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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
A Breezy Gail.

He was a tough boy and he didn't
care who suspected it. He came into
che office and in a brusque and reckless
fashion demanded the portrait cut
of a certain we'll known character The
matter was looked up and he was told
that the portrait would necessitate an
outlay on his part OF s1o5
Where's de 'phons?" Queried the
tough boy.
He entered the box, slamming the
the door after him and yelling into the
instrument in a voice that reached
clear around the corner.
Gimme me 'Main'-hullo, wot's de
matEc. wild you? Can't you git it?
Gimme Main umphy-one. Yes, dat's
it. Git a hurry on yer Hullo. Is DAT
you. boss? Dis is Ratzy-hullo! Dis
is RatZy-yes, RatZy. Spell it? Watts
you givin us? Eats me. Say, you
got to cough up dollar n quarter for
dat cut. Watts dat? Yes, cough IN
| Cough-cough up. no, no. Cough--k
of. cough. Wot does ii mean? Oh
say. you're stringin' me like box kite
| Yes, O. course OATS it. Dollar twenty.
five. Hey? Yes. II! be right down
The tough boy rang Off. slammed thu
telephone door. cleared his throa
harshly. expectoratsd in the waste bias
ket and Stalked from the counting
| room """..
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
WALTER c. SCOTT DEAD.
Story That He Killed Himself ViGor-
NM ----- OuSlN DeniA0.

story That He Killed Himself Vigor-
ously Denied.
News was received here yesterday OF
the death of Mr.. Walter c. Scott. who
left Hampton last Thursday for jack
sonville Fla. to take a position in
Cummer's lumber mill. near that city.
Before leaving here Mr.. Scott was en-
ployed a the Normal School. He had
been sick for a week or two, but ms
illness occasioned his friends no appre-
hension. His wife and child reside
With MIR. Daniel E. Risley. the ladys
father. on Locust street
1t was learned that when Mr.. Scott
started for Jacksonville he was feeling
Well and was cheerful. He had no do
nestle trouble Of any kind it is said;
hence the statement made By a Jack
sonYille paper that he committed sui
eide is Indignantly denied.
The Tmes-Union and Citizen of that
city, in an account of Mr.. SCOTS death,
says:
He came here a few days ago to go
to work at Cummer's mill, he having
been employed by them at their other
| mills, and was to have gone to work
this morning. He was a sawyer by
trade. and commanded good wages.
Saturday night lie was down town. and
| started out to his boarding house. near
| the mill about $50 o'clock. He did not
reach the house. but evidently left the
hack a short distance from there. as
he was found by some of the employ
ees of the mill about 1880 O'Clock in
the road leading to the mill dead The
body was yet warm.
DIR. Hoyie Haddock made pos,
| mortem examination and found that
death had been caused by bullet from
a pistol of 32-calibre. The shot entered
the temple on the right side and Wen
almost through the brain. stopping a
the skull on the left side of the head
Death must have been instantaneous
The pistol from which the shot wa!
fired was found by his side. and nea
his right hand. from which 1t had ey
identity fallen.'
The impression prevails among Mr.
SCOTS friends here that he was way
laid and robbed. He had considerab BIZ
money and wore handsome and cost
ly gold watch
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
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Mark ctnblc Autographs.

The autographs Of most people are Of
little value unless signed to a check
that is backed UP by bank account or
attached to Il deed or note secured by
property At a recent sale Of theatrical
relics, however, certain autographs
sold at prices ranging from 81 to SIG
An autograph letter written by the
great English actor Edmund kean sold
for $50, while letter written by Fred
erick Lemaitre, the celebrated French
actor, sold for only 81. Autographs OF
John Mccullough and Of Steele Mack
aye, the author Of Hazel Kirke." sold
at prices ranging from sl.25 to $3.50
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
BIG HEPTAsoPHs HERE.


