The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-17
BARGE EDWARD
BURNED At SEA St:
Captain and Lieutenant Game
Near l'':'r.5 Burning hin j e
Death.
CHOICE or FIRE OR SEA
Battlcship Iowa Bound for the
Philippines in Place OF
Oregon. asl5
Ct ','lI,.I: or FIRE re: OR SEA
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Especial to Tho Times- Dlspntch) 81
NORFOLK, VA, October 16.--The barge
Edward. from Philadelphia, was burned e
at sea last night, and Captain David ia
schlear. owner barely escaped win h' t'
lfc. The tug Curtin was towing tho Nd
ward, tho John Mentally and the Arnsnpn'
from Philadelphia, and when or WON
Trap Light lust night the heavy sens
parted tile huwser, and tho bnrgcs went
adrift. The Edward caught fire from an
overturned lamp, and the hclmsmnn lett
the tillerI to awaken Captain Schlcar. me
hatcl1way had burned meantime, 50 tllat
when the Curtin came alongside tho cap
tain and his man were bnrcly able 10
crawl out Of q port hole to reach ne
line from the Curtin. The other bargcs
were picked up and towed here. but tho
Edward was abandoned. Sho was valued
at $4,000 ana Insured for $4,000, and was
light. 5.l III
The two mon were in a porllous position,
caught In the cabin, full Of ilre, with no
means Of escape except into tho boiling
seas.
35sl If IOWA GOING no ASIA. Fl
sa The United States .battleship Iowa, now
IN Hampton Rbnds, is going to the Phil
lppines This decision hns been reached
and the big vessel will steam eastward to
the Orient within six months. She IS now
In the Roads, in command of Captain Ben
jamin Il. Tilloy, u. 8. NJ, with the other
vessels OF tho first and second dlv!sions
Of the battleship squadron Of the North
Atlantic fleet. The Iowa is to 80 to the
( Far East for service In the place OF the
Oregon, which Is to return to the States
for an extensive overhnulng. ft
NORFOLK COUNTY CANDIDATES.
The warning factions OF tho Democratic
party In Norfolk county have returned
from Richmond where they went to at
tend a meeting Of the State Central Com
mittee, called to hear an appeal of the
Straightouts for reopeninE OF their
contest. Interest now centers In tho
movement OF the straightouts-C.s w.
Coleman. George w. Jones and q. Finley
Cromwell and while they have made no
public announcement 1t Is the general inn
preston that d they will file notices OF
their candidacy as members Of tho House
Of Delegates and county clerk, respect
lively. to- morrow being the last day un-
der the law In which they may file no.
tees
& DRUNKEN MOTHER.
Lucy Smith, who said her real name is
Edwards, was brought from the Jail this
morning, where she was sent for drunk
enness, for theM purpose of preventing
Judge A. r. Hanckel, Of the Corporation
Court, from sending her slx-year-old son
to a reformation. She said that her hus-
band Is doad and that three other chill
dren are In Catholic homes. but she
wished to retain possession Of the boy.
She knecled In front Of the boy, who put
his little arms about her neck, while they
went there together She has been ar
rested several times for drunkenness,
the officers said. and cannot control her
appetite. The court agreed to hold the
boy to hear from the woman's parents. In
Fauquier county, and to send the boy to
them If they agreed to take care Of him;
otherwise he Is to return to tho Boys
Home here where he says he is we'll
treated. The scene was. pathetic, but the
mother Is regarded as incorrigible.