The times. [volume], February 25, 1900, Page 14, Image 14

About The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903

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TRAGLE'S
CUT-RATE
DRUG
STORE.
?????: p'Q Third Grand Anniversary Sale
^ ?\-*"^??1?im\~4 ^J To Reo-in To-Morrow, Monday, February 26,
and to continue for ONE WEEK ONLY. During our last special sale our price list was cut out o? the papers by our competitors in the drug trade and mailed to the principal _man?^re.r^^n??h
bens throughout the United States to prevent u? from getting any more goods. We want it distinctly understood by our competitors and cus tomeis that^T^^icm^Co, do W^Wfg
and paid Spot Cash for all of the goods we offerier sale; therefore it is at our discretion to fix the price to suit our customers. We want no druggist, combinations, trusts, or manufacturers to
dictate to us How to run our business and set the price on our goods. We hope the people of Richmond and Virginia wi 11 uphold a store of this kind, which has had such a bard road ^4? heard f
our three years' business in Richmond. We have saved the people $53,000 in the three years we have been with you. Now judge for yourselves if you think we are entitled to ?? toute^^^^^^^ t-^fiSSn " aornali indi-?
not only ? the history of Richmond, but in the entire history of patent medicines. Our position in the medicine business is very much like the British and the Boers-the one a mighty power of druggists, comoinations and trusts ngnune
vidual that defies the whole army.
A's
Wc. Ayer'e Cherry Pectoral. :?8
25c Allen's Foot Ease . 17
uOc Angler's Petroleum Emulsion... '"4%
fioc Armour's Beef Extract...-.??~
l?c Alwood's Bitters .15
20c. Allcoek's Porous Plasters.~?-K%
$1 Ayor's Hair Vigor .? 6CV4
25c Arnica Tooth So.'ip . 15%
45c Absorbent Cotton, very best,
j?er j>ound.27
SI Alciris Cordial .To
B's
25c Brush?-* (Clothes), cborry pol?
ished buck.
jCc box Bird Gravel .
25c'_?3randreti*s l'ili.??.
?5c~i)OtUo Quinine .
lOc. box Corn or Bunion Plasters,
thin or thick .
30c Bromo Seltzer.
25c, box Seiuiitz Powders, of 10 sets
In box .
*"5c. box Mustard Plasters, 30 leaves.
25c. Bc??<-ham's Pills.. 15
(?Oc. Bovonlne . 45
$1'- Booth's Hyomel Inhalers.74
25c Butter Golor . 37
25c. Bucklcn's Arnica Salve.....17?
We. Barry's Tricophcrous .3i>
25c. Brown's Bronlclial Troches_17
25c Bronlclial lyozenges, for coughs
and colds . S1,?"?.
50c, bar White CasUlc Soap.,.30%
50c. Brilliantinn, ?11 odor?.21
_oC. Black Writing Ink, % pink bot?
tle . S%
EXTRA SPECIAL.
25c. Best Quality Extracts of Lemon,
Vanilla, Paregoric, Spts.
Nitre. Jamaica Ginger and
Peppermint, full 4-oz. bot?
tle, only one to a customer.. 11
35c. Belladonna Plaster ...'-. 7%
30c Bird Seed, clean, per box. ?
3 t'A
11%
a
It%
13%
HERE ARE A FEW OF'OUR PRICES
20c Powdered Borax, per lb...??? 11
EXTRA SPECIAL.
Best Norwegian Cod-Liver Oil (Dring
your bottle), per pint.10
(This oil wc guarantee to
be the very best Norwegian
or money refunded.)
25c Bay Bum Pomade, for the hair.. 5
C's
Z5c. Carriage Sponges . 11 Vi
$2 Combination Fountain Syringe
.. !)S
3S
31!
o%
70
and Wal er Bag .
25c. Carbolic or Sulphur Soap.
$1 celery Compound .
50c. Cuticura Resolvent.
50c Chase's Blood and Nerve Food..
25c. Carbolic Salve .
30c. Cosmo Buttermilk Soap .
$1 Celerina .
'Sic. Chamberlain's Cough Cure....
, - Cocoa Wine .
SI Celery Tonic Bitters .
25c Coleman's Mustard .
15c. Corn Salve, best known.
10c. Craddock's Medicated Blue Soap
25c. Camm's Corn Solvent .
SI Chlonia . 7C.
r?c. Colgate's Shaving Soap. 4
25c Cresolene .18
50c. Combs, for ladies, all coarse, or
half and half .20
?
D'
50c. Dink's Kidney Pills .
?! Dink s Catarrh Cure .
30c. Dewey Perfume, with ilaj
25c. Dink's Cough Syrup
10c. Diamond Dyes, all colors..
50c. Disinfectant, quart bottle.
EXTRA SPECIAL.
Dink's Dyspepsia. Tablets, best
remedy on earth for indiges?
tion, only 1 box to customer 17
Dink's Soothing Syrup, best
30
30
3%
11%
0%
21
50c.
baby medicine known ...... 9
15c Dead Stuck for bugs.11%
E's
25c. Eagle Brand Condensed Milk. 14%
$2.50 Elastic Trusses, all sizes, spe?
cial .51 10
50c. Electric Bitters . 33
50c. Elixir Babek. 37
50c. Ely's Cream Balm. 34
100 Empty Capsules, per box. ?%
50c. Elixir Buckbean, for chills
and fevers
F's
SI.50 Fellow's llypophospbltes.
