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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-06
SHIPPING NEWS.
Pors OF RGrioIk md l.ortsnuonth
May 6.lka7.
ARRIVALS

ARRIVALS.
Br stmp. VfmcIra Thomson. Phlla del
rhla to Tampico. 10 VIM Lamb G. ca
Tor additional cargo OF coal and sailed
achr. emma F. Angel, Trip, to VIM.
Lamb & Co. for coal.
Schr Emily g. Burton, Cullen. Wash
ington. light.
;, sehr George E. Bowden. Timnons.
Baltimore, light
Schr Mary. Geddis. Phla delphla,
Schr VIM. Donnally. higgins. North
aroma 70 Baltimore. with Inmhcr.
Schr. Berthe and Mnude, Levins. Phi)a-
delphia, with phosphate.
Schr. Hennie l.. James. Corbin, Ba!tl-
more. light
schr. Charles T. strann, Marshall Bal
timore. light.
schrs: Oracle, Mary and Carrie and
Emily ?. Wright, with bIuefish
Tug Mary J. Walker, Baltimore. with
barges.
Barge President Mckinley. Baltimore,
win phosphate. In tow Of tug Mel.
CLEARED.
Br. stmp. MILESTONE. Favlle. Rottcr-
dam. by VIM. Johnston company, Lin
tied. with 24S2 tons Of pig iron and 10
cars oak lumber
Schr Maude Sherwood, Kelly, Boston,
with coal
Schr. S. p. Blackburn. Ross. Portland
with coal
Schr Emily +. Burton, Cullen, James
river, to load wood
Barges Vastly and Galatea, New Lon
don. with coal.
Barge N. 6: w. No. 2, Providence, with
coal.
SAILED.
Schr. William 0. Snow, Ellis, New
Bedford. with coal.
Schr. Charles p. hoffman, levitt. Port
land. with coal.
Schr. Minervae L. Wedmnrc. Till
James river to Philadelphia. with lum-
Der.
Schr. Sarah r. Pullman. Adams. New
port News. to load pig iron.
Schr. ]. r. Meredith, Adams, James
river. 10 load wood
Schr. Fl. b. Gibson, Wheatley, BaltI.
more, with lumber.
Schr. Standard. Godfrey, James river
to load ties.
schr. Edward Smith, Lane, New York
with lumber.
Barge John J. Ward. McNally. Rich.
mond: with stone.
Barge N. & w. No. 8. New Haven, with
coal.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-06
esic,,nt1eI,f.

Charles Beslow yesterday made an as
sign 70 r. G. l.. Paige, trustee. conveying
al the stock Of groceries. ETC., in store
no. 3l5 Cumberland street Note hold
ers are placed In the first class Of pref.
erence and the entire liza abilities viii not
exceed 81, 600
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-06
police Cont.

Justice Robert w. Tomlin presided in
me Police Court yesterday. and heard
the case of Thomas Brown, colored. "a
years OF age, and Charlotte Bliups, who
were following the doctrine of Sanctlf-
cationist Lynch. The couple agreed to
marry and upon procuring a license,
Immediately they were discharged.
HELD FOR A COMMISSIONERS.
Charles Thoroughbred, against whom
charges were entered on the police court
docket, of drunkenness. threatening 10
XIII his wife and stealing two tubs Of
lard. was arra1gned yesterday. He was
held for ten days for an examination
as to his sanity.
Minor CASES.
Charles e. Riddlck, colored. larceny Of
ilsh basket, the property Of George
Johnston. colored; sixty days In tail.
Dan Kelly, thirty days In jail, in de-
fault OF furnishing q $50 bond for So
briefly.
Stony Blount, drunkenness; held for
ten days.
John Bereford, Il tramp; discharged
and given an hour to leave the city.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-06
MINOR CASES
Joining the Suit.

