The times dispatch. [volume], March 08, 1911, Image 10

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Women s New Coats
Serge being the most
favored
hither the fine twill "French" sort
or the serge with a definite wale,
.simple, severely tailored, yet varia?
tion after variation of so-called
"plain" with a world of style to their
shapely lines. Some with the shawl
collar, also sailor collar effects, the
notch collar, etc.; colors, as well as
the most popular navy and black, at
$10.98, $11.98,
$12.50, $15 upwards
Women's Short Coats of
plain tailored or with satin
excellent satin duchess
lining; these extra good
value for.
serge,
collar,
$12o50
area
Jhoadlc
Two Weeks' Guard Around
Home Where Smallpox Cases
Were Found.
The Henrico county Board >'f Health;
nt a special nice tins yesterday, ordered
the vaccination of all persons who may
have been exposed to the l,\yo smallpox
eases which were fliscbvc.re.tl Monday
near tho National Cemetery.
The work was at one,' begun by
county physicians, under tho direc?
tion of Dr. (J. T. Collins. All pupils
in Fulton Hill Schoo], which Is near
the locality where the disease devel?
oped, will have to undergo the opera?
tion;
Dr. E. C. Levy. Chief Health Ofllcor
of Richmond, lias also taken precau- I
tiohary measures. In view of the facti
that the malady wag discovered near
the city limits, it was thought best to j
take no chnncos. In view of these eon- i
dltlons, Dr. Levy has- instituted a vac?
cination campaign in tln> (Chesapeake1
and Ohi"'> Railway yards, Pulton, where
one of the patients v.ms employed.
However, v.o alarm i.-; felt, and it Is I
sai l that there is no danger of tho i
spread of the disease; hut this will]
not bo definitely known for about ten i
da vs.
The homes of the I wo patients?Mrs.
.lohn Grlffln. Willinihsburg Road, and
bee Garret t, Government Road, are
now under quarantine. Ofllcers have
been stationed there, and will permit
no one to leave or enter the dwellings.
The quarantine will be maintained for
two weeks.
The patients have been removed to
the smallpox hospital, where they will
hp for nearly three weeks, The re?
covery of both is said to he assured.
'?LL_Bf ... . . - .. - _L
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CA3TO R I A
^eet/j?lpo&r
Close the avenues
of regrets
and the mads of expense in the be?
ginning.
G. M. Co.'s "Pearl" Roofing
Tin is best.
Richmond, Va.
Spent Nearly As Much
A-* a new watcli would cost, have you?
Well, biine, it to its. We'll fix it if it is
li.xable. Stop wastefiil expense.
Smith &. Webster
Time Specialists, - - 6\2 Last Main.
YOUR LAUNDRY PHONE?
Our careful ami painstaking
way in which we handle collar-,
cuffs and shirt a will more than
pic tsc voii.
ECLIPSE LAUNDRY
Gl NTLLMLN'S WATCHES.
I here i'. iit'vhihg more convenient or
pee'esijar!) than a faithful timepiece;
We carry Only the highest grade of
Watches; in i (>j styles and pat?
terns.
SCHV. UUSCI1ILD BROS.,
Broad and Second St reels.
Three Weeks of
. Recreation
Twin Screw Stcamci 11,000 Tons.
BERMUDA; ST. THOMAS Pom
RICO, PANAMA CANAL J\
MA1CA, CUBA.
$125.00' and I p \ .t:,f's.
March 18, 1911.
Richmond Transfer Co.
809 Last Main Street,
Kii hmoud. Va,
Struck With Contrast Between
Lower Main Street and
Rest of City.
Lower Main Street presents n vivid
I contrast with other1 pa-.-ts of the city
i in the matter of civic cleanliness, from j
I tiie standpoint <>t" a stranger within
the gates, in the opinion of Mayor
John J. Fitzgerald, of Boston, who
spont yesterday rrorning in Richmond.
\\ li lie on a irip a join the city, Mayor I
Fitzgerald commented on the illth to
be seen in the street and gutterB on
Alain front Twenty-tlrst to Twenty
tiftli Streets, tliis being surprising to
! him in view of tue general cleanly ap
I pea ranee i .scwhore.
I "IIbney l it/." uns on Iiis way home
from Florida; where he has spent a
lew weeks. lie stopped over to sou
Richmond. As he ueonied Colonel John
Murphy one of the eiiy's points of
interest lie called n thu veteran liotei
man.
In charge ol James T. Disney, the
Mayor of Ueantown saw ;tll the hls
toric things which Richmond presents.
He commented on the change since the
day when the evacuation i>y thu Con?
federate forces left the capital in
ruins. We went to Washington on the
noon train.
SWANSON GETS QUARTERS
Hum Old Suite at IHchimiml?Other
Candidates ICxpectcd.
Senator Claude A. Swunsoh has en?
gaged rooms ::i?J, 301, 3dC and :;uS on
this third floor of the Richmond Hotel
a?j his headquarters for tiie senatorial
campaign. This suite is the same tis
that occupied by the junior Senator!
during his campaign for Governor in
! 1905. The rooms arc 011 the west, side
of the building.
