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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
BERKELEY.

Sunday afternoon. while n;tlc Joe
Fitzpatrick, the Observation-Disclosures
eid con OF MIR. and Mrs. Joseph j. Ei;z-
pi lrieN Wa~ playing with tive or SIX
itAtr boys 10 The GUNNER Lumber
company Nard. Berlley, nineteen
yeAT-eid co.or5d boy named Ernest
HFiSnt gave 1n empty car. on which
,he children We're amusing themselves.
"a shove. aud the car struck against ana.
olhcr loaded with lumber. Little Eitz-
NttricN w no was leaning over the eng
III tho moving car. was BADLY crushed
causing in1erna! hcmorvn3Ses, which
resulted Ia his death NJ his parents
nom AN hour after the accident. The
physicians IN attendance were nrs.
Norean. McConVille ami Nordvet Tie
negro hught was arrested. bus il was
( shown thGt he bad no intention To- a-
jure any OF the children. aud was re-
! leased by the Berkeley authorities this
morning. THE Coroner hold an inquest
to-day. the Jury rendering a verdict of
/ accidental killing. rho funeral of little
Joe was conducted yes e.day afternoon
lt $50 o'clock By Father Doher.y 81
St. Mary's Catholic Church. Norfolk.
Ihc remains were inferred In Portlock
Cemetery. Portsmouth.
Nr. George w, Jones of Eorl>ley Ave
nuc. received a telegram yesterday
morning anuouncinc tho death OF hi.
i
mighty esteemed gentleman. which oc-
Cured yesterday morning ~; Gao
O'Clock at his home. near Camden. "
Z. MI and Mrs. Jones left Yesterday
Tor that place to attend the funeral this
afternoon.
Mamie. the little daughter of Mrs.
Annie Decker. fell from hammock in
me p0rch Yesterday afternoon ana cut
an ugly cash over her right eye
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs William
Moore. OF Liberty street who is very
I wac taken to the saniiarum at VIZ
mia Beach yesterday Tor treatment.
Miss Bulah Ha;chet;, OF Cumberry.
n e.. is visiting her cousin. Miss Lena
NcWberry, Virginia and sharp streets.
MI. and Mrs. W. L. Berliiev have re- -.
Surned from Philadelphia. where they
spent several days
Mrs. q. II. Fowler found o letter on
Liberty street Yesterday containing a
postoiiiee money order payable to a.
Hopkins.
Mr. Charles Hoge and family. of
Newport News, are the guests of can
tain Hoge, at Montlant
capt VIM. Mex. Hogc is quite sick
N his residence on Lee street extended
me revival meeting at the South
Norfolk Baptist Church continues TO
crow IN interest Rev. Or. w. T.. Fisher.
pl portsmouth, VIII preach this week.
me SUNDAY schools of Armstrong
Memorial Presbyterian Church and
Main Street Christian Church viii run
an excursion 20 Virginia Beach next
FRIDAY, whore they will picnic. The
train viii leave the Norfolk and West;
erh depot Norfolk nj a. IN. All the
members Of Main Street Christian sun
aAy school expecting to so on the en-
rursion Friday are requested To NEE,
NJ me church Wednesday to receive
their tickets.
Mr.. HUMPHREYS in an advertisement
N inns issue. calls attention to the fact
;hat ne has not disposed of all ,he
bargains he has been Offering from hi.
immense stock Of shoes Remenber
this is a sacrifice sale. and thernfnrc
every pair is marked down to a low
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
LATEST NAvAL NEWS.
Several important changes on tn
Asiatic station are announced at tn
Navy Department..

