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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
CORPORATION BILL
1t viii Be Taken Up by the Senate To-
Day as a Special Order.


Day as Special Order.
The Senate will to-day take UP House
bill No. 102, known as the corporation
bill, as a special order. This is the rather
volumnous bill which has been undet
consideration for three weeks by thu
Senate Committees on Roads and Courta
of Justice and has Just been reported to
tho Senate. IT is framed to supplement-
the provisions of and carry into effect
the corporation article of the Constftu-
ton prescribing the method and condi-
lions of securing the various classes OF
charters and their government and con-.
troll by the Corporation Commission.
The first draft of the bill was made by.
n subcommittee OF the House Commits
tees on Roads and General Laws. OF
which Mr.. ], r, Cation. of Alexandria. Is
chairmn, The House made some
changes in the bill. and the Senate cons
mittees have recommended others, The
chief amendments made to the House bill
by the Senate committee have been mem
toned In these columns. Altogether.
comparatively few changes have been
made, and these are chiefly In the direc-s
ton of simplifying the provisions reiat-
Ing to the granting OF charters and the
government of corporations.
The Senate committee has gone over
the bill with great care. and It Is not
anticipated that the Senate itself Will
amend the bill further. In fact, the bill
will be quickly disposed Of the various
sections being read and passed upon, uii-
less objection to some section develops.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
IN FAYETTEVILLE
Browning Of Queen ofthe Carnival and
Coronation Ball.
Especial to Tho Times. Dlspatch.)

: .
Especial to Tho Times. Dlspatch.)
FAYETTEVILLE. N. c., April 2l.-The
Pine Product Construction Company, OF
Ehich Mr.. Alfred A. A1cKethan is general
manager at this point, has bought valua-
bio property in the southeastern outskirts
81 town, comprising eight acres of land,
ind will at once erect an expensive plant
Tor tho manufacture of spiritine and other
PRODUCTS of the pine, one of several SIM
lar plants to be established through this
lection. Tho company will put in use n
new process, by which the time necessary
lor distillation In the manufacture OF the
PRODUCTS will be lessened.
Last night robbers blew open the safe
81 the Hope Mills Manufacturing Com
ohny and carried of between $50 and 500.
Fash seemed to be all they wanted. as
they left untouched piles of goods all
around
The browning of the queen of the
knights of Pythias Carnival Is to take
place on Thursday afternoon from the
front of the knights of Pythias building
on Market Square. after street floral
parade, with DR.. J. v. McGorgan as chief
marshal The coronation speech will be
deleyered by Mr.. G. j. Cooper, cashier
Of the Fayetteville National Bank, the
following knights escorting the queen ana
maids of honor: Mr., L. A. Williamson,
with the queen, Miss Matthias; Mr.. w. IL.
Pope. with Miss Kate Broadfoot; Mr.. N,
RI McGeachey with Miss Mary Warren
Cameron; Dr.. w. Il. Buchanan, with Miss
Fannie Williams; Professor j. A. Jones,
with Miss Mary II. Robson. The coro-
nation ball will take place In the armory
of the Independent Light Infantry at
night,
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lodge on Monday night were Judge 1n-
gram and Mr.. Augustine Royal.
no ACK# NOR PARDON.

After having served an eight year term
in the penttentLary the negro John
Henry Carter was yesterday taken to
the Manchester jail to serve a year for
attempting to escape while he was await
ing the trial which resulted In his term
in the ponitentiary for felony. An effort
will be made to secure his pardon.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Mr.. Robert Bass. who was hurt by be-
ing blown from his engine last Saturday.
was reported as being better last night.
Mrs. p. s. Cooke. Mrs John Latham
and Miss Ada Cooke have gone to Wash-i
ington on visit to relatives and friends.
4 Mr.. William j. Morrisette will take .
prominent part In Queen Esther at tho
yenable-Street Baptist Church on Friday
night. 8
4 Mrs. Hattie B. Kelly has Just returned,
from Walkers, New Kent county, where
she has been for tho past seven months
,eaciing public school,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
DENIES COMPLAINT OF
NORFOLK GAS COMPANY
Try Associated Press

WASHINGTON. April 2l-The Balti-
the Interstate Commerce Commission an
answer denying the complaint OF the
City Gas Company of Norfolk. Va. that
1t is subjectlng the complainant to UNI
reasonable and unjust rates of transport
tation, and that It's tariffs discriminate
against the complainant and against
shippers generally at Norfolk Newport
News and Hampton Roads, The rail-
road says different conditions mt the va
rlous points make It inexpedient to make
any allowance for the cost Of barginS
coal shipments to Baltimore destined for
Norfolk, Newport News and Hampton
Roads
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
FIRST MEETING
OF The COMMITTED
All Working Togetherto Brine
Advocate and Conference
Into Closer Relation.

