The times. [volume], December 06, 1901, Image 6

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COURT SAYS
HE MUST HANG
William O'Boy.e to Die for Killing a
Negro Woman.
COLONEL MARYE WAS RIGHT.
Auditor ol Ga.-.ic Ayants Sustained in
H.? i'oriiion Rcj-ardinj" thc Payment
ol Certain Fees?Street Car Com.
psny Must Pay.
The Court of Appeals will take a recess
from to-day until tltc 7th of January.
Yesterday was opinion day. There were
three decisions of generai interest hand?
ed down.
Tho co.rt dceidvd that William O'Boyle
must he ?executed for the murder of Alma
lilaml.K-n. at Ncwpoit News.
Auditor Maryc was sustained in his
po-slUon r??ga*rdlng the ch-rk of the Nor?
folk Corporation Court at Norfolk, de?
manding certain fee??.
A decision was handed down which
gives lo the rs'.iite of a m:tn named Bass,
.1 former citizen of Norfolk, the sum of
$5,000, the amou.it agreed up:> by the
jury as the damages lhat ?Sf.ght to be
awarded.
There wr^ci no; ns many i.iwyen? on
hand as there arc genera'..y or. decision
days.
Mast Lose Mis Life.
William O'Boyle w.!l be. hanged for thc ?
murder of Alma ..amilton unless the Gov- j
ernor c.iall interfere with thc sentence of j
tlie Coropr.-iuon Court of ? en port News.
Thc murder occurred at the house of
the woman, in Newport News, in that
'part nf the ciiy known as "Rocketts,"
on June ?.', ?S99. O'Boylc is a white
man; the dead woman was colored.
Thf! woman, according to the testimony.
was in a del.cate condition. She
drinking. O'Boylo visited her tr.at day
and they had an altercation; he kr.ocKfd
her down, kickfd her and from the ef?
fects of those injuries she died.
It was brought out in the ?vidence that
the man and the woman lived together as
man and wife.
A number of exceptions to the rulings
of the trial court were noted, the prin- |
cipal one being that the indictment was
insufficient to warrant the vcrClct of mur?
der in the first degree. The -*vppellatt
Court held that the ?nuictment was in the
usual common law form, and that the
question thought to be raised bad been
decided in the Cluverius and other cases.
There were many objections ns to ad?
mitting certain evidence, but the Supreme
Court sustains thc lower tribunal in all
points.
In concluding ihe opinion. Judge Kieth
Fays: "The statements of Alma, which
wire rejected, were as -dmlss'.ble as a
fact of the principal transaction under
investigation. Th?y dio not bear direct?
ly or indirectly upon the assault made
upon her by the plaintiff in error, nor |
If the accident all?ger, to have happ ned j
to Alma be considered the Res or subject
under consideration, were they so related I
to that incident in point <->f time or cir- j
eumstances as to eonst'tut??? a part of
it. It was an effort to introduce a nar?
rative of a pnst occurrence resting upon
the m-re statement of the decease,*., and
was plainly heresay evidence and not
within any exeption to the rule which
f-?:hds its introduction.'"
nln-?el t"--?" Sust-il-ed.
Judge Harrison wrote the opinion in
the rn.T of Trehy. clerk of the Corporn
r-ourt of Norfolk, against Colonel
?-?-? Mary?-. Auditor of Public Ac?
counts.
? he case called in question the action
of th- Auditor in refusing to issue his
??-arrnnt In favor of the clerk for *f17*".iB.
it being for fees claimed to be due him
for ?-ntering in a suitable book and
transmitting to the .\uditor. as provid.-d
by law ClWl). certificates of fjjies with
costs imposrd by the police justice and
of c*?sts of trial In cases of acquittal,
?t being contended by the petition?*-^ thst
the A.udltor has acted in violation ot
law and should be compelled by man?
damus to issue his warrant in satisfac?
tion of such fees.
The Auditor based his refusal
to pay the fees upon the net ot
March 5. 1896. regulating the salary of
the police justice of Norfolk and re?
quiring him to transmit monthly di?
rectly to th? Auditor duly certified co- <
pies of the record of each cas.-, together!
with the amount of the fines and costs j
collected. This act repealed the Pr?- j
visions of a former law. requiring the
justice in question to report to the clerk j
and allowing that official fees for trans- j
mitting to the Auditor the records of |
the Police Court. It is held that the
police justice of Norfolk acted in vio?
lation of the express terms of the act
in continuing to certify to the clerk ihe
amount of fines imposed and the clerk
has no lepal clnim ssainst the Common?
wealth. In other words, ?Vuditor Marye
5s fully sustained.
Gets Bij Damsgc-..
The Appellate Court reversed the
r>aw and and Chancen' Court of
Norfolk and awarded 55,000 dam?
ages to the estate o? a man named Bass.
who was killed by a car of the Norfolk
Railway and Light Company.
The accident occurred at the intersec?
tion of Colonial .Avenue and Olney
Street in Norfolk.
When the. case came to trial the jury
awarded Jo,000 damages, but the verdict
was set aside by lu? eourt on the ground
of contributory . negligence. Judge Buch?
anan wrote a very lengthy opinion, in
Which he- dealt very fully with the duty
of corporations to exercise care to pre?
vent accidents, and tho duty of individ?
uals to exercise care to a\-oid accidental
injuries.
The Supreme Court reverses the lower
tribuntal and awards to thc estate of
Bass tho sum of "5.0?C.
? b um.? try.
Following is the summary of the pro
?re-dlngs in the court yesterday:
Judge James Keith, P: O'Boyle vs
Commonwealth. Corporation Court city
?f Newport News. Affirmed.
Judge R. H. Cardwell: Sharp it als vs.
