The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
NOR R. THE R .NE !:
SEND WR eat HIS
Will VEIL Be Placed on Mahone,s.
and Governs Tonnbs at
Petersburg. tE
DEATH AND BIRTH RECORD
Interest in Result OF Thornton
Casc-Dr. Booker in De- M
mand as Orator.
DEATH AND BIRTH RECORD
Times Dispatch Bureau,
los North Sycamore Stroo,

Petersburg, Va, May 80
"o very handsome wreaths, were
po mere to-day from Pottsville.
r. sent to A. +. Hill Camp of Con
ieaerate Veterans. by the Survivors
association of the Forty eighth Rep,.
mont OF Pennsylvania Veteran yolun-
eeers, ono TO be placed on the tomb or
K General William Malone, and tho other
~. ne monument erected to the mem
ory OF Colonel George Gowen. Of ma
F4rty eighth Pennsylvania Regiment
near this city '' ''''-'''' =
accompanying the wrcaths was the
following letter: II
i1eaoquarters Survivors Associ ton.
4Sth Reg. Pa. vot Vols.
Pottsyille, Pa. May g.
- Jutant a. P.Iiill Camp, Confederats
Veterans, Petersburg. Va: al
lear Sill have this date shlppeo
your address by express one box
With Two laurel wreaths. ons 10 In
placed on the grave. of your late Ken
eraL william Malone, the other on tho
.aon u ,.nei, OF our colonel. George Cow.
en-. "iil you kindly SEQ that this IL
gone on their arrival; on Memorial Dav
u possible. BY order Of the Survivors.
Association. -
With greetings to your comrades and
yourself. I am
Yours truly,
M ROBERT A. REID.
y.
Tomorrow being National MemorIa,
Day, Ad5utant Carter r. Bishop. az
q. Hill Camp. accompanied BY other
veterans Of the camp. will carry our
tne wishes OF the Pennsylvania asso-
ZION. ana VIII carefully place the
"feaths as requested Colonel Daniel
Nhsel. veteran OF tho Mexican and
confederate Wars, Is the president Of
the survivors Association. and hasoftnn
olsited Petersburg. The monument 10
colonel Gowen stands on the Jerusalem
Iiank Kohd. In sight OF the Crater
t Tas.,eheid. It was the men OF the
II forty-elghth Regiment who built the
tunnel and the mine that blow up the
confederate salient known as the
crater. and Secretary Reid ia one of
the few survivors
ne Ladies Memorial Association OF
mis- city. In accordance with agree
ment with the Battlefield Con1nissjan
Of Pennsylvania, viii to-morrow Mas
wreaths OF flowers on the Pennsyl-
Vanih monument at Fort Malone and
me narkern at Fort Steadman.
nc National Memorial Day will be
observed with appropriate exercises
~ y, me National Cemeteries in Dinwid-
die and at City Point, conducted under
the supervision Of the @. "A. r. post
Denth md Birth Record.
me report OF tho Health Depart.
Haeht Tor the month ending May Is
SHOWS total oft deaths in the city
among the white and % among
the colored population OF, the de-
cedents, were under the age OF fvo
yea rs-most OF these under one year;
twelve ranged between the age, OF
sixty and eighty years. and two had
reached nearly the ono hundred yea,
marx There was one death by sui
eine during the month and one by
accident. and six deaths were certi-
ned by tho coroner. Seven persons
died at the Petersburg Hospital OF the
white decedants. 10 were males and
females. and of the colored 10 males
md ] ! females. Among tho communi-
cable diseases reported during the
month were IL cases OF measles, OF
diphthcria, . OF smallpox, Of whoop-
Ing cough and-1 of typhoid fever.
The number OF births reported to
the department during the month ex-
ceeded the number OF deaths by seven
There = were i8 births-whites, IS;
colored. IS: females. &c; males. %
Awaiting Decision.
Il is expected that argument will