The first meeting of the committee ap-
pointed at the late session Of the Virginia
Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, to consider plans for
bringing the Christian Advocate. of this
city, tho organ of the conference, into
closer relationship with me body, was
held in this city yesterday.
All the members OF the committee ex-
cept one-Dr. w. w. Royall--were press
ent as follows: DR.. j. Powell Garland.
Rev. Rishard Ferguson. DR.. B. r. Lips
comb, OF Randolph Macon, and Mr.. Frank
Talbot. Of Danville. The session was
held at noon at Centenary Methodist
Church. and resulted in nothing more
than preliminary discussion Of the situ-
alton. There was no action taken with
reference to the formation of report
for the next conference. There will In
all probability be another meeting in 4he
early future. ~
Indications point to n satisfactory ad-
justment of the matter. The session yes
terday was entirely pleasant. and there
was manifested by ALA desire to pull. to-
Eether in the direction of establishing the
conference organ on q higher plane. The
Rev. Herbert NJ Hope. editor OF the sAd-
vocate, appeared before the committee
and made statement, the chief purport
Of which was to the effect that he and
his associates were ready and willing to-
cooperate with the committee In any
movement looking to the hetternent of
the paper. It was a pleasure to Mr.. Hope
as well as to the committee that 1t could
DO stated that since the conference the
circulation Of the Advocate has shown n
considerable increase, and that the paper
Is now, perhaps, on q more generally sat-
isfactory basis than 1t has ever been be-
fore
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
TICKET FOR NEXT
STATE ELECTION.
one That Would LikelySWeep
the Temperance
Field.

Mr.. Hartman. the preacher-lawyer mem
Der OF the Senate from Tazewell. is hay
ing lots OF fun out OF the recent guberna-
torial boom for him. originated by some
enterprising newspaper reporter. Inc
Senator treats the matter as joke, ana
has been leased no little oy ms teilo".
members of the Committee for Courts of
Justice. He promised these committee
men that when elected he would make
them all colonies on his stan, and now
addresses them all as Colonel" AT the
last meeting Of the committee the pros
pective Governor called his staff to or
der and announced that he had applica-
tons for staff colonelcies from Mr.. Wick
ham and Mr.. Halsey. hat Is your
pleasure. gentlemen? Shall We receive
them?" asked the Tazewell Senator with
mock gravity
II move that they be received on pro-
bation," suggested one Of the colonies.
and the motion was carried without OBJ
lection.
Hold on said Senator Opie. Here Is
Judge Mann, who has also been men
toned as candidate for Governor. He's
a member OF the committee also. What
are we going to do about that?"
'I'll ask you all to serve on my STAFF
when am elected Clipped in Judge
difficulty suggested by Mr.. Opie was
hailed with enthusiasm. for 1t meant two
chances of colonelcy to each member
of the committee.
Thereupon on motion of Colonel Nell
waine, the staff meeting was adjourned
and the secretary was directed to notify
Colonels Wickham and Halsey of their
election on probation.
Afterwards Senator Opie proposed as
a composite gubernatorial ticket for 1905
a ticket, which he said would certainly
please the temperance people: Judge w.
II. Mann for Governor; Hon. ]. N. Har-
man for Lieutenant Governor, and Hon.
Graham Clayton. for Attorney-General.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
DRAMATIC CLUB
AT THE BIJ0U
VIII Appear at Matinee This
Afternoon for Texas Table
of Confederate Bazaar.

