Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-11
CUT JUDGES SALARY.
MANCHESTER COUNCIL RESOLVES
TO REDUCE JUDGE MIGRANTS PAY.
DEATH OF Mr.. KENNETH KRAE.
welI-Known Young Man Dies sud-
denIy-Council Votes TO DO Away
with Old Phone, and Gives $50 to
veternns-Rib Broken I'm Runaway,


The stated meeting OF the Manchester
Council was held In the Council cham
Der last night, and a great amount OF
routine and special business was trans
acted
After the preliminary work OF the ses-
sion. Mr.. Morton offered a resolution
providing that the salary OF the Judge of
tho Hastings Court be reduced from
$1,000 to 1900. to take effect January /,
1899. The reading of this resolution by
the clerk evidently produced much sur
prise. and the eyes OF the few specta-
tors were opened wide.
Mr.. Morton said II was perhaps incum-
bent on him to make some explanation
of his action. He continued that when
the Retrenchment Committee was con-
sidering the matter of reducing salaries,
1t was stated that the salary of the
Judge Of the Hastings Court could not
be touched during his continuance in Of
| flee. and now he intended this for
| means Of getting the Judges salary in
the hands of the City Council There
was no man in the Council or I'm the city
who was more in favor of giving 81 800 or
$3.50 to Judge Ingram, II the city could
afford II. but he did not want to be
handicapped by that law which forbids
| the reduction of his pay.
| The feeling that there must be re-
! trenchment was very prevalent, and 1t
was the sense Of the whole Council that
| the knife must be applied on all sides.
Besides Mr.. Morton, Messrs. Green.
Hart, Bradley, and Utz, spoke in favor
| OF the resolution. though. speaking in
| highest terms Of Judge Ingram, Mr.. Utz
| declaring that no man in the city's en-
ploy earned his money so well, save Cap
| tain James a. Lpscomb.
| 1t was throughout distinctly stated that
! this was not an effort solely TO cut Judge
I Migrants salary. but to place the matter
| in the hands of the Council. as II was
possible for that body to increase his
compensation, but not TO reduce it.
The question being called, the resolu-
| ton passed without dissent. the eleven
members present voting AYE"
AID FOR THE POOR SOLDIERS.
A COMMITTEES from Joseph f. Johnston
| Camp of Confederate Veterans appeared
before the body and asked so for the
relief Of the disabled and poor Of the
| camp. The petition was granted, the so
| given without dissent. -
A motion was made by Mr. Green to
notify the Bell Telephone Company TO
| take their phone out of the City Police
! Station on the 1st OF February, when the
contract with the company expired. The
bill of the company for phone service
was ordered to be paid.
The body then went into executive ses-
sion.
MR.. KENNETH MRAE DEAD.
Mr.. Kenneth McRae, a young man
| reared I'm this city, and well and most
| favorably known, died at the Virginia
| Hospital, in Richmond, about 10 o'clock
Yesterday morning. Mr.. McRae had been
| sick about ten days, and about O'Clock
Yesterday morning the cold which he had
developed into appendicitis. and few
hours later this terrible affiiction proved
| fatal As soon as he was taken so much
worse the family physician. DR.. Ross, of
Richmond. was summoned, and at his
request. DR.. Hugh NJ. Taylor was also
| called in. The physicians decided that an
| operation only could save the patient,
| and even with that the chances were
| slim. Mr.. McRae was fully conscious
and urged the operation. About O'Clock
he was taken 10 the hospital. and had
been placed on the table preparatory for
| the knife. when he die
His mother, Mrs. Ella ae, ana SIS
fer Miss Florence, and M. and Mrs. Au-
| eustine Royal were i'm the building, MT.
| Roval I'm the room. Mr.. Sutherland pre-
pared the body for burial, and 1t was
taken to the old homestead about D
| o'clock.
Deceased leaves a widowed mother,
three sisters-Misses Florence, Ella, and
Julia-and one brother, Mr. Christopher
| McRae He was son OF the late =. u
NcRae. an able attorney of this city.
| THE funeral will take place this after
| noon at o'clock from the Presbyterian
church, Of which the young man was
| member Rev. Mr.. Van Houten VIII con-
duct the service. The pall-bearers VIII
be Messrs ]. r. Perdue Jr.. Samuel Pat
| terson, Robert Porter, Minor bronaugh'
w r. Cox, c. f.. Friend, r. II. Wells,
and Willis PuHiam.
''' RIR BROKEN IN RUNAWAY.
Mr.. w. r. Childress, farmer, OF Pow
batan county, who came TO Manchester
| Yesterday to sell his produce, was the
| victim of a runaway, In which he was
| badly bruised and a rib was broken. A
| horse attached to a wagon and driven
| nv a farmer of Chesterfield got 10 run
| ming on Cowardin avenue, ran INTO the
| vehicle of Mr. Childress, upset IL, ana
| turned its occupant out. Mr. Chlidress
| was dragged some distance, and when ne
| had extricated himself and pulled him
| seIf together he went to the drugstore
| Of Friend Brothers for treatment. DR..
q w. Friend was summoned, and upon
| examination found that besides bruises
| Mr.. Childress was the possessor OF
| broken rib The horse who caused the
mischief went on from Mr.. Childress
| vehicle TO that OF Mr.. A. III. Davis, also
a farmer of Powhatan, and added TO the
| damage already done. Continuing yet,
| the animal ran into a telegraph pole at
! Hull street and Cowardn avenue, where
| the vehicle was broken, the harness torn
| 10 pieces. and the horse himself some
| what injured. He was stopped soon after
| wards.
ORRELL Is DISCHARGED.
rbo casa Of John Orell Of Chesterfield,