The following depositors have Joined
the suits against Burruss, Son & Co:
me Davis suite. V. Simmons, $4,000:
Darden & Rives. SS67.12; Laura Lewis,
S1.292S5. =
The Trice suit-Thomas Rurk 81 65o.
Roberta ". Mitchell, s725: Edward TIL
lett. sheriff OF Currituck county, N. c..
S11.54; ]. E. c. Bell, $4,Ss5.5s
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-06
Property transfers,

Edward Runin to Herman G.. Smith
ork street property; considera lion st, 90
Chas. 0. Santos et ux. to Walter T.
Santos, ct uX.. undivided one third in
terest In property No. 81 Freema son
street; corsdera ton $1,7s16G.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-06


III health is the
Sword Of Danocles {"
that hangs suspended
by a slender thread
above the heads OF
thousands of men. In
the notwithstanding
rush and crush, men
forget and neglect
everything but money
getting. They forget
that the facility for
81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
A GIRL AND BREAD.

EF'rom Ladies Home Journal for Jan.1
A country girl who is determined to
go to Paris to study art is laying aside
for this purpose, each dollar she has
earned. She found that there was no
one else in the village who could make
as good bread and biscuit as she; that
those who had to buy complained OF
the bakers bread. She made no effort
at sending her bread to g woman's ex-
change, as she knew that such places
were always overstocked, but she went
through her own tOwn-a very small
one-and asked for orders. She is max
ing money because there has never
been a sad loaf of bread or a heavy
biscuit sent out from her kitchen. She
will supply neighbor with hot bis
cults at tea time, and she has learned
to make dainty ruSk, especially for in
valids who enjoy these light, sweet
dainties. Her prices are reasonable.
Another girl, ambitious to gain some
thing, got her father to let her have a
bit of ground, and to give her the
money that he would otherwise have
bestowed upon her for wedding dress
With this she was able to buy plants
and to hire a boy to help her; and dur
ing the summer, While the boarding
houses around demanded them, she
served the freshest of radishes, the
crispest of lettuce, the earliest corn, and
the largest tomatoes; and she says now
tEat she thinks she will double the size
of her garden next summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
HERRMANN,s Art.
[From the New York Tribune


Hermann was a shrewd man at
knowing what was for his advantage.
One of the clever things that he did
was to cultivate the likeness of Mephis-
topheles. 1t was not deep enough to
alarm anybody. His aspect was not
forbidding, but he had the thin face
and the sharp eyes naturally. and he
added to these deliberately the little
pointed beard, the heavy moustacfe,
turned up at the points, and the short
hair, with respect to which nature aid
ed him again by making it curly. Then
he wore close fitting dress of black
satin, and the moment anybody saw
him he expected him to do magical
things as a matter of course. In his
talk on the stage-the ''patter," as IL
is technically called-he was again for
tunate What if his jokes did have a
familiar ring to them after one had
gone to his exhibitions for a few years?
To those who heard them for the first
time they had the air of being made
on the spot, and they served to carry
the entertainment along merrily at
many a point where it would have flag
ged. Those whose understanding of
magicians is derived only from having
seen one or another of them on two or
three occasions do not realize what an
important part of the business this pat
ter is. Many a magician who could
do capital tricks has failed altogether
before an audience either because he
could not talk or because his talk was
silly rubbish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
TRAIN ROBBER CONFESSES.
One of the Blue Cut Train Robbers
Tells About the Hold Up.

Kansas City, Jan. 5.-Flynn, the far
mer who was arrested for the Blue Cut
hold up, has made a confession telling
in minute detail how the holdupS of
Chicago and Alton trains at Blue Cut
were planned with Kennedy as the
arch potter
1t gives the names of all of the men in
each of the affairs, tells how the mon
ey was divided and where the jewelry
was buried near the scene of the rob
berries.
Besides Kennedy and Flynn the gangs
are said to have included two others,
for whom the officers are now search
ing.
A quantity of jewelry, as indicated by
Flynn, was found buried near Cracker
Neck, together with $25 in gold, two
shot guns, three revo1vers and a mask.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
THE REAM AND TIE MorE.