?1 Female Bulb Syringe, 3 pipes
50c. Fig Syrup .
25c. Florida Water, M. & L.
25c. Foutz's Cattle Powders .
50c. Frank's Grains of Health.
25c. Frayser's Nerve and Bone Lini?
ment .
10c. Frog in Throat.
G's
25c. Glycerine Jelly of Violets, Lilacs
or Roses, per package.
J5c. Glycerine Soap, full */.-lb. bar...
35c. Gold Paint .
50c. Grove's Chill Tonic .
on
30
10
17
341/.
30
35%
11%
Ou.
H's
25c.
75c. Hall's Catarrh Cure ....
?l Hall's Hair Renewer.
10c. Harlem Oil .
25c. Harper's Brain Food ...
.$1.50 Hembaloids .
35c. Hire's Condensed Milk .
SI Hood's Sarsaparilla .
25c. Holme's Frostella .
25c. Holliday's Water-Proof Shoe
Dressing. Black or Tan, 2
to customer .
25c. Humphrey's Witch Hazel Oil.
35c. Hunyadi Water.
35c. Hops (compressed), per lb.
51%
G7
4
IS
?1 03
4%
60%
1-1%
REMEMBER, these prices are for one week only, commencing Monday, February 26th, and ending
Saturday night 11:30, March 3d. Special attention paid to mail orders throughout the State and
city.
USTDon't f*il to get in the right place. Not more than Two Articles of One Kind to a customer.
) I's
50c. Imperial Granum .$3
10c. Imported Mustard '. *
5c. Iron Glue . '??
35c. Irvin's Blood and Nerve Tonic,
best medicine on earth for
the blood and dyspepsia-10
EXTRA SPECIAL.
3jc Irvin's Nerve and Bone Lini?
ment, the best Liniment on
tho market, only 1 to cus?
tomer .12
EXTRA SPECIAL.
200 Imponed Nail and Hand
Brushes, 25, 35 and 50c. kind,
1 to a customer. 1?
J'S
50c. Jaynes' Expectorant . 37
25c. Juniper Tar . 1(%
25c. Johnson .t Johnson's Belladonna
Plasters
25c. Johnson's Dyspepsia Tablets ...
10c. Jamaica Ginger Extract, per oz.
0%
K's
35c. Kidney Plasters .I"
?.Oc. King's New Discovery .w
50c. Kilmer's Swamp Root .3a
.Vi Kendall's Spavin Cure .7i
10c. Kohler's Headache Powders. 0%
L's
50c. Lapactic Pills. S. & D., per 100. 14%
25c. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab?
lets .14
$1 Lambert's Listerine.00
SI Li?iui?l Peptinoids. 73
25c. Laxative Quinine Tablets.11
5c. Large box Shoe Blacking. 3%
-.,c. Lyon's Tooth Powder.14''?
25c. Lynn's (Dr.) Tooth Powder.11%
M's
10c.
Malena Salve ..'?V? ? ? ?
25e. Malt Nutrlne .
50c. Meade & Baker's Mouth Wash.
50c. Mellin's Food .
25c, Mennen's Talcum Powder .....
25c. Menthol Inhalers.
5c. Menthol Cough urops .
i5c. Medicated Shaving Soap .
25c. Medicated Tar Soap .
SI McElree's Wine of Cardui.
???. McGill's Orange Blossom .
25c. Morse's Indian Root Pills.
5c. Mucilage, very best .
SI Mo,hers' Friend .
2T>c. Munyon's Remedies, full lino..
SI Maltine Preparations, full line...
. 7
. 18
. 32
. 32
. 11%
. 0%
. 3%
. 3M.
. 5%
. 00
. 6!)
. 17
'. 00
. 14
. 71%
P's
$1 Ozomulsion.60
50c. Parker's Hair Balsam.37
25c. Packer's Tar Soap .14f?
15c. Pear's Unscented Soap . OVi
$1 Peruna, the great tonic.". 71
25c. Perfumed Tooth Soap, tin box.. 0%
$1 Pinkham's Vegetable Compaund. 00%
25c. i-iso's Consumption Cure .lo^j
10c. Potash Tablets . ?
25e. Perry Davis' Pain Killer.18
5c. Pure Palm Soap, large raxe. 2
SI Pure Rubber 2-ciuart Fountain
Syringe, 3 hard rubber pipes 47
25c. Pomade for the hair, highly
perfumed . 9
Q's
Tue. Quinine, best German Imported,
in sealed tin boxes, per
ounce box .45
Quinine Pills, 2 grains, per dozen- 3
Wuinine Pills, 3 grain, per dozen. 5
Or 4 dozen .15
R's
20c. Rock Candy, per pound.
::.je. Red Cross Kidney Plasters
12%
17
15c. Rough and Tough, for rats...
-inc. Royal Glue.
75c. Rubber Water Bags, 2 quarts.
5c. Russet Shoe Polish .
S's
St Sanmetto.
$1 Santal Midy .
5c. Sen Sen, for the breath.
25c. Sheffield's Dentifrice.
75c. Sozodont.
15c. Shampoo Medicated Tar Soap.
50c. Scott's Emulsion .
5c. Slippery Elm Cough Lozenges.
25c. Simmons' Liver Regulator.
35c. Sodium Phosph., 1-lb.. P. &. W.
10c. Soda Mint Tablets, per bottle.
5"c. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets ..
15c. Screw Cap \*aseline, 0 ozs ?
$2 Success Alterans.
