The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-02
Railroad Commission Certain 10 Reduce
Passenger Rates Next.
STATISTICS OF COTTON MILL INDUSTRY
Collector Duncnn sworn in--Adminn
istrntIon orSinnaons Highly Coln-
ded-Ex~Frensurcr Worth by.
ing opuiisis BInmc Republicans
for Their Troubles.

Raleigh, n. c., Feb. 1.-(SpeCiaI)-The
new revenue collector. Carl Duncan,
80. ~ j., nj .,,, =, On A.
"a' - 40 ''''' '''o' '''"e o. o'o''
ne swore IN all the olu iield deputies,
Save w. II. Caho. for thirty days. Caho
rms re.,,na1 nunc,n tbon s,yora in
nil tbo old Office den,,.ics save Henry
C. THOMPSON. who becomes chief clerk
and Oliver " Dockerv Jr who Ia
cashier IJe.said N tho old force tho,
he was birblv nleased With thaIr e1i-
Cheney thnt he commissioned them for
thirty DAYS and n M the end Of that
fine he oecortoinpd tbot ba wn,,Id NOT
he permItted TO npnoInt Republicans in
sheir nI,cns DO rn,,ld co,nn,,ssion .bon,
nern,anrntIv
r,he raiI,roy cnn,,,ssio, mo, .o-doy
The meeting was no dm,ht duo 10 GOV
Russell who was much stirred nv The
action of tho JT,,,nd st,to. Snnromn
Cour, yestordov in c,tinp Tho now com
,niseton ~ onpn,r Tohr,,or,, 81 ond chou
w. "p ,i",' ,,.,s ", $1,000 s',um
Sor con..an,nt rhn o,u for 40 ,,,ootins
,vas Nv 1'hat catnn,o,, nna Ia omS
pearso,, rat har, o.r,,. .t,, 80 ,,nr,;n,r
ron,n,i, ,,nnsr shho,. y, - 10 inoa lac,
ot,.tt 81 .; - ~ 80
,.s. Mn"t NY i.ieI ., was .ut az
~ IAN .ahe, - a. ..i.S NJ ~
,me ,,rs.t -, .,npo't nau 4cques.eu .me
se.iS' " te"u.e ,aleS' oh soth tioiii
Las'esn North oa.oiil'a 10 me ceiiiul
put' oi me "ta'e, III otner words as they
Put ~ II WIS Dr. NppottS meeting.
oun tiie newspaper men iauGhea at TINS,
wen knowing there was something else
IN view:
The Railway Commission to-day re-
aucsd the freight rate on corn sacked
IN car loads OF net less than $4,000
POUNDS rncln c!ass ID TO K, the now rate
70 apply 10 all ll-ads and effective
repTuary lotn. AN officers OF the AT
lai'eic coast LINE ana Seaboard Air Line
VINO issue passes were ordered to pro-
aucG eeruined lists OF all passes issued
ny fepruary run. The Freight TrAf-
,ic Associatlon 'of COTTON Mills asks for
lower rates on COAL This goes over
unIll febrnary 18th. The Seaboard Air
!.lie anu hplantic coast Line ara or
oereo 10 furnish lists of all persons to
n,nn tney rave given spsciai rates of
liuIei lrelSnts or special rates Of ally
nv sn,,n
r,,ia on oWhs was ordered ADDED to
fratr,', S"sei'iNs transportation or
Ana III case OIL loss, damage
sirnoa $3.50 So " S"cs -reisht OF con-
pinal in.,oIsa o.a ~ iueias aho ORR
Mace If dastt, loinp"hy a.
within th,rtv a,ws SYN soous
damage ar ovorcbo rara "a ~ 80, -, VS.
pany fails or noriao1s - 1a,i,,o a't In On,
slence op Goods: Ios, ~, aa,,o ~ eo,.
GOOD order mr. refnnd nv, n,,nnot ="
for thirty dovs nfter s,cL rntioo Ia t,, Sc,
such company rhall he Iia,hie for ,,ai,,a
of such goods lest or damnred or ovnr-
Charged
The State charters the Isbeu Comm
dunn Company OF CLAW County C,nltol
$4,000 Incorporators. Aristo n isbeI,
and four men from New York safe
During the term of office. four wears
and seven months or Revan,,a Co,ioctor
f. NJ. Simmons who retired TO-DAY Tho
collections aggregate s4.5lT 500 Sneciol
Agent Lay, who turned the office over
says the record under Simmons was ad,
mira ble-Al