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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-10

w n. Read last Saturday picked a
real diamond from the Lscpidary Win
dow, 2605 Washington avenue between
sixth and TWenty-Seventh
streets. 12-10-1t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-10
THE Ne zSk a.: :
EEHH W Y&A - - ]

Invites you to call and
look over its handsome holiday
display before going elsewhere,
Consignments Of Christmas
goods are being received daily
and our stock is new and clean.
Our prices are as low as the
lowest, and our goods are first
class IN quality. Call on US
and be convinced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22

on the road are filled, any of the strik-
ers come to us as individuals and ask to
be ia ken back we may take them. but under
the men now at work or to be put to work in
the next few days to make room for a striker
The strikers have left us twice and are no
longer our employees. In q few days we shall
have all the men we want"
chance was given to some OF the union
men to-day to return TO work. Director John
J; Stanley and former Superintendent Rad
among the strikers, spcnt two hours at Lake
view this morning; They mingled with the
%o saH TO sse to wT
running its cars right along 1t is putting
nero men on regularly. and your places are
filing UP. You'd better get In line and get back
S 90 rs's' 70" can. win anything b, holding
fsdvice, At strike Headquarters to-day it was
work. ltany Of the Gid employees, have gone
back. as President Everett SAYS" said the
basf s6esn aed we It They
We don't care how MANY men Mr., Everett has
nor how many lines he may be able to put into
operated on schedule time It is certainly tied
up. The accommodation the people are look
ing for Is not forthcoming except on the Euclid
AT 10 o'clock tonight rioters surrounded a
Wilson avenue car at Payne avenue and broke
al its windows. Several women were aboard.
which was abandoned by Its non union crew
In all parts OF the city were cars stoned TO- day
The police expect severe rioting during the
night.
MIDNIGHT RIoTISG.
Reports received at the Central police sta
ton at midnight are that loo men are wreck
ing the track and wires on Humboldt street
bridge and also at the corner of Woodland and
Wilson avenues. Patrol wagons loaded with
policemen were rushed to the two places.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
CAPT. PRICE GETS HACK.
The Tenderloin Commander Gives His
Views of the City of London.


Capt James X. Price OF the Tenderloin pre-.
cEtt returned last night on the Cunarder I.u-
cania from Liverpool after an absence OF twen-
ty-eisht days. He brings a collection OF first
impressions of Ireland and England. He said:
Il wen: through the Old Country from
Queenstown az lar north as Portrush. which is
more like Coney Island than anything I saw
on the other side. When | landed at Queens
town l found women with all sorts OF en-
brodery and bead work to sell told one OF
them wanted to buy az Irish fairy. She told
me that looked more like an Irish fairy than
anything she had ever seen. / went to Blar-
ney Castle and saw the blarney stone. 1t will
have to be scrubbed and kalsomined before I'll
kiss It,
Il went'to London from Ireland and visited
no other place afterward EXCEPT LIVERPOOL.
where / boarded this ship. The Prince or
Princess OF Wales. 1 don't remember which.
gave q garden party at Kensington Palace. l
was thereon tho outside. had good view
Of the noblemen and women and think our
boxes and soldiers in front of all the residences
Very carefully. We wouldn't: stand for that
sort Of thing over here.
night | ran across Magistrate Kudlich., We
were mutually SURPRISED He asked me.That
get into trouble. Women and girls were in
line everywhere. Many were seated on oeEcher
They spoke to anybody that took their fancy
The people woulun / stand that here. II the
police allowed II they'd be locked IN. London
is q slow town, but it, immortality is awful
World and am Glad e 81 back to it, Us is
the best place en- earth to live In.
while I was In Ireland ! spent two DAVIS
hunting for Sergt Wells ing 9 brother. They
told me that he was an Antrim man. ana gave
me an address there. I finally found out that
Welsing isa Dutchman and that his brother
| lives in Antwerp"
Price was met at the pier by five OF his trustv
| aides. headed b. his right hand man. Schill
| They went to meet the Captain In three open
| carriages. and they bundled him in in Il
| hurry and started him of to the Tenderloin
police station. where great preparations had
| been made to give the Captain q welcome. All
to decorate the inferior Of the 81, station on
| on the bookcase behind the desk Ameri-
| can flags were draped. A flag hung over the
door leading into the Captains room In the
| centre OF the main reception room was an m
mense flag. over which was inscribed in big
letters the words Welcome Home" In the
Captain room there was large horseshoe OF
roses
| 4 number OF Prices friends and all the
| tenants OF the houses on the block were
| out in tho street when the carriages
drove up. AS they came to a. stop, in
| front of the station house giant fire
crackers were exploded. Sam. the boot
| black. was the first man TO greet the Captain
professional bOndsman. was close at his heels.
! As soon as Price reached the station house he
called up Chief Devery on the telephone and
| told him Of his return.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
NEGROs ISLANDERS DEFEA TED.
Our Troops Surprise n village of Brigands
Heavy Rainfall in Manila.

