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SAID THE INSTALMEET MAN.

=
I've got Il pair of collectors in nv
employ" said the instalmcnt dealer,
who We're born for the business but
I'm afraid they're getting just a lii tie
bit ovcrZealous.
I'VE had a bad pay over in Rock
ettS. who owed US for 4 couple Of pieces
Of furniture and stove. II. fell off in
his payments until patience With him
ceased To be 81 virtue ana gave my
men orders to notify him that we would
take the goods away ii he didn't pay
something on his bill the following
week
Several days passed and the matter
had temporarily passed from my mem
cry, when | came into the store one lf-
ternnnn and found my Rockets helin-
GuHnt there with his Wife. and raising
the most unhnly howl you ever heard.
crNthing from plain assault and bat
tcr% To defamation of character
What's; the matter? l asked him
after he had quoted down 4 bit.
Natter yelled the excited indi-
v!dual. Matter WI: COL darn you.
you rlunderinS. Numbering pirate, TWO
Of your rutlians came to my house an
hour ago while my Wife WAS cpo.liny
the dinner kicked the stove pipe down
ana carried my stove out into the field
with q half cooked turkey in tn. oven
and q pan Of fried eggs standing on the
10. They've sent for 4 wagon to haul
II away and they're sitting out thc.,
beside the Lod blasted stove now eat
ing my dinner
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According TO thc estimate Of the new
city directory, Newport News nov has
population Of 22,6li. These figures Viii
not surprise those Who nave kcp, in
touch with tie remarkable development
ana growth q the city. for, despite The
drawbacks Of the rast year. there has
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HE SAW THE OBELIsK.


Mr. Wha,chercallum is a made
pm. "nt unlike mast sclf-madc mon
ne IS nb!" 70 appreciate :, joke 1T his
own cxl"nse. lie tells this one:
Eserntly he hal q aston 70 tai;c j
business ';1.p 10 New York ana while
:h"rc visited Central Park He re-
turned enthusiastic in his praises Of
what y" had seen in the big park ANA
in conversation With a friend remark
Icl:
iit vas as good as a circus, that
:'leW Of the menaSerie. but l must say
binary animal to make such a fuss
about
His listener was nysuitied. II don't
exactly catch en- said he.
We'll. you see" continued Mr.. Blank,
after fca'sting my eyes on every i'm
aSinab'e animal from known and un-
known lands noticed Il sign reading:
This way to the "belisi1.' ana antici-
patlnS something marvellous from This
special notice I Immediately started in
search Of it, ht:n't gone far whcn
came across i;Wo of tne,;n-ortlinavy
PHI y-Eonts, they appeared to me. They
mad their name ana cDat-,r-ni,lnS in
scrihcd over the rasc. but nrl being 4,
Student Of foreign languages. | couldn't
make II out. 1t didn't look like ODE
lisk, but it probably was the Latin fsr
it."
The friend who had managed 70 con
trol his risibilitics during this recital
now laughed loud and long ana ex-
planed TO the ether his ludicrous cr-
nor.
well now since come to think Of
il, said MIR. iWhatchercall,rm. II did
see n tall monument With curious writ !
ing on it, but it never cc-,urr,'! to ne
that it was What the sign had refer
encc to-"
AC(pNT-EI
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E'E.AT'lI CT MIR. IGE.NT>T.

