The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-16
MAJESTIC WEN
A.R|.E.l|..E::.f|| BEHIND B. !.
Big Tramp Steamer rs Two I've
Short OH Account
of Accidents.
THE COAL RATES TO IN0R &. !: j. ! {.
Seaboard Traction Company
Coming on to Petersburg
and Richmond.

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NORFOLK. VA, March 15.--The Brit isli
tramp steamship Majestic sailed from here
to-day, leaving two mtn In st. Vlncents
y Hospital. william Ord. + of Newport Mons
England, chief engineer. who fell over
board from Lambert's Point coal pier into
water. sevcnty-five feet below, last night.
q lIc struck something on the way down,
broke his leg and sustained internal IN
J turics which make Ills condition prcca RI.
Gus. He was experimenting the receipt
OF bunker coal when lie lost footing. He
Z was rescued from the waters by men who
heard his cries for neip while c!nging to
q pile.
man, who was thrown against q pile OF
II lumber by n wave which came aboard as
the ship, passed Hniteras,5 and was ih1ured
Internally, rho vessel was bound from
Mobile to Manchester by way OF y or
& folk. is 81
Captain Hayes says tho daily expenses
q OF the vessel are 900, hence he sailed
without tho men. b
WRECKED STEAMER REPAIRED.
l'rhe Spanish barkentine San Ignacio De
q IIoyola, Captain Torres, which! went
ashore on the Virginia coast. came In
here and was repaired at Colonnn' 81 yard,
4 FAILED today for Philadelphia. where she
was destined when she struck and where
= she will load oil for France. The crude
+ oil lis used for exterminntin the insects
which prey on the vineyards Of the vine
makers. .5i$ 5Y
The application OF the SeabOard Trac-
# ton Company to the Portsmouth Council
4 last night for a franchise TO run Its pro-
posed electric line through Queen Street
& OF that city from tho corporate limits TO
+ I he ferry wharf. lis a matter Of unusual
interest. not only to Portsmouth. but to
several other places in this section. es-
pccially# Suffolk and Smithficld. TO which
towns the line Is certain to run, and It
n S. also Of Interest to Petersburg and
y Richmond. to which places its tracks will
d be- extended. H S|
THREE coALf RATES.
M The agitation or the coal rate gues-
II ton here shows that the Norfolk ard
Western has three ra ties. which are sl-2o.
II s1.G0 and $1.sO n ton. All the different
rates arc made from the same mine to
the same point on Underwater. The freight
il rate or 81 rs per ton is made 10 Larlbert's
Point upon coal shipped thence By sea
10 New England ports. The rate o {1GO
Ycriston isgmade for coal used BY Norfolk
+ tug men and manufacturing plants, while
the rntc$of5 81 .s0 per ton is made upon
81 Goa winch us ySCid 10 ItuusseIlOioeIS aiiiQ
K other retail consumers in Norfolk.
Clarence Mallory, Of Athens. Ga, for
nlerly a wood deal at Primers Point,
9 has caused the arrest Of III. 4. Drewry,
proprietor OF tho Southern T1otel,s:at Pin-
ncr's Point and e. III. Whitehead. II
3 Southern Railway etnployc. at finncr,s
Point, upon the charge OF perjury in di-
4 vorcc proceedings brought against him by
his Wifc, Mrs. Minnie .. Mallory, In the
Y Circuit Court OF Norfolk county.
The case viii come up IN the Police
Y Court to -morrow. Mallory and White
head married sisters. Mrs. Mallory Sc
II cured dlvrce, alleging startling statutory
grounds. The warrants OIL which the
fathcr-in-law and the brother7in-law3 are
4 arrested accuse them OF swearing false
Sly. s3
YOUNG BURGLARS.
Two young men were held for trial in
x the Corporation Court this morning OIL
S the charge OF burglary. They are Martin
ISayanaugh Suiter. from Rocky Mount.
Is M c., and Thomas Hunt who says he is
d q cook, and was on his way TO Bos-
ton, when he was stopped here to act IS
Tawnbrokcr for the larger and taller
young man. During tile trial in the Pos
/ lice Court a witness appeared, who rccog-
5s1lized tho clothes Sliter wore rs his
u clothes. They are suspected Of a number
4 OF robbcries and were traced BY arti-
4 c,cs found In pawn in Portsmouth.