No move has as yet been made to
occupy the rooms, although it is ex?
pected they will he utilized within a
few days.
Senator Thomas S. Martin, who was'
expected to come lb Richmond imme?
diately after the adjournment of Con?
gress, lias been delayed, and will not
he here until next week. It is ex?
pected that he will have rooms at Mur?
phys.
Representative William A. Jones, it
was st a ted yesterday by friends, will
be here within the next few days,
probably at tho end u? the present
I week.
FIRE IN COAL YARD
I.on* YVntt Small, Though Quantity of
Old Hills Were Destroyed.
-The office of the City Coal Company;
SfiL'S Dock street, was rather badly
damaged by fire last nightl the loss
being placed at $200. The lire Is be?
lieved to hn.vo originated from an
overheated stove against ti wall. it
spread into the second floor and the
roof, where the main damage was
Inflicted. None of tiie valuable papers
wer,- destroyed, as all had been placed
in an iron safe. Some old bills were
destroyed, however, tind some debtors
may be glad.
Steamers I and S and Truck No. 2
responded under . Chief Rnffo. The
building was Insured for $300.
in tlnnkriiptcy.
Through his attorney, Isador Shapiro,
Hyihan Segal; a merchant, has filed a
petition in voluntary bankruptcy in
the. raited Sta ten l?i-!:i i Court, Lia?
bilities of $1,777.29 are set forth, while
assets of $970.35 are claimed.
Prefers SerlbriH Clinrcc,
John St ein man, dri, twenty-four
years old, was arrested yesterday af?
ternoon on :i serious charge preferred
by Miss Flizabeth Hanky,
Members of Council Who Mad
That Idea Were Under a
Misapprehension.
DR. ROBINS REVIEWS WORK
Hospital Last Year Furnished
Citizens Free Treatment
Amounting to $5,751.
Dr. Charles n. Robins, who has been
secretary and treasurer of Memorial
Hospital Corporation since its founda?
tion, was asked yesterday as to thu
report that some members of lite Coun?
cil contemplated securing that lustitu
.lon as a city hospital, his reply boing
that it sucli an idea existed these
member^ were evidently under a hils
uppretienslon.
"During tiie seven years that 1 have
been an otllcer in the institution," salu
if Vi Rotdns, ?'liiere has not been a year
.n whlcn Hie hospital lias not iiis
onargeu till oi us obligations and
.started eacii year tree of uebt, and tiie
/car just closed lias been a less dilti
^'uit one to nuance than the year in.
"tiie problems which face Memorial
'?ra si ly tnosu mat have to oo met
ii'y every other hospital oi like charac?
ter m tiie country, u mis .1 private
hospital and a warn hospital, sepa?
rated ti'bm each otner by lue adminis?
tration builuing. 'i no private hospital
nils always been a source of normal
arm legitimate probt. 'J ins protlt, nu?
rver. Instead oi being ileeltuou m tilvi
Jcnus. lias been applied to the sup?
port of lice cases. It lias. However,
dever men suntelcnt to malniuin ail
?>i the charity work that thu Hospital
does, and 11 lias always been necessary
:b secure iiutsiao funus. as tue great?
er pan oi the tree beds is iiiruisiied
:o citizens ?. i Richmond, some years
ago trionus oi the institution Who were
,n tiie Council introduced an ordinance,
which was passed, appropriating to
iiui various hospitals mat dUl charity
work a sum or. money supposed to
cover their gas and water bills, in lieu
Of giving i lie hi tree gas and water.
The amount appropriated to .Memorial
was and has continued to >?>? $ooe.
Bach year the Council hits had its at?
tention called io the tuet mat tins
sum was entirely Inadequate.
I 1 >iti .Much l-'rcc Unrli.
"During 19 lo Memorial Hospital
pa ill into tiie city treasury S}2,020.02
i or gas and water, and if us iced for
!>2,00o. it did not ask the city io reim?
burse the hospital lot' tne free treat?
ment it li a s given Its citizens, but I'.'
carry out the spirit oi an ordinance
adopted some years ago. As a mallei
I oi tact the hospital lurhlahed io cit?
izens of Richmond during lit 10, 1,115
I hospitul days, which at ward rates
would have amounted to ?5,751. Tills
i.- an average of twelve beds a day
every day in the year. The amount
that the city actually gives would run
these beds less than tne weeks.
"Few people know the amount of
charity work done by .Memorial. In
six years the hospital has furnished
i RhiiOiy hospital days to patients of
all classes, of which -19,316 were given
absolutely free to poor patients, so
that over 2? per cent, of tiie total work
of tiie hospitul has been charity.
tJcl Some Trent in cot.
"This fact is not generally known
simply because tin; charity patients
nie given the same treatment in thu
wards as those that pay. and nobody
j knows the difference but the patient
and the hospital authorities. We be?
lieve that tills is the best way to i
handle the problem. The poor are
treated and cured without being bra titl?
ed tig paupers or recipients of charily.
