The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-15
.FITz LEE AS DIPLOMAT
PRESIDENT Cleveland Discusses the Consul
General on His Way to Richmond.
A CROWD GREETS MR.. sClEyELaHu
an" He Goes Through n General
Handsiinking = He Co,upIt,na,,.
"Ferr"ii- Republicans Are nnra
"' work Preparing for Their Con.
'est-Dr. Tnlnagc i'm Richmond.

~ nhlcnmond. Va, Dec. 1i-(Specla1>
ieSiucnt Cleveland spent twenty min
~ III iticnmond last night on his way
10 oouth Carolina. There were obn,t
one Thousand people MT tba eta,,sn,, a.
sIecl MN He came out on the r,lat-
.orni ol his car and shook hands with
.ueHi' postmaster Cullingworth and a
~, !,u'i'pcr OF other prominent people we're
p .ne s'uIion. Collector or. Internal
revenue Ryan came down viii tba
president from boswell ana b,,i 49,.
an hotrs chat With him. He said MIR
1icNeiahd spoke in the Very hipbn,t
terms of Fitz Lee as atdiplor,,oi and
uld not neglect TO say. u good word ror
r uoHei1ior oIFerrall. The President was
uhable doistate how long he wo,IId rA-
nam in South Carolina. lie fold Mr.
Ryan me next hunting trip he should
takc would be TO Ragged IsInnu
hen Mr.. Cleveland pas sed through
,,ieninona TWO years ago at ,she came
nour ana on the same train. there were
not one hundred people at the ',f,ti6n to
greet him. and only some hair do1an ~
iercd 10 shake hands with him. n Js
dliiicult to understand thc incrca sed an
tefest i'll his passing through the clty
ON this occasion. 1t was Sunday on
notn occasions, and his coming had been
well advertised both times. The dem
onstrution was evidently very pleasing
no the President. He said If il had not
peen sunday he would have made the
crowd a short speech.
AT WORK ON CONTESTS.
The Republicans are hard at work pre-
pairing their contests I'M the Second
Fourth and Fifth districts. Mr.. Edrar
Alian and Colonel Brady are said to be
sNlhs me most of their time to these
cases. lit has been decided not TO make
contests In she First and Third districts.
lt is likely this conclusion was reached
by and with the approval of the Nation
al Committee.
Most OF the Republicans from this
Section VINO VIII attend the meeting of
THE state Committee in Norfolk on
Thursday will go down TO that city on
wednesday. 1t Is expected THAT there
VIII be several conferences Wednesday
night looking to mapping out plans for
the light. Very likely the Waddill- Brady
people VIII confer here before going
to Norfolk. The anti-Lamb people say
there Is not the shadow of doubt that
'hey Will gain a complete victory. They
still decline to say how they expect ITO
get rid of Colonel Lamb.
DIR. TALAiAGE IN RICHMOND.
Rev. II. Dewitt Talmage, ID. d. is
here. visiting his daughter. Mrs. Allen
II. Donnan. The Doctor did not preach
on Yesterday. He attended service at
- II,
heard sermon by DIR. Kerr. A'member
of Mr.. Donnans family said to-day,
while 1t was true that DR. T,llmaEe
would not marry any slime soon, he
would probably take another wife SOME
time In the future. All of DR.. Talmage's
intimate friends here unders tand that he
has matrimonial intentions.
c. & O. IMPROVEMENTS.
President NJ. T.. ingalls,, of the Chesa-
peakc and Ohio railway. Is here for a
day or two. In speaking of the 80 GOO
600 improvements his company proposed
10 make here he said ii was only Il ques-
ton of being allowed TO carry out the
plans suggested or putting a. new Goa.
of red paint on the old buildings. The
Richmond Council has passed the ordi-
nance asked for, but Manchester wants
the company 10 ercct a new free bridge
across James river in return for the priv
ilcges asked for.
COULD NOT GET A HALL.
The Democratic League for Good Gov
ernmcnt did not meet .:o-nighf- for reor-
GaniZItion. owing 10 the fact that a
hall could not be secured the meeting
was postponed to tomorrow night.
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
At the meeting of the Ministerial Asso-
citation OF Richmond and Manchester
nciu tu-uaN, ftcN. d. Gavin stewart was
elected president. and Rev. j a. More
head secretary.
SUPREME COURT.
Proceedings in the Supreme Court of
Appeals of Virginia to-day were as fol-
lows:
Piedmont Bank vs.. Hatcher, No. &c.
Argued by George ID. Cray anu Gene
raj James G.. Field and submitted.
The next cases 80 be called are Winter
vs.. Southern Lon and Investment Co..
No ~; Turnhull IS. Mann. No. 2S.
HE LOST HIS VOICE.
Rev. u. II. Rawlings formerly of Nor
folk, suddenly los. Fis voice during his
sci mon in C-y stree, Methods: church
las. night lie had 20 suspend his re-
marks To-day My. Rawlings Is all
right arently. Wnen in Norfolk he
had to have an operation performed on
h,s throat