The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-25
The ASYLUM INVESTIGATION
Several Witnesses Testified for
the Defense Yesterday.

.,7 Medical College OF Virginia Passed the
senate-Bin to incorporate the Sons
OF tho Revolution -
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RICHMOND. Va, Feb. s7.--In the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum investi.
CATION to-day DR.. J. f. Crane was ques.
toned as TO the reputation of witness
John T. Cashion. He said hs did not
think oashion honest OF worthy of be-
lief. = w. d. Jones, of PeSersburg, was
at the institution from 1s7g to 1878. He
knew Miss Hollywood, of Petersburg, and
had talked with her since she was on
the stand. She said she did not under.
stand single question that WAS asked
her BY the committee.
Miss Hogwood told him she thought
she was before body Of preachers when
in the committee room. Jones stated
that Captain Doyle was o most oompe.
tent man and he had never known him
to drink whiskey and had never smelt
liquor on the Captains breath. Mr..
;SaRes ratstedethst he thought the Inn
provements at the instlsut ion since he
left were due 10 the efforts of Captain
Doyle.
William e. Briggs. who attended the
institution from 1889 to 1895. knew moth
Ing OF Captain Doyle. He said the
captain attended faithfully to his duties.
There was good deal of drinking on
she part OF the boys, but the teachers
were not aware of IT, for the boys
shielded each other. 1t WAS next to inn
possible for the teachers to keep pupils
from drinking. He knew of boys who
went to the institution addicted to
drinking who were reformed while there.
Thomas j. Crowder, member of the
executive committee of the board of visi-
tors to the institution. had not seen any
liquor at the board meetings and only
once during the sessions OF the board
had he taken drink in the privacy of
Captain Doyle's room. Captain Doyle
takes his toddies he said, but ia not con-
sldered drinking man. Mr.. Orowder
thought there was very little drinking
among the private pupils.
The Virginia Legislature.
RICHMOND. Feb. 81 I'm the house to-,
day the bill to establish bureau of
labor and industrial statistics was dis
infused without discussion.
Mr.. Clayton offered In the senate bill
to abolish the State board of agricul-
ture. and accompanying it was q COM
peuion measure, providing for board
of control, OF the agricultural and
mechanical college at Blachsburg to do
the work now performed by the board of
agriculture.
A fight was made in the senate to
defeat the appropriation of $1,000 to
the Medical College Of Virginia, but
the appropriation was voted for by
good majority.
Mr. Cabell offered bill to incorpo-
rate the society of the Soma OF the
Revolution in the State of Virginia.
The incorporators are James Alston
Oabell, Francis L. Smith, w. @. N.
Randolph. Richard Thomas, Walter
Duke. Robert Lancaster Williams,
Charles Washington Coleman and Lyon
Gardener Tyler.
bill was presented by Mr.. Matthews
to authorize the judges of county courts
to secure the services of competent de-
tecsives to ferret out crimes. A bill was
introduced in the senate by Mr.. Flood
to require uniform rate OF charges for
telephone service in Virginia.
The senate passed over the governors
veto the bill to amend the charter of
the Portsmouth Street. Railway Com
pany.
4no oooSAoh 40 urbWlu< 20 b CLOSE ana
the records of the iabors of the legisla.
ture will soon be before the people.
About two dozen bills in the interest of
corporations have been introduced and
nearly all OF them have received the
endorsements of the Legislature, Four
bills granting certain concerns she
power to charge usury have been intro.
duoed, all OF which have received the
endorsement Of the Legislature. Three
bills have been introduced in the IN
terest OF the laboring Glasses. two of
which Still alumbef in the committees.
Such Ia the record.
Tho Goal Combine.
The effort The TINES Is m liking to get
9 square deal for the people of Roanoke
In the prices OF coal IL attracting more
or less attention here. The wonder ia
that the combine has been able to
squeeze the people 80 long. Pooshontss
coal retails here at 81 per ton OF 2,24O
pounds. When It IL explained that the
Roanoke ton is guaranteed not to
weigh exceeding 1900 pounds the size
OF the gouge begins to show itself. 1t ia
believed here that the Norfolk and
Western Reilrosd and Cashier e. Curran,
successors to the Pocshontss Coal Com
psny. are participants in this unjust
profit squeezed from the people of Bos-
noke and thss the local coal dealers are
By no means wholly to blame.
Mobiles New Paper.
MOBILE. Ala, Feb. 2A.-This city has
new morning paper. the Journal,
which commenced Tonight taking the
full report OF The Associated Press. II
has simple capital and will be modern
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