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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
4 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET

=, CHICAGO. May 9.-The most exciting
nariset sincc The Franco Russian war
wild in the wheat pit today on the
Eoard of 'Erawe. An advance of II SIS
cents q bushcl was scored in May OPP
ton. June receded only 1 cent from the
highest point, July closing strong at
1,29 Ii; MAY rose TO LIS and finished at
the top net gain of cents. The re-
cent sharp advance in May was insig-
nis!Cant in comparison With that OF
June. y sensational! advance at Liver
Pool over II cents for July started the
Chicago market. and after the start
there was apparently no stopping. Corn
advanced slightly; ribs , lie advance;
i,u!!S and lard also advanced
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
IN HONOR OF THE LADIES
Last Nights Delightful Entertainment
at ElkS' Hall

Last Nights Delightful Entertainment
at Ellls' Hail.
Elks' Hall was filled to Overlooking
last night with the elite of Thu. town
and Il more delightful ,-vc1ii11. h.s
never been passedjn Hampton. Short
~ after the close of the fail. held for
the benefit Of the charity fund of the
order last winter, the Elks determined
70 snow their appreciation of the
friendly aid rendered them by the la
dies of the city, and the result was the
inasnlncent entertainment last even.
ing. -
For three hours the splendid lodge
room, IN the center of which stood n
long and richly laden table bearing
numerous Charming and fragrant flo
raj decorations was the scene OF be-
Wlldcrlng gayety. in which a large par
~ OF ladies and gentlemen snapued
their fingers at duh care and had !
good time. "
Mn Francis F. capsey delivered IN
:aduress of Velcop>e which called forth
hearty rouhds<of applause. Mrs. w
-; owens 2o1lowed with n well render
ca song, and then the Rev: Baker p
Lee son of Judge Lee, delivered a
most happy address, X song BY Mrs
Baker = Lee. another by Miss Laura
Dobbins. and still another by Miss Ava
Suhnlnsham. and the oratorcal and
llluslc;il part of the evenings exercises
was at amend. That which followed
mad to be tasted to he appreciated.
The billiard room ana parlor of tho
handsome apartments were prattiII,
decorated for the occasion and the at
fractions outside Of the lodge room
we're 700 numerous to be given in de-
tail. f7'N> - -
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
ONLY FOUR FAILED.
Good Showing Made by the Peninsula
Guards Yesterday

Captain Hopes brave and well drill
ed soldier boys. the Peninsula Guards.
made an excellent showing in their
physical examination, which took
place yesterday afternoon. Fifty-four
men were mustered before the medical
officer and OF that number but four
We're required to step aside. The boys
were out at noon in their uniforms
and were as highly praised and as
much admired by the men OF. the town
as the women. They expect to leave
this week. probably Wednesday. it is
SAID. for Richmond, whence it is likely
they will go South. They are in for
the war. at home or in Cuba. and no
one doubts that they will give an ex-
zc cell count of themselves. rs
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
NEW YORK STOCK MAHKE

Il
NEW YORK. May 9.--Probably to-
days stock market owed it's firmness
and ut some points it's strength to the
extraordinary course of prices in the
wheat market. With May wheat SELL
Insc in this market at 100 a bushel be-
fore the middle of the month, and with
July option almost keeping pace with
it-there is assured promise of abundant
increase of wealth for this country.
The outbreaks of Venice and of blood
|shea in Italy and Spain on account of
The dcarness of bread and the advanc-
ing price for that necessity at other
points in Europe are only too con-
aincing evidence that the high price
for wheat is not due to speculative
manipulation. but to the urgent need
of foreign consumers. With this DEM
onstration it is not surprising that Sc
cuffticS should continue to advance.
The days business was the heaviest
since last fail. the total sales of all
stocks reaching 100000 shares. A fea-
turc Of the day was the sharp advance
of half Il cent in sterling exchange.
fSot only the easier tendency of the
money here, but the large demand for
exchange created by the selling of
stocks for foreign account had to do
with this advance. Thee sales for for
eign account reached over 10000. The
bond market shared the activity, and
was strong throughout
The total sales of stocks today We're
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10

The wearing Of hats in parliament by
tho fnoinbcrs may be traced back to tho
time when those who were summoned to
leglslate or ruthcr to authorize tho king
20 make 'evies came i'll wearing helmets,
which were not easily removed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10

NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
NEW YORK. May S.-Cotton futures
closed steady; sales. $500 bales. May,
ga: June. 6.25: July, $50; August, 6,s4
September, 6.33; October, 6.34; Novem-
Der, csc; December G.SS; January, $40.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
DUN and rwce,,le Dec.

