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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-20
colored church in East Epd

The colored Baptists of East End are
erecting q new Baptist church at the
corner of Oak avenue and Twenty
ninth street. 1t is q two-stroy frame
structure, and will be erected at a cost
OF $1,000. Rev. B. J. Allen is the pastor
of the congregation. and it will be
known as the First Baptist church of
East End. The church will have a
seating capacity of 500. The building
is being erected by the Needham Build
ing Cpmapny Although the frame
work is nearly completed, the corner
stone will not be laid until July 4, al
which time there will be public de-
monstration. The church will be ded-
icated q month later
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NOT A COMPLETE FAILURE.
Something Accomplished by the Gus
sic Expedition After All.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, May 10
A special to the Times-Union and Cit
izen from Key West. Fla, says:
The Gussie expedition did not fail
entirely. Two native Cuban scouts
were landed west of Havana on the
second day out Spanish gueri!las had
been assigned to the duty of patrolline
the shore. A boat from the G,lsSe
landed twenty men. They had harell,
set foot upon shore before q furious
volley was fired at them by the guer-
illlas, who were concealed in the thick.
cts on the coast OF the low hills. The
American party advanced, We're halted
when in range and the order fire was
given. They Aired as one man, sending
three volleys at the guerilIas. who
scattered like chaff before the wind
Five OF them were killed = including q
captain whose bloody cap and swort
were taken and brought back as tro
phies. The two scouts made their way
on into the INTERIOR
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THE CHARLESTON RETURNS
tBy TeleEraph,) 49, -:

VALLEJO. CAL, May 19.-The cr1,is-.EsH
er Charleston. which sailed yesterday
for Manila with ammunition and SUP
plies for Admiral Dewey Is back at herS
berth at Mare Island navy yard with
her condensors out of order. The ac-
cident Is trivial. but Captain Glass con-
Guided that 1t would be better core
turn to the navy yard and secure thas
benefit of the facilities there than to re-
pair the damage at sea-
The Charleston will make another
start within the next forty-eight hours
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-20

CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY.
RICHMOND, VA, May 19.-Today
was Confederate Memorial Day at
Fredericksburg. A touching incident
was the placing in the North Carolina
section Of the cemetery OF an exquisite
white floral anchor In memory of En-
sign Worth Bagley
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Gradnated with Honor.

Rachael George, respectable colored
girl of this city, graduated from the
Norfolk Mission College yesterday
with honor. carrying off the first prize.
q set Of Dickens works. The girl re-
ceivedssher education through the eff
forts of Professor James S. Lee, prin-
cipal of the colored public schools OF
this city, and the board Of school trus-
tees will be asked to appoint her a.
teacher in the colored schools next
year.
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RED MENgADJoURN.
The Next Council Will.. Meet on
Chincoteague Island.
Especial to the: Daily Press.) -.
u HAMPTON, VA, AfaySIo.

Chlncoteaguel Island.
Especial to the, Daily Press.)
4.5M HAMPTON, VA. Maybe.
The Great CouHcil OF Red Men
closed it's session here last evening,
after one of the most enjoyable meet
ings in the history Of the order Ihe
morning session was devoted o,the
consideration of committee reports
and the discussion Of topics relating
to the general laws.
Despite hard times the order has
prospered during the past year, the
membership in the State at this 60
being 1000. Equally encouraging s.!
the condition OF the wampum belts
the cash on hand being, it is said, in
the neighborhood of $4,000. Ills is
most excellent showing,
Resolutions of thanks to the citi-
zens of Hampton were passed setting
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-20
CAROLINE COUNTY.

CAROLINE COUNTY. = The farm
;ers of this county have been receiving
rich returns from their last crop of
tobacco, and shipments are still going
to the markets. Caroline Is peculiarly
adapted to raising fine tobacco, and
the shipments from Milford. the prin-
cipal shipping point in the county. have
for some time averaged three car loads
a day. A shipment made last week
by Mr.. A. t. Reynolds. OF Bowling
Green, brought for one lot SGT per hum
dred, and three other lots SIS per hun
dred,
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Not.a Stay-at-EIone Soldier.

