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vorce suit. In the eyes OF the coure
she Is Frenchwoman.
According to Mr.. Cochard the French
law recognizes several grounds Tor d.
vorce. Unfai.hfulness with marriage
vows is the gravest. Next comes Vio-
lence cruelty or gross insult A sentence
imposing degrading punishment also Is
cause for divorce
when divorce is to be begun. Mr..
Cochard explains in his codiflcation OF
the French divorce laws, the aggrieved
party must present in person a petition
in the Presiding Justice of the court in
Paris. After the papers are endorsed
the Judge tells sheriff to serve neees-
sary citations. On the day he sits for
hearing the case the Judge must try 10
bring about a reconciliation. and If no
reconciliation can be arranged. then the
Judge authorizes tho suit TO go to court.
"lf he wishes, the judge may grant
leave to make the citations. authorlzc
the plaintiff to reside separately-indi-
eating, If it is the wife, the place OF
temporary residence The judge further
has the power to grant another order.
as to residence, and can direct pro.
visiona custody of children. delivery OF
personal effects and nlimony
.'These orders. however. are subject
to appeal and the court can change the
orders, but "A judge always has tho
right to issue Any order In q divorce
suit in his chambers. In the case OF
( Countess Castellane this would mean
long litigation, as the Count and ms
wife both can use every legal quibbie.
one thing that may make trouble IN
the Castelane suit Is the provision IN
law that n wife must live IN house
selected by the Judge. and II she does
\ /. hn
court ,,,a,,5
Common property held by husband
and n wife must be sealed by court.
orrderS tho person having custody OF
+ha J,ronerty' at the time n divorce suit.
Is begun, being tho judicial CUSTODIAN
Of the property. Thus the countess ue
Castellane would hold her own Plope'tst
safe from the Count.
Only These Can Be Present.
AZ m investigation Of divorce suit
ra.,a t,ves SIexcept docendants), or SER
vamts can testify as witnesses. Az me
trial which follows an inNestlg 81 lre
doors nre closed. Only pubic prose.
cutor, tho parties to SUIT tnres 1 r..e
ni' sI,' uoa rannrts tho trial the publishers
nre liable to heavy fines.
| l'sJf violence, cruelty or gross Insult Is
~, n, Dad \, Mr.. Cochard adds in his codt-
hcation, ~ Judge may not gt',llt y
nn mil . divorce, but he can authorize q
w uifs 10 leave her husband and she need
w, W. he compelled to receive him II she
n rno to do So, and tho judge can
order tho husband to pay proper all
mony 4 the VIE en- mas her neI ~ tSis
LIND linz ~ application for divorce after
f conn haya lived apart for year they
cnn then appear before proper Tr'-.
hnnnl or higher court, and get g final
decree divorcing them. 5
AS to Children.
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FINE WALK WAYS
TO THE Capitol
Committee On Public Property is,
Now Considering the
Bill.
PLANS ARE ALREADY DRAWN
Alessrs. holland and Baskerville
The Architects. and They Sub
nit Drawings.


Now thut the remodclIing of the Capt.
,ol and the addition of the wings are
completed, the building seems to meet
with the general approval of the public,
and It is hoped by many that the Legis-
iature win make n sufficient appropria-
,ion to give the building proper setting.
with this object in view. Niessra holland
aud baskerville architects and engineers.
of this city. have designed the treatment
OF the Capitol Square which is shown
herewith.
The general scheme provides for a
drive around The building practically.
ON the same level as the roadway from
the washington monument to the execu-
,ve mansion on account of the steepness
of the ground in front of the building.
This cannot be obtained except by the
erection of n retaining wall around the
outside of the drive. This wall will be
built OF dressed granite backed up with
concrete. starting level with the ground
at the eastern and western ends of. the
building and having an average height
of about six feet across the front
Earth will be filed in back OF this wall
forming n plateau, practically level
around the building. the granite facing
OF which viii give tho effect OF u broad
granite base from which the building
rises. This plateau Is OF sufficient area
&c afford a wide driveway all around
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ard Could slster-in-law of the Countess
do castellane, sailed for Europe to-day
on the steaster Ktliter wilhelm der
Crosse. She is booked for Paris.
Howard Gould accompanied his wife to
the steamship and saw her comfortably
auartered in the captains cabin, which
she will occupy during the trip.
my wife will spend few weeks in
London and Paris" he said. Two weeks
from to-day I shall sail on my yacht, the
Niagara. and will join Mrs. Gould on the
Riviera"
In some quarters here it is said that
the chief purpose of Mrs. Gould's trip
abroad is to communicate to Countess dc
Castellane the stand tho Gould family
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Personals and Briefs.

