The times dispatch. [volume], February 20, 1911, Image 10

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LEAGUE 10 URGE
STATE-WIDE LAW
Convention Expected to Reaffirm
Its platform of Last
Year.
NEW PRESIDENT TO BE NAMED
Newport N'cws Meeting Will
Also Elect Successor u>
Cannon.
While no intimation has come from]
any source as to the policy to he
recommended to the Anti-Saloon
League of Virginia at its session this;
week by its legislative committee,
there is no reason to doubt that it will
reaffirm its platform of inst year, for
State-wide prohibition. Ltut there, may
t>e a change in method. The conven?
tion may again ash for an enabling
act permitting an election on the ques?
tion of State option, or it may make a
demand for n statute decreing pro?
hibition, at iho hands of the General
Assembly itself, as was done In Ala-j
bama and Tennessee.
Leaders in the tight against the
licensed saloon expect that the con -
vention of this week at Nowport, News
will be the most largely attended in
the history of tho league. Rates have
been secured on ail railroads and
steamboat lines. l-'roin day to dtij
cities and towns have reported tii<
election of delegates to the meeting,
until a large attendance is assured.
Centre ?if Interest.
The meetings of the Anti-Saloon
League have during the past few
years been the centre of public in?
terest in Virginia, They include at?
tendance and participation by men oi
both political parlies, in many eases
by men of standing in their own com?
munities and in I lie State.
Up to hist year's meeting the policy
of the leugne was local option. Two
years ago, in Norfolk., there was a de?
mand in stone quarters for a change
to tho method of Stale-wide prohibi?
tion, but this was opposed by the
legislative committee, in a report read
b> la v. James Cannon, .1 r., the rea?
son given being that tho league dc:
sired to continue Its work of edu?
cating the public.
With this end in view, it was prom
' Ised to th<- convention by Rev. K. T.
Dadmun thai local option elections
would t>e held in the cities of Rich?
mond and Norfolk before the annual
meeting of 1910 should be held. Th.cs?
proposed elections were abandoned, ii
Is presumed, in view or the defeats
Sustained by ihe league in Petersburg j
and Bristol.
Wanted Prohibition.
Some of the deWgatcs pleaded with I
the majority to adopt a State-wide I
prohibition plank at the 1909 meeting.'
and. even when a sinn'llng vote was j
taken for continuance hi the local
option principle, and when un appeal
was made to all to unite, former Sen?
ator J. N. Hannah, former Senator A.
F, Thomas and two other delegates sat
in their seats, refusing to take part
In the vote.
At this week's meeting. Representa?
tive Carter Class is to deliver ah ad?
dress He will discuss the nullifica?
tion of ihr conduct of the recent local
option election in Lyhchbiirg. The ad
dross of Speaker It. F.. By id oil the
subject of registration laws, pre?
sumed to be inspired by the same con?
test.
Rev. H. D. C. Ma dahhlam of this city,
who is on the program for an address
on "The Presi and ProUlbliloti." will
not. he present at the Newport News
meeting.
C.lret Xeiv President.
A n^v.- president will b? elected to
iucceed Rev. Henry Pearo. Atkins; oi
Richmond. Mr. Atkins has how served
two years, and svlll, according to cus?
tom, retire. Itev. P.. Carre it.
PortFmouthii.a"!ul J\p\: P.. i! Bennett,
Ly.hchbun^;, :b?vo ?Veen suygcsUd as his
successor.
The executive committee, which -will
he elected by the convention, will meet
later on. probably within a few \ve< Its,
and Select a superintendent for tin
State in the pi n-., of Rev. .lames Can?
non, who recently resigned. For this
place Dr, Bennett ha- also been ?.utr
gested. as has Rev. .1. I.. .\|. Allst, r.
now geivral secretary. Tt has also
been stated that the riamr of Professor
C. R. Jordan, of Staunten, would bo
presented for tbi- posdihin, but Mr.
Jordan has state,! positively that he.
would not accept. There has, in enn
SeqtinncCi been .'-'nie discussion or
electing the Staunton man as presi?
dent, which Is an hortorarv position
and would require but little of bis
timf.
Dr. Atkins win call the rnerjtin<? t,
order at - Tuesday evening lnPtji?;
Flnt Presbyterian C linch of Newport
J.ews. AP arrangement's have he>i
made for the ?ntertalntiVeiit of the rleie
jrif'-s. who sire expected in such ly i g.
number. Writing rooms have t>Cf>i
provided, a ttdephop? in-tailed. steh
ographer ?oeured. and pages will !>
on hand in abtitidatic. a tetupHraf^
post-office };ns been ositao'Hs.lieil ;ti t
church.
.M r. \\ onllci In Sprnk.
