The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-17
ae state Chairman Has Precedent sfsgs|
Not rendering His ReslgnaiIoni, s# sEE|
ONLY THREE MEN CUT FORa GovERA0I1I ]IjiII
EiiNs"n HAS the Lead over ~ ler n.s4as 4
Judge RaItcr Ecc 7!,x r. :, < 49,; s.s
Enhance Of roWer--A Finiicrrsss.sss
Drowned ei--ri,ren Thousniitl paIs 81
sion Checks Issued. 8
Richmond. Va Anr;t. ia IS s
Especial Dispatch to The ylrrirlaI !. oi,,i ,29i

H9pcclal Dispatch to The Virpi,;tn \! IS sissSS
~, - IeLGrcnce 10 the criticisms lIpon 3
lion. i, !. Iaylor Ellyson for not resignsss
~, ~ .e ,otats chalrmanShir, it cans be-
"a ld eed that Mr. Ellyson's friends anass
advisers can see no asn,, %,,i, ~ t,sssS5
Shruld give UP the chairmanship. s. ThaSfi.g
point to the fact that the late .Iotn'S ~
l''trnouf was chairman while: he wasSt rs \. Y
."il ~, uiuAte 'i lof united States Senator's
hhd hhd ~ was not intimated by any:f one "a sss
mat t was his duty to resign az n i nv
othcrs nave held the cha!rrna nsbin While y
Candidates for high offices. The STATE
SoIiimittee IS composed largely OF nefa 4
e.uiuiis oliceS. congressman Jones' and i
Lass!ter and Smith, aspirants forsGtIitsall
nomination for Attorney Genera i ara
members Of the committee. In fact.s, icg3i
az the oillce-holders nnd candidates for
oilice ., we're we're 70 resign from the commits
tee there would be only a hand IIiSof.5 !:
members left. This being tr,1e.2# Mr.
EiiSson's friends see no good reason u nyat
ne should be expected to resign the
chairmanship ,' 'f-t$ Hsts7Ss
ONLY THREE CANDIDATES. S3S
looks very muci, now as if there 8
would be only three candidates in the8
n nero LOT the GoVernprship There IS no II
prospect at present OF either Col. BiI.Y
lord or Fitz. Lee being entered. II 5trha H
iEht IS clearly between Mr. E,llyson nT,dssss
Major Tyler UP to this time, but Judge
akcf T.. Lee may be able to hold he &
didate. sl 'I, i - rs'fii5iS}iS
Mcssrs. Thomas NJ. Brandcr anu ~ .sy sss
-. Carr, the young mon who lad aS fightSSes
on Forest Iiill a few days ago, were IA
each tined $5 and costs BY Justice jones' N
o. SWansDoro to- day- These
men and Mr. d. j. Carr wcra also SBssssss Ia
Tore Justice Crutchtield on the charge ofEs
being about to commit another Sire a eli
oi peace. They were placed under bonds
70 Keep the peace. $$5ss5b
PENSIONS PAID. AS:
Since April lst over 5000 pension
checks have been issued at the Office
~ lhc rlrst auditor. ColonelMarye haS6:
mad u force OF clerks busy on the " ork .SSii
Ine total amount OF the checks IS oyer5s
SlOo,OO0. This money has gone to eperys
part OF Virginia and it is immediatelyS
paced in circulation. e
y FISHERMAN DROWNED. 3il S$fli3.s
William Johnson, a fisherman, Willie
hauling seine III James river at Deep
ljotlom yesterday evening, was droWr-as
cd. lie lost his balance and fell ovara5i
board and being unable to swim lost iiisS
life q lassiSs2s
BOILER EXPLOSION. s42Ss5ss IssSSsss
At Ashland this afternoon the ioc6.6
motive material train on the Richnlonds ds$
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad
exploded it's boiler. NO one was hurtaSas
,'''S ''i~ y uSA VIZ lDIll up ana tNe Sl&S
IN number of windows in the town EWis n
broken. The engine is a complete wreck 2s
Inc fireman was in. the cab at the time
and was blown into the tender. sss5 ssSs5
The local option election in White
stone district, Lancaster county, resultaS;
cd IN victory for the "drys"Gby 417SSss
majority. sE33 i,sfS3gS
SUPREME COURT.
Following are to-day's Supreme Cotr5@
or Appeals proceedings: 5{E @ ;$f&
droner against Foster and others, ar
sued by Richard b. Tunstall, Esq, foTssS
appellant and Richard Wake, Esq, foI,y
anpellees, and submitted. 8
Grubbs against National Life NIatur-s
ING Insurance company and Grubbs#
against Union Central Life Insurance.
company, argued by H. Il. Pollard, Esq..9s
Tor plaintiffs, In error S sS3SGfi ixSS
Inc next case to be heard is Vest
against Alams, No. 80. 5S5asS Ssss