The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-26
WAS BURNED TO DEATH.
JEIGHIFJL IND or ME. MOsEi's
LfTJII DiTGHILE.
Her tlo,hing Caught Tire and She Was
Burned IN irightfui Mnnner-Ah
Efforts to Relieve Tier iail,


10y her dress catching on nlc
IDA Wa. "a Noune 500 between nine "nu
ten years OF age, aua "a enid OF loFcy
Ioa ana her brother sam were burning
rubbish BOZ the yaru OF ntr idthrr resi-
dence about . clock Aesitioay "It't
noon ln som, manner WINE we 'ill-
dTen were playing about the nre, heI
Dress caught from the flames. ihia
burned me poor child 20 badly that sne
suffered much and fingered until ycstef-
day. when death came 20 her fehei.
SO HOPE FOR HER
She was thc eldest daughter OF Mr.. ana
Mrs D. A. Moscley. OF Drewrys Blum.
MI Moscicy is the chief train dNlttcHti
OF the Atlantic Coast Line.
Dr &. &. Jones. of Massachusetts. WI.
visiting tho family of Mt Walker "l
that place. Hc arrived I'VE minute
after the accident and did all h his pow,i
10 relieve the suffering child. Dr. Heoist
". French. of Manchester the i"lnns
physician. was toicgiapned lOr ana VIZ,
10 the unfortunate child ON spt,lul
engine dr. French carried win nun
all that WAS needed 100 case OF INNS h'"u,
but the child was $50 badly puih'" ''"'
there Was no hope for her.
TERRIBLY BURNED
Her hands and face limbs above tns
knees. back ana shoulders, ana one dll"
were also burned lu Cd frghilul maiH,I
Ir. Jones SAYS she also sWaioWeu , tn,
flames. ana That she received uIo""'"'
nervous shock .u ,,.t, No
g, of fle Atlantic Coast Line, Mni'h
passes Drcwry- Blum at $40 CLOCK lnlS
morning 90 JHrretts b.. where the l"l,, pa
services VIII ho held al j. c'oeh. - oi
Air Srott of the Methodist chuTch or
Chester will Oniclatc at the burial anu
me intermcnt Will Doe in the family
burylng ground, on the Old Bailey NOME
stead.
TIRE OLD MAIDS PARTY.
lt.I.t IF..NI fr 4
liaI Jog tine lady members OF Lily V"',
Gil Daughters OF Liberty. was quite an
swu-inr g0air. The Young ladies were
present boz mask and in costume. E3ch
ono VINO attended brought "a PIC VIM"
had bier name underneath. Mr. W. ~
Kidd WAS the auctiOuccr. and as ne W0ulu
knock down the old mHld 10 lho @ to,
bidder tho purchaser would pay TOT h'i
and lead her 10 "a seat. After ana hdu
been sold thc young ladies' u"ii , ,,, o'
md She and her purchaser ate the PIE
MIR CLARKE'S LECTURE.
Tho lecture and stcreoptlcon views on
The Worlds Fair Dog Nh. Arthur -. Ni'i nc
gf lead.r Hail last night was a sucCts7'
mo immense han was we'll filled, and the
remarks about the White tliy anu ~.
hsautiful scenes presented "'l' mel ~
appreciated by those present Al'tI w W.
entertainment hv Mr. Clarke the idul'9
oil The Sf0rSfOn-StrDff bapuSl tHui e."
harved oysters iu every slyie anu O.n
tclicacics To- 20 number OF those W,9,h1'
The affair was for iN' utNC"' VA '
StocktOn-Strcet church.
CHARGED WITH CRUELTY.
Mayor Maurice issued "a summons for
Jlaes Mccullough 20 appear az the May
ors Court this mornins Mi. MD-
CDuou-u is tho father of two siIls 10y
The name oil Misses Maria and THY.
These two Girls. who are thirteen ana
niccn years of age. and their father nave
not been nving together agteeapy LOT
the past few weeks.
The mother OF the girls is dead. ana
since her death AT. Mccullough says ne
has tried 20 DO his part Joy them ana
raise them correctly.
Whenever these girls have wanted TO
attend the parties on dances given by
their noighbors hc viii not always allow
them 90 80.
.rnis appears 20 Dee the great cause OF
dis sonsiOn Don thc family.
s few weeks ago Mr. McCunoneh was
before the Mayor for treating the girls
in au iuhumHn manner
Thc girls ON this occasion went 10 q
dance u the nciehborhood without the
fathers consent Hc went after them
and assisted them 10 their home with
81 leather strap. which Dice welded upon
their persons. -
On Tins occasion the Mayor fined MT.
NrCmloueh S. hut afterwards femltl'u
tho fine. at the request of a number oil
citizens of the First Ward.
Tho girls now claim that their father
i- treating them in 90 brutal manner that
he does NOT take care OF them. ana that
DE has NOT given them food since his ar
rest and trial before the Mayor.
There viii Doe about fifteen witnesses
in tho case which viii DE called THIS
THE REPORT DENIED.
b d.. H.... ff
Yesterday 20 the effect that pf0iaDy "a
new chief of Police would Doe alpointtu
iu the near future 20 rucc'eu NHit."t
Ilpscomb. who now Mods ih"l posft'i,,..'
does not seem TO he based on l".t9.
Mayor Maurice. who is chairman OF tH,
Police Board. stated yesterday that WIZ
Dp read u another morning paper ""'
the FIRST he had heard OF the 'ouleli-
Mated change and if there was any llulh
in IL that inc would know somethihb
CAPTAIN Iipscomb has held the position
OF chief of police of Manchester lot a
number OF years. He has filled the ONCE
accepiahly and has always given sats-
A SURPRISE PARTY.
The friends of Miss Eta Coles, of Sew
enth and Semmes streets visited her res
idence Wednesday night The object IN
view was TO give Che YOUNG lady SD!
prise and spend "a pleasant evening ln
T Mos. pr present were Misses Lizzie col
Ne Annie Williams. Pearl DunnaNant
Eta Coles. Lille Coles Myrtle Jones,
Viola Nunnally. and Lena Starkc.
Aiessrs. John Murray james Wilson. j.
J. Valentine. l.. j. Henry, W. II. Wake,
Joseph Nicholson. R Enps T. Wngo.
charles Wingo. Thos Scott Isaac Kahn.
oswald Elhn. and Augustus Kahn.
THE MONEY GONE
Mrs J. r.. Johnston. who lives on Elev-
enth street. between Stockton and Ever
ett lost "a sum of money by some one
taking il from am iron box, in her bed
room. .,,. 90
Wednesday morning when she went 10
her back door she found 81 open. inns
aroused her suspicion that AN was not
rsht
She has strong iron box in which
she keeps her Valuahlcs. In TINS poN
was a fine gold watch and several pieces
Of iewelrV and sum of money.
When thc hON was opened the Walch
and iewelry were AN right hut the money
was missiue fu tine amount OF money
stolen was S-1 hill. The loss iall7
heavily ON Mrs Johnston. as she Is a
widow and has several small children.
thief stole the horse-hlanket Of Mr..
Willie Allen Wednesday night Mr.. Allen
drove % the cts 90 visit some friends.
While stopping 60 the residence OF Nj.
Nunnaily. on Tenth street DE threw his
blanket over the horse
When ne came ont bee discovered that
"a thief had relieved hts horse OF the blan-
kct and had also taken "a bundle that
had been LETT in the buggy.