While. Iiis .clor.- ivil] t|8lii.rrt!lv tinij j
h?Vf: especial tb \Mrcjhia
one of tlx- feature! o' iho meet irigiwiii I
fte the remark - /.f .Johti ? ; v, .-. ,jl<--.- ;
!?<? 1? a former Prohibition pif.tv riVv- I
didst* for Prc-M-Pni of fh* i?nltV ;
Etatos, i.n'6 is v. hi.-'-.- - uj a teni-'
perapc-e oratOj
In addition to the annual .iddrr-nj ??>?
President Atkips, t'ru fcatuv? of tbo
opening session v. :.i he tl.? report Of |
the legislative e?mmiH.c'< ?. i:j,-v, will
bo presmttd b;.' r>r. Carmen it will
detail the efforts riiale to ???e r. t
passage ef the Sir ode-AI v er i in-t t?,
the last LegJ&l?ture, and will probably
explain the canec* ?'' Its tlrf-at Sri the
Senate and ?-.< reasohfi why no voie
was taken In the House
In tb-" figures of the president, to
be presented by I in-, p \i expected
that Jt will be shown that there are:
now mote saloons in Virginia than
there were a year aero However, (his
does not mean that the ir-atrtie has? be?
come in any sens' diseohragoVh for the
Impression prevails that it win take a
mr?re pronr-unoofi stand for restrictive
laws than Heretofore,
Governor Mann will riresid* at the
rlosltif-j session on Thdr.4d.ky riltjht
OMldy en ury
FOR FLETCHFR'S
O A 3 T O R i A
jtzimmma s.igm.' ? ras 1 ** 1 wnw
YOUR LAUNDRY PHONE
MAD. 418
make- : he ijji'fotcncc.
ECLIPSE LAI M>R\ .
FUNDS IN BUDGET TO
LIFT FOLK OUT OF MUD
Finance Committee's Report to Council To-Night
Will Carry Increased Amount for Improve?
ment of Streets-?Big Jump Over
Last Year.
Carrying" tho largest amount of any
a ppropr'atlon ordinance evur adopted i
by the city of Richmond, the annual :
budget will bo reported to the Common |
Council b> the Committee on Financ?
to-night, grand total win be ubotit
$2,S0O,?O0, an Increase of approximate j
ly $300,000 eve, the budget for 1910, I
which carried a total of 52.10S.25S.3t?. I
On the annual appropriation ordinance I
htings practically all of the activities
of titty departments for the year, save
what i? provided fur by bond issue.
President Peter-! rules that the
budget cannot he acted on the night it
is introduced, s?i it is expected that
it will he merely received, ami that
the Council will adjourn to Thursday |
or Friday night. The ? harter reo;uir.es i
that three days elapse between the
vote pi tho Common Council and Board |
of aU"m l inen, so the upper branch will
probably net he called until Tuesday i
of next w>eh U then goes to the J
Mayor Cor approval; the law providing
that he may veto any individual I ten*
without affecting the remainder of the i
document!
Provldr.s fur Alt Hrpnrtmcnt.il.
The budget represents j:evoral i
month's work on th.% part of the Coin- j
mit tec on finance in apportioning the
income of the city to the best ad-'
vantage. Kxoetitive ollleers of each de- |
partment have been heard on the j
heeds and cost of operation ami plans j
fur extension; Pay rolls in most "f 1
tii<. departments are fixed by law. us
are all salaries' and the Finance Com?
mittee has no option but to provide
them. U must also provide fur the
interest on the public debt ami the j
Sinking fund guarantee, no ineonsider
a'bio items - inc.. the recent bond Is?
sues have increased the debt. Appro?
priations are then made in detail for'
police, 'ire. schools, health, charities.!
cemeteries, electricity, gas, water.!
parks. .1 nines River improvements,
streets, public buildings, markets^ I
military and many other Rems of city i
activity, including contribiiPohs to;
public hospitals and nonsectarlan i
charitable institutions not controlled |
by the city, the Rosemary Library, the
Bra itch Paths ami many other items I
Mu?dc Item l ~.Ii minuted.
Provision is made for ti'e purchase I
of street ear tickets for Council m en,
f,>r electric fans in the Council cham?
ber, for the tuberculosis camp. tho
smallpox hospital and for advertising
tin' resources of the city. bin the
Board of Aldermen has refused to j
sanction tin item of $1.000 for music j
in the parks, ami in view ,,f urgent de- 1
mauds, other items not strictly no-I
ccssities of government may bo eiiihi
| nated. There will be no provision fori
city wharves.