At the Bijou this afternoon at $3.50 the
Richmond College Dramatic Club will
present Alabama" the thrilling play. for
the benefit OF the Texas table at the Con-
federate Bazaar. The cast will be as fol-
lows:
Colonel Preston. an old planter,
Douglas Freeman
Colonel Noberly. a relic of the COM
federacy...... $500. ..Powhatan James
Squire Tucker. a Talladega county
Justice. ............,...A bner Pope
Captain Davenport, northern rail-
road nance. ). ......Hiram Smith
Mr.. Armstrong. his agent. Percy Alley
Lathrop Page, a southern boy.
Julian W1'free
Raymond Page, party of business.
Carey z. Morgan, Jr.
Decatur. an ante-bellum servant.
Walter Tyler
Mrs. Page. who cherishes an old love.
Lenore Duke Chandler
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"There's a, ticket for YOU said Captain
opie; "the author Of the Mann bill. the
author of the bill for the treatment OF
habtual drunkards, and the patron OF
d.spensary bill" -
II object said Senator Hartman. mo
dispensary in my Temperance, II you
please"
Tho companion joint resolutions, recent
Nv passed by the Senate of Virginia and
sent to the House of Delegates for con-
currence, proposing to amend sections ITO
and l19 of the Constitution, have not yet
been acted on by that body, One Of these
proposed amendments Is applicable to the
selection of commissioners of revenue in
counties. and the other to such officers
OF cities and their eligibility to re-elec-
t,on, These sections OF the Constitution
now make commissioners Ineligible to re-
election, If elective by the popular vote:
The entire purpose of these suggested
amendments is to remove the ineligibility
provision and leave to the General Assem-
bly, the choice of the manner OF selecting
them
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reads thus: "In every city there shall be
elected or appointed for term OF four
years. In d manner to be provided by law,
ono commissioner Of revenue, whose di-
ties and compensation shall be prescribed
by law; but should he be elected by tho
people, he shall DO ineligible to reelection
to the Office for the next Succeeding torn"
It Is proposed to substitutoOin lieu OF
this the following:
I'm every city there shall DO elected or
appointed for term of four years, In
a manner to be provided by law, ono COM
missioner OF revenus, whose duties and
compensation shall be prescribed by law"
A similnr provision is that suggested in
tho case OF commissioners OF the revenue
In counties, section ITO Of the Constltu-
ton.
II these two Joint resolutions pass both
houses, they must be certified to and
passed by the next General Assembly
and then approved by the people, at the
polls.
"In the event Of fres.for-all race for
the Governorship next time, with four
or FIVE candidates in the race, Judge VIII
liam H. Mann, OF Nottoway, would make
formidable aspirant for the position"
SAID we'll known member Of the Gen
cral Assembly a day or two ago, while
specializing In political futures. IF he
went INTO CNe pTlUdIy 40 NOulu Ldso
the almost solid support Of the temper
ance advocates in the Democratic party,
and how numerous and influential this
class Is the passage OF that stringent
measure Of which Judge Mann
liz the patron and namesake is substan-
tial evidence.
II tell you he would make the other
candidates hustle" said the legislator, as
he started to see man.
'rWould not the anu-prohibition element
of the party be unit against him?" some
one asked.
"Grant that they would" retorted tho
hrst speaker, 1T Judge Mann were the
party nominee. all who had participated
in the primary would be in honor bound
to support him, or certainly not to oppose
him. Then. too, think how many Repub-
Means who are temperance advocates
would ignore party ties and support him
II. the regular election, II he were nomi-
mated" said the political seer. Mark
my words, he would certainly scare some
body"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
CONNECTS SURRENDER
Only Two Of the Twelve Who Tried to
Escape Are Now at Large.
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(sreciai to The Times Dspatcb)
WILMINGTON. N. c., April Pillar
rison Martin White. who planned the es-
cape OF convicts from the stocknde at
Castle Haynes. and who led the breal.
carly yesterday morning. surrendered
himself with two negroes. before day
this morning. They had been In swamp
for many hours and were wet. hungry
and almost frozen. Realizing that they
had no chance OF escape. they decided to
surrender. Three others arc still at
large. ono OF whom is white man named
J. p. Hughes. who was shot by guard
while escaping. He has not been heard
of since. and 1t is believed that he died
in the woods Of his wound. The others
missing Of the twelve who made tho
break are two negroes. One negro waa
shot dead. eight captured and surren-
dcred. There is little chance for the re-
naming three to escape.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
TWO WERE DROWNED
Mother and Child Lose Their Lives
Near Elizabeth City,
Special to The Times. plspateh;l

s Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)
ELIZABETH CITY, N. c.. April 2l.-Mr.
F. #, Greet and wife and two boys. aged
three and twelve, We're overturned In a
mall shad boat near East Lake yes
lerday and the woman and baby were
Drowned. The child was TANNED In be-
tween the wreck of the overturned boat
Ind the mother has not been recovered
The mast was torn away by the wind,
,arrying the father with 1t. The older
boy held to the boat and was saved.
Congressman Small and party of mil
aonaires interested In the Dismal Swamp
Canal We're here last night in. private
yacht, Colonel Allen. OF the Government
Navigation Survey. was member of the
party, and 1t is rumored that some ne
yotiation Is afoot regarding the sale OF
the Dismal Swamp Canal to the govern
rssnt, relative to the inland water way.
Lsnn. John p, Rsyburn, Of Philadel-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22
Real Estate Sales.

