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INSURANCE
RECEIPTS
Cood Returns Made by the
North Carolina Department?
QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL
Balloting Will Continue for Ten Days
and Tori Society Young Ladles Are
Being V?ted_ for? fVtlss Bar
bee In the Lead.
(Speclnl to Tbo Tlmcs-Dlipstch.)
RALEItrri. N. ,C., April 7.-Insuranoo.
Commissioner James R. Young paid Into
tho State treasury $8,118.77, whloh, with
provlous payments, make for the fiscal
year'endlng Aprlf 1st, $163,007.12 paid' Into
the Stato treasury from tho Insurnriee
department, '. This Is a gain ot $21,O33.0B
over last year. Tho department has only
beon established four, years, tho work
prior to that time having'been delegated
to tho Socrblary of Stale, The highest
amount over collected lu a single year
prior to the establishment ot the depart?
ment was ?W,0O0,
The Fitzhugh Lumber Company, of
South Washington, Ponder county, was
chartered to-day by the Secretary of
Stato, the Incorporators being W, A.
Wlnsott, ?? Washington, D.-'C.; W. W.
Fitzhugh and Parke Fitzhugh, of South
Washington. Tho capital Is 150,000 sub
scribed and $100,000 authorized.
? Another charter issued to-day was the
Eastern Land and Timber Company, of
Windsor, Bertie county. This Is a $26,000
concern, with Judgo Frnnols D. Winston,
Tumor O. Bond, Thomas Gllllam and
.William ?G Leon as Incorporators.
Tho balloting for queen of tho great
Knights of Pythlans' Streot Fare and
Merchants' Carnival Is now well Under
way. Miss Mary Barbee is in tho lou*4
with Miss Blanche Blake, Miss Mattlo
Paco, Miss Mettle Hewitt and Miss
Anna Gales as close contestants for the
honor. There are eighteen of tho most
prominent young society women in. the
Slate being voted for. Tho contest will
lust for ton days.
Tho State'Superintendent of Publio In?
struction, J. Y. Joyner, returned to-day
from.a stay of four days In Wllkes coun?
ty. JIo says most gratifying advances
nre being mado In educational matters
In all parts of the county. Many dis?
tricts that wero too largo are being con?
solidated, and local taxation is being
adopted In quito a number. Tn othere
the publlo school terms aro being length?
ened by private subscriptions to full
eight months terms. Ho found on every
hand, he says, a determination on the
part ot tho people to "have more ?duca?
tion and less whlakoy."
THE LAWS VIOLATED
-" Many Infringements of Prohibition
Statutes at Fayett?vltle.
(Special to Tho Tira es-Dispatch.)
FAYETTEVIL?LE. N. C. April 7,?The
prohibition under which Fayottevllle and
, Cumberland oounty are now lfcclng. seems
? to be a "prohibition which does not pro?
hibit." For some years both < dlspensary
und bar-rooms had been abolished, though
nothing In tho law prevented the bring?
ing In of liquor from otner parts of the
Btate. The last' legislature, however,
made oven that unlawful. Wlthfh the
past five days an illicit still has been
captured within a mllo of the corporate
limits of tho town, two persons havo been
arrested for running liquor "blind tlgors."
nnd a negro, Ashley, ha? been arrested
- for bringing two gallons of whiskey from
tho totvn of Dunn, claiming that he was
acting under tho Instructions of C. B.
Newberry, a merchant, whose employe he
. Is. f
? Major E. J. Hole, Captain A. B. Wil?
liams nnd Mr. I?VJ^.rP,^?;, the committee
?from the FayetreViiii'-'o.'.imber of Com?
merce, have returned from their confer
. eneo at Wilmington, with Captain
?Wlnslow, government engineer, with ro
?g.-ird to upper Capo Fear navigation. They
report the conference as satisfactory, and
that the lock and dam sites will be chosen
? in time for December's meeting of Con?
gress.
Fnyettovillo is to have a street fair
nnd carnival from the 20th to the 25th
Instant, and whatever may be Its general
'result salutary or otherwise, and Its
effect on business. It may safely be
promised that It will bo well conducted;
ns It Is under the auspices of the Knights
of Pythias, composed of tho most proml
vn-mt '.en of the city. In tho voting for
queen of the carnival, Miss Katfc Brosd
ioot, nponsor of Fayettovllle Camp of
United Confederato Veterans, leads the
contestants.
