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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
sixpences on a Tombstone.

Yesterday morning tWenty-one old
widows OF the parish of St. Bartholo-
new. West Smithneld. attended in the
ohurch-yard at the close of the morn
ing service to pick up the sxpences
which are annually deposited on tho
tombstone OF pnrishio1er who died sew
eral centuries ago.
The origin OF the custom dates back to
Saxon times, and It was revived some
years ago by Mr., Butterwck The little
graveyard Is raised several feet above
the level of the pathway. and to mount
to this eminence the elderly danes are
assisted UP step-ladder lodged against
the stone coping OF the wall.
The twenty-one, having scrambled ur
the step-tndder, gathered around the
Erave-stone, where the distribution was
made.
Each of the recipients was afterwart
given a bun and a new shilling, Up h
this year they had by the bounty OF
lady received half a a:own apiece u
addition to the sixpence. Their bcnefac
tor has now passed away, however. ant
the gift has died with her.--London Daily
Chronicle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
GETTING READY FOR
HIS NEW POSITION Il \
Colonel Joseph Button Examining
Insurance Departments Of
Other States.

Colonel Joseph Button, who on July lst5
viii open his office as State insurance
commissioner of Virginia, to which pos
sItion he was chosen by the recent ses-
sion Of the Legislature, is now in RAJ
leigh, NJ c.. Inspecting the workings Of
the Insurance department OF that State
Colonel Button will 80 frorl Raleigh
to Boston, and will then visit the capitals
of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
and many other Eastern States for the
same purpose. a4
While Colonel Button is away, learning
the workings Of other departments, with
the view of starting his Off intellgently,s
Deputy Commissioner Jacob N. Brenna-
man Is arranging the offices and getting
the books, papers and other paraphernalla
fri shape for opening promptly on july.
lst "a
Mr.. Brennaman Is an insurance man.
of long experience and will make Colonel
Button a most valuable assistant. All
the papers now in the hands of the first
auditor, who has heretofore had charge
OF this branch Of work, will he turned
over to the commissioner when Colonel
Button takes office.
The offices of insurance commissioner
will be OH the basement floor OF the.
CAPITOL, @ 5s8fRf$s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
WARNING TO FARMERS.
Many of Them Duped BY Bo-
gus Agent.

Especial to The Dispatch)
PANIPLIN CITY. May 25.-Judging
from the account OF your Petersburg cor
respondent concerning one Harris, alias
NrcGaw, representing himself as agent
for buggies harness and musical In
struments, as having imposed on tho
farming community of Prince Edward
and Prince George counties. by taking
cash payments in advance. some of tho
farmers Of this (Appnmattox) and Buck
ingham counties have also suffered as
victims of the same party. or parties,
they believing that there Ia a gang of
OF the Same,
Late in April there appeared here two
men one giving his name as w. Benham,
representing themselves as agents for
musical instruments. VINO wanted to so
from house to house among the farmers
IN the interest Of their business. They
hired n horse and buggy. which they
claimed they needed for several days OF
Mr.. p. P, Pankey. who keeps livery
stable here, and sold some organs IN
this county, and all over buckingham
mainly to the coorsd population, requ1r-
! ing and obtaining some caah In advance
This horse and conveyance was kept fo1
| nine DAVIS until May 4th, when It was
taken after dark into the livery stable
| NJ Mr.. Zimmerman at Farmville, who
learning in about four days to whom such
belonged Informed Mr.. Pankey, the
owner, who sent there, paid his bill fol
the feed, and Of care Of the same, and
brought them home, finding that his
horse had been injured by excessive use
hf these so-called agents OF musical
Instruments As blind. of course, Mr.
Benham wrote a postal to Mr., Pnnkey
dated May ad, and mailed on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad the 7th instant
BY absence of the horse and buggy
which could have been hired out regular
Iv the expense In Tarmyille, and sending
there for them. not to speak of The In
fury to the same. Mr.. Pnnkey is out
about forty-hve dollars. 1t Is well that
this notice be sent out as a warning TO
others who have not yet thus suHereo, 10
be on the lookout, lest they share the
sauna fate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
POLICY ELDERS
TO TAE CONTROL
Mutualizatioof Equitable is De
cidcd TN According to
hw Law.
ALTER CARTER AT ONCE
Provision } Be Made for the
Election ~ Policy-holdcrs Of
Twcn Light directors.
ALTER CARTER AT ONCE
,snecIto rho lTimoa- Dispatch