25c. Sovereign Remedies, full line
? Stern's Wine of Cod-Liver Oil.
SI S. S. S.
25c. Strengthening Plasters.
71%
3
15
40
m
34%
2"'?
10%
21
?
33%
4%
.SI 43
. 17%
. 60
. 63
- S%
T's
SI Tongaline.'..
25c. Tint's Liver Pills .
1,000 Tooth Brushes. 4 rows of fine
bristles .
SI Taylor's Celery Bitters, for dys?
pepsia .50
10c Tragle's Little .Liver Pills. 7
10c. Toothache Wax .
25c. Tooth Soap, highly perfumed.
EXTRA SPECIAL.
Tragle's Carbolic Mouth Wash,
guaranteed to be the beat
* Mouth Wash on the market,
only 1 bottlo to customer...
Talcum Powder, tin box.
10c. Tragle's Perfumed Talcum Pow?
der, only 2 to customer.
15c. Talcum Powder, only 32 boxes
to be sold. 1
35c. Tragle's Shampoo Mixture, best
50c.
10c.
60
15
7%
0%
12
3%
on the market. 10
.te. Turkish Bath Soap . 1%
5c. Toilet Paper, per roll.? -Vs
- EXTRA SPECIAL.
75c. Tragle's Violets, Virginia Per?
fume, Tri?le Extract, tho
most lasting per'.um?; on the
market: one drop equivalent
to 25 drops ot the ordinary
extracts. This is tho cele?
brated perfume that scented
the Bijou Theatre; for this
sale only. Bring 'your bot?
tle; 1 oz. to a customer only. 27
, V's
?1 Vin Mariana .SS
EXTRA SPECIAL.
Very Best Double--.still;??! Extract
of Witch Hazel; brin?; your
bottle, only one quart to a
customer .10
30c. Vanilla and .Lemon Extracts... 4
50c. Viola Cream".35
EXTRA SPECIAL.
15c. Violet Buttermilk Soap. 3 cakes
in box . 4:0
W's
SI Wampole's Cod-Liver Oil.63
50c Wampole's Glycerine Supposi?
tories .20
25c. Wampole's Formalin Sortition.. IS
25c. Warner's '?-grain Lithia Tablets IS
25c. AViiite Pine Cough Syrup . !Hj
50c. Williams' Pink Pills .;??;'
25c. Williams Shaving Stick . 10
35c. Wyeth's 3-grain Lit nia Tablets. 25
15c. Worm Candy, for children. Vj
10c. Whittemore's Shoe Polish, all
colors. 5%
25c. \V oodbury's Facial Soap . is?,
SI Wyeth's Beef, Win?? and Iron.5:?
15c. Yankee Shaving Soap . 0u
Cut-Rate Drug Store,
xt Door to Murphy's Hotel,
THE BILL MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS
This Measure Reported to the Senate
Yesterday.
EPPS STREET CAR ACT.
House Declined to Enact a LawRcj;?
ulating tlic Hours of Work..
Many lulls Passed by
Two Houses.
The Senate Committee on Finance yes?
terday reported the appropriations. Fol?
lowing: are the principal changes from
the amounts voted by the last General
Assembly:
Clerk lo Attorney-General, from SGOO
to $S00.
Salary of Auditor of Public Accounts}
from $2,750 to $::,ooo.
Clerks In Auditor's office, from $10,000
to ???,???.
Clerks to Second Auditor, from $3,OU0
to $3.2-S0.
?Salary of Treasurer, from $1,500 to
$1.750.
Clerks to Treasurer, from $4,000 to $5,0?.
Six policemen at Capitol, from ?4,S-0
to $4CS0.
Night wattehiran at Court of Appeals,
. from ?300 to $4S0.
Clerk to Railroad Commissioner, from
$1,200 to $1,S(?0.
Contingent expenses. Railroad Commis?
sioner, fiorn $500 to $1.000.
Salary of Superintendent of Public In?
struction, from 51, SOO to $2,000.
Judge Law and Equity Court of Rich?
mond, frcm $2,000 to $2.000.
Criminal charges, reduced from $260,000
to $240,000.
Tensions, from $S5.000 to $100,000.
Sujiport of lunatics In jails, from $5,000
lo ?2i),000.
Central State Hospital, from $75.000 to
$SO,000 and $20,000 for new buildings.
Southeastern Hospital, from $4H,000 to
$55.000.
i-,l;ite Female "Normal School, $15,000 for
improvements.
University o? Virginia, from $45,000 to
$59,000 and $10,000 to erect electric plant,
etc.
School for Deaf, Dumb and Blind, from
$35,OtXI to $40.000.
TiHIE S12ABOARD BEUL.
The House Committee on Heads met
In executive session yesterday at 10
o'clock to consider a report on the Rich?
mond and Washington Air ?Line railroad
charter.
The committee, after being in session
about one hour, decided to report the bill
favorably, without amendment.
The vote stood 10 to 2, with Captain
Willard, of Fairfax present, and not
voting.
The House Committee on General Laws
met yesterday nt 10 o'clock.
It was decided to postpone the con?
sideration of a report on the telephone
bjll until Monday m'Xt at the same hour.
The committee ordered a favorable re?
port on Mr. Toney's elevator bill, lo pro?
tect life and limb.
Many others matter??, local in their
? provisions, were then taken ?up and con- I
sldered by the committee. ' j
The Finance Committee of the House
was in session yesterday considering
private pension bills.
Tiie Senate.