. I
Annual Banquet Of Relief Conciave.
No. 3l5.
The annual banquet Of Relief Con-
clave, No. %l5. of the order Of Hepta-
sophs. took place at the hall of the or
ganization in Phoebus last Tuesday
night. There was a large attendance
many of the members being accompa-
MED by their wives and daughters.
The meeting was one of the m st
pleasant ever held by this large and
prosperous conclave Supreme Archon
N. S. Cohen. of Pittsburg: Supreme
Secretary S. II. Tattersall of Pittsburg:
Supreme Organizer John W. Cruett of
Baltimore, and Major Pnipps, of the
First Maryland Regiment, a distin-
sushed Heptasoph. We're present and
delivered interesting and instructive
addresses concerning the great WORK
| already accomplished by the order anG
the greater work before it. Major Jas
! D. Winnie acted as master OF ceremo
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
LIQUOR ON THE FPS
-" y.
Cook Charged With ling
It to the Men.
A GOLFERS sPEtAsY
Why the Maryland Soldiers Wc, Tnld
on Yesterday. Trials in ti.,mts
Court. Death of Wiz,
IL. Scott

The big black. lazy-lonLi collier
Aberenda, which for the f,u,.
WEEKS mas been lying off Point.
with four thousand tons OF .Storcd
III her thick iron hun, await orders
from Washington, yesterduy.nished
sensation. When the Abera, with
several other coal-laden shinnchor-
ca IN Hampton Roads her o.cs ana
,1.ei, confidently expected to amplny
oainmodore Watson to thuast Of
Spain and furnish fuel to tKanke,
meme war that We're to sen.dmiral
tamaras fleet to the bottcof the
ocean But the sailing orderat was
looked Tor never came and aae days
rolled by and heightened in weeks
IKE on board the Golfers hmc so
'hoiotonous that the men gan TO
Sru1nbie among themselves.
ms condition of affairs lad for a
fortnight and then the menagan to
undergo change. 1t cannon 81
gradually that the officers dilot sus-
pect the cause of it. The or, which
but a short time before, we,anxious
TOR the signal to weigh auckland sail
away. seemed to have pass into a
state on complete and perrecatisfac
ton With their lot. And so tlr-s went
conteniment leaked out Nowl hands
are unhappy and would be 81, if they
We're Il thousand miles away -om Old
Point. Yesterday morning officer
from the collier. who happeneto have
business with one of the sanshir
agents on the dock. was aaZed tC
learn THAT ten barrels of boled beer
consigned to George A. GrislLd, coos
ON the Aberanda, was there in the
freight room awaiting TRANSFORMATION
To the Vessel. He said that tire mus
be some mistake-that the ook wa:
not authorized to receive good of tina
character. He soon became cnvince1
however. that the beer was minded 70
Cook Griswold.
CirisWold. it is charged. has ben sellin
liquor on tae sly to the crew FIR IL fort
night. but where he obtaind it ha
not been given out. There SENS to b
no doubt, however that hehas bae
that, besides having the sailors on tt
AberanGa for his customers he he
done rushing business anopg II
men on board the othcr-.Esssele-.e
Much speculation was INDUCED
yesterday afternoon concerning II
source from which he obtained his SUI
ply of liquors. One view of the matte
is that he was aided by jarties in Phot
bus. who furnished the wkskey an
beer in accordance with sort of par
ncrship arrangement Should this prov
to be true Griswold is not theonly ma
who will have serious trouble vii
Uncle Sam. The offense is one f
which the government accepts no e.
cuse and conviction means long ter
Of confinement at hard labor in a Fee
eral prison. 1t is stated that letectiN
are now at work on the case and tn
G,iswold's accomplices will be know
in a few days. The cook viii; be tri,
by naval court martial. but the natu
of the punishment which will follow
the event of his conviction could not
learned yesterday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
The Iron Heel Again,

yes. SIR" said the Chairman Of the
Dyea Vigilance Committee, 1.-The durn
skunk hez one wife here an another at
St. MichaeIs.'
Down with monopoly" Bust the
trusts came the noarse shou: from
hundreds Of threats.
1t was generally conceded that hang
ing was too good for a bigamist in a
country where there were 1853 men to
every woman.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
AMERICAN GUNNERs-
SOME REASONS WHY THEY ARE THE
BEST IN THE WORLD.

