The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-23
The SOUTHERpS PROPOSITION
To Norfolk Discussed Before the Counc'''
Committees-An Oner II the 'hes'-
peake asd Ohio to Make New
mort News the Terminus
of the Southern.


III. winston presided. -. ,~o,+ ,roo-
NJ encncar asks that river 'front.' piof,
ery. valued at Sl1oepV, pe Tor
10 him for ninety-nine years yeaIoro,,rr.
~, wear renewable IorcNt.
ttat he be allowed 20 close cervdln cerv,1 ,hat
running through the prope..,s an nn said
tha company shall pay no .I,, 'aNes ,nexer
leased property. lie asks e''-'e ''''
re meeting was hell In the CounS,ss -
chamber. and tho lc.tdlns esTr,., eTS,,,, t,,ers
Norfolk were present -..t.,,, ,,sr
i.ri.o-s merchants. transportAuVn 49, -
nam .,,,,stsiists =, U,ere out IN fun ioiCe.
mo rroposition was d'scussel t,sr, i"i
than TWO hours with great enthusiasm
qEE PtoPLE FAVOR II.
~o,,inent citizen said I'm an aduIesS
that IN the matter was Pu., 70 - tba
er 70 whether the city snoulu f,o6red
road the property thai nye ,'no would vote
~ fter the guecial committee oi - ..,
1.ouncfls had retired the business ,he
csiled Nr. Caldwell Hardy Sasnlea ~ and
Norfolk National BANK. To W he request.
sdcn,cd a resolution faNorink uls lsls,i,tioT,
rol-ided there shall he no dlsclli
a~aiast Norfolk IN the maltel ~ 49,
or and freight rates ana ldVlneisd .bat
Norfolk has for long i,,e,h sl,,,c ~ 20 come
.be Southern could be induced 10 o0''''
II viii open up section rlcn ll,str5es IN nf5
cultural and manufacturing lluut9l.t lu'tla fn
which Norfolk has neVr p0cn "N'
reach.
NEWPORT NEWS IN THE TlELD'
.t..,t o,sciais Of the Chesapeake
"a cifo road have been IN the ciiy W WeV
dav. and It is said that slIons I'm 10
Sa,. 49,, hecn made 10 get the Southeru ~
make Newport News the teIinlhuSS. ,,,ce,.
safd that some time ago, Mr. orS, -
salu ssastt..f %cwro.t News. He then came 10
Torfolk and decided 10 come mere, 40 az. '''e
route South Is easy, ana II ,n1i,g9n foir-
line can he cOnstructed 10 GARD
teen miles shorter than the St"Oo"''
Al AZ The meeting Of special commnl,,es,s nras,'
- ronueilg tonight 10 consider III
dent Spencers proposition, seNe,"d seNet,,,acstss
zens present as adNlsoIS az" anu - ohio
@,eso5 that the Chesapeake anu ~ ~
,,oo,,le were making every ehort pVss.D.o
~ induce the Southern railway 10 ,.t,,,,s ,a'tnSs
lis mind and locate its princlpal 'ei 49,,
at Newport News. ~ 1uSI uSSIbessneake MIl and
had been offered by the Cheaapv"N0 ''''N
Ohio was not divhisel'
AZ rSprPFvDFNT TERMINUS.
,,,., eo,,ther, Railway Company offers
@~..ttteb here "A terminus indeycH'-
.rfiv and in it's own li-ht, upvn - 80,
waters of the Norfolk harpor am ''0,i,+rs' ,s.
and prOvide their steamship p..,,,,
i,ar,,ee and other facilities necessary
sor coastwise and foreign shipping an9
afso Ia establish upon the properly leasru
10 IL by the city RAILWAY an a -
boat terminus for local uainc " 70 49,
,,,, mo CITY of NOrfols ana open 10
l i"'.' ,trongh these term 10 the mei-
chants of Norfolk. and %. lts Mhai -
ana niers for foreign ana coastWiSc sHlp-
ping on or before January, J., i,'o, -
vi1el the property desired anu lai'.e1 lao',,i
in these dispatches heretOioIe u '""'o
bv lease by July 18th .,...a
Mr. Dawson Mccormick, VINO nesoualet
the purchase OF the Eunis ana IIpundl
proucrfv for the railroad, says tla, IT,
f..
