The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-20
HOT CONTEST IN
TENTH DISTRICT
Solar Floods Away Ahead with Three
Counties to Elect.
BUENA FURNACE IN BLAST
Young Man Injured by the Breaking
ofan Emery Wheel-Several Deaths
in Misunderstanding Re
cruits for New Company.

LEXINGTON, May Especial 1.-The
Democratic Congressional fight is wax
ing hot in this the Tenth district. The
three leading candidates for the nomina-
ton are II. d. Flood. OF Appomattox: +.
q. Glasgow, OF this place; and Judge
Quarles, OF Staunton.
The situation at present Is as follows:
Flood carried Appomattox. with dele
gates; Amherst. IS. Allegheny, q; Buck
ingham, u; Cumberland. s. Total, 81.
Quarles carried Augusta, 81; stanton. 7.
Total. 3s. Glasgow carried Botetourt. Is;
Highland, 6; Rockbridge. IS; Buena Vista
2. Total 50. Counties yet 10 elect dele
gates are Nelson, 10; Fiuvanna, 8; Bath.
The forty-ninth annual celebration OF
the Dialectic Literary Society. OF the Vir-
ginla Military Institute. will take place
Saturday night in Jackson Memorial
Hall. There will be a contest for medals.
FURNACE IN BLAST.
The Buena Vista furnace. operated by
the Allegheny Iron Company. and under
the management OF Mr.. j. c. Jones. Will
go into blast in q few deys. The furnace
has been put In thorough repair, and
fires were started Friday in the engines.
A force of sixty hands will be given EN-
ployment.
Frank Humphries. son Of w. s. Hub
phries, OF the firm Of Vesuvius Plow
Works, while dressing castings In tho
machine shop was injured by the break
ing OF an emery wheel a piece OF which
passed between his side and arm and cut
several ugly gashes. lie was also cut
just below tho eye,
William A. Walker who acquired a re-
putation for distinguished gallantry dur
ing the civil war as member OF Com
pany II. Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry.
died at his home on Walkers Greek at
the age OF sixty-four.
Samuel II. Lyle died at the homs OF
Sheriff Thomas A. Sterrett near Tim
Der Ridge. aged fifty-seven years. He
was lieutenant In Company 1. Fourth
Virginia Infantry. Stonewall Brigade and
was one OF the most daring soldiers IN
that historic command He was
brother OF Professor ID. c. Lyle. pres
ident OF the McDonough School near Bal
tlmore.
Hugh b. McCluer died after lingering
Illness OF consumption at the age OF
/. thirty-four. Possessed OF a genial dis
position he had hosts OF friends. He was
educated at Washington and Lee tni-
versity and devoted himself 10 agricul.
tural pursuits. He spent the past winter
An Texas but obtained no relief. He re-
turned to his home near Lexington about
a month ago. lie married daughter
OF the late Joseph G.. steele prominent
lawyer of this place
DRUMMING RECRUITS.
Charles Hartman. OF Clifton Forge. an
ex-cadet OF the V. NJ. l.. son OF Captain
Lewis Harman. OF stanton, was here
this week getting up volunteers to JOIN
a company now being organized at ciif-
ton Forge. Several young men OF the
town and county Joined his company.
Hon. William l.. Wilson, president OF
Washington and Lee University. deliver
ed a lecture wednesday morning before
the students OF the University In regard
10 his recent trip 10 Yale. Princeton. and
other Northern Universities. and COM
pared their methods with those OF SOUTH
ern institutions OF learning.
He said that striking fact about
these Northern colleges was the large.
handsome buildings. the modern i'm.
provements. and the mulsi,udes Of stu
dents; but that although the southern
colleges were without capital sim there
Is an advantage in small numbers. In thst
tho student IL beneffsd b. belno
broushs into Close contact With ~
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