Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) 1896-Current
January 14, 1898

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fress DlSDaiGl.es. YOL III, NQ. 10. NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1898 PRICE S,NGLE oop^?-'^f*ts ONE WEEX. TEN CENTS. She Leaves for New York to Resume Her Runs. ST. PAUL COMING NEXT Another American l iner to be Uucknl anil Overhauled. Ollirr New? i>f the Ship;, nrcl. Tin* trou? ble Launching. The American Lino steamer City Mf Paris, which has been at the shipyard Ifor the Hast Uhiree weeks undergoing her a.uiuaT ovce'huulini;. will sail today for New York to resume her regular trans? atlantic rims. W hile in t'he dry dock the City of Far is -was thoroughly overhauled ar.d put in sfcipshape, an? the rnagnili; ent, ,>>la- I t.al fleam-, r is nthv in tine trim. This hs the s-iK-ond time the City -of Pars han been ovei'haule'ii by the Newport Ne ws SiiiplmilUir.-g Dry Dock Company, she having been in. the deck last March. The St. Paul, ot the same line, is due to arrive at the shipyard tomorrow and 1 the "vessel will lie put in the dry di ick ?t'Olfc first Itegh tide. This steamer, the sister csfhip of the St. I.ckiis. -will be over 'hauled and may be tied up at the yard Xor seve:al week's. .When the Si. Paul is-repaired the New York, s.ster ship of the City ot Paris, will come for her annual overhauling, and .--.he -will be followed' by the St. L) tuis. Preparations are. making at the ship? yard for t'he- kHouble launching or' the pattles'hips Keorsarge and .Kentucky, Whlc'hi will t.ikt- place 'the latter part of nest month. The work of build-hug the 'huge crane whh h will have a lifting ca? pacity of ICO ton's is bing raTKli'.,' pusth tii As has been previously stated the ships are reedy to be launcned, and "ev? erything will he in readiness when the derrick is flniii'hed. The di lutrie latmeh "?ijig. Which wiUI be one of the most -nota? ble events in the history of Newport ?News, will he at tended by brilliant cere? monies. r-artieip.ate-.it in by men promi? nent -in state an--'national affairs. As yet nothing has been- deine n t the iPlar.it liner La Grande Cuehesse. It is understood, however, that tin onVr has been placed for t'he plates from which it is proposed- to fashion lioilers of the Scotch pattern lit replace the Bibcock boilers now in. the vess? 1. As toon as th'e plates arrive the work of taking out the old boil is will probably be commented. Nothing has been heard .recently re? garding t'he Irpmense dock which the ewpl tri N ?v Shlpibaruane Dry bck Company proposes to buililt" pro 11. -.1 jjQhe government will give assur i certain number of batlle jH Ik- sent to the yanl annuaJBy etihaule-d. It is a well known rthal. theee is not a dock in this Jturtry large er.i tugh lo accommodate Jhe modern battleships, on.l for that iitson. if no otl.i-r. it is generally lw _ lived tlie govern.tu will accept t'h. "proposiifts-n. 5KK. JS AVi i.y i; i.anars, Willie'La neh im, aged IT years, whu for the last two years has- been empioy o.l -i? a messenger boy. is missing. He left t'he .-hii-yaid Tuesday evening and it Is believed that he was drowned or that he his gone to sea. His father, Albert Langheim. is a machinist, ard is v .mtich c-xereise'llover his son's d soppear anoe. Tue matter has been reported to the polce d- partment. but as yet nt iclue Mo the boy's whereabouts has been -o'is covered. CCMVfITTKliS IS Ulttli.MONI). ?Counc.llnieii anil School TrtiHl.ee? l:rge Passag? fir tin' Charter Amendments In resiponse to a tel-guam received ?yesterday* from Hon. Thomas Temap'tt I (Plciwell, slating that the House .tc.fni'mit ?tee on ->u:i::- and tewtrs' "would meet I j-: at 9 o'clC>ck las: night to cons id r the p55 'bills ei'metndin-g the charter 'sf Newport i News solas to authorize the cl 'une'.-l Issue bo/ds to the extent of $125,000 for school's,/ jail and sewerage and other purpose*.-, the special oommit'tee appulnt eJ'j by tlpe d.'mmon council and the board of school trustees left for Richmond at t 4:30 o'/elock in the afternoon. The/ gentlemen- composing t'he eom mlttj/es wint to Kidim! md to luge the j ena/tmerit of the bil'hs and they hail Vneir gripsacks chock Dull of data. Foi r"^li'W.ng are the gentlemen who repre? sent. J the council: President J. J. 0'D.?nnell. Mr. J. A. Buxton. iMr. 'A. (E. (Burc-her. Mr. J. A. Willett. Mr. F. C. Benz. Mr. R. J. iMackey. In addition to these gentlemen -the fol- j lowing committee from the Board of School Trustees, accompanied by Pro? fessor !H. H. -Epe;*, principal of the AHisn and Twenty-eighth Street Schools, the same Irain for Richtmorid: i er Perkins, tori S. Robinson. V .1 aeldon Jones. .V. A. 'Post. O immonwealth's r. K. M. Newton and Mr. R. i-.f d Were also in the parly. Mr. .it is understood, was reqiuest .t ,:w ?ciri-?au'feer atjthe^sfai.yyava, a'ceiclentally stepped In ?T* manhole in the inner bottom of the hul'S of the battleship Kentucky yes? terday morning, breaking his leg be? tween the kr.ee and the ankle. .Haley was at once removed to his home, at 2714 Lafayette avenue, where the fracture was reduced by X>r. Charles. j Norfolk vs. Newport News The Treasury has compiled statistics of exports for the calendar year 1597, giving the value of exports at the s.ev for the satire artWes with 1X96. They show the following comparisons of in? terest: Corn Meal? 1S96. 1S97. Newport News 125.570 440.326 1 Norfolk-Portsm'th 15.940 37,252 Corn Meal? Newport News 938,305 6G0.072 ?Norfolk-Portsm'th 18,795 Oa t Id by him. Before the conclusion, of Mr. McKen? zie':? statement the committee ad'Journed until Saturday morning. BIG CARGO OF CTOTTON. (By Telegraph.) SAVANNAH. GA.. Jan. 13.---The Brit? ish steamer Rasna cleared today for Bremen with 18.200 bates of cotton we'ghing 8.963,855 pounds, valued at $524,925. This is the largest eaTgfD) of c-olton ever shipped flrom an Atlantic port and is over 7.000 bales more than was ever shipped from this port on any other vessel. WIHO WILL PA? THE BILL? (By Telegraph.) NEW YORK, Jan. 13.?The supervis? ors of Queens county today struck the items of $356.15 for wines, $238.40 for ci- J gars, and $52.40 for billiards from the hotel bill for the Thorn Jury. The net sum of the bill was reduced from $2,049 to $904. M'KENNA'S NOMINATION. (By Telegraph.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.?The nomi? nation of jAUomey General McKenna to be a justice of the Uraited States Supreme Court was favorably reported to the Senate today atid Senator Hoar sought to have -It acted upon. Objec? tion was made, however, and It went over. CITY NEWS IN B1UICK. Rev. T. J. ?MaoKay wiU deliver an Il? lustrated lecture on "The Drunkard's Story" next Monday night at ilhe Sec? ond 'Baptist church. iMrs. A. Austrian has returned from a visit to iie-r daughiter in Portsmouth. iMiss Sallie Brenand, of Covlngton, is t'he guest of 'Mrs. Wilson. Miss Sautiders, of Louisa county, is visiting friends in the city. iMiss Thomas, of -Richmond, Is ithe guest of friends in the city. (Mrs. E. C. Hillyer "has recovered from an attack of the grip. 'Mrs. R. -M. Lett has as her guest Miss Blanche iBalsom, of Norfolk. Mr. J. 'Henry iMichaux, "of Manches? ter, Is visiting relatives *n the city. Mrs. S. C. Phillips, mother of 'Mrs. C. D. Fktohett, is seriously ill at her home in Hampton. IMr. and Mrs. Joseph T>ecatur, who have been visiting friends to this city, ?have returned to 'Richmond. Mr. George N. Jones will leave today for New York, where he ha* accepted a position. TBRRHSS' MURDHRER ON TRIAL. Richandi Arthur Prinze Arraigned in Old Bailey Court; (By Telegraph.; LONDON, Jan. 1?.?Toe trial of R'ioh a-iid' Arthur Prince (the super who killed actor William Terrlss Uh Deeemiw 16 Ian) began today at the Old Bailey. Justice Dhanneli presided In his scarlet robes of office-.,, 'the audience included .many fneetri^al people, though no "skars" were present. There were about a dozen ladies in court. At the witness' table sat Tom Tetrlss, son of the deceased. He was nervous and pale. Prince, Uddfy stand.ng high up in the dock, sweeping everything with a calm gaze, was apparently cumJjslurbed. Refusing a seat, he con binned' land? ing, apparently the least concerned per? son in court. Answering the usual questions of the clerk. Prince declare! that'he-was "guilty, with great provoca? tion." Then t'he prisoner demanded Wie as? sistance of queen's counsel, but the judge explained that this} was impos s-ible without special lieenfee, but added that the pritl.tner was entitled to couneel and advised 'h.m 'to take the ad.vice of the lawyer who appeared /or him at the instance of hi; frienuB. Prince finally consented to have coun? sel. After consultation w it'll counsel Pr.nee saivi that, being advised to do so, he would plead "nl t guilty." The prosecution 'ehen. opened their case. As the murder was being dest-rib. ed Prince frequently smiled and. wrote a number of notes to his counsel, ap? parently to correct absolutely unimporl a.nt d-: tail's. The testimony presented! was 'the sam* as was taken at Bow Street Pi dice Court, when the prisoner was arraigned. The defence alleged! that Prince suffered in his youth from a sun stroke and that more recently 'he'has had dekn?loma. The in.;.her ami brother of the prisoner tes tii'u-vl regarding the sun stroke. It de? veloped that Prloce had claimed' that 'he ?was Christ and that his mother was -he Virgin Mary. It was also asserted if court that Prince had once attacked ?n.' aS "ffuiltjr, that he WraS"j. of what he old: but the Jury, accepting the medical testimony, declare him to be Irresponsible." After 'hearing the verdict Prince at? tempted to make a speech, but was checked by t'he judge. The- prlsi tner then; 'thanked all concerned-, at which some applause was started, which was immediately suppressed by the juCfee. The Judgment of the court was that Prince be tiletainedi as a criminal lunatic during her maj- sty's pleasure. IDITRRA'NT'S BODY CREMATED. (By Telegraph.) LOS ANGELES. CAL.. Jan. 13.?The body of murderer w. IH. T. Durramt was cremated at the crematory of Reynl (ids Van Nuysnnt today. POSTMASTER AT LEESfBITRG. 'NES_l^rADT (By Telegraph.) WASH IiNGTON, Jan. 13.?The United: States consul at Shanghai has cabled the State Department that A. C. Jones, who was until recently United States consul at Chln-Kiang, is dead. Mr. Jones was appointed ?to his place from Virginia in 1S79. He was in the south? ern army during the iatewar and .also with 'Maximilian in his (Mexican cam? paign. Mr. Jones was in charge of the consulate at Chin TCinag when it was looted by a Chinese mob, and in eom pensaiton for his injuries received from the Chinese government an indemnity of $20,000. PRESIDENT DOLT! COMfNG. (By Telegraph.) HONOLULU, Jan. "6 via S*n Fran? cisco, Jan.- 13.?(President Sanf>rd B. Dole leaves for Washington by tl.c steamer Peru on the S'.h inst. The chief executive of this country journeys to the capital of the United States for the purpose of consulting with the administration *he:'e on I he subject of the annexation of 'hese is? lands to the greater republic. It is ex? pected IMr. Dole will be back here by the middle of February. He will be ac? companied hy his staff officer, Major Curtis P. laukea. as secretary, and Dr. Kay as his physician. During the Pres? ident's absence Minister of Foreign Af? fairs Cooper, beside his present .itrties, will act as the chief executive. The departure of 'President Dole was unanimously decided upon yesterday at a special meeting of the council of state. Aftter the meeting President Dole said: "It has been considered best that I should go to Washington and mee* the admi.niistraljon upon the matter of the pendiing annexation negotiations. I do not expect to be gone more than six weeks. J. O. Carter, a great friend of the ex queen, will leave (today for Washington to work against the annexation treaty. The coal dumped on vessels at the piers yesterday amounted to 13.942 tons. During the day 425 car loads cf coal was handled. INO CHANCE FOR DISPLAY. .