The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-07
RICHMOND CELEBRATES
Nearly Everybody Observed Labor Day
as a Holiday.
new MEN FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Candidates fin tho City and Adjacent
GOuntics-pop Probnbilitfes--
Four Well Known Persons Mo In
Ono Dny- -Fitzstrnmons VIII U,npfTo
II Bnscbitii Gume Friday,
Especial Dispatch to The virglrian.)
Richmond, Va, Semi g. 1S07

Especial Dispatch to The virglrinn.)
Richmond, Va, Sept. g. 1901,
This being Labor Day and a legal
holiday, a big crowd of people came to
Richmond. There were excursions on
nearly all OF the railroads, and each
train brought crowded coaches. The
principal attractions Hvero the Labor
Day celebrations at the Exposition
grounds and two games Of baseball.
The programme at the Exposition
grounds included various amuscments,
including bicycle races, and addresses
by Arthur Keep, of Washington and
Mr.. Godfrey, OF Denver.
The afternoon was observed as II fol.
iday by nearly all OF the business houses
| here. All the public offices were closed
during the entire day. Quite o. number
OF working people went down TO Nor
folk to participate in the eNcrcises
there.
Up TO date the following old members
| of the House OF Delegates have been re-
nominated Nj. s.. Ncwbcrnc, Norfolk
county; G. G. Gallagher. Prince Will.
liam county; S. S. Thomas Clarke; A.
| Mnupin, Hcnrico; Charles Smith, North
ampton; $. w. Mathews, Accomac; r,
5. Powell, brunswick, and George c.
| '''''''N' ANiht, stiii SSucClI. ttDOuL IL uOHcn
| OF the nominations already made are
new men. 1t IS estimated here that fully
'two-,hirds and probably threc-fourths
| or the members of the next house will he
new men. Tic more new members tho
better will be the chunces of Mr.. Saun-
ders for the spealsershIp.
| Richmond will certainly return Messrs.
Reddy and Maupin TO the House. or
the ncw men running MGssrs. C. NJ. Wall
/ Il Ia ,t-
VIII, II Is generally conceded, he nomi-
mated, and there Will he q scramble for
the fifth place on the ticket
The denomination OF the Hon. Isaac
DiEgs as iloatcr delegate from King
William and Hanover Is practically set
tied. King William elected delegates
Saturday, and MIR. DlEgs captured all of
them. AS King William will be united
FOR Mr. DiSgS Il Is quite certain that
Hanover will conccde TO that county ono
or The delegates. DR.. b. l.. Winston,
| the delegate from Hanover, mas Il fight
on his hands. but his chances of renom-
inatiOn are good.
the Hon. r. G. Wood, OF Chesterfield.
who Is standing for reorganization to the
House, is in the city to-day. He thinks
he will win. There are three other gem
tlemen running and the district Is en-
| titled TO two delegates. His opponents
are NIessrs. II. b. Owen and b. M.
Robertson, Of Manchester. and Thomas
Davis. of Chesterfield. There Is talk.
too, of Mr. Jordan. OF Powhatan, being
Il candidate.
! The Populists ore talking of putting
up Mcssrs. j. IIaskins 1Iobson and
James NJ. Gregory as their candidates
for the House In the Chesterfield district
me district Is close, and as Mess,s.
| lIobson and Gregory would have the
| support OF Republicans they might
give the Democrats trouble Judge
Gregory was In the House session be-
fore laSt, and he made things pretty
lively. With Mr.. Hobson there with
him the Populst party would be very
much in evidence.
Four well known persons died here
yesterday and to-day. DR.. Robert NJ
Pulliam. aged 65, who had been in bad
health 81 long time, passed away yes
tcrday morning and was buried to-day.
He had been practicing physician here
since before the war. Mr. Oliver Mount
castle died this morning. He was a.
sign painter by trade, but was better
known as a fireman. He was connect-
ed with the department. for nearly half
II century, retiring IN 1883. DR.. Giles A.
Miller, fathc. of Polk Miller. died last
night at Bon Hir, aged So years He
was splendid type OF the old Virginia
| gentlemen. The fourth death was that
| OF Sister Mary Vincent, Of Monte Maria
! Convent She was a native of this city
and formerly Miss Mary Ryan.
| iiob fitZsimmDns, the champion pugi-
list Of the world, will umpire the game
OF pan to he played here next Friday.
Inc appearance of the celebrated mas
ter of the tstic art WILL doubtless, at
tract big crowd to the game.
Major Lewis Ginter continues crlti-
cally i'll at his home, at estorook He
took q change for the worse Saturday
night and has since been quite weak.
No change in his condition was ra-
ported to-day.
| The "cligiblc list" for deputy collec-
tors In the Internal Revenue Service in
this district has been forwarded here
by the Civil Service Commissical and
was given out to-day by Mr.. John En-
ders. Jr., secretary OF the Examining
Board, before whom the applicants
stood examination in March last. The
eligiblcs are as follows: Edward +.
BiGeIow, Roanoke, Va: George Stevens.
Jr.. Richmond, Va; James %, Merri-
| weather, Richmond, Va; Oliver G.
| Fnppen, Cumberland, Va; John W.
McComb, Louisa, Va: Albert II. Wright,
| Richmond, Va; Patrick II. Larlein,
Portsmouth. Va. g
From the fact that this was a legal
holiday. and all the Government offices
were closed, Colonel Brady was not In
the city to-day, and, therefore, Gould not
| be asked ms to what course he would
| pursue in reference to the list. He will
be over from Petersburg In thes:morn-{
ing, and 1t Is generally thought that
he will consider the eliglbles ID, his.
| future appointments, as he said he.
| would have done had the list been be-
| fore him when he made the Temporary
appointments which. Y have caused Il SO