Several important changes on the
AS'atic station are announced at the
Navy Department.
Commander E. II. c. Leutze has
been detached from the command OF
me Monterey and ordered to command
me MonadHoc&. TO succeed Captain
Nichols. deceased.
CAPTAIN J. NJ. MCGOWAN has been de-
taehei from the Newport training sta
ZION ana ordered TO command the Mon
terey.
Lieutenant w. w. Eberle has been
appointed nag lieutenant and Ensign
X. Il. johnson flag secretary to Rear
Admral Watson, commanding the
Asiatic ste ton.
Naval Constructor Capps. who ha.;
oeen stationed at Manila and Hong
Kong Tor nearly year past. has been
renewed and ordered to return 10 the
United States. Constructor Hobson.
VINO mas been assisting Constructor
Capos IN The reconstruction OF these
vessels VIII remain at Hong Kong in
, cnaFSc ~ ,ae work on warships former
OF me Spanish feet. captured by
admiral Dewey at Manila
trder orders issuel from The Nav
department. the following named Of
Ulcers VIII take passage on the 5olacc
, from san francisco rur Manila - re
seFe oinccgs whose ti.ie has expired Oh
the Asiatic stttioa: Commanders
i\nox and Moore. Lieutenant COM
manders WaNing arG Smith. Lieuten-
ants Bell. Snow Cooper. Dougher,v
Sears. Mayer. Purcell Enapp.
On the Glacier are She following Of
rcers. also bound Tor MIuiia: Com
lnander Arnold Lieutenant Command
ers Mcrtz. Gearinss and Shearman.
the promotion OF the following
named I officers is announced at the
N&Ty Department: Conma.ler y. r..
Nilea ana Commander r. L. stevens.
Lieutenant Commander J. H. Sears.
licutenants 7. =. MAsruier. i. II.
THROWN. +. Ii. Sch1nelG ". C. Miller.
| W. ~. Suck and L. De s;teiEner.
Lieutcrants gunior grade> VI. NJ.
Taylor. g. 4. Nogelgespn-. H. s Kit
ter. c s. McVey. T. II. Icvcrehart J
II. Dayton. l.. y. BOStWick ". \.
Monatt. J. II. ldie. z. II. Beiknap. Il
W hleuar \. l.. Willard, 4. 7. Pol
lock. T.. II. Hough. H. Il Christy. n.
j.. Irwin and w Evans.
jude AdNocate Lemly has rendered
an opinion constituting thc section of
int naval personnel act relative 10
T'iuhi"iE iet'rements. lie finds that
there MI De no captains retired be-
cause there are already fourteen VA
cancies above the grade of command
er. while only thirteen are contemp,at-
ell by law
The officers who are. under this de-
| cisioh, eligible for retirement ana xiii
De retired. are: Commanders II. s.
Ross and T. L. Uannum Qa.ely Of the
engineer corps); Lieutenant Com
manders W. Ii. BrIrBs. 4. Porter. +
H. Moore. Il. G. Peek j. @. Hanus. n
\. FISK ara T.. II. Holmes: An other
applications Tor voluntary retirements
fail.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20

price. Call and examine before buying
elsewhere. He Will give you a bargain.
Mrs. Caroline Kest.cr and daughter,
Miss Lula Cherry, ana niece. Miss Car
re May. Of Elizabeth City. y. c.. are
guests Of Mr.. J. l.. Lawrence, a rel
alive. on Clifton street.
Charlie. the little son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
T. G. Humphries, while playing on the
Tidewater Terminal dock Saturday af-
ternoon. lest his hold and fell overheard
between the wharf and an old barge
'Aat was tied UP - the wharf. thus
making his escape from drowning al
nest impossible. He was. however,
rescued with much difficulty by several
men. who CHANGED to be near by at the
time.
some unknown person entered the
chicken house Of Mir. L. J Winborne.
on Chestnut street, Friday night and
lifted seven young fowls. There is no
clue 10 the thief.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
TIE BOARD or TrAr.ru

me Board Of Health hold their re.u-
lar weekly meeting last nirht with thc
LoloWinS members present: Doctor
Ioseph Grice. president: Walter Clark.
-, Il. Lash. DIR. +. S. Hope. Health
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read ana approved.
ne sanitary INSPECTOR submitted his
report for the week. showing n nur,hnr
OIL nuisances ahatcd and Instructions
gwen To others To ahate their nuisance.
IN certain length of time. He re-
ported only five cases of contagious
o's"ases OF any kind in the city.
no clerk was instructed to call the
attention OF the Council TO the condi-
tioh OF the street railroad track on
kivervicw avenue near Villa street
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20

~ r y T y :. A FIRST-CLASS CAR
~ b1ge and cantRioupe Crates for sni.
oy W l., NlNHOkNE. at No 2S2 Water
street. Norfolk. Factory, BerllIrv u
;. :. phone i2oJ jei.lm
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
PARK VIEW METHoD1srs.

Next Tuesday The Park View Meth
odist Sunday school Will give the first
picnic Of the season 10 Buckroe Beach.
everything possible has been done by
the committee having this outing in
charge 70 make il n success in every.
particular. and if YOU go. YOU Will en-
JOY H. This church needs your as
s'stance, 50 II YOU can't find the time
10 spare 10 so yourself. buy tickle,
and present. it 70 some one not 81 Nell
Oh from = financial standpoint as You.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
AAmProM INSTITUTE.
REQUEST or 500 ono BY ROBERT C.
BILLINGS WILL.

