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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
Police Commissioners.

The Board of Rolice Commissioners
Yesterday selected the names Of Mr. l.. W
Wagner, druggist, corner Broad and Sixth;
Charles g. Bosher, carriage builder, cor
ner Cary and Ninth; and Jud b. Wood.
the well known dentist, to fill the vacan-
cies created by the resignation of Mr. +
B. Addison, who had removed from the
ward to another. These were recon-
mendations to the Council, which will
select one at the meeting of the Board OF
Aldermen next Monday, when the Coun
Gil will meet with them in joint session.
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The o,hersthe Church delegation, will
be seated. The delegation met to-day,
and their national committeeman were
appointed as follows: New Jersey com
mi teeman, Miles Ross; Oregon, A.
Nohtner; Indiana, sydney Sherin; New
Hampshire, p. A. Franklin; Colorado,
Charles l.. Thomas; Rhode Island, X. Is.
Barnabv; Mississi, pi, {. A. Johnston ;
massachusetts,, Charles ID Louis Kansas,
c. II. Blair Wisconsin, John Mitchell :
Tennessee, Z. +. LConey; Kentucky,
Robert Riddles.
THE VIRGINIA DELEGATION
met at 10 o'clock this morning at the
headquarters in the Planters House. They
organized by electing General Eppa Hun
ton chairman and W. w. Scott OF Orange
county secretary. The convention nomi
nees selected we're vice.president, John
w Daniel secretary for the State, j. h.
GOlsOn; seigeantat arms, j. A. Jones
committee on resolutions, =. W. Farm
ington on permanent organization,
Colonel William r. Hill of King and
Queen county; on credentials, Il. {. Mar.
shall OF Portsmouth.
The caucus showed the delegation 10
be in favor of Thurman first, and Steven
son next.
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TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.

ST LOUIS, June 4 -Maxwelrs exccu-
lion has been fixed for July IL.
PARIS, June IN. Charles lgnace
Plichon, a prominent French politician
and member of the Chamber Of Depu
ties for the Department of the Nord, Is
dead
WAsHNGTON, June 4.--General ID. ii.
Hastings, Adiutant-General of Pennsyl-
vdnia, and delegate t-largc from that
State, has beeDchosen TO present Senator
Sherman's name to the Chicago Conven-
ton. General Hastings is man of fine
presence and an eloquent speaker.
PARIS, June 4-Generai Boulangtr
took his FIST step in Parliament to-day
for the revision of the constitution. His
arrival at the Chamber of Deputies wa
without incident He gave notice 10 the
Chamber that he would submit a pro
posal for revision Of the constitution
and would demand urgency therefor.
BELFAST. June 4.-The Government
has proclaimed Belfast under sections 3
and (, of the crimes act. This will cnabl,
the court to grant change of Venue il
the rial Of persons arrested for defraud-
ing the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany of New York.
BERLIN, June THE Emperor vii
examine Minister Won Puttkammer's It
ply to the letter concerning the freedom
Of elections before publishing the quin
quennial till, and will then decid,
whether his letter to the minister shall be
published with the bill. The Emperor
passed good night and was much re
freshed by a walk in the park at 1890.
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Cbildren', Dre,, In AIgiers.

The bows. when running about wear
nothing but long white chemise ana
dark blue vest, but Of all bewitching
creatures In the world the little girls can
scarcely be surpassed. They are every
where, and must strike q stranger, Ger.
tainly an artist, rs prominent feature or
interest Some are going to the baker s.
carrying unbaked loaves piled on plank
ON the head, others. with little brass
bound buckets brimming with milk; i;
singly, in crowds, always fascinating. not
only pretty, but arrayed in an infinite va
riety of costumes, they dart from shadow
into sunlight, and disappear in twink
ling round corner or through doorway.
They wear, first. white chemise with
gauze sleeves, over 1t gandoura, OF
chemisc without sleeves, and reaching
nearly to the ankles, usually Of printed
calico. glaring in color. and with spots
stripes, birds, branches and leaves; this
gandoura is sometimes of rich brocade or
light silk. over the first they often wear
q second gandoura of tullc with design
in it, ordinarily nothing more nor less than
common white lace curtain stuH. All the
materials hang limp and tiutter when they
run: round the waist broad ceinture,
and over the shoulders little bodice. On
the head conical cap. always of crimson
velvet. more or less ornamented with gold
thread; children and unmarried girls wear
them with strap underline chin, married
women tie them on with colorcd hand
kerchief besides the strap.-F. A. Bridg
man in Harper's Magazine.
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A Vigorous Young Mountaineer.

