The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-12
RICHMOND, Va.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Matters of interest to All Virgin
ians.
Special Dispatch to the virginian.

In withdrawing his notice OF contest
is CONNIE nded by his friends. 1t
was su prise to all OF them that he
shout huk Of contestiug with
about 5000 majority against him.
He did not have the solid support Of
his own party i'll the election. MIR.
Southwark, | hear 1t said. is looking
to the future, aud will try TO carry
the convention Of his party next
year, when he hopes the Republi
cans will elect the President. II he
is defeated again he will have the
pa 80 age OF this district to give
uut, provided, OF course, the Repub
lcsns carry he country. The ex-
Sheriff will be pretty we'll satisfied
to become the dispenser of Offices III
the Th I'd DistricG.
Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson has re
turned to the city after several days
absence, but is not ready to talk
about the invitation he has received
from Chairman Hobson, of the Pop.
Mist committee, to participate In the
conference to be held here ON Janu
airy 22d, looking to the adoption
of some plan to amend the cleo
ton laws. 1t is not known what Mr..
Ellyson is going to do about the
matter, but 1t is more than likely
that he will not be at the conference
nor designate any one to represent
the Democratic party. Mr.. Hobson
expects, l was told, the Republicans
and Prohibltionists to SEMI repte.
sentatives to the meeting. Among
Col. VIM. Lamb, Gen. james A.
Walker aud ex-Judge Edmund Wad-
dill, Republicans; AIR. Hobson, Mr..
Pierson and MIR. j. Brad. Beverley,
Populists; Mr.. w. w. Gibbs, Col.
j. Il. Miller and Mr.. G. NJ. Smith
deal, Prohibitionists.
The Board of Health will to NOR.
row begin a general vaccination of
everybody in the city. Some of the
doctors will approach the work with
good deal OF fear and trembling.
Their road will not be strewn with
roses. Already mutterings of dis
content with the ordinances and
threntenings OF war are heard. The
doctors Will not go very lar before
they will tiud persons who will dis
pute their right to carry out the
provisions of the act? 1t liz said to
be the purpose of the Health all
thorities to call for police n, sistance
Whenever resistance IL made. The
smallpox is nearer the town of
West Point than to Richmond. In
West Point there is much alar N and
everybody has been yaccinated
Strict quarantine rules are being
enforced there.
Much interest is felt in the meet.
lug OF the board of trustees of Rich
mond College, to be- held here on
Monday. A full attendance of the
board is expected. This meeting ls
called at the request of President.
elect Boatwright i'll order that any
persons who have aught to saw
against him may come forward aud
do SO. 1t is pretty well understood
mat no one VIII appear before the
board. There ls much interest felt
as to the cause of opposition to the
prssldent-elect. l hear it stated
uton good authority that some OF
the faculty of the College think
Prof. Boatwright's religious motives
are not orthodox. Some have init
mated that he Is u free thinker. The
1rlends of Boatwright have heard of
this objection to him, and they saw
1T is utterly groundless. One of
them, q Baptist pastor here, told me
to day that Boatwright was as sound
III his religions faith as any person
Ill the denomination.
Inc interesting developments in
the gold brick swindle case to day
was the Identification of Parker nv
several OF his former victims, who
came here to look at him. Amouo
these were Mrs. Dwelly, of Ohio:
y. Is. Crowell. of Pennsylyspja;
Patrick Martin, of New JERSEY:
John Fisher, of Illinois; Josepb
Shannon. OF Pennsylvania, and
Robert NJ. Bonar, of West Virginia
All oil these have lost money by sim
liar schemes as that worked on
Wlthere, and say Parker is the man
who did It, Bob Pinkerton arrived
this evening.
At noon to day tho James river
was up eleven feet at Richmond and
1lsing ABOUT three and half inches
an hour. The river at Column bia at
mat hour was ~ 4 10 above low wa
ter and rising very slowly. 1t was
lailng at Scottsville, where it had
Sn' eighteen and q quarter fee..
Inc Whari OF the Virginia Naviua-
non company was completely sub
merged IN water during the DIp1t
sno everything had to be moved
ont. The Old Dominion s3teamsb,n
Company's wharf shared similar
I'VE; Inc condition of the stream
s' ooiuln oia IS not such rs to alarm
. .ne people here. 1t is probable that
sno river will reach twenty
signt ieet at Columbia, and that
means fourteen feet here, A rise of