.'Im sorry ;" he said, that you're badly
bruised after that nasty fall, but you know
always warned you against riding 9
wheel
sIndeed yol, need not sympathize with
me ata'l. groaned she of tho splints and
i,andngcs. 'eDr. Sawboncs said that If T
had not such fine constitution, built up
by riding u wheel, that fall would have
killed me. New York Commercial Adj
vertiser.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
.FINHHCE.AND COMMERCE.
Market Quotations From the
Leading Business Centers :.
(Ey Telesraph.l
NEW YORK MONEY MARKI

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET
NEW YORK. May S.-Money on call
steady at ) IL per cent. Prime rner-
camille paper GGl7 per cent; sterling
exchange firm. With actual business in
bankers bills at Asa 3-4M4. SIS. for de-
mand and 4.Sl l-2013-4 for sixty DAYS.
Posted rates l.S2GO4.S5: commercial
pllls 4.SO@l-2: silver certificates 5G@3-4
Bar silver. 56 Is: Mexican dollars. a..
government bonds. strong: state bonds
dull: railroad bonds. strong
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10

In London one policeman is required for
ever" Big of the population, in the Dor
oughs ono for every 697 and in tho rural
districts one for every 1850.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10

Dimensions of the capitol at Washing
ton: Length, 751 feet inches; breadth,
from l2l to 324 feet; 1t covers 1919
square feet; from bnso line Of building to
tho tip OF statue. 2S7 foot ! inches. The
height-of the dome above the base line on.
tho enst front Is aS7 feot s. inches S;
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour strong No.2 yellow corn, 3Gs;No.
wheat, 1:o@1o5; No ? red, 1:o@175;
No . corn, S5!ul3,,; No. 9 oats, $50
No. : white, ;'i4cD:;5; No. s white, 33
W3l4; No. rye, 7IW75; No barley,
i3@352; No. 2, ----; No. 4, l3S;
---; No. flax seed, 255@275; prime
timothy seed. 2.y5; mess pork per
barrel 1050G 10, rs; lard per 1M pounds
$ 90GN5,9a.; short ribs sides Qoose),
5.35M5!7G; dry sailed 81, uIders
boxed l4@3; short clear sides,
boxed, 5.90WG.Gl; whiskey dis,.slers'
finished goods, per gallon, 100
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
DIseans3nE Disease.

A fnodtcal man, far ahend of HE pnthy
and his training, unable accurately 10 di-
agnose disease which had for longtime
batllcd him, tried an experiment. Being
an expert bacterlologist and knowius, by
sight the iDhnitesinlnl atoms that live to
destroy human life, he put tho patient in
to Russian bath, allowed him to remain
until he was drcnchcd with perspiration
and then scraped his skin to secure il pos
siblo through the exudation Il sufficient
number of bacilli to enable him to deter
mnc tho nature of tho allnent from whic!,
his patient suffered. So many to tie
square inch meant danger, and by a sim
pie process OF mathematical calculation be
soon discovered the enemy that was sap.
ping the strongholds. of lite. Ho estimated
that millions of bacilli were washed out of
the body by those streams of perspiration.
Having established this as Il fact, ho made
1T his practice to examine sill obscure cases
in the same way. If the system is over
charged with bacilli and the pcrspiration
furnishes courses upon which they float
from the body, surely ti.is ought to DO one
OF tho most accurate methods of diagnosing
doubtful cases. That the perspirntion Of
human bcingsis poisonous is an admitted
fact. Small animals are readily killed by
simultaneous injections of perspirntion
collected after violent exercise.-New York
Ledger
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
Rcassuring Her.

get SO downhc,rtod sometimes, doc
tor, that am almost on the point Of de-
sp:iring of being cured by medicines at
all anu going to tho faith hualcrs.''
HimbuE. my dear madam! Trans
parent h"n'h'g! Here is something that
VIII DO you moro good than all tho faith
doctors III the world can do YOU
And he gave hcra bread pill.-Nuecets.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
THREE MONTHS ron pa1,,rr,.s
Strong Plea for Him BY Mr.. +. s
!.

