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COUNCIL ADOPTS
(Continued From First Page.)
nil the light thut can be turned upon
it."
Wlinrf Vote Reconsidered.
A successful effort was made to save
I he proposed whatf, which was defeat?
ed on Monday night, the vote being re?
considered and the whole proposition
recommitted to the Committee on
?lames River Improvement. The motion
t<> reconsider was made by John T.
Powers. On the roll call Messrs. Row
man and Mills were the only negatives,
and Mr. Bowman changed from no to.
aye, making the vote stand 29 to 1. ?
A canvass showed that there were not j
sufficient favorable votes to award the!
contract, and it was allowed to go
back to the committee.
Ornamental flan l,nmps.
Th? award of contract for ornamental;
street gap lamps to the American Street
Righting Company, at $13 per lamp,
the city to furnish the gas and lamp
posts, was again rejected, reconsidered
and referred to the Committee on Light.
Mr. Soaton said ho was reliably In?
formed that the city could purchase j
ihe fixtures and operate the lights forj
?,010 per year less than the contract j
Strive. A ? resolution referring the
award to the Committee on Finance
requested but did not Instruct the Fi?
nance Committee to provide for the or-j
namentrtl lamps in the annual budget.
That plan was rejected, after Which the 1
award itself was rejected, 21 to 9, and.
Oft (notion of Mr. Rogers, reconsidered
and referred to the Committee on Light.
M f ii c 11 mo coo i RuKtncHn.
On recommendation of the Electric?
ity Committee. $60 was allowed Inspec?
tor J. L. Speights to attend a conven?
tion of the Underwriters' National Elec.
trica) Association. On recommendation
of the Water Committee, the American
Locomotive Company was allowed the
use of city water under certain condi?
tions. A resolution continuing Robert
Gwathmey Lucas on the pay roll of
the Water Department, assigned only to
such light duties an he could perform;
in recognition of his knowledge of the
city system of valves and faithful ser?
vice for fifty-two years, was referred
to the Committee on Finance.
Tho Commmittec on Street Cleaning;
returned an ordinance directing that
department to dean out fountains and
horse troughs at regular Intervals,
asking that it bo referred to the Com?
mittee on Water. The Council refused
to refer, and after debate decided the
work to be the duty of the Street Clean?
ing Department, and adopted the ordi?
nance. On recommendation of the
(?rounds ?nd Buildings Committee, an
appropriation of $29.33 wns made to
pay City Hall Janitor Stonewall
? tackson Bcauregard Wright for
time lost In January, the amount
belnK to pay the hire of a
substitute. The ordinance relating to
the creation of a playground commis
sion wa? referred to tho Committee on
Ojrbunds and Buildings.
Stable permits were granted as fol?
lows: S. P. Clay, to erect a brick and
concrete stable on tho cast side of
Nineteenth Street extended; C. W.
Oayle. to erect a one-story frame
stable on the south side of Ohio Street,
between Willlamsburg .Avenue and
Seventh Street. Fulton': Emmanuel
Irvingtoni to cr?.ct a stable In rear of
j 1.4Q5 1-2 Brown Street; Alleghany Box
Company, to erect a stable at 012 Arch
Street. ,
C annul Hcnilt, I'nvlnje Tax.
The Committee on Local Assessments
recommended that the Auditor cancel
a paving bill against the Bandolph
Street Baptist Church for 100.90. An
opinion of the City Attorney, requested
In a similar ease, held that any at?
tempt to exempt church or educational
property from a local assessment was
unconstitutional and vo'd, as destroy?
ing the uniformity ami equality of
taxation, required by the Constitution.
The paper was recommitted to tho
Committee on Local Assessments, with j
two similar resolutions remitting a tax ,
assessment of $6,16.51 against Bishop j
A. Van do Vyver for property on First
Street north of Jackson, and of $205.72
against St, Mary's Benedictine insti?
tute. The debate on the question was
general, many members holding that
no assessment for sidewalk paying
should be made against any church or
educational institution, while others
held that nil local assessments for
sidewalk paving should be abolished
as obsolete and unsatisfactory.
New I'ubllf School.
