The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-07
NEWS GATHERED
FROM SOUTHS|DE
Mr.. M. Thomas Burke Becomes
a Benedict To #
day.
HAD HAND SEVERELY BURNED.
Man chester Bureau, Tlmes-Dispatch, /,


A marriage OF interest to all of Man.
chester will be that this morning at 7;3o
o'clock, when Miss Augusta Ellke, a
very popular member Of the society set
Of the city will become the bride Of
Mr.. NJ. Thomas Burke, Of the firm Of
Moore and Burke. Rev. Father G. De-
Muynck will perform the ceremony at
the home Of the bride. No. 70 West
Twentieth Street. Mr.. William T. Burke,
brother of the groom, and Mr.. John w.
Moore, alderman from the Fourth Ward
and a business partner of the groom
will be the attendants at the wedding.
which will be n private one, only inti-
mate friends and relatives to be pres
ent
Immediately after the marriage the
couple will leave for New York and Will
visit relatives Of the bride. They Will
return to Manchester about the goth of
the month and reside with the mother
of the bride. liF 5ll3
Mr.. Burke is one Of the most popular
gentlemen of the city, beiig we'll known
among young and old. His bride is the
beautiful and talented daughter Of Mrs.
Pauline Ellke, and has a host Of friends.
Torch Exploded.
Mr.. w. III. Dickinson had his left hand
badly burned by the explosion Of a gaso.
Richmond, yesterday morning about .
o'clock. Mr. Dickinson resides at No.
1880 Buchanan Street, Manchester. and Is
the father of Mr. r. T. Dickinson, the
bicycist and hardware man of Hull
Street. He was treated by DR.. W. p.
Matthews, Of Richmond, formerly of
Manchester.
Mr.. Dickinson was going about his
work with the torch in his left hand
vi ROW
the explosion occurred His overalls
were ignited, and but for remarkable
presence Of mind in great danger he
would have been burned to death. He
dropped the torch and succeeded in she'd
ding his clothes and running to the hose
and turning the water upon himself. In
this way he undoubtedly saved his life.
1t cannot be told as yet whether Mr..
Dickinson will lose the use Of his hand
or not. He was resting quietly at his
home last night.
IA Interest Increases.
Interest is at fever heat In Manches-
ter over the arrest Of the three men
at Forest Hill Park Sunday night upon
the charge of attempting to commit
crime by cxtorting money from n couple.
one of whom is said to be a detective, and
tho other is alleged to have been an
assistant to the detective.
John Baughan, brother of James
Baughan, who was shot in the leg, Sun
day night by A. w. 1<oner who at the
time alleged that he was a detective
in the employ OF the Devereux Detective
Agency. of Chicago surrendered himself
to Squire l.. w. Cheatham yesterday
and was bailed in the sum Of $3.50 with
his uncle, Mr.. George Baughan, as Sc
curity, for his appearance next Friday.
Officers Reelected.
All of the old officers were reelected
at last nights meeting of the water
commissioners. The meeting was held
In the office of Superintendent Morton
and was attended by many Of the mem-
hers. There was no opposition to the
election of the superintendent the as
sistant superintendent, engineer or any
Of the subordlnates. Much other rou-
tine business was transacted.
To Wed June 18TH.
Invitations have been issued to the
marriage of Miss Enie Carter Gary.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry R. Gary,
of Swansboro, to Mr.. Bernard o. Rob-
ertson, Of the same place, on Thursday
evening at o'clock, juno 18th. The ccre-
mony Is to be performed at West End
Methodist Church by the pastor, Rev.
]. n. Routten. The bride-to-be is very
attractive and popular young lady OF
Swansboro, while the groom o-be Is we'll
known throughout Manchester and Swans
boro. He is brother of Squire Heran
Robertson, of Oak Grove, and son Of
Mr.. Thomas Robertson.
Opens Bids Tonight.
Bids for the repairing Of the city jail
and police station will be opened at to-
nights meeting Of the Building and Land
A N a5dittnpn1 coll 10 tn no
placed in the police station, and q con-
crete floor Will be put down. At the
city Jail there. are several needed re-
pairs for which the committee will re-
celvc bids.
The Manchester special bridge committee
will meet tonight at $50 o'clock. half an
hour after the Building and Lands Com
mtteee convenes. Only routine business
is to be transacted by this committee.
City Assembly Meeting.
The City Assembly will meet Friday
night and a discussion the like Of which
has not been witnessed in the lower body
for months will, in all probability. char
acterize the session. There are several
members Of the City Assembly who are
Of the opinion that the Board of Alder
men have. through the majority action,
cast n reflection upon the intelligence of
the members of the Assembly In regard
to the election of a temporary president
of the Board OF Health. The Assembly
granted a leave Of absence to Dir. M. p.
| Rucker and elected as n temporary presi-
| dent DR.. =. r. Rucker. The Board
! thought 1t was technically illegal to elect
| n temporary president since the ordl-
nance specified the number to compose
| the Board Of Health A Joint session de-
cided that it had nothing to do with the
matter and placed the case squarely up
to" the upper branch Of the municipality.
Young Man Arrested.
Upon a warrant sworn out by Special
Officer Overton, Of the Passenger and
Power Company charging him with Gre
ating disturbance and resisting an
officer. Willie Bottoms. young man
of Manchester, was arrested yesterday
and held by Squire Cheatham to appear
In court Friday, Bottoms is said to
have acted disorderly ut Forest Hill Park
| late Saturday night and to have resisted
arrest when Officer Flynn would have
| taken him In, Officer Flynn struck Bot
| toms on the head with his club. infIcting
| wound that was for tho time very pain