The ITiwnee Committee has not made
public the amount.- it will recommend j
for the various departments, but as is
! usual. advance information has "leak- i
led." It Is generally known that!
about S20i000 v. ill be provided for im- j
provoihutii of Bhnokoo Creek and I
Bahoh's Quarter Krauel: Tor walling {
In an open sewer, a work already io?,j
long delaj'ed; that the appropriation
of the Sheltering Anns Hospital will
be inereafi d from $1,500 to $1.7"." on
the ground that it h the only all-free
hospital in the city, and over the pro
test of other institutions which in ad?
dition to having pay wards do a large
charity work; and that . will be
furnished for the aid of the Tubercu?
losis Camp . oelely 'n its work for con- J
Humptlves of tin- city.
Money for Streets.
The niost urgent and ^erlous de
I rounds on the budget makers this
[year luivt- been streets and schools.
I*or streets general!j', including curb
I iiig, glittering, spall paving and grad?
ing there will bo provided ?1S0,000, as
comp?red with $100,000 last year, but
the total will Include about $30,000 u
he spent on streets In Washington
\Y>.rd under the annexation agreement
Already the street committee is Ilgur
inj? on a division of Ihe remaining
f150.000, <<f which it Is conceded Clay
Ward, with the largest mileage ol
outlying streets, will tret the Hon.?
share, probably $40,000 to $50.000. There
will he no provision for smooth pav?
ing in the budget, haying been elimi?
nated with other luxuries Iii favor of
necessary appropriations.
Public Schools.
The Klnance Committee has not out?
lined its policy with regard to school
buildings, though it is stated that n
solution has been reached which will
provide adequate buildings without
embarrassing the city's finances by a
bond issue, and without an increase in
Ihe tax rate. As the city has issued
bonds at the rate of nearly $1,000,000
a year for the past live years, depress?
ing the market for Richmond securi?
ties below par, and as a i-ond Issue for
Ihe now free bridge is inevitable, the
ijnanee Committee has rejected the
Seit od 1 board's plan for an issue ol
i(?00,000 of school bonds. In the budge'
there will be provided about $5,1,000
for an annex to tjhinthornzo School
.Ji the !?".<st I hid and a small school on
Pine Street, to take care of children
heretofore educated by the St. Ari
1 row's Association, the city being ob
dgated to both items.
The IIa nover Avenue school, now
'Ming- erected, will bv ready at tho
bpening of next session, and will re |
ileve congestion Iii the VVcsl Khtl. The- I
annex tu Chimbornr.o will provide nn j
equally modern building for the f a I ?
Kast End.
\\ ill \uthorlvo Pinns.
It is believed thai the Finance Coin - I
mittet- will recoinfijend that the School
Board i>o authorized id ^o ahead with |
plaits for one, or possibly two modern l
twenty-four-roum buildings, the funds I
;.i ho provided as needed. The final
payments would not be needed before ,
the budget of next year is prepared. I
According to President Peters. Madi?
son School, centrally located, and
greatly overcrowded. presents the
greatest need. Springfield comes next.
More than $0,000 has recently been
expended on Bcllcvuc httlhling, and
while not by atiy means a modern
school building', it can be made/to tin
for the present. \ new school is need- !
etl for Sydney, a small building an- !
nexed from the county, ami never con?
sidered adequate (o the needs of n
growing neighborhood.
Mr. Polinrd** Vie\^s.
Chairman Pollard, of the finance
Committee, while admitting the need
for now school buildings, reminds the
public that nearly half of the bonded
debt has been issued in the past few/
years; that had as some of the build?
ings are from the standpoint of ven?
tilation, light and sanitation, they arc
bet I or than the homes of a lnr^e per?
centage of ihe children, and far better j
titan most of the private sebools In the;
city. About $10,000 has hoch recent- j
lv expended in repairs, and the district!
schools general}}' are certainly in bet?
ter condition than I hey were a few I
yohra ngb ".lien strong pressure wa.5
brought to bear to secure $?500.000 for
the .lohn .Marshall High School, over)
tb.. protest of Mr. l.ynoh and others .
who would liave erected two $100,000
birch school buildings In cither end ot
the city.
The elect f ie plant will f.u-o well in
the budget, receiving nil its asks for
Installing additional machinery and
eompietlng tho distribution system.
? but there i> ho money for ornamental
lights, gas or elect t ie. save those al?
ready in operation on Broad Street.
ME NEW CHART I
BE JAMES RIVER
__ i
Geodetic Survey Force Working
to Complete It in Two
Months.
I n.a! work of a survey of Die .lames
it Ivor, xiideli begn n last summer a;
NeSv'rih'rt N'. v. s by Captain <?. \\ . For
gushn, <'f th<- Coasi and i ;<:ndetie Sur?
vey Ituiynu, Ijepart mont of Commerce
and i.iIht. will likely be cbncludeij
hi two mouths. This will afford
a how ?hart, brought completely up
i..-iiat. which vvlii be csp.eeinljjy help?
ful tu in.\ ig,11'.)?:< of these waters, as
the last ,bait Was mail.- in IST'i.