The New York Post in an editorial
mai1es the following comment on the
coming Kansas anniversary ceIebra-
ton:
considering that Kansas has been
built up largely through the money of
eastern capitalists and that its future
growth depends largely upon still at
tracing such money, the policy of hold
ing public meetings to 'denOunce' the
holders of this money is the most ex-
traordinary financial policy ever adopt
ed by a civilized community It is an
other of those curious performances
that make one wonder what popularity
there is in the climate of Kansas which
makes its people act as though they
were bereft of reason. Eastern COM
mentatOrS upon current events frankly
confess that this sort of thing is be-
yond them and are glad to turn it over
to the treatment of the Emporia Ga
zette as a local authority which has re-
peatedly Illuminated the situation
Kansas does not purpose denouncing
the eastern holders of money. She in
tends to defend herself from ISLANDERS,
to stand up for herself, for her integri-
ty, for her debt-paying reputation and
for an hornor and honesty that is not
equalled by many eastern people who
have gained their means by wraclzing
railroads, gambling in stocks and sWind-
ling. Not all holders Of eastern money
have gained it honorably, though many
have and have been defrauded out of it
by the most shameless action on the
part of eastern savings banks and loan
institutions that have been reckless of
their confiding customers property.
The east needs the interest that
comes from western loans and enter
prises. In fact. the east in past years
has been more eager to loan money
than the west was to borrow it-and to
diligence with which money was thrust
upon western farmers. interruptions
agents of eastern money almost forced
their loans on the west, were careless
of the security of their clients, and
anxious mainly for the first profit and
commission in the deal
It is not an unmixed i'll that money
now comes harder It will be confined
more closely to legitimate business and
real demand and needs.
In this connection it is to be noted
that money is safer in the banks of
Kansas today than in perhaps any 9th
er state in the Union, while in scores of
localities east and north of US the de-
positor and investor are losing their
cash. Let the New York papers look
after a few beams in the eyes of other
states and not confine themselves to
the Kansas notes. Why should a speck
in the orb of Kansas be larger to the
east than huge timbers in the light or
gans of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri,
New Hampshire, New York and Penn
SylYania?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
FRANCIS REYERSES HOKE.
Those Who Entered Strip
From East.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Secretary Francis
has inaugurated policy of giving full
qualifications for entry to those individ
uals who in good faith. entered the Cher
okee outlet from the east side. which
the Ponca, Osage and OtOe and Missouri
and other Indian reservations are located.
This is a reversal of the rulings of Secre-
tary Smith, who held that those who
made runs from the reservations diSqual-
filed
The new policy is laid down in a decision
in the case of Michael Brady, John Fl.
Mcdonald and John NJ. Dahl, VS. Charles
office decision that entrance to the terri
tory from the Usage reservation disquali-
fed Brady from entry The proclama-
ton issued twenty days before the OPEN
ing is held to have been the guide con-
trolling the entrance for occupation and
settlement, the reservation of strip of
land 100 feet wide around the entire tract,
of course including the east side. is cited
and the proclamation accordingly made
no inhibition upon settlers entering from
those Indian reservations or the 100 foot
reservation.
Secretary Francis holds that the route
travelled to get toe the strip did not dis
qualify persons making the from the
east side from making entry and that it
is not within the power of the executive
ifications of one making homestead en-
try. The only theory which the secre-
tary of the interior could possibly pre-
vent persons from making the run from
these Indian reservations was that under
the laws and treaties with the tribes
white people are not allowed and could
have been removed as treSSpa SSers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
TO FIND ROTTEN ARMOR.
Secretary Herbert VIII Make a Thor
ough Examination Into Defec-
tive Steel Plates.

Washington, Jan 5.-Secretary Her
bert and Assistant Secretary McAdoo
conferred for several hours today with
the members of the special board head
ed by Captain Mccormick, charged with
an inquiry as to the defective structural
plates of battleships. 1t has been finally
determined to employ dozen or SO to
aid the board. These viii be paid
from 81 to SO per day and they will be
selected after competitive examination
by civil service methods.
The secretary decided to pursue the
investigation initiated by the McCor-
mick board and look into the quality
of materials and supplies for other YES
sells than the Kentucky, Kearsarge and
Illinois, which have already been ex-
amined. To this end the Mccormick
board has been ordered to visit Cramps
works at Philadelphia and examine the
steel supplied by the Carnegie works
for the battleship Alabama.
Another board has also been appoint
ed in San Francisco to visit the Union
Iron works and ascertain on just what
kind of basis steel is being sent out
there from the Bethlehem works to
build the battleship Wisconsin. It is
not known that any fault exists in
either of these cases, but the secre-
tary deems it best to make sure that
the same defects that are found in the
Kearsarge and Kentucky steel do not
exist in the others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
CALL IT @rRoEsEA"
IRON the Baltimore Sun. ]

