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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-14
HORSE STEALING.
W. j. Davis Arrested Yesterday for steal
ing Two Horses from l.. G.. Irving

Ing Two Horses from l.. q. Irving
Mr. L. G. Irving, who lives about two
miles from Petersburg in the county OF
Dinwiddle, had two horses stolen from
him last saturday night He started out
to hunt them up md look for the thief.
About seven miles from his home he
found one of the horses at the house of
anegro man, who stated that the horse had
been left in his possession by Captain w.
J. Davis.
Learning of this, Mr.. Irving came at
once TO Richmond and found the otEer
missing horse Yesterday in Turner'S sta
bles, where il had been only for short
while, and there identified the horse As
his property. Mr.. Irving then went to
the Second police station and swore out
warrant for the arrest of W b. Davis on
the charge of stealing two horses valued
at $50 Davis was arrested by Police
men Foster and Talley at Mrs Smell :
clearinghouse on Ninth street,
locked up in the Second police station,
and will be before the Police Court this
morning.
Davis, who is an old man, has been in
the station house before, and, it is under
stood, has once been in the insane asy-
lum and il is thought that mental aber-
ration caused him 10 steal the horse.
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THE TARIFF BILL.
The Debate to Continue Until Saturday
Next-The Big Leaders on Both sides to
Sneak.

The Debate to Continue Until Saturday
Ncxt-The Big Leaders on Both sides "a
Speak.
WAsHINGToS. ID. c., May 13-As
arranged Yesterday by the Ways and
Means Committee the tariff debate on the
bill as whole, will continue throughout
the coming week in the House and close
on Saturday with the speeches Of the
Republican leader. Mr. Reed, and Speaker
Carlisle. Mr.. RandalPs speech is now set
for Thursday Mr. Mills says it is not
certain when debate can be closed on the
bill by sections. 1t may linger for some
time He thinks that the measure will
eventually pass the House substantially
as it was reported from committee.
The Senate will take up on Monday the
question as to whether the fisheries
treaty shall be discussed in open Senate
Sholld it he determined to consider the
treaty with open doors, action on it will
be deferred until late in the week
The animal industry bill stands AS the
unfinished business, and AS soon as vote
is obtained upon that measure the bill for
the admission OF Washington Territory
as a State will come up. Consideration
Of the pension appropriation bill will
follow, and it is expected that the point
OF action will be reached on the bill au-
thorizing the governmental departments
to send exhibits TO the Cincinnati exhibit
ton in July next.
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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.


Election of DR.. }. l.. Buchanan fresident.
The Board of Visitors of William and
Mary College, at its meeting in Williams
burg Friday, elected DR.. }. +. Buchanan,
State superintendent Of Education, as
president, it being the unanimous opin-
ion of the Board that he was pre- emf
nently the man for khe place. The cur
riculum of the Normal school was
arranged, and vii consist Of five chairs,
of which the president will fiji one, and
model school The executive commit
tee was authorized TO advertise for three
professors, two adiunct professors, and q
principal Of the model school, the appli.
cations to be considered at the meeting
to be held in July. An appropriation
was also made To put the college and
buildings in repair. DIR. b. 5. Ewell, the
former president of William and Mary,
who has been in charge of the college
for forty years, was elected emeritus pro
fessOr The session of the Board was q
very pleasant one, and all seemed to he
impressed with the belief that a new era
Of prosperity is about 10 dawn upon this
venerable institution of learning.
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LOCAL NOTES.

Different parties last night made in.
quiries at the station houses for the loss
Of four children. The police found them
all wandering and turned them over to
anxious parents.
The Electric line had on thirty cars
yesterday, ten open and twenty closed
and from morning until long after night
fall they were crowded on every trip, and
1t was estimated that during the day
fifteen thousand people rode. The horse
car line yesterday was crowded also all
day, and it seemed that everybody VIII
did not go to church spent their time in
riding over the city.
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ELECTRIC RAILROADS.
The Number and Various Locations OF
the Rosds-One Hundred and Fifty Miles
of Road In Operation.


