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FOL,. LV. NO. 62. PRICE TWO OENTS. ?JERRY SIMPSON STARTS TBE DIVERSION H?nxe KiieiMlN 3In.it ol'lho l)?y oit tlio District of C'oluiubin 'Appropria? tion Ulli?.':oiitiloV Clitrli l'uusiilum 1t \rcccNsnry fo Explitiu IVliy llu Volt'il for ItlO idler Revolution. Wnshlntgon, D. C, Feb. 1, 1S9S. The House devotetl most of the ses Eion to-ihty to t'.:e District of Columbia appropriation bill, but had not com? pleted it at .the time of adjournment. Some politics was ejected Into the de? bate just at the close. The military academy appropriation bill was re? ported. The antl-civll service reformers won a sligh.t victory when Mr. Perkins (Rep.), of Iowa, presented n resolution for printing the hearings before the sivil service committee. Mr. Grosverior antagonized the reso? lution. He said the hearings had taken an tx parte turn and he desired to submit sonic facts in refutation of cer? tain statements before the hearings were printed. Mr. Perkins, however, refused to withdraw the resolution until the House, by a vote of 55 to 80, had refused the previous question. He then yielded. A resolution was adopted which re? quested the Secretary of War to sub? mit to the House the report of C. MoD. Townsend, of the corps of en? gineers, dated December 13, 1SD7. con-" corning certain proposed Improve? ments of St. Joseph and Benton har? bors, Michigan. The house at 12:30 p. m. went Into committee of the whole, and resumed j coneirleiatlon of the District or Colum? bia'appropriation bill, which was be? gun Saturday. A) i o'clock the debate drifted into politics. Mr. Simpson (Pop.), of Kan-! sas, attempted to show rrom clippings from Maine papers that there had been no return of prosperity in the lumber I Industry In that State. He also at? tacked New Jersey os the home of t r?stet. Mr. Dlngley, In reply, declared that I the Maine papers were full of evi? dences of the improvement in the lum? ber industry. The clippings quoted wen' the exception. It was, he said, another proof that gentlemen on the other side could see the speck on .the barn door, bul could not sec the door. | Mr. Pitney (Rep.), of New Jersey, de? fended his Stale. He declared that New Jersey had been trust-ridden be? cause for years it had been under Democratic domination. The Demo? cratic Legislature hnn knocked down leg'Gtatlon to the highest bidder. Laws J were to be had by thos? who had the price. The last crowning infamy of the Democratic Legislature was an At? tempt to carry out the mandates of the coal combine by ' which the price of coal was to be advanced $1 per ton. i Hut at last, said Mr. Pitney, the wise, patriotic people of New Jersey had risen In their might and swept .the Democrats from power. They bad re? pudiated utterly the infamous doctrine preached by Bryan In 1896, and had elected as Governor last year a gen? tleman (Attorney-General) Grlggs) who ?had been to-day called .to n larger sphere of usefulness In President Mc Klnlcy's Cabinet. (Republican ap? plause.) Mr. Handy (Dem.), of Delaware, as an evidence of the lack of prosperity, read a letter from a friend In Phila? delphia, who said he had counted 210 unemployed persons who on a single i!?ay visited a charitable soup house In Kensington. Mr. Adams (Hop.), of Pennsylvania. In reply, declared llmt the report of I the factory Inspector of Pennsylvania! showed that 125,000 more persons were! employed In the factories now than at this time last year. As to the soup houses In Kensington they fed 30.000 unemployed under <he free trade tariff. Mr. Ma.bany (Hep.), of New York, presented In open House the protests of 10,000 German-American voters against the Lodge Immigration bill. He made an Impassioned speech against the in? tolerance of those who desired to close the gates of immigration, nnd when Mr. Stone (Hep.), of Pennsylvania, in? terrupted him. he turned upon the Pennsylvania? and denounced him as one who desired to precipitate a race question, as one who hud attacked the Irish, the Germans, the Poles and every other nationality. "I commend you," he shouted, "to the voters of Pennsylvania as one whose American Ism cannot sland the test." "Is the Rergcnnt-cit-Arms present?" was the only comment of Mr. Stone when Mr. Mahany concluded. At 4:10 p. m. the House adjourned. SENATE. No business of Importance was tranF aet"d by the Senate In open session to-day. The feature of the short .