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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
CENTRAL. hAROR UNION.
The Regular Monthly Meeting Held
Inst Night.

The regular monthly meeting of Cen
trail Labor Union OF Southeast can Nir
ginia was held last evening in Labor
Hall on Main street. with President Ed
gar keefr in the chair. 4 good attend
ance Of delegates being present.
Mr. W. IL. Wells was received as Il
new delegate from Norfolk 1ypugra-
phicnl Union. No. -. 10 fill a vacancy
and upon assuming the obligation made
Il spirited talk, defining his position in
the labor movement ana as District Or
ganizcr Of the international Typogra-
phical Union, which was well received.
MIR. n. L. Cook. OF the Portsmouth
Machinists Lodge. submitted II resolu-
ton changing the bylaws 50 as To pro-
vide Il vice presidency for each organi-
alton represented in the Central body
watch went over for one month under
the rules.
The most important feature of the
meeting was the report of the i.egis-
lativc Committee. Chairman Charles &
Ni%er reading a written statement OF she
position OF labor measures prop scd
in the General Assembly by the Central
Trades and Labor Council Of Richmond
IN" aye and nay vote in the senate
by which The mechanics lien law wa:
passed. ana the vote in the House de-
fcating the bill for stamping OF convic,
made goods were read. and created con
F'NitH "a bit tISNriS'@!til. ESPECIAL favor
able mention was made of the. action
taken in behalf of labor by DELEGATES
Eland and Foster, and Senators Snead
and Maynard. Considerable dissatis-
faction was shown as TO the fate OF IN.
labor bureau hll
y motion by Mr. w. j. Wheeler tina.
the Central Labor Union take stems tow
ara the foundation of Il State Labor
Union was adopted. and as similar ac
h.r tab
Trades and Labor Council. tht. scheme
VIII probably become effective during
the year.
Secretary c. c. Houston gave notice
oil am amendment to the Constitution
providing for a regular montnly r,nort
from eaSn afiiliating union or assOcla
'iuh OIL the condition Of trade, number
% men employed. etc, ANA in c,fcc.
lhaI The labor unions shall c,ant. y
labor bureau OF their own. iuas,nuc,,
as the General Assembly does moi dcem
IL advisable 10 do so, and i'm this way
o'i!cct statistics. with the. co-opcra
non oil similar orders throughout the
State. that will prove OF material as
sistarce III getting at the correct con1i.
l!oh OF every department of labor i'm
Virginia az
a resolution was adopted craa,ipc =,
committee on Grievances. to inyestipatr
Such matters rs may arise in which
there is a probability of disagreement
between employer and cmplcyc.
MT. 1. +. Cook Introduced a motion to
IN" effect that the sense of ai,llio;inc
unions he asccrtaincd as to tn. advisa,
bility OF small monthly or quarterly
per capita assessment creating n J,nris
latiVc fund to properly defray eNpcnsrs
CT committee looking after labo:. in
t6rests during the next session of the
General Assembly. Carried
After short talks on different 1ohnr
and economic questions the meeting nd
tourned.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26

Solomon Wilson and Laura Bray. col
ored, robbery of II. G. White: continued
10 next term one of their counsel. Mr..
George Mcintosh. not being able 10 be
present.
BERTHE Franklin and Bessie Cohen.
Keeping houses of III @mc. plea Of guilty;
jury waived and sentenced by the Court
To pay fine OF s. each and be impri-
soncd one minute In Jail.
Samuel Taylor qualified as a notary
public.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
Court or Inw ma cnanrcr,,

City National Bank vs.. T.. Brownstein
and the estate OF Thomas Brown: judy
mcnt for Si.00a.90.
Chicago Hotel Cabinet Company VS.
pinkley Wright and Arthur Turner;
Judgment for sl2.
K. d. Doyle. attorney. VS.. ]. l.. Ed
wards; judgment for S22.50.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
METEOROLOGICAL Dnfn.