Shenandoah ?Furnace Company. Circuit
Court of Rockingham * county. Affirmed.
Judce John A. Buchanan: Bsuss' ad?
ministrator vs. Norfolk Railway and
Light Company. Law and Kquity Court
;ity of Nei folk. Reversed.
City of Rr.diord vs. Hrth ?fc als. Cir
;uit Court of Radford. Reversed.
Judg?; George M. Harrison: L. B. Ry
tnan vs. John R?. man's executor. Circuit
Court of Shenandoah county. Affirmed.
Trehy .clerk, vs. Mayre. Auditor. Ap?
plication for mandamus. Writ denied.
Judge S. G. Whittle: Frasier ?te. vs.
Littletons exe-outcr. Circuit Court of
Loudoun county. Affirmed.
J. Ashby Watts vs. Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company. Circuit Court of
fcrnherst county. Reversed.
Petitions Tor appeals ar.d writs of error:
Jackson vs. Plcasonton. Circuit Court
?f Goochland. Appeal. Bond J3*H"i.
Scott vs. Boyd. Circuit Court of Floyd
?ounty. Writ of error and supersede?s
Rond JS.COO.
Courell ?fcc. vs. Hampton Electric
Railway ?-c. Circuit Court of Elizabeth
""ity county. Appeal. Bond $'00.
Gay-? administrator vs. Southern Rail
lead Company &c. Circuit Court of
?aexacdrla city. Writ of error tLnd eu
persedens. No bond.
Lewis vs. Christian. \>lreuit Court ef
Mathews. Writ of error. Bou<? flPO.
Blanchard vs. Commonwealth. C*?p*
ration Court of Bristol. Writ of error
Bond !10O.
Sinon vs. Rose. Chancery Court city ef
Richmond. App?.al end supcrsed'ead.
Bond UGO. |
Valley Turnpike ?cmpanv vs. Strlckler.
Circuit Court of Rocklngham county.
Writ of error. Bond $100.
Bowers' administrator vs. Bristol Gas
and Electric Company. Corporation
Court city of Bristol. Writ of error and
supcrsedeas. No bond.
Washington vs. Commonwealth. Cir?
cuit Court cf Orange county. Writ re?
fused.
Fitzgerald vs. Commonwealth. County
Court of Rockbridge countv. Writ re?
fused.
Houck's administrator vs. Kerfoofs aa
mlr.istrator. Opon a petition to rehear.
Petition refused.
Blair vs. Investment Company. Upon
a petition to rehear, petition refused.
Davis vs. Anderson. Upon a petition
to rehear. i-ctition refused.
?owmnn vs. Crawford, trustee. Lpon
a petition to rencar. Petit.on refused.
Redford and o..iers vs. Clarke ana
others. Argued by ?. ??. Patterson
for appellants, and submitted.
FIGHT FOR COMMISSIONER.
V.r. Doherty lies Opposition?Endorsement ef
?'.G. Mullen.
Mor?:, any one in L'ichmcnd knows
about as much as Labor Commissioner
Doherty regarding Governor-elect Mon?
tague's intentions with reference to fill?
ing the office which he now holds.
Mr. Doherty has nevar said anything to
Mr. Montague about thc position, nor
hus the iGi^.-rrnor-elce/i: said anything
to him. Put? a warm fight will be made
for the place. Mr. Doherty is a candi?
date for reappnintment. lie has admin
.stered the duties of the office with sat?
isfaction, and has no desire to retire im
the midst o? his work.
Mr. Doherty has had endorsements from
almost every section of the State. These
have come from labor and other organi?
zations.
There are several avowed candidates
opposing the incumbent. One of these
is Mr. ??. ?. Mullen, a member of the
Tyiregraphical 1'nJon and the secretary
of the Central Trades and Labor Council.
The printers on one of the city papers
hav* passed resolutions endorsing Mr.
Mullen, and sent them to Mr. Montagus
yesterday.
Judge John G. Dew, ths Second Auditor,
has moved his family from King and
Queen county to Richmond. Mrs. Dew
and the other members of the family
group reached the city yesterday after?
noon. Judge Dew has bought a nice
home. No. 1420 Grove Avenue.
The State offices are besieged new with
visitors, mainly members of the Gene?
ral Assembly and others brought here by
the meetingai the Legislature The Gov?
ernor's office Is a favorite place and His
Excellency always has several out-of
town adherents In his private office. One
of the favorite visiting places for the
country members especially Is the fine
exhibit of minerals and fruits in the De?
triment of Agriculture. Commission???
K?lner has many callers and personal
inquires about the matters of his de?
partment.
THEY ENTERED AND ATE.
ilarglsrs Who Made Themselves Thorou*t ?
at Home.
The burglars operating in Richmond are
certainly well skilled in the art of get?
ting into houses and not making any
noise.
Within the night hours thieves en?
tered the house at No. 2^6 East Main
Street, and after looking over th?; d.shee
which were left from supper they con?
cluded that they -would save the troubh
of carrying away what food they found
by eating it on the spot. Accordingly a
table was spread and everything avail- j
aible was placed on it. The meal seems
? have been greatly appreciated.
The family yet sltpt, and yesterday
..crrnir.g they were forced to send to
lie baker's for LTead for breakfast. A
hild's waist was missing, and it is be
eved that somewhere in the heart of
jr.? of the intruders there is a soft
spot, and while he was enjoying himself
his little child was not forgotten.
PHYSICIANS BANQUET.
Church Hill Meditai ?society to Celebrate hs
Orinila fo ?.
The Church r?ili Medical ?Society will
celebrate its organization with a Danquet
at Murphy's Hotel on next Thursday
night.
j his organization of the physicians aad
surgeons of that section of tne city hai
grown wonderfully in Us membei^nip,
and has hecoma c:.e of the most import?
ant medical societ.es In the t>.ai.e.