Two white women, probably ex-Yankee
school mn'nms, aro said to bn oanvas
. lng Fayettovllle and organizing nx-slnv.i
pension clubs, rending to their prospec?
tivo victims Senator Hnnna's pension
bill. Of course, tho object Is to swindle
tho Ignornnt negro, and equally, of
course, thoy will succeed, t? the fraud Is
not exposed.
The annidi receipts of tho FaycttevlUe
postonico nro now $1,202,47 .more than Is
requisite to entitle tho town to free mnll
dollvery by carriers, nnd tho people have
now only to petition the government for
this convenience.
SUSPECTS RELEASED
Men Charged With Robbery at Mt. Olive
and ElsewhernSet Free.
(Bpeclnl to The Tlf?'s-Dlspatch.)
'.CHARLOTTE, N, C, April 7.-E. P. Vir?
gin and W. F. Adams, tho two white mon
who have boon hold In Jail hero for the
past ten days, chargod with having robbod
tho postonico af Mount Olive, and sus?
pected of having committed robborles at
Ruttierfordton, this Stnto, and McColl, S,
'Cf., wore released this morning by United
States Commissioner D. G, Maxwell,
Tenore was absolutely no evidence against
them nnd much In tholr favor.
BONDS FOR SCHOOLS
?reenvllle Gives a Good Majority for
the Proposed Issue.
?Rneoliil to Th* TlnioH.nlsiintch.i
GREENVILLE. N. D? April'7.?Election
to-day on the question of Issuing $05,000
. of bonds for Improvement and $10.000 for
graded sohoqls resulted as follows: Total
registered votae 24?); number cast 'or
bonds, 187; agffmst bonds, 12; not voting,
45; malting majority over ?voto necessary
for bonds. 64, and majority over all votos
J30. Entire Board of. Improvements nnd
tBoard of Sohool TriJStees nominated by
citizens' niasH-meotlng were eleetod with?
out opposition,
THE STATE UNIVERSITY '
Interesting Lectures Soon to Be Deliv?
ered by the Professors.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatoh.)
CHAPEL HILL. N, C, April 7.-Gover
nor Aycook has appointed from the Board
pf Trustees of the Unlvorslty the follow
f*tjg as the Visiting Committee'? for 1903:
Mft. Us ?V DAugMOEy et AUeghany couu
Practical
I? to buy a high-grnde piano that liM a national reputation
for tono and laetirig qualities. If you btij? a piano with no
reputation for excellence you will simply rogrct your pur
ehaeo. Pleno? that are posltarely end absolutely guar?
anteed ftrot
Stelnway, Knabe; Hardman,
Standard, Kimball, Haines.
~7 ARTISTIC PUNO PUYIHQ
Made Possible to Every One by the /
PIANOLA,
Tho only plano pb_yer that ha? a delicacy end elasticity of
"touch,*' whloh Is almost Identical with that of tho human
Anger._ ?_ t
VICTOR *)Defy detection, (They are
TALK. NO f limitless repertoire Ohe world
MAOHINES ) Simply perfection. ( beaters.
WALTER D.
MOSES ? CO.
103 East Broad Street.
ty; Colonel T. W. Mason, of Northampton,
county, and Jamos S. Manning, Esq., of
Durham county. This committee will
?will make its visit to the University for
tho purpose of examining it about 'May
lfith.^
The University base-ball team leaves
Thursday morning. While away the fol?
lowing games will be played: April 8th?
Cornell, at Raleigh, N. C.; April lOtio?
South Carolina College, at Columbia, S.
C.! April Uth-Wofford College, at Spar
tanburg, S. C.? April 13th?Davidson Col?
lege, at Winston, N. C. Tho team will
return to the Hill Tuesday, April 14th.-?
Professor M. C. S. Noble addressed the
teachers of Durham county on'April 4th.
President Venable will address the cit?
izens of Tarboro, N. C, on Thursday,
April 9th. Ho will dellvor an address bt
foro the South Atlantic Academy at Crisp,
N. C, Friday, April 10th.
Professor Charles Baskervllle has ac?
cepted an Invitation to lecture Wednesday
evening ln New York city before a Joint
meeting of tSie Now York.section of the
American Chemical Society, tho Society
of Chemical Industry and Mie Deutscher
Vorina Chemical Society. His subject -will
be In connection with the raro earthe.
