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BRIG. GEN. GUY v. HENRY.

the accomm odations of the transports
Harvard and Yale, the facilities of one
being considerably greater than the
other The Thirty third Michigan and
one battalion of the Thirty fourth
Michigan were selected to go first,
comprising 1850 men and 81 officers.
Major General Miles has issued an
order assigning Brigadier General Guy
V. Henry to command the division Of
troops which are to reinforce General
Shafter at Santiago. ---a 49, -
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shrapnsi for Merritt.

! CLEVELAND, June '2S. The Falls
Rivett and Machine company OF Cuya.
hoga Falls has received a contract
from the government Tor 5000 shrap-
mel shells to be shipped as soon as pos
sible. They will probably be sent to
the Pacific coast, to be used by General
Merritt's men in the Philippines.
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Marines.wcrs Not INITIATED.

WASHINGTON, June %. - Surgeon
General Van Reypen of the navy has
received full reports from the surgeon
with Admiral SIMPSONS feet who
carel ior the dead and wounded par
tlcipants in Guantanamo fight.
Their important feature is definite
statement that the corpses We're not
mutilated, but that the severe wounds
attrl bnted to mutllatlon were the re-
suits OF Mauser rife balls.
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OFF FOR FORT MONROE.

First Body OF Troops to Reinforce shafter
Leaves Camp Alser.
WASHINGTON, June 23.-The for.
warding of reinforcements to General
Shafter at Santiago de Cuba has be.
gun, and at y a. m. the first body of
troops lett Camp Alger Tor Newport
News. there to take transports for
Cuba. s-
This first movement is confined to
one regiment and one battalion, as it
was found necessary to divide General
Duffield's command in order to meet
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ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS.

Conventisn at Little Rock Names Full
State Ticket
LITTLE Rock, Ark, june % The
Democratic state convention met here
and nominated state ticket, adopted
platform and listened to oratory.
The following ticket was nominated:
For governor, Dan w. Jones of Pn-
laski; for secretary of state, Alex @,
Hull of Boone; for treasurer, Thomas
3. Little OF Sebastian; for auditor.
Clay Sloan of Lawrence.
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Three Hundred DELEGATES present.

LOUISVILLE, June 20. The 30th an
nual convention of the Junior Order
United Mechanics was called to order
at Music hall at 1880 a. m. More
than 800 delegates. representing every
state and territory in the Union, were
Dresent
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Both sides Made Concessiona.

PITTsBURG. June o. Tin plate man
ufacturers and the wage committee OF
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers reached an agree-
ment ON tho tin plate scale at . 9. m.
Concessions were made by both sides.
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Absncs.d the saitan,s sister.

LONDON. June %. "A band Of 20
brigands, according to q special dis
patch from Constantinople. has abb
Quoted sister Of the sultan. The
princess was seized while she was ont
walking.
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wrecked the Bank Vault.

WEST CONCORD, Mimi, June 23. -
Parsons Bros bank at Dodge Center
was burglarizsd during the morning.
The vault was wrecked and the build
ing damaged Only 800 was taken.
The burglars have not been captured.
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MEN FOR THE BUFFALO.
Lieutenant Logan Sent to Escort Re-
cruits to New YORK.

cruits to New YORK.
WASHINGTON, June 23-Lieutenant
q. L. Logan, who has been one of the
hardest workers of Captain Crownin-
shields aides in the navigation bureau,
has gone to Buffalo and will take there
a draft of sailors to man the cruiser
Buffalo, late the Nietherey, " hsch IS
now lying at New York. Mr. Logan
will be assigned TO duty on the Buffalo
under command Of Captain HamphiI.
at presentin charge OF the recruiting
service in the navy department..
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PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS.
Indiana Democratic Platform Endors
the War With spain.

Indiana Democratic Platform Endorses
the War With Spain.
INDIANAPOLIS. June %. The Demo-
cratic state convention met in Tomiin-
son hall at 1890 a. m. The convention
is made up of 1.528 delegates Senator
David M. Turpie presided, and s. NJ
Bristow of Blackford county, was eject
ed secretary. Senator Turpie On as
Stunning the gavei was received with
cheers, and spoke briefly on the issues
of the day.
The platform adopted affirms that
the present war with Spain is just and
righteous, and recalls with pride the
persistent support of the cause by Dem.
ocratic senators and representatives,
congratnlates the country on the nni-
versally patriotic uprising which has
swept away the last yestige of sec
tionalism, rsjoices in the heroic
deeds of Dewey. Bagley and Hobson.
The platform favors such permanent
strengthening of the navy Of the
United States and coast defenses as
shall insure adequate protection against
foreign aggression; liberal pensions
are advocated for the survivors OF the
Civil and present war; the platform
fayors the construction and control OF
the Nicaragua canal by this govern.
ment, when its feasibility shall be de-
termined, but opposes loan OF the ma
tional credit to any private corporation.
for that purpose.
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vermont. Republican Ticket.