Messrs j. B. Elan and Company. real
estate agents. sold yesterday the vacant
lot. 6sxl5O feet. corner Twenty-seventh
and Franklin Streets. for $3.50
The Same firm also sold to Mrs Maria
II. r. Mahoney the two dwellings, Nos,
2709 and 27ll East Clay Street. for 81 500.
recently sold Ave lots fronting l44 feet
on Grace Street, near Allen Avenue, at
$50 Der foot.
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phla. In his private yacht. "Gretohen.'
was at the wharf to-day, on his way to
Durants Island, where he will spend a
week hunting and recuperating. He was
accompanied by the sergeant-at-nrrns OF
i t Colonial Rayburn'a hospitality.
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Randolph Macon'Won.
(specIal to The Times. DIspatc

Especial to The Times Dlspatch,)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. April e1,-
Randolph -Macon College, Of Ashland, de-
feated the Fredericksburg College team
in fine game here this afternoon, Scora
to 49,
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Mrs, Stockton, a gay widow. Mary Harris
Cary Preston. an Alabama blossom.
Leslie Jeffreys
Atlanta Moberly.,,.., .......Madge Bowie
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-22

Special Afternoon Tea a. 8 o'clock.
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capitai is to be 10000. Among out-of-
,nwn1 people hero to-day for the meeting
were ". L. Holt. OF Fayetteville; Ashley
Horne, Clayton; II. Z. Fries, Winston
Balem; Colonel j. s. Carr, Durham; Col
pnel ]. S. Cunningham, Person county;
b. NJ. Armheld. High Point; Jonas Oct
tinger, Wilson.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-19
HER PONY RAN AWAY.
Jessie Haire's Experience at Way
crOss-News Notes.

Jessie Haire's Experience at Way
crOss-News Notes.
Waycross, Ca, May 1S.-Little Miss
Jessie Hare, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. c. HARE, came near being seriously
injured in a runaway on Plant avenue
in this city late this afternoon. She
was out driving with her Shetland
pony, which was recently purchased
for her in Valdosta. The pony be-
came frightened, and dashing down
the street. wrecked the buggy and
threw Jessie on the pavement near
the First National Bank. AS Jessie
fell her hair became entangled with
the buggy and it was with some diff
Guilty she was extricated.
Three fiat cars were badly wrecked
in the railroad yard here early this
morning, because of a defective
switch. One of the cars was hurled
against the water tank, and this
structure came near being destroyed
The Atlantic Coast Line steam crane
cleared the wreck in two or three
hours.
In Mayors court this morning, John
Turner, a young white man of Pierce
County, forfeited his bond of $25 for
failing to appear to answer to the
charge of disorderly conduct and re-
sisting arrest. Turner created quite
a little excitement at the Atlantic
Coast Line depot Friday morning, and
was finally arrested by Policeman Nc
Clellan.
Among the Waycross people who
left last night for New Orleans to at
tend the reunion of the Confederate
Veterans, were Mrs. Ida Nichols, Miss
Lillian Nichols, Mr. Granville Taylor,
Miss Grace Taylor, Messrs. r. d. Har-
ris, ]. T. Strickland, w. A. Lowber, j.
L. Crawley and Clifford Johnson
Jessie showed considerable pluck
and claimed that she was not injured
in the least. She received several
bruises, however, which for several
days will prove quite painful.
Mr.. Ira w. Ballard has purchased
the interest of DIR. A. p. English in
the drug firm of Brinson & English,
and from to-day the new firm will be
known as Brinson & Ballard. The new
member of the firm is a son of Mr.. r.
B. Ballard.
The Waycross delegates who attend
ed the session of the district Epworth
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-19
FOR AN EARLY HEARING

Washington, May 1S.-Solicitor Gene
raj Hoyt to-day presented in the United
States Supreme Court a motion for
the advancement of the hearing In the
case of the Northern Securities Com
pany against the United States now
on the docket on appeal from the de-
cision of the United States Circuit
Court of the district of Minnesota.
Attorney General Knox joined in the
motion, and Mr. Hoyt stated that ne
was authorized to say that the legal
representatives. of the Securities Com
pany were also favorable to the mo-
ton. He stated that counsel would
be satisfied with any date that might
be named early in December next.
The court took the motion under ad-
visement. The motion is a brief state
ment of the points involved In the
case, and among other suggestions
which it contains is the follow
ing:
THE interesting question in this case
is whether the holding corpora ton
created to take over the stock of COM
panies competing in Interstate COM
merce, and thus pooling their earn
ings, consolidate their control and
remove all inducements for effective
competition between them. escapes the
prohibition of the law"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-19
OBITUARY.