Capialii Ferguson I:? hi command ol
a crow of twenty aboard the two-mast
et'l |ii,:hootier Matchless, now moored at
the city d?m.-l<L The Mat.-bless will re
tjialii in Itlehmoud tintII the conclusion
? ?i" the >Hvvy Tiiri remainder of th
worl. will l?? done from a launch, tlie
tender of the larger vessel'
M'"i i f thf work to be done now Is
betwe'n Klchmond and Dutch 'jap, ?<e
r Ording to e statement made yesterday
by Captain Ferguson.
"W" itr". revising this charts and
hrmslpg til- m up-to-date.'' lie sabi
"There are many new landings, differ
? ddptbs and new names since 'be
chart was made In In?.
The only thing which bus hinder?
ed o'ur \voi;k 1;. malarial fever, caused.
1 believe; front tlie ivater of the river.
I lia.yii Uts.< left u hospital where 1 was
r.ontlh'ed for nearly two weeks with a
severe littack', Members of tin- crew
I have alro suffered from this illness,
and it has slightly delayed our work.
Otherwise; we ha v. made splendid pro?
gress, and I now hope to finish up
within tile next tun months.
: "l haye a crew consisting of a first
iifncers, .lam. .- 1". Marsh: <'. M. Cade,
assistant', .1. A. Smith, aid; live petty
j olJicers, sir sailor-, one steward, two
coo>.s, a niess attendant and one en
I glneer who rntis the launch.
"All of the work v. ill now lie done
from Itlchniond. 'We-* wjll keep tlie
!.? hountr here, ami take our soundings
I rbiii tie- launch "
Though uii. did ship, th,- Matchless
|p a tduuriyh and seaworthy craft;
iniiJt'niohg the graceful lines ol an
ideal' ya'cht. She "'as hull! In UC? hi
1 Kov. W.st. and during the Civil War
I w;\s presided Into the Service of the.
' (b..nf^.?.-rnte States navy.
IM Commerce rind i?'*bor about sixteen
.l'o;- eSghtecri yeftvi, ..go. thoroughly
rovetV,R'il''d and Sil modem cpib.-meni
inttiltii)
Stabbed Him in Neck Because
Loan Was Refused and
Then Escaped.
k-.i't ; t Patterson, colored, i.- dead up
the result ?>!' ;i stab wound inllictcd
yesterdaj morning by lleiiry. alias
"Jtoddy." .lathes, and the latter Is-, a
fugitive from justice, with police sind
detectives h>?t on his trail, and tele
grains being sent out to various point.1
in which it'e might s<?.
The :niit-'i< .- occurred in a small
h.i|>use In ?\iiai is termed Hargrove's
i'ord, ii. ai Twenty-seventh ami Mult)
Streets; and was the rcsuli of a quar?
rel over money, it is said that James
demanded of Patterson thai he lend
hint 10 cents. The latter refused, and
.lames Is then alleged to have said:
"Jf ??>tt don't lend me a dune, I'll
Villi you." patferfon -till refused, and
James ptil pis threat into execution,
'.nr. Patterson it- the riuht side
of hi? neck.
Patterson walked v few sttp&. -jnd
ti'irri fell and died on the street.
Another negro approached Jame.i and
asked n\r:, if he were not sorry for
what he had dons.
"Yes." replied. ["--fore Clod I
wlsii I hadn't killed him."
Hie city ambulance was called, but
ihf negro was dead before it had ar?
rived, .lamer escaped.
Hit. PH12 EM AN TO U'fTllllv
ON ?IG HEALTH TOPIC
Dr Allen \v. Freemsn will locture
to-morrow night at 8:1 r? o'clock, un?
der the auspice? of the Federation of
Mothers' clubs, In the auditorium of th?
John .Marshall Ilijjh School; on "Flies,
Mosquitoes and Other Insects, in Ue
latlon of public health" This is one
of a series of lecture: on public health
matters Dr. Freeman will bo Intro?
duced by Major W. A. Anderson The
lecture will b<- opeti to the public.
I; is expected lhat this talk will
prove Interesting because It ?'111 he
lilustarted -with steropticon views.
E SAVI HGS BANK
WHAT PLEASURE
von rake in seeing a tov bank beinji
filled. There 1? Real Pleasure* in a
Bank \ccoijnt.
We pav " p?r ">nr Compound In*
let es!
1.U7 East Main Sttr*?*t
FOR GOOO ROADS!
Logan Waller Pape Here to Dis?
cuss Government Aid This
Afternoon.
PUBLIC URGED TO HEAR HIM]
President Wood Calls Attention |
to Importance of Big
Question.
LOGAN WALLER PAGE.
Believing thai the question of good
roads is paramount in Virginia; the
Chamber of Commerce Is preparing to
make ah active fight for improvements,
arid to that end a campaign of educa?
tion is to be vigorously put forward.