? he Banquet Comm.ttee is composed ss
? follows: Dr. A. L. Leftw?ek, Dr. R. D.
Garcin, Dr. J. F. Crane, anu Dr. B. S.
Tallaferro.
^es.? for kc h*rli.? Irhgcwjiy.
Katharine RIdgeway, called . -w "Queen
of Reciters," assisted by a strong com?
pany of artists, will givo the third enter?
tainment of tue Association Star Course
.? the Y. M. C. A Hall next Monday
? night at 8:15 o'cloc"- -als will be Misa
! Ridgeway's third appearance in this city,
| und with each appearance sne seems to
grow more popular, indeed, there is
I such a demand for her ..?at th- -.edpath
! Lyceum Buieau cannot supply the dates.
I Her style is peculiarly her oivn, and.
therefore, the more .arrenatine, and when
j the entertainment of thc evening Is ove.
? one realizes that he has been thoroughlj
| entertained and at the same time Instruct?
ed and benefited. She will be assisted by
Mr. "William P. Lane, baritone soloist:
Davol Sanders, violinist, and Miss Maud
Paradis, pianist.
jifstrved seats go on sale to-day at
1 o'clock at the Y. M- C. A. building.
Ilo'min Sub^crblUn flete* To-Vierrow.
To-morrow is the last day in which ad?
vantage can bo> had of placing names on
the subscription list for tho gTand con?
cert to be given at the Academy on next
I Thursday evening by Josef Hofmann,
the famous pianist. Subscribers have
first choice of stats, which Is a big advan?
tage arid avoids t.-.king chances. How
over, thcro are few If any really unde?
sirable seats In the Academy. Sutx?erib
?rs will s-deet their seats en next Mon?
day morning, beginning at S ?"clock, at
TT. !D. Moses- <fc Co.'s muslo store. No.
103 Bast Broad Street. The sale of seats
to the. general public will begin on Tues
i day morning at tho Academy box-office.
\ lr;l?laai ? ere.
Murphy's: Charles Smith. Franklin;
! Samuel T. Montague, S. C. Browne. Em
! men D. Evans. Charles Syler. Ports
i mouth; C. VF. Priddy. Norfolk: S. Wllklns
j Matthews, Accomac: S. HofTman and
i wife. Phoebus; A. C. Garrett, Newport
j News: William J. Brown and son, Abing
! don; W. H. Landes, Staunton; E. C.
Means and wife. Lawn Moor; G. T. Shep
perd. Norfolk; T. J. Christian, West
Point.
Lexington: George L. Browning. Madi?
son; C L. Crockett, Hampton: G. A. Dun
? loy, Farmville; B. T. Wolfe. W. F. Ken
j lev. "tt'illinmsburg.
New Ford's: R. L. Kirby, Natural
! Bridge; A. P. Rowe. Fredericksburg; S.
j R St Clair and wife, IXblin; VF. ?.
Saunders. Hlnton.
Notice is required of the^iis? of electricity
for ?i^ht and power in insured buildings.
Permits for its use are granted -when the
installation is in accordance with the rules
of the National Board of Fire Under?
writers, otherwise no liability is assumed;
for loss or damage from electric fires.
Mutual Assurance Society of Ya.,
EDWIN-A. PALMER, Sec'y.
UGLY FIRE IN
GROCERY CELLAR
Was Threatening for Awhile, But
S. oilman's Son Suffers
Slight Los<\
An ugly and threatening fire smoulder?
ing and smoking in a larga amount of
hay ar.d straw, stored In the basement of
fi. UHman's' Son's grocery store, at No.
H4 E*pt Marshall Street, was discovered
yesterday afterr.ean ahout 4:30 o'clock.
Ih? dnms?? from th* fire was net
great, but it -s probable that the stock
tras mer* #r lees injured by water and
the ?er.se ?nuke whieh filled the building
from eeiKr t* garret. It waa estimated
l*?t ni?ht that th? damage might be
covered hy S5I9.
Business at th? etere was net inter?
fere? -with for any length of time, and
within a? heur after the alarm was turn?
ed i? tbe deors wer? opened to custs
mere. Businteie will go on as usual.
Th? ?claim wu turned In at the Third
Station at itti, and engines Nos. S and 4
with trueks Noe. S. 4 and 1 responded.
After arriving on th? eeene. Chief Puller,
eor.?idering th? IOeality and the dens?
smoke Usuine from the basement, prom?
ising a hurst ef flame at any moment,
sent in a call for engine Ne. E, as a pro
caution. Th? fire being in the basement
smouldering, filled the whole house with
a heavy smoke ? and mad? it most diffi?
cult for the firemen to reach, and it was
not until water had been poured into the
cellar for a half hour that a man wa*
able t? ?r.ter that part of the building:.
The origin is unknown, but in all prob?
ability, the fire was caused by a spark
falling in the hay. The. fire being in it
busy and central section of the eity and
happening at a time when the streets
'hrongred; attracted an immense
crowd. |
i ne loss is fully eevered by insurance.
Hrard Officers to be Prcenf.
The meeting ef Lee Camp to-night will
be very important and very interesting,
and it is hoped that there will be a large
attendance of members in uniform. Grand
Commander Thomas VF. Smith, accom?
panied by Past Grand,Commander E..-M.
Henry and Inspector-GeneraT T. C. Mor?
ton and other Grand Camp officers, will
make an official visit t*? the camp.
George E. Pickett Camp will be present
In ? body. The members of the Constitu?
tional Convention and the Virginia Leg?
islature are invited to attend.
rsM-e-v ? sie of W -ht.
(Sperisi Dijpateh to The Times.)
