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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
iBy Telegraph.)

NEW YORK. May o7.-Hradstreet'>
tomorrow will say:
"A total volume Of business fully
proportional to or In excess of that
usually noted at this season or this
year is indicated by reports to Brad
streets this weeks.
In most sections of the country the
situation generally remains satisfacto-
ny. The volume of bank clearings, as
was to be expected, shows the contrac-
ton usual toward the close of the
month OF May. but with few exceptions
the crop situation. the volume of rail
way earnings. and the reports from a
number of leading industries point to
a maximum volume of business doing
in most parts of the country. Relative
ly the best trade reports continue as
for some time past. to come from the
central west and northwest, where the
outlook, both as regards crops yields
and prices, continue eninently salts
factory to the agricultural interests.
The wheat situation shows little change
on the week. but this and next year s
delivery appear to have parted COM
pany as shown by the increased strin-
gency of prices of wheat for imme-
uiate use, pointing to unimpaired
strength in the nearby statictical posi-
ton. while on the other hand. the large
yield foreshadowed tends to easneSs in
prices Of next years crop deliveries
The price OF corn reflects less anxiety
about the crop. induced by the re-
turn of weather favorable to planting
and growth. Weather conditions do
not altogether favor the cotton crop.
dry weather being complained Of
throughout the most of the South At
lantic and Gulf states. The possibility
of over-selling cotton upon the rea'i-
cation of q large crop is reflected in
the increased interests manifested in
spot and August delivery cotton. the
latter selling at 4 considerable premium
over next seasons delivery. Reports
from the iron and steel industries are
of very large business being done by
the mills and furnaces.
signs accumulate that the long.
looked for Improvement i'll the wooi
trade is nearer realization. H..
.Cerial exports still continue unpre-
heavy, wheat shipments tor
the week aggregating 4.309l33 bushels.
against 4 ,OG4, 900 bushels last week; 2
OSl COO bushels in this week IL year ago.
. Ot;i 900 bushels in 1896 and 2,426,ooo
hushels in 1895. Corn exports are among
the largest on record, aggregating o.
1854 a56 bushels this week. against h.53o..
600 bushels last week, 2.1S5,0O0 bushels
in this week a year ago l.l20.0oo business
in 1896, !, O4O. 900 bushels in 1893 and ST.
con bushels in 1894.
"Rusiness failures in the Ohltea
states this week number 23l, an m
crease of 30 over last week. but com
"a re- with OFT in this week year ago.
2a7 in 1896, and 1873 in the correspond
ing week of 1895 and 1894
"Rusiness failures in the Dominion
one half those Of last week.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
COMMENCEMENT LAST NIGHT
There Was Standing Room Only al
4 Hail

There Was Standing Room Only at
. Armory Hall
!. The. commencement exercises OF tbs.
public schools OF this city, which took
place at Armory Hall last night. were
witnessed by hundreds. of people. a
lengthy and interesting program was
arranged by Professor Cowles. but al
the hour of filing this report there We're
still more members on the program. IN
order to present 1t all at one time
which could not have been done last
night on account of the inability OF the
Daily Press correspondent to reach
Newport News after IL o'clock. Proles-
sor Cowles requested that 1t be With
held for Sunday mornings issue, when
it will appear in full. with a run llst OIL
the promotions in all the grades.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
A HOME GUARD.
Veterans Talk About Forming Com
Dlny.

I-gt
A number Of leading men here,
majority of whom saw service in the
civil war, are seriously considering the
question Of organizing company OF
home guards. Since Captain Hopes
company left Hampton the community
is entirely without military protection,
and would be helpless in the event Of
riot. 1t is true that there are soldiers
at Old Point. two miles away. and the
garrison there was reinforced Thurs
day by the arrival of nearly 700 troops
from Maryland. but it is not certain
that the people of Hampton could de-
pend upon them in case of need = Al
any rate, in view Of the demoralizing
influences of war, the formation OF a
company Of home guards is recognized
as q step of great Importance.
The organization, as above stateu.
will be;3erga'X maiipaup OF veterans OF
the late war. 1t VIII be company IN
which the blue and the gray Will sta!sn
together. OF course, there will be
young men in it: mainly those. how
ever, who are so situated that they
cannot. enlist for service In Cuba In
addition to being Of great service IN
the event of an outbreak of lawless
men at home, the guards might be de-
pended upon to repel the attacks OF
any predatory bands of Spaniards who
might succeed in effecting landing IN
the event that there should be any ma
val movements OF Importance in
Hampton Roads. This Is possibility
exceedingly remote. it is true. but
things unexpected and apparently I'M
possible frequently occur in warHtlmes.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
Get Into the Shade

Why become sunburned and over
heated when you can obtain such ele-
CANT and stylish parasols at such ex-
tremely low prices We are Offering
fine white China silk perasols, worth
Sl.50. for SO cents.
White China Silk Parasols with ruff
fels at a special prize or only s1.4s.
A still handsomer White China Silk
Parasol for $l.9S.
Another lot OF handsome colored
pnrasols in all new patterns are offered
this week for less than one-half the
usual price-$l.9S.
Shirt Waists. all colors and patterns.
'aundered colorss45 cents.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
Y. M. q. A NOTES.