Attorney r. G. Bickford is member
of the Chesapeake Gun Club, but he
was not present at the meeting when Il
resolution was adopted rendering the
services of the club to Mayor w. A.
Post as home guard in the event of an
emergency, Mr. Bickford is not stay
at home soldier. If he tenders his SER
vices he will want to go to the front.
where he thinks men are needed.
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The largest and cheapest line of ham
mocks In the city. See them before
buying. Adams Racket Store.
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FoRTY-Two LIVES LOST.
Terrible Results OF Wednesdays Tor
nado In the West
(Rv 7'a1apraphN

81 CHICAGO, May 19.-Forty-tw per-
sons are known to have lost their lives
and twenty-eight others are reported
dead as the result of the tornado which
devastated portions Of east Iowa, west
ern Illinois and northern Wisconsin last
night. The property loss is very large.
Iowa heads the list with eighteen ia
talities Gd TIKI 81 u
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Ice cream freezers to 10 quarts, ice
water coolers 2 to gallons. Prices
right. Adams Racket Stare.
ma-20-tf
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UNDERSTANDING
psf H,.Friendship Between This
Tr,d,t,o,,1>st 1yRrance to Continue.
Country Autobiography
(By TelS~Slie-As q

~.
WASHINGTON, May H.: ., -. Us Us
suit OF recent exchanges between'-!!:r'
officials of the State Department and
those of the French embassy an agree
able understanding has been reached
ance Of the traditionar rrfenushnt te.s
listing between the United States and
France. 1t has served to make clear
that each government has the fullest
confidence In the friendly attitude of
The other, and that any criticisms or
;.nimosities aroused by recent Incidents
in the wur have not been shared by the
government officials of either country.
NJ. Robineau, of Paris, who is prom
inently identified with Partisan tour-
nalism. has arrived here. While rep
resenting LIE Temps and lie Matin.
which are identified with the French
government. he also has semi-o OFF,
cial mission to perform. He is accred-
tied by NJ. Hanatoux. the French
minister of foreign affairs to the
French embassy, and through this Off
the White House and by representative
men OF the administration. AS u re-
suit OF his calls at the White House
M. Robineau's cables to the Partisan
papers will represent that the most
cordial feeling Is entertained in tine
highest administration circles in
Washington toward the French gov
eminent and people. AT the same time
M. Robineau has given assurance to
the officials here that the government
officials in France entertain the high
est regard for the United States and
In no way feel sympathy or friendship
toward Spain in her present conflict
with this country.
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THE c1ENFUEcos FIGHT.
Spanish Loss Much Heavier Than at
First Reported.

Spanish Loss Much Heavier Than at
First Reported.
Copyright, 1898. by Associated Press)
KEY WEST, FLA, May 19.-The
Spanish loss during the recent engage
ment at Cienfuegos is now known to
have been much heavier than at first
reported. Three hundred Spaniards
We're killed and several hundred woun-
ded. Great damage was done along the
coast. Soon after the engagement the
United States cruiser Marblehead pick
ed up several Cubans in an open boa,
some miles down the coast. including
Colonel Oriz, Lieutenant Olrex and
three privates from an insurgent camp
near Cienfuegos. They reported that
the Spanish losses and the damage done
by the shells from the warships were
very heavy. The hospitals at Glen
fuegos. they said. We're full of wounded.
and fear prevailed everywhere that the
American ships would return to COM
plete the work Of destruction During
the engagement, the Marblehead threw
$50 5-inch shells into the Spanish
forces and 100 shots from her second
battery. The gunboat Nashville fired
as many more shells and l.500 shots
from her second battery. Fifteen hun
dred Spaniards We're stationed In an
imprisoned fortress in the lighthouse
and on this the ships concentrated their
fire, and it was here that the worst
destruction was wrought. just dAleI
the lighthouse was blown up five Span
1ards who were running together In an
attempt to escape We're picked off by a
shell from the Marblehead, the gunner
being ordered to fire upon them by En-
sign Pratt. They We're torn to pieces
The men who manned the cutter do
so under instructions, and they with
stood the fire poured upon them with
the utmost calmness.
The Cubans were supplied with 6.ool
rounds of ammunition, and all but one
of them got ashore.
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Good screen doors, complete. s10o.
Adams Racket Store, If.
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"a Great Deal"

OF talk about the beautiful NJ straw
hats this season at Woodward
Womble's. M .:s
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V Crab nets. lines, hooks and fishing
supplies. Adams' Racket Store. tt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-20

Patent, wood and stone charms,
wood ware supplies. Adans' Racket
Store: Il
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-20

Wy ltIeBraph.) - aaSsss.
MADRID. May observation-disclosures
ne Spanish squadron has as
rived at Santiago de Cuba wifbm,t u, 10
cident ,eN'Se ~
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
AN ADVENT SERVICE.