"At the same time the immense
amount of charity work that Memorial
does costs money, and the hospital
needs ail the help it can got."
CASES ARE ARGUED
[ .Norfolk find Ale.viinilrln Suits I p in;
Supreme Court.
J n the Supreme Court of Appeals
yesterday the case of the Norfolk Fir'e!|
Insurance Corporation vs. Tal ley i No. i
i 6i>, was argUed by n. Lindsay Gordon
and c. B. Ren truss for the plaintiff in
error, and by .1. I.. Shelton for the de?
fendant in error, and submitted.
The case of Marbury et at. vs. Jonesj
et nl., No. 77. was partly argued by
L, II. Machen for tiie plaintiff Iii error,1
and by .Indue .1. K. M. Norton for tho j
defendant in error, and continued to i
to-day.
Next eases to bo called:
No. Security Hank of Richmond,
Va.. vs. Equitable Life Assurance Sb-I
eicty of the United state-; No. $1.
Morton's executor vs. Core et als.; No.
s::. Southern Railway Company vs.
McMcnamin: No. si. Carter. Mollie A.V|
vs. K.eetoh &? Coleman et als.: No. s.">.
Allison, by, etc.. vs. city of Fredericks- i
burg; No. Si!. Cole's administrator et!
als. vs. Jamerson; No. S7. Washington,!
Alexandria and Ml. Vernon Railway
Company vs. Trlmyer: No. S9. Weils
vs. Lagori? et als.; No. 90. \V heal tori
& Wlsherd vs. Doughty;
Tcuncy C'ri.tc Postponed.
Argument in the divorce proceedings
of George ' >. Tenney. president of the
Atlantic Bitullthic Company, against
Mrs. Kmma S. Tenney. and the suit o(
Mrs. Tenney against her husband for
separatum with alimony, which was
scheduled for Friday in the Chancery
Court, has been postponed to March 20.1
There nre many sensational ? charges j
Involved in the large volume of type?
written depositions tiled with the
court.
Service? lit Holy Trinity.
The Rev. Joseph B. Dunn, rector b( 1
St. Paul's Church, Lynch burg, will!
preach at 11 ply Trinity this afternoon
at f, o'clock;
Calls of Quorum.
The Committee on Improvemeni ri f I
the Ja nies River, failed <>i" a quorum i
last night, and lias been called to meet
in the billce of President Robert W'hit
t? :. .lr . io-dav at \ j o'clock.
May Give Him 90 Days to Thau)
'Homeless Man Walks Into Stationhouse and
Begs for Warm Place to
Sleep.
inclement went her raged without, ,
nnd William be.;-, white and forlorn, |
walked Into tho First I'olicc Station 1
i last night, and mournfully informed i
i the desk sergeant thnt lie had "no
horn*- nowhere in this wide, wide
w o! hi," nhd would h<-, please, put him
lip hi ills best room?-meaning the (
bullpen for the night.
!,<?< \s said to ii'- a Itichmohd man, j
and, therefore; in litis opinion ol the,
desk serigeahi should have had a home, j
or have known where lie i.'?Uld ?et free;
lodging.
Bu| liOe was not to be nonplussed.
"Well," he said, "if yoti can't give nie a
place to sleep, can"! yon lock' nie up
as ;i vagrant? I ain't gtil no moiiey,
11r> honie. no noti,im:, except a cold,"'
lie shivered, and ducked his head be
:? ith his coat collar, a very picture
i .' despair and dejection. 110 knew
the, >;am<- well;
There was no denying hi hi, and In a
??II it:' a vagrant he went.
?What yon think 111 grit 7" he In
1 o?lred casually, its I'olieeman- Koikes
i . i hack to No. i. ? About liftecu
ways': The Locomotive Works will lie
opened up i>> then.'.'
"You'll pel ninety days, ihat's u lint
you'll cot," snld Koikes,
"What.'' and ho drew hack.
"Too late now. In you (;"." And in
lie went. He took Iiis coat t<>i ;) pillow
and cap for a footwnrmcr, Outside
the snow showed, and Do : ic<--t sleeted;
th<- wind it blew and the slush krew
leepcr Inside Willi.mi i.<><. snored and
slept, his hands clasping a stomach as
empty as his dreams,
r
i
HABIT IS THE STRONGEST
Impulse in man. Then, get the habit?
of saving a part of your income. Let
it increase a I \ per cent, compound
interest.
1117 East Main Street.
Material [or Overhead Wire. Sys?
tem in Depot, but City Won't
Advance Freight.
LOSS ALREADY $1,000 A WEEK
Municipal Lighting Plant De?
layed Since Early in
November;
Worn out will) delays which were
costing I'uo city more than $t,<n)o per
week, the Council Committee on elec?
tricity la.st night revoked the contract
ot the city with Storms & Company, of
Newark, X. .1., for construction of the
overhead distribution system for the
municipal electric plant. Tlie contract
Involved about $65,000, and was based
on the unit system, being- approximate?
ly unc-tbird completed. Consulting
Kngineir |?. \V. Trafford was instructed
to got prices on wire, mast arms and
other supplies, and to submit a report
ot the cost of labor and teams, so that
the city may complete the work at the
earliest possible date. Practically an
oi the pules have been set.