At a meeting of the directors this af?
ternoon. Logan Waller Page, director Ol
the public roads department of th*
CttHted states government, will deliver
an address in the assembly hall on "The
Construction of Public Roads and How
to Get Government Aid." The meeting
Is scheduled for i:V.<j o'clock.
The chamber has invited the super- 1
visors, of llenrlco county; Highway'
Commissioner Wilson, the committed
from the Richmond Automobile Asso?
ciation and its own committee on
streets, roads and parks, together with '
citizens who are interested in the ;
bis subject of better highways;
The proposition of aiding in the con- 1
sfruction of a highway between Rich?
mond and Hampton Roads cities will
be given special attention, and the 1
plans for that movement will be fully'
considered.
Know* Virginia ftohdn.
The coming of Air. Page will attract
unusual attention, lit view of his fa-!
miliaritj with the Virginia situation'
and because of his inside Itnowiedg)
of road matters. Being a Virginian, he
is anxious to sec this State lift it sell
out of the mud and lake hotter rank
with other States which have done so
much In recent years to aid formers
and business people;
ll?r.ry W. Wood president of the
chamber, said last night that he hoped
the citizens and members would make
It a point to attend the meeting this
afternoon. "This question of good
roads.*' -rid Air. Wood, "is the most
important! in my opinion, that the
chamber ran take op just now. In t?ri
yours I believe public roads loading
into a!! > i!i"s will be as Important as
railroads. With the improvements
whtch have been made In motor I rucks.
It will not be long before a farmer will
he. able to haul n heavy load \"? miles
at an approximate cost of $1: but to do
this, of course. It will lie necessary la
build g.I roods; Mr. Page i.: prepared
and anxious to throw light on the sub?
ject. Sometimes I doubt if our people i
realize i he importance of flrst-clasJ*
highways: but they are seeing the!
value of the work, and in many locull- J
lies they are co-operating must Jjcari- I
11 y." j
H r. Drlunril Ifrim l*itoiitiionln.
Innies C. nrlnard I.- ill with pneti-j
in on la at bis residence; :'<>i i Pjriyd
Avenue, but his physicians declare
ease n mild one, and say he will be i
out within two or three week'--.
Appointed Chief Engineer of the
United Railways of
Baltimore.
Calvin Whit el ey, Jr.. chief engineer J
of the Virginia Railway and Power
Company, has resigned his position,
effective March !. to become chief en?
gineer of tr,r United Railways of Bal?
timore.
The offer was made to Mr. White
Iry several days ago. lie went to Bai
tipiore for a conference, returning on
Soturda; . although announcement thai
he had accepted was not made publle
until yesterday The new position ia
regarded as a bl?r promotion, for in
Baltimore he will have supervision
over 140 miles of track, as compared
with J2? in Richmond. It has been
known for some time that the man?
agement of the United Railways was
looking around for the most capable
engineer available, end because of Mr.
i Whltoley's good work with the. Vir?
ginia Railway an,] Power Company
he was offered the place. Nineteen
years ago he was a draughtsman fot
! the Baltimore street car lines, lie hitf
! been with the"1 Richmond companies
j for the past eleven years, and \ya?
I chief engineer during the period ol
j greater development. While his frlendu
I In Cue Virginia Rnllwny and Power
Company admitted that his retirement
I would deprive them of an expert, who
[ was fit miliar with every detail of thu
work, they expressed the utmost gral
I llicntiori over his selection by the
I United Railways.
j Mr. Whlicley is one of the best
known and most popular elti/.eris ot
Richmond. He Is a member of tho
Westmoreland ami Commonwealth
Club-., and his family baa long been
1 prominent In the social life of the city
No Information could ho gathered
, yestcrdc ., . tf, 'he probable selection
let his tiuccessor as chief'-engineer of
'the local proportion.
Syndicate's Lawyers Not Yet
Ready With Chatter for
Skyscraper.
MEANS ONLY SHORT DELAY
Not Lxpccted That Sale of Cham?
ber Building Will ?c Seri?
ously Retarded.
Because lawyers for the First Na?
tional Bank Biilldiug Corporation need
more time than was at tlrst expected
to prepare a charter. Una) negotla- [
tions for the purchase of the Chamber i
of Commerce Building and property [
has boon postponed to February '.T>.
By that date it Is expected that the 1
charter will have been Issued by thp I
State Corporation Commission and all;
arrahgcinonts for the purchase com?
pleted
There are several tenants In the old <
building who have not been .able to se?
cure other quarters. As their leases run I
beyond the date of delivery of tin: 1
propertv the work of tearing down the I
structure probably will be delayed for j
some time. Among the most important i
of these Is the hanking firm of Job;' I
IWilliams & Sons, which occupies tile
lower floor. Efforts have been made
by the chamber and the- corporation
to secure adequate quarters for that
Arm, Im; as yet they have not. beeil
successful.
