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ILL flPPEAL FOR L Scvor.'il tlcarlngs Before Joint iVteetitig of thc Committces. On Finaiicc. PRESERVE THE BATTLE FLAGS Liill of .Mr. J.-iiiiings On llic Sttb jcct?Aprff-opriatidii liills Fprthcoinhig A Jolnt moetlri'g of the House mi.J .s'en ute Commlttccfl on Klimn.-o was Held iu tlie hnll nf the House last nlght, aud vnrl. ou* bllls Hceking approprlatlons wero dl.i OUBJIOd. Tii<-<- mciiBiirca under conatderWtlon wcru to approprlato money f..r tlie feeble. mlnd'-d chlldren of tho State, for the Stato I'eirinlo Normal School, nt Farm ville. un.I for the Vlr8inln .Vortiwil nnd liidiislii.il Iii.xlitute, at Pet.-rsburg. They were nll Bfrobgly ndvocateif; but no iinal actlon wiih taken upon any of them. The bill npproprlntlng $10,000 for tho fcehlc-iiilndcd chlldren of Virginia wan rend hy Mr. Mnssie nnd wns advocited llral iiy Mr... BtSrton, tli? Ht.-it" recrotary ot Un- King's I'.uiL'lit.-iw. >irs. K. C, Minor followed and made a strong speech for thc bill. Her npperfl was a touching ..1.. nnd waa loudly applnuded. Mr. Mns .*-;.? made ;t Btronjl appeal for tho 1,111 inn] presented stntlstlcB to show tho ii."-:- i'. !? , inge. He eontended that Vlrglnln waa f:ir behlnd ln th- mat? ter of taklng care of foeblo-mlnde*l chil? dren, and that tlie Htnte should not fail lo take tlie matter up nnd aet upon il fiivV.ruhiy nt oiie->. Mra, liurton spoke agaln nnd . wna nsk.'.l n ui-.'ut mnny ffUei*itlonB hy rnembers of tl.rnmitti". BH3 brdtlghl out clenr ly tlth'l sho dld not dCBlro the fitntc to support th- Inatitutlona now establlshed, but slinplv to board Ihe war.la In them. When thc ladles had cohcluded thelr remnrka the hlll rebvtlng to ihe State Femalf- Normal School. nt H.*irmvill?\ wns taki li up ? '? ? '!? The blll seekH to approprlato (110,000 for Imprdvementa nnd HO.OOd ndditional aniwlty. Judge Willir.rn Hodgea Jlann v.as the i: .' spenkcr. He ulrongly advocated the blll. though he occupied the floor but 2 H> n. Robert Turnbiill. rman of ihe Board made a stirrlng ap of Hrunawick. clialri of Dlrector*. and he 1 peal for tl 1 rai nsure, Need Better Teachers. Mr. Turnbull, who for twelve years 1 ? been connected wlth tbe srhcot. de elared hls bclfef that the trouble wlth tn.> publlc educatl n Byatem in virginia. ., 1 that I ?-..'!. achcrs waa iv>t hlgh enough. and th-.s those best able to ?ruppi rt tiio echools negleeted them. He. made an earaeal npp?*' fl,r ihe bill, nnd waa followed by Profcsaor J- L. Jar man. president of tlie liwtitution. Prbfossrtr J.'-.rnian's appeal wns an elO quenl and tlmely obc, aml It was sup . ;.. -. i. 1 '. ferc-e and Of the blll by Judge ' in- g, 1- MK ..;:. o'_ Richmond Col? lege " pre*ent?d to the commlttee the re Dort of r ? Virginia Normal and Induar [.,.,-> ,'.......-. .. ;-. . i-i.un,-. nnd ndvcK cated the ajiproprlatlon asked by that school. The items nro as follows: Annual approprlatlons .??.ftM New fnrm . ;?'"" Industrlal bulldfrlg . W New dnniiltory. 15*000 $49 500 \t the end of tlie hearlrig the com mUtce r.-se without taklng any final ac Tho bill of Hon. Tipton X>. Jennlngs ns to the dlspoaltlon of the slxty-flve Confederate battleflaga, which were re idrned by the War Department to tbe Oovernor of Virginia lnst year, is nre ,.-,, .; aa the reault <>f a conference last cbtober In Peterabufg dUrfhg tho ?esslon of the Grand Camp of Virginia and Gov? ernor Mdntague; Delegate Jennings, of the Grand Camp Commlttee, pronoses ln hls blll. that a committee conslstlng or Ihe Governor, Lleutenant-Goveraor, ad jutant-genoral. Inspector-general ol the Grand Cnmp and speaker ot the House Bh-.u deternilne how these old tnUered ri lgB Bhall be presen-ed and where they shall bo placed, ahd recommends that thev shall 1/a exposcd to lublic vlew in tho rotunda ot the Capitol in an enchwtire of wood and glaa>. A few Df the flag" have their staffs stlll to tl-em but nearly nll are badly used up. itnf1 [j is propoae'd ln hand such around ,? the glass case. with tho names of the rcglmepta they represent. plalnly ln dlcated on a card attached to encli. "other BUggestloiiS ns to the place for the keeplng of the flaRS. besides that named 1" thc blll have been made, ylt..: ?j'he Confederate M.useum. the Stnto Llbrary und the agrlcultural nnd mining e'xhil.*lt room! The objectlon to the first ls' lt is i-omparatively r'emote from the publlc and agaln the old soldler would have to pay twenty-flvo cents to see hls . nag unless lie happens to strike oh" a b'atiirduy. Xn thewSlate-llbrary there :ist no room for ih.e i'lag?. and it .Is too, much out .of tlie way. In' the agricul rurai department, tlie Inapproprlatenesj-of | the locittion is too ovident. But belng | jlaccd ln two oppoBlte . unglca of.. tho j rotiinda, the cnses,' protocted hy a nlco I Every woman knows that a p'olished table collects so much dust in a day that she can write her name on it. The same thing happens to a soda cracker exposed to the air ?sufficient reason for buying Uneeda Biscuit the only soda cracker. Perfectly pro tected in a dust tight, moisture proof package. "i NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY 5 ralltng, they are easlly ueeesslble every day ln the year to vctorans und young people, nnd wlll he appropriately aur roundcd by the statues nnd portraits of ?loble soldlers and Htatcsmen of Virglnia v.ho have ulso flourlshcd In the past. An npproprlation of $40u is nsked for. lt la probnldo tlie Btnallost request that wlll come before tho Flnnnee Committee, nnd