The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-18


c,ty has set the % opIe to thinking about
,il,s matter. and it is altogether likely that
the city council will have petition pre-
scented 10 it soon, signed by the iaoies,
and n good mary men, asking that al
least four mon be put on duty. Several
influential citizens seen yesterday were
IN favor Of the proposed increase OF the
iorre, and s;.id any movement looking
10 getting tne same would be helped along
by them.
CHESTERFIELD FIRE.
Mr.. John S. Taylor. chairman OF the
j;"ard of Supervisors Of Chesterfleid
County. suffered a severe loss from ire
early Sunday morning, his stable and
contents, including three horses oelng
burned The IRE was evidently OF In
cendial~ origin. Mr.. Taylor who lives
lbou; two miles west Of the courthouse.
Hal visitors Saturday night. and they
left ut q late hour. At this time there
WAS no sign CT fire. Awalsing early
Sunday morning, Mr.. Taylor discovered
Inst his stable was on fire. and when he
got ont to The house the building was
Rad. to fall in
There was q quantity of feed. besides
farm iulpien en:s and three fine horses
IN tie stable, and all perished. The
loss ,ras a heavy one TO Mr.. Taylor. and
he is now Investigating in an effort to
find thu par tics who set the house on
IRE So far as is known he has not an
GnS1Dy. IN tnft CC'lneN-
ECLDSE THE FRONTS.
Mr.. Tonty. the delegate from Manches-
or ii tho House, offered yesterday a
bill pl DIVIDING for the protection of the
s'rect car rioto,men. The bill provides
t'lat a vesti sule shall be used extending
1ct only in front of the car but on both
rides. or in Other words, 20 enclose the
'uont ,ntireiy.
The bill .rns offered at the fnstiFation
II several 81 the men. who came 10 Mr..
1'oncT ami asked him TO do sor, etlling
Tor them. AT present the yestibulc law
cnes into effect on the first Of December,
crd ont on the last of March. Under
The new fill the time will extend from
The fist Of November to the last of
hpril IT, bill is in the hands of tka
NoTnmi<tee Of the House.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
The rsce for City Sergeant. which at
pre time was the chief. one in the city,
has now dropped from, the public notice.
snd IN It's stead has sprung that for
Comm u wenlth's ATTORNEY. Nfessrs c.
l.. Pa;Ie. r. S. 1,ives and W. C. Pulliam
IRE lteping tile fight exciting and
groups of men are seen on the streets
talHlnu over the situation. For the SER
raant Mr.. J. G. Saunders seems to be
working the hardest
Mir, p. ). Andrews has dropped out of
This rice. and LETT eight men to fight for
The position.
For the ma,roralty Mr.. Maurice and
N,. i.cney are having it nip and tuck.
TO CATCH DOG THIEVES.
Eleven men have gotten together and
formed an organization. the purpose OF
which is to- catch if possible the gang OF
thieves who, for some time have been
making a business of stealing dogs and
presumably shipping them to some north
ern hurting clubs. Facts have developed
recently Which make the citizens believe
that such u gang of thieves Is and has
for long time been in operation over
here. Thero have been numerous cases
reported where very fine CANNES were
lost and M amount OF work could lead
10 the discovery of the guilty parties. 1t
was learned last week that there was
man. then in the city, who made it
h.sness to confine all dogs he caught
and he WAS watched by men who had
lost dogs. Since that time this man has
left the city and his Whereabouts are M
known. Then it was that this organiza-
tion got together and said they were 60
ing TO protect the CANNES of Manchester.
Mr.. RiGhtsell the shoemaker on Hull
Street, is one OF the men in the 0 ganlza-
Jion and he was seen tbs morning and
n l1ed what plans had been formed looking
20 the apprehension of the guilty parties.
but declined to be Interviewed on the
matter further than to say that the next
dog that was stolen some one would get
caught and then the whole truth would
come ou,. The police are on the watch
also for any such gang of thieves, ana
as there are quite number of valuable
CANNES in Manch ster the question is as
suming a great deal Of interest
MRS. NANCY DOWDY.
y Mrs. Nancy Dowdy, aged eighty-three
YEARS died Sunday morning at the
i.-,ne of Mrs. l.. II. Hogan. Thirteenth and
liGll Streets. at 5:45 O'Clock, after an ILL
lNnsl
Deceased was one of the oldest and
,aost estimal,ie citizen of Manchester and,
besides relatives. leaves a host Of sorrow
ing friends. She was reared in Column
i!a county, coming TO Manchester forty
six wears ago. -Four children survive
her-Mrs. L. II Mcmahon, Mrs. Lucy
Donnely and Messrs. John 7. and Albert
I1owdy. Twenty-four grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren survive her.
She was a member of the Presbyterian
Church. The funeral took place yester-
day afternoon from the grave in Maury
Cemetery.
Mrs. Annie Virginia Taylor, wifi. of Mr..
j. Il Taylor of Swansboro died Sa',.r-
DAY at 8 o'clock, after lingering l.lness.
Mrs. TAYLOR was just "a years old and
leaves several small children. She was a
nicmber OF Progressive Council. Daughters
OF Liberty. The funeral will be from
Nest End Church this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock, conducted by Rev. a. c. Berry
man.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS
The City Central Committee will meet
Thursday night in the Mayors Court
r. ON and consider the report of the COM
J, Sttee on plans, who were appointed at
The last meeting. The report of this COM
mi,tee is OF much interest TO candidates
for the various positions, for it will fix
,nt amount they will have to pay.
The fire department responded to a
grail fire yesterday afternoon from No.
IL Nest Nineteenth Street A chimney
Was the cause of the alarm. The new
ex1inguishcr was used to good advan-
tage The damage was trining.
Miss May1ne Lyons, of Petersburg, Is
Visiting Mss Helen Bate on Porter
f;trect.
There is series of revival meetings
bong held this week at the Bainbrdse-
sheet Baptist Church Rev. w. NJ.
VINES. pastor OF the First Baptist Church
q: Asherille IS assisting in the services
and will preach all the week. The Ser
vices are held at 10 A. NJ and P. NJ. and