MoNTPELIER, Vt, June % The Re.
pnblicans OF Vermont in their state
convention nominated Colonel e. B.
Smith of st. Adams for governor by
acclamation. and II @. Bates, St-Johns-
bury, Tor lieutenant governor.
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More Men From Wisconsin,.

MADISON, Wis, June 20. - The secre-
tary OF war has asked Governor SEQ
field to furnish battery Of light artil-
lery. manned by 100 men, and another
regiment of infantry. The Fourth
regiment, national guard, will form
the nucleus of the new regiment of
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NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
ThursiIay. June l6.

Chancellor William E. Boggs of the
University of Georgia, has resigned.
owing to his age.
President Mckinley will be unable,
owing to public business to attend the
centennial of Ohio Methodism at Della
ware, o., next week.
Conservative estimates Of Chicago's
probable subscription to the new war
issue of bonds places the total amount
in the neighborhood of $50, 900 900.
The officials of the Northwestern
railway have decided to show their
patriotism and to inspire their passen-
gers by decorating their bindings
everywhere along the road.
Two petitions opposing the probate
of the will of Julius i. franklin have
been fled at San Francisco. The estate
affected is valued at about $500. 900.
The allegations made are of sensa-
tional character.
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Friday, Jnne II.

Four lives were lost in a food that
followed the breaking Of dam at
Chelsea Park. Kansas City suburb.
Sandia, the Lorillard- Beresford sta
ble's 4-year-old brown gelding, won
the second year Of the Both new bien-
MEL stakes at Ascot.
Sixteen hundred members Of the
Woodworkers' union, employed in sash,
door and blind factories Of Chicago
have struck for higher wages.
Graf Cassini. ambassador Of Russia
to the United States. reached New
York on board the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Friedrich from Bremen.
Fire in the Chicago stock yards de.
stroyed some Of the auxiliary buildings
OF the Armour plant, including the tin
shop. Autograph plant and boiler room.
Loss, 500. 900. .--s-
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On the financial question, the plat.
form afiirms with emphasis loyalty 10
ele platform adopted BY the national
Democratic convention in 1886. in Chi
cago, in favor Of tree aad unlimited
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30
HER FIRST BIRTHDAY.
The Princess Anne Was One Year Old
N.Starda y

The Princess Anne Was One Year Old
Yesterday.
The Old Dominion steamship Prin-
cess Anne came TO the dock at OLD
Point yesterday with Il profusion Of
bunting flying from her masts Strang-
ers took her for warship and num-
her of eycursonists from the West who
had never seen q large ocean steamer
before. insisted that the signal flags
meant Remember the Maine" That's
where they were wrong. 1t meant that
the Princess Anne was celebrating her
first birthday.
This splendid steamer is the finest OF
the line. She is :! 3.000-t ton vessel and is
provided with everything in the way Of
modern improvements. Her officers ar.
). G- llulphcrs, who has been on the
sea all his life and is one of the jolies /
OF men: G.. l.. Perkins, first officer: j
4. Sundall. chief engineer; W. Fl. May
or. purser, and w. J. Owens. chief stew.
ard. Her first year of life has b zen free
from miShap of any kind. She ha,
ploughed through stormy seas as sw it.
~ almost as if she had been noatin.
upon the hos, III of an ocean as calm as
that OF which Coieridge dreamed.
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MARCHED ON TIE HOUSE.
Maryland Volunteers Attack the Ra:

Maryland Volunteers Attack the Bay
view Hotel.
AS pr!ehy Stateu IN the Dally Press
yesterday morning. ABOUT lOo MARYLAND
volunteers Went to the Rayvicw Hotel
me new colored resort near Euckrot
oelch, thursday nlEht, ana began
iierfe lusliade upon II WITH stones Ihe
nlssiles Tell on the roof OF the building
ana hence did no damage Women IN
me mouse were hadlS frightened ana 1t
IS sald that several were with difficulty
Kept from IalhtinS. Np one was IN
Jufeo. Inc altitckins party tel INTO
Inc ana marcn"d IN bouy TO point
near The hotei. where they separated
ihto i"ur SQUADS ahd surrounded It. Inc
pom oafoment was then commenced an"
kcpt UP uhtli IL was considered safe To
make maj o'ish ana capture the
pIace 4
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Items Worth rer,,.,np.

