The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-02
GOVERNOR. PUTS in
HARD DAY Us WORK
He i. Asked if He Will Stand for
Reelection.
BUSY DAY AT PUBLIC OFFICE CT
Clerks Make Their Semi-Annual Settlements
With the Auditor, and Mr.. Winston Is
Again the First on Deck Notes from
the Capitol and Library.

Tue IdpftOt anu LlDIdIJ'
Governor Tyler was in his office looking
bright and happy yesterday, having come
! back from New York and buckled down
to hard work. He was suffering from a
slight cold contracted on his trip, put
was otherwise in good health and spirits
He took up and disposed CT great deal
of routine business, none OF which was OF
any special public interest. There are
other matters pending before him IN the
nature of applications for pardons, re-
wards for alleged criminals etc,
which he will probably go into to-day
The Governor will probably go to
Petersburg next Thursday to inspect
the new building at the Cen
! trail State Hospital The Gov
ernor received telegram from the Ad-
jutant-General of South Carolina, asking
permission for the First Battalion South
Carolina Volunteers to pass through the
State en- route for the Inauguration. 5Ihe
order allowing the privilege was is
sued at once by Assistant AuJutant-Gen-
eraI Barrow. Mr.. ]. w. Cringan, SUI
perintendent of the Laurel Reformatory,
was a caller on the Governor yesterday.
The Governor has received letter from
his son, in Pulaski, stating that the
drought has probably destroyed all the
young grass on his farm.
HAS GIVEN SATISFACTION.
The Governor received the following
letter from prominent Democrat yester-
day
II am in receipt Of a letter to-day from
a party who wishes to be a candidate
for Governor OF the old Commonwealth.
L do not care to give encouragement TO
any one for that Office until l know
whether you will be a candidate for re-
election or not. I, for one, am perfectly
satisfied with cur present Governor
DR.. Joseph w. Southall was in his office
yesterday, having returned from his
home, in Amelia, where he has spent
several days. DR.. Southall expects to take
a trip to Charlotte and Halifax next week.
in order to learn the needs of the public
schools Of those counties and to see now
they are being run.
Secretary Brent is much pleased with
his visit to the West-End School of Hen
rico county, where he went Thursday,
in company with Superintendent j. X.
RUSSELL. lie says the school is in fine
shape and reflects great credit upon the
management.
Mr.. Robert L. Rives, of Manchester.
called at the Department of Education
yesterday and announced his candidacy
for Superintendent of Schools of that city.
Mr.. Rves is young lawyer. and is chair
man of the Manchester City Democratic
Committee. Mr.. d. l., Puliam, the
incumb bent, is a candidate for reelection,
and he was also u caller upon DR.. South
all yesterday.
WAS AGAIN FIRST.
Mr.. c. Lee Moore, the popular first clerk
in the Auditors office, was wearing one
of his brightest smiles yesterday, as he sat
at his desk and gathered in the dollars
brought by the county, circuit and cor
poration clerks. of the Commonwealth,
who came to make their semi-annual set
Elements with the Auditor.
Clerk p. p Winston, of the Law and
Equity Cou:e 'of this city, was again the
first on deck, and was at the door at 9
O'Clock, when the office was opened 1t
is reported that he slept in the Library
building Thursday night, so as to be on
time, but this could not be confirmed
Mr.. Tillett, of Beaver Dam, Hanover
county was caller on the Railroad Com
missioner yesterday and entered com
plant against the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company for the alleged charg-
Ing OF excessive rates for the shipment of
cross-tles. Mr. Tillett claimed that the
| company wished to purchase his ties and
had instructed the agent at Beaver Dam
TO apply the local rates only to junction
PoiiiI.o' ic INeillIOdu commissioner in
| formed Mr.: Tillett that the Chesa peake
and Ohio Railroad Company could NOT leg
ally charge him any higher rate on cross
tie shipments than was current on lum-
per shipments between the same points
everything is i'll readiness for the meet
ing of the spring term of the Supreme
Court OF Appeals, which convenes here on
leAt ueSdav a full court is expected
and the new judge, Hon. Stafford G.
CT f<,,,
having qualified recently before the .i,,d,a
OF the County Court of Henry.
Nix i>olNER LEAVES TONIGHT.
oo!HirlSsioner koiner will leave
to-nlsht Tor Berryville, to open IN a
series OF Farmers Institutes in northern
virginia. AIR koiner is in almost daily
leceipt OF letters from persons to whom
no ,t1ii''ai report has been sent, praising
me documents and asking for more. Ono
letter which came in vesterd,y so;a -
was the most concise and usefr, n,nar
on The subject that had been printed IN
a long time - -. eo III
Mr, holner is receiving a great many
ffnpl fa or ICED stuffs Of different Kinds
| a,oiii turner's throughout the State. They
are sent in order to get fhe idea Of Ivy
commissioner as to their worth as com
pared with other classes of feed for ct
Tie and horses. ~
The Commissioner js about 10 hr,,,
out INTO new line in his department.
ne gets q great many applications from
persons who desire to adopt bows on
farms: He has no boys at his DISPOSAL.
but II any desire good homes he thinks
ne can locate two or three at present.
Mr.. +. I. Hill, the newly-appointed
clerk in the office of Second Auditor John
u. Lew, reported for duty and went to
work Yesterday. Mr. Hill is a son Of
General James c. Hill, railroad commits
sioner, and is well known in this city.
Uncle Ned" Williams and Officer J. P.
Pettis, of the Capital police force are
both confined to their homes by sickness.
Labor Commissioner James 3. Doherty
celebrated his thirty-seventh birthday by
working hard in his office yesterday. He
is busy sending out copies of his annual
report for the last fiscal year, which are
in great demand throughout the State.
Colonel VIM. Henry Mann, clerk of
the House of Delegates, and Mr.. Thomas
II. Bigger, assistant clerk, left Thursday
over the Seaboard Air Line for Tampa
and other points in Florida. They will be
gone several days. Mr.. Sam. w. Bigger
will be in charge of Colonel Mann's Of
flee during his absence
Mr.. Bigger, by instructions from
Colonel Mann, yesterday placed the
enrolled bills of the extra session of 1901
in the hands of the binder, to be bound
in volumes according to law, which will