(Philadelphia .North American.) "What did the fire amount to?" asked the chief of the department. "Nothing," replied the foreman of Company Q. "We didn't ;have a chance to flood a single floor or break a single pane of glass." Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 10c ?Fowls ?bould nevef be confined in such close quanter? that they -cannot take -sufficient exerciee to promote di? gestion. Pension Appropriation Bill Reported in the Senate. HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION iIuuho Complrt Consideration ?r the Ae rl?altnral .1upropruulou Ulli. Charac terl&lle Speech l>y Mr. DeArnioml. Mr. Muhauy UefeiulH llnunu. (By Telegraph.) ?WASiHPNGTON. Jan. 13.?Amang the measures reported to the Senate today was the pension appropriation bill. It was placed on the calendar. At the conclusion of the morning bus? iness the immigration bill, the "unfin? ished business, was taken up anJ-Mr. Cattery, of Louisiana, was rei.vignfe.-l for a speech in opposition to the niet& ure. Senator Cannon, of Utah, presented the following resolution, and It was adopted: "?Resolved, That the President is re? quested, if in his opinion it is not in? compatible with the public interest, to transmit to the Senate at his earliest convenience a statement showing what measures are in force by ih'.a govern? ment in the island of Cuba and in wa? ters contiguous thereto to protect Che lives, property and liberty of American citizens now dwelling in Cuba." The eulogies In memory of the late Senator Isham G. Harris, of Tennes? see, which were to have been presented today, wer?? postponed at the request of Senator Bate on account of the ab? sence of his colleague. Senator TurU-y. They will not be offered until afiter the election of a Senator by the Legislature of Tennessee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.?The Senate did not make great progress with the Hawaiian annexation treaty today. Several speeches were delivered, but In every instance the speaker announc? ed that today's remarks were merely preliminary to what they should say before the close of the de!>ate. The executive session opened short? ly aftr 1 o'clock, with Senator White on the floor, but Senator Stewart in? terrupted and others cut the California Senator out of the discussion. Those who spoke were Senators Stewart, Frye and -Morgan. Senator Stewant, of Nevada, support? ed the treaty and was the .first Senator to discuss the question of sugar In con? nection with 'the subject. He .?'aid all the sugar lands were now occupied and that little was left except lands avail? able for the production of coffee. He asserted that the importation of sugar to ithe United States from Hawaii would noil be increased to any percepti? ble extent, because the islands had reached their limit In the production of that article. (For this reason Ithe pro? ducers of beet sugar and of cane sugar need not be alarmed. Senator Stewart eulogized the natives as intelligent and docile. Senator Frye spoke upon the commer? cial and mililtary aapects which annex? ation presented 'In favor of the United Stales. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, made the principal speech of the day anil oc? cupied the time of the Senate until it adjourned. 'He will continue tomorrow. The Senator began by referring to suggestion made by Senator Hoar ths the committee on foreign relations had made no report and he (Mr. H.iar). was without sufficient information concerning the subject of Hawaiian annexation. Mr. Morgan then piled on his deslc numerous volumes, including reports before various 'Congressional commit? tees, reports of the officers of the Ha? waiian government and other docu? ments relating to Ha???. "The Sena? tor from Massachusetts," said Mr. Mor? gan, is welcome to these documents, and if he will give them the attend m which he u tially gives to publi ques? tions, he will have all the Informaiion necessary on this subject." Senator Morgan tlien went Into a de tailed history of the Hawaiian Islands tram the .time of their discovery to the r..-p^>?trr^JHei .believed It was the inten? tion of PrestdTnT^TWfilaffdtoh re? stored Queen Liliuokalani t3TTtS^"'ron*. and after that transaction to "*fWv^ opened negotiations for the annexat!i?iqj| of the island under her reign. This assertion brought Senator Chan? dler to his feet with the question as to what authority there was for this as? sertion. Mr. Morgan replied 'hat there was no special authority, but that he was expressing his opinion and that such a course would have been in keep? ing with the logic of events. Senator Morgan described at consid? erable length his visit to the islands last summer and related his own per? sonal observations and in reply to a question explained why the Portuguese could not vote. He then turned his at? tention to the Kansas. He said thai they were a picturesque people who would be much better off under a gov? ernment by the United States. He spoke of the ladies going barefooted along the streets in loose gowns which we called "mother hubbards" and tthe men with little clothing, but yet strong and manly looking fellows. Here Mr. Tillman. of South Carolina, broke in and asked: "How many of them are allowed to vote?" "I.et me answer the question," said Senator Kyle, of South Dakota. '"How many of such people are alls, wed to vole in your State?" Senator 'HiiI man's retort caused Mr. .Mason, who was in the chair, to rap for order Senator Morgan then resumed his speech and presented a certificate show? ing what the voting privilege was and explaining from documents which have been published as to who was allowed to vote and who were not, and why not. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.?The House today completed the consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill In committee of the whole. There was the annual fight over the question of'free seed distribution to the farmers, tout the effort to strike out the appropriation ($130,000), failed as! asual. the majority against it today being 136. One of the important amendments adopted provided for the inspection of horse meat for export purposes In the same way that the meat of cattle and other animals is now inspected. There was a lively row over a motion to print another edition of the famous "horse hook." to cost $105,000. Chairman Wadsworth and members of the appropriation commit? tee resisted it, but it was carried over their heads by a narrow margin in committee of the whole. In the House, however, they succeeded in carrying 2," said he, "the American people witnessed the spectacle of -the Democratic party meeting In its na? tional convention, and. despite of the unanimous provvtests of New York State/nomiinating for ithe Presidency of the United States a -man repudiated by his own commonwealth. It was the boss?* f the Democracy who perpetra? ted this outrage upon B.. Richard Miles and dill Armlstead Cary?all v! "'?h?m are now dead except Richard Miles Cary. who at present resides at Mobile. Ala. His youth -was spent in Elizabeth City county, where he began his educa? tion at local schools. When quite young he went to 'William and 'Mary College and in ISM he graduated with high honors, and returned to his father's home. It was some years after Colonel Ga? ry's graduation in 1836 from historic old M ilium and Mary that his active bus? iness life began and continued wttfcrmV cessation until his eyes* eit^cT fi tipcn .the scenes of earth. It was in PS47 that he went U fr ton and assumed charge as princl the Hampton Academy, destined, r his care, to become In after yea-:, i., st. st famous military school in South. This historic academy, of whic. Cary was the last principal, was ...fi? lled about 1042, of which the O't number of the William and Mar., lege quarterly "gives the folio win mlrable account in an article en "Education in Colonial Virgin', i." "Benjamin Syms, of'Virginia, It first legacy by a resident of the loan plantation for the promotion ucatlon. .Ry his will, made Fair 12. 1864-'4C>, he gave two hundred on the 'Poquoson, a small river enters the Chesapeake 'Bay, a n. less below the mouth of York with the milk and Increase of cows for the education and instr ?".T of the children of the adfloi-nini ishes of .Elizabeth City and Kiqt "In March, 1642-M3, the Virgin semibly gave a solemn sanctd Syms' will. In 1647, a few years i we hear from an early writer th i school house had .been erected, a i number of pupils greatly incr This school was soon succeeded I other. Thomas .Eaton, on Man 16:14, patented 250 acres ait th* h the Back river for the benefit o o cation. Both schools were undou ly in operation at the time when ley uttered his .much-quoted r about the free schools of Virgin "-A-J*=- -?iroliir.in,n The >tw.a.f K.'st their efficiency for a time; i der the changed state of affair; ministers and church wardens even the justices, doubted thr succession as incorporators. At In 1805, the schools were ineort in one as the Hampton Academ: i. ?aided by new constitutions, cor: for many years as a prosperous tutlon for the benefit of the chili Elizabeth City, Poquoson and counties." It -was as the head, then, of th mous old school that Col. Car* his place as the lost principal I and continued in that position ..tt 18872. when the fund of $10.000 pi for the iitipport yf the Hampton cmy, was associated with the school system adopted for the Thus the old school went -out-i tenee, but in its stead arose a which won even greater renow Hampton Military .Academy, fi by Col. Cary. The prospectors for coal have struck a paying vein in one mines near Midlothian. Recent Deninni, of the anthracite seen Pennsylvania, purchased the o>~ mine In C'hes'terfield county, no village of Midlothian. He put a force of hands at work to hunt for a vein of paying quality and quantity. For some uid not meet, with success, before Christmas the e disheartened at hisP7li~!as ?e*bSk^^na*? to, strike veins of four feS?%^" owner made his appearance he v^mks% please.1 at the action taken by his fore? man and put the hands to work again immediately. It has proven that his action was fortunate for him. On Sat? urday last the men succeeded in find? ing a vein of twenty-two feet. The owner is very much pleased with this find and will begin at once to work the mine to its utmost capacity. This will .not noly be a paying invest? ment to the owner, but lit will give em? ployment to a great number of people in that section, who have been idle Cor some time past. At one time a quan? tity of coal was shipped from Midlo thinai to .Richmond and other points by the water route on the James river. iMr. George iW. Williams was found on the banks of the canal in Manchester this morning about 7:40 o'clock hy Messrs. George >H. .Burress and B. B. Johnson, two employees of the South? ern Railway shops. When found he was deai?.and apparently had been in the same position as when found for several hours. The deceased left his tome Tuesday night to pay a visit to his wife's moth? er, who lives in Powhaitan county. He left there yesterday and last night toed supper with his employer at his home at Moseley'3 Junction. He then said he would take the train for home. It was due here at 6:20 last night, bui-i3?~Jti was late it did not arrive until 9:05 o'clock, some think the man got off the train from the northern side, and in? stead of going to his home he went in the direction of the canal and there he fell dowin the embankment and was drowned in the swift current. Others think he was murdered. His death is a mystery so far, and no one knows how it occurred. The Citizens' Exchange Bank was gjnized ti ilUy With a capital stotk of S200.000, ondl purchased the capital stock, business andi assets and assumed the ob- ligatlons of the Citizens' Bank. The caoital stock of the new institution la fcMO.owO, half beng used in the purchase of the stock of the .'id bank, anid the re*t subscribed in cash. The stock was all underwritten by a syndicate organ? ized by John. t,. Williams Sums. Mr. William M. Hubliston Is. presides* of the new bank. and a few da iuperintende.it bee Deposit your clothes money with us. It will pay you good l^rffst. _ WOODWAKD WOMBliE.

