Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-25
NEGRO POSTMASTERS
No srcu ArrorxrEEs KNOWN OF
"OFFICIALLY."
TWO RECOMMENDED FOR ESSEX co.
THO Report of Appointment OF
Negroes, or Negro, In H"hi"A
c,.,,, n. e.. Cannot lie Verified
NJ Washington.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., september q
,speclal)-So far as the Post-Oiiice De-
partment officials know. there have not
been any appointments OF negro post
masters I'm virginia or North Carolina. up
90 the present time The Appointment
Clerk in the Fourth Assistant Postmaster
Generals Office said to-day: There have
been no appointments of colored postmas-
ters made in Virginia that / know Of
We have no means OF knowing whether
an appointee is white or coiored. The
appointment is made by the name and on
the recommendation OF Senators. Repre-
sentatives. defeated Republican candi-
dates for Congress. and other party lead
ers. An appointee might be white or
colored, for aught we know. The best
way to ascertain that would be from the
other end OF the line, where the race ana
color Of the postmaster are known"
This was all the information that could
be obtained at the department. If, how
ever, no appointments OF negroes nave
been made In Virginia. or North Caro-
lima. II is more than probable that some
will be. provided the recommendations
OF some OF the party leaders are favor
ably acted upon by the State Executive
Committee and Referee Bowden In the
former state, and by the party leaders
in the latter one.
ESSEX COUNTY CASES.
Neither OF the Virginia ofiice-dispensing
ouintette is in Washington at present,
hut ! have information from an authori-
tative source that two negroes In Essex
county have been recommended for APP
pointment as fourth-class postmasters.
ii is stated that National-Committeem
Bowden. who is the referee. and whose
final endorsement secures the office, de-
clined 10 attach his signature In either or
the above cases. although the district
party leader said there were no white
men in the localities 10 fill the Offices
AS far as can be ascertained here now,
the papers I'm the cases of the two Essex
negroes are still held In allegiance. II
any other applications Of the same kind
have been made, or if any negro has been
appointed postmaster In Virginia, there
IS no record here that establishes the fact.
Ii is understood that a negro in Halifax
county. N c.. has been recommended
for appointment as postmaster at the
county seat but even this report cannot
be verified or cohtradicted, owing to the
absence of all the party leaders.
NORFOLK PUBLIC BUILDING.
The bids. plans. and specifications of
the competing architects for the Norfolk
public building are ordered to be filed at
the Treasury Department by October the
18th.
The prisoner. Alexander Davis, captured
at Blue Ridge Springs, Va, and brought
mere by Deolty-Un d-States-Marshal
Green. OF Roanoke, is charged
with the ilr. eng of a mandolin and other
articles from The Misses Blanche and
Ethel Hoffman, of Capitol Hill. He is
held for trial.
PERSONAL.
IT transpires to-day that late yester-
day afternoon. Mr.. George Rhon ana
Miss Virginia Messler, Of Henrico county,
Va. obtained marriage license
and IL is presumed were Immediately
married. but where and by whom none
OF the court clerks can tell. Their names
do not appear on any of the hotel regis
ters and the couple may have returned
TO Richmond by the late evening train
after the ceremony was performed.
Mr.. A. X Vest and Mr. George T.
Davis and their brides, who are sisters,
are here, spending a portion of their
honeymoon, stopping at the Howard
House
a fourth-class postmaster at Gilbert,
n.
George S. wills. North Carolina L. H.
Lyon. Red Springs y. c.; II. T. Nelson
Virginia-The National.
Mrs. j. ID. Lucas and daughter, Front
Royal, Va; H. L. Plummer Jr., Peters
burg. Va; Misses Margaret and Mary
Hamilton. Raleigh, n. c.: Miss Aims
worth. Mrs Hopkins, George T. Newell
Richmond; II. A. Woodrum, J. r. Green,
Roanoke, Va; Thomas j. Murray, Lynch
burg-The St James.
j. j. Burnshre, J. w. Click, Harrison
burg. Va: James T. Nelson, Rich
mond; c. l.. Pritchard. Harry Smith,
Front Royal: Ii. J.. Jones and wife
Clifton Forge, Va; r. Brown, Lynch5urg
Na.-The Howard House.
b. NJ. Bib, Louisa, Va; j. Il. Nc
Pherson, Virginia; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r.
Nolde. Richmond; Miss Clarkson, Hay
market. Va.