The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-11
VERA DAWN|S
IN PETERSBURG |. | / ) B D {
The City Enters Oh q Scheme ,,,i1tt
81 Public Improvement
of8Nvidc5seopc.
SEVERAL MEN Z ARE RI: MISSING N, /: 81 9
Persons Look on Body Sof TT the
Crushed Stranghr, Fearful
of Finding 4 Friend.

Y58} (spoclai Ito Tho 14incs.11iepntch .)
883 r 111l c1lSB URIC !, VA, August 1O.-The
city hns entered on an era Of public inns
sproYenents which the Councils have
authorized Oh q largo scue Some OF
these improvements nro already III pros
fgress, and others are to follow In order.
4 The sewage system Ia to be great ex-
tended, 80 enlnrgcd indeed, an 10 take In
the whole city. l,iio :yatcr system Us to
&be SO tended X tpo,s US to- give NIL tho
people the benefit OF an abundant supply.
md to do away with the necessity u
surface wells, against tho Y 80 \ OF which
B the medical profession have long Igor
Sously protest ed. rho rondWays OF u Ill Sof
our principal strects-- business and e resi-
gdential--urc TO be paved with asphalt !,
and the sidewalks with granolltli. n he
Councils have already H appropriate q
large sum for tllcAe iinproyetn ents,4 and
will appropriate more AZ the needs may
demand. $s38 III IS al w I'M
&Sl3 THO I, dy.8 Of " the \ stranger who was
tcrushed to death under q freight car IN
the Norfolk and Western yard yesterday
3aftcrnoon.Si Is being held III tho undertake 1:
ing rooms a OF Messrs. Berg r8 g. Al GORE
FOR Identification. The Interesting fact
was developed, by persons calling II sec
been T missing from their homes IN this
Vicinity and that In one Instance there
was recognized In the features OF tho
dead man a. strong resemble to ono
sof tho missing ones w It'll Il the hope Z OF
re ting GONE Information o value. the
pawn ticket found on the person OF the
deceased, and Issued on Wednesday by
IS. stern, q spnwnbr ker In rs Richmond
was sent over to that city today for;
invest gatlon. ss 555Sss
1t was at first supposed that the man
ma have been drinking to have gone
under the ear; but he was seen IN II tho
yard a short time before and 4 appea red
sober. and the I'm dcrtaker who pre- pared
the body saw no evidence Of llquor. fS. /:
Ad III tant- General Charles J. And erooIil
has Issued d special order directing the
Petersburg Grays q to hold an election!
for captaincy, to III the vacancy caused
BY the resignation IL OF ~ Captain II. n V.
$Parham. and Major 4. II. Moody is
directed to preside At the aad electlon.i
Pursuant to this "A order, a neeting OF
the company has been called s for the
night OF August Is ttl:yr,It Is proba BILE that
First Lieutenant BENJAMIN Harrison VIII
be promoted TO the ca ptaincy o. the COM
pany, though several others have been
mentioned. II
z BY order OF The Mayor. certain large
posters pasted on the walls abou t& he
city, advertising Cascarets, are to pc
greinoved from view. I, They present the
picture Of u rccurnbent female nearly
nude which Ii regarded Il by the MAYOR
an d citizens with whom he had consulted
i a immoral. 81 n 81
rev j N, ii. b IS Gil. a OF this city ro-
Gently ordained / to the Eplscopal minis
try ana who has had charge Of st. Paul's
Church during the absence Of IN G re- tor.
mas gone 10 Portsmouth to take chnrs
as rector 81 All Saints Church. to which
he was appolnte led by Eishop dolpls.