Wire Com cm C. O. 1).
Charles i*. Taylor, representing
Storms it Company, was heard at
length. He exhibited, a notice troth
tlie Itlchmohd, eTedorieksuurg and Po?
tomac Railroad Company that a car?
load of wire was here, ready lor deliv?
ery, but admitted that it had been
shipped C. O. I>., and that in- Would
have to put up about $1,200 to gel it
* lioin the railroad company. lie also
produced letters showing that twenty
I live of the 750 mast anus ordered had
.been shipped, but was able to giyt no
ticlinltc assurance us to when the work
would he completed, nor could he
promise that the work would be re?
sumed unless tno city would advance
payments on account siillicienl to pay
for the material as heeded.
He asked payment of $9,ftt>u for work
already done In January and February,
ftitgrincer Traftord said that he was
prepared to approve a voucher for less
than $3,000 for work In January, hiit
that the work in Kchrimrv had not
been checked In accordance with the
contract; and that, he could not certify
that it was flroceedlhg to his satisfac?
tion. After representatives of the con?
tractor iu,d withdrawn the commitleu
consulted with Assistant City Attor?
ney Anderson as to the best manner of
pro ceil ore.
Wniitcd City to finance Him.
it scorned evident that the contract
? lid not provide any plan bv which tn
cit;.- could ilnanee the contractor, or
purchase material and supplies for his
use, and there being no assurance that
he was able or willing to do so, the
committee unanimously adopted a reso?
lution drawn by Cokinel Anderson in
conformity with the wording of the
contract, declaring the contract for?
feited' and directing Storms compiihv
ta stop all work. .Mr. Taylor protested
[his surprise at the action of the com?
mittee, which he claimed was unjust.
Ibt.iMiu- to the statement that the
contract called for completion or the
job by November 7. he stated that the
city had not secured the proper rights
of way nor concluded right to use cer
ttairi poles of the Virginia Railway arid
Power Company until late In Decpiri
|her. so that It was manifestly linpos
isihlo lor him t.> have finished within
the specified tiin.-. Mr. Trafford said
I that while it was true that the rlg^t
I to use some of the poles had been d<?
lay.o'd; there had at all times been much
work that storms & Compan'v could
I ha v.- done, and Hint from the start the
work had been behind,
4 . Com ting; 91,000 Per Week,
hinen the elottrhi plant was put in
use -?? light Brotid Street in December
the city has been at the duplicate ex?
pense of operating Its own plant and
at 11 to same time renting current for
street arc lamps from the Virginia
Railway and Power Company the loss
since December l". being estimated as
in excess of $1,000 per week.
Mr. Trafford was instructed to se?
cure prices on I wo carloads of wire.
Too mast arms, _'fi0 cross arms and
|4;000 Insulators, and to furnish at once
I an estimate of the cost of employing
I two foremen, --Men linesmen and
eleven Ii Olpers for stringing wire, and
Ihe rent of two or more teams. Mr.
Trafford says it will require about two
I months to complete the work included
in the Storms contract;
In view of the trouble with the over?
head contract, a subcommittee report?
ed on plans for a distributing system
for South Richmond, recommending
that the Consulting Engineer he au?
thorized to purchase material and em?
ploy men to .!., the work, which was
adopted. Resides the $9,5G0 alleged
to he clue, ihr- city has a reserve of 'JO
per cent, on the amounts hitherto paid
Storms & Company. Mr. Trafford said
that from wire quotations ho had re?
cently received, ho believed the city
could complete tlie work for less than
the balance due lo the contractor.
POETS VAMOOSE
Spring Thought* Swept Awny With
Heavy Spring Snow.
The weather man was right yester?
day morning when he told the sprins
poets to sa\e their effusions for an?
other date. On Monday morning peo?
ple were preparing for the annual
spring cleaning, but yesterday after?
noon they lost ;!l thought of tastet
suits ami the contemplated visit to
"uncle's'' if, %ii ; nui last summer's
Panama hat. In fact, all harbingers
Of spring vanished.
Before twilight last night the citv
\\ ris. covered in a cloak of snow. It
was itisi about cold enough to snow
and the groom' was chill enough lei
hold it, hut the temperature was high
Chough (<? make slush.
The fall Stopped about f> o'clock-,
though occasional Hakes were seen
until midnight. <
A drizzling rain begun and lurried
the white hood about she cite into
a slippery mush. I'nderfobt horses and
pedestrians alike had difficulty in mm -
iritr
Tlie snow mcll< d rapidly tinder the
rain and rising temperature, and it is.
expected thai there will Itol be much
of it left by to-night, if Hie forecast
for warmer weather is fulfilled.
TO ELECT DETECTIVE
Police Commissioner* to \dd Another
Man To-Night to Headquarter* Force.
