The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
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W|LLHOLD.CAUCUS
Will Nominate Chairmen OF
Various Joint Standing
Committees.
EVIDENCES OF A ROBBERY
Young Petersburg Soldier Ended
His Life by Shoot
ing.
EVIDENCES OF A ROBBERY
1.mes-p,spatch Bureau.

PeteF6purSs va, Aug us0 ~.
caucus OF the members or tho
Board OF Aldermen and Common Coun-
Gill; which bodies are to be organized
on the LIST OF September. will be held
IN the Council chamber tomorrow
night. The sole object OF the caucus
Is to nominate the chairmen OF the
various Joint standing committees.
dozen or So in number.
On the afternoon of September =
joint meeting OF the two bodies vii.
he held for the purpose OF electing the
chairmen or the committees nominated
in the caucus. Following the Joint
meeting. separate meetings or tho
BOARD or Aldermen and Common Cour-
Gil Will be held for organization and
the election of members OF the com
mIttees TO represent the respective
bodies. No other business VIII be
transacted at these meetings.
Supposed Evidence OF Robbery.
A box containing eighteen pairs OF
boys shoes was found In the Apo
mattox River this morning below the
Seaboard Railway, Bridge. The box
was of the size to hold thtrty-siS
pairs of shoes. and the police are NOT
yet ADVISED as to whether 1t originally
contained that number and had been
robbed
The DOG was consigned to II. Det-
finger. WILSON. n. e.. and Is supposed
to have been shipped from Richmond.
The supposition is that 1T was thrown
from a Seaboard AIR Line car While
crossing the bridge.
burial of Young Spain.
The body OF Leonard spain, the
young petersburg soldier. whose death
at fort Slocum. New York. several
days ago has been mentioned. reached
n the IuneTal
took place this afternoon, with the
burial in Blandford Cemetery.
The death certificate filed with the
Health Department here gives tue
cause NJ death as suicide by shooting
at his post OF duty at Fort Slocum
,rhe family and friends of the young
man are at a loss to assign any reason
Tor the act.
MIR. spain was not yet twenty-one
wears old. He was the son OF Mr
and Mrs Emmett Spain, OF TINS CITY
and besides his parents leaves mary
relatives and friends. He was IN
peterspurg about the middle OF this
month. and had but recently re-cnliss-
I'D FOR a second term in the army.
Inyitation to A. p. Hill Camp.
y Hin Camp OF Confederate Vet
erans. or this city. has received an
invitation from the Confederate vet
Grams or Chesterfield to attend arc
narticipate in their reunion at the
ronnty courthouse next Friday, ahc
doIptless many Of them Will accePs.
General News Notes.
The steamer Aurora, OF thc Fhi i
Line. plying between Rlchmohu az.
petersburE. which ran aground Satur
loy night near Buzzard's Island, IN ths
"A nnomattox, was gotten safely af1oa
this morning, and came up to ne
wharr to discharge her freight.
The residence of Mrs. William Cole
An chesterfield county, few miie'
from this city. was struck by llghtnlns
,auring the storm last Friday atter
roon some bedding was set af1re, bu
no serious damage was done and for
.tunately no one was hurt.
Everett o. Bullock. well-knoWi
young business man of this city. ma
gone to Norfolk to accept posltlo'
with the New Gladstone Hotel.
The people Of Petersburg have no
pnlv Invested largely in automobiles
nut In motor boats also. The harbo
fairly swarms with motor boats. an
some Of them very handsome and swif
runners. The Petersburg Motor Boa
Club has among its members many o
+he prominent business and profession
al men of the city
The Rev. Charles r. Stribling. Q
srwaynesboro. the new pastor OF Tab
street Presbyterian Church, who wa
expected to enter on his duties TN
week, is reported as sick at the nom
NJ his mother in Martinsburs, w. Va.
About one-half Of the cases on tn
,sone docket Of the Police Court thi
morning We're of negroes, boys an
men, arrested for Sunday crap shoot
anr and gambling.