom
( he was convicted. sentenced him forsa
short period to the city pil here. On
the day lie was released tho old man
went on a spree and was arrested JUS
tice simmons sent him to jail as dan
gerous man. lie has been entered at a
Soldiers Homo In Johnson, Tenn, be-
cause he cannot re-enter the Hampton
Home and his attorney expects to send
him away from here without further
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