The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-28
OQUEERPOLITICIANS.
A RrCHMOND NEGRO ENTERTAfNS
ALEXANDRIA Audiences.
Thrown From a Train by the Breaking OF
a Brake Wheei-The Discovery Oh
Copper In Fairfax.


| OF Delegates is regarded very satisIdc
| tory despite the fact that ,ir. May was
| number three IN the primary anu H., 't %
| numerous runs has succeeded ohIy "
| that OF the Office OF "A justice OF the peaoe.
| He Is more of private eill.eii anai
| politician. successful merSnane' aai s
| Methodist. and an ex-conieisId'0 ;,ary,
he will not only poll the full prin,a,,iS
vote. but a large floating vote as wen.
| Several OF the Republican Managers are
! pushing the other candidates 80.
! number three--Lewis, the u. =. ~. ma, o.,
| Morgan the tailor, and Coleman, the
| Richmond darkev-are canvassng. ana
| saw they are promised "A good many Notcs.
The antics OF Coleman are CAUSING
/ considerable attention. ne hrs,y, ne
! the street corners and generally urd"lns
1 n great audience He tells his hearc,S
| what ne both would and will do II eject
ed and very outspokenly. He is against
| the present method Of serving waItd'. ~
1 AGA ms, the dOg-tax would reduce the
! town liquor license two-thrds. and niaNe
! every woman understand that her pia.e
| is at home and when her husband Il
! there she has "a boss. 49, ~.
He told his hearers the o,hcr h,sn'
| why he spent two months on the cha,n-
J gang in preference TO paying snah
| fine, saying II all gentlemen arrested were
put to work as he was a,o every one "ou'u
| see nearly every city clean.
| Unlike Mr. Morgan. whose TRADES are
| against the race-tracks and the SALOONS.
! Coleman said the other night ne "an'g s
| 10 see a race-track IN eNeiy e,s'.or
| the state and polcy-shop IN every cor
| ner OF every city and town pose,
| said he "a poor Niger woman am sc'
| but one nickel. that won't buy notnIn
But s'pose she plays Ihe %, pe' royy aana
| dat chain-0ang rows bound 10 come w
de poor niger sooner or later, sne stahus
a chance - win $, and dats Wor. worm
| somethin' 10 her. Gemmeii, you yis ie"t'
| this thing to me and my fren' Mushoacn.
| and wen fix you all right. Another
| thing / want is plenty 81 WHISKY anu
cheap at dat. De good Lord made, ie
aprles and de rye 10 make whisky, ana u,
Legislature amt got no right 10 'an
| neople fer sellin' I. | wants de man 10
be De boss in his own house TOO. Aiihu
| YER | doan want him 10 XII MS VIE. OF
to beat her even. but want MN W pe az
In his speech of last night on Wash
ington and king streets. coleman ii'.u y
good deal of this sort OF thins, anu 1t -
doubtful whether any Democrat coulu
hold an audience as this man does men
ever he comes around some one runs l.l
a box, and it's placed, and ne nouns
II and begins and az he creates 10 ~
turbance and IS rather more or an oln-
fashioned negro in his ideas. the pohce-
men let him have full SWAY -,
Mir. Joe willard. of Fairfax. mas an
onponent that can make a picnic also
This is John Seldcn Cowden, who lives
somewhere i'm the neighborhood % vienna
Cowden is a very bright man but some
think him crazy. lie is a mild-mahhefeu
wild-eved man of about forty-nNe, VIII
simply an idea that the good Lord wants
him 10 represent some constituency III
legislative halls somewhere: -
lie first opposed General Rooney Lee
and has since been "a candidate for votes
wherever there were any votes 10 De
polled and of course he never got more
than two or three. | recall his Visit 10
me some years ago. / had not only d
Petersburg and Lynchours' Dut
York paper We'll.
And he not only knew that, but said ne
wanted to be doomed in all, for no mat
TO be counted on, and all h could not
prevail against John Selden Cowden
| was relieved when the man left me,
but he returned forthwith and gave ne
thu fright of my life. lie wanted 20
know il he had left a hunk of roast beer
with me. ! assured him that he mad
NOT. and he went off muttering the cost
of it. 1t appears Cowden left his market
basket in my vestibule. on the hrst MOOT
and a dog came by and took the meat.
Cowden's platform In the present cam
paign calls for four hours as DAY
work. at four dollars per hour, and about
a thousand other nonsensical things:
The Christ church people regret falling
to obtain Rev. bergman Green as their
rector. and DR.. Suffers successor espe-
cially.
WHEN COTTON COTS UP.
A very successful revival is in progress
at the First Baptist church. The revival
list working with Pastor Butler is named
A resident of Washington. who is extern
sively engaged in the cotton business.
and who recently attended the Union
mission services in this city. Is said to
have told the managers that when the
price of cotton reached nine cents he
would give them 5000 10 assist In erect
ing building here. As the price reached
this figure The managers expect 10 get
the money. The mission is doing great
work here.
Rev. Mr. Morris, a missionary 10 Bra
zil has been addressing large audiences
in the Episcopal churches here of late.
also at the seminary.
1t is said Sarepta Hall will DC opened
this week as a variety house.
B.ll Nye and Bert Poole drew very
fair and select audience here. yet not one
in the crowd got near what they expected.
The show may simply be termed no good.
Complaints have long been made Of
thefts of merchandise from freight cars
and depots here. The police have been
working very hard on this, and say they
have found IL systematic. Yesterday about
twenty-five mounds Of plug tobacco were
seized on this account, and the Wash
ington police set to work looking for a
man who stole from depot platform, in
broad daylight a bucket of Christmas
candy. Lieutenant Smith says he Will
get the thieves before the week is ont
Charles +. Graves. OF the Southern road.
lies I'm a bad way through being thrown
from a freight car by the brake-wheel
coming on Some time ago the death
of a brakeman through a like cause cost
the company a big damage suit.
Mr. George A. Schwab and Miss Emma
King, of Washington, were married Tues
day evening.
HYMESIAI..
Mr.. j. T. O'Mera and Miss Nellie
Fraser of Purcellville. will be married
Wednesday next.
Cards are out for the marriage Of NJ.
Montrose w. Houck, late of this city
and Miss LYDIA l.. Phyfe, daughter of
to take place on the 9TH proximo in the
Fourth Presbyterian church in that city.
4 number of Mr.. Houck's friends in this
city and Washington will attend. 1t
will be a swell affair.
Mr.. William Mankin, of Falls Church,
and Miss BESSIE Guy, a popular young
lady stenographer here. Will be mar
ried OH the Goth proximo.
Judge Norton yesterday granted char
tiers 10 the Acetylene Gas Company and
Carbider Company. two Washington con-
in perfecting and getting noticed a new
light, which one Of the Washington news
papers wants tried by the District au-
thorities The capital stock of The two
concerns is $4,000 each. and J. J. Hemp
hill. OF Washington, is named as the
head OF both.
Large parties from Washington have
visited Mount Vernon by way OF the
electric road this week. ore party-three
car-loads-were delegates from the w. &.
II. L., in session in Baltimore. Nearly
all of these people stop off here and visit
the old Braddock House. Washington
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