of Road In Operation.
New YORK, May 13.-The Electric Age
in its forthcoming issue will say Con
trary TO the general impression that there
is only an electric railroad here and there,
an examination of electrical statistics
shows that there are already one hundred
and thirty miles of road in operation on
this continent. OF this number Of miles
twenty-one miles are in the State of
PENNSYLVANIA, sixteen In the State Of
New York. ten in Ohio, and eighty.
three miles in New Jersey, Maryland,
Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Cslifor.
MIA, Alabama, Virginia, Kansas, Del
aware, Rhode Island, and Ontario
combined. Almost all OF this building
has been done in the past year, and al
though these roads are not protected by
war tariff, they clearly constitute IAN
infant industry" There are in course of
construction, or contracted for, one hun
dred and fifty additional miles in the
States of New York, Massachusetts, Con.
necticut, Tennessee, Ohio, California,
Pennsylvania Nebraska, Kentucky, and
Minnesota. On these various roads
constructed and constructing in
the sixty-two different towns and cities,
the Van Dcepoede system is rsed or
to be used in l. cases the Daft
system in l5 cases the Sprague system
in : cases, and the Bentley knight, the
Heart, the Henry, and Julien, and other
systems in the remaining cases The
last named system is to lie used on the
projected New York and Harlem Fourth
Avenue Electric railroad while the Daft
system is in use at Los Angeles, where
the first electric railroad was opened for
business in the winter of lss6-Si.
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Killed by an Explosion.

TOPEKA KAN, May l3.-An explosion
in the Capital Iron Works yesterday af.
ternoon resulted in the death Of Gus
Ackerson, founder a vat of molten
lead was overturned by the explosion and
thrown in all directions. Ackerson was
standing near the vat, and was almost
covered by the hot metal. His clothes
caught fire at once. He jumped into a
tank of cold water, but was terribly
burned about the face and arms, the
metal having burned through the flesh to
the bone. He was in great agony for
more than an hour, and was finally re-
leased by death.
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VOL. u.-NUMBER SOB.

our own conversion, or that Of any one
that Is dear to us, and we have His Word
that He will hear US. st. Monica OBJ.
tanned the conversion Of her only son,
the great st. Augustine, only after thirty
wears of supplication. We must not be
selfish. Whilst it is lawful 10 ask God
for our spiritual and temporal welfare,
we must also pray for our brethren.
The evening services consisted OF
Nespers, followed by the benediclion OF
the blessed sacremeni. during which the
children from St. Joseph's Orphan Asy-
lum sang the litanies of loreto.
CONFIRMATION AT ST. MARKS.
Right Rev. 4. VI Randolph, D. D, As
sislant Bishop in the Diocese Of Virginia,
preached last night in his usual eloquent
and effective manner at St Mark )
church, after which he administered the
rite Of confirmation 10 a cl s. OF eighteen,
six males and twelve females, presented
by the rector. Rev. T. q. Dashiell. ID. ID.
After the rite of laying on hands had
been performed the Bishop delivered a
short and feeling address TO those on
whom he had just invoked the Holy
Ghost The oifertOry was devoted TO
diocesan missions
BAPTIs- SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
The monthly meeting OF the Baptist
sunday school Association Of Richmond
and Manchester was held Yesterday after
noon at Grace street church, the prcsi-
dent, Mr.. r. II Elicit, presiding, and Mr..
Robcr, 4. Gary secretary The exercises
began 10y singing The hymn Gathering
To-day The association was led in
PRAYER by Mr Moncure Of Virginia. The
reports of the schools were then read as
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-14
REAL ESTATE
BARGAINS
PAYING EIGHT AND TEN PER
CENT. NET.


PRICE. LOCATION, NUAL
RsNr
$1,000 NEW THREE STORY DWELL $500
ING near Fifth and Franklin
street
$500 NEw THREE STORY. BRICK. $50
Marshall near Tenth street
5000 LAhG T. Dot BILE BRICK. Leigh 500
near Seventh street.
1000 TWO BRICK STORES and %SO
RRIcK DWELLING, North
Second street.
$500 LARGE CORNER BRICK 500
STORE AND DwELLING
Second and Duval street.
5000 NEW BAY WINDOW BRICK sAO
DWELLING West Cary street
$500 TWO STORY BASEMENT SEQ
BRICK DWELLING, West
Cary street; all modern i'm
e.so n RT9ye%yHiss EHT TWo'sroRy an, nAsr a,s
MENT BRICK DWELLING,
3lj West Cary stree.
1000 GOOD BRICK DWELLING aud s0<
CORNER LOT with Two
BRICK KITCHENS, Twenty
ninth and Leigh streets.
i,'5ONEw FRAME DWELLING. lSO
five rooms North First street,
1880 TWO STORY BklCK HOUSE,l 100
Canal near Adamsstreet.
LOO NEW TNO-srORY FkAMEI 100
DWELLING. North Second
800 TWO STORY FRAME DWELL 70
ING, North i. james street.
TWO STORY FRAME AND
$50 BRICK BASEMENT, Chathnl ~
street.
etc, call for"RICHMoND PROG
J. THOMPSON BROWN Il CO,
3myi35t lllS Main street.
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Murdered In His Cell.