Not to Itctnrd Sale.
.Meanwhile, it is understood Ton re?
liable authority thai the occupancy
of the offices will not retard the siilo
though it may delay the building. It
is practically certain that when rep?
resentatives of th.- two concerns meet
next Saturday the deal will go through J
at the opt ion price of $230,000.
Originally, the Chamber of Com?
merce committee having th" matter In
charge was to have reported on Feb?
ruary 10. hut being unable to settle j
with some of the tenants, an exten?
sion of ten days was allowed. In this
interval it was ugrccd that the deal
should go through 'Irrespective of
leases, and would have been finally ,
clpsed this morning but for the delay'
in obtaining a chart-? Until ai ran ,? -
ments are made with the tenants no I
definite plans for the new building
can be given out.
The First National Hank, the Ches
apeak.- ,-,mi Ohio Hallway and the!
Richmond. Fredericksburg an.! Po- !
totnac Railroad have alr>-ady made ar?
rangements for ten-year leases. Proper '
reservations will be made for ih?
Chamber of Coinmeree. though ?s yet
no lease has been taken by that body.
MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
Women of All Dcnnmlnnt lonn to l'nr- j
tlclpnte To-I>ny.
Beginning at 10 o'clock this morn- i
jug in the lecture room of the Second !
Baptist Church, a missionary confer- '
eiice will be held, conducted by officers
of the Woman's Missionary Pnlon ol
Virginia, assisted by Miss Kdith Camp?
bell Craln, corresponding secretary ol
the Woman's Missionary Union, auxil?
iary to Southern Baptist Conven?
tion.
The morning session will he from 10
A. M. to 1 P. M., when luncheon will bo
served in the church parlors The af?
ternoon session will be from 2:30 to
ri o'clock, and at s o'clock a rally meet?
ing of the Voting Woman's Auxiliary
will be held
M'hc purpose of t'nc conference is to
discuss practical plans and methods of
promoting greater efficiency in mis?
sionary organization-. Tlie talks will
bo short, followed by full discussion
of the topics from the floor.
Women of all denominations are
cordially invited t,o attend the meet
MANY ORDINANCES
.\r? Trntlle l.nw to lie < oiinIelrred To
nidrnnv Night.
Tiir meeting of t he Committee on
Ordinance, ?'harter and Reform lo?
in or row nicht promises to be the
busiest in tlie history of the present
committee, the Council having referred
a large number of new propositions
for consideralion. One or more special
meetings will lie necessary if the
measures are to he gone into in detail
b.efoiv! the March meeting of the
Council. Among the measures pend?
ing are the Umlauf traffic law and the
companion paper for the cr'-atl n of
a hon rd t-> license chauffeurs; the
l.ynch resolutions regarding the Col?
lector of City Taxes; Rogers ordinance
regarding the flreproofing of Jails, hos?
pitals, hotel... lodging houses and pub
lie stables; Pogers ordinance as to
excavating within five feet of any
st reel; Umlauf ordinance prohibiting
pawnbrokers from receiving as se?
curity any pistol; bbwte knife razor or
like weapon, and Ftnlauf ordinance
prohibit ing bonfires v. ithln the city
limits, and reguhtlng th- sab- of tire
works and tin- handling of powder, ?
dangerous liquids, nitroglycerine a.nd
high explosives. |
Street Cnr Vvcldeiits.
Barah Wllljaine, colored, of ,903 St.
.lohn'-; Street, was thrown from s
; street car on First Street yesterda.y
morning. She was slightly injured in
the arm. and war attended by u iur
gcon of the Virginia Railway and
! F'over Company.
I Marvje Pecoast, colored, was struck
I by a street car yesterday morning at
j Hancock and Clay Streets. She was
j reported to bo only slightly hurt.
Two Gmnhllug House*.
John Clay, alias "General" Clay, and
Mlllyard Bush, both colored, were ar?
rested early yesterday morning on a
charge of running gambling houses.
Clay was arrested at t?13 East
Franklin Street, and Bush was caught
at 112 East Clay Street
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HOW NEWS WAS PRINTED IN
RICHMOND 56 YEARS AGO
Yellow and mus4.y with age, but not.
yellow in its contents, a copy of the
Penny Post of May 30, 1S55, was un?
earthed the other day in the home of
John C. Fr?einttn, where, for more, that
half a century it had boon reposing
as packing to hokl a picture securely
in its fraino.
The copy Is In a fine state of pre
sorva t ion.
