The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-21
AFFAIR
IN PETERSBURG
The DEPENDENT in a Suit Attacks a
Witness.
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
Splendid Timber in Dinwfddio tho
Prey of Forest Fircs-Miss Gill
gan Sees Her Brother in
the City Jail.
t~,sc;,1 Dispatch to The Times1

fsnec;aI Dispatch to The Tirnes.)
PETERSBURG, VA. July 2o-The Peters
hnre District Conference of the Methodist
EnsconaI Church. South. Will begin at
Rocky Run church, III brunswick county,
IN wednesday, July 18th. The following
VS. the delegates from this city:
Narket-Street Church-Aug Wright, J.
p SPercival and w. NJ Lewis
washington-Street Church-Jno- W.
bradbury. l.. L. Marks and z. w. Butcher.
Htsh-Street Church-Isham r. Dyer. r
H O.Kennon and j. K. Harrison.
Wesley Churchill h. Alley, W. X Iur-
ner and C. r. Butter.
west-Street Church-C- y. Burnett, h
Evans and F. NJ. Parkinson
II is expected that a large crowd from
this CITY will be in attendance each day.
TIMBEE BURNING.
The lumber men OF DinwiddIe county ara
still very anxious in regard to the fra,
which has been burning in that county
since Tuesday night 1t Is impossible at
the present time to estimate the damage
that has been done to the standing TIM
Der. Owing TO the low prices which are at
present being paid for lumber, very little
is being shipped, and the mill owners
have hundreds of thousands feet cut and
piled, waiting for a change in the market
Owing to the absence OF Judge J. NJ
Mulin. the regular monthly term of the
Hastings Court of this city will not be
commenced until Monday. July sd There
are several felony cases to be tried at
this term OF the court.
Miss Lillian Gilligan, accompanied by
Mr.. VIM. Powell. of Richmond, arrived
in the city this evening. Miss Gilligan at
once went to the city jail where she had
long interview with her brother. h C.
GiIigan Miss Gilligan is here for the p1r-
pose of endeavoring to raise funds to as
sist her brother in getting a new trial She
will probably be in the city several days.
CAME TO BLOWS.
y personal difficulty occurred at the court
house this morning between j. r. Jones
and P H. Booth. The difficulty grew
out of civil suit which was being tried
by Mayor Peasants Jones was the
defendant in the suit. and Booth was .
witness for the plaintiff. Mayor Pleas
ants had adjourned the case for few
minutes, and all the parties had gone out
on the courthouse steps to get breath
of air. Booth was struck by Jones Whlte
in a chair. Friends of both parties inter-
fered as soon as they clinched, and
before any serious damage was done.
Both parties were summoned to appear
before the Mayor tomorrow morning
Buss Gardiner, the negro charged with
throwing a lighted match upon the Httla
daughter OF Councilman c. d. Eanis, on
last Saturday. with intent to burn her,
was tried in the Mayors Court to-day,
and sent on TO the grand jury.
MRS. uOBSON'S DEATH.
Mrs. Harriet NJ Efobson. reiict of the
late CAPTAIN Owen II. Hdbson- died at
her residence. on Old Street. this morn
ing Deceased was III the seventy-fourth
year of her age. She was lovely Chris
tan character.
Rev. E. r Dadmun- pastor of High
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, who
has been in attendance upon the Young
Mems Christian Association. Encampmen-
at Virginia Beach, returned home to-day
Misses Annie and Susie Whitmore, of
Durham. N c.. who have been visiting
Mrs Isham R. Dyer, left to-day to visit
friends in Maryland