IN the dc@l,l CT Nice FFcstd~n itG-
bart. tho country loses IN honest, ans,
able official, ono who HAS perform, i
the duties dcvolvinS uron him i'll {,
manner above criticism. In the in:-
portaHs position Of president Of tbs
highest dclihcra'tvc body in the Re
public his decisions have been so fai;.
and just as to Win for him the rcspec.
and admiration Of friends and foes
alike. Up to the time Of his nomina-
ton to the Office Of Vice President by
the Republicans, in 1896 Mr.. Hobart
was scarcely known beyond the coy
lines o. his own small state. There he
was honnrtEl and respected as is SHOW II
by the Willy in which his own poop I
showercd the highest political hono.s
in thcir power uron him. In ether
sections Of he country he was known
as a lawyer Of more chan usual ability
and successful man Of affairs. His
rlc;;n record made him vin excellent
running mate I.pr Mr.. Mckinley ANA
his well known ability and conscrva-
lism undoubtedly strengthened the Re
has been in bad health for several
n.2nths, The Heath of Mr. Hooalt com. S
as a surprise and q shock 10 his friends
;.:ld admirers throughout the country,
for on Monday reports to the effect
that he was able to sit up and discus $
the news Of the day led his friends 10
entertain the nope that he might fin
ally recover from his attack Of illness
an! regain ms former health.
One Of the highest tributes to the
character of the departed statesman is
the affection and respect ielt for him
by the President and those With whon,
he has been intimately associated dur
ing the past few years. After all the
esteem Of those who are brought INFO
daily contact wish one is the only safe
estimate of the iovable qualities of a
life. Judged b. this criterion Mr.. Ho-
bart was a great man.
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The gunhoat Helena, which, has just
reacne!! Manila with the crew OF the
wrecked cruiser Charleston, brings m
teresting news. When the little war
vessel passed the Oregon the kat tie
snip signaled ina, -Aguinaldo, Win
twelve officers. was making his way 10
the no1tE Of the island, closely pursue /
by (, troop Of cavalry. If this informal
ton be true, il seems chat The leader
Of the rebellion against American son
ereisnty has been reduced to sore
straits. 1t is a long step from an aci-
ike, aggressive army Of $1,000 or 80 900
10 only twelve loyal followers. but the
events Of the past few weeks have been
sufficient 70 discourage even the most
optimistic follower Of Aguinaldos fp;.-
tunes. II is not surprising that the
fllipinos are beginning to realize chat
the: might as we'll yield to the newt
able. No doGbt they have gained much
encouragement from the perniciOils ac-
tlvlty Of the Atkinsuni:,n element. burt
The irresistible rush@s nf tile BOYS in
blu2 during the past few weeks haze.
no doubt had 4 tendency to disiliusipu-
lZc them to the hope Or practical Az
sistance from the anti-iin,l.r;list:,.
with ASuina!4o Who is undoubtedly
the main iirebrand. properly disposed
o. the Philippine question viii 81 more
easily solved. In the meantime. how
eyer. it is just as vel! to remember that
A:5slc is not yet caught;
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Entered at the Newport News, Va.
Postoilicc as second-class matter
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER; -. 1919.
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DYSON 5 SALOON
2406 Washington AVenu.'.

Is bon-ton place. not a mere bar
room. The best of everything Is none
too good for it's patrons.
Solace Baltimore Rye, RAJ
leigh Pure Rye, Deep Run Hunt Club,
CARROTS Private Stock, Pride of Vir-
ginia Pure Rye, Chases Old Glenview,
and T. P. Ripy's Sour Mash are always
kept on hand, together with well Sc
lected stock Of imported Wines, Tobac-
co and Cigars.
Hot ten cent lunch counter and well
equipped Pool Room attached to the
saloon.
T. W. DYSON, Proprietor /
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HANGED HIMSELF

To Avoid Arrest and the Disgrace
of HIS. Crime.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. co. The
dingy little stable In the rear of a. !.
Bechtel's dairy, Twenty-eIghth street,
below York, was the scene Of suicide
yesterday morning. There Jacob c.
sherey, fearful of the consequences Of
arrest and exposure and the threats of
an angry father. hanged himself to one
of the rafters of the building.
sherey was 20 years old, and was in
the employ OF Bechtel, the milk dealer.
HIS father lived in Kutztown, Berks
county, and the young man came 70
this city only a short time ago. BE
boarded with Mrs. Mary Huffman at
252i York street, where he would be
near the stable. 1t being his duty 70 go
there early in the morning 70 feed the
horses.
Late Monday afternoon Mrs. Thurman
had occasion to so to the second-Btoty
room, where she saw Sherey abusing
her sIx-year-Old daughter. The latter
Was CRYING. The wOmRn's anger knew
no bounds, and with q cry she Sprang
al the man. Sherey, with his superior
strength, fought her of and hurried
from the house.
The father OF the little girl was furi-
Gus when he heard that the child WIS
abused by q stranger, and told his we
that he would nick Sherey and then ar
rest him." It is thought that sherey
overheard the statement and preterrea
death to exposure.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-21
MAzET COMMITTEES
sim Probing the Ramapo Water
Company Contract.

