The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-23
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IN PETERSBURG
A scaHoId Gives Way Under John
Dover, a Slater.
NO SPEAKING IN hIAT0ACA.
The New York Sun Condemned by the
PETERSBURG. lab Cor Its Siiissi;;-
Gus Attack ON the Lac
and Memory OF Lee.
No SPEAKING IN hlATOACA.
Especial Dispatch to The Tlmcc.,

PETERS IA, Oct 22--John
Dover. a slater, Eel, from the dome of the
new scaboard Air Line Station to-day and
was painfully hurt.
Dover had just completed stating the
dome and WAS giving it q farewell look
when the scaffo.d gave way. He was
thrown forty feet a the second story OF
the ba5 ding, his ankle sprained and other
sniuries received. His condition is not
serious.
Saturday a colored laborer was hurt
while working on the same building.
OVERLOOKED.
Politicians seem to have overlooked
MatGaca for there has been no speaking
in that town since the campaign began A
visitor to that pace to-day says there ara
MANY voters n Matoaca who do NOT know
that a Presidential election IS pending
There are many Democratic votes IN the
little town.
THE sun DENOUNCED
At a called meeting of the Petersburg
Club. held Saturday night resolutions wers
unanimously and enthusiastically adopt
ed denouncing the New York Sun for
its ..villainous attack upon the life and
memory of that peerless Confederate
chfeftain Robert Edward Lee
, The resolutions pronounce the arti-
Gle IAN objectionable, as well as menda-
cious and vicious. attack upon the south
ern people, and order the .scurrilous
sheet to be expunged from the list of
journals subscribed to by the club The
author of the editorial is denounced Us
"a carcature upon humanity, for whose
existence the Lord, in fair dealing, owes
an apology to mankind
fG PAPER
/ Mr. J. Beverly Harrison. who is the
only newsdealer in this city, has been
hot
| paper yesterday countermanding his or
| der for ten papers, which he has been
| furnishing to regular subscribers. he
+, stated in his letter to the sun that
f. he would not, under any consideration.
} sell that paper after its attack upon the
f, name OF General r. E. Lee
! The congregation Of Tao1-Street Pres
| byteran Church held congregational
! meeting yesterday morning after the reg
| ular morning service. The object of the
| meeting was TO decide upon Il successor
TO the Rev. J. W. Roseoro. Rev. Van
| Houten, of Manchester was the moderator
| and E. g. Vaughan, secretary On the
| first ballot Rev John w. Stage, D. D..
| of Charlotte. y. c., received SO out of a
| total of 125 votes and upon motion rs
| nomination was made unanimous
Rev. DR.. stagg has preached before the
! congregation of this church on several
! Occ1 SiOnS. making q me liUpfeSStoIl, stlii
! the church is to be congratulated upon It's
| choice. 1t is understood that he VIII ac-
| cent Taob-Street Church is one OF the
/ largest and wealrhiest churches in the
] city. The call will be extended to Dr..
| Stagg this week.
( TNFANTICTDE.
! Ida Webster (coloredD. of Chesterfield
! county. was arrested by Constable Pond
| yesterday on the charge of infanticde
| The woman claims that her chfid died q
| natural death on last Thursday, but the
! fact that she told no one of its birth
. and buried it herself, is against her The
chFld's; body mas been exhumed and an IN
vesttsatson is being made
Mr. W. II. Miller a resident OF this
| city, but an enpIoye of the Virginia Chem
ical Company, of Richmond, was stricken
! with paralysis while at breakfast at his
residence on Old Street yesterday morn
Ing. He only lived a few hours after the
attack. He leaves a wife and ten chill
dren Three of his daughters are res
! dents OF Hampton
Mary Morgan, the colored woman ar
rested on Saturday on the charge OF SHOP
lifting was fined SIS and costs by Mayor
I Peasants this morning
The residence of SalIie Watkins, on Boil
linef,rool STREET. was entered by thieves
this morning and a suit OF clothes, "a
zor and SEQ in money stolen
Treasurer ]. B. Jarratt. OF Sussex coun-
| ty, is in the city.