Professor Collier Cobb will deliver a
Ioduro before the graded school of Wil?
son, N. C, on April 17th,
SYMPATHY FOR ? EURO
Assaulted at Salisbury by White Man
and May Diei
(Special to T3ie Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
SALISBURY, N. C. April 7.?There Is
much sympathy expressed here for Wil?
liam Hall, colored, who was assaulted by
John Hess, a white man. Hall Is a cab?
man, and Hess wns lounging In his cab
when he quietly naked him to get out of
It. Without furthor provocation Hms
drew a knife and cut Hall severely on
the faco and neck, laying open a wide
wound, and, it Is thought, partially sev?
ering the jugular vein. Hess was arrest?
ed and is held In Jail without bond. Phy?
sicians state that It will be twer days
before they can determine whether Hall
13 mortally wounded.
Little David Julian drank some poison?
ous medicine from a vial yesterday, and
It was feared he could not live: The
prompt attention of phyelclans, however,
savod the little fellow's Ufe. He Is the
llttlo son of Mr. John ,M. Julian, one o?
tho best known newspaper men In this
State, and ono of the recently appointed
clerks to Senator Overman.
A matter of Interest to some residents
Oiore Is the talknd of establishment of a
tannery at Old Fort. It Is stated that
this will be a large enterprise, costing
about $100,000, backed by Northern capi?
talists.
NEITHER KILLED
Two Men Bun Over by a Shifting En.
' gine at Greensboro.
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
GREJENSBOR, N. C. Apri 17.?Fred. M,
Hood and Joe Weaver, employes of the
Southern Railway, were run over by a
moving engine here this afternoon, Hood
lost an arm two years ago and has been
flagman since, By tho accident this eve?
ning he will lose his loft leg, as it will
bo amputated Just below the knee. He
wns recently married and Is from Golds
boro. Weaver Is a messenger, living here.
Ills foot was so badly crushed that It will
bo amputated. He saved his life by cling?
ing to the axlo, holding himself from tiria
wheels. The two Inadvertently stopped
Jii front of a shifting engine..
UTLEY'S HOPE (JONE
Supreme Court Confirms Twenty-Year
?^ Sentence of Lower Court.
(?pttclil to TUq Tliiii's.niupiitcli.) .
RALEIGH, N, C? April 7.?The Su?
preme Court handed down an opinion to?
day aHlrming the Judgment of the lower
court In the case of E, L. Utley, sen?
tenced to twenty years In the penitenti?
ary for killing Clerk Holllngsworth, of
tlio Lafayette Hotel, Fayettevllle, so that
Utley must , now enter upon the ser?
vice of tho sentence,
, ? '
Crushed to Death.
, (Bpeolal to Tba Tliqea.tllspatcb.)
GREENSBORO, N,' C, April 7.-W. A%
Ruiilvan, foreman of the box shop at the
llnlshlng mill, met a horrible death this
eventog. He was last seen standing on a
box, adjusting some machinery, and It
Is supposed ho was caught by the bolt,
and oarrled up between the pulley and
celling. The noise and stoppage of ?he
machinery directed attention, and he was
found mangled and lifeless on the floor,
Wi-ST LIBERTY, Kyi-Sam. Trace
killed Logan Elmn, and Sidney Elam,
the dead man's son, avenged his father's
death by killing Traoe on {he White Fork
of Johnson River, In this county, yes?
terday, Young Elam surrendered and
way placed in jull here. The lSlnms and?
Traces were relatives and neighbors, and
tho killing grew put of a family ftttid.
THE PETITIONS OF
THE LIQUOR MEN
Finance ' Committee Meets'
Monday. Night to Consider
Them.
For the purpose of considering tho hun- '
dred or more petitions for a reduction in
their license tax from liquor men, offered
et the Common Council Monday night,
the Committee on Finance will convene
next Monday night at the City Hall,
when each complainant or his counsel
will be afforded an opportunity of plac?
ing their last appeal before the body.
Under the ruling of President Bloom?
berg, the committee will have to formu?
late a separate and distinct report upon
each petition, and by some of tho liquor
men It Is hoped that In this way much
good will be accomplished. In certain
circles It Is contended that it will be
competent for the Council to reject tho.
finding of the Finance Committee upon
any one petition, and it Is possible that
a number of fights over individual
licenses will be precipitated at the next
meeting of the Common Council.
This being the case, It now looks as
If the matter will not be finally disposed
of for weeks?maybe months. \
POLICE BATTALION
NIPPED,RIOT IN BUD
i (Bj Associated Preis.)
DOWELL, MASS., April 7.?A body o?
police officers, marching in ?olid front
from curb to curb, drove a thousand
noisy Greek mill workers through the
streets of Lowoll for nearly a mile'to?
night and prevented what might havo
developed Into a riot, growing out of the
return to work ot a number of ring
spinners on the ?Awrence Hosiery, who
left Friday, week ago, In? sympathy "with
the strlko order of tho Textile Council.
