The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-21
TIE CITY or RICHMOND
The PopulIst Party Weakening In the State
and a Full Collapse Is Expected.
THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM NOW OPEN.
Some OF The Ola spIdicrs Complaim.
fnE Of Their Food The EoEus
Count To lie sent To New Work for
Trinl-Denth OF Miss EISirn Niunmo
Wells New York Rnttery Arrives.

Richmond, Va, March 2O.-(SpcciuD-
a few leading Republicans here among
| them Col. w. +. Wickham and cx,
Judge l.. L. Lewis. are taking no part
in the war between the Friends of Col.
Lamb and Mr. Allan. Col. Lamb
but the latter would not avrn consider
The proposition. He Is for Mckinney
for President and looks upon Lamb us
being opposed to the Ohio man. 1t is
no: known where Judge Lewis stands
While Republican he never takes
an active part In politics. The Lamb
people would like very much TO have the
Judge as their leader.
The PoIulist party is weak ming i'm
Virginia. There arc many evidences of
the fact that ii is rapidly going 10 pieces
who have gons back to the Democrats
and probably there are some who hay.
re-enllsted with the Republicans. This
Is due largely TO the fact that men DO
not care to tlhow their votes away
and they desire TO be with one or th,.
no; be surprising IL the whole Populist
party in Virginia should welt away be-
fore the autumn elections.
There will be another mcEiing OF
the Democratic League for Good Gov
thousand NAMES will DC submitted for
membership. This movement is gather
ing force as Is sweeps along. ConSid-
crahlei bad feeling Is being stirred up
and after the primary, If the leaEucrs
should win. there may be an lnd.Dpn-
dent movement. Inasmuch as the lead
tTS III the league are business men some
of the workingnen believe that this Is
scheme to hurt their interests. TIL"
fiShtson the par, of the opposition is to
array the waSc-earncrs against the
league, In which they have been par
TALLY successful
The Confederate Museum Is now omen
10 the public. AT Il meeting held to-day
the arrangements for keeping ii open
were perfected. The museum is in the
old Jefferson Davis mansion, formerly
the White House of the Confedcracy
An admission fee OF % cents Is chang Il
every day except Saturday. when it is
open 10 the public without charge.
Prof. Edmund Harrison, formerly of
Richmond College. has been asked to
take the Presidency of a institution Of
learning in Kentucky. He will proba-
bly, accept. Professor Harrison was
one of the members of the faculty who
resigned when Mr.. Boatwright was
elected President of the college here.
BY the way after all the disturbance
about Mr.. l3oatwrisht, there is now per
feet harmony in the college ana his
former opponents are very much In love
with him.
Major b. T. Howard to-day received
from the New York authorities n war
rant for the arrest OF Lucien di-Arman-
de. Count de Rivcre. alias Armand De-
NiGne, charging him, under indict-
ment. by the grand jury, with grand
larceny. Sergeant Alex. NJ. Tomlinson
went down 10 the Jail this afternoon
and served the warrant on the bogus
count who Will lie taken to New York
Tomorrow evening II the detective ex-
pccted here tomorrow arrives for him.
The count says he is willing to go To
New York. because he IS satisfied that
his troubles will end as soon as he has
convinced the officers that he is not
the man they are looking for
Miss lilvira NJ. Nimmo died this morn
ing at her late residence. No. Il Fart,
street. Miss Nimmo had been suffcrin.
form the effects of a bad cold for some
time. but was made much worse by hor
constant attention to her mother. Mrs.
Nj. l.. Nimmo, who was buried on Wed