Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-07
CAkOLINA'S PRINTING
u,.cu OF 1T DONE By HOUSES Lo-
GATED IN RICHMOND.
COSVICTS IN The PENITENTlARY.
s,nerintcudent Helms Makes an In
teresting Report To the Governor
,u,.rcstiuu odds and Ends from
Offices Of various state officials.


bama IS done outside the State brought
to light the fact that a good portion Oh
the printing for the North Carolina state
Government is done in Richmond.
This fact is not generally known. It
has long been commented upon by the
Virginia officials II IS accounted for
by the fact that Richmond has so many
large and well-equipped printing-houses
PRISONERS IN THE PENITENTIARY.
Superintendent Helms's report TO the
Governor as to the number Of prisoner
in the penitentiary on october LIST shows
the whole number to be 1,265.
The number at the State Farm is 81
white and 100 colored prisoners. Twenty
eight coIored men are employed on pub
lie works The total number Of Virginia
convcts. October 1st, was 5&.
OF the prisoners in the pententiary 2ZS
are white men: 976 colored men; are
white women, and 50 are colored women
There were received at the institution
during the month 3 white men, - coloIeu
men. and white woman. one colored
prisoner escaped during the month. Du-
ring the month white men, l6 colored
men. and 2 colored women were dis
charged from the penitentiary. one col
ored man was sent TO the Central state
Hospital.
NOTICE IS NOT REQUIRED.
Candidates for the State Senate and
House Of Delegates do not have to file
notices of candidacy with the Secretary
of the Commonwealth.
Secretary Lawless has repeatedly 50
Legislature continue TO come in. II be-
gins TO appear as though all the candi-
dates in the State will notify the Office
of the Secretary Of the Commonwealth
Of his candidacy before the election
comes Off.
HE DON'T READ THE PAPERS.
Secretary Lawless has a Minneapolis
correspondent who is evidently not
close reader of the newspapers, certainly
not Of Virginia papers Of the past few
months Of the senatorial campaign, as he
says ne understands Virginia has recently
passed a general primary election law.
He encloses a copy of the Minnesota
Concurrent Direct Primary Election
Law" and asks that a copy OF the Viz
glnia law be sent him.
Mr. I.awless cannot comply with the
request Of his correspondent now, though
he may be able TO DO so when the next
Legislature shall have adjourned. Mr..
LawIess will tell his correspondent that
there is no general primary law In Viz
ginia. though several cities have legalized
primaries
BE NEAR HER DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Dicie r. Allen. the mother of Mrs.
James c. Ellis. the yonug woman who re-
Gently murdered her child in this city,
and was sent TO the Eastern State Hos
pitaL wishes 10 be near her daughter.
Mrs. Allen has written Governor Tyler
asking him to have Mrs. Ellis discharged
from the hospital. The Governor replied
that THIS could only be done by the hospl-
tai authorities. She then wrote his EN-
cellency. asking that the TACT thdt she
wishes TO obtain employment at VII
namsrurg in order TO be near her daugh-
ter be made public, in the hope that some
one would engage her services as house
keeper or something Of the kind. She is
anxious to secure q position in the hospi-
tai. IL possible. She is now residing at
Newport News.
HE NEVER CAME BACK.
A young man claiming to have been re-
Gently discharged from the army and out
Of money, called at the Governors Office
yesterday. seeking aid in getting back
home. lie had to deal with Priyate-Sec-
rotary owen, in the absence Of his Excel
lency. He stated that his home was in
Savannah that he came to Richmond TO
see an uncle. whom he could not ind here,
and that he was without money with
which TO save him from starvauon, or
from counting railroad ties nome. he
said he was lame, and walkec with d
stick.
Mr. owen grayely assured lis Yisit1r
that he was not IN a position 20 give him
money enough to let u Mancncster but
that he would raise 10 cents for him l. he
would go away and come back at the end
OF half an hour, at which time Mr.. owens
said nc would prove 10 him that ne was
a resident of Richmond and had Lot been
outside the city in his lie. The young
man took The dime and lett, but AL the
time swearing his story was true. How
ever. when Mr.. owens left the office, three
hours later, the young fellow lad not
como back.
4 French tourist, who could speak only
a few words Of English, visited the Carl
tol yesterday, and was taken IN charge
by son Of Walker Howard, the colored
janitor, and shown over the building The
tourist carried his guide book, and was
interest. His excitement when he sue
ceeded in Identifying Houdon's statue of
Washington was as intense as though he
had discovered a buried treasure of art.
Emmett Howard, the young negro who
had him in charge, was at .oss 10 tell
whether the Gaul was looking for trea-
sure troye or the graves Of mis- ancestors.
AN OLD SLAVES MISSION.
Walker Howard has gone to Pittsylva-
MIA county TO superintend the exhumng
of the ashes Of several members Of the
family in which he served is a slave.
Walkers old mistress. who resides in
Kentucky. wrote him, asking that he un-
dertake this work Tor her, as she wished
TO have her people buried IN The State Of
her adoption.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Mr.. J. Hudson Mcknight. Of Wichita,
Kan, has written the Governor, calling
his attention 10 the recent debates at the
session of the Trans-Mississipp Com
mercial Congress, in Wichita, on the
importance Of having an American mer-
chant marine. Mr.. Mcknight was secre-
tary and treasurer OF the congress. He
calls attention to the fact that 500 900, 900
is paid TO foreign shipowners every year
in freights on American exports.
Governor Tyler has received n very
cordial invitation TO attend a national
reunion of the Blue and the Gray, to be
held at Evansville. Ind, October 10th
to 18th. The invitation is very hand
some. II quotes the speech of Presi-
dent Mckinley, at Atlanta in which he
said every American soldiers grave was
a tribute to American valor.
Commissioner-of-Lab Montague is at
work on the forthcoming volume contain
ing the proceedings of the National
Convention Of the Commissioners OF
Labor Of the United States. at Portland,
Me-, last summer. He was secretary OF