MANILA, July PIC 20 p M-The Babylones,
a native tribe on the island OF Ncgros. have
finally received trouncing that will probably
put stop to their marauding for consider
able time
These thieves have been practically the sole
cause OF trouble in that island. They haunted
the mountains. which are difficult OF access
and would thence swoop down on villages and
haciendns to pillage. burn and murder
On Tuesday Capt. Bernard Byrne. command
ing n battalion OF the Sixth Infantry. took
seventy men, and. max ing night march, sur
prisel the village Of Babong at o o'clock on
Wednesday morning There were $50 Baby
lones in the place.
Tho attack was n complete success and the
brigands wcrc terribly whipped in spite OF
their courageous defence. There was much
fighting at close quarters and our men used
bayonetsoand dubbed rifles on the natives.
BY actual count 115 Babylones were killed.
while many others were wounded. One was
captured. The American loss was one killed
anc one wounded
Capt. Byrnc captured considerable stock.
forty eight caribaos. n large quantity OF sup
plies. three rifles. three rcvolvcrs and many
boos. bows and spears. He also recovered
eight stolen horses.
The typhoon has finally ended. The rainfall
thus far in July has been moro than forty-two
inches. Tho moan annual precipitation is ff-
ty-0yc inches
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
LIGHTNING STRIKES 4 HOSPITAL.
Drs. Satterlee and Geoltz of the j. Hood.
Wright Institution Both stunned

Drs. SatterIee and Geoltz of the j. Hood
Wright Institution Both stunned
The thunderstorm that came this way about
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon scattered cleo
tricty over Harlem in 4 freakish sort of way.
Zigzag streaks Of lightning played over the
roofs Of the big flathouses on the west side and
scared the tenants. but did not do much harm.
One OF the StreakS hit the J. Hood Wright Hos
pital building and did a little damage along the
root
The house surgeon. DR. Eugene Satterlec,
was sitting in the Office talking with DIR. George
GeoltZ. They saw a streak OF fire run along
the sill of the window on the left side of the
building where the telegraph and telephone
wires are grouped. Then there was kissing
noise and both doctors fell on the floor For
recovered and got on their feet.
Are you hurt. Doctor" said DR.. Satterlec
Are YOU hurt Doctor p said DIR. Geoitz.
No" answered both in chorus. Then they
shook hands and congratulated each other on
the fact that the lightning had not knocked out
both Of them.
Other doctors in the hospital hurried to the
Office and examined the surroundings to Sre
what damage had been done.
THE telegraph wires have been put out of
business, said DR.. SRtter ee.
And the telephone is dead. remarked Dr..
GCOlt2
All the doctors tried 70 ring up central, and
being unable to do so sent for an electrician.
who knew more than physicians about rcsur-
recting dead telephones.
Last night nr. Geoit2 complained OF severe
headache which he believed 10 bethe result OF
the electric shock he received.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
MATCHES PUT INTO BELLEYUE TEA.
SIX Patients Made Ill by the Dissolved
Phosphorus.

Six patients IL Ward % OF Bellevue Hospital
were made i'll Yesterday at noon nv phosphorusi
matches in the gallon can Of tea sent up to-
the ward.
Nurses Hutchinson and Ashland were out OF
the ward when the tea was brought up, and
the ward helper who had carried il there left
il on n Ia bic to be distributed b. onS Of the con-
valcsccnt patients. When the nurses returned
all the patients had finished their lunch, and
istrrcd cmntcs. and then examined the re-
mains Of the luncheon. He found Il n teapot h!I
of match st ticks, the heads OF WHICH had dis
phoru~ matches. which had been left on the
liable that morning, was missing.
All of the patients had recovered completely
last night from the effects OF the phOsnhor-
us Assistant superintendent Richard is
trying to find out the name OF the man who
carried the tea TO the ward. as he thinks this
man Is 10 blame for the poisoning,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
M'lr4v .irrER 4 LouIsyILLE PAPER.
Hitch in ScgOtintiors to Sell til" CONNER
Cial, Republican in Politics.

