Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-15
OUNCE OF LAUDANUM
A MANCHESTER MAN DRINKS THIS,
EuT IS SAVED.
CITY NOT good As ITS WORD.
Mcssrs. Lewis Frank & Son Charge
the city with In6dciity-April scs-
sion of the CounciI-RcpOrt of
Health Hoard on Vaccination.


anum yesterday about noon. and had
hairbreadth escape from death.
Mr. Mimms IS employed at the Cedar
Works, I'm Fulton, but for some days h
has been in very bad health. lie had be
come respondent. and his condition pray
ed on his mind. Yesterday about nool
he drank an ounce/phial Of the dead!
poison. TWO hours later he became des
. perately i'll, and DR.. Thomas i. Mathews
was hastily sent for. When the physi
clan arrived. which was a few moments
later. he found his patient in critica
condition. lie at once resorted TO heroic
means Of saving his life, and worked OF
him constantly for several hours, leaving
him finally well along the road to recoy'
cry.
INTERESTING MEETING OF COUNCIL
The April session Of the Manchester
Council was held last night at o'clock,
and a considerable volume of business
which had accumulated in the past
month was transacted. There were pres
ent Messrs. John OBrien (presidenO,
Matthew Morton, W. j.. Bradley, J. r..
Green. James r. Abbott W. O. Randlett'
w. r. Hart. l.. VI. Nunnally, John L. Utz,
S. L. Jones and r. l.. Patram.
The report of the Board of Health re-
| gardng vaccination was presented ana
read and referred to the Finance Com
mittee The entire city has been gone
over, and everybody who could be reach
ed was noculated.
A letter from Mr. James r. Thornton.
! treasurer of Hampden-Sydncy College
was received, stating that the city was
| claiming certain taxes on real estate III
this city by the college. when the Legs
! lamre had exempted all college property
from taxes. The letter was referred 10
| the Finance Committee. with instrucuohs
| TO look into the matter.
CITY CHARGED WITH INFIDELlTN.
The clerk read a bill from Messrs.
Lewis Frank & Son for SIT for estimated
damages TO their tables and machines on
account of Sweating in the roof. \ let
ter from the Messrs. Frank accompanied
the bill, which stated that the city had
promised to remedy this trouble. and had
failed TO do so, and indeed, had violated
nearly every condition Of the agreement
between themselves and the city.
The matter was referred TO the Build
ing and Land Committee.
A member of the Building and Land
Committee stated privately after the ad-
iourument Of the Council, that his com
mittee had eXacted the promise from the
contractor to go to the factory ana
remedy the trouble. so far as he could
az TO knotholes i'm the ceiling to the rooI.
But the seams in the ceiling have OPEN
ed 10 some extent, also. and IT Is uhder-
stood that the architect entertains the
opinion that the contractor, and there
fore the city, is not responsible Tor TINS.
There is no doubt that the Messrs. Frank
have sustained considerable loss TO ma
chimes and perhaps TO wares.
MIR. Wake REFLECTED.
The term of the special City Tax-Col-
lector having expired, the Council went
into the election of that oIicial. MI
Charles Wake was unanimously re-elect-
cd
The Council decided upon the voting
places for the spring election. They are:
First Ward, Fischer's barber-shop; Sc
cond Ward Hastings Courthouse; Third
Ward. No. 1862 Hull street; Fourth Ward,
brick building on Thirteenth near HUI.
Upon motion of Mr.. Morton. the ordi-
nance requiring the citizens 10 connect
their houses with the sewers Of the city
was continued from May 10 September.
Next. the body went into the last item
of business before the body for the eve
ning-considerauon of building requests.
Mr.. William GratZnOwsky applied for per-
init TO erect q building, lOJX6J feet, at !
Eighth and Semmes street. some obJec- |
ton was raised on account Of the pro- !
posed structure being Of wood. IL was |
therefore decided TO refer the matter to |
the Fire Committee, with power 10 act.
A number OF building permits were |
granted. After that, at $3.50 o'clock, the |
body adjourned.
L. l. critical
TO HAVE NO CANDl-
DATES
The Republicans Of Chesterfield county |
havo decided not to have any candidates |
in the field for county officers 10 be elect
ed this spring. This decision was reached
at a convention Of Republicans held We'd
nesday at the courthouse and the adj
herents of the party are exhorted 10 vote
for those whose election will most favor
their interests.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
\. Z. Pacini Jr., little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. \. +. Pacini, Of Fourteenth and Hull
streets, who was so badly burned by
blazing gasoline on Thursday evening
between and o'clock. died yesterday
morning at l o'clock from the nervous
shock.
The incidents out of which the child lost
his life are peculiar, and the blow 10
mother, father and friends most severe
one.
Thursday evening Mrs. Pacini was
filing the bowl Of a lighted gasoline stove.
when the fluid took fire and the sleeve
of the lady's dress caught. She was burn
ed and much frightened, and hurled the
can of gasoline to the door. The child |
less than years Old was standing where
the vessel fell and his clothes were sprnk-
led with the fluid. They caught fire
instantly, and I'm "a few seconds he was
covered with leapng. lambert flames
Mr.. A. +. Pacini came i'm from Richmond
at that instant and with a damp cloth
succeed in putting the fire out, burning
both the child and his wife.
DR.. Thomas l.. Mathews was sent for
In great haste and came Immediately, ac-
'ompanied by Or. ). NJ Whitfield, who
was at Or. Mathewss office at the time.
child and mother. The mother is alright
and Will soon be well. The child was
much more severely burned. and the in
tense nervous shock was more than il
could stand.
FOR r., p. AND c.
Judge William l. Clopton has appointed
to condemn Chesterfield
and for the route of the Richmond. Pc
.ersburg and Carolina road.
The first set Is TO condemn land from
he AppomattOX river 10 Swift creek. and
embraces the following gentlemen: w.
Il. Cole. John y. Dunston. James II.
Cousins. Charles IL. Short, James ID !
Simonson.
The second set. to condemn lana from
SWIFT creek to Failing creek, are: W. r.