'Fy Teler'aph go NtrainAn- p"o5)
Boston Mass. June 1o.-Thc will %
the late Robert c. Billings gives ab "a,
100000 i'll public bequests. i,cludins
NooOj each to Harvard College. ;he
Massachusetts institute Of Technology
twith $5o.c00 additional - found ;he
Billings student fund. AMI The Museum
Of Fine Arts $4,000 TO the damp Oh
institute Hampton. Va; $lG.o00 to the
Ius~csee (Ala) Normal School. and
S5.0O0 10 Atlanta University.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
BERKELEY AloVTS

w ANTEp - FIRST-CI.ASS SEAN.
~ stress Ia private home AT ono, Ia,
.niormatiom call No. 10 Middleton street
Berkeley. ieis.s, -
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
COURT STREET. Picnic

The committee on Court Street Bap-
iist Sunday School Picnic Will make
the trip pleasant for all that go down
with them TO Soldiers Home to-day.
The advertisement i'll this paper Will
give the schedule of time steamers
leave.
The fare has been reduced to 40 cents
for adults and 20 cents for children uu-
der twelve years. Servants at half
fare.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

one size smaller after using Alien.s ro,,
Ease. a powder to he shaken into ina
shoes il makes tight or new shoes fe"I
easy gives instant relief TO corns ana
punions. It's the greatest comfort dis.
coNerN OF the age Cures and prevents
swollen feet .hllsters. callous and sore
spots. Aliens foot-Ease is a certain cure
Tor sweating. hot. aching. nervous feet
At al! druggists and shoe stores. 25c Trial
package free. Address. Allen S. O.msted
lie Roy. y Y.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
CHARGES AGAINST US.
MAYOR WOODWARD OF ATLANTA.
no BE INVESTIGATION

(By Telegraph 70 virglnian- PnotD
Atlanta. Ga. June i9.-Thc City
Council. at iia meeting this evening.
1nnointcd committee Of i've 10 inves-
igate ihc charges made by pr.
Hroughton in his sermon last ni.ht
'sainst Mayor Woodward. OF Atlanta.
and which ended in call for the OK
ccu'iNe's Impeachment. DIR. Broughion
was present at the Council meeting, but
Was not heard
DR.. Broughton claims that Mayor
Woodward confessed 20 the charges
made against him to-day. and haes dc
'idef - throw himself on the mercy
OF the Council.
id not leave his house.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20
an Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects OF the we'll known remedy.
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the value of obtaining the liquid laNa-
tive principles OF plants known to be
intellectually laxative and presenting
them III The form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system 1t
II the one perfect strengthening laXn.
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dispelling colds, headaches and fevcrs
gently yet promptly and enabling one
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manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without Weakening
or Irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing frs
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caste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by method
'nown to the CALIFORNIA Flo SYRUP
o. only. In order 10 get its beneficial
fleets and to avoid limitations, please
ncmber the full name of the Company
ia;cd on the front of every package.
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SAN FRANCISCO CAL
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- 10 soc. ne bottle
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-20

Washington. June 19.-Acting Score
tary Meill.ejohn has ordered Major
John Pitman. of the Ordnance Corps. to
make n tour OF Inspection OF Southern
forts and examine and test the guns
and equipments.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21

doned. Seemingly the guns We're lost on
the north side of the rugela and if so
there is little doubt that they were cap
tured. The Times says that people who
know the country consider the Boer po-
Sltion the strongest in Natal. Mr. Bur-
leigh, in the Telegraph says the Beers
are digging more trenches nearer the
river and employing a creusote gun 10
shell the British camp.
There is still no news Of Lord Methuen.
His communications have been cut. or
else the censors are determined to allow
no information to his doingS to reach
the outer world.
Some sansatio has been caused in diplo-
matfc circles in St Petersburg by a state
ment that the British amba ssador there
had private audience with the czar IN
connection with events in South Africa.
The chief cause of the uneasineSS which
brings back the shadow to English faces
is a suspicion that the Ladysmth garri-
son Is short Of ammunition and incapable
of prolonged defense. The war office
does not admit that I.adysmith is in
serious danger or short OF ammunition.
but the censorship somehow has allowed
these alarming reports to reach England.
The censor it is apparent some times
falls asleep or is drugged by too candid
and too innuisitive friends Dispatches
from Colenso are still coming in. but ev-
eryone bears evdenc" of rough treatment
from the censorship. 1t is impracticabe
either to reconcile these disjointed. frag-
mentary accounts. one with another or
to explain The discrepancies between them
and General Buffers report.
One journal after another is forced to
describe their own correspondent dis
patches as unintelligible and there are
strong expressions of diSapproVal Of the
ruthless manner in which the censor mu-
tilates the carefully written reports after
the battles are fought. There are at
least dozen questions of fact which re-
main unsettled six days after this battle
occurred The most important of these
relate TO the comparative ranges of the
Boer and British guns and the circum-
stances in which Longs battery was lost.
Englshmen are anxious to know whether
Buffers army with numerical superb
orty in guns and with a higher degree Of
out adequate protection owing to the fact
that it was outclassed by Boer artillery.
There are 100 details which the public
is eager to learn about the chief battle Of
the war and every correspondent is gag
ged and bound and shut off from clear,
descriptive work. The English press is
much mere docile and submissive than
the American press would he in similar
circumsta but it is showing signs Of
irritation and is on the verge Of asking
whether the war in South Africa is a
private enterprise conducted for the puy-
pose of shielding regulations of favorites
in the field and red tape martinets in the
war office. ROer accounts Of the COlensO
battle are modest and convey the inn
preston that the Dutch burghers are not
unduly elated by their victory on the
Tugela.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
No Fresh News.

