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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
OUTPUT OF coal DOUBLED,
hereafter 100000 Tons OF tho WIS.,,
VIII Be Bumped ..nn,.u.1

dumped Annually
po~tn,sn- organized Atlantic 1,r.r<,-
from ,thlis ,l ooalpaEly is now operariu, :,
News Viii ~ 80 si1ld, as result, Newr,,,stt
-,ooo,ooo tons OF coal ANN ,,s,rSE With
Vi .he regular output S"'iy IN excess
NE contract between FIJI, 40,
,Iz Company and ,tta ', .ahc
600 t,N1, l,e onao is-mlroad calls ft11. ooo
At prescys e'l tcs anu s. for five years.
uilhps about 1000. 900 toms rr &C., ~ esaio
t,b.s 81. Inc new contract Will 1891 eoa
;,. ~ Tres to about 4 200. 600 ..nns 49, Sia
amy, ms@r"9rt News easily tine i LEW, r.nlE..
thts ,.sa =. tiiiSi''anlt coaling starityn ~,
Il,ri coast, and second |,,l, oli
eardalf, Wales, a,n1nrr ~, ao4is, ,thiS to
of the world. eiS eosiA pn11iss
n,nl e american Transport ton co,,
Nv f., oisanhzed under THE laws n<
~ nno n noa and has capital sstnelx If
sy'syoy ~, me officers of the counns.nn
i've peen very busy utthsn rh.a y ~.
Lew lev, wseles and have purchased and - >.
t'oM iiaVlng built ONE oe THE la1,,....
oanse neets in the world. Se''
-, me slSckholdtHs and directors a1.a
a .".s uhe MOST prominent ana u,.,u-
unrest nast flnsancaers in the east.
General Edward p. N1eany ti,,a 49,.
disssahnce telephone rlasnta!te ana .s
SIoVer1nor w. A McCou.l1le of We
vi,slnia are Perhaps the most .sl.tsva
~ .ile ca =, Interested i'm ltnie cut
cess OF the new venture They hold n11a
o ,s respeetdveGy of president and
wee president of the company.
1ule coaa Which THE ChesapeaIke e.
emo will dump here under THE terms
~ tine CONTRACT comes from the New
E ls and I>anawhsa mining districts i'm
west Virginia. New River coal is the
most desirable on the market and The
cherapesake & Ohio has a monopoly on
2's d.sp sition. aus ON THE Kanhw-hta coal
ut VIII not be necesarsy for the C. &.
y. 10 purchase any new coal gondolas
10 NV this order. as it now has an album
dance OF cars and plenty of track space.
The ATTAIN tic Transports ton Company
fs:as now five steel team tugs ssuld
'tW enty-siN large coal barges. II is I'M
de rss;ood that the concern will make an
etlort TO obtain q monopoly of THE coal
traffic between this and northern and
southern ports, where fuel is handled
III large Quantities.
The first barge was loaded from the
Chesapeake & Ohio piers HAST Friday,
April l.
Mr.. Besse. the secretary of the com
rany, is now i'm the city hooking after
't'he company'S interests
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
Work on the Wreck i.

The work OF remhying the wreck of
THE sunken Old Do'inlniun steamship
Wy1anole from the bed of the river off
the Cassfno is being carried forward
with all possible dispatch.
UP to This uilne about two hundred
tons of the wreokage, which was seat
tered SOME weeks ago by THE heavy dy-
nolillite blasts set off, have been RAISED
by the Government force Ufl.h the aid of
tn derrick Portsmouth. The DERRICK
has been anchored over THE wreck fou'
tIhe past six weeks.
GoveTm emit Inspector Moore, who re
presents the Government ait THE wreck.
STATED yesterday THAT 1.-THE last Nestige
" THE old wreck will be removed from
slhe r'iver by June l. The contract makes
q: compulsory THAT THE CHANNEL shall be
s.lltiuely clear by THAT time. AT the
present rate OF progress tlle terms of
the oOntLlct will be fulfilled.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Old Point and We're assigned TO THE
different ships. Significance is attached
ITO tihits ats iii lis unprecedented for a
cadet TO so Unto service ON Il walr,hip
before he has graduated from THE Nayeli
Academy The youn'g men had ON fun
DRESS uniforms AMID call3!ied tllyl4'
swords alt their sides.
NOTES.
Fifty men are working overtime ait
the Julian Greek magazine filling DOW
der cans and loading projec,tiles for
Fortress Monroe wa,'.htps and revenue
cutters.
The Repairs to the Rogers have been
eoTlple,;.esl and she will now go into
commission. Her sailing orders are ex-
J)tc!ted today.
A rulnur euanatitng from the New
York journal. to THE effect that the
quamternlaS'ter of the cruiser Brooklyn
was in double irons aurd close co7rfine-
inent i'm the brig of the gunbpat Vicks-
burg for making Unreasonable utterances,
is denied tbJ- naval officers. 1t rs a fact,
however. that the quart er1nat,ter was
sent AWAY from the Brooklyn to the
FranSlyn some time ago for indis4,reet
utteiiarces. Wy.
There are five revenue cutters now ait
nhe navy yard. the Hamilton, Window,
Manning. Woodbury. arid AIorrell. The
srateleit.Dnts and arrangement are ordered
TO be Completed Within twelve days
When finished the entire upper works
OF the gunboatss will be covered with an
urnlor of steel Plates. One follr-Gnch,
four six-lsolEld. ard four Colts auto
matte gums WIFI be mounted ON deck
nhesae WEI be protected by steel shields
placed in 'front.' of them. The crews
Wd!l be Increased by a draft of addition
az men from the receiving ship Franklin
lA!l's Other cutters w'll;Ch are to be trans
nsri1led into il:sllt armored cruisers ait
me Yard are expected to be armed -,mI
,a,s..t nn about the same ,lamr1e., as
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
BRIEF ITEMS.