will doubtless be grnnted. Chairmen Bowmun nnd Wlckham, nf the House nnd Senate Finnnoo I'oirimlt tees, held a conference yesteniuy wltli I reference to prepurlng tlie rc-gular appro? priation bills, and they lixed upon a dellnlte llne of action. The lnst appropriation bill will be taken as a basls for the work. nnd n copy of thls will be offered In the House by Colonel Uowman to-day. Thls wlll We at onee referred to the Finance Commit? tee, and hearlnga wlll be held from dny to day with a view to perfeetlng the measure ns It wlll bo later reported to the two branches. Colonel Uowman hopes to be able to report the bill to the House wlthln ten days, and then, after passfng that body, It wlll go to thc Senate. Whllo it ls imposslble at thls time to eatlmate, it Is almost eertain thnt the bill wlll carry much more than the usual nppro printiou. The House Commlttee for Courts'of Justlce yesterday afternoon reported. in favor of ereating three new clrcults In tho State. ' AVhile lt haa not been dcflnitoly settlec) exactly what countleH wlll bc embrnced In theni* it Is understood that one wlll be In tbe Southwest; Another iu the Val? ley, and the third In Northern Virglnia. Hocklngham will be in tlie new- Valley cirrult. nlong with other terrltory, and perhaps Fatiquler nnd Loudt/UU in -tho one pro|Xtse<l for the nortliern eeetion. lt is proposed that the new Southwest .elrcuit shall embrace Itusaell and other <*ountles. and that Hou. AVHUa.ro E, Burns shall be the judge. The Senate Commit? tee for Courts-had tlie matter up, but passed it by. hon. Hurry C. Glenn will offer in the House to-day a bill empowerlng the State Bonrd of Health to prcpare regu Intloiis geyetning the ganltntlon of publlc brlldings, railway coaclics and sleeping tnn In Vilginla. The bill further provicles for puulsh ment for nny vlolation of the act or fall tiro to observo the rules laid down . by tlie board. About twenty petltlons, representing the sentlment of several thouimnd Vir? glnia people* were offered In tho Senate yesterday, calling for the ennetment of the amendinents to the Mann law pro? posed Tuesday by the Nottowny senntor. Tlie petltlons fell upon the Senato ln a veritable Ilood, and still more are to como from every section of tho State. Each petition asks the "Legislature of Virginin to enaet the followlng prlnclples Into law": 1. To brlng dlstljlerles under the opera? tlon of the Mann law. '-'. To reciulre all social clubs to take out a retnil llquor license, and to be subject to nll the restrlctlons of retail llciuor dealers. 3. To roqulre all saloons to close not later than lo P. M. and to open not tarller~than C A. M, 4. To prohiblt the sale of so-called elders. or simllar mlxtures, wltbuut llquor llccncc. .?. 5. To lncrease tho penalties for vlola? tion of the liquor laws. 0. To make the possossion of a Unlted States tax recelpt for the sale of ardent splrlts prlma facie evidence of the sale of sald splrlts by such person. Among the senators who offered these petltions yesterday were the followlng: Senators Shands, H. T. Wlckham, Phle? gar, Nocl, Qunter, Harman, Anderson, Chapman, Dlcker'son, Shackelford;' Ashby Wlckham, Kern, Sadler, TavennerrRlson: Hohbs and St. Clalr. - ., .. Supervislon ..over .tho State educatlonal instltutlons through a general board slmi lar to that wlilch now controls -the,State hospltals ls provldod Ina bill offered ln tho Senato yesterday by Mr. Fulton, of THETERROR OFWNTER1 Rheumatism is usually worse in Winter because of the cold and damp liess and other changed conditioiis of the climate. The occftsibnal twinges of the disease that are felt during the warmer weather are changed to pierc ing pains, the muscles beconie inflamed and swollen, the nerves get soreand excited, the bones ache, and Rheumatism, the terror of winter, takes posses sion of the system. Then the sufferer turns to the liniment bottle, the woolen clothes, the favorite plaster or some home remedy, in an effort to get relief. But Rheumatism is not a trouble that can be rubbed away or drawn out with a plaster; these things relieve the pain andreduce the inflammation, but do not reach the real catise of the trouble, and at the next exposure an? other attack couies on. Rheumatism is caused by a sour, acid condition of the blood. The reftise matter and bbdily ifupurities which should be carried off through the channels of nature have beett left in tho systein because of indigestion, weak Kidneys, torpid Liverand a general sluggish condition of the system. These impurities sour and form urie acid, which is absorbed by the blood aud distribnted to the diiferent muscles, joints, nerves and bones, causing the painfttl symptonis of Rheumatism. S. S. S. goes to the root of the trouble and cures Rheumatism by cleansing the blood. It neutralizes the acids and filters them out of the circulation and sends a stream of pure, rich blood to all parts of the body. Then the paius cease, the inflammation subsides, the nefveS are quieted, every symptom of the disease passes away, and the cure is permanent. S. S. S. 33 purely vegetable and does not injure the system as do tbose medicines con taining Potash and othei*minerals. Book on Rheumatism and medical advice without charge. y^? sWtFT SPECtF/G CO.0 ATIANTA, GA* PURELY VEGETABLE. Warren, and referred to the Commlttee on Publlc Instltutions and Educatlon. I.'nder this uct thero wlll bc a special board of visitors or truBtees each for the University of Virginia, the Virginia Mlll tary Institute, thc Virginia