Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-07
Special Session Of Legislature
Meets Next Wednesday.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Important Committee Meetings in Raleigh
This weck-Free Delivery in the coun-
try-New Trial for S. a. L. In Ice Com
pany Case Dates for Execution of Four
Prisoners Wake County Primaric-
Commenccments.


here In special session
This week there will be in mart Mt
committee meetings, and it is probable
that most of the members OF the Cen
eral Assembly will be here before sun
day.
Tomorrow has been set for the meet
Ing OF the Committees on Election
Laws and the Constitutional Amend
ment The Senate and House Commit
tees will meet Jointly to consider the
matter OF amending the constitutional
amendment
Chairman of Joint Caucus.T e. Skin
ner. has called caucus of the Demo-
cratic memers for Monday night
The Legislature may be in session
only one week. or may continue ten
days or two weeks.
FREE DELIVERY IN COUNTRY.
Senator Marion Butler has issued
the following letter in regard to rural
postal deliveries:
Under the increased appropriation for
rural free delivery. will be able TO get
the service established on ten or n doz-
en- routes in North Carolina. Those de-
string the service established in their
section will please communicate with
Inc undersigned. stating the route on
which 1t is desired to establish the
service. MARION BUTLER.
NEW TRIAL FOR SEABOARD.
the Seaboard gets Il new trial in
the Ice Company case.
AS Is we'll known the HyEenic Ice
company got u verdict for $4,000 for
the destruction OF its plant here in 1893.
Inc supreme Court yesterday decided
that the lower court erred in permit
ting the introduction of testimony tend
ing to show that 1t was Il frequent &C.
curence for this and other adjacent
property to catch fire from sparks
from the defendants engine. A new
trial was ordered
The case Is that OF the HYGIENE
Plate Ice Manufacturing Comany VS..
the Raleigh and Castor Air Line Rail-
road Company. The attorneys who APP
peared in the case for the plaintiff were
Earnest Haywood. l.. II. Busbee. Sim
mons. Pou & Ward and Armistead
Jones' For the defendants the lawyers
IN the case were MacRae & Day. J. d.
Shaw, J. b. Bachelor. w. II. Neal. c.
Il. MacRae and r. II. Gray
The plaintiffs ice factory was located
on the defendants right OF way. two
or three hundred yards west OF the
Union Depot. and was burned August
18th, 1893. Twenty minutes before the
fire the Atlanta Special, drawn by en-
gne 22s, passed the factory emitting
sparks The plaintiff alleged that the
factory was fired by the flying sparks.
and the jury so held. awarding the
plaintiff damages to the amount OF s2O,-
OO0
Judge Farcloth writes the decision OF
the court. which Is concurred in by all
the judges, save Justice Douglass, who
dissents.
FOUR TO DIE.
The dates were set yesterday by Gov
ernor Russell for the execution of four
prisoners, three of whom are murder
ers. and one convicted of arson.
The condemned men failed in their
efforts to get new trials from the Su-
Dremc Court. and the decisions in all
four cases were certified to the Gov
ernor yesterday morning.
Tom Jones, the negro preacher and
the murderer of his paramour and five
children, will hang August 3Tst
Archie Kinsall, of Sampson, the MUIR
derer, will pay the death penalty Au-
gust Sd.
William Edwards. of Rowan, who
Stayed a policeman, will be executed
September Sd.
Chauncey Davis. of Edgecombe who
was convicted of arson, has been given
until September Sd to live That is the
date the Governor sets for his eXecu-
ton.
There is a petition before Governor
Russell to exercise clemcncy in the case
OF Chauncey Davis.
WINCHESTER MONUMENT.
The program of exercises on the oc-
casion of the dedication of the monu-
ment to North Cardinals dead in the
Stonewall Cemetery at Winchesae err, Va.
has been issued by the following COM
mittee of ladies in charge: Miss Mary
KluttZ. Miss Lucy Russell, vice prcs-
dent OF the Ladies' Memorial Associa-
ton; Mrs. w. S. Love, president of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. and Miss
l.. D. Williams. secretary of the Ladies'
Memorial Association.
The exercises include prayer by the
chaplain. Rev. w. II. II. Joyce; Grafton
by Capt. C. 3. benson. secretary Con-
federate Veterans Association OF North
Carolina, Raleigh; benedcton by Rev.
DR.. Hyde.
WAKE PRIMARIES.
The result of the primary election In
Wake county Saturday was not deci-
sve, and it will require several ballots
in the county convention Saturday to
ascertain all of the nominees
In the contest for the nomination of
Senator from Wake. Mr. W. b. Snow
made n splendid run in the city here.
but not so in the county.
BAPTIST FEMALE UNIVERSITY.
The first commencement of the Bap-
fist Female University is in progress
this week.
Last night the students of that insti-
tuition gave an elocution recital. The
SPACIOUS assembly hall was taxed TO its
utmost capacity. and many were unable
to gain admittance. pleasing pro-
gram of recitations and piano solos
was rendered, and the young women
acquitted themselves admra bly,.
Sunday evening Rev. j. r. Willing
lam. of Richmond Va. delivered a SER
mon to the young ladies of the Uni
versity. His text was Proverbs XxXi.,
3O-"Favor is deceitful. and beauty is
vain: but woman that feareth the
Lord she shall be praised"
Rev Edwin NJ POteat OF Phladel-