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WARRANTS GALOREMany New and Interesting Features In the Austin Case. B. TAPPIN TO BE TRIED TODAY: Fathtraod TillalWill Bo Ai-There is Uk'-iy to bo -some startling develo-pmcats lr.?ught out at itio kect liminary hlt;jfirJT\; this morning or Bertha Tup«:i, who has boon lucked «» in the county ixtil since last Saturday chargej ’,vilit perjury As is Wrll kd’tvo Bertha Tapp in on three occasions ywure auit t'olnnel Oould P. Austin hail criminally annulled her, an*! a fir-.* three trials Austin was convicted i»f Lite crime and givt n eight years in tIn p*n-itirntiary. Austin's counsel, after cori-s id era hie I ro.: blv, seen re d a 11 eve hear* iujfT. whicti b-‘SuHed Hn his aeiiuiUal. as the girl sw:«n: she had* falsely nceiis-d Austin of Ihe crime, ’lie* •went fre*- and has since hcen living at his old homo in Phoebus,Last Saimday Sheriff Curtis swore out a warrant for the arrest of the girl, charging her with pedjury. She was arrested am! looked uji in Lhe jail, where she hat: since been incarcerated pending an la vestigatiuii of tie- charge before a justice of iht* peace. ri’ 11• -hearing avj.s t.et for ’Motnlny la-st. but owing to r ina :ff Curtis' iliability r.i hopreit. : vas postpuned'. Yesterda TV. 7! Le hard son. before whom ti ■viII t- me up for trial, had ti: ss.es summoned to appear at H ibuso this morning at IQ o'cluclvil E be profurwhat it, is w As a lequel to the whole affair Sheriff Curtis last night swore out warrants against V\\ J!. Taiijdn, Lhe girl's father, and Emma Finley, better known as ■Lilia Barhi«n, charging them .jviih conspiracy _ln. the case, in that they caused the girl m j;erjur herself by either forrijng or buying her ,fl\ The warrants will be served on the parties this morning. Slaw iff Curtis is confident h will be aide pi implicate Tanpin and the Barton woman in the crime, and that he wdl push the ease goes without saying. He has secured the services of Mr. Pay o. Collier to prosecute the par-It was reported lastight that Aus-av n up for the ar* ■barging him withtinrest of Mr. 'Curtis false Imprison mem against Mr, Collier, but this reportcould not be verified. Sheriff Curtiswas seen In regard to the matter, and talked freely concerning it. He said that he* had been told that a warrant had been dtu'wn up for his arrest, but so far. up m Lhac time, it had Tint been served* upon him. There is Jm one man in the county who could be detailed to serve the warrant on the sheriff. he being Curoncr j. Vaughan Jones. Mr. Jones could not be located* last night.- However, Mr. -Curtis said lie was ready to have tli?m arrest him and It was Ids wish that they would do so. Ho was determined, he Said, to get at the bottom of Ihis question and the guilty parties wuid nave to stand the consequence.Just what The outcome of the hearing this morning will be is a matter for much speculation, but there is one thing certain, and that is that there will be a. warm time before it is over.-Many people believe that it wilt finally lead to serious trouble, us there seems lo oe a. vsi amount of determination on both sides;. The trial this morning will iake place in- the court room at the courthouse, and wiil no doubt draw a large number of people.FUNEB\L OF YOT.WG MRLSON.The funeral services over the remains Of -Harry.Mcison, the fourteen-year-old son of Mr, William Mel son, a popular conductor on the line of the Newport Xcivs Olrf f Pi rw Tlaihvay Klee trie Company, occurred from the parents' residence yerrerday afternoon