The monthly meeting of the Board
of Police Commissioners will ho Held
to-night. One of the most important
tilings lo come tin will he the election
of an additional man for detective
work at headquarters. There are sov
eialt applicants for the position, and
ihe race among them will probably be
warm.
It is not probable thai a street ser?
geant Will be elected, though there was
talk some time aero of addintr to the
street sergeant force; it Is the policy
now however, of the chief and board
to maintain as few officers as is com?
patible with Ho- efficiency of the de?
partment. _
Police Court Cn*en.
Ceorge Russell, colored, charged with
stealhif Ji r.r. from the person of Rva
NTav Walker, was sent op to the grand
jury from Police Court yesterday morn
U]f .i I {Hits, charged with stealing
(Oftv poiindg of lead from the Unwell
i Br?then, was r ut-need to sixty day,
Sln<!eorse Strong. alias James Johnson.
I colored, charged with breaking into
I the house ol Charles Jones and steal?
ing clothes therefrom, had his case
I continued to February 10.
BECK
FIRES ASSISTANT
"I Am Not.Running a Barroom,"
He Says, Regarding Dis?
missal of Butler.
WHARTON GETS THE PLACE
Chief Deputy, Absent From
Office, Scut Away on
Short Notice.
First Deputy Building Inspector .John
13. Butler was removed from ofiiee yes?
terday by Building Inspector Beek for
absence from his post and dereliction
in the performance of Iii? duties. K.
B. \V liar tori was appo'ntcd as u
deputy in tho oilicc and qualified ut
once.
"1 am not running a barroom," was
tiie succinct comment of Building In?
spector Becl,c when asked for a state?
ment in regard to tho removal of Mr.
Butler. -lie had been repeatedly
warned before,' and the office is too
busy just now to put up wllh such
service further."
Tiie action of tho Building Inspec?
tor is final, he being the only city offi?
cial whose office is supervised and con?
trolled by no Council committee, the
Grounds and Buildings Committee only]
navlng supervision of that part of Iiis
work which relates to thu care of jub
ilo buildings.
FYlcudM Could Not Help.
Air. Butler halls from Clay Ward,
ami Iii: friends there, who are influen?
tial politically, worcy prompt to inter?
cede witli the Building Inspector in his
tiehulf. But .Mr. Beck was not lo In
-?aught napping. He had already filled
the vacancy by appointment of Mr
Wharton, a foreman in the employ ol
I. .1. Tignor. a carpenter and builder
Mr. Wharton was an applicant rcoent
j ly when the office of third deputy was
I created, and for some time the choee j
lay between himself and James I'. I
Phillips, who was appointed. Mr. Beck j
I has not indicated which of Iiis deputies
I will be made Hist deputy, the ordinance i
providing that one of them shall be I
so designated, and shall have power I
to act in the absence of the Building
Inspector. Mr. Duller was tho oldest
. member of the Building Inspector's
j staff in point of service, having' been
In office hi ore than two years. lie is
ja bricklayer by trade, and was chosen
i in a competition for his knowledge of I
I practical construction work. In the dl
I vision of duties of the inspectors he
has been in charge of the western part
I of the city, where an enormous amount
of resilience building has been in prog
Kress. He lias been regarded as a fear?
less and impartial official, having twice
reported Councilman John 'I'. Powers
for violations of the Building Code:
The new deputy is a carpenter of long
I experience in house construction, r.nd
will be assigned to the same distr.'e.t;
Only Mnn With Full I'rmci.
The removal of Mr. Butler and the
prompt appointment of his successor
was the sole topic of conversation
it round tiie City Hall yesterday. On
every hand the action of Mr. Bock in
j maintaining the character of his offi?
cial force was commended, and rit teil -
i lion was called to one of the most
[salient recommendations in the annual
j message of Mayor Richardson--that
department loads be given authority
i to employ and discharge their subordi?
nates. The Mayor said: -Heads of de?
partments should !><? held to the strict?
I est responsibility, but it Is unjust In
I require that responsibility when theit
subordinates are Independent, and thest
I heads of departments have no power In
the appointment or retention of those
who are to execute their orders."
At the meeting of the Common Coun?
cil Monday night the Street Commit?
tee recommended for adoption an or,
dinance giving to the City Fngineei
j Hie right to employ and discharge as?
sistant engineers arid clprks in his
I otTieo. a right which lias hitherto rested
! with the Committee on Streets, which
In one instance reinstated an assistant
engineer removed by Mr Boiling. Tin
paper was referred to the Commit tee
on Ordinar.i.e, ?'harter and Reform.
BECK STAYS WITH CITY
I .Vet lit ex itnilwny Company Tlint He
Cannot Accept It* Offer.
! Building Inspector Beck yesterday
declined the offer made to him by the
Virginia Railway and Power Company
I to become its chief engineer, succeed -
I ing Calvin Whlteley, Jr.. who resigned
I to accept a position In Baltimore.
; Mayor Richardson yesterday re?
turned to City Clerk Ben T. August
; the resolution concurred in bv the
Common Council on Monday night in?
creasing the sain rv of the Buildlhc
j Inspector from S2.S00 to $:i.f.00 with
this approval, the Increase to take ef
j loot at once.