There Will be a meeting of the First
" ard Democratic Club tonie,ht.
Mrs. Greenfield has returned from a
visit to relatives in Hanover county.
Mrs. Sarah BENTLEY, of C,ulpeper
,pu1ty, is the guest of her SISTER, Mrs.
j. II. Baxter. ~
iA1;r. john V. Ter1nmt has returned
from a visit to Relatives in King Wil-
'.am county .-.." 4
MIR. W. J. Payne, president of the
newport News Gas Company, was in
the City yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Flefs,ch1nann of
Washington. are visiting Mr and Mus.
Benjamin Astell in the East End.
NIT. w. G. Burgers, proprietor of the
Warwick PHARMACY. left last evening
on a business "trip to Raylti1rl0r-e anh
Philadelphia.
day to visit her husband, Lieuteran,t
j. G. Cressap, attached to the NI>,ssa-
cirusetts.
Mrs. J. L. Frazier and l,er daughter
Miss Ira, Who have been the guests of
Mis-. 3. d. Chandler, We're called to
SpossylTa!nia. courb house yesterday
10y THE Illness of a relative.
MIR. Sonlmers N. Smith, the eo1me1.
senl-ral superintendent Oft the sniuyard
left for Philadelphia SUNDAY nsslirt on
business. MIR. Smith is expected to re-
turn the latter part of THE week whe EN-
ne VIII move his family ITO THE Qua ker
City. :
Alr. w P. Walker. general traffic
manager OF THE Chesapeake & Ohio
Talli1Grld is confined To his room at the
Warwick Hotel. Some time since Mr..
Walker suffered "a stroke of paaxll yrsirs
while i'm Cincinnati. and ca1ne to the
sea side 5n the hope OF recupera ting
his hesi;itih. He epsn't several weeks in
Norfolk and then came TO Newport
News. Tie was taken suddenly W.1rse
Latte Sunday might, and there has been
Very hit tile change fin his co,i tlit.ion
Mrs. Walker is at her husbands bed
side
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
CUBAN TROUBLE 1N CONGRESS.
Senators Boldly Charge Spanish Off
caIs With Murder.
----- lRu Talecrns nh \

By Telegra ph.)
WASHINGTON, April 1T was
frainxiiy au.Il OPENLY charged I'M tine
,ssa,Lat.e uodipy by Mr.. Perkins. of Gail
ifTrnta, in "a set speech, THAT Spain was
,Ia:lpS4nsa'ble for the Maine disaster. as
ii had been Drought about by spanish
,nIadaiirath5ms and Spanish tn7eachery.
T'h, speech of Mr.. Perkins was only
,,rss of four prepared addresses upon
tine Cuban question delivered in the
Senate today. After' the Cuban speediles
hraa been delivered, the Senate re.
s,u med consideration of the sllnSdry cfvaA
bin and Finished thiEAty- ttree pages be-
fore adjournment. h
Mr.. Psattigrew, of South Dakota, pre-
essn,ued a telegram signed by more hhan
a hundred OF his constituents, reanAalg
Gam rah-tiess here want Spanish tor
pedp floitslra, turned back pr DESTROYED.
Pn,;.jence exhausted."
Mr., TURNER, OF Washington, I'M
t1pdulced @ E-ei:pllTtIon which he asked
should so over until tomorrow; M IN
.tshe qleanltinle To'hhing had been Gone
In ithe rnatter.'' The resolution directs
the communities on soreign reaatappIs 40
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
TO OUR READERS.

