Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-27
NOTES ON THE APPROACHING
ELECTION FOR CITY OFFICERS.
The Candidates Up and Doing-some
Lively Contests Promised-The
Cycling Ciub-spoiled His Speech
An Explanation.

ed position.
There are five salaried offices to be
filed, besides nine Council positions ana
four Justices of the Peace to be elected
The offices and the incumbents are:
Mayor. Captain Harry Wooding; City
Sergeant, Mr. p. II. Boisseau; Commas
sioner of the Revenue, Mr.. Joseph b.
Anderson; Commemorative Attorney, MI
n. H. Massie. and City Treasurer MI
George Z. Geoghegan.
At least one aspirant will contest the
mayoralty with Captain Wooding. MI
G. d. Slaughter, now a Justice or the
Peace from the Fourth Ward, is clrcu-
latng. in a quiet way, among the people.
Perhaps the most interesting light VIII
be over the Commemorative attorney
ship. Mr. Massie, who, besides filling the
position, was superintendent Of the city
Democracy. resigned the latter Office yes
terday i'm view of the election in May.
The friends OF Colonel George c. Cabel,
Jr son of ex-Congressman Cabell, are
urging him to stand for the place OF
Commonwealth Attorney. A contest
between these two gentlemen would lehd
peculiar zest TO the election Both are
young and ambitious, and each has
considerable following OF enthusiastic ad-
nirers.
CYCLING
The House Rock Wheel Club, organized
last spring. is planning for this year on
an enlarged scale. The club numbers
about $50 members, those in control being
well-known young married people. While
the membership is quite large, considering
the number of cyclists here, 1t embraces
the very best people Of the community
Mr. NJ p. Jordan, leading tobaccohlsl'
is president, and Mr.. Stanley w. Martin
secretary and treasurer. Through the
efforts of one Of the members, Hon tu-
gene Withers, State senator, the club Cd
tanned a charter of Incorporation at the
recent session of the Legislature. Al
ready the club has erected q pretty club
house on a picturesque bluff of the Dan
several miles from the city. This year
there will be added a ten-pin alley, and
tennis court is IN prospect TWO FORMER
members of the club are Hon. A. j..
Montague. Attorney-General, and his
wife. Of Richmond.
This recalls a story of last summer.
The club assembled enc evening to carry
cut an elaborate programme OF exercises
in connection with fiag-raising on the
grounds. Mr.. Montagues graceful orato-
rical abilities resulted I'm the club choOs-
| ing him to make the address Of the occa-
| sion. He prepared, so club tradition goes,
a fowery tribute to "Old Glory" and was
| on hand promptly on the evening on
| which the flag was 10 be hoisted. An
| immense crowd OF members and their
J friends surrounded the bare hag-pole,
| where the exercises were held. The cue
| to Mr.. Montagues speech was the rum
| ring up of the flag. The fateful moment
arrived. The cords attached to the beau
| tifuI emblem were pulled, and the noise
of futtering bunting warned the speaker
He arose, calm and self-possessed, and
| casually cast his eye alOft Outlined
against the blue heavens Of the summer
sky was not the flag Of the nation. but
i'm its stead an original and beautiful
| club ensign Whatever Of beauty II pos
sessed, however, was lost on the orator
who. compelled by the unexpected turr
Of affairs. was compelled to forego z
patriotic laudation OF the Stars anC
Stripes, and doubtless considered himself
fortunate in being sufficiently resource
full 10 give utterance 10 a few time
occupying generaities.
AN EXPLANATION
The passing through this city on Thurs
| day. OF Lieutenant Mark and party bear
ing the report of the Board Of Inquiry
| into the Maine disaster attracted a large
crowd 10 the depot In conversation with
| the Dispatch representative, one Of the
newspaper men of the party threw some
| light on an otherwise contradictory phase
OF the official journey. 1t will be
recalled that Lieutenant Mark was quoted
in the press dispatches as having
given utterance to warlike sentiments
which, however, he emphatically denied
at the next station, where his attention
was called TO the publication Of his re-
marks. The explanation is simple. IL
the party was Mr.. II. T. Mark, represent
ing New York papers. whose propensity
TO practical Joking was so great that h
could not resist a rare temptation. Natur
ally, the party was hailed will
eagerness by newspaper people at every
stopping point When enquiry was made
for Mark" the correspondent by tina
name truthfully indicated that such wa
his cognomen. Then, assuming an al
of grave Importance. he would proceed t
let drop in a guarded manner, all sort
of belligerent predictions. Lieutenan
Mark had finally TO threaten the joker
who, by the way, is his nephew, IN orde
TO have him desst.
The ladies of the Wednesday Afternoon
Club were particularly fortunate in hayin
present Miss Celeste Parrish, o
| the Randolph Macon Woman's College
at I,ynchburg, and a doctor Of philosoph
(CornelD, who entertained the club wit
an extremely interesting lecture o
psychology. The meeting was held a
the residence of Mrs. James G. Penn.
The Chaminade Club-named for IN
French composer--held its weekly meet
ing at the Randolph-Macon Institute o
Tuesday evening The subject was Men
delssohn." and choice programme, al
ranged by Mrs r. w. Peatross, Mrs
]. n. Wyllie, and Miss Dakota Guerran
was executed.
The Lenten services at the Church
the Epiphany are attracting UNUSUAL
large congregations, and Rev. j. Clev(
land Hall, the rector, is facilitating him
self on the revival OF interest, as CON
pared with former years. In this conneC
ton it will, perhaps, not be out OF place
10 note that Mr.. Hall. who is a Yves
Point graduate, takes a lively interest
the current war developments.
DR.. r. w. Fry, of Roanoke, regiment
colonel of the Uniform Rank, knights
Pythias OF Virginia, was here last mgr
for the purpose of installing the officer
recently elected This branch OF the Of
der Is liable for duty in case OF war a
though Colonel Fry's visit is not signii
cant in this connection.
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