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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-20
Il F. ROGERS.
ROOM 2I AND PIP COLUMBIA BUILD
ING. CRANKY STREET.
-F0Et RENT

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Bakers Oven. wlth fixtures and good
WILL
STORES.
Store No. II Charlotte sticct.
Store No. 4l2 Main street.
Store No. 81 Bank street
Store No i0l Commercial Place.
Store ard dwelling No. 81 Queen street
Warehouse Nos. ~! and 1?i Water street
Nos. 90 and l0l Commercial PLACE.
Nos. ~ End Sc Commerce street.
Nos. 2lo and 2l7 Church street.
Offices Cranky. Bank and Commerce
streets.
DWELLINGS.
Dwelling No. l0T Cove street. opposite
Cumberland street.
Dwelling on Poole street, $50
No. 200 Cumberland street. ......... 20 90
No. 267 Brewer street
No. iS7 Main street ....... -. e75O
No. liz Ferguson avenue -. ..... 1900
Dwelling No. sc Hamilton avenue 80 1890
Dwelling No. 4l2is Main street rent $50
Brick Dwelling No. 20 Cumberland street
contains II rooms, all modern improve
mcnts. and suitable for bonrdin, house
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PORT CALENDAR.

Sun rises. tbs a. M; sun sets, 5:19 p.
m; hiSh water, 7:1S a. m. and :56 p.
M: low water 1880 a. IN. and 1852 D, m
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-20
EPWORTH ORGAN RECITAL,
Fourth of the Season to BE Given by
Mr.. Koerner This Evening.

Mr. koerner This Evening.
A most enjoyable evening Is in store
for those who attend the organ re-
cltai at Epworth NJ. II. church tonight
MI koerner has. as usual, selected an
excellent programme, and it's rendition
Will. no doubt, be in perfect style. The
vocal numbers of the evening will be
contributed by Miss Nan Marie Cooke,
cortralto. and Miss Clemence A. Cooke.
soprano, of New York, both of whom
possess splendid voices. Miss Roper
and Mr.. Rorjes will also assist Tickets
are on sale at Robert Il. Holmes e
COS and w. w. uosicr, and will also
be sold at the door
Following is the programme in full:
la) communion, (b) offcrtoire, op
~. No. 3.......... Batis,e
Concert Fugue in G Major. Haunt
soprano solo, Light of the World"
Miss Clcmencc y. Cooke.
Ouven;ure. lie Roi d'Yvetot"
........ ..... .......... .. Adam
Violin solo. "Rigoletto." Alord
Alr. Charles Bori-s.
(a) Russian Romance Hoffman
gp lntermezzo.. ......... CZibulka
contralto solo. Repentance" .Gounod
Miss Nan Marie Cooke.
Duo for piano and organ. Fan
TASTE dtAfricaine,".. November
MISS Virginia Roper and AR. Kocrner
~ me next recital. Thursday. Feb
ruarE lth. Mr.. Kocrner vii! he assist
ca NY Miss Ethel Nelly, Soprano. AJiss
fiofence Butler (pupil Of Mr. Koernor>
piano; Mr. w. L. Lumley, ,.cnor. Mr.
Charles BorjcS, violinist.
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Going to the
X l. . N d YKE F?

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maps. itinerary OF the Dawson
CITY Relief Expedition and other
trains.
Weekly service Jan. 18th from
Seattle by steamer to Fort Wranf;-
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Transit--Glovcr locomotives rec
omcnded by the Hon. Scc.y Of
War-ovcr River, Lake and Land,
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tatiOn. Address
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Jan 1S-tu, th2t
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-20

"Out of its scabbord-ncver hand
Waved sword from stain as free,
Nor purcr sword led Drawer band;
Nor Drawer bled for brighter land;
Nor brighter land had cause SO
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-20
Meeting of Stockholders.

We. the undersigned. holders Of more
than onc.tenth OF the capital stock OF
NORTH NORFOLK COMPANY, hereby
call Il general meeting of the stockholders
OF said company, to be held. MONDAY,
February 18th. 1898. at l2 o'clock noon. at
the ofilccS of Fcntress & Agelasto, $50
Main street, Norfolk. Virginia.
JAS Il. BARRY,
ID. j. TURNER,
JAMES j. BARRY, Jr.,
l.. c. HALL,
ja1i-td w. ~. FENTRESS,
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Nor cause a chief like Lee
Evening star., 1898-05-07
The Short story Club.