! "That .settles it." said Mr. Beck.
', when "informed that the Mayor had
signed the ordinance increasing hi
('salary, arid he at once notified the
i railway company that lie would con
! tinue in the service of the city,
j Mayor Richardson also returned to
Cliy Clerk August, but without his
i approval, the ordinance allowing the
Stumpf Hotel to encroach eighteen
I inches on Hie alley in rear. The Mayor
I snld that In view of the circumstance?
he would not veto the measure, but
I allow it to become a law within live
1 days without his signature, as he has
heretofore announced Ills opposition to
, measures permitting sucli ericroach
I mcnts on streets and alleys.
FLOWER STALLS MAY STAY
Tent Case Agnlnwt .1. IK Hooper Decided
in Friviir of Flower Fpriiiers.
Ji I >. Hooper, who runs a tlowor stall
in the Second Market, was brought
into Police Court yesterday morning
on a technical charge of obstructing
Cue northwest corner at Sixth and
Broad Streets with his stall, and was
dismissed. It was n t'est case to de?
termine whether the (lower sellers
should be required to pay the regulai
dues for market stalls, or be exempt
under the clause applying to farmers
and truckers He said that he was a
flower farmer, ami therefore entitled
to the exemption;
lie told the justice that ho had paid
5U7 two years ago for the stand he
now occupies, and that lie now pays
10 cent- a day sanitation lax.
Justice CrutchlioLI. stating that he
had already expressed an opinion, de?
clined to -it in the case, and Magis?
trate Wilbur Griggs sat in hi.s stead.
ASKS FOR ONE YEAR
j .lohn Mchoins, Cocaine Seller, Stigffcflt?
It. and ItccoinnieiidnHoii is Accepted.
i John Nicholas, colored, indicted for
j .selling cocaine, pleaded guilty in the
Hustings Court yesterday; and asked
the court to discharge the jury.
"I pleads guilty," lie said, "an' I
recommends that you ?ive nie one yen
iii the penitentiary."
"I accept the recommendation/ re?
plied Judge NN"111 solemnly. "Yon are
sentenced to one year in the peniten?
tiary. I hope' you may return to lib?
erty a better man."
William James Hood, colored, was
tried on a charge of housobreaking,
and was convicted and sentenced to
two years in tiie penitentiary. He
broke' into tlte \Vatkins-Cottrell Hard?
ware Company several weeks ago and
stole more than 5100 worth of re?
volvers.
sitll Picking Out Shot.
fm a ecu unt of Hie inability of W. V
Woody to appear in Police Court yes
|terda\ morning, the case against W.
V. Undscy, charged with shooting
\\ rlody was continued to Mare.lt 10.
, it was said thai doctors are stiii
*ngaged In picking, birdshot out bf
Woudv's back aad arm.
FOR QUICK CLEARANCE
Offer To-Day Broken Lots of
Men's Light Weight Overcoats) WWch Sold at
Men's HeavyWeight Overcoats $1i?"TP$ ,
Men's Cravenette Raincoats tat !|>1U.75 Lach
FINDS REGIMENT
FIT FOR WORK
Battalion Turns Out With Good
Attendance for War Depart?
ment Inspection.
"i did nul see a man .hum I re
yarded us un?t for Service," .said Major
??.'lmurc F. Tit?rarl, <>t the Twenty
[ourth United .States infantry, at uio
conclusion of it is inspection ui the First |
battalion, First Virginia Regiment, last;
'? aight- "Were l going into service, I
A'otild he willing to taue every man. so
lav as i could see.
"The battalion.'1 continued Major
raggai't, "is in good siinpe. 1 will not
Jetty that l had rather anticipated
.seeing men who were spmewhut dclt
cient physically, but I will say now
that they surprised mo in this regard,
i think every, man In the battalion
could stand hard, activ<. service."
Major Taggart also expressed tilth
! self to the effect that the property
; which he inspected during the day, wug
in splendid condition; Couldn't have
j ocen better," was his comment. Mis
I ollh ial report will be made to ihe Wat
1 Department.
A ttendance SaH?fnet??rj .
A good showing was made in the
i matter of attendance. C Company hud
! no men unaccounted for. and the others
j had only two or three ? ach. while other j
I men wet,, absent on leave. Company
I A made tue best showing, having tifty
i live enlisted men and two oflicers on
: hand, Company i; whs next, with
[ forty-eight men and three oflicers.
; Company F bad forty-one men and
three ottleers, and Company < thlrty
I nine men and two otllcers. In all, isil
men and ten olllcers were in line.
The companies woro Inspected sepa;
rtttely on tin- lower floor of tin
Seventh Street Armory, as the dril
hall cannot be used. The general
opinion was that the commands pre- I
scntcd an excellonl appearance.