MI. Alonza A, Glenn. Of South Pine
Street, has left the city for Kayfori,
West Virginia, where he is expected TO
engage In business.
MIS- W. n. Robertson. who is being
treated by DIR. A. r. thurman, Is con-
fined TO her home OH South Pine Street
with an attack OF grip.
Miss Mittie stark. Of T17 South Pine
Street, ana Mr.. Joseph Donahoc, of RIO
south Pine Street, left the city, NIon-
tay eye at six o'clock for Baltimore,
where they will he married,
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the making OF loans, such as examina-
lions OF title. renewal fees and the nu-
merous other methods used by the money
shark to pile up charges and mulch the
hard luck borrower.
Any interest charged by the lender IN
excess OF the legal rate of interest, or
any fee fine or charge whatsoever,
whether for negotiating II loan or for
commissions. examinations. attorneys
fees or any other bonus or additional
compensation other than permitted by
the bill. shall be held and taken as pay
ment or the loan. and upon complaint
and proof of such overchargo the court
may at its discretion, revoke the
lenders license,
An appropriation of $500 for build
ings and equipment and improvement of
the Prison Association OF Virginia at
Laurel is asked in bill offered in the
Senate yesterday by Mr.. Hartman, of
Richmond. and Judge Wickham of Hen
rico. The fund will be expended as
follows:
Chapel, assembly room and library, $4,000
Hospital .,... ................ 5000
Officers quarters and bakcry....,, 1000
Dormtory for youngest boys....... 5000
steam heating plant, ......,........ 5000
Addition to hot-housc plant and
general repairs ........,........... 1900
Equipment for Lloyd department
and printing office. .,...,.......,. ], 500
In another BILL offered by Judge Wick
ham and Mr.. Hartman, the compensation
TO the association and of the public treas.
ury for the maintenance of the inmates
of the reformatory is increased from
| twenty-five cents per day to forty cents
| per day,
A general law authorizing the borrowing
| Of money and Issuing of bonds therefor
| by the towns of the Commonwealth was
| proposed In the Senate yesterday in y
| bill offered by Mr.. Holt, Of Newport
! News.
| Under the act II is provided that for
| any oue or more of the following pur-
| poses7-to provide suitable equipment
against fire, erecting or improving school
buildings, grading paving. repaying curb
| ing or otherwise improving any one or
| more OF the streets avenues or alleys,
| or widening existing ones In such town
or Of locating, institutlng and maintain
Ing sewers and culverts in and along amy
4 part thercof--should the voters OF the
town may elect the town viii be author
i2ed and empowered 10 borrow money In
Isuch sum or sums. not exceeding in the
/ aggregate eighteen per ,centum of tbs
assessed valuation OF the real estate in
the town subject to ttxntion, and To issp,
bonds therefor, provided that such bondi
4 shall mol be sold AZ loss than their pul
4 value and bear interest AT rnte not eA
cendnG six per ccntum per annum nnt
shall become due and PAYABLE within
thirty-hye years from Tho date o. Issue.
Few more important, subjects have beei
called 10 the attention Of tho Genera
Assembly Of Virginia than The Sahale res
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the Commonwealth of Virginia, and con-
ditioned for the prompt payment of any
judgment which may be recovered from
such license on account of damages or
other claims arising directly or indirect-
~ from any loan of money or sale of
wages or of salary
The bill taxes limit upon the Incl
dental charges that may be charged in
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olution introduced by Senator Canm
Patterson, requiring the Senate Commit
tee on Agriculture, Mining and Manufac-
lures to consider the propriety of draft
ing and reporting bill requiring the
science of forestry to be taught at the
University of Virginia, the Polytechnic
School at Blacksburg, William and Mary
College and the public free schools IN
Virginia The wholesale destruction OF
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Retain Entrances.


