The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-22
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'DRUM|.|M|E:R0B0 D
Brothers Separated Fifty y
Years Ago Meet forathe Nv
First Time.
1PR0 DIED OR q !. HIS ! 1: BRAVERY 81 I, n
William II !: M'tlul1iga;nr, Railroad Con 6 ,rl
structor, q Dies p \. from Il 4 5i3
B 5is Exposure.
.PR0 DIED q 81 HIS !; Drawer 4


Special & 70 The Times- Dispatch 3a, 4
5 PETBRsBCRG, VA, August 2l.The
story published III Tho Times-D Dispatch
81 tho coming Is vlrg mia Of Mr. William
Z, Fl n Collins. Of Brooklyn, N. n, to meet
Sdrs Joseph "a. Collins his brother, IN
this city. whom he has not seen in { lfty;-
1 ono years, Il was q very interesting and
true one. MI. William Collins arrived
iii Norfolk this afternoon and his brother
went down to meet him. The meeting
&o. the brothers was brought about BY
the application Of Mr.. Joseph a Collins
ffor q pension. hen very. young Che. is q
only flfty-flve y now n he enlisted A as # g
drummer boy. in the Fifty-third Illinois
4 Regiment, serving through. the war, and
after the war sitting In the South and
finally coming TO Petersburg. S }55S
a In this way the bro theirs became sepa-
ated, 4 ana lost sight OF each Their. Mrs.
TOWNSEND. ~ sister OF the Collins, residing
sin5 New Jersey. 81 has been visiting her
broth here for several weeks
NJ +. Joseph II "a. Collins was promoted
iii his regiment t for ga liant services, twice
saving tho life OF his colonel, by whom
shesyas presented with handsome ll1a gold GOLD
medal bearing record OF the fact 8t 58F
s$$ s&$ The Virginia Trunk and Bag Factory,
@on# Guaran tee Street. lie to enlarge Its al
read " large plant. by the erection OF an
additional brick structure. dual in a size
to the present factory. NJ The new bull ding
HR1sill a be four stories high. 800 feet long
h md 40 feet wide. 4 he trunk and bag
Misunderstanding interest in p etersburg
are simply immens 50. u iSsf
:Iss A5 telegra "a from nterville, Va. an
Rnounces the death OF Mrs. s /; Il. spiers,
widow OF H s! spiers. late OF Petersburg.
The remains will be Inferred IN Bland
ford Genet cry Il 9 -nlorrow
sss " lillian Null igan$ q led Saturday night
II at \ NicArthur's Camp ION the Underwater
Railroad. " In Brunswick county, nder
sad circumstanc es, MI ltgan. 9; potent
railroad MA nj. employed by the con trac-
I tors on that division, 4 OF d the U road.
spent. last Friday IN Petersburg ! where,
d Il Is thought. he irnbi bed too freely. He
left In the evening for 81 Brunswick, but
was prevented from reaching his camp
by a freshet IN a creek which he had to
cross. The consequence was. 3s that he
slept on the wet ground In the woods
al night The exposure caused rapid
congestion OF the lungs, and when he was
I found, about 8 o'clock Saturday morning.
he was in q d ying condi ton and past re-
lief. He was I taken to camp. q where he
y died about 4 o'clock at tight. y He was
from Chicago, where Sho has q daughter
and rela tlvcs living. He was a Mason and
the body will receive all proper Ma sonic
attention. III. 81, 38t 55 is3 Il
IN the Mayors Court this morning,
Henry Beasley was fined $50 and costs
for II assault and I'D battery on Charles
Walker. III 1t is said that alkerSf1T was
twice struck on the head and knocked
down with n rock thrown by Beasley. 4s