sim Probing the RAmapo Water
Company Contract.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-The assembly
committee investigating the manage
ment Of the departments Of the munio-
ipal government devoted itself to-day
to further inquiry regarding the status
OF the Ramapo Water Company, which
had proposed to enter inc a &2000O0,OOo
contract with the city.
n. C. n. Ingraham, Of counsel for tho
company, was the first witness. He
had drawn the contract for submiBsi0n
to the board of public Improvement, hut
he pointed out several material dtffer-
ences between that paper and the CON.
tract which was placed before the board
by Corporation Counsel whalen. Wit
ness could not give the names OF stock
holders in the Ramupo Company. That
company, witness said. could fulfill all
the conditions Of Its proposed contract
and begin the delivering OF water I'm
1903. He was asked to produce lir.
Nostrand, the company's engineer, but
replied: "He is not in my pocket. He
Is not where can produce him. No
Introduce any OF my friends here to
Mr.. Moss would be like Introducing
them to an assassin"
Mr.. Moss, counsel for the committee,
took possession Of the contracts ana
other documents which Mr.. IugERhnm
had brought with him.
General C. II. J. Coils, formerly CONS
missioner Of public works Of New York
city. saddle had been approached while
in office regarding the subject OF the
clty's water supply. Tine man WHIT
came to him on this eTrund urged that
the RamRpo Company controlled 'tha
only available supply but the witness
had replied that at that very time there
WIS stored in New York reservoirs 3D.
100000 gallons Of water. Genernl Coils
also testified that during the Strong adj
mInlstratlon the asphalt paving COM
tracts had been 80 altered us TO DO
away with the monopoly which one
concern enjoyed.
George B. Hammond the commlttee9
subpoenae server, swOre that he had
had number OF men looking for En-
gineer Eostrand and Secretary Lamont,
of the Ramnpo Company, for the last
two weeks, but In vain.
At the afternoon Session Corporation
Counsel Whalen faiIed to appear when
his name was called. Mr.. Moss turned
from the Ramapo matter to the letting
of the city contracts without BIDS ana
purchase Of supplies from favored deal
ers, but the information obtained was
not important. Several witnesses were
examined and the committee adjourned
until Tomorrow.
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HIS
TENT LIKE
THE ARAB.
Dreyfus Silently Steals Away
from the Rennss Prison, oncs
More a Free Man.
BROTHER ACCOMPANIES HIN.
Arriving at Nantes he PrOseeds to
Bordeaux :. Ultimate Dsstina'
tion Said to be Nice.

RENNEs, France, Sept. 2O.-captaIn
Alfred Dreyfus at . o'clock this morn
ing left the prison in which he had been
confined since his return from Devils
Island, and proceeded to Yern, where
he took train bound for Nantes. Hls
departure was completely unnoticed'
N. Yigule, the chief of the secret SER.
vice, and the project, NJ. Dureault, ar
rived at the prison after midnight,
bringing the minister of wars order for
the release of Dreyfus. The latter
walked from the prison to the boule-
vnrd Laenne. where he entered a watt
ing carriage and was driven to the
VEN station outside the town. Mat
thieu Dreyfus met him at the train and
accompanied him to Nantes. While
this dramatic turn in the Dreyfus
drama was taking place all Rennes'
slept and the departure of the famous
prisoner OF Devils Island was no more
noticeable than that of an ordinary
traveller.
The carriage which was IN waiting
was the same vehicle which took Drey-
fus to his prison when he returned from
Devils Island. Dreyfus got in opposite
the house where Maltre Labor had
stayed previous to the attempt upon his
life, and alighted about 600 yards from
the station and walked in regardless Of
tho dr,vzlInV min. The Nantes train,
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DREYFUs AT NANTES