English Naval Officer ON the Puritan Dur
ing Bo,nbnrtment OF alantanzas Said Had
Dewey Had the Spanish Squadron at NIa-
nlln He Could Have Whipped Them.
The grandest shot l ever saw or
ever heard Of You Americans are the
deatlliest Sunners on earth" So said an
English naval officer by courtesy on
board the monitor Puritan. when
man at the guns planted ten-inch
pro3ectle plumb III the vitals OF the
Spanish rampant at Matanzas.
In my opinion if Dewey with his ex
pert gunners, had been in command Of
the Spanish squadron at Manila, he
would have been the victor just the
same, for all the world knows that in
| craftsmanship nothing ever could
equal our boys" This was the remark
Of an officer at the Brooklyn Navy
| Yard He was referring especially to
that superb shot from the cruiser
Raleigh that struck the magazine OF
| the Don Julian de Austria and blew
the Spanish warship into spinters.
The naval powers OF the earth are
standing ashast at the havoc wroush
at Manila by tho men at our guns. I
has placed us at one stride in the from
ranlt of naval powers, demonstrating
that with the total transformation II
methods ushered IN with the birth o
ironclads the American navy of 1879
has solved the problem with supero
| gunnery, just AS il solved the problem
. OF our success in o,;r earlier wars whe
the graphing iron and the haud-to-han
combat on deck called for superio
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
The Young :lgi,ator.

fathers knee III an attitude somewhat
lacking in elegance. When he was re-
leased he wiped the moisture from his
eyes and sat himself carefully down on
the softest sofa pillow
Father" ne said. Il decidedly oh
ject to your method of handling This
Affair."
His father looked up in surprise.
And why So sonny?"
Because" replied the youthful
statesman, it smacks too much OF
paternalism!"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
MEETING OF EDUCATORS.
Board Of Directors Of Blackshurg Col

Board of Directors of Backsburg Coli
leSe at Old Point.
The Board of Directors Of the Blacks-
burg College. this State. was in session
yesterday at the Hygeia Hotel. Old
Point. Among those in attendance up n
the meeting We're Professor Mcbride.
president of the institutions: Captain
Eauder. principal of the Miller Manual
Training School. near C'harlottcsNilles
MIR s Hamilton Graves. Of Roanoke.
and others.
\ night session. which, continued unit!
IA late hour. Was held for the purposs
of considering the question Of electinS
two new professors for the college. The
Blac!lshurg institution is one of the
most efficient and prosperous educa-
lional establishments in the State ant
is gaining in popularity at a rapid rate
under, the wise direction Of Frofesso1
McRridc ..... .-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04

" NINN YIN EACH "A E,
NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-There was no
great. outburSt of speculative enthusf-
assn in the stock market today as a
result OF the peace news. The market
Droadened out materially. and was con-
nuehtly strong all day. but inuuiriny
observers feel considerable doubt
whether the peace prospects had much
20 90 with the rise. Of much more ef-
fect is the general growing conviction
tnat the local money marke. is not at
an due TO the sluggish trade conditions.
but rather to the abundant supplies Of
money at interior points to meet the
requirements of expanding business
and the movement thus far Of the
crops. Yesterdays gold imports re-
suited in stiffening foreign exchange
ana IN appreciab bly, easier money rates
for time loans Exchange exports are
not able to figure any profit on the
gold import operation at the present
level OF exchange, and these operations
must be accepted as antcipative of flu
ture conditions. If the importers an
tclpated higher money rates abroad
they would probably leave their funds
there without drawing the exchange
1t seems doubtful, also, whether the
presnt low rates of money here would
themselves invite such an operation
Prospects OF enlarged demand through
awakened business activity must be
looked to to explain the present gold
movement. The general tenor of talk
heard in Wall street is expected In
crease OF trade and Industrial eSpan-
sion
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
BRIEF ITEMS.

Mrs. W. Fl. Carter. of the West End.
is visiting friends in Henry county.
Mrs. c. c. Mugler. who has been Sc
riously i'll at her home on Chapel street,
is improving.
been visiting Mrs. Claude Tignor for
the past three months has returned to
her home Il Lee Halt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
II HE NORFOLK & WASHING
TON STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

IT HE NORFOLK &. WASHING
TON STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The New and Powerful Iron Palace
Steamers Newport News. Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol-
lows:
NORTH BOUND.
Steamers leave Portsmouth. foot
OF North street at ....... $500 D. m
Leave Norfolk, foot OF Mathews
street AZ ...-...-... 6:45 p. nj.
Leave Old Point at ...... GAS o. m.
Arrive Washington at $780,. 700 q. m
B. &. O. r. r. PENN, R.. r.
LV- Washington at. $500 a m. 8: 90 m
ar. Philadelphia at.1l:0O a m.1O:50 a m
Ar New York at. :. :25 p m. .2:15 II,
South bound, B. g. 0. P. r. Penn. r, r,
Lv. New York at. 80 a m. L 100 m
". Philadelphia at. :33 p m 3:lS m
ar In Washington :. 4:3O p m. .6:1s m
steamers leave Washington at $3.50 m
Arrive Fortress Monroe at 200 a m
Arrive Norfolk at 500 a n,
@rrive at Portsmouth at ... $50 q n,
The trip down the historic Potomac
Ever ana Chesapeake Bay on the ele-
giant steamers of this company is un-
surpassed. The steamers are coYnpar-
at1vely new, having been built Ia 1891.
ana are fitted up In the most luxuri-
ant manner. with electric lights, cali
bel. and steam heat in each room.
Inc tables are supplied with every de-
llcacy Of the season from the markets
Of Washington and Norfolk.
For further information apply to
| D. !. CALLAHAN. Agent,
| Norfolk, Va
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES

CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Small domestic
receipts and a firm Liverpool market
today We're motives for higher prices
in wheat September closed 3-4c higher
and December gained 1-2c. Corn lost
1-2c. oats rose 1-SM14c. Prvisions
We're extremely Weak. Pork declined
SUc: lard 1ic and ribs Poe
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04

Tile speaking was followed by Il
spltndld supper. after which music was
dancing We're the order until q late
~hDur The music was furnished by the
Soldiers Home orchestra. The supreme
officers paid Relief tonclavH many In ;h
com inpDtS
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
Geo. II. Richter
VS.. MlSER.

DIR. Charcot's Tonic Tablets, the great
Partisan remedy, is "a guaranteed cure
for the drink habit; also nervousness
and melancholy caused by over indul-
gence.
It destroys the appetite for eaco1lolfc
and an Intoxicating beverages, and
leaves man as he yhould be It can be
administered without the knowledge OF
the patient where necessary. Send for
pamphlet. Klor's Drug Stores. New
port News. Va
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
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General office, Baltimore, Md.

~ HE STEAMER S. a. McALLi
Il will leave Newport News with.
both freight and passengers FOR Peters,
burg every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday about 7:15 A. M. and will leave
Newport News fer Norfolk every Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday about $3.50
P. NJ.
Will leave Norfolk every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday Mt 500 A. III.
sharp. J. w. PHILLIPS.
Owne&
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

Maori girls in the North Island OF
New Zealand are being tattcoed by \
urewera tohunga for SIS apiece
Kaiser Wilhelm treated forty British
and forty-eight German naval cadets
to beer on his yacht Hohenzollern while
at Trondhjem.
In a recently discovered Roman tomb
the skeleton of a woman was, found
which had complete set Of false teeth,
beautifully wrought in pure gold
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04

NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
NEW YORK. Aug. 3-Cotton flu
lures opened dull. August, 5.s4; Sep
tember. 5.SS; October, 5.9i; November.
5;95; eDcember. 500; January. Goa:
February, 6.O6; March Cos; April, 6.12;
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
w adam Amae

The celebrated Spiritual, Trance and
BUSINESS Medium, is now lacated In
Newport News. Reads life past pres
ent and future with absolute correct
ness. Gives valuable advice in bust
ness and harmony to the family circle.
Every one in trouble should cail on her.
Z $50 Tweaty- fourth street, opposite
warwick Iron Works. a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
n Id DOMINION STEAMSHIP co,
~ DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA

~ DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN
POINTS.
The elegant passenger steamships
jamestown, Guyandotte, Princess Anns
and Old Dominion leave New York
every day except Sunday at $3.50
p. NJ, for Norfolk and Newport News,
touching at Fortress Monroe on the
south bound trip.
The ships of this line leave Norfolk
for New York direct every day except
Sunday at $3.50 P. NJ.
a short, delightful and invigorating
voyage.
FARES:
First~class. straight. including meals
and berth SOC
First-class, round trip, including
meals and berth .......... 1880
Steerage, without substance. $50
Steamer Luray arrives from Smith
field and leaves for Norfolk daily ex-
| cept Sunday at 500 A. M. Returning
leaves Norfolk from Bay Line wharf
every day except Sunday at 800 P. NJ.
| NJ. E. CROWELI4. Agent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04