Louisville. XIV, July 2l.--lohn II. Mclean,
proprietor Of the Cincinnati EHQujrer. yester-
day afternoon mad" the owners of the Louis
viii" CoDumerc,Hi. the only Republican paper in
the city. an offer Of $3OOoO for the plant. The
company had previously offered to sell TO him
for that price. When he agreed to the terms
they raised tho rrico and said they wanted
S5UOOO. Meantime the Republicans here
ma been informed 81 the matter; ana
that lhcy would at once purchase and rs-
tahlish new paper. They refused TO give
upn slice Of til" campaign funds for tn" sup
port Of the tImmerCLnL, and the company de-
cided to accept he FIRST oner Of Mr. Mclean.
night he sent an answer that he had decided
not to buy. IL is thought. however. that sale
will he made within the next few days. as Me
Lean is DESTROYS Of securing newspaper here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
KLONDTKE'S com OETPVT.
Many Millions of the Metal to Find Their
Way to This City.

George D. Roberts. Director Of the United
States Mint. who has been hero 10 attend the
sessions Of the subcommittee Of the Senate
Finance Committee, called at tho Assay Once
in Wall street Yesterday, later in the day taking
n train for Philadelphia Mr.. Roberts made the
prediction that this years gold yield from the
Klondikc will reach SlS.OOO.oOO or $40 900. 900.
and that most OF this will come to tho banks in
this city The gold receipts from the Klon-
dixie already this summer amount to $ll .O0U.-
900. which. Mr. Robert, said. offset the gold
that has been exported from this city to Europe.
There is plenty OF gold to meet all needs. in
his opinion. There has been an increase in
the gold product of some OF the Western States.
Washington is hecoming IA large producer. and
the output of Oregon is also increasing. In the
fiscal year ended June 30 there was greater
gold coinage than ever before. i amounted TO
Sl0S.111.1SO. as against SD4 1874 .NiS in the
previous year. The great activity OF retail
trade throughout the country was indicated by
oh% men IS % I SVap M sEn
in the fiscal year ended June 80. 1898
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
PROCTOR ON VAR MANAGEMENT
Former. Secretary Says There VIII BE n
Teaction in Ayers Favor.

Boston. July Ex-senator Redneld Proctor
jof Vermont. former Secretary of War. is in
town. on his way to the Summer Home" in
Marblehead. where, rs he humorously says. he
never can he found at home. and. further. to
make a start upon fishing trip to New Bruins
wick. Senator Proctor speaks with the utmost
kindness Of the retiring Secretary Of War, Gen
Alger. To Il reporter he said to-day:
Il think that in due time you will see re-
action against some Of the abuse which has
been visited upon Secretary Alger He has
been very seriously miSrepresented. He is n
goodibuSiness man and he has worked hard
and ably in his position, and he is not des"rv-
ing OF the severe criticisms which have been
passed upon him. When Gen. A.gcr took
charge OF the War Department he found him
! self hcdgcd about with many difficulties over
which he had no control at all. aud which are
an outgrowth Of the American system. With
European LfoVSrnmcnts 1t i customary to make
many changes in the staff and to make such
TeassiEnm"atS as circumstances demand, hut
our system j. positively inlleXblc: q man upon
the stan Is there during his military life. and
the ScCretieN OF War is not free to reOrganiIC
the business, Of his Office to he best advantage
Gen. AlGeI' lad no responsibilities all for some
Of the poll Gees or acts tor which he is criticised.
and Uuu1t il any other man in his position
could have done dIrrrently'
Did net tn" department, after the Cuban
camEaigp rradIust itself fairly well to the now
co.ngdIitc@S +, ,, ,.,.,...,,o ,..
eS. II is now IN good WORKING shape, one
Of the gI eatest Improvements has been in the
new sys ,enl oil raising troops, whereby the men
are cnli Sted as United States volunteers, and
the con lmands do not hail from any particular
State. The old system was provocative of end
less e. ouble and veNation. The new plan is
accr e tied to no particular person; it is the
result of general realization OF the inconvcu-
len ~ ( Of the old
gov does AdIt-Gpn. Corbin stand with
Teis renee to the War Department and other
auGloritics in ,WashingtonF'
~ do not know that Glen. Corbn has been
u'J m ANYTHING but II harmonious basis with
tEard To, secretary ,AEcr. Gen. Miles and
Fhcrs. He has been long in the service and
fkc any other old soldier. knows his place and
does hi. duty IN it. ] know Of no reason why
Ihc should DO distrusted"
See adv. of SUNDAY ny the Hudson trip4 steamer
City % Lowell Mns!',no liquors table no dinner
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
Taylor's Hotel in Jersey city Sold.