Captain Percy Montague, Jr., of Com.
pany <". Ilichmond I.:lue?, assisted
Major Taggart, having been detailed j
' by the AdjutuntrGeneral for this pur
'? pose. The army otilt;or wili hnv?. an
I examination of lb.- Blues to-morrow
j night, List night's work begins tiie.l
annual round of national inspection for
Virginia, Major Taggart doing duty f?t?
al) of tin: infantry.
MILES NOT COMING
(iocs to Te.inh and Another Officer W ill
luxpeet Hum it/.or* To-.\lKlit.
At the last moment, on nceount of
tin little unpleasantness "ii the Mex?
ican border, 11 <? Howitzers linye learn?
ed that ihey w ill not have the pleasure
of renewing the aciualntanee made at
Gettysburg last July with Lieutenant
Roger Sherman Miles, of the Third
Artillery.
Llphtcnnnt Miles was detailed by
the commander of the Department of
the P.ust lo inspect the Virginia Held
artillery. a telegram received from
him yesterday morning announced that
lie would i,e "here last night to inspect
the llov Users to-night. Hut a later
message sin ted that he had been or?
dered to guard tin? Texan border
against possible, depredations by Mutt
and Jell', and that he could not conn.,
tr, Richmond am of the three batteries
at Fort Myer were, sent for this pur?
pose.
It was learned last night that Lieu?
tenant Howls'., of the same regiment,
will be lore to-day to conduct the
inspection. It will be begun at s
o'clock. The usual weekly drill was
had last night with Poor exercises, not?
withstanding the additional hard work
? ahead for to-night.
Lieut< tinnI Miles, who is a son of
General Nelson a. Miles, was a favorite
among the > trginia troops at Gcttys
I hui!-' during the joint manoeuvre camp
j of last summer.
; COMMENDS GOVERNOR MANN
j President of W. C. 'I'. I*. Hclievc* He
I Ih l-hiriiest 'rciiiperntn-e Worker.
Councilman Jacob Umlauf, of Clay
Ward. was. the principal speaker at
tin: quarterly meeting of the Henrich
ami Hanover lii-County Union; W. C,
T. I'., which was held in St. James
? Methodist Church yesterday afternoon',
In a brief address, hut one which
stirred the large number of white
Irlbboners present to heart:/ applause,
j Mr. Umlauf advocated temperance and
j promised his support to the worker..
! in behalf of their cause.
One of the features of the meeting,
I which opened yesterday morning', was
I the address of Mr?. W. M. Richers.
, president of the union, in which she
said that her faith in Governor Mann
ami his attitude towards the abolition
of the saloon was uiidlmlhishcd, de?
spite attacks which have been made
upon him for not coming out for State?
wide prohibition.
Mrs. May Pauline Spai'ks. national
lecturer of' the w. <'. T. 1'.. also spoke
yesterday morning'. She referred l-o
I the work of the organization in this
and other countries, she pronounced
jit to ''Tve a \vorld-widc Influence, and
said that last year the membership of
j tlie international body was increased
by 20,01)0 new members.
'?Devotional exercises during Cie
I course of the meeting were conducted
by Rev. 0 cor go 'I'. Green, pastor of
j St. Ja mes.
The next quarterly' meeting of the
I uni.ui will take place in Chcslertlcld
j count;..
Twelve Thousand of This Num?
ber Arc Employed in Tobacco
Factories.
Having In mind tho establishment of
a vocational or industrial training
school for ?Irin in this city, the Rich?
mond Educational Association last
night had MisL; Florence M. Marshall.
>i Huston, director of the Girls' Trade
education League, speak in the John
Marshall High School in connection
With the operation of such institutions
:ri Massachusetts.
The heavy fall of snow yesterday
afternoon and continued threatening
weather lust night prevented a larg?
attendance, hut more than llfly mem
ocrs and friends of the association
were present. Tiie leoturo took place
In Hie music-room Instead of the au?
ditorium, as had been planned.
He fore introducing Miss Marshall.
Mrs. Ii. B. Muh ford, president of the,
association, made a few remarks con?
cerning the condition of working girlu
In Hicntnondj Sue declared that thero
are 20,000 wage-earning women in this
city, and that. lU.O?O of this number
are employed In tobacco factories. Sha
pointed Out the necessity of equipping
these bread-winners in early lifo by
means of Hie proposed vocational
school, that tney may go forth in tho
world prepared to light life's battle.
Mrs. Mini ford said that thin Com?
munity is now large enough to give
this question .serious thought.
Explain* lloNton Plan,
In her address Mi?s Marshall took;
up in detail tiie industrial school worlc
I in Hosten since Ha inception, seven
I years ago. In detail she explained thu
workings. The school was founded ad
a private Institution. Gradually tho
interest and Influence of the State wan
onlisted until dually the school waij
added to the educational facilities oil
j the municipality;
j .'.li-s Marshall laid stress upon Hie
. fact that the conduct of an Industrial
(training school must in in with the
Held in which n Is established. Local
industrial conditions must be studied
by experts. ?ho said, and the work
oi tiie school planned accordingly.
