The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-25
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IN ERSbuRC
Ono Man Seriously Injured; An.
other Dug Out Unhurt.
EAST HANOVER &: PREs (: 1 ! ] & 4 I
Through Systematic Benefcence Over
Fifteen Thousand Contrlbuted-A
Negro Captured Stealing
Coop Of Chickens from Car.

Especial Dispatch 70 The !rimes.y

Especial Dispatch TO The Times.y
s PETERSBURG, va, April George
w. Cooke, white, and Matthew Parham.
Scolored, two of the men employed in pull
ing done the old Albemarle Motel IN this
late this afternoon were completely
buried by the falling Of the floor above
them. It was considerable time be-
fore the men could be gotten out. Cooke
Is seriously injured, and was taken to the
hospital in this city. Parham was dug
out; Of pile OF brick and crunbled NOR
tar. and complained only Of slight dam
age to his heel.
The principal business transacted by
East Hanover Presbytery at this morn
ing session was the hearing OF the re-
port Of the Committee on Beneflcences.
presented by Rev. J. c. Stewart. Eigh-
teen congregations contributed to eight
objects Of systematic benefcences; four
congregations to seven objects: two con-
gregations to six objects; eight congTe-
cations to seven objects; two congrega-
tions to six objects; eight congregations
made no contributions. The following are
the amounts:
Noreign Missions ................. ..s6, az 70
Assembly Home Missions. ......... i ,122. SO
Local Home Missions. ........... q, &c. SO
Colored CHARACTERIZATION. .-........ s23.16
Ministerial relief ................... S27.l5
Education osS.O1
Publication ...........'............t.. 800
Bible cause ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 24S.2t
The committee recommended that the
attention Of the pastors be called again
to the importance of giving general care
to all the causes of the assembly. The
report Of the committee showed a decrease
&c. = 80 firEE hnYe1 fl.
cences Of $500 under the preceding year.
The body adopted the report Of the IL
nances, record, and colporterage and Sun
day-school committees. Revs. r. b Eg-
gleston, L. E. Scott W. S. Campbell and
j. A. Jones were appointed a committee
to look after appointments.
LICENSED TO PREACH.
At the meeting tonight at Old-Street
Church, after devotional services, which
were conducted by the Rev. r. P. Kerr,
of Richmond, Rev. John r. Rosebro, of
Fredericksburg, and Rev. ]. Leighton
Stuart, of Richmond. were licensed to
preach. Mr. Stuart's trial sermon was
preached Yesterday. and Mr.. Rosebro.s
this afternoon before the Presbytery.
Both Of these young men are students
4 at the Union Theological Seminary at
Richmond.
A HOT CHASE.
Detective James II. Young, employed in
this city by the Atlantic Coast Line,
caught a negro last night about 9 O'Clock
trying to take coop of chickens from
a freight car at the siding at AGREE, near
this city the negro ran when hailed by
the officer, but was followed and arrested
on the farm Of Mr.. r. w. Collier, where
he had taken refuge in an clubhouse on
the farm. Ne was placed in Jail in Pet
ersburg and will be turned over to the
Dinwiddie authorities for trial. The
chickens were shipped from Emporia con-
signed to P. Rafferty, in Petersburg.
Mr.. P. F. Johpson and Miss Willie +.
Huddleston were married at West End
Baptist parsonage in this city at 9 o'clock
tonight.
The funeral Of Mr.. Charles p. kirk
ham took place this morning from Mar
ket Street Church. and was attended by
A. P. Fill Camp OF Confederate Veterans.
Mr.. William Gregory, of Norfolk, was
in Petersburg to-day on business.