The Rev. s. H. Watkins of New York
 at the Church of the Ascension.
 Another of the united advent services was held in the Church of the. Ascension last night. The sermon was preached by the Rev. s. H. Watkins, who was for several years rector of the church. A goodly number of his former parish toners were present and at the close of the service he held a short informal re- ception to them.
 He preached an earnest and thought ful sermon from the text St. John, first chapter, sixth and seventh verses. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. The same man came for witness, to be witness of the light that all men through him might be saved" He spoke of the great faith of John the Baptist, of his trials and prosecutions. declaring that had his faith not been as great as 1t was he never could have withstood the perse- cutions that he did.
 The speaker said that the single, up right purpose which St. John had is seldom found in this day. He sait there Is great need of prayer during ad' vent season. It is the season in whicf preparation should be made for the sec ond coming of Christ, that He may fine us an acceptable people. Speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice and quietly strive to do the work which has beer set for us to do.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10

They will spend tie winter on the coast. Dr. Lewis is making the trip with pa tient and will remain in California un- til his patient returns.
 Those who made speeches at the big meeting of Ansantawae Encampment Tor Waterbury Thursday night were: Grand Patriarch G. Fred Barnes of Waterbury, Grand Senior Warden w.. J, Berges of Stamford. Grand Junior warden Daniel M. Davis of Waterbury. Grand Treasurer James F. Camp of Bridgeport, Grand Representative Ar thur c. Wheeler of Norwalk, Past Grand Master David R. filling of New Haven, Past Grand Master John Blair or Waterbury, District Deputy Frank K. Woolworth of Waterbury and of- hcers of the visiting encampments, also Patriarchs Guernsey, Cottle, Larkin, Dickinson, Wood and others. There Were two interesting events of the even- l Ing, one of which was the installation or Grand Junior Warden Davis, who was elected at a meeting of the exeer- tive council at New Haven, few weeks ago. and the presentation of beauti- ful bouquet of flowers to Chief patIi- arch T. s. Waite, Senior Warden Charles M. Brooks and High Priest F.. N. Stewart.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Frank Leslie's Weekly, a splendid Christmas number, is out and for sale by T. H. Pease & Son, 102 Church street.
 William Flamke, thirty years old, whose home has been in New Britain, was probably fatally injured by fall- ing off train of cars near the foot of State street in Bridgeport at 7:15 o'clock Thursday evening. He sustained a fracture of the skull, number of se- were scalp wounds, the lass of two fing- CTS of the left hand. and the bone in the upper third of his left arm was splintered and the ball displaced from the socket at the shoulder He was on the train which left this city at about 6:30 o'clock.
 Paul Whittlesey of New Preston is passing a few days with relatives in this city.
 Rogers post, G. A. R., of Branford, was held in the armory Thursday evening, the following officers were elected for next year: Post commander, c. H. Fris- bic; S. V. C., G. w. Beach; J. V. S., Edwin Thayer: surgeon, w. H, Zink; quartermaster, A. B. Barker; chaplain, H. w. Hubbard; o. D., Nich- olas R. Terhune; o. G., William Cob- leigh; delegate to department encamp- ment, Edwin Milford; alternate, D. D Sheldon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10

