The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-15
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Bureau, Richmond Times

Manchester Bureau, Richmond y INES Il S5s
11O5 Hull Street.
b Antoni Lucca Pacini died suddenly last
night at his home Fourteenth and Hull.
Streets. The sad news came as q terrible
blow to his friends. Mr. Pacini had been;
suffering with heart disease for some;
months He retired about SO clock last
night and two hours later aroused his
wife, whom he told that shegwas dying.
DIR. W. p Mathews was hastily sum
moned, but death came In a few minutes.
Mr.. Pacdnia was a manufacturer Of and
dealer in Ice cream. He was a native Of
ITALY, thirty-two years old and had lived
{ IN Manchester for several years. He
married Miss Martha Brown and is sur
vived by his wife and four children. The
funeral arrangements have not been made.
CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
The Manchester Council held a regu-
lar session last night The feature of
the meeting was the resignation Of Coun-
Gilman A w. Fair, Of the Third Ward.
Mr.. Fair, in presenting his resignation,
said he would by the I'D Of the month
move to the Second Ward, and, conse-
quently, he thought5it best to send his
resignation at this meeting.
The reports of the different committees
were heard, and approved. The Street
Committee had made an agreement with
Nllle 11Sd1lna SOlIl1nlIlSS4 IA0
removal of garbage
The net receipts Of the Mayors Court
for the month Of February were s33.
The bill of the sAlmshouse Committee for.
the past month was $11s.74. There are
now seventeen inmates of the almshouse.
The ordinance, drawn at the direction
iofs the chairman of the Health and
Ordinance Committees, was adopted. This
ordinance provides for the enforcement
ffca
in cases OF infectious or contagious dis
eases. Ea
The Standard Oil Company asked that
they be permitted to enlarge their plant
They asked for the privilege of erecting
an additional storage tank wsth a ca
pacity Of 1850 barrels OF oil. The loca-
ton OF the tank will be on Stockton
Street, between Second and Third. It
was referred to the Building and Land
Committee.
There are four members OF the School
Board whose terms expire on the first
of April From the First Ward Mr.. F..
e. Jones was reelected; Mr.. L. NJ Nun
nally went back from the Second. and
| Mr. W. NJ Lipscomb from the Third,
but in the Fourth in the stead Of Captain
| John O'Brien, who was for twelve years
president of the board, Mr. r. c. Broad
dus was unanimously elected.
| Mr.SWakefield urged the necessity for a
car on Hull Street from Seventh to Mayo's
! Bridge. and asked the members to be
ready to consider the question Of re-
| quiring one by the next meeting.
Stockton-Street Baptist Church peti-
toned the Council to do some paving IN
front Of the church. Mr.. Waverly NUM-
rally said that the Seaboards Air Line
lad pulled their tracks UP from Second
| Street and left holes in the middle of the
49, a
torney for his recommendation.
MAY HAVE sBEEN. DRUGGED.
1t was reported last night that Ernest
Farmer. the witness in the case of the
Commonwealth against w. H. Dunna-
Want, charged with highway robbery, had
been drugged and taken to some place
where he would not be able to come to
court in some time. Farmers father was
at the station-house last night. and, it is
-s's5s5. AZ SKIN GAME. &.
From what is now known, it looks as
though Manchester had been worked by
man and woman.
The parties are described as being well
dressed. and the lady did the most of
the talking, claiming that her husband.
lad gotten his back sprained on trip
they were taking, and their money giving
cut, they were forced to- ask something
az the hands of people who were Of the
same faith as they.
The couple called OH the Rev. Benja-3
man Dennis, and said that they were
Episcopalians. Here they received somc.
rooney. This same day ney called on a
lady who is a Catholic, and said that
being of the same faith they naturally
would rather ask aid Of that church OF
its members. The couple had seen this,
lady wher she came from Sacred Heart
Church. The game was also successful.
at this home, but after the couple had
gene the lady heard that a couple had
gone to the home of the Rev. Mr.. Dennis
:srd said that they were Episcopalians.
She became suspicious and found that
the couple were the same which had
called on her.
The husband Of the last victim of the
couple came down to the police station
yesterday, and notified the officers of
the supposed game which is being work
ed on the charitable people. At one time
over here these games were numerous
aid the people had become so that they
rad to be convinced of the honesty of
a party before they would give anything,
bI, now nothing of this nature has hap
pened for some time. and this game of
the lady and the man worked admirably.
& Mr.. t. Clark. young. white man.
came to the station house last night, and
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