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FAIR DAUGHTERS
FROM DIXIE LAND
Many Prettv Southern Girls to Attend
the Big Reunion.
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MISS EMPSTE WOODING.
(Maid of Honor From tbe Fifth
DistrictJ
SPONSORS FROM VIRGINIA.
Ml.-:s Annie Gray Will Beprcsent tho
Richmond I>istrict, and Miss
Bpioer. of Pctersbnrs, Was
Appointed by the Sons,
As time draws near for the rour.ion
of tbe United Confederate Veterans lo
fce hcid at Louisville, Ky? attention ln
tuiT.ed to the fair young women who
will act as sponsors and maids of honor
for tho urum ?wha gave t'jclr best for Uie
eatiee thej- lovad.
't'ne presence of :hc=e pretty girls from
the various Statcs is alwiys a bright fea?
ture of the great reunions, and the eocial
functions arranged in thetr nonor are
notshlc events.
Fifteen of Virg!n::i"s fairest daugbters
?will be presentt Two sponsors, one for
the veterans and one for the Sons of
Veterans. The former wili have a maid
ol honor for tlie State at iarge and one
for <<ach of the Oongressional districts.
P.eeidcs these, Miss M-arj- Watts Woods,
Uhe daurhter of Captain Mit-ajah Woods,
of Ch.irlottesvillr, Va., wili be chief maid
of honor to Miss Varina. Jefferson Hayes.
1fie spons-or for the entire South. Miss
Hayes and Miss Wooils will be the honor
??d guests in Louisville of tbe United
Confederate Voteran AssociatiGn of tlie
South. It ?s a high honor that is be
stow-ed on this beautiful Virginia girl and
on-: ??r which .Miss Woous is eminently
IKted. Althcugfj a very' young girl. she
enjoys fln cnviable renutation for her
graces of person and mind. She is re
garded as one of the fairest types of
ibeaiity and refir.emont and is connected
with a lar^e numbrr of prominent fami
lles in both Virginia and Kentucky. Her
fathcr ecn-rd with distinction, while a
y-ruth. in the Confederate Army and is
gonenal of the Second Brigade. in t'ne Vir
ginina Division of Confederate Veterans,
Ttfiich he will command at the .reunion.
SPONSOR FOR VETERANS.
Thn sponsor for the veterans is Miss
Minni'- Boyd Spiller. of Wytheviilo, a most
attractive young girl, who combines with
charming personallty a loveliness of char
Bcter and a patriotic fervor. Her maid of
honor tor the State ait large is Miss Jane
Eilis Tucker, one of Norfolk's most charm
young women. She is the daughter of Rev.
Beverly D. Tucker. D. D-, private in ihe
Otey Battery, Thirteenth Virginia Artil
lery. Army of Northern Virginia.
Miss Tucker bas a long bne of former
anceetors. Shei is a graaiddaughter of
Judge Henry St. George Tucker, president
of the Virsinia Court of Appeals, and a
great-great-grtat-granddaughter of Judge
St. George Tucker, who held the same
position and was aiso a colonel in the
Ttevolutinnary Army. Her great-grandfath
er, Colonel Beverly Tucker. .Herved a
short time in the cavalry and was sent by
President Davis to Framce and to Canada,
as an envoy of the Confederate States.
Miss TuckcT's mother is the daushter
of Colonel John Augustin Washington, the
last owner of Mount Verncn.
The sponsor for the Sons of Veterans
ie Miss Frances Claiborne Splcer, of Pe?
tersburg, and her maid of honor is Miss
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.
There is a disease prevailing in this
eountry most dangerous because so decep
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused by
it ? heart disease,
pncumor.ia, heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the resuit
of kidney disease. If
kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance the
kidney -poison ed
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
kidneys themsefVes break down and waste
away cell by ecli.
Bladder troubles most always resuit from
a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is
obtained quickest by a proper treatment of
the kidneys. If you are feeling bad'.y you
can rnake no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
lt correcis inability to hold urir.e and scald
ing pain in passing it, and overccrnes that
unpleasant necessity of bsing compelled to
go often during the day, ar.d to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
rcalized. lt stands the highest for its won?
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold
by all druggists in fifty-cent ar.d one-dollar
sized bottles. You may
have a sample bottle of.
this wonderful new dis- |
covery and a book that
tells all about it, both
ssnt free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer &. Co.
Binghamton, N. Y. V/hen writing mention
reading this ger.erous offer in this paper.
