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FINE 11K WAYS TO THE CAPITOL Cotmnitt' . I Mi Public Propeft) i Now Considcfitig thc Bill. PLANS ARE ALREADY DRAWN -.;?-. Nolantl ahd , Baskcryille u Uchitccts, and They Sub tnit Drawing-.. Now tl to) nnd COUiph tl i v.lth the i.nd il Is l.ittnv ?? Iclllng of lhe C ipl ttddition of tho wlngs nre -..- i ulidlng seems to meet ?ral appr-.i-.il >-t tho puM!*:. -d by many that tho I-ogls lokc n Bufllclent npproprla || , : ..- Q p'ropi r scttlng. oct ln view. Messrs. Kpland le, archltects nnd cnglncors, iavo dcfiKi'"' tno treatment S uii ?' whl ?!. ls shown Thc general schcmo provides for a ? r.\- around tho buildlng *iractlcally on tho same level n? tho roadway from ihe Waahlngton monument to tho execu Ivo manslon. On account of the -ueepnoss of the ground in front of the buildlng. thla cannot bc obtalned except by th. ei-ection of o retainlng wall around the outslde of the drlvc. Thls wall wlll bo built of dressed granlte hacked up with irtinz level with thc ground rn and w, stern Onds *0*?. the i harlng an averngc helght :? across the front. ' ? nih : In back of this wall conc.rete. jit the ea buildlng ; ol HbOUt Etarth w fornung ; ?around tl <*-f whlch t thp tho effect of a broad whlch the buildlng ls of snfficlenl area drlveway nll around The Main Approach. Oil top of tbo wall around tln drlve? way wlll be a cut granlte balustrade. From thls drlveway levrl. on the nxls of tlie inaln building. a maln approach wlll b. carrled down to Bank Street. On ac . inl of the hoigbt of the buildlng abovo 1he street, lhe grade IS tno steep fur a v.,-ilk wlthout steps, as series of granlto Bteps. forty--flvo feet wide. have been set in thls approach wlth nlinnst lovel wall.s from the top i-trp of ench fllu-lit to the bottom of tho one next above. Where Ihis approach comes out to Bank Str-i-t. tlio entrance is wldened wlth cir , iiin- wall.-. termlnatlng ln two masslve V-.'is. By this treatment, the effect of wldening Bank Street !s attalned with ..?11 de.-~ti-.iyIng the llne <>f fino old trees along tho Bank Street fenca of the fcjiiunro. ono of tho landlngs on thls maln approach ls located on tho axls of Franklin Street, whlch axis nlso passes tbrough the two present fountalns and the center <>f the old Bell house. From tb< fror.t <.f the Bell liouh'-. n wldej walk Is carrled on thls axls across the gauare, termlnatlng at th< center llne ,.??' Ki.ii.kiiii Streel easl of the _n.uar_ -i.. Bell house, wlth all its old hlstorlc nieinories, II ls proposed t" retalh, niuk l ,.:i entrance gate on each slde of it. Tbese gates eom'( Just In llne with the coritinuation of iho sidewalks of West Franklin Street. Retain Entrances. Tlio present entrances at Nlnth, Tonth, Klevenlb and Twelfth Streets from nank Stroci are retnlncd, but are lo il- wldoned and are to havo posts on oach slde, smaller than thoso at tho maln approach, but s mllar lu rteslgn. The present walks from theso entrances are now so steep as i,. make wnlklng almost dangerous. Thla it Is proposed to remedy by Introduclng several short fllghta of stops^ at tho gteepest parts of tho grade. Tho walk In front of the library build. Jng Is retained, but the grade of thls ls also made easler by tho lntroductlon of steps at varlous polnts so ns i" mnho tlnt walk more nearly levol between the se? ries of steps. ln front '*(" each wfng, subsldlary stalr ways are carrled up from the walks to the archltectural appearance, and at the namo tmi.- glvlng ready access by the Bhortest path io overy entranco of tho building. The main aoadway from the Grace Btreet entrniie^ 'is. itit unchanged, ex? cept that -a tiiore, Impresslve treatment of this entrance ls proposed. Tn p<-ttliirr th.