Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09
Factions Differ About Running a
Home for Confederate Women.
A LAWYER TO BRING SUIT.
Prediction That tho C. a o. and N. 6 w.
Railroads VIII BIO Consolidated City
Sergeant VIII Dismiss Jail Guards Who
Allowed Topeka Joe to Escape The
Jim Crow Car Law Again Statement of
tho President of the Ii. f. johnson Book
Publishing Company.

Richmond. Va. Sept. s.-There is O
three-cornered fight on here at pres
ent. which is interesting all the Con-
federates considerably. A short time
ago number of ladies'. members of
Lee Camp ladieS Auxiliary. pur-
chased a house for the establishment
of home for needy Confederate wo-
men.
Some of the ladies' OF the auxiliary
are now DESTROYS of running the
home as a State Institution. while
others wish it to remain under the
auspices of Pickett Camp.
The camp insists that 1t shall have
charge of the home. and has appoint
ed a committee to disba nd the Ladies'
Auxiliary, got rid of the refractory
members and form a new body.
The ladies who wish the home run
as a State institution have retained
MT. l.. O. Wendenburg ms their law
yer. and there will probably be a suit
over the possession of certain funds
now In bank.
A RAILROAD RUAIOR.
Much interest has been created in
the railroad world here by the pre-
diction of n. prominent railroad off,
cial that the Chesapeake and Ohio
would be consolidated within the next
six months.
While the statement could not be
verified here 1t created much talk and
considerable uneaSincSS among the
minor officers of both railroads.
WILL DISMISS GUARDS.
City Sergeant ]. c. Smith has deter
mined to dismiss Guards Taylor Con-
nell and Roach. who were in charge of
tho Jail the night that Joseph Rapley
alias Topeka joe" escaped.
Mr.. Smith has become convinced that
tho ma n could moi have cotton awaV
had the guards been attending to bust
ness.
JIM CROW" CAR LAW AGAIN.
Railroad Commissioner Hill to-day
decided question that has given the
penitentiary guards and the railroads
no end of trouble.
lie takes the ground that guards on
their way to the penitentiary with
negro prisoners can ride in the coaches
reserved for the whies.
1t is understood that Attorney Gene
raj Montague takes the same view of
the matter.
. GOVERNOR TYLER.
Governor Tyler.w who has been spend
Ing the summer at his farm. near East
Radford. will be In Richmond Monday
The Governor goes from here to
Philadelphia, where he will preside over
the reunion OF the Tyler family on
Wednesday next
..b 4 HS NIoNeiHNi to-uay dPpo'iNethA. IL
CORNELL. of Newport News. and Il. G..
Booth. of Grove, Warwick county. no
taries public.
MIR. JOHNSON'S DENIAL.
The Petersburg Index-A Appeal this
morning printed series of interviews.
the purport of which was to show that
the Il. +. Johnson Book Publishing
House. of this city. had been endeavor-
ing TO prevail upon members OF the
school boards all over Virginia to pur-
chase stock in the concern
Mr.. Johnson. head of the firm. when
that this firm had sent circulars to
prominent people in every direction,
but had not singled out school trus-
tees. The charge he said, was utterly
unfounded.
ALTERATION OF MIND.
Ex-Sheriff NJ. C. Cardoza, of Lunen-
burg county, was brought to the city
to-day by relatives for treatment for
alteration OF the mind.
Sheriff Cardoza has been Ill for some
time. and suffers from hallucination;
He imngines that he is in sore need
of $4,000. and that is the uppermost
thought on his mind.
DR.. Robins is attending him at his
quarters at Murphy's Hotel. and 1t is
quite probable that commission will
inquire into his case.
Mr.. CardoZa is we'll and favorably
known here. He was sheriff of Lun-
enburg county at the time of the Pol
lard tragedy. several years ago. and
was quite prominent during the trial
OF that famous case.