The reporter was told yesterday that
in Sugar Hollow, in the Blue Ridge
mountains, in Albemarle county, little
boy nine years of age, the son Of Mr.
John Sheflett, had gone on an. .errand and
had not returned Search parties went
out to look for him, and Tor days failed
to find him, and his parents mOurned
him for dead, either lost in The creek or
killed by bears On the 10Th day he was
found by interchangeable parties under an
overhanging rock. He had made bed
there of leaves, having lost his way, and
during the entire zen days had not eaten
n mouthful of food He was alive, quite
vigorous, but very hungry. His sustain
ing powers were remarkable, and show
the ability of a youthful mountaineer.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS AND RI
NANCE COMMIrTr
Joint Meeting Yesterday Important Rec
onmcnhatiOnst to the CITY Council.

concentrations to the City Council.
The Committees on Finance and
Grounds and Buildings met in joint ses-
sion in the City Engineers office yester-
day evening at d o'clock.
Present: Finance COmmittee-Pizzini,
Starke, Murphy, Kaufman, Owen, Har-
grove. Grounds and Buildings-Kendler,
Pzzini, Snead, Crenshaw. Mann.
The following was unanimously ordered
to be reported to the Common Coun-
Gil for adoption:
Resolved The Board of Aldermen con-
curing, That the Finance Committee be,
and is hereby, authorized to purchase the
property known as the Shields farm, 50
acres more or less, from Mr.. J. b. Pace at
price not TO exceed 500 per acre ia
four per cent. bonds at par.
Mr. Bowe, on behalf OF Mr.. Pace, was
present, and accepted the price and bonds
in payment.
The committee heard from Messrs. Cat
lin x AppersOn the cost Of the extension
Of Chimborazo Park The figures are
From Mr. Catlin, ten acres at 1900 per
acre; from Mr.. Apperson, 26S acres at
500 per acre making total cost of
Slj, ,37j, and Mr. Kendler was ordered to
so report 10 the Council
Adjourned
The Grounds and Building Committee
met, but did nothing but routine busi-
ness.
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THE PICKETT MONUMENT.
subscriptions so Far Received.

Yesterday the following report was
made of the funds SO far received for the
Pickett monument:
Amount on hand reported May Both,
last, S39j. Since received: Miss A. B.
Pickett, Lexington, Ky, $40; w. C..
Lynham, 81 Lieutenant Ad. Blair. First
Virginia Regiment, s., William Bragg,
twenty five cents; Henry Boone, Fifteenth
Virginia Regiment, 81 Lieutenant Henry
c. Stribliog. Fauqui.r Artillery, $l.02
Major Robert Stiles. 50 Henry c. Petty,
Seventeenth Virginia Regiment, s.; bal
ance remitted by him from the collection
by the members of Pickett's Division
while at Gettysburg, July 3, 1897, to pay
Mrs. General Picke,ts expenses. So: }. T
Petty, Seventeenth Virginia Regiment
s.. Total S42 % Reported previous
1896 Total $437 p.
Ele.en hundred dollars Is needed tc
complete the monument, and subscrip
tions are coming in rapidly. Those re-
ported above were the result of only three
DAYS work.
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Narrow Escape.

Yesterday afternoon the delivery
wagon Of A. Ssks & Co. turned the cor
ner OF Main and Belvidere too suddenly.
and turned over. Luckily when put
back on its wheels il was found to be un.
iDju,ed, not even glass In il being
broken. The horse, gentle animal,
stopped at once, stood still, and made no
attempt to run. The driver, a young
colOred man. was thrown of and quite
badly injured on his leg. When he
clawled out bis first question was: rs
the wagon hurt," and smiled = broad
smile when told It was not Il will lie
several days before be fully recovers
from his Injury.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
Teeth Extracted without Pain.

To THE PUBLIC This is to certify
that have made thorough test of GOV
ering about two hundred and fifty cases
Of "Steinan's Local Angsthetic,' for tn,
painless extraction of teeth, aud | mOsi
confidently recommend it as perfectly
harmless, satisfactory in its results, and
superior to any application ever used in
The profession. As | ain sole ageLt fof
this valuable ingredient in the dental pro
fession in the cilyof Richmond, | respect,
fully commend it to my patrons and the
public. DR. c. Smith, 433 East Broad
street, corner of Fifth.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
The Backs of Two Men Broken and Their
Bodies ParaIyzed.