Miss Sarah Warren Brigham, a for
mer resident of this city, died at st.
Lukes Hospital in New York Sunday.
after a lingering illness.
Miss Brigham was the Oldest daugh-
ter of the late Henry Brigham, who
was formerly a member of the firm
of Brigham, Baldwin & Co., and for
many years, and at the time of his
death, president of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank. She has not lived in Sa-
vannah for the past twelve years, hav-
ing spent the greater part of that time
abroad and the past two years in New
York. During most of the latter period
she has been an invalid, suffering from
the disease which finally resulted in
her death. She was one of those res
cued from the Park Avenue Hotel at
the time of the great fire in the win
ter of 1902
The body will be brought to Savan-
nah for interment in the family lot at
Laurel Grove. The funeral notice will
be given later.
The surviving members of the FAM
lily are two brothers, Mr.. Henry H.
Brigham and Mr.. William S. Brigham
of New York, and two sisters and a
brother, Miss Mamie Brigham, Miss
Kate Brigham and Mr. Harcourt Brig
ham, who are at present living in Ber-
lin.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-19
CARS WERE RUNNING.
Some Interference WINS offered,
However. mt Bridgeport.

however, mt bridgeport.
Bridgeport, Conn, May 1S.-With
very few exceptions the running Of
trolley cars on the lines of the Con-
necticut Railway and Lighting Com
pany manned by nom union motormen
and conductors was not interfered
with to-day.
There were fifteen men and boys
locked up during the day on charges
of intimidation. The majority of the
prisoners We're using offensive Ian
guage to the strike breakers at the
time of their arrest. The men were
placed under $1,000 bonds each, and
the boys were obliged to furnish a $500
bona
A trolley car, manned by non-union
men, and guarded by two deputy sher-
ifs, was fired upon by a man on the
West Side this afternoon. No damage
was done, and the man escaped after
chase by the officers.
Despite the apparent quiet which Is
prevailing over the city tonight the
day was not without its sensational
incidents. The most important feature
of the day was the action taken at a
meeting of the police commissioners,
at which Mayor Mulvihill was directly
accused of doing more to incite riot
yesterday than all other causes com
bined. This the Mayor strongly de-
MED, but before the meeting was over
he agreed that hereafter during the
strike he would not interfere with any
action taken by the police commission
ers in conducting the police depart
ment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-19

League in Douglass have returned
home. Those present from this city
were Mrs. S. w. Hitch, Mrs. j. w
Adams. Mrs. Alice Wilson, Misses
Mary tombstone. Bugenia Reynolds,
Maggie Crawley and Lena Phillips:
Rev. j. B. tombstone, E. P. Peabody
and Earnest Dunn.
Col. w. w. Sharpe has purchased
24O acres of land from Mr.. H. Murphy
near the city, and will commence at
once to improve and cultivate it,
1t is reported that certain parties are
using dynamite in the Satilla river
near this city to kill fish. The officers
VIII arrest the dynamiters If sufficient
proof against them can be obtained.
Mrs. Ben Grace is very i'll at the
Phoenix Hotel in this city Capt. and
Mrs. c. c. Grace arrived from Screyen
yesterday
Mr.. Jos. McQuaig has commenced the
erection of a water mill in rear of
his home, almost at the point where a
mill was located several years ago.
Water from the city drainage canal will
furnish the power for the mill
Mr.. Warren Lott, Jr., who recently
received the appointment from this
district to the military college at
West Point, will leave for that place
on June Is.
The Satilla river is said to be higher
to-day than has ever been known be-
fore. The rise since Saturday night
has been probably twenty inches. and
the water is still rising slowly.
The heavy rains of the past two
weeks have almost destroyed the Irish
potato crop in this section The crop
on nearly every farm was ready 10
dig before the rains commenced. and
the rains have caused the potatoes to
rot in the ground.