-ir datn for these plans, Messrs. Noland and Baskcrvllle had a nin.-t accurate survej made of tho CapI-< tol Snuare, locatlng overy treo ln It, und tn rir-sip-mr-B i!.,- general scheniQ of Im? provement, have l<ej.t cOnstantly in inind the Importance <.r retainlng lhe old trei _\nd. with tho nrrangement "f walks shown, thla has l>een altained wlth vc j. -,v mlnor exccptlons. TO TBE INSPECTORS iucd from Frlst Page.) tha location whero such business wlll bo conducted. lle shall also execute bond in the Mun of Jl.OOrt, payaMe to Best Granulated PepPound l tn i; loiwns to .\ t rsToMioit. Sold only wllh pound ntirclmsct* ol Green, Black or Ouniiowder Ceylon l'cu. Price 37c Lb, tVyluii Tea is ono of tho llni-st 'IVu. -JTOWii, iukI is untull)' soltl ut OOo oi ??}(. u fiounri. 423 North 6th SL Che HOUSE THOUSAND CANDLES ** Meredith Nlcholson's new novel should be rechrlstencd "Tbe Book of a Thousand Dellghts.' "The very name reelcs wlth enchantment. It savors ol a new Arablan Nlghts' allurement and we dash through the pages, the speed lncreaslng wlth every chapter, held breathless wlth CXclteme.ntJ'^-PM/adaJpkia Item AT ALL BOOKS TORES. THE BOBBS-MERRILL CO., Publlshtrs the Commonwealth of Virginia. nnd con dltloned for tho prompt payment of any Judgment which may be recovered from such llccnso on account of damages or Other clntiiis arislng dlrectlj' or Indlrect ly from nny loan of money or sale Of I wages or uf salary. The bill taxes a llinlt upon the inel ,!, nt.u charges that may bo charged ln olution Introduced by Senator Oamm Patterson, roqulrlng the Senate Commit? tee on Agrlculture, Mlning nnd Manufiio tures to consider tho proprlety of dr.ift ing and reportlng a blll roqiilring tho scienco of forestry to be tnught ut the University of Vlrginla, the Pnlytechnlc School nl Blneksburg, William and Mary Collegc aiul the public freo schools in Vlrginla. The wholesale doHtmctlon of tho maklng of loans, such as oxamlna llons of title. rencwal foes and the nu mcrous othor methods used by the money shark to pllo up charges and mulch the hard luck borrower. Any interest charged l,v thu lendcr in cxce.ss of the legal ral- of Intorcflt, or any fee, flne or charge wliatsoever, whether for hegotlatlng a loan or for comnilsslons. examinatlons, aitorncys' ffes or wny other bonus or addltlonal compensauon other than permltted by the bill. shall bc held an.i taken as pay? ment on tho loan, and upon complalnt and proof of such ovorchargo tho court may. nt Its dlserotlon, revoke lhc !? ii'i<-r'B llcense. An approprlatlon of $35,0<?l for bulld ingR nnd equlpment anfl Improvement of tho Prlson Association of Vlrginla ;U Laurel is asked iu a bill offered in tho S, nato ysterdny by Mr. Ilarman. Of Richmond, and Judge Wlckham. of Hen rno. Tho fund will bo cxpended a? Chapel, assembly room and library, Jio.ono Hospital . ".ooo Offlcers' iiuarters and hnkery. 5.000 Dormltory i'or youngost boys. 8,000 Steam heatlng plant. 5,000 Ad'dltlon to liot-houao plant and goneral repairs . 1.500 Equlpment for Lloyd department ] and printing offlce...'.. 1.500 | In another bill, offered by Judgo Wick liam aiul Mr. Ilarman, tho oomiionsntlon to the association nnd of tho public treas. ury for tho niaintennnco nf the InntatcK of tho reformatory Is Increased from twi-nty-l'ivc cents per day to forty cont? per day. A genernl law authortzlng tho borrowUig of money nnd Issulng ot bonds therefor by ihe towns of the Commonwealth wns proposed ln Ihe Senato yesterday lu a blll offered by Mr. Holt, of Newport News. Under the act It is provldQd thal for auy ono or moro of the. following pur? poses io provlde a dultnble equlptiiuiii against flre, eroctlng or Improvlng H,chooI buildings, grndlng, pavlng, rapavlng, curl> lug or othorwlso linprovlng any ono* or moro nt ihe streets, uveuuca or ajlcysi or wldoning exlstlng ones ln such lojvp or of loc-atlng, IhstltiuIiiK nnd innlntqlu Ipg Hcwors and culverts ln and along uny part - thereof -should -tho voters of uio town mny olool tiu- town wlll ba author l'/.cd aud empowored I.rrov, mqmiy In such tuiii or Burns, not exceedlng .ln Ihe aggreknte olghtomi pei t-eiitiim of the as.