The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-08
his HAND SEVERED.
BY BLOW Of AXE
r. II. MAYER MEETS WITH Ac-
CrDENT WHILE CUTTING BRUSH
NEAR PETERSBURG.
NO MONEY FOR VETS
CITY CHARTER IN WAY OF con-
TRIBUTTONs BY COMMON CoUN-
Cu-NEGRO FLIMFLAMs
MANY.
Virginian Bureau,
Mechanics Building, Room sls.


Mechanics Building, Room SIS.
/ PETERSBURG. VA. May TT. r.
/ Mayer met with a serious accident
this morning at the Norfolk and
Western Railway company's sand pits.
short distance from this city. Mr..
! Mayer was engaged at the time with
+ f. I. Roberts in cleaning away some
i underbrush for the Norfolk and
Western engineering corps with whom
they were engaged Mr.. Mayer was
bending the brush while MIR. Roberts
1 cut il with an axe Mr.. Roberts &C
I cidently missed the brush, striking Mr.
J Nayer's left wrist, cutting through
both bones and leaving the hand
hanging by only n small piece OF
! flesh Mr.. Mayer was at once brought
to the city on n hand car and re-
moved TO the Petersburg hospital,
: where the hand was amputated
Common Council Meets.
4 At a meeting of the common coun-
! Gil last night various improvements
were ordered and the usual monthly
appropriations to the several depart
ments made. A petition presented by
/ a committee OF A. +. Hill Camp, Con-
/ federate Veterans, was read. asking
! for an appropriation of $3.50 to defray
/ transportation expenses of Petersburg
/ veterans to and from the Gettysburg
+ reunion. many of whom desire to at
/ tend the celebration, but are not able
| to pay their expenses. Councilman
/ McKenney informed the council that
under it's charter the city had no
! right to make such an appropriation,
/ and was supported In his view by City
+ Attorney Mason. Councilman Bowie,
/ who had made a motion to appro-
! pirate the money. thereupon with
| drew his motion. and the council
unanimously adopted a resolution re-
GREETING its inability to appropriate
the money asked for by the veterans.
The report of the finance committee
fnvoring the increase of salary Of the
city attorney from $1,000 to 81 100
created much discussion. but was
adopted by vote of S to 5.
Passing Bad Notes.
During the past two weeks a num-
Der of mutilated SO. SIS and $40 notes
have been passed in Petersburg by
strange negro. a United States secret
service agent from Washington has
been in the city searching for the
negro with the assistance of the po-
lice. but efforts to capture him have
been fruitless. and II Is now thought
he has left the city. All the notes in
question are pasted together in the
middle. each half being of different
note bearing different numbers. They
can easily he detected upon examina-
ton. but easily overlooked by an I'M
suspecting victim.
Negro Gets 60 Days.
George Grady. negro, was in the
Police court this morning charged
with assaultng "A negro woman. and
also with resisting an officer. He was
given so days in jail 30 days on each
charge.
AIley--Chcely.
Miss Iona N. Chiefly. of Brunswick
county. and c.. C. Alley, well known
Young man of this city. left this morn
ing for Halifax n. G., where they were
united in marriage this afternoon. The
young couple are expected TO. return
to the city this evening, where they
Will reside.
Funeral Of Mrs. Cooley.
The funeral of Mrs. Rosa Cooley
was conducted from the residence of
her daughter. 637 Pearl street. at 8
o'clock this afternoon. and was large
" attended. Rev. w. II. Atwilis of
High Street NJ. T.. church, off1ciated,
assisted by Rev. L. G. Moore, of Me-
mortal church. The following acted
as pallbearers: Peyton Hawkins, J. Fl.
/ Wells r. @. Wells, s. ]. Browder X.
L. Meredith and w. j. Crowder. Inter
ment was made in B1andford ceme-
terry.
! James johnson Buried.
| The funeral of James f.. johnson
1 was conducted from his residence on
\ Commerce street at O'Clock yester-
/ day afternoon, in the presence OF
4 large assemblaee of friends. Rev.
1 Lloyd C. Moore ofiiciated. assisted by
| Rev J. A. Mcclure. The following
were pallbearers: Honorary--H. +.
Munt. Walter Quarles. Henry Kevan,
| j. W. Brown and Alex Winfield. Ac-
tive---W. A. Ramsey, T. L. Hudgins.
| Jas. NJ. Vaughan. Waverly Cross, r.
/ c. Kirkland and Chas. Partin. Inter-
| ment was made in Blandford GENE
| terry.
Struck by Lig htning.
Yesterday afternoon during thun-
der and wind storm, the residence of
| s. s. Snyder, at Colonial Heights, was
struck by lightning. A few bricks
were knocked from the chimney. and
| a small portion of the slate roof rip
ped off. but no further damage re-
| suited.
| Ramsey-Rose.
| This morning at the Tabb- Street
Presbyterian manse. Rev. Chas Strib-
bing united in marriage. Miss Estelle
| Ramsey and Stephen G. Rose. Mrs.
| Rose is a sister OF Mrs Benz. Richie. of
| Dinwiddie county, and Mr.. Rose Is a
| well known young man of Mckinney,
| the same county.
| Delegates to Chattanooga.
The following delegates were elect
| ed at a meeting of A. +. Hill Camp,
| Sons of Veterans, last night, to attend
the reunion at Chattanooga. Dele
gates-N. II. Cole l.. r. Gonkbee, III.
c. Southall, Jr,. ID. A. Lyon, Jr., Lee
rois NJ. Clarke. A1ternates---I. F.
Birdsong, JAS. +, Hoy, T. 3. Maclin