The present entrances Mt Ninth. Tenth.
Eleventh and Twelfth Streets from Bank
street are retained. but are 20
zee widened and are to have
posts on each side. smaller than
those at the main approach, but
similar In design. The present walks from
these entrances are now so steep as
10 make walking almost dangerous. This
it is proposed to remedy by introducing
several short flights of steps. at the
steepest parts of the grade.
The walk in front Of the library build
ing is retained. hut the grade of this is
also made easier by the introduction OF
steps at various points SO as 10 make the
walk moro nearly level between the Sc
ries of steps.
In front Of each wing, subsidiary stair
ways are carried up from the walks TO
the architectural appearance, and at the
same time giving ready access by the
shortest path 10 every entrance Of the
building.
The main .opdway from the Grace
street entrs,its. is aeft unchanged, ex-
cept that Il more, Impressive treatment
of this entrance is proposed.
In getting their data for these plans,
aIessrs. holland and baskerville had a
most accurate survey made OF the Capt.
FOL Square. locating every tree In it, and
In designing the general scheme OF i'm
provement. have kept constantly i'll mind
the Importance of retaining the old trees
And. with the arrangement of walks
shown, this has been attained with very
few minor exceptions.
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wishes her to take in her present domes-
tic troubles.
COUNTESS SUES AS
FRENCH WOMAN
If She Proves Her Allegations
She Can Get Children and
Fortune Back.

NEW YORK, February 6--Henry
Cochard. OF Coudert Brothers. of No. II
broadway, an authority on French law,
has made an exhausted study of the
French civil code, and IN defining the
status of an American girl who marrles
a French citizen, asserts that she becomes
subject to tho laws OF France.
This brings the Countess Castellane
entirely under French law in her d.
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d ~ w.
III cases not npuparcntly provided by the
Constitution. shall BIO prescribed by law,
and 1t Is thought that under this scc-
'tion OF the Constitution, provison can
be made by law for all special elections,
particularly MS tho Constitution IN pre-
seribing tho qualifications of election, APP
plies to elections to I'LL Office.
The bill offered provides that ut spe-
cial elections In counties or districts
thereof all persons otherwise 1ualiiAnd,
shall he entitled In case the election oc-
ours on or after January list and before
the Tuesday after the first Monday IN
November. be entitled to vote who were
entitled to vote on the last day OF the
preceding year, md those who under
existing law would be entitled to vote.
In special elections In cities and towns,
the same provision is made. except that
the law relating to general elections
shall prevail unless the special election
takes place before the date fixed by the
Constitution for the June election.
The bill which will attract tho alton
tion OF the House to-day is that offered
by Mr.. Early, OF Greene, to authorize and
empower tile judges OF the circuit courts
to appoint the commissioners of the
revenue for tire several counties and
cities OF the State. The measure is upon
it's third reading and Is n special order
for ! o'clock p. NJ
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
Meoni Produce Company
Still in Busine,s

II A,.ls enormously stated IN the Jo,irnhl Non
an any February biii, that The Meopl Produce
on Grace street. hni been rold This announce
leiit Nht iflatir without the knowledge OF thn
hrIp aud utentlroly Without Foundation,
JOHN ID. NoTERyO, Manager.
s, M, cAToGNi, Sec'y and Treas.
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The Main Approach.