SCEFEOI/K, Va.. Dec. 5.?About four
miles from Smithfield yesterday an un?
known fpuit t ?cr agent was held up at
a pistol's point by two negroes, who re?
lieved him ef twenty-five dollars and
thirty cents.
He was then kept, covered until the
highwaymen reached a safe distance.
TVhile Neal Scott, of Isle of Wight
county, was in hi? Held yesterday' after?
noon, burglars broke in and stole his
ravings, about $?59.
WHAT GOES UP
A'.ub! Come Down.
Nothing i? more certain than that the
s? of so-called tonics, stimulants and
r.edicines, which depend uron alcohol
for their effect, is injurious to health in
.he lens run.
\Yhat goes up Must cerne down and the
levatier. of spirits, the temporary ex?
hilaration resulting from a dose of med
cine containing alcohol will eertainly ba
followed in a few hours by a eorrespond
ng depression to relieve which another
dose must be taken.
In other word?, many liquid patent med
'cin*s dorive their effect entirely from tha
alcohol they centaln.
Alcohol, ani medicines containing it,
tr? temporary stimulants and not in any
sense a true tenie. In faet, it is doubt?
ful if any mefiiein? *r drug is s, real
?.onic.
A tru? tonie is something whieh will
renew, replenish, build up the exhausted
?ervoua syrtem and wasted tissues of
?he body, something that will er.rleh the
blood and endow it with the proper pro?
portions of red and white corpuscles,
which prevent er destroy disease germs.
'.'his is what a real tonic should do and
no drug or aleoholie stimulant will do it.
The enly true tonie in nature is whole?
some feed, thoroughly digested. Every
particle ef nervous energy, every minute
musel?, fibre and drop of blood Is created
daily frem the food we digest.
The mere eating of food has little to
do with the repair of waste tissue, but
ihe perfect digestion ef the feed eaten
has everything t* *t> with it.
The reason s* few pe*ple have perfect
digestion is because from wrong habits
>f living the itomaeh has gradually lost
the power to Beeret? the gastric juice,
peptones and ae<a? in sufficient Quantity.
To cur? indigestion and stomach trou?
bles it is necessary to take after meals
?->m? harmles? preparation which will
"upply the natural peptone and diastase
which every weak ?tomach ls.eks, an?
?irotibly th? best preparation of this
character is Stuarfs Dyspepsia Tablets
whieh may be found Is every drug- store
and whieh centain in pleasant palatable
form th? wholesom? pepton? and
Maetase which nature requires tar prompt
digestlen.
On? or two *f these excellent tablets
taken after meals will prevent souring
fermentation and aeldity ?nd Insure com?
plete ?Hgeiftion and assimilation.
Stuart"? Dyspep?ia Tablet? arc equallj
valuable for little children as fer adults.
? they e.entaln nothing harmful or sti?
mulating but only the natural digestive?. !
On? et Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will
digest ?;8?? grain? ef meat, egg? -er ?ther
wholesome feed, and they are in every
sense a genuine tenie, heeause they bring
about in the only naturai way a restora?
tive of nerve power, a building up ef lost
tissue and appetite, in the enly way it
can be done by the digestion and assimi?
lation of wholesome ?<**?.
FINE EXHIBIT AS
TO STATE FUNDS
Excellent Showing Made by Second
Auditor in His Re?
port.
Tke annual rey-srt #f He-ft. Jehm G. Dew,
Second Au??ter ?? Virginia,, eevering the
opeTi-Ltons *f his ?-?nice fer the flseal year
endiaa: 0?stol?-er 1st lest, wns issued, yes
teruAy, and miiltM a fine showing.
Judge T>ew, dise-us-rfng the report, said
the State had in the pa?t ye?ar -".aid the ex?
penses ef an extra ??????? of the Geis
ertl Assembly, had so far paid th? ex?
panses of Cemetitutlenai Convention, and
provided for this b*?fy until It adjourn?,
had provided also fer the regular session
of the Guneral Aeseaibly, and besides all
this the effiee had reduced the public debt
by ?}?,Mo, and bought far th? literary
fund ses,?TOO werth ef Stat- bond?.
?SHOWING FOX THE TEAR.
Here ar? given semi comparison? with
th? report ef th? flseal year ending Octo?
ber 1. IMO, ???-?'?le", s-?eak fer themselvee
of what has'been ?ene in the past ywr;
General statement, ?ubile debt:
The amount of bones held by the Liter?
ary Fund, 1909, Sl?*30.i?2:..?; 1501, $1.4:'3,'J27.?"''.
Amount held by the Commissioners ot
tb? Sinking Fund, IMO, $145.000; 1901, $324.
909.
In the bends ef the general publie, 19t?..
H,7t"?,?Cn; 1901; $4,672,226.85.
Ameunt ief each class outstanding Octo?
ber 1, 1909:
Ceupon bends, $S,T*5T,00O; 1901, $2,?"3?,099.
Registered bends, 1900, $3,?49.>?39; 1301, $S,
57?.100.
Debt under act *f February ??, Us!:
Bonds and certificates Issued unser act
of February 20, 1192 began t* bear 3 per
cent, per annum July 1, 1991 and amount
to S1?,W8,?T.S5; in 1909 these bear 2 per
cent, per annum and amounted t? S1M19.
620,?7. Amount of S3.35" has been ?3an
celed, leaving for 1909, "to,M7,l"S.4?, fer 1901.
SI?,930,370.69. Of this amount there is heid
by the Literary Fund, 1900, $245,400; 1901.
$?"78,900; and ' held by the Sinking Fund
Commissioners. 1900, $527.000; 1901; $787,500.
l.eavns in? the hands of the public, lOOii
$17,231,793.41; 1301, "n?,?".5.S70.M. Total, 1300,
$18,007.183.41; 19(0, 518.030.270.09.
