Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-17
FOR THE DRUMMER.
AN INTERCHANGEABLE RAILWAY
MILEAGE BOOK SOUGHT.
HESSRS. HAGAN AND WALLERSlEIH'
They Appear before the Northehst-
ern Passenger Associations Conn
mittee, and Believe they Will OBJ
tain the Ticket Desired.


WASHINGTON, d. c., November H.
Especial. )-Chairman NJ w. Phalen, OF
the National Railroad Committee OF the
Travellers Protective Association, ana
Mr. John c. Hagan, OF Richmond. OF
the same committee, accompanied by
Mr.. Joseph Wallerstein. OF Richmond
pre- sident of the National Travellers
| Protective Association, were before the
| Conference Committee Of the Southeast
| ern Passenger Association to-day TO
ask for the issuance Of an interchangea-
| BILE mileage book to members or their
association. Chairman Richardson. OF
| the Passenger Association presided. A
mileage-book of this sort is issued by
| western railroad association, that en-
braces 10000 miles. and one by another
association that takes in 1900 miles.
| The advantage to a commercial agent
! Of an interchangeable book Is very
clear 1t saves him the trouble of go
ing TO the offices of the various railroad
companies and purchasing a book for
each line. With the interchangeable book
| in operation in the South a drummer
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Richmond, or Wilmington, N. c.. or at
any other point where books are sold,
| and buy a book that would be good
| over the Southern railway or any otner
| system that might belong to the South
| eastern Railway Association. He could
| then carry one book for the southeast
| ern part of the United States, instead OF
having to carry half dozen or more
The Conference Committee seemed 10
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| sensations made by Messrs. Phalen,
Hagan, and Wallersteln. and promised
TO give the matter careful. consideration.
The committee also suggested a re-
| duction OF rates but they were not so
urgent about this as about the inter-
| changeable book.
Mr.. Phalen and the Richmond gentle
men have every reason to believe the
concession will be made
| CHARLOTTESVILLE GROWING.
state-senator Morris, of Charlottesville.
was in the city yesterday. He said
that city was growing faster than any
| other In the State
Mr.. Marshall NJ. Gillian, wife, and
daughter. of Richmond, were in the city
to-day for a few hours. on their way to
the Horse Show in New York.
Miss Addie Williams, Of the Charlotte
| On. c. Observer stan, and two lady COM
panions, are I'm the city, stopping at the
Metropolitan.
Mr.. James w. Gentry, of Richmond,
was in the city to-day, on his way home
from New York, where he had been on
business.
Mrs. A. X. Ware, Miss A. Feltdeer, and
S. s. Reynolds of Fredericksburg. and
w. Williams, OF Richmond, are at the
Jefferson.
II. A. BEDFORD. Joseph wallerstein,
John c. Hagan, Harry Marks, x. Fisher,
and ]. j. Guthrie, of Richmond, and Il.
| O. Troy. of Charlottesville, Va, are at
the Metropolitan.
Representative James Hay, Of the
Seventh Virginia Congressional District,
is in the city, stopping at the Metropoli-
tan.
Mr.. Mccormick and wife, of Virginia;
Charles c. Moore. Of Asheville, n. C.;
]. Pickrell. of Richmond, Edward Nichols,
of Leesburg. and Mrs. Patterson, OF Vir-
ginia, are at the Raleigh.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Duce, OF Eng
land are registered at the Hotel John
son.
c. II. Thomas, Leesburg, Va.-Emrich
Fourth-class postmasters commissioned
November 18th: Benjamin p. Stepp, Fiat
Rock, n. c.; Alice Register. Vineland, N.
c.; Joseph B.. Catus, Winston, n. c.
money-order offices.
PATENTS.
Among the patents issued to-day are
the following: Addison D. Barrett, Nor
folk, Va, wig-frame; Charles c. Penick
and A. L. Nash, Richmond. Va, fan at
tachment for baby-carriage; Addison F..
Purefoy, Wake Forest, n. c., springfield
| bottom.
Mr.. Carl Decker, who rescued Miss
Cisneros. has just returned from New
York He will again start in day or
two for Cuba, this time to go within the
insurgent lines, and will remain with the
Cuban army until Gomez marches VIC
| toriously into Habana.
| A letter received here from Colonel w.
W. Ashby. of Spotsylvania county VINO
was recently appointed United states
| Consul at Colon, states that he arrived
there safely after a most temDestuous
| voyage. Colonel and Mrs. Ashby ana
daughter sailed from New York on the
10Th of October. and they ran through the
storm which was so disastrous to many
coastwise vessels during the period fol-
lowing. Colonel Ashby is duly installed
| in his office at Colon. The climate at this
season is salubrious. and as the consular
| office Is located on an island where, by
| the way, Colonel A. L. Rives, father OF
the Princess TroubetZkoy and formerly
manager OF the Panama railroad, re-
sided, there is no danger from yellow
fever or other southern epidemics.
Colonel Ashby was Consul at Colon
during Harrison's administration, and II
is predicted on the part Of his friends
that his administration OF affairs on the
isthmus will be credit to himself ana
| to President Mckinley
Governor Hastings and stan, OF Penn
sylvania, who have been at the dedica-
ton of monuments at the battle-nelds
near Chattanooga, will arrive here to-
morrow morning, and will breakfast at
the Metropolitan. They will leave soon
afterwards for Philadelphia.
PERSONAL POSTSCRIPT.
Representative James Hay, who has
been here for day and engaged winter
quarters for himself and Mrs. Hay at the
Colonial, will return to Madison In the
morning.
Alpheus l.. Waller. OF Fauquier county
Va, has been appointed an attendant II
The Government ASYLUM for the Insane.