A woman figure^ prominently In to
nlght'svdemonstratlon, and she essayed
? role 'somewhat' after the manner of
Joan of Aro, leading a great body of
men through the streets to the point
whore the police wero encountered. Con?
fusion then came and the unknown
woman was lost In tra) crowd.
To-day was the Greek's national holi?
day, the anniversary of the Greek fed?
eration, and In the colony was celebrated
In a lively way. The trouble hid Its
Inception In an attempt of the .Greeks tn
hold a mass meeting In the heart of the
colony.
SHOT AND KILLED BY
HIS FATHER-IN-LAW
<ny Associated Press.)
FAYETTE, MO., April 7.-James Leach
was shot and killed on the publlo square
to-day by Norman Bmellwood, his father
in-law, The men exohunged a doaen
shots, Leach was struck five times, foil,
got up and ran half a square, waving his
pistol, when he again (ell. dying In a tew
minutes. Leach had just secured a di?
vorce from his wife, and was leaving tho
courthouse, when l^e met Smallwoad und
the shooting began, The streets were
crowded, and there was muoh excitement.
Bmallwood, who was unhurt, was arrest?
ed. Both men are farmers.
WPOUNlX
Frees the body at tswy Imperfection.
Now Is the time tq cleanse the system of
the Impurities that have accumulated
durino tho winter, which. If allowed'to
remain In the bloodi causee Rheumatism,
Kidney and Liver Troubles, Catarrh, Ner?
vousness and many other diseases
?,766,000 cases were treated last year, so
per cent, of which were cured. All ciruu
l)iet?. '
TO PROBE
MYSTERY
PennelMnquest to Be Further
Inquiry Into Murder,
EVERY BIT OF EVIDENCE
District Attorney Says It is Unimportant
Whether Pennell Committed Suicide
or Not, but Important Who
' Killed Burdlck.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. April 7.?The Inquest
to the death of Arthur ?. Pennell, whloh
Is scheduled to begin next Friday before
Judgo Murphy, will bo more in the na?
ture of a reopening of the inquiry Into
the Burdlck murder mystery than to de?
termine whether Penncll's death was
duo to accident or a deliberate suicido.
Wallace Thayer, who was Arthur It. Pen?
nella friend and logal adviser In his life
time, when seen to-day relative to a pub?
lished statemont quoting him as saying that
? there woe no doubt that the story of his
misappropriations were truo, nnd that
Penncll's brother, Frederick Ponnhll, bad
pleaded with him to destroy tho tiust
papers, ropudiatod much that wt-6 at?
tributed to him and mado a brlof, state?
ment which embodied, he said, nil he
cared, to state at the present time; Mr.
Thayer said:
"J. Frederick Pennell. brother to ?. ?.
Pennell, camo to me last Friday, and
told me that Arhtur hnd left largo debts
to friends in,the East. These debts he said,
were, large enough 'practically to consumo
all tho Insurance, and ho advanced-that
as a reason why I should'turn ovor to
him the $25,000 In Insurance, which A. R.
Pennell left In trust with me.
"Ho said: "Unless you do this, thore
will practically be nothing loft for me.' "
Then Mr. Thayer' made this statement;
"V drew the inference from J: F. Pen?
nella statement' that his brother must
havo made misappropriations of money'.
There is a vast amount of debts against
tho estate, some $200,000, and I can't see
how ho could have got Into debt to that
amount unless ho spent monoy belonging
to others."
District Attorney Goatsworth. said to?
day that ho had known of the alleged
swindling operations of Arthur R. Pen
,nell for a week. '.?.
' UNIMPORTANT.
"I was Informed," he said, "that Pen?
nell had been Inducing his wife's family
and friends In AVnyne to allow Am to
'Invest' their money for them. I was also
Informed that he gave them several mort?
gages on property, and kept up the Inter?
est payments In order to cover op his
dishonest transactions. I havo not Inves?
tigated the report In dotati, but ? oame
to me on such good authority that I am
satisfied of "Its 'general truth.
"My policy-In the Pennell Inquest will
be to bring to light every scintilla of evi?
dence which will or may throw light \on
the murder of Edwin L. Burdlck. The In?
quest will not bo In reality to determino
how Arthur R. Pennell came to his death.
It Is not of any great Importance to know
whether he committed suicide or not, but
It Is of tho utmost Importance to dls
covor the murderor of-Burdlck."