The Senate proceedings were opened
with prayer by Rev. Hr. R. P. Kerr.
The telephone ??111 was the special or?
der for 12:45 o'clock. When it was
"reached on the calendar. Senator Jeffries |
stated Senator Flood was indisposed and !
confined to his room.
, ?_e moved that tho special order be |
passen by, which was agreed to. [
The following bills wero offered:
By (Senator Cogblll?(by request)?To
amend section 3.50? of the Code. ,
By same?To amend section 3,500 of the
Code.
By the same?For the relief of J. _C.
Suck, a Confederate soldier.
By Senator Wallace?For tho relief of
Wesley Hi-fliu, an ex-Confederate sol?
dier.
By the same?For the relief of Mrs.
Sarah 1. Harper, and Mrs. Mary L.
Skinner.
By Senator Mann?For the relief of W.
S. Guy. a Confederate soldier.
By Senator Glass?For the relief of ?
James A. Arms lead.
By Senator Hartley?To provide for j
working and keeping in repair the roads
of Sussex ?-iounty.
???a^?^???????? BILL.
The appropriation bill was reported and j
made the special order for 1 P. SL Mon- J
day. The bill is as follows:
1. Be It enacted by the General As?
sembly of Virginia, That the public taxes
end arrears of taxes due prior to the
first" day of .October, nineteen nundred
and nineteen hundred and one? respec?
tively, ?i veil m _w revenue derived
from all other sources, and all moneys
not otherwise appropriated which? shall
como into the Treasury prior to the first
day of October, nineteen hundred and
the first day of October, nineteen hun?
dred and one, shall establish a general
fund and be, and the same is hereby,
appropriated for the fiscal year to close
on the thirtieth day of September, nine?
teen hundred, and the thirtieth day of
September, nineteen hundred and one,
respectively, in the following manner
and for the following uses?to-wit:
For the fiscal year ending on the thir?
tieth day of September, nineteen hun?
dred:
Governor, salary or, ?".5,000.
Governor's secretary, salary of, $1,200.
Attorney-General, salary of, $2,500.
Attorney-General, salary of clerk, $;>00.
Attorney-General, contingent expenses
of office, exclusive of- mileage, $200.
Auditor of Public Accounts, salary of,
$.'',000.
Auditor of Public Accounts, clerks in
office, $11,003.
Auditor of Public Accounts, contln- ?
gent expenses of office, $1,500.
Auditor (second), salary of, $1,300, and ;
commissions allowed by law.
Auditor (second), clerks in office, $?'*,
2S0.
Auditor (second), contingent expenses
of office, $200.
Treasurer, salary of, $1,750, and com?
missions allowed by law.
Treasurer, clerks In office. .$5,000,
which shall Include compensation of the
funding clerk under the funding acts
of 3SS2 and 1S92.
Treasurer, contingent expenses or or
fice, $200.
Secretary of the Commonwealth, sal?
ary of, $2,000, and commissions allowed
by law.
Secretary of the Commonwealtn,
clerks in office of, one ot whom shall
be librarian, $3,200.
Secretary of the Commonwealtn, con?
tingent expenses of office, $750, and for
file cases and other necessary furniture
and repairs In office, $1,000.
Register Land Office, salary, $1,200,
and fees not to exceed $300.
Register Land Office, contingent ex?
penses, $300.
Board of Public Works, contingent ex?
penses of office, Including salary of sec?
retary, $750.
Receiving and forwarding document
clerk and messenger, $l,0l>0.
Janitor to Capitol building offices, ?350.
Janitor in galleries, Capitol, $300.
Conductor of elevator, Capitol. S000.
Fireman of elevator. Capitel, $1100.
Six policemen at Capitol, $4,0$0.
Ono niglu-watchman for Library
building. $720.
One night watchman at Court of Ap?
peals and second iloor Library building.
Siso.
Junitor and door-keeper at the Library,
$3b0.
Janitor at Library office?, salary of ?TOO.
To pay premiums on policies of insur?
ance expiring in 1900 and 11*01. $1,C77.50.
Conductor of elevator at Library ?build?
ing, salary $4S0.
r'ireman at Library building, salary
of $U00.
Policeman Library building, salary of
$000.
Messenger to Governor, $C00.
[Lahor at Executive Mansion, $200.
Four telephones in public buildings,
$132..
Ice, fuel ar.d lights in public (buildings
and offices. 53,000.
Commissioner of Railroads, salary of
$2,000. ?
Commissioner of Railroads, salary of
clerk, $1,800.
Commissioner of Railroads, contingent
expenses of office. $1,000.
Commissioner of Agriculture, salary of
$1,200 and commissions allowed by law;
his clerk, salary of $500, which, with all
other salaries and expenses of the Bu?
reau of Agriculture, shall be paid from
the fees and taxes collected on fertili
F
E have been
obliged to..
our mechanical plant 505g
in order to meet the.
Stnitft Premier
typewriters
????
1 This simply means
of Smith Premiers
everywhere.
more users
Premier popularity
grows.,
daiiy....
send ron ??????t?at?? cataloguc.
Sttitb Prenier typewriter g?
a ?? ACt'bt; ?, Y? V. a. A.
zers, if sufficient for the purpose, if not
they shall ibe paid pro rata from said
funds, but In no event shall said salaries
and expenses, or any part thereof, be
paid out of the public treasury. Should
there be any excess from said taxes and
fees on fertilizers the same shall he ap?
propriated ?as provided 'by law.
Adjutant-Genera, salary of (to be paid
out of the military fund) 51,500.