PERU, IND, May i3.-John Giphart, a
cigar maker of Pit,sburg, a member of
the cigar makers union, was murdered in
the Jail here last evening by Adolph
Boyer, q fellow prisoner. Both were ar.
rested for intoxication and locked in the
same cell They quarrelled because Clip
hart demonstrated with Boyer for keeping
him awake. Boyer, without any apparent
provocation, assaulted him with a sharp
knife, cutting several deep gashes across
his face, and finally in his frenzy threw
him down and stamped on bis head, kill.
ing him almost instantly. The murderer
is young man not more than twenty
five years of age.
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Thieves Break the window of a Broad
Street shoe store.

Yesterday morning about quarter to
O'Clock Officer Hanna was walking on
Broad street, when he heard the window
of W. T. Pierce's shoe store, near Fourth
street. smash in ss If struck with a
muified instrument The officer was a
square aud a.half off. He ran at full
speed, but the thieves had too much head
way and escaped There were two OF
them. and their evident intent was to rot
the window One pair Of shoes wa:
found hanging partly out of the window
but it is thought that nothing was actual
" stolen.
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THE GOVERNOR GOING.
lie Accepts an Invitation from the al
Dominion Club.

lie Accepts an Invitation from the old
Dominion Club.
The Old Dominion Democratic Club
invited the Governor To 20 with them TO
Norfolk and yesterday he accepted
through Colonel Waller, the invitation as
follows
RICHMOND, May II. 1888.
Captatu John " Higgins, Chairman Com.
mitlee Of OH Do@'~ton Cut, city:
Dear Sir,-The Governor says that un-
less something unforeseen occurs, he will
20 down 10 Norfolk Tuesday evening
with the Old Dominion Club. He begs
that you will convey to the club his
thanks for their offer 10 escort him.
Yours very respectfully,
J. L. WALLER, Secretary.
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The California Delegation.

SAN Francisco, May 13-The Cell.
fornla Republican delegation to the
Chicago Convention will keep open
house and entertain lavishly. Mike II.
De Young, proprietor Of the Chronicle,
has charge OF arrangements. He has
engaged forty five rooms in the Leland
Hotel, and the delegation will take with
them special cars containing 1000 cases
OF wine and a large amount of fruit
They also take a special band.
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General Weather Approximations for
Crops.

WAsHISGToN, d. c., May l3-ThC
Signal Office weather crop bulletin issued
to-day, reports the rainfall during the pasl
week to have been in excess in all dis
tric,s except from the lower Ohio valley
southwark over West Tennessee, tn,
northern portions of Alabama, Mississip
pi, and eastern Arkansas.
The seasonal rainfall has been in exces:
generally in the States west of the Mis-
sissippi, except Arkansas. There ha,
also been more rain than usual in New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the
interior of New England. The weather
crops during the week in the central val
leys, and in the districts on the Atlantic
coast Rains, which were much needed
in the winter wheat regions and in the
eastern portion of the cotton region
occurred during the week, and
reports from those sections indi-
cate that the weather has favorably
affected cereals, pasturage, and fruit
More rain is needed in the western por.
ton of the cotton region, although the
crops in that section are reported as
having improved during the week. The
season is reported backward in New
England. where the well distributed
rains have improved the crop conditions
In Minnesota and Dakota the season i
apparently fifteen days late. The eXces
siye precipitation and unusually low
temperature for the season have been un.
favorable to crops, and farm work in this
section has been greatly retarded.
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RICHMOND, May II, 1888.
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
A Yawi Cap.izes and browns Mr.. William
4. Walker.

Last Friday Mr. William + Walker, a
prominent and highly esteemed young
man living near Lanexa, in New Kent
county, went out on the Chickahominy
river in yawl. A wind storm coming
up the yawl was capslzed and Mr. Walker
drowned. 1t was not known that Mr..
Walker had been drowned until the yawl
was found floating on the water, turned
upside down. Yesterday morning the
body was brought up out of the water in
a fishing net about six miles from where
the fatal accident happened.
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THE NORFOLK CONVENTION.
Official List Of Delegates and Alternates
Rooms CITY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. !
RICHMOND, May II, 1888. !

