The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-02
Red Hot Contest In Democratic Primary
to Be Held To-Day,
A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN TOWN
Brady DiarcSnrds Civil Sotvieo Hulcs
candidates for the l,eEtsIntHro
Favor Senatorial Prfmnry-Re.
serted Wife's WrOngs-.D0lcgate 20
Nond Pertinent.
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Richmond, va, September |, 1897.

The primary election In Henrico
county takes place tomorrow and there
Is much mort than the usual Interest in
the event. ~ candidate for the House
OF Delegates IL to be nominated and
Senatorial candidates voted for Rich
mond and Hcnrico are entitled to two
Senators. The vote cast tomorrow will
be canvassed with that poIled at the
election to be held III the city on the
18TH and the nominees for Senator
thereby ascertained. The fight for the
House nomination is n red hot one be-
tween Messrs. Addison. Maupin and
Q. w Throckmorton. and large vote
will be poled. Chances are that Mr.
Maupin win be nominated. Tie Sena-
torial contest Is of interest, too, OH ac-
count or the attacks Mr.. Beveridge has
been making upon MesSrs. Munford and
Sands, his opponents.
capt. w. s. I.urty, OF Harrisonburg,
ls III the city and was in conference
with some OF his political friends to-day.
He Is q candidate for Governor, or was,
UP to the time the State Republican
Committee refused to call ii convention.
He declined to-day to talk politics. It
is thought he Is waiting for Colonel
Lamb to call Nis convention. Captain
Lurty belongs to the Lamb faction, but
he is In very good favor with the other
side. II is thought he sounded" Mcssrs
Allan, Waddill and others as to whether
or not the faction they represent would
support him should lie run as IN In
dependent
Colonel Brady's action IN disregardlng
the common Interpretation of the civil
service rules came as n shock TO those
who served under Collector Ryan. All
or Mr.. Ryan's force, except four, were
told to-day that their services would be
no longer needed. Collector Brady re-
appointed Messrs. John Eynderr Jr,
Allan Talbot and Mrs. L. II. DashIell
10 ions IN tire Richmond office, and
made out new commission for Miss
McHugh as stamp deputy at Norfolk
The CoioneIs new appointees are:
Messrs. Wuy II. Knight, of Richmond.
chief deputy: n. ]. Smith. Of Richmond;
John IL, Campbell, II. Taylor NIcCue,
Edward Thompson. Thomas r. Meany,
Lewis HounSblood Joseph W. South
ward. Joseph T1'uder, Robert o. Dyer,
deputies and Robert +. Har-twell, mes
senger. Thompson and Hartwell are
colored. Dyer comes from Southamp-
ton, Truder from Mathews and South
ward from 1icnrico. IT Is understood
that Messrs. lInders and Talbot were
retained In office at the instance of In
iluential gold Democrats who voted for
Mckinley. The employees who were,
given their walking papers will contest
before the Civil Service Board the right
OF Colonel Brady to remove them The
Colonel claims that as he is responsible
to the Treasury Department at Wash
ington for the conduct of his office, he
has right to make changes in the
personnel of the force under him at any
time he chooses to do So He has to
give bond for the whole Office and can
b0md his deputies or not as he Dleascs
The deputies who had 10 give up their
pfaces are Il set Of about'as sore men
as could be found in @ days travel.
Ia cot TrI AT 4.
say as to who should be appointed
deputies.
All Of the candidates for the Jegisla-
ture In Richmond and Hcnrico, with pos
sibly one or two exceptions, are outspo-
ken In favor of Congressman Jones plan
OF nominating Senators. In fact. there
arc apparently very few Democrats hero
who arr now opposed to this PROPOSE
tion Many have changed their minds
on the subject since the Roanoke Con-
vention adjourned.
Mrs. Ruth Aiken. of. Baltimore, de-
serted by her perffdious husband for
another woman with more youth and
beauty. has followed him 10 Richmond
and declares that she will punish him
to the full extent Of the law.
Mrs. Aiken. who is n s;ylishly dressed
| woman of evident refinment, called at
the Hcnrico county courthouse to-day
and swore out warrant for the runa-
way husbands arrest before Justice
G.. w. Thomas. Mrs. Aiken had been
on the trail OF the man who deserted
her for some time. but only few days
ago succeeded I'm locating him positive
ly. EIe was then boarding with pretty
Ellen Burke. who disappeared from
Baltimore about the same time that he
deserted his wife, at No. G29 East Main
street. The wronged wife upon calling
at the house learnCR the Aiken had
lived there for some time with the wo-
man. passing her off as his lawful wife.
A few days ago the couple Svere ordered
out OF the house and they left the
city, going to Laurel. where they are
now living together as man and wlfe.
The warrant for Aiken and another
for the woman Ellen Burke were placed
in the hands Of Constable Garnett this
afternoon and he expects 10 have the
couple in custody before 10 o'clock to-
night.
Governor O'Ferrall to-day appointed
the following delegates from Virginia
convene In Nashville. Tenn, September
1891:
Delegates at Large--Robert c.
Kent, Wy'he county; Joseph Bryan,
Henrico county; George B. Keezel,
Buckingham county; George NJ b.
Rowe. Mathews county.
First District-Benj. Chambers, Nor
cumberland county; Seth j. Miller.
Mathews county.
Second DIstrict--I. w. Williams,
southampton county. and Frank East,
Of Norfolk.
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