The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-27
CAPT. H. I. OWEN
GOES OUT FRIDAY
Has Been in Second Auditors Office
for Sixteen Years.
Mr.. HILL GETS A PLACE.
Promotions Ahead for Morton and iradell.
Governor Asked for Reward for Hall.
Requisi,ion Granted-Lise
Capitol News.

There will be some changes III inc
clerical force of The Office OF the Second
Auditor of The State shortly.
Indeed they lave been. according ID
reliable, authority definitely settled upon,
and Will be effective on inc .iTst Gay OF
March. Capiain IL. T. Owen, OF Prince
l.oward. WHO ior sixteen years has been
f,,.s- clerk. goes cut. aud Mr.. t'r:,nls !.
IIiu of ScottSvilic, OF Railroad
Commissioner James {. Jill, VIII DC ap-
,,ointtsi in his stead: though lie viii not
take Capt owens place as first Clerk a
considerable rcaGjuStrlcnt VIII follow,
and Mr. w. Chase Morton, OF this city.
will CT, III, TO first place; Captain 1radsli,
OF Norfolk, will be promoted to the
second clerkSilir, now held by Mr. Nor
Ton. and Mr.. Hill. the new aprointce. will
i'll The place now held by Captain itadeif
IL is understood that the changes Will
ir the sequai 10 the recent contest Tor
the Office OF Second Auditor, and Will
not result from any failure of Captain
owen 10 faithfully discharge the duties
Of his position. The State can boast 10
more efficient or faithful employee
a BAD CHARACTER.
When Governor Tyler returns to his
office from New York, tomorrow, he
viii take up Il very Important case. in
which the Commonwealth, Attorney of
Buchanan asks that lie otter Il reward
Tor the ,.ipturs. OF 4 Noted prisoner The
man Is whit and his name is Daniel 3.
i.ll He is under Indictment for the
)nu,dcr OF John ScalbEry. and it is said
that there is strong evidence agaius; lin..
lie escaped jail on the night of February
I'd and the authorities seek executive
aid in securing his "ecapturc- Hall is
said TO be desperate character, ana
has already served two terms in tie peHi-
1tntiary. having been released from that
institution only Il few months ago. 1t is
probable that the Governor Will offer d
reward of 500 for his Irccapture.
Mr.. j. y Mills. Deputy Sheriff OF LOU
;sa- called al the Governors office yestcr-
ana: and secured a requisiton on the Gov
ernor of New York for two negroes
Lewis and James Johnson--who are
wanted in that county TO- uniawlul
assault The officer lett for Now York
al once.
Governor Tyler has been invited to
attend the annual debate of the George
Town School of Law Society il Washing
ton.
The subject under discussion will be
-Resolred. that the standing army OF the
United States should be 100000 Inca.''
Mr.. LAWLESS BACK.
Hon. Joseph T. Lawless has returned
from Orange. where he was looking over
view to --mending his fences for the
position of chairman Of the State Dem
ocratic Committee.
Mr. Lawless says rather small
small crowd was out, owing to the in
clcmcncy of the weather.
Senator John J.. Jeffries. Of Culpeper
was on the ground shaking hands with
his friends.
Captain j. H O'Bannon is busy mail
ing copies of advance sheets of the acts
10 members of the Legislature. He hopes
20 have the acts ready for distribution
il about thirty days. The volume will
make about 500 pages.
Labor Commissioner Doherty has an
nounced his candidacy to succeed Mr.
James w GORDON as chairman of the
City Democratic Committee. Mr.. Doher-
~ has been a member OF the committee
Tor about eight Years, and is now vice
chairman of the committee He is an
active party worker and has had much
10 do with the redeeming of jackson
Ward for The Democrats
Librarian w w Scott has returned
from Orange. where on Monday he an
'lor-ced his candidacy for the Constitu-
1ional Convention from that county, and
went 10 work fixing up his fences" 1t is
understood that the only avowed candi-
dates in the field are Mr.. Scott and Hon.
G G. TaliaferTo. eX--nember OF. the House
CT Delegates.
SOME SCHOOL NOTES.
The Department OF Education is still re-
ce;Ving applications Cor appointments to
leach in the summer 2orlnals of the
State. AL ;le appointments have been
made and viii be announced as soen as
some minor details nave been arranged.
Hen. George c. Round. of Prince Mil
liam. has been selected local manager
for the summer normal to be held at
Manassas this yca-. lie is a school
trustee and one of .he most efficient o.
Jiccrs in this State IN his line.
Railroad Commissioner James c. Hill
has returned from his home in -Albemarle.