Omcial List Of Delegates and Alternates
Rooms CITY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
RICHMOND, May II, 1883.
The following is the official list OF dele.
gates and aternates 10 the Norfolk con-
vention as furnished TO the secretary:
MARSHALL WARD.
Delcgates-James +. Sharpe, g. w.
Taylor, John X. Grimes, John IL. Red.
wood, John B gley.
Alternates-A. J. Vaughan, +. W. Cum
ningham, William ii. Curtis, A. W Wei
siger, John A. Meanley.
JEFFERSON WARD.
Delegates-B. Frischkorn, j. l.. BOtto,
John NJ. Higgins, James W. Gibbons, j.
T. Batkins, W. ). Ayres.
Alternates-William W. Cannon, Her
man Paul, James f.. Phillips, John J.
Powell, William W Wood, Wilder Has
kins
MADISON WARD.
Delegates-Preston Belvin, f.. B.
Grymts, Louis RAWLINGS. Taylor STRAIT
ton, John b. Purcell, =. Il. Saeild, Ed
ward Cummins.
Alternates-M. j. Rosendorf, T. 7.
Ferriter, l.. II. Berry, Meade Haskins,
William Iovenstein, John !. llarwood,
Peter J Burton.
MONROE WARD.
Delegates Elicit, G.. f.
Wingo, Jacob J. Lange, II. VI Smith, Jr.,
Joseph VI. Shelton, r. e. Scott, Charles
V. Meredith, Sol. l. Bloomberg, A. :.
Buford.
William c. Adams, G.. r.
Tenser, Thomas B. Hicks, William II.
Moseley, A. l.. Owens, william y Price,
\. l.. Wilkinson, VI. ). Blount, /. a.
Catln.
JACKSON WARD.
Delegates-I homas Hulcher, W. p.
Gentry, Michael Doherty
Alternate L j. Forstman, Dennis
Wren George Talbot.
CLAY WARD.
Delegates-James d Patton, W \.
Gum, William hyan, j. II. O'Bannon, j.
J. King, ]. IT, Conner, r. p Campbell,
David b. Jones, Charles | Phillips.
Alternates-Roger Atkinson, John T.
Anderson, James II Capers, Virginius
Johnson, Walter Cartwright, Wyndham
Meredith, r +. Davis, Ira Giazebrook,
Thomas II Thompson.
Published by order of the Chairman.
G. r. TENsEE, Secretary.
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The regular monthly meeting of the
Methodist Sunday School Society OF
Richmond and Manchester was held at
Central church, Manchester, Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock Robert +
Richardson, president Charles p Rady
and 4. l.. Lumsden, secretaries. Opened
with prayer by Mr. Alfred Gary of rrini-
" Sunday school.
The Superintendent of Central Sunday
school, Mr.. ] r. Perdue, made report
of the condition of the school, which
shows, 3 officers, % teachers, and 300
scholars; conversions during the month
). lie said that in proportion 10 popula'
tion and membership p~the school is large.
The teachers are doing good wor6 and
the interest is growing. good many
Young men are Joining the school and
maniiesting deep interest in the work.
The monthly reports from the several
schools show good attendance during the
past month.
The meeting was then addressed by
Rev A. J. Holt of Texas, a delegate TO
the Southern Baptist Convention; sub
iect, Childhood Prayer The address
was very interesting and full of good all
vice.
The children of the infant class sang a
yery pretty hymn, and all the singing by
the school was inspiring
The next meeting will be held at
Denny street church on the second Sun
day in June.
Y.M. c. A. MEETiN0-DRiSK THAT BIND
YOUNG MEN IN CHAINS.
The meeting al the hall Of the Ioung
Mems Christian Association yesterday
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evening at 4;30 o'clock was largely at
tended by young men of the city.
Rev. George S. Williams Of Raleigh,
N. G., addressed the meeting on the sub
ject of Drink as being one of the chains
that bind young men" lie pictured the
evils Of "drnk' in chaste, eloquent,
and able manner. The singing by the
mail chorus was splendid
These meetings will be continued every
Sunday evening this month, next sub
ject to be discussed being Gambling"
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The Catholics Will Go to Washington.

A very large meeting was held at
Cathedral Hall yesterday at which Mr..
John NJ. Higgins presided, with Mr. ID:
Columbus as secretary. MIR. William
Daffron reported a very low fare for
those who will 90 to Washington at the
laying of the cornerstone on the Gath
instant.
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Following O'COnnell.