Mr.. G. c. Kent. general secretary. Of
Newport News. will speak at the mems
meeting tomorrow ct 43O o'clock P. NJ.
The regular morning prayer service
will be at $3.50 A. M, and the Boys
Gospel Army at 2:30.
The association wishes to thank tho:e
persons who generously contributed TO
make up the purse Of s25 for The Y. NJ
c. A. tent at Camp Lee. II there are
others who wish to contribute to this
work. which especially appeals. 10
Hampton, now that so many of her
boys are there. the general secretary
win gladly forward, the amount TO the
camp. At last report. there had been
seventy-five decisions for Christ
among the soldier boys.
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New Summer Resort.
THE BUCKRoE BEACH HOTEL.

Is situated on Hampton Roads In
sight OF Fort Monroe. where electric
cars meet incoming and outgoing
steamers. This delightful summer re-
sort will be
OPENED MAY2, 1898.
The hotel has been enlarged. Per-
feet sanitary condition and plumbing
Bathing il nnexcelled. Fishing and
boating unrivalled. No malaria. The
cool breszes Of the Atlantic. Electric
cars every Is minutes for Fort Monroe,
Hampton and Newport News. No liq-
uors sold or gambling permitted. PIC
mic parties allowed the use OF the
mammoth pavilion during the day.
Music every night except Sunday.
For terms apply to
CHARLES IT. HEWINS. Manager,
Buck Roe Beach Hotel,
Hampton. Va.
anr z7-bn.
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SPECIAL
BARGAINS

Roses, all colors. Is cents per bunch
or two punches for % cents
Roses. all colors 10 cents per bunch.
Niolets only l cent per bunch.
Lilies OF the Valley. 10 cents per
bunch. u.u
one lot of childrens plain and fancy
Straw Sailors rs and 50 cents
One case of Chiidrens Hats. all
colors and shapes. worth sl.0O and rs
cents. for II Genes
Ladies' White Sailors, velvet bands,
worth Sl.o0. now so cents
One lot of Ladies' Sailors. always
sold for 80 cents, special sale this week,
~ cents.
Ladies short Back Panama Sailors.
worth Sl.25. for =, cents
Sailors, all oolors. plain and fancy,
ranging In price from SO cents to $1.98.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
THE WEST END SCHOOL.

interesting Exercises and Many Pro-
.o. motions.
The closing exercises of the West
End school. in charge OF Misses Lin
wood Stubs and lima Won Schilling,
took place at 10 o'clock yesterday
school were present. County Superin.
tendent Willis spoke briefly to the pu.
pills, who had made very satisfactory
progress during the term. Misses
Stubs and Won Schilling have proved
the wisdom of entrusting them With
educational interests in the West End.
The program of exercises was as fol-
lows:
Chorus. by the school; William
Penn" by Ida Davis: George Wash
ington," by Croswen Hopkins: Flow
ers." by Annie Rove: Japan and it's
People" by Cleveland Lordly; .''vir-
ginia." by Jacob Ferguson: Chorus;
War with SPAIN" by Hampton Hunt:
Chorus: The Battlship NIaine,'' by
Bruce Bentley; "Pense, the Little Chi.
nese Girl" by Mary Roche: Clouds
by Daisy Thomas: Dolls" by Violet
Powell; "Pocahontas," by John Cas- y.
Chourus.
The children that took part in the
exercises acquitted themselves in q
manner which was creditable both to
themselves and their teachers. The
promotions We're as follows:
From the first to the second grade
Raymond Birmingham. Annie Bur
bank, Fay Howard. Emile D.estE.
sAthi Massle Jessie Topping. Viola
Shields. Violet Powell. Bertha Haynes.
Bessie Wingheld. Sloan Ford Bessie
Day. s1nnal Sinclair Herbert Topping.
Emily Dudley.
Probation-Jessie Wilson. Tommie
Rowe. Jimie Day. Mary Shackelford.
Bertha Winder. Berthe keetinG. Jessie
Davis.
From the second to the third grade
Daisy Thomas, Lois Copeland Berthe
HARDWOOD. Mary Shackelford. Bruce
Bentley. Rosa GiddinSs. Hugh Barney.
Margaret Massie. Croswell Hopkins.
Maggie Davis. Annie Rowe, Maud
Hudgins.
From the third to the fourth grade
Emily Lewelling. Cleveland Lordly.
Ida Davis, Elanor Ransome. Mary
Roche, John Casey. Alice Birmingham.
Thenia Hopkins, Willie Richardson.
Roy Sinclair.
Probation-Clara Avery, Finnie Zen
thai Parker Birmingham.
From the fourth to the fifth grade
Jacob Ferguson. Hampton Hunt,~Jimie
Casey, Helen Burbank. Maude How
ard, Clifford Thomas. French Buchan-
an, Lima Hudgins.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. May 27.-Good weather.
favorable crop reports here and abroad,
lack OF short interest and weak cables,
caused decline in wheat today. July
lost 3 1-2 cents and September LAO
3-S cent. Corn declined 3-S@1-2 and
oats Ia. In provisions the declines
% II in pork, Is cents in lard and 10
cents in ribs
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
HAPPINESS VS.. MISERY

