The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28
compete With
& (. W Y RAILROAD \. R
Report That Southern and s. -.
L. Are Preparing to Carry
Coal to Norfolk.
FIGHTING LIQUOR |: D! d LICENSES e j $
Ladies Of Norfolk Make N a Pro g a
test Before Judge Allan
Fl. Hanckel.
FIGHTING LIQUOR l!l LICENSES 6 E s.: J

q NoRFOLK,f VA, April 27-Rumors have
heen current among coal men here that ,lft
y MIN the seaboard Air Line and South
arm Railway are preparing to compete
With the Norfolk and Western railway
~ bringing coal to Norfolk, but verifl-
cation has not been possible.
Following the publication Of dispatcn
from Knoxville. Tenn, that some ro o..
s,,pposed 10 be the Southern or LouisViiie4
ana Nashville was negotiating ior inc
coal fields at Jellico,, Tenn, ana IN zen
ti,tky. publications were made here To-
day which appear to confirm the reports
Of tho intended invasion OF t "a s'ei
Tho scaboard Southern and Atia ny.
Coeat Line It is understood now, .a.
i troll the Louisville and Nashytlle systeun,
have tidewater termna ASIDE nerf from the
EorYolk and Western md the proposed
STANDARD OIL Tidowater Railroad, tWo
other lines will be soon deliyerins LII, eu,
mere, ,In mo connectinE It With the Cranes
.' WOMEN OPPOSE LICENSES.
Mrs a,ho1 e 5opes q ase In M =
t T and o, Thomas ". Shelton. attorney,
appeared In the Corporation So una .,,n
morning to protect agalnst grhnt !ns
licenses to the LIQUOR SALOONS about Ityd tse
central City Market or IN Brewer, VV !9li'
and Monticello Streets g. X
la1 The objection to n tho saloons In that
locality is that those streets are the
thoroughfares for the women women a and t,,f
they are exposed to the sight Of drunken
negroes and others who frequent ne s So
4 looms there. 81 " ,s /, =, =,
Judge Allan r Hanckel WnG rs, ,s cH IN
enses. told tho applicants and the women
$ that !, he would hear the arguments OF
both sides tomorrow ATS =. NJ.
the excavation work at the new dry
dock at the navy yard, walked out On on
q strike this morning.
a,3 DEAD BODY FOUND.
The body of William Cliff. white
painter. brought to tho morgue to-day
and VIII buried by tie city @nl the
body sitting In an upright position IN
b Valleys Lane and surprising the man
was drunk, sgnnlled for the police wa
arouse the man 1t was found that he was
dead. He was IS years old: was seen
drinking last night. hence the sup posi-
ton is that he died OF alcoholism. There
were no tindicationsS OF violence. s
PETIT AND GRAND gJURIEs.
The ,,etlt and the grand juries summon
ed to attend the Federal Court here on
Grand Jurors-D. p. Blount. Walter
Boon Nv. Z. Brook. George II. Davis. Jr.
\ L g. :Blincoe., Re- bert u $Broughton.sN Or
folk:s ". e. Abbey s. A. Rudd. rthur j !
Clark, George b. West, Newport News;
FL. Il. Proctor; Henningham Harrison LII. So
son C.. Woody, Richmond: Charles Stokes.
Portsmouth,: James w Blnns, Binns's
Hall; Henry e. Upshur, Eastvle; An
derson Booker, Truxyille. Amelia county:
j r. e. Heartwell. Petersburg; Samuel
/ Howard. Hampton: George W.. Rich
4 ards. Aiassa wadex; George ]. Anderson.
Ashland. KS
.; Petit Jurors-A. Gordon Stephenson.
John6T Whitehouse, Buck Herbert. Nor
folk: "a u. Powell, Robert J. Rhodes, e.
Stoves. H. N. Phillips. williamsburg;
& .. G. Figg, Samuel g. Shield. John d.
Lottler. Richmond: G. G. Waddln. Nor
I folk; r. B. Getty Tone; g. L. Bab-
cock, Blnns's Hall; c.. a. Hubbard. Lee
Hall: Henry Rowan, Petersburg; a. L.
county; \. a.. Campbell. Mulberry 1s;
Henley, Walkerton !: "A. g. Ware. West
Point; Robert Spencer Brown, Ruthville;
orc: Bridges. Ashland; j. w. stubbs,
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