Amount of.'each class outstanding Octe
ber 1, 1900, 'coupon .heads, $9,624,0.?; MOL
$"?,231,590; registered bonds, 190O, $5,380,100;
1901, $3,735,500; fractional eeru?eates, 19tf),
?3,963.41; 1901t $2,370X9.
PKI-NCiPAL AND *"NTi.R*i*ST.
? Principal 'and interest outstanding
which has not been funded under act o.
Feoruary 14, 1-?S2, or act of February 20,
1S52:
The amount of bends und certificates
outstanding October 1, 1300, issuer undei
acts passed prior of February 14, ?~~2 Uh?
unfunced bonds reduced one-thi.u for
Wist Virginia's pertlon-, is $?4,411.35; 1901,
$f*05.SSS.91.
The airtmeunt ef interest outstanding
due te and including July 1, 1S91, exclusive
of any interest ti.at may be unpaid on
bones Issued under acts ef February 14,
1SSS, and February 20. 1192. is In 1900 re
pert, $1,478,099.19; im 1991 reperii **1,?4^713.41*.
loial for itHXl. $2.162,?07.it; fer 1901, $2,054.?
602.49.
Tax reeeivable eeupens reeelvea ?? Ju**g
ments, 1300, $77$; 1301.$11,6*?.
Interest paid in flseal year exdimg Sep?
tember Si, 1999. $SS3,*!??.9X?, 1991, ?70$.41?.8?.
The receipts ?nd disbursements.account :
shows a, balance in the treasury to the
credit ef the Commonwealth, en account
oi interest on the publie ?seht, October 1,
1000, $15,?**4.-tS; fer 1901. $?.24.**.44.
THE LITERARY Jft'KD.
Making ef State bonds, lOOrt. $1,C"S,
727.2/"; 1901, SI.TI*,227.28. Annual interest
eeeruing on the above fund and paid to
the publi? schools. 190*, ""-47,877.82; 1001.
$51,"*00.82. ?
Sinee last r*?ert the Lit???ary FunS has
purchased JS.OOO of Rlddleberjer and
""2.5..'"00 ef Century bends, "wnich are em
! braeed in tne foregoing statement
THF SIKKIKG TTTKD.
Th? fellowing is a sucelnet statement
? ?? the bends new held by the Sinking
? Fund (purchased untfer aet ef February
12. 1"J?4):
! Bonds issued under aet ef February 20.
j 1802. $787,500; yurcha.->??d with surplus i*
treasury. J*414,000; purchased? with divi
! dends ef the R.. F. and Potomac rail
| road, **573,56?, bonds issued under act ef
j February 14, 1W2. 1524.000; purchased
? with surplus in treasury. $115,000; pur
I chases with dividends frem R.. F. and' P.
| railroad. $"*O?*?.0OO. Total, *1,111,?5??.
I These bonds have all been rij-istered
in the name of the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund, and are flletT with the
Treasurer ef th- Commonwealth. They
make in all; 8787.iriflrt bonds unoer act ef
February 20, 1892, at a cost ef S712.248.27.
and 8r.24.0O0 under aet ef February 14.
1882. ?t a eest ef 8808..-?48.4O. and a tetal
ef $1.111,500. at ?? eest ef S1.020.G.?0.87.
Total amount held bv Sinkina- Fund
Commissioners, 19??. ?M5]$?t; 1001, **!,
111,500, a, gain ef 9.V?5?*ilS.
Leudeua We?d?i?*.**.
(Sseeial Di?j>?teh '? Tie Times.)
LKESI3URG. TA.. Dee. 5.?Mrs. R?
"Berta Benjamin and Mr. John T. tVil
liama w*re ?-R-arried at the Methodist
persona??? vTifcdnesday afternoon. Rev.
S. G. Ferguson ofilcin.ting.
The marriaire of Mr. Mauriee Mc-Far
land and Mrs. Ii*. Dodd. both of Lenah,
this county, was solemnised in Sterling
yesterday in the presene? ef a, few
friend?. Rev. S. B. Delly jtertormte the
eeremeny.
On Tues?5*y, December 3d, at the bema
of the bride in Philadelphia, Mr. George
Mason Chiehester, ef Leesbufff. w**
united in marriage te Miss Sara. Edytha
"Wister. daughter ef Mr. Leuis Wister,
ef that eity. -?Vmeng these whe attended
the -wedding ?were Mrs. Sadie Page and
Mrs. Dr. Fox, ?tetera of the ?t??p?, both
ef Leesburg.
J? 5-hi e ??Jekisca.
ffpfirlal PIseateli te Tke TiaeS.)
NEWPORT NTSTTS, VA., Dee. ?.?Mr.
Thomas J. Jehnsen and Miss Viola John?
son were married at Fox Hill last even?
ing at the heme ef Mrs J. W. Johnson,
Rev. Mr: Stevens efflel&tlng. 'Phe
groom's brother w-us best maJi, and Miss
Catherine Holstein o*ficia,ed ?*ls maid of
honor
EPPS INQUIRY
GOES ON TO-NIGHT
Proceedings at This Meeting Likely
to be Tame.
POLICE COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Captala McCarthy's Strenuous Campaign.
Policemen Talk?Mayor Taylor Slieat.
To Fili Vacancy ? Carnegie
Library Malter.
The Epps investigation will probiuly
be a tame affair at the committee meet?
ing to-night. Neither Captain McCart ?y
nor Mayor Taylor knows what will I*
the nature of the investigation te-mght.
and it is not at all likely that aajtr-lng
sensational will develop. However, nc
body can tell what surplse may be spruns?.