DR.. Cha roots Tonic Tablets, the greaa
Parlsian remedy, rs "a guar int eed cure
for the DRINK habit: also nervousness
and melancholy caused by over indul-
gence.
1t destroys the appetite for aacohoHc
and all dntoxica beverages. and
leaves man as he should be it can he
ad administered without this knowledge Of
the patient where necessary. send for
pamphlet. Klor's Drug Stores. New
popl News. Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
SERGEANT HULL HERE.

Sergeant Tyler Hull, of the Peninsula
Guards. was here yesterday on Il leave
OF absence. He reports the boys at
Camp Lee as well and happy. Sergeant
Hull says that the impression that the
men are not well fed Is mistake.
Their bill OF fare Is all that the most
fastidIous soldier could desire.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
A COUNTY WEDDING.

Mr.. William H. Saunders, of Tennes-
see. and Miss Nettie Todd, of this coun-
ty. were married Wednesday evening
at the residence Of the brides parents,
on Sawyer'sr Swamp. Mr.. Saunders Is
soldier and came to Virginia to claim
Miss Todd as his bride before leaving
for Cuba. The bride is the daughter Of
Mr. Andrew Todd. an esteemed citizen
of this county. He is well known In
Newport News. 1sa MI
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
BRIEF ITEMS


Services will be conducted in the
Christian church Sunday morning by
Rev. w. L. Powell, of Newport News.
and in the evening by Rev. Alfred
Brunk. of Hanover.
Miss Mitylene Cowles. sister of Pro-
fessor Dudley r. Cowles. who has been
attending the University of Nashville
for the past session, will return to her
home on Hope street today.
Many OF the teachers of the Hampton
Graded School will leave for Washing
ton the early part of next week to OBJ
serve the methods employed in the
excellent schools of the national capt
tai.
President Lyon G. Tyler, of William
and Mary College. Williamsburg. Wis
tied Hampton yesterday. and, on be-
half of his college. received the
scholarship given by the Hampton
Graded School. .U
MAY 3lsT IS YOUR LAST DAY
FOR COUPONS AT ]. F. RowE's.
mye5-t6
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aa!sS that ths eaFlpaep will e,,.iat In
the Regular army in case ii escoMes
PORPO1SE HINT

n porpoise hunt in which u number
of leading citizens participated took
place in Hampton Creek yesterday at
ternoon. Two of the animals We're cor
nered above the Qceen street bridge
The sport lasted several hours and re-
suited In the killing of one porpoise
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
n 4 =. " 81 80 80 -,
Trimmed Hats Id ! 81:
Elegant Effects
are being shown this week at the
Capital Goods House
and the prices are right.

