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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-28


Any Steamship. Steamboat or Sleeping
car Company or any person. firm or COM
ptny operating a. Steamship. Stcamboa [
or Slocnng-caE who shall engage in the
business OF receiving property or persons
or both, in the CITY Of Norfolk to be de-
ivorcd or carried TO u point outside OF tho
said city but within the State of Virginia
or engage in the business of delivering
property or pcrS-ns. or both. in the City
OF Norfolk from Al point outside the said
city but within the State OF Virginia. shall
pay for doing such bus: ness but not in
Guiding any business of delivering prop
crty or persons in the CITY of Norfolk
frcm a point without the State of Nir-
g!nia or Of receiving property or persons
in the City of Norfolk to be delivered at a
point without tho state OF Virginia and
not including any bus ness done for the
iiccrS or agents, IL license tax of $50 This
section snail not apply. to IL person. firm
or corporation required To Fay Il license
for operating u ferry between Norfolk
and Portsmouth or Norfolk and Berkeley.
leg. Wholesale liquor dealers. each per-
son or firm. $3.50. not TO sell less than live
100. Retail liquor dealers. each person
or firm. $40. MT to sell moro than five
gallons which shall include both the
privilege OF selling to be delivered to the
purchaser in bottles. jugs. dcmijohns. or
other vessels ana the privilege OF having
tho liquor DRUNK n; :he place where sold
49, Wholesaic and rc.atl liquor dealers.
each person pr firm, $40.
iS2. Ordinarics. which shall include all
the risnt ana tIlNiit Stsr OF a lrits. lUUpr
dca.e-. each $50 and ) per cent. IN mo
annual rent or rental value OF building
occupied.
l3S. Wholesale dealers in malt pcuors
only, TO include the privilege OF selling bv
bottles or jugs, in quantities of not less
than cnc dozen, e'ioh person or firm, $50
1891. Retail dealers In matt liquors only
each person or firm. $500.
1875. All persons. firms or corporations
doing business IN the city of Norfolk. and
not within the foregoing provisions of this
f.rs N. a - "a
1856. Nothing in his ordinance shall be
construed as Imposing a license tax on. or
otherwise regulating or restricting foreign
or Interstate commerce ana any business
or portion thereof which is embraced in
the terms Interstate commerce." or in
the term foreign commerce." is not made
subject to Il license tax by this ordinance.
1871. All transient dealers who shall,
after tho roll of the Commissioner for the
year has been closed. bring into the city
and expose for salo' any horses, mules.
goods. wares. merchandise or any other
subjects of taxati,'n, shall cause the same
10 DO asses i, especially under the appro-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-28

ol NO"ToTF UT n fTo:i:t>AtltSidc the ~ Il
city but within tho State of Virginia shall
pay for doing such business. but not in
Guiding any business or delivering prop
eriy or persons in tho CITY of Norfolk
from Il point without the State of Virginia
or OF receiving property or persons in the
City of NOrf TX TO bc delivered at a point
without tho State OF Virginia and not In
Guiding any business done for tho Govern
mcnt of tho United States It's officers or
agents. Il license tax Of $3.50.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
PER SONAL.