"Do you consider that the relations
Just made concerning Pennell's alleged
swindles substantiate the verdlot In tho
Burdlck caso, pointing to Pennellas the
murderer7"
"Yes; It is impossible to arrive at any
other conclusion."
DAVID HILL BERATED
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
(13/ Associatoli Press.)
ALBANY. N. Y., April 7.?President
Roosevelt, in his official capacity as Gov?
ernor of "New York, cnmo In. for a sound
berating by former United States Senator
Davl? Bennett Hill during his argument
as counsel for tho corporations In tho
special franchise tax case before the
Court of Appeals to-day.
Governor Roosevelt ho characterized
as a man of very limited experience in
the administration of State affairs, and
He accused him of forcing the special
franchise tax law upon tho Legislature
"as ? political expedient" at tho behest
of "oortain minor, semi-political and
Inrgely socialistici organizations?self-con?
stitutional, Irresponsible and noisy asso?
ciations, most of non-tax-payers, assum?
ing a monopoly of the championship of
the people's alleged rights."
TOPEKA. KANSAS. WENT
DRY BY GOOD PLURALITY
(II,t Associated Press.)
KANSAS CITY, MO.. April 7.?Elections
were held In all the large cities of Kan?
sas to-day. The liquor Issue was an Issue
In a number of cities, notably Topeka.
The result as a whole shows large Re?
publican gains. Kansas City, Kansas, the
largest city In tho State, turned a Dem?
ocratic plurality of 2,000 two years ago
Into a. Republican plurality of more thun
2,500 to-day.
KINO EDWARD SAILS FOR
KEY TO MEDITERRANEAN
(By Associated Press.)
LISBON, April 7.?King Edward, on
board the royal yacht Vlotorla and Al?
bert, sailed to-day for Gibraltar. King
Edward at a lunohoon given aboard the
yaoht to King Carlos made an oddrees,
referring In -warm terme to the alliance
between the two countries,
'? .
KING OF SERVIA
IS HIGH HANDED
Revokes Constitution of His
Country and Retires Sen?
ators and Councillors.
. (By Associated Press.)
BELORADE, SERVIA, April 7.?King
Alexander to-day executed a coup d'etat.
He Issued two proclamations, tho Ilrst
decreeing a suspension of tho Constitu?
tion adopted April IB, 1P01, repealing ob?
jectionable laws passed thereuudor, re?
tiring tho Senutors and Councillors of
Stato, dissolving the Skupshtina and re
enacting the law? us they oxlstod pre?
vious to the Constitution of JOOI. The
seoond proclam?t I on restores this Con?
stitution to its former validity.
jn the Hist proclamation,, the King says
the Senate und Skuphstlna enucted un?
der tho Constitution, grantod hy him In
}001, passed laws whlol> proved imprac?
tical. Affairs In the Balkans, the King
udds, are serious and Servia needs order
and unity and peace. Tho King thon
suspend? tho Constitution o? IS01 and
declares the mandate]? of the Senators
to bo null und void, and tho proclamation
goes on to announce that tho Councillors
at BtuUi uro retired, and that thu 8'4Ug>
slitlnn Is dissolved. -MtK--l of the laws,
Including the press law, the communal
law nnd (ho act governing tho electoral
System ?ro annulled and replaced by
laws previously existing. Immediately
after this proclamation ordinances ap?
pointing now Senators and Councillors
Of State Wero issued and the King Issued
a second proclamation, by whloh the
Constitution of April 10, 1901, was re?
stored to Its full validity, ,
SHOT SISTER. AUNT AND ~
THEN KILLED HIMSELF
(?r Amoclnted Crei?,)
HOLYOKB, MASS., April,7,-Perter Mc
Guerrln, a postonico clerk, this afternoon
?hot (hie sister, Mary, aged sixteen, and
his aunt, Miss Sarah Cassldy, and then
out his own throat with a razor, dying
Instantly. MoGuorrln Was driven to the
doed through worry over the condition
Of his sister, who was hopelessly 111 with
consumption. Miss McOuerrln received a
t?ullet In the head, and In her weakened
condition cannot eur.vlve. The aunt's
wounds >ro not dangerous, and ?he will
recover, '>
EMPEROR WILLIAM
ARRANGING TREATY
(_r Associated Presa.)