II tspecIto rho, Times. Dlspatch,) -,
NEW YI'k, May 25.--on the I'M,
pail Mort ana with the harmonious
Assent OF 4omas +. Ryan, decisive steps
hive been ken for the naturalization Of
The ,rouIt,e Life Assurance Society UNI
dor the tals specified for the rcorgani-
cation Of Listing corporations by the re-
Gently ACTED amendment of section %
of the sic insurance laws.
withjnwo weeks the charter Of the
tn,lItnblLifc will probably have been
80 raddy amended as to provide Tor
the elccyn By direct vote or the policy
holdcrsf twenty-eight members OF the
hoard directors, or clear majority OF
four ithc total board membership or
afty.tv The remaining twenty-iour
mcInbe Of the board are to be elected us
at preht. by the stockholders.
No oviss,n Is yet made for the re-
tircml of the socicty's stock, the con
trollIr ipterest In which was bought
from'amcs H. Hyde for $2,60ooU by
,rhn,t r. RYAN, and by him was trus-
toad the hands of Grover Cleveland,
.1udp Morgan j. OBrien and George
Vesagholse. That the present reorgah-
,zan will lead to stock retirement, now
cve,is the belief of persons In the conn
den of those most directly concerned.
TO Be Purely Mutual.
,tler the amended charter. which 1s
toJmc before the board OF directors for
n yoyal next Thursday. and approval or
neh is already practically pledged by
Al majority stock interest the EGuithbie
UNFAIRLY places Itself practically IN
! hands Of It's policy-holders. Except
1T the stockholders retain the privilege
naming, through the trustees OF the
yan stock, a mln2ritY of the board mem
4jrship, the society In all other respects
aces itself in the category or purely
utual life insurance companies. Like
he Mutual Life and the New YORK Lie, u
ecomes pledged to the publication not
.ter than July 18th next Of It's com
etc list OF policy.hodcrs, together win
heir addr sses, as provided by the ne"
aw governing elections In purely mu-
ual companies.
Provision is made for the premature re-
iremcnt of twcnty-elght members OIL inc
resent BOARD and ,or the filling OF tneir
la ces by direct vote of the policy-hoiaers'
q in the case OF the full boards to be
lected by the New York Life and the Mu-
ual, ON December 18th next
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
MEAT INSPECTION
PROVIDED IN BILL
Agricultural Appropriation Meas.
ure Passed BY Senate-Rate
Conferees Not Appointed.
lBY Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The Senate
to-day passed the agricultural appropria-
ton bill, carrying an appropriation OF
$4,000 and without word of debate
or an objection from any source added
TO It as an amendment the. bill pro-
viding for an inspection Of fresh meats
Intended for consumption. The provision
Is along the general lines of the Law
for the inspection OF meats intended to be
shipped abroad and the work Is delegated
to the bureau of animal industry, IT co.
quires that acceptable meats shall he
labeled ard authorizes the destruction o.
condemned products, 1t also authorizes
the inspection of all animals before they
enter the packing houses and requires
that those establishments shall be main
tained In a sanitary condition, Gives the
inspectors access to all departments OF
them. and forbtds Interstate commerce
in fresh meats which are not marked by
the inspectors. The expense of the IN
spection is to be borne by owners and a
fine OF $1,000 and Imprisonment tor two
years are fixed as the penalties for the
violation Of the provision,
The greater part OF the time spent on
the agricultural bill was devoted to Il
discussion of the provision for n govern
lnent inspection of grain. Senator Nc
Cumber made nh effort to have the
measure so amended as to require the is-
suance of certificates of suoh lnspec-
ton but failed. number OF other bills
were passed during tho day.
The sea-level Panama Canal bill was
made the unfinished business of the Sem
ate.
The message Of the FJnuso declining 70
accept the Senate amendments to tho
railroad rate till was received, but The
Senate conferees were not named,
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
Newspaper Tributes.

On the delntse OF the late
Henry Clay Payne. a concern IN
New York gathered from the
papers published throughout
the United States 1886 news
paper stories OF the life and ca
reer OF the deceased.
Theso items were carefully
mounted on Irish linen leaves
and bound In 6 volumes, 400
pages to the book. A cover Of
genuine seal was appropriately
lettered In gold and the entire
material, representing the work
Of many people for several
months, has Just been delivered
to Mrs. Payne at Milwaukee.
Mr.. Burrelle. who makes .
specially OF this unique method
OF preserving family history.
also compiled four volumes con-
tanning the letters, kilograms
and cards Of coincidence received
by the family, all constituting .
family heirloom that Will 20
handed down to future genera
lions.
This work 10 one Of the sey-
eral developments OF the press
. clipping industry and Mr.. Bur-
relic has made special study
of the work ne created several
years ago. M.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
His Deductions,