Polytechnic InHtltute. the State Female Normul School nt Farmville, the School for tho Deiif nnd Bllnd. the College of William and Mnry, and all other "State Bchools. or eolleges,- or instltutions, or unlveraltirs, hereaftor-establli-hed, whlch speclal bonrtl will conalst ot tho numbPr of rnrmbcrs now provided by law, who wlll be ap? pointed by the Governor. subjcet to con ilrmatlon by the Senate. Thls speclal board wlll have the ruanagcment of tlie school, college,- Instltutlon, university for which It ls appointed, under the super vislon and control of the proposed general board of vlsitors or"trusteeai Tho tcrm.i of the trustees or board of vlsitors wlll be for such term as ls now provldod by_ law, ana whenever the term of any vlsl tor or trusteo expiresor a vachncy oc curs, hls succcssor will bo appointed by the Governor, subject to connrmntlon by the Senate. The proposed general. board of vlsitors for the control and management of all of these Instltutions wlll conslst of one of each of the bonrds of trustecs or boards of vlsitors appointed members of the several speclal boardB. The general' board wlll be subject to such regulatlons nnd rooulrements as the State Board -of EducHtlon and the General AHtwmbly may from tlme to time prescr^he, and wlll "hnve general supervlsion over all the Instltutions and a Ronernl supervislne; power and control over the speclal boards of visitors or trustees, and the officers and employes of the sehools and colteges. It will be the duty of the general board of vlsitors to annually examino. and nudll the accounts of each of tbe Instltutions, an.l provlde ns far na posslble for a unl forin management of each. and to make u report to the State Board of Education as to the' recelpts and disbursements oT each. wlth such recommendations hs the general berartl of vlsitors may deem best for tho management and control of the schools. lt will further be tlie. duty of the Board of Educatlon, through the Su? pcrlntendent of Publlc Instruction, to transmlt t-hl3 report to the- Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia. Th* general board of viflltors wlll have the right to einploy competent nudltors to annually examino thc books and accounts of the collegoB. schools, unlverslties. The general board will "bo charged.jylth. tho duty of seelng that all the moneys appropriated are properly cllsbursed,. aiid. will cnuse to be establlshed and inalb talned ln each of tho sohools a uniform system of keeping the records and tha accounts of money recelved and dis? bursed, and of making the reports thereof, and will perform such other duties as may be prescribed by tho State Board of Educatlon and by law. The expenses of, the general bonrd and auditors will be pald equally out of the funds appro? priated to tho several Instltutions. . The general bonrd will annually make a re? port as to the approprlations whlch,. -Ih their Judgment, Is needed by each of the schools to properly maintaln and sup? port the samet staling spectdcally for what purpose sald funds should be appro? priated. TO DISCl - -..ITS BLD CH1BTEH (Contlnued from First Pagc;) ??"' , most interested In thls vltnl nrtery be? tween the North and tho South. Thpa-i HncB are the .Ponnesylvania, the Cheaa peako and Ohlo, the Southern; the Sea? board Alr Line, tho Atlantlc Coast- Line and tlio Baltlmore and Ohlo. It wlll be seon from i.ds that the Pennsylvanla, ltsolf ctfntrols of its own right at tho pre_sent tlme only. one-alxth of the ono-, third of the total outstandlng Issues'.-bt tho Rfclihiond, Frederlcksburg and Po? tomac; - But the tnfluenco of tho Penn sylvania.' wlth the Baltlmore and . Ohlo and Chosapeake and Ohlo gives lt a po sltion of great Importance ln tho pollcy nnd management of tho Richmond and Washington Une. Wlth the consolldn tlon of the two branohes\into ono lt ls. held that this pfeponderance' of. tho ln fluence of - Penneeylvanla would,. for sev? eral reasqns whlch are stated, bo .very largety 'Jjicreased.' ;; Antiquated Charter. When seen yesterday, Judge AV. .T.' Le'akoi president of both tho Itichinoml, Frederlcksburg and ? Potomac and. ? tho Washington and Southern. explalned the bbjocta ot tho three bllls In detall. The Richmond, Frederlcksburg nnd Potomac, he polnted out, is' operating under -,a charter granted in 1884. When the State tho\ight It wlso to encourage such enter prises by granting it certain prlvlleges. Ono ot those prlvlleges was exemptlon from trixatlon. Another was the.right to chargo certain transportatlon rateB whlch would. now bo rcgarded ns enbr moiis. ThiB latter right, ln tho faco of modern compotltlon, nnd tho laws of: trade, is absolutely valueless. The trans? portatlon ratcs of tho road aro very low. But while, iinder tho charter, the road see.ured' certain prlvlleges then- valuablp, lt was subjected to a number of restrlc tlons whlch, ln tho prosont dny, would bo rouarded as qulte remarUnble. For liistaiicc, tho tralns mlght bo requlred to stop nt every point whero a proBpoctivo paBBongor nilglit destre to get on, wher ev.or lt mlght hn, Furthftrmore, It was in that day when mioh .traTflu was lu its infancy, -iiiuiiiroiitly, ebneoive'd that n railway would correspond wlth a publln hlgh way, nnd, atranKO as it mny sotitul, to-day thoro nre, ln 1'not, In tho old charter, provlslpnu touchlng tho .rights of elllzens, nftor nmklnB Sllltitblo conipotisit tlon, td run their prlvate (rnlns over thn trncks, much tis a nm n trotihi gu acrdsft a tolt-brldge ln n buggy, other restrlc* tlofis