The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-03


House bill extending The jurisdiction of
jus icc, Of tho peac, was killed. These
bills was passed: House bill relating to tho
Kcnton public schools; Senate bill reln'-
Ing to the settlement OF personal e'tates;
Hou ,e bill aut horizinr tho roaordcr Of dcois
of New Castle County to make indiccs (as
aDendell. ,
THE WATER BILL FIGHT.
Tic fight over the Pyle wafer bill was
begun i'll the Senate in oarnostt this morn
ing when Mr.. Pyle called Tho measure up
for final reading. At tho same tInls he an
no,lncud that the bill had been reported
fuvorabiy upon by Coml"ittoe which re-
MARI brought Senator Knox, tho strong'
est opponent of too bill to his feet llc, as
member of the c0mmitt@n had UNDER
stood that ths bill was to b. reported with.
out Recommendation and tho action Of
the committee chairman in reporting 1t
favOrably was nothing shot cf IL breach
Of promise OH tho part of Mr.. Pylo as well
a, the majority momb2rs OF iho commit
tee. This statement c:eatel some sur
prise but the only reply made by Senator
Pyle was that he had reported tAe bill rs
the committee had Girectcl, and tho dis
cussion on the point cndoh with the cx-
planati 1n from the senior senator. II WAS
followed by the reading Of numerous lot
ters from Wilmington busines; men or-
posing the passage OF the act which were
present ted by bo!h Senator Pyie and Sem
ator Kuox. The reading occupied the at
tention OF the Senate until q few minu o1
before the nOoR hour when M. KNOX
moved that the bill be made the special
order for o'clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Pyle moved an amendment until 8
O'clock Tomorrow afternoon and lis
motion prevailed.
The Svnate passed the House bill per-
mitting ths cit;zcns of harrington to raise
s h0D for school purposes; Senate bill nu-
thorizrI the commissioners Of school dis
trict7 No l4S in Ken: County to raise $3.50
by taxation, aud House bill in relation to
eols in Indian Rivcr; Senate bill author
izing school district No. l35. Kent County,
to raise $159 by taxation; to consolidate
school district No. lG3 and To-, Kent and
Sussex Couutio.( (Millorl coiored school
hilD; House bill doing away with "catch"
questions being pronounced to teachers;
pay tho coroner of New Castle County
monthly instead of quarterly; in relation
70 lad haf, f,lc. II, I,,r ~; ka
ing of the Nrw Castle County Court House
loan; two Senate bills aIneuda,0ry to the
charter OF tho town Of Lswcs.
Senate bill in relation to tho liability Of
school children WAS killed.
TO uOLD Nluhr SESSIONS.
The Senate this afternoon decided to
hold night sessions next wcek to dispose
of tho business accnmuIating, and the
House probably will do likewise.
DuCroEs HAVE AnEAEING.
Doctors from ali paris of the State wero
hero to- day to oppo>, and advocate ,No
House bill providing that physicians can
practice in this state without undergoing
cxanin atiou, prov idel they have prGciicou
five years In another state, and 'hold n di-
ploma from ~ recognized msdical college.
1t appears that tho bill is designed to hrr-
Gift one man, whuss friend Is trying to Sc
euro the passage Of tho measure.
THE CHuECIIMAS MONUMENT
Miss Sophie Waplos, Mrs George G.
Hall, Mrs. :. ~ Turner. Mrs. Peterson
Speakman, Miss Leila p. Marshall. Of
Smyrna, Mrs. Il. X. Anderson, Mrs. May
Hart Beers, Mrs s. B. Holmes, Mrs
Wharton aud Mrs. Clnrh u. Whaiton, ot
Dover. appearcd In tho H~se this after
neon in the interest Of the 40. providing
for the erection Of u monument to the
memory of tho iats Lieutenant Church
man. The ladies' hoped to receive bear
Ing before the committee on appropria-
tlons but were disappointed. the commit
tee having several other engagements
Tbs ladies were Informed by the members,
however, that the bill would be reported
lavorably aud that future conference
would be unnecessary.
FARMERS BANK MATTER.
William II. Hcald, John S. Rossell,
John S. Collins and George y, Kelley. the
House committee to inquire into the
Farmers Bank matter, submitted their re-
port Of diligcn, inquiry and investigation.
with substitute bill to the House late
this afternoon, and it was adopted, The
committee was at work on the mater for
more than one week, and it nscesssItatsd
cartul resear Oh and considerable calcula-
ton for them to arrive at their conclusion
by this tms.
The result Of the committees research
Is that when the bank at New Castle 10 |
closed, and tho capita! stock ia refused by
1880 900, tho stock will be recalled and
later re'.istrbuted. in manner different
from that first proposed The state holds
; IA shares, Of tho bank stock. valued at
sy65 600 while other STOCKHOLDERS have !
5, esq shares. valued at s3l4, 800 When tho
stock Ii redl.tributed 1t will be in sI06 600
or this tho state Is to receive BIO shares,
- recommended In the report, and pro-
ided Tor in tho substitute bill. and the
,hur stockholders are to receive 43DO |
'haras, which Is to bo rslistributsd to |
tockholders In the proportion Of their pre-.
Il )us holdsrs II the bank dcsirss to huv