Mr. Edwin H. Van Arsdae, ffst assist
ant engineer, and Mr.. Antoni Arzee, fire.
man, both employed on the steamer Old
Iominion, were engaged yesterday morn-
ing repairing the machinery in the engine
room Suddenly the air pump cylinder
top, of heavy weight, fell upon them,
breaking the backs of both just above
the small of the back, AMI completely
ptralyzing the entire portion OF the body
from hat point below.
Thy were taken 10 the Retreat for The
Sick The resident physician at the Re
treat for the Sick stated to the TINES re.
porter last night that there was no i'm
mediate apprehension of death if any at
all, but that they were in critical con-
dtiOn
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
Death of "a Well-known Printer.

Mr. Theodore Johns, the well.known
printer of this city, died last night at
s:4j at 9l9 East Leigh street, in the
thirty sixth year of his age. He had
been sick for more than year, and for
several months past had been confined TO
his room. He was formerly a member of
the firm of Johns & Goolsby, but of late
years was senior member of the firm Of
Theodore Johns x Co.
The funeral will bepreached this after
doom at . o'clock from his late residence,
and his remains will be taken to Balti.
more, where the interment will take
place on Wednesday.
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Prince Bonaparte Coming to Washington.

WAsHIYGToN, June Prince Roland
Napoleon BOnaparic arrived in New
York yesterday from France for the pur-
pose of attending the anthropological
congress which began AT Columbia Col
ege there this morning. He is a vice
president. Upon the conclusion of the
congress, which will he in session about
four days, he will leave on a trip thrOul h
the country, and will come To Washing
ton To observe the deliberations of the
American Congress.
Prince Roland is tine second son Of
Lucien Bonapartc, brother of Napoleon
l. He was born on May 10, 1888, and
was educated at the Military School OF
ST Cyr. BY the application Of the law
expelling the princes from France, his
name was scratched from the army list Of
1886, although he was permitted 10 live in
France in consequence Of his ineligibiliiy
TO the throne. He ia a tall man, ana
wears heavy black mustachc. He is
thirty years old, and a widOwer. His
wife, who was the daughter of the
famous Blanc. of Monaco, died six years
ago, leaving him large fortune
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
INTERESTING BASEBALL GAME
Between the Westmareiand and Rich
mond Clubs.

mond Clubs.
An interesting game OF baseball be.
tween picked mines of the Westmoreland
and Richmond clubs has been arranged
for Thursday, the eth instant at o'clock
in the afternoon. The following are the
two teams:
Westmoreland--Me Messrs. j. r. Tucker,
catcher; f. c. Mayo, pitcher; x. w.
Maury, short stop; II. Carter Scott, first
base; ". W Skelton. second base; l..
p. Ecker, third base; Ii. l.. Cabell, lett
field; f. d. Hotchkiss, centre field A.
l.. Blair, right field
Richmond - Messrs Page, catcher
Cross, pitcher; Erskine, short stop
Savage, first base Talbot, second base
Frayser, third base; Bishop, left field
Daniel, centre field Thomas, right field
Manager, W Fred Pleasants.
Scorer, J. l.. Hill.
Umpire, James L. Mckinney.
The grounds upon which the game 1:
10 be played have yet to be decided on.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
LOCAL NOTES.

Miss Louise Allan, one of the reigning
bellies of Richmond society, is to be mar
ried in Fredericksburg to-day 10 DR..
Pryor of New York, nephew OF General
Roger A. Pryor. The wedding will take
d ace AT the residence of Mr. Howard a re-
lative of the bride elect
An alarm of fire was sounded last night
al ll:07 from Box 60, corner of Broad
and Hancock streets, caused by the par
tial burniug of the old frame building
No. j22 West Broad, near the corner of
Fifth. The damage was about $50,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
Nould-Be Murderer Arrested.

John Malta, an Italian, yesterday
morning, while walking on the street,
saw Mr. Z. Augustine, another Italian
He at once swore out warrant for
Augustines arrest and Sergeant How.
ard and Officer Robinson arrested Angus
tine on Cary street. The warrant charges
that Augustine cut Malta ten times in
Huntington, West Virginia, on May 9th,
several OF them being dangerous wounds.
Augustine will be before the Police Court
this morning, when he will likely be
held till the West Virginia authorities
are heard from. They have been com.
municated with
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
BOARD OF PUBLIC INTERESTS.
Election of Fire mmissioners-Sketch
Of the Gentlemen Who Will Hereafter
Control the Fire Department.