Taylor's Hotel in Exchange place. Jersey
City. Just outside OF the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
ferry entrance, was sold yesterday TO George
W. Young for the National Trust COMPANY
The sale was negotiated by Lawyer Allan J..
McDermott. representing the Fisk estate.
which owns the property. MIR. McDermott de-
clincd to give any information as to the price
paid or the terms ot sale, 1t is said that the
Trust Company will either remodel the present
building to make it suitable for Offices or erect
n new Office building. Richard II. Reed. the
present lessee Of the hotel is ont Of town 4
short time ago Mr.. Reed and some others or
gnnZcd the TAYLOR Building Company with n
capital OF $500 900. and contemplated tearing
down the present structure and putting up a
new hotel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
GEN. OTIS'S DEFENCE.
He Denies Through the War Department
the Charge of Misrepresentn

He Denies Through the War Department
the Charge of MISREPRESENTATION.
WASHINGTON. July 81 The following state
ment was issued this afternoon by the War
Departments:
Gen. Otis. In a despatch under date of July
20. says that tho press correspondents de-
mandcd permission to cable that official re-
ports sent misrepresentcd conditions. This
was denied They then demanded the priv
iegc to send, without reservation. facts
found by them and their opinion. This was
granted. il public interests were not impcr-
illed Tn" answer was not satisfactory,
and they therefore sent by mail TO Hong Kong
Gen Otis says he Is not conscious Of sending
Misrepresentation. but thinks that his de-
spatches at times have been too conservative
Whom he correspondents We're asked TO be in
formed wherein Gen Otiss dispatches were
misleading. they offered nothing tangible ex-
cept that his conclusions were unwarrantnd
When told that they were disrogarding military
authority. 1t was apparent that they courted
martyrdom. which it was unwise to give them.
In q later despatch Gen. Otis says that the
aPs nrua He adds that the
Gus relations exist between tho army and the
navy He gives the following extract from
letter Just received from leading Filipino at
Tarlac. which is the centre Of the main in
surgent army: -" For some days have been try
ing to leave this band Of thieves Watched so
closely, impossible to leave. A great many of
the people here long for American troops to
advance. for every one is desperate with so
much savagery committed by Agunaldo's
army
Capt Barker of the navy. who succeeded Adj
mira Dewey in command OF the fleet. in send
ing the report OF the commander of the York
town to the Navy Department, makes this in
dorscment:
II am pleased to note the cordial co0pera-
ton OF army and navy"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
FUSE FiCTORr EXPLOSION.
Dying Girl Says That She Was the Cause
of the Accident.

NENIA. O., July 2l-A serious accident Oc-
CURED in this city this morning at the Nenia
Fuse manufacturing Company'S plant As a
result Miss Rose O'Donnel, aged - years, an
employee Of the company, will die from her in
jurcs: Mrs, Ollie Davis. a widow, is terribly
burned and diSNGur"d and may die and Ennis
Wykofr is disilGurcd for life and suffering from
injuries The death OF Miss ODonncll is en-
pcctcd at any time. Mrs. Davis may die. but
WykoT is thought to have a chance for re-
covcry.
The explosion occurred in n room whore
number Of girls are employed. The building
erected hut n few months ago, 10 n total wreck
O'DOnurll'S eyes were destroyed and both her
hands blown AWAY. When taken ont she was
conscious long enough to say that she had
caused the explosion, but she was unable to
give any Of the particulars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
hILLFD IN THE ELETiTOR.
Harlem Court SCrubwoman Tried to Run
the Car Hcrself and Was Crushed.

Annie Walsh Of PHI Third avenue. scrub
woman employed in the Harlem Court build
ing at l2lst street and Sylvan place. was killed
yesterday by being crushed between the pas
scnGcr elevator and the second floor
Dennis Harrignn. the elevator man. had
taken the elevator TO the ground floor. While
he was absent the woman entered and il is
supposed started the car upward. When
it approached the second floor tn" woman at
tempted to jump ont. and in doing so she was
caught between the framework Of the ear aud
the wall and crushed to death
The body lay ut tho entrance to the Harlem
Police Court for several hours awaiting the ar
rival OF the Coroner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
STRANDED IN kOTZEBUE SOUND.
A Thousand Alaskan Gold Seekers Said to
he in Seed of Rescue.