And Proceeds to Bordeaux = May
Drop on at Way station.
NANTES, Sept. 2O.-Dreyfus arrived
here this morning from Rennes, ae-
companied by his brother, Matthew
Dreyfus: the chief of the secret police,
NJ. Yiguier and one policeman.
The party Travelled as ordinary pas
sangers. The train reached the station
nj s:17 a. nj. The Dreyfus brothers
alIghted on the platform office, followed
by NJ Viguier, who inquired II they
could have private room. walter
replying in the affirmative, the brothers
entered a room and ordered two glasses
Of milk. while NJ. Viguier and the po-
lIceman remained outside In the public
bar. Inquiry was then made concern
ing the Bordeaux train, which, they
were informed. left nj S:5S a. m. All
four then entered a first class compnrt-
fnent. in which there were already 9th
or passengers. II was intended, by
thus refraining from any uttempt TO
secure privacy, to avoid exciting cur
ioslty, and this apparently succeeded.
M. Vieuler and the policeman only went
ms far as the first stop. VertoX, whence
they returned to Nantes to catch the
1888 o, m. express for Paris. leaving
the brothers TO continue their journey
alone, IT is believed the Dreyfuses
nlighted nj an intermediate station to
take a fresh start In an unknown direc-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-21
LABOR TROUBLES
In Havana-ovor Twelve ThOusand
IVorlrmRn IN a Strike,

In Havana-oyor Twelve ThOusand
workman on a Strike.
HAVANA, Sept. 2O.-The strike has
assumed serious proportions. II Is now
estimated that there are 1900 striking
masons, painters, carpenters, cartmen
and laundry workers, and II, as 10
threatened, the haclmen, steVedores
and cIgarmakers strike within the next
few days there will be another 1900
The cartmen went out to-day, thereby
paralyzIng the wholesale houses. They
give as a reason for their action me
unfair treatment they have been recelV-
ing at the hands OF the police, q ma
jorlty being Spanlards
Many reliable business men say that
This strike OF the cRrtmen Is the only
legitimate strike, II Is asserted mat
the police shamefully abuse thelf
authority over the cartmen, endeavor-
ing to get them to talk back so ns TO
have O preteXt to take them to Vivac
prison and accuse them next day Of tn-
sulting the police,
General Rafael Cardenas. chief Of po-
lice, and Mayor La Coste deny that the
police are guilty of oppressive conduct,
but the mere fact that the cartmen
went out on this ground alone seems 10
indicate that there is more truth than
fiction IN their grievance.
Considering the large number OF men
now out OF employment, II Is remarkn-
BILE that there are no disorders Strik-
ers and employers are apparently cqual-
ly apathetic.
The Discussion says: Martinez, a
guerrilla, went TO Nueva Paz where he
had committed many uutrages. The
people attempted to lynch him, and
would have done so but for the inter-
vention OF the police, who sent him to
Havana. Before leaving Nueva PaE no
confessed to having committed the
crimes In obedience to superior author
Ity and In order 10 serve certain local
interests He placed In the hands Of the
police documents bearing out his state,
ment, md those reveal the names OF
many who had been heretofore regarded
as good patriots, but are now known
/, TO he traitors and accompllces IN tho
lnfamy pertrctnted by Martinez"
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ENGINEER MYERS KILLED
And Others Slightly IFjnrcd In .
Wreck At Petroleum West Va


Wreck AZ Petroleum West Va
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgenear.
PARRERsBURG. ". Va, Sept "a
william Meyers, engineer on Bal
tlmore & Ohio train No. 8, west bound
was Instantly killed by being buried
under the demolished portions OF the
tender of his engine at Petroleum, At
1870 this morning.
The engine. a mail car, two express
cars. baggage car. a smoker and
day coach were thrown from the track.
and besides the death Of the engineer
there was no other fatality, nor was
there any other person seriously hnrt.
The injured are: George HertSOgg,
express messenger, Grafton, ankle
sprained; J. r. A. Black express mes
senger, head cut; Henry Keller, bag
gage master, Grafton, slightly bruised;
w. Q. DunBeth, Cincinnati; n. g. Nell
son, Morgantown: W. D. Nutter. Pres-
ton county, postal clerks, considerably
Jared and iOlted. Dungeth WAS slight
~ hurt in the head. None of these
sustained injuries that VIII keep them
from duty Mt all, and all were able 70
walk around as soon Is extricated from
the wrecked train.
There Is no positive lnformatio as 70
the cause Of the accident Petroleum IS
q smaH station on the Fond twenty-one
miles east Of the city, and No. s makes
no stop there She was ten minutes
late this morning, coming through there
ut 11:40 This train has not been so
near on time for three weeks, and Mey-
ers had said to his fireman that he In
tended to bring her in on time to-day.
The train was coming past Petroleum
at terrific speed this morning ana
when reaching the switch directly IN
front OF the residence Of r H Ruther-
ford, the pony truck jumped the shave
rail and the train headed into the side
track. from which the engine Jumped
almost Instantly and plunged over the
embanlSment into oil Spring run below.
The forward part Of the engine went
into the little stream, while the tender
became detached and was smashed By
lighting on the side Of the embank-
ment which is about fifteen feet from
the track to the little stream.
The postal car took almost straight
leap and went two hundred feet from
the switch, with its forward end stick
ing in the soft mud Of the side Of the
embanlSment, the rear end OF It being
clear of the ground. The three postal
clerks were in this car, and all were
hurled violently to the end Of the chr,
and were covered BY deluge Of disor-
ranged mail sacks, but they dug them
selves out to discover that miraculous
8 It was that they were not mnimed for
life
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PAPER GOES UP.


