Evening journal., 1903-03-10
$4,000 FOR
OLD DELAWARE
To Be Used in Making I'm
provements TO the College
Buildings
BILL TO INCREASE MEMBERS PAY
introduced BY HoIoomb in the House.
Bill Introduced to Appropriate $500
for Delaware Witnesses in the New
Trial Of cordsia Botkin.
Special to Tho Evening Journal.

Trial Of cordelia Botkin.
Special to the Evening Journal.
Dover, March 10.-The Joint COM
mittee, consisting OF Senator McNulty
and Representatives Connolly and Geh-
man, on the BOtkin case. conferred
here yesterday afternoon in the State
House parlors with Attorney General
Herbert II. Ward. Cordelia Botkin is
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Joshua d. Deane and Mrs. James p.
Dunning, both popular Dover women.
The committee received a letter from
District Attorney ByingtOn, of Cali
fornia, stating that in order to secure
a new trial, Delaware should appro-
pirate money for her witnesses. for
the expense of taking the witnesses
out to San Francisco and back and
then pay them compensation for go
ing, as the expense will not be borne
by the State OF California.
A bill will be introduced today np-
propriating $500 for this purpose.
One of the reasons for the large
amount OF money the bill calls for is
that one expert, the State Chemist, T.
r. Wolfe, of Newark, wants the sum of
81, 900 for his services in going to Cali
fornia.
A bill introduced by Representative
Tyre albolishes the collectors of the
poll and capitatiOn tax in Wilmington
and places the duty Of collecting the
capitation tax upon the tax receivers
of New Castle county.
The Philadelphia, Washington and
Baltimore Railroad Company is re-
quirei to place a safety gate at the
Dupont road by May l, by bill of Mr..
Finn.
To Incorporate Delmar.
Mr.. Lowe introduced an act ineor-
porating the town of Delmar and mann
ling a board of commissioners for the
control of the town. The commission
ers nameo are Jackson L. Ellis. Will
liam l. Sirman, former Speaker of the
House of Representatives Of Delaware,
Aaron B. Frances, Joseph w. Beach
and Levin W. Hastings. The first
town election will be held ON the first
Saturday of March. 1905. Meetings OF
the town commissioners will be held
in March, June, September and De-
cember. The amount of 5000 shall be
raised annually by taxation for town
purposes. Each year the commission
ers at one of their quarterly meetings
shall name the assessor and collector
of taxes, who may or may not be a
member Of the town commissioners.
Mr.. Aspril introduced am act to ap-
propriate $500 TO Purnal B. Norman
for extra services. A similar bill Of
fered by Representative Aspril was
killed by the House and it is thought
this bill will also be lost, as the Union
lists are opposed to any extras for the
State officials.
More Pay for Legislators.
Mr.. Holcomb introduced a bill which
increases the compensation of the
members Of the Legislature. The Leg
islature will receive $40 per day and
the Speakers of the two Houses will
receive s12 per day, instead OF s. and
Sc respectively.
The new bill Incorporating the Del
aware Industrial School for Girls came
up in the House yesterday afternoon
for final passage. 1t provides for the
commitment TO that institution OF
levery incoITigible girl under is years.
Mr.. Monaghan attacked Section 8 OF
the bill, which provides that any girl
held as a witness by a justice of the
peace Of the State, or in any court OF
municipality shall be committed to the
industrial school for the time I'M which
she is held. Representative Bancroft
asked that the bill be made a special
order for Thursday afternoon at
, lo'clock.
Tha House passed a resolution yes
terday afternoon authorizing the clerk
to provide each member with two hum
dred two-cent postage stamps.
Delaware College Appropriation.
The House yesterday afternoon
without opposition passed the bill ap-
propriating $4,000 to Delaware Col
} lege for repairs to the college build
ings and to the experimental station
Chief Justice Charles B. Lore advo-
Gated the bill in a speech. DIR. George
w. Marshall, Charles BlEvans and Man
love Hayes, trustees of Delaware Col
lege, and DIR. George a. Harters presi-
dent of the college, were present
The special committee appointed K
linvestigate the status of Delaware
ownership in Delaware College made
their report yesterday afternoon Il
states that there are thirty trustees
who govern the college, fifteen alp
pointed on the part of the State by ths
!, Governor. and the remaining fifteeI
are part of the original trustees, who
lappoint members to fill the vacancies
existing.
Since the reorganization Of the col
. lege in 1867, the State has had am equa
, and joint interest and the united boarC
! of trustees is at the disposal of th'
] State. Under the Federal act of 1862
concerning public lands, Delaware Col