The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-11
RECEIVE DESIGNS Of
MALONE MONUMENT
Meeting of Committee In Charge VIII
Be Held In Few Days to Con-
slider Plans.
PETERsBURGER is ATTACKED
Of1cer Fciled BY Black Jack, Re-
covers Himself and Lands Assaii-
and I'm Jail--Board OF Aldermen
Meet.

Petersburg. Va. May 10.--The Ma
hone monument committee Of Peters,
burg Chapter, Daughters of the Con-
federacy, Ia making satisfactory prog
ress in It's efforts toward the erection
of a monument to the noted little gem
eral of he Southern confederacy.
Burns q Campbell. a local Arm of
contractors for the erection OF the mon
ument, have received from the artist.
Gilbert Riswold, the designs for the
monument.
Mr.. Riswold is a noted artist, and the
designs which he has prepared from
tentative drawings by the Petersburg
contractors are said to be masterpieces.
A meeting of the monument commit
tee will be held within the next day
or two to consider these designs, along
with others submitted by New York
and Atlanta artists.
struck Down With Black Jack.
e. II. Richardson, well-known
young Petersburger. for some time
past a member of the police force at
the dupont Powder Company's plant
at City Point. was the victim Of an
assault while performing his duties
Saturday night. and as a result 10 con-
fined to his home on Grove Avenue.
suffering from a blow on the head
dealt by his assailant with a black
jack.
officer Richardson had arrested a
man who was about to attack another
with a knife. Two other men with the
man arrested attacked the officer, one
OF them wrested his black jack from
his hand and struck him a severe blow
over the head. Mr.. Richardson was
feiled to the ground. but quickly re-
covered and succeeded in arresting the
man and landing him in the lookup.
1t required persuasion by Mr.. Rich
ardson to prevent bystanders from do
ing his assaiiant bodily injury.
Aldermea I'm Session.
The board of aldermen met in reg
ular session tonight and transacted the
usual routine business, consisting of
concurrence In q number Of items
passed by the lower branch at the two
meetings held last week and the intro
duction OF several ordinances.
The principal item before the board
of aldermen for consideration was the
concurrence In an ordinance adopted
by the common council at an adjourned
meeting last Thursday night to sell a
franchise to the highest bidder for the
construction on the streets of this city
Of an electric railway, proposed to be
constructed between Petersburg and
City Point.
Both the Petersburg and Appomattox
Railway Company and the Petersburg
and James River Railway Corporation
will be bidders for the franchise before
the street committee of the city council
on June IL, and both companies are
actively engaged in securing rights OF
way through Prince George County.
Boot-Leggers Jailed.
william johnson and Horace Har-
rison, two negroes arrested yesterday
on a charge of boot-iegging--seiiin
whisky from the person--were before
the police court his morning and were
both convicted and sentenced TO thirty
days In Jail. with q fine of 500.
Held Entertainment.
A delightful entertainment will be
given In the auditorium of X. II. Lee
School tomorrow evening under the
auspices Of the Phtiathea Glass OF the
Grove Avenue Baptist Church. The
following lis the complete program,
which should prove both interesting as
q musicale and a drama:
Musical Program: Solo. Mr.. A. b.
Hunt: duet. Mrs. q. C. Wright and Miss
Mary Baxter; violin solo. Miss Alberta
Bowman: reading Josh and Me-" Misa
Susie webb. Selection by male quartet.
composed of the following weil-known
young men: Olin Rogers, Willie Stevens.
Littieton Mays and Holland Wilkinson.
"A Case of SUSPENSION" Young
Ladies of the Seminary: Dorothy, Miss
Emma Cousins: Alice. Miss Daisy
Smith; Mildred. Miss Matte Crowder
Undergraduates of a nearby college:
Harold, Gerald r. Willis; Tom. Proctor
Gresham; Jack, Edward Traylor. OF
the faculty: Miss ophelia Judkins. Miss
Ruby whilty: Prof Emilus Edgerton.
H. H. Martens: Kathleen. Celtic maid
en-, Miss Leila Hite: Jonas. the seminary
man. Mr.. J. r. Gresham.
This entertainment promises to be
very interesting and q number of tick
cts have been sold. Come. Adults. Is
cents; children, 10 cents.