The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-21
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ei1ator Cromwell Declines to
Retire From the
Race.
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NORFOLK A. Feb. 20 --Dnil,icl Arch.
er's ease was continued 4 n the he i Police
Court this morning TO March %; Eto q wall "
the result Of tho injuries received BY little
George Woodliouse, the eigft-ycar.oldS son
of Police officer Woodiouse, " no & was
ruin down Oh tho street by a va gon DR. yen
by the accused IL colorcd man. The
wheels ran over the boys body and tho
fear Is that Ills abdomen and intosttnes
are seriously Injured. III
The Spanish barkcntlne San 1gnace de
Loyala, which stranded ut wa chapreag'ie,
on the Eastern Shore OF Virginia, ten day vs.
ago, has been floatcd by the Merritt ana
Chapman Wrccking Company's WreckEslng
steamer Celey, ID A now being owed to
Norfolk for repair MI She Is ex pected to-
morrow The Ice IN the Delaware pre-
vented tic spanard being toWed north
for repairs. rho extent OF tile vessel In
jurles are unknown. tx n 4
Lieutenant G. r. Shaw, OF the navy, re-
siding here, is still attempting to pre- e..
vent the shooting OF live birds here on the.
ed. But the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals has made. a. com
promise, by which the sport Will DO al
loved this line on the promise that u ~
will not occur q go IN. IL ys q.
y. Tucker Brooke, who Is attorney for
Philip Mel ptyrc, the 5forger who has been.
condemned to the penitentiary for; q year,
said lie learned ii from NJ c1ntyrc's New.
York attorneys that the 50, 300 In cash and
81 900 In Jewels taken off the prisoner,
following his arrest, are still tied up In
civil actions there, and thutsi It may take
eighteen mouths to straighten out these
actions. 3 M ~ s3 53
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to this port, there Is no longer any doubt,
Tho surveys have been compl eted, and t
Is now only n question of the time ~
Will take to build the road from the noun
tnins to the sea. II II IS understood n that
IT. Is the desire Of the rallway " company
to have its main terminal on Hampton
Roads, and that Newport N eWs has been
making overtures TO bring tho railway
there. Norfolk has been approached with
the proposition, that Il she Will offer
$4,000 for a right OF way through the
suburbs OF the ci ty, the line will consider
ut as the terminal OF the system. 535
n Senator. f. a Finley Cromwell declines to
withdraw from HI the race for the nomi-l
nation for State senate or to represent Nor.
folk an county and Portsmou th He re-
ceived aSdelegationsof Demo era IS, led by
Chairman 2. W. Owens, OF Norfolk coun-
ty. on Saturday " and heard the resolu ton
asking him to withdraw In u favor Of a
candidate from Portsmouth, according to
the rotation which shls exis ted between
the city#and the county for thirty years
5S'1'I told 4 the committee. said the sem
ntor this morning, that there ts no rea-
son for my withdrawal from the race,
after having announced Fl myself for re-
election and that al do not propose to do
&c. q Y on u may say that 7 am In for a
fight to a, finish, and y bel eyo that my
serv,casf to this entire district, h not to any
one portionaof It, mind you. but to the
whole senatorial district, Including Ports
mouth and Norfolk, will be recognized,
The old rule Of rotation was an arrange
ment between the politicians Such n rule
Is not necessa ~ w, for the next sena-
tor. will be selected at a primary, y in
which all the people will have an oppor-
tunity to participate and to express thor
opinion. am perfectly willing to a bide
BY the result Of this primary. Let the
old rule go for his time, the first occa-
sion on which the people have had the
right to vote directly for senator and let
US see who wins b 3 5sl$ h $
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