LIVERPOOL, May l3-Mr. Michael
Dayitt in speech here this evening de-
clared that Irishmen would not be one
iota behind O'COnnell in resenting the
papal rescript. Ireland, he asserted, had
done more for the church everywhere on
the English. speaking globe than any
other country, and If this was Rome )
gratitude lrishmen would be apt to ask
themselves very pertinent questions on
the matter.
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EACUR RSlONS.
EXCURSIONS.
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WARWICK PARK TRANSPOR
TATlON COMPANY-GONDO
CHlMB0RALO,

Leaves her wharf (Gllie's Creek daily inciud-
ing Sundays at $50 am, IL IN, 23Q and Pun.
Returning leaves Warwick Park at l0:s5 an,
l:l5 3:t5, and 6:l5 pm. Fare 30c. each way.
Round trip SOC. children under i2 years Of
age half price under years free. No drunken
or disreputable persons allowed on premises.
The company reserve the right TO hold por-
tions of the grounds and of the pavilion for
private parties.
Special or operative rates given to olubs'
picnics, societies, etc.
For further information apply to
THOMAS ELLETT. Sec'y.
% North Ninth street, Richmond. Va.
1my23m
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CHICAGO, May l3-George Boyd, ne.
gro violin player, in a low saloon on
Clark street stabbed and killed John
Stephenson, Danish printer, last night
Stephenson was small and quarrelsome,
and struck the negro, who drew knife,
cut him twice, and lied from the saloon.
Boyd was arrested this afternoon.
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Ihe SfeaIuer SerXlu.

New YORK, May l3-The Worlds
London special says there was a rumor in
that city yesterday that the steamer Ser.
via, which sailed on the 9TH for New
York, had foundered at sea- No confr.
nation OF the report could be had nor
could its origin be traced
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HENTUCKY'S RACES.
4 A>plendid Show of fThoroughbreds for the
Spring Meeting At Louisviile-Over q
Hundred Flyers Ready for the Tracks.

LOUISVILLE, May l3-Seven hundred
and fifteen thoroughbreds OF all ages and
conditions are at Churchill Downs, and
the most of them will participate in the
ten days racing beginning tomorrow
The track is in fine condition, though
probably little slow, and while records
may not be broken, the high class horses
engaged in all the big events and well
filled purse races assure good and sharp
work for the honors. The purchase of
the pooling interest by ST. Louis man
as the result Of the attempt of the asso
ciated Dookmakers to prevent auction
pools being sold at the track will be the
cause of the first derby pool selling for
less than $500 last night.
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Base Ball Yesterday.


BERLIN, May l3.--The Emperor passed
a very comfortable day. He will shortly
be visited by Professor Virchow.
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u Subscribers aciH p!edse telephone No
$40, the Times" cgics, i the paper is not
dsliesrsd regularly and promptly.
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No report from Clopton street school.
ThefollOwing conversions and baptisms
were reported Grace-street, 4; Pine
street, As; Nenable-street, 90 FIRST
church, %, Second church, 8 Balm
bridge, : Fulton, 8
The meeting was then addressed bv II
II Hicks Of Texas, J. S. French of Ken
lucky, G.. H. Elgin Of Indiana, and ID. j.
J. Brouner of New York
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
ANNIvERsARY
The regular anniversary of the Protest.
ant Episcopal Sunday-SchOol Union was
held Yesterday afternoon at 430 o'clock in
ST. Paul's church All the Sunday schools
in the city marched in column 10 the
church. packing it with the bright faces
of happy children, many of whom had TO
sit on the knecling stools placed in the
aisles. i,early all OF ihe clergy in the city
We re in the church.
The meeting was presided over by the
president. M Joseph Bryan The ser
vice was read by Rev !. " Burton of
ST. Johns church. The address was
made by Rev. Robert \. Mayo of Balli-
more This address was an universally
apt one, simple, and replete with good
advice 10 children 10 love the Saviour, and
was most attentively listened to by all
the scholars.
The oiIertory was devoted TO the
Bishop Payne Divinity school at Peters
burg for the education of colOred preach
ers for the ministry.
The benediction was pronounced by
Rev J. Peterkin, ID. d.. rector. Of ST.
James
The reports from the various schools
were read as follows
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BY TELEGRAPH.
SPECIALS TO TIE TIMES From ALL
POINTS.

The Happenings of u Sabbath Day-C Grimes
and Casualties-Th Outlook for the
Tariff Bill-Ihe Kentucky Races-Rumor
Of the Loss Of the Seryia.
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Om's ami schol- Ayeraes Ofer-
METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY.

No report from Meade Memorial and 81
Philips ,colOrcdl.
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MONROE WARD
JACKSON WARD.

Deegates-Thomas Hulcher, W. p.
Gentry, Michael DOherty.
Alternates 81. j. Forstman, Dennis
Wren, George Talbot.