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NTI-FLIRTING BILL. ol girls, old enough to "flirt," Mioiigh respect for tie mselves parents b,> prevent them from ?ith young men on tiie streets, ittt eotiM- be pas.-, d by the teg would' lie able to ill, .so. The God, not a law ma l?- by man, y thing that can prevent young n drinking and gambling or omen from flirting. Therefore, on, the anti-Hirt: ?in-fhe^e well Ik omitted. -AJ week taodria re-going is a true ry or even mi derate rginiu. the most charming f s."iand of t'he fie- i ielienable right to m ike r so Ii mg ns the Privileges of 2 not encroached upon, i-li.rting bllil is simply another ?n of t'he morbid sen time n til. ty respons'ble for so much freak i. It is almost as silly as the iws being enacted in certain if the country. In both cases iu tne influence i..if -the parents its not exerted in the right direction it trVtlc lo presume that the compHsfo the deslr whii'h is ur.nei lit is to be 'hi iped that the gentlemen Who present d the claims Newport News before t'hat legislative committee last night succeeded in convi-n* -ing the State so-lons not only of the urgent ne? cessity for the public improvements de? sired, but of the fact that a large ma? jority of the residents of the city hear? tily i-.'W.Virse the movement. The mem? bers of t'he committee expressed c.nfi iloice In the suect-ss of their rRi.--s?-r be? fore leaving for the State capital. It is to be 'hoirod that their expectations will be fully realized. "We Inter that the stock of h .s,- i-n Ihe hands o.' the lo til fire department ex? ceeds, "both in quality and quantity, the stuck of Hon. Jeremiah Simpson in his palmist days of golf and bicycle stock? ings. There is no telling what the result would have lx-en if .Mr. Griffith, of the Ohio Legislature, had been as much ni.iTxied a man as is Bigamist Bates, of Chicago. We are afraid that the New England laborers, wili not consider N'-ise Dinge y an, unqualified .success until he rusifes u bill through which will stop the deficit .in- their salaries. Mr. Kurtz is making a diespcrute ef? fort to make fl.Jks believe he ,ins-n't -need the coroner. His chances of fiic ce?s, however, are very slight. Now that the Columbus affair has beeti closed we presume- It wMI be pt .sible to work up a little Interest in the Chitvese puzzle. At any rate, it is quite evKiuut that T*ite Dnjfine" Fo.-iker didn't c-xert him. ?4f much in th.- direction of quenchln' lAtvna ?milnwsnt. NEW ADVERT1BKMKNTB. WJ ANTED?By stenographer and V? typewriter and- boi?tkeej-r. cf seven years" experience, work by the Job, dav r month. Address .1. MOB TON FCLTZ. 290S West ?veriu?. 13-."t. 1J??H RKNT ?Unfurnished room*. Ap plj at 3021 Wasblnjrtonave. j 14-11 p VJS7 ANTED.-rStone mason. Acply to V? 3. T. MOV Bit, 31i! Twcntv-eichtn stiert. 514-31 \XT ANTED.?A situation in any kind of a store or private family. Well educated. 'Address P. .E. JONES, City. tTOK SALE.?Four-year-old horse, I n~w buggv and harnesss. Will sell cheap for cash. T. S. PHILLIPS. 3003 Lafayette avenue. City. Janl3-Gip OK REtNT?Four large, clean rooms. 1 very suitable for light housekeep? ing to party ?without small children. Twenty-seventh -street, between La fayt tte and Virg?n a household nec? essity We oiler a splendid two quart bottle at $1.00. fei fill J DrugSists. Successors to Outline's Pharmacy. I Ent At MACKEYS RESTAURANT. Meals at all hours. First-class Din tier, 25c. From la to 2 P. M. The best thai the market affords in every re? spect. Game in season. Suppers fur? nished to parties on short notice. Cor. Washington Avenue and 24th St. UI'-STAIRS. GEORGE I-OHSE. Mgr. Mill Home At Last, A New Year's Toast. "Peace, happiness and prosperity to you, this bright New Year. We con? gratulate you, that through 'the aid of Thomas B. Henley Co., you are ij. last content in your ov^Ju^mr'ilii^y itaUt i??-i#-,*^n3e such hospi- j V? 'OL1 l'es're 'h-ls boon, let us help tfMPwith our advice as to future valu*s in building lo>ts, houses and farms. For Sale. On 44th street, between Wash? ington antf Iji'fayette avenue, is] a nice E-room 'house at $1,300. $400 cash and balance to suit pu rehaser. On O-ak avenue, near 25th I street, is a new dwelling with I six rooms, at $750. $200 cash, balance on easy terms. On 27th street is a nice new brick building with store below and tour rooms above. Price $1.500. Terms accommodating. On ?fttti street, a nice 7-room house with attic and city water. Price, $2,000. Terms accommo? dating. On "Sth street, near Washing? ton avenue, is a nice dwelling containing eight rooms and mod? ern improvements. Price, $2,700. Terms $700 cash, and balance in 6, 12 and IS months. On Cafayette avenue is a nice dwelling of 8 rooms and attic, with city water. Price, $2,200. Terms accommodating. For Rent. 1136 2Sth street.$10 00 I. 30H4 Washington avenue. 25 00 art witli steire above, 2!>tjh street and Oak avenue. 25 00 A very desirable store on Washington avenue. No. 3506 L3oo cannot put in first,c|,ts ordcri ?K. J. H?USER, WftTGHES f\ND JEW?LRy PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, No. 208 Twenty-eighth Street, aug?-tn? Newport News. Vtt. We Will Continne1 i? Grand until every piece of Winter Goods is off of our shelves and counters. Co&ts AND Capes I will be sold less than jtlie manufacturers' price. ?1.60 Cloth Capes with braid trimming at 75 cents. ?2.50 Cloth Capes with braid and fur trimming at $1.48. ?4.00 Cloth Capea with plaikled back i and trimmed at $1.98. $5 Fine Kersey Cloth Capes, beaded', braided or plain, yocr choice $3.48. J10.00 Fine Kersey Cloth Cape's, extra long, plain or trimmed, at $6.98. $5.00 Plush Capes, trimmed, at $2.98. $6.00 PlUsh Capes, beadjed' and braide?, at $3.98. $8.00 Plush Capes, handsomely trim? med, at $4.88. $12.50 Plush Capes extra long and nicely trimmed, at $8.50. $5.00 Black Beaver Coats at $2.41 $7.S0 Black Astrachan Coats, line! thtoughout with silk, $4.98. $12.50 Black Kersey Coats, line'd) in black satin or fancy silk, $6.98. I Ladies' Skirts Waists $1.50 block or colored figureS skirt at S cents. $2.00 black or colored! figured skirt at $1.4?. $4.00 black brilliantine skirt at $2.4S. $7.98 black brocaded silk skirt at $4.98. Your choice of any of our $1.25, $1.80. I $1.75 and $2.00 Worsted Walsta 98c. Any untrimmed hat in the house at 19 cents. Blue Calico Wrappers at 49 cents. Ladies" ItlbtKd Vests at 11 cents. Capital Dry Goods House. Washington ave. and 26th street. We don't intend to make any promises of an unusual char? acter for the New Year. To use a homely expression, "we 0..-? ?tili doing imotnasa at th.. old stand." We propose to continue along the lines hire tofore existing. That is in our Prescription Department we assure careful. Intelligent and prompt service. In our Sundry Department we carry almost every ap? proved aid for the conven? ience of a nurse or the comfort of the patient. Just now -BAGS are In demand?75 cents to Wm. G. Burgess, Warwick Pharmacy. Phone 2596. SLIGHTLY DISABLED. A man with badly laundered linen always feels as though he owed an explanation and an apology to all mankind. Our customers never feel that way. We have every modern de? vice that is necessary to do the very berft work, and our employes are the most skilled money can hire. Let us attend to your laundry and your linen will never be in um apolo? getic condition. We do only one kind of work?"THE BEST." Newport News Steam Laundry, 213 Twenty-seventh street, SANBORN CALDWELL. Proprietors A/OT/CE. EF YOU DESIRE A NICE Turkey, Oysters. Game, Fish or Produce call on us and give us your order and you will 'be pleased. J.R.Wynne Co., Cor. Thirty-first st. ami Washington ave*. Phone 2505. nottSm Commence The New Year RIGHT By trading at jiir store. We think we can save yon money. We are willing, to prove it. It only re? mains for yon to investi? gate. JUSt NOW We are ofl*ering special LOW PllLCES on all broken lots oi Men's Suits and Overcoats We extend a cordial invi? tation to you to call and see is. A happy New Year HIR 7 The Banner Clothier, 2606 Washington Ave,

I We Make Things Bright, i Gold, Silver and i Nickie Plating t AT SHORT NOTICE. t A. J. MEYER, I t 0'2f> EAST MAIN ST R E ET, 2 RICHMOND, VA. 4 ?????????????4 VA. TRANSPORTATION 00., W. R. SC DLL, Manager. Storage Warehouse. Freight, Baggage, Safes and Furni? ture Carefully and Promptly Moved. All kinds of Hauling done at low rates. 'HONE 250S. P. O. BOX 14L If you suffer from pains in your eyes and head consult W. G. PETTUS,| EYE SPECIALIST. 2603 Washington ave.^.ev.port News,Va. He makes an eraninati n of your eyes, j ascertaining Just what is needed In the way of glasses, n odical treatment, etc. Th. costs you nothing?other specialists I charge you from $1 to $10. Examination free, and satisfaction guaranteed. No j charge is made for visits to the houses of patien*-* In this city or Hampton. Of? fice in Klor's drus-z- ore,26}3 Washington avenue. Office ours: 8 to 1 a. m., and 2 to 8 p. m. OCt 0-8-rn. MADE ME A MAN AJAX TABLETS POSITIVELY CDBF Jit.VVnouj IMaeaee*? Failing Ifasb ory, Impotence, SleeptnwnaM. etc., eacSM bf Almas or other Eiomw sad lodis crotienn, 2/i -IXiUhly Hind surely uxf. Vitality in old or yoauR. end tt man for stady, buftiatws or Eaarriags. "Went 7n3ftnit7 and Consumption Their im ?aom imnMxtiuto lotprcv ._ts a IBS nbera all ether ta>! Jj_ slit apoa havinc t>.? ernnine Aiax Tabteta. TImi haveocrMtbouM>t^eand wiltcarayoo. iVo cive a po? itivo ^t itten (pjiranuK* to o?ect u euro CA 1*7? ?M)b om or ;*inx*d the money. PriootWlVlS. (or ?-60. rleo. rtrcutor ?IKerWraSt* ?K r. w. Fot sale In Newport New?, by A. B. O. Klor. v SS-tu, th, sa-lir. Griffiths Lewis. Griffiths Lewis Washington aye, and Twenty-eighth Street Newport News, Va. Also Lake Block, I No, 42 Queen Street, HAMPTON, Va ?9 *? PO WER. I ^?JJTI Peninsula Electric Light and Power Co. *S NEWPORT K?WS, VA.

(Board o.f Direciors meet tliirtl Tuesday in each mouth-) GOOD NEWS. RAINLESS DENTISTRY AT MODERATE RR!CF> f\\\ IA/oj-1*. Guaranteed. F.XTRACTING.25 cents PAINLESS EXTRACTING.50 cents SILVER FILLING.50 cents up GOLD FILLING.$1.00 up. TEETH CLEANED. ..75 cents. A GOOD SET OF TEETH.?.$5.00. BEST SET OF TEETH.$S.00. jtfo better made no matter whit -thvv cost. BRIDGE WOR.lv AND CROWNS 32 KARAT GOLD, ?5.00 PER TOO Dr. R. L,e*o Robinson, DENTIST, P. O. Building, over Daily Press Office, Newport News, Va. Office Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Sundays, 9 A. M. to 12 M. If you want a building lot Buy it of the 0(? Domm um Gompan? Lots for sale on easy terms in all sections of the city. Finely- located business lots on Washington ave) Farms for sale or rent in Elizabeth C'ty, War-' wick and York Counties. Old Dominion L>and Company, ROOM NO. 11. first national bank building. OFFICE OPEN UNTIL 8 P. M.

