The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
NEWS GATHERED
FROM S0UTHS|DE|:
Mrs. O'Connor Burned to Death
In Her Own
Yard.
GREAT SHOCK TO FRIENDS !;
Willie Burning Trash Her Cloth
ing lgnitcd-- Council Meeting.
(. Personals.
Manchester Bureau. Tines-Dispatch
hoe Hull Street.

+ p. j..
Mrs. Anna O'connor, nxty-four years
OF arc, ~as fatally burned yesterday
b AFTERNOON III the yard of her home on
Seinmes Avenue. just In the rear of tho
q car sheds of the Passenger and Power
{ Company. Three hours after being burned
I she died.
About s o'clock In the afternoon, Mrs.
S,'Connor With her husband. Mr.. Owen
T O'Connor we're in the yard OF theft homo
burning piles OF trash. Mrs. O'Connors
d skirt caught afire and when she noticed
u the flames she ran towards the street.
y Perry Street chr was passing ana
Motornnn John Archer and Conductor
q J oe rrosscr left their car to smother the
flames that wcrc lcaping up around tho
womans head. Mr.. Archer's hands were
badly burned and Mr.. Trosser was In
Jurcd about the face while saving MRS.
C'Connor from being charred.
Three physicians were Immediately
called In to treat the burned woman. ana
II Il was thought that she would rccovcr.l
But shortly after o clock last night sha
died, much to the surprise OF her rcla-
y tives and her friends.
The shock is thought to have been the
cause Of death. Last week.-Mrs. O'Connor
was the first to reach tho side Of Mrs.
Roak who was terribly burned In her
hcme ts,t fcw blocks from the home OF
Mrs. O'Connor..
Licenses Granted.
Sixteen snloonsts were granted licenses
bv Judge William J.. Clopton. of the Cor
poration Court, yesterday morning
There arc one or two more petitions
p for licenses to be heard. Those who were
granted the privilege of selling intoxl-
cnting beverages are:
Rufus r. Dalton and ". J. Shopper
son. lg3 Hull Street.
John Fl. Turner. Jr., ?oi Hull Street.
j. w. Moore and NJ r.. Burke-M oore
and Burke, Fifteenth and Hull Streets.
Maurice !. Johnson esV5 llul street.
Harvey NJ Burrows. 222a Hull Street.
Moore Brothers, Fourteenth and HUI
Streets.
& b Alton Il. Powell $40 Seventh Street.
Leo. F.. Ullmnn, 1872 Hull Street.
John oncsty. 1860 Huh Street.
Henry j. Schwartz. l1U Hui Street.
% Alexander f. Donald. III Hull Street.
lanes p. Robinson. 1860 Perry Street.
Leroy NJ Latham. Tenth ana Hull
Streets.
D. i. Toney, Hull Street. between Eiey-
enth and Twelfth
Elijah Davis. 31a Hull Street.
r. A. Bowen. Thirteenth and Hull
Streets.
Buys Home.
Assemblyman WI. Ferguson has pur-
chased for 5000 from Mr. Floyd ". BROOKS
a handsome residence Mt NO. -os Poca-
hontas street The gale was private and
made through the real estate firm OF D.
F. Hamilton and Company
Councilman Ferguson will shortly move
trto the new residence lie 10 mem
Dor OF tho Municipal legislator from the
Fourth Ward and Is to be candidate Tor
reelection this year.
John Meyer Dead.
Mr.. Samuel Meyer. Of No. 1913 HUI
Street received telegram yesterday an
nounclng tho death In Baltimore OF MS
brother. Mr.. John Meyer. inc deceAsea
also has n sister residing In Manchester
Mrs. Phi!ip Bear. Both Mrs. Bear and
MIR. Meyer left Immediately after the re-
cclpt OF tho telegram for Baltimore TO
attend the funeral OF their brother.
w. T. Perdue.
on Monday afternoon. April 16. 1906.
w. r. Perdue after n brief illness, died
at his home In Manchester and passed
over the river to rest under the shade OF d,
the trees.
His portrait or his bust will not be
placed In any earthly hall OF fame: no
Will not be missed from any prominent
station In life, for he never sought FOR
earthly fame or glory: but n heartbrokcn |
widow longs for the touch OF vanished
hand and for the sound OF n voice that
Is still. A loving son and his life COM
panlon mourn for one who was al Ideal
father; Il large circle of friends sorrow
for the loss of man who could be de-
pended on to be friend in need. His
neighbors will miss n man who never
interfcred With the concerns OF others.
vet who was ever ready TO respond to any
call for help or counsel, His employers
will miss n man whose worth they apprc-
ciated, whose like Is rarely found-a man
who was to be depended on, faithful.
dilIgent, reliable: and the church OF which
he had for twenty-five years been MEM
Der, and for many years Il steward, Will
not soon forget him whose life during