-.es s'nii wi? a statement mad" by Mr. C4ark (Rep.), of Wyoming, as a mat? ter "of personal privilege, concerning his vote in favor of the Teller re? solution. Mr. Clark hod received a dispatch from his state, published in Eastern newspapers, to the effect that Henry There are three little things which do mere work than any other three little thing* ere Med--they are the ant, the bee and Do Witt's Little Eatly Risers, the last being the famous little pill, for stomach and liver .troubles. J. M. Trotter, Norfolk; R. L. Walker, Brnm . bleton; TruJU & Smith, Berkloy. G. Hay, chairman of the Lararnle county Republican Committee, had re? signed because of the votes cast by the Wyoming Senators for the Teller resolution. Mr. Clark stated that 60 much had been said' concerning the votes of Wyoming's Senators and as to the significance of those votes, that he deemed It wise to make a state? ment. He expressed sun-rise that the motives at.d designs of those voting fcr the resolution should have been im? pugned. He said that the attempt made to commit the Republican party to a line of policy, never laid down and never contemplated by that party and the further effort to read out of the party those Republicans who voted for the resolution, would fall. As for himself he declined most emphatically to be read out of the Republican party and was satisfied that the masses of that party would never convict him of political heresy on account of his vote. Mr. Clavk thought that the Demo? crats ought, in view of their record, ?to have supported the Nelson amend? ment providing that gold and silver coins should be maintained at a parity. He thought that the vote ho had cast was no stain on his political party honor, and his vote for the Nelson amendment was cast as a pretest ?gtiihat silver monometallism. The resolution of Mr. Pett-lgrew, of South Dakota, declaring It l<> be .the policy of the- United States not to ac? quire territory, to defend which a navy would be required, went over until .to? morrow at the request of *he author. Mr. Morgan's resolution presented yesterday calling upon the President for correspondence and information re? lating to the arbitration of the British seizure claims was adopted. The Seirate then, nt 12:-I0 p. m., on motion of Mr. Davis, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, went I Into executive session. At 4:-l? p. m. j the Senate adjourned. FAVOKAHI.K TO ANNEXATION. Two-c litr<U Mtijtiriiy cinlme?l?Plntt, or Connecticut, Araruvn in Tutor nml Psitlgrew in Opposition. Washington, D. C, Feb. J..?The con? dition in the Senate respecting the Hawaiian annexation treaty has great? ly Improved and the friends of the treaty, including Senator Davis, chair? man of the Foreign Relations Commit? tee, are contldent that sixty Senators, whose votes are necessary for a Two thirds majority, will vote for ratifica? tion. Confidence In the changed con? dition Is found in the determination of the friends of the ratification to press forward the treaty to a final vote. This feeling was shown when the pro? ceedings of the Senate in the treaty in executive session to-day were opened. Senator Thurston made a motion for the postponement of further considera? tion . of the treaty until the last of March. The motion was not discussed at length, and was voted down viva voce. Senntor Platt, of Connecticut, opened the debate with a carefully arranged argument In favor of annexation. He spoke for about an hour and a half, and dwelt- particularly upon the im? portance or the acquisition of the is? lands from the commercial point of view. Senator Pettlgrew took the floor as soon as Mr. Platt had concluded, de? voting himself especially to replying to lho Connecticut Senator's remarks j concerning the present government of ! the islands. I Senator While, of California, also spoke in opposition to the ratification of the treaty. His was in the main a constitutional urgumenl intended to show that the annexation of territory which would require a navy to defend it, had been from the beginning op? posed to our theory of government. Senator While had not concluded his arguments when the Senate adjourned. He took occasion to remark, In reply j to Senator Plait's statement, that the sugar trust was opposed to the treaty, that most of the Senators who were popularly believed to ho interested In I the sugar trust were favorable to the treaty. CITY IN P .