The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
JAIL PRISONERS
TO CLEAN STREETS
Petersburg Decides to Make Use
OF Worthless Characters Who
Fill Her Prison.
BEGs TO SEE DEAD WIFE
Boarch Given Preliminary Hear
ing and Goes to Grand Jury.
His Plea Not Granted.
Special 10 The rimcs.plspa,ch.

Especial to The Times -Dlspatch.l
PETERSBURG, VA, January 2.-The
City Council this evening passed an ordi-
nance offered by Charles r. Walsh. a,l-
thorizing the city engineer to use prison.
ers in the Jail as laborers on streets and
viding for the similar employment of
street bcggars, habitual drunkards and
other worthless characters was referred
to the Police Commission. The City
Treasurer's report showed a cash balance
January list, of s1s7696. an increase of
nearly $4,000 since January 1, 1905. Re-
ceipts for December amounted to S73, 1925;
expenditures, s26,2I9l7.
The salary of Chief f. Y. Farley. OF
the Fire Department, was raised from
81 OC0i to 81, 300, and an increase of s. per
month was made in the salaries of fire.
men, excepting the volunteers. The sum
of Sl.1S6 was appropriated for the i'm
provement of roadways in Blandford
Cemetery. Other appropriations We're
$1,000 for codifynE OF city ordinances
and $3.50 for the purchase of book-tiles for.
the Office of the clerk OF the courts.
The salary of the clerk of the markets
was raised from $500 to 5000 a year. On,
motion of G. W. Bland, the Council re-
fused to pay the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company's December bill for city
lights until the promised higher candle
power street lamps were Installed.
Tie Board Of Aldermens $500 appro-
priation for improving West End Park
lake was not CONQUERED in. and com
m,ttee OF conference thereon will be held.
A resolution was passed providing for the
monthly payment of s25 to the Peters
burg Grays for armory rent. Alexander
iIamllton's resignation from Nthe public
school board was not accepted. Charles
Hall Davis's resignation from that board
was accepted. on motion of his brother,
Councilman r. b. Davis.
Poarch Goes to Jury.
Emmett Poarch. who killed his wife,
had preliminary hearing before Mayor
Jones this morning. and was sent on to
the Hastings Court for trial. No new
facts were brought out by the re-examna-
ton this morning of the same witnesses
who testified at the coroner's inquest last
night. Poarch was ignorant of his wifes
death until he was brought from Jail to
the police station, where a warrant
charging him with murder was served,
He wept and begged to be allowed to
see the body of his dead wife. request
which was not granted 1t is understood
that on the day Of the shooting. Mrs
poarch told her husband In the presence
of third party that she would never
again live with him because he failed
to provide for her and took no care Of
her
Colonel Daniel Nagle president OF the
survivors Association, Forty-eighth Reg
imcnt. Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers,"
and Mr.. Robert A. Reid. secretary, are
in the city. preparing for the erection O
q monument near Fort Malone. in Prince
George county, In memory of the colonel
OF the Forty-eishth Pennsylvania, who
was killed while charging the Confederate
works during the siege OF Petersburg The
monument is to be a granite shaft, sur
mounted by n bronze figure The unyeil.
ing Of the monument, which is to take
place IN April or May next, will be made
a great occasion, and the veterans pro-
pose to have the Governors OF Pennsylya-
mia and Virginia present.
Il. a. Fetter, formerly Petersburg nsent
Of the Seahoard Air Line Railway, has
been transferred to Hamlet, N, G., an
Important railroad transfer point. L. r.
Gotlder, who was Mr. Fetter's chief
clerk. has been made agent, with n. ,E.
Goodwin as chief clerk.
Officers Of the Eagles.
Petersburg Aeric Of Eagles has Installed
the following officers Past Worthy Presi-
dent James w. Wells; Worthy President.
NfiialltS fdistl, w piAilS ~ ltG-Ircsl-
dent James a. Wcsson; Chaplain, Charles
H. Norris; Secretary, James b. ITALIA.
ferro; Conductor, j. B. Andrews Treas
tfer, George IT, Newsom; Trustee,
Charles T. Lassiter
The public schools ofthe yclty opened
to-day, after the usual Christmas holiday.
-Four negro prisoners We're taken from
the Petersburg jail to Sussex Courthouse
this morning by Sheriff Prince. OF Sussex.
Casey aud James Parker, brothers, will be
tried Tor arson, and William Burge, for
murder, Alonzo Jones has been held as a
witness. The prisoners were sent here
| for aafe-keeping.
Fines collected In tho Mayors Court
during 1905 amount TO s2,052,aa55, not in
Guiding the fine Imposed in the court and
| collected later. Two hundred ana ninety
four dollars during December is tho
| largest amount for any one month. s7e.5o.
for May, the smallest.
' Manitoba voted by u large majority Tor nun.
nc ownership OF Telephones. \ 80 : .s2