The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
V. MI. CADETS COMING.
WILL GTvE a BATTALION DKILL IN
rxx sQU<RE rUEsDAY.
Programme Of the Commencement Of the
Washington and Lse--Othsr Intsr'ss-
ing Lsxsngsou Matters Discussed

LEXINGTON. VA, May %.-speciai.-
The corps of cadets OF the Virginia "'"
tary Institute. Immediately on ar'i''"s
in Richmond, Tuesday evening next VIII
march to the Capitol Square. "here :"
exhibition battalion parade VIII DC s''e"'
and on Wednesday morning. before FORM
ing In parade. the corps will go 'hro"s"
guard mounting. These speciai features
are by request
Between and s o'clock THIS eVeh'ns
James Carroll. OF Baltimore. who' WIZ"
Randolph cummins. was last TuesdaS
convicted in the Hastings Court OF Bueha
Vista for the burglary OF Myers oiAe
sons hardware store. on the hth ihssan1
and sentenced 10 two years IN Tue
tnntiarv. broke jail and Is at large. ne
r,ade his escape by breaking. with
hsa- aiat the paddock on the cell door
through which food is passed, eight by
ten inches. He crawled through tnat
small hole. and, as the door TO the pack
NJ tho hall was open, escape was easy
He ia of medium height. thin. forid com.
nlexion. red hair. age seventeen anu
weighs about 100; dressed in blue suit
He with Cummins. would have oeeh
taken TO the penitentlary Monday
State Senator Charles p. Jones' OF
Bath county. was here this week. anu ~
a friend he said he was in no sense W
he considered as a candidate for Con-
Cress against Hon. Harry Tucker. ne
wanted II understood that he was not III
the fight for the nomination.
At Murat. in this county, this "eeh'
Miss Carrie Il. Logan and MISS ANNE
+. Ayers were out driving in dog cart
when one Of the ladies attempted 10 raise
an umbrella, the horse took fright ana
ran off. throwing both out. MISS Logan
sustained a compound fracture OF me
arm. and Miss Ayers sustained painful
internal injuries.
WASHINGTON AND LEr.
The boat crews--Albert Sidney ana
Harry Lee-of Washington and Lee Uni
yersity this season are made up OF good
material, and the outlook is promising for
a good regatta this year.
This Is the programme OF the COM
mencement exercises Of the Washington
and lee University:
Chief Marshal. Sidney G. Clay. Of Ken
lucky
June l7th-l1 a. NJ. Baccalaureate ser
mon. by Rev. f. II. Kerfoot, d. D., Ken
lucky: r. NJ. address before the Young
Mems Christian Association, by Rev.
Theron II. Rice. Virginia.
June ISth-6 +. NJ, annual regatta;
z. NJ. final celebration of the literary
societies. Graham Lee Society-President,
Rudolph Bumgardner. Virginia; orators.
c. NJ. Roberts. Virginia, and w. Nice.
Martin, Kentucky. Washington Literary
Society-President, NJ NJ. Herold. Louisi
ana: orators. NJ. X. Yonts, Kentucky.
and ]. ID. McRae. Arkansas.
June 1sth-ie a. NJ, annual meeting OF
the board Of trustees: II A. NJ, address
before the Law Glass by Hon. John
Goode. Virginia; 6 p. NJ. annual meeting
of the Alumni Association; 9 p. NJ, ad-
dress before the literary societies by
Hon. Roger Q. Mills. Texas: presentation
OF the Pinkney prize cup to the winning
crew.
June. 20th-1f A. NJ, closing exercises;
delivery OF diplomas. certificates, prizes.
&c; Law Glass grafton by /. w. Eason.
Virginia; valedictory address. by Edgar
Tufts. Florida; alumni address, by Rev.
John A. Preston, D.. D.. North Carolina
2 p. NJ, alumni dinner; $50 p. NJ, final
ball. President, James u. Bullitt, Ken
lucky.
Thursday night last Mr.. Edwin Fuller,
superintendent of the Lexington electric
light power plant, located on North river
two miles below town, made a narrow
escape from drowning.
LEXINGTON At THE UNWILLING.
Lexington win be represented at the I'M
yelling OF the soldiers and sailors monu-
ment. on the 30th instant, by the full
corps of cadets Of the Virginia Military
Institute. several members of the Facul-
ty and students OF Washington and Lee
University. delegation from Lee-Jack-
son Camp. Confederate Veterans. No. 80;
number of the representative citizens
OF beth town and county They will leave
here on the regular train the 10Th. arriv-
ing In Richmond by the James River
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway the same evening.