SCHMELZ BR05., BANKERS, NEWPORT NEWS. VA.: DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS' Accounts of individuals, firms and co rporations solicited. Collections made on all parts of the country. Foreign exchanges bought and sold at lowest rates. Foreign drafts issued on all parts o? the world. IN OUR DIME SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Deposits received from 10 cents to $5,000.00 and interest allowed at the rate of 4 PER CENT. PER ANNUM. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT. Only safety boxes in the city secured by time locks. _ i-,-.-.--..t^F W. A. Post, President J. R. Swinerto n, Vice-Presldent. J. A. Willett, Cashier FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEWPORT NEWS G?PirnL $100,000 SURPLUS $24,000 DIRjEC TORS W. A. Post, J. R. Swinerton, M. B. Crowell, M. V. Doughty, R. G. Bickford. C. B. Orcutt, I. Eugene White, J. A. Willett. Accounts of banks, carporations, merchants, individuals and firms invited. We offer depositors every accommodation which their balances, business and i responsibility warrant. Sell our owm drafts drawn on all principal cities of I the world. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT. G. B. WEST, President. D. S. JONES, Vice-Presldent. W. B. VEST, Cashier. Citizens and Marine Bank OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA. CAPITAL $50,000. _? SURPLUS $1*,000 PAID IN DIVIDENDS, ?&13.R0O. A general banking business. Every facility offered for safe and prompt I transaction of business on favorable terms. The accounts of Ootiporatiohs, Firms and Individuals solicited. Special attention given .?o collections. (Drafts I drawn on all parts of the world. a special savings department. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE POSITS OF $1 AND UPWARD. DIREC T? |o. B. West, H. S. Parker, T. M. Bj E. T. Ivy. JD. S. Jo

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O YSTER MEN, C! AVK YOU It jH'JSKY BY GOING TO O .lAMKS iwiM, NU AB HAMPTON, WIIAItK, KOK. MOtiFB'? TONG XSIaKTS. PIUCKS To SUIT. EVB11V PA IK WAHR ANTED "V\r E. Owen, who has been appoint eJ' in place of R. H. Claiborn. resigned, of vHumpton Cabinet, No. 647. American Mutual Benefit Society, would respectfuli'v; ask all members to call and Settle Ciuvs bifoie Jan. 15th, 1S?8. All n^iiabers w*bo; have been su.spended MMtfct diu well to call and lie reinstated. W. E. OWEN. Cashier. Office No. 6 Queen St.. Hampton. j?n S-lm. Of a Life Time. Notice this great reduc? tion in Blankets this week at T. A. Cookc's. All Wool Filankets that sold for $7.00 now going at $5.00. Ail Wool Blankets thai sold for $5.00 now going at $4 00. A beautiful Grey Blanket that did sell for $3.00 now $2-50. A la~ge line of Counter? panes very. cheap. The price will astonish you. A beautiful Pillow Case, 36x45 inches, made of best cotton, for 15 cents. Big drop in prices of Un? derwear. Wow is the time to huy. Come and see for yourself. T. J\. Cooke ?JAS. M. GUMMING, Reil Estate and Rental float, 22 E. QUEEN ST. HAMPTON, VA nov6 Cm P. B. MESSENGER. General Garp?nt?r,, -MAN't'f ACTUR&R OK GUILDERS' SUPPLIES, es, Sash, Blinds Doors, Mantels and uiaMy fVIOuldin^S. Queen Stree;. HAMi'TC.:!, VA. _1*L?_??5- *!?-_ j. _ E. G/i3arden. A chance at any time to get flic worlli of your money. We don't (:ivo prize packages and then over charge for our g ods. Our stock consists of Dress Goods, [Notions, Boots, Shoes, &o lj. G. DAR DEN,. N. Ejr CT?'." rxVng- and Queen Sis I^AiVIPTON, VA. r Give Him a Warm Welcome Santa Claus Tou can't have a Christmas heart in a chilly body. No use to poke the fire If the stove Is a rackety wreck. We'll sell you a new one for about the cost of winter repairs, the old. Come and ihelp yourself io Rift mas -warmth at peace-and-good l. Richter, No. 0 Queen street. Hampton, Va. A Pointer in Real fs\ate. On the southwest prong of the "Back Kiver.'1 just one mile from King ar>d Queen streets, Hampton, BROWN HOAGLANB have pur? chased 7 acres and had it surveyed ami laid out in lots, which they are offering at beggarly low prices, fioiu S10 to $35 ene.ii, and for$l per month. There is *?0t0 feet water front, alive with the finest oysters io tile State. Tile iiew roue fruitful ti pie of discussion here and the number of those who express disapproval of the action ot the town council grows iJaily: There is a strong Oemand for a reconsideration. This de nwr.d is not t'he result of ill-feeling to? ward Mr. Barlilng, who is given due and proper credit for tfhe enterprising and progressive spirit Which he has shown since he came to' Virginia, but springs from the conviction that the course pur? sue}, by the local law-makers last we.lt its not only contrary Ho established pre? cedent, but manifestly unfair ti.-i the peo? ple or t'he city. The only sX'.use thus far advanced for the ill-advised action- of the councilmen is that Mr. Darling's claim upon King stive: is entitled to prior consideration because he ventured to expend his mon? ey in the construction t'he Hampton anld1 Old Point Railway and subsequent? ly extended the line to Newport New". This argument is made as if Mr. Dar? ling had nssume.it the role of a public benefactor end in doing so had com? pletely ignored his own interests. This is the fiist count, so to speak, in the plea put up in he.nalf of 'th:- councilmen. The second is t'hat neither of the corn ran ies asking fi r charters for roads be? tween 'Newport News and Hampton is acting-in good fViiih. but that they are simply scheming for speculat'on pur I>oses. This statement is empda'!?TJiy denied by Colonel Carter M. Braxton, of Newport News, with whom the DaUy Press correspondent c m-versed' upon the subject, by Clerk D. (1 Smith, of the some city; by ex-Sheriff H. M. Booker, of Hampton-, Representative Montague, who is not 1-ni:-: rested in railway enter1 pnises, but Is in a position to speak nu thorilively with respect to the purposes and financial standing of one of the companies, an'it by others. But If. as the councilmen claim, neith? er toad is likely 'to be built", there wos certainly no necessity for the iinproc dented "hast? with which Mr. Darling's application was rushed through me ad dertranic gauntlet, which, in other mat t> rs i if less importance lo the advance? ment of the business interests of the cHy, has been found, like the aitclo-ut rv.-xii of Jordan, a hard one to travel. The following communication from a well known Hampton man is a fair -:x press'j tn of public sentiment upon t'he subject: Mr. Editor:?I want tb? use of a sni?ll space in your Hampton- news t say a tew 'WOrtls in- regard to ;hc Ivinr; street franchise recently granted the Newport News. Il-.mii'.on-and Old Point Railway. It rs not my purpose to say aught ogainst .Mr. Darling, [or 1 will a'itmit he is head and shoulders abwe any other citizen in our midst in public spirit nr.d trJie-tprlsM. Nor v.l. I wish to censure our councilmen for their hasty action in granting said right i>f way; Uu if I.an say a word that will caus. them to re? alize that their action in the matte:- is not for the best interests i -f the people who elected them, then have accom? plished my .purpose. This town- wants ers.tJVima3?.: :V .'s iw>n .CrwftW.iiV sifUatpi for the location cf many industries, and if the *:gns do not fail, capital is la iking in and sizing u- up rig'ht at this tme. Wo want ,in t>t!i i railroad from Old Paint to New? port News. Such a roa-.i' would give us a rive cent fare to Newport N.-ws. a very desirable item to its patron*-, the work? ing men especially. Z.V:a r ad iVsiuld puirsue entiiely a different riute from the present ikve and would enhance the value of adjacent propa-riy an hundred r..!..i. This property is in th- ban Is of hundreds of our citizens wlu w.iuld be benefited thereby. King *treH is the only profitable way a car line could en? ter and i>:u-s rim ugh the thickly popu? lated* pa-i't of Hampton. The grant to Mr. Darling is simply to keep out oppo? sition. This action is not just to the people. We want another road and judging from the expressives hear! here since the council's action was t*k- n, v'e 'thank they acted deeidilly unwise in putting a rival road to s!i -h disatjvarit-. age. '?Competition is the life of tiade." Put capital at work and make business good. Do not let any man or rompany mi inopol'iZc any of our piuolie proper'its. is my idea of the way '^o make pro? gressive community. -\nd above all things, a,n up-to-date people do n.. t want a horse car line, in ihair town; it of itself ;s a sign of decay and a relic of the post. Very- truly, VOTER. HAMPTON SCHOOLS. A Lady Argues for Privv.e Establish? ments in the 'Ci wn. Mr. Editor:?I received a litter from a Northern lady, sometime since, asking about the schools of Hamr? on. (T. think hor idea was to knnte here). I replied that we CM m.'t have o school for white children in Hampti.m, except a very good, public school, te.it that Ihe list colored school in the country was lo? cated neie. the Hampton-Normal School;" that sir.i e the war no interest had been taken in. t'he vvliite schi-jols. In this respect the Hampton ci 1S?0 w.-.s superior to t'he Hampton of 1S')S, for then we 'had' the iwell known Che.sa peake F-. rr.aie College, the Hampton Academy, John B. Cary, principal, ('this school nteds no comment fn im me), and the excellent .school taught by the Wife of Dr. Banks, the well known hotel p:oprietor. Beside these very good sohoois, ive had a public schi, ol and t'he .Hampton of tho present day is indebud not to her citizens of the pr?sent day for her publie school building, but to a phila-nthYopist of a past generation, who graci.ius.Jy donated the lot and money to erect a building on? Now we have a few private schools for young chfiO'iiren in t'he western su? burbs of the 'town and a college for your.,: ladies across Hamptun Creek, in a v-.;y inacceptable place for a day school. I allude to tth>e one in East Hampton. I told my correspondent that we very mu: h needed- a good, school in the tctwn, an?l thai a 'teacher with the means to builkf or kfcse a suitable house would do weH 'here; that our public school was crowded very much. Now, Air. Editor, while yiciu champion the cause of street railroads, Sanatori? ums and Catholic schools, please don't let this llt'tie plea for a good school here in Hampton gu unheeded.