The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-27
Fltz' Lee Taking Position Fofiha5 5coJaIBgS
Contest With Senator Marlin. ssi e
MONTAGUE GIVES GLOWING REP0RIs
Russell Slated for PostntasterzG Gniis Il
insworth VIII serve Out mis- Tern, (.
Morgan TrentIto BE United sta4ss,s 4
sIarsh"'I-surviyor or OF the Garrison \
WrccR. s.SSSSs:$s 80;
Especial Dispatch to The yirgtniaI,.1s
ic1, w. ~ 4, 49,. :. y.

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The announcement that General sFitaS
Lee Will remove his residence to Ria3is y
mond Is creating a good deal OF fpoiffiS
cal interest. While the General sF5viiIs
not deny nor confirm the reports ftN IA 4
| quite certain that he has practfca1fyyS
| decided 10 become u citizen OF this Essysss
All he will say about the matter ioWs Ri /,
that his family will reside here whils&I
he Is in Cuba, but he mas made no tsiaiis
as to where he will reside when he ra s$
| Turns from Cuba. There is no! doubt Sof IS
the fact that Lees friends here have n
advised him that 1t would be better Tor S
| him to be resident OF Eastern " riflsi
| glnla, when he comes to contest mi tIEs
Mr.. Martin for the United States SenIs5S
torship, inasmuch as Senator Darilei%
resides in the Western portion Of tSios
Commonwealth. ss5}2t
The Hon. A. J. Montague, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Attorney Generals
spent the day here as the guest OF sNfr r.ts
William Ellyson, at whose home Mrs
Montague Is visiting. Mr. NIoritaE1ia&
called nt headquarters and gave al glaWsS
Ing account OF lis reception wharayera
no has been in Virginia. To-nigh h8s
made q speech In Manchester, and oil
though the weather was dnclement ieH:SS
had q fair sized audience. sEks
1t has been practically settled that
Mr Otis III. Russell will be the 1fext
postmaster cf Richmond. President III GassSS
Ninley is said to have promised TO ap sa
point him, but Mr.. Culngwor til Wilt
be allowed to serve out his term whfcfts
Will expire next spring. Mr.. Russell isS
Identified with the Waddill- Brady faGas
tlon. but he is not unpopular with thpaslii
LaHnb-NVlckhaan following He wdilS
probably rcnppoint Mr.. John L. Grqbbs:s
assistant postmaster, q selection that
would ibe very popular with all 5sYliQs
nave dealings with the Office IA SSSsssi
Mr.. Morgan Treat has been aErassssss
upon by the Republican leaders
recommended for United States Mar
shai. Captain Asa Rogers was his $op4
moment and the contest was q y mos 4
friendly one. 1t Is said that Captafr fra
Rogers Will be otherwise provided sfof.s
Nr. Treat will not be appointed until
the term OF United States AiarshaI
1ludgins expires, about the first OF tia
year. 5s 81S2s6s,IT;
MIR. G. f. Mann, of AmeIin county, .gi
relative OF the Hon. William Hodges
Mann, was on the express train Ylfcl1,
was wrecked near Garrisons, N Ysss9
sunday morning. He Us private detetSs
tive In the employ OF the Mutual es.
serve FUND Life association, OF SIaM
norK. ana was returning from BliffaloE
MT. Mann was in the forward Sleep
which plunged into the river. IIe8 cut
ms way out through a window asidS
saved the life Of lady passenger. B ~ ~
Mann passed Through here to- daySFp pna
MS way to his old home in AnelIas ifsssss sssss
Colonel John Cussons, the late CONS
mander of the Grand Camp OF Confe
rate Veterans. has rendered his resif4
nation as a member of the history CONF
mlttee He offers no explanatlo sf6r (
thls act and his friends are a5sMtbtas
puzzled as to why he has resigned.