The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-10

D0<1A Eph 81 epro1sn DQnaldy
son ct9ned uD d91tts >o4ay n dezann1-
the fqeaons f6F &tantlnf dlyoEqss Xhe re-
quest wes Qomplf46 Wl1h and chairman
q fhs oommittee hsresftsr WI report for
eral days ago u was discovered that NUM-
Der Of bills passsd By former LsgislAtures
including alarge number Of divorces were
invalid, inasmuch as the persons named in
them had failed to file u certified copy of
the bill with the Recorder Of Deeds within
one year from the date of the passage Of
| the act.
This discovery caused u commotion
among a number Of people, particularly
those who were damfounded upon learn
ing that their divorces were not worth the
paper upon which they were written. To.
day In the House Mr.. Hazel introduced o
bill curing this defect an d extending the
time for fling all copies Of previous acts
in the Recorders office.
Mr. Dempsey in the House this afternoon
gave notice Of a bill TO establish the Del
aware State work house. The bill has
not yet been received, but 1t will follow
the lines Of the bill which was presented
and defeated two years ago. Judge j.
Ball of Wilmington was here to day and
spoke some good words for tho proposed
bill.
. The special committee on railroads held
q long Meeting this afternoon and gave
hearing to a number Of the members Of
the Delaware State Grange. all OF whom
were interested in the matter Of railroad
rates,
Among those who addressed the COM
mittee were E. H. Bancroft, Samuel
H. Derby, B. F. B. Woodall and A. n.
Brown.
The speakers gave number OF illustra-
tons of the high freight rates charged the
Delaware farmers and Others It was
shown that the freight from points in
Delaware to New York were higher for
1871 miles of distance than the rate from
Norfolk to New York, which is $40 miles.
1t was admitted that the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission had allowed the Nor
folk rate to stand because the railroad
company was compelled to enter into COM
petition with water transportation, but
other instances were given to show that
Rites in Delaware were high and that the
Delaware farmers could not enter into
competition with others on that account
TO remedy these evils the farmers sug-
gested several plans. One of then was TO
amend the charter OF the railroad com
pany, II possible SO as to compel 1t to
charge tafer rates. Another was to grant
q charter to some company to parallel the
present line. The last one suggested was
to appoint either q railroad commissioner
matters. he'hearing was regarded as a
very satisfactory one, and the committee
will hold another meeting on Tuesday
neNA
1t will continue to meet each week until
the members are ready to report by bill OF
otherwise,
Senator Pyle this afternoon introduced
his bill in reference to the competency Of
Jurors, and several other bills which have
al l.pI Nntinnl n
unimpOrtant bills were given in both
houses.
Representative Mccullough has given
notice of acts to incorporate the Central
Market and the Valley View Cemetery
Company. The bills have not yet arrived
The House this afternoon passed the
bill to divorce Joseph Fl and Annie N.
Perkins. Chairman Mccullough Of the
Divorce Committee stated that the
charges were desertiUn and non-support.
The Columbian Institution for tho deaf
and dumb Of Washington, gave All exhibi-
ton in The Court House.
TIE children gave rema kable exhibit
ton. Several deaf mutes gave recitations.
Most of the members OF the General AS
scmbly and many of the constitutional
convention were present.
The six children who gave the exhibit
ton all come from Delaware. and Profess
accompanied them.
At the conclusion Of the exercises Presi.
dent Gailoudet made Il brief address. The
present laws Of this State allow a pupil
to remain in the institution for five years,
with an additional three years should the
governor see 1T. He suggested that they
be allowed to remain there seven years.
with an additional three years if the gov
ernor should see fit to so direct. This
would place Delaware in line with other
States.
: In the House this afternoon Mr.. Donald
son offered u joint resolution to appoint a
committee of three on the part of the
House and two Oh the part of the Senate
to adopt suitable resolutions on the death
of Judge Leonard + Wales. The resolu
tion was adopted and Messrs. Donaldson,
johnson aud Adams appointed on tho
part Of the House, The Senate concurred
and named MeSsrs. Handy and Feni-
more.