arn moro lmportant nn to iho cnso In point. Under thn nhartcr, tho rond cnn httvn no vleo-presldeni. The nunilicr of dlrcctors ls prescrlhed and the cnplltil SfOck ls llm'lted, Growing buslnesa nnd modorn clemttnds compelled Komn chiinge. The Stnte, II wiih held hy llm courts, could not repcnj the chnrter, nnd tho company contlnued untll tlie present dny to poy no tuxcs. Itut the compnny ls Willlng to forogo this prlvllege now. Tho Present law would permil nmenclmcnls to thc charter, btit there wnn some questlon us to v.lietlior tho compnny, by Obtalnmg theso amend? ments, would not rellnqtilsh iim prlvlleges nnd atlll bo burdened wltli tho antlquiltod rcstrletlona and djsribllltlos. It wns deomed wlsest to surrender the entlre old charter and get a new chnrter under the statutes of to-dny, nnd <T\in Is whnt. tlie bills, lf cnnetcd, wlll nllow. The rond wlll secure a mndorn charter from the Corporntlon Commlsslon nnd will thnn be on a plnnn wltli thc nther rull ronds operatlng ln Vlrglnln. The Slute tuxes It wlll pay wlll nmount to nbout $25,000. The corporatlon nnd county tnxes wlll Increoso thls amount to nenrly $50,000. Concernlng the morgcr. iio ilcflnttfe ptep has yet been taken. but It wlll in nll likc llhood oeeur. Thc bill simply mnkes thn mergcr possible, If It shiili bo deslred at some future tlme. The Washington nnd Southern I.lnn ls thirty mlles long, forni Ing the northern extension of tho Rlch? mond and Washington Into Washington. It hns recenliy been absoultety recon structed at a great expense. The rond bhs now' nn Indebledness in stocks nnd bonds of nbout $7,000,000. I'nlil the re construction is thoroughly complete, tlie earnlfig enpnclty In Its new condltlon dctermined and other csscntlal detnlls ascertalned, lt would be Imposalblo to reach a basis for a merger. The Proposed Changes. ln dlsousslng the proposed changes. Judge Leako, of course, conlined hlm? self to nn explanatlon nf tlie three bills themselves. One of these amends the "act concernlng eorponitions." which bo camo a law wlthout the* Oovernor's slg nature May 21, 1003. and nnother reeites thls proposed amendment in a separate u'ct under thls new law. Any rallroad corporation exlstlng at Iho tiino of tho passage of the net or tiiereaftor organlzed under any chnrter heretoforo granted by the General Assem? bly o.' tho Stato of Virglnia may stir ltnder its entl're charter and effect nnd r.ecept a now charter under the geneTil laws of the State and thereby obtaln as its tew charter all prlvlleges, powers ot au fority not Inconslstent with tlie general laWs 'of this State, whlch mlght be ob tulnea^Tid enjoyed hy nny rallroad com? pany organlzed under the provisions of nn act concernlng corroTatlons which became a la won May Twenty-flrst. nine tcen hundred and three. or nny amend r.-.ents thereto; provided, that nny such corporatlon whlch shall hereafter so sur render Ita entlre charter and accopt a new charter hereundnr shall l.-o conclu slvely presuraed to have thereby sur render Its entlre charter and accept a new charter hercunder shall be eonclu slvely presumed to have thereby sur iQndered every oxemption from taxntlon nnd overy nou-repealable feature of its charter nnd of the amendments thereof, and also all exclusive rights or prlvlleges 'heretoforo granted to it by the General Assembly and not enjoyed by other cor porntions of a slmtlar. chnracter, and to have thereby agreed to thereafter hold Its charter and {rapchlses and nll amendments thereof, under tho provi? sions and subject to all the requlro ments, terms and condltions nf the Con slituticn of Virglnia, and ot any laws passed ln pursuance Uioreof, so far as LIVINQ FIGURES IN THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE METRO - POLITAN LIFE. Tho yearly compiiatlon of sthtistics piibllshed by the Metropolitan l.ife In? surance Company Is never dry reading. A summary of tliat Ocmpany's buslness for the year 11)05, just issued, tabulatcs itstAtinding flgures ln the conclse nianner npproved by aecountants, and followlnt; the cuslom'of former years, suppiements tiiem with a clear nnd lucld analysls for the benefit of people who nro not ae? countants. Few persons nre sufflciently famlliar with grent financlnl operatlons to grnsp Immcdiately the full signlficanee of a bnlance sheet ln whlch totals and grand totals are expressed ln hundreds of mll llons. but the purpose of a Llfo Insurance st(itement ts doilbtless to inform and en llghten Its multitude of pollcy-holders, and thls purpose the Metropolitan man a'gement nceomplishcs with slgnal suc eess. Followlng closely upon a perlnd of agitntion In the life Insurance field such a statement Is tlmely and specially In? tereatlng. Tlie Metropolitan calls attentlon to the fnct tliat the number of Its pollcy-holders fnow tnereased to more than elght nnd n half mlllion') equals the comblned popu? latlon. of our eiglu largest cities. In other words. If tlio Compnny's polieles .noiy^ln,force, .were all plnced in New Tork. Chlcago, Phlladelphla, Boston, St. Lo.uls, Clevoland, Cinclnnatl nnd Milwau kee, every man, wnmnn nnd chlld in theso communitles would possess one. Men now llvlng renieinber when tjie whole Unlted States could hnrdly hnve supplled ao vnst n number of Insiirablo persons. Even at thl.x day there are twenty-four States nnd'Territorles whose. comblned population does not oqual the nuntfier of people carrylng Insurance ln thls ono great compnny. , Nlnetoen. thousand fiersona were in the Company's servlce at the ond