The Board of Public Interests met in
the Council chamber at 4:30 Yesterday af'
ternoon. Present:
From the City Council. John g.
Bethel (chairman). Andrew Piz2ini, Jr.i
Sol. Cutchins, and W. 5. Gum.
From the Board Of Aldermen n. d.
Hargrove and Beverley L. Crump.
Citizens appointed by the Chamber OF
Commerce William III. Pleasants, A. X
Courtney, T. II. Elicit, +. o. Noting
and John B. Purcell.
The Board decided to retire upstairs to
the office of the Chief of the Fire De
partment for their deliberations They
were in session one hour, and elected on
the first ballot, after some complimentary
votes had been made, and then changed
30 as 20 make the vote unanimous, the
following gentlemen as Fire Commits
sioners, one from each ward
Clay Ward Mr.. John J. King. Mr..
King is builder and grocer doing bust
ness on the corner of Broad and First
streets. He has been an old fireman, has
served several terms in the Council and
on the Council Fire Committee.
Monroe Ward Joseph l.. Levy. MIR.
Levy is president of Monroe Ward Club,
a member of the City entral Committee,
and member of the grocery firm OF Levy
4 Uiiman, doing business at No. 42j
North Sixth street.
Madison Ward John ). Harwood.
Mr. IIarwood is a member OF The firm OF
Augustine & IIarwood dealers in kero
sene and other oils. doing business at the
corner of Cary and Eleventh streets.
Jefferson Ward: John III Frischkorn, a
former member of the Council, one OF
ne old stand bys of Old Dominion Club,
and in conjunction with his brother pro.
pr.etor OF the popular eating house on
seventeenth street, near Main.
Marshall Ward William \. Boswell.
Mr. Boswell is a retired merchant, first
class Democrat, and a large property
owner.
Jackson Ward Norman V Randolph
president of the Randolph Paper Box
Works, and one Of the most energetic
and true citizens ia the city.
The Board passed a resolution direct
ing the clerk TO certify the election Of the
members of the Fire Commission, also
one thanking President Bethel for his
uniform courtesy at all the meetings OF
the Board
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GENERAL SHERIDAN.
SUDDEN CHINGE FOR THE WORSE
~ HIS CONDITION.
Reported Dying at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Attack Of Heart FsiIure-Prince Bona
parts to visit WashingtOn-Isrlef Tele-
graphic Reports.

WASHINGTON, June 4.--There was an
unusual stir about General Sheridsn's $
house about 3 o'clock.
DR.. Cbappell remained in the house
and messengers were hurriedly dis
patched in every direction.
Colonel Kellogg came out and jumped
In cab, saying as he did so Il cannot
tell you anything"
Drs. Byrne and Matthews, who were
absent, were hurriedly summoned.
$50 Within the last hour an
other attack Of heart failure has oc-
Cured.
The worst may be looked for at any
time
Midnight.-A telephone message from
General Sheridan's house, at ll45 pm,
says that General Sheridan is dying.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
4" Doctor,

have been giving my children DR.. DA-
yIp's CoUGH SYRUP, and ii acts so well
that il you do not object | will always
give it in coughs, colds, and bronchial
and lung troubles"
"Obiect! Why, certainly not, know
ing as | do the ingredients of tie ex-
celent Cough Syrup. ! always recon-
mend it to my patients and find il
cures every time, but see that you get
.he genuine DR.. David's Cough Syrup.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
Hastings Court.

In this court yesterday the grand jury
returned the following TIRE bills
Mary Atkins, for secreting an infant
Washington Baily. feloniously assault
ing John Thomas; Isaiah Evans, three
cases of housebreaking and larceny ;
Anna Gordon, tor poisoning Captain
Frank W. Chamberl 'yDe and his house
hold, seven cases; w. Ii. Haskins, felo-
niously assaulting Ralph Johnson; Ben
Harris, feloniously assaulting Nelson
Harris; Seymour Johnson, feloniously
assaulting Martha Johnson; John II
Mcintosh, stealing $50 from James Nc
Donough; James Olriege, housebreaking
aud larceny; Horace Smith, felonious
assault. For misdemeanors Robert
Brown, unlawful gaming Charles Deane
and John Henderson, escaping from
jail; Belle Watts, keeping disorterly
house.
The grand jury was discharged for the
term
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
REMAKKABLEC COINCIDENCE.
Two Brothers Killed on the same Spot by
the Same Locomotive.

