The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-06
W0ODMEN HONOR
MEMORY OF DEAD
Interesting Exercises Held by
Phoenix Camp OH Sunday
Afternoon.
TRIAL FOR WIFE MURDER
Decrease in MortalityTwo Y.
r. and P. Co, Men in
Accidents.
TRIAL FOR WIFE MURDER
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
100 North Sycamore Street.


! dead were held Sunday afternoon in
the Lyric Theatre BY Phoenix Camp.
| Modern Woodmen of America, In tho
presence OF large assembage. W.,
| l. Wheary acted as master OF cere-
monies. and very Interesting pro-
gram was rendered. Tho roll OF de-
| ceased members-Everett l. Howerton,
l. ~ Blankenship, Thomas E. HOY,
Edward F. McCulioch and Robert II.
/; Smith-was called. amidst Impress.
/ silence. The Rev. w. H. Atwell, Of
this city, delivered the memorial adj
dress, in lieu OF DIR. A. O. Brown. OF
Richmond. who was unable to.be pres
| cnt.
The ofacers OF Phoenix Camp are:
Consul, a. Garland oHlt: faat consuls.
! John +. Nugent, W. r. Duell and H. n.
James; Adviser, w. NJ. Cropst Banker,
Frank s. Blake Clerk. W r. Duell;
Escort, J. w. Dance: Waterman. G. F.
Price; sentry. A. L. kirkland.
| 1rinl of Wife Murderer.
Samuel Croker, negro, will be put
on his trial in the Hastings Court to-
morrow for the murder of his wife,
| Eta Croker. Because she could not
live in peace with him the woman left
her husband and made her home apart
from him. On the night of the trouble
| Crockar went to his wifek home and
4 demanded that she should return TO
him. This she refused to do, and he
drew his pistol and shot her several
| times. One OF the balls struck her
spina. cord. causing paralysis. OF which
| she died, after lingering for several
weeks, in the hospital
Four Years for Malicious Wounding.
Judge Mullen resumed the session
| OF the Corporation Court to day. after
holding court In Roanoke, and several
criminal cases were tried Bertha Coles.
negro. pleaded guilty to the charge of
mallciously cutting and woundinE
aaron Coleman. colorcd and was given
] sentence OF Ave years on the public
roads. Coles broke into Coleman.s
mouse at night and attacked him
| John Tyler. negro, was fined $40
and sent TO jail for sixty days for UNI
| lawful cutting.
Decrease In SIortnlity.
ne report OF the Health Department
LOT May shows the smallest number OF
deaths as compared with any CORE
spending month during the past six
years. The number OF deaths reported
for the month was sevanteen whites
| twenty-iour colored, but included In
these were six non residents. who died
| while under treatment here. There
was not death from tuberculosis. and
| there has not been a death from
typhoid fever o. seven moyths, and
only two cases reported during that
| period.
Two Accidents.
| John 2. HarYell. superintendent OF
the Virginia Railway and eower Com
pany. while INSPECTING the company's
power plant. west OF the city, yester-
day afternoon. accidentally touched
his head against live wire He was
knocked out and temporarily stunned
/ He is all risht to- day.
| William Heath. an employe OF the
company drove out to the plant to
bring Mr.. Harvell home His horse
became frightened and ran away, and
Mr. Heath was thrown out and con
siderably bruised, but not seriously
hurt.
Where General Hill was Killed.
the spot where General A p. Hill,
one OF the corps commanders OF the
Army OF Northern Virginia. was kill
ed. near Petersburg. has not yet been
/ satisfactorily located The A. p Fiji
Camp Som OF Confederate Veterans.
is endeavoring to locate the spot with
the view OF erecting a memorial to
mark 1t. While The weight OF evil
farm. In Dinwlddle county. as the placo
where General Hill fell. there is tesu :
mpny locating the spot elsewhere, in
several different places. II Is said.
Closing School fsxerciseB.
The colored public schools closed
last Friday. During the session 400
Pupils were enrolled. and the average
attendance throughout was good Tho
| Peabody (colored) High School held
1 It's closing exercises tonight In the
4 Academy OF Music. with n crowd in
attendance. Diplomas were presented
10 seventeen graduates. fourteen OF
them girls.
! Personal and Otherwise.
J a large number OF city lots. delin.
auent for taxes in 1910. will be offered
at public auction In front OF the
courthouse on June is. the first day
OF the June term OF the Hastings
Court.
The copious rains OF last night and
this morning were general In this sec
ton, and proved OF immense good. The
drought WAS becoming very serious.
Tobacco planters are to-day busily
engaged in setting out plants
During FREQ fight among negroes
In Gninan's Alley Saturday night, John
! Williams was seriously stabbed. Will
and several were struck and injured
with bricks. David Green who did
the stabbing. was to-day sent on for
trial.
j. Hampden Slater. we'll known
merchandise broker OF this city, suf-
fered slight stroke OF paralysis at
his home In Chesterfield county on
Saturday. His condition Is much i'm
proved to-day.
The f1sh dealers at tho markets have
been notified that they must display
their fish in glass cases during the
summer months.
4 The CITY budget,
The Finance Committee tonight
completed the city budget for the mex (.
fiscal year, beginning July l. The bud
get II is understood, will call for ap-
preparations amounting to about 1905, l
900. or $4,000 less than the estima ted
resources OF The city for the year In
this are included number Of special
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