Linie "Watson, of the same city. Both
of these young ladies are typical daughters
of the South. and .ar<? generally admired
throughout the State, whcre they have an
extonsive acaualntance
. Miss Anne Pleasants Gray. daughter of
Colonel James T. Gray, of this city, will
be maid of honor from this district.
Miss Gray is one of the most popular
society girls in Richmond, and possesses
a charming persor;ality.
Her father was one of the orsanizers
of Dee Camp, and served two terms as
commander.
MISS WCODING.
Miss Empsie Wooding, the maid of
honor for the Vifth District, is one of the
most eultured and generally-admired young
women of Danville. She adds to beauty
many accomplishments, and a eharm and
grace that make her readily a favorite
v.-herever she goes. Miss Woodlng eonies
of an old and distinguished family, and
once conspicuoiis for its service to the
State of Virginia and io the Confeder
acy.
Miss Mary Mauzy Fletcber, who will act
as maid of honor from the Eighth Con
gressional District. is a very handsome and
exceedingly popular young lady of War
renton. She is a graudate of the Fauquier
Female Institute, and is well-known in
this city, where she has often vlsited.
Miss Flc-tcher is a daughter of Mr. T.
N. Fletcher, who was a galiant soldicr of
the Thlrteenth Virginia Regiment (A. P.
Hill's old regiment) during the Civil War.
Her mother was a Miss Datham, of Cul
peper county, a daughter of Rev. George
Lathaxn. formerly chapiain of the United
States Navy.
Miss Katnerine Powell McDowell. maid
of hoonr from the Seventh District. is
ode of the most charmihs girls in the
State. She was born near Louisville, Ky.,
and now resides with her mother in Ber
ryville, Clarke county. She is a daugh?
ter of the late Captain William N. Mc
Donald, who had an excellent war record
and was, at the time of the surreiider.
captain of ordnance on Geneiiil Mahone's
staff. He was also author of one of the
lirst Southern histores published after the
war.
Miss JnliavStuart Sayers, who will rcn
resent the Ninth District. is the prctty
and attractive young daughter of Dr.
Samuel R. Sayers, a prominent physician
of Wythoville. Miss Sayers is a fair rer>
resentative and a royal daughter of
patriotic ancestors of both Revolutionary
and Confederate fanic.
Among these patriotic sires was the Rev.
John Thompson, who came from Ireland
to America in 1715. as a Presbyterian
missionary, and rendered eflieient services,
both as a writer and clergyman, to that
strusgling church in the colonles. Mrs.
Sayers is also a lineal descendant on the
maternal iside of Captain John Mont
gomcry. who -was one of the signers of
the "Fincastle Declaration of Indcpen
dence."
Her great-grandfather, John Thompson
Sayers, was conimissioned a Major at 30
years of age in the contincntal line, and
WE DO THE
LARGEST
T7TT) Qrn We are Ihe only Manufacturers of High
I IIIL/Ib Grade Pianos and Organs having a Branch
House in Richmond.
SFPANTl ^e se^ *ne Dest an^ highest grade Instru*
1jVU1"*/? ments on the easiest and most accom
modaling terms.
TUID j*) The CONOVER, CABLE, KINGS
1 llliiu. BtJRY, SCHUBERT, AND
WELLINGTON PIANOS have the highest en
dorsement of leading musicians every where*
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The original Piano ?^M Player; enables anyone
to play a Piano perfectly. H S Does not recpire the
least knowledge of music. You wouid make a mistake
if you purchased a Piano Playing Attachment without
investigaling the Angelus.
Several bargains in Upright Pianos wiil be offered
this week. _
TH1? f JRIF PA2i3 E-M0AD ST
X?|Jy VXl-DliAi VVi J. G. CQRLEY, Manager.
9*~A FULL STOCK OF EDISON PHONQGRAPHS AND RECORDS.^*
served his country actlvely until after the
battle of tho Cowpens. being one of the
sixty Amerleaas wounded in that encount
er.
Her father, Dr. Sayers. enlisted as a
private in the Confederate Army. All
through the war his efficient service* were
most valuable, and the close of tho war
found him surgeon in charge of the field
hospital of the Second Army Corps.
MISS BOOTH.
Miss Henrietta Booth, of Carter's Grove,
will reprcsent that district at the reunion.
She Is a most attractive and charmiiur
girl and ha^ many friends in this city,
where she is a frcquent visitor.
Miss Mary Sue Dew, of King and Queen
eounty, will he the fair representative of
the First District. She is a beautiful
young woman, possessing a charming per
sonality.