Some years ago there sat In the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES, ms member from Mis-
souri, a gentleman named Benton, Ac-
cording to tho congressman, who tells
the story Mr. Benton was known as
''the shrewdest and homeliest man that
tho state possessed mt that time
In his early days at the bar Mr., Benton
had, It Is said, gone to Texas for the
nurnose of prosecuting land claim. He
lost the suit, but was 10 fortunate as to
win an extremely handsome I'eHas girl,
who accompanied him to his Missouri
home. At st. Joseph the couple were
mai by a certain General Mitchell, very
plain-spolen politician, to whom MIR. Ben
Ton introduced his bride. The old fellow
looked very much surprised. He stared
at Benton and beamed on the pretty
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
TRUST AND
OFFICERS ARE INDICTED
CONTINUED from First Page.)

fCoptinued from First Page.)
OF the accused corporations and firms:
Samuel T. Morgan, president: Fortescua
Whittle. vice-president; Frank P. Dan
cey and Frank c. Wilcox. managers and
agents of Vrgnla-C Carolina Chemical
Company.
II. Rice Smith. agent Of Virginia Caro-
lima Chemical Company, and president
Of Georgia Chemical Works.
Austin B. Carpenter and charles ri.
Mcdowell, managers and agent, ana
Charles G. Wilson, agent and attorney
OF Armour and Company.
Fred G. Brown. president and treas.
,,rer of Anderson Phosphate and OIL
Company. -,
Frank Burbrldge. president, and Will
liam T. Mccormack treasurer, of Eter-
man Fertilizer Company
George E. Braden, president OF Federal
Chemical Company, OF Delaware and
Kentucky f.58
August D. Adair and James D. Near
lev. officers and agents OF Furman Farm
Improvement Company and members OF
the firm OF A. D. Adair and Mccarthy
Brothers.
william Kcssler, secretary and treas
urer OF Goulding Fertiizing Company,
limited.
James G. Tinsley president Of the Ma
rietta Fertillzng Company and vice
president OF Tennessee Chemical Com
pany.
William D. Rhea, general manager Of
tho Nashville Fertilizer Company;
William, l.. Peel, president OF the Old
Dominion Guano Company. 0,es
Abram G. Reed, vice-president and
general manager. and Isaac Mayo Read.
agent OF Read Phosphate Company.
Frank s. Roystor, president. and
Charles F. Burroughs. vice-presdent OF
F. s. Register Guano Company.
A. j. Ives. secretary and treasurer OF
Savannah Guano Company and member
OF firm OF Wilcox, I've & Company.
T. Porter Fleming, vice. president Of
Southern States Phosphate and Feltilizer
Company.
7, Garland Tlnsey president and treas
urer OF the Tennessee Chemical Com
pany.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
How He Found the Vest.

Little David has always been resarasn
nv his dotlng relatives as particularly
clever. Still he rather outd'd h'lnseli
when a rough looking tramp invaded ne
ward one afternoon and asked where ms
father kept his money,
'Tt's In his vest In the kitcnen' re-
piled David,
few minutes later the tramp came
through the Kitchen doorway in hurry,
much tattered and torn,
smart kid. dat!" he muttered. Never
said n word about dc old man ben' IN
side the vest."-.phlladelphia Public
Ledger,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26

principle that there shall be no dis
crimlnntiOn against negroes In the mat
ter OF accommodations supplied by the
common carrier.
Running Over Everything.
nut Senator Foraker, the author OF
the amendment is said to have greatly
pleased Southern negroes BY having o.
fered It, for they think he vas standing
lp for their rights He may need tne
votes OF Southern negroes TWO years
hence. when the time to choose delegates
to the Republican National Convention
arrives
~ am an ohio Republican and you
Southern people say tho Western Reserve
Republicans are the worst In the world,
said an etnploye at the Capitol to-day.
az hope we viii have control of the
next Ifouse, but II we should lose II !
want to see the Democrats fire. every
one OF these slick. slippery. well-fed ne
proes around here. They are running over
everything. Take a good negro and give
him government job. and he gets mean
right away.
Tho Republicans cannot afford to get
rid Of the negroes. They need them IN
the doubtful Staten. The negroes hold
the balance Of power in my State. They
hnld It in New York. If you Democrats
would get rid Of them at the Capitol
when tho Republicans got back Into
power 1t would DO Il long while before
the negroes got back here as strong as
they are now"
This Republicans structures on the
negro employees at the Capitol were
ra ther sweeping. There arc some good
negroes employed as messenRrrs and
doorkeepers at the Capitol. and 1t is not
at all unlikely that several Of them would
he permitted to continue In their places
when Democrats took power. 1t IS no.
ticeabe on every hand that the South
ern members arc on more friendly terms
with tho blacks than are the Northern
and Western representatives.
It Is as certain as anything can b. that
a law requiring street car companies IN
the District OF Columbia to operate sepa-
rate cars for the races would be passed
az soon as the Democrats got control OF
Congress,
The negroes have made themselves so Of
fensive In their patronage Of the street
cars that tho sentiment In favor Of sepa-
ratio cars has been made overwhelming.
Tho citizens OF the district who opposes
the pending separate car bill Is an
anomaly. II left to the white voters Of
tho district the law would he adopted
overwhelmingly. If kept to popular vote
1t would ne defeated, for there are about
az many blacks as whites In the District
OF Columbia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
MAY STRIKE OUT
PULLMAN FEATURE,
Sleeping Car Amendment May
Be Eliminated From Rate
Bill-Negro Question.
lrrom our Regular CORRESPONDENT,