Owing to an accident in the me-
cllanical department of the Daily
Press much important news is neces-
sarily omitted from this issue. The
difficulty viii: be removed today, if
possible, amp the full Associated
Press report will be printed tomor-
row as usual. '....
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
Uncle Sam Buys the Saturn.

The big iron Steamer Sauurn, Captain
Lewis has been purchased by 1.-THE gov
ernnlen,l amid wall he used as a COAL
collier foT THE waashdps.
THE SaNulrn was owned by hhe Bos-
con Tugbpklt Company, and has been
a. regular TRADER mere for the last thaee
years, making Regular trips between
Newport News and Boston. Sine has a
capacity OF 5000 toms.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
Police Court.

The fo!Ecwitng Gales We're disposed of
in the police court yest.slTil,y morning
ALEX. Mcdonald, John Farrar, Paul
Brandon, F. ID. Boyce, Charlie Perkins,
George Lint, DRUNK; each fined $500 AND
costs.
Nel1ie Thomas (csoioreidl, Mike Soimr
conducft; each fined So and
costs.
/ George Hill (cc'iored), petty larceny,
.hG,,ty days i'm Jail; subsequently re-
lC::ila.a,m Hub!bs, (eolored), disso1derly
fined Sc and costs.
Emma Duke Ccoqored), not o. soou
a,n,e t7fs5noissyed with reprirnard.
II. W. YolJt, ridiirg bicycle Without
light, fined So and COSTS. - ~
p. C. Pollard, allowing COW 70 u'liI S''
large, fined 50 AMID costs, ren,ftGed.
Alhpma. Cox (colored), petty Galf'ce1ry'
SIXTY days i'm jada.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

DON'T spend a cent on your sprang
clio timing until you have eeen ours. fhey
fit-no matter how you stand or saL
woodward &. Womble. Ap-z"t1
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

The Adams Racket Store has opened
this week the largest stock OF taAole
glassware they have ever SHOWN;
The line OF tumbleTs, both blown anu
pressed, is particularly good: Bar $3.50
Of every description. Price lower than
avar m-30-h
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
Notice to Telephone Users.

The Southern Bell Telephone and Tel
sgraph Company announce the follow
ing rates DOR telephone service after
March I, 1898: &5E4xa.
Business Phones .......S2.50 per- month
Residence Phones $500 per monIh
& FRED W. WALTER
Manager.
nib 2e-1w.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
ELorED TO NORTH cAKoL1sA.
A Young Couple Goes to the Tar Heel St;ste
to Wed. ''

to Wed.
hrr. ]. H. B. AIeellan of Lowell, Mass.
and Miss Saliie RUIN Ha!rsford. of this
city. eiuped to North Catroli,la Saturday
morning and We're married at Sourh
!AliGs. in the Tar Heel State, lthe same
evening.
Tais was a care of love ait first
sight" this couple having know etl,rh
other but q few weeks. They WIFI prob
ably make their home i'm Newport
News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

words are inadequate to desczaDe lns
beauty OF our Easter suits, hats neck
ties and fancy SHIRTS. WoGdWar ~ e
Woannes s,1 %
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
nib 26-1w.

Twenty dollars for ONE. Call ON
'erkins, Duncan & Co. Now lis the
tnne to invest apr-5-2W
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Twenty dollars for one. SaEt 81
Perkins, Duncan & CO. NOW Us a ~,
time to invest az0 80"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
A Happy Woman

4 Is the housekeeper who buys her coal
and wood from the Warwick Coal and:
Wood Co. Twenty hth strset. 1A-tt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Twenty dollars fot- one. Call ON
Perkins, Duncan & co. Now is the
time to invest. apr-5-2w
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Twenty dollars for ONE. Cain on
Perkins, Duncan & Co. NOV is Ene
time to invest. alH LOO"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Twenty dollars for one Cal! ON
Perkins, Duncan & Co. Now lis the
time to invest. apr-5-2W
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Wood delivered in any part OF the
city. NJ. 8. WARREN. AS Twenty
ninth street. Phone sS1s- fsbS-2m
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Twenty dollars for one. Call oH1
Perkins, Duncan e Co.. Now Is the
time to invest, apr-5-2w
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Of with the old, ON with THE new;
suits will be sold, SO cheap to you.
Wood ward & Womble. Ap-2-iti
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