Nine months ago on a Saturday night,
near Laneya, on the Newport News eX-
tension Of the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
way Company, a white man by the name
of Hill was run over and killed by pass
ing train. The mangled body was found
early the following sunday morning.
Last Saturday night singular aud sad
coincidence happened. The brother Of
the Mr. Hill, killed nine months ago, was
also run over and killed within thirty
yards of the same spot near Lanexa.
The same locomotive ran over the body,
which was found on last Sunday morn.
ing early. The fact that these two
brothers were lying On the railroad came
about from The same cause. Neither of
the parties were employed by the road
but lived in the immediate neighborhOOd
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-05
EIGHTH STREET TUNNEL.
WORK FORMALLY BEGUN on ITS
CONSTRUCTION
To be Pushed Forward to Completion.
No Ceremonies, but Strictly Business.
Court tNews-Happenings in the City any
Counfy-General News and Notes.

The ordinance granting the Richmond
& Chesapeake Railway Company the
right to build tunnel under Eighth
street from the northern limits of the
city 10 the southern side, the southern
entrance being on Eighth street, between
Main and Cary, passed the City Council
n few weeks ago, and was approved by
the acting Mayor.
The bond for 100000, with personal
security provided for in the ordinance to
indemnify the city against loss, if any, in
consequence OF damages to propertyialong
the route, was accepted by the Committee
on Streets.
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A SURPRISE.

The adjournment was a surprise to
number of gentlemen interested in street
railway enterprises, and called meeting
will be made by President Bethel for
either Thursday or Friday nights, to con.
slider the several railway extensions to
the Exposition grounds and the Marshall
street electric line up from Mayo's bridge.
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THIRTY MEN AT WORE.

Mr. Atkinson said that there we've
about thirty men regularly at work now,
which number would be increased as the
work became defined. 1t will take lit
tie time 10 make an entrance 10 a tunnel,
then approaches have to be built, by
which TO convey timber for temporary
arches, and brick and stone for perman-
enl arches All this takes time. The
work will be pushed vigorously.
TO BE FINISHED IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS
Reporter. You have wheebarrelled
away TO-DAY few tons of earth from the
side of a hill where good climpers and
gully jumpers have difficulty in reaching A.;
when will you complete the tunnely"
Mr.. Atkinson You can authorita-
lively say in eighteen months"
\ shallow ditch has been dug about
fifty feet long, the beginning of con-
duit to carry off the waief from creek
flowing by the mouth of the tunnel, and
which receives the sewerage from the
culyerts of number Of streets.
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Among the marriage licenses issued In
Washington Yesterday was one to Benja.
min G.. Viaro and Maggie V. Guverna-
tor, both of Richmond.
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THE FIRST sPADEFUL.

Yesterday the first work was done on
this tunnel. The first earth was dug.
At half-past IL o'clock in the rayine, at
the far north end Of Eighth street, Mar
maduke Atkinson, the youthful sou of
Mr. Henry A. Atkinson, general counsel
for the road, brought his pick 10 his
shoulder, let ii 60, !oosened the first
shovel full of dirt. and threw it aside
there were present City Attorney {. V
Meredith, City Engineer W. f. Cutshaw,
Chief Consulting Engineer r. + O'Brien
OF New York, Engineer in Charge j. VI.
Lum, formerly chief engineer of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, Engineers
\. Longstatf, johnson, and X. +. Morris,
who will be connected with the road ;
Mr. Charles f. Belyin, president of the
company, Mr' Henry A. Atkinson,
counsel tor the company, The TINES
reporter. and many citizens. The green
grass and yellow earth on the steep hill,
around were quite black with Two o.
three hundred of the Jackson ward CON
tingent Three were no ceremonies.
Everything had the appearance of quiet,
determined business
Quite lot of earth was dug, and cart
ed of little way and dumped during
the day, but no hole in the ground has
yet been started.
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Sponges AMI chamois skins-all kinds
and sizes. l.. p RoUTT, Druggist,
Second and Main streets.
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WEATHER ISDiCA1ioNs.

WARRINGTON. June Indications
ug ,or Virginia. Light 70 fresh variable
- winds, becoming easterly; warmer.
fair weather