The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
SCrolnWell- johnson Affair Stlrs
Norfolk County Factions.
! FALL in PRICE OF COAL
Prominent Barkeeper Fined for Keep
Ing His Sunday Lunch Counter
Behind Screen-R Reform
Activity in Norfolk.

{. conflicting evidence, has left some rns-
Il chile factionists In a condition from
K which more street encounters are lHely
n to result. Thus two Of the witnesses, Z.
wv. Rockefeller and Norman +, Alien.
H FOR the Straightout faction SAID thar
they saw Senator Finley Cromwell, with
# Alvah IL Martin, Republican leader, at
the head Of column Of negroes at the
\ Dolls. Senator CROMWELL in giving MS
$H estlmony, placed great stress on the ue,
SiInial he made or that statement. ana san
TINT those who made tho charge were
liars. One of the leaders Of the stralgh n =
n outs. n referring ito that defiance TINS
morning, declared. ''Tharls gwine ter
be fight, for{those men who are ac-
&cused OF lying have no more idea of fear
I'll tllan that post pointing to one OF me
beautiful, marble and terra Gotta Pill
lars which support tho skylight III .tiie
n new government court building,
a55& Meantime there hns been q great deal
IL Of caucusing among the leaders Of the
factions y Tho Fusionists OF the county
si3 have registered q large number Of negro
X voters and they propose to register a
"a still greater number at the next regis
4 tration. with the idea Of still holding the
Il, balance OF power between the contest
y Ing factions OF Democrats. The Straight-
l. y
the avowed purpose Of putting the t,u-
\ sionists out Of tho offices they hold on
Il the charge that the F>lsionists are not
Democrats ana that they corrupt.
" 3,rhe Fusionists, it is said. do not like
to drop their Republican allies, despite
Il the Impression that under inc new eoli--
q stit;ltion they might get rid of the negro
vote On the contrary, some say, the
Eusionists seem to prefer the alliance
w,thE The Republicans. with whom they
have maintained profitable relatlons.48to
\ the acknowledgement to the StralghtoulttsS'
that tho latter are part 81 the l'G tI.,
81 cratic organization OF the county 6oliI
Tactions arr active now. and both are
exnecting to make gains because OF the
notice that the street fight and the Po-}
i1oce Court trial have conferred upon
a them and their claims to popular favor
5 Meantime neither one is happy.
sy. WHO CONTROLS COAL?
}G8 The following advertisement mas appear
55 cd in the daily papers for several days
past:
coal, all sizes-s7,5O per 224e pounds,
if Spiint and Pocahontas lump coal LOT
CRATES, Sc per 1000 pounds.
With the price of anthracite lowered 20
SEQ pcr long ton here. and lower yet
* In other seaboard ctics-brought about by
conditions the people are not ianllilAl
Il with--what has a fall in price Of anthra-
4 cite to do with the fall In price Of splnt
+ and Pocahontns lump coal to So per ION
s3 Of 1900 pounds? II Is n wonderful com
cideuce. Evidently there must be gut
LOT bituminous coal here. BY what right
Zen ton OF splint coal made 1000 pounds
and n. ton OF anthracite made ton OF
2.2iO pounds?
Steve Seelinger. a prominent barkeeper.E
who has ii luncheon counter. was lined In
the Police Court this morning on tho
charge of running an ordinary last sun
day. the view OF which was obstructed
from the street. The line was $40 ana
Y costs, and'slhe case was appealed TO the
Corporation Court The warrant charges
that there is q device across the rear
Of the bar-room separating the bar from
4 the lunch counter which obsTucts the
fun survey of the interior. The defense
Ky was that the rear Is an ordinary dining
4 room where luncheons were served, put
not drinks. II was asserted that See
allowed no drinks to be sold last
Sunday, and that. therefore. this rigid
enforcement of the law is an equal mr.,
Justice to Seelinger and to his hungry
patrons.
JUDGMENT AGAINST TEACHER.
Miss Mamie W Watts, OF Portsmouth.
Fecured Judgment against the Southern
Shorthand and Business College in the
Corporation Court this morning She nj
E .egcd that she applied TO the school for
information and was contemplating tai;
Ing q course OF study. Meantime she had
given a check for $50 to the MANAGER be-
fore she had determined to enter the
school. After going there the second day
Miss Watts says She decided definitely
not 10 enter the school and demanded her
money. 1t was promised, but the promise
y was not kept as well ms was tho money,
90 she alleged, Judge Hanckel gava
Judgment for $50 and costs,
The case OF Levi y, walker charged
e with the murder OF Walter Gray. and
M The case Of NJ O. Shlpp, accused Of
4 wronging Miss Walker. We're dismissed in
the CORPORATION Court this morning, Ship
has not appeared for trial at several
q terms of court when he might nave been
tried. and three times there has been a
mistrial In the walker case. Both trials
developed from the same wrong alleged
against the young woman for which one
young man lost his life and the other
fled the country. II is no use to burden
the State with further trials.
STRUCK BY THE STORM,
The large three-masted schooner Isaac
II Campbell Captain Wademan. which
was to~ed into this harbor this morning
by the Joseph Al, Clarke tug Hustler.
showed signs OF having passed through
Ii BeYere stress.
She came in shy foretopmast and jb-
boom and reported that She had lost her
agptts and boat, bnt had recovered the
s latter The Campbell which Is laden
With southern pine, sailed from southern
port fer New York. and was struck by
storm week ago and roughly handled.
She ambled up tbs coast afterward and
finally managed 10 reach this port where
she will repair tefoye proceeding 1t is am
ii ticipated by seafaring men that moro veg
X sells which were out In the late heavy
gale viii likely come llmping IN here
4 Shortly,
Et55s THE Merritt and Chapman N'recking
IA Conipany's steamer Rescue returned TO
va Norfolk to-day With the atripppgs from
3 the three-masted schooner Wt!liam II.
4 ShuDert, which stranded on the North
Carolina coast last week While bound
I 4 from Phila&elplIato cardenas. cn6a. With
8 coal The shuben broke In two yesteF-
* day, and npw Hes a complete wiNeck OF
~ Doaiea Island, The vessels crew which
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