The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-23
IDEEP SEA RACE
BY SCA00N.E !. {.
Grover Cleveland Head Sof tic
Jamestown Di-
rcctors.
FRISCO SLIM u in U 30
Colonel MeGitnis Resists Sale
of His Place to the
Government.

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Y, Especial 10 The Times Dis patch.)
NORFOLK VA, March deputy
/ United states Marshal Adolph sciucll
and Special Deputies James -. 1soe,ler
and Ernest Langllatnn,er, arrived here
to-day from baltimore with John Smith,
alias John Butler. alias frisco Slim"
{ and John Adams, alias D. G. Jack,
charged with postoflcc robbcries III WIZ
+ liamsburg, Orange and Il Manassas, VT
The prisoners were committed to the
Norfolk city jail for nrralgnmcnt before
Judge .yNnddll.. March 2Sth. B III "A N
The local authorities say that Adams!
has been II, the Norfolk jail before upon
postoflicc robbery charges, and the! Fed
8cral authorities declare that he lins NJ
Z ready served ono term for such offensc.
Tie two men are from among d number
8of alleged postofiice robbers, Or ycgg-
men,, who have been opera ting in the
vicinity of Baltimore and other Mary
land cities. i # #
ass DEEI' SEA RACE.
~ "A deep sen race Will begin here to-
morrow from 15amborts Point to Charles
ton. s. G. The Vessels are the Charles G..
II Iindicott. a four-mastcra Captain Bailey:
1 the Twilight. tlree-master,. CAPTAIN Rob
#inson, and the Beulnli Mecca be, three
master. Captain Joseph Maxwell com
mnndIng. All loaded Il coal here for the
same port and will get away togct Their
The board Of directors Of the James,
town Exposition Company will name an
advisory board OF one; hundred at Its
meeting on the fourth Tuesda 81 In, a pril.
and ex- President Grover Cleveland will
head the list, he having endorsed the
Exposition and offered his services N, 5any.
capacity in which he may benefit the
III sg VI IS
Among thoge who Will be invited to
serve on the board are Woodrow Wilson.
president Of Princeton University; Presi-
dent Eliot Of Harvard University Cardi-
! nal III Gibbons. Admiral Dewey. General
3Claffce. General Howard. Thomas "a. I;di-
son. George tinglousc, Mrs. Emmons
+ Blaine, u ishop a. Coke Smith, Henry
5Watterson. Chester s. Lord. George Fos-.
ter Peabody Thomas Nelson Page and
Winston Churchill. 81
REsIsTs AWARD. 55 ~:
x Colonel John r. A1cGinnis. United Sta tes
army. appeared inSthc Federal Court to-
day before j udgc f. lvaddili ~ RI to- have
the award OF; hef,comrnisssoncrs a p-s
pointed by the court for$iiiss land at Old
Point Comfort set aside The land is
needed for the cnlargementSof Fort N on
.rosand for he shore batteries. which
are to- he placed s on sShcsap eake Il BAY
Tho award OF the commissioners was
so7,2O Colonel AIcG innis declares that he.
bought the property w. bccnnscssi II was SO
Beautifully situated for residences, with
the Chesapeake on one sld and M Hiss
Creek on thc8other. and that he is loathi
ii TO release 1T at any price, He contends
also that the acrea &C was not estitna ted
and the riparian rig itts# q 5000
& feet were not considered. # n says hat
firsicads of the amount offered. . he prop
Scrty,s ii, ok CO.'S OF one hundred acres. is
worth sl95.O0o The case Is interesting.
MS showing The risc In the value of lands
in this vicinity. Judge Waddill heard the
evidence and the arguments, and re-
served decision N 3 81 1s "a
BOY WITHOUT HON Is.5 f
Hunter Francis, eleven years OF Il a &c
and bright applied to the police head l..
quarters last night for lodging. SO ying
that his father had driven him from
home. Chief of Police Esonshs investigated
the case personally and declared In the
Police Court today that the IA her WAS
I drunkartl and that tile mother of the.
hog is unable to care for him properly:
Hence he asked the court to send him
Ia the care OF the Society for the q Pre- I,
8vention of Cruelty TO Children. which 81
was done: then lie arranged tina t5..t9 e
how should BIO sent Il TO the care OF the
hov's cousin. who lives on q "a rills IN.
North Carolina. and wishes 10 Ike mn Z
for training md education