of 1905. If- ono ndult bread-wlnner representB flve Indlviduals ln the total pOpulnllon, nenrly a hundred tliousand persons draw sub slstence from this Instltutlon?not In In? surance beneflts, Imt ln' dlrect pnyment for Servlce. to the Company, Thls army of nlnbteeh thnusand em ployees evldently Includos no drones. Durlng the yenr just closed It handlod a dally averago of one nnd a half mlllion dollars In new buslness nlone. Tho Com? pany Issued nn tlie nverago nenrly seven thousand how polieles every buslness day durlng tho same twelve months. . ,A.slngle Itom whloh illustrates graphlc nlly the real meantng nnd purpose-"of nll thls trcmedous tbuslnesS ls that relatlng to Insurance elulms pnld durlng tho yenr. Theso amountod to moro than Jln.000,000. Tiils means tliat somo ono received from tlife Metropolitan l.lfn In beneflts one hundred nnd slx dollara every mlnute of every buslness day of elght hours throughout the year. Agaln, the uneertninty ol' life nnd health, and the unlvorsal need of life In? surance are most improsslvoly enipha Slicd ln tho stateniept that 15,148 polieles pald wlthln the year M05 hnd been ln fnfoo less than twelve months; and thnt 4,35(1 of theso polieles were pald ln less thnn three niotiths from tho tlmo they were Issued. Tho Metropolllaii Llfo began tlie yenr 1906 wltli assets of moro. than one hun? dred and fifty mlllion dollars, Hhowlng nn lncrease of more thun twenty-three mll? lion dollars over ihe preceding twelve months. Thn Conipiiny directs iiurtlciilar allen tlon to tho fact thut il does not Issue Tontlno, or "defenv.l illvldeiicl" polieles, nor imy form of contruot whloh fallp to apeelfy In exucl torius whnt the limureil Is to pny ln preiiiluiiiH anil what hc. ls to reeelve ln lieneflts. 'I'hal the slnipliclly of Its eontruol-iigreenionts is a popular fentui-e wlll nol he questlohcd ln tho Mght of facts uKiovo notcd. Ihe same may l.e nppttflrtt-ln lo stieli mr pdratloti, Cannot Parallcl Road. Buch eniii-e Bttrrender of tho old .har tor nmI the nccoptanco of tlio new ehnr tor, wln ii iiuthomctl hy n voto "f two* 'iiiid'. Ht the Btoc'khdfdnra pVesenl <>r rop resonted, nnd vot Ing, ut n meetlng (whlch I'.v.i-tlilrils shall nmoiinl to nl least n irnjority of the capltal Btock of the cor? poration) mny. h.- nppllctl for by Wrltlng conformlng aa nenr aa may bo to tha form of the artlclea <>r qasoelhtlbn pre ncrlbed lindcr ROCtloh <l| ono >>( chaptor two of tho sald "acl epnccrhlng loipnfii' iions" whir-ii hecame n. law on May twenty-flr.it, nlnetcen hundred and three. and nny nmendmontB theroto, sigrio,i in tlie iiatne of th" corporation by ItB presi? dent. or by one of Its vlr.c prcaldonts, under Its corpdrate senl, ntteatod hy Ita aecrotary, and ucknowlodgod by tlie ofllcers Kigning ihe sninn before nny person atlthorlzed by tho law of this State to tnko. nc-: knowledgmontB of deeds, nnd when so slgncd and aoknowlodged the Bnld wrlt? lng", togethcr with the recelpts for tho paymont of nny fen to the Stnte that may be Imposed thereon by law, may ho presented to the Stato corporation com? mlsslon, whlch sluill ascertaln and declure whether the nppllcants have, \>y comply lng wlth the requlrorhonts of tho law, Burrendered thelr oid charter and mltied themsolves to such now charter under tlie general laws of this State, and niuill issue or rc.fuso the same nceonllngly. If tbe same ba lastied, the said appllcatlon wlth the order thereon of the State cor? poration commlsslon, shall forthwlth be certllled to thn sccretary of tho Oominon wealth, ns rnqulred hy law, and hy tho lnst named ofllcer recorTTed in thn rbarter rccorda or hls oilice, who shall thefebpon endorse thereon tho fact of Its recordatlon nnd return the same to tlio State corpora? tion comnilssioii to he loged and prcsorved In tho ofllce of Its clerk. And when tho said wrltlng, wlth the endorsemonts nnd order of tho State corporaltln commls? slon thereon, shall be lodgcd in tlie ofllce' of tlio sccretary of tho Commonwnlth. such leglslatlve charter of sald railroad corporation shall entlrely cedse nnd de tc-rmlne, nnd Biich amendment of new charter shall, to nll Intontn nnd'purposes. imnicdiately become the entlre charter of said railroad corporation and bo effee tlve from an.l after that tlmo. imlesB a dlfferent tlme be flxod ln sald wrltlng for the conimcnremeiit thereof, ln which lati ter event- such new charter shall begln nt the tlme so flxod, A copy of such ap? pllcatlon and 'order, duly certllle.1 by tbe sccretary of the Commonwealth under thc seal of tho State, shall be evidenced ln nny eourt of thls Stnte of the fncts there ln Btated nnd of tlie surrendor of the old charter nnd of the grantlng of such new charter. It Is speclflcally stated in tho nct, that no railroad company lieretoforo or bere nfter incorporated. or whose charter may havo heen dr may horeafter be nmended, shall have. power to bulld any railroad parallel to the line of the Richmond, Fred? erlcksburg atid Potomac Railroad. As already lndlcated tho provision ina.le for the Stnte under the now plan meets wlth tho. approval of the trcasury otll cials. Tho third "bill amply safeguarda tbe Commonwealth. It provldes that the board of slnklng fund commlsslonors of the State of Virginia shall he nutborlzed and empowored to exchange nll of the shares of the onpjtal stock and all of ihe divMend obllgatlons now held hy ? tlio State in the Richmond. FrederlckshurB and Potomac Railroad Company, for ne-,v or other sharetf whlch th0 company may hereafter Issue undor