Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-04-04
LIVE NEWS OF THE
OLD DOMINION.
Latest Happenings Cleaned From All
Over the State.
SUFFRAGE PLAN AGREED UPON.

ooi MAUI TLAN hoNLHD
"Understanding" and Poll Tax Requirements
No Doubt of Its Passage-Many Bills
Passed by Both Houses OF the Legislature.
Encounter With a Ca:amount-S Against
Contractor-Rebuiding at Norfolk.
After being under consideration Tor
more than 10 weeks, the suffrage queS-
ton has been settled by conference. his
body adopted what is known as the
Glass plan, with numerous amendments.
The vote on the article as amended was
a6 to II. After this work was concluded
The conference adjourned. There IS
every reason to believe that the plan Will
be accepted by the convention. his is
indicated by tie vote in the conference:
Forty-six, or five less than majority OF
the whole convention, was cast tor 1t IN
that body. This number will be largely
increased when it comes to a vote III
the convention. The suffrage plan adopt,
ed provides for an understanding
clause after 1904. The prepayment OF
the poll tax for three years preceding the
election is required. For both of these
provisions soldiers, Federal and Confed-
crate, and their sons are exempted. Alter
1904 the voter must make application in
his own handwriting for registration and
prepare his own ballot unaided. Per-
sons who pay taxes on $3.50 worth OF
property are exempt from these require
ments. The educational and the prop
erty qualifications provided after 1904
will possibly permit as many as 10000
negroes to vote and dsqualify many
thousands of whites The conference
adopted section, which Senator Daniel
strongly opposed, providing that no per-
son can vote in a legalized primary who
is not qualified under the suffrage article
to participate in the next succeeding gen
eral election.
Owing to the request made of PreSi-
dent-elect George H. Denny, of Wash
ington and Lee University, by President
Boatwright, of Richmond College, to re-
lease Rev. DR.. P. S. Henson, of Brook
lyr, formerly resident of Chicago, from
the engagement to preach the baccalau-
reate. sermon at the university in June
in order that he might preach the bac-
calaureate sermon to the students of
Richmond College, as DR.. Henson is one
of the first alumni of that college, which
request was granted, the baccalaureate
sermon for the students of Washington
and Lee will be preached by Rev. f. Y.
Mullins, d. d., IL. D., president of
Southern Baptist Seminary, at Louis
vile. KY. Mr. Ernest B. Kruttschnitt,
of New Orleans, will deliver the address
before the alumni Association of Wash
ington and Lee during June commence
ment. Mr.. Kruttschnitt is a dStin-
guished alumnus of the university.
The Houses of General Assembly dis
posed of a great number of bills the
past week The House concurred in the
Senate joint resolution providing for
committee to consider establishing an
other Female Normal School. The Gov
ernor vetoed the Senate bill requiring
the State Board of Pharmacy to register
as a pharmacist Fred S. Hoback, of
Floyd county. His grounds for refus
ing his approval was that it was unjust
to the pharmacists and the public to
press these special acts of relief. The
Senate passed the bill Incorporating the
Gainesville Railroad, which has been so
bitterly opposed by the Norfolk and
Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio.
1t now goes to the House, where it IS al
most impossible to get it through.
While returning home at night Ar
thur Smith, living several miles from
Winchester, had thrilling encounter
with catamount in midair over 90 feet
from the ground. His dog freed the an
imal and thinking it was coon, Smith
climbed the tree after it. The cata-
mount retreated to the top of the tree,
and as Smith approached near the ami
NAL turned and sprang fiercely toward
him. He fired his revolver, but only
wounded the animal, which again sprang
toward him. After a short encounter q
well-directed shot killed the catamount.
Active preparations are now going on
looking to the rebuilding of that portion
of Norfolk's principal business district
which was destroyed by fire the morn
ing of January 81, when the Atlantic
Hotel, Albemarle Apartment House,
Columbia Office Building, the splendid
home of the Virginia Club and Num-
Der of business buildings on Main, Gran
by and Plume streets were consumed.
Mr.. c. NJ. Randolph, owner of the At
lantic Hotel, will erect on the site of the
burned hosiery a splendid modern IL
story hotel and 7-story office build
ing.
Suit was instituted in the Law and
Equity Court at Richmond by the JET
ferson Hotel Company against Frank
Braumbaugh and the American Bonding
and Trust Company of Baltimore for
SI2. 200. Braumbaugh was the contrac
tor for rebuilding the hotel. He gave
bond for its completion at a stated time.
1t was not completed at that time, and
hence the suit. The contractor says he
was interfered with in his work and
could not carry out the provisions of the
contract.
The scaffold erected at Newport News
three wears ago has been ordered torn
down. Two men have been sentenced
TO die on it, but in each case sentence
has been committed There have been
three other murder cases since the gal
lows was erected.
Mr.. Willie Houston, son Of Capt. W..
D. Houston, of Stafford, who accident
ally shot himself through the foot ne
ceSsitating the amputation OF part OF it,
is now improving.
George F. Mcclure, a shipkeeperr at
the Norfolk Navy Yard, was found dead
aboard water barge. Death resulted
from natural causes
The contract for doube-tracking the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad from Richmond to Ashland
has been let TO Halle George, of the
former CITY, A large force will be put