Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-19
STRONG CUBAN TOWN.
WASHINGTON REsENTs a fno-
SPANISH PUBLICATION.
EARLIER MAILS EOR RICHMOND.
Postmaster CuIIingworth and Com
gresham Lamb Have secured '"e
Promise of Larger Dtstrtbu""S
Force on Trains from the North.

I
WASHINGTON, d. c., May --(spe-
cial.)-Ths Is a strong Cuban town. Inc
feeling I'm favor of "Cuba Libre' Is
warm. sympathetic, and enthusiastic
The heart of the community here. when
is representative of the entire country
goes out to the struggling Cubans, ana
the mass-meeting mt the Columbia Thea
ire on Sunday afternoon. followed by
the Presidents message yesterday ana
the proceedings I'm the Senate. has
aroused the people TO an unprecedented
extent. amounting almost to excitement
The expressions one hears against Wey-
Ter and the Spanish Government are OF
the most bellgerent character, and In
dictate that the people will before long
demand some decided action on the part
Of the United States Government This
feeling is intensified to-day by the pub
LEGATION in the Post of a most extra
ordinary and incendiary letter from a
Spaniard named Juan Gonsalez, now
resident Of Washington. II is vitupera-
tive. abusive, and grossly insulting to tho
! people Of this country, and more par
ticularly to the people of the South.
| The letter has aroused a storm of indig-
nation throughout the city and If Mr..
| GOnsalez were TO show himself in GER
! tain places. and admit that he was the
| author of the communication referred TO,
ne would probably be summarily dealt
with.
| ROOSEVELT AND NORFOLK.
Teddy Roosevelt. who IS Assistant Sc
| cretary OF the Navy now, and was lately
a Police Commissioner Of New York. will
visit Norfolk in few days 10 inspect
| the navy-yard there and TO hear certain
| complaints from workmen there employed
and unemployed. He has just been to
! New York on similar mission. The
Norfolk workmen have grievances on the
score Of discrimination against them i'm
the distribution of work. and an effort IS
TO be made TO secure more construction
work for the yard. IL is hoped that they
may be successful. but If the result of
Roosevelts visit to New York Is TO lie
taken as an Indication, the Norfolk work.
men have little to expect from the new
official He reported that there was no
ground for complaint at New York.
PERSONAL.
Colonel James d. Patton. Of Richmond
is i'm the city, and was a guest of Senator
Daniels to-day at the Capitol.
Two very prominent and popular Nir
ginians. antipodean I'm proportions and
size, were conspicuous on the avenue here
to-day. They We're Colonel William Gull
lingworth. the 400-pound postmaster of
Richmond, and 90-pOund Judge Farrar,
better known as johnny Reb." The
Colonel is trying TO persuade the POST
! Office Department 10 expedite the delivery
Of letters in Richmond by putting extra
force in the railway mail cars. and the
Judge, who has been lecturing i'm the Val
ley, is on his way to North Carolina,
where he is booked for a series Of the
humors of Johnny Red"
j. VI. Otey. Lynchburg. and Rev. f.
Meyer, Lynchburg. are at the oxford.
T. j. Ferrall, Danville, Na.-Emerich.
G. Reichman, Richmond-Fritz Reuters.
J. d. Hooe, Virginia; w. l.. Wright.
Richmond; r. II. Dulaney and wife, and
Miss Dulaney, LoudOun, Va.-The RAJ
leigh.
A. J. Galloway. Goldsboro', N. C.-Na-
tional.
w. G. Buchanan. Richmond; T.. a. W.
Cooper, Virginia; W. H. Fairless. Ports
mouth, Va; r. II. Heller and wife. Vir-
ginia; J. Cuthbertson, North Carolina
ST. James.
POSTAL.
4 new post-ofice has been established
at Wexford. Richmond county. Va. with
Frederick Settle. Jr., as postmaster; mail
from Sharp's Wharf.
The following have been commissioned
postmasters at money-order offices:
Daniel W. White, Coleraine n. C.; Mar
celus Gatewood. Aylett, Va; Abram Il.
Brown. Gainesville Virginia; Robert l..
Franklin. Pamplin City, Va; Robert
Irby. West Appomattox. Va.
Not mOney-order Offices: Virginia T..
Jones, whitehead. y. c.; James NJ.
Yates. Arbor Hill. Va; Thomas *. Hard
ing. Carterton. Va; Hiram =. Dixon,
Cox. Va; William II. Harris. Gladstone,
Va; John II. Pace. Hunters Lodge Va;
Henry Brugh. Lithia, Va; John +.
Sheetz, Monatts Creek Va; Robert w.
Fitzgerald. Nash. Va; Robert VI. Sparks.
Pounding Mil. Va.
Among the fourth-class postmasters
appointed to-day were the following:
Palmervllle. Stanly county. n. c.. L. o.
Bostwick. vice NJ. a. Kirk. resigned;
Sedges Garden. Forsyth county. y. c.,
j. a. Southern. vice j. +. Crews, re-
signed; Seven Springs. Wayne county, y.
c., c. o. Griffin. vice NJ. q. Whitfield,
resigned; Tracy, Watauga county, y. c.,
w ~ Thomas, vice r. ID. Thomas, re-
signed.
PATENTS.
Patents were issued to-day as follows:
Harry Darling. Alexandria, Va, bag
lock: Charles c. Satterwhite. Richmond,
Va, assignor by mesne assignments to
Diamond Cigarette Machine Company, Of
West Virginia, continuous cigarette ma
chine: James NJ Williams. II. L. Kin
ney. Danville. and W. II. Kinney, Lynch
burg assignors of One-fourth to J. n.
Henderson, Danyille, Va, automatic
electric gate; Charles F.. Hogan, Bristol,
Va. nerve tonic trade mark; Tobacco
Warehousing and Trading Company Dam
Vile. Va. tobacco and products thereof,
including insecticides, sheep-dip, dog
soap. and other veterinary articles-trade-
mark.
EARLIER MAILS.
Postmaster Cullingworth, accompanied
by Representative Lamb, visited the
Post-Offlce Department to-day, and the
two together made a strong appeal 10