Richmond will bc well rejiresentod at
the great reunion by hundreds of veterans,
delegates from the dlfferent crsanizations
and many citizens who wili. by the r at
teridance, show their loving mempry and
reverence for the "Lost Cause."
CIGARETTE CARDS
None Can Bc Given Out "With Pack
ajres After JnnO lst.
Colonel James D. Brady, collcctor of
internal revenue, has just received a
communication from the Treasury Depart?
ment in reference to the enforcements of
the provisions of an act of July 21, 1S97,
which provides that:
"None of the packages of smoking to?
bacco and fine-cut chewlng tobacco and
cigarettcs prescribed by law s'n.ill be per
mitted to have packed in, attached to,
or connected with them, any article or
thing whatsoever, other than the manu?
facturers" wrappers and labels, the in?
ternal revenue stamp and the tobacco or
cigarettcs, respectively, put up therein, i
on which tax is required to b3 .paid un?
der the internal revenue laws; nor shall
there be afflxed to, or branded, stampecl,
written or printed upon said packages or
their contcnts, any promise or offer of,
or an order or cc-rtilicate for any gift,
prize. premium, payment or roward."
In all cases of violation of this law the
goods will be conliscated if the stamps
have the cancellation of.June ist or after.
It is prescribed by the regulations that
no foreign article or merchandise of any
kind intended to bo sold or given away
can be packed with tobacco or snuff in
statutory packages.
This regulation applies alike to all kindi
of tobacco.
THE HOWITZERS
List of Them Who Will Go to Jjoui.*
villr.
Following is a list of the Howitzers who
will attend the Confederate Keunion in
Louisville:
Captain, R. A. Williams; First Lieutrn
ant, W. M. Mycrs; Second Lieutenant.
F. W. Munson; First Sergeant, E. P. Tay?
lor; Quaitermaster-Sergeant, F. A. Arn
zen; Stabie Sergeant. W. M. Cole; Musi
cian, W. H. Cowardin; Second Sergeant.
J. B. Poindexter; Second Corporal, E. W.
Carter: Third Corporal. W. W. Barnes;
Fifth Corporal. T. C. Wynne; Sixth Cor?
poral, G. F. Delarue; Seventh Corporal,
H. P. Poindexter: Eighth Corporal, B. W.
Wi'.son; Privates. H. F. Allen. O. E.
Leath. L. I. Bruce. H. A. Micheals, AV.
W. Boeck. C. L. Moore. Guy Cabell, W.
H. Palmer. P. H. Eubank. J. B. l'rice, J.
L. Gathright, W. W. Poindexter, G. N.
Hundlev, J. C. Pollard. H. T. Hyman. E.
C. Kees. W. R. Jenkins. M. G. Terrell,
C. R. Keith, E. W. Rayle. B. i>. Lacy
FUNERAL OF CAPT, M'CARTY
Many Friends and Confederate Vet
cr.infi "IVitnoss Last Sad Itites.
The funeral of the late Captain Page
MeCarty took place from the Mortuary
Chapel "at Hollywood yesterday afternoon
at 5 o'clock. Rev. Landon R. Mason,
rector of Grace Episcopal Church, con
ducted the services.
A large gathering of friends and ? ac
ci'aaintanees of the well known news?
paper man foliowed his remains to their
last resting place. Many Confederate
Veterans were aiso present, as well as a
detail from Lee Camp, which was com
iposed of tlie following gentlemen:
Messrs. John E. Laughton, Jr., James
T. Gray, Alfred O. Jones, John Bolling,
Charles J. Anderson. George T. Dean,
John G. Burruss and' L. L. Lacy.
After the funeral services the remains
were borne to the grave, where they
were interred.
KICKED BY A HORSE
Mr.S. Mahoney Ii Injiircd? Mr. C. K.
Taylor Has IIis Hand Hurr.
Mr. C. K. Taylor. an employe of the
Richmond Locomotive and Machine
Works. had his right hand badly mashed
yesterday morning. He was treated by
Dr. Ciils. of the ambulance corps.
The ambulance was called yesterd ly
afternoon to attend a white man, who
was sick, at the corner of Sevenih and
Franklin Streets.
Mr. S. Mahoney was kicked by a horse
at McDonough's stables yesterday after?
noon. His lip was badly gash^d and he
was brulsed about the face. His wbunds
were treateii by Dr. Giiis.
GENERAL HILL'S WIFE
Slie Will Attend the Keunion in Louis
ville.
Among the prominent people who will
be present at the big Confederate Reunion
ln Louisville this week will be the widow
of General A. P. Hill. who will go from
her home, in Chicago, to the gathering.
t-'ho will doubtless receive a warm wel?
come at the hands of the veterans, so
many of whom knew and admired her
gallant husband.
DROWNED !N THE CANAL
Colored .Man, Supposed to Re Josrpli
T-.iv.-i:e, in the Water.
A colored man, whose name is supposed
to be Joseph Towne. while on his way to
work early Friday morning, fell in the
canal, near the gate of the Tredegar Iron
Works. and was drowned.
Up to a late hour last night his body
had not been recovered.
BUBONIC PLAGUE
Suspect<*d Cases Anionii GovcnimciM
Tcamsti'i-s in Mniiiln.
MANILA. May 26.?The Government cor
ral ait Manila has been -ciuarantined.
There are four suspected cases of Bu
bonic ]3lague among the teamst-rs who
are Iiving in filthy dwellings, which will
be burned.
Since the murdcrs on board the steamer
El Cano by tho native crew, coatswise
captaihs have been fearful of repetitions
of the tragedy and have requested t'ne
auihorities to furnish soldier gutirds for
their steamers, which has been declined.
Three commercial steamers are now in
the buy, their Spanish captains :efusing
to sail unprotected, and others intend imi
tating them. The auithoriites have re?
turned to the captains their revoivers, of
which they were recently deprlved.
Colonel Padilla, the rebel Governor of
Nueva Ecija, was captured during the
recent fighting at Neuva Ecija and is
noiv in jall here.
MOUNTAIN TOP
HOTEL AND SPRINGS,
Rockf.sh Gap, Biue Rldge Mountaln, 2.000
feet above sea leve't. An historic Virginia
resort, overlookmg two famous vaileys.
Fine views. Cool breezes. Strong Chaly
beate and other waters. No mosquitoes.
Reasonable rates. Only 120 miles from
idehmond by C. and O. Railway. Ad?
dress MASSm &' CO.. Aiton, ya. ;.. _.
iJ Is if Ani Wonder that this Store
_T, is Always Busy?
Whcrcclsc can You ?ef such Yalucs 3?
and such Easy Tepms? SQ|
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FOURTH AND BROAD STREETS,
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Make it their busines- to stipply you with reliable furnishings. Every room in your ^^^i^o^^er |
and Parlor can be properlv and economically fitted up from our immense stock. We are contmually adding new dcicrns._^
Mattfngs! Mattings!
All the newest designs, line pin checks, blocks and
carpet patterns. We buy only the best, there?
fore you cannot get anything else but lirst-class
Mattings.
Rsfrigeraiors and Ice Gfiesfs.
The line we carry is the best made?easy to keep
clean and perfectly dry in the-provision chambers.
No Brip, No Waste.
Baby Carriaps and Go-Carfs.
No old styles, no old stock. We always carry a
larcce suppiy, and aim to give you the very best at
the very lowest price.
- PLAi\ AND RECLINISG GC-CARTS.
F Sidehoards, hxtension Tables, Dining Chairs,
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Carpets, Rugs, Druggets, Linoleum,
Lace Curtains, Portierres and Table Covers.
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Our prices are marked plainly-our Credit System tlie easiest to understand and to comply with.
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WHAT A PERSON MAY FIND
IN THE NEW CITY DIRECTORY.
The Johnson Family Is the Most Numerous,
Something About the Lawyers, Doctors,
Druggists and Saioon-Keepers? Many
Oueer Narnes to Be Found.
?Tis the usual habit of unobservant
man, aud particularly so in this Piac
tical and busy era, to glance but cui
torilv at objecfs that are daily pre
sented to his.view; to follow out thcory
anii immediatb demand rather than tarie
time to let theory be formeci by altond
ant rircumstanees and the demand m
clude a sight into the objects grouped
around. He shans statisties save those
that bear directly upon the subject in
hand for a contemolation of ligures im
mediately excites tliought, and it is not
his purpose to lose time thinkmg, and
thus he goes through life uneonscious
of its beauties and coneerned only with
the ambush of opportunities. He con
templates beauty not for beauty;s sake,
but for its face-value as a business
proposition.
As rreat issues fronH small causes
spring, so an humble instance will serve
to illustrate a great truth.
Take a man in his use of a directory.