u ). Department. OF Agriculture
Weather Bureau, Norfolk, Feb. %.
Local meteorological data for the n
hours ending y. m. last night:
Maximum temperature Al
minimum temperature . 32
Nnrmal temperature deduced from
"A years observations 4E
Departure from normal -. minus 9
departure since Jan. 1.. minus 81
rainfall for twenty-four hours. :. Ira ce
i;ainfall since Feb. l 81
j. j. GRAY. observer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
MINOR CASES.
CITY <,irc,,it t,n,,rt

y motion for new trial In the case
of Scott Smith. colored. VS.. the City
Gas Light Company. was overruled
Notice of appeal was given by counsel
FOR the defense. This case. which has
been tried twice In this court. will now
go TO the Court Of Appeals. On the first
trial the plaintiff was given $4,000.
and on the second trial s2.S00. He claim
ed To have been injured by II swagging
electric light wire owned by the de-
PENDANT
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
v, \, H, TR|CE & CO,
Real Estate & Rental Agents
90 BANK STREET.
EoR REhT

STORES-Nice store corner Park and
Brambleton ayes; 2ii Main street: ~. 81
commerce street. a Sank street. store Iu2
main street; 81 Church street: stores
Under Gladstone Hotel. store corner
. Flats--l9j, l!S Church street: ll2. 12l
Bank all III odern improvements: 100 James
1trect: several desirable rooms lSU Main
street; los, 2lI Main; nice Hat on Hill
20 RESIDENCES-1T3 Butte street: 80 Duke
street: 10y. III Duke: 10 ana Il Wake: 81
Holt, q Mariner; 81 Queen. e. and 81 Mar
1ner. 1ol Yarmouth > houses Holt street,
Yarmouth street, % North, February
10, sb; Desirable residence CRANKY street
extended with . acres OF ground, corner
Mariner and Chanel.
Brombleton-lo3 I.ovitt avenue: III Res
srvoir avenue; 2"6 Wiloughbv corner
mouse; 2lO 40S, i0i Park avenue: &c Kelly
avenue: 30i Highland
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
special Sale UmbrciIas-W Ige
7aSsgf Main Street

connection with our Great Unload
.asa saie, as advertised we will place on
ssa ie one hundred Twill silk gloria UNI
.bs s,ls. pest make and finish. with
t ys,,aSn handles in Dresden balls black
al 80 ,ioops, silver trimmed and natur-
90 t".u, Win cards and cassettc, 26 and
81 tn nenes at Csc. each. Regular price
sftSahd ". Great bargains ali over The
s 9ssRs. Call and see them. ''e
WRlGHT'S. 1870 Main street
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
The Public Have Discovcrea

ssIlat our statements are re,i,h,n ha
s5he busy scene daily Witnessed in ,'e nee
s AZ, BARGAINS, reliable bargains In
49,. soods for all that come 10 lew
/ Ssssn a Mo usrn Cash Bargain Centre. IL
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
Burruss. Son s; Co..
BAN K. -ERS

discounted paper
81 Ioans negotiated on favorable terms
I and sold "o"sht
SkIted. '"'''S III
h Ahtsrest allowed OH time deposits
g fnpderate '' Niui scs
DraW bills of Exchange and make cable
40 Letters OF credit issued IN rrincir,,
cities of the world
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26

j. IL n. Godwin:. Fourth Sergeant, w. II.
Walters. Fifth Corporal. G G. loves.
sixth Corporal. w. Il. Mclean; Seventh
corporal, w. NJ. Jones. Jr.: Eighth Cor.
pofal 2. j. Dey; Guidon. Il. i. Pullcn:
Guarter.Master Sergeant. G. G.. Scott:
H , Master. Sergeant. p. c. Petree;
hospital Steward, Il. r. Hudgins.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
New whitc Goods New pc,cn,cs.

remnants Of black goods at way down
prices White goods from &c. up, the
SC. Kind. Finer goods at popular prices.
II. ~ SAUNDERS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
THE EMBERLY CASE.