The following aepiib isonaa CONTRACTS
have been taken by the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and wifi be connected at the earliest
positiJle 1nonleTlM:
Caffey & Son. Thompson. Chaprnan
Co., NJ. & NJ. r. Co. (pier). NJ. Mitchell
Jas. ]. Ward. Booker Porch Co. Hotter
w arwlck (public stauipn), Virginia
Supply Co. Enterprise Grocery Co.,
/. Pitman, w. Vi Baker, Phillip Brown,
DR.. C. Burton Pearson, A. T. PuILiam.
~ p Alor:nz, NJ. Condor. Holian G.
Ward, J. w. .Bureiher, r. Chanpel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

Il Meg Edna Holmes. Of Lexing on, Va va.
who has BEEN visiting her brother NJ
ID, Holmes, will leave TOT her f rI'isl;
.tllis nnolminE /, 4 4 u!
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05
The vow, or a Row ycr,c.,s.

Bring to me my large revolver and
my keen Damascus blade, and the rub
Der boots I'm used to when In gore I
freely wade. Hitler bring my trusty
sandbag, bring the saickersnee, 1 say;
for my day has come for murder. and
I'm going forth to STAY. 1 shall go
forth to the slaughter like a bride
groom to his joys, and I'll fill the near
est graveyard with string of gifted
boys. shall brain the boy attorney
With a spasm of delight; and the bow
who breaches Sundays, he shall fall
before my might On the trail of boy
physicians gayly, gladly shall 1 camp;
let the boy pianists tremble when they
hear my roaring tramp. When l strike
the boyish statesman he must say his
prayers and die; when the boy reporter
meets me, mark ye how the fur shall
ny. For I'm weary and disguised and
my mind has lost It's poise, l have read
such beastly twaddle treating of the
gifted boys. ~ ~
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

1amee CONGREGATIONS attended the
ssea-vrcs.s held at the wautious churches.
chaplain Isaacs, Of THE batuesh nj,
N,a. ss,achus,etts conducted the SERVICES
AT washington Avenue MehfSodast
church Sunday evening. The speaker a
referred to tLhe !1npendans cdu ~ -
ing that the people who are Crying TOT
war would be THE last TO go TO S'ne
fISuut. 49,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-05

ooe me ieeNthS vi tNe people on thus
country upon the matter and intensity
had been added to THAT feeling by the
frivolous MANNER in which the disaster
had been TREATED by Spain.
The only honorable as4tlon for this
country NOW to take was to interviews.
land free Cuba from THE yoke OF SPAIN,
MT ManEJIe. OF Monltan.a, followed
With an extensive speech upon the alb
sorbing topic OF Cuba, i'm which ne de
clarsd that ihe favored t0le indeperd-
elnce OF THE Cuban people, who for
Years had been struggling for their
freedom: II would" said he, give my
| unqualified endorsement AMID vote in
dnvor of directing THE President to use
the armed forces. both lauh and naval
TO suppress THE savagery THAT lis NOW
rampant upon that fair island
The time for ACTION had arrived and
| THE sooner lit was taken the better 1t
would be for all concerned
Mr. RawMns. of Utah. said THE case
between Spain and the United Sta,.es
was made up. lit was MO longer tor ahR
executive Ito decide what course to pur-
sue. With Congress rested the respon-
shbllity tAf declaring war. and as this
walls the pressing duty the President
was MO longer THE parity to be crita
cized VIZ amy one was ito be- Congress
can, if 1T Win, he said, decide ito have
peace With EnoidentaE outrage and
| cfarsdestilne murder. AS for himself,
he said he did not choose to accept
|peace under such condj tinns. mfr. Repw-
| Inns opposed further delay. The Dies
l;truk,tion of 1.-THE Maine AMID tnle clamdes-
litlHpe murder OF 26e of our sailors hah
/ occurehd 4S days since; but this was
| NOT aIll. For three years the Spanish
tarl,lhoritpes had been fmprisemih1g and
Numbering American citizens. Of these
facts the executive doubtless had been
Guilty. advised by the consular reports,
.i,but1 these reports aaa been Wi!tihheld
ION THE plea. tlsait ut would en'fatiger THE
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-05