The School Board reported plans for
a new school building at l'ine and
China Streets, with bids recommending
award to the lowest bidders?.T. T.
tNuckols for tin- building at $24,948, and
the American Heatlnp- and Ventilating
Company at $1,545 for interior fittings,
asking an appropriation of $29,175. The
paper went to tin; Finance Committee
The report of the Jail Commission?
ers to the Hustings Court showing In
the City Jail 3 white females, 58 white
males. 21 colored females, and 1 1.1
colored males, and recommending some
minor repairs, was ?eferred to the
'.rounds and Buildings Committee. The
Board of Health asked the appointment
of a sanitary inspector for Washington
Ward, and the paper went to the Com?
mute on Ordinance, ('barter and Re
form. A report from the (;ran<l jury
was submitted emphatically condemn?
ing the habit of carrying concealed
Weapons, and recommending special
legislation on the subject, especially
recommending a law requiring all
weapons sold to be registered and re?
ported to the Chief of Police. The
paper went to the Ordinance. Charter
and Reform Committee.
Some Papers Befcrred.
On the roll call the following papers
were offered and referred to the Com?
mittee on Ordinance, Charter and Re?
form :
By .Mr. Lynch: Ordinance providing
for appointment of a chief clerk in
ofhec of the City Engineer: ordin ? ? ce
fixing the salary of the City Collector
at $3.r.0O per year In lieu of fees; reso?
lution directing the City Attorney to
life Insurance Companies i
They Are Closely Observing Public
Health Conditions
An examining physician for one of the ?
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in !
an interview on the subject, made the
astonishing statement that the reason
why so many applicants for insurance arc
rejected is because kidney trouble is so|
common to the American people, and the
large majority of the applicants do not I
even suspect that they have the disease, j
l ie states that judging from Iiis own I
experience and reports from druggists j
who' arc constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has probably been more successful in re- i
Kevine and curing these diseases than anyj
remedy known. The mild and healing ]
influence of Dr. Kilmer s Swamp-Root is j
soon realized. It stands the highest fori
its remarkable record of cures.
Wc find that Swamp-Root is strictly i
an herbal compound, and wc would ail- |
vise our readers who feel in need of such a J
remedy to give it a trial. It is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes?
fifty cents and one dollar.
However, if you wish first to test its
wonderful merits, send to Dr. Kilmer &
Co., Bing hum ton, N". Y., for a sample
bottle, absolutely free. When writing be
sure and mention the Richmond Daily
Times-Dispatch.
secure legislation to abolish the office
of City Collector.
By Mr. Vondclchr: Ordinance for tho
segregation of the races.
By Mr. Umlauf: General traffic ordi?
nance; ordinance regulating fireworks
and bonfires; ordinance requiring
chauffeurs to obtain licenses; amend?
ment to general stable ordinance of
city; ordinance regulating sale of fire?
arms by pa wnbrokers.
By Mr. Rogers: ordinance regulating
permits for excavations; ordinance re
quiring fireproofing of hotels ami
lodging houses, jails, schools and hos- j
pitals. I
By Mr. Mills; Ordinance to prevent !
encroachments on public streets; ordi?
nance to regulate street sweeping and
the sweeping of sidewalks.
The following papers went to tho
Finance Committee:
By Mr. Mills: Petition of State Fair
Association as to buildings at Fair
Grounds.
By Or. Reade: Appropriation to pay
a judgment obtained against Food In?
spector \\\ p. itoldsworth for food de?
stroyed.
By Mr- Pollock: To allow the City'
Attorney a contingent fund of $.100 to
employ proofreaders and other assist?
ance in preparing the new City Code.
Mr. Pollock also offered a resolution
giving police power to watchmen on
the Richmond and Henrtco Railway
viaduct over Marshall .Street, the
watchmen to be uniformed and to he
approved by the Police Board. The
rules were suspended and the resolu?
tion adopted, a communication from
NUCLEUS FOR FILIBUSTERING OUTFIT
to
The old eriilMer Uelrnlt, of the l'nlted State* Nnvy, hnn been sold to a South American Rvpiihlie, nnd 1?
he the nucleus for n fllthnatcrfng: outfit. Ttie Detroit wr? laut reported to he nt Philadelphia.
"Nature's Gift
from the
Sunny South"
It's too late to lock the stable when
the horse has been stolen?too late to
care for your stomach when indiges?
tion is upon you. Why not take time by the forelock by
dispensing with hog lard?the breeder of nine-tenths of all
indigestion, and insist instead that all your food be cooked
with Coitolene?a pure, vegetable shortening which makes
healthy, digestible food.
Cottokne comes from the cotton fields of the Sunny South. It is a
clean product, protected by patent air-tight tin pails to insure freshness
and freedom from contamination. It is recommended by physicians as
being fully as healthful as olive oil. ?'