Superintendent of Public Printing, sal?
ary of $1.250.
Superintendent of Public Printing, sal?
ary of clerk, $500.
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
salary of $2,000.
PENITENTIARY.
Officers, calary o? $S,5i>0, including sal?
ary of matron and clerks.
Guards, exterior and interior, $21,600.
Three directors, salary of $150
Clerk of Senate, including salary allow?
ed him 'by Code, $1,400.
Clerk of the House of Delegates, sal?
ary of $1,600.
JITOKSSUFREIIE COURT APPEALS.
President of Court. $3,203.
One Associate Judge, a resident of
Richmond, $4.000.
? Three Associate Judges, at $3,000 each,
$5,000.
Stenographer to Court of Appeals, sal?
ary of 51.200.
Traveling expenses of judges, $600.
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Eleven Circuit Judges ar. $1,600 each,
$17,600.
Two Circuit Judges at $2,30} each, $!,
600.
One Circuit Judge, 2,200.
One circuit judge, at $l,S0O.
Two circuit judges, at $1,1.0 each; $3,S00.
Mileage of circuit judges, $3,090.
Judge of Chancery Court of Richmond,
$2,000.
Judge of the Court of Law and Equity
of Richmond. $2,300.
Judge of the Court of Law and Chan?
cery, Norfolk city, $2,000.
Reporter of Supreme Court of. Appeals,
$1,200.
Clerk of Supreme Court at Staunton,
$320.
Clerk of Supreme Court at Wytheville,
$320.
Clerk of Supreme Court at Richmond,
$500.
Clerk of Circuit Court at Richmond,
$400.
Contingent expenses of courts, $2S,000;
or so much as may be necessary.
Civil contingent fund, $10,000.
CRIMINAL CHARGES.
To pay transportation for criminals to
penitentiary, $6,000; or so much thereof
as may be necessary.
Criminal charges, Including expenses of
juries, witnesses; etc., and also Prison
Association of Virginia, $240,000; bet not
more than $500 per year shall, oe paid to
the jail physicians of Richmond or Nor?
folk.
Public ?printing, $25,000.
Printing records of criminal cases in
Supreme Court, $500.
Virginia reports, to pay printing, bind?
ing etc., $1,500.
Oysters, protection of, maintenance of
steamers and vessels, $20,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to be paid
out of the oyster tax, and' in no event is
any portion of same to be paid otherwise
than out of said ovster tax.
GENERAL ACCOUNT OF REVENUE.
To pay commissions to commissioners
of tliie revenue, postage ami express
charges on land ami property books, etc.,
$50.000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
For the registration of marriages,
births, and deaths, $5.000.
PENSIONS.
To pay pensions of nineteen hundred,
$100,000 and the additional sum of $25.000,
'of-which those soldiers, sailors or marines
who have lost two limbs or total vision j
shall receive the sum of $40 in addition
to the amount to Which they are entitled
under the act of Assembly entitled "an
act to give aid to soldiers, sailors and
marines of Virginia, maimed' or disabled
in tiie war between the States, and to the
widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors and
marines who lost their lives in said war
In the miltary service," approved March
5, 1SSS, and each of those who lost one
limb, entitled to the benefit of this act,
the additional sum of $20, and each of the
widows entitled to the benefit of said
act the additional sum of $10.
Support of lunatics in jail and in
charge of private persons, cost of com?
mission of lunacy, and so forth, ,$20,000.
STATE HOSPITALS.
Central, $S0,000, and for new building
for male epileptics and other necessary
improvements, $25,000.
Eastern, in addition to pay patients,
$75,000, and for new laundry over vege?
table house, $2S,000.
Western, in addition to pay patients,
$05,000, and to pay existing deficit, $5,
000.
Southwestern, in addition to pay pa?
tients, $55,000, $2,500 of which shall ?he
used for repairs and equipment
The superintendents and other officers
and employes of the respective hospitals
shall each annually receive a salary, to
be paid out of the amounts appropriated
to the institutions respectively, as fol?
lows?t?-wlt: The superintendent of the
Western,.. $2,250; the superintendent of
the Central, $2,250: the' superintendent
of the Eastern, $2,000; and the superin?
tendent of the Southwestern, $1,800, and
where they occupy buildings on the
ground, or~ belonging to the respective
institutions, they shall pay therefor sucb
j rental as may be fixed by the board of
j the respective institutions. The first
I and second assistant physicians shall
? each receive a salary not exceeding ?1,
! 200 per annum. The third assistant phy
! siclan shall receive a salary not exceed
j ?ng' $000 per annum. The stewards of
? the Western and Central asylums shall
! each have a salary not exceeding $1,000,
? and the stewards of the Eastern and
? Southwestern asylums shall each receive
a salary not exceeding $S00 per annum.
I The clerks shall receive a salary not
j exceeding $750 per annum. Said clerks
! shall perform the duties of secretary to
: the boards of the respective institutions.
\ The engineer shall receive a salary not
j exceeding $700 per annum. The officers
| named in this sub-section shall, In addi
j tion to the salaries mentioned, receive
, their board and lodging at the respec
\ Uve hospitals; but they shall not re?
ceive any additional perquisites or emol?
uments.
INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
Medical College of Virginia, at Rich?
mond, $4,000.
State Female Normal School, $15,000,
and for infirmary, bath-room, steam
laundry and steam-heating apparatus,
$15,000.
