The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
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OMEN FOR GRAND sPRIx.

/ -rIy IN
NJ. Chaumie, the French III Minister o,
Fine Arts, has granted perrnissi On Sto wossSss
men students to enter the examinat ionss
for places In the contest for the Grand
.Prix de Rome the winner OF which hat
his expenses paid by the Government FOL i
four years, three at the Y lila n ed icis In
Rome and one in travelling through ITALY
and Greece. Mile. Rozet, q sculp to-. g has 'i
passed the two Preliminary trials, and Ia
now ready for the final test OF six weeks
solitary con flneme emit Male students are;
strongly opposed to female competi TORS: sSS
NEW YORK ARTISTS 8CO-OPBRATE.ys
The .'Co-operatlve Studio Building. IA at
New York. erected by artists who found
It impossible to obtain desirable qua
for studios and homes combine ,3% Was
opened for Informal inspection a pril $4th.E
The building has thirty four apar trnents,s
some for families and others for bach
Selors all with rood stu d 10 light. gss
WILLIAM THD SILENT IN 6BRONzE.R s9
I he Holland Society of New York haaS
pledged itself to expend $40, 900 Z to erect
q statue OF William the Silent The
statue will be OF bronze and will be plac-S
] ed SO as to face the Hu dsOn river. Hem,
ny NJ. shrady, a young New York soulpssa9
tor, was chosen to mod Ell II. Ho viii &C.
to Holland to study; the life and environ
ments In which illiam the Silent lived II
Observation-Disclosures.
Miss Edith Ellis Baker a Brooklyn. n.
y, actress. has decided to lease Mrs os--44
borne's play house in New York 'l city, 70
spite OF the recent failure there. and aotf
as its manager. at the same time playtngs
in .The Point OF View, A the society sdra-
ma which she will present and which g1Es
OF her own writing. .s s.Ss
ACTRESS TO EMULATE DAILY. N &, q II;
81 Miss Amelia Bing ham, the actress. has
decided to erect ut New York q threAtge3
OF her own to be conducted on tho late
Augustin DAILY 8 lines. She has already
secured part Of the site and has scolaeCseds
a stock company. She says she wall not
put herself forward as a star. but Will
simply be a part of the company. III
SLANG Benefits ENGLISH.
Professor Brander Matthews, ii the
April Harper's Magazine, points ont de-
cided advantages to the languages from
the use OF slang or provino lalism in word 4
or phrase He thinks there is no sdanGsriS
Of defilement from these America ntsms Or
Brtishisms, because most Of them are Inc
ept and useless and are therefore Of sh0gt
life. N He thinks English fortunate In
having SO many sources OF refr hment.
INDIANA PATERN:AIlsn Y III
Another law which placed the weekly
wages II OF Ia borers under state guard
lansnip On Indiana has been declared
unconstitutional by the state Supreme
Court on the ground that It Is paternsl-9
equality theory Of our constitution.
The court says the law deprived work.
men of making contracts.
PENNELL INQUEST BEGUN, 5st5 I'd
The judicial inquiry into the death@oe I
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pennell of BuffR.Is
10 whose tragic taking of was connects.
ed In the public mind with the xeplalned I
murder OF u L. Burdick was begun
Friday, The main object Of the guess U
lions put by the District Attorney 10 ITO 4
throw light upon the Burdick murder. 8
RAILROAD MERGER FORBIDDEN. 4.
The decision of U. S. Circuit Court Of
was rendered at st. Louis Thursday by
Judge Thayer all tho other judges con-,
curing. It was adverse to the merger L
OF the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern companies which was an &C,
complished fact many mont ago, lirhs 4
from acquiring or attempting to &C, (
aulre any further stock OF these com.
panies and from voting at any election
Of the same, It further enjolns ths 3
Northern Pacific and the Great North-
ern Railroads from paying dividends TO /
the securities company and orders the
return by the latter OF all the stock OF Z
the said companies held by II.
j.. p, Morgan. who engineered the big 4
merger. declined to EXPRESS an opinion
Of the decision other thnp TO say that
an appeal would be taken 70 the SUE
preme Court, Flo said capital vas anx-S
gious to know Its rights In the matter Of u
railroad operation. When they knew I
this he thought railroad men would md
ways to operate their properties prtTits
ably. n M
TEXAS MERGER VETOED. IN
x Governor I.anbam, OF Texas vetoed,
Thursday the Southern Pacific merger
bin which was passed BY the recent
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