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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-26
A MONEY POINT FIRE
Che Imperial Guano Factory Total

CHE Imperial Guano Factory Totally
Destroyed.
Yesterday at about 2:3O D. m. the I'M
perial Guano Factory, situated on the
southern Branch of the Elizabeth.
ABOUT TOUR miles from Portsmouth, and
opposite the Julian's Creek powder
MAGAZINE. caught fire from spark
biown from the chimney to the roof
ana before II, was noticed had made
such Roadway as TO preclude saving the
building. Famed by the strong south
east wind the flames travelled rapidly
and by o'clock the roof OF the main
nuilcinfs fell in. the fire spreading 20
INC smaller buildings. and the entire
piant was totally consumed. There was
niue protection against fire, and it was
100 far for the harbor tugs to arrive in
.!me 10 do any great good. One or two
IN the vicinity responded, and it is be-
iieVed rendered some assistance. Beside
me piaEt several thousand dollars
worth of goods were DESTROYED. Just
Wnnt the loss amounts to is not known.
as IL was impossible TO get ut the facts.
out that it Is heavy is readily seen.
me fire could he seen from Ports
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
Q.-Of meters? A.-Yes.

Q.-Of meters? A.-Yes.
Q.-And from that list you say the Board OF Pub
lie Improvement struck off the Nash9 A.-No /
didn't say that | soiG that the Board OF Public
Q.NBut left the Nash OF, which had been there
Q.-And the citizen cannot take any meter; he
must take one from that list? A.-Certanly. What
else would he do?
Q-That is necessary as l supposed from your
answers TO Mr. Hoffman, and those meters, before
they can be taken by the citizen and used. mus,
be meters that have been actually tested and are
satisfactory to your Department? A-Yes.
Q.-And they are taken from the pipe yard OF OF
choose any OF these they please and the reason Of
that is to protect the people so they shall not have
Q.-The pipe yard, so-called at the foot Of East
Twenty-fourth-st, vas under your jurisdiction?
Ayes
DOES NOT APPROVE PAYROLLS.
.Q.-And you had the approval of the payrolls?
.,Q-Do3t you examine them AmYes, A, some
'es G Ot Tor 1me on that
payroll over on PT the Ieft6and eornef? Awhefe
S.-Whose ''sfs Signature is that? A.-That is from
the Controllers Department My name Is not on
The chairman-what is the purpose of your ex-
animation OF the roll? Al look at 1t once IN a a
while to what the time OF certain men are; l
Q-is it part of your duty to examine the roll?
Mr Moss-You receive from the person in @ charge re-
Of the pipe yard reports as to the work thai ma mas
he report Sore TO- o' YOU? A.~fIe does now, yes
Q-Ddn't he formcrly2 A--No.
Q-Ddn't he last year, A.-No. ~
Q-Has he done 1t since the first OF January TINS
o-These are the signatures here that relate to {,
your of1ce-the signature OF Mr. Quinn. chled cierk
there and is that Mr. BirdsalFs signature! A
Yes.
Q-And Mr. Dalton 50 A.-Yes.
MIR Moss-Just mark that for identification. 49,,
O. Showing another payroI)-fou recognize tnLs
in the same way. the signature OF the chle1 cierk
Mr.. Quinn also those OF Mr.. Brdsal ana MI.
Dalton? You recognize these the payrolls OF tne
pipe yard? Al don't recognize 1t except the
ONIook AZ the signatures on the bottom. A
Mr. Birdsall Mr.. Johnson, Mr. Dalton, the same AZ
the others. - o.az
and the papers first identified were produced Hoin
the Controllers Office? (No answerl
Mr. Moss-That will do Joseph W. Kay
No answer ,,s.,,
NJ Neftenberg-He was not served; couldh
reach him.
MI Mnss-Have him here tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
MORE ABOUT WATER METERS.
JOHN E MKAY DESCRIBES THE CHOICE
WHICH THE CITIZEN CAN MAKE
AMONG THEM.
.hn Z. Mckay sworn.