Made only by THE N. K. FAIkI>ANfC COMPANY
flakes Biscuits Li<|lii ancl Flaky
Coiion Bo
Pont A. Travelers' Protective Assooia- |
tlon. urging the speedy construction of :
the proposed city wharf on property j
acquired for the purpose was referred [
to the Committee on James River Im- j
provemcnt.
FAIL 10 UNCOVER
CLUE 10 GHOULS
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wagon is Indicated by tracks in the
snow about the mausoleum. The foot?
prints of four and in some Instances six
men arc discernible about a point whore
the end of a wagon might be placed, j
Tho wagon tracks lead to one of the!
gates of the cemetery, and these have
been followed Into the street until
lost. In the beaten track of travel.
Th? local police have notified the po?
lice and morgue officials of cities with?
in se\ oral hundred miles of this place,
but still maintain that the body is held
here for a ransom. Every railroad j
and freight station Is picketed, and j
every avenue of outlet is guarded.
An Italian settlement near tho ceme?
tery has become an object of scrutiny |
by the police, and every dwelling is |
being searched from cellar to garret,
at the command of Chief Wagner.
Bronze Door* l>rled Off.
When daylight broke ropes were
Stretched around the mausoleum to hold
in check hundreds of curious sight?
seers. One of the big bronze doors
on the mausoleum had been pried from
Its hinges, and the other had been bad?
ly battered.
Just when the vault had been broken
into has not been determined. State?
ments of the family that it was Intact
throe or four days ago are the only
way the detectives working on the case
have of fixing the time. No clue to the
ghouls or the missing body has yet
been found.
Mrs. McCollum, whose body is miss?
ing, died in Philadelphia nearly twen?
ty years ago. The body was brought
here and placed in the Scott vault,
which Is located about the middle of
the cemetery and hidden from view
from the street. On account of the
cold weather recently few persons have
visited the cemetery and the robbers]
were free tO/\vork with little fear of 1
being molested.
May He Illnck Hnnd Plot.
The idea that the body of .Mrs. Mc?
Collum Is being hem for ransom by
designing persons is substantiated by
ah incident of two years ago, when the
Strong family was. stormed with Black
Hand letters demanding $10,000, with
the alternative of having their Stim?
mer home west of this city blown to
atoms. The perpetrators were subse?
quently apprehended a.nd are now In
the Western Penitentiary serving out
sentences following conviction In the
court s.
Mrs. McCollum was a member of a
prominent family of Philadelphia and j
her maiden name was Tracy.
Friend of Grovcr Cleveland.
William L. Scott, who built the!
mausoleum over twenty years ago, was j
a close personal friend of the late |
Ex-Presidc-nt Cleveland, and was one '
of the leaders of the Democracy in the I
House of Representatives when Cleve- :
land was serving his first term as !
President of the United States- Grovcr i
Cleveland was one of the pallbearers |
at his funeral, his remains being the
first to be interred in the vault.
He was one of the most prominent
railroad magnates of his time and was
known by reputation from coast to
coast.
(Continued From First Page,)
Post Roads to-day is accepted by both
branches of Congress. Senator Pen
rose, late In the day, reported the bill
to the henate.
The action of the committee was not
accomplished without a spirited con?
test, although the amendment was
adopted by a vote of S to 2.
The Increase in the rate for carry?
ing the advertising sections of mag?
azines will apply only to the large pub?
lications, as an exemption is provided
for such periodicals of less than 4.000
pounds weight per issue. The privilege
of carrying advertising matter will be
accorded by the amendment to frater?
nal, patriotic, scientific and educational
publications, which has been hereto?
fore denied such publications when
entered as "second class matter. It is
explained by Postmaster-General Hitch?
cock, who framed the amendment as
it was adopted, that the amendment
would reduce the annual post-office
deficit of $f,.000.000 to $6.000.000. Other
important amendments are as follows:
For the extension of the postal sav?
ings bank system, $500.000 Is appro?
priated, to he availahle immediately,
and authority Is given to the Post?
master-General to designate what post
oftiees shall be selected as postal
banks.
An appropriation of $50,000 is made
to provide for an investigation or such
experiment as may he necessary to de?
termine the lowest rates of postage at
which the government can carry
parcels not exceeding eleven pounds in
weight by mail on rural routes.
The Postmaster-General is author
Forecast: Ylrffiuln?Fair Friday and
Saturday, ligbt to moderate northeast
to north wind*.
