The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-15
RICHMOND, Va.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Matters of interest TO All Virgin
ianS.

IdnS.
Special Dispatch to the virginian.
RICHMOND, Vs., January 14.-It
is pretty certain that a big exposi.
ton will be held in Richmond next
fall to last about ten days. Such q
show would catch many people 60
ing and returning from Atlanta,
where the great Cotton States Elk
position is to be held. The Vir.
giuia Agricultural and Mechanical
Society is few thousand dollars In
debt but the money to raise this
debt is being contributed by bust
ness men here aud will all soon be
1sieed, In short time the e1ecu.
tive committee will meet and decide
upon the date end the character of
the show. big Interstate expo.
sition for 1900 is being talked OF and
quite likely steps will soon be taken
10 set the movement on foot. No
big exposition for that year has
been announced and number Of
public spirited business men of this
city are anxious for Richmond to
make the start. The grounds here
are ample and about one-fourth of
she buildings necessary are erected.
The scheme to incorporate Rich
mond, Manchester and their sub.
urbs, into one city is q very lively
topic here. The councils of the two
cities have taken steps looking to
the appointment of committees to
investigate and report on the sub
ject. Richmond's Chambe of Com.
merce is moving also. In both
cities the sentiment appears to be
overwhelmingly IN favor of "Great
or Richmond" and the matter will
come up before the Legislature at
its next session. There will be
many who will object to annexing
Manchester to Richmond as mat.
ter of course. 1t is quite safe to
say that no scheme of the sort that
takes away from Manchester local
eelf government will ever be adopt
ed. But after all, what Richmond
wants Is simply one city IN name.
If the scheme IL carried out the next
census should give Richmond pop
ulation of about 120, 900.
u. 5. Ely, the young man ar.
rested in New York last week on
the charge of defrauding q. L. Yer
der II Co., provision dealers in
Norfolk, with branch house here,
out of certain sum of money, was
brought to Richmond last night by
Police Officer NJ. B. Sutton. He
was before the Police Court to day
aud at the request of the prosecutor
hls case was continued until the
18th. Ely was committed to jail.
The accused was formerly manager
OF the branch house here. He Is n
young man of neat appearance and
quite dressy. When asked about
tue charge against him he said there
was nothing in it; that he had not
committed any fraud. He admitted
that there might be shortage in
his accounts. but SAID he had o
right to use the money as he chose
and Was simply Indebted to the firm.
Ely has employed MIR. L.. q. Wen.
denburg as his counsel.
John Il. Norris, the Ohio detec
sive who was arrested here last
week on suspicion of being impli.
Gated in the brick swindle, WINS
taken before the Police Justice to
day and motion was made to re.
oucs his bail bond from $1,000 to
S3OO. lie was represented by
Messrs. u. q. richardson and O. V.
Meredith. His counsel tried to
have the charge OF being O suspi-
cious character dismissed and the
accused held in S3U0 as a witness in
the case. Commemorative Attor.
ney Smith made a vigorous opposi-
tlon to this motion. 1t is under.
stood that the Chief of Police also
was opposed yielding q point in this
case. After a full hearing of the
matter the Justice refused to reduce
she bond to $500, and Norris being
unable to give bail in the sum Of
Sl.OOO, went back to Jail. Several
warrants have been sworn out here.
charging the man Parker with being
fugitive from other Stated.
Thomas Hollerun, the man who
Killed Gabrielle Papini ia q bar.
room Saturday, was before the
Police Justice to day. He was re
presented by Hon. Henry Il. Pol.
lard and Msssrs. Coulter and Wise.
MIR. Pollard asked that the case be
certified to the Grand Jury, which
was done. Coroner Tayler yester
Gay held an inquest on the body OF
Papini and the verdict was that the
man came to his death at the hands
OF hollerun. The accused has now
completely sobered up and appears
70 regret the killing very much.
his defense will be that he shot
Papini In self.defense. The eve
Witnesses TO the affair do not agree
as to whether or not the bar.keeper
attempted to draw a weapon before
doIlerun shot. Papini's body was
buried yesterday afternoon.
The board OF trustees Of Richmo nd
college met here to night to investi
gate the 'sspeo;one ;rs;nro,,,,