John E Mckay sworn.
Mr.. Moss-You the first assistant enCineer OF
the Department Of the Water supply? A.|Yes str.
Q.-And YOU have held that position for how
long? A.-Wel. l have held that position as .irst
assistant engineer since about 1884
omWeTe yog removed from your position by the
He attempted TO remove me- but it was held to be
Gle attempted 10 remove you? Ayes
Q-4e made an order for your removal? Ale
Q-Did ne make an order? A-Yes. sir
S-Ana men you appealed to The courts. and you
oWST wefe re- you restored@ AN9 sd
cause he had no right TO remove
Q.-Didn't you claim 10 be a veteran? A-No SIR
did not put II on that ground az all | put IL on
me ground that the chief engineer was the
lo-You denied the authority Of the Commissioner
VI weIe Pu2nG Wqrks or 10 rem9ye you you claiming you
,Q.-Thai was Mr Birdsall who testified yester-
day' A.-Yes, sir.
some some capacity? Al was in the Department since
Q.-And you and Mr.. Birdsan had been together
N that Department. closely associated officials
oi H. Tor a good many years? Ayes, sir
NewYork know the location Of i The pipes ' and
water gates and general conditions of the water
Q-Do you agree with your chief that it Will be
s,s sdyissble 70 put meters in dwelling houses in the
,Q-You think that should be done now? A.-Yes.
Q,That would require the putting in of about
hye hundred thousand meters? A-No. sir:
Q-How many? A.-About one hundred Thousand
Q-If would require about one hundred thousand
morer Ayes, sir
Q.-And how much do they cost on an averagef
A-That depends on the size.
o--l am asking you for an average TO dwelling
houses? Al don't know the average. Some re-
Qu!re more and some less.
AVERAGE COST ABOUT SO
Q.-What are the prices7 A.-We. generally a
tye-eighth or three-quarter meter would do FOR a
private house.
Q-what IS the price OF them? A.-Three-Quar-
tiers and hy.,slghths; about 50 or 81
QS-Erom 50 20 I'll? Ayes
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
REFORMED LAX METHODS.

by which the extensive property under your
troll In that Department was managed and looked
artery Al did.
Q.--What the practical result OF that-was
there a saving OF money 10 the city? A.-Undoubt-
edy II was very difficult 10 have the accounts
properly kept from the fact that the Department
appropriation did not seem 10 be sufficient 10 allow
proper clerical skilled accountants 10 be en-
gagged therefore / got up this system that by ro-
tatve Instruction. the carrying out OF which would
make even a laborer keep books in spite OF him
self and have a check on file OF II. That system
was lnaugurated and books got up and put
IN vogue and IL smoothly and nicely until jan
uary 1898. when in all yards except the pipe yard,
II was discontinued far as have been able 10
learn
Dwell. under this system. the ordinary em-
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
THE TESTIMONY In DETAIL,
DANIEL ENGELHARD GIVES A LUMINOUS VIEW OF HOW,
NEW YORK REAL ESTATE rs ASSESSED


,,sn E. Mckay. Alonzo s. Gear. Edward c.
....hv Daniel Engelhard, William J. McKenna.
,.-,ss : Moore. James w. Connolly and Henry
,rtenreith were examined yesterday before
y. Nszet investigating committee. Their evil
ssnce follows in full;
MOSS READS POLICE RULES.
-v,nrNCE OF PRICES DETECTIVES IN
SHARP CONTRAST WITH THEM
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
The Annual Report shows That Near
~ 100000 Pieces of Unclaimed
Mail Were Received.

Washington, Oct. 30.-The annual re-
port of the dead letter office shows that
it received from all sources 6,S55, 1888
pieces of mail matter, nearly nine per
cent. increase over last year. OF these
over $4,000 consisted of insutficiently
paid mail, 100000 were undelivered let
ters to hotel addresses, over 1000 I'M
claimed parcels and more than half a
million pieces of foreign mail. Mail
directed to fictitious addresses de-
creased by As per cent, indicating a
notable restriction in operations of
fraudulent concerns. More than three
quarters of Il million of letters and par
cells sent to the dead letter office were
subsequently delivered to the owners
unopened. Money, drafts, etc, found
in the dead mails aggregate a face value
of 81, JOS. 900.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
PILING UP THE CASH.
Governments Receipts for October
Were over S3.5OO,OOO Above
the Total Expenses.

