Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
news |I| OF RICHMOND
State Militia May Be Called
Out.
BRADLEY AT THE CAPITAL
Judge waddill to Take the oath of ONCE
Today. Wife lsca.cr Fined and Inn
- prisoned. Enterprise OF SB
the Daily Press.
(spec,as to the Daily Press.)

RICHMOND, VA, March e3.-Ine
spring term Of the United States DIS
.tr.et cour, wjil bsgin here on the oh u
April, at winch time Judge Edmund
NNaddgil, Jr., w1o succeeded Judge Rob-
err w. Huyn@s. VII make his first APP
psaraace OF the bench. Judge hughes
Iyill also Zoe present.
1the grand jury viii assemble San the
5th. and i, is under God that there are
a great many matters to- be proughl
30 their consideration. Among the
cases are Three counterIeitevs, u laEEe
r.dmber of revenue cases. and Il NUMBER
of mai dep, edauons.
& Judge Wadd!l Will take th= oath or
office tonhl.rrow.
seen at his office ioday and asked for
a dst OF those. Who Would comps TN
grand jury, he declined X do so. saying
he did not think It proper. n said he
mad no comment to make on The acton
or his prec-d ssus tor giving out the
TIE large party from Richmond that
went OWN 10 Newport News returned
in good shape, and all had good :i1ne,
but speak N no uncertain Inns OF the
miserable arrangements for trunspor-
Ia,ion between Old Point an, Newport
News, end from Newport News to Rich
moGd. good many came back hun
sry-tut happy.
The afternoon papers in their d.s-
patches today state that all the mlEit airy
officers thrtuEaouo the country have
b en- ordered to report a once the NUM-
Der of men that could he furnished n,
on-e. The Information from Nirg MIA
could have been furnished @ month ago.
Three thousand we'll ARMED. we'll dri.leu
and vigorous young men--or-- ready to
take tie field in six hours. With m the
past week army tents have been receiv-
ed here, ard the entire militia Is n
readiness for service. In addition &c
.his fully twenty thousand men, ii is
believed, can be made ready for service
within ten days.
There is Il good deal of caucussing go
ing ON in military circles. and the o.:
dicers have he@n In close conference
With their suDeriors for several weeks
especially within the last few days. a
very significant fact is that Ad1ntnn,
General Male ctcNld not go to Lexington
TO attend meeting OF the board o,
visitors Of the Virginia Military In.
stitute, the Governor requesting him t
stay here While he was away from tbs
CITY ..mU
Governor Bradley and party arrived
here this morn. ns from Old Point ant
sNent several hours driving around the
city. The Governor called at the exec
uttve Mansion and paid his respects u
Jun at RueSer's
1aehard Rowe. arrested yesterday IT
Henrico county for beating his wife
was tried today. he was fined $40 ant
given three months in Jail.
Inc enterprise OF the daily Pres. ar
getting out special edition just arttl
the launching yesterday was much com
pllmented by the large dclcgatr>n, from
this city, and there WEI few mem her:
OF the party Who did not come Dacl
With copy. The paper contained I'D
that Gould possibly have any bearing OF
1.-The launching. eearly written. land
somely printed, and was feat thar
spoke volumes for the hustalng Mttl.
city and the progress!veness OF its up
to-date newspa per. The record O.. tn.
clty's advancement and sketches OF he
leading citizens, together with excelIen
illustrations, made excellent and enter
tanning reading. The se,rere,. express1o,
was mat Newport News has a paper o
Which any city OF so 900 people should b,
proud.
4 special from Roanoke says tia
s three postoffice inspectors have arrive,
there. ana think that Howard en-,
Moore. TWO men arrested on suspciu,
OF attempting 10 blow open the Salem
Dostof1ice. ore leaders of a gang o
posioff ce burglars that fer two year,
nave bntfied THE secret service.