The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-14
Attend Thirty-third Annual Ses-
sion Of Soutl1side Medical
l@5 Association.
ABLE PAPERS ARE READ
Board Of Aldermen Meets and
Adopts Budget as Passed
by Council.
Times Dispatch Bureau, X
100 North sycamore street.
I Petersburg Va. .Jlne

The Southside Virginia Medical AS
ISOLATION convened in It's thirty-third
annual session this afternoon in a.
T. 4. Fiji Camp Hall, DIR. J. Boiling Jones.
Inc president, presiding. There was
n goodiy attendance representing all
INC nine counties In the bounds OF the
association. With number of guests
from Richmond. Norfolk and else
where. The presidents annual ad-
dress was read at the opening OF The
3 AFTERNOON session.. During the after
noon and evening sessions, the latter
being held at the Country Club, where
inc association was entertained by the
petersburg medical faculty number
of practical papers Of special interest
10 the medical profession. were read
Ihesc papers were presented by DIR.
q. .. Brown. OF Richmond. DR.. r.. l..
MeGill and DIR. s.. w. Budd, OF Peters
Z burgiI Drs Call. Horsley, Shepherd
I Mcclure. Terrell. OF Ricf.mond; Dr.. a.
X Stands. OF Washington; DR.. Hart,
OF SUFFOLK; DR.. Fletcher. OF South Hill:
Pr Webb. OF Burrowville; Drs. Os-
porne. Harris and Powell. Of Peters
burg. The subjects of all OF the pa
pcrs were of special interest and value.
budget Adopted.
Al tht regular meeting of the Board
4 Oh aldermen last night the general
H appropriations ordinance on budget for
The ensuing fiscal year, beginning July
IN. as passed by the Council, Was
adopted, not. however, without yigor-
out opposition. The vote on cpncur-
renee was-ayes. e; noes, 5. The on
position was mainly based on the in
creases In the salaries If several city
oilcials. provided for In the ordinance.
the budget carries fixed appropria-
tons aggregat:ng s305,676.
The Board also concurred in the tax
ordinance, fixing the rae Of taxation
at $40 per 800 OF values. ana i'm the
I ordnance authorizing the sale or
twenty-one acres OF tho almsho,,se
4 Company on which to erect large stor
age warehouses The matter OF leus-
ing The upper floor OF the old High
school building AT 5000 per year for
a military academy was strongly on
posed and laid over. the idea being
mat the building should be converted
into an armory for the Petersburg
Grays The general appropriations and
other measures passed By the Council
were concurred in q.
lie Charged With oinrder
In thr Police Court yesterday Juniu.
Guliiani. negro. was arraigned on
the charge OF assault, upon Edward
johnson, but the Iatter's failure TO
appear as witness and no satisfac-
liVrs reason Tor his absence being.
given. the accused man was discharged
appears that johnson went IN
Puillam's house Sunday morning and
behaved himself In an unsccmIy man
ner, for which he was strucl on the
X head with beer bottle or some other
weapon Johnson went awuy TO his
home where he received no attention.
and yesterday afternoon died of his
INJURIES INJURIES, blood clot forming on the
brain Pulliam did not deny the as
saIlt. but claimed that It was made
u! IN seif-defense He has skipped from
the city however, and cannot be found
by the police. An inquest will be
held on Johnson's boty tomorrow
morning
# Insane Patient a Suicide.
x zeb Jones, negro, an Insane patient
Z AT the Central State Hospital, com
mitted suicide by hanging, In his room
In that Institution, yesterday evening.
Jones was sent TO the hospital from
Pittsylyania county, and was received
only last Friday There was nothing
In the committal papers or in his con-
duet TO indicate suicidal disposition,
hut h. was placed In charge OF nurse.
+ Yesterday afternoon the nurse left the
room for few minutes to.prepare the
patients supper, and on returning
found Jones hanging from the door,
"a Sheet from the ned having been used
for the purpose. The unfortunate man
died OF stransulaton. An inquest was
held and a verdict rendered, In which
The hospital authorities were acquitted
of all blame In the matter.
Personal Intelligence
# Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Mann, OF this
city have issued Invitations to the
4 marriage of their daughter. Elizabeth
Weldon Claiborne, to Lewis Parke
h chamberlayne, on the evening OF Tues
X day. June ~, at 6 o'clock In Grace
Episcopal Church, Petersburg. The
prospective bride is tho daughter of
one OF the leading members OF the
Petersburg bar, and the bridegroom
as nephew of Rt. Rev. Robert a. Gib-,
son. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Virginia tjs1,
r. R. Rayburn, for the past eight
years the manager Of the Western
Union CompanY's Office in this city,
I has accepted the position of secretary
l,and stenographer in the office of ster-
ling Ruffin. the freight agent of the
4 Norfolk and Western Railway, In Pc
X tersburg
93. Captain and Mrs. George ]. Rogers.