The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-11
.BATTL EF|ELD PARK
FOR PETERSBURG
Citizens Hold a Meeting in the
Y. M. C. A. Hall.
ADDRESS By GOV. CAMERON
Dixon Van Conn to Be Brought Back
to Petersburg to Answer for For-
gery-Electric Fans be Paced
in Methodist Church.
ADDRESS By GOV. CAMERON
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
(Snacial DisDatch to The Times.

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PETERSBURG, VA, July lU.-At a
largely attended meeting Of citizens at
the Y. NJ c. A. tonight the Petersburg
battlefield Park Association was organ
tz5d with Simon Seward. president; j.
NJ. Mullen. George Seay, Mrs. Z. ".
Finch and Mrs. Robert Meade, vice-pres-
idents, and n. T. Patterson. secretary
and treasurer. The capital stock Of the
company is to be net less than ten thous-
and dollars nor more thall TWEEN
thousand dollars, divided into shares OF
ten dollars each, payable one dollar per
month. The number of shares to one
purchaser is limited to ten. Tie sub
sc-iption was begun tonight and several
shares subscribed.
The subscription of stock will be So
licited by ladies. The Board CT Directors
of the company consists OF twenty-five
men and twenty-five lad-ss.
BROUGHT no RoOK.
Dixon vass Conn, who forged q draft
on the Atlantic Supply Company. which
he claimed to represent has been arrested
in Roanoke and admits his identity. Inc
.lraft was collected at the National Bank
in this city anu was endorsed oy Mr.. r.
p Davis. It was subsequently returned
unoaid. After Conn left Petersburg he
was next heard from in Hampton. where
on the 18th of June he was married to
Miss Mary n. Humphreys, who save neT
residence as Raleigh, n. c. The marriage
occurred in the clerks Office, and the
CLERKS were requested to keep the mar
~iage a secret. Conn giving as his reason
that his father would no Longer honor
his drafts if he knew he was married.
ELECTRIC FANS FOR CHURCH.
AR. Robert n Partin has presented
west. Street Methodist Church with four
electric fans. They will be placed in the
o1urch at once This will be the first
church in Petersburg to have electric
fans. ~,
The three councils Of Petersburg VII!
he represented at the anniversary or the
New South Council Junior crder OF United
American Mechanics, Of Manchester, TO-
RIO; row night About two hundred Will
go over from Petersburg.
ENGINEERS yesterday afternoon made
cursory survey Of the upper AppomattoS
Canal, which the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company contemplates widening
in order to develop more power. The ca
nal will be made twenty feet VIDE oouole
it's present width. and VIII De mace t"o
or three feet deeper.
OFF FOR EUROPE.
1,1r. Thomas Woody and DR.. S. !.
Euaua left this afternoon for New YORK
and will sail tomorrow for Europe
-Ir. Z. G. southall Of Amelia county,
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Congress from this dls.riet, az
dressed many of the voters Of Peters
burg at West-End Park tonight. He adj
dressed a letter to Congressman Lasslter
This afternoon, inviting him to joint de-
Bate. but Mr. Lassiter was at Prince
George Courthouse
DIR. HENDERsON's SUCCESSOR
A competant pathologist and bacterlolo-
gist will doubtless be appointed to MI the
vacancy On the medical staff at The Cen
l,1-tt ,a low
ton of Dr. Henderson. DR.. Drewry, the
superintendent, has for the past ten
wears strongly urged the establishment
Of a Datholosical department at the nos
vital, and in his report for the past
c;uurter he strongly advocates the equip
ment of such department, and requests
TIE hoard to permit him to expend sEf-
Gciunt sum to establish 1t.
The vacancy will be filed by the SUI
perintendent and the executive commit
tee. The superintendent, in his report,
said the steel tank, with a capacity Of
sixty thousand gallons, is almost com
pleted, and that the new laundry build
ing is we'll under way.
The building for the fire apparatus Is
now completed and the institution is well
protected against fire.
There is at present eleven hundred pa
TENTS in the hospital; seventy-nine We're
admitted during the quarter, and there
are sixteen applications on file.
Ths finances Of the institution are in
excellent condition and there was a small
balance on hand at the close OF the quar-
ter.
Mr.: r. B. Cook, of Norfolk, one Of the
most valuable members of the Executive
Committee. who has been connected with
the hospital for many years. has resigned.
He is indeed loss to the Institution.
His action seems to be final and there
is hardly any hope that he will recon-
slider it.
Posta! station No. has been es.ab-
lshed at the store OF Crowder Brothers,
on Old Street
4 lawn party was given at the home
Of Mr.. Len Clark. on Harrison Street.
tonight, for the benefit Of Market-Streer
Methodist Church.
ride this afternoon 70 hn~ little daugh-
ter, Margaret. and friends.