The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-28
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Great Rejoicing iii Norfolk off 1lt:6! Over
the Appropriate for for. t Tie I IL
& Exposition. j
STREET cu y & u, {. g ]. AFFAIR ] "
Young Man Who Joined Navy.
foraR eligiot,s Exp riclice
d is Discharged.

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Il (speclnl TO The Tmcs-Dlsphtcl,
a NORFOLK, VA, June 27.--Therc was
general roJoicing at HE headauartcrs Of
II tho Jamestown Exposition and Oyersthto
city J In general to-day whenit became
y known that the House confercncc commit
tcc on the sundry civil bill had agreed
10 report iii favor Of 81 ,ss25 900 FOR tho 8ex-
a pbsi ton. The exposition officials took 4
that the action OF the conference pr rn'
tIcnlly4 assured tho npproprint! tom
The appropriation will insure the suf-
Il cess esa of8!the exposition beyond D doubt
While tho jamestown officials never rn "
FL doubted that the appropria tioi, would "
n made, still an air OF certnlnty perYuuIu
n che exposition headquarters, mna =, y, he
latest assurance that tho money VIII ~
voted was welcome news, and business " "
headquarters will move With removed reno =.
II hiuch y praise Il Is being bestowed upon q
& Representative Harry L.. Maynard lor ms
& great work In behalf OF the apprco ,ppi.ll.6
ton and the president Eot the ,ex pos'..o,
Il M chairman 8 Its board OF govcrno re-
Mr.. a. Brooks Johnston, who have be ee y
fE,irfirinY In their efforts In behalf OF tn -
appropriation, are also being co o1n itt
s. lilntcd. ~ q. s3, !, 5 !, n
II Il the exposition head g t ,1s =
5&1crnoon. I. - j. 4, ~ U 3
\ headuuar tcrs: # g. s3 4. &, n 49, i
- " Washing ton. June q, 1906
h Hon. barton Myers, Norfoik w. -: - =
Bill agreed on: Will pass e .day' ersen's
5 svlc'ofs II. 81. q. TUCKER. d
@ Cutting Scrape.
w. simon Capps. once q Spot J! nun ~ J.
=, Snorfo1k. but retired through 4 force 81
circumstances md one who mas - pee'l ~ ),
lsyoyed IN several shooting M arr rays us.u
several impromptu rough mousse g,
ances Is In the Norfolk cry 1 Y, r. InIa
d with the felonious nEsault on :: n; Ja .lN,
son son OF o. D. ia ckson, apltaelis a -
II nromotcr and n managing owner o. OF LIS tile
Atlantic Hotel, OF this Gil
88 'rhc n assault was united late !. Us
tcrfay afternoon at the corner OF cum a
berland and Holt Streets Caps was vas az
raigned In the Police Court to-oay.. e E
81 Wa sent on to the Corporatlo On u
" Bail was denied him. ss5 81. {.
ia ckson was also In court, cha rgsd VIII Wilt
p feioriousl y IA ssaulting Caps. The charge
Il against him. was disrlisse 38 lfss33
a ckson, 3f according to eye Illnesses;
met Capps on the corner OF Cumberla no
and Holt Streets and ask Ca pps s1or ~ ~
which he said that Cappa owed 3 MN 2
N Cappa put his hand In his&pocKet. JacN
Il son thought, e to get the money TO pa "
d him but Instead 3 he brought out % DIE
knife. and. opening it quickly slashedl at Z
IA 1acEsori 8 throat I. Tho knife renched It's
d mn "a and made gasi, on the lefe side
q Of Jackson s throat a between three and
four5 inches long, but the pas &c dl GIG my
4 no deep enough to sever Jackson E1ugui-5
rr,. t,IeH
not prove serious az VI q
jackson retaliated by pounding Capps
4 over the left eye with Belgian BLOCK
n which knocked him out for few minutes. i
An Easy Discharge.
Matthew Fortner, the young man with
"a ministerial aspirations. who enlisted III
& the navy on the representations OF q re "A
e fcruiting officer that the navy was X the
Hs mace for the pursuito knowledge thar
W would be beneficial to him in the min
y istry, has been dishonorably discharged
from the navy. without the Formally OF
a a court-martial fisli i.ts 5s 81
Not finding the navy the place for get IN
ting the ministerial education that he Q
was look Ing for, and 4 the life In 1t de-A
Il cidedly repugnant to- his ideals, he de-
y serted, went back to- his home IN South 4
Carolina. and quietly began the pursuit
n OF his education in a college,
&g56 On being discovered tnere,sk ne WIS u ~
ID restd {as n! deserter,s brought TO tho re
oeiving ship Franklin at the Norfolk. Navy
Yard and confined aboar I'd the vessel. 5sS
The case OF the young man was called 4
TO the attention OF President, Roosevelt,
%and It Is thought that tho sympathies
Il OF the President we're optalncd for Fort
5nier. He was quietly released from the
4 Franklin and told that he might. SO.
Deserters from the navy are usually
tried by court-martinl and usually sent
Ito prison. ss53s " ;4 4, y AZ 81 VA Wi