-VP. AO. It A PUS. _i Briefest Possible Mention Made of Many Matters of Interest. The "W. C. T. U. will meet as usual In the Y. M. C. A. to-day nt 12 o'clock. The Third Ward Democratic Club will hold a meeting at their clubhouse Thursday night-. A supper will be given Thursday night in the entertainment room of Kpworth M. IS. Church by the Church Workers, for the benefit of the debt fund. At Larrfbert's Point yesterday ground was broken for the binding to be occu? pied by the Bridgeport Silver I'D ting Company. This is ground hog day. According to a well grounded belief, if the ground hog, who will come out of his hole this morning, sees his shadow, he will go back and remain ??ix weeks, during which time there will be more winter. There will be a meeting of the Cham? ber of Commerce at noon to-day. Mr. Samuel Stafford Is ill at his home on Chapel street. A burglir tried to break Into the res? idence of Mr. .1. AN'. Cherry, on Hank street, early yesterday morning, but was frightened off. The King's Daughters will give a silver cross tea this afternoon from I to ? o'clock in the parlors of the Free? mason Street Church of Christ. Ilonlfli lloaiiN a perfect condition of the whole system. Pure blood is essential to perfect health. Hood's Snrsnpnrlllu makes pure hlouU and thus gives health and happiness. HOOD'S Pll.l.S are the ravorlto family cathartic and liver medicine. Price L'ic. DON'IO WITH AN SON. Chicago, Feto. 1.?Ppesldtln't Hart, of Hie Chicago baseball club, announced to-hag-ht that ilfh-e directors of the club hail dee?ded nut to renew Anson's en Kagomi hit as manager when his eontrao: expired. To Cure it Cold In One liny. Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. AH druggists refund the money If It j falls to cure. 26 cents. mr I Snow Slot, WORST EXKBSnSD IN I QUARTER CENTURY : I < i 11 i c i.i y !i is s ii ii f (i fi um it l>ri'citii> (um AgnliiHt Accident*?Mu?w Shovellers Killed on Itttilroiid Track*-Mcliaoner Wrecked nnd ?II Hundt? l.osl. Boston, Feb. 1, 189S. A northeast snow storm which set In yesterday and raged until this after? noon completely paralyzed all bianches of business- and sf.eet ear and steam railroad 'traffic, and shut off the city from communication by wire with all places outside the limits of Boston. The storm was the meet severe this city has experienced In twenty-live years, and caused the loss of several lives, besides doing a money damage of hun? dreds of thousands of dollars. Between 1 and 5 o'clock this morning a Iool of heavy, wet snow settled over the city and leveled wires In all quar? ters. '.More than half the electric lights ot the city went out, and in suburban towns the lire alarm service was crip? pled. In Newton broken wires falling ac:oas others started a lire in the elec? tric room of the elegant residence of Charles J. Travelll, the wealthy Pitts burg steel manufacturer, and in two hours nothing rem.lined of the house but ashes. .Mr. Travelli's family es? caped in ahelr night-clothes without a.ivlng anything. Los? about $100,000. All the subu:ban trolley lines were abandoned at midnight and the steam railways were unable to run more than two or three suburban trains during the forenoon. All tl?-ough trains from New Yotk <and the West, as well as those from the Kast were from four to six hours late. _ The eliy and" suburbs were covered with broken poles and tangled wires. Many horses were killed in the streets by stepping upon the ends of telephone wi:es which had fallen across the trol? ley wires. To-night the situation as? sumed such a dangerous aspect that Mayor Qulncy ordered that none of the electric lights be turned on except In districts where the wires are under? ground. It will require weeks to restore the telephone and telegrahplc service. Not a single telegraph wire out of Hos? ten was In operation all day. and the telephone wires were in almost as bad condition. This afternoon the telephone service as far as Worcester was es? tablished. Shipping in the harbor wa"s disabled greatly during last night and the early morning. It is feared that many disasters to coast shipping will be reported when the telegraphic com? munication is restored. The rente: of the storm appeared to be in the vicinity of New Bedford. The brunt of it fell on Boston and territory within a radius of fifteen or twenty miles. From meagre reports received from the middle and western parts of the Slate, the loss there was severe. Here albout twenty inches of snow fell. At Dedham to-day, three Italians shoveling snow on the Providence divis? ion of the New York, New Haven and Hartford road, wore struck by a train i and killed. A number of less serious I accidents are reported. A