University of Virginia, $50,000, which ;
shall include the $1Q,000 provided by an :
act approved January twenty-third,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
University of Virginia, l'or erection of
electric light plant antl to extend the
steam-heating apparatus, $10,000.
\*irginla Military Institute, $30,000,
which shall include expenses of Board
ot" Visitors, except as to the expenses of
the Adjutant-General and Superintend?
ent of Public Instruction, whose ex- ?
penses shall be paid as provided by law,
and which shall also include repairs to
building, and so forth.
Richmond Eye Infirmary, for the re?
lief of indigent persons and pupils of the
deaf and blind institutions suffering
from diseases of the eye, $1,000.
Virginia School for Deaf and Blind,
$40,000.
Agricultural, Mechanical and Poly?
technic Institute at Blacksburg, Va.,
$15,000, for insurance and maintenance
of buildings and equipment.
\rirginia Normal and Collegiate Insti?
tute, $15,000.
William and Mary College, $15,000,
which sum is to include the allowance of
ten thousand dollars authorized by an
act approved the fifth day of March,
1SSS, and for heating and lighting ap?
paratus and water supply, $10,000 addi?
tional.
Public schools, $200,000; this sum to be
turned over to the State Board of Edu?
cation, and by that board apportioned to
the public free schools of the several
counties and cities of the Common?
wealth, except, however, $2,500 thereof,
which said board is authorized to ex?
pend for the maintenance of summer
normal Institutes.
To Confederate Soldiers' Home, annu?
ity, $30,000, under act of March third,
1S02, and $5,000 additional, making a '.
total of thirty-five thousand dollars.
To pay the interest on the public debt, '
funded under the acts approved Febru?
ary 14, 1SS2; February 20, 1802; January
31. 1S04; and January 23, 1800, a sum
sufficient for that purpose is hereby ap?
propriated.
The appropriations for the succeeding !
fiscal year are the same with the excep?
tion of a few items. ?
THE DEBT QUESTION.
The bill to provide for the settlement
with West Virginia for the proportion of
the debt proper to be borne by that ;
State came up as the special order at 1:15 ;
o'clock.
Senator Munford said he was not will
ing to vote for the measure unless he
could get more light upon the subject.
He did not think ?t would be wise public
policy to sue AVest Virginia in the Fed?
eral courts. But. in the event ic should j
be thought expedient to bring this suit,
he was opposed to doing so until a larger j
percentage of the securities issued under
the act of ISTI had been deposited under
the plan proposed.
Senator Foster supported the bill, and
Senator Wickham spoke in favor of it y
Senator Morris advocated the passage
of the bill. He said he favored this course
four years ago. Virginia stood in the
position of trustee for the holders of the
c?'rtlficates and West Virginia having re?
fused to entertain any proposition look?
ing to a settlement. There was nothing
left to be done but to bring suit
The bill was nassed by a vote of 13
to 0.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To amend section S33 of the Code, so as
to provide for the assessment of capital
used in mercantile business for local tax?
ation.
For the relief of Mary M. Smith.
For the relief of Virginia Military In?
stitute.
To authorize the Board of Supervisors
of Scott county to lay levies for certain
claims.
To amend road law for Alleghany, Bath
and' Highland.
To provide a charter for West Clifton
Forge. '.
For the relief of R. N. Turner.
To amend section 1753 of the Code, as
to practice of pharmacy.
To authorize Amherst County School
Board to borrow money.
To incorporate Onancck and Drum
mftndtown Electric Railway Company.
House Proceed tags.
Prayer was offered In the House by
Rev. George Cooper, pastor of the First
Baptist church.
Mr. Pileher moved that the bills char?
tering the Richmond and Washington
Air-Line railroad be committed to the
Finance Committee, with instructions
that they be considered last night in
executive session.
Mr. Saunders thought there should be
no instructions, as the matter was one of
great importance, and if any one ?lesired
; to be heard, he should be allowed a
hearing.
The State's Interests involved were too
great, he said, to be thus disposed of.
Messrs. Pollock and Lewis took the same
view as did Mr. Saunders. Mr. McAllis?
ter endorsed the views of Mr. Pileher and
moved as a substitute that the commit?
tee be instructed to report by to-morrow
at 12 o'clock. Mr. Saunders suggested
Tuesday, and his amendment being ac?
cepted, the ?-ommittee was instructed to
report not later than 12 o'clock on the
latter day.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
There was some debate on Senate bill
No. 1, to provide for the holding of a
constitutional convention. Mr. Gravely
said he favored the convention, but ob?
jected to certain features of the bill and
desired it passed by. that he might have
more time to look into it. Mfssis Card
well and Anderson took part in the debate
with Mr. Gravely, -and it was finally
agreed to pass by for the day.
E'PPS BILL BEATEN.
When Mr. Epps' bill to regulate the
hours of labor of conductors and motor
men on street railways was reached". Mr.
Madison sought to have it passed by,
which the House 'infused to do.
Mr. Jennings, of Lynchburg, and Mr.
(Dulce, of Charlottesville, opposed the
measure and asked -In the event of'its
passage, that their cities be exempted
from the operations of tho law.
Messrs. Price, of Bristol; Featherston,
of Campbell; Buntin, of Danville; Bowles,
of Salem, and other members made simi?
lar requests as to their several cities and
counties.
Mr. Madison wanted all his cities and
counties exempted.
Mr. Folkes then took the floor and
spoke eloquently in favor of the measure.
Mr. Duke spoke against the bill and was
followed by Mr. Jennings, who read let?
ters from employes of his city, who did
not want the bill passed.