-ess.-d valuatlon 61 Ho rwtl i-slale lu Ua- tawii subject lo tiixnilou, and 1" Issi.n lionds ih.-r.-for, providod ihui such i><>.,.i . Illlll ; -,1 lic sold al ll ?? M..Ol lln-iF pui yuluo .iiai.beai intoreui at ,i ?.>t? - noi ?. \ nwiiiiK ilx i" i. contuin pci annum, ani shall be<:omo du?i and payable witbit Udriy-iiv yenro from iho dati of 's&uc, I ' W llloic lllipoll./|.' ibjl l tl | 1 .' im called io tho attentlon ol .u - lione'r.i Aseombly of Vlrfllnlu ilian tln, Sofial'c ret forests in Virginia for the past twenty years havo been so great na to assuro Ihe I well grounded alarm of all thoughtful people. Tho teachlng of forestry'lias be? como -.n oatabllshed scienoc hardly uny HUbJeet is of greater Importance. An In? vestigation of the recent unnecoBsary dfl structlon of our tlmber wlll astound any one who makes It. Senator Patterson. doubtlcss by Inad vcrtence, omltted tho Miller School, but tho committee can bc rellcd on to cor rect that error. Tln- subject is ono whlch should recclvo tli.- actlvo attentlon or our law-makcrs, ln Ih,. Senato Monday Judge Taven ncr, of Shcnnndoiili, offered ono of tho ir.ost important bllls of tho session. de Blgned to deternilnc onco for all who are tho lcgallzed voters at a spoclal olec? tlon. Conslderablo doubt and uncertalnty bxlst as to who nro entltled to vote. in case of special elections. The iniport anco of plnclng tho mattcr as far aa ppsslbie beyond yontroversy ls apparent. yacancles lu offlce oft must he fllled iu raiiny cases by sp-eial election; countles, dlstricts, cltles and lowns in many cases aro allowed to issue. bonds upon conscnt of the quallfled voters of tho county, dlsr tric-i. city or town, as tiu- case mny be. The valldlty of lo.-nl optlon election may bc lik.-wlse Involved. I'niier the general election law provlded by tlie Constltutlon and laws, only thoso, oxccptlng Confederate soldlers, It will b? remembbrcd, who havo pald thelr, at least six months beforo the election, all State cnpltullon taxes assessed or as? sessable agalnt them durlng ihe throo years next preeeding thnt In whlclt they offer ln vote are entltled to vote. lf a special election should ho called ln tho early part of any year nn for instnnco In tln- month of January to flll a vacancy. or other purpose, lu tiu- nature of thlnga no ono would have paid hls eaUatlon tax slx inonths before, electlon fnr Ihe year procci'lnu He- (l'-itioii. and, thoroforo. under llo- letter nt tho C,onst|tutldi( no person would bo entltled to vote except Corifodcrute soldlers, Under tho constltutlon, section U\, pro Vishni lias Ivi-u mado lhat "the iiinniier i oi coiiductlng aml maklng returns nf electlon, oi deti riiilnlng contustud oloc llQlilj lllld ol' lillniK vnouiii-n-s in olllce. ANNOUNCEMENT. Meoni Produce Company Still in Business. ? ;.".o?,..,.,>!?. ? <.: :,, ,,?. .i,,?r,?ki Mulj. .' l-'i.ruiiiv >.o ihui th? M.,i Proiiuon iitmnj il.. un-.-n ;--.?.-, i,t,. nn, ,o?l i:iKliii-,-mli . SlH-ell lllel I.. m ,! I ?lllli, Hllll'llinc ? ? ??'i- tnadti H'llllOUl I'l' kl|.|W|i-.|gi- Ol lllu nriji. .i'.