The semi-monthly session of the Short
Story Club was held on May 3, with well
filed parlors and an attractive program.
The opening number, the story Of the
evening by President H. c. Kirk, was
called Prince Arthur. 1t was a narrative
of college life, facts, fiction and human
credulty cleverly woven into a sketch of
great interest. The musical numbers were
effectively rendered by Mrs. Florence l..
Barringer, who combined sentiment and pa
triotism in Ter selection, Sweetheart" and
an "Ode to Cuba" Critics and Criti-
cisms" was the theme chosen by the es-
sayist, Mr.. S. K. Hall, whose excellent
paper gave evidence of much thought and
research along lines not usually followed.
American novelists was the topic for gen.
era1 discussion, and was participated in
by President Kirk, Mr.. Tibbetts Mr.. d. y.
Ray, Mr.. Wilkins. Mr.. Lawrence, Mrs. L..
a. Crandall, Mrs. F. r. Burket Miss With
ington. Mrs. H. b. Sperry, DR.. Robinson
and Secretary S. H. Agnew. In conclusion
Miss Annie S. Hertford recited, Popping
Ct1n.' and the president announced busi-
ness meeting for Tuesday, May 10, at the
Wimodaughsis pariors.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
cou,cu of Benevolent Legion.

A council of the Catholic Women's Be
nevolent Legion was instituted by the su-
prene president of the order. Mrs. Mary A
Murray of 134 Quincy street, Brooklyn,
N Y, Thursday evening at Carroll Hail,
on G street The supreme deputy chancel-
lor Mrs. Alice Brady OF Baltimore, was the
organizer of the council. The branch starts
cut with a membership of thirty, including
some of the best known and most active
workers in the congregation of st. Patrick $
Church The officers elected at the meet
ing were as follows: Chancellor. Mrs AIDE
laide Smith: president, Mrs. Armstrong;
vice president. Mrs. Clipperd; secretary,
Miss Kennedy: TREASURER. Miss NJ. Maloney;
collector. Miss Theresa f. Smith; marshall,
Miss Dare: guard, Miss Sallie Smith; ora
tor, Miss Mary p. Smith: trustees, Mrs.
Mary E. Smith, Mrs Riley, Mrs. Nellie
Sullivan. The branch will be known as the
Rev. Father Walter Council, named in
honor of the late pastor of the church.
The visitors from Baltimore at the Or
ganization of the new council were: Dep
uty Supreme Chancellor Mary A. Trainer.
Miss Maray O'Neill. treasurer of Mary
land Council. No. Il: Mrs. NJ. Murray,
deputy chancellor of Foley Council; Miss
Catherine Mooney. president of Clifton
lector of Clifton Council; Mrs. Julia c.
Mary p. Vreglen, marshal of Clifton Coun-
ell, and Mrs. Rachael Mooney and Miss
Clarissa FusSell. both of Clifton Council.
There will be council of the c. W. 3. l..
formed at st. Dominic's parish in the near
future
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Literature of Japan.


There seem to me three ideas which per-
wade all general works on Japan-apology
for the past, wonder at the present and a
glorious prediction for the future. To the
western world Japan's past is but little
known, her presence is reflected in the
newspapers and periodicals. of the day, heI
future may in part be read between the
lines of the present.
Volumes have been written about Japan
yet so far no comprehensive history of the
people. their literature and arts, has ap-
peared in the English language. Japan is
a most interesting and valuable field fol
some Grote or Motley of the day.
The difficulty of translati ton from Japan.
eSe is great. In the first place, the Ian
guage is an agglutinative one, and con
sequently hard for a westerner to acquire
The poetry is one of form, and does not
possess. except in the drama, remarkably
deep thought or feeling. There are, be.
sides. many plays upon words which can
not be transferred into foreign tongue
The best prose tales and chronicles, which
belong TO the oldest of classical literature
are written in a dialect differing as widely
from the japanese now spoken as the Ian
guage of Homer differs from the Roma nit
of today.
II is not making too bald an assertion
therefore, to say that the available trans
lationS fall far short of the merits of tn.
original, so much 50 that the western read.
er is apt to underestimate the true value
of this literature.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Grand Lodge Omc.r. Chosen