He dives through the galley of pages
and if he does not find the name desir
ed wonders whv the old thing- was ever
made, but if he be fortunate enough to
discdver the needed information jots it
down, closes the book with a bang and
pushes it aside. Were ho and it alone
together in a room during a leisure hour
or two hc would doubtless wonder what
enterlainme.nt he could get out of a
vuiume of such dry rot, but let him
but begin and he will discover innumera
ble facts that are not only exeeedingly
interesting, but are likewise very useful.
That there are 350 streets. more or less,
in Richmond. and that they are lilled ,
with something like 10,500 strueturcs,
dwellings, business establishments and
shanties, would be a fact entirely new
to him and he would wonder how on
earth the many hamlets, ranked by
houses, scattered througliout Virginia,
ever get along. ? -? -.
And so on down a calendar of facts,
directly relating to his own town
and acquaintances, that will make excel
lent reading and furnish any amount of
entertainment. But as he has neither
time nor incllnatibn, an attempt will be
made to ferret out a very iVw of the
eurious facts contained in this volumi
nous book.
NL'-MBER OF SERVANTS.
When a man in Richmond becomes ill
he has an army at his commaud to do
him service. There are 1''.:: doctors, eag?
er to prescribe for him pills of the latest
fashion and plasters with scorching cm
phasis. Sixty-three druggists are at 1ns
beek and call, aw'aitlng only the adviee
of the doctors in exchanging any desira?
ble form of medicine for his hard-earn
ed cash. Should the attention of tliese
two prove unavailing he has twenty-two
hospitals from which to choose, where
he can be carved up in the latest ap
proved fashion. and can the patient not
^urvive the onslaught of the army of
t-anied nurscs, led by surgeons with keen
knlves. there are eleven undertakers who .
will be happy to assist him to his grave
in one of eleven cemeteries.
Two hundred and twenty-four lawyers
argue cases in five city courts; it takes
about eighty-seven churches to counter
act'thc innuence of 107. saloons; thirty
banks. with a combined capital ot $b,
7<i4 750, help store away Richmoiid's mon?
ey i- tak.-s 503 white groeers and b'
whWbutchers to supply the citizens: 44
denti=us live off the people's pain: it takes
ir.7 shoemakers and repalrers, white and
colored, to handle the city's old shoes.
One would be surprised at the num?
ber of the similarly-nariied persons m
Richmond. The laurel must be awarded
the Johnson's, with 506 on their roll.
but tho proverbial Smith, Jones and
Brown come next. with 4_''>. 40.. und .**,
respectivelv. A very few spell their
names Smvth. or Smythe. and Browne.
but thev are not greatly in evidence. A
list of those having the best following is
as follows: Williams. 33(i; Tayior, 3o3;
Harris 32?>; Robinson, 233; Davis, __l.
Jackson. 203; Carter. i:>7; Scott, 1S0:
White, 170; MILler. 344; Walker, 3.10;
Tyler, 101: Randolph, 7.j.
NAME AND PROFESSION.
There are four persons who are out
of place in Richmond. Tvvo are St.
Johns and the other two are St. Claires
There are 71 Pattersons; 2 Pattesons and
?> Pattisons; two negro men are named
Richmond; a carpenter is named Car?
penter; a barber, Barber; a stone-mason,
Ma-on: boot and shoe-men, Sehumaeher
and Shumaker; a butcher. Slaughter: a
waiter Toast: a marble cutter. loombs.
?! Dorter, Torter; a baker, Baker; a man
who sclis eggs, Hateher: a sadjier Ri?
der- a blacksmith. that is horse-shoe
mai'i. Luck; a railway and^electric com?
pany man, Carr; a baker, Cook, a sales
inan Sole: a coal and wood man,? ood
and so on down a list that will present
itself upon investigation. ?
The Fishers of Richmond. when tney
wish to angle, may drop the Lyne m the
Waters intersnersed at yanous inter
vals through the Streets of the city, and
if enterprising enough may. land Herritig,
Spot. Rock. Schad. Roe and a few black
that la, negro?Bass. "
The grocer has Greens, -.Stapies ana
Fl_wc;-8 with which to decoratc M_
atahls; barbers have Shears. Hare, etc.;
drugglsts have their Wares. Twine with
which to Tye packages and get many a
Pilsworth.
The Hunt ers in Richmond need not
go to the forest for game. ,They may
dodge around between th- *>i?esj
Blrahaa ana Maples la th- S-ty. W1* flafi
an abundance of Byrds, Swallows,
Sv.anns, Swifts, Weavcrs, Robins,
Hawks, Hearons, Peacocks, Wrens, and
in quadrupeds, Foxes, Gcnnets. Bucks.
