The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-22

the CITY, appeared before the Council.
On recommendation Of Charles w.
Bland, the new chairman Of the FL
nance Committee, President Patterson
appointed the following Councilmen
on the committee: ]. H. Gray, T. b..
cahn and N. T. Patterson. Samuel
Burwell was elected a Councilman
from Second Ward to succeed George
Cameron, Jr., whose resignation was
accepted at the last meeting.
Conducting Opium Den.
Sam Lee, of China, now Harrison
Street laundryman. was in sad plight
In the Mayors Court this morning.
when. after his denial OF the charge
that his suspected laundry was also an
opium joint. San Francisco witness,
who formerly lived here. and is now
In the city on Visit, appeared to tes-
tify to an interesting call he paid at
SAINTS laundry last night. when the hos
pitable Oriental received him gladly.
and on being asked for opium. pro-
he sold his visitor dollar package.
by strange coincidence. Detectives Hee-
len and Eanes also called about this
time. and connscated Sans opium
outfit. including pipes, lamps and sew
eral cans bearing the San Francisco
stamp, and apparently shipped to that
port directly from China. SAINTS de-
Tense was knocked out by the testi-
mony OF his caller, who speaks the
Chinese Language to a limited extent,
and Mayor Jones imposed fine OF one
hundred dollars. in addition to tho con-
tscation OF the opium outfit Sam
smoked for forty years, and Will die
without It. The fine was M IA 5r.H
Like Petersburg Hospitality.
With one voice. the Pennsylvania
visitors are praisng the reception ac-
corded them by the people OF Peters,
burg. A pro .incnt member Of the
Eorty-eighth Regiment said to Times
Dispatch representative last evening:
when you all dedicate memorial to
General Malone or any OF your Con-
federate leaders we certainly want to
be with you; let US know, and we will
como down" Many OF the veterans are
still In the city, and some OF them will
visit the jamestown Exposition.
bridegroom to Pcnitentinry.
IN tho Hastings Court to-day Charles
A. Smith, who was recently arrested in
Sandusly. Ohio, on tho charge Of pass :
Ing forged check on Brunei & sum
mers plumbing firm OF this city,
H1SoACA 6AhIy' ulu WIS sentenced TO
two years imprisonment He was but
recently married, and forged his father
in-law's name.
Grover Edwards. Of N1atoaca, Ches-
terheld county, was convicted OF TO-
lonlously shooting and wounding
Coils Kidd, and was sent to Jail for
six months. The two young men, both
from Matoaca, quarreled and fought on
Ferndale Park car. In this city, sew
eral weeks ago, Edward drew a pistol
and fired twice at Kidd. one bullet
striking him In the arm. and tho other
grazing his forehead.
"Sha,neful Conhitions.n
Major a. r, Moody, of the Seventy
second Virginia Regiment, who was
with Tho command during the encump
taent at the jamestown Exposition. in
a talk with Tlmes-D lsputch repre-
sentative to-day, regarding the arrest
OF an officer and three men of tho Sow
entieth Regiment at Pine Beach las.
Sunday evening, spoke in no uncertain
terms ot the unWarranted behavior OF
the police who made the arrests, and
OF tho shameful conditions prevailing
at Fjna Beach, Major Moody says that
on the Sunday afternoon when he
walked from the boardwalk at the re.
sort with II number OF friends. sucI
wide-open conditions prevailed that Il
became plainly apparent that no mt
tempt at ccncealment was being made
Rarrooms We're wide open and crowdec
With people. and all manner Of gam
bling was In full blast, The fact that
the arrested men We're placed by the
police In u room attached 10 u WIDE
open barroom on Sunday evening was
suniclent comment on the nature Of the
| rOlira rarnintInn. # Tho 0fnrnV SDclfa In
tho Highest terms of the behavior OF
tho Virginia troops during the encamp-
ment, saying that the conduct Of tbs
/ man. 1un Il N u IN hi ~.