The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-23
PROHIBITORY
LICENSE TAX
Petersburg Council Determined
to squclcl' the Trading
Stamp Business. "
MISS HELEN GoULD's VISIT
Twelve Russian Peasants Tramp
Weary Miles Without Money
or T'ood-New Brick Plant.
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PETERSBURG, VA, April 22.--,rhe
Common Council Of Petersburg this af-
ternoon imposed q tax OF $1,000 per year
on trading stamp companies and an nd-
amount Of business done By them. There
was much interest manifested In the tax
Ing Of the stamp company. Many nler-
chants were present and some OF them
we're represented by counsel, Mr.. w. B..
AfcIlwaine, WHO said the city has thu,
right to make tho above tax. The local
representative OF the trading stamp COM
pany, before the vote was taken, said no
received n telegram from his people to-
day and that they would continue to do
business however high the tax might be
glli;4le,
On the strength OF this. some OF the
couicilmcn wanted TO make IL 5000, but
the motion was lost by II small majority.
An ordinance was adopted imposing Il
tax OF 5000 and two cents per thousand
gallons on all persons Or corporations
furnishing water to the people of Peters
burg through water mains.
MISS GOULDS VISIT.
Miss Helen Gould, OF New York, after
expressing herself as much pleased with
Petersburg and congratulatlns the sec
rotary OF tho Y. Nj. G. a. on the work
OF the association In this city, left TINS
afternoon for Richmond. Miss Gould
reached Petersburg this morning from
Norfolk, accompanied By Miss A. orion,
Mlss Nj. v. Wild,es, Miss S. Edwards
Miss J. Coots, and Mr.. and Mrs w. 49,.
Miller and were met at the station by
General Manager Huff and Mr. William
Eorthrop. assistant secretary and as
sistnilt treasurer of the Virginia Pas
scnger and Power Company, and by Mr..
Augustus Wright, OF Petersburg. vice
president Of the company OF when MISS
Gould's brother is president, and Messrs.
Carter II. Bishop, N i. Pltteson and
Simon Seward, Of this city,
The pnrty took the private electric car,
.yirg1nia, and made n trip oyer the
lines OF the company in this city, At
Ferndale Park they gathered lockwood
blossoms and ferns, and the party spent
considerable time among the historic
scenes In Blandford Cemetery. Taking
carriages at the Blandford end of the
car iine they drow. over the Crater bat
tlefield. On their return TO the city MISS
Gould inspected the y. NJ {. a. build.
ing and held a short imprnmptu recep-
afternoon on the private car. Virginia,
over the lIn.as OF the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company.
CASES CONTINUED.
Tho case against Rev. ] W. Fishburn,
colored, charged with misrepresehlins
certain property, which he sold to un-
suspecting colored people in this city,
and the case OF Joal Iilsman. charged
with fcloniously cutting Robert Connal-
~, have been continued until the June
term of the court.
There are several cases of scarlet fever
IN Chesterfield county In the vicinity OF
Petersburg. Measures have been taken
to prevent the spread Of the disease
Tic rev brick plant OF the Chesterfield
Manufacturing Company is nearing com
PISTON md when completed will have
n CAPACITY of fifty thousand bricks per
day.
The Virginia Passenger and Power
Company have established their former
rate of five cents between this city and
Swift, Creek. There was much complaint
during the time that the fare OF ten
cents prevailed.
Th., successful revival services. which
have been in progress at Market Street
Church, for til, past two weeks, closed
last night.
4
b. Eanes were married ut the home of
tn, brides father, in Blandford. last
night, the Rev Otto Wright performing
the ceremony.
WEARY RUSSIANS.
wearied, tired and penniless, after a
tramp Of many miles, twelve Russian
peasants reached Petersburg last night.
They gay they were brought to this
section from New York to work for
lunib,.r company. with the promise that
they were to receive a dollar aeday and
Hoard. The foreman of the company de-
clincd to employ them. and this accounts
Ger their tramping to Petersburg. The
nearest they could coma to telling tie
name of the company for which they
were to work was to say that II was
about fifteen, miles sin the woods. a
Russian Hebrew sheltered them, secured
money for them from his friends Tho
strangers, however, are not Jews, but
Christians.