BERLIN, Aorll 7.?The object of Em?
peror William's recent visit to Donm-t-k,
according to Herr Kratiss, editor-ln-chlef
of tho Deutsche Warte, was to arrange for
Donmnrk to fight on the side of the triplo
alliance ln the event of war ,wlth tho
dual alliance. Herr JCrausa, In communi?
cating this Information to the correspond?
ent of the Associated Press, affirmed that
ho had authoritative Information that
Denmark had agred to act with the triple
alliance, should an emergency arlso.
-+-*? ?
PeVdonal and General.
Mrs. Salilo Thompson has removed to
No. 902 East Lolgh \8troot.
Mr. Preston Wilkinson, of Lynchbtirg,?
is with his daughter, Mrs. Wilson, No.
08 East Clay Stroot.
Miss Edith White, of Front Royal, Va.,
Is vleltlng her aunt, Mrs. Claytor, on
Church Hill, and other friends In the
city.
Mrs, Hugh Blair is ivlslting her brother
and slstor, Rov. Dr. J, A. W'nddell and
wife, ln New Kent county.
Mrs. J. D. Shepporson. of the well
known Storrs fnmlly, of Rlohmond, Is
visiting relatives In tho city and vicinity.
She Is the wlfo Ot Hon. J. D. Shepperson,
ex-mombor of tho House of Delegates, of
Charlotte ' county.
Miss (Hattle Southall, of Norfolk, Is with,
her cousins, Mr. Benjamin and Miss.
Agnes Oliver, at No, 70S East Lolgh Street.\
Miss Kate Benson has returned from" a
visit to New York, Portsmouth and Now
port News. Sho is on Twenty-first Street;
near Grace. . ,
" Tho Misses Farrar, of Jennings,' spent
a few days visiting Mrs. Alice Bookor,
at Deatonsvllle, and are now visiting
friends in Richmond.
The Appropriation to Jamestown Can
Be Made.
Editor of Tho Timos-Dlspatch:
Sir,?Notwithstanding the fnct that the
poverty of Virginia has been heralded
abroad to tho discredit of our State, and,
as has been said by some, to the injury
of her securities, It is exceedingly grati?
fying to receive from a no less reliable
source than Sonator Wlakham, the chair?
man of the Finance Committee of the
Senate, an exhaustive statement, show?
ing painstaking Investigation, and reveal?
ing positively, that the finances of the
State are In a most healthy condition!
nnd that tho State Is unquestionably able
to give her backing to? the Jnhiestown
Exposition Compnny, by making an ap?
propriation of ?200,000, $50,000 of which to
bo raid in 1004, and $100,000 in 1905. With
o/ view of ascertaining the ability, of the
State to make this appropriation, an
Independent Investigation has been made
Into the State's flnancos, and wo are
prepared to show that tho ability of tho
State to maiko the appropriation exceeds'
the exhibit presented by Senator Wick
ham.
Upon a careful reading of the financial
statement of Senator Wlckham before the
Senate on the 24th instant,? we note tho
following:
Estimated net surplus for the
year 1003, by Senator Wlck?
ham.....?* 3,102.23
Receipts estimated 1001, Sen,
Doc. 4?pago-7, by the auditor.. 8,327,260.84
Rocelpts estimated 1504, addi?
tional from llcensos, by Sen?
ator Wlckham.; 265,000.00
Rocelpts estimated 1904, 6 cents
levy for pensions, by Sena?
tor Wlckham,,..;. 176,704.56
Totnl, .alance and estimated re?
ceipts for 1904....?,772,007.68
The estimated roooipts ($8,477,
441.18) and balance ($170,780,80)
for 1003, by Sonator Wlck?
ham,.j. 3,664,223.07
Showing an estimated Increase
for 1904 of.,,,.....* 117.846.81
Notwithstanding this Increase In .tho es?
timate of rocolpts and balanco for 1904,
all Intorest on bank balance is eliminated
by Senator Wlokham. ? reasonable sup?
position would bo that If the deposits of
the State should increase and amount In
tho aggregate to $3,772,067.68, there would
bo an marease In the Intorest acoount and
not tho loss ot tho entire amount of re?
ceipts from that sourco, which the Audi?
tor estimates at $10,000. Sen. Doc. 4, page
6. The Senator alpo estimates a loss on
telephone companies of $12.000, nnd from
Initial "fees oh charters of $10,000, making
a total estimated lose from thoso threo
Items of ' $32,000, ' but as he ougRests no
reason why these losses'should occur, we
profer to abide by tho estimates of the
Auditor on those subjects, and ho only
More
Olivers
were sold In Rlohmond last year
than all other makes combined,
Twenty thousand nold In the
United States alone! Tho Oliver
record bus never been equulled,
WH' you not allow us to ?end
to your place of business our
demonstrator with an Ollvor
Standard Visible Typewriter,
and Just show yon its good
points? This will plaoe you
under no obligation ta pur?
chase?it ?Imply liulloates your
desire to know about the Oliver.