number ot trains met with acci? dents in various parts of the State, but as far as known there were no addition? al fatalities. A three-masted schooner thought to ?be the Charles S. Briggs, of Bath. Me., laden with coal, wns wrecked off Little Nahan; last night. It is believed there were eight men on board, and all are supposed to have been drowned. The vessel is a total wreck. The fierce northeasterly gale which was blowing *at that time, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow, made passage upon the sea exceedingly hazardous. The vessel struck upon the ledge north of Egg Hock Light and was smashed to pieces. Parts of the ill-fated schooner lined the shore to-day. From the mo? ment that she struck there wa9no possi? ble chance for the members of the crew lo save themselvs. The body of one of the crew, a man about 35 years of age, was found this I morning -among the wreckage. It was ' frozen to a plank, and was much dis? figured. TH'B 8TOTIM IN PIIILA THOLPHIA. Philadelphia, I*n.. Feb. 1?The snow nnd wind storm of last night and to l day was one of the most severe cx ! pcrienced In this section since the big blizzard. All trains' are behind time nnd several accidents are reported, Tint none of any gravity. The storm was severely felt throughout Knslern Penn? sylvania. Two Heading railr nd freight trains collided near Tatnaqua, demolishing both engines and injuring the fireman, brakeman and conductor. Traffic was delayed seven hours. A dispatch from Stroudshiirg says that communication between that place and other towns near by has been cut off. At Tobyhannt, the gale was so violent that the ice cutting industry had 'to be suspended, throwing 500 hands out of work. The storm Is very severe up the I"), la wore ?Valley and the singe was stalled Just outside of Stroudsburg nnd com? pelled to return with the mull. Upon the Pocomo Mountain the wind Is ?blowing at a fierce rate. A dispatch from" Cape May. N. J., say*: The severe northwest storm which prevails along the const to-night has done no damage, The ocean Is very rough, but no vessels are In sight. The wind is blowing with grout velo? city. Mets cif?iim! Mi um um Aside lot Two Ms. GENERAL ASHY WORKING LONG HOIS l'oor riospi " i !<??? itoiorni Measures I'ropoMcil < Illing;? in Election l,l?W I'ltjlit on. 'I railing Ntnili|>H Trinis-? Icrrcil tu .lie .senate?Siembors AU? ili< led to.Sprech .11 nil Int;. (Special Dispatch to The \Mrginlan.) Richmond, Vai, Feb. 1, 189S. There was a (big liglJt (in the Senate to-day over iUic Wittier* bill to ?Ivo the people ano.'h 1- opportunity ot voting upon the question tot calling a conven? tion to a.incnd and revise lite Constitu? tion. After Mr. Withers hod made a splendid appeal ito the Senators 'in be? half or the rmttsure, 1mpressing upon them the need or changes in tin- organic law of "the fttate, Mr. Wlckham ihteved to pass by the consideration of the bill until aliouit the '.'Olli or ibis inmtih. Mr. Wlckha/m spoke nt some lengiih. lie si-at-d itihait ho was opposed to the Cui stiiutional convohttion. Mr. Withers hail said he did n t ?>elieve the L/2gls iaiture would ciit down expenses. Mr. vVHckhann said to adapt the bill looking ito calling a convewilon would at 'this time be paying to the p oplu or Virginia that -the General Assembly would not or could nut attend to the ?work i't was sent hereto do. He wanted ?ae.t-icn postponed in order ts> give "the Legislature more time in winch to .pass reform measures. Mr. Wlckham salid the crisis or Virginia, was not yet a>t hand. It would cijine with the new as? sessment in 1900, nnd he bsiMeved k could l>e safely stated now t-hn.t there would have to 'l>c ?n extra session of Che Legislature 'in the -fall of that year to enact 'laws ito ?vueit line condliilaaie that will then confront th? people. Senators Flanagan and McCuilC op? posed the bill; Senator Borksdale, who favored it. wanted It passed by; Senator Blakcy advocated passing Who 1 >i 11 by; S.ma'tor Munford supported the meas? ure, and so did Se-ualiir Mcllwalne. After two hours' debate 'the bill was passed by and made the special <and continuing order for February 15th. It was <iuli;v evident during itflte discussion that the bill rot* with much favor in j the Senate. The Cent ral Assembly Is getting down to hard work. It was 1 o'clock this nf teri.'jon before itlhe Senate adjourned. The House 4a holding -two sessions dally. At 2:30 t<he chair is vacated un? til 4 o'clock. More time is lu-ing con suimed by speech malting than usual, f.