- Newport News, 1 am told, has a very good school whose prices are not beyond' the reach ot people in moderate circumstances. Why cannot we be equally fortunate? A HAMPTON IAN. PAVEMENTS' AND SDWBKS. Big Meeting of Citizens Held at the j Courthouse. A largely attended meeting of citizens was held in 'the ceurthoiuse lairt. night for the purpose of considering the ques? tion, ot taking steps to secure an amendment to the- charter so as tt-w issue bonds to provide sewers* and pave the stireete. Mr. Jacob Heffelfrnger was made chairman and' Mr. Thos. G. Blum secretary. The business of ithe evenimg Mwais introduced! by the presentation of a resolution by Mr. W. J. A. Cumming proposing such amendtmenRs to t he char? ter as may be deemed necessary to "construct an efficient sewer system and to have 'che road beds of the main thoroughfares of the town substantially laved." The amendments are to be. un ?iier Mr. Cumming's 'resolution-, asked for ?it the present sessit.tn of the legislature. The bonds provided' for are not to ex? ceed in amoun't $100 000, and! are to be issued in classes to be retired at such intervals and rn. siut'h amounts, and to be spread over such periods as to make the burden fall as lightly as possible uivon the tax-payers. The resolutions also provide that ehe property oWiners shall! hear half 'the expense of the pave m*en*t opposite their properties, except ?where the rail-road companies are re? quired to keep the streets adjacent to their tracks in order. The tax is 'to be distributed equally kiver a period of ten years. The property owners aie to pay a certain fee for making con-nections. Provision* is mode for the collection of the tax and for 'the prosecution. l.if the work by a non-partisan commission. Mr. Causey addressed the body at length, taking the position that no ac? tion should he taken until :the questions of paving and sewering the tl.wn had been submitted to a vote o? the people ot the town, and submitted *t*he follow? ing substitute for the first sections of Mr. Cummeng's resolutions: I Resolved', That it is the sense vtf 'this I meeting that before the bonded' [indebt? edness of this town be Increased the question, amount and purpose as to such increase, shall lie- first submitted to a vote nf the people of the town. A lengthy discussion, in which Mr. S. Gordon Cumming. Mr. Causey, Cap? tain Richter, Mr, J. W. Richardson, M*r. W. J. Cumming and others participated, followed!. The point In controversy wos the question as to whether the Vfcite upon the bocii proposition should be confined to the freeholder? or whether it should he determined by popular vote. Mr. Causey and Mr. Cumming favored the ?latter plan. A multitude l.'f speeches ?w?c?re made before a vote was reached, a.rr.1 irug t'he speakers being several color? ed meni Among the latter wer,. George Wi. Field and A. W. E. Basset. Mr. Cumining orgued strongly for the ad? vancement of 'the town, which he said, had increased' its taxable valuation al? most double dUTing the rast ten years. The speaker said, In reply to a questlt in. that h? was In favor of paving every street rn 'the town If possible. Mr. J. R. Haw vigorously opposed confining the vote to the fireeholders, arguing that the poor .man whn. rents ha-, rights which are as much entitled to be res-ptn'ted as thixse of the man who ownt Wai estate. Mr. Heff.innger said that in order to proceed correctly 'the corporate limits shl I'j'iJ lie txtrrded so as to include the ?:,ntire town. The incorporation question laisej a little storm xi whoh several West End men participated. Mr. Cum? ming opposed any change in 'the limits, saying 'that any such proposition would kill the bond question. _ The folliiwir.g proposition, offered by^lr. S. Gordon Cummlr.g, was then, voted upon: Resolved. That ;t is the sense of this meriting that the council be requested to ask the present legislature that the H iwn of Hampton be authorized to issue bonds to raise a sum not exceeding $100.000 for the purpose or establishing ?a sewerage system and paving the prin? cipal streets of the town: provided! that sir h power shall be conditioned upon a vote in favor there! if of three-fifths of the voters of the town. The meeting then ojudurned. SEWERS AND PAVED STREETS. Editor Daily Press: The Kecoughtan branch of the Chau taiuw, and yet our narrow streets proclaim that the town is old, for the good peo? ple who settled here in leiO never unce thought that the citizens of Kec-Cughtan ?would ever have electric tars rushing through the streets. Since 'the streets are narrow it will l>e at! the easier to keep them ckan, for there is not so large an area to be swept. To sweep the streets in their present condition is imp ssible; so we very much neei.li to have them paved. But before the sneers are paved the town should be provided iwith a suitable system of sew? erage. We could not state just whaft would be a practical system of sewer? age, nor how the means to accomplish it can be obtained, but we do know that our town council and our board of su? pervisors are all progressive men. and as memliers of t'hie Chatauqua Circle, and alsi.i as residents of Hampton, we b;g these gentlemen to overcome all ob? stacles and give us these improvements ?if proper sewerage and cllean streets. The gentlemen ?b not know how trying it .is 'to a lady's patience to come home from a -walk down the street and flndl the skirts of her new dress ail spattered with mud from a vehicle that passed her as she was walking on the side? walks. We would also ask the business men and property holders not to grumb're and situs '.'lie old song of "enormous taxes" when the ti iwn council are doing all they can for the goal'of the town. We know full iweill that not many of the ladit's pay any taxes, but the ladUs would look uf on it om a most acceptable present from the men i *f Hampton if they could walk on a good, clean pave? ment. Anyway, wouldn't it be better for the town, to put down somT-'ihing that .was going to stay instead of put? ting di iwn two or three cart loads ot oyster shells one monlth and the next month coTting them off again with the mud? We.- wish old Hampton a most prosperous New Year and we hope that lS1>? will be remembered in history as the time wh*?n Hampton was most pn s peroiis antil many improvements made. A member of the Onoutauqua Circle. HampU.n, Va., Jan. 11, 1898. DEATH OF COLONEC CAftY. A Gentleman Who Was Highly Esteem? ed !n Hampton. Colonel John B. Cory, who, until the 'beginning of the war, was a citizen of this city, passed away in Richmond early yesterday morning at the age of 78. Colonel Cary was a't one time one of t'he most famous educators In Vir? ginia. For several years- he was assist? ant principal of the old Hampton Acad? emy when Christopher Prior was at the headl iaf that Institution. Subse? quently Colonel Cairy establrshed here a preparatory school in wliich many of the most distinguished) families of the South ra-ere .reipreoented:. In 1861 lie left here as lieutenant colonel of the Thirty, second Virginia militia. AH the funeral tomorn^w Colonel Thomas Tabb. Mr. Arthur Segair. Mr. Jesse Jones and Mr. Marion Colbert will act as pell beejers-. BRIEF ITEMS. Lieutenan t W. P. Duval, of Fort Mon. roe-, gave a dinner party at t'he Cham? berlain last night !n honor of his daugh? ter.-Many well known people were pres? ent. It wtos expeebid that the Ash by case utiuld be'taken up yesterday, but owing to a legal tangle 'which Judge Lee will have, to unravel, it 'was postponed till next Monday. There seems- to be little dcubt that Elwards wild be granted' another trial. An erronvrolu? rumor was afloat yester? day to the effect that the Daily Press t.cer.iespomlent liad ?ibtalned the verdict in advance, of the court. It was entirely unfounded. The Press gets t'he news', but It does so legitlme.tely. Brown, and IHoagland, the real es? tate men, have purchased six 'hundred an*.* seventy-live lotsone mile frt im King and Queen streets. Hampton, which Uhey ore offering Tor $10. $20 and $30 each, $2 di iwn and $1 per month, or $3 quarterly to'the soldiers. They own th* riparian, rights of the southwest prong of the Back River Which faces t'he property, and oyster's are there of the finest. To each purc/ha er oyster privi? leges will be given. Their office is fac? ing Popular aveniue, Phoebus. It. SENATOR DA'NIEL UNDECIDED He May Change 'His Position on the Annexation Question. WASHINGTON. J.a.unary 13.?Senator Daniel is said to 'be wa%-ering in his op? position to the annexation of the Ha? waiian Islands. When the subject first came prominently before the public and up 'to the time of it-he assembling of the present session of Congress, the position of the Virginia Senator was considered doubtful, and lie himself acknowledged that he was open to conviction. Later, however, he took his stand against the ratification KtC the 'treaty upon the ibroad ground that t'he islands are too distant from our shores to be a desirable ac? quisition, and that the population of the islands is not of a character to flt their residents to become a component part of the American Union, and also that it is "contrary to the policy of the American government to seek control of colonies lying outside of the borders of 'North America. Now, however, it is assented that the Senator is doubtful of the position that the has taken, and the doubt in his mind is said to be on account of the recent develop? ments which have occurred in China. He is quoted as saying that he would not hesitate to change his mind if .mMture judgment indicated the ad? visability of such a course, and that in any event tfie would Tiave to study the question with greater care before fully making up his mind in reference to the treaty. Since the debate opened in the Senate Senator Daniel has been constant in Iiis attendance, and appears to take much interest in the arguments presented on both sides. When seen yesterday he refused to say that his position is in doubt, 'but he substantially confirmed the statement that he would study the subj-ectt of the treaty and its connec? tion with the Chinese question with great care. LAWYER HIS OWN" WITNESS. The remarkable- spectacle of a lawyer orossf-examining himself on the witness stand was presented- recently in the su pieme court, in Brooklyn, before- Justice Dickey, and a jury, says tlhe New York fTiiTics. The action' for carnages brought by Bernoid Levy, a paper hanger. ..'Jtair^t the Nassau Electric Railroad was on trial. Levy was one of the pas? senget? on the trolley car which, on June 7, 1896 ran away on Thirty-ninth stueet auil injured a n um be" of persons. Levy claims' that hisl collarbone was broken, an.i that he sustabtd other in? juries, and asks for $25,000 damages. Levy testified that since tlhe accident he had suffered so much from loss of memory, that he couild not remember orders given him by customers; that by reason of his injury Sie had been obliged to give up business. When Levy liad stepped down. Mr. Cohen, counsel for the plaintiff, culled Mr. Baldw in. The lawyer luokctll aston? ished, ami: asked: "Do I understand that you call me as a witness?" "You do," replL-d M'r. Cohen. "But, your -honor," began Baldwin, "I am left entirely unprotected." '?We will protect you," said Justice Dickey. Mr. Bald-win took the stand. Mr. Co? hen then' examined him with regard to a remark d-u ippe'd l>y Mr. Baldwin's concerning Cohen's failure to cail as a witness Dr. Nathan Brill, who had ex? amined Levey. Mr. Cohen drew from Mr. Baldwin the fact that both sides knew that Brill had examined Levy, iaind.neither had called 'him. ?ghat's all," said Mr. Cohen. "WiTrv^. moment, if you please, wit? ness," saiid"^!iftt; -lEatorn, -a^cVestaHi? himself. "I want! to cross-examine you." Mir. Cohen, la iked! dumbfounded, but Mr. BaJdwin went blandly on: "Mr. Baldwin, will you please state what that eourversation refer, ed to was?" VI met Dr. Brill," answered Mr. Bald? win, as witness, "and he told me that we ought to settle this case so that the doctors won't have to gt> on ?he stand." M'r. Cohen, promptly objected, having by this time! got his breath. "If your honor please," said' Mir. Baldwin, as lawyer, "in cross-examining this wit? ness, Mr. Baldwin, the opposing eouinsel. bit ug'ht out the fact that this conver? sation was held, and I have a rigtht to show by the witness What the conver? sation was a"bout_" Judge Dickey allowed! the question, and Mr. Baldwin cross-examine.! h-i-m selif at .length, eliciting the fact from himseif that he toad attempted to com? promise t'he case, but that Mr. Cohen had refused. When court adji turned both lawyers had a wordy war, a:cusing each ether of unprofessional conduct. NAVAL CORPS TO BE OOMBLNEiD. WlASfHTNGTON. January 13.?Seere ary Long today submitted to Chairman Bouteile, of _the House Committee on Naval affairs, a biil providing for the :ombinaiiion of the line and engineer jcYrps of -the navy, so as to Increase the efficiency of the naval service. The Mil was prepared by a special board, headed by Assistant Secretary Roose? velt. 30LON.EL PTCQITiHART ARRESTED. PARIS. January 13.?In consequence of the court martial of Count Ester hazy,Cok>nel Picquharl, formerly, of the war department, who broughlt charges against Esiterhazy, recently iquitted of the charge of treason by ne court martial, was arrested today and is now confined ait the Fortress at Mount Va? lerian, %vhere he will remain until he Is -released by the finding of ithe court martial. v THE MONIETARY COMMISSION. WASHINGTON, January 13.?The hearing of the Monetary Commision in behalf of its bill providing for currency reform was resumed before the Bank? ing and Currency Committee of the House today. L. J. 