ac fi o'clock. Young Me Ison died Thursday morning after an illness of several ■months with consumption. The youth •was quite a favorite nvlth the younger boys of Lhe town, and his parents have the sympathy of a large circle of friends i?i their sad bereavement.KRIKP NOTES.Miss Mabel Nicholson* a popular young lady uf Portsmouth, is here to spend several week with her friend. Miss Margaite Davis, on Armstead a venue.Miss Adel Russell, of -Petersburg, is the guet of friends -in Ra.st End.Mr. Augustus Winslow and wife, of Norfolk, are stopping hvith Mr. and the -guest of friends in 'East End.rCounty Court adjourned yesterday for the brm. * 1Mr, Max M vrctis is in Now York city, tv here he will spend some Lime.THEIR r.ABO'IlS DOiM'PLF/TE-D.The work of the TTamipton Negro Conference was brought to a close last night if ter a very successful session covering G re:? days.T|ie session opened yesterday morning with a paper by M. V. Richards, Southern Hand a pci Industrial Agent, upon - the “Possibilities for the Negro In Industrial Pursuits, This was followed by a gener d discussion of the topics by many of the prominent colored men in attendance upon the conference.•At 10:30 o'clock, Professor W. S. Scarborough, of Witberforce Uni verity (Ohio) read an ’interesting paper entitled The Negro in Fiction as Port ravel and as Portrayer. The paper was we I prepared ar.d caused considerable comment among the conference members.At .12 o'cloalf the convention adjourned sine dfy after passing numerous resolutions, bmong thorn one thanking the authorities of the Hampton Normal and industrial ’School for the treat-m3 rut wli^-, i)lfi conferffiiCL' hart received ililrf Its Ihf-lr sojourn, here.The following is a tist of s,]ine of [hePIERCESFAVORITEIRESCRIPTIONFOR WEAS4 WOMEN.losti the SeArchibald F Greuku. iBokion, Mass.: Professor Keoiey AMI lor, H aw el S's University: in*. Curtis. Washington; J. YV. Cromwell. War hi ng ton: E- B, Kru*\ Wliming*.un, 'Del.; Dr. Tunnel], ICpis-Washi:F. J-tirlnke, Y.'.Lslubgton: A. T. Hillyer.Washington: Dr. T. ‘FT. Waring, 'Washing ion: Professor Scarborough. Yvil-le.rforce University, Ohio; Hon. T. M. Srnythe. ex-minister lo Liberia: Pi it.Cell.-ogham, Calhoun, Ala.; T. B. Williams. Indiana polls.The members of tig. conference spent yesterday afternoon sight-sec jug and will probably b*-gin to embark for their homes to-day.The me?vjit be oil lev. M. S vill make This wtno* of sY. M. (\ A.v rc o ting Si j rid ay n t J* P. \f.•• r.ddri-ss mt Wild nais. e the l.egiirn'itig of a s-*-■'1.; artrtiwrns in y-jurs i:i*n by y.ipag 'men. Tlie rest of the s — L’i.'s will iji• 'js Pdl'Ovs:Sunday. Juiy Mu. r. i'. -jf-Address bv Rev, J. 3 . 1 .rowa. Rlelimiitul: snlijeci, Tiio Bible Co* Young Mini's Bonk.Sunday, August i:i—Address by Mr. II. It, HU^t*r.; -subject, Su'perst-tlou.Tho* ihidy atle*ndanc‘e lie lhe roun.s has been Jikroasing notwithstanding Iht* hot w^aUier. The gymnasium dnsitaughtNV-Wpenight.SecE*eiTY(Mv’I AS AVON.The game of ball a? th-- Soldier? c.mc* group ds yesterday a ft or boon be reep Hie eraek llygoia IloLel eob.r.-i pe and the Shamrocks, a while nin Miiposed of Washingion players, re died in tL vii tip yfor S-.n* foriner by ;was wit p. lured peoplduty. ThePOUCIS AND STltlKkita FIDHT. Rlutlng Cnntlftiifls Iti tUftivIipuS. Nuvitl(By Telegrdph.)(LEVET.ANJi. o.. July 2!.