New York, Dec. "A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says: There is
practically no fresh news from the seat
of war. Further details Of the battle of
colenso continue to driLn.e in but on the
whole they do not add much infor.,,a ton
The Posts correspondent af:irms posi-
t:Vf.y that the Beers captured 10 British
field guns Colonel Butler. commanding g
the Devon regiment. with three officers
and 40 men. was surrounded and all were
taken prisoners by the Beers, while look =
ing for wounded men under flag of
truce.
According TO til" Car2aic'e's co-rns-
pondent the British mounted Infantry and
irregular corps. witt, two batteries os ar
tI!ery, managed to take the ColenSo roa d
tridge and eventually cross th- river. bit
the Boer rifle fire prevented them from
pushing on and the battery was. aban-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
A Short ArmiStice.

New York. Dec 21.---A dispatch to the
Herald from Chieveiey Camp. Dec. 16,
says: There is an armstice till midnight
in order to bury the dead and remove the
wounded. Meanwhile the enemy is plac-
ing fresh guns so that they may cover
our ambulance parties. They express
hemselves as satisfied with Yesterdays
battle and boast that they cannot be
turned out of their present position. The
Dutch stripped our dead.
During the fighting some heroic deeds
We're performed the irregulars vieing
with the regulars for distinction Lieut..
Ponso,iby of Thornycroft's mounted in
fantry and Private Farrer. of the Natal
caIbineers. attempted to save some Of
their comrades at imminent peril to their
own lives. An injured man carried by
Lieut.. Ponsonby was mOrtally wounded
while in the arms of the officer
A dispatch to the Herald from Chieve-
ley camp dated Dec. II. says Gen. Bull
ler's army moved back five miles today,
the march beginning at II o'clock this
morning, two brigades going to Frere in
order to defeat a possible attempt on the
part of the Roefs to execute a flank
movement to destroy the railroad on the
British rear"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21

extinguishable hatred of Great Britain,
the only redeeming feature Ing that it
sounds the death knell of imperial feder-
alton. as no colony would be found t..
unite In a political scheme which would
put it at the mercy of every gust of ILL
formed passion that might for a moment
agitate the central power.
Dr. Smith says: MY correspondent
might have remarked that it is not even
by gust OF popular passion that we have
been swept into war. but by the machi-
nations of two men for their own per-
sonal objects. one Of the two being not
less known for his Inscriptions ambition
than he is for his ability, and the other
being Cecil Rhodes. The stalking horse
OF enfranchisement for the IIitlanders
having served it's purpose. has been la id
aside and replaced by British supremacy
in South Africa The pretence of 'hu-
man rights under which the clerical abet-
tors of the war shelter themselves has
been laid aside, the watchwOrd now being
equality for all white men,, while the
brown men. vastly Outnumbering the
whites are philantrupicary consigned to
indefinite bondage. AS it Is the end is
certain and by this time may practically
have come. Yet the stand which this
little farmer came into wealth has made
its independence against the banded
forces of Worldwide empire, ba cked by
the diplomatic encouragement of the
great powers. including the American re-
public, has hardly a parallel in history"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
TELEGRAPHlc BRIEFS

