The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
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Delay$saveel Life Of u Two ,', Horses.
sttd probably Of P y eli 81
a IJul,,ai1 Lives. M
MAYOR JoNEs's CANDIDACY NJ I ] \ y
lJudgc$NVat Appoints N S. Super i ''t'-
intendent Of the Poor for Din Din.
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" 8PTTERsBURG. VA. March 6..--'Thc
|ncrthbound gpnsscngcr train OH tho At
l3iantio Coast Line yesterday being an
hour and Il l,nlf late saved two yal.ia1-l
bic horses belonging to ". e.. 1>eav,cfll,i
Of Hildn. Va, and probably nve n1tts q q
wreck. /. M
Mr.. Lcavcll drove his double team to
stony Greek md left them In charge 9 &
q colored boy while no went into g store
to warm. sTho boy lin the absence Of "a.
Heating stimulnnt, began to warm HIM
selr BY walking back and forth beside <
the team The horses to; keep up the.
warming process started down the rail.
road 3toS meet the northbound train, al
ready overdue, and their gait was some,
what faster than the boy could iurgc him
self$5to co. a trcstle about a mile from
stony Creek. stopped the team and s when
| jthe boy arrived the horses legs were
hanging between the stills. while they.
cooled off, 5SS III 4
The boy could not getYtbem from their
position. So he went for NJ I. Leavell,ff
and when the owner came he found that
other @helpBSwas needed. One horse was
able to get out unaided. willie the other
Insisted on being bodily. removed from his
position The track was cleared Just be-
fore the delayed train arrived, the horses
were safe and a probable wreck 3avertcd,i
EPWORTH CONFERENCE.
The Epworth Lea que Conference, which
will be held In Petersburg March 2Ath,
18th, Goth and eth s expected to be ono
of the lnrgcst ever held. Not only the
|4Methodists tof Petersburg, but people or
THE other denominations as we'll, and tho
general public Of the city. have taken
much Interest in the convention, and will
contribute toward making IT, an unquali-
fled SUCCESS. The president, tho Rev.
Z. T. Dadnlun, has about completed tho
programme; which will include addresses
from several of the best speakers In the
country.
Each church in the Virginia Confer
once Is expected to send delegation
besides the:$pastor of tho church, who
is. n member ex-officio.
The Daley Quartettc, which had an en-
gagement In Petersburg Friday evening.
will visit tho city tomorrow. and at II
o'clock sing at the First Baptist Church:
at $3.50 o'clock at the same church. the
quartette will give temperance song
service. the address being delivered by
tho Rev. w. c.. Taylor, at 7:45 O'Clock
the quartette VIII conduct song service
at High Stree t. ~ ct hodist Church
| CONFIRMED CRIMINAL. .3
to Information received By
the police authorities, IT. W. Wheeler,
| the; young man who is In tho Petersburg
jail, serving a sentence of eight months
for stealing overcoats and jumping board
| bills In Petersburg, is a confirmed crImi-
| nal. The Information Is furnished by the
! Chicago Bureau %,of Naturalization, and
| asserts that four years a go, i Wheeler, as
Thomas Wilson, was arrested at Louis.
! vile, Ky. for grand larceny. Nothing
was done with the case. On October a.
1902. he was arrested in Washington. d.
| c.. as Thomas Wheeler. for petit larceny,
and sentenced to one year on four
charges. with five other cases continued
| indefinitely.
In the office OF the clerk OF the courts
In Petersburg, there was filed for&re-i
correlation this week n mortgage from the
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company q
the Continental Trust Company. trustee,
for $4,000. 900.
GoRDoN-BERRY.
Miss Mamie Berry Of Petersburg, and
Robert Gordon, Of Norfolk, was married
last night at the home OF tile brile's
mother In Bank Street.
J.. w Brown and r. NJ Young have
been elected alternate delegates to tho
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows. Which will
meet in Lynchburg. May 1utl ~ si @ X
Tho Rev. George T.. Booker has return
cd from I.ynchbMrg, where he was called
by tho Illness OF his sister, Miss Fannie
Booker. Miss Booker Is very III with
pneumonia. lsF X
In a local paper: to. da y Mayor William
NJ, Jones announces his candidacy for re-
election to the Office OF Mayor as N
Judge Walter A, Watson has appointed
B. l.. Clarke superintendent Of tho poor
for oInW.- .le county,st to III the nexpired
term OF tho late j. w. Bolsseau u. VIII re-
Gently committed suicide. ~ b Hal