Press associations were unheard of
at that time. The telegraph was un?
known. The entire method of handling
news was far removed from that of
to-day. The Penny Post told the day's
happenings in Richmond in barely n
column. Its out of town news camo
through tho malls
Its "local" was told in a brief and
concise manner. Several Items, which
may awaken the memories of some
of the "oldest Inhabitants." are as j
follows:
.Not to He Tnkrn by Surprl?c.?About. J
iO o'clock Monday night, a num?
ber of friends of Henry Cow Esq., tho
successful candidate for legislative
honors in the county, left the <-ity in
conveyances provided for the purpose,
accompanied by a band of music, m
order to give him an unexpected sere?
nade. Th" gentlemen wer" joined on
the way by a large number of Menrlco
buys. under command <>f Captain
Aiken, who were waiting to full in
line of march for the domicile o( Mr
Cox. This was reached about U
o'clock, and halting in front of Mr
C's residence the bnnd struck up it
.?national air. Very soon Mr. Cox made
rds appearance, and after tendering
to all bis acknowledgments for the
aonors done him. extended to them a
r.carty welcome and an invitation lo
iomo in and make themselves social in
in obi Virginia way. It Is needless to
say that they did not do anything
.?Ise On entering they found, that In
itcari of taking htm by surprise; lie
had gotten wind of the whole affair
tnd prepared a feast, which could ndl
be surpassed- Everything the heart
could wish for was there, and It was
conceded on h'.I hands that tew morn
agreeable hours had ever been enjoyed
by them than those passed by them at
the hospitable hoard of the American
legislator. It was truly a feast of r-a
fioii and a flow of soul all nround. The
party did not "go home iiil morning,
till daylight did appear." Prom ap?
pearances, at any rate. It would appear
that ??Sum" is still wideawake in gp
riouH old Ifenrico county,
m?tlngulhhrO \rrlvnli?.?Iloti. James
Campbell, Postumst er-General, arrived
In this city yesterday and took lodgings
at the Exchange Hotel lie was ac?
companied by Colonel Barrett, post?
master of th- Federal metropolis. The
object of Mr. C's visit seems to br to
conclude a new arrangement with the
president and directors ol the Fredcr
Icksburg and Potomac Railroad foi
carrying the Southern mail on ilieii
road, lie wishes one on more favor
aide terms than the department at
present lihs with that toad.
Fortunate llociivcrj .---The pocltet
book and contents, lest by Mr. Albert
l.lggon, on Gamble's Hill, advertised in
th< Post, was found by a lad yesterday
and restored t<> its overjoyed owner.
He munificently rewarded tlie lad for
his honesty, and after paying one ,->.?
, two fees for legal advice (which ho did
I not need), deposited the remainder,
j about ?!?B0, In bank, a much safer
place than in one's pocket. Inasmuch
as the earnings of ninny a toll-spent
day has thus opportunely been restored
to Its legitimate owner by our aid, wo
consider that we have a fair right 10
crow: but we won't. The fact, speak J
for itself.
ForentaHing.?-A fine of $"> wan Im?
posed on Thomas Morton yesterday bjt
the Mayor for buying a quantity ol
vegetables in the Old Market house lit
order to sell them again at. an enhanced
valuation. The Mayor seems determined
to set his face against all a tempts to
Impose upon our cltl/.onr. In this way.
Virginia Control Knllrond.?Tu?
workmen are now busily engaged tax?
ing down the track beyond Statin tot;
I With the heavy rail.
j Anotlior Prenfdcutlnl Cnndldnte.?>
The Trenton (N. .1.) l"ree Press is out
in favor of Hon. John M. Butts, Of
Virginia, for the presidency.
Walking: Willi n t'nne.?-John, an
Ethiopian Count p'Orsay, belonging lu
C. H. I'horiitoh, was found by Watch <
man Jude Monday night, pet'ambulatina
nround the street, flourishing a fancy
looking article In the stick line |rt
quite an agonizing way. The watch?
man; thinking it was done*to get forc?
ible possession of the gizzard of somo
; tender-hearted Ethiopian maiden, who
j Indulged in a penchant for tin- colored
representative of D'Orsny, took Imme?
diate possession of his person and
inarched that and tue stick to the cage.
Here he spent t u night. The Mayor,
however, discharged him the next morn?
ing unmolested.
j Itunntviiy.?Humphrey, slave be?
longing to James Uardin, arrested by
Watchman Wnssertnnn on Monds*
I night? was ordere I ten rashes, A cer?
tificate of his being :! runaway wai
also given to the watchman; v Ith dl
? rcctions to tak" the slave to Iiis maa?
ter.
In the advertising columns la th*
following.
"N^groes.r-Thls day. at 10 o'clock,
we will sell two likely negro boy?.
PtiUl.im ?? Davis, A ne ts "
The Penny I'om was. published Vy
William .-'. Kasley <\. f'o. it appeared
I dally, fceml-weekly and weekly
? ._r_[_
j Tii Continue llexlvol.
j Because of the- Interest which hat
I been shown in the revival service.
