The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-28
NAIL FROM PRISONS.
The Sale of C. P. HuntingdOn'S In
terest at Newport News.
THOSE EXEMPT FROM WAR TAX,
The Fifth Maryland Regiment Goes TO
Porto Rico-Tom Barclay, Well
known Artist, il a Member.
Trying to secure Free Deliv-
cry for Ncwbcrnc, y. {.
Washington News.

WASHINGTON. July 7-special-The
Superintendent OF Foreign Mails finds it
necessary TO call attention to the fact
that the postage rates ordinarily prevail
ing with regard TO mail for Santiago does
not apply 20 mail for and from persons
connected with our naval and military
forces at and near Santiago. Domestic
rates apply % the lattcr's mail
The First Assistant Postmaster Cen
oral has notified the Bureau of N1viea-
ton Of the Navy Department that mail
from the Spanish prisoners will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office and then re-
ferred 90 the Bureau before it is decided
whether it can bee forwarded without
violation of law
This was 600 response 10 an inquiry on
the part Of the Bureau.
FOR EXEMPTIONS.
Tobacco and cotton warehousemen are
not Commercial brokers' as cohten-
plated by the War Revenue law and are
exempt from the tax. according 40 de-
cislon OF Mr. y. b. Scott. Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue. I'm reply % ici-
ter from Collector Treat of New York.
the Commissioner also decided that the
following aro exempt from the same tax
Commission merchants receiving gooos
for sale at their places OF business cattle
brokers selling cattle ON commission. ara
auctioncors receiving and selling property
at their store rooms or selling proper
ty OF their own.
BARCLAY At TIRE FRONT
Tho Fifth Maryland Regiment will
leave I'm "a few days for Porto Rico. In
COMPANY Is, which was recruited in Bal
um0rc are several newspaper men,
among them Mr.. Thomas +. Barclay.
Jr. who Is we'll known in Richmond, haV-
ing been for "a long time stan artist on
The Times. Mr. Barclay left a good posi-
tIon ON TIE Baltimore World to light for
Cuba's freedom.
The postmaster at New Berno y. c.,
Is in the city. ongade in am effort TO se-
cure free deliverey for his p0stoiiicc.
NEW POsTOFFICES.
A new postonice has been established at
Prong Columbus county, y. G., with VIII
De- " Jordan postmaster
Fourth class DOstmastcrs were appoint
ed in North Carolina to-day as follows:
Bland Sampson county. Mrs. Hey NJ.
Bryant vice ID. W. Bland dead; Dick
uson. H4rnett county Mary a. Mckay
Sampson county. Mary T.. Green. vice
John w. Green dead. L0wland Pamlico
county. Robert J.. Hopkins. vice 5. j.
Clark. removed. old Furnace. Castor
county. Sidney l.. kiser. Vice X. q. or
mond resigned. Pckin. Montgomery coun-
ty. G.. r. Cox, vice j. q. skinner. dead;
Pool Rowan county Walter burrage'
vice j. Buchanan. resigned. Mui'"'
Gates county. A. 5. Hugins, vice George
d
The following are among the visitors
% the city:
Nc,rupoItan-E. I. Lee and wife Nor
folk. g. A. Marolik, j. " Butcher, ..
Hecker. Clarksvnle; f. A. Saunders
Richmond.
Raleigh-W IT. Fitzgerald. W. r.
Brown b b. MuufOrd. j. III. Drake, Hiss
NJ A. sedgwick. Richmond.
National-L. II. Mattan. Richmond.
Amerlcan-G. Cleveland. Richmond B
T.. Walters. Norfolk. j. Curry Houston
MR.. HUNTINGTON's HOLDINGS.
4 special dispatch to the Washington
Star from Newport News says.
10 IS understood that parties who are
LARGELY interested In the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Railway Company viii furnish
large portion of the money with wnlch
the syndicate. recently organized pro-
noses to purchase the interests OF Mr.
a. p Huntington in the Newport News
sbiDbuildng and Dry Dock Company.
There are some persons VINO are as
nosed to discredit the rumor thar Mt
huntington is about 10 dispose OF MS
large holdings iu the company. nut t is
known that the great railway masu"le
has been approached on the supJ',t'
and he has named price for ms hold-
inps. The other parties interested in tne
is considered probable mat the transfer
win take place in the near future.
SOME NEW CONTRACTS.
No one. however, believes that "a change
Of ownership will retard the business oi
the company, as the 'reiltiiloN2 '''', -,
in American shipbuilding whlch % sure
to follow the war viii necessitate IN
creased facilities for the yard IN thia
cifv THE company has within the past
fav, davs received the contract Tor pulld~
ine three magnificent steamers loT l1s
Moran line. and it Is stated that tne
receptlon OF "a contract for the buildlnk
Of "a tug 90 take the place OF lhe J..
Toro now the Algonquin. Is assure" ana
u-u he received within few days.
The company will also construct Tor
its oyvu use an immense dry deck. the
nlans Tor which have been already ap-
nroyed. aud upon which work VIII ne ne-
sru once. Inc ht4Stdi Ntili'i''i''''
~ the dry dock are as follows; Length
Nh feet. width at entrance, So feet width
at The top, $50 feet; water over SILL 80
reet II win have concrete bottom,
,.bilb wiz be SO arranged that all neces-
sarv work undcr the keels Of vessels can
be done without Inconvenience. The en-
trance will be- guarded by immense gram
49, hIocks set I'm concrete, while the
sides will be constructed of timber.
SUPERIOR TO ANY.
In some respects the new dock viii be
ike the Government dock at Puget sound,
but will have "A number OF improvements.
which will put it ahead OF any similar
structure in the United states. IL viii be
what is termed "a composite craving dock.
The great dimensions of the new hasin
viii be better appreciated when IL Is said
that two oG the world largest battleships
or cruisers can be accommodated IN Il
az one time. The new basin viii be con-
structed Immediately adjoining the old
dry dock, which Is l,6oO feet long 80 feet
wide at the bottom, and has a depth OF
water over the sin Of p feet Thus II Will
| he that when the new dock is nm