Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-25
DEMOCRATS TO BECOME ACTIVE.
They Mean business I'm North Caro-
lima About Marshal Ney.

ciaL)-The early convention of the Demo
cratic party appears to give general plea
sure, as an early campaign is evidentl
In favor. 1t is also the comment tina
the State Committee acted very sensibl,
In leaving all matters to the convention
Inc party is going TO make its creates
hght since 1876, and il will do some plaiI
talking. The policy Of silence, which
was in vogue in 1896. is said by member.
to be back number.
Ihere was rumOr yesterday-in fact
statement-that President Spencer, OF
the Southern railway, was here to confer
with Governor Russell about the lease tc
| the Southern Of the Atlantic and North
Carolina railway, but there was no truth
| IN 1t. Newspapers say to-day that the
deal is off. but j. G. L. Harris, one of the
| Governors attorneys, says it is not. A
Republican who lives on the line of the
Atlantic and North Carolina railway
makes the positive declaration that men
or all parties along that road favor the
lease to the Southern and he goes so far
as 10 challenge the production Of one
man who opposes 1t.
The State to-day chartered the Irwin
dale Mining Company, Of Cherokee coun-
~. capital. $4,000; stockholders-M Rain
sey and others Of New York city: also
the Nantucket Mills, OF Spray, Rocking
ham county; capital $4,000; stockhold-
ers-J. Z. McAlister. Hal. NJ. Worth, and
e. c. McAlister. These mills will manu-
facture cotton and woollen-goods.
The flag of the Fourth Regiment, North
Carolina Volunteers, captured at Sharps-
burg and returned to this State by the
Acknowledgement Of New Hampshire. IS
for two days on view i'm a store window.
1t will be formally presented TO the State
and received by the Governor, and IL is
proposed 10 have Colonel f. A. Osborne,
or Charlotte, the last colonel of the
Fourth. present at this ceremony.
The dressing-case which was brought
here by the young burglar, Ardell or
Young, was found to-day. 1t Is supposed
to be the one he brought here from
Petersburg. 1t contained only newspapers
and timetables. Ardell or Young. sticks
TO his statement TO his lawyer. that he
has wealthy relatives at New York, but
it seems he has not yet given his real
name. He said night before last. how
ever. that 1t was either Ardell or Young.
CAR ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
The rolling exposition-car is drawing
large numbers Of visitors; its owners say
of them was here to-day.
People are asking why there is such a
great delay in issuing the penltentiary
report for 1887. There is no little curiosity
to see this report.
Walter Il. Faison, of this city. has been
elected president OF the State Council of /
the Junior Order OF United American Me- |
chanics.
Robert Hancock continues 10 I'LL a large |
place in the public view. Some people |
say they believe his grave charge against |
the Governor, while others say they do |
not. He demands an investigation. and |
says he will prove his charges, and his |
attorneys. certainly very able and con-
men, say they are true II is
that Hancock will be a can
didate for the Superior Court clerkship
in Craven county.
The organ Of the Knights Of Pythias,
In this State, now published by r. c.
Rivers at Raleigh. is to be moved to
Charlotte, where there are 300 Pythians.
A Republican says the Governor is try
ng TO make 1t appear that all the pres
sure for an ending OF the fight against
he lease OF the North Carolina railway
zones from the Southern railway, while,
rs a matter OF fact ii is the Governor
who / .-iaklng the overtures TO that end,
n conjunction with the lease of the At
antic and North Carolina railway to the
southern, and that he further wants the
southern to agree as one Of the consider
ltions TO pay the $1,000 which the legal
Investigation has cost the State.
1t now appears reasonably sure that
ne penitentary here will be designated
IS the place Of confinement for the Fede-
al prisoners sentenced in this State.
THE FAMOUS MARSHAL NEY.
Rev. DR.. James A. Weston, whose book
rowing that Peter s. Ney, who taught
chool in South and North Carolina, was
zone other than the great Marsha, Ney.
4 France. writes me to-day: "rhe IL
rarian of Davidson College has recently
ound a book in the college library en-
tiled Life of Napoleon Bonaparte," l
orget the name Of the author, in which
a portrait Of Marshal Ney. Peter S.
lev read this book in 1885, few months
efore his death, and under the portrait
{ Ney he wrote In French, "Ths is not
correct likeness Of Marshal Ney." He
hen, with a pencil drew on the same
age a sketch Of Marshal Ney, with
lese words underneath r.: "Ney. by
imself. II fut chauve" Che was bald
eadedD This find" I think. is OF great
Importance, and my strong additional
roof of the truth Of my theory. Ney
as haId-headed. or nearly so. The
xetch which Ney drew is an accurate
keness of the Marshal, and also a very
BOD one OF himself" .
THE IMPUDENT FELLOW.
The chief of Police to-day had letter
ON Detective Alex. Tomlnson, of Rich
onG, asking for a photograph OF Burg ,
r Ardel, and saying he registered i'm n
edmond as Spencer, and stole bicycle I,
ere; that there were three in the gang.
lie captured at Richmond and one at
etersburg. Chief Norwood went to the b
il to have a picture taken but the pri-
ner fatty refused. He Is in a cell with d
ne other prisoners, and would not come l
Il in the corridor when he found out
,out the picture. He laughed when Chief
nrwood read him Tomlinsons letter. e
hen he was told about his two COM 0
MONS and their fate, he said: What.
Iy three OF us? 1 thought there were r
q or six" and. he added, smiling. II
what became OF the fellow in Hender- A
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