Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17
NOBODY d K'iN|OpISHIN
FUTILE EFFORTS no IDENTIFY
THE MURDERED MAN IN NORFOLK.
AN INQUIRY ABOUT HIM.
Rev. Cornelius miller, OF North
Carolina, Lool<ink for his Som
/ Nominations OF waddy and Bank.
Conceded.
Conceded.

NORFOLK, VA, january 1s.-{Spe-
ciaD.-Cornelius Miller. a minister of
Walnut Grove, North Carolina wrote the
Rev. c. w. Maxwell, of this city. asking
III the body of Hunter, who was MUIR
dered here, could be identified as his
son.
+. lieutenant Hill. who was with Miller
in the Spanish war, was asked to view
the body. but failed to do so.
Mr.. j. IT. Allen, Richmond jeweler.
arrived here to-day to view the remains
of the murdered stranger. Hunter alias
j. T. Allen. who, 1t is said. told numerous
persons before his death, that Mr.. j.
7. Allen. of Richmond, was his uncle.
Mr.. Allen saw the strangers body, but in
no way Identified it.
The murdered mans remains have been
sembalmed and will be held for several
weeks If necessary, it being the desire
of Comm s. Attorney Tilton to es-
tablis1 the identity of the man If posi-
BILE. It is. thought that to have the mans
identity thoroughly established. will pre-
vent any technical slips, when the al
legged murderer. of the deceased is brought
to trial next month.
THOSE REPUBLICAN, PLUMS.
The nomination Of Waddy and Banks
as postmaster and collector respectively
Is conceded. The Virginia Republican
organization has preferred no charges
against either. The organization has
no particular love for the President, and
endorsed Mr.. Hanna In its last conven-
ton for the presidency. Therefore, the
reappointments will be, It IS expected, en-
tirely on merit. 80
NEGROES BILL AMENDED.
The bill in the latest suits aimed at the
Constitution of Virginia, has been amend
ed by those bringing them to cover the
N3oe $1,& &I,Ioc Jlef~
ers requested that their votes be de-
posted and were refused the right The
suits will be pressed to lay the foundation
for the decisive action to be prosecuted
by Wise and John G. Carlisle.
The enlistments in the navy are grow
ing, and men are arriving here daily
from the West There are comparatively
few assertions Two men were returned
here to-day. one, from Michigan. and
another from Pennsylvania.
THE SEABOARD- BEING SUED.
The suit Of John Hickey against the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company for
$40. 600 is on trial In the Hastings Court
to-day and will. probably. consume two
days On the Goth Of last August. John
Hickey. a child eight years old, attempted
to climb on d moving train and was run
over and lost a leg. The firemens car
niNal was in progress and the streets full
of people. The prosecution contends that
the railroad company had notice of the
crowded condition of the street and should
have had guards to protect the peo-
Pile.
Miss Virginia Louise, the daughter of
Honorable Charles T.. Bland, representa-
tive from Portsmouth in the House OF
Delegates. will be married on January
2Stt: to John Warren Mcdonald.
Three alleged murderers will be tried
in the Norfolk. County Court next week.
William Cotton, charged with killing
Frank Holland, was brought back from
North Carolina whittier he escaped, after
commit ting his crime. Joseph Mitchell
will be tried for the murder OF Eleanor
Mitchell
:. One woman may be harged for the
murder OF another woman. She is
Alexnia Mitchell, who killed Nettie .Jen-
kins.
It is reported thata supreme court mar
tial is sitting at Fort Monroe to-day to
try for alleged neglect of duty a young
army lieutenant, whose father is high
in government Office, and: is now said
to be in Europe. Tho names are not OBJ
tainable here.
The Rev. DR.. A. S. Lloyd, formerly OF
Norfolk, and now missionary secretary
OF the Episcopal church in America, will
be elected bishop OF Mississippi by the
diocesan council at Natchez,A to-day. to
succeed the late Bishop Thompson
A big unknown steamship, which
stranded on the coast near False Cape,
Va, this morning and threatened for q
time to be lost, was f1oated bysa passing
revenue cutter. which came to the steam
er's assistance ard hauled her OFT just
before receding tide, which would have
left her high and dry.