THE KIMBERLY CASE.
Edward Kimberly. who was brought
10 Norfolk from Richmond some DAYS
ago upon the charge of stealing. during
last June, Il stock of goods valued at $500
from the store No. 232 Church street.
this city-wher1 lie and w. S. Bradley
were carrying on the grocery business
was arraiSncd i'll the Police Court. Upon
investigating the matter the court rolnd
that besides the stock of goods personal
property of Mr.. Bradley was taken from
the place at the same time the goods
were shipped TO Baltimore and a sepa-
tnte warrant. charging the prisoner with
this oifense, was issued Both cases
We're taken under adtisemeni. MIR,
Bradley, who is now living in Richmond,
was here to prosecute the case.
MINOR CASES.
Mary L. Collins anu Hester Wash
inEton. both colored: n commission of
lunacy ordered in each acse.
w. H. King, colored. larceny OF 81
from colorcd man named Jones; con-
tinued for further examinations
Emmet Roberts. colorcd stealing n
hat from Robert Gillian. also colored,
and carrying IL concealed weapon; dis
missed.
Henry Wilson, colored committing
IL nuisance In Brambleton: fined s2T2
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
D.i.l.

ny street, on Tuesday February o.
is,G' at u. M. Rev. JAMES r. HUE
MID ID. d., Rector of ST. Thomas
Euneral from Christ Church on TO
MORROW Crhursday) at 70 o'clock.
BROWN-!At his kate residence. s07
cour. street, Portsmouth. Va, Febru-
arS E5tn ls"6, at 1850 II. M, JAMES w.
days.
The funeral services will take place at
nesdayD AFTERNOON, ut $50 O'Clock.
Friends and acqnaintances are respect
fully invited to attend
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
PORT CALENDAR

sun rises, GAO u. m; sun sets, ISL d.
M High water, 1902 u. m. and 7:26 D. m
Low water. 1886 a. m. and 1:oG n. m
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26

Horse Caterers-H. G.. Guy & Co. sci!
good feed. 222 Chapel. Phone 7Gs.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
,yEArIiEit a. sPour.
Forccns, for.fo-dnY.

Washington. Feb. 25, 1896.
A Virginia: Fair ana warmer;
Y FAIR winds shifting to southerly.
North Carolina: Fair and
warmer: variable winds, be-
coming southwesterly
Inc weather Is nearly clear, except In
the iake regions. and the extreme mort h
west. In the South Il belt of high pres
sure stretches from the South Atlantic
Coast to California.
Inc temperature has fallen in the
Middle ana North Atlantic States and
risen IN the Missouri and Upper Mis-
sisSippi valleys and Upper Lake region.
IhG'e VIII be partial cloudiness in
possibly accompanied by light snow In
other sections of the country the wen
ther VIII be generally fair. Higher tenn
perature Will prevail in the Atlantic
coaSt districts
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26

X. w. Shulticc to Wythc NJ Parks,
lot in Atlantic City Ward. $3.50.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
in COURT YESTERDAY
Another Dull Day Recorded In All of
the Tribunals Of Justice.
BUSINESS OF THE SEVERAL COURTS
Tho 'EmberIy lCmse Taken Under All.
viscnlent-The Corporation Court
--Kccpers Of Disorderly Houses
IIcnd Guiity-SuIts Decided and
Other Matters Of sfin0r Moment.

Yesterday will go down IN history as
an unusually dull day in this city. The
Police Court furnished very little OF
interest, while the other courts were
even OF less Importance so far as re-
suits were concerned
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
T. f. ROGERS,
RooMS I'll AND 212 COLUMBIA BUILD.
ING GRANNY STREET.

FOR RENT.
s Dwelling No. ga Main street.
+ Dweiiins No 1oi W. Brambleton ave-
Dwelling over No. go Main street.
!. store 26i Church street
dwelling No. 1 Falkland street
Y Elat No. ~ Bunk street
RI,weiling NO; l Cumberland street.
Z, Flat No. % Granny street
4 dwelling No. & Shields street.
i&s evening No. 40 Cumberland street.
s Two stores on Main street.
i.E Store bS Roanoke avenue
ii Etores Nos. 40 and A Commerce street
5S& store No. 10 Bank, street
HtrestS. 80
Sc Dwelling No. 10 High street.
- Dwelling No. $40 Butte street
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26

HOODS FILLS are the best aftcr-din-
tmer PHI; assist digestion, cure headache
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
IIeadnchcc-Curc IL.

Don't suffer headache when pair of
Or. Weeks glasses may relieve you,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-26
Drive Nni

me impurities from ysur blood and build
up your system by creating an appetite
;snu tohinS the stomach with Hoods
The advocate., 1896-08-12
We Need More Coin.