Washington, Nov. 1.-October ends
with surplus of government receipts
over expenditures amounting to 1881,
SIS for the month and 1925, 800 for the
four months of the fiscal year which
have passed.
This favorable showing is made not
withstanding the fact that anticipated
interest payments to the amount of
more than $4,000,000 have been made
during the month. 1t is due to the fact
that receipts both from customs and
from internal revenue are running far
ahead of the most sanguine calculations
made at the beginning of the fiscal year.
The total receipts for October this
year amounted to $47,533, 5SS, against
500, 631 ,051 for the same month last
year. The expenditures this year
amount TO $44,0l2, 900, against $780,
900 last wear.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
WAR MUST END FIRST.
ndations Concerning Philip
pines Until Insurrection Ceases.

Washington, Oct. 2s.-The president
will make no recommendations to con-
gress concerning the government or
disposition of the Philippines until the
instruction is ended This positive
statement is made upon the authority
of a member of the cabinet, who says
that until all armed opposition is re-
moved no serious consideration can be
given by congress to the important
question of providing for the future
of the people of those islands.
There are several influences at work
which will probably result in the is
lands remaining under American con-
troll for years to come. In the first
place, the president does not believe
nor do any of the members of the Phil
ippine commission believe, that the peo-
pie of the Philippines are prepared at
present for an independent form of
government
The Philippine situation from an adj
ministration standpoint can be brief
w summarized as follows: The presi-
dent will make no recommendation I'M
til the insurrection is suppressed. When
peace is restored he will recommend
that the future of the islands remain
undetermined until the people are edu-
Gated in self-government to qualify
them to express their preferences.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
DEWEY TO WED.
Widow of the Late Gen.
w. ID. Hazen.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Admiral Dewey
announced to some of his more intimate
friends Monday night the fact of his
engagement to Mrs. w. b. Hazen, of this
city Mrs. Hazen is the widow of Gen.
Hazen, formerly chief signal officer of
the army, who died about ten years ago,
and is a sister of j ohm r. Mclean, demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Ohio.
Mrs. Hazen has no children, and since
her husbands death has made her home
with her mother. She is woman of
large means, about 40 years of age, and
popular in the best social circles of
Washington. The date for the wedding
has not been fixed.
The admiral's first wife died in 1872.
She was the daughter of former gov
ernor of Vermont. One child from that
marriage, a son, is now living in New
York Gen. Hazen, the former husband
of Mrs. Hazen, died on the 10th of jan
uary, 1887. and son from their union
died last year.
Admiral Dewey on Monday took pos
session of his new home. The last of
the furniture was arranged in the new
house and the admiral's trunks were
brought up from the apartments he has
been occupying at the Everett.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
STILL BELONG TO SPAIN.
Three Islands of Philippine Group
Overlooked by Makers of Treaty
Not Regarded of Importance.

Madrid, Nov. IA sensation was
caused in the senate Tuesday by the
declaration of Count d'Almenas that,
owing to the ignorance of the Spanish
American treaty commissioners, three
islands of the Philippine group, the
two Batanes and the Calayan islands,
both north of Luzon, were not included
in the scope of the treaty. These is
lands, he asserted, ought to be made the
basis of negotiations for the liberation
of the Spanish prisoners.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The islands in
the Philippine group referred to in the
Madrid dispatch as not having been in
cluded in the treaty ceding the archi-
pelago to the United States are not re-
garded by the members of the Philip
pine commission as of any importance.
and no regret, they say, need be felt if
the statement should prove correct.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
Christmas Boxes for Philippine 8.

New York, Oct. 31.-At the army pier
in Brooklyn Monday a corps of men
were busily engaged receiving and re-
cording the wagon loads of boxes which
came in from all parts of the country
for the United States soldiers in the
Philippines. The government furnishes
free transportation, and many persons
are taking advantage of the fact to
send Christmas boxes to their relatives
and friends in Manila. There were
packages and bundles of all sizes.
each carefully labeled and in most cases
stamped christmas Box" in large
black letters
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
VANDERBILT'S MILLIONS.
How the Immense Fortune of the
Deceased Capitalist Was DE-
vided by His Last VIII.

