The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-19
IN ARD MEETINGS
IN INANC CHESTER.
City Central Committee to Be Elected
Tonight.
MASONIC, TEMPLE ON FIRE.
Heavy Less Observation-Disclosures Lii
ccnsc Issued for Next Week
Furniture Plant = News,
Personal and Brief.
MASONIC, TEMPLE ON FIRE.
Heavy Less Observation-Disclosures LII
Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times,

Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times,
ILL., Hull Street Beattie Block
Much interest is being taken In the
wartl meetings to be held tonight for the
election of delegates TO the Norfolk Con-
vention and members of the City Central
Committee. 1t is probable that there VIII
be changes in the members OF the Central
Committee. 1t is understood That Mr. r.
S. Rives will be candidate for re-elec-
ton, and that he wiz also be candidate
for the craftsmanship of the Central Com
nIittee, which position MIR. a. j. Gala
CHER now holds.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
a marriage license was issued yesterday
by Clerk DuNal to Mir. Eddie weston
Mann and Miss Holly Haskins Dearen,
both of whom reside in this city The
marriage will not take place until the
26lh of this month.
HEAVY LESS BY FIRE.
Fire broke out yesterday morning at an
early hour in the storeroom in the Ma
sonic Temple, occupied by Mrs. III. lseman,
agent for Julius Sycle & Son. Of Rich
nlond, as millinery store. Her stock
siderable damage was done to the build
ing, also slight damage to the stock in w.
w. Friends drug store next door. The IRE
was discovered yesterday morning about
$50 O'Clock by young ladies sleeping over
the store-room. Awakening and finding
their rooms dense with smoke, they lost
little time in giving the alarm. It is
thought to have originated from the ex-
plos;on of Il lamp which was left burn
= ri,
Department responded promptly in full
force and rendered good service. The
blaze had gotten pretty good Roadway and
was the more difficult to get under con-
troll from the fact that it was between the
ceiling and the second floor. Mrs. Ise
mans loss, as she estimates it. is about
$500. Having only recently gotten in
her spring millinery. her stock was I'M
usually large. Two thousand five hun
dred dollars insurance was carried on the
stock. This amount was equally divided
between the German Baltimore Fire Insu-
rance Company and the Virginia Fire and
Marine. The damage to the building will
probably amount to $3.50, which is covered
by insurance with the Virginia Fire and
Marine. The slight damage done to W.
w. Friends stock is covered by insur-
ance.
SCALP SPLIT.
Jess:s Henderson (colored) struck Ottey
Watkins tcolored) in the head with a rock
Tuesday nieflt abotat o'clock, splitting
the scalp for several inches. Watkins
was taken to DR.. Migrants office. where
the wound was dressed.
BEFORE THE MAYOR.
Raleigh Saunders was discharged
Yesterday. the warrant against him being
withdrawn
Cleft Harris and Walter Claiborne both
colored, arrested for disturbing the peace,
were discharged.
MIRA. L. Adamson, who was sum
nloned Before the Mayor yesterday TO an
swer for the unsafe condition of buildings
under his control, was given twenty-six
days in which to remove the structures.
Commissioner of the Revenue w. s.
Goode, of Powhatan county, is in the city
at the bedside of his brother, who is se-i-
ously Ill at his home on Eleventh Street.
FURNITURE PLANT.
Mr.. William Gratsnowski will leave
to-day tor the West 70 purchase
machinery for his new furniture plant,
econ to be erected Mr.. 1ratZnowski-s
company is to be organized under the
name of the Eureka Furniture Company,
the same name as formerly used. Plans
for the plant have been submitted to one
or two contractors, and their bids will
be opened in the near future The build
ing is to be brick, 150x50 feet, and tie
front portion two stories.
PERSONAL AND BRIEF.
Judge 3. A. Hancock, OF the Circuit
Court has appoin<ed Confederate pension
boards for all of the counties and cities
of his circuit, except Sussex.
The injunction case of Bellwood VS..
Lush was heard yesterday by the Judge
of Chesterfield Circuit in vacation at
Manchester.
The Circuit Court of Greensvlle will
commence on Monday, April SD, instead
of Friday, the 20th.
The Brunswick Circuit Court adjourned
Tuesday, and Judge Hancock reached
the city yesterday morning. About forty
DEGREES were entered. A good deal of
common-law business was transacted.
The clerk of the Circuit Court of that
county. Mr.. r.. p Buford. is very ill.
Mr.. William Moles continues quite sick
at his home on Fifth and Decatur Streets.
The Democratic ward meetings viii be
held Tonight. The Firzt Ward
meeting will be held at Sixth and Hull
Streets, Second Ward meeting in the
Mayors court-room. Third Ward meet
ing at RichtseA's. sEloe-shop, Fourth
Ward meeting in the room back of
Sowen's store. 1t is generally believed
Mr.. r. S. Rives viii be nominated IS
delegate to the Norfolk Convention.
Major Turner, of New York, is expected
to arrive in the city to-day with plans
and specifica lions for the erection of the
gas plant, upon which work win be COM
menced within the next few days The
location of the plant has not been de-
cided upon.
Fire in SDOtsyIvania