The Delawarean., 1901-02-06
Sal on Keepers Must Remove all
Screens.-Oyster Season Made La
ter. Reed Bird Season EarIieN.
Carp Season Contracted
Both Houses Purchase
Safes.

@Auhses hIcAaSo
Safes.
The House OF Representative
opened the weeks work by "a bad
wrangle between the Democratic and
Republican .sides< Representatiy
Healey presented Gils resolution, laid
fer from lasr week., re-electlng Will
n Baxter, Hefry c. Conrad and
K.nIes iMegary as State directors of the
l'armens' Bank, but aus this trio con-
s'istes of two Democrats, the Republic
Gan side substituted Edmund Mitchell,
Njr., in place of William Baxter. The
z HRepubDicans were magnanimous
enough to allow the Democrats one
member-James Megary the Whining
ton merchant.
A measure TO tax dogs one dollar
each was presented by Representative
Wright. THE intent of the measure is
to raise fund for the protection of
all sheep killed by dogs, the full value
of which lis to be paid by lhe county.
The Democratic representatives
Monday, Through Representatives Hol-
comb and Shallcross, started a stiff
fight ON the bill authorizing the New
Castle County Levy Court to build
$4,000 cantilever bridge over the
Chrdstiana river at Market street, Will
mington. They presented a resolution
authorizing the appointment of a joint
commiltee to meet the attorney gen
eral of this State, together with Gov
ernmeft and local civil engineers, be-
ahyIhing further were done with
the ball The idea was temporarily
defea,edA and he matter referred to
the Comkittee cn Revenue and Tax
alton. F83}
Th office ok>Sactory inspector, whicn
is now held by Sa woman in this State,
viii be made shRiect to appointment
by the governor instead of the chief
justice, if the bill introduced 4hy Mr.
Monaghan Monday morning becomes
"a law. THE bill ALSO increases the sal
airy TO $500 year and requires that a
competent man be selected for the
place. The bill was prepared by the
United Labor League.
The House passed the Senate bill in
cooperating the Diamond State Trust
Company, to operate "a savings bank
in Dover. The incorporators are d.
Nifffin Wilson, Henry e. Cain, James
L. Wolcott and William L. Gooding.
Mon u1ty Gets Seat, Roses and Com
gratulatiOns.
IA mammoth basket of flowers
adorl ed tlhe desk of Senator Francis j.
NIcNulty Monday, when the Whining
ton 1fssemblyman reached THE Senate
chamber 1t was sent from his
SN"Frhnds of the Second Senatorial dis
trict of New Castle county"
Upon THE meeting of the Senate,
Senator Knox, chairman of the Com
mittee ON Privileges and Elections,
addressed the body presenting the
withdrawal of Contestant Howard ID.
Ross 0RepIblican) from the contest of
the withdrawal was this resolution of
VIle WlunurdlWl Wde5 TIllS reSUluUIOu Ol-
fered by Mr.. Knox:
'eThat THE communication just read
be entered ON the journal. That the
papers filed in this case be returned ito
THE respective parties who filed the
q same and that the contest of Mr. How
ard d. Ross for the seat of Senator
Flrancis J. NIcNulty be dismissed"
Senator Knox, i'm concluding his ad-
dress, said:
"The committee wishes dit understood
and AIT THE same time expresses THE
views of MIR. Ross and his counsel and
witnesses i'm THE case that Senator
McNulty was mot connected with, NOR
cognizant of the disorderly acts which
were alleged Ito have taken place in
the Second District
Another Dover Saving Bank.
Senator Alice presented his measure
ito establish tjhe Kent Savings Bank
of Dover, am institution of deposit for
interest, i'm the Senate Monday. ii
names as incorporators Harry "a. Rich
ardson, the we1l-known capitalist;
Governor john Hunn, Attorney Henry
Ridgely, Jr., DIR. James H. Wilson and
lawyer William Watson Harrington.