—The stree; railroad sttrlkc is assuming a more Uireatening asts-et. At -t o'clock this afternoon Mayor Farley ordered r-s to prepare for strike inir.aLhm. 104 strong, irmed vl;th Lee rides and Gatling and Gardiner machine guns, assembled at ihe armory on Sibley street at « o’clock i pi I tonight slept there.Tonight there was rioting on Wilson j venue and op Pearl street, A mob of 3.Quo colic.led on Wilson avenue be-t ween Payne avenue and ,Su [k*rior at every car 1 of 20 policc-mt-n trle'J ti* keep order and only par-I billy succeeded, the disorder continuing until the cars stopped running atII P. AI.CHARGED THE MOP.They were compelled to charge the mob repeatedly using their heavy ri«u club* and many broken heads Is the result, one arrest was made. A dynamite bomb was thrown op rhr f•lt; ilt;j f of the big consolidate,,! 'S'treet Iiallway Company barn at Luke View at 8 o'clock this morning. A jagged hole tw■ feet s.tti'fire was torn in ihroof. A Wade Park avenue car which stood directly beneath ihc hole was also wrecked. No one was injured. The identity of Hie pei-peti-ators of the outrage is not known. However, the-ponce are hard at work on the case. Many of the windows in the big barn were shattered by the explosion. The shock was such as to cause the ground to tremble and i'c. seemed for a lew minutes as though the harp itself would fail.USED DYNAMITE.An attempt was made to blow up a street ear with dynamite at 3:30 this evening. The car was on Euclid avenue returning lo ihe* .Lake View barns when -a. ter ride explosion occurred under the wheels at Anndale avenue, opposite the residence of Henry A. JCv-e-rct-i. president of the Big Consolidated Company. The half doxon passengers were badly frightened but none was injured. No harm was sustained by the car and it proceeded on ils journey. Thera is no vine to the perpetrators.BA NOV JUT FOK ADMEKAJ, IlEWKT.tiiven by tlib Mlnlitrr lo AtiMrla Hungary.It Win Strictly Private.U?y Telegraph.)TRIESTE. July 21.— Admiral TVwev acepmpuniod by Capi, Benjamin p, Lam her [on and Flag Lk-tiL T M. Brumby, .»f the United Ssates cruiser Olympia, 1:ttvvictI here (inlay to return yesterday's visits !(o the admiral ami lo call idlirlalty upon the governor of Kus-tenland. Courtl Go-ss. who yesterday jvturncil front a. tour of inspection of lhe province. The American ntlicers also culled upon the mayor of Trieste, The I nit ed Staltcs minis I cr tv* Aus* B ia-Hungary, Mr. Addison (’. Harris, gave a bamiueL tonight at the hotel De La Vi lie, in honor of AdmlUal Dew ev. The guests were limited t« 35 an'd included oflicers of the cruiser Olympia members of Lhe Unl'Wd States legation atid consuls to Austria-Hungary. The affair was strictly private.HEALTH TO DEWEY.After u I nasi 'In President ‘McKinley had been drunk. Mr. Harris proposed ihe heal 1 h of Admiral Dewey who in reply said:f thank yon sincerely, and d-rink to your good health.Dapt. JGvs's responded to the toast ’The American Navy.Mr. Harris then proposed The Captain find crew of the Olympia, and requested Admiral Dewey to relate some things of the bailie of Manila. Tic* Admiral replied: I only know that having asked the steward for something ro drink he gave me lukewarm. Weak coffee, which made me feet quite sick, but my Hag lieutenant kept the record and 1 invite him to speak,TAI'GHT HIM NOT TO TALK. Flag Lieut. Brumby said:I was a midshipman under Admiral Dewey and lie taught me not to calk, so r will only say Dewey did it.A'dmiral Dewey rose again and said:, You ask me about the guns and the superiority of our firing. We lired 10 shots a minute wfth our five inch guns against three sfcots a. minute. I found
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