w Iltl u NAtttUh W shtgEOIlplltthl ENgNh-
Representatives, Advanced.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2a.-News paper
has gone up quarter of cent pound
within the last three weeks. The
newspapers OF New York city accord
ing to an official OF the company which
supplies all but two OF the papers
printed In this city. use 400 tons OF
paper daily, at n cost OF two cents u
pound The recent sharp advance
means $4,000 a day more to the news
papers, or $730.0O0 a year over the price
which has heretofore obtained The
cost OF the consumption Is now $4,000
a day. The tendency Is to raise the
price stlll higher. The advance is due
partly to the drought Of last summer,
which seriously impaired the water
power of the paper mills.
Book paper has gone up a quarter OF
n cent n pound, and letter paper from
three quarters Of cent to one cent a
pound.
The price OF shoe leather has gone up
from 2IA to per cent within the Inst
week. owing to the scarcity of COW hide
materials. Shoe manufacturers have
signed contracts with Wholesale and re-
tail shoe houses which Will not expire
for months to come and 30 the patrons
OF retail houses will not feel the Ad-
vance until December. In the mean
time, the manufacturers, who have
bound themselves by contract Will be
the sufferers from the rise In price. a
sharper advance still has been made In
the price OF crude sole leather. For
two months the cost has been steadily
going up and yesterday It had advanced
six cents per pound above tho market
price paid In August stu higher prices
are looked for by manufacturers. The
Increased cost is due to the scarcity OF
cattle as compared with the demand,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-21

SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Sept.
9O-The board OF charities tabulated
statistics show that out OF popula-
ton of 1854 there are e9l,Os9 INDECENT
and ll,s5S sick. The number Of deaths
ms a result OF the recent hurricane was
2,si9. one weeks ratlons were Issued
TO 2g5,l4I persons, and the number OF
those working for rations was Ills
The FIRST jury trial In the San Juan
provisional court took place to-day,
when n prisoner named Francisco Ira
pngn was convicted OF larceny, and sem
tenced to six months imprisonment nt
hnrd labor, and to pay $500 costs.
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MANILA, Sept. 2O.-cublc advices
1loIlo concerning the results of General
Bates second trip along the southern
Islands indicate that only about 400
rebels at Zamboanga refuse to rccog-
MIC American authority Pending the
outcome on the island OF Luzon. the city
Of Znmb0angn is practically dcaortcd,
The rebels are IN emp four miles In
the country. The Mor0s and Filiplnos
are unfriendly. and disturbances be-
tween them are liable to occur. Jolo is
quiet, and the natives continue friendly
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-21

CHATTANOOGA, Sent. 2O,-The d.
rectors of the Crown cotton mills, OF
Dalton. Ga. at the annual meeting OF
the stockholders tomorrow, will declare
n dividend OF % per cent, 50 per cent In
stock and 10 per cent In cash. This beats
the worlds record In cotton mill diyi-
dends. The company will at once build
another 500. 900 cotton mill at Dalton,
Last year the company declared a dlvl'
dond Of ~ per cent