any new or amend ed charter whlch tho company may efrect and nccept aceordlng to law; provided, however'. that the propoftlon of stock allotted to the State of Virginia, und-r' such new or amended charter shall bear the Bame relatlvo proportlon to all the Btock to Ibo lssued under such new or amended charter as the prepent stoek of the State of Virginia. bears to the entlre present stock; and tho kharaa'df stock lssued to the State of Virginia in lieu of Its sald dividen.l obllgatlons shall bear the same relative proportion to nll the stoek of pald company lssued lnlleu of its snld divldend obllgatlons ns the numbor of divldend obligntlons now own. ed by the Stnte of Virginia bears to tho entlre numlber of divldend. obllgatlons of sald company. and provided, further, that such guarnnteed stocks as said com? pany may Issue In lieu of Its present guarnnteed stocks shall bear no greater guarantee as to principal or Interest thnn tbe exlstlng guaranteed stock of sald company. The nct further recltes that should the Richmond, Frederlcksburg and Pdtbmao Railroad Company heroaftcr become. lnw fully merged Into nny other corporation under the laws nf the State of Virginia, lt shnll be lnwful for the board of slnk? lng fund enmmlsBloners of the Stnte of Virginia. by and wlth the wrltten cor, sent nnd approval of the Governor and nttorney-general of the State of Virginia. to surrender all of the stocks nnd divl? dend nhlitrntlons now held by Ihe Stnte of Virginia in the Richmond. Frederlcks? burg nnd Potomac Railroad Company, and to nccept ln lieu thereof the stocks of such new company created by such merger, or of such company Into which sald railroad companv may he merced; nnd the board of slnking fund commls? sioners, with tho wrltten approval of the Governor nnd nttorney-general of this Stato, are atlthorlzed and empowerod to do all acts whlch, in thelr Judgment, nre necessary and proper In order to effect such exchange of such stocks and divldend obllgatlons. GLOWES GOES ON STAND TO-DAY (ConLlnued from Flrst Page.) mond; Dr, Georgo Ross, of RicVimond; Dr. John N. Upshur, ot Richmond; Mr. S.. H. Hansbrough, 0f Wlnchesterj Alr. R. L. Turk, of Staunlon; Judgo James L. Trodway, of Cluitham; Cnptaln John G. Gsbornc. of Rndford; Mr. C. C. Talla? ferro, of Rdnnoke; Mr. Itnynos Morgan, of Saltville; Mr. Julius Strause, of Rich? mond; Mr. Robert Gillluni, of Pctcrsburg; Mr. J. G. Bohannon, of Surry Courtliou.se; Mr. Goorge C. Bland, of Shackolford's; Mr. H, D. Cole, ot Willlamsburg. In addltion to theso three, ??there wlll bo several others. The Trnveiors' Protcs tivo Association of Virginia, rcpresentlng 1,700 mon, has endorscd Mr. Clowos ln a formal letter, whlch wlll bo lald before the coinmitteo. Mr. Clowea has nlso been endorscd by tlie Virginia Hotel Assocln? tlon, tho president of which body, Mr. Charlos Consolvo, of Norfolk, will pos slbly como to Richmond to tostlfy. Tho Investlgatlng committoo met at 10 o'clock yesterday morning und conducted a henrlng for an hour nnd a half, after which ndjournment wus takon to permlt tho membera to attend tlie soaslou of thn Senate. ' Another sosslon was held in tho afternoon, beglnning at I o'clock, Thu hcarlng wlll bo reauincd to-dny at 10 A. M. What ls occurrlng within tho committoo room it ls. of course, Imposslhlo to say. Up lo tliis 11mo Dr. FostOl" hus held tho floor, and his case hus boen made up in great pnrt of hls own testimony. Tho dcfeiise expects (o begln to-day. Whether or not Dr. Foster has any moro witnesses, It is lmposslblo to say. Miss Perry, whose appolntment by Dr. Foster us mntron of tlie hospltal. ok cltcci some diSOUBSlOn at tho meetlng of tlio hospltal board, wns hero yusterduy,' bul, II i.> iin.leiHtood, dld not tostlfy. Mr. Foster was ulsb ln the clty. Tlie preeise ualure of Ihe charges umdu- by Dr. Foster ttgalnst Mr. Clowea ls not known. U ls sald tluil. uonsidomblu ut tontlou Iuih bo.'ii {*?!>.en to tlie polltical uiiilwiioiiu of We ^aciKl.uit, wlUi purtlc NATURE'S ESSENUt Eztracted from the Roots of Native, Forest Plants. Go'Straight Back to Natnre for Your Health. There is Your Strength. Consider your body as nn engine Which siiiiplk's you with all nctivity of initid* nnd body. Keep thn macbinorv woll oiled nnd it runs fltnoothly, It, does not groan in doing its work. But let thc Btomnch, which ii iho Bre-box to tlie humuri engine, get "out of kil tor" nnd wo soon meet witii di.ia.iter. Tho producta of undigcsted und do compusing food is pinaon to tho Hystem. We do not Hva on whnt we cat but on what we digest, nssimilate, and tako up in tho blood. Thc blood in turn feeds the nerves, tho heart, and the whole svstem, and nll goes well with us if. the blood be kept pure and rich. If not, then tho liver, which is the human filtcr within us, gcts clogged up and poisons 'accumvdate in the body from over-eating, over-drinking. or hurriedly doing both. The sviush-up occurs when tlie blood is poisoned hy the Btomaeh and liver being ttnable to take care of thc over-Ioad! The red flag of danger is thrown out in the shnpe of eruptions on the skin, or in nervous noFS nnd sleeplessness, tbe sufferer bo coming blue, despondont and irritahle, becauso tlie nerves lack nonrishment and nre starvcd. Nattiro's laws are perfect if only we obey them. but discase follows dis-' obcdience. Go etraight to Nature for the cure, to the forest; thore are mys teries there, some of which wo can fatbom for you. Take the bark of tho Wild-cherry" tree, with Mandrnke root, Stone root, Queen's root, Bloodroot and Golden Seal root, make a scien tiftc, Glycoric extract of them, with just the right proportions, and you have Dr. Pierce'x Golden Mcdical Discovery. It took Dr. Pierce, with tho assist ance of two learned chemists and phar macists, many months of hard work experimenting to perfect this vegetable alterativo and tonic extract of the great est efliciency. To make rich, red blood, to propcrly nourish the nerves and the whole body, and cure that lassitnde and feeling of weakness and nerve exhaustion, take Dr. