Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26
WALKER HAS NO CASE,
His Contest Will Result Favor
ably 10 Judge Rhea'
DR., WISE ALSO FAILING,
He Can Prove Nothing AGAINST The
Legality Of YounGs Election.
AN OVATION TO SENATOR MARTIN.
II Wa. One of the Features Of the
Federal Capital Democratic Ceie-
AN OVATION TO SENATOR MARTIN,

WASHINGTON. =. G.. February p
Grecial.) -Recent arrivals who are fami-
liar with the Walker-Rhea contest state
that the class Of witnesses introduced b.
General Walker. boo NEST instances. dis
credit themselves. These gentlemen state
that Walker has no case In court. and
that the contest VIII undoubtedly result
IN favor Of Judge Rhea. II is noteworthy
that the late campaign has resulted in
the thorough and effective reorganization
Of the Democratic party In that district
The Democrats are now .n splendid trii
and the district II regarded as safely
Democratic FOR an time 20 come.
EIGHT-HOTR LAW ~ sHfP-YARDS.
The Norfolk delegation, headed by the
Clerk of m Portsmouth Council Thomp-
son. wh6 are here 10 try and get the
elght-hour law inforce1 in shlp-yards
where government works Is being done
are doing effective work. They intend 10
remain here during the balance OF the
session OF the present Congress. Their
c0ntentlon is that Boo the yards under pri-
vate corporations The work is continued
for ten hours per day thereby giving them
the advantage over the government yards.
and that the eight-hour law should be
strictly enforced, 80 az 90 place them on
the same footing They have already
made many converts amongs the sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress
WISE CONTEST a FAILURE
All information received here from the
Second District Is 10 the effect that Or.
r. a. Wise b. utterly failing I'm his att
tempt 10 prove his case against Congress
man-elect ". A. Young and that Mr..
Young viii come before the Fifty- sixth
Congress with such g. showing that the
House will be unable 10 give any reason
able excuse for not seating him.
BROWN PERSISTENT
Mr. John n. Brown f. sun IA the city,
making every erort 10 have the case Of
Brown " Swanson called up again. ~
states that he intends 10 night IL until
The gayel falls on the an or March The
general impression Is that the House.
with 30 much important business 90
transact before Adjournment, will not be
disposed 10 set aside another day for the
consideration Of the case. when theirs b.
at stake simply the matter OF awarding
MIR Brown $1,000 FOR services that he
has not and cannot render. Ills efforts
Will be frultless. as the case is considered
nually disposed Of
OVATION TO MARTIN.
There are stll number OF Virnnlans
Es. h..r a..
Democratic banquet ON Washlngton's
birthday. An incident OF that noted Occa.
sion. which has 80 far escaped public at
teutiOn. was the ovation rendered Seua-
tor Martin. when he entered the BAN
quoting hall nearly every Nirgnian pres
emit arose in his seat and cheered him
Justify. the Senator blushingly bowling
his acknowledgements Judging from this
great demonstration. the good work ~
senator Martin g. understood and appre-
ciated by hts constituents.
EXPORT OF RUSSIAN TOBACCO
Consul smith. OF Moscow. writes. under
date OF December - ISIS. THE export
Of tobacco and cigarettes manufactured
in Russia IL increasing. From the Isl %
January To the 18th OF August. lss. Rus
sia has exported about 23l5 pools %
tons) OF Crimean and Caucasian tobacco.
and about 3.5OoO0 cigarettes. The princi-
pal consumers Of the above products are
France and Germany"
Personal NOTES.
J. NJ Berry. a prominent citizen Of Bed
ford city. arrived al the Metropolitan
this afternoon.
Mrs Stonewan Jackson. who Is ia the
city. has been rendered reception By
the Confederate Veterans Association ~
their nan. on Eleventh street on Mon
day next 1t g. expected that nearly an
the southerncrs Ia the city Will be pres
ent.
Hon. J. Hampton Hoge. Of Roanoke, Is
In the city on legal business Win the
depart ments.
Judge J. b. Sener. formerly OF Frede-
ricksburg. but now OF this city, mas gone
10 Florida 20 spend a month.
Major George NJ. Helms, Superntend-
ent OF the state Penitentiary. was IN the
city Yesterday. looking after some pri-
waite business matters
Captain VIII Hutchings. formerly OF
Danville. Va. and for long tine captain
OF the Danville Grays. but now one OF
the leading attorneys In the Indian Ter
ritory is in the city. attending 10 legal
matters. on Monday he argues a case
i'm the Supreme Court, In which a large
amount Is involved. and which has
brought 70 this clty d great many rep
resentatives OF the Cherokee nation. His
mother. Mrs : A. Hutchings. Of Dan
VILE. has joined him here. and they are
both stopping al the Metropolitan
Or. ". A Chapman. formerly Of Alex
andfia county. Va. but now an assistant
surgeon IN the United States volunteer
army. arrived IN the city to-day lie
comes from Guantanamo, cuba, where ne
has been stationed for some time, having
been located II different points IN the
island ever since the hrst United states
troops were sent there. He A. on SICK
leave. but is an enthusiastic admirer OF
Cuba and its possibilities
Mrs. X. ". Burke and her sister, MISS
Rose Wiz OF stanton, arrived IN WASH
ington Yesterday. and will spend a week
or len DAYS here. They are well known
i'm washington society. where they are
exceedingly popular. -,,.
Among the guests OF the Metropolitan
are the following: Y. Hutzler, MIS-. NJ
Ivy r n Drake, and G. W saunders.
~ p,ehmond. r /. Eimondson and
,hre- daughters. OF staunton. and Or. J.
i. sanford. W +. Ford. and T. L. Ford,
Of Chiffon. Va.
Mis- PocaAOntas T. White, Of Ablng-
son 4 Al the Metropolitan. visiting her
aunt Mrs. COnnally r. Trisg.
MRS. sEslPLEs PENSION.
the senate conferrees have agreed 20
,ccsDt the House amendment 20 the bill