Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-01

,rcsnerity Every kind of business, from
locomotives to pianos. from ships to toys.
q working overtime ard far beh'na i.s
rd.rs. Everything from h otcls TO inca s,
res from steamers to shops. IRON az
roads to street cars is oSef-cro"oeu-
j. is not remarkable therefore htiat .,s'
ynar 1872 has been full OF interest ne
- ,o,c hoo, crowded with Incidents
uo,.,tir,es sensational. often alarming
white events OF vast importance il, the
hts.arv Of nations havo had their theatre
IN tho legislative halls and courts OF the
STATIC - =.
The tabic OF events that follows in
Oh, ar illogical order is q remarkable one.
I. tells OF the framing Of the new Con-
st.tlYtson of the State. of the abortive
oTnrt 20 overthrow that Constitution.
i. reflects the moral spasm through which
tl,e CITY has passed in the last six months;
It treats of the alleged corruption IN
high places; Of two heated political cam
raifIss and Of disaster and ruin brooSht
by the fiery element: cold wave IN
August: a mountaineering food that
brcue.ht misery and heavy loss in its
train: excessive heat. and bliShting early
cold: suicide and mysterious murder are
recorded on the diverse side OF a picture
thai Is otherwise brigh. with achieve
1nent and progress in every direction.
Tho records of the dead year stand as
follows:
January Flood reached maximum
height Of e feet, 2 inches highest record
since 1856.
January l-Ardrew Jackson Montague is
,na,s,,rated sixty-sevcnth Governor Of
Virginia,
lay conduits
.Taruary s-Epps Investigating commit
tee censures Mayor Taylor
January cameron & Cameron burned
o:1t Almost total loss.
January street car employees peu-
ton for shorter hours.
January Cooks formed union. Bene-
fetal organization chartered in City Cir
cult Court
January Olive thousand dollars Of
fered TO Virginia veterans to mark bat
ucfe.lds, by Thomas T. Ryan.
January S-Board of Governors of tho
Masonic Home met and recommended that
tho capacity of the Home be increased
January 9-Wanted John Browns let
4ers. man who said he was his son maze
application for them.
January lO-All differences settled pc
tween George A Fuller Company and
the bricklayers union, Sl&ly-h'e plieh-
layers went to work.
January lo-Agents warn the City Coun-
Gil that rates will be Increased
January 1i-Captain Mccarthy opens his
campaign for the mayoralty.
January ll-Lieutenant John w Starlso
arrested by postofflce inspector for send
ing obscene letter TO the President.
January 14--Ninor chosen Alderman by
Board TO succeed Major Clay DreWry,
resigned.
January 1b-FTee electric light offered
MAJ chester for five years by Passenger
and Power Company
January 15-Labor Council refused to in
vito Mayoraltv candidates to speak.
January Ex-Governor Montague an
nounccd his staff.
January 1G--Enthusiastic session of Anti
Saloon League. a temperance move in
Virginia.
January i7-Westcrn Union messengers
strike for more money.
January 1S-E w Gates & Co. grocery
house wiper out by fire.
January 21--Robert Whittet, Sr.. DR.
George A Taber. and w. c. Armitage
elected trustees of Carnegie library board.
January 22l-I'ire at the negro Reforrla-
tory.
January 2s-Ex- President Cleveland
dinei in Rioinond.
January 24.-George Hudson, the noun
taineer who tried to kidnap President
Jefferson Davis. visited the city
January 25-GalleSo Mills sold to var
nar Moore & Co
Jaruary 25-Chesapeakc and O.lio train
men assembled to hold tve-days' session
at New Ford's Hotel.
January 29-The City Council voted down
the proposed extension of city limits
January 30-Firc at ". S. Forbes q Co
February.
February 1-Captain Richmond P. Hob
son arrived
February Major Ii. A. Maurice and
Captain "A G. Atkinson announced
candidates for the ma yoralty of Manches-
ter
February 3-Bar Association Committee
recommends expulsion OF Mr. Wenden-
burg.
February Big shortage in accounts of
r. II. Fitzgerald discovered. Sum Of $1,000
missing.
February s-Richmond and Petersburg
electric road compleIed; the last spike
driven.
February State gathering OF the Or
der of Columbus held here.
February 4--Richmond College raised
E15 $50 towards the endowment fund.
February b-Mechanicts' Institute es-
iablished in the new building.
February 10-Five hundred members OF
the Street Railway Employees Union met
early in the morning TO consider griev-
ances against Passenger and Power Com
pany.
February Ia move inaugurated to sell
Jamestown.
February 18.-Grand Lodge Of Virginia
Pythians convened.
February 20-Cordes & Mosbey'S estab-
l!slment wiped out by fire
February 22.-Stenographers organized.
February 54-Clay Ward divided; fifty
six member TO constitute the City Coun-
Gil
February 25-Freshet in the river; TWEEN
ty-four feet high at columbia.
February 27-rlre at l.. c. Younger &
Co.'S store: damage reported $4,000.
March.
March 4-Inlperial Tobacco Company,
of England, acquires an office in Rich
mopd
March 6-Liquor men petition police
commissioners to stop Sunday selling.
March la-Arrest of Charles P. Allen for
enlbezzling large sum from e. S. Dalton
s. Co.
March e-William Clayton found dead at
Sixth and Leigh street
March l0-Henrico county teachers or,
gained.
March Io-Westmoreland Club propose
to enlarge their establishment.
March 1l-Leglslative committee voted
against anti-osteopathic bill.
March l3-Supreme Court decides that
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