The descendants Of Sir Francis Drake
sailor. and. according to some historians
occasionally a pirate, are about TO take
legal steps 10 recover certain per
sonal ard real estate which they claim
has been unjustIy withheld from them:
The number of heirs is roughly estimated
at about 1900.
Mrs. Joubert, the wife of the COM
nander-in-chief Of the Transvaal forces,
is said 10 be the only woman now living
who can truthfuly be called woman gen
eral. She has accompanied her husband on
all the wars he has undertaken, ana II Is
well known among the Beers that 10 her
was due the defeat Of the English at Ma
juba.
-Chauncey Depew Will probably feel
much at home in the Senate, says the
Washington star It has been announced
that a seat has already been selected for
him and its location has been given, but
the important significance OF the selection
has not been remarked. The greatest deli
cacy and regard for the fitness OF things is
always observed in matters pertaining 20
the arrangements of the Senate The nab
its of many dinners cling lovingly about
the new senator from New York. If he had
chamber, along the outer edge or grouped
with the common assemblage, he would
have felt out of place. The seat Of honor
is always his at table There is no seat OF
honor in the Senate-Or all are seats OF
honor-but long-cont inued custom has its
influence upon the mind, and he was given
a seat, therefore just at the right of the
presiding officer, where he is sure to feel
at home. This delicacy of consideration
was carried even further. He was sur
rounded by group of the most gifted and
brilliant takers in the Senate, among
whom he win shine forth as star of most
peculiar brilliancy. Assembled about him
will be Foraker SpOoner, Beveridge and
kean, and the little triangular section at
the right of the Vice President will be
known as the temple of eloquence. Spooner
and Foraker were regarded as the best
speakers in the Senate during the last Con-
gress. Beveridges reputation as an orator
is national, and he sailed into the Senate
on the wings of eloquence, by quicker
flight than Depew. Kean is an elegant,
smooth and poetic talker. who charms by
the softness of his speech, elevates by his
poetic fancy and thrills by an outburst of
eloquence at the close. Though he and
Beveridge, as well as Depew, win, on the
assembling of Congress, appear for the
first time in the Senate, they will not come
as strangers. With such environments De-
pew's time in the Senate promises ~ pass
as agreeably as an endless round of din
ners all at the speech-making period of
the repast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
BRIGHT BITS.

international Bliss-Tited Husband
(shrugging his shoulders)-"You took me
as 1 am my dear. YouIl have to put up
with me-" American Heiress-"I can put
up with you easily enough. It's what
have to put up for you that hurts. Chi
cago Tribune.
Ills View of It.-"Your friend, the boss
refused to tell how he made all his
money" was the slightly haunting COM
ment. We'll" answered the practical pol
itlcian, the Investigator doesn't belong
to his political party. I don't see why he
should expect any tips. '-Washington
Star
"A Cross-Exa nina tion.-Mr. Peck BY
jing, I had funny dream last night. 1t
seemed that I was away off in South Afri-
ca, where diamonds were lying all around
me in heaps" Mrs. Peck-'Did you seem
to see any as small as the one in the en-
gagement ring you gave me?"-Chicago
News.
-Mabel-"say, MAJ" Mrs. Manyblessed-
What, daring?" Mabel-"WeH, you
know you said that Charlie looked like pa,
Marion like grandpa, Helen like Aunt
Lizzie, me like you, and the baby like
Uncle Bill Now, what I wanted to know
was whether God makes babies specially
for certain families, like dressmakers does
dresses, or whether He just makes them
and then hunts up folks that look like
them. and gives them to them?"-Judge.
Side Lights on History.-The mole con-
Meeting the mainland with the island on
which that mighty city Tyre, had stood
invulnerable for centuries was at last
nd he
overseeing in person the work of the great
battering rams that had been placed in
position and were laundering against the
walls of the beleaguered city. your maj
esty," said a flunky, respectfully touching
his pasteboard helmet, dinner is served in
the royal tent" Il shall eat no dinner, ;"
replied Alexander, with a look of noble
resolve on his youthful but majestic face.
'till 1 have punctured the enemy's Tyrer'
out of this incident grew the custom of
alluding TO Tyre as the Windy City.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.

An experiment is to be made in South
Carolina. beginning the first of May, in
which Georgia and other sparsely settled
states are much interested. Twenty-three
star mail routes will be abolished and
replaced with rural free deliveries. These
will cover pretty nearly the whole coun-
try district now served by star routes.
Under the old system country postofices
have been served with mail on an average
of twice a week; under the new system
1t is hoped that distribution may be
made three times a week, with a possi-
bility of increasing 1t to four
Rural free delivery has been in practice
in some of the Northern states for a
year or two, and has given great salts
faction. It has been tried. however, only
in communities of considerable population.
The present purpose of the government
is to try the system in the thinly settled
sections. If it can be made to work with
out too great expense to the department,
1t will be extended over the whole country.
South Carolina has been selected as the
state in which to make the experiment,
hence that state will be the first in the
South to be given anything like a COM
prehensive rural free delivery.
This bringing the postoffice to the door
of the farmer will be convenience that
will be appreciated. 1t will save the ru-
raj resident time and money, and will put
him in closer touch with the outside world.
Once the system has been started, even
as an experiment, 1t is unlikely that IL
will ever be abandoned. The people serv-
ed by II will like it so we'll that they will
impress upon their congressman the i'm
portance of having II continued although
it should cost more than the government
had calculated upon.
We hope the South Carolina experiment
will prove successful. anu that it will not
be many months before every farmer and
country resident in Georgia will be in the
enjoyment of the city mans convenience
of having his letters and papers delivered
at his door.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
AN INauIsIToRIAL LAW.