New York, Oct. 27.-Under the will
of Cornelius Vanderbilt, as made pub
lie. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt is made
the heir of the bulk of his fathers for
tune, estimated at S70,000,000. Young
Cornelius Vanderbilt is cut off with
a direct gift of 100000 and the income
from a trust fund of S1,000,000. but, out
of the spirit of affection and for the
purpose of satisfying all of the mem
bers of the family, Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt gives his brother Cornelius
enough of his inheritance to make his
fortune equal to that of the other mem
bers, namely, S7,500,000. The distribu-
ton of the fortune, leaving out the gift
of SO 900 900 absolutely to Mrs. Van
derbilt, and after equalization by Al
fred's act, is approximately as follows:
Alfred G Vanderbilt, s36,37500O; Mrs.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, S,3750OO;
Reginald G. Vanderbilt, N,S75ooO Gladys
Moore Vanderbilt, s7,375000 Cornelius
Vanderbilt, s7,375,0o0; relatives, friends and
servants. $3.50, 600; churches and institu-
tions, 81 ,020, 900
New York. Oct. 2S.-Cornelius Wander
bit has resigned his position with the
New York Central Railroad company
and will henceforth have no inter
course, socially or in business, with the
members of his family. He bitterly re-
sents the implication that he is the
beneficiary of his brothers generosity.
He is equally emphatic in the state
ment that the settlement was forced
4.
and that the $6,000000 added to his in
heritance was in no sense gift, but
simply the price of noncontested will.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
Cubans show Improvement.

Washington, Oct. 30.-Gen. FiHhugh
Lee, who arrived in Washington Satur-
day night from New York in an inter-
view said that the people of Cuba are
steadily improving under the existing
protectorate of the United States and
are slowly but surely rebuilding their
war-wasted homes and repairing their
crippled fortunes. Life and property
are secure in Cuba, owing largely, he
said, to the salutary restraint exercised
by American military authority. He
thinks the time not ripe yet, however,
for purely Cuban government.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
FERRYBOAT SUNK.
Cut In Two by Big steamer in North
River, New YOrk-Many Lives
Thought to BE Lost.

New York, Oct. 31.-Run down by the
Savannah line steamer, City of Augusta,
the Pennsylvania ferryboat Chicago
was cut in two at 12: 80 o'clock Tuesday
morning. How many are lost is not
known. One body was found an hour
after the collision was reported. Esti-
mates of the lost vary all the way from
two to 20 Even the number who were
on board the ferryboat is unknown;
many say 40, and the estimate varies
all the way up to $50.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the week Ending Nov. L.

Fire wiped out the business portion
of Fairyiew, Kan.
Fire swept away the entire business
portion of Horatio, Ark.
Nahum ST. Martins died at Two
Greeks, Wis, aged 107 years.
The Twentieth Kansas regiment was
mustered out in San Francisco.
New Boston, suburb of Portsmouth,
O., was almost wiped out by fire.
The business portion of Wakarusa,
Ind, thriving town, was destroyed by
fire.
The new administration building at
Sing Sing On. " prison was destroyed
by fire.
Fire destroyed the Webster hotel in
Montreal and three persons persisted in
the flames.
Henry c. Harris, supreme Judge of
Choctaw nation, died at his home near
Harris, |. L.
The Hackettstown On. j. seminary
was destroyed by fire, the students
barely escaping.
Henry Adams Nicely, bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Maine,
died in Portland.
Charles Grant Allen, the noted novel
list and man of science, died in Lon
don, aged 81 years.
Samuel Watrous, one of the murder
ers of G. w. Engberg and his wife, was
hanged at Austin, Tex.
War between France and China is
likely through Peking's alleged failure
to yield territory claimed.
A Santa Fe cattle train was wrecked
at Argona, Kan, and 200 head of cattle
were killed and 100 more crippled.
William Henry Webb, "a years old,
one of the country's famous shipbuild-
ers, died at his home in New York.
Seven insurgent ships in Colombia
were sunk by government cruisers and
one of them went down with 200 men.
The state department in Washington
has proof that the Filipinos are receiv-
ing arms and ammunition from Japan.
Fifty of the Olympia's crew. who
fought in the battle of Manila, have re-
enlisted for service in the Philippines.
A London dispatch says that Mrs.
Langtry and her latest husband, Hugo
de Battle, have separated. He was jeal-
Gus.
Tom Hayden (colored) was hanged
by mob at Fayette, Mo-, for the muir
der of Andrew Woods, young white
man.
Stephen b. Lewis celebrated his one
hundredth birthday in Baptist church
he built 20 years ago near Elizabethton,
Tenn.
Dwight Townsend, member of the
Thrty-ninth and Fortythird con-
crosses, died in New York city, aged 70
years.
Judge William G. Parker was shot
dead in his courtroom at Leadville, Col,
by Michael Muller. The deed was en-
tirely unprovoked.
Goldseekers arrived in San Francisco
from Cape Nome with $2,500,000 and re-
ported that many fortune hunters had
died in quest of treasure.
In a wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad near Cassels, o., Engineer
Kearney and brakeman were killed
and 35 loaded freight cars were de-
81 roved
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
withdraws from Public Life.