Think this over nowl
SOUTHERN ?TAMP AND
STATIONERY CO.,
Twelve-Six Main Street,
rtubbor Stamps, Office Supplies,
Desks, Chairs, Filing Systems.
EASTER SUITS ,?
Exclusive Styles^:
And moderately priced, too, for wo
have succeeded in getting imported,
designa reproduced in this cotmtry of4
light weight cloths at the price that*'
one usually pays for quitey indifferent ?
garments.
These, however, we guarantee to
be specially made for us of excellent ;
material and after entirely up?to*dato
models.
Notice the kind of suits we offer
and the range of prices:
At $10.00 Well-Ude Black Buit or
?? ? good qUaiifcy cheviot;.,
blouse is nicely trimmed in taffeta bands, has postilion back and is silk ?;'
lined throughout ; skirt is trimmed in like manner and made over
dropskirt. Also, Walking Suit of Oxford or castor all-wool crash. |
Jacket is silk lined, has velvet collar and now style sleeves. Theeer
suits are shown in all sizes und are actual $15.00 values. ? ;;
At $ 1 4 SO c?ilarloss Blo?8? Suit, in black or blue broadoloth;/
' neck finished, in stitohed bands, piped with eilk; I
new style sleeves, postilion back silk-lined; kilt skirt stitched at foot.!
A. very dressy suit and regularly valued at $18.50.
At SIS SO Stylish Suit in the collarless blouse effect, mado
:,*?;,? of fine black ladies' ctoth, with fancy cape of
stitched peau de soie and stole front trimmed in silk ornaments; new,'
full sleeve cuffs also trimmed ; straight front seven-gored skirt orna-)
mented to match blouse. A handsomo suit regularly valued at $25.00.(
S'our t h and
S&road Streets,
Do you see the farmer's othor son ?
estimates a loss from one of them?tele?
graph and telephone companies?whloh he
places at $812.69. !-Another reliable and
constant source of revenue Is omitted
entirely by both Sonator Wlckham and
the Audltqr, ^Rfjfofonce Is made to re?
ceipts' from contingent sources, which
amounted, tq $103,696, In 3903, See Auditor's
report, Tabi?! No; fi, ? J j . ? ' ?. (
With those Items noted we compile the
following statement from the ostlmates
referred to, and the corrections and ad?
ditions mentioned:
Estimated net surplus for the
year 1003?By Sonator Wlck?
ham . .,,.$ 3,102 28
Receipts estimated 1004?Son.
Doo. 4, pago 7?By Auditor.. 3,327,200 84
Receipts estimate!!, additional
from license?By ' Senator
Wlckham. 205,000 00
Receipts estimated, nddltlonnl
R cents levy for pensions?By
Senator Wlckham . 170,704 58
Receipts estlmntod, additional
contingent souroos?See Audi?
tor's report 1902, Tnblo No.
1.. 100,000 00
-Total .$3,872,067 68
Less for loss account telegraph
and telephone companies, Sen,
Doo, 4, page 18.$ SI2 69
$3,871,254 09
Disbursements, estimated, Son.
-Doo. 4. page 16 .3,453,010 83
Appsront surplUH ..,.,',.,,,..$ 418,244 10
Should the Jamestown appro?
priation of $200,000 he mudo,
under tho provision ot the
bill, only $50,000 would be
pnynhlo In 1901. Wo thoreforo
deduot that amount . 50,000 00
leaving an estimated tree bal- ?
ance for 190? of ..,,.$ 80S,244 15
A free balance, greater by $191,463.27
than wns shown in 1902, which was only
$178,780.89, notwithstanding which fact the
General Assembly has already passed ex?
traordinary appropriations against this
balance, amounting to $113,802.46, among
the. Items being ono of $50,000 for the
St. Louis Exposition. i
With suoh a showing ns Is'"set, forth
abovo, wlilch leavos out of view en?
tirely tho Inrge In?rense In vnlues an?
nually throughout the entire State, can
It be posslbln thnt tha great Stato of
Virginia, attor having by Joint resolutions
of the Sonato and House of Dolegntes
called upon Its citizens to nrrange for a
fitting celebration of the flr?t settlement
In this country by English-speaking peo?
ple, after having set forth In said Joint
resolutions that In the opinion of the
Legislature tho most fitting form for such
celebration, would be a. great exposition,
after having granted a charter of Incor
poratlon to the Jamestown Exposition
Company for the purpose of holding sufi
Exposition, and after the Govornor of
the State, Iit'pursuance ?f said charter,
had appointed twelvo (12) State com?
missioners, who, having power as mem?
bers of the Board of Directors of said
compnny, can it bo possible, that when
tho State's honor and dignity aro commit
ted to this enterprise and great Interest
manifested throughout the entire country,
that our State can either desire or of.
ford not to make , this appropriation,
without whloh the enterprise must no?,
cossarlly fall, and full at once.