'Bush, of Alabama, who was heard yesterday, gave an ad? ditional explanation of the bill and urged -redemption under-the plan advo? cated by the commission.. Don't ToWco Spit and 3moS6 Son? Lifo Away If von want to quit tooaeco using easily and forever, be made woH, strong, magnetic' fuil,of new life and vigor, take No-To^Bac, the wonder-worker, thttl makes weak men strong. Many gain ten ptiinds in ten days. Over 400,000 enred. Buy No-To-Bac of your druggist, under guarantee to cure, 50c or $1.00. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co.. Cuicago or New York. Market Quotations From the Leading Business Centers. NIEWl YORK MONEY MARKET. j NEW YORK, Jan. 13.?Money on eal! 2%3 per cent.; last loan 2Vi; prime mercantile paper 3*4.S3'.fe and 14.i>5% 4.S6; comnier.ial b.l.s M.!>2; silver cer? tificates STTiS^SKi; bar silver 57*?; Mexi? can dollars 46Vi: goverimen: fiends weak: state, bonds dull: railroad l-wds strong. (NEW YORK, Jan. 13.?The stock mar? ket was under more i_ir less pressure today on account of the news from Ha? vana, Th-.-re was heavy realizing at three and suggestive attacks by the bears. A number of ktrge oi>erators re? cently in the bull side changed* their views and sold stocks today, and the impression 'On the market w? uld un? doubtedly have been much more serious had it not lieem for the remarkable strength and buoyancy of several of the Vanderbilts. This strength arrested the liquidation and steadied the market and: the kit lines aPu-rward uv the gen? eral list were not large, even when the stocks themselves reacted on pn iflt-tak Ing. The declines at the opening were checked also by the execution of com? mission heuse onLrs which hud accu? mulated over night!-.- These were the .principal causes to neutralize the un? doubtedly serious view i if the situation in. Cuba and its bearing on the relatons bel\v-;?n the United States and Spain which is held in' Wall Street, There was no news to account for the buoyu-ncy of the Vanderbilts beyond vague rumors of Ian int-,ndtill change of |i 1'.- in ad-min istmtion, looking'to the reduction of op e:ating coat and an increase In divi? dends. The extreme rise in Lake Shore reached founr ooints and there was us I much in 'New York Central. Other mem? ber.? of the gn up gained all t'he way Prom .1 to 2 points. The total sales of stocks today were 513,900 shares, i The Wading stocks closed as follows: Atchison. 134, Raltimoro Ohio 13 Canada Pac-Uc 87 Canada Southern. 54 Chesapeake Ohio. "2| Chicago St Alton. 1054 Chicago. Burliiifito" Qutncy.. ion; C. C. C. St. Li. 35} do do pref'd. HO Delaware Hinlsou. 112 Delaware, Ijick. W. 153 Erie (uew) 1-15 Eort Wayne.1084 Great Northern prefd. 133 Illinois Central. 107 Lake Shore 170 Louisville Nashville. 574 Manhattan L 118? Michigan Central. 105 Missouri Pacific. 3-Jj Mobile Ohio. 294 New Jersey Central. 00 New York Central .113} Norfolk Western. 15 Nor*.hern Pacific. 24} do prefd. 008 Pittsburg. lOSi Reading. 221 Rock island. U1J St. Paul. 9?t do prefd 114* Southern Pacific. 211 Southern Railway. ilj do prefd. 32 Texas Pacific. 11? Union Pacific tr. rctJ., s. a. p., 301 Adams Express. 150 American Express llbl United StateM Express. 41 Wells Fanro Express. llt| American Tobacco. a'.fs do prefd 11? People's Gas. IIOA Consolidated Gas. 1MU General Electric. Its Pacific. Mail ;U Pullman Palace. 175 Silver Ceitilicates. 57} Sugar 13!?f I do pre\l 113} Tennessee Coal Iron. '.Mil VVes ern Union. 01; Chicago Northwestern. 128i do prefd.1U5 Chicago Great Western. 15} CHICAGO MA'RKETS. CHICAGO. Jan. 13.?Wheat' today closed' at almost yesterday's final fig? ures. Early weakne-s, causedi by a sharp decline at Liverpool, was overcome laier by euppt.irt from the Leiter crowd and covering shorts. Corn and oats, after dull session, closed at substantially un? changed prices. 'Provisions closed about 71? 4. 2?i ?Mi 29} :H'r 29 J? 3U 3i>i 30 30} 234 23} 234 23S 2v} 22j 22} 224 i fl.25 9.35 0.17? 9.80 0.50 0.524 9.424 424 j 4 724 4.75 4.074 4.G8* 4 85 4.85 4.77.1 4.774 4..90 4.?0 4.874 4 ?7i t 4.05 4 05 4.024 4.02A 4.80 4 oO 4 724 4.724 I Cash quotations were as follows Flour easy; No. 2 yellow corn;! 2?i@27; No. 2?pr>ng wheat, 8B(3i8li4 No. 3 spring wheat, bOtaiOO; N0 No Loud Talking or Singing, discuss? ing of Politics, Na? tionality or Lieli gion. All wlio cannot comply with these rules are re? quested to spend their time and mon? ey elsewhere. All orders by moil will receive prompt attention. MUGLER'S CAFE, No. 2312 WASH'NGTON AVENUE. P. O. Bex 10. NEWPORT NEWS. v^A. TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE NEAR THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS. VIRGINIA. By virtue of the provisions of a cer? tain deed of trust bearing dute on tlu 10th day of October, 1892, executed to me as trustee, by the North Carolina and Newport (News Company, and diitly recorded in the clerk's orfice of the County Court of Elizabeth Oity Ctcrun t.v. Virginia. In Deed of Trust Book C. page 449, default having been made in the payment of the debt therein Se? cured, at the request of the beneficiary thereunder, I shall sell at public auc? tion to the highest bidder, on TUESDAY. THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1S98. at 11 o'clock A. M., on-the premises, the following property, to-wit: All those certain 178 Lots situated on Hampton Koada near Newport News. In the County k.f Elizabeth City County, State of Viiginia, known and designa? ted on a plat or map of the lands of the Newport News Conn?ny, made for said Company by Braxton, Chandler Ma rye, Civil Engineers, and recorded in the Clerk's office of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, "try the following fig? ures, viz.: Block 34?Lots Nos. 1 to 24 inclusive: Block 25?Jjots 21 to 40 In? clusive; Block 15?Lots 21 to 40 lm.lu sive; Biock 7?Lots 1 to 24 inclusive; Block 6?Lots 1 to 9 Inclusive, and Lott 26 to 41 inclusive: Block 24?Lots 1 to 20 Inclusive; Block 16?Lots 1 to 20 in? clusive; Block 35?Lots 1 to 9 Inclusive. and1 Lots 25 to 3'J inclusive; ar?li Block 34?Lot 3P, said lots being situate on the strevts and alleys as laid down and named on said plat, which is hereby made-a part oC this deed. TERMS?CASH. WM. P. ?KSAUSURE, Trustee. January 1, 1S9S. Persons des ring further Information and wishing to see the property will cull on Pvwell, Brothc.-s King, who will furnish maps and give ail desired particulars. Office in basement of Citi? zens ami Marine Bank building, corner Washington avenue and Twenty-sev? enth street, Newport News, Va. Ja 2-Tm. $10,000 OF will he sohl At Cost. The entire stock of tlu Manhattan Clothing Com p?ny must be sohl at cost All goods new and stylish SOL MILLER, Trustee, Second Clothing Stroe fron Twenty-eighth street. Couper Marble Works. LAUGEST STOCK OF FINISHED MONUMENTS AND GRAVESTONES in the south ready for Immediate de? livery. 169 to 1G3 BANK STREET, nth 19-s, 8,tu?m. NORFOLK. VA RACKET STORE. Jew Year ftiinounceinant! Bargains in Every Lin t. Inventory time has come, and to close out the stock as much us possible befo r starting, everything in the store will be offered at less than" market prices. Come early and avoid the rush. Ask III! 1201 i> Washington Avenue. tf. P. DOSSER, BUILDER. Plans ami Specifications fu rail kinds of buildings, OFFICE" '.itr. 33d St. and Virginia I OLDEST BUILDER IN NB NEWS. TKAVBLEKS' ?UIDI 'P HE I JL will freight STEAMER leave Newport Newa v and passengers for Pi oiiday, Wednesday an ibout T:15 A. M., andi will leave News for Norfolk ?very Tuesa; day and Sacurdey about 3:30 Will leave Norfolk evary Wednesday and Thursday at sharp. 3. W. THJL1 J OLD DOMINION STEAMS DAILY SERVICE BE .\"EW VOIiK AND VIRGINIA The elegant passenger st amestown, Yorktown. Gu Itoanoke and Old Dominion le t'crk every day except Sunda P. M. for Norfolk and Newpc ouching at Fortress Monroe outh bound trip. The ships of this line leavt for New York direct every nig; clock. A short, delightful and In voyage. FAKE: H*lrst-c!as?, straight, Inclii meals and; berth........... rtrst-elas'a, round trip, Inc ing meals and berth. Steerage without subsistence.. Steamer Luray arrives fro ?eld and leaves for Norfolk vet Sunday, at 8:30 A. M. SSives Norfolk from Bay Li? very day except Sunday at 3 M. B CROWELL /1 HESAPEAKF, OHIO R VJ TWO TRAINS DAILY FOI INGTON. TWO THROUGH FOR CINCINNATI. In EFFECT JANUARY WESTWARD. Newport News Ar. Richmond Ar Washington Lv. Richmond Ar. Charlottesvllle Ar. Clifton Forge Ar. Hot Springs Ar Ronceverte j Ar. White Sulp. Spgs Ar. Huntington Cincinnati Ar Louisvdlle_ ?Except Sunday. Other tim No. 1 Old Point to Cincln r.ouisville dally. Parlor car .o Richmond and Pullman sleeping car [Uchmond for Cincinnati, Louisville and SiL. JLouis. Meals served on dining car vest "oHJ?,ordonsvi',le. Connects at Rieh mond for Lyncrrttolirg and Lexington. Va. No. 3 for Clncinn.tiTlftaily. Pullman deepers Old Point to Hintv>n> ,nd Gordonsville to Cincinnati" anfl" Louisville. Meals served on dining oars vest of Gordonsville. For Norfolk._ Lv. Newport News Ar. Norfolk Vr. Portsmouth For" No. 2 I No. 4 Daily._| Baily._ 11:05 a. j 8:00 p. 12:05 p. I 7:00 p. 12:18 p. I 7:15 p. No. 2 I No. 4 Dally. I Daily. 11:06 ?/l 6:00 p." 11:28 a. 6:23. p. _.Old Point_ Lv. Newport Newa Ar. Hampton vr. Old Point_! 11:36 a. Steamer Louise leaves Portsmouth, aily at 7:10 A. M. and 3 P. M.; leaves Norfolk 8 A. M. and 3:30 P. M. for New ?ort News. For tickets, rates and other toforma ion, apply to E. W. Robinson, ticket igent, Newport News, Vs., or John D. Potts, assistant general passenger igent, Richmond. 11 HE NORFOLK WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COMPANY. The New and Powerful Iron Palace -teamers, Newport News, Washington t..d Norfolk, will leave daily as follows: NO''TH BOUND, ileamen leave Portsmouth, foot of North stre loamera leave Washington at 7:00 p m .rrive Kortres?. Monroe at 6:80 to vrrive Norfolk at 7:S0 a JB \rrive Portsmouth at 8:00'i as The trip down the historic Potomac rhrtr .ad Chesipcabe bay on the elegant steamers I this Company is unsurpassed. The teamers are comparatively new. bavins >een built in ISCi, and arr titled up in the inost luxuriant manner, with electric lights, ?all *iells and steam heat iu each room. The a.bloa are supplied with every delicacy al 'ae season from the markets ot Washington .n.i Norfolk. For further infcna&tioii apply to D. J. CALLA H AK, AgeRtj es Atiiivi^

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CANDY CATHARTIC Ai! Ppicgs iVIarkcd in Plain I saures. ft Good TWna. Push it mono. Motl do p n s He i s- will veil to i t Ii e w o o d (',i rringe. Why V iineause it is the linesi. most i! u ruble and cheapest known t ii the trade. This carriageneed not be com? mented on by me, as it is a weli known fact throughout the country thv.t Hie Hey wood Carriage stands- second to none, and all mothers who are up-to-date in the baby carriage business will surely have the Hey wood. As an introduction for my '96* stock I will begin on Monday, January7 17th, with a $1:5.00 Hey wood Cariiage and reduce same SI each day until sold. Positively "TiTHfrr?t on this carriage. It will certain? ly be sold; and if no purchaser is found at the expiration of twenty-five days it will be given away. We extend to young mothers a cordial invitation to in=pect our took.