does not believe there VIII ue any tly"',
i'm bringing about an agreement pe'" '0i'
inc city and Mr.. Spencer. ,,.., ...,.,,,-
AIR lanes L. Cannon. an old ana PROM
inent citizen Of Princess Anne county >
died to-day. Deceased had nled tne poo,
tion OF sheriff supervisor ana 3oStts 81,
fha reace. which latter Office ne hllei ioi
twenty years. He leaves several reiallNss'
among chem brother, John II. cannon,
~ this city. two daughters, Mesdanes
Arnistead and Land, and a son, ROBERT
Mrs. Bridget Kiernan, Wife OF Thomas
Kiernan. died to-day at 81. vincent >
Hospltal. where she had gone for treat
ment.
A SCHOONER LIBELLtD.
The schooner Alice Ferrall was libelled
to-day by 4. y. Marshall Tor cargo an"
freight money. - tho
Rev. +. B Hatcher, pastor OF tne
First Baptist church, has returhed, i9i .h''
gratifying Intelligence that he raised
considerable sum of money toward pay
ing for the Granby-Strett Melho1lo'
church building, on Wnlch MS c0hs4es"
ton has taken an option. 49,,
Moonlight beneficial excursions 10 Oii
Point and the capes are tho order OF tnc
night now ? use the term benenclai a"-
yisedly. as these excursions, "hieh ~,
clude five nights OF the week, are neal.n-
giving, and for the beneht OF some cnutcn,
LILO ga g. aTGInILdflDl.
800 people 90 out on each boat
The remains OF Mrs. GeOrgianna bur
roughs. widow of the late j. Henry Bur, Bur
roughs. who died at Portsmouth friday
evening viii be buried tomorrow.
THE PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
The Portsmouth street railway is meet
ing with some delay and annoyance In Sc
curing a right OF way through streets de-
sired for track-way. The Board OF Coth-
~ Supervisors will meet next Thursday
10 hear the report OF special committee
appointed 10 investigate ana report O"
the application OF the railway people
Trr PORTSMOUTH ICE PALACE.
The Portsmouth Ice Palace will open
Monday and continue TWO weeks.
The retail grocers OF Norfolk will or
ganize protective association Monday
Miss Blanche NJ Hendren and Mrs
Jennie Delany Rice OF the norfolk Art
League. will leave Monday night for New
Europe 10 spend three months IN SCHOOLS
of art
All is quiet In police circles to-day.
sIs1Eh's HERoIsM.
The little son OF Blr. Crancel. residing
on Duke street. fell from boat into the
water at the foot, OF that thorotghtafe
to-day. An older sister saw the accident
aud plunged in after the child. she sue
ceefed IN reaching i'm, and, In water
fsck-deop held him up until Deputy
Clerk Junlus \. Coleman, OF the Court
Of Law and Chancery, VINO happened 10
b. RAISING. Rescued them.
C. M. FIsCH's sTgASoE DYATB.
Tonight b)ut $50 o'c.cck white man
named . NJ. Finch was brought 10 the
station house in an unconss ioLs condl-
ton from the house OF Florence Lamont
keeper OF a bagnio on " DIN street.
He was carried there by hackman.
The woman was alarmed by his strange
appearance, and sent for an officer. Al
the D0lice station several physicians found
the man was suffering from an over
duse OF morphine. Az empty one-eighth-
ounce vial was found in his clothes. Every
EFFORT was made 10 save MIN, but IN vain,
and al $40 O'clock he died
He was identified as c. NJ. Finch. A
letter IN MS pocket showed that he had
relatives IN Saginaw, Mich.
one OF the letters from that city was
signed "Clara," and possibly furnishes q
clue 10 why the man killed himself. Ine
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