Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-08
LEGISLATIVE FIGHT IN HENRTco.
Three Candidates May Enter t"e
FieId-Other County News.

Tho nolitical pot I'm Henrico, WHICH e0o'-
"a %, so,ne little after the election Oh
delegates 10 the Roanoke conveh'ioh' mas
heg,,n ~ simmer again, and VIII III
short while, 1t is thought DC sI1~'ns'
This time the simmer is caused ny une
legislative campaign. soon 10 NC
gurated within the precincts OF inc oou
Nv. and the indications are tnat 'ne "e"'
will be a three-cornered one.
Mr.. Addison Maupln, the present iepie
sentative Is a candidate Tor rehohiiiia,
ton. and he is being vigorously oppossu
by Mr.. william II. Beveridge. Inc l,iehuS
of Mr.. Charles w. Throckmortoh, Oh pal
ton Heights, have been urging that se
tleman TO announce himself as a candl-
date hut he has not vet fully determined
what he will do.
No nlan for the nomination OF the can
didate has vet been adopted, but as Hen
rico will toin Richmond and nominate
two candidates for the Senate, 1t is proba-
HE that delegates will be elected by pre-
c,nct meetings. who will first nominate
representative for the House in coun-
tv convention. and will then meet in a
senatorial district convention in Rich
mond.
IL Is not known who will stand for the
Senate. Richmond has always conceded
to Henrco the right to nominate one OF
the senators, and Hon. Conway r. Sands
has represented her for some years lie
will, it is understood, stand for re-elec-
ton, but who will run with him is still
a matter for conjecture. Hons. Il. II.
Munford and Julian Bryant are those
most frequently mentioned. Colonel Blu
ford is also talked of.
At the county courthouse yesterday
the gossip of the hangers-on centered
upon the elopement of Mr.. Frank Is.
Samuel and Miss Celia Cross, two popu-
lar and well-known young people of Va
rina District The couple eloped TO Wei
don, n. c., Monday evening, and, being
married there Immediately upon their ar
rival. returned to Henrico yesterday
morning. Mr.. Samuel is a son of Con-
stable T. ]. Samuel, better known as the
Cyclone of Henrico, and his bride is the
daughter of Mr.. NJ. c. Cross of Varna.
There was no objection to the marriage,
save that the young lady was considered
by her parents to be too young to wed.
The couple went to Mr. Samuefs home
where they will make their abode.
Mary Il. Hildebrand. through her attor-
neys, Mr.. Hill Montague and Judge Ed
I0ulu Nduulll Jf, Illtu suit III lii1 iiN'
rico Circuit Court yesterday against the
Richmond Traction Company for S2O,OJO.
Miss Hildebrand was injured in an acci-
dent on the Traction Company's Oakwood
Cemetery line on April 10th. 1t was
about 7:30 o'clock in the evening. and
the young lady, accompanied by her -
year-old sister, Matte Hildebrand, was
walking along the northern track, and,
stepping off to the opposite track to avoid
a west-bound car, failed to see an east
bound car approaching them until it was
UPON them.
Maggie Hildebrand escaped unhurt, but
her older sister was struck and knocked
down, the car passing over her. Her leg
was broken, and had TO be amputated.
Hence the suit.
Mr.. r. c. Friend, who was injured on
Sunday by being thrown from his jumper,
near his home, at Dutch Gap. was re-
ported to be improving yesterday. His
injuries are not as serious as at first re-
ported and his nose was not broken,
his injuries being confined to bruises and
shock.