3 f9 ft) 3 a, ?3 0 fv /E US A L-?OK ANYWAY. S.;ni3 Clause Knows a Good Thing 3, 'Ali-.n ho sees It. and f t the merry S"ul 'Jsfi tide season looks aroun';! for good, cioon cud] that will thoroughly warm your p, looms in Christmas weather, and make 55, them oh eery and comfortable for the _f7-ff O. Chandler -CONTRACTOR. Grading, Excavating, Cartinp, Haul? ing of a.11 kinds promptly attended to :5ar attention to stevedoring. Men furnlahid at short notice, 35tX> T_afayTT.'C Hofe! Warwick. JT. B. ?HlNEftTU.V, R!*nas?r Sl'HClAL RATES TO OOMMERCIAJ TRAVELERS. AMERICAN AND EURQPSAJ^PLAN. OR. E. J. APPLEWHITE. DENTIST. OUlce: 28lh St., near Washington Ava., Opp. Firat National Bank, tg f ly -lejrport Newa, V* ?NOTHERW?R SCARE Wild Rumors Caused by the Havana Outbreak. WARSHIPS NOT ASKED FOR United States C'miHulate and General l>ee*? Kt'Mltteuct* Guarded by SpauiKli Sold? iers. No Fear?fur ike af*?y of American C'ttizeiiK. flSy Telegraph.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.?Late this afternoon the first news of the day eame to the State Department from Consul General Lee. who telegraphed that every.hing was very quiet in Ha? vana today and that there was no cause tor apprehension uf trouble. OrJers have been sent to the Marblehead to proceed to Navassa to Investigate con? ditions among the laborers ther?, thus disposing of the rumor that she would be -ordered ito Cuba. Consul General Lee has reported to the State Department from Havana, under date of yesterday, che facts con? nected wi'rt/h the rioting there yester? day. While the State Department offi? cials do mm divulge the text of the dis? patch, it is said that it corroborates generally the newspaper reports on the subject. According to General Lee's report -the disturbance had been quelled for the time being, but he was appre? hensive of a-nother outbreak at any mo? ment. General Lee did not ask to have a warship sent to 'Havana, -and in the opinion of the State 'Departmenit ufli c.als that -is a sufficient reason for the assumption -that there is no occasion for sending one. Tbe officials are evi? dently not apprehensive of any trouble in the immediiaite future that will re quire the forceful Interventen of our government. The disouieting feature of the situation is the horrible condi? tion -of the poor in Cuba. According to .General Lee's advices no less than 200,000 people on the island are in the last stages of destitution and are whol? ly dependent upon charity. To feed these people on a ten cent ration per diem would cost $20,000 daily, which sum is double the amount so far re? ceived in contributions during the past ten days by the State Department. In the opinion of General Lee, no less than twenty per cent, of this people are surely doomed to death from starvoitiori and disease. In such a state of affairs the existence of any form of organized government is threatened and the au? tonomy plans of the 'Spanish govern? ment command little aittention. Secretary Long was asked whether a.ny of the American ships had been ordered to be ready to sail for 'Havana. He replied that, while he could n-t dis? cuss the matter, he would say that he had noft made any change in the orders l'i battleship Maine, now lying at Key West, Inquiry developed the fact that the Maine's last order was to go out for target practice and upon falling Iii wiltn the North Atlantic Squadron, -to attach herself. Although there i-s no expecta? tion at the Navy Department of any trouble Just now, still -in case it should occur the navy is nwre strongly repre? sented in 'Florida and West Indian wa? ters than it ivas been in the past ten years. At Key West -there is -the sec? ond class battleship Maine, at Jaek s-onville the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, at 'St. Kitts is the Annapolis and at Guad'aloupe the Wilmington. The De? troit is on the 'Way from Cape Haptien to Key West, where she is now due. This naval force is made up with one exception, the Maine, of unarmored but lightly protected cruisers and gunboats. It will be powerfully reinforced, how? ever, in a few days, by the North At? lantic Squadron, under Admiral Sicard, composed of heavily armored- vessels, the most powerful lleet that the United States has had'together in many years. It is authoratlvely stated at the 'Navy Department that the southern move? ment of the squadron is in no degree attributable ro the troubles in Havoina. but that -the movement is a part of the progra,m for winter manoeuvres of the squadron, prepared by Ithe Navy De? partment months ago. Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister, has been kept constantly advised of every development within -the last twen? ty-four hours at Havana and he sum med up his advices this aflternoon by saying that they show the uprising to have been a riot, pure and simple: that order has been completely restored; that the tumult was confined Ito Span? ish and Cuban resident's and that no indignity iwas put upon any American interest or citizen, public or private. The oflioial advices began arriving about midnight last night, and have come uninterruptedly since then. They told the story of the disturbance fully, and i-n the main corroborates the press dispatches. They made it clear, it is sitated at the legation, that the demon? stration was an unorganized, juok, A'lfe participants l>ei.n.5^KW;Hr?red up from the streets, withanrf' arms or ammunition, ift 'rrega-fl wfhen a few army officers mobbed the Reeoncentrado newspaper establishment, -that paper being so lukewarm toward autonomy-that it was suspected of having insurgent tenden? cies. Later, as the people were leaving the shops at the close of the day's work and the streelts were ifilied with home goers-, .the demonstration was begun again by an attack on the establish? ments of La Discusion and the Diario de la Marina. The dispatches state that a small group raised a cry agaitaslt autonomy, some few gave vivas for General Weyler, while some scattered shouts were directed at General 'Blanco. In the main, however, the vivas were for Spain and the army. The mounted police were brought into use and dis? persed the groups, so that -order was re? stored and Ithe city was tranquil .by midnight. During this excitement United States Consul General Lee was in communi? cation with the Spanish authorities. Neither he >nor the officials appear (to hi^ve been apprehensive, but it was deemed the part of wisdom to guard against contingencies by sending a guard of soldiers to the United States legation and to the private residence of General Lee. Accordingly twenty^tive Spanish soldiers were dispatched to the United States consulate and anoth? er guard of twenty-five to the residence of General Lee. They aated as an emergency guard, and no occasion arose for their service to be brought into actual requistion. Throughout the disturbance, it is 'said at the legation, there was not a shoult against, the Un? ited States nor a hand raised against an Ameilean clti*en. MAHNE STILL AT KEY WEST. KEY WEST, FLA.. Jari 13.?The Un? ited States ship Maine has not yet left this port. Dt is believed that the sailing orders received yesterday have been countermnaded. HAVANA. Jan. 13.?United States Consul General Fitzhugh Lee absolute? ly denies that he has asked the authori? ties at Washington to send two war? ships to Havana. TIME TO INTERVENE. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-^The rioting in Havana and the wrecking of several liberal newspaper offices by army of? ficers and conservatives opposed to the plan of autonomy excites more sat's factlon than surprise among sym? pathizers with Ithe cause of Cuba in this city. The opinion is general that the time has arrived for the United States to intervene. General Thomas Estrade Palma, head of Ithe Cuban Jun? ta here, said today: "The rioting in 'Havana is the direct result of the attempt to give autonomy, so -called, to the island. The Spaniards In Cuba will nolt have it at any cost if they can -help it." S0,030 STARVED LAST 'YEAR. JACKSON, MISS.. Jan. 13.?Advices from Maijor G-eorge L. Donald', Jr., of .Mississippi, now In Cuba, on whose in? formation the .State Senate yesterday passed a strong Cuban resolution, says thai 90,000 persons have perished by starvation in the Province of Sanlta Clara alone since January 1, Major Donald says one cannot go ?twenty steps without coming across women or children begging for food, and that a person cannot sit to a meal without being asked for bread toy starv? ing children. NO VIOLENCE AGAINST I.EE. HAVANA, Jan. 13.?There is no foun? dation whatever for the rumor that United States Consul General Lee met ,-ith violence during the disturbance last night or today. During the height of the uproar last evening, 'he walked about freely In Cnetral 'Park and In rront of the Hotel Inglaterra. Today he has been attending to official tousi ness as usual. This evening when this dispatch is senit, he is dining at the Hotel Inglaterra. N>EW YORK MAY SAIL TODAY. NORFOLK. VA, Jain. 13.?The flag? ship 'New York, e? the North Atlantic Squadron, will protoably sail for Key West tomorrow morning, shortly after 10 o'clock. One hundred tons of coal have been ordered alongside the ship at So wall's Poin t at fbalt hour. Aboard the Monitor Terror, which is at the Norfolk n*,vy yard, day and night shifts are now at work preparing her tor sea. Ammunition to toe .used Cor target practice while on the wlniter cruise has been delivered aboard the warships within the past few days. Naval officers decline to discuss the situation, tout point out the fact Ithat the orders for the squadron to make its winter cruise on the gulf have not been revoked. WARSHIiPS UNDER 'FULL STEAM. JACKSONVILLE. FLA., Jan. 13. The warships Maine and Marbtehead, and the torpedo Uotllla have been under full stteam at Key West all day await? ing orders. Stores and coal have been ts.ken aboard. On arrival of the De? troit, the Marblehead will leave for Navaasa to investigate the trouble re? ported there. The cruiser 'Montgomery sailed from Tampa this afternoon under sealed orders. She had come In for a itwo i weeks' stay. "DEATH TO DIARIO." HAVANA, Jan. 13.?'About noon to day a crowd gathered In front of the offices of El Dlanlo de la Marina shout? ing "iDeatb 'to 'Diario." General Arolaa used the regular troops .to restore order i.nd to compel the dispersal of tlie crowds, which kept up a continuous shouting on the streets near Centra] ?Park. These people accuse 'El Diario de la Marina of being responsible for all 'the attacks made upon the army officers and Spanish residents in the island. They say that Da Discuslon and El Reconcentrado received their cue from El Diario. A man selling El Diario was shot in Ihe arm. All classes commend the authorities for avoiding unnecessary force or vio? lence in the use of the soldiery and po? lice last night. At the papalce General Blanco and the autonomist cabinet were joined by the civil governor of 'Havana the col? onels and chiefs of 'the volunteers, the Marquis Apezteguia. leader of the Spanish consevatlve parity, and other prominent poUticiains. Senor Congos to, the secretary general, remained at his office until 1 o'clock this morning. About 10 o'clock last night several shots were heard hack of the Albisu theatre. It is believed they were In? tended to raise an alarm. Shortly after midnight the soldiery were withdrawn from the streets and went into bar M ONTO OM ERY'S SEALED ORDERS, j TAMPA. FLA., Jan. 13.?The cruiser Montgomery arrived here last night remain during the fishery congress, but this afternoon she suddenly weigh? ed anchor and sailed from the harbor under sealed orders. "DISAGRBEABDE NEWS. MADRID, Jan. 3.?The government admits Che receipt of "disagreeatole news" from Cuba, but OeaMned' to give the details. Th- Marquis Pazo de la Momzed, prA ident of the Senate, and five members of the last Canovas cabinet, 'have pub? lished a manifesto In imposition to the projects Pidal-SUvela coalition party. Private despatches from Havana re? ceive.!.here todoy assert that the shouts of "Viva Don Carlos." and "Viva Wey. ier" have teen raised under the very windows of General Blanco. ItJuktdey'l Choice. WHIiam Blakley, living on North Thirteenth street, Terre Haute, Ind., lies in St. Anthony's Hospital a crip? ple for life. On a recent night he kiss? ed his wife