AT the annual meeting of the Grand Com
mandery of the United Order of the Golden
Cross. held last evening, the following Off
GERS were elected: John n. Ehla, grand
commander; Mrs. e. L. Gator, vice grand
commander; DR.. Geo. w. n. Custis, grand
prelate; r. H Yates, grand treasurer: w.
E. Graham, grand keeper of records;
Thomas Humphrey, grand herald; o. b.
Hallam, grand adviser; Mrs. T. f. Wood,
grand warder inner gate; J. II. \. Fowler,
grand warder outer gate; DIR. S. /. Groot,
r. d. Meston and r. A. Walker, grand
trustees.
The supreme commander, T. I. Day OF
Lewiston Me-, was present and Installed
the officers. Refreshments were served by
the ladies, and at late hour the COM
mandery took a racess till the 18th instant,
at Golden Cross Hall, on Capitol Hill, when
the business of the session will be COM
pieted.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
NUMBERING THE REGIMENTS.
They VIII Follow COnscctiveIy Thos
of the Civil War;

They VIII Follow COnscctfveIy Those
of the Civil War.
In response to an inquiry, Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin has telegraphed the governor
of Iowa that it had been decided that the
new regiments OF volunteers organized
under the Presidents recent call will be
ramed In the order of their establishment
where the numbering of regiments raised
by the states during the civil war left off.
In the case of Iowa there We're forty-fiye
regiments of volunteers during the civil
War. numbered in the order of their or
ganization. Consequently the first regi-
ment organized in that state for service
In the war against Spain will be named
the 10th Iowa Regiment of Volunteers. A
similar course will be followed in the case
of all the other states and territories and
Is intended to avoid the possibility Of en-
barrassment and confusion that would have
undoubtedly followed a repetition of the
regimental designations used during the
civil wa-.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
PHILADELPHIA's DEFENsEs.
A Vessel Attacking the Quaker City
Would Have Hard Time.

A Vessel Attacking the Quaker City
Would Have n Hard Time.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Should an attempt be made to reach this
city, battle ship would first have the dan
gers of the irregular channel to brave. Sue
cessfully accomplishing the passage up the
river, floating torpedoes and electric mines
would be encountered probably as far as
twenty miles below Fort Delaware Escap-
ing these, she would be greeted by a raking
fire from two mortar batteries, each con-
tanning eight guns. The batteries are hid
Gen in deep pits few miles below Dela-
ware City. Still continuing TO advance she
would be met when twelve miles below
Fort Delaware by a fire from the five-inch
guns located at Fort Mott. These failing.
the larger guns of both Forts Mott and
Delaware would open and further progress
would certainly be arrested
At distance of ten miles the vessels
would be in range of the three ten-inch
guns. AT that distance or even at half that
the big guns on the battle ships could not
be used on account of the limitations of
elevation in the turrets in ordsr to get such
range. AT a distance of seven miles a L.
UCO-pound prOjectile from one of the twelve
il ch guns at Fort Mott would pierce seven
inches of armor on the vessels. Each of
the four guns at Fort Mott could be fred
every five minutes, throwing weight of
metal of more than 2700 pounds at each
round.
AS each gun was fired 1t would drop he
hind the parapet on it's disappearing car
Rage out Of the sight of the advancing
ships, where ii would be loaded again, and
after being aimed ty range finders, would
rise to a firing position, discharge its pro
Jectile and drop again out of sight.
Further mortars are situated here. They
are also hidden in deep pits and by Iange
finders would throw their proiectles rp-
ward in an arc. dropping them or the decks
of the approaching vessels. shower Of
eight 6U-pound shells dropping around a
cruiser and on her decks, some of them go
ing through, would probably lead to some
hesitation on the part of ,ler comma rder
as to the advisability of proceeding fur
ther. These shells will go through several
inches of deck armor.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
AuCTiOs SALES OF heal ESTATE, &c.
Today.


