The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-29
STARTLING new
CHANGE COMING !
President Decides to. Send From
inent Virginia Official
to the Block.
NAME NOT YET Il. D 81 VI. G .
Effort Being Made to Have Have
Rixcy Suit Changed to tie
United States Court.
-rom our Regular Corrcapondcnt.,I

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fFrom our Regular Correspondcnt.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 2s.-1t
IL certain that nll the chnnges which arc
to be made by the President In the per-
sonnet OF the Federal offices in Virginia
have not been made. II Is equally GER
tain that some will be made which VIII
be In the nature OF the utmost surprise
4 to the people, probably as great q sur
prise to the officials In question ing 70
anybody else. There Is one change when
Tia President has decided upon that Will
be specially surprising, not to say 81 shock
Ing. 1t is Impossible at this time 20
print the name OF the offlccbolder who
! Is to walk the plank. but he Will have 70 \
walk 1t In the fullness of time.
The Notwithstanding Of the State arc
being considered now. Mono of the terms
OF presidential postnlasters In virginia
y expire at a very early date. It is said
& hat for every position, Of this character
III the State there are several applican y.
Uneasy lies the head OF him who has
tho ladlinE out OF the Federal soup IN
Virginia now. H liz beset by hungry
4 applicants at all hours. and sleep must
bc d boon hard to obtain. Big Stone
Gap the home Of Iteprescntnti tive Siemp.t
\ is said to have more visitors these Day is'i
than the boom towns Of the Southwest
had d dozen years ago when lots n corn
Il fields were selling at a. hundred dollars
q front foot, Tho disappolntments IN
4 store for the ajority9 Of them, and tho
q day at reckoning they note for the men
whoado the disappointing must be the
! chief features OF the yisits. 5sieS
Is Rixey's Suit for Damages.
Representatives Rixey, OF the Eighth
District, is IN washington, and his FAM
Il ilygw will proba bly, remain until the close
OF the public schools. Mr. Rixey makes
frequent trips to his home in Culpcpet
county. ii} 81 ,lssss. e 4,
"a Appllca ton was made yesterday IN the
"A C.irt.iit5 4 Court &of Fauquier county to-
change the suit OF Mr.. Rixey against
Anory s. Stevens ito the United States
District Court d t Alexandria. The court
did mot pass on the pplication a e once
but 1T Is the right, OF q defendantgW who
Is not a citizen Of a State In whose
court he is sued to have the sui changed
4 10 a Federal court. HS MIR. Rixey is suing
& Dir. stevens for alleged defamation of
character. asking fot damages in the sum
81 s3O. 900. II Is alleged In. circular r letters
scattered over n good portion Of Mr.
Rixcy.s district by representatives OF Nlr.s
stevens. that Sir. Rixcy Is "a man Of
most rcprehcnsible character, TO 4 put "
most mildly and tina I, he consorts win
Il thieves. ets5cetera. The circulatioI Of
these letters became 80 persistent tina
Mr.. ERixcy instituted suit.
mr. Stevens Is a multl-millionaire Of
New York. He has been all over the
world, land. It Is sale, owns real estate
In the four quarters 3Sthc earth. He
lis understood to own extensive mineral
interests III Australia. Sometime ago Mr.
Stevens purchased SIX thousand acres OF
land An FauquierE county. 1t was claimed
4, there were gold deposits on the land, and IT
was asserted by alleged experts that the !
mineral was found in paying quantity.
THE assertion Is not made these days
More or less extensive deveopmenteof this: .
mine indica ted that there was no money!
to be made In working IT. The manager
had authority from Mr. stevens. 1t Is
alleged, to check on n bank which Is run
by brothers OF Representative Rixcy.
Tho manager ovrrdrew, and Mr.. Stevens
refuEed to make the checks good until
compelled by the courts
1T is alleged he then attacked Mr.. 1
Rixey4in the manner indicated. thinking
him ono of the bankers, which Is nop
true. or course, the people who knew
Mr. Rixey knew he was not the characES
ter OF man charged by the circula let
tcrs circulated by Mr.. Stevens, but those
who did not know him would naturally
think it very strange thai. so tough q
citizen should be member Of Congress-.
4 The SUI! i is not for the purpose OF res
covering damages so much as to obtain
yindcation of character at the hands OF
q Jury The case is attracting very genera
attention. Mr.. Eppa Hunton. Jr. Of
z Richmond, is one Of the lawyers engaged
\ by Mr.. Stevens. h XII