II you should prefer to purchase an
untrimmed hat. why we have every
new and seasonable shape on the mark
ct. and also the largest and finest line
OF trimmings in the city, consisting OF
Flowers of every variety, Wings
(black. white and all colors), Tips
Wreaths, Foliage. Argrettcs. Quilts and
Plumss. Also Chiffon, Mousin de
Loie, Liberty Silk, Fancy Straw Braid,
Buckets and Ornaments
In flowers there never was such an
extensive and beautiful assortment
closely initiating the natural, white
small flowers for childrens hats
are here in delightful profusion and at
prices within the reach Of ALL
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
NEW vOLU

NEW VOLUNTEER COMPANY. NH
Mr.. 8. E. Bickford. Major Hope. Mr.
Earnest Holtzclaw and others are
forming new volunteer company in
this city. Thirty-five names have been
received. Mr.. Holtzclaw said last ev1-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

+ NEW 1URk, May o1.-The stock
market enjoyed period Of strength
this morning. but the early gains were
practically all wiped out before the
day ended, except in the few special
stocks which sustained the list ali day
Even some of those closed at prices as
low or lower than last nights closing
Rock Island was the most conspicu-
Gus figure in the railroad list and was
advanced almost two points in the
early trading but saved only a little
over 4 point of its net gain. The grang-
ers as a group shared in this strength
and there was good buying also in the
NanderbltS London was Il buyer OF
the international stocks in this market.
end there We're conspicuous gains in the
case Of several other isolated stocks.
Later weakness in the market was uu-
doubleday due to a growing doubt as
to the whereabouts Of the Spanish fleet.
The total sales of stocks today We're
OLA
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% = ~"
All AHENst, l,sf aaked, saaiherr
M!,sai sS Sa sasssele; a.a59lsi; do on
grade, La 1-2Gg1.34 10.
Corn-Weak; spot. month and June
s19s7 Is; july. 81 1-a@a7 LIZ; steamer
mixed. 36@36 Ia. Southern white corn,
IS: do yellow, 371-2
oats-Dull and easier: No. 2 white.
36 1-2Q3I; No. 2 mixed. 33@33 IL.
Rye-Dull and lower: No. z nearby.
60 l-2: No. 2 western, g. 1-2
Hay-Steady; choice timothy, 12.O0g
1900.
Grain Freights-Dull: steam to Liv-
erpool. per bushel, 4d June: Cork for
orders. per quarter, IS cd. June.
Sugar-Strong; unchanged.
Butter-Steady: unchanged.
Eggs-Weak; unchanged.
Cheese-Steady; unchanged.
Lettuce-1.25@1.5 per basket.
Whiskey-Unchanged
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
NEW YORK. May 2I.-Cotton futures
closed barely steady: sales. l49. 500
bales: June. $40; July, ga: August
G.iS: September, 6.35: October. 6.33;
November, 6.33; December. 6.35; Jam
.uarv
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Market Quotations From the
Leading Business Centers
NEW YORK MONEY MA

NEW YORK. May 21.-Money on call
steady 1io1 IL per cent; last loan, 2
per cent; price mercantile paper, gig
"a IL per cent; sterling exchange,
firm, with actual business In bankers'
bills at 4.S6 1-40i.S6 IL for demand, and
at 4.S1 1-4@4.S4 IL for sixty days
Posted rates. i.S5 and l.S7 IL. CONNER
cial bills. 4.S3cD+.S3 L. Silver certin-
Gates, IS l-4Gn5S 3-4. Bar silver. 81 rs.
Mexican dollars. As Ii. Government
bonds, irregular: state bonds, dull;
railroad bonds, firm; government bonds
steady.
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entitled to the place. and Captain
Hope, occupying that position, should
nave been made major in accordance
with military usage in the regular
army.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28
Bonds For Sale.

Z The school board Of Elizabeth City
county, Virginia, will receive sealed
proposals for an issue of $4,000 5 per
cert bonds dated June Is. 1898. and ma
turing in thirty years. Interest paya-
bic annually. The right is reserved to
reject any or all bids. For further par
ticulars address
]. w. RICHARDSON,
Clerk of School Board. Hampton. Va.
my21-4w-sat tus
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet; No2yeiIow corn, 33s; No.
2spring wheat, 100; Nc. 3 spring
wheat, 1luG0130; No. , red, 40;
No., y corn, 81; NO . oats, 274:
No. 2 white, 500; No. 3 white, 81
t@30; No. 2 rye, go; No 9 barley,
| 3S@45; No. :, --; NO $ ----;;
-;; No. flax seed, 129M131; primo
timothy seed, $50; mess pork per
| b'Lrrel II. 55tp1 60, lard per 100 pounds
. 10@6.15; short ribs sides loose,
S 75D61O; dry saited 81. ulders,
boxed 5M5a; short cieaa sides,
boxed, 6.3O@6 40; whiskey dis .'Iers'
finished goods, per gallon, --;
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, May 27.-Flour--Dull;
! unchanged. i
j sS,Wheat-Weak; spot and month, LAG
Il 1.34 la; June. Isl asked; july. Ito s-4
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-28