First-Because we have not lawful
tender coin enough for the legitimate
demands of our trade.
Second-BeCsuse we shall require
much more coin than we now have to
pay our coin obligations, and more
than we will ever have if we persist in
maintaining an exclusively gold basis.
Third-BeCause this policy would
tend to revive business, stimulate en-
terprlse, employ labor and capital, and
encourage the people.
As to the first reason, If the fact
were not self evident that we have not
now gold coin enough to transact our
business with, 1t needs only be said
that from actual tests it appears that
only about per cent. of the business
done in and through our banking
houses, is done with gold. A less
amount is done with silver. We are
compelled to use various forms of
paper to make up the difference be-
tween 2 per cent. and 100 per cent.
And, although we use large amounts
of greenbacks, treasury notes, silver
certificates and National bank notes,
still, even with these added to the metal
coins, we are able to supply only per
c6nt. of the demand, and we do all the
rest of our trade-92 per cent.-wlth
private paper, notes, checks, bills,
drafts, etc.
The advocate., 1896-08-12
A Banker In Politics.

The President Of the Seventh
National bank Of this city enlivened
the debate at the Democratic Club
Thursday night by describing the sup
pOrterS Of Bryan and Sewall as men
affecting contempt for the bath and
for more than one suspender," who
Swarm in every cross roads grocery
with boards filled with cracker crumbs" I"
They are political demagogues," con-
tinues this eminent fnsnCier; their
orstory is blasphemOus, and their
hRunts are country law offices, stores
and ssloons"-sl environment, by the
way, which-nOt excepting the country
Saloons-Was that of Daniel Webster,
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jack.
son in their early days. A character
iStic sneer at what the orator called
the ''Wild and woody West" completed
his argument.
OneeES hG bne cross fOAuS, RG the
country law offices and store are pecu-
liarly impolitic now, and display a de-
gree Of ignorance Of American political
history which stamps its pOsBessor as
absolutely unfit to discuss public ques-
tiOns. The country store has been
until very lately vastly more impOr-
tant factor in our politics than the
bank parlor or the luxurious city club.
Out of the country law Office have
come most Of our Presidents, and all
Of the strongest ones. The country
store which Lincoln kept was not with
out its wet goods department, and the
country law Office, which was the scene
Of his early efforts ct SprinRHeld, ILL.,,
The advocate., 1896-08-12
A Useful New Book.

A book fresh from the press, entitled
"Gold and Silver Coinage Under the
Constitution" contains all the coinage
laws Of the United States from the first
act, April 2, 1892, to the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman law,
November l, 1893, together with the
laws relating to foreign coins, and to
gold and silver certificates. The book
is published by Rand, McNally & Co.,
Chicago. Mr.. P. w. Gardner, Hotel
Grace, Chicago, is selling the work.
We do not know the price.
The Senate ordered reprint of these
laws few days before adjournment,
but from some cause the work has not
yet been done. And when 1t is done
the edition viii be small, and only a
few persons, comparatively, can get
copies. If this private enterprise
offers the book at a reasonable price,
1t will probably be better for persons
who want it to address Mr.. Gardner
and ascertain the price.
The advocate., 1896-08-12

is better to be hsIlowed as cradle of
liberty than any banking psrlor in New
York.
The speech Of the President of the
Seventh National bank before the
Democratic Club would make a good
Bryan and Sewall campaign document
In every State Of the union.-NcsO
York Journal.
The advocate., 1896-08-12

Free coinage puts money out at once
among the people, while IL bullion is
purchased for coinage and paid for
with paper, the coin is apt to be stored
and may not get into circulation at all.
It would change the situation If coin
age value was paid for the bullion and
the paper made full legal tender. But
none Of our paper, under the present
practice and under existing laws, will
pay a gold debt; at any rate, not till
after judgment is taken and exeeu-
ton issued. The court could not en-.
force payment in gold, even though
the judgment be for gold. The secur.
ity would be sold for whatever it would
bring in dollars, and that would be the
end Of the transaction.
The advocate., 1896-08-12