The Board of Police Commissleners ir.et
in regular session yesterday in tho ottico
of Chlef-of-PolIce Howard. The repo-t Of
the Chief and the secretary and treasurer
were read- The number ef policemen re?
ported as sick during the nr.snth was ii.
Patrol-Wagon-Driver Georgs i?aacs and
John A. Drako and ouhMitutes F. Vi*,
rranklin, IE. H. Palmer, C. E. Cannon
and ??. ?. Jenes wer? re'-eleeted
A. committee, een*isting ?f Mejs-s.
Welsh and Welnfcrun. were appointed,
with the Chief, t?? leek into the matter
of selling the present house used by the
Chief and securing ?nether.
The question ef the appointment ef a
speeial policeman fer tie i'rigg Ship?
yards, t? be paid by the Shipyard Com?
pany, was discussed.
An ordinance passed hy the City Coua
cil and approved by the Mayer empowers
the Board to appoint ?n efflcer, w?m po?
lice power, t? aet at the shipyards, the
clerk ef the Beard was Instructed te
Invite the ?meials ef the ?r.lpbuilding
Certtpany to appear bet-ire the Boar*
upon the matter.
Those present were Mayor Taylsr.
Messrs. Laub*, Jaeebs, Welsh, Manning
and Welnbrua.
Th? eandidaey of Captain Carlten Mc?
Carthy f?r the Mayoralty continues t?
form th? main tepie ef eonveriatie* ana
gossip areund the City Hall. HI* avowed
intention, ?s openly expresse*, t? 4o
everything in his power, if eleeted. t?
purify the atmosphere of Brea? Street,
10 fur as it is interfere* with hy wh?t
he terra? as "loafers" and men of n?
r?fpeeta?le ?eeupation *r vacation, has
oeiwed some comments from the police.
Captain J. B. Angle, ef the SeeonA
District, in whose territory th? eeetion
of Broad Street referred te is leeated,
?aid yesterday morning that h? eorn
plaints were being received eeneerning
anything ef a disorderly nature ?? Brei4
Street.
"The loitering ordinance was knocked
In the head on the very first ease that
was carried into the cour?, and that is
practically a dead letter new. although
we ?ever allow unseemly gatherings e-?
the eorners or elsewhere. Wheneevr any
en? is caught committing a nuisance. In
th? shape of staring at passing ladies in
?. questionable way or making ungentle
m?nly remarks, he is dealt with ia a
sumn:ary way."
The men on the beats themselves de?
clare that they need ne speeial instruc?
tions te de their duty.
""tV? never wait to he teld about dis?
orderly gatherings en Bread Street," salA
<. n? of them, yesterday evening. ""We
use our own eommon sense and lose ne
time in arguing with people whom we
*e? actin'r iti an ungentlemnnly way,
but take them in eherge at ?nee.
"There have been ne reeent reports ef
'ndies being Insulted by men standing
oh Broad Street corners. If there were
they would be Investigated at enee ??*
?he offenders brought te justice."
Captain McCarthy said yesterday that
he would 'oik into the proper observance
of the Sunday laws and would de things
that the mayor of a eity should de.
There would be some dignity in hi* ad?
ministration, and "?eafers" and "ward
heelers" would net he allowed to con?
gregate is his efflee.
Mayer Taylor remains Intensely nui et
fn reference te the candidacy of Captain
McCarthy and his own movement?. Hi?
faee were, a grim smile when a T!a*eS
reporter ?sked him te say a few thing?.
His friends. however, are saying thing?
for him. end sevoral ef them, gathered
In h.;s office yesterday, said he would
lo-? non? of his usual strength, hut that
many wb? had never veted for h'm had
erpres*e? their Intention t? sinppert hi?*
next rprlng.
Captain McCarthy is als? reeelviag
many expressions of wmpert. ?rid feels
encouraged at the naenifestatiens ?? t*??
ple whe eall upon him.
Th* public?ti?n in The Times yester?
day concernine: th* prole?ble aetlen of
the Cemme-i Council in referen*? t? the
Carnegie lihrary resolution hes erwated
much comment. An w?? Stated, the mi?
nority vote on the mmsnr? thai peered
the Council ?ropeses to kill the entire
proposition, if it peesesr th? Beerd ef Al?
dermen In its present shape. The reeao?
these councilman give fer their artrpnstA
action is that they want the library mat?
ter kept olit of politica, and that ?annet
result with a mejwity ef the Board ef
Trustees in the Couneil. and etontrolle?
by that body. The truste? will have
great y?ower. end with neliti-I?r>s in een
trol. the conduct of the library woul*
net. be up te the stender? thet sueh ?n
in-tituMon should maintain. That in their
argument.? aha it is evident thev meen to
combef- the rwlntinns' that pas?e? the
Council te the utmost.
The City Treasure-'? effle- has ?cen
fcusy for the past week in clos'ng up the
business ef the year. The efflee has ee-n
S
Arrest
disease by the timely use of
Tatt's Liver Pills, an old and
favorite remedy of increasing
popularit}'. Always cures
SICK HEADACHE,
eottr stomach, malaria, indijes-j
tion, torpid liver, constipation,
and ?11 billieu? diseases. I
TUTT'S Liver PILLS,
You can save money
Health, strength.? vigor, vitality, when free frora the
dull head?clogged nose?foul breath?choking throat?
ever present with Catarrh. Immediate relief you can
get and positive cure by usiag
Mason's CREAM of 0LIV?3 cores CATARRH
Croup, Pimple?. Neuraljla. Baris ail Piles?Safe, Sure, Speedy
0a CsMMtt. Aises er uprarts.
Hssoe's Vtll?ir TaSlets Care
DY3PEP5IA
5ea ani Car Skkeess, Headache?
Brain aad Nerve Totiie, 10c
flaaea's BreTa T?W??* Care
CO.fSTIPAT??.V
Billons aad Liver Treollts?