Mr. Epps spoke earnestly for the pas?
sage of his bill.
Mr. Buntin withdrew his request as to
Danville and said toe would support the
bill.
Mr. Bland spoke in favor of the bill
and thought ?t a most important one to
the laboring people of the cities and
counties containing electric roads..
Mr. Madison, o? Newport N>sws, spoke
against the bill and thought its effect
would be to stlr'up strife between the
employer and the employes.
Mr. Folkes replied warmly to Mr. Mad?
ison, and Mr. Leech called the pending
question.
The amendments were adopted and the
bill was defeated by a vote of 33 to 22.
. After disposing of the calendar the
House adjourned. There will be no af?
ternoon session.
INTRODUCED AND 'REFERRED.
By Mr. Buntin?To Increase the number
of contributing members to military
companies.
By same?To repeal chapter 671 of the
Act's of '97-'S.
The following bills were offered:
By Mr. Madison?For the relief of R.
M. Garnott.
By same?For the relief of R. D. Hicks.
By same?For the relief of R. A. Wood?
ward.
By same?For the relief of John W.
Hicks. ,
(CONTINUED ON SEVENTH PAGE.)
By same?For the relief or B. J. Mau
pln.
By Mr. Parks?To amend section 12S7 of
the Code.
By Mr. Priddy?For the relief of R. C.
St. John.
By Mr. Folkes?To provide for assist?
ant clerks at the penitentiary.
By Mr. Cardwell?For tha relief of Ed?
ward \Tia.
By Mr. Ayers?For the relief of John
Childress.
By Mr. Ware?For the relief of Jake
Woodall.
By Mr. Clarke?For the relief ?of John
Wright.
By Mr. Settle?For the relief of Ham?
ilton Clatterbuck.
By Mr. Tuck?For the relief of C. W.
Hughes.
By same?For the relief of Sarah J.
Loftess.
By Mr, Overby?For the relief of Mr.
E. A Walton.
By Mr. Pollock?To amend the law in
relation to voting by ballot.
By Mr. Prlce-^-To amend section S524
of the Code.
PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.
By Mr. Bland?To authorize purchase by
United States Government of certain real
estate in the city of Portsmouth.
By Mr. Williams?T?x authorize Board of
Supervisors of ? Orftpge - county to pay
treasurer for disbursing school funds.
By Mr. Ewell?To; provide vacation for
penitentiary guards.
By "Mr. ?toner?-Tp amend the charter
of the town of Buchanan.- ?
By 'Mr. Bland?To confirm bond Issue for
1 city of Portsmouth.
j By Mr. Baugh?To provide for the
! procession of land in Prince George and
? Surry counties.
! By Mr. Hume;?To authorize the Washing
| ton nnd Alexandria Turnpike Company
I to surrender its charter.
j By Mr. Price?In relation to the assess
I ment ot certain property in the city of
? Bristol.
? By Mr. Connell?For the ralief of W.
! W. Duncan.
I By same?To provide a road law for
I Scott county.
? By Mr. Feathers ton?To authorize
I school board of Campbell to expend cer
Itain moneys.
By Mr. Wellford?To Incorporate Settle
I Buy Lodge. No. 177, I. O. O. F., in Lan?
caster county.
By Mr. Hunley?For the relief of Maria
I Louise Sea well.'
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
j To amend and re-enact section ?B7 of
j the Code of Virginia as amended by an
' act approved February 23, ISO!, In rela
? tion to advertisement and sale of delin?
quent lands by treasurers.
To amend ar.d re-enact section 22. chap?
ter 95, Acts of Assembly of 1S76-7. of an
act approved February 17, 1S77, entitled
an a?rt to provide for working and keep?
ing the public roads in order in Clarke
county.
To authorize the Board of Fisheries,
under certain conditions, to compensate
out of oyster fund certain planters for
loss of oysters.
To amend and re-enact independent
section 5 of an act of the General As?
sembly of Virginia in relation to oysters.
To incorporate the Brock's Gap Railroad
company.
To authorize and empower the board
of supervisors of Charles City county,
A'irginia, to aid in the erection of a mon- ?
ument to 'the Confederate soldiers of :
said county by assigning a location on
the courthouse green, and by contrib- ,
uting a sum thereto not exceeding ?30O.
To provide for better facilities in the
county of Craig, and levy tax therefor.
To amend the charter of the Pulaskl
and Giles Insurance Company, approved
February 2?5th. 1000.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To authorize the appointment of a com?
mission to inquire into the expediency
of revising and amending the laws relat?
ing to taxation in the State of Virginia,
and to suggest legislation thereon.
?For the relief of I. M. Dean.
For 'working and keeping in order the
public roads of Mecklenburg county.
To incorporate and enlarge the powers
of the Richmond, Passenger and Power
Company.
To change the boundary lines between
Bland and Giles counties on the waters
of Dry' Fork, of Laurel Fork, of Wolf
creek.
To authorize a bridge across Swoan's
Island cheek, in the county of Northamp?
ton.
To authorize a bridge across Little Hog
Gut, in the county of Northampton.
To prescribe the qualilications of arbi?
trators and umpires selected to ascertain
losses under policies of insurance on
property in the State of Virginia.
To amend and re-enact section two of
an act entitled an act to incorporate the
Point Comfort Beach Railway Com?
pany, in effect January 31st, ISM?.
To legalize primary elections and con?
ventions in the county of Isle of Wight.