Street Railroad company and as as-
 signee it had a right to appear as a
 party plaintiff,
 Judge Rorabaok decided to hear the evidence of the New Haven road in the
 matter of the admission of party
 plaintiff. A hearing was assigned for Monday at o'clock
 The action is brought by the New
 Haven Street Railway company to
 restrain the Consolidated company from interfering with the cars as they cross the steam road tracks on Bridge street, Emanuel Moses, the Chapel street milliner, has mortgage of $16,O0o on property at the corner of York and Oak streets now owned by Maier Nick. F,
 J. Cronan has second mortgage of
 $4,650, and there are subsequent mort
 gages and liens of over $7,000. MT,
 Moses thinks his security is impaired and has brought suit to foreclose. He
 asked the court to appoint a receiver to collect the rents and profits. The
 motion was denied, but the case was
 assigned specially for trial week from Friday next.
 ! Judge Roraback refused to assign for trial the Ellen Reynolds will contest, as the contestants of the will desire to take depositions in Ireland.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
----7-------r--- TROLLEY LINE EXTENSIONS.
Probability of Several By Fair Haven
 and Westville Company.

Probability of Several By Fair Haven
 and Westville Company.
 It is probable that the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company will petition the legislature at the coming session for permission to construct ex- tensions to Derby Branford, North Ha- ven, Wallingford, South End, Short Beach, Double Beach and Branford Point It is understood that the con templated extension to Derby will be built as soon as possible after permis- sion is obtained, that it will connect with the West Chapel street line at Derby avenue bridge, and will connect at Derby with the Ansonia trolley line.
 The Branford extension will extend south from East Haven nast Short Beach and Double Beach and thence to Branford, with possibly an extension to Branford Point. It is also probable that there will be an extension to North Haven and Wallingford, where it could connect with the Meriden line. As stat ed several days ago in the Journal and Courier, the Southington road will ex- tend it's lines southerly to Mt. Carmel
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
LoUIsIANA,s POOR srrGAR CAN

LoUISIANA'S POOR SUGAR CANE.
 fully one-half the grinding season
 IS now past, and it must be admitted
 that the results of the harvesting have not been encouraging. The tonnage
 or cane, although heavy, has yielded
 put poor results in sugar. The com-
 plaint is universal that the cane is uncommonly poor in saccharne strength and unless an improvement occurs, as an effect of the present cold
 spell, the results of the season are
 likely to prove very disappointing to
 producers.
 When it is remembered that the fac
 tories are now equipped with the very
 pest machinery for extracting sugar
 from the cane, and 1t Is possible to se-
 cure higher yield per ton than ever before, the poor yields reported indi-
 cate that the cane is in very poor con- dition, indeed. Tn speaking of this
 matter The Louisiana Planter says: We believe that the work now doing
 in our sugar houses is better than ever done before in Louisiana, and yet from all quarters we hear of the extremely small yield few houses securing as
 much as hundred pounds of first su- gar per ton of cane"
 Should the weather from now on
 prove cold and dry, it is possible that better results may be obtained, but it | must now be accepted as certain that | the yield of sugar per ton of cane de- livered at the mill will be surprisingly small, compared with the yields of re- I cent years. This is greatly to be re- l gretted, for the reason that much i larger crop than usual was planted l for, and there was every reason to ex- 1 pect a heavy yield. The tonnage Is
 heavy enough, but 1t is poor in sugar 1 Fortunately for the planters. the
 market Is firm, and sugar is selling at 1 satisfactory figures The firmness of l the market will in some degree com 1 pensate producers for the failure of | the yield to reach expectations. - New I Orleans Picayune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
MATTERS HEARD BY JUDGE R0R1-
 BACK IN SUPERIOR COURT.
Several Applicants for Divorce-Rev. c. Raymond Howe to be Trted-Other Court Matters

