Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-04
SUBJ Committee Met With En-
couraging Success Yesterday.
PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS
Doing. Sampson Has Previous Az
Judgements aud Cannot Attend
Banquet and BalI.

been in the movement which has ter
minated in securing the presence Of
the White Squadron here 4; this time
1t is true. the people wanted the
Olympia. and it was thought that the
Olympia would be sen1 1t was witty
that understanding that the commit
tees returned TO this section. No eff
fort was made by Newport News - get
Dewey to come.
The Navy Department decided to
send the Olympia to Boston. and 50
only the other SHIPS vii! conc here.
I;ul the fact cannot nc forgotten that
these other vessels arc equally as in
,eres,ing as The Olympia. The ships
which destroyed Cervnvls iieet IT SAN
liagn. did just as much fighting as
those at Manila and. a matter Of
fact. their victory was last as complete
ana even more dr;lmati..
There is not 4 ship in the squadron
which does not possess Che utmost in
,crcst TO Americans.
The people Of this section Of Virginia
realize this ana all advantage will lie
taken of their presence in This vicinity.
l!sMA tally Will The c::lldren of the
schools benefit. Richm md will send
thousands ,f her public school pupils
here. The schools Of this city will give
holiday. The Hampton schools may do
he same. 1t is expected chat The Nor
folk s. uo.s will do 80. There should
ha thousands OF visitors to the PENN
sula. and Of course. tliis means much
u the business mrn II this s.ctirn
Accordingly. instead ~ being piGued
because he Olympia was '.n: sent mere,
the business men have responded With
their usual liheraiity I, the applca-
ion for funds which will be used for
The purpose Of helping 10 make the oc-
casion notable success.
The committee appointed Monday to
solicit for this fund Went 20 work yes
,erday and met With the success antic-
ipated. Messrs. Huffman and O'Don-
nell took one paper: MessIs. Tu,krr
Powell ana Cottrell, the other
The first two put in but two or three
hours yesterday, receiving. suDscrp
,tions in that time am1rntinS to $751;
These We're as follows:
Powell Bros. & King. SO; Cottrell &
Co. $40: Il. p. Orr. $40; j. NJ. Curtis.
So: j. A. Willett, So: j. w. Davis, 81
L. +. Jordan, s.; Z. w. M:ls.cad, 81
W. G. Burgess. 50: F. T. Finch, So; T.
p. Summons. 81; j. II. Janney. 81:
Caffee & Richards. 81: l.. /. Anderson,
81; Michaelson Bros. 81; Homer Welc;.
81.
No report could be obtained from the
other section OF the committee, but it
is known that it was even more success
full than those mentioned. One contri-
button Of $50 was received from the
Newport News and Old Point Railway
and Electric Company. which has al
ways shown itself extremely liberal in
matters OF this sort. -a
Today at noon, the North Allan
tic Squadron under Rear Admiral ". T.
Sampson, will weigh anchor at Tomp-
kinsville, y. y. and will get under way
for Hampton Roads, where the war
ships will remain ten days or Two
weeks ...
1t is expected that the entire squadron
will reach the Roads on Thursday about
noon and doubtless there Will be larSe
crowd at Old Point to welcome the re-
turn Of the ships.
According to the present understand
ing the cruisers Brooklyn and New
York and the battleshDs Massachu-
sets. Indiana and Texas will certainly
come. 1t is understood that the cruiser
Chicago will also accompany the saua-
dron and the cruiser New Orleans may
also be attached to the squadron
The cruiser New Orleans arrived at
New York on Sunday from Santo Do
.ningn city, the capital OF 'Santo Domin-
GO and she proceeded to where the
North Atlantic Squadron was at anchor
and dropped in line behind the other
ships The understanding is that She
has been attached to Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS command.
This splendid cruiser. which did 50
much execution a Santiago during the
Spanish war and was commanded by
Captain w. NJ. Folger. the popular ma
val officer who will command the new
Queen Of the Navy. the batticship
Kearsarge. was detached from this
squadron about ten weeks ago and sent
10 Santo Domingo to look after the
American interests in the trouble ex-
pfc,ed to follow the assassination of
president Heauereaux. The cruiser had
quiet stay and when it became evident
that there was no trouble ahead. she
was ordered back to the North Allan
lie Station.
The cruisers Brooklyn and New Or
leans and the battleships Massachusetts
and Texas We're the backbone of the
famous Flying Squadron and if Rear
Admiral w. s. Schley could be here
with his crack warships once more the
pleasure OF the naval officers in this
vicinity. as We'll as the army officers at
who formed his acquaintance, would be
complete.
sschley organized the squadron in this
,1arbor and when lie sailed from Hamp-
ton Roads he carried With him the
Brooklyn, Massachusetts, Texas, Min
neapoliS and the auxiliary cruiser St.
Paul. A few days later the New Or
trans. which had just arrived from Eng
l;As4.l and had only been attached to the
Flying Squadron a short time, left.
Tie return Of the warships on Thurs
dry will be the first time they have
visited Hampton Roads since that
fr1euOra BIZ night in May 1898, when they
sailed away with Commodore Schley.
CAPTAIN Adam and the officers OF the
French cruiser Troudc, which arrived
here Monday morning from Halifax
for coal on route to Martinique have.