Thomas J. Owen, Auct., .13 F st. n.w.-Trus-
tees sale Of dwelling No. o5 Myrtle st., on Satur-
day. May Z. at O'Clock pm. William T. Ed
monston and Dwight Anderson. trustees.
Duncanson Bros. Aucts., 9th aid sts.-Trus-
tees sale OF lot in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday
May Z. at $50 O'Clock pm. Charles +. Benz amin
and VIM. II. Duncanscn. trustees.
Mortgages sale Of real csta-e at Highland
Station. on Saturday, May Z. at 4:s0 O'Clock p.m
Monday.
Duncanson Bros, Aucts., 9th and d sts NV
Chancery sale Of dwellings Ncs- sO6. sos ct. and
324 Sth st. NV. on Mond: May o. at o'clock
pm; at 4:20 p.m, Nos. o46-1S 9Th st. NV; at
$40 pm. No. 411 Sth at. NV; at p.m.. No.
421. and at $50 pm, Nos 907 and 900 E st. NV.
l. Cabell Williamson. J. Holdsworth Gordon and
Chas F. Benjamin. trustees.
Thomas J. Owen. Auct-, 913 st. u.w-Trus-
tees sale Of lots Nos a. SO and part OF a. Center
lexington, on Monday. May 8, at 4:30 O'Clock
pm. VIM. H. O'Cnnnor, surviving trustee.
Thomas Dowlins 4 Co.. Ancfs-. 612 Z St NV
Trustees sale Of dwelling No. 1898 9Th st. NV. on
Monday, May o. at A:3o O'Clock pm Richard E.
pairo and Herbert A. GIN. Trustees
G. q. Sloan Co.. Aucts., 140T @ st. NV
Trustees' sale OF dwelling No. 1235 Madison st
NV. ON Monday, May Q. at S o'clock pm H.
H Bergmano and G. II. EnlmeEich, trusteea
Evening star., 1898-05-07
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
Secretary Cages Statement to the
FinancefEogsmfttee,

Secretary Cages Statement to the
FinaneefEoglmfttee.
|, The testimony ofilsecfetary Gage as to
the condition of the treasury and its re-
quirements in order to meet the monetary
demands of the war, as made before the
Serate committee on -Hnance, has been
given to the public. -
The Secretary stated the available bal
aEce in the treasury April 80 at s179, .472.
but from this 1t wastnecessary, he said. to
deduct the s5O.OOO.O $50 appropriated for the
national defense. He estimated that when
the deficiencies in the War and Navy De-
partments were met there would be an
available balance of $91 0DO,O 600. The treas
urer estimated that he must have SJeND
900 for a working balance from day TO day
This would leave, now only SO 600 900 of
available net cash in the treasury but
for the fact that there were some labili-
ties that would not be pressed He
thought that all told. the treasury could
count upon available cash to the extent
of $70,OOo.OO0 above the $1Oo,OOO,0OO gold
reserve
tinony was given none of the volunteer
forces had become a tax upon the gov
ernment: that the entire 125, 600 men would
have to be taken care of within a month $
time. The best estimates placed the ex-
traordinary expenses for the War and
Navy Departments at $5,O00OOO up to the
1St of July next, in addition to the S.,0fOO =
600 voted for national defense. He thought
that from $40OO0.O00 to $4,000 900 in ad-
dftion to the ordinary revenues would
have to be realized between now and July
1 to preserve the gold reserve intact
Without this extra fund he thought the
reserve would be reduced to the extent of
$40, ,000, ,0G0, leaving in the treasury only
$40, 900, 900, all told, at the end of the fiscal
year.
Mr. Gage said he knew of no other meth
cd for raising this extra money except by
taxation or the sale of bonds.
Senator Turpie asked if he could think of
no other method
II cannot think of any other to which
think it would be proper and safe for the
government to resort, except by the :ssu-
ance of treasury certificates. l think il is
a legitimate operation to borrow in any
way you can make it acceptable to both
parties to the contract"
The Secretary refused to furnish an esti-
mate of the expense of the war after July
l, because he had no data from the War
and Navy Departments, but he gave the
committee what he called guess" based
on the best information obtainaple, placing
the figure at $25,tG0,000 month"; in addi-
ton to the ordinary expenses.
Mr.. Gage expressed the opinion that it
would be impossible to place as much as
500, 600, 600 of the loan among individuals
and in small sums. Explaining his reason
for this opinion. he said:
Our people are very different from the
French people, il you please, in whose
country there are no savings banks. In
our country there are 5,oO0,000 people who
have money in savings banks at a general
average rate of interest of per cent. The
money is av ailabla to them at any moment
The temptation and self-interest to invest
in 3 per cent bonds and disturb their lit
tie balances in the savings banks Is not
very great"
Evening star., 1898-05-07
FUSION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The Question to Come Before the
POpulists and Democrats This Month.