Elks, Bulls, Gibbons, llares, Martins,
Lyons, Bears, Rabbits, and so on.
There is a royal court headed by a
King, and consisting of Princes, Dukes,
Earls, Lords, Knights, Squires and Stew
ards. There is aiso a Kaiser. There is
a Spaln, a Wales and a number of
French, English, Scotts and Pohle-s.
ELEMENTS OF WAR.
There is a Captaine .and a plenty Can
nons and Guns. Seven negroes named
Hercules, evidently of different familfes,
live in separate houses, all within three
suuares of one another. A man named
Moon lives near another named Starr.
'there are seventeen Chihamen in the city
who, "if ancient tales say true, nor
wrong these holy men," are closely iden
tiiied with the rodent contingent of the
city.
A very few of the many curioua names
in" Richmond are the following: Alvial,
Abernethy, Alumcs, Auld, Belote. Bopp,
Cuykendall, Palmatory, Syrcle, 1'Anson,
Teear Neurohr. Tye. Via, Vial, Uzzle,
VogI, Wcv, Poh. Yoh, World. Legro,
Lewey, Orsi, Orth, Kuykensteuber.
There are any number of Italians and
Poles with narnes that one has to light
his way through, but no mentlon will be
made of them.
Baab, when considered, is a unique
name It represents but two letters and
has two of each. Ochlschlaeger has sev?
en consonants in a bunch itself, a fact
that is but seldom seen. Schwarzschild
is a word of thirteen letters with oniy
two vowels.
Names such as Armentrout. Ashburner,
Bi'-dsong, Blackburn. Bredbinner, But
terworthi Chepiwalt, Coyna, Dearheart.
Lightfoot. Luckadoe, Kohut, Goldwatc-r,
Merriweathor, Goodwine, Wheelhouse.
Wheelwright and others. remind one of
the time when vari-colored Indian braves
skulked on the heeis of the pale-faced
pinneer. and when Hole-in-the-Sky and
Rain-in-the-Face were the most promi?
nent citizens in America.
THE BANK ROBBERY
Amount of Money f t den is S-l.SOO.
VjUn'abl** Paiers Lost.
WILLIAMSBFRG. VA.. May -t"-SPe
Cial _The insur.anee adjuster of the F.dea
tv and Casualty Company. in which the
Peninsula Bank, of this city. was insured;
arrived yesterdav afternoon, and imme
dlatelv began an inspection of the bank
wreok* The inspection lasted until 3
o'clock to-day, and it wili be several days
longer before Cashier Phillips will be able
to examine all the papers which were
found Three hundred and fifty dollars
was found among the debrls and rubbish,
which made the amount stolen $4,S00. None
of the postoffice stamps were taken. and
orly about ?1Q worth were damaged by
the' explosions. Of Mr. Denmead's S-'.yOO
i worth of j'welry deposlted in the bank,
' only two watches were found. vaiued ft$
$40 or $50. A great many personal papers
o? private indiyiduals were destroyed,
such as deeds. insuranc policies, etc.
The Tidewater Telephone Company. of
Gloueester. holds its twelfth annlversary
on next Monday'. when the cable connect?
lng Vnrktown and Gloueester will be laid.
The occasion will be one of merry-making
and general jolllncation.
Thp Chesapeake Telephone Company
has completed its line between Hampton
and Vorktown. and wiil be ready for work
in a few days.
Capt. W. M. Brooks and hU yonng
bride. of Rlchirrona. ar<= vis'ting th^
jrroom's rnother. Mrs. Archer Brooks. or"
West Wllliamsburg.
EXPENSES IN PORTO RICO
Kxtra S:;Ia?'3 All..ucd in Only One
lnstai'C'-.
WASHINGTON, May ^.-Secretary
Root scm to the Senaie to-day, in re- |
sponse to inquiry, a report from General |
JJavis, Governor-General of Porto Rico, j
relating to expt-nses o: army oilicials in j
Porto Rico.
Accordlng to the report there has been
but small expendlture for quarters, fur?
niture, carriages, etc, and these such as
were absolutely necessary.
He says that no sum has been paid from
any pubiic fund tor offlcers' suppiies. An
extra salary was allowed only in one
instance, that of Assistant Surgeon Groff,
who was detailed as a member of the
Board of Education and aiso of the Board
of Health.
Tin! ^:i\v ISursi.
