The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-25
FISHER CASE
WITH JUDGE
Argur,er,t III Suit Against Pas
se,,ger and Power Company
Is Concluded.
,BRoUoHToN IN PETERSBURG Z: 5:
The Noted Evangelist Arrives
and Begins a Meeting Ml'ut Muir
def Casc-Pcrsonal.
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iEnacial to The tI1mes-DlSpAtCIl'ys t
% r,rERsBURG, VA. May 2.-Argu-
Ynent was concluded this afternoon IN the
case OF Fisher. Davis and Rogers against
,ha Virginia Passenger and Power Com
,anv. and the southside Railway and De-
velopnent Company, and judge Mullen
has taken tho matter under Amusement.
and will render his decision early next
week The Judge would Ike to DISPOSE
OF the case this week. but Will be occu-
MED IN court tomorrow and other en-
cagements will occupy him till the lat
Ter OF tho week, SO that 1t may be
FRIDAY or Saturday before he can give
The case the attention he desires to- give
III Mr. Alexander Hamilton opened the
argument this morning. and after the ar
gunent BY Mr.. Eppa Hunton. OF Rlch-
m0nd. this afternoon. the case was sub
mtted.
D1s. BRouGHToN breaches.
Or. Len G.,BrouRhton or Atlanta. "a.
reached petersburg this morning ana
nrea ch,d this afternoon and tonight AZ
West End Bapllst Church. where he VIII
hold a revival. DR.. Broughton has
preached In Petersburg before. and at
every service the house was always 31lileu'
Large crowds are going TO near MN
ngaln, and It Ia likely that the auditorium
OF the West End Baptist Church, thoueh
OF ample capacity for the large consre-
cation. will prove Insufficient lor ne
j thronrs that Will go to hear Or. Brongh-
ION. T,he pastor of the church has made
excellent arrangements for the meetings.
End a special choir has been trained TO
! conduct the singing.
The forty hours devotion services were
brough. to close at st. Joseph's Cath
Ole Church this morning by celenra-
tion OF solemn high mass. followed oy
procession OF children, which was par
tlclpated in by the priests and altar
boys
National Decoration Day will be OBJ
served In Petersburg Monday by the
Grand Army Of the Republic veterans
and their friends Tn. ceremonies VIII
be held OF the National Cemetery, an
pinwiddse county. near this getty. and
among the speakers Will be Rev. s. Z:
hatcher, Rev. George e. Booker. General
i'm Boiling and Mr.. Simon Seward.
THoalAs SENT ON.
John Thomas, the negro whom Floyd
NIckois. another negro. charges with the
murder OF r. y, Woodbridge. near c,. Ivy
4 Point. recently, has been sent on for
trtai in the Circuit Court OF Prince
if;eorne county. Eickois was recently
tried md convicted OF the murder OF
woodbridge, hut said nothing at the trial
81 that implicated anyone else Later, he
I declared that Thomas was the man who
& committed the murder, and on his tes-
timony Thomas was arrested. The ne
srn told the. Officers a straight tale and
they were inclined to believe that he
was telling the truth, and that Nichols
hac made false charges. The conviction
OF Nichols has been revoked and the
rnse will have full hearing nj the Circuit
Court.
Maria Dunn. an insane coiored woman,
living near Prince George Courthouse, at.
tempted to kill her husband by throw
ing boiling water on him. The woman
then fled TO the swamp, and Is being
searched for by a body II neighhors. The
mans injuries are serious
PERSONALS AND. BRIEFS.
The condition OF Mr. John w. Bradbury,
who recently suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis and Mr.. w. T. Parham, who IL i'll
with pneumonia, Is reported TO be slight
~ improved.
Mrs. E. c. Kent Is quite i'll at her home,
In this city.
The public tchools in Petersburg will
close next Tuesday.
The ladies will give subscription card
party at the Country Club Friday after
noon, and tho club will give german to
It's members that evening,
Miss Jean Tr!gg, Of Abingdon, Is the
burg.
Tho A. P. Hill Camp Of Confederate
Veterans expect to carry one hundred
veterans to Norfolk Thursday.
strawberry supper Will be rendered