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovcrv. It bears thk badge of h'onesty" upon everv bottle in the fnll list of its ingredients", prinU-d in plain English, and it has sold more largely in the past forty years than any otber blood purilier and stomach tonic. The refresning influence of this ular referonce to tho allegatlon thnt In J 1383 he :votod -tor a negro Republlcan. | who waa opposing a white Democraft. ln j Wllllamsburg. j lt is impossible to Indlcato the nature of the. defenso that wlll bo made, but It Is understood that Mr. Clowes wlll go very fully Into tno condltlons nt tbe hos? pltal, so far aa they affect hls post ser? vices as a menJber of the board. Both principals are still maiiitainliig absolute sllemca ns to tlio happenings wlthln the commlttee room. Mr. Clowes yesLerday relterated hls deelarntlon that he wanted nn open hearlng, but beyond thls ho would make no statement at nll conc-ernlng the matter. Tho seria torlal ban of secrecy Is very effectlve. It cannot be predicted yet. when tlie hearlng wlll end. but thero is< reason to belleve that it can be completcd this week. In this connoctlon an exceod Ingly Interestlng point hna been raised. Aocordlng to thc understnndlng of sev? eral senators tho Senatc must act upon nominatlons wlthln thirty days or they wlll go by defuult. and new nominatlons wlll have' to be made by the Governor. Tlie thirty days explre ou Monday. February 12th, und it Is tho bellef of a number thnt unless action ls taken hy that tlnle upon all tbe nominatlons, In? cludlng thoso of Clowes and Beazley, of Halifax. and the two sehool superlntend ents held up, no action wlll be possible. Other well-lnfonned members tlilnk thls ls a mistake. but it is tho nssuniptlon on which tho Halifax Senntor ls procoed lng nnd ls nlso the undorstandlng of Mr. Sndler of Powhatan. who has been lend In gtlio llght for Clowes on tho floor of the Senate. ? Tho only Clowes witnosses examlned thus far have beon Colonel Georgo C. Cnbell, of Norfolk, nnd Mr. Oliver, ot Tlnnvllle, president of the State Oivlslon. Travelers' Protectlvo Association. ANOTHER liNTVESTIGATION Matter of the Beazley Appoint ment Temporarily Overlooked. Another son'atorlal Investigation is loomlng up. . In the "excltement" over tho Clowes caso tho matter of tho Beazley appolntment hns beon obscurod. Tha Halifax senator, Mr. Kerns, Ih now on tho ground and the matter wlll have to b*a dlspoaed ot very shortly. Unless tho movement comes from some other quarter, Mr. Sadler, of Powhatan, wlll call for an. oxecutlvo sosslon ot the Sen? ate thls week. It is understood that hu will at that tlmo ask that the proceed Ings of the Clowes commltteo bo pub llshed ln full. Very llttlo can be loarnod concernlng tho Beazley matter. No charges havo beon fllod agalnst tho Halifax mnn. Reports havo lt. that thn objootlon to lilm in pnrt, nt leust. grows out of eertaln very bltter nntl-Mnrtln edltorials he Is said lo havo written In thc last cahipalgn and of the styla of his polltlcnl actlvity genern.Uy. A speelal eonmdttee simihtr to tho Clowes commltteo wlll be asked for tho Investigation of the charges agalnst Su perlntondent of Schools Siumdeis, ot Portsmouth,"and Superltitenderit Baldwin, of Alexnndria. The charges against Bald? win, whloh have been oxplalned horoto forc, have not yet beon rilcd. ln. tho Senato yesterday an eoho from tlie Ports? mouth HuUt camo tn the presentntlon by Mr, Thomas, of I.ynehhurg, by .request, ot severnl petltlons from the sehool board, olty councll and cltlzehs, ondoi-Blng Mr, Sauiuleis aud condoniliinK Senator Nlc nit'yer for holding Uie appoiiitiiient un. ? Thoso petitlons follow: Sehlicd Board? Wlier'eaa u ohnugc ln supcrlnteud ent would at thls tlme hi*. deli'iniont U io tho best interests of our schcKil, systcin, wo earnestly request yo hgnorablo body to conflrm thc ole tfon of Mr. Joseph 11. Saundors dlvislnii suporlnteiidenl. Olty roiinell ? Wo, the iiiidersigiioil tuenibofs tlio Clty Councll, bollevo that tl StiUfa iioariA of EducaUou. in upyol'i'. oxtrnct ifl like Nature's infltienco?tlio lilood is bnthod in tho invigorutm;* tonic which gives lifo to it nnd tho vitai (ircH of the hody burn brightcr atid thelr incronscd nctivity eonstirnpn the tissne rnbbish which haa accuniulated ln the Bystem. Tho "Discovery*1 cures all skin nlfec tions, blotchea, jiimplcs, ernplions and boil.i; lieala old porefl.or ulcera, "white awellings," ?rro{tilona nffeetions oml kindrcu nilmonts. The "Golden Medical Discovery" ia just Iho ttsue builder and lonic you rcqnire when recovpring from a hnrd cold, grip, pneumonla or u long sioge of fovcr or othe'r prostrating disease, No matter how stroifg the constitution, our Btomach and liver aro apfc to be "out of killer" occasionaliy. In con pp(|tii'iicf: our blood is disordered, for the stomach is thc labor.itory for thc constnnt mann facture of blood. It is n trito siiying that no man is stronger than his stomach. Dr.Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery strcngthens the stomach?puts it in sfinpe to make pure, rich blood?helps the liver and kidncys to expel the poisons from the body nnd thus cures both liver and kidiioy troubles. If you take thia natural blood purifier nnd tonic, you will OSBist your system in manufactur ing ench day a pint. of rich, red blood, that is invigorating to the brain and nerves. The weak, nervous, run-down, debilitated condition which so .many peoplo suffor from, is usually the effect of poisons in the blood; it 13 often in dicated by pimples or boils appearing 011 thc skin, thc face becomes thin and the feelings "blue." Dr. Piercc'a "Dis? covery" cures all blood humors as well as being a tonic that tnakes one vigor ous, strong nnd forceful. It is the only medicine put up for sale through drug gists for like pnrposea that contains neither alcohol nor Iinrmful drugs, nnd the only one, every ingredient of which has the professional emlorsement of tho leading medical writers of thia country. oome of these endorsementa are published in a little book of ex tracts from standard medical worka and will bc sent (o nny address free, on receipt of request therefor by letter or postal card, addrcssed to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V. It tells just what Dr. Pierce's medicines are made of. The "Words of Praise", for Ihe sev? eral ingredients of which Dr. Pierce'a medicines are composed, by leadera in all the several schools of medical prac? tice, and recommending them for the cure of llie diseases for which the "Golden Medical Discoverv"isadvi?ed, should have far more weight with the sick and afflicted than any amount of the so-called "teslimoniafs" so con Spictiously llaunted before the pnblic by those who are afraid to let the in? gredients of which their medicines are composed be known. Bear in mind that the "Golden Medical Discovery" has THE badge of HONESTY on every bottle wrapper, in a full list of ita in? gredients. Dr. Pierce'a Pleasant Pellets cure; constipation, invigorate the liver acd regulate stomach and bowels. Ing Joseph 11. Saunders, dld so wltii the very fbest Interest of thc pubilo school system at heart, and not witii ultcrior motivc, as has been Inti mated, nnd we camestly rccommend to the Senato of Virginia that they conllrm tho sald nppolntment. School Board? We, tho undersignecl members of tho School Board of tlio city of Ports? niouth, testify that, under our ar rangement wlth Joseph II. Saunders he has satisfactorlly lilled tho posl? tlon ot prlnclpal of tho Hlgh School nnd dlvlsion supcrlntendent, and thnt our schools aro prosperous under his wlso directton. Sve earnestly doslro the conflrmation of'his appolntmcnt. Cltlzens of Portsniouth? We, the undorslgned citizens of Purtsinouth, Virginia, dcplore tho ac? tlon of Senator John C. Niemoyor in holding up the conflrmation of Mr. Joseph II. Saunders, and cleem his reason inadequato for such actlon. Mr. Saunders' conduct in ofllce has already clemonstrnted tho wisdoni nf his nppolntment by tlio Stato Board of Educatlon of Virginia. It ls our carnest desiro that thc Senato con firm hls nppolntment. Tho first resolutlon was formally adopt ed at a meeting of tho Portsniouth school board. It Is slgned by W. A. Culpeper, clerk ot thc board. Tho school board petltlon is slgned by F. T. Brlggs, J. E. King, T. E. DashicII, Josse H. Overton, F. C. Harrahan, W. D. Walker, Georgo F. Gwlmi, C. E. Adams, W. D. Clarke, J. T. Whltehurst. The following mem? bera of tho City Council sign tho petl tion from that body. John S. Moon. -j. W. Bollintine, E. ,W. Goodson. W. J. Wlillnms, John S. Hall, S. D. Ilutehins, W. C. Corbltt, \y. U\ Perklns, F. A. Friodllii, John C. Tyler, Charles J. Withy, C. R. Tubb, C. W. Walker, K. L. Hunt, I? T. Montague, R. E. Glovor, W. L. Watts, R. E. Warren, A. A. Billsoly, J. E. Johnson, John J. King, C, C. Cul? peper, R. A. Wood. Tlio petltlon from cltlzens is. slgned by 320 persons, including buslness and professional men and labpr ers. Tho name of E. h. Lash, president of tho board of health. leads the llst. Tho name of C. E. Mnrtin, chiof of the Flre Dopartment, is also on tho list. The Strenu ous Life Results In Stomach Troubles and Physlcal Breakdown. The st'renuous lifo of nioile.ni tlmos forces peoplo to rush through their metils hastlly, hurrylng from tho tablo ln tho miiil rush after the almlghty ilollar. Thc result is Jncompleto dlgostlon, !n flammutloii of tho wulls of Uie stomach, nnd lai-k of secretlon of tlio gagtrio JuiceB, endlng in chronlo stomach troublo and nervous breakdown. How much bettor It would bo to eat moro slowly, curo the stomach troublo with Mi-o-iui, and soon rcgaln perfect health. Tho lieadaches, sleoplessness, nervous troubles, palti after eutlng, specks before tho eyes, bnckaches, inelaiichoiy nnd jjloowy forobodhtg would Ih> soon overconiciind perfoot health aud strongth would he restbred. Proper treatmont of the wonkened dl? gestivo Bystom wlth Ml-o-na wlll curo ovory euso of stomnch trouble. The re? sults uf thls treatmont aro so nstonleh iilg und .ho pronomiped that thoso who havo tried lt never fuil to appreclato Ita value as a heullng ngent. Each box of Ml-o-na sells for 50 cents. uut is liiynlunlilo to any 0110 who suffern wlth-.Indigestlon, norvousneas oi'< weak storiinoh, If yoii cannot obtain Ml-o-na Of your Iruggist, it wlll bo aont by mall p.istpatd. ?iu ivcclpt ot prlce. Sample suillrloiit to .h.ns |ts value wdi bo forwanlcil on ro lucst, Tho U. X. Uootli Co., i^liaco, N, Y.