In India the rhododendron grows to
a height OF thirty feet. Marigolds and
camomiles in North Africa reach a
height of four on five feet
An Ignorant man who Stands upon
his dignity is like the fellow who
tried to elevate himself by standing
upon piece Of brown paper.
With an apparatus called the myo-
phone French scientist claims to
have proved that the nerves may live
hours after the death of the body.
No" said the bank cashier, II didn',
need the money. I wasn't specializing.
had no necessity for stealing it, But,
Lang it, didn't want to be called &c
centric"
farmer at Chrichel, England, is
eccentric III a high degree. All the
animals on his farm. horses. cows.
pigs. and fowls. are white. and he
will have no others.
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The REV. Mr. Whitley returned yes
terday from suffolk. where he attended
the Methodist District Conference.
The Maryland soldiers. il is said de
stroyed IL considerable part OF tae crops
on the farm of MIR. Moore, on the rad
to Bethel Thursday.
The Rev. MIR. Ilicn. of Norfolk. ac
cnnnpaned by his wife and child. is Wis
ting his home in this city.
An excursion party OF locomotive en-
cineers visited Old Point yesterday.
y number ut Hampton people are
talking of making a trip to Porto Rico
When the war closes.
The usua! services will take place, at
the several churches here tomorrow.
Devcrc Hope. the eldest son of MIR.
a. d. Hope. Of this city was saved
from drowning on Thursday by Il small
colored boy. Young Hope te!l OYER
board at the Normal School.
few days ago a couple OF Newport
News ladies called at the power house
here and asked Captain llaynor If any
Of the car men had found 4 White silk
parasol. He said no. unaware of the
fact that the Identical article was in
plain view ut the time. Nov he knows.
Il AMI is ready t. surrender the para
sol and make due apology.
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s.5o,o,,O for ON. word.

What would You think il you could
make $250,0O0 by speaking single
word? Hon. William NJ. Evarets, says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat, once
received the enormous fee Of $3.50
900 for legal opinion he expressed III
Just one word of three letters.
great corporation desired a legal
opinion on matter involving millions
OF dollars. for upon ii practically de-
pended that corporation very exist
ence. They decided to refer the ques.
ton, which was wholly one of the cor
rect Interpretation OF law, to William
NJ. Evarts, and to be guided wholly by
his opinion. Their lawyer stated their
case to the Senator. and asked him the
Important question. Evarts reputn-
ton and success are wholly due, not
as q crosS-eXaminer or conductor Of
cases. but simply to his remarkable
knowledge OF law and his power. which
seems almost like intuition of deter
mining just how the Supreme Court
will decide any question of law.
When the attorney for the great cor
poration put his question, so vitality
important to that corporations exist
ence, Evarts sat buried in thought for
minute, and then answered in one
word. Yes" His bill for the one word
was $250,000, aud the corporation paid
1t without murmur. Evarts' answer
proved to be correct
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a JOKE ON THE POLICEMAN.
How a FrcncE Policeman Got Reinforce.
Ineuts to CAPTURE Suupnsed THAI

How a Frcnch Policeman Got Reinforce.
ments to Capture n Supposed Thief.
Mile. Jeanne Granier, the well known
French actress. once met with an
amusing adventure. 1t happened at
Narseliies- In one Of the little pieces
she plays by herself she has for Access
sorry the lay figure of man, skilfully
articulated and dressed in a travelling
suit, with which She dances The
figure during her voyage was enveloped
IN tight fitting covering.
On reaching Marsellles it was left in
the luggage room with other things.
The curiosity OF two railway employees
being aroused at the sight of it, they
TOOK Off the covering and resolved to
play joke on their comrades. They
placed the figure in an arm chair at the
desk of the cashier and shut the door.
When the employees on night service
came they opened the door and were
surprised to see a man sitting down
before the cash box. They Immediate
~ closed and locked the door and ran
for assistance
policeman arrived. revolver in
hand, believing, like the employees,
that he had to deal with a dangerous
thief. lie called on the figure to sur
render and follow him to the sta
ton. AS it did not obey the summons,
the policemen shut the door and went
in search of reinforcements to sur
round the place, and thereby to prevent
the culprit from escaping. The door
was again opened the armed force
entered, and it was not until they had
suddenly pounced on the poor lay rob-
Der that they discovered the Joke
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A YOKE ON DR., JONES
A Mandate Which He Never
Issued
A FOOLISH Fun-RumoR
Harylnnd Soldiers Return from ), Ior,-, nm,
H"ary Tramp. why the Bay
view Hotel Was Started.
Other Matters

