Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-12
OF RICHMOND
Municipal Campaignth the Hot
test Ever Known.
SCORES OF CANDIDATES
l"nrlco Man Charged with wife Beating,
tGuncitint Coming to Newport News
to Witness the Launching OF
the Ha;tlcsi,ips.

''I''H.NsI ~ l!lt lJ.ILIy iltSS.D
RICHMOND. VA. March li.-Nuth-
ing less than the entire Spanish fleet in
James river and bumEurGL ny the city
@pu.i DISTRACT me attention of the pub
- CyW from the mun.CIihtl campaign.
1t il by long odds the hottest ever
"suSti IN thu clty. and the fact that
Jlr:e are two hundred candidates up
,pu:Te.nCn. aldermen, ~juso.ces of the
it"lye ANA members of the city commit
ice. together with the general officers
.v.li give an idea of the claims" that
she friends Of each ara waSing. In cases
u: SG.Ar!el officers there are reports
ylit "ule stncws uf war are being
used /" 4 large extent. Then there are
N" tWp tAu;tnnS-the "GOp-CiouS' and
IN club men. There are from SIX TO
fifteen meetings held i'm various parts
! me cily each night. and THE oratory
; symeuh.ng wonderful 10 hear. There
Ale candidates ur wno can't speak
..D-,lal. and the way they are guyed
APPEARING. ThnSe VINO sand the
rs; clE.lre Of .eCH.pn are the ones
A'nI are beng "hc.i up by the heel
rs. IN some cases tine contest has en-
Gti.leret muI bad feei!ng, though on
the W,Api- it has been conducted IN y
very friendly manner The contest wall
come to 4 close Wlu1 u bang on Monday
night, 4ai the great battle viii follow
W.uh The rising Of The SUN on next
Tuesday,.
iIh lli'I mug q W.
man. neatly dressed, mad her appear
Au..- .Wt the iienricv Court House and
aSket! - Sce u magistrate. She vas
SHOWN .ntn the office of a justice of the
peace ana sine TODD the following story:
she VAS Mrs. Nellie Gross, lIv4ng about
six miles from l~tiCnInand; she was
married TO Junn +. Gross. in Harris
burg, Pa, bout three months ago;
she declined to say what her AID
name was. The day following her mar
rag" her husband began u systematic
Guns. of torture, and mas been mis-
treating, her continuously since. His
last demonstration of mis- affection for
HIS wife was to thulnp her IN her
and then pulled her down a flight OF
steps. Mrs. Gross came to Richmond
last night, stopping at the Lexington
| Hotel. Her ely. and neck showed the
effects of rough treatment. y warrant
Was issued for the arrest of Gross and
placed i'm the hands of Constable 'Cy-
cIune" Sulnueis, for execution. Gross
is considerably Older than his pretty
| Wifi. Who describes HIM as old and
Anl-hraded
The commissioned officers of tine third
regiment Will assemble in Chariocr1s-
v.le tomorrow to elect a successor 10
Aijutant General William Nolle. 1t is
g.nelully understood ihat Lieutenant
! Colonel Granville Gaines WEI be pro-
NOTED.
When the Kentucky and kearsarg~
are Launched On the oath instant the
city council OF Richmond VIII 80 t.
Newport News on a special car 10 VIII
ness the launching. The parity VIII
lea We here early on the morning of the
eth and return tine same day. 1t is al
50 sgt.I chat Governor Tyler and his
.,jaff Will be ON board.
The fact that tw" forged transfers
have been discovered here on rthe eve
Of THE primary has set the public to