The Question to Come Before the
POpulists and Democrats This Month.
''The present month will be one Of the
most important periods of many years in
the history OF North Carolina" said w Z.
Christian, managing editor of the Raleigh
N.C) News and Observer. to a Star re.
porter today. ION the action of the popu-
list and democratic conventions to be held
this month will depebd the political COM
piexion of the state in 1900 The future of
Senators Pritehard and Butler will be con-
trolled by this action.
'On May 16 the populfsts will hold :, con-
vention, and Senator Butler will exert all
his influence to have the convention favor
fusion with the democrats in the coming
state elections. He will point out TO the
pc pu1sts that only by such a fusion will
II be possible to keep the state under white
control At our last election for governor
the democrats polled IL, 600 votes and the
popuiists $1,000 while the republicans poll
ed 153 Os0 votes, CT which 12tl 900 were cast
557. e0'>' A1N''e'e0
Fusion Could Win Easily.
IF the democrats and popuiists fuse
it will be an easy thing for them to secure
control of the state, which 1 think would
make them secure for many years to come
At the populist convention Senator But
Ter will propose fusion with the democrats
on very liberal terms to the latter On the
other hand, men represented by Represen-
tative Skinner, who helped to elect Sena-
tor Pritchard will oppose fusion.
"On the 18th of the month the demo-
cratic state convention will meet and If
the poouiists favor fusion a great respon-
sibility will be thrown the democrats
Fusion Is opposed by some of the old
Straight-out democrats. but they will be
shown that the only means of keeping the
state under white control will be by joining
EandS with he populistS. L think the dem
ocratic convention will decide for fusion, as
l believe they see that is the wise thing
to do.
Opposition to Fusion.
There are some powerful influences
cpe rating against this plan of fusion. The
Southern railway influence is against it
and Senator Pritchard, with all the power
OF federal patronage, is endeavoring to
make it a failure. He mas appointed many
populists to office for the purpose of weak
eEing Senator Buffers influence.
Both Mr.. Bryan and Senator Jones,
chairman of the national democratic exec
utive committee. desire fusion between the
democrats and populists and are working
to bring it about
Evening star., 1898-05-07
REGARDING THE LAFAYETTE.
Officers of Company Say No Spnnisi
Officers We're Aboard.

HAVRE, France May THE officers Of
the French Transatlantic Steamship Com
pany say they do not believe Spanish off,
GERS embarked on board their steamer La
fayette, captured by the United States gun
boat Annapolis off Havana, when the
French liner touched at Corunna, SPAIN
They say it would have been easier for
the Spaniards to embark Spanish ves-
sells, and they explain that if such officers
were found on board they deceived the cap
tain of the Lafayette in regard to their
status.
When the Lafayette sailed from ST. Ma
Zaire, though war had not yet been de-
clared, her commander was warned that
If he learned hostilities had commenced he
was to obey all the customary regulations
The French company officials do not be-
lieve the captain of the Lafayette has yio-
lated the neutrality laws.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Compliment to officer Wilson.

Policeman Samuel Wilson, who was re-
Gently taken from the detail in connection
with the work of the Humane Society, as
published in The Star at the time has re-
ceived from President Pratt of the Humane
Society the following letter:
"At meeting Of the executive committee
Of the Washington Humane Society held
May your removal by order of the Com
missioners of the District from our service
to another sphere of duty was announced.
whereupon it was unanimously resolved
that the thanks of the society be and are
hereby given to you for your very kind,
efficient and satisfactory service while de-
tailed for this work during the past eight
years"
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Poison Suspected.

George w. Dodson, a young man who Is
employed as clerk in clothing store
was taken to the Emergency Hospital late
yesterday afternoon for trea .ment for sun
posed opium poisoning. The young man
had been drinking for several days, and
yesterday afternoon. while seated in a
saloon on 9th street, he fell asleep When
the saloon keeper found 1t impossible to
arouse him, he had him taken to the hos
pitai, where DIR. Juenemann and others
soon had him out Of danger. While the
patient showed symptoms of opium poison-
ing. the doctors say his condition may
have resulted from liquor drinking.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Enlistmcnt of Cadets.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
A L L,

Special correspondence Of The Evening Star
HYATTSVILLE, Md, May Z, 1898.
Governor Lowndes and Captain r. w.
Sylvester, president OF the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, will hold a conference to-
day or tomorrow on the subject Of allowing
some Of the college cadets to enlist in the
9TH Regiment of Baltimore. 1t is under
stood that number of students are de-
sirous of entering the service, but the fear
of losing the years work deters them.
Governor Lowndes has asked the presi-
dent Of the college il this difficulty could
not be overcome by graduating the first
class before the end of the scholastic year
and advancing the lower classes. The
farmer boys stand third in the list of hest
drilled cadets in the country.