To authorize the board of supervisors
of the county of Prince Edward to make
an appropriation for the purpose of aid?
ing in erecting a monument to the mem?
ory of the Confederate dead.
To amend and re-enact sections one
'and two ot an act entitled an act to sup?
press tippling-houses, the illegal and un?
lawful traffic In arden spirits in the coun?
ties of Lee, Pulaskl. Scott, Wise, Dick
enson, Buchanan, Bland and Russell.
To allow the supervisors of Washing?
ton county to purdhase fuel for the
county jail.
To allow Thomas W. Taylor to con- ?
struct a movable boom across Pamunkey
river.
For the relief of G. R. Nichols, deputy ?
for John W. Clay, treasurer of Camp?
bell county.
To authorize th? common council of
the town of Chatham to issue bonds.
To amend and re-enact an act approved
February- 12. 1S9S. entitled an act
amend and re-enact section 3319. Code of
Virginia. In relation to appointment 'of
commissioners in chancery.
In Catholic Circles.
The Catholic Knights of. Americ?i,
Branch N?. 162, will meet at St. Patrick's
church this afternoon.
Next Wednesday will, be Ash Wednes?
day?the first day of Lent.
?Rev. Father Jackson went to Baltimore
on business last Monday. f
Very Rev. J. J. Bowler, V. G.* has re?
turned from his trip to North Carolina.
Rev. Father Dunn, of New York,
preached an eloquent'sermon at the Cath?
edral's High Mass last Sunday from
the Gospel of the day.
The Catholic ?societies of this city are
mailing their preparations for the annual
observance of St. Patrick's day.
There will be a joint meeting ot repre?
sentatives from the different societies held
at Cathedral Hall .at 3 o'clock this after?
noon. / \
Mrs.? William Felthaus. who has \ been
so HI, Is/lmprovtag. ' *, V ? >?<"
Mrs. J. ?urgeols and dauefcUr, lira.
Tench, of Mass., who were guests of M:?.
Pednau last week, have returned to theif
home.
Mrs. P. Kelly, of Lincoln. Mich., wlio
has been the guest of her son, Mr. P. G.
Kelly, of Jefferson Park, for several
months, has returned to her home.
LOWER COURT AFFIRMED.
Judge Brawley Hands Down Impor?
tant Decision in Baltimore Case.
In the United States Circuit. Court ofi
Appeals yesterday, the opinion was an?
nounced in case No. 3:?3 the National ?*?n.c
of Baltimore, appellant, vs. the Mayor a??
City Council of Baltimore; appeal from
the Circuit Court of Maryland. The opin?
ion was written by Judge Brawley, and
the decision of the Circuit Court is af?
firmed.
The suDstance of the case Is this: Th_
National Bank of Baltimore filed Us bill
in the Circuit Court of the United States
complaining that certain legislation of
the State of Maryland, relating to the
valuation and assessment for taxation of
certain classes of personal property was
obnoxious to the provision'? of section 5219
of the. Revised Statutes of the United
States, and having tendered tbe amount
which it claimed was ali that was justly
due. Injunction was prayed to restrain
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimora
from, collecting the_. amount charged
against it by unfair discrimination. The
injunction was refused, the bill dismissed
and the case was ?brought to this court on
appeal.
SUIT AGAINST INSURANCE CO.
J. Thompson Brown & Co. Get a Vcr
ilict?City Hall Courts.
The case of Annie O'Keefe against the.
Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Com?
pany will be trietl in the Law and E?iuity
Court to-morrow morning.
The company claims that they owe the
plaintiff $200; while she Is suing for mora
than that amount.
A verdict was given the defendant in
the Circuit Court yesterday in the case of
J. Thompson Brown & Co. against Susan
M. Daffron.
Bond in the sum of $1.000 was execu?
ted by S. L. Keeley, trustee. In the mat?
ter of Elizabeth Bucker, bankrupt.
Judgment was rendered In the Circuit
Court yesterday in the case of Annit?
Butler, nee Cllntley, against Wm. H.
Carrier and Georfiie 8. Carrier for certain
property of the value of SS3.50.
John Keith Harvey swore his Intention
of becoming a citizen of the United States
In the Law and Equity Court yesterday
morning.
Tribute to Mr. Heiitlv's Memory.
Beautiful tributes to the memory of tha
Hon. William F. Reddy were paid by
members of the Richmond Council,
Knights o? Columbia, on Friday night.
Their hall In Lee Camp bullrling was
thronged with an assemblage embracing
many prominent men, who cherish th<j
memory of the deceased. Among those
present were members of the Legls!a:ure,
the City Council and State ami city of?
ficials, including the 'mayor. The cler?
gy of the Catholic church and prominent
members of the denomination w^re lib?
erally represented. The exercises ware
simple, but very impressive.
?rand-Knlght John C. Hagan, who pre?
sided, made a very appropriate and ap?
preciative address.
Hon. S. L. Kelley. a very close personal
friend of Mr. Reddy's during his life?
time, followed Mr. Hogan la a simple,
heartfelt tribute to the worth of the de?
ceased. He reviewed his pubic career,
and spoke especially of his service In tha
Legislature. No man in public Hie. he
said, was the subject of less criticism or
the recipient of more praise. Few pos?
sessed a mind so great or a heart so
large. A p'irer man never lived. In hire
were united all the lovable qualities.
The Best
Flour
on Earth,
THE THOMAS POTTS CO.,
Miden' .Ml?. lkti?_rt. Va.