The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-27
THE MANCHESTER
COCBILL MEN
That Gentleman Yesterday Named
His Delegates.
THE CONVENTIONS TOMORROW
rbcsteraeld County Holds the Balance
of Acknowledgements for n
Great Trades Parade.
other News.
Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times
mp Hull Street (Beatue Block)'

mo uull Street (Beatue Block.
Hon. Philip V. Cogbiu has named the
following gentlemen as his delegates ITO"
,aanohester 10 the convention TO meet III
,b,s plaes tomorrow: Dr. 7. i. Mathews
y w welsiger. H. b. owen, 5. 7. Jones'
r. 7. Page. ]. ]. Bayley, a, J. Bradley
Judge John II Ingram
rcss Mems Association met yesterday al
,ernoon In the Office Of Augustine hOyah
n 90 The meeting was well allehoeu'
ana much interest was manAes'eu J." t"0
Dromotion Of the matters before inc "sso-
clatlon. The main topic OF discussion vs.
srangements for the traces pdI@oe
held ln connection with the carnival ~
merchants have shown uha1 Snes
lightly interested In this undertaklhs' @ho
vii Give IT their hearty support. A srano
.bou5ng will be made on this occasion
hv the trades people Of Manchester.
Ne1t Tuesday night the General com
IT. ,riu meet and this matter will be
discussed.
The Democratic convention 10 holuA""'o
senator and two members OF the house
Defo~afes for The Chesterfield district
xyfu meet ia the Leader building lo-inoF-
- al noon. The convention VIII PROD
sblv be called 70 order by Nj. AnoIew
Gallagher. chairman OF the MaHCHus'O4
Democratic Committee.
The Senatorial convention VIII oouo'-
less be held hrst. and as there Is no OPP
-~,sition TO Mr.. y. v. COgbill, he VIII De
me Senatorial nominee.
The Chesterfield delegation VIII urge the
nomination OF Mr.. ". W. Baker OF lh@'
county. and the Indications are mat ne
will get the entire support OF nus county
switch will insure his nomination us
chesterfield has a majority IN the ConNeh-
ton.
The main fight VIII be between Man
chester and I0whatan as 10 Mhich 1iice
sbouId DO given the other nominee. lheIe
IS a split in the Powhaian deiesato"' gnu
a big one at that. There are three factions
in wha and Il seems q very diilcoIt
hing for any two Of them 10 get together
The Manchester delegation Will be SOLID
DOR the nomination of Mr.. ID. l.. Ton'y
and mo impression is that with the Man
chester delegation for him, and the Pow
hatan delegation split 10 pieces. Manches-
Ter is more apt 20 carry off the plum.
ROBBED A STORE
r. L.. Monkeys grocery store, On the
rorner Of Fourth and Hun, was entered
Monday night by breaking through the
transom over the rear door. Two or three
DAUC5 OF glass NtAN UAhhNA VWrf "HH 60"
greater part of the frame was split on
hfr. Aioxley has no idea who the thief
could have been. He and his family sleep
over the store-rOOm. and not one sound
was heard as Of any one entering the
place. Mr. MOxley was down iu the store
room at 12:45, having gone there 10 get
some water for one Of his children, VINO
was sick. At that time eyeTythins was in
order. This morning. ON entering tne
as,ra h found that the rHEn-NTIMfH had
been emouod OF its contents. which
amounted to about $l2. Several other ar-
eicles were missing. but the value OF tne
goods stolen could not be estimated. The
officers Of the city are working ON the
case. The same building was set on nre
q year or so ago. ana was robbed 0uly a
few days before the fire. Mr Monkey
shinks there is some one VINO has a
grudge against hlm.
ANOTHER THIEF.
The house Of Capt Lewis ogden, about
thee miles from Town, near Branch g.
church. was entered Monday afternoon
BY z white man. who carried away with
him 500 worth OF clothes and q good pistol
This man first came 20 the house ANA
asked for work. Finding no one 40 home
gave Mrs. ogden and her little son, be
quietly retired, but watched his chance to
enter the house without being noticed.
lie got the goods ana escaped.
Dennis O'Conners. of Scmmes street
h was arrested Monday afternoon
for beating his wife, Ann O'conners. was
before the Mayor yesterday morning, con-
lronted with this grave charge. He was
hned SO. and, ia Default was .-nt 10 jail
for ninety days.
Mrs. O'Conners was badly beaten. both
eyes being black. She appeared yesterday
morning as a damaging witness, and "a
very evident truth of OCOnucrs' brutality
Pompey Harris (co.Ored. was fined 81
for allowing his horse TO run at large.
MARRIAGE WILL OCCUR.
Mr.. Whitaker, who tc.cgraDhed
last Saturday that he thought he would
be too unwell go reach the city i time
for his marriage with Miss Minnie WyricK
this afternoon, t~elesraDhcd 90 a
friend Of his here. Mr.. Allie Grimes, that
hs was much better, ana would reach
Manchester this morning. So the
marriage win take place, as was at first
expected.
FoX-CHAsE IN TOWN.
Yesterday morning about @ O'Clock
II was discovered that Brer FoX
had come to town Monday nisht
and was stopping at Mr.. Roberts
undergrad. The news spread like
wildnre among the fox hunters. the BOYS
DOGS. hounds. ours, fee and even one OF
wv AAAH|NAA AAAA NNNANNlH were 4N NNE parry
that started up Ninth street 20 show Bre'r
Fox around the town. Bro'r Fox. alarm
% at the seeming rockies ness OF this re-.
ception committee. made "a breaT Tor Dis
lie. but he was TOO late in starting. Tho
chase was lovely. The entire population
o. the East End OF town was soon follow
Ing the hounds. Stores on Hull street
stood open without clerks and the whole
town rang with music Of the pack and
the o he 60" OF the negroes. This
hing OF having to 80 20 a corner of q street
before he could change bis course con
fused Bre'r Fox no little. so ho was
GoOn In the hands of the committee.
The marriage OF Mr.. W. A.. Gibbs and
Miss Ruth DuVal occurred Monday af-
ternoon al the home OF the bride. on Co
~ardin avenue. Mr.. Gibbs is employed an
the Southern shops. Miss DuVal IS d most
charming and popular young lady.
BRft.F MENTION.
Mrs. c. A. Raincs IS confined % hen
home. IN Swansb0rg with maiar.al fever
The property owners OF west Thirteenth
street are very anxious for the Street
Committee % look after the condition OF
the walks on that street.
Mr. Charles 81. Amos and wife once
Clarke returned home yesterday morning
from their wedding tour. They win reside
a. the residence OF the groom's father. ON
west Thirteenth street.