-pecial-y in 'the House. None of the refonm measures have as yet pass d both h> uses, a few have been ad ; red by Wie Senate bin; have n nt been a i' d upon in th - lower branch. Each day it appears that the outlook for any nia ?ifi'.al reduction in expenses Is h corn? ing less encouraging. This week the special joint coiiriulliU-e will make Its reiptJirt regarding expenditures i f money at the public Institutions Cuts ng gregait'ing $100,000 will lie recommend? ed, and one "f the greatest fights of che session will be commenced. The Senate to-day killed the bill to abolish tin- Tenth Judicial Circuit. There was considcraible debate river the measure. Mr. Keezcll supported it and Mr. Ople opposed it. The vote was 27 to 7 in opposition to engrossing the net. The bill making reductions In the fees of sheriffs and city sergeants was de? bated at some length in the House. Numerous amendments proposed were rejected and the bill was finally passed by. Mr. Keezell offered a bill making one material change in the election law. It amends sections ft and in. of the act approved March 4. 1896, by providing! that there shall he three ballots fort each precinct which shall not bear the seal of the Electoral Hoard. On the morning of the election sealed pack? ages containing the tickets are broken and the ballots carefully counted. Hen is the way the amendment reads: "And the three unstamped ballots contained in said package shall be securely posted by the judges of election In three conspicuous places without the polling place, where they shall be open to the inspection of the voters, and it shall be the duty of the"judges to pre? vent the destruction, removal or de? facing oT said ballots as long as the polls ore open. Any person who shall unlawfully remove, deface or destroy any of said ballots as long as the polls are open shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a line of $10 and Imprisoned for Thirty days in I Hie county Jail." This is the only change proposed. The fight ognlnst the use of trading stamps was transferred to the Senate this morning. This measure was passed by the House yesterday. When It came over to the Senate It was re? ferred to the Commit tire on General Laws without objection. The com? mittee will be hardly able to give con? sideration to the act this week, as it has much other work to do which has already been mapped out. The trading stamp and trading check people will make a big fi^ht to defeat the meas? ure, but. It Is claimed by the advocates of the bill that it will certainly pass the Sonnte. The Maupin bill, requiring a license tax on all clubs that sell or give It way liquor, which recently passed* the House, will be enn.slrtered by the'Son? ate Committee on Finance Thursday morning. About fifty petitions, numor I ously signed, have been presented to the Senate asking the passage of the ?Ol. Mr. M-aupiu will. It Is thought, appear before the committee to ud vocate a favorable report on the meas? ure, and there will probably be others on hand to speak In favor of the bill. The bill lo provide a method where? by the voters may express their choice of candidates for United States Sena? tor will be considered by the Senate Committee on Privileges und Blecttons to-morrow afternoon. Some changes In Its provisions will be proposed by the advocates of the measure. Mr. Fairfax, from the Committee on Finance, reported with ah aiflClidment the bill providing for building nn ad? dition to the penitentiary. The amend? ment places a limit upon the money to he expended. It provides that in ad? dition to the labor 1? be performed In the work by the convicts, the net re? ceipts from the penitentiary for the next four years shall constitute- the fund out or which the Improvement Is to be paid for. Governor Tyler has received a letter from the sheriff of 'Russell county calling attention to the smallpox at Ooohurn, In Wise county, and suggest? ing that the place be quarantined.. The Governor replied that the county au? thorities had ample- authority to cslab I llsh quarantine. The House this evening debated at I some length the Le Onto oyster bill. ! but did not reach a vote on it. An I amendment, making Its mandatory to rent oyster planting grounds to aliens, was adopted. The bill may be passed to-mnrro w. Capt. John A. Curtis, of Richmond; Coh lt. l.. EnrlnhohU, -.f Lancaster, and Dr. Frank Welcher, of Accomae, [8T0 candidates for the presidency of the State Hoard of r^lsherles, and Mr. George Lindsay, of Norfolk