WILL near that work on the new
h'sp!'a! is u be stopped
No
Yes.
ny. hoW's that
AFRAID "f fever"
lou don't say"
sure.
II" says there's any uAnger?'
Or Jones"
he devil
70, lJr. Jones'
:'lich was the conversation overheard
yesterday on an electric car bound for
tld Point. The man WHO began il wor,
the uniform CT a soldier. The other was
attlred in cltiZens clothes. How this
absurd rumor obtained a start no one
Is able to say. 1t is possible. however.
that 1t grew our of the prudent step
taken by DR.. Jones to prevent III,
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Lobstcr~ Cause n Panic.

The wife of 4 Pttsburg real estate
agent had expressed desire for lob
ster. Not the common canned stuff
but live lobster, the real thing. The
vender Of town lots remembered this
and before starting for home bought
two of the finest. wide-spreadins
crustaceans that ever came out of the
Atlantic. TO insure their arrival in
good condition he had them put up in
Il large market basket half-flled with
ice and covered them with Il piece OF
paper. AS soon as he got on a 5th
avenue car the trouble began. Those
Holsters grew tired OF their seclusion
and began to get in touch with their
surroundings. The car was crowded
and their owner had to stand.
Suddenly sharp-faced spinste1
startled the car with screams of "He
Plckpockets! Police!" at the same time
ciutchins the renl-estate mans arm.
Conductor, have this man arrested"
she exclaimed.
Everybody looked at the supposed
culprit and then those nearest the pair
burst into laughter. One of the lob
sters was still tugging at the lady's
dress
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30
HYPNOTIZED by TIE "WAsH"

An officer Who Was Fascinated by
the Long White Wake
The British steamship Howick Hall,
on arrival at Colombo from home. says
the Bombay Advocate. OF India. had
to report the loss of her third officer on
the way out under rather unusual cir
cimstances. The officer. Mr. Francis
Barnes. held the same office on a sail
ing ship before he Joined the Howicl
Hall recently. This was his first vny-
age on steamer: and he was fire.
quently seen looking over the stern
rail. and a few days before making Co
loInbo, when the sea was very rough
he was seen by another officer pcerng
over The stern. Later on he was miss
ing. The vessel was turned around at
once and boats We're launched bat
though much time was spent in look
ing tor him, no trace could be found
He must have been hypnotiZed ny The
wash" Of the screw
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30
MAKING CLoTnEsprNs.
BY No Means the Least Of American
4 u.. Industries. U.. O..

There is probably very few people
outside of the trade who know any
thing concerning tie vast aumber of
clotheSpinS that are annually required
To supply the millions of housckeepers
wholesale dealer in such goods in New
AS many as sc, 900, 900 dozen. of COO. 900. 900
single pins, are manufactured in east
ern and western factories every year
The product is superior III workman
ship and finish to anything of its Kind
turned out anywhere in the world
and is shipped largely to all parts OF
Europe. where it can be sold cheaper
than the rough and poorly home made
article
't'lnthcSpinS are made In this co,n-
Try principally out of beach and maple.
Blocks of this wood are fed to a very
ingenious and exceedingly rapid run
ming machine. which has three separate
compartments. One of these cuts r
block of wood up into Il dozen or more
pieces. each of which is suitable for
forming pin. 1t next seiZes and cuts
the crutel.' or place that is to grip the
wash on the cothesline. and the final
operat ton turns the neck and head of
the pins and snoothes and finishes
them off by the bushel ready for use.
The pins are then packed in boxes.
each containing 20, ana the boxes are
then nailed up by another labor-sa wing
machine. ready for the market
There are two grades of clothes
pins first and seconds. The best quail
ity are worth 80 cents. and the info
rinr ones % cents per box wholesale.
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JACK sTRAw,s CATTLE. ("
A Famous Old English Inn in Proc