-i ii snilri ly ultlioui fuuinlAtlan, JOHN D. NOTERVO, Alanager. S, M. CA+QQNI, So-c'v aml Treas. Iii cases not nptipnrontly provlded by tho Constitutlon, sliall bo prescrlbed by law, und lt Is thought thnt under thls seo ltlo.it of tho Constitutlon, urovislon can ho nmdo hy law for nll speclal cloctlons, pnrtlculnrly ns thn Oinstlttitlon In pre scrlblng tho rinnllflcatloiis of election, ap pfles to nlectlons to flll ofllce. Thn blll oftororl provides that nt spe? clal olectlons In counties or dlstrlcts thereof all pnrsons olhorwlso r/unlli.od, flhall bo entltled In caso tho elootlon oc ctira on or nfter Jnnuary Ist nnd beforo the Tuesday aftor tlio flrat Monday ln November, bo entltled to voto who woro entltled to voto on the lnst day of tho precodlng year, nnd thoso who tmdor oxlstlng law wouid bo entltled to vote. ln spoclnl olectlons In cltles and towns, the snmo provlsion is mado. oxcept that tho law relatlng to genornl olectlons shall prevnll tinless the speclal /ilectlon takes placo bofore the date flxed by tho Constitutlon for tlie Juno election. Tlvs hlll whlch wlll attraet tho ntten tlon of tho House to-day Is that offered by Mr. Karly, of Greeno, to authorlxe and ompowor tlie jiulgcR of tbo circult courts to nppolnt tho commissloners of the rovonue for tlw several counties nnd' cltles of the Stnto. Thn measure ls upon Its third rearllng nnd Is a speclnl order for 1 o'clock P. M. The Boads Committee of the House yesterday nfternoon favornbly roported tho blll offered by Mr. Phurchman, of Au gustn, roqulring rnllrond compnnles op nrntlng in Virginia to sell tickets to pas? sengers nt a rate of two cents per mlle. ? Tho blll offered by Mr. Houston, of Hampton, approprintlng $50,000 for tho OHlabllBhment of a school for the colored denf and bllnd of the State. hns been favorably reported from tho House Com? mltteo on Asyluma and Prlsons. JUDGE MANN MOVES AGAINST FAKE CLUBS Introduces Series of Important Amendments to Revenue Laws. Tn tlie Senate yesterday, ns forocaBt a day of two ago, .ludge W. H. Mann, of Nottoway, offered a series of amend ments to the Mann law. so-called, dc signed to include wlthln the scope of that measure tho dlstilleries nnd fake soclal clubs now operatlng In/every section of thc State. Whon seen yesterday Judge Mann polnted out thc swecplng effect of th'; amendments be proposcs. Thc now bill hc declares does not in any way affect tlio .-ale of pure apple cidcr, but In or? der to'prevcnt tho sale of. tlie spurlous artlcle whlch tends to dlmtnish thc sale of the pure article, and really to take tbe place of aleohollo drlnks. the follow. Ing oxceptlon Is mado ln the act: "Ex cepl. pure apple clder wlthout nny ad inlxture whatever, except prcservatives not to exeeed twenty gralns to the gal? lon." Tho Judge sald he had consulted Dr. McGruder, who told hlm thnt twenty gralns ot prcservatives was sufllcient for a gnllon of clder. Tho blll under takes to hring dtsttllerles undor the opor atlon or Ihc "Mann law," that Is, lt pro? vides that In all sections whom the "Mann law" oporates, distlllerles shall procure license to manufacture Just as saloons nre requlred to secure license. Thls provision was made necessary by the actlon of the, dlstilleries, whlch In many parts of the State really tako thn place of saloons, and In referenco to wlileh Judge. Mann stated that he had received a great many letters from many sectlons of the State. In cltles under 10,000 inhabitnnts, nnd ln towns saloons must not* bo noaror than 200 feet to churches and schools. Tho license tax lias in most cases been raised, but not unreasonably, and the word "magiHtorlal" has been Insorted beforo dlstrlcts, In ordor to sottlo quos tlons which liavo occurred a.s to t.io meanlng of the word "district." The' pollco proteetlon oontemplntcd by the new tbill. ls that "pald for by thu publlc," und thoso flvo words constt tutn on.. in* the amendments to thq blll. Tlu- lie-, ns,- to boats- is :restrlcted to slejuiiboais lunning upon, regular hihedule, becauso of t ho abiise of tho former law ln thls rogard. Tln- puiilshinunt for tlio violatlon has been soinowhai Incrotisod, and aftor the flrst (iffniHi-, i.