The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-09
NJ THE CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA
Many Matters of=tnterest to All
Good Citizens.
RICHMOND THEATER NO MORE
e VIII Be Used as a Furniture Store.
The Case Against Commissioner
Taylor. The Young Man in
Jail. Confederate Museum.
College Baseball.
Special Dispatch to The yireinian.

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RICHMOND, Va, March S.-The Rich.
mond Theatre has served it's purpose as
b playhouse and will soon be used for
another purpose. a local firm will
probably lease it for a furniture store.
If THE ia not done Mr.. Leath will
conyert il into a skating rink. The
tneatra has been losing popularity for
esTerat years. Since Mr.. Leath has
been the lessee of both play houses he
has used the Academy of Music almost
exclusively. The theatre was erected
soon Rfter the war on the site of the
one burned during the war. The late
Mfs, Powell had 1t built and was it's
owner mp to her death q few yeare ago.
There 10 talk of building q new theatre
here,
Brimley Taylor, Commissioner of the
Revenue OF King William, who was
arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn
out by Auditor of Public Accounts
Marye, charging him with uttering q
forged order upon the Commonwealth
for 3ls2. so for the support of a lunatio,
was taken before Police Justice
Crntchtield this morning aud in the
absence of an important witness the
Application was made for bail and re
fused. Taylor, therefore, went to Jail.
Ehe ACCUSED young man is represented
10y MIR. Hill Carter, ex.Judge Edmund
Wsddill, Col. w. +. Wickham and Mr..
Nv D. Cardwell, hls brother-in. law.
The prisoner and his lawyers refuse to
SAY anything about the charge. Those
an possession of the facts the Common
wealth will bring out decline TO give
anything for publication. 1t can be
asated, however. with some degree of
certainty that the case 10 going to
prove an interesting one, and some
people think perhaps a little careless.
ness in hoDoring orders in the Audit
ing department will be revealed. On
the suriace it looks like the case
3ngairet Taylor is a bad one.
The Richmond College baseball tenn
will be organized for the season in the
next few days. Practice work began
there o week ago. Nearly oil the old
players will be back, and some excel.
lent new talent has been discovered.
Eliyson will be chief pitcher and john
son, Tom Duke, Lockett, Baiiy, Phil
lips and other familiar faces will be
seen. Phillips will captain the team.
The season will open on March 3Oth
the College aud its old time
enemy, Randolph-Macon. Negotiation
are pending for dates with Princeton,
Rutgers and other northern Colleges.
Mr. A. Nj. Bowers will be the clubs
manager.
Ii Will not be very long now before
the old Davis mansion will be IA full
Medged Museum of Confederate relics.
The work of making the structure fire
proof will begin at once. Already
there are many relics on hand ready
to place on exhibition. One room will
be dedicated 10 each Southern State.
liz Is reported here that Rev. William
Grant, OF Northampton county, N. c.,
is at the point of death.
The sentence of Franklin G. Lewis,
OF Aocomae. charged with unlawfuily
selling liquor, was committed by the
Governor from sixty days in Jail and
payment of fines and costs amounting
70 1882. 80, to five days in Jail. William
CLOSE. of Norfolk. sixty days in Jail for
petit larceny, was pardoned.
Statistics were again the order of the
day of the Washington Methodist Con
Terence to-day. A motion was made
Oy Rev. +. f. Sawyer to reduce the
OF delegates in the General
; Conference, but 1T was lost. ReY. W.
Z. Brooks and Q. G. Key read very in.
ferssting reports from their districts,
Nana there were also reports from va
Ntious ministers concerning the benevo.
CENT collections from their churches.
SDs; j. W. &. Bowen was appointed
yueiiver an address on the life and
character OF Fred. Douglass at the next
conference. After the speeches of Drs.
Day and Breckenridge and the in
PRODUCTION of DR.. Todd, j. L. Rollins,
Ed. Wagner, president of Morgan
college. Baltimore, and OF Hon. @. III.
81. Taylor, e1-Miuister to Liberia. Il
motion was made aud carried to APP
point q committee to invite Gov. OFFER
rail- and Mayor Taylor to visit the con.
farence and address the meeting some
morning.