Paris. Dec. 21.-The rate of discount OF
the Bank of France was today raisesd
from 312 o Az per cent.
Pekin, Dec. 21.-Li Hung Chang has
been appointed acting viceroy OF Canton.
1t is believed this is preparatory to his
degradation in compliance with French
de :nands.
London. Dec. 21-.Busness on the
stock exchange today started s.eadier on
the announcement that the bank rate was
not raised. France sent buying orders
but sellers We're too numerous. The mar
ket callopsed and the announcement of a
rise of the French bank rate led to gen.
eral generalization.
Washington, Dec. 21.-The American
political league has issued call for
rat'os al convention for the nomination
c. candidates for president and vice
president of the Unised States to be held
in Rnston July 4. 1900. The councils of
each state are directed to appoint two
delegates at large.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
CALLAN TRY
OF TROOPS
Could Not Carry Heights That Were
Occupied by the Beers.
THEY ARE THE STRONGEST IN NATAL
The British Guns Were Lost it is Thought, on North
Side Of Tugela River--There is No Intelligent Report
of Buffers Battle Yet Received-- Refuses to
Have Any Further Communication With Methuen
--Kruger flight Accept rediaton.

! London, Dec. 21.-There was no news
| other than fragments and disconnected
stories of past events. This silence has
natural effect of creating forebodings
The splendid patriotism of the volunteers
continues to be evidenced on all sides
Newspapers note with satisfaction the
effect of this display of British spirit,
and the evidence the resources of the
empire is able to command is having on
! continental critics.
| The Westminster Gazette, however
sounds a note Of alarm. 1t thinks the
, send abroad home defenders, since no one
is quite easy as to the effect the pro-
ceedings in South Africa will have on
Great Britain's European neighbors.
Belated stories from Chevelry camp
Natal, all concur in saying the British
did marvels in An impossible situation
The Oldest war correspondents say they
never saw anything comparable with the
bravery of the men and of the officers.
The heat throughout was intense There
were many stories Of special acts of
bravery.
The Duke Of Marlborough, who is a
lieutenant in the Oxfordshire yeomanry,
and who has volunteered for service in
, South Africa, will take with him Is men
and horses of his troop. He will person.
ally furnish equipment for these men,
The Earl of Warwick, Earl of Dudley,
Earl of Lonsdale and Viscount Galway
are among the other members of the
aristocracy who have volunteered for
service in the campaign against the
Beers
The parting message which General
Lord Roberts sent yesterday through the
Associated Press to the American people
is republished in London today and oc-
cupies the foremost place in the after
noon papers here, which characterize the
straight. simple words as eminently SOL
dierly and as having a ring which it is
claimed should mark the relations be-
tween the Anglo Saxon people Although
1t arrived too late for the usual editorial
comment on it's contents. display head
lines show his reference to Americas s
friendliness and Canada's patriotism
and his repudiation of the charges Of
Irish disloyalty arc widely approved
The queen has been greatly annoyed by
unfounded statements that she is in i'll
health and perpetually weeping
The Allan line steamers Laurentia
Partisan and Pomerain have been char
tered by the government for the purpose
of conveying Canadian troops to South
Africa.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
FRE|CI' 7 RATES
%
Commission considering the
Charg, Made.
ARE MANY COMPLAINTS
But the First Witness Today Said That
Probably Further Increase Would
be NeceSSary-Why Shippers Are
Making Their Kicks.

Washington Dec. 21.-Hearing was be-
gun today by the interstate commerce
commission in the matter of changes in
freight classification and freight rates
by carriers using the classification Many
complaints have been filed with the COM
mission, alleging that discriminating
changes in the freight classification had
been agreed upon, to take effect January
| next. TO determine this question the
hearing was held today.
Chairman Gill of the "official classfi-
cation commission" was the first wit
ness. He maintained the proposed ad-
Vances We're due to the increased cost
OF railroad plants and maintenance, and
the advances had been applied to classes
of freight that could we'll pay them. He
intimated that for the same reason still
further advances probably would have to
be made.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21
CrOnje'S Rude Reply.

London. Dec. 21.-The war office has
received the following from General For
restier- Walker. British commander:
CanetOwn. Dec. 20.-Methuen wires
that he has received a rude reply from
General Cronje respecting his represent
tations as to Lieutenant Chandos- Pal
Cell saying this officer is regarded as a
spy. General Cronje also states he will
hold no further communication with
Methuen."
On December Is the British war Office
received the following. dated December
II. from Forester Walker: 49,
"Methuen reports that Lieutenant
Chandos-Pal-Gell was taken prisoner
last Thursday evening. meeting a flag Of
truce. He waved handkerchief in re-
spOnse and was unarmed"