county, and Mr. Nash, of Portsmouth, u clerk In the Auditor's od ice, for secretary. The presidency pays' Jl.ilOO .and the secre? taryship fl.oijo. The Governor ap? points. Delegate Sneacl Introduced a joint resolution in the House providing cer? tain relief for the oyster planters of Princess Anne. This has reference to rent for planting ground. The House this evening ordered to Its engrossment the bill to create a State board of fisheries. A GUSTY DAY. Norfolk Gets a Dose of Concentrated Klondike. This section got a dose of concen? trated Klondike yesterday in the shape ?if lite coldest, rawest, gustiest and most disagreeable day of the season. The day opened up cold und continued to get colder until by midnight, with the mercury far below freezing point, and an icy wind howling like a lusty demon through the deserted streets and lanes. It became actually painful to go abroad, and few were brave enough to dare the elements. i Policemen suffered almost as much as newspaper men. and it was a sight lo bring tears to the eyes to see the niotorm?n on the street cars till but freezing to death. Among the argu? ments against tin- bill requiring the vesttbuling of street cars was one- to the effect that the motormoil them? selves did not desire It. If this state? ment be true, then motormen are dif? ferent from ordinary Mesh and blood. The hal'bor is full of sailing craft, detained by the'high winds and rough seas, but as yet no wrecks have been reported. The weather forecast for to? day is fair and colder in the? morning; north westerly gales decreasing. HE DRANK STRYCHNINE How Mr. S. Saundcrs Ended His Life nt Hampton. S. Saundcrs. a conductor on the Hampton. Newport News arid Old Point railroad, committed suicide yes? terday morning at his home, in I lamp? ion, by taking ten grains oCjBtrychrilne. Saundcrs retired Monday evening, leaving word for the family neu to disturb him. When some one was sent lo awake him about 7 o'clock yosfer day morning lie said he was 111 and did not wish to be bothered. A few min? utes later his people heard a sound In the room as of a struggle, and run? ning tip to the apartment, found Mr. Satin dors on the floor writhing in the greatest agony. lie had drunk ten grains of strchnlne and died very soon after he was found. It is said that Saundcrs had tried to kill himself last Sunday night by tak? ing laudanum, but got nn overdose, which saved his life for the time. The man had recently bought a lot for a thousand dollars and was to have been married before long. It is surmised that disappointment in love had something, if not everything, to do with it. MAIL NT I.A.II KU WH l'A'H l'I>. ? lie < In? ii cie I <tu<-cii HOC* on I lie Itoelis eii Uuornsey l?li*u?t?Nineteen PurNOiiN l>roWMe?l. Plymoui-.h, England, Feb. 1.?it is re? ported that the mail steamer Channel Queen lias been "totally wr eked oft the island of Guernsey. The captain has been saved, but -thirty persons are sup? pose d to have been lost. Later in line -day the owners of i'jhe Cihnnnetl Queen announce that out of s-iX'ty-live per? ris on board of her when she struck, only itivvo are known to have li :i drowned. The Channel Qu en's engines were reversed when the rocks werfe seen, but it. was th n uoo laite. The first boait load reached land -and saught help of the fish-rir.en. who made gallant res? cues, ulihe.ugh ithc heavy sen prevent? ed .their boat -from nip-proaieblrig the wreck, 'i'h- survivors h.r.l to be drag? ged by ropes fchrou-gh the sea t)3 the rebelling bocrts. The car-tain was the la--! to leave the wreck. The laitest report is Ml ait 22 were drowned, the Chief engineer, three sto? kers and eighteen passengers, including fourteen onion sellers, <who were drown? ed in -their cab'iii's when 'the -sea swamp? ed the vessel. The irttacued passengers l'jst everything, even their clothing. Three of the p -rsons reported drowned ?have since been found among the i?$ cued, reducing the total loas tto nine? teen. BELL COMPANY GANNOT BE FORCEO OUT Comnnny Cum?-? Within tlio Proioc? IC on of Act ?r Congress ?ecliirine Kl reels or I'll ICH S'tist Komls-Clly < mmol Com pol Itcmovnl ?r Poles null ? li es front tlio ?troern. Richmond, Va? Feb. 1, 1898. An opinion was handed down this afternoon in the United Circuit Court of . Appeals in Hie case of the city ?at Rich? mond ngadhst the Soutlihern Bell Tele? phone and Telegraph company. The opinion was delivering by Judge Simon ton Jiidtgo Simonton's opln'lon WaldS thait Mi ? decisive questions raised are these: First. Do is the complainaint wine within the proteotton, and is iit entitled the lirlvHcges contain ?rt In the act of U righ or I80?? (Tins act is construed to bold that the M;i\m.s of a city are post road.