C. S. SHERWOOD.
A Reply to Mr. Parham'
Editor of The Tlnios-Dlspatoh:
Sir.?I bog for enough space to a&y I
havo" been a constant reader of \the DU?
patch for forty years, and during that
! long period o? time, many papers have
sprung? Into existence nnd while some of
them prospered for a time, the Dispatch
alone has escaped tho ravages of time
(doubtless an Instance of the "survival of
the flttost") and with Its consort, tho
Times flourishes like a groen bay tree.
It was, however, with feelings of sadness
ana deep regret, that I saw my old fa?
miliar ond life-long Disiatoli form a com?
bination with The Times In suclx a man?
ner as to almost looso Its identity. The
combination,' however, has resulted In
an Improvement in every conceivable re?
spect, and made The Times-Dispatch, be?
yond all comparison the best paper ever
?published In Richmond, and I am there?
fore more than reconciled to the change.
In your lssuotof the 20th of March,1 un?
dor the caption of "Cato and Lee," Mr.
B. M, Parham made, statements In con* .
nectlon with the Lee statue matter that i
appear to-bo jn,lsloadlng?, Inasmuch as he
says, tho opposition manifested In regard
to placing Genornl Lee's stntuo In Sta?
tuary Hall, in Washington, Is "merely the
clamor of a few malcontents,'1 and .that
while "no one would ask why It. waa
dono?" It would bo asked why It was .
not done, and Virginia, would be \-onsld
ered "remiss and negleotful In ?honoring
her Illustrious son, If she falls 'to place
Conerai Lee's statue In Statuary Itali,"
placing the responsibility and blame on
the Slate of Virginia. Whereas; , the
proposition to placo General Leo's statue
In Statuary Kail, has raised, a howl from .'.
?-.Maino to California, and the follower?
of old John Brown have threatened to
retaliate, hy placing his statue not only,.
In Washington, but also In Richmond.
Governor Montague's course was eminent?
ly wlso and patriotic, and his deferenc?
to what he had good reason to suppose ??
General Lee would do under the clroum? .
stances Is worthy of the highest com?
mendation. Time will vindicate htm and
show the wisdom ot his acts. Under '
existing conditions, Genoral Lee would
not be honored by having his statue In
Statuary Hall, and It Is a Bouree of much
surprise that those who hold his honor
und character as sacred should be willing
to place his statue In a position where
It would be an objent of soorn and deri?
sion by tho element who oppose It.
The element who regard old John Brown
as a martyr and saint, take him as their
Ideal and applaud him for tho atrocious
arimes, for which he was' swung up, are
not supposed to bo capable of appreciat?
ing the exalted character of the rourt
Uest knight that ever drew his sword.
Mr. Parhain will find that every mum
ber of Congress, north of Mason nnd ?
Olxon's line, will he among "tin- low
malcontent?" and not a solitary one of
them will antagonise the G. A. B? and
followers of old John Brown by votine
In favor of the proposition to place Gen?
eral Lee's statue In Statuary Hall,
?Wm. II. I".
.Richmond, March 51.
, . ;? ?.???
Telegraphic Brevities.
UOMW.?The meeting ot workmen called
last evening and which lasted throughout
the night decided to abandon for the
present the Idea of inaugurating a gen?
eral strike. Notwithstanding last night's '
decision, possibly forty thousand men wilt
strike to-morrow.
Given Up as Lost
Iby 4?wcUte<i p?*m.)
SAN SANCISCO, C?VU, April V-Tfc?
French biwk de Coudloq Is praotloaJly
given up as lost, for to-day Lloyd offered
eighty per cent, io reinsure her. She I?
out lot days from San Francisco for Syd?
ney, Weighty per cent? relnsurwvo* 1?
also being offered o ?the Prluw? Oeorf?,
fU'ty-fodr days out from Pari??, ???? tot ?
Swansea, Wales.