from d. S. Weeks to said Terry. The
interest of said corporation in the tim
Der and timber rights, on the lands ly-
ing ON the White Oak road in Onslow
county, containing 800 acres, more or
less, and as conveyed TO X. 10. Terry by
Job Smith, by deed recorded in the rec
ords of said county in Book 81, page IA.
The timber interest and rights of said
corporation in the lands conveyed to X.
II. Terry by Curtis and LOrenZa Hay,
lying in Jones county on the North OF
NIirey Branch, and described in the
deed recorded in said county in Book b.
81, page 172.
The interest Of the corporation in the
timber and timber rights ON the lands
situate in Jones county on the South
side of White Oak River and on the
Northeast side of Black Swamp; de-
scribed in n deed from John Collins to
Il. Il. Terry, recorded in the records of
said county in Book b. 81, page 23G.
The interest of the corporation in the
timber and timber rights on the certain
tract of land lying in Jones county at
HOLSTERS creek. known as the Cannon
tract, described in a deed from George
Cannon. to X. e. Terry, dated April
9TH, 1890.
| Inc Interest OI Sdlu COIDOTdlOU III Tue
| timber and timber rights on the certain
land lying in Jones county and described
i'm n deed from Mancill Collins to said
corporation dated April Both, 1894.
Also all the right, title, interest and
in estate in and to all the lands timber
and timber rights, of the said corpora
| ton, as owned in common with Thomas
A. Mcintyre. lying and being situate in
any or all of the counties above named
and elsewhere. as may not have been set
ont and described above; and all other
lands, timber rights, and property Of
every nature, kind or description, wher-
ever located or situatedy owned by the
White Oak River Corporation, in fee or
for any shorter term, which may not
| have been described or set forth herein.
Also a certain steamer formerly used
by said corporation in connection with
it's said mill, commonly known as the
Mamie b." unless said boat shall the
sooner be disposed of by private sale.
A full description Of all the foregoing
property will be made known if desired
on the day of sale. or any and all infOr-
nation may be had at any time prior
thereto by application to the Receiver or
to his Attorneys, Clark & GuiOn, at
Newbern. N. G..
Said sale will he made at the village
of Stella, upon the premises on which
the mill is located, and will begin at
the hour above named, and continue I'M
til all of the above described property
and all other property of the corporation
is sold and disposed of.
Immediately upon the completion Of
such sales, report thereof viii he made
to the Judge of the Sixth District at
Chambers. for confirmation; as so soon
as confirmation of said sales shall be had.
title will be made to the purchaser or
| purchasers as provided for by the terms
of said decree. This May 9th. 1898.
JAMES A. BRYAN.
! Receiver White Oak River Corporation.
CLARK & GUION. Attorneys.
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AUCTION SALE or LAND.

BY virtue of two several mortgages
executed by II. Il. Parham and wife,
Rosa III. Parham, recorded in Registry
of Wake county in book No. 121, page
432 and book 1876, page 34S l will offer
for sale to the highest bidder for cash
at the court house door in the city of
Raleigh, n. c., on Saturday, July ,,
1898, at II O'clock M, the following de-
scribed land in Wake county, Wake
Forest township, and described as fol-
lows:
Tract No. /. Beginning at fronting ON
Redding Spring branch, about ? 1-6 p.
above the center of the spring, thence
south ~ west POI 3-5 p. to a stake and
pointers in A. p Upchurch's line, thence
north Sc, west 81 4-5 p. to a pine on the
Rocky branch, thence up the various
courses of the same about 80 p. to n
stake in Mrs, Affords corner. at the
west side of Il marsh or fat land, thence
north Sc, west 591A p. to a stake, thence
north ~, east 81 p. to a stake and point
ers, in the line Of lot No. ,, thence south
SS1a, east 115 SO p. to a stake in the
aforesaid Rocky branch at the mouth of
Redding Spring branch. thence up the
various courses of said branch about
43 1-6 D. to the beginning, containing
dccOfuluS 10 measurement, I4fH acres,
and known as lot No. ;. in the divisions
of the lands of James Virgins, deceas-
ed. which will more fully appear by ref
erence to Record of Portions of lands
book A, page 81. office clerk Superior
court, Wake county.
Tract No. 2-Being 90 undivided in
terest in lot No. in the division of the
lands of James Virgins, deceased, de-
scribed in book of position of lands A.
page 81, office clerk Superior court.
Wake county, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake on the Rocky
branch where the Redding Spring branch
empties in the same, thence north SS1b
west 142 80 p. to stake on the north
side of small pine. thence north H.
east 1909 p. to stake in line of lot No.
l, thence with said line south SS1b. east
165 80 p. to stake and pointers. on the
aforesaid Rocky branch. thence down
the various courses Of the same about
139 p. to the beginning, containing 124
acres more or less.
b. T. MONTAGUE, Attorney.
Mortgage.
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AUCTION SALE OF HOUSE AND
LOT.

Raleigh, N. G., June LIST. 1895.