Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-15
i. PRESIDENT DECLINES
ps Cannot Accept Irritation 10 Uni
Ysrsity Alumni Banquet
o,,,rrs MONTICELLO SPEECH.
~ couptcr 10 Governor Russell ON
,se Money Question Regarded ~
s,rouw Card-FIower nocm--
ofbcr Notes.

,n,s morning and extended him an |
.,,,,ion 10 the annual banquet OF the
- - the University Of Virginia. at
p,.bmond. on the 18th instant MT
'''.,.oiand said he had a warm place In
- ,.ar, for the University and no
-, yould afford him greater pleasure
-, % attend the banquet; but he re-
,-.,,ea 10 say that. owing 70 the pres
s,~s OF public business. he would have
a. decline the invitation.
Nr Cleveland was at University COM
,,o,cemcnt some years. ago. when
~. weather was very hot, and, Though
10 WAS the guest of a cold-water profess
eor a. Is said that he drank his first
,,ouiue Virginia mint julep. which was
,,ixo1 nv General Fitzhugh Lee. He has
,.yer forgotten that Julep. or Fitz Lee.
DANIELS ADDRESS.
In political circles Senator Daniels
,fonti,elo speech is generally discussed,
and II Is thought by silver men that the
chem, counter which he delivered at
1--Goveru0r Russell. when the latter
c,t.S Jefferson as d sound-money or gold
,,,rfari advocate. will prove a strong
- ip Virginia. Some Of the gold men
,,..lIre 70 think that RusselPs re-
marks on that question should have
,,ssei unnoticed. but the silver men
sre OF the opinion that II was the duty
~ the Virginia orator to correct what ne
deem. false construction Of the great
uemocrats doctrine. though It was at
the tomb Of the prophet.
THE FLOWER BOOM
The advertisement Of the Roswell p.
r-1wpr boom in the New YORK World
Yesterday morning caused considerable
taIk among the politicians. Some OF the
J,r-lyians recalled the fact that MT.
Flower had aided Virginia TO the extent
- 5000 In 1888. The New York Governor
- PECULIARLY business-like man in poll
is and withal very social and genial.
lybrn "A congressman ne never lost a
hfU because he brought his hospitality
:, boar on the members, and was gen
,iouan log-roller OF the highest type
PERSONAL.
M Robert w. Hughes, OF NorioiK'
Va is in the city, registered at the
Raleigh. ,-,..
colonel James d. Patton, OF Richmond
v5,b Mr. William Campbell and other
friends from that city, passed through
asst night on a trip 10 New YORK
sneaker John f. Ryan, Of the Virginia
House Of Delegates, II in the city, stop-
ping at the National. 49,
Mr. George TrUeman, a former hlch-
nond journalist. but now Of Philadelphia
e in the city. stopping with friehus'
POSTAL.
Among the fourth-class postmasters APP
poiuted to-day were the following; BIZ
cat Scott county, Va, William y. refers
gice James II. Peters, resigned; Bolnstoh'
Loudoun county. Va, Samuel W. BrOVAs
ylco Thomas DeKalb, resigned.
A new office has been established at
Watt. Culpeper county. Va, with Ihomas
NJ. Bolin as postmaster
Star-service change has been made III
Virginia as follows:
Keller 10 Wachapreague. Permit ule
postmaster at Keller TO deliver the lnaiI
IN the carrier fifteen minutes In ADVANCE
~ schedule-tlme, on the morning Trip
provided no connections are broken there
~ and no complaints are made.
Ia North Carolina!
Viuepring 10 Pearidge. Modify order OF
March q. 1896. Qulletin 49J2). so as 10
ft8tr Il decrease in distance or OoZ miles
ty slpplv OF Pcaridge at its new site.
Changes IN star schedules have been
made in Virginia as follows:
Crosses 10 Chilhowie. Leave Crosses
fauv except Sunday s A. NJ, arrive chill
boV,ie by 10 4. NJ; leave Chilhowie daily
,xcept sunday IL a. NJ, arrive Crosses by
[ T.. A.
strlbbling Springs TO Moscow. Leave
etrilbling Springs daily except Sunday
j.. ST.. arrive Moscow by 2:50 r. M; leave
Moscow daily except Sunday $50 a. NJ,
arrive Stribbling Springs by 10 a. NJ, Take
effect May II. 1896.
Wauenton to Bethel Academy. Leave
RsIrenton daily except Sunday 2:50 Z. NJ
Grriye Bethel Academy by $3.50 T. NJ;
leave Bethel Academy daily except sun
day A. NJ, arrive Warrenton by 10 A.
NJ
New Glasgow Depot to Lowesville. Leave
New Glasgow Depot daily except Sunday
80 r. ~. arrive townsville by 6:SO i.
81 leave Lowesvllle daily except Sunday
$50 A. 81. arrive New Glasgow Depot by
l-l J.. N.
GLADYS 20 Marysville Leave Gladys daily
except sunday u NJ. arrive Marysville by
l.20 T.. ~; leave Marysviile daily except
Sunday a. d., arrive Gladys by 1920 A.
81
ARRIVALS.
The hotel arrivals to-day included the
following.
The Raleigh: G. p. Dicker. Virginia.
National. j. y. Leak. North Carolina
J. s. Specer, Virginia.
Metropolitan: w. Il. Neal. North Caro-
Una. S. ST. Green, Petersburg Va; a. D.
bsngerfcd. Virginia; j. III. Adams
LyuchbIrs Va; j. w. Woon and VIE
Richmond. Va; r. +. Buxton, North Caro-
Iaa.
Howard House: r. Bywater. Virginia;
J. Prather and daughter, North Caro-
L tVaHa u
ST. James: j. w. Gerhardt, Virginia;
MIS-. n. l. Jones
Hotel Page: S. Jones. North Carolina.
Cochran: NJ Vandorin. Virginia.
NORTH CAROLINA LAWYERS.
There is quite a galaxy Of legal talent
here from North Carolina. engaged in
iho many cOntested-elcction cases from
that State Among them are: II. II. Ben
net. NJ Wadesboro'; Plat ID. Walker,
Of Charlotte; George NJ. Rose. Of Fay
CieylIle: r. +. Buxton. OF Fayetteville;
r. Thomas, of New Berne: Thomas
sutton 81 Fayetteville, and Daniel Il.
Russell of Wilmington.
VIRGINIA MEASURES.
Representative Tyler to-day introduced
The following:
I'm 20 remove the charge OF desertion
AGAINST James McGreery, Of Phoebus
Va.
Petition OF citizens Of Newport News
fsyorlng the adoption OF the metric-sys-
tom
Petition Of the Great Bridge O'a) Chap
Ter % the Daughters 81 the Revolution
asking Tor an appropriation for the pub
ic1 lion ~ documents OF the state Depart
mont relating to the Revolutionary pc
r.ol.