(From Our Regular spondent)
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May Pit Is
probable that the conferees will strike
from the rate-bill the provision put there
in by the Senate making the provisions
of the measure apply to Pullman COM
pantes. It is understood that some Demo-
Gratis would like to see this change eff
fected, as they believe that It will give
negroes the right to ride In sleeping
cars. AS matter of fact, negroes have
tho right to ride in those cars at present.
and do patronize them very literally.
The Supreme Court has held that sleep
ing car companies have the right TO Keep
negroes out Of sleepers II they choose,
until Congress enacts a law on the sub
ject. Now that Congress has acted, or
is about to act, the companies operating
sleeping cars in Interstate traffic cannot
refuse to allow negroes to ride therein.
This is the ground on which come DEM
ocrats desire to have the sleeping car
amendment stricken from the BILL It Is
argued, however, that the amendment
can have no practical effect, because OF
the fact that the sleeping car companies
have made no effort to prevent negroes
riding in sleeping cars. and that negroes
do pa,ronize them, is seen every day.
Negroes Excited.
It would appear that the argument IN
favor of the amendment of the bill IN
the particular indicated might have been
suggested by the Pullman Company. Inc
Senate advocates of effective rate legls-
lation thought they had scored VIC
tory when they succeeded In having ex-
nress companies and sleeping car COM
pnnles included under the provisions OF
the measure. To exempt those companies
would be to leave a very large portion OF
interstate traffic outside the jurlsdic-
ton of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
It may have been putting 1t too strongly
to state that the conferees would prob
ably strike sleeping cars from the bill.
It is certain that there Is some sentl-
ment in favor Of having them do so.
The Senate amendment to the rate bill
recurring the carriers to furnish equal ser
vice for equal pay, designed to compe
railroads to give negroes riding IN jim
Grow cars as good accommodations as are
provided white passengers has created
n great stir among Northern darkles. They
seem to think tho amendment requires
railroads to operate Jim Crow cars, anc
it is said that delegation on Boston
negroes will come to Washington WorE
against the adoption OF the amendment. OF
course, the amendment does not have any
thing like the effect proposed. In fact
1t means nothing. A Jim Crow law could
not be got through Congress-; that is i
could not be got through Republican
Congress-. The rate bill cannot appl.
to mira state traffic, and 1t Is only t
traffic of that character that the separate
car laws of the various Southern State:
apply,
The amendment therefore means moth
ing, and simply reiterates Fundamental
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
Changing His View of Life.

Views of life are apt to be tnged by sur
roundlngs and circumstances which mdy
be merely temporary. "Your son. Is OF
n cynical and pessimistic turn OF mind,
I'm sorry to see' remarked the supply
minister to Mr., Lane of Centerville, with
whom he was spending Sunday. 81 de-
plore that tendency in the young men Of
to-day" and the minister looked sober
even severe.
well, now. I don't worry about Jim
said Mr.. Lane thoughtfully caressng his
Jaw. You see, Addie Piper hasn't full
ly made up her mind yet to let him know
that she intends to have him and not
Lon Howe. Soon as he gets his bearings
or that point and the girl settles down Il
bit, there won't be anything cynical or
pessimistic left in Jim,
You're here the wrong week, that's all.
Lon Howe had this Saturday night, lf
you We're going to be here next sunday
you'd notice consid able tightening up
OF Jim's views. His mother and | 40
every other week. outh's Companion
Mr.. Frank A. Davenport who was tak.n
Ill last Sunday, Is improving slsautS, u,u
his many friends will be Glad to Know ~,
that his sickness was OF such temporary
nature
Mr. r. It. Feno, of r. f. Fenno a
Co., New York. is In the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
Jacobs & Levy

