The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-04
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II is with iir.lfound .c:sret that ilt
court has heard of tho death Of Capt an
G. hukfsson, The Commonwealth y NJ Z.
ttfnty OF tliiscits. The fact tfilt 3 nc
Was repeatedly elected to the high anq
responsible office of Commemorative AZ
terncy WIS an ;tttest;ifian Of the est cen
and regard in which ile WAS held by his
fellow cItizens:5ihe court therefore enters
of record the fact OF his death and bears
Testimony 10 The ability which character
ICED the discharge of his official dutles.s
A committee com posed Of Judge VIII
liam /. G'lontan. y u Wells and u =.
Pnliia,n were appointed 10 draft suitable
resolutions on the death III aptain y. =
Atkinson This committee Will report at
tic next term of the eoGrs
VIRGINIA. CLUE.
There Will he II meeting of the canfil-
dates for lie different positions tonight
in Toney's Hall just before the
meeting OF the Virginia Democratic Club.
The purpose OF these men is to get the
date Of the primary changed from the
nth 10 ten or fifteen days earlier. u
u talk viii, a few of the candidates YES
tcrtiay they said thai. the majority of
the men ont were opposed TO the day set,
and that they would take some steps at
The meeting. TO get it changed This is q
very important matter for the men who are
out and for those who expect to come
out For a candidate now entering the
field an carly primary will be OF some
disadvantage, and TO this cnd the meet
ing is called,
The club viii meet at s o'clock and then
there Will be some hot talks. for al! OF.
tho candidates viii come and make:
known .9ieir platform. AR J. S. Barrett,
The candidate from the Fourth ward for
the Board OF Aldermen. will be present
andshe SAYS that he has some figures that
viii be of interest to every voter in the
city. Tor some time back there has
been one man in Manchester who lss
husicd himself to find out Just what
money has been spent by the City Coun-
ell, and these facts alone Will be very
important.
HOUSE ROBBED.
a bold and daring thief cntcred the
house Of Mrs. Porter on Cowardin Ave
nue. last Saturday night and ransacked
nearly every room in the house, carrying
away with him q gold watch. razor, and
some small change, the property of Mr..
Stanley Watkins, a, boarder in the fam
lily. Entrance was effected. it is sup
posed, through one of the windows, and
then all the doors of the house were
opened. When the family retired Satur-
day night the doors were closed, but on
gcttin" up Sunday morning the from
and back door w3s opened, and. in fact,
the doors TO the different rooms all
through the house. Mr.. Watkins slept
on the lower floor. and wi1e1. he retired,
which was late, he did not lock the door
leading from his room to the hall but
was reading and fell asleep with the lamp
burning. This is supposed to have led
1Ayn 10 fi,fr
taken from the house The table was
SCI and left this way, but was not touched
Drawers in nearly all the rooms were
ranSackcd. but 50 far nothing. except the
articles. were taken.
FIRST FELONY CASE.
The police Of the city did not have any
felony cases to deal with last month but
started in early this month. A. C. Eiati-
ruD was charged with shooting at IIr-
nest Stump. with intent 20 kill. Stump
WAS charged with ASSAULT on Rradrup.
The case came up in the Police Court yes
tcrday and after hearing many witnesses
for each side, Sradrup was fined ten doll
lars for shooting in the street and $50 for
fighting. Stump was allowed to go free.
The lace of Bradrup looked like it had
been stepped upon by an elephant.
Annie Taylor, for creating a disturbance
on Hull Street, was fined $40
Richard Gallon, :. white man, was
charged with annoying his former wife,
who now has Il divorce from him. He vas
made TO pay the cost Of the warrant and
told to keep away frora the house in which
the young lady boarded.
lie HAS LEFT.
Mr.. w L. Williams, !, young man, who
boarded at the home of Mrs. Porter. on
Cowardin Avenue, has left the house. The
young man left without any notice, and
in debt TO the amount of S31. 80 for board.
He has been gone now for nearly two
weeks, and nothing of him has been heard.
His trunk is still at the house. While
here the young man seemed TO be all
right, and easily wen the confidence OF