-ond Is requlred, whlch is l'( rlelted hy vlolutlon of thn law. Jall punlHlii.t loi the flrst offuiise ls ln tbo dlHci-ctinu or the Jury, ns in tho present law, Inn I'm- Ihc second nnd silCccodlllB ofleiiHes, lum to bo Infllntod. ?? Thc law lii lefoienco to keeplng opon saliiiniK uml sclllng llquor on Hiindny ls praeili'iilly tho act upruyod..Mnrcli IB, 1!K)?, iixcept tliat ihe Jail pimtilty whlch wuh ? Blrlcken nnl |iy an ninoiHltiient to that m i. is restored; Hectlon l u: iequll08 nll noelsl clubs r.o pniciii-r- JloenfO as requlred hy t-ootlon III. .nnl provides that they shall 1k- **ii iltlcd ti. nll the privlle-j-cs nnd subject tn all ih.- icstricttons, ? conditions aud pcnnltlna Imposed by that section. Juubo Mann iftUl thnt li-p had gone very fnlly Into the evlls Infllotnd on soclety by tho fakn clubBi Ihnt thn present. law ?was an effdrt madn at tho dost scBfllon of tho I/iglBlaturo to break up thosu cluhB without Interforlng wllh the real clubs, against whlch Judgo Mann sald lle had no comptalnt to mnke, but that after trylng In every noncolvnhlc *!Vny nnd talk? lng to a great many people on thn snb Joct wlth a vlow nf dovlfllng some plan by whloh the fakn club could be defltrnyed without any refnrenco to tho real club, he found lt Imposslrblo to devlne any plan oxccpt the ono contalned ln hla blll. ThoBe aro all tho matorlal ehaiigoa mado by the present blll In thn. law nn It stnnds to-day, and theso chang-is would not havo been sought, but thoy n.ppeared to be nflcessnry to preservn the Integrlty of tho *'Mnnn law." Judge Mann sald that he was not dls posed to nsk for any rndlcal measuro; that he thought these lawa should bo tbe cryslallzatlon of public sentlment. and He only ymnted to carry Into effect that sentlment, nnd, that tho purposo of hls blll wns simply to prntect the "Mann law," whlch he belleved - was. favorod by a Inrgn majorlty of tho ?people of thls State, and whlch hnd been productlvo of great good ?lfi tho rural dlstricts of Vlrginla. COUNT, "BHOKE," SELLS HIS WATCH (Continued from Frlst Page.) ard Gould, slster-ln-law of tho Countcss do Castellane, snllod for Kuropo to-day on the steaHer "KjijIUbr "Wniiolm der Grosse. She ls bookod for Parls. Howard Oould accompanled hls wife to tho steamshtp and saw hor comfortably quartered In ,the captaln's cabln, whlch sho wlll occupy durlng the trlp. "My wlfo wlll spend a few weeks In London nnd Pnrls," he sald. "Two weeks from to-day I shall sall on my yacht, the Xlagara, and wlll joln Mrs. Gould on the RIvlera." ln some quarters hsre it Is sald that tho chief purposo of Mrs. Gould's trlp ahroad Is to comntunleatn to Countess do Castellane th? stand thn Oould famlly , ? PLAN J- * or j AlTROACb_S To CAPITO- BUILDING AND I>ir*IWVKMENT ar CAPTTOL GROUNDS \ RICHMOND. VA. I solaso ? nAJKiRvru, Anorr-.