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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
THE SHUBRlCK,
Description Of the Boat - For whom
Named How the Work il Done

nh. FIRST vessel built in Richmond for
tina United States Government since inc
t,-ar a. the torpedo boat ''Shuouck. small
nerbaps. in lts relation 90 the ioailng ioIl-
ressos OF Uncle sam. but not so small a
beginning for Richmond.
The boat is as yet only mo 81, put
when the sparkling champagne Iflckles
down the little warriors nose a. ne
Christening II viii become the "Shu-
hrict" in honor of Rear-Admiral William
Rranford shubrick, u. 5. n, who touched
~ the home port in 1874, at the Iipe age
Of eighty-four years.
parentheticaIly il may be mentioned
maj the Admiral was native OF SCUM
Carolina and among odler duties assisted
,n the defense of Norfolk navy yard IN
1912. and was cOmmandant OF that yard
from october, $40. to the same month
three years later.
THE PLANS.
The shubrick was designed by the Blu
reau OF Construction and Repair. Navy
Department under the direction of Rear
Admiral Philip Hichborn Chief Of he
bureau. and his assistant Naval Con-
structor D. W Taylor. u. S. y.
Tne machinery was desiened by the
Bureau Of Steam Engineering, Navy De-
partment under the direction OF Rear
Adtairal George W. Melville.
Tho hull and interior arrangements are
practically a reproduction of the tor
nedo boats "Porier" and Dupont" de-
signed and built by the HerreshOns Of
bristol. RI These boats on trial de-
veloped an extreme amount OF squat"
az settling down OF the ~ rn VIII % the
Navy Department has endeavored 10 over
come IN some degree by altering the form
OF the stern Of the Shubrick- ln this lat
Ter boat ne after portion IS very fiat and
broad. instead OF being fined down and
having much deadwOod. as in the case OF
the POTTER and Dupont This gives the
stern q better bearing on the water. and
makes Il difficult 10 force II under
When II is said that the boat and her
machinery were designed by the Navy ne.
partment. Il n only meant IN a general
sense That l. 20 say all the principal
dimensions and general arrangement
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

NEW YORK. Sept lf-1he Hon. Wayne
NcVeaeh counsel Tor Captain ooef Ia
Carter. returned from England to-day on
the American Liner ST. Louis
Mr. McVcash went abroad some weeks
ago TO visit places OF intere d. Scot and.
Germany and England and escape Tor
awhile from business cares. iie sai no
had been been much benefited in health.
tie refused to discuss the Garter case.
ort said be cxrcctd 20 go 10 Washington
viteln day or two.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

age space below for two additional tor
pedoes and five war heads. All ordnance
WEIGHTS viii amount in total 10 about
thirteen tons
Berthing space Will be provided for a
crew OF twenty-six men and three officers
and provision space for twenty days.
The contract price for the shubrick Is
sl29750
The shubrlck IS az present in a con-
dition known as plated" About 90 per
cent total OF the work on her done.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
OTHER BOATS AND DESTR0YERS'
\ Description-Men For Whom inc
Craft Are To be Named.

An old slave carrying 10 her sur
master the news Of the arrival OF 'H'''
lusty youngster. said: .,.. ..,.,r- D.,
1us+ so the torpedo boats Shuorlck'
stoctton and Thornton "is al three
,,,.,,,s % r,varv item from the stem to the
go, &c supposed TO be precisely alike.
zen The contract price is the same on
Tho stockton and Thornton are aoou.
IN ro- cent completed. "a against @ per
cent on the shubrick and % per cent on
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
Cnnrc-lc,nc,,s Dnnelllers.

The Richmond Chapter United Dangh-
ters of the C0nfodeacy. viii meet no Lee
camp Hall on wednesday. the 2jih ~
September. at $50 =. NJ
a fun attendance is especially requ stei'
as business OF importance In connection
with f1a November meeting of the United
Daughtcrs of the Confederacy viii be
transacted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

Misses Mamie Teefey Mamie DUFFY.
Alice Haynes. Rosa and Annie Hunt VIII
on Thursday SEPT 2lst ve another SCI
lect garden and lawn party a Quay
Lawn. a. Seventeenth street. for most
worthy object Music. dancing cake walk
an Kinds of refr, shments Street-cars %
the gate Prize party for children IN ths
evening from : 90 g.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

