The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-15
A TTACkE:D By. j. BRUTE
Unfortunate Adventure of One Of the Young
Lady EycursIonlsis 10 Richmond.
CANDIDATES For ATTORNEY EBlI1
Animated Contest for Ehatrnstislai.,s 1
otstnsc Oanyeutton-.ai Al nj or = q ctI,sssg
financial Views Trouble some OF
sEis supporters How E.iehn,o NIL nj !
DcicGntca yviil he Appointed. .s5sSsasls
especial 'a Disptach i. to The v}rginian)J :)J
Richmond, Va, j uIy ID. 1ssi7 :5S3s:

especial Disptach to The vIrginian.) -
Rlchmond, Va, J uly ID, / .s s.
An excursion under the auspices Of the &
FIRST Baptist church OF Norfo;ie,S
brought 1,SQ0 people here to-day. I. ana
'hey seemed to enjoy themselves the. u
sights OF the city were taken III. S Onei#
VI me cNcuN'nniatS was the victim $of II
an attempted outrage by negrc SIie
IS MISS Lima Russell, daughter OF Mr.
). ltusscll OF Norfolk Miss Russell
was the guest OF Miss Sanderlivi hers
COUSIN These two ladies' and a5tflirIS
one started to walk to Ches tnut Fill to-:
visit talr. Sanderlln'5 laundry They
hhu TO so some. distuncc out OF the city.s
ana at po!n. where the road crossast: &
the chesapeake and Ohio track thSrty yisSS sSs SSss
thlFket OF swamp trees. No houses q
| are Very near at this 1toiat O. negrnfR
came out Of the bushes, and era apinEa
| Miss Russell by the waist. threw herr
| down' Miss Russell's conpanionyS
| screamed at the top Of tlleir$voipesi and
the negro released the yourg lady andE;;
| ran Or. Soon some men came and went tsS
! in search Of tho brute At@last accou IL
the senchers had not secured d trace
OF the man. Many indignant people:
are hunting him, and If he is caught#its
Is probable he Will be lynched.
'iic GaiiuiuJlcE luE5 attorney General
who plays the sbrewdest game for the
/ second choice Of delegates viii be tho
one who Will win. It ~ quite evident
that no nomination can be made so long
as all the candidates remain intStheg
| held. The aspirants nll appreciate thisS
condition Of things, anu each is trying 5tO II
remain on good terms with the other
The skirmfsh battle for third place will
take place when il comes TO selecting az.
n Il
/" SCOTS supporters will oppose Mr. j as. n;
| II. Cation. OF Alexandria, for second !.
place The candidates from Eastern
| Virginia Will naturally not be favorahlsx
| to Mr. Cooke. OF Norfolk and $]sgla " M r.s
Alexander will not c4re TO see r.
lGchols, Of Staunton put up. ;5i!ss5g 5sS5
Hon. Isaac D!sss expects to be tenl-S:
| porary chairman Of the convention. 5Iie$
| said to-day, twcnty-onc OF the i#$E fifty
members of the State Committee iad5S
pledged him their support and lie has
! not heard from ail of them. The other
asDirants for this honor as stated a.
few days ago, are Hon. c. ID. LIE tcher,$
| or Lexington, and Judge W. r. Rhea,SS
| of Bristol. congressman Ocy. who has
| been mentioned for this position, Is EnotE5
| n candidate for It, 1t appears to SbeIs
quite certain that Mr.. D!sSs Will be:theS
man, and that Mr.. Saunders will he the
| permanent chairman. St ..S "a $si5sil3538s s5i58s
! Some OF the very pronounced free sll-gS
] Yer men who arc Instructed for Scott
| arc somewhat worried about It, since
/ they have learned that the Major Eex-S
pressed himself In plain terms In oppD-3S
Eition to the Chicago Pla tforn There ts5
| said To be much dissatisfaction among
! the Amherst deIeca tcs, but they can doa
nothing but carry out he inssrucions8
| given them TO vote for Scott The hIa--ss
| Jor's chances, however, Will be %lessened# Il
| by the fact that there VIII be among
| his supporters some who ere not8S ar
| heart for him. " ;;l.i}:s sSflFF55 sSsfsslFF5SS:
Major Tyler's Richmond delegat tes3 Will &
be chosen by a COMMITTEES; OF sfriandsss
which will be named by his brother !, IT.
| NJ. Tyler. The question of o. 1nan'sS
| preference for orAttogney-General or Lieu
! tenant Governor viii not be taken into
| consdera ti0n. Mr.. IlllESon will name
his own delegates, after q conferences
| with his chief liauteaants. HeaWill not
select them with q view to helping any
! mar for third place. It Is not likely tia tss
| the Eliyson people Tiil sive their5sup=S
| port to sny candidate for 4 Attorney
General who has been aiding Tyler$in ShisT
| fight. II Il,
The Rev. Dr. Thomas ~. Potts, Who So:
| severely criticised Governor O O'Ferrallb:
for attending the vaudeville sl,o Ws8I aes
Forest HILL has returned to the citYEafS9a
| ter a short visitto his father in GIoiI-}S
cetsicr. He Wusscsn to-day and aske ed I
| II he had anything to say about tilags
| Governors comments on his discoursesas
He replied that his business was pfit..Sii
ting down sin and vice, and IL the GoYarHfE
nor Of Virginia stood behind them he's
must take the Consequences E88{ Eurt har5S
than this the preacher would no fSl allssss
saying he cid hts prea ching from K til 81
pulpit, and not through the pres SgsESst
| After a few 1ninutes delioeIati tionSthsM
jury in the case Of George E.; GfaWford,S ri
charged with the larceny Of ST. feoI1sss
Mrs Catherine PeyTonnet,5 on tria / I'M;
the Hustings Court to-d day, ret,rae es5 s,SsS
verdict OF not guilty n r.. Cra Wf ord I
was immediately discharged from o,Is-s
tody. Tho case was given to The 3iufyEEii
at 1904 O'clock without a ssllrlan ii M
Crawford was surrounded by fie,iIas,sS
who warmly shook his hand fter fssSS
verdict. Fe told n state Reporter tiistS
he would again enter business, and thi ts
he looked upon the case as q comp nlets
vIndication.
Ssvensy million people I'm loW Hood sss arsssS
snpar;!la plritles the m blood ,8 strsns ttsnass
the syte,n and gives good i.eal ssSs
faEs,
After all the .bes {: nd yertj semen t8fS ana
IN eyyes it DisCoYG I1a
ton of teeisl are The inat ients t tt
mum her 225t 225stt ID dis 81: