Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-09
January I'd to take up the constitu-

January 2d to take up the Consttu-
tional Convention matter
out of nifty members who have eN-
pressed themselves over their OWN sig
natures, only one opposes Il CALL and
all prefer January 2d as the date. save
about seven or eight. who favor No
Sember 18th
This poll undoubtedly shows that the
trend is largely in favor of an extra
session on January 2d. and if anything
IKE the same proportion of the remain
DER OF the members are of the same
rnind. at least 80 per cent. of all the
members of the General Assembly
favor call for January I'd.
Ihere is every indication that the
Legislature will be here on the date
named above. as the members have
SHOWN that they propose to take the
pit i'll their own mouths, il ii shall
come TO that.
ernor Tyler asking him whether he was
ready 10 announce his decision He
wired as follows:
adheree to my frequently expressed
.utehtlon TO name the time for calling
'he legislature together as soon as
present election is over"
THE SENENTIETu REGIMENT
non. George Wayne Anderson viii be
elected colonel of the SeVentieth Rep-i
inent at the meeting of The. line officers
TO be held at the old First Regimental
Armory in this city at 10 o'clock Wed
nesday morning.
His friends have been in communica
tioh with those who will vote at the
meeting. and it has been ascertained
mat Colonel Anderson is practically the
lieutenants.
Il is believed that Colonel Anderson
Will Yield TO the wishes of his friends
and accept.
Colonel Thomas S. Kcliar of Char
iottesville. or Major +. c. Scruggs. of
colonel
Should Colonel Anderson accept. he Is
eNp@ted to notify the meeting while il
Is III session and also to designate the
companies that will form the battal-
ions. The officers of each battalion will
then meet and Immediately elect q
ma jor.
Captain c. Gray Rossleux will be
elected major of the Richmond battai-
ion. II he Will consent to serve.
Either Captain King. of Alexandria.
or Captain Perry, OF Augusta. will pre-
side over the meeting to be held to elect
the colonel
y SAD ACCIDENT.
information reached here to-day of
a sad accident which occurred yester-
day in the Green Springs neighborhood
OF Louisa county. in which Mrs. Matte
Perkins lost her life.
The details of the affair could not be
learned. but Mrs. Perkins was driving
in buggy when her horse became
frightened and ran away, throwing her
out and killing her almost instantly.
Mrs. Perkins belonged to one of the
most distinguished families in the
state, being n daughter of Hon. Viii
liam F. Gordon, ST.. who was for n
number or years prominent in State af-
fairs. and sister of Mr.. w. +. Cor
don, Jr. and Mr. r. lindsay Gordon
commemorative Attorney for Louisa
county,
RAILROAD APPOINTMENT.
AIR. j. II. Corbctt has been appoint
ed to succeed Mr.. Il. S. French as the
representative of the Chesapeake ana
ONO AT Charleston. 5. c. MIR. French.
1t VIII be remembered. was transferred
from the South Carolina city to this
city, where he was commercial agent
of the {. and o.. and where he became
the general agent of the Kanawha
Dispatch, succeeding the late Francis
Walker.
Mr. Corbett has been identified With
the Atlantic Coast Line and his APP
pointment as soliciting agent of the
G and o. at Charleston will become
effective on the 18th inst.
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.
The annual session of the Brother
hood OF st. Andrew. which meets here
on Wednesday. will be largely attend
ed, probably thousand delegates
coming TO the city. Elaborate prepa-
rations have been made Tor their en-
tertainment by the local committees.
and program that is filed with
many good things for the members
of the brotherhood has been arranged.
y number OF notablcs in the Episcopal
Church throughout the country Will
be in attendance and deliver papers of
interest.