The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-27
.COUNClLMEN
WILL CAUCUS
Question as to Which Body
Has the Right to Elect
Officers.
$500. ri IN
NEGRO PRECAHER CURSED
Five Charges Against Rev. Eli
Tart for Insulting Children and
Manager American Cigar Co.
NEGRO preacher CURSED
(specIal 10 INC ,r,mes- l,Isnatc,,

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.)
PETERSBURG, VA, May 2s.-rhe
| present Common Council and the mem
bcrs Of tho Board OF Aldermen and
| Common Council nominated at the recent
Democratic primary, will hold caucus
Monday night to reach somo decision In
regard to tho election OF officers at tho
July meeting. Tho opinion seems to DO
thnt the present Council has the power
TO elect tho officers whose terms expire
June 3Jth, but as there Is no disposition
| TO thwart the wishes Of the new Council
and Board OF Aldermen, the caucus Is
called In order to discuss the matter to-
gether.
The Council will abide by the decision
reached Monday night. IA,
Several officers. whose. terms expire
June goth, vii. have opposition but no
material change ls anticipated.
KILLED BY OVERHEAD BRIDGE.
The coroners Jury, which inquired into
tho cause OF the death Of Edward Fem
ncr the negro found unconscious near
the tracks Of the seaboard Air Line
Railway recently, decided that his death
was due to his being knocked from the
train by an overhead bridge
A. p. Hill Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams carried about seventy five members
to Norfolk this morning to take part IN
the memorial exercises In that city. About
two hundred citizens accompanied the
veterans.
Mr.. Robert B. Stevens and Miss Emily
]. Flanagan. OF Petersburg, left this
morning for Richmond, and were mar
ried in that city.
At ward meetings held In this city to.
night delegates were elected to the City
Convention, to be held at the courthouse
Tomorrow night. for the purpose OF elect
ing delegates to the State Convention,
Major F. r. >Lassfter, who has been
| sick for several weeks, Is now much
better a
| WARRANTS FOR PREACHER.
Rev. Ell Tart, colored. the pastor OF
| Harrison Street Baptist Church, IN TINS
| city. will have to answer five charges IN
| the Mayors Court tomorrow morning.
! TART came to Petersburg recently from
| Richmond to succeed to the pastorate
| Of Harrison Street Church, after Rev.
| Ellis Watts had been expelled by the
| church. The warrants charge Tart with
assault upon two white children about
fifteen years OF age. employed at the
factory of the American Cigar Company.
and for using abusive and insulting words
to them, also for abusive and insulting
words hurled at Mr.. 9. a. JORDAN, the
manager of the factory.
Tart says several boys and girls. en-
ploycd at the factory, lnsulted his wife,
so he went to the factory, not far from
his house. and proceeded to terrorize and
curse them. and was very abusive to Mr.
| Jordan.
! r. H. Cooley bound himself In the sum
| of 1900 for the appearance Of Tart to-
| morrow morning to answer the charges
| and the preacher was released from GUS
| tody till that time.
OLD MAIDS CONVENTION.
1,he Old Maids Convention will be given
Friday night at Ferndale Park for the
benefit of Matoaca Methodist Church
Mrs. Pollock Burgwyn, OF Jackson, NJ
! c.. has returned home after visit TO
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Bartlett Roper,
| in this city. -,
Or. John Herbert Claiborne Is quite ~
| at his home, In this city
Mr. John W. Bradbury. who recently
suffered a stroke of paralysis. Is improv-
| Irg. ~,
Mr. W. T. Parham, who has been III
| with pneumonia. is now much better and
1t is thought that the danger point mas
been uassed.
Dr.. i. G. Broughton continues to draw
large crowds at West End Baptist
| Church. In this city