The word trocha is of such frequent
occurrence in dispatches and news
from Havana that it seems likely in
time TO become Incorporated into the
English speech. An explanation Iav-
ing been asked of the term, which is
pronounced trotsha, with the accent on
the first syllable, it may be stated that
originally it denotes a fOotpath, path
way, or, sometimes, a short cut. Dur
ing the present Cuban unpleasantness
its Specification has been applied to a
fortified high road
In approaching the -'trocha," the first
impeachment encountered consists of a
barbed wire fence. three and a half feet
IN height Behind this are the posts of
the sentinels, made of palmetto leaves.
Forty yards back of these extends a
ditch, three feet deep and four wide
This is protected by a rampant of
trunks of palmetto trees. About anoth-
er 40 yards beyond this obstruction the
barracks of the soldiers are erected of
logs and other building material, and
covered with roofs of straw.
The wall of stone and earth runs all
along the roadway. Trees standing
near II are assembled by winding stairs
and afford places sof observation over a
wide extent of territory. The military
stations are never separated by q larg-
er distance than that of half a mile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05

The English arbitration law for set
ting difficulties between employers and
their workmen is about to have a Sc
we're test. AS the result of a contro-
versy with the employees in his mines,
Lord Penrhyn has locked out his men
and declines to submit to the mediation
of the government as provided for by
law. 1t may be that the old adage
that you can lead a horse to water,
but you cannot make him drink is TO
have a fresh illustration in this attempt
at enforced arbitration. Arbitration IS
the powerful new element in an ad-
vanced civilization and any temporary
check to its good influences between in
dividua1s and nations it is to be hoped
will only enhance it's ultimate triumph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
CULLOM ON CUBA.
Illinois Senator Thinks Steps Will b.
Taken to Terminate HostiIities.

Washington, Jan. 5.-SeEator Cullom
of Illinois, q member of the committee
on foreign relations, was asked for his
views concerning the Cuban resolution
and what he thought of the suggestion
that it should be shelVed for the pres
ent
He says he knows nothing as to the
intentions of the committee on foreign
relations, but indicates that in case the
opposition to the resolution should be
strong enough. it could be talked to
death.
While he voted for the resolution, he
is not particular as to the form it
takes or what it should declare, his
object being as he declared in his
speech early in the session, to have
some action taken to bring the brutal
war in Cuba to an end.
Senator Cullom thinks it is not I'M
likely that steps in that direction are
being taken ard that possibly
something may be done which will ter
inmate hOStilitieS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05

In no case, perhaps, is political
party held to such strict accountability
by the people as when it fails to es-
tabIish promised reforms or carry out
introduction pledges. The reform party
which was installed in New York city
is now charged with not only giving the
people worse administration of NUM-
cipa1 affairs than that of Tammany
hall, but with increasing the taxes at
the same time. These charges prob
ably greatly exaggerate the facts, but
they point to necessity that reform
parties should reform and demonstrate
that ante-election promises are some
thing more than words with which vic
tory is attained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
THEATER MANNERS.
[From Theatrical Things.

j. f. Dodson had an unpleasant ex-
perience recently, in which. however,
he came out With flying colors. After
a long rehearsal of '-Cnder the Red
Robe" the comedian sauntered down
broadway and dropped in at the Bitou
theater to see his old friends. Mr.. and
Mrs Bourchier, in The Chill Widow
In the seat next to Mr.. Dodson was a
rather stout lady who kept going in
and out constantly. not only as soon
as each act was finished, but also while
the play was going on. The space be-
tween the rows of seats was very mar
row, and Mr.. Dodson was consequently
subjected to much annoyance as she
passed him. After he had been dis
turbed for about the seventh time, the
offender in his sweetest tones: MADAM
trust don't incommode You by keep
ing my seat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
BELABORED THE "WITCH."
Man and Son Beat Man Who They
Thought "Hexed" Them.