good-by and went to work a well und hearty man. That he is a brave man there are half a dozen em? ployees of the Vandulia who can bear testimony. At 8:20 William. Biakley faced death. He had less than a quar- ler of a minute in which to decidjw whether lie would __be carrje^Jifome -ttead.fcf whether he wo~uId be a cripple for iifer Blakley is a conductor in the yards of the Vaudalla. He has been with the company for two years, and was a trustworthy employee. For a long time he has been in charge of a switch? ing crew, his work being in the net? work of tracks about Thirteenth street. His engine was hacking a cut if cars down the "Y" just west of Thirteenth street. Blakley was riding an the car, and it was the intention to push the cut down to where there were some other cars waiting to be taken out. When within a few yards if the cars it was intended to take aut Biakley Jumped off and ran down the track. In some manner he caught his foot in a switch frog. The train was slow? ly backing in and when he first fe'.l Blakley was on the track. With great presence of mind he threw his body off the rail and then tried to release his foot. He gave it several jei ks, but !t seemed to become wedged in all the tighter. As he was standing his body was exposed, and there was danger of his being knocked dowr and cut in two. Realizing that he must either be killed or have his foot cut off, he chose the latter, and, turning, he threw himself on the ground again and in another second the car wheels had passed over his foot, cutting It off. The shock rendered him unconscious for a time, but he was soon revived and the police wagon called. Ten Drinking. Tea is an agreeable stimulant, quick? ening intellectual operations, removing headache and fatigue and promoting cheerfulness and a sense of well be? ing. A cup of tea now and again is a most refreshing and excellent thing, but when it Is used to excess the di? gestive and nervous systems are espe? cially affected. There is no doubt Lhat there are cases'of dyspepsia caus? ed by the Inordinate use of strong tea, and it is also a matter of common ob? servation that sleeplessness, palpita? tion of the heart, and nervous Irrita? bility, of ten follow the prolonged and excessive use of this beverage. People "who drink tea to excess are to be found in all classes of society, and the fact should be Impressed upon such per? sona that tea is not a food, and cannot, tacrefore, without risk to the health, be substituted for articles of diet which form both flesh and bone. Hanna's Enemies Will Not Accept Defeat. CHARGES TO BE PRESSED Opposition to Make a Determined KfTor to Prevent Him from Uelnjg; Seated for the Loug Term. Warm Welcome in Cleveland. (By Telegraph.) COLUMBUS, OHIO. Jan. 13.?Senator Hamu and the members of the Legbiu 'ture went home today. All will return by Tuesday next. The lead-.rs on bot'h s.des are still here preparing for anoth? er fight next week. The opposition ti Hanna was defeat? ed in his election, but it proposes to tight noiw against his being seated for 'the long term. His enemies soy t'hey haw not the time_io interfere on the s'hort term, tut they will press the bri? bery barges, as such charges were prest-sed on Henry B. Payne fi.iurleen y-.ars ago to the United Sta'tes Senate. Subpoenas have been issued for Senator Hanna. Major Dick, W. D. Hollenbeck, H. H. Boyce and1 others to oppear be? fore the'Senate committee next Tuesday night. Litrel suits have been broug'ht against several Repuglican papers foT damages in. d tnnec'tion 'With the bribery charges, notal>ly one by T. C. Camp bell against the Ohio Stote Journal. Both bran-.'hes of t'he Legislature ad? journed today until Tuesday. In the Senate those voting yesterday against 'Chi Burke tesoiution for the investiga? tion of bribery charges change! their vi. ites. In. the House there was a long dis? cussion, on the Otis bribery resolution. As the Rerublicunt; exp-:ct to reorganize the lUouse. an- attempt was made to postpone further consideration of the Otis re;i tluth/n till February 3d. so thai Speaker Mason would not appoint t'h-; e( tmmitiee to conduct t'he investigation, Spinker Mason announced standing cqmmi'ttees today. The House refused to P Btpon-.- t'he resolution and it was aiJopted by a vote of 54 to 5, most of t'he Republicans not voting. While t'he Senate committee, ot which Sena'tcr Burke is chairman, began its investigation yest-.Tday, the) House committee will nl.it i>e appointed till next Tuesday. In. the standing committees an? nounced by Speaker Mb son today he gave the Republicans who voted for Hanna good pla.es. But it issaid the lat? ter will root accept the olive branch, and a majority have signed a document to i ust Mo son. and the ot'her officer. Speaker Mason ha* not missed1 a mo? ment ou't of his chair during the ses? sions of the past two weeks. As Speak? er Pro Tempore Griffith is now with the Hanna men. Mason knows that in bis absence a resolution' wl-iuld be offered and adopted to reorganize the Hons.'. As Mason .will refuse to recognize uny one offering such a resolution-, there are ?chose who expect viiience in t'h-.- House before the pioposed reorganization is effected. Mason was very arbitrary in his ruling.- today and the Republican members ore ready to resort to desper? ate efforts next week for reorgatzatik.?. Almost another 'thousand, of congrat? ulatory telegiams were received for Senator Hanna again today, and for wardall to him at Cleveland. They in vlude his colleagues in the Senate, ami mg ihe.-e ForaXer, who wired: "1 congratulate, you, not on-iy upon your election, but also upon your happy re? marks'to the General Assembly." At the Jollification meeting- in some e-ounties the resignatil:tn is demand, d by resolutions of Charles L. Kuitz as the Ohio'member of the Republican Na tionoll Committee. COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 13.?Senator Hanna was received this afternoon u|H>n his return from Columbus with enthu? siasm tar greater than that which had been accorded any public man in this city in a decade. At til.on the Tippeconoe Club, t'he Business 'Mem's League and. the Repub licin Shop Ctobs gathered in front of Masonic building on Superior et and formell a para?K Half the tc n. turned out to see them. Head-.d by a braids band they marched to the Union Depot where Senator Hanno was met by them. He was escorted "ajt the Hollenden. The Senator was lustily cheered all along t'he line of marv'h, many business I houses .practically suspending business for the time being. A public han i s'haki-ng reception in the lobby of the Hollenden and the Senator was congrat? ulated' on all sides. '(^.B3^JrJ,H'NiiV'i. J.a.1. 13.?The Tin^ ~pecanoe Club tonight adopr.d. lesoSlu tions asking 'Senator Burke, Represen? tatives Bramley and Mason, and Mayor 'McKisson and Corporation Counsel Norton, who were active in the opposi? tion to the candidacy of Senator Hanna. to resign. McKisson made a steech in which he refused to resign. The direc? tors will now be asked to expel the five members. CHICKEN-FO?T FAD. r'oman at Unt Deauciids to the lluru Sur? to Complete Mei Outfit. M Not satisfied with the destructi:.:. (ehe has wrought among the pretl:'\ |plumed birds, woman has at last de? scended to the chicken to complete he: outfit. At first she was satisfied to have a chicken's foot as part of her boudoir decorations, but now it dan? gles from her belt on a chain between her lorgnettes and stamp box. The fad was started by a West Philadelphia gh i. Taking the foot in itat natural stale, she tied its three parts with pieces oi twine to the leg, and let it remain for a day in the sun. On removing the twine the claws retained the form indi? cated, having become very stiff. The energetic "faddist" then made the lag ^ore presentable by applying a coat of gold paint. Ribbon is tied to the strings, which extend through the cen? ter of the leg, and it is there hung on (the wall. All sorts of dainty articles ^an be hung on the claws, making the new idea both useful and ornamental. Many girls who learned of the fad jWero not satisfied with just having one (0f the glittering ornaments in their rooms, so, fastening a chain to the nat? ural strings of the leg, it soon began to appear among the many articles dang? ling from the belt, with the colors of the girl's favorite college painted near the top. The demand lor the legs is getting so great that two young wo? men of West Philadelphia are devoting jEll their time to the industry. ISlltterily on the InAep. A tiny butterfly of cut steel beads sparkles on the evening slipper of black patent leather worn at a dance. The steel-embroidered butterfly bows are rather more novel than jet beading or rhinestone buckles. The steel con? trasts well with the shining black var? nished leather. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. Me. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 10c ALONG THE WATER FRONT 1TKMS OF INTKKEST GATIIL'RKU ABOUT TUB PIKKS. KtttrunceH and Clearance* at the Custom tluiine. i.i?t r Vewels Now >n Port. Other Marine Item?. Weather ?o recant (By Telegraph.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.?Forecast for Virginia: Fur Friday, fuir; colder; northwesterly winds, becoming variable. CALENDAR FUH THIS DAY. Sun rises 7:17 Sun sets. 5:13 High water?1:04 A. I.M.. and 1:17 P. M. Low water?7:26 A. 'M., and 7:41 1'. M. ?UlltlV.li.s AM? UGPAKtlJKes. VexaclR Arrived Vrxri-rday. Steamer Norwood, (Br.) Itoyle, Ge? noa. Steamer Daybreak. (Br.) Jones, Gal vc ston. Steamer BeHona, (Br.) Murray, Dun? dee. Schooner W. 10. Downes, New Haven. Schooner K. D. Perry, Boston. Vensel* Sailed Yesterday. Steamer Saturn, (Amr.) Boston. Steamer Da> oreak, (Br.) Jones, Ham? burg. Schooner S. B. Kapl-a.n, Boston. Schooner Francis N., Baltimore. Barge General Knox, 'New York. Barge City of Atlanta. New Haven. Norrelk's Port l.i?t. (By Telegraph.) NORFOLK, VA? Jan. 13.?Arrived: Schal iners General E. Gurleyt Prov Xl.-nee: General S. S. Sahlenburg, Sper? ling, from Gaiveston for Antwerp; barge Vasty, New London. Sailed: Schooners Mount Hope. Port? land: Harland W. Houston, Juston, Bal timote; turge Martha E. McCube, Fur ness, Bayslde, N. C. B >r New York. A JUSTIFIABLE GUESS. (The Daily News) Little Robert--Papa, do you km who it was that invented the phraf "Weighed and found wanting"? Papa-No; I don't remember his nan but I guess it was some fellow w.i put his goods on the scales after he g them home from the grocery. Just try a 10c. bcx of Cascarel?, Inest liver and bowel regulator na.de. AN IN1XEIBE3NIDENT FORTUNE. (Philadelphia North American.) "His face is his fortune." "Yes; he has got more face than any nan I know of." StvervTioay Suya so, uascarets Candy Oathartic. the Ti ist wot erful medical discovery of the ?c, picas nt and refreslnns to the taste,: i t gentl. ail |K)Sitivcly on kidneys, li-erun 1 bowel' uaiibi g the entire system d!sj>cl cold :re headache, fever, Habitual consUpatio ad biliousness. Please buy nvd Irvn lift f C. C. C. to-day; 10, 8T?, SO ems. Solo hi .iiaraDteed to cure by nil drurgtot* The bargains ol the ;?oe are at .Sommers The people of this vi rvnik% are r a p i (1 1 y finding this out. Note the following, whi'cl we ure offering for this week only. Men's Satin Calf, solid leather, laiest style toes, worth $2.00, our price $1.23 Men's Winter Russet, genuine eair. Coin or Bull Dog toes, worth $3.00, our price $1.75. Men's Enamel Russet Hand Sewed Lace Shoe, latest styles, worth $;.0'J, our price $3.00. Ladies' Genuine Vici Kid, patent tip, latest styles, lace or button, worth $2.25, our price $1.25. Ladies' Hand Turned Imported Kid, button or lace shoes, worth $3.00, our price $L98. Misses Grain Solar Tip. solid leather, spring heel button shoes, worth $1.00, our price 60 cents. Children's Genuine Dongola Patent Tip, spring h ?a, button or lace, worth 85 cents, our price 49 cents. Hoys' Satin Calf, solid leather, worth $1.50, our price 98 cents. We have just received 14 dozen Men's Black and Brown Fedora Hats, regular value $1.00, will go at 49 cents. H. Sommers 2906 Washington Ave. me up To-DQie snos 8 Getf Fiimismnas w iFlrst, class table board f I And Rooms ?t I Mrs. JV1. E. D< swells I lOoTwpwt.y-seventh St. Hot and v cold bath. Dinner Kent if de- Lsired. Popular prices. 4 LRICHMOND,

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