EYE SPECIALIST. z
1903 Washington ave..f export News.Va
He makes an exaninatt n OF you: eyes.
asoer.aininE Just what is needed in the
way OF glasses r.>Iical treatment, etc
charge you from 81 to $40. Examination
tree, and satisfaction guaranteed. No
shafge Is made for visits TO the housea
OF patients In this ity or Hampton. OF
I dee In KIor's dr1x. !. ore, 26e3 Washing ton
lavenre. Office ours: 3 to q. q, g. ind
ID tse IS a. aes . ca,
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BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
baltimore, May 27.-Flour-Dull;
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.SWheat-weak; spot and month, 1.340.
..34 Ia; June. 1.s1 asked; july, 10 3-4
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apr 27-5m.

SAnEzpR1cAM AND WURoPRAN PI4Anl
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
GREELEY AS AN ORATOR.
The Famous Editor Had Many Pc.
culiArities, But Always Said
Something Good.

Mr.. Greeley was not an orator in any
scholastic sense. He had poor and
somewhat squeaking voice; he knew
nothing of gestures, and he could not
take an orators pose. which'adds such
emphasis to the matter and argument
to be set forth. Not all his years of
practice on the platform and on public
occasions ever changed his habits and
methods as a speaker, and he ended as
poorly equipped in the respects named
for the vocation as when he began. But
he had one prime quality. without
which all the others are exploited in
vain. He invariably had something to
say, and he said it In such clear and
wholesome English, with such SINGER
ity, that he was an orator in spite of all
the rules, says Harper's Magazine.
TO state it briefly. Of all the eminent
speakers have introduced-and more
than once--there was not one who gave
better satisfaction, different and nota.
bic as they were. than Horace Greeley.
As consequence, he came to me often
est, and wore the best. We might or
might not agree with some of his Pc
culiar premises, as when he says: 'erhe
moment a drop of alcohol is received
into the human stomach that moment
the stomach recognizes a deadly enc.
N.Y. but he set his audience thinking,
and Illuminated his theme.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
MEN CHEAPER THAN HORSES.
Exceeds That Paid for HUI
man Labor.

In Russia the wages of a harse are
higher than those of man, and hence,
of course, very much higher than the
wages of women. Thus, says Gunton's
Magazine, in the Nishni-Volga section,
we find the average pay of man and
horse to be about 70 cents per day; of
man aloue, "a cents; thatis, SO cents for
horse and "a cents for man. The wom-
en- receive from 10 to 20 cents. In the
central agricultural region the average
is: Horse, % cents; man. 20 cents;
woman, 13 cents. In the southern
steppe: Horse, 36 cents; man, 25 cents;
woman, 16 cents.
This is an interesting commentary on
the standard of living of Russian agri-
cultural laborers. It's meaning is, SIM
ply. that human beings are cheaper
there than draft animals. In other
words, it costs less to keep them alive.
In the southern steppe five women can
be employed more cheaply than two
horses. Is it difficult to imagine the
condition of home life, the dearth of re-
fining influences, the sodden, hopeless
stagnation that such state of affairs
reflects? Is it any wonder that the
products of such wage status as this
are individual degradation, social bar
renness, meager education. political
despotism, religious intolerance. and.
generally, type Of civilization scarcely
above barbarism?
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
AUSTRALIAN MALLEE HEN.
Lays Her Eggs In Great Mound aAd
the Heat Of the Sun Hatches
Them Out.

The strangest bird known, 30 far al
it's habits are concerned, u the malice
hen of Australia. It lays its eggs in
huge mound, which il really a coopera-
tive incubator, being built by many
pairs of birds, and serving to hatch the
eggs Of all the hens. Each year the
same f1ocks repair to the same mounds,
some Of which measure 80 yards at the
base and are $50 feet in circumference
The eggs are deposited about six inches
below the surface. While each hen lays
her eggs in the family mound, no hen
drops her egg closer than 20 inches to
that of her neighbor. These eggs are
deposited in cavity made by them in
a vertical position, carefully covered,
and the surface smoothed over by the
hen before she quits the nest, says the
Philadelphia Press.
The eggs Of the malice hen are out of
all proportion to b size. They are as
large as those of goose, and those OF
large hens are very much larger.
The eggs thus!laiHand covered in this
great sand oven in the hot districts are
never again disturbed by the hens. The
eggs are hatched by the heat the sun
bakes into the soil where they lay. 1t
has never been known how the young
chicks are excavated from their egg
grave. for the eggs arc deposited fully
six inches below the surface, and the
hardening rains do not aid their exit
very much. ~