Several years ago when Congress passed
an income tax law it made stringent pro-
visions for the secrecy of the Information
which should be gathered by its agents.
Nevertheless there was great cry against
the inquisitorial methods OF the Jaw, and
the fact that the private affairs of in
dividuals and tradespeople might become
public through its operations. That law,
however, was secrecy and circumspection
personifed as compared with a revenue
law which the city of Chicago has recent
ly adopted. The Chicago law provides
that the business affairs Of merchants
and manufacturers shall be practically
laid bare for the benefits of the tax as
SCISSOR. and that the records made shall
go into the citys public documents files.
No provision whatever is made for Sc
crecy The public documents are open TO
an. Reports made TO the tax Office, there
fore, will become public property imme-
diately.
The board of assessors has formulated
set of questions to be answered by all bus
mess men and property owners. These
questions are calculated to show precisely
and concisely the exact condition of every
mans financial condition at the time they
are answered and the answers sworn to.
This is the sort of information that the
commercial agencies make a specially of
gathering. AT present these agencies are
compelled TO rely upon the best informa-
ton they can get for their data. Under
the operations of the Chicago municipal
tax law, the agencies would be able to go
into the office of the tax assessors and
find and make use of the sworn statement
of every taxpayer doing business.
The Chicago business men object,
most stfenuosly. 10 the new law.
Blank lists of questions have been
distributed by the tax office; but
many individuals and firms have
positively refused to ill In and sign
them, pending legal advice. They say that
inasmuch as the less inquistorial income
tax law was set aside by the United States
Supreme Court. they are satisfied the Chi
cago tax ordinance is Illegal and they
mean to have a court decision respecting
the right of the municipality to inquire
into and make public affairs that are
and should be private.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
"Mein Gott. ms Unhenrd off,

Capt. Taylor gives an amusing account
in the May Century of his interview with
an Austrian lieutenant who boarded the
Indiana Immediately after the fight at San
tiago:
He was in full uniform, with a brilliant
display of epaulets and gold lace, white
waistcoat and trousers. He founA'ts cover
ed with the smoke and dust of battle,
groups of half-naked men lining up 10 sa-
lutte him as he passed, their faces streaked
with powder-smoke and coal dust lie
reached me on the bridge, finally, in
state of polite bewilderment and present.
ed his captains request for permission 10
pass in through our blockading lines and
bring out from Santiago Austrian refugees
desiring to leave that besieged town. Al
ter referring him 10 Admiral Sampson
and telling him he would be found some
distance to the westward, he asked for
news, and I told him we had just come
out of action with Cervera's squadron. He
showed great surprise, and said:
Then there has been a batter"
Yes" I replied.
"And the result?" he asked eagerly
1--WE have defeated them
but where is Cervera's fleet now" he
inquired.
Ellis flagship the Maria Teresa, is there,
lieutenant" l answered, pointing, at the
same time, to the beach few miles dis
tant.
But 1 see nothing there but some smoke,
captainr
1T is the smoke of the Teresa burning,
lieutenant; she is a wreck upon the
beach,"
He was silent, and I continued:
Close to her on the beach you will see
another column of smoke; that is the
Oquendo burning. On this side, nearer 10
us, is the Pluton, sunk in the breakers;
and the Furor is near her but is on the
bottom in deeper water, and is not visi-
Bile"
But" he interrupted, you have then
destroyed half those splendid vessels OF
Cerveras!"
wait, lieutenant" I continued, land
look a few miles farther to the west
ward, and you will see another column
of smoke; that is the Vizcaya, on the
beach near Aserraderos. AS to the Colon,
she is still farther 90 the westward, out
of sight from US here, but you will see
her presently as your captain steers in
that direction to find Admiral Sampson,
who is at that end of our line"
His eyes ranged along the shore as
pointed out the different vessels.
"Mein Gottr' he exclaimed. Then you
have destroyed the whole of that splen-
did squadron 1 did not think it posi-
ble.''
After moment more of silent aston
ishment, he said, with a polite sympathy
which concealed eager professional curl
osity:
"And your injuries, captain? What
losses has the American squadron sus-
tained?'
"Nona 7 reDliAd
But, captain, you do not understand
1t is what casualties-what ships lost or
disabled-that 1 ask"
None. lieutenant" 1 said THE Indi-
ana was struck twice, suffered no in
jury, no loss. The other ships are vrtu-
ally in the same condition. We are all OF
us perfectly ready for another battle-as
much so as before Cervera came out this
morning
His establishment was now complete.
''Mein Gott!" he exclaimed again. "Ad-
miral Simpsons fleet has destroyed these
great Spanish ships. and without injury
TO his own squadron! Sir, it is unheard
of. 1 must go to inform my captain"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01