0. K. Ia lie aeraler, 10c
Mason s Red T?Mets Cure
_ , contini
Bronchl?ls Hai Brta??
s Sere ti ? ?Ijkt?? reit. I3c
HEALTH
Mates'? fH?t* 7?fctfts Zara '
SoIfC TBROAT
Toail?lils, C?td*?
Ktiace Iviltaiaailii, ???,
Mases*.t Crcaa ef Olhre? Cores
CATA?BH
Cria??, PtsylM, Htartlt'.a,
Bar?* aad Pile?, 23e.
AH Dranist, (r eariei fer erte? by
?. T. MASON CHMICAL CO?
5*1 Arth Street.
P&nadilj&laP?
r
Connecticut Pie Company
f ? ? ?
Sii Mosby Street.
Makes Pies Fit for the King.
Fresh from the Bakery Daily.
Have you Tasted Them? j5??
Delicious, Delicate and Whole?
some.
Sold by Dealers Everywhere.
Gozirraecfcioiati ?^ie Company.
J
t Sweethearts for Two and a Half Years have been ?
Wooed and Won -with
Shepherd's
Bon-Bons and Chocolates,
Simply Delicious. 5?C *M? Fresh and Pure
Salted Almonds, Salted Pecans, Fresh Every Day.
* - 2
I L. K. Shepherd ? Co., 405 ?. Bro^d St. %
C?-ty-Celleeter Cunn:nthan-i suggests
that eity taxes should be paia no"*?*, in
order that the penalty may net be at?
tached to the bills.
The Canvassing Bear?" *i?t ia tke Hust?
ings Court room yesterday ar.d eountee
the vetes rast at the election en Tuesday
fer ?wember ef th? Constitutional Con?
vention. Maje- Otway S. Allen receiv
?a 1.41S vetes: Major A. Stdn-y Lanier.
???; Judge Miner, 1. Total. 1.971.
Major Allen reeeived the eertifleat?
ef eleetiea **. 'tew. minutes after the vet?
had been enunted. The eest ef tke elec
tien was aeeut $1.?4*.
Tk*' resi-rnst!??"? ef Al?cns&Ti A. C.
Han-nan will se aett? typen at the m-et
trg ef the "Board ef A'dermen nest Tues?
day nljrht. The nimi- ef Mr. J. 73. Mi?
nor and 9. H. Cettrell -will probably be
mentioned te ftll the varaney.
?flieuia Mr. Cettrell ee eha?.?* a va-an-ry
?t?? be created in tue le-tr-r Vrasrh, which
will have to >e filled <sy t'nat ?edy at its
January maeetiag.
Mr. Theaaas *Wes?*V? ?? ?Teffers?* War*,
a member ?f th? flrwi ef John Wesley
ani?? Cempany. ?erffeifasieii n-.erel-iar.ts.
has been uraitea en by influential citizens
of that ward ar-e"..-after a p'-asvit inter
vivw. k?s nn?'.ui**-l kijns?lf a ear.di
e*te fer the Comme? Ceuse'l next spring.
Mr Weeley is m. ?mie?le ered t???.. ef r~e?"
.??etimi! leu?!??*?? jumajrmemt, aad is ia erery
way ep-jreehakl? em a ay ?ruejeet.
A eheek fer ?? -?ran seat ChleC Fuller
so Tee nlaeed te the e*re?3it ef the fire-wn's
fun*, by Mr. "?". J. "Whitehurst. yester?
day, in apereeiatie* ?? the ??.-?ark ef the
?*i?-!?art?--i--nt at tke fire that de
?trey?>d htm faetery en the 4th inetent.
A repiy ef thank* -was sent; Mr. White?
hurst:
POSTOFFiCE eOBSED.
? Ranker ef "?"-r-Hi**-*? it tk? Skein leak
',; ;yti!cy.
(*??#?1?1 ?***l?rp*.o*. '? ?1? *?!??? 1
?"TOOL STOCK, "CA.. Dee. ?.-Tha WA
? file ? ef SaumavF.l? "-rae enrere? Manday
night and rebbi-?* ef mment ??W ir. -fta??.---?
and note?.
Mr. ""ft'-?. Gee-?, *f TTe-rt Virjiai?. ivas
married r? M?a? Lillle S?ger, ef jnr
MiLTirertewa. Sunday. Ru-, 8. A. S'aa-r??
of?leiatlng, ajxa TTeAntaitty Mr. XV-m. S
Xln^-re-e. *f n**r Bder.burg. -ras mar?
ried te MI?? Katie M. Cr!s-srnn,a. dautk
tsr *f Mr. an* Mrs. Leiri-I Cri-r-fm-a*. *f
n?3?nfcTirg.
At etra**?cr?;. R?v. L. L. ?malte, ef tke
Lutheran Church? married Mis? Dertt?
M. s-ivntn te Mr. Jacok K. Heeknaaa,
and Mis? Annie ?. Riel-ard te Mr. H-r
Tey G. S-vart*". all feu? Teeing frem Tern's
Break.
a. a-f?-; I.tin t?f *..,!'i Is-fallei.
(9*1 ?tel Pltpatel! t? Tke Timei.)
KIN8TOK. X. C. De?. ?.-Tk? Kim
?toa ?"is9 e* *->? iras Immtttateel Itere
?aet ai??St, an? taere "?raa a pay an?-t res?
tar? tlm? fer tke?? fl?? participated ;:?.
tk? aitalr.
Yesterday, Dit-triet Deputy ef Xert'm
and Se-uth C-arellna, H. J. "3-erken. ar?
rived i^itl? the fi?'loi?ring, iche eempeveed
the ?ie-rr?e team: C. T. Harper. et-iHed
rule?; S. "K*. Selemen, eeteermed leading
kai-rht; ?G. J. Bellamy, esteemed loyal
knight; F. P. Tuirentlne. erf-julre; F. J.