*. r-v_,'i_. Qvo-nri or com-_-c bldo, moi-w-A wishes her to take ln her present domes tlc troubles. COUNTESS SUES AS FRENCH WOMAN If She Proves Her Allegations She Can Get Children and Fortune Back. NEW YORK, February 6.?Henry Cochard, of C'oudert Brothers, of'No. 71 Hroadway, an authorlty on French law, has made an cxhausted study of tho French clvll code, and In deflnlng the status of an Amerlcan girl who marrles a French cltlBcn. assorts that she becomes subject to tho laws ot France. Thls brlngs the Countess Castellane entlrely under French law in her dl Searching For It. Some Richmond Citizens Can Tell You Where It's Found. lf you havo any itchlness of tho skln, Irrttatlng Kcsema, Itching Piles; , vYou're looklng for relief, Searching for a curo. Rlchmond poople havo found a cure for Itching skln dlseuses. Thoy toll about lt. ltoad what thls clt? lzen says: Robort McCandllsh, lntnrnal revonuo oftice, doputy colleetor, saA-s: "lt aliould bo of eonslderable valuo "o rosldunts of Ulchmond to know thai thero ls at least ono preparatlon on the market upon whlch they caii absolutely'dopond. Tq all ? annoyed wlth any Itchlness of tho skln, whothor lt be of a mlld' nature, gencrally tornicd a rush, or moro ucuto, known an ecaoina, lt ia worth a great doa| to.kuow that Iloan's Otntmont can so easlly Im proourod at Owona and Mlnor's'. drug store, and that it can hn dopopded uiion to brlng positlvo rollef. 1 unhosltatingly atlvlso Us use.*' For sale by all dealers. Prlco 50' cents. Foster-AJtlburn .Co., Buffalo. Jf. V., sole ngonta'for the Unlted States: Homomber the notnc?Poan's?aml take. no Mibtdltuto. A Special Treat lor Travellers. Can Always Be Found at 703 East Broad Street. fn addition to ihe most complete line of Trunks, Bags and Leather jNo'VcItic-, we are now offcring a Special Drtes Trunk. I'hls new nnd iip-to-dutn trunk Is ennvns covorod, leather bound, center hands, wlth brass trlmmlngn; an excoisior lock, full leather straps. It Is cloth llhcd throughout. Deep top tray, wltli liat box; ulso extra dress tray. Size: 28 30 *32 34 36 Price $4.85 $5.25 $5.60 $6.00 $6.40 H. W. Rountrcc & Bro. Trunk and Bag Co. QOODS DIRECT FROM FACTORY TO CON8UMERS. , pitOVIDBNT MP-E AND TR178T COMPANY. Or Pm?ADE_PHIA. ANJ Namo of the company ln full?THR PRO". IDBNT I.IFK AND TRUKT COMPANV o*r f*HII.ADKI.PltIA. _, . . ? ' **.! I..,.-ni|.in of home or prlnolprtl offlce of ?nld company? IO*) CHESTNt'T STKECT PIIII A DEI.PHIA. PA. :' Oinracter of thn bustnese trnnsocted by the, company?LIPT? INSCltANVK AND TIIUHT. PreSldent-SAMUEL, lt. BHIP-EY. *vr,u n"'***" Hecretary-G. WAI.TER HOHTON. ortranlicl and inroi-porated?MAHl II 32, 1?_. riommnnct-d bualneaa?JUNE. 1&S5. Amounf' of canital stock ..-. %i,W).im oi Number of pollcles and th? amount of Insuranco effected thereby In force, at end of prevlnus year. 90,1% $l?7,t?.37? '? Number of pollcles Issued during ih" year and thn amount of Insur? ance effected th-rohy . S.WB 2l.otn.tto 'O Total. W.m Jl<SS.M,0-u 00 Number of pollcles and the ani?tiiu of Insuranco whlch havo ,,...,...; to be In force durlng the year. ".,*:". tn,in.xn (< Whole number of pollcles In form. and the amount of liabilitles or rlsks thereon al end ot year.61.0*3 S177,7tt.*HJ Ot RECEIPTS. Amount nl premlums received . 17,*n-l.7.'.? li Amount of annultles received. S7.*?7G S*! Ammint of Interest reclved (lntcr?st earned by tho Invnntmvnts whlch make np tho ft.Mn.i?>vn capltal siock ls not Included In Iho report of the Ineome of tho omnany). ;,*.-,1.67A 11 Amount of rents received.{.__*,.?,. ;??*.*.?. .?*?'"'' '-' Amount of all other receipts, vlz.. I'ront rm sales, etc. (net)...^. 1(1,755 31 Total .?. DIBBOlWEMBNTfl. Amount of |ofwe? pald.'. ?*?*f_*__*I 2? Amount of matiirr-d endo-vments p:ild . l,,lj.?r;i ... Amount pa'd annultants ?...i. .5.1?! ?? Amount pald for surrender values .Zl.VftVi Amount ofdlvldends pald to polleyhr,|d?rs........??..????. l*K!'S ": Amount pald for expenses (Includlng tuxe* 1119 M2.13) . I,Jtt,JTO 31 Amount of all other dlsburaoments. vU.: Installment ccrtlflcatc/i .... :i2.i7.J 38 Total . t ASaETH. Bonds and stocks fmarket valuel .iux.y-f. ... Real estate. unenenmbored (market valuei.. .HS-iJKf! Doans secure,! by flrst mortgago on r<al tetatu. I3.M,, 1II .... Ca_h In banks. trust eompanles and company j offlce . SMJZ ?