product Of silver bullion. Give IL free
and unlimited coinage with gold and
see how soon 1t will resume it's normal
standard In the commercial world with
gold bullion. There will be an unllm-
tied demand for Il, but q limited price.
But If our government takes the lead
in the free coinage Of silver, it Is my
humble opinion that other nations will
soon follow.
'NoW II we are convinced that the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio Of is to will give as more
money and better prices for our prod
ucts, as free and intelligent American
citizens, what is our duty to ourselves,
our families and our countryP Shall
we continue to vote for the men and
parties that tell us 'the existing gold
standard must be preserved and that
we are therefore opposed to the free
coinage Of silver except by interns-
tionsl agreement with the leading COM
mercisl nations Of the world which
being interpreted or read between the
lines means that we believe that the
free coinage Of silver is ell right and
the best thing for this country but then
we must not pass free coinage law till
our masters over In Lombard street In
London give us their consent. What
has become of the independent spirit
Of the Revolutionary fathersP Is the
American eagle going to quietly fold
its wings 'snd look up with q sort Of
cOmplscent eye to the English liOnP
Our Declaration Of Independence de-
clares that 'all men are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable
rights, and one Of these rights dele
gated to Congress by our constitution
is the right and power Of Congress 'to
coin money and regulate the value
thereof 1t doesn't say word about
getting the consent Of other leading
commercial nations of the world. In
conclusion: Let US be more patriotic
than partisan; let us lay other minor
questions on the shelf for the present,
and unite our forces and make one
mighty pull for the American dollar,
and victory will perch upon our ban.
ner."
The advocate., 1896-08-12

FIFTEEN CENTS will get the AD-
VocATE till the November election.
And this viii include the Campaign
Edition, which win be worth more than
any ascent book on the present issues.
The advocate., 1896-08-12
DEMAND MAKES THE PRICE.
RemOnetiEe silver and We Won't Hear Any
More About bO-eent DOllaRE.

mass convention at st. John, July IL,
1895. Mr.. Cook is the present County
Treasurer Of Stafford county, and has
always been q Republican:
"We are not here as partlssng, as
Republicans, Populists or Democrats;
neither are we here In the interest of q
new idea or Ism, but we are here In the
interest of a principle as old ss the
government itself. The American
Congress In 1892 fixed q monetary unit
to consist Of S7lA grains Of pure sil.
yer or 4l211S grains Of standard silver.
That much silver constituted a dollar.
Gold was also made money, but It's
value was counted from this silver
unit or dollar. The ratio was fixed at
Is parts Of silver to of gold, and In
1884 It was changed to 16 to l. This
was the law up to 1873, and during
this long period the value of the silver
dollar never changed. When the ratio
was changed from 10 to l to 16 to !,
the silver dollar was left the same size,
and the gold dollar was made smaller.
The latter was changed from "a. grains
to 1872 grains pure gold, or 25.8 grains
standard gold. Both were legal tender
In payment Of all debts, and. our mints
were opened to the free and unlimited
coinage Of both gold and silver. Both
were redemption money. We were
then on q bimetslliC basis; although
silver fixed the unit value, gold was
regulated by it. Our fOrefsthers
showed wisdom by selecting the silver
instead of gold for the unit or stand
ard Of value, as 1t was the money
mostly used among the people, ItWasr
as 1t is to-day, poor mans money. II
was scattered among the people, and II
the monied monopOlies wish to create
panic by drawing In the money and
making 1t scarce, 1t was not so easily
cornered. On February II, 1873, Con
gress passed an act purpOrting to be 8
revision of the coinage laws. But In
fact 1t was law demOnetizing silver
It repealed the unit clause In the Law
Of 1892, and substituted the following
The gold coins Of the United States
shall be a one dollar piece, which al
the standard weight of 25.S grainl
shall be the unit of value, etc. Thil
act made provision for the coinage Of
trade dollar, but no provision for thI
coinage Of the standard silver dollar
1t deprived silver Of It's unrestricted
right Of free coinage and destroyed 4
az redemption or primary money. b.
that act the gold dollar was made tht
unit Of value, and that is the law to
day. Silver is refused admission a
our mints. 1t iS no longer redemption
money equal with gold. It Is onl!
credit money. 1t Is not recognized a
redemption money by the Secretary o.
the Treasury. When q bond Ia pre-
sented for payment, calling for United
Ststes coin, either gold or silver, at thl
option Of the government, 1t is pai(
In gold. WhyS Because silver hal
deprecated In value by being demone
tized, and can only be kept ct par will
gold, so long as gold is the single
standard, by being redeemable with
gold the same as paper money. Nov
all that we ask as bimetallists, is thaI
silver be placed on the same equality