In his article on the Rough Riders, in
the May Scribners, Col. Theodore Roose-
Welt tells this story:
One day we were visited by travelling
Russian, Prince X, a large, blond man.
smooth and impenetrable. l introduced
him to one of the regular army officers
a capital fighter and excellent fellow, who
however, viewed foreign international pol
itics from a strictly trans Mississippi
standpoint. He hailed the Russian with
frank kindness and took him off to show
him around the trenches chatting vol
ubly, and calling him Prince" much as
Kentuckian call one another Colonel"
AS / returned l heard him remarking:
you see, Prince, the great result of this
war is that it has united the two branches
of the Anglo-Saxon people; and now that
they are together they can whip the
world. Prince they can whip the worldn'
being evidently filled with the pleasing
belief that the Russian would cordially
sympathize with his views.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
PuRsuEn ny CRAFTS.

II Mr.. Roberts, congressman from Utah,
is kept out of his seat in the House It will
be largely due to the work that is being
done by DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts. DR.. Crafts
lives in Washington, and he has made it
his duty to keep the conscience of the ma
ton tender. He Is In the foreground when
ever there is a moral question before Con-
gross.
Mr.. Roberts Is a Mormon, and a pretty
good sort of a fellow. The only thing
against him, so far as the public knows, is
that he has more wives than the law al
lows. He has three, but 1t is contended
that he married them before Utah became
a state in the union. and that he refused
to abandon a couple of them when the
constitution of the state went into effect.
Congressman say that the question as
to whether Mr.. Roberts shall be permit
ted TO take his seat in Congress or not is
a far more important one than the one re-
lating to the policy to be pursued in the
Philippines. judging from the number of
letters they receive daily from persons in
all parts of the country. The opposition
to Mr.. Roberts Is not confined to writing
letters. 1t takes the form of petitions. 1t
is alleged that the mails are burdened
stances Congress will have to take notice
of the fact that a polygamist has been
elected to Congress. 1t is not clear how
Congress can get rid of Mr.. Roberts, but
1t is apparent that it VAL have to get rid
of him If the Republican members thereof
don't want to be left at home at the next
congressional election.
DR. Crafts is the man who Is chiefly re-
sponsble for the great movement against
Mr.. Roberts. He has been sending out let
tiers aud literature to all of the religious
organizations in the country, urging them
to use their influence to prevent him from
taking his seat when Congress meets. The
letters and petitions are responses to the
letters sent out by DIR. Crafts.
Mr.. Roberts ought to be prevented from
taking his seat if their is any legal way of
doing so. There is no use disre
garding the wishes In the matter
of very great part of the
people simply that Mr.. Roberts may sit
in Congress. 1t would not be difficult
matter for Utah to elect another Congress-
man If Mr.. Roberts should persist in hold
ing on to all of his wives. If he should fail
to get his seat he would have himself to
blame. He knew very well when he COM
sented to be a candidate that the people
would object TO his having a seat in the
House if he should be elected to that body
Knowing that fact, he took the chances
of being admitted to his seat If he should
be elected. If the decision of the House
should be against him he ought not to
complain. And there isn't much doubt
that it will be against him, If reasonable
grounds fc- such > ACCESSION can be found.
Utah ought not to have elected a poly
garIist. If she should be put to the ex-
tense Of electing some one in the place of
Mr.. Roberts she would only get the treat
Ilent she deserves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
The Dend Rec.