CHARLESTON, S. C, May 2b'.?Brother
Andrew, of St. Mary's College. at Beimont,
O., was instantly killed while sawing
wood with a cireular saw. The saw burst
and almost severed his- body.
III With Fever.
The ambulance was called at 12:10
o'clock this morning to Seventh and
Cary Streets to attend a colored man
named Robert Patterson. He was taken
to the City Hospital. Dr. Gllls treated
him.
,il i. I !;.? l l-Cfi r.
There was a meeting of Virgln'.a Lodge,
No. 11, Royal Trlbe of Joseph, at.Monroe
Hall last night for the purpose of show?
ing those who were desirous of knowing
eometnlng of tbe benents ot the order. :
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Interesting Facts About RichinoniVs
Citizens nnd Otlicr Matters.
Dr. D. A. Kirk has returned to the city.
Mr. Bercy F. Johnson, of Albemarle
county, was in the city yesterday.
Mr. Thomas F. Meaney, Deputy Col'.ec
tor of Interal Revenue at Petersburg, wlU
spend Sunday in Richmond.
Miss ,Mary Neale, of Essex county. Va
is visiting Miss Susie Edwards, No. wJ
North Eighth .Street.
There will be an important called meet?
ing of the Ladies" Auxiliary of Pickett
Camp to-morrow at 4 P. M.
There will bo an important meeting of
the Board of Virginia Home for Incura
bles on Tuesdayi morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. C. T. vBarksdale, postmaster of
Danviile." was a visitor at the office o: j
Postmaster Knight yesterday
The Misses Delaney. of No. 10 East
Cary Street, will leave on Monday night
to joln their parents in Scranton, Penn.,
their future home.
The following Council committees will
meet to-morrow evening: Claims and
Salaries at 7, Ordinances at 6, and Streets
at 5 o'clock.
Lee and Pickett Camps will meet_ at
their respective halls this evening at 7:15
o'clock fe>r the purpose of attending ser
vices at the Seventh-Street Christian
Church.
Miss Mary Howard Waltha'l has re?
turned from New York, and has moved
with her family to No. 14 East Ma:n
Street.
Mrs. C. B. Williams, of No. 416 West
Main Street, who was taken suddenly 111
Tuesday last, is now said to be entirely
out of danger by her physician, Dr. H.
Stuart McLane.
Mrs. Josephine Strother, of Louisville,
Ky., who has been visiting her parents
during the Carnival, will return home on
Monday.
Miss Koiler, of Harrisonburg, Va.. who
visited Richmond last winter, ls here-for
a week at Mrs. Duval's, Third and Frank?
lin.
Miss Shirley Owen, of No. 427 West Main
Street. will leave for Uie reunion at Louis?
ville Monday. She will be ttie guest of
her aunt whila in that city.
Mr. A. H. Taylor. a well-known Vir?
ginia newspaper man, has accepted a re
sponsible position v.-ith Bradstreet's Com
mercial Agency, in this city, and will
eriter upon his duties at once. Mr. Tay?
lor has been associated with the Diin
ville Register in an editorial capacity.
A letter was received yesterday by
the Briti-sh Vice-Consul from the Lord
Mayor of London, acknowledging the re
eeipt of the check sent him by the sub
scribers of the British South Atrican Pa
triotic fund of this city. Tlie treasuret
of Lhis fund requests those having suo
scriptions in hand to turn them in so that
a second instalment may be sent in.
Virsiiiia.ns In Xew York.
NEW YORK. .May 35.?Special.?Vir
ginians in New York: Newport News. C.
B. Nelms. Imperial: Norfolk, H- O. Hor
ton, Bartholdi; W. F. Irvine. St. Denis;
Richmond. E. A. Iloen, Astor; M. Hirsch
berg. Continental; C. W. Loman, Gilsey;
J. C. Shafer. HofEman; S. L. Bloomberg.
New Amsterdam.
Amusements are fuil o? conxradictlons
and theatrical exper'ence ls as illigicul as
melodrama. Throughout his American
tour, Sir Henry Irving contintialiy refer
red in post-curtain speeches to his "dear
,-friend. Miss Ellen Terry," when it is a
fact that there is no ipartlcular friendship
between thrm at present. Miss Terry hav?
ing recently deserted Sir Henry for Mr.
Copper, and returned to the Lyeeum com?
pany only because she could not make lie-r
separate venture a success. Not Iess odd
than this matter is the engagement of De
Wolf Hopper at Weber and Fields'.
DEATOS.
