Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-01
ruE pARoLE SYsTEM.

Ter.
THE PAROLE SYSTEM.
1t is thought that the law enacted by
the last Legislature, giving the Governor
power 70 grant conditional pardon
when the half Of a term has been served
the subject OF the pardon to remain at
large during good behavior, viii greatly
increase the number Of applicants FOR
clemeney.
SUPERINTENDENT Helm thinks the new
law good one, but this is not the opln-
ion Of all the prison officials one oil
these showed TO a Dispatch reporter yes
terday a book of considerable SIZE con-
tanning pictures of these ticket-oi-leaVe
men who had violated Their paroles'
many only few weeks after their noera-
ton. several upon the very day
This officer IS very doubtful OF the Wis
dom of the law, which is in operation IN
several States.
The latest applicant for executive cIe-
mencv is Moses Miller (coloreO. OF
Ivnchburg. who has served ten of an
eighteen-years' term for wife-murder'
The aggravated case of infdelity on the
mart Of the wife and the prisoners goou
| conduct are urged as grounds for par
| don.
FOR JUDGE OF FLUVANNA.
The friends of Judge A. y. Monteiro'
Of the County Court OF Goochland, are
-, Governor TYLER to appoint him to
| hold The terms of the court of fluVahha'
min the Legislature elects successor
| 90 tho late Judge Holman. Judge Mo"-
| toiro has been designated by Governor
| TYLER 10 hold the March term OF the iu-
-. oo,rt which was in session this
| week. ,.t,ad IN
! The Governor has also been asheu 10
oo,,,r,ission Judge Sims. of Louisa ana
! AR A Gray to fiji the vacancy
TUE BOARD OF PHARMACY
,,.,.or,or TYLER Yesterday appointed
Mr. w r Martin. Of one OF the leduiiis
ir,,o, erms of Norfolk, member OF the
stste BOARD of Pharmacy for hve years
booinnInQ March ], 1898. Mr.. Martin taxes
~ nIoce NJ MI Robert Brydon, OF Dan
me whose term had expired
rrbe BOARD of Public Works met IN the
! c,o,,ornor,s office yesterday, transactlhs
| only routine business. a,.,,d
Giles Jackson (colored), oil hlcniiloiiu'
| called on Governor Tyler yesterday "
applv for a new commission as No'a''
! p,,titc He was first commissioned by
| covarnor Lee and reconnaissance py
| Governors Mckinney and O'FerraH.
simmer Normal schools.
Dr southall. State Superintendent OF
| r,,tlic Tnstruction has completed the Sc
! Ioction Of places for summer Norman
scbooIs this year, and the conductors oi
the same. ,-,.o .ooobore
school of methods for white teachers
will he held at charlottesville. cohuuct-
ga nv Mr.. r. C.. Glass, superintendent
! of the Schools of Lynchburg.
A normal school for white eac i ,
,,iil he held at Farmville, conducted py
Professor Thomas jefferson Stubbs, Oh
! William and Mary College, and che al
! ot,hoy Mount Jackson. Shenandoah coUh-
~ or AT Lexington. or Radford. CONDUCT
"a nv professor Charles II. winston oi
| 1t,t,D,ond College. 1t has not vet been
fnIIv decided. but it is probable that TINS
normal will be held at Mount Jackson
| Colored normal schools will be held AT
| Petersburg, conducted by professor .. n
Johnson. of the Petersburg Colored NOT
| nj and Collegiate Institute. ana al
uemnton. conducted by DR.. Ii. j.. FITS
saII Of the Hampton Normal and INDUS
trial Institute. Ill.
The normal schools begin about July
,.t ard will last one month. Tuition VIII
! he free i'm all of them, except IN Ie
scbool of methods at Charlot;esVllle'
| where a small fee VIII be thaIBsu' ne
teachers who will aid in conaucllhs uh'
schools have not all been selecteu'
DR.. Southall has returned 70 ms I'm ~
=, Amelia TO be at the bedside OF his
hrotber.s wife. who is critically i'll
win Begin Paying Pensions.
The Auditor of Public Accounts VIII
begin this morning Issuing pension va
rants 10 Confederate veterans and widows
&c soIdiers who lost their lives during
~ late war. There was no change
made In the pension act by the last Gene
al Assembly, as has been supposed by a
| ,,,noher of old soldiers.