Lancaster, Pa, Jan. st. H. Ressler
and his son are in Jail through their
belief in witchcraft. The son claimed
to be "hexed'' and under the influence
of a witchs spell. They consulted a
witch doctor, who told them that John
Freshman was the party who had him
under a spell, and the only way to free
him was for RessleT and his son to
sweep Freshman with a broom.
The son swept Freshman from head
to foot and to make the cure effective
beIabored him with the handle. BY
this time his (trength gave out and he
handed the broom to his father. who
also severely chastised Freshman. The
victim of the assault objected to this
treatment and had them arrested for
assault and battery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05

The Topeka Journal gives circulation
to q plain unvarnished lie when it says
any one but Governor E. N. Morrill,
wrote the governors message in 1894
Only a few days ago we had occasion
to test Governor MorrilTs ability to
compose rapidly and well. And we
We're so satisfied with the result that
we mentioned his cleverness to the Rev.
Mr.. Richardson, who quite agreed to
the governors wisdom and readiness
Hiawatha World.
The governor may be ready enough
and all that, but his message was
found in George T. Anthony's papers
after his death in George T. Anthonys
hand writing. It is no disgrace for an
executive officer to have his message
written by someone else, provided it
expresses the executive officers views
There is no occasion for getting angry
about it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
SAVE THE ADIRONDACKS.
An Appropriation of s. 100000 Will
be Asked of the Legislature.

Albany. Jan. 5-The special legisla-
tive committee which investigated the
cutting of lumber in the AdirondackS,
and the extent of trespassing and tim
Der stealing in the State park, has com
pleted it's work. 1t win recommend to
the coming legislature that 81 600 900 be
appropriated to purchase additional
lands within the State park, so that the
future protection of the Hudson river
watershed will be assured, as well as
the canal reservoirs which get their
supply from the streams and lakes
which traverse the Adirondack region
The committee was appointed by the
assembly, and several months were
spent in the investigation. a personal
inspection of the whole Adirondack re-
gion having been made by the members
of the committee. Assemblyman Thos.
II. Wagstaff, of Brooklyn, is chairman
of the committee. In speaking today
of the work of the committee and the
report that will soon be made to the
legislature, he said:
THE Adirondack watershed is of such
vast Importance to the state, and the
wooded growth so necessary for its
preservation. that the committee were
of the unanimous opinion that prompt
action must be taken to preserve these
forests, which can be done only by
state ownership Private owners use
their holdings here for the purpose of
obtaining return for the money in
vested by the removal and sale of the
timber, and, while many thousand acres
are held by private clubs and the tim
Der not cut, it is for the reason that
these clubs keep their property in a
wild state for the better enjoyment OF
their members. individuals cannot be
expected to do for the state what 1t
should do for itself Around the edge
of the forests practically all the soft
wood has been removed, and there is
danger that ultimately the hard wood
| will also be numbered, as much of it
| is now of value and only needs an
economical meas of transporting the
/ logs to market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
WICHITA BANK CASE.
Supreme Court Approves the Course
of Receiver Leland in Enforcing
Liability Law.

Washington, D. c.. Jan. Sin
the case of John F. Bushnell VS.
Cyrus A. Leland, receiver of the State
National bank of Wichita, Kan, the
court reafIirmed in a decision by Jus
tice White the right of the national
bank receiver appointed by the comp
troller of the currency to enforce the
individual liability of the banks stock
holders.
The case was appealed from a decis-
ion of the Connecticut district court,
and yesterdays opinion affirmed this
view.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
Reached daily average for first six
months 1896 of Io,6z5s

The new STATE JOURNAL home is
one of the neatest and most unique
buildings in the state - model
newspaper structure. Its fast web
press and its Iinotypes are on the
the ground floor, behind plate glass,
affording a never ceasing attraction
to the passerby on the sidewalk.
The public can see and time the
printed papers and know that over
ten thousand are issued daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05
BUYING CANADA WHEAT.
The Largest Stocks There, are Being
Purchased for Export

New York, Jan. 5.-A Montreal dis
patch to the Post says large stocks
of Ontario wheat are being bought for
export.
James c. Caruthers has bought, at an
average of 81 and 50 cents, about $4,000
or so 600 bushels, and has begun to send
it to the Seaboard. MeSSrs. Crane &
Bord have bought to a similar extent
The demand in England is partly at
tributed to the fact that American win
ter wheat is being all taken by the
millers. These shipments are said to
be the first wheat exports from Ontario
for almost two years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-05

Since surgeons have demonstrated the
practicability of mending broken necks
electrocution of criminals may conf
IDENTIFY be expected to take the place of
hanging. The application of this dis
covery may, however. prove. a serious
blow to a popular southern pastime.