NEIMYER.-Died. May 26th; at 0:"n
P. M.. at his residence. No. 1014 West
Grace Street. JOHN H. NEIMYEB.
Per--ices at residence MOXDAt, at b
P. M.
Interment at Baitimore.
A YOUNG LADY
BURNED TO DEATH
Miss Bessie Davis, of Alexandria,
Victim of F!ames?
LIVED ONLY A FEW HOURS.
i HerCIothhi" I^nitecl While Sho AVaa
i
I Preparing Dinner?Her Screams
Attractetl n Person Passins
Alonjr the Street.
I ALEXANDRIA. VA., M y IK-Specia!.?
I Miss Be;sie Davis, Qfteei 'ear-old
| daughter of Mr. Henry Davifl. wa . sb rtly
[ past noon to-day. horrlb fatally
j bifrned. The accldent o ? u cl at '- ?*
! residence, No. MO Franklin Street.
j The young lady was preparing dinner,
[ ar.d in removing a kettle trom the stove
! the heavy draught forced the flames to
shoot upwards, which caught hi c cl th
j Ing, and in a few minutes eavelopad
| her.
Her screams attracted a passer-by, who
tore the burning clothing from her
body. Medical aid was 6ummoned, and
it was found that she was badly burrted
about the face and' body. S - ? tted ?hl_
evening.
Harry 3IcClare'n was to-day Bned $50
for promotihg policy William i >. Leath
erland was ttned ?2H for recelving from
players ar.d transmitting it to the baekers.
SEE XIIE EGI--PSE AT Ob!> POINT
Presld-nt McKinley is "x:>- ' i -?' >'''?<!?
Point to view the ecii:-- ?. ?'?
place there at 8:53 A. M., Monday, May
! 2Sth.
: The Chesapeake and Ohio Rallw ty will
sell round-trip tickets, good Cor one-d< y i
> hotel accorrnaodation at
i or Hygela Hotel, for $3. Th. - tlcke i
will be good for return I
l date oi" sale. If puxi : i n Sal ir ..
| they will be good for return on .. ly train
} Sunday or Monday :'? llowing.
HOtJSEWOKK WAS !<>(> .ll'CH.
MAXCHESTKlt. VA., May 21, tM.?Mrs.
j james Johnson, of this place, states that
I in the spring she war: feeling very bad
and contlnned to gfow worse int'J sfca
could not do her honsework. She began
I t:ik:ng Hjod's Sarsaparilla, ar.d .: gave
her relief.
Blenner's Special Bicycles, wl?h cpaster
brakes, $30. No. 310 North Flfth Street.
ATTHE i-AK-IiOCK XYPETWl-lTEB
BOOTH.
Between Seventh and Eighth or. Booth
Street vou can see the greatest curioaity
of the' Carnival-a Bar-Lock Typewriter
that went down with the "Malne. '
Coaster Brakes. only $5. at Blenner's,
No. 310 North Flfth Street
Thn Southern B?li Telephone and Tele
-raph Company announces that tele
phonic cominunlcations can be had over
its l'-nes with Lynehbnrg. Va.; Dan-illei
Va.; Roanoke. Va.; Wakefield, Va.; Ap
pomattox. Va.; Farmvllle, Va; C?**
Va-; Salem, Va.; Bedford City. Va.; Reids
ville, N. C; Chariotte, N. C; Columbia,
S. C.
For further partlculars enqulra at tha
Public Pay Stations and at M.inagor's
office, 1211 East Main Street.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND
TKLEGRAPH COMPANY.
God Second-Hand B-cyrfes for Sl
Blenner's, No. 310 Sbrth F-fG- Street.
Snecial Val. Lace Sale nt Th? Tower?
12 yards of fine VaL Lai es for 12 1-2".
3t hH Ail Kinds of Painting and I ?HO
31 I ? Wood Finishing. ? wa
I ~ 8SO E. FRA^KLIftl STREET. f|
| Mr T GROPE lu THE DARK. ^^^^nn^a-1
-^ chine or Model Work, take it to |?
1 B. A. BLENNER, 1
1 Practical Maehini'st, Bicycle Biiilder and Repairer. |
_? Old Wheels ni_de up-to-date. Large SprocketS and best g
^ Conster-Brafce fitted to Bicycles ..without changing the Htib. fg
3B
ritachine SJiop and Btcycle Store, 3!0 N, Fifth St.
?PHONE, 1888.
Open every night until 9:00 P. M.; Saturday, 11:00 P. M.