* T/oans on company*? pollclee. aaslgned as cdloleral . ?,73?.7M ?> Ujana^^-^^r.ple-w'of stocks'aml bon?. *-KH? ? Interest du>' nnd aooniol . ,[?."'? Rents due and acerued.'. ,J*-'-_- * tfncoltccted and deferred promluma .XS.JW **: farrlM out at market value?TotaJ. tiJ.?"-.",!? ? LtABtLrni'f-. Amount of losses unpald .?-.I ?*?5 : Amount of matured enrimvrnents unpald. ?,?0t? Amount due for annultles .???????ii'l"?i'21 <..Uii. ? Amount of llablllty on pollcl"*. etc, ln force 3tst December. 19-lS. on basls of t ulM per cent.?comblne,l experience for business be? fore Januar>* I wO^ an'1 Amerlcan for buslne.-s after January l, 1?0. mortallty table .-. '. _,?m.-M M Amount of other llobllltlea .,.j_'".^ " Total.?_____i1i!_ Surplus aj to pollcyholdeni. I'.-fK.'*--- r?l BL'SINESS IN VIRGINIA DURING 1905. i Xo. Amount. Number and amount of pollcb-s ln force December .tl, 19*-t.. lOS Pjl; ,M <N Number and amount of poUclo. Iwued duiinif thc year tVF> .JT. J^^?'? TotTl . 1SX ?3ll.*vl 0.1 Deduct number andi amount whlch have ceaswl to be In force durlng l*-).",.... Jl 51.800,00 Totat nurober and amount. of nollclea In forco at end of year 13-K.._1?7 t-ti. IU f" Amount of losses nnd elalms on pollcles IneurrM durlng tho year 150S._2 JW|l_M Amount of losses and elalms on pollcles p-*JM during the year 19?.-__2 M-0-*1 "j &! dlvidend-.. cmm.sslonsor other ?.?_? .^..y. ^g.^.^j^gjjM! U (SIgned) ''? W. HORTO.V. .-?ecretary. State of Pcnn-o Ivanla. clty of Philadelphla?js: ??"-'" u '?""?" Sworn to Jnnuary 24. l>-5. beforo SA5IUBL R. ItEKl), Notary Publ e. vorce sult. In the eyes of the court aho ls a Frenchwoman. > According to Mr. Cochard, tho French law recognlzes several grounds for di vorce. Fnfalthfulncss with marrlage vowb ls the gravost. Next comes vlo ience. cruelty or gross insult. A BC-ntene Imposlng degradlng punishment also ls x cause for dlvorco. "Whon a dlvorco is to be begun." -Mr. Cochard explains in hls codltlcatlon of tho French dlvorce laws, "tho nggrieved party must present in person a petitlon in the Prosldlng Justlce nf the court In Paris. After the papers nro endorsed the Judge tolls a shorlff to serve neces? sary cltatlons. On tho day bo slts for hearlng the case tho Judgo must try to bring about a reconciliation. and if no reconclllatlon can be arrangcd, then the Judgo authorlzes tho suit to go to court. "If ho wlshcs, the judgo may grnnt leave to make the cltatlons, authorlzc the plalntlff to resido separately?Indi cating, if it is tho wife, tho place of tomporary resldence. The Judgo further has the power to grant another order as to resldence, and can direet pro vlslonal custody of children, dellvery of personal effects and allmony. "These orders, however, are .subject to appeal and the court can change the orders, but a judgo always _ has ' th* right to issue hny order ln a dlvorco sult ln hls chambors. ln tho caso of Countess Castellane thls would mean long litlgation, as the Count and hls wlfo both tan use overy legal qulbble." Ono thlng that mny make trouble ln the Castellane sult ls the provlslon in law that a wife must llvo ln a houso selccted by the Judge. and lf sho does not her case may be throwrr out of C?Common property held by a husband and a wife must be soalcd by a court ord'or. tho person havlng custody ot the nrotierty at the tlmo a dlvrorce sult s begun bemg tho Judlclal custodian of ho property. Thus tho Countess de Castellane would hold hor own property safo from tho Count. Only These Can Be Present. ?U ati Investigation of a dlvorco sult rolatlvos (oxcopt docendants), or ser? vants can