From the Century.
Dead amid the dewy clover
Lies a bonny little rove
Who could shape his course afar,
Without compass, without star.
Nevermore across the azure
Shah he sail in search of treasure;
Nevermore. when day is gone,
Home shall HE his galleon.
From the jonquils golden chalice,
And the lilys ivory palace,
And the violet's divine
Cups of white and purple wine.
Smile. smile on, thou faithless summer
To forget thine early-comer.
Say if thou hadst first departed,
Had he still been merry-hearted?
On the boughs in rapture swinging,
Gleefully the birds are singing.
1, who mourn thee little bee,
viii pronounce thine elegy;
Be it meetness or unmeetness,
Thou didst garner up life's sweetness,
Wiser than the sages wist;
Earth has one less optimist.
Alice Lena Cole.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Stockholde Meeting South
ern Bank of the State of Georgia; Lafay-
cite McLaws Camp 596. U. C. V.
Special Notices-Auction Sale of Lots
This Afternoon by John L. Archer; Sui
Mvan's Restaurant, 80 Bryan Street, East.
Business Notices-Artie Cigars.
Beers-Anheuser-B Busch Brewing Asso-
citation.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; Merchants and Miners Trans
portatlon Company; French Line, Cam
pagnie Generate Transatlantique.
Pearline-Jas. Pyle & Son, New York.
Legal Notices-Citations by the Clerk of
the Court of Ordinary of Chatham. county.
Summer Resorts-Warm Springs. Bath
County, Virginia.
Medical-Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky;
Castoria; Alligator Liniment; Cuucura
Remedies; Bradfelds Female Regulator;
Hoods Pills; Ayers Hair Vigor
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
A story of Missouri.

The tale was told to the present writer,
by a native of Missouri, of the six men
who in the course of a smokng-car con-
versation upon railroad train fell to
questioning one another as to the states
of their nativity, says E. S. Martin, in
Harper's Weekly. Il was born in Ohio. =
boosted one. And I in illinois," And
l in Kentucky" And l in Georgia. -
and l in Maine" The sixth man was
somewhat deliberate, but as they looked
toward him he put his hand behind him
and grasping the handle of a gun which
stuck out of his rear pocket said: well
1 was born in Missouri. Now. d--n We
don't one of We taught"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01

The MORNING NEWS is published
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at 500 a month, $500 for six months. and
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SLOO
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Transient advertisements. other than
special column, local or reading notices.
amusements ami cheap or want column, 10
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Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah.
Ga.
EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Row. New
York city, c. S. Faulkner. Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01

A rather remarkable manifestation of the
municipal ownership craze which seems to
have taken possession Of the city Of Toledo.
O., with the election of that other Sam
Jones 60 the mayoralty, is the practical
declaration of the Pastors Union in favor
of the municipal ownership of saloons. The
idea Of the ministers Is, of course, to have
the liquor traffic restricted. They probably
gave very little if any attention to the
practical, political side of the question.
If the city were 10 own and operate the
liquor shops, the head of the admins
uation would have placed in his hands a
most powerful weapon with which 10 per-
petuate himself and hiss friends in office
An honest and incorruptible set of CITY
officials might use the municipal control
for the public good; but an politicians do
not come under that classification. And
once the lower order of politicians cor
hold of the saloons, 1t is quite certain tbat
they would use them for the improvement
OF their own fortunes, and TO defeat the
VIII of the better element of the CITY
Municipal ownership Of certain franchise,
ana public necessities is no doubt desirs
Die but saloons are not OF the number.