The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-03
A SILVER LOVE FEAST
Indications That This viii Be the Character
of the Convention at Staunton.
JOHN DANIEL FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY
He Can Probably Get Anything no,
Wants From the eConvention-Toos
Much silver About TO Xiii a Richs
m"nd Darkcy-A Touching Inciss
dent Convicts Confirmed.

Richmond. Va, June 2.-(Spectad) -
The advance guard to the Stalmton &
Convention left at 2:30 O'Clock tt1ts az 4
ternoon Only SILVER men We're In the
party. Tonight Hon. j. Taylor Ellysor
iebt FOR the convention city, and Colone,
j.. Bell Bigger will follow toLmorutsu
Inere VIII be mixture of the gold and
silver men on to-nights traen
1T is believed here that the conyenet,on !.
VIII accomplishl Its work I'm very Short
order. Senators Daniel ana Martin Wi
De on 'hand. and Ut will devolve upon the
Icrmer TO write the white metal platform, B
Ine local silver contingent wiil boom
senator Daniel for the Vice Presidency
ana IL Is likely that me will head the dele
gao.on to Chicago. HE can have any
uhing The wants." said a etru1ir frea
SILVER man to-day tIrlafsfi
"A feature of the convention will be
big speech from Senator Daniel. Thss 4
iocal gold men say that none of the big
orn'ois ,,,,n OF the State favorable to gold
WIZ attend THE convention Goy,einot.
SFerrall Is not going, and as GensIas
fFtz Lee Is on his way to Havana. ha I
cannot be In Staumton 1t looks very
feast 80 -; -
hand for twenty years employed a,t ff1,, {
Broad street freight depot of the Chessa 5 \
n:ake and Ohio railway, is sufferinf-
IRON, uhe effects of silver eating. Dur
M M, tne past several months he has been
taking the metaI into his system in such &
uuaN:lties as to cause serious injury ID,
ms PHYSICAL system. About a year aro
oraSton, who Is nearly SO years old,
pesan TO complain OF, i'll health. and Z
soon after he became convinced that nj,
enemy had conjured him. He visited
|a-SoQdpQ doctor. WHO advised him to est
powdsrsd Silver, It was abspautei y nee
eissary' the docton told him, that he
should file the powder himself from q. sflL
yer coin and pa!take of 1t every NORM
ing After the superstFtiotis negro mad
followed his, prescriptions for few
weeks his friends became alarmed and
several days ago they appealed to Detec-
tive Sergeant Hall Ito pr:vent the unfor.
tunafe man from continuing to poison
himself. Braxton declares that his in
tesiiites are full OF lizards and snakes
them '-1ss
One of the many pretty and touch
ing incidents that marked the military
observance of Memorial Day was this
lripute patd TO the memory OF the late
Captain William p. Purcell by his iife-
long friend, Comrade James Harmon.
of Lee Camp. Captain Purcell was one
OF the most gallant soldiers of the Sixth
alabama infantry, In which General IL
B. Gordon was the first colonel. While
the niemorAl ceremonies were IN pro-
grsss Comrade Harmon planted q. haild-
some flag over tina grave of Captain 4
Purcell. III 5.1
Thirty-seven male conviets. includfnF
four negroes, were confirmed at the State
prison Sunday afternoon, the rite being
adnfnlsnned by Bishop McFaul, who
was assisted In the ceremonies by Rev
Fathers Aloysius and Henry Three OF
the convicts, one a wife fnurdeTef. sefy.
ing twenty yiars terms, are converts
to the Roman Catholic faith, and ware
baptized at the prison yesterday morn
ing. S8
Charles Shepherdson, colored well-s
digger. who resided near Swansboao
was overcome by gas and died In the
bottom of well on Mr.. r. B. Chaffin's
property at River View this morning.
He was engaged in making well deep
er, and had to blast granite. For sew
e!al days the man had noticed evidences 4
of gas in the WE'LL and he was cautions
ed to be careful. This morning he went
down without ascertaining whether or
not there was any gas In the we'll He
sent up one or two buckets of dirt and
rock and, responded no more when the
bucket was returned. His assistant on
the outside became uneasy and startled
down in the bucket. He was nearly
ovecome by the foul atmosphere and haG
to return to. the top. All the gas had
to be expelled before the body was re-
covered, which was at 1910 O'Clock. q
Bryan T. Clarke, the foppish negro
who was arrested here several days ago
and committed to jail as suspicious
character, is wanted by the Brooklyn, 4
n. Y. police for grand larceny. InrepIy
TO a letter of inquiry addressed to the
Brooklyn Police Department, Detectives
Hall and Gibson have received informs
tion from Superintendent of Police w.
j. Keldy and request to hold the pris-
oner The Superintendent says that
Clarke stole a valuable diamond stud
from Mr.. C. o. Brown while visiting
the servant girl at Mr. Browns resi- {
dence, No. 204 Bushwick avenue, Brook
lyn.
The ladies interested In the movement
to place a memorial window Iii 81 a
Paurs Church to President Jaffefsor,
Davis, met yesterday at the home OF Il
Mrs. George Ross, on Franklin street..
The plans suggested met with hearty
approval. These plans will shortly be
made public. st. Paul.s Church yeatry
has approved of the memorial fnovs-
ment.