The main feature of tills idea is to
j see that girls go Into Industries to
I which they are adapted, and that part
I of toe work of Hi" instructor- is to de?
termine such work which would be
! suitable to ouch pupil:
The plan now in operation In Hosten,
said Mis,; Marshall lias for a long
while been In Vogue in Germany, and
the Idea in Huston was drawn mainly
from I hat country.
She brought out the necessity fot
household training for Hie girls as well
a<f an industrial education. She pblnt
' oil run that a \ant majority of female
workers do not stay at Work In m
I dust rial life more than iveh years at
? most. Ttipv leave it and get married
J she .-ni l
DRYING-ROOM FIRE
j H..I. Itr.vnnlilH Tobiieeo < nni|innv'* I'tnnt
j Snved In Holet? Work of I'lrcinrti.
Originating in a pile of dry tobacco
i in the drying room, tire at noon yes?
terday threatened the plant of the It.
J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Tenth
and Byrd Street:-. Tiie blaze was ex?
tinguished in time, however, by the
prompt arrival of the Eire Depart?
ment. Remembering thp recent dis?
astrous lire at the Larus Brothers' fac?
tory. Chief Joynos called out four en?
gines, and tiie tire was quickly drowned
but. The total damage will "reach not
: more than ?500.
SUPER VISORS TO WORK
irOlt CON.NECTIXC ROAD
Steps uere taken yesterday at tho
monthly meotihg of the Board of Su?
pervisors of llonrlco county looking
towards the establishment of a road
to connect the Horse Ten and Broad
Street Roads, a Milk which residents
of that sectlcn have pronounced to bo
an imperai.vf) necessity, If. C. Beat
tie. T. J. Puryear, Thomas Beshaw,
I.. P. Michael and J. 11. Browning were
named as commissioners to select a
suitable route for Hie new highway.
They will likely report at the next
meeting of the supervisors.
Chamber Smoker .Vest Week,
j Committees in charge of the Chain
j her of Commerce smoker to bo held
; next Tuesday, and the prospectus of
I the proposed railroad to the Northern
i Xcc'k. are fast completing their ar
? rangoinents. A committee lias been ap
j pointed to select speakers, whoso
names will be announced in a few
I days. The smoker promises to be one
j of tiie most enjoyable occasions of tho
kind ever given by the chamber.
C. M; Ward, who Is promoting the
road, is expected to he present, along
with a number of prominent business
and professional men from tiie North?
ern Njeek. Ibsides tiie speeches,
stereopticon views of the country
j through which the road Is to be con
? structcd will be shown.
ITry Scott To-Dny.
Krank Scott, the negro who stabbed
Charles. Mason, also colored, in the
I hack eight times Sunday afternoon,
I will be given a hearing this morning
before Magistrate J. T. Lewis, in Hen
rlco county ,
Lawyer Smith, colored, who assault -
'cd Minerva Jones with a hammer, will
al-o he tried this morning before Mag
ii ie T. J. Puryear.
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\\\ L.DOUGLAS $3.50 SHOESare tlio flt$k.
lowest price, qua lily considered, in tlio fci///?:::::. v3?|?i&
world. They uro the leaders everywhere, fg?&y- -. '' uvtl^--^
W. L. DOUGLAS $4.00 SI IO ICS are .just f^Wfe^^BS|^bk. tflllgS*
i us good In every way as other uiaUes cost- g^irtjjtraPT -'t^^s>^>\ \vi*id1P<
inn; $5 to $7. The only dilioretice is the 33gs^v^ ^l^!^<
j price. Don't pay high prices any longer. ?WFi)
W.L.Douglas shoes cost more to make ... 'Wsll
than ordinary slices because higher-grade my^a?^^^.- $V/
''? leathers are used and selected with K'^f^uWaJ f /
greater eare. It' you could visit W. L. '' ?
Douglas grcai factories at, Urock^^^^JM^BsS^^^L
Ma: s., and see I'ovvoursclf howcarernlly<?^^^^^^a^^.^y;;:^/
I W. L. Douglas si iocs arc made, you ^^m^^^^^?f^:-^'
would then understand why they hold ^S?^v. ..''^Y^MW J>
their shape, look and lit better and wear / k
longer than anv other make of shoes. >|g ^^^^ItS":';^ $k
i BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES* nP$fe/f Mfflb^
i pAllTiriKI Tli? genuine liuve W. L. Douglas Efe;9|b. I TtYiihV' "/ 1 /KwtWv
L'MU IlUt? name and the retail price stamped K%:ftmwJ L(Sg^gg?@Sf^S[
' on Iho hot!om. which guarantees full viilno fflW^g^^l V' R^fflWfl
; and protects the wearer against high prices J?lS^ft^? Jli^ w^ffiffi^ii
"refuse substitutes claimed to -, ? _? J 5?
. be "just as good." B3oys- Shoos, $2 & $2*50
If yon cannot obtain W. I.. Douglan fdiooS in your town, write for catalog. Shoes sentdireat
ironi factory to wearer, all charges prepaid; W. Li. DOUGLAS, IW Spark St., Brockton, Maas.
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