tostlfy as wltnessos At ho t.l 1 whlch follows an Investigation tho doorsarn'closed. Only a public prosc nnmr tho nartles to a sult. three friends u 1 i!ouusfll ca? bo present lf a.Frenoh papor reports tho trlal the publishe.rs nro Hablc to heavy llnos. "lf vlolonco. cruelty or gross insult s niioirod" Mr. Cochard adds ln hls codl ncutlon, *'a Judge may not grant a milck dlvorco. but he can authorlze n wfe to ibq.VO.hor husband and she noed not bo compellcd to rucetve hlm lf sho "looscs to do so, and tho Judge can araer lhc husband to pay proper uli moiiv lf tho wlfo has not HUltlcl^nv means W provlde for horsolf. jn thls kind nf applleatlon for dlvorco after a ooudIo havo llvod apart for a year they rnn thon appoar before a proper Trl bunal lir hlghor court. and get h tlpul decree dlvorelng them." As to Children. . A ootul ihttt%"m?,y mean irouble for the Countess Castellane comea from th? fnct that under French ln\v the pro visional custody of tha chlldren shall Ibolong to tho husband whether hc Is plaintiff or defendant unleSB lhc court makes a differcnt onlcr at tho request of the mother. or of the famlly. or the public proseeutor for the greater :.?'? vantage of tho chlldron. A husband ugalnsl whom' a dlvorce has heen decreed, however, loses uli tho ad>?ntages ihe wlfo had granted elther by marrlago contract or other wlse. After n flnal decree chlldren go to the wife if sho Is stiing unless it seems wlser to glve them to the care of a thlrd person. Under Fretich law chlldren can not bo deprived of any advantagc which has bocn accriicd lo them (by law or by the gifts of parencs. If a seperut'.on has bcen mutuaUy agreed upon, however, tho French law makes It simply a question of dlvislon of property. A separatlon of husbiind and wlfo always brlngs wlth It cntlro separatlon of property.- If n rontested dlvorco goos against a husband. n? can not legally marry again. A wlf? can.' If a decreo or judgment is found II must be trnnscrlbed on tho reglstora of clvll status of tho placo whoro the marrlago was celejhrnted. If the mar? rlago was cclcbratcd out ot Franco, tha record of ' dlvorce must bo placed on the reglstora whoro tho husband an<l wlfo last llved. Under these polnts whlch Mr. Coch? ard has codlflod, and whlch covor all tho French laws, tho Countess de Cas tellafio, lf sho can tyovo hor allega tlons against her husband wlll galn all of her prlvato fortuno, except tho suni settled on her husband by mnrrlag* scttloment and wlll have tho custody of hor children, and wlll (be fully as pro tccted ns under Amerlcan law. Fredcrlc R. Coudcrt would -not ex? press any oplnion upon Countess Bonl do CastoIIano's sult, as hls flrm has been oonsultcd In tho matter, but simply gavo The "World tho law ns a member of hls flrm codifles It. whlch not only dcflnes the logal standing of tho Coun? tcss, but also effects tho logal rights ln sluiiliii- matters of any other America r> girl wedded to a Frenchnian. So far as tltles go, nothlng under thfl French dlvorce law touches them, Franco is a Rcpubllc. There aro nc tltles of nobllity In Franco in the oyefl of the law, except. tltles; lioru.o by .cour tesy. . . Personals and Briefs. Mr. Alonza A. Glonn, of South Plne Stroot, hns left tho clty for Kayford, Wost Vlrginla, whoro ho is oxpected to cngago lu business. Mrs. \V. T. RobcrtHon, who is bcing troatod by Dr.',A. 13. Turman, Is cou llned to her homo ou South Plne Stroot wlth an attack of grlp. !VfIsIk Mlttlo Htark, of 71? South Piiis Street, and Mr. Joseph'' Oonahoo, of ',"-'0 South Plne Stroot, ? loft the clty. Mon? day iove, at slx o'clock for Bsltlmors, wlioro' thoy' wlll be married. IMPORTED BEER ON DRAUQ.HT , AT RUBffift'fc K