Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-18
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY.
Cleveland Not Seriously Thought Of
Fitz. Lee-ChnrIottesyiIIe Notes.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, March H.
(Special)-The rumor that ex-President
Cleveland is being considered in connec-
ton with the presidency of the Univer-
sity of Virginia is revived again, for no
special reason that is known. There has
never been any serious thought Of offer
ing the place TO him. and it is quite GER
tain that the present Board of Visitors
would no. consider him seriously. 1t is
also by no means certain that Mr., Cleve-
land would accept the office If il We're
rendered to him. There is nothing in his
career which would Indicate that he
feels any special interest in university
work. Without a college training him
self. he would hardly be regarded as the
man to direct or aid in directing the
policy Of a great university. LAS far as
l know" said a member of the Board OF
Visitors to-day, Mr.. Cleveland has not
been seriously proposed for the presi-
dency, and l think | would have heard
something of it if there had been any
basis for this rumor."
General Fitzhugh Lee has on several
occasions been mentioned unoficially as
a suitable man for the presidency. l
am in a position to say that the matter
never reached the board in any official
""g, anu ~ was never ltSdIutu 10 pIOD-
able that it would. Recent events in
General Lees career would certainly give
him a popularity for any post TO which
he might aspire and make him a strong
applicant should he care to enter upon
scholastic employment after his mission
in Cuba is ended. No one would care to
see the Consul-General leave his post i'm
Habana until the work he is doing there
has been rounded to a conclusion.
The Tgm1inc nf Mo Afarry |
Watson were brought to this city this
morning and Inferred in Maplewood, after
funeral services at the Baptist church.
Mrs. Watson was the mother Of the
late William A. Watson and Of DIR. j.
Marcellus Watson, of Fishersville, at
which place she died yesterday morning.
This city has entered a suit in chan
Gerry TO compel the Southern and the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway companies
TO restore to the city some fifteen feet
of Main street, lying between the Della
van church and the Presbyterian chapel,
upon which ii is alleged these companies
are encroaching. This state of affairs
resulted from the building Of the road
from Charlottesville to Orange by the
Charlottesville and Rapidan Company
and the consequent crossing Of Main
street. Mr.. Patton, while Mayor, took up
the matter with the Southern Railway
Company, and for a time satisfactory
progress was made, but delays followed.
and the city had the Southern and the
Chesapeake and Ohio indicted for main
tanning a nuisance. This method failed.
because the statute provided that the de-
could be required TO abate a
nuisance only when il was on premises
owned or claimed by them, which was not
the case here. This failure was followed
by this chancery suit.
The Charlottesville Gun Club has pro-
cured a large number of Monaghan phea-
SAINTS TO be liberated in this county. They
are large, handsome. young, and hardy
birds, and as they propagate very rapidly
II Is hoped that under the protection of
the law provided by the recent Legisla-
ture they will soon be abundant.