Of MOdernZatiOn.
Jack Straw's cattle. on the heights Of
Hampstead. says the London Caterer
is in process of transformation at the
hands of the builders. Here Dickens
came for Il wcll-cooked chop and a bot
tie OF good wine after :; rambl. on the
Heath Washington irving introduces
the inn III his Tales Of Il Traveller"
and it has always been Il hosiery be-
loved of artists. Here. too. the old
Courts Leet We're held. AS a matter of
fact. the ancient face of the Cacile ETn-
tel is to be preserved but the interior
will be entirely changed the low rooms
and bar being replaced by the lofter
apartments and modern buffet.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30

Say, come in here and let me by
you cigar"
Why, what's happened? Got an
other baby out at your house?'
No, but you're the first fellow I've
met for three weeks who hasn't asked
me II l was getting ready to go to
war"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30
NOT YELLOW FEVER.


TIC '''' " vi Ute E.o1lclo Su1IcFTflE ffT'fIl
Typhoid.
The refusal Of Or. Pettus to permit
the United States transport Concho to
land her sick ana wounded passengers
az Old Point yesterday gave rise TO the
rumor that she has yellow fever on
board. The report is untrue. There
were four deaths on the ship before She
anchored in Hampton Roads. but all
were due to typhoid. One man. it is
said, expired shortly after the steame,
left Siboney and three others died lust
before she entered the bay. The bodies
Of the latter, it is said, were still on
board yesterday
None Of the sick has shown sympt oms
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. July 29.-Weakness In
corn today on reports of better crop
prospects induced heavnesS in the 9th
er gains. September corn closed 1I-2c
lower. Wheat declined l Lac in July,
3-S in September. and l 1-4@l 3-S in
December. Oats 1 l403S down. Pro-
visions gained little. lard being the
strongest at an advance Of Lie. Pork
left off 1-2c higher. and ribs rose Sc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30
THE DIFFERENCE.
II Ii. 4

HuSband-That man you've invited
here used to kiss yu,l before we were
married.
Wife-So did you.
lusband-But I've gotten over it and
he hasn't
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-30

Rev. a. j., Renforth. pastor OF tho
Christian church. viii address the y
Al. &. y. men $ meeting. which viii bG
held Oh Mir. n. l.. SchmelZ's lawn at 5
o clock lolrGfroW afternoon. The la
dies OF the auNiliarr have r@pa n red the
rooms and have put down linolrum in
stead of carpets. The board Of direct
O'Clock, when new officers will he elect
IL
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Vol, Ill,
ENTIRE BRIL-.
General Grar
Ready 10 E
FROM THE tIoosIEl
'h"i"ns Regiment Arrives r,
"a"sa Park ana Go..
camp. May Sail for 'nrto
Rico Wednesday.
FROM THE H0osIEl

in,. =, y. liit. regiments {.
.,' ,s General Fred p. GRANTS
p,,.,' ~ IN. me city Waiting to .lnla,.
"a ne i'o'h Indiana regiment r..,,,,.,
~ s Yesterday mornin. ana ,r1'.,.
.hi ,,ip with the other troons , ha,.e
ahipNard The third ,,,.;,, ''n''H':
up Of the First ana rh;, I' ' -
ana the lGO:h Indiana r rae u Neh-
49,, ,i'ere is Not Il finer body 7 ~ ,
,,i '.'e volunteer army than ~. ni '.;
t:esid,.s General C;ran,,s ~ III, DIT
Il ;,re the third battalion ' ~ ,,'s
ts.,h fennyisvAnia rcai,,,a,t ~ me
g. - = and ana two troons ~ na.-
81 from PENNSYLVANIA in ~. - aav-
; s liz TO start for Porto RE- camp p
~, AH""n "her. the tro,ns Nh, - -
ar ~, -, ~! Il is thought tli,v NJ, ~ en-.
,;.,l H.. later than Wedneslav r, ~, &c!
the ,rr ns.th has occurred in eanp s,,ca
n.in ken,.icisy r.sirnani '>n ,'.,, IN
"aS IN HendersonyjlIa ~ "noSe
~p'tal last night If go e.,re died |
'uns man was ta,San
Is Mems Negl'-~-
with separate cuffs. sIAndl-
II and I7d On]y. worth z !,
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IL Must be Golden.

The Fair One-I suppose you will
marry. though, when the golden OPP
portunity offers, won't you?
The Cautious One-It VIII depend
upon how much gold there is in the
opportunity