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Strong Plea for Him BY Mr.. r. S.
Collier.
Attorney F. $. Collier. of this city.
ana District Attorney White, or Nor
sfolk fought a legal battle without
gloves before Judge Waddin in the
United States court, at Norfol,. slasi
saturday. Mr. Collier was the attor
ney for Capt. John Palmer, convicted
OF changing the figures in a marriage
certificate in order to obtain a Widows
pension for a colored woman of his
city.
Mr.. Collier en1eavored to secure q
new trial for the veteran, but failed.
lie then made a sletlge hamn1e,. argu
ment for new sentence Mr.. White.
lt is said. vigorously and somewhat
bitterly insisted that the old soldier
should be severely dealt with. claiming
lnat ms guilt had been clearly estab-
ilshed. This people who heard the ey
ldence deny, and doubtless Judge
Waddill was inclined to the same yieW
for ne sentenced Palmer to but three
months in the Norfolk county Jail 3
BRIEF ITEMS.
Wright. the man charged with forg-
ing Clerk Smiths name to q check
last week, will be tried in the co1ntv
court today. The trial OF Earnest
King, indicted for stealing clnth,ne
and other articles from James River
hshermen, will also be arranged for
trial today,
Or. NJ. a. Broaddus. of Bristol, Va.
VINO VINO spent a fortnight preaching here
during the recent Baptist revival was
in town yesterday.
Work on Maj. T. w Richardson's
new house on Queen street was com
nenced Yesterday The building viii
De OF brick. two stories high. The
lower floor will be fitted up handsome
~ for a store room
Vernon CANNED has returned fron,
Waycross, Ca, where he has been
some time, to take his place in the
ienlnsuia Guards. He is quartermas-
ter's sergeant. NO
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
An is Room Dwelling.

three stories, Just completed, sit-i#
uated on Twenty-hfth street, near
washington avenue. When tina &
proposed bridge is built across the
{. & o. railroad tracks itte win
greatly enhance the value OF this
property. Rents now for 345,0o q
month. ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
"Buckra.,,

A correspondent at Moultrie, Ga, writes
to the Morning News: 81 see in your edi-
torial columns of April IS the word buck
RAJ taken evidently from the negro dialect.
Can you give me the derivation of the
word and it's correct defnltion?p
1t is hardly possible to comply literally
with the request. The common belief in
the South is that the word is an importa-
ton from the wilds of Africa, and that it
was brought over by natives captured and
sold as slaves. That is the tradition, but 1t
cannot be traced back and verified, for the
reason that the slaves were drawn from
tribes without literature or even writ
ten language. Indeed, it would probably
be rather broad to call their means of
communicating ideas a language at all. in
the same sense that we call English,
French, German. ETC., languages. The
story goes, however, that the term "buck-
RAJ as applied to the white people by ,..e
old-time negroes when talking among
themselves meant thief" or DEVIL and
that it was brought from the Guinea
coast. The special application of the
word is supposed to have referred to the
circumstance of the natives having been
stolen from their homes by white people
and sold into servitude. The Standard Die
tionary. however. says that "buckra''
means white, or belonging to. the white
man, hence good and strong; otherwise "a
white man, a master, or a powerful de-
mon" Websters Dictionary gives the def
milton of the word, which it says comes
from the Calabar coast. thus: Demon, a
powerful and superior being; a white man
term used by negroes of the African
coast, West Indies, etc"
Before the war, in the coast country, the
term "buckra' was most often used by the
slaves with the prefix poor poor buck
ra" meaning a white person who owned
no slaves The slave holders were seldom
referred to as ''buckra." (The term, by the
way, as used by the blacks is both singu-
lar and plural in the form as written; they
say one "buckra" or ten buckra," indis-
criminately) owners of slaves-"people, p
as they called themselves-were held On
much higher esteem by the blacks than
those who owned no slaves.
If "buckra" was employed as a term of
opprobrium by the blacks of former
times, it seems now to have lost its sig
nificance in any such sense. 1t is largely
employed at the present time, but in near
ly every instance 1t means simply white
person" To the younger generation of
blacks the word has absolutely no other
significance than to express a difference
between colors Of skins.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
War Is DreadfnI

