The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-03
GENERAL LEE is
VERY SANGU|HE
He is Stirring Up jamestown tx
position Enthusiasm.
REPUBLICANS ARE ANXIOUS
The D s;ribu,ion OF the Fed raj Offices
is Giviag the Norfolk FEEDER ON e
Ho.oers Considerable Occasion
tor Grave Co.c~rn.
Especial Dispatch to The rirar&.'

Especial Dispatch to The Iiiarz.'
NOnrolLN. ~. i,ecemos' Ten
e,..l Lee is $ansu}ne as u the success
~ rho jamestown Fxposiuon. HIS adj
s,,ss las, nigh; infused new enthusiasm
INTO IN. hearts If those Who we're m
,l,nc5 IA be doubtful 4" spoke Of nay
;ns met a number OF the members oil
Congress who wee fag,tably lmpres Cd
with tho idea Of Crantiu;:a large ar-
propriation and of the benefit the entsr-
mr. Sc walld confer on the sta of y II
sinia. Without any So!ici alton N23''"'
has already hcon subscI..,ed I" the
stock by citizens OF Nolfo k AlCnc. These
subscriptions range from So TO Si'"'
and ne, come from all classes of men.
Gen Lee and a number Of the directors
will speak at Newport News tonight
They are invited to banquet given ~
the Chamber OF Commerce there tonight,
10 be followed by a mass meeting OF the
citizens,
POLITICAL. ACTIVITY
There is a great deal OF poli'ic
activity among the Republicans here.
While it is not apparent that Col mel
George L. Rowden Is much worried
as some of the correspondents have dc
clared there axe evidences that tho dis
,ribu:ion Of the Offices IS causing con
siderable degree OF anxiety Ia some OF
The Republicans who are either out OF
office or are afraid they viii be out
shortly. EGgh q; liner returned ON
his trip Ia Kansas with the Schley party
this morning and was in he Federal
building meeting friends. There We're
others including Colonel Fred. Read. Of
Newnort News: Major Y. g. Banks. G.
T. Carney and Other prominent mem
bcrs Of the pa " Interested in the d.s
1rihuticn OF the offices.
INSULATION or WIRES.
The suit of Andrew Middleton. = ne
gro linenlan. against the Norfolk r i
way and Iishr Company anu the Postal
Telegraph Company Tor $9.r}o was con
rinued to-day before Judge Martin he
cause Of the intricate technical ques-
lions involved. The lines OF the two
companies We're strung on the same
poles. consequently there are questions
Of relative responsibility a-d Of the
efficiency OF Insulation involved Th7se
questions make the case difficult alikt,
Tor the attorneys and are likely make
il difficult also for the jury. The man
was shocked. as he contends because the
wires Of these companies We're not prop-
erly insulated. The accident he declares
has not only disabled him. but ca sed
the expenditure of 500 in physicians
bills
RAPS COAL COMBINE.
The special committee on the coal
situation reported to-day the following
resolution ana recommended s adopt II:
Resolved. That the Councils Of the
city Of Norfolk condemn the action OF
the parties interested in the soft ccaI
combine in raising the p Ice Of COAL
The body OF Joseph II. Fieidsmith
Killed by a Norfolk and Western coal
train on Saturday. November I'D was
finally claimed by the decea sed'e oS-
'ranged Wife. who had not seen ] yU in
seven years. and Funeral Director l.. c.
Smith has shipped the remains to Iron
River, Michigan. on her order
a SMALL SRTIkr1.
There is a small strike among tho Nor
folk and Western employees. Thirty-one
Of the piece workers in the repair de-
partnent of the car shops at Lambert's
Point quit work yesterday afternoon. ard
walked out and were still out to-day.
They are all union men. but the union
has no relation TO their pre1&nt action
They say It is not strike but
''walhout. Their grievance is a ai@st
Abe car Inspector, Charles Powers. They
have complained 10 the general foreman
and want the inspectors resignation
asked for.
sam Gould q negro, attempted to muir
der a negro woman in South Norfo k
This morning He entered her room. took
deliberate aim at her head. but before
firing his nerve failed him, and the bull
let only grazed her nose, took off her
right eyebrow and lodged in the pillow
on which she was Sleeping. The shoot rC
created considerable excitement among
the negroes. The negro Gou made his
escape and has not since been seen.
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