The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-23
NHEELHOUSE MAKES
UP MIND NOT TO DIE
His Determination to Live Has
Aided Doctors Great Deal
III Their Treatment.
MEANT NO REFLECTION i
Rev. ]. Sidney Peters Declares
Ills Remarks About Legisla-
ture Was Misunderstood
Especial 10 The Times -Dispatch.l

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PETERSBURG, VA. July 2a.--R:ch-
ard Wheelhouse, the young man who
was desperately wounded last MONDAY
night in pistol duel With his uncle,
John Wheehonse. who was killed, Is
getting on YER" we'll at the Peters
burg Hospital, and now has fair
chance for recovery, When the opera
ton was performed bysDrs. W.. T..
Hoy. f. w Hams and H. G.. Leigh
shortly after the duel, it was found
{ that n bullet had made fourteen per-
torations of the intestlnes, and oittleI
hope wns entertained that the young
man could possibly survive; but he has
& shown remarkable nerve and deter
niination to recover. and by skilfulI
treatment has been brought to much
better condition. He was told that he
would probably die. and an ante-r1or-
tenn statement as to the trouble with
his uncle was taken; but he expressed
his intention to get well, and said toI
q friend yesterday that he would be at
home by next Sunday. Wheelhouse Is
twenty three years old, is married, and
is workingman. !.
May stnrt Further Trouble
Pastor Eli Tarlt, OF the Harrison
Street Baptist Church, colored, who
has been prohibited by an injunction
from the Hustings Court from acting
as pastor of the church during the
present dissension in the congregation
until further order of the court,
preached Yesterday at the Oak Street
African Methodist Episcopal Church.
"A number of members of the Oak
Street Church protested against his
appearance in the pulpit being opposed
In he on srrr nd hat 1ai II.
church might thus appear to take a
side in the difficulty at the Harrison
Street Church. 1t is understood that
trouble is brewing in the Oak Street
Church congregation because o. Tariffs
appearance.
Respect for Legislature.
Rev. j. Sidney Peters, pastor of the
High Street Methodist Church, made
statement at his church last night
referring to his sermon Sunday night
y q week ago, in which he was reported
to have made certain statements about
the Virginia Legislature and the
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association.
Mr.. Peters stated that his language
had been misunderstood, and that in
view of other statements in his SER
mon such an Interpretation Of his re-
marks was Uncomfortable to him.
been, he disclaimed any intention OF
y srefecting Oh the Logislattire and
would be quick to resent such a state
ment from another.
Death of MIR. Dnhney.
Mr.. Benjamin z. Dabney, we'll
known Petersburg citizen and promi-
nent member of the Masons and
knights Templars. died last night at
Y Mi!lboro, Bath county Va. Mr. Dabney
had been in III health for some time,
and went 10 Millborc a week ago with
the hope that the mountain climate
would improve his condition. He was
member Of Petersburg Lodge, No. Is.
ROYAL Arch Chapter, .Appomattox Com
n'andery OF Knights Templars, and was
1iler OF all the local Masonic lodges.
MI Dabney is survived by his wife
and mother one brother and several
Z sisters The funeral vii! take place
in this city tomorrow.