Paterson. n. j., Nov. 1.-Nice Presi-
dent Garrett A. Hobart, slowly dying
has formally withdrawn from public
life. In statement issued by the fam
lily Tuesday, his abdication is made alb
solute, and even should death not end
his life at once, his public career is at
an end. The family announced that a
fatal change might ensue at any mo-
ment, or his present condition might be
indefinitely prolonged.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
Ocean Record Beaten.

New York, Oct. 30.-Again all ocean
records have gone to smash. The big
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse crossed the bar at
1903 p, m. Saturday, lowering the
worlds western record II minutes. 1t
took the big German but five days, II
hours and AS minutes to steam from
Southampton. Thus it beat its own rec
ord made on September 5, 1899. The
average speed was gaia knots per hour.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
Jester Pleads Not Guilty,

Paris, Mo-, Oct. 30.-AleXander Jes-
ter, who was indicted on Tuesday for
the murder of Gilbert Gates in 1871,
was formally arraigned in the circuit
court. He entered plea of not guilty,
and in the presence of the court signed
an affidavit alleging prejudice against
him in Monroe and Marion counties and
asking for change of venue. The
third day of November was set for
arguing this application.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
HOLDS ITS FIRST MEETING.
Philippine Commission in Secret Ses-
sion mt Washington with Every
Member Present.

Washington, Oct. 31.-The Philippine
commission held its first meeting at
the quarters selected for it in the
Arlington Monday. 1t was an
nounced before the meeting that
all the sessions would be secret
and that none of the delibera-
tons would be made public until the
commission had finished its labors.
Col. DENLY said that no programme
had been arranged and that it was inn
possible to say even what general
course would be followed till after tn q
commissioners had discussed the mat
ter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
FAVORED BY LONG.
Secretary of the Navy Is Anxious ia
See the Merchant Marine of
Country Built Up.

Cleveland, o., Oct 2S.-Secretary of
the Navy Long, in letter to a local
paper, says he is heartily in favor of
the upbuilding of the merchant marine
and presents three reasons for favoring
the same. as follows:
Firstly reason of the financial return
which would follow from carrying our
constantly increasing exports.
Second-From the increased business II
would give our shipyards, and
Third-Because it would furnish re-
serve OF seamen upon which the navy
could draw in case of war.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02

Given MilitRry DurinI.

Washington. Oct. 31.-Gen. Guy V.
Henry was given military burial at
Arlington Monday, his grave being
close to the Temple of Fame and with
in sight of that of his old commander,
Gen. Crook. The president and the sec
rotary of war and other members of the
cabinet attended the services, both at
the church and the cemetery
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-11-02
storm in Cuba.

Santiago, Cuba, Oct. 30.-Continuous
heavy rains and winds have done ex-
tensive damage throughout the prov
ince. Many of the smaller hoffses have
been destroyed, and number of streets
In the city have been undermined.