On top of the wall around the drive
Way will be cut granite balustrade
From this driveway level. on the axis Of
the main building, main approach vii!
be carried down to Bank Street. On ac-
count OF the height of the building above
The street, the grade is too steep for a
walk without steps as series of granite
steps. forty-tive feet wide, have been
get In this approach with almost level
walks from the top step of each flight
TO the bottom OF the ono next above.
Where this approach comes out to Bank
Street, the entrance is wldened with cir
oular walls. terminating in two massive
posts. BY this treatment, the effect of
widening Bank Street is attained with
out destroying the line OF fine old trees
along the Bank Street fence of the
Square. One of the landings on this
main approach is located on the axis OF
Franklin Street which axis also passes
through the two present fountains and
the center of the old Bell house. From
the front Of the Bell house. a wide
walk is carried OH this axis across the
Square. terminating at the center line
of Franklin Street east OF the Square.
,rhe Bell house, with all its old historic
memories. 1t is proposed TO retain. max
ing an entrance gate on each side OF II.
These gates come lust in line with the
continuation OF the sidewalks OF West
Ir,-,,,EIi,t street
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The bill offered by Mr.. Houston, OF
Hampton, approprintlng $4,000 for the
establishment OF school for the colored
deaf and blind Of the State. hns been
favorably reported from tho House Com
mittee on Asylums and Prisons.
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The Roads Committee OF the House
yesterday afternoon favornbly reported the
bill offered by Mr.. Churchman OF Au-
g,istn, requiring railroad companies OPP
Grating in Virginia to sell tickets to pas
sengers Mt n rate Of two cents per mile.
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NOT TO ABOLISH
THE INSPECTORS
CONTINUED from First Page.)

the location where such business will
be conducted. He shall also execute
bond in the sum Of sLon, payable to
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IMPORTED BEER ON pRAuaHT
AT RyEGEA'es
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COUNT BROKE, !"
SELLS HIS WATCH

Continued from First Page)
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Few more important 'supiccts have been
called 10 the attention Of Ahe Geueral
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In another bill, offered by Judge Wick
ham and Mr.. Hartman, the compensation
TO the association and of the public treas
ury for the maintenance of the inmates
of the reformatory is increased from
per day,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-14
EARLY DAYS OF JOHNNY F1Tz.,
Served as First President Of News
bows Society,

John ]. Fitzgerald, the employe of the
District water department who died last
Saturday. was particularly well known to
the older newspaper men Of this city, many
of whom he served in the capacity of mes
senger, at the same time making a little
extra money selling newspapers. Several
OF the "newsies who. in 1870, with two or
three exceptions. were white boys, decided
to organize a society, and one evening the
cred after they had sold OUT their Stars,
and. headed by band Of music. paraded
the streets, being Joined at various places
by others until about one hundred were in
line, when they marched to old Concordia
Hall. then at the corner of 9th and E
streets, where the first meeting was held
Johnny Fitz'' was elected permanent presi-
dent OF the organization and Frank Carr
now a prominent member of the Brick
layers Union. was elected vice president
night have since become prosperous and
prominent business men, several of them
being large taxpayers. Others preceded
their first president to the grave. Johnny
Fitz was one of the most enterprising
newsboys of the day and exhibited then the
sagaeity which served him well In after
years.
, The Newsboys' Society was In existence
for about two years and did great deal of
good for It's members in various ways, help
ing them when sick or In distress and "stak-
Ing" them when busted" In one case. at
least, the society paid the funeral expenses
of comride whose widowed mother was
too poor to provide proper burial for her
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-14
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Only One Candidate in the Field for
Governor.