North Carolina?Fair Friday aad
Saturday; moderate northwest to ?est
winds.
CONDITIONS \ fc'.STERDA Y.
Thursday midnight temperature. . 3S
& A. M. tomperature . 31
Wind, direction .N. 13.
Wind, velocity . 6
Weather .....Rain
Rainfall .4G
12 noon temperature . 34
3 P. M. temperature.. 3 1
Maximum temperature up to 5
P. M. 36
Minimum temperature up to 5
P. M. 32
Mean temperature. 34
Normal temperature. 39
Deficiency in temperature . 5
Accum, excess in tomperature
since January 1 . 132
Accum, excess in rainfall since
January I . 1.01
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES
(At 8 P. M. Eastern Standard Time.)
Place. Ther. II. T. Weather.
Abilene . 44 r?2 Cloudy
Augusta . 56 58 Cloudv
Ashevllle . 38 44 Clear
Atlantic City- 34 34 Rain
Boston . 32 32 * Cloudv
Buffalo . 34 34 P. cloudy
Charleston . 06 72 Rain
Chicago . 22 30 Clear
Duluth . 60 56 Clear
Galveston . 56 64 Cloudy
Jacksonville - 62 76 Rain
Jupiter . 70 78 P. cloudy
Kansas City _ 36 42 Clear
Knoxvlllc . 46 -is Clear
Memphis . f>0 54 Clear
Mobile . 58 66 Cloudy
New Orleans.... 58 64 Cloudy
Now York. 32 36 Snow
Norfolk . 38 38 Rain
Plttsburg . 36 .40 Snow
Raleigh . 38 40 Cloudy
Savannah . 56 70 Clear
San Francisco... 52 54 P. cloudv
Tampa . 68 76 P. cloudy
Washington _ 32 36 Cloudy
Wythevllle . 34 4 4 Clear
MINIATUR?! ALMANAC.
Februar v 10, 1911..
HIGH TIDE.
J Sun rises.... 6:58 Morning_ 2:08
liJuu aetii^... jtfiSI Evening-.,., 2:63
of New York
Record of 1910
The close of the 68th year of the oldest company in America shows an increased
amount of insurance in force, $1,464,024,396, and an increased amount of new insur?
ance paid for during the year, $120,733,166, including restorations and additions. Other
notable features marking the progress of the Company are:
Admitted Assets, $572,859,062.98
Policy Reserves, $461,836,185.00
Total Income, 83,981,241.89
Total Disbursements, 66,346,555.86
Payments to policyholders, $56,751,062.28, include dividends to the amount of
$12,301,769.73; while the sum of $13,539,333.07 has been apportioned for dividends pay?
able in 1911?a larger sum than has ever been apportioned for dividends in a single
year by any other company in the world.
Balance Sheet, December 31st, 1910
ASSETS
Real Estate (market value). . . .S 26,062,439.53
Mortgage Loans on Real Lstate 140,618,618.50
Loans on Policies. 70,953,535.55
Bonds. 276,257,936.68
Stocks (market value). 46,437,900.00
Interest and Rents, due and
accrued . . 4,141,880.91
Premiums in course of collection 3,942,548.80
Cash (deposited on interest)... 3,736,655.31
Cash (not on interest). 362,921.34
Deposited to pay policy claims. 344,626.36
Total Admitted Asseb
$572,859,062.98
LIABILITIES
Xct Policy Reserves.$461,834,185.00
Other Policy Liabilities. 6,523,847.36
Premiums, Interest and Rents
paid in advance. 1,915,511.96
Miscellaneous Liabilities. 1,803,353.49
Reserve for death claims unrc
portcd . .. 600,000.00
Reserve for Taxes, Licenses, etc.,
payable in 1911. 1,138,546.94
Dividends payable in 1911. 13,539,333.07
Reserve for Deferred Dividends
and Contingencies. 85,504,285.16
Total Liabilities
$572,859,062.98
Mutual Building, Richmond, Va.
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Home Office, 34 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y.
ized to make travel allowances not ex
coding $1 a day lo railway postal
clerks after eight hours from time of
beginning their initial run and thirty
days' annual leave with pay to such
clerks as work six days or more a
week.
Another amendment allows thirty
days to all olasses of postrbfHcc em?
ployes putting them on an equality
with other civil employes of the gov?
ernment.
