The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-24
PURCHASE
jamestown.
Miss Barney Wishes to Sell tile
Island to the United
s.s States. #
BILL LIKELY 10 Be OFFERED
Representative Grosvcllor May
be It's Patron Owner Wants
Handsome Sunl

(From Our Regular Correspondence
,yAsH1NGTON,SSD y. c., March 2a.--Thcre
will probably be d bill introduced at this
Congress providing for. tho purchase OF
Jamestown Island by the national gov
ernmcnt. Miss Barney. tho daughter OF
the lady who owns the island. Is In the
city. and is DESTROYS Of its becoming
the property Of tho United States. The
sum asked for tho island is three hundred
thousand dollars.
Representative Grosvenor. on the recent
trip Of members Of Congress to James
town. expressed himself In favor Of tho
purchase Of sthc siteYof the first English
settlement In the nov world, and the
erection Of a monument to mark mark the
spot. It Ia possible that he may be asked
to- offer the bill for the acquisition Of the.
island BY tile government
The island contains about 1000 acres,
Including tho portion owned by the AS
soc.aticn for the Preservation ofpVirg MIA
Anttq uities, 3of,si which stands tho ruins
Of tho old church. Tho graveyard, III
which are several mute testimonials to
the mortality OF a heroic generation, Is
also included within the Enclosure sur
rounding the holdings OF the association.
The amendment to- the sundry civil bill.
offered BY Senator Martin appropriatlng
so. 900 for the completion OF the wall
begun a the western end of the island to
prevent the further encroachmento OF the
waters Of tho river, will certainly pass
the Senate, and Its passage through the
House Is pretty well assured.
THE TAyWNEY TAG BILL. Al
The Tawney bill prohibiting tho giving
away OF coupons, ia gs.3 or other things
of Hvaliic with manufactured tobacco, was
to have been considered by, tho Ways
and Means Committee THIS morning. but
consideration was pos tponed until Friday.
The subcommittee appointed to consider
the bill has reported iii favor Of It's
passage. and there Is likelihood OF Its
getting through the house, but the
chances fits passing the Senate are not
so good The sesslonaof Congress willEnots
last much over q month now, and there
are many bills requiring consideration In
the two houses, rs in addition to the ap.
preparation bills. It was thought that tho
Impeachment proceedings in the case Of
United States Judge Swayne, Of Florida.
would consume SO much time that the
session would be extended into May, bit
the Republicans have agreed that the.
articles OF Impeachment mt shall DO drawn
and presented at this session, ana that
tho trial shallS be pos tponcd until next
session. a III s,!:5j ~ at
st V 'is;I y Is [, 81.
70 Representative Flag IS Il busy man
these days. what with the postal inves-
tlgation. and the conferences on the mil.
litary bill. He was appointed a. member
OF the committee which accompanied
thoremains Of Representative Thompson,
of Alabama. to heir place OF interment
but he could not undertake the trip, be-
Ing a mem ber of the Conference Com
5mlttee on the military bill, The con
ferces arc deadlocked. The Senate added
several features to the&loill. which arc
not acceptable to tho House conferaes,
One of those which MI. Hay most OPP
roses Is the Increase in the size Of the
army 1.9rn men. including the addition
o. a Porto Rfcan regiment, 100 quarter
master ssrgeants. and a. number of mem
bcrs of the signal corps.
Mr.. Hay Is not a member of the COM
mittec which is alleged to be invcstigat-
Ing the charges made against members
OF Congress In the Brlst9w report, but
hs, is paying the closest attention to tho
work of the committee. having intro
.duccd the resolution, the adoption or
which ELECTED tho report. and started
all the trouble. in the Language of one
representative. He does not think the
committee Is accomplishing anything
or that it will accomplish much
JAMESTOWN APPROPRIATIONS. 4.
The friends Of the bill to appropriate
three million dollars to the Jamestown
Exposition Company are somewhat en-
couraged by the action of the House
Committee on Industrial Arts and ES-
positions in voting to. recommend that.
si7S;000 DO appropriated to the Lewis and
Clarke Exposition. The amount provided
for in the bill, as 1t passed the Senate,
was much larger than this. but 1t In
to aid enterprises of this character. Tho
Jamestown celebration will be, of n much
more national character than the Port
land Exposition, and will certainly. it Is \
command much more general
Z HE LIVES IN TIENR1cC. s.s
4j.E"'yvho is your candidate for mayor q
Rclmonl?'' L asked iRepresentatiya
Lamb; as lie sat with Messrs. Jones aud
Rixcy Mt luncheon IN tho House restau.
rant to-day. His companions laughed
when / put tho question. and laughed
ugain when he replied;
7 ~ am not II citizen of Ricfmond; live
In Henrico county,
Captain Lamb SAYS he has received let
tors from his constituents on the sub
iect Of tho Richmond lnayoralty fight,
his correspondents assuming that he lived
III the state capital.
mfr. Jones remarked that he supposed
lie would have to be for Mr.. Gordon for
tho mayoralty, owiH2 to the fact that
Airs Gordon is from tlns First District.
MIR. Il, A, Catlin, of Richmond, was IN
Washington to-day on business, and
spent some time at tho Capitol. 3f