-; of the UnCted States.) eond. If it coJiiei within the pro? visions of that not, how far'has 'Jt rbm Itcd and restricted IIS U by accepting the proYfei ns of'the ordinance of th-: city of ltiehniotvdV Third. To what eX'Vch't does the pro ?letrllon Of the act or ISCtI go? Does It iiKike the company accpftng it frea of the c'.-nlrol of the 'municipality In which Hi docs business? Judge S'lmonton i-.-h.cn discusses the question us to whether the act of Con? gress -of 18UG, which -speaks only ot tiilogi-a-pb tjompaivl ?, is intended to -in? clude telcpl.i.inc ciMii'panies, -and con- ? cludv-s Hurt they are the same arid 'both are cr.uitled 'to 'the pr'otootiian of the ;ict. As to the question whtihor the. company limited -and restTloted -the prlv- . iletges which it enjoys under the -act by accept ing ithe ordinance of the ckty of rWehmond, he doneludes that the C-.vuncM of the city, by its own act, has put an end Ito any contract with itjhe coin-pany, and but for -the nwt of Con? gress referred to It would be a tre-spa-ss e.r i-.ii 'the streets; 'but ibhait under this act M has the right to 'irtalntatn and construct lines along -any of the post roads of the Unbtotl Staibes, and when an effort is made or 'threatened to deal with 'It as a trespasser, it can refer ?tu tha.t act. As to what exi'.-ent |t(he proteetii'>n of ibis act .o-r Congress goes, tt-nd wh Ith -r it frees the company from any control of the city 'through whose streets *t goes. Judge fMtriii ntoii holds that It .-hall be omit rolled by the city ordi? nance and lie subject 'io the lawful x er eise of'the police-power. Those con? ditions, ivgti'latlons and restrictions, says the oplnl' n, "already prescribed l>y I'he City Council, appear to be stilmurated by -a desire to oppress and control, pei-!ia;-..s defeat -bhe existence <>r thi- complainant, and so are not the lawful exert ';- - of thr. police power." The Hell Telephone company's ?tinii" ter hiving expired, the city exercised its stipulated right to revoke It. but was iriijoined 'from i nit offering with the or>mpany's poles and wires. The effect ivf'the dteisian is to mud if y the 'injunc (ion so as to prevent, the city from driv? ing the company from its streets, but -Mi city is to retain her police power over it NOMINATION " OF MR. BOWDF/N. Deemed a Proper Return For His Sef vices to the Party. The news of the nomination of Mr. George K. Bowden to the position of Collector of Customs for the Port of Norfolk was received here without sur? prise, as it was uhdersood that the place would fall ;o him ns a reward for his services to the party. Mr. Howden has for many yeats been active in Republican politics, and has served his party In many responsible capacities, nor is he new to the position which he Is soon to fill, having been collector for the port here during the term preceding that of Major Banks, who went out to make room for the present collector, Col. Le Roy Shields. While in charge of the office before, Mr. Bowden performed its arduous and responsible 'duties with great ability and faithfulness, consequently with credit to himself and the government. He was one of the special masters ap? pointed to sell the Norfolk and Western railroad. In the recent Presidential eunpaign he led the Virginia forces for McKinley, and was the regular National Committeman. He has a large follow? ing in this city and the State, and achieved not a little popularity and In? fluence by his course while in Congress, for In- was an indomitable champion of this district and was always on the look? out to serve its interests. He had the endorsement of the Slate Committee, and met with no opposition. Th - Richmond Dispatch in its Wash? ington special of yesterday says: "The imputation to-night that Mr. Bowden had hL? appointment sent in to-day in anticipation of the probable seating of Dr. Dick Wise "s Congress? man from the Second District is scorn? fully repudiated by Bowden's friends. Mr. Bowden has held the position of Collector of the Port of Norfolk before. There can be no reasonable opposition to his confirmation, and he will, no doubt, be confirmed at ihe next execu? tive session of the Senate." To Ciirn n Cold In <ln?s n??y. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tho money \t ,H falls to cure. 25 cent*