NJ ERCHANTS & MINERS TRANS
IVA PORTATION CO.'S STEAMSHIP
LINES FOR BOSTON, PROVIDENCE
and BALTIMORE.
Leave Newport News, via Norfolk Cor
Boston every Monday. Wednesday and
Friday, sailing from Norfolk at SEQ P.
NJ. Leaves for Providence Tuesdays
Fridays and SUNDAYS at $50 P. M.
Leave Newport News for Baltimore
Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sun
days at p. NJ. connecting for Wash
ington, Philadelphia and New York.
Fare to Baltimore. one way. 50; round
trip; S. including stateroom berth. Ac-
coG.modatons and cuisine un-
equalled. Freight and passengers
taken for all points north and south.
For further information abby to
L. c. SAUNDERS;SAgen
Newport News. Va.
w. P. TURNER, G. P. A.
J. c. WHITNEY. T. M.
General office Baltimore Md.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04

cash quotations were aus follows:
Flour slow; No 8 spring wheat.
6sg175; No. 2 red, G54M654; No. =
corn, 33W53A; No. 9 oats, 81; No.
white, sSW244; No. 5 white, 2G@27;
No. rye, 404a42}; No. 2 barley, 50
OBS; No l flax seed, Sc; prime
timothy seed, 2.574; mess pork per
barrel 94DW9 AS; lard, per lO0 pounds,
) 31!@5.4O; short ribs sides, loose,
$ 3OW5.65; dry sailed 81, ulders
boxed, 4s@5; short clear sides
boxed, 5.75@6.O0; No. ? yellow corn
334a33t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04

Miss Aubrey D. Hagg. left this morn
ing to visit her parents in Gloucester
county. -, AN ~ 4
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
FINANCE And COMMERCE
Market Gutatins From the
Leading Bushes Cenbers.
NEW YORK MONEY MApKE,r

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
new YORK, Aug. 3.-Money on call,
STEADY at l-4@1 LIZ per cent; last
."ah. per cent; prime mercantile
paper. 31-294 per cent; sterling ex-
change firm. with actual business in
bankers bills at ASS 1-4@4.S5 1-2 for de-
mand and at 4.S3 1-20D4 81 ga for sixty
DAYS Posted rates, asa 1-2@4.S5 and
i:SoW4.S6 IL; commercial bills 49, ga;
silver certificates, So 1-2D59 L.; bar
silver. SO; Mexican dollars, As IL; gov
eminent bonds. strong: state bonds
dull; railroad bonds, strong
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04
Window Screens
That Really Protect

from the flies and other sum
mer pests are the sort OF screens you
want. Made to tit your window snugly.
DO not warp. nor crack, nor wear at
the edges of the wire nettipg-that's
the sort OF screens we sell at the price
of the rall-to- pieces kind.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-04

TRAINS LEAVE NEWPORT NEWS
FOR OLD POINT
Week days 10 80 u. IL Is u and |. 3, s.
05 and is m.
Sundays only IL IS and !. 3. S. 6 o5.
{, and 8 y m.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-15
Obituary.

Died suddenly, the 18th inst
at his home in Pasquotank
county, Mr.. Arthur B. Prichard
This is an additional warming !:
BE We also ready, for in such
an hour as ye think not, the
Son of Man cometh." Mr..
Prichard was a good neighbor
and a good citizen, he was
jolly old man-fun for one and
all. Mr.. Prichard planted rice
all day, and late in the after
noon, went to the house, feeling
tired, laid down to rest and
death. He was o. years 2
months and some days old. He
was often reminded of his Chris
tan duty, and he admitted it
all, but, like many Of his fell
lows, put this matter off until at
last death came. He was
ushered into the judgment to
answer for the deeds done in
the body. May this sudden
death be sancti6ed to the awake
ming Of some others in the
neighborhood who are also pro>
crastinating and are not doing
what the Lord says, seeking the
Kingdom of God and rig hteous>
ness first. Mr.. Prichard's flu
neral was conducted by the
writer, and many of his friends
and neigh bors were present,
which showed their great re-
spect for him, We then with
loving hands, laid his body to
rest in the Pritchard burying
ground. May the God of all
grace comfort and sustain the
widow and the children.
os. b. FEREBEE.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-04-15

While not indulging in NOT
consenting to, any Of the vulgar
abuse of President Mckinley,
many citizens condemn his pol j.
icy, or lack of policy, toward
Cuba as unjust to American SEN
timent and the genius OF a free,
brave people and discreditable
to the Presidential character.
lit is explained now that the
phrase stable government" in
t,le message means an "lnde-
pendent government" but, that,
for feat of offending the Span
ish Ministry by saying what he
meant, the ambiguous word
"stable" was put in to persuade
them that he did not mean an
''independent" governm ent for
Cuba.