Pennsylyanians In Washington are busIlv
discussing the republican nomination for
governor in the Keystone state. The state
convention has been called TO meet nj
Harrisburg on June @. So far only one
aYoWed candidate Is In the field former
Lieutenant Governor Lewis A Wattres of
Scenton whose principal claim seems to be
thas the late Senator Quay promised that
he should have the nomination when he
stepped aside for Governor Pennypacker
four years ago. The spirit of independence
Is at last abroad in Pennsylvania and the
slogan is mo slate we'll lick the ticket"
Senator Penrose is, therefore, keeping his
hands OF religiously and Senator Knox
never did take an active part In practical
pontlcs. The governorship Of PENNSYLVANIA
Is a very important Office. The governor
appoints nearly every state officer and fills
all vacancies that occur in judicial positions
and In county offices. Pennsylvania has no
civil service law and the governor, there
lore has vast amount of patronage at his
disposal He also has the veto power and
the right to cut down appropriations even
after they have been passed by the legis-
lature. Politically, the Office Is most po-
tentiaL 1t has been customary to send re-
publican governors as delegates-at-large to
republican national conventions. On ac-
count of the recent civic awakening in
Pennsylvania the republicans there want
candidate for governor who has always
asserted his Independence OF the state ma
cfnne- Representative AcheSon of the TWEEN
ty-fourth district is regarded by many as
the most acceptable candidate that can be
presented. Mr.. Acheson defed Senator
Quay even at the time when the senator
was strongest politically. Six years ago
Quay decided that Acheson had been In
Congress long enough and put up candi-
date against him. Mr.. Acheson accepted
the challenge and also announced three
candidates for the legislature in his home
county on an "anti-Quay, no caucus plat
form, the three being pledged to stay out
of the republican caucus in which IL was
certain Senator Quay would have ma
jority. Politicians were amazed at the
audacity OF this move, for Pennsylyanians
generally regard the party caucus as a
sacred institution. A battle royal was
waged and Mr.. Acheson was victorious by
a vote of three to one. Then Senator Quay
had the state redistricted and put his home
county of Beaver and another new county
in Mr.. Acheson's district. Notwithstanding
this the latter won al the primaries by 1900
majority Then his certificate OF nomfna-
ton was attacked in the courts and ten
days before election his nomination was
declared invalid. He ran as an independent
and was elected by over 5000 majority,
losing only Senator Quay's county. Now
in the revulsion against the machine rule
in Pennsylvania IT looks very much as
though the only man in the Pennsylvania
delegation in Congress who defied the
bosses when at the heighth of their power
would be placed at the head of the repubi-
can state ticket. Pennsylvanfans In WASH
fneton say Mr. Acheson can be elected by
an enormous majority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-14
PROBING VALENCIA DISASTER.
Work of the Investigating Board at
Victoria Yesterday.

VICTORIA, B. c.. February 14-At the
afternoon session of the board of investi-
cations into the Valencia wreck yesterday
witnesses were examined with regard to
the doings of the steamers Salvor and
Car, which went from Victoria to assist
the Valencia, but which failed to accom-
plish their object.
evidence that no signs of life were seen
from the Salvor on the wreck, and that the
Gear reports similarly He said no COM
munication was had with the Queen. He
believed the people would have been drown
ed by being dragged through the water in
a breeches buoy
Capt. Harris of the Salvor was positive
it was impossible for the Salvor boats to
get to the wreck. Even with a properly
manned lifehoat he did not think aid could
have been given from sea.
Capt. Campbell who was on the tug
Gear, testified that when the Gar spoke
the Queen it was their impression she in
tended to stand by all night. II they had
known there were people on the wreck he
did not believe the tug could have ap-
preached nearer or accomplished rescue.
SEATTLE, Wash. February 1.-THE spe-
cial commission appointed by the President
to investigate the Valencia disaster, arrived
in Seattle last night from Washington The
members of the commission are Lawrence
o. Murray, assistant secretary of COM
rnerce and labor and Herbert Knox Smith
deputy commissioner of corpora tons, and
Capt. w. w. BurweH. United States army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-14
AMERICAN GOODS BOYCOTT.
No Tangible Indication Of an Anti
Foreign Outbreak In China.

The State Department is in receipt of
many communications by every mail from
friends of Americans in China asking for
the basis Of the reports attributed to the
department to the effect that there Is great
danger OF an anti-foreign uprising. Conse-
quently there has been a careful scrutiny
and estimate of the long dispatches that
have come by mail and cable from the de-
partments representatives in China
The substance of these reports will be
made public. according to the present In
tention OF the officials. Meanwhile II may
be stated that although there Is much dis
parity in the consuls' reports, owing prob
ably to the existence of different conditions
In the north and south OF China, the gem
eral purport OF the communications is that
there has been interference with United
States trade by the boycott. but that there
is total lack of tangible evidence Of an
anti-foreign uprising. American petroleum,
condensed milk, tobacco. sewing machines
and the like have been placed under the
ban and the trade greatly injured. Even as
far south as the Straits Settlements, OUT
side of China proper. a Chinaman would
jeopardize his business interests, 1t Is said,
II he offered for sale or purchased an Amer
lean sewing machine.