NORFOLK. VA. Sept. Especial Ben
Shepherd (c0loreD was killed and ono
Hines another cOlOred man. was badly in-
jured this morning while tearing down IN
old building ana inadvertently tore down
the side wall against which large pile OF
lumber stood This lumber topDicd over
and fell upon Shepherd and Hines.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Sept M.-Spe-
cial-Tho battleship kearsarge. recently
completed az this yard left at 23D o'clock
this afternoon for New York 10 be locked
previous 10 her official trial. \ large
crowd witnessed her departure.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

more economical use OF space in the ship
The boat at present rests on keel
blocks. but just before launching these
will be replaced with eight athwaitshlp
cradles each resting on "a SrOuho-"ay'
or slide inclined toward the water, az an
inclination OF inches to- the foot. Ihese
eround-ways extend into the wafer Ear
enough to support the boat ass she slde5
down until She is completely water boiii-'
The surface Is covered with lubricant so
that when the sole pieces, or triggers are
cut. sliding Immediately takes place. hy
a system of ropes and blocks, it is made
impossible for one end Of The boat TO get
In advance OF the other, and causes IL 10
slide down. keeping parallel to itself in all
positions. ..oo,e
II is the custom of the Navy Depart
rnent 20 have tOrDedO-boats chilslehe1 10y
a female descendant of the Naval oIhceI
for the whom the boat Is named bvllrs
bts visit here in May. Secretary j.. u.
o,e- ~ the Navy Department, mention
ed tbe matter 90 Mr.. Trigg. ana sugg sted
toaf n would Doe in accordance with the
,gisbes of the Department 10 make mock
ce,tion in the case OF the five boats puIu-
m company has been I'm correspon-
6ence with ne Judge-Advocate-Generai.
e~d he has named sponsors for four or
fnem. The question of a sponsor for the
.,sbubrick" was settled yesterday oy act
ing secretary Allen, Of the Navy De
naTtment. when he selected Miss Carrie
3 sbnbrick. the ten-year-old daughter OF
mr. m shubr.ck of Rocky Mount, \.
q. This young lady SIS the greatgrand-
niece of Rear Admiral shubrlck' for whom
fne vessel IS named, and is his nearest
living relative. She has consented 10
christen the vessel and VIII oreaN inc TIA
ditioral hottie of wine ON her Prov.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

The Meyer Store millinery opening viii
De Wednesday and Thursday. September
10Th and 2st Several novel features viii
be introduced
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
Arrangements Are Being Made For Great
Fete al the Time. ?
MISS SHUBRICK TO BE SPONSOR.
Richmond Has Quite History in Connection With
the Shp-BuIding and viii Have More.
A LIST OF THE TORPEDO BOATS OF THE WORLD.

our Fleet Insignificant Compared With Those of Other Nations
Federal GunbOat Built Here Before the War Ships Built Here for
the Transatlantic Traffic Over Sixty Years AgO-Submarine
Boats-The Men for Whom the Trgg Company Boats Are
Named How the ShubrCk Will Be Sent Into the Water
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
A SHIPBUILOING TOWN.
Richmond's Future in This Respect
Seems Assured The James River.

II does not seem 10 be generally known
that Richmond vessels have sailed
the seas for over sixty years. The city
has never been famed as a ship-bulding
town, but she is not a novice at the busi-
ness. by any means.
Mr. Lewis Doughty. who lives at 2907
cast Clay street is now venerable man
almost fourscorc years. When a boy he
came 10 Richmond and was employed on
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

one OF the most pleasant social affairs
OF the season was the grand ball given az
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
RICHMOND FEMALE SEMINARY

Foremost among Richmond education
al institutions stands the old Richmond
Female Seminary. IL IS gratifying to an
nOunCe the complete success attending
the principals efforts 10 continue this IN
stitution representing the Network OK IN
h0nored and beloved man. lhat the aDA,
ity OF It's management mas been recognizes
bv our own people. as well as those In
other States. g. evidenced By the laree
number OF students already entered.
Never before has the principal had 20
many pupils actually entered at 30 early
M. Powelrs excellent arrangements
have been perfected lie had added much
10 the strength OF the FACULTY by securing
uafe OF three universities; Miss Patteson,
In charge OF the sub-primary ana KINDER
garten departments viii provide pleasant
instruction according 10 the most ap-
proved methods. -, -. a..
servedlv enioved The confidence and pat
ronsge ~ Rlchm0nd's Oldest and best eth
IONS and there Il predicted Tor the insutu-
don "A busy and prosperous year anu ~,
the pupils great Improvement Doth meh'si
and moral.
The Never Store millinery opening viii
n. "Wednesday and Thursday. September
aoth and 2lsG Several novel features VIII
be introduced
we have on hand some very hh7 Mn
ar, pianos that can be bought at great
bargain owing to the fact that We u-st
nave All the room we can get for the I'M
r,e,se line OF World Renowned Fischer.
Kohler & Co. Weser Bros. Calet and
paws and others that we are receiving
daily. See our pianos and get our prices
before buying a plano. II vii be money
IN your pocket.
FERGUSON BROS.
No SIS east Broad street.
Next building 10 xsphy's Hotel.
-
The Meyer StoreAnllllncry opening viii
be Wednesday and Thursday. September
ao,h .nI 9fst Gavaral naval features Will
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17
No. SIS east Broad rtreet.
Next building 10 NEphy's Hotel.

The Meyer Storstnilllnery opening win
be Wednesday and Thursday. September
10Th and 2ist Several novel features will
be introduced.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-17

The Meyer Store millinery opening VIII
a.. "Wednesday and Thursday. September
eoth and 2lsC Several novel features VIII
be introduced.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09
NEGROES WANT TO COLOMBO