Charlie says he wouldn't be surprised
If we had war, after ALL" said the first
one, according to Life,
Does he? How awful! But then. he
wants it," 'e
serves"
He will go, of course"
"Of course. He's aching to. IT would
be on the water, you known"
Yes, l know that. wouldn't 1t be
grand IL he could be a commodore or an
admiral, or"
"But think Of all the officers who would
have to be killed first,
Il know it. That would be too bad.
What is the war about?"
Don't YOU know"
wei. of course 1 know what Charlie
says. but it isn't quite clear"
why those horrid Spaniards blew up
our battleship"
But Charlie saws II isn't nroved -
THAT doesn't make any difference
Some one did it,
That's so. 1 never thought of that"
And then Cuba is to be free. I read il
In paper"
why. 1 thought il was"
oh, no. We have to declare It so first.
Then it will be all right
But what has that to do with Spain %
"Oh, Spain belongs to Cuba, or else Cuba
belongs to Spain; don't know which. AT
any rate, they're connected in some way. -
ON, | see. Well, if it comes, do hope
it won't last long"
SO do I. Papa says business is at a
standstill. and can't have another gown
this year"
How dreadful"
isn't it?''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
For Sale, Cash or Easy Terms,

10 miles s5-pound steel rail, practically
new.
l locomotive, 3o-ton. Rogers build, first.
class condition, boiler has been stripped
and thoroughly overhauled with new ma
chinery.
Baldwin Mogul locomotive, practically
new, first-class condition. Will furnish
specifications of both engines by request.
Is new logging carts, 7-foot wheels. g.
inch tire. steel axles and rigging complete
u two-horse wagons. in first-class run
ming condition.
40 miles galvanized telephone wire, brack.
cts and insulators for same
standard telephones, in first-class con-
dition, used but few months.
Also IS logging cars, 5000 pounds ca
pacity, tirst-elass running order, practlc-
ally new.
l Erie City stationery engine, S5-horse
power with 40-horse power tubular boiler
portable saw mill, carriage, 40 feet
long, all in first-class running condition.
/ cut off saw attached, and stave ma.
chine, lot of flrst-class beltngs mostly new.
/ hand car, practically new. 2 sets black
smith tools
viii sell all, or any part of the above to
good parties, cash or on easy time, good
security. Address
BROOKS BROS. & CO.,
Molena, Ga. or Traders Hill, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
Hnppy Mr.. Livingston.

very broad smile must have occupied
Representative Livingston's face Thurs
day night when he was informed that At
lanta and Fulton county had not taken Sc
riously the three gentlemen who thought
they would like to succeed him in Con-
gress. These three gentlemen. Messrs.
Fielder, Blackburn and Brannan, made a
lot Of noise in Atlanta for several weeks.
One of them had the support of both the
Constitution and the Journal, and all OF
them seemed to have the idea-judglng
from their talk-that the people of Fulton
county were kept awake at night trying
to figure out which one of them ought to
De sent to Washington in place of Col.
Livingston. They must have felt rather
cheaply when the ballot box revealed the
fact that the people had not been thinking
of them at all, but had made up their
minds that Col Livingston should be his
own successor.
The fact that Col. Livingston stayed at
his post in Washington and let his OPP
ponents abuse him to their hearts content,
seemed TO satisfy the voters that Col. Liv-
ingston was better congressional timber
than any one of those who sought his
place. And the people who attended the
big mass meetings at which the three
wouId-be congressman abused each other,
and at which Col. Livingston's record IVES
held up to view must have regarded the
meetings in the light of huge Jokes, in view
of the fact that they intended tn vote for
Col. Livingston. The three ambitious Al
lantans are doubtless wiser, if sadder,
men than when they undertook to buck
against such a shrewd old politician as Col.
Livingston.
1t must be admitted that Col. Livingston
is held in higher esteem than ne was a
few years ago when he~sought to make
himself solid with the farmers by advo-
eating the sub-treasury scheme, andswhen
he thought the road to popularity and po-
litical preferment was alongside of that
travelled by Mrs. Lease. His years in
Congress have broadeued him and made
him realize that legislating for the happi-
ness and welfare of 75,OOOO0O people, is Sc
rious business. If he can get out of the
minds of the people that he has something
of the demagogue in his composition, he
will have little difficulty of convincing
them that he has a great many of the
qualities of a stateman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
Cause of Hit Made By Bin Nye.

