The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-30
WILL REAR SHAFT
ON CRATER FARM
Massachusetts Monument Com
mission and Selects Design and
Site in Cockadc City.
NO LAUREL WREATH ON 1T
Councilman Caucus to Pick
Chairmen-Floating Shoes
Found, Theft Suspected.

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.)
PETERSBURG VA, August go
The members oil the new council
and board OF aldermen whose term
begins Septemb Der !, viii hold caucus
Tuesday night. II is understood that
thu caucus is tor the purpose OF
selecting chairmen of the various COM
mittees and not for the purpose of
naming a police com missioner to fill
the vacancy caused by the election OF
MIR George Cameron, Jr,. to the
mayoralty.
The police commissioner win be
named later and the candidates for
the position will he Mr.. r, b. Jones
and Major Benjamin Harrison.
An interesting ceremony was held
at St. Joseph's Catholic church sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock when
Giuseppe Esoamillo DE Luca. the six
months old son OF Mr., and Mrs. =. n.
DE Luca, of Petersburg, was christen-
ed by the pastor. Rev. J. T. O'E'arrell.
The godfather was Francesca
Denaro Pandolfine, of Palermo, Italy,
and the godmother was Mrs. Giuseppe
LIE Cavera Denaro, also of Italy.
The godfather and godmother were
represented by Mr., A. Russo and lit
spectively
Mr.. F. y. De I.ucs has purchased
/ the store building No, ?32 North
Sycamore street adjoining his place
of business. The price paid for the
property was $4,000.
/ Monday afternoon a box containing
eighteen pairs of boys shoes was
found floating in the river near the
trestie of the Seahoafd Air Line rail-
way. The police secured the box and
shoes and are now at the police sta
ton. Such box usually contains
36 pairs and the supposition is that
the thieves threw the box from a pass
! ing train and intended to afterward
/ secure it, 1t has not been aEcer-
! tanned from what point the shoes were
shipped but they were consigned to n.
l.. Oettinger. Wilson. y c.
/ Isaac Cooper was before the police
court Monday charged with assault
ing and beating his wife with club,
The alleged assault occurred Satur-
day night on Gill street. Cooper was
sent on to the hustings court for trial.
Rev. Charles r. Stribling. who was
expected to assume the pastorate of
the Tabb Street Presbyterian church
! in September. is sick at his mother
/ home in Martinshurg. w Va. and
1t is not definitely known when eh
/ can take charge of his church here.
The manse has been put in thor
ough condition for his reception.
Rev. Fred w Moore, who has been
pastor of the Second Baptist church n
Petersburg for the past seven years
will preach a special anniversary ser
mon Sunday.
The commission for the selection oil
| the monument to he erected on the
/ battlefield of Petersburg by the State
! of Massachusetts have made their de-
| cision. and Will be accordingly so de-
| signed. providing 1t meets with the
| approval of the governor and his
I council.
/ The monument selected viii be
| twenty feet high and about fifteen feet
six inches at its base The monument
! VIII be surmounted by the American
eagle and from the top the lines eX'
/ tend downward In a series Of grace
/ full curves until the width OF the base
I is reached. The base will be oblone
/ in shape, which sets forth the curves
! to better advantage. On the from
and about in the center Will be a
I bronze tablet on which will be in
/ scribed the names of the differSn'
t Massa chusetts regiments which par
! ticipated In the battles around Pc
/ tersburg. And Just above this table,
Wili he the cG2t-at- arms of-lEa-
! On either side of the base both bach
and front will be two olive branches
/ The plans originally called for lau
| rel wreaths at the base. but the com
! mittee decided against the symbol q
| victory and will have instead the EN-
| blem of peace,
/ The entire monument will be sur
rounded by concrete walk Ave fee
| in width with another concrete wall
! leading up to the front The entir'
cost of the monument will be $4,000
4 The members Of the commission are
/ Captain c. II. Porter. OF Quincy: Cap
tain Gustave Magnitzky. OF Boston
/ and Colonel James Anderson. com
mander of F.. II. wilcox Post o
Springfield. Mass. The monument VII
be situated on Crater farm.
The funeral of the late Leonard l.
Spain took place from the residenc'
OF his parents. Mr.. and Mrs, Emm ct
| Spain, 209 Grove avenue. Monday af
ternoon at 8 o'clock and was con
| Quoted by Rev. T. X. Young. of Sec
| ond Presbyterian church. supply TO
the pastor. Rev u. II. Rolston, VIII
is out of the city. The following gen
! tlemen acted as pall-bearers; Homo
rary-Messrs. c. r. Butler and JONI
! Holloway. Active-Messrs Jane
Leath, Roy Hawkins. Robert McLe
more. Cleveland Blankenship. Ray
! ,oopd Titmus and Emmett Sanford