The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-10
Brilliant Wedding Of Nj. HamiL
ton and Miss C. C.. Cooke.
THE. OWNERS GIVEN j, e GRACE "a | T:
The Chamber Of Commerce Reflects
Its Old Of6cers-The Petersburg
Aqueduct Company Have Abso-
Lutte Right to Lay Pipes.
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out on a strike. but the strike lasted
only about fifteen minutes. Superinten-
dent Norton, Of the mills, employed a
colored man to work In the factory yaro.
No colored people live near or work &C
the factory. The fact that this colored
man was at work became known to some
Of the employees within five minutes. IN
less than ten minutes every man, woman
and child in the factory had stopped
worth and gone to the Office OF the su-
perintendent, whom they told that they
would not return to work until the negro
was dismissed. Tho superintendent saw
that these people were in earnest and at
once dismissed the colored man. The
strike was then at an end. having lasted
about fifteen minutes, which makes 1t
record-bTeaker for brevity.
SEWER DELINQUENTS
Many property-owners on South Syca-
more Street were before the Mayor this
morning for not having complied with
the law requiring them to make sewer
connections. They were allowed ninety
days to comply with the law, and were
notified that each who failed to comply
by that time would be fined one dollar
for each days delay thereafter. The
property-owners along others sewers VINO
have not made proper connections viii
be summoned before the Mayor.
Miss Whitehorne, the matron at the
Female Orphan Asylum, will resign on
account of continued i'll health.
An entertainment was given at the resi-
dence of Mr.. H F. Munt. on West High
Street, this evening for the benefit OF
High-Street Church.
About fifty children enjoyed the birth
day party given at the home of Mr.. John
O'Connor, on Washington Street, last
evening in honor Of his little son, John
O'Connor, Jr.
The revival services continue at Mar
ket-Street Church. The Rev. DIT. Booker,
of High Street Church, is assisting the
pastor, Rev. S. c. Hatcher.
The Chamber of Commerce yesterday
evening reelected its officers. They are:
President. Bartlett Roper; Vice-Presi-
dent, Simon Seward; Second Vice-Presi-
dent, Stith Boiling; Secretary and Treas
urer, Richard D. Gillian. The Chamber
will give Smoker during May, when
an address will be delivered by Mr.. w.
B. McIlwaine.
HAMILTON-COCKE
Mr.. Alexander Donnan Hamilton and
Miss Cornelia Collins Cooke were mar
ried at st. Paurs Church, In this city, at
haif-past six o'clock this evening. Rev.
0. S. Bunting, asssted by Rev. DR.. j. w.
Rosebro. Of Fredericksburg, ofticiatcd
The bride entered the church with her
brother, Mr.. Nathaniel c. Cooke. OF New
York city. She was attended by Miss
Elizabeth Vcnable Hamilton. sister OF
the groom, as maid Of honor. Mr.. r.
Boiling Wilcox, .Ir.. was best man. The
bridesmaids were Misses Helen McGill
Hamilton. Rebeccl Boiling, of Baltimore;
Lena Noltenius, Mamie Bunting. Martha
Venable Morton. Elizabeth Boiling, of
Baltimore; Louise Watts thinner and Iii
hernia NIc1lwaine Friend.
The groomsmen were Captain Tallafer-
no Milton, Of the Virginia Military In
oil nv 1f ia M
Charles James Faulkner, of the Unlver-
sity of Virginia; Thomas Highland Dunn,
James T. Rahily, Samuel Woodson Vena-
BILE, Reinhold Rogers, James Morton
Townsend, Nathaniel G. Cooke, Of New
York; George Floyd Rogers, Charles T..
Plummer, Harry Baylor Taylor, of Nor
folk; Jefferson Archer, of Richmond. and
Richard Smith, of Richmond
The flower children were Master. ROD
ert Patrick Hamilton, .Tr., Leila Hamilton
Lassiter, Catharine Frances Riddle, OF
Richmond; Roberta Powers Donnan.
Mr.. Hamilton is a young lawyer, and IS
a son of Mr.. Alexander Hamilton, OF this
city, formerly president Of the Atlantic
Coast Line, of Virginia, and now its gen.
eral counsel.
The bride is the daughter Of Mr.. John
J. Cooke, q prominent attorney of this
city. Their wedding journey will BE-
through the South, most of their time
being spent in Florida.
Mr.. J. H. Blanfpn and Miss Matte L.
Strawhand, Of Norfolk, were married this
morning at II O'Clock at the parsonage
of Market Street Church, in this city, by
the pastor, Rev. S. C. Hatcher. After tbs
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Blanton left to
visit friends in Richmond and other cities.
CAN OCCUPY THE STREETS.
The City Attorney, assisted by MIR. ".
B. NIcIlwaine, is busily engaged in exam
lining into the rights and privileges OF tfs
Petersburg Aqueduct Company, which is
extending It's water mains in this city
There is considerable solicitation on the
part. of nearly all the citiznes that this
company will become competitor with
the city for its water service, and with
its facility for supplying water to Peters