Be-ar. ai^lmtojit; C. C. Cba?*?urn. e-ere
tary; Jaa. T. *e7?elv[m, tiler, all of "tVil
-e-iinrt?-m. an?. Jaime? A. Pu-rh. inner
guard, <*f Raleigh.
The initiation cemmmeed yesterday at
meen, and tke dejjre? (?am Mi'f it icarra I
fer the key? until ?tark.
The in-stallation trook piare im-m-diatelv I
after eup-jer. and at ?:S?? e'eloek th? !
?r**? Anal? #f th? efe-.?-"lo* ?ommeneed. i
VThen, te th. tkrilltn? muele *?y the Care-'j
'i-aa ?reh.-arirra the ?4? ani m???" IZlka file?! j
nU the ceurtkr??e te the kamauat kill, j
there t? partake mf tke ?"ir-irtueus ed'.V.e* i
And ?rlnkablea s-pread before them.
Tke dejrrte t ?man returnsi i? th??r i
h?re? thim meraing.
5?. r{rt te HIs.Cell.
(Spe-ial mapatek" te Tee Tiaies.i
SUFFOLK. VA.. Dee. "".-Having getten !
matekes fresa the ?oe.kets ef clothes ?
kreught by relatives. James Barden. :
irhite. keld fer lumaey im Kansemend- '
eounty jail, te-day set ?re f* kis eel!. !
t*?? flames --vere? seen subdued
Riehman??'s Fopjlar Place ef
Ai? USL WENT.
ALL TII?S WEEK.
Regolar Matinees.
SEASON'S COMEDY HIT
BiJGU f?USICA-Cif?EDY CO.
?PRESENTING?
"A DAY A?ND A NIGHT."
Popular Pri;es.
ACADEMY SATURDAY.
HUMULmi, MATINEE and MG?IT.
Dave 8. Levis' ??e Prednctie*.
UNCLE [w"p>.??????????*?? g?ai|
JOSH SPRUCEBY.
Sm'.t the Prltt*: lie. 3,5?, ai< Wc.
AGADh??Y. Dgc 12
.? . The Great P?Sah Pianist. .
Subscription list elea? te-morrr*?. Sub?
scribers se e.t seats Monday ?orninj at
W. D. Meses & Go's.
Monday, Dec. 9th, 8:f5 P. M,
T. M. C. A. HALXi.
? Hidpwiyf'
Tkir?l at th*
ASSOCIATION (STAR) COTFWXE.
Reserved Beats after Frlisj-, ? p. m.
?. "THE DISTRICT SCHOOL. "
at
CORCORAN" HAL?!.
?n
TRIE AT. r>2!C. ?. IMI. AT I:?9 F. M..
under the nasa c** et the
HANNON T?.
Twt hem? ef ?<?!!? ft:?: A4?tissi?a?
Adults. 15c: Children, ita
Do Yon Loto Health?
INDIAN HEIUE ?CEDICEK3B UAV.
4*t WT8T BROAD STRE?T,
? Greal*#t ??*1?? ?? th? Sick ?? fart?.
Care? %.\ Diae?*?? er ?? f "?m.-j??.
1 <- i.-? ail a.?**??? Lfiat are Ic.ttwt ??
? nu *r ????; *r ?? eaarg . a? ?alter
j what y?ur ?ii?*???. rtetnees at aS!sti*a
? ar.*> a*, an?! fatar? you t? jerfeet keaita
Seed fer ?ut DAILT HINTS, wh?eja Irin
l a* u-?i..?ii t!*.t:?.
Million* at ?_ujl?. :'i! ?art and leaitae
! -a?? In the L'a.t.? Btata?, will testify
! that I aaa tk* m??t w?a?*?rful kealer ef
| all e.*mp!a!*t* la the w?rI4. I as? aetklag
fcut herk?. mia. k?.rks. ysaas. balsa??.
te?.rr?. a?a?a? fcerr:?.??. fiebere and pia?:?
? ma*? int? r?**. tir ali M>i>la.lats. I Mav?
cared th?u**nd? fkar tk?. r**?; t?tUftU
jh'-nl'jane ani the boat k?apttai plryal.
clan? In Asn?ele* hare ????? a? t? ?ie aj?4
W.I? tker? ir?* a? ?sr? fer tkaap.
I cor? tk? foU?"wtne <!.t?*?e?: Heart 7*'.+.
*??*. Coa?uan?Uen. l*lo*d. KUxer. ?lad
d*r. Striatur?. Ti',?* la a?y fera?. Vertici?,
Uulnay Ih? Threat. Lhb? Dys>~??i?.
fnd!?**t!*K. ?k?um?tta? la a?y fine
PaiM and Aehea at a.?y Un*. Cel4*.
?renella! TraukI??. Serta, ?kin Dlaeaae*.
ali ftehin* eanaatt?*?. ali Tomaie C<*mt?
?UInt?. La Cirtaae or Rmetneeala: Uteer*
Ca.rkuncle3?. Beils. Caneer. ina wer? torma
*-ith?ut th? use at kitffe ?r lnstrjMeata:
Eeaeaaa, Pimples ?a f-?? ??4 h?dv; Dla
ketes ot Kidneys er Bris'nt's Disease mt
the Kidney*, t eure any disease, rn? mat?
ter *f what nature. All rea^real dlseas??
a spee:alty. Medleine sent t? aav address
by express.
Ter full partleu?ars sea<? a tw<w?e?it
stamp for answer. Ne. 404 "West Broad
Str?et.' Richmond. Va.