James WhItcomb Riley tells quaint
story of his former leeturing partner, Btu
Nye. 1t was the opening of their joint
season; they had both been rusticating dur
ing the vacation and were brown as Der
ries Nye looked much like an Othello in
his sunburnt makeup, and Riley suggest
ed TO him the application of some .liqAiG-
white" a cosmetic much affected by the
gentler sex of the profession, says the De-
troit Free Press.
Nye sent for the preparation and never
having used anything of the kind before
he filled the palm of his hand with it and
carefully smeared it over his countenance.
There was no mirror in his primitive
dressing room, and Riley was beautifying
himself on the other side of the stage.
The 'liquid-whte" dries out somewhat
ike whitewash. and when Nye appeared
before the audience he was a sight 10 be-
hold. His head looked like frosted ton
piece on wedding cake. His face. white
as the driven snow, was expressionless and
blank. The audience shrieked, and when
ne came off from his first selection they
demanded his temperance. He Obliged
them to bowls of laughter; again he made
his exit and again was re-demanded by
the upriorious audience
believing he had made a hit he was
about to return to the stage when he
was caught by the arm by Mrs Nye. who
cried: William Edgar Nye, what have
you got on your face?"
Nothing but its usual expression, my
Expression! Fiddlesticksl You're a
right" cried his wife, and leading him
70 where there was piece of broken
iooking-glass showed him how he looked.
+ Nye was mortified, and catching sight
OIL riley, JUST about going on the stage
he would have undoubtedly followed hin,
on and been revenged but for the inter-
vention of Mrs. Nye.
HIS head was scraped, combed and wash.
ed' and his next selection was read with
out "a hand" from the audience. More
over the story is a fact and not a press
agents connection.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
How Wallace saved the Dav.

The fate of the battle hung in the bal
ance, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The commanders of the invading corps
looked anxious The obstinate spaniards
refused to be dislodged
At that moment Gen. Lew Wallace spur
red to the front and saluted.
Has the lime come, general" he hoarse-
ly shouted, for the dernier resort?"
The commander hesitated. Then he
shuddered. and nodded assent, and turned
away.
Ten minutes later the Wallace Amt
hilators, 400 strong, swept on TO the field.
The Spanish gunners looked in amaze.
ment at this intrepid band. So might the
Russian gunners at Balaklava have looked
at the Light Brigade.
The. Annihilators halted and coolly
dressed their lines.
Attention.! roared the valiant Wallace
"one-two-three-all together!'
And then as one man those 400 elocu-
tonists began to briskly recite the
Chariot race from ''Ben-Hur."
The Spaniards never stopped running IN.
til they reached the extreme end Of the
island. and then most Of them plunged in
and struck out Justify for Porto Rico.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
Personal.

Mr.. John Stewart Grossly, the retired
commedian, has offered his large property
near Baltimore for the Establishment of a
school for the orphans and home for the
widows of those who persisted on the
Maine. M $50
President Mckinley has consented to
deliver the GRAFTON at the unwilling of the
Key monument, at Frederick, Nd, and.
to insure his attendance, the date of the
ceremony has been changed from June IA
to Aug. 8.
Mrs. Morse of California, a niece of the
President. is visiting the White House.
She is accompanied by her daughter, a
fiaXen-haired fairy of about years, who
since her arrival has become absolute au+o-
crat of the Presidential mansion.
"A portrait of Gen. Albert Sidney john
ston has been presented to the Confeder-
ate bazaar of Baltimore. 1t is from a
photograph, which was taken in San
Francisco, when Johnston was a colonel
in the United States army, stationed at
that place. He is represented in the
painting as wearing the uniform of a Con-
federate general, and the work is a faith
full likeness of the man as he appeared
two years before his death at the battle
of Shiloh.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23
Down East idea of MCKINLEY,

They were telling story In the Senate
cloak room this afternoon to illustrate the
confidence which certain senators ON the
Republican side have in the President SAYS
the Washington correspondent of the Chit
cago Record. Their faith is unbounded
ana their admiration almost equals idol
airy. Said Mr. Vest: "A teacher in a
Sunday school down in Vermont. where
Proctor comes from, asked his class one
day: Did any of you children ever know
or hear of arman who never committed a
sin in thought, word or deed?'
"A little boy over on one side OF the
back seats lifted up mis- hand and excIalrn-
ed: I know
Well said the teacher, who was it?'
william Mckinley"
Whereupon Senator Tillman Immediately
went over and repeated the yarn 20 sen
ator Foraker, who has several times IN
a sarcastic way, referred 10 the President
as "omnipotent and infallible."