J which haye l'c m conducted for the
past two weeks hy lb-v w. Li, Ball.
I T?. !>.. pastor of the Tabernacle Bap
' tist Church, the series did not end
j lost night as had been planned. It
whs decided lb close with a big meet
j ing Wednesday rilgblTT
I 'I'm M<>rt 1? Xn> (.'lull Itooiu*.
The ltlehrn?nd Automobile Club will
meet to-night for the tirst time In it i
J new club rooms at the Gordon Motor
Conipnn.i car.tg". .Several Important
'matters ate to be considered, ami
members are requested to attend.
\\>Htiiiorrlnml Club MfotltiB.
The annual meeting of the West?
moreland Clllh Will be bebl at tho
clubhouse to-night, at which time ofll
rers will l>e cloned. The usual sup?
per will be served.
Larkin Skillit Gets One Swell Job
Colonel Bill's Son Elected Chief
of Police in Honca Pall:
Te>:as.
I.arkin w. skillit. of Honnerrncker
county, who loft homo several motu Iis
ago to join a troupe of. wandering
aviators, wrote to his father. Colonel
Ulli Skillit, yester.lay that ho had
resigned his position as shoe clerk In
the. .Now York Hacket Store in Hanert
Hath, Tex., to accept a joh as chief of
police In that enterprising town.
"Now, ain't that line?" re mark ad
the colonel last night over the tele?
phone. ??[ always told Nlsh that if we
gave Ijxrkln a chance ho would get
into politics. Just as soon as Hie Coun?
cil heard that he had nerve enough
to go up in a flying machine they
agreed that he was brave enough
handle the police department, the same
heilig himself. I^ukin writes that he
carries a couple of six-shooters and a
Tito Voting Texan* Taken from Train,
Anxious to soe the. world, Lloyd .Sil?
ver and James Fyfe. each fifteen years
old and claiming to be from Galves
ton, Tex., started on a tour of the
country four months ago. and ended
by being taken to the First Police
Station last night from a Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway train reaching here
at 7:20 o'clock.
Both boys were well-dressed and of
prepossessing appearance. They said
they had not had anything to eat since
Saturday morning, and Sergeant Ilold
c.roft deemed It advisable to send them
to the Associated Charities, where they
could get bed and board.
The two young wanderers said that
they had been to New York, whence
they started South a few days ago with
S30 in their pockets. But railroad
fare and hotel bills soon exhausted
their small funds, and they were put
off a train near Hewlett's. Another
conductor took them aboard, tele?
graphing ahead for a police officer to
meet the train. Tho boys seemed to
he glad to have somewhere to go, for
said that be would like to go home
and back to mamma.
They evidently expected to meet In?
dians on the way, for each carried a
ride. But the. guns had been taken to
pieces. They hadn't scon an Indian
in any part of their tour, atid were dis?
appointed.
They will be! taken before .Histlcc
Crutch field this morning, and the po?
lice will notify their parents of their
detention here,
GET RUNAWAY BOYS
by Policemen.
pair of knodes; and sny, his badge ^
n joy fbreycr?-German silver, col Rtar
shhpo and with the word 'Chiof in the
cen t re.
"Von didn't hear about Iiis first ar?
rest? Well. ?! Mexlean wrestler wont
int.. [-Tonen Path to give a .-how and
after eating a bi^ meal in the i,ittic
Com he thanked the wttlter and sah!
he didn't think he'd pay. Naturally,
I they sent for Lark In?the chief?with
! his badge and his guns, lie quietly told
the Mexican man to pay up. whereat
the Mexican man flung a soup dish
i.t my son, narrowly missing his badge,
What did Unkln do? Ho just llflod
Ids gun and shot holes In the Mexican'.*
ears so he wouldn't have to have them
bored in ease he desired to wear ear
tines. The llone.a Path paper said that
llonea Path bad at last got a fearless
cop sergeant, and that night the Mayor
gaye him ;i reception, at which every
bodj walked by and touched the bndg4
for good luck. Keep an eye on thai
boy. Nobody thought much of him
her.:, but take it from rue. Hun, he's
some punklns in Ilonen Path."
Itnld Spcnkrnny.
Charier Anderson, colored, "'as nr*
rested yesterday morning on a charge,
of selling Intoxicants without a license
and on Sunday He was caught at t
South Twenty-seventh Street by ''Po?
licemen' Gentry, Griffin and Clarke.
To .Alert on Wednesday,
The annual meeting of the Sons ol
the Revolution in the State of Virginia
will bo held at the Westmoreland Club
on February/22, with .fudge R. Carter
Scott, the president, presiding. Del?
egates to the triennial meeting of th?
National Society, which will be held
In Washington on April 19, will be se?
lected at this meeting. The annual
election of officers will also be hold.
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?
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