Requiring all residences and places
STREET CAR
Hereafter patrons of the lines of the
Virginia Railway and l ower Company
will be able to have ticket hooks. The
company put on sale to-Jay In the
general ofltces, Seventh and Main
Streets, ticket books containing twenty
sheets or slips of six-for-a-q??rter
tickets each.
These books sell for S?.00, and at ?
much handler to carry than the":one,
two or more slips of tickets that pat?
rons buy separately.
For some, time the company lias been
receiving requests .'pom patrons to
issue tickets In book r cm, ??> tha: they
could buy in qUfUili'cs of $50.? or
mere, and in compliance, with this te
quest this book has bee", made up.
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of business to bo provided with suit?
able mail boxes after Juno 30 next.
To protect Uniforms.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Washington, D. C, February i?.?The
Senate agrees with the House that
wearers of the uniforms of soldiers or
sailors of the Failed Slates should he
protected from discrimination b>* man?
agers of places of entorta'ninent. The
Senate, however, differs with the House
as to the punishment that should be
meted but for such discriminations.
The House bill, as it passed that
body, imposed a lino of $l.on0 and a
penalty of two years' imprisonment
tor such an offense against members of
the army, navy or mar.ue corps. Tho
Senate to-day passed the bill, but so
amended it as to make the fine $500.
and to remove the imprisonment
feature. Members of the revenue cut?
ter service, however, were Included
with soldiers, sailors and marines by
the Senate.
Will lleor^mil/.c Service.
Washington, U. C, February 'J.?The
Senate bill providing for the reorgani?
zation of the consular service was
passed by the Senate to-day. The bill
? nates ten consular offices and abol?
ishes eighteen.
MISS VENABLE RESIGNS
Committee I'onncn Kewolutlou on Re?
tirement Of Mend NurSC.
The council Committee on Relief of
the Poor last night received arid ac?
cepted the resignation of Miss Mar?
garet 1. Vena bio as head nurse of the
City Home Hospital, and directed the
clerk to send her a letter of appro?
elation of her services in the past. A
week ago the medical stuff recommend?
ed Miss Venahle's removal on the.
ground of her continued absence, from
duty on account of ill health. Her
resignation solves the prohlem and the
committee will meet shortly to select
it suitable person for the position.
WATCH PRESENTED
Retiring Reptimenl Officer Riven Token
of High ltt-Rard.
The officers and men of the Rich?
mond Grays, Company A. First Kok
iment, last night presented the re?
tiring second lieutenant, Thomas F.
Johnson, with a gold watch, in token
of their respect and esteem. The pre?
sentation was made in the company
room by First Sergeant Fmmctte F.g
gldstdn. Lieutenant Johnson responded.
The inscription sets forth the high es?
teem In which the officer is held by
the command.
Lieutenant Johnson has served about
fifteen years with the Virginia Volun?
teers, and is placed on the retired list.
Business reasons caused his resigna?
tion, which has Just been accepted by
the Adjutant-General.
LOCAL OPTION ASSURED
Park? RIM Pnxne? Hoiifte. nnd Sennte Is
Pnvorable.
Montgomery. Ala.. February 9. ? By a
vote of 58 to H, the H ouse "of Repre?
sentatives to-day passed the Parks
local option bill. As the Senate is
known to be overwhelmingly in favor
of a local option bill, It is believed
that the Parks bill will be rushed
through Hint body and become a law
before, the end of next week. The
Parks bill was so amended to-day as
to make It Inoperative until regula?
tion measures to accompany it are
ena eted.
The bill provides that 45 per-cent. of
tho number that vote for Governor
cait petition for tin election on the
duestlon of wet or dry. it also pro?
vides for distilleries ami breweries.
President nnd Mr*. Tnft Honored.
Washington. D. C., February f?.?The
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Bal
linger gave a dinner to-night In honor
of tho President and Mrs. Tnft. Among
tho guests were Associate Justice
llolmea and Mrs. Holmes. Associate
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DEATHS
R?A55?Hied, suddenly, about II P. M.
February RML RICHARD MkrRY
MAN BOA'/.. ?n his seventeenth year.
He was tho youngest son of K. A.
and Florence II. Boa/.,
Funeral notice later.
Washington und Norfolk papers
please conv.
Justice Hughes and Mrs. Hughes. Sen?
ator and Mrs. Crane. Senator and Mrs.
Root, Senator Brandegee and Senator
Piles. Out-of-town guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Melville E. Stone, of New
York, ami others.
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