Raymond Howe to be Trted-Other
 Court Matters.
 In the superior court, civil side, yes- terday afternoon, decree of divorce was granted to May Emily Downs from William Cash Downs, married in 1888; grounds habitual intemperance. The plaintiff was also given the custody of a minor female child and her name was changed to May Emily Loud.
 Other applications for divorce were:
 Magdalen Steinmiller from Ferdinand Steinmiller. They were married May IS, 1884. She alleged habitual intemper- ance. Her maiden name was Brauner. Granted.
 Belle A. Augur of East Haven from Charles H. Augur. They were married May 22. 1878. She alleges habitual in- temperance and intolerable cruelty. De- cision reserved.
 Vincenty Brysch from Agatha Gruener in Meriden. They were mar ried April 27, 1890. Three years ago she deserted him. Granted.
 JCiilllG iA. Ley loli NeAS 6ASiNeSN S' N'i vorce from Warren Dayton. Both are residents of this city. They were mar ried in 1873 and the grounds alleged in the petition were assertion. The name of the plaintiff was changed by decree of the court to Jennie E. Hitchcock.
 May Lundy Trask from William 1 Trask of Wallingford. They were married March H. 1890. Adultery, in- temperance and intolerable cruelty are the grounds alleged Decision reserved. The case of the New Haven Street Railway company against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company, in which an injunction restraining the defendants from dis turbing the wires which cross the tracks of the defendant in Bridge street came up.
 1 Judge Stoddard opposed the motion of the plaintiff that the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company be made party plaintiff in the suit and thought that the suit should be com menced over again.
 Attorney filling thought that the Fair Haven road stood in a position of the owner of a claim. It had been as- signed to them by the New Haven
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10

to connect with the Whitney avenue line, and this with it's other proposed extensions will cover forty miles in ex- tent.
 The Bristol and Plalnville TramWay company has also just given notice that it will ask the next general as- sembly to amend it's charter so that 1t can sell and distribute heat in Plain vile. It will also ask for the privilege to construct and maintain an overhead crossing of steam railroad in the town of Plainyille.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
A REAL ESTATE swINDLER.
He Built Toy Houses and Then Show

He Built Toy Houses and Then Show
 ed a Photograph of the Town.
 Here is the real estate mans story:
 Talk about swindles! The best one I ever came across was down in the state, at a town called Bingham, or something like that. The town isn't any good and never will be; but, just the same, a fellow has been selling sub division lots. He got hold of run- down farm lying at the edge of the town and cut it up into lots. Then at one corner of the tract he built up a toy residence addition to the town. He laid out a little roadway about two feet wide and stuck up little trees along each side of it. On this road he put some houses, each foot high. He put in a factory building that was nearly three feet high and laid water pipes about the size of pipe stems. He had the whole thing photographed, and after the photographer had touch ed up the picture it indicated beau tiful driveway at least sixty feet wide, with biz houses on either side of it. He took these photographs with him when he went on the road to sell the lots.
 .He would say: Now, here Is pie ture of one corner of the subdivision. T have already built twenty houses out there. We have water pipes laid, and the street is graveled. Your lot is less than 500 feet from the corner of the factory building here. You see, he wanted to protect himself in case he was arrested for fraud. The pho tograph was genuine, and it was true, as he said, that water pipes were laid and houses built. Of couTse, he did not take the trouble to explain that the houses were no larger than birdcages and the street not much wider than a blow furrow. Well, he traded four of these lots to a farmer for a drove of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10

young cattle. When that farmer went over to look at the lots, he was the maddest man on earth. He had the real estate man arrested for per petrating a fraud, and I believe they are fighting 1t out now. The man who sold the lots insists that he told the truth, and backed up his state ments with a photograph. Chicago Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
Court Notes.

Judge Townsend of the United States district court is in New York this week holding court.
 The trial of Rev. O. Raymond Howe, formerly pastor of the Westville Con- gregational church, upon a very serious charge made by Sadie E. Lansing, is scheduled for next Wednesday morning for trial before Judge Hubbard and a jury in the court of common pleas.
 City Court Criminal Side Judge Dow.
 In the city court yesterday before Judge Dow the case of forgery against Robert N. Slayton, alias Robert D. Lee, Jr." was continued until December 13.
 Daniel F. Sughrue of 43 Church street was fined $1o and costs for violation of i the liquor law.
 In the case of Charles Cozer and
 John Emerson, each charged the other with breach of the peace. Judgment was suspended in both eases. Jacob Orleck, vender of song sheets, and John Dowd were charged with breach of the peace, Dowd was fined
 S5 and costs, and judgment was sus- pended in the Orleck case. Maurice Collins was fined s2 and costs for defrauding a hotel keeper of board,
 The non support case against Ste-
 phen Little was continued until Decem- Der If nisi.
 1 The three charges of breach of the peace pending against John Rose in the city court were continued until Decem- 1 Der F nisi Dr. Eliot testified that Rose was insane On the other hand, Dr.
 Baldwin stated that the man was In full possession of his faculties.