SEATTLE. Wash. July 2l The steamers CITY
of Topeka and Brunswick were to-days ar
rivals from Alaskan gold clearing ports. The
aggregate treasure brought by both vessels
was not more than SlWOOO
The Brunswick was from St Michael. and
brought few Of the unfortunate throng that
haunt the beach there looking for some means
to get home. They said that messenger is
on the way from Kot2chue Sound to Washing
ton to seek aid in behalf Of the thousand
miners stranded there. He will ask the Gov
crnmcnt to send revenue cutters to kot2ebuc
Sound with supplies.
Twelve hundred peopl" went into the Kotze-
bue country to search for gold. Two hundred
succeeded in getting out ovrr the snow last
winter There are now nearly 1000 people on
the shore of the sound waiting for n chance to
come home No merchant vessels will run to
that district this year. and WhalcrS which.
call for fresh water will not take passengers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
DETROIT STIRRED Ur AGAIN.
Straight Five Cent street Chr Fares the
Cause of 1t All.

DETROIT. Mich. July 21.-Thc new pro-
gramme Of the owners Of the Detroit Street
Hallway lines. which was carried out to-day in
charging u straight 1--WE cent far" instead OF
selling six tickets for a quarter has created n
great commotion in this town. and Mayor May
bury is ont with an order for n special meeting
OF the Common Council TO consider the matter.
The most drastic proposition Of all is that
proposed by City Treasurer William b. Thomp-
son. who advises that the citizens get together
and tear up the track of the street railway
companv's lines unless they go back to the old
fare of six tickets for n quarter and reasonable
transfers, Tho city authorities are angry. but
seem to have no basis upon which TO starr a
40 phrased that the city Is powcrcss to insist
on better than a 1lve-cent fare. and has no
option in the matter of transfers.
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Corporations Yield to South Carolina Taxa
fIOn.

COLUMBIA. S. G.. July 2l.-Thc Pullman
Palace Car Company, the Southern Express
Company and tho Boil Telephone Company
acquiesced to-day in the valuation for tan
alton fixed on their property by the Rail
road Board Of Equalization. Tho West
crn, Union. taxed for ) LwO,UOO. protested
and will have hearing on next Tues
day. The properties arc taxed for the first
time Western Union wires and poles and
Pullman cars in transit are taxed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
Mrs. H. T. Burden III of an Insects nnc.

NEWPORT. r. J.. July 2l.-Mrs. Isaac Towns
end Burden has been confined to her villa
" Fair Lawn" for some days as the result of a
bite on tn" face from some insect. but j. re-
ported now as on Tho roal TO recovery. What
sort OF insect was is not known. but il was
reported on the avenue to-day that Mrs. Bur
den had been bitten by kissing bug"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22

HONOLULU. July IA. via San Francisco July
21.-The missionary bark Morning s. ar reached
here to-day from Kuk one Of the larger islands
Of the Caroline group. Cart Garland said he
was we'll received at all Caroline ports. and
especially so by the Spanish. There was no
uprising against the Spanish during our war
with Spain. but the natives were at that time
fighting among themselves.
The Spaniards Of the Caroinos have been
practically deserted by their Government since
the war. The garrison on the island Of Ruk
would have persisted OF starvation had ii not
been for assistance from some OF the natives
The Protestant mission schools Of the Caro-
lines are in Il prosperous condition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
WY SANTIAGO WAS SURRENDERED.
Gen. Tornl Describes the Desperate straits
of the Sppniarsls.

Sascidi Cable B,spdtch to THE SUI.
MADRID. July 21.-Thc HprrMo prints an In
tervicw with Ger. Toral. who surrendered
Santiago to Gen Shaftcr. Hc declared that his
guns were useless against the Americans who
had sixty modern cannon. He was compelled
to consult every moment with Gen. Ltnaros,
the actual commander Of Santiago. who was
wounded. until Captain-Genera Blanco re-
ccived orders from the Government to arraug"
terms Of surrender Gen. Tornl further said
that he was exhausted with fatigue after tho
sixteen days siege. his soldiers were half dead.
AID it was impossible to resist longer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
BIGGEST STF.iNSHIP YET.
The Cramps to Build One More Than eco
Feet Long,

PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-THE Cramp Ship
building Company has secured contracts for
building three immense vessels. ono VI which
is the largest ever ordered. 1t is to be more
than 700 feet long and larger than the Oceanic
The others are to be go feet long.
The vessels are for the Transatlantic Com
pany. and in order to construct them It will be
necessary to build dock ZOO feet long. Free
liminary work upon this dock will be started
tomorrow.