ference report came In there would be
opportunity for tho House OF Represent
tativcs to vote separately on every
amendment on which a separate vote
was desired.
The rule was then adopted.
Pension Calendar.
After the rate bin had been disposed
Of, the House took up the portion calen-
dar. which was the regular order for
the day.
Mr.. Williams (MlssissippD. the minor
ity leader, brought Joy to those having
pension bills on the House calendar to-
day, when he announced. after the second
bill was under consideration, that ne
Intended to oppose with all his power
all legislation until conference report
could be had on Statehood But. in view
OF the fact that the dema gogues might
distort the opposition of the Democracy
to pension bills, when there was no OPP
position to such bills. he would withhold
his objections for the present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
PROMINENT YOUNG MAN
CHARGED WITH MURDER
(By Associated Press,

SAN FRANC1sCO May 25.-Ernest
penicke. son OF e. A. Denicke, a wealthy
San Francisco banker and capitalist, was
arrested to-day on charge OF man
slaughter Denicke was released later
under $4,000 bonds. On April goth. 1t
Is said, Dencke, wearing the Uniform
of a lieutenant OF the United States
army. shot and killed an unidentified
man on Lombard Street Wharf. TO
newspaper men Denicke admitted the
charge. but refused to talk further until
he had secured counsel.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
HOUSE IN UPR0AR
OVER RATE BILL
Continued from First Page)

CONTINUED from First Page.)
tween Mr. Cooper, Of Wisconsin ana MT
Hptnlrn OF Iowa, over conversation
i, which The latter Is alleged to have
Irticipated with a mcsnber OF the SEN
!, and in which Mr. Cooper asserted
d member Of the House and the sen.
tor referred to agreed that the so-caiiea
xpress company amendment, 10 the
abroad rate bill should not remain -
~ hill Both Mr.. Hepburn and Mr..
looncr we're exceedingly angry and they
lared at one another during the colloquy.
Intense Excitement.
Intense excitement prevailed during TINS
exchange Of words, members croWdlhs
the aisles and filling the space IN front
inf the Speakers desk The speaker
inounded for order, but to no purpose.
when he could be heard above the
urroar, Mr.. Cooper said that he was not
the only gentleman to "hoIn s'''l'iai
sta tements were made
.,rhere are other members OF tho
House" he said, TO whom they nave
been made, and there is no purpose, no
4 ,btect on my part to deliberately mis-
represent that statement.
"Why don't you say who it was who
old YOU that?" asked Mr.. Hepburn.
Mr.. Cooper responded by saying that
he could not understand why the gen
tleman asked the question unless ne
had heard the rumor going around
you placed me in an embarrassing
bositlon,' he declared. land had 10 te''
you what unls told me, l told the truta'
rho statement was made to me IN con :
idencp and concerning the gentleman
rom Iowa. and I therefore cannot g!Vc
amcs.''
This closed the coloquy.
Antagonize Rule.
Mr.. Williams (Miss,), and Mr.. De Ar
Ind fN1Issourn. both nntagonized the
4 Me MIR. Williams insisted that II th'
/ anendments were sent to conference Ia
! gnss that the House would be at the
4 rntrov NJ the conferees and he desired
:. have a vote on some OF the amend
vents Hc stated that he had suggested
IN the committee on rules that u the
1Ionse was permitted to vote on I'VE
. mendments, he would agree to allow
tha ether amendments to be monsoon
curred to in gross. This was refused and
lha WAS therefore compelled TO protest
AGAINST a rule that would take away
A from the House It's CONSTITUTIONS P'e'o-
Igatves. - ,
Mr.. Hepburn rose to explain his posi-
ton He said he stood win MI WI
Iliams. the minority leader, IN presenting
n solid front to the Senate ana lhat !.
was understood. between the leaders OF
tho two sides Of the House, That there
Y should be a nom concurrence In gross
A Mr.. Grosyenn said that when the con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
INQUIRY INTO SANITY
OF GIRL MURDERESS
DRY Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 1.-At the request
of District Attorney Jerome. Justice Scott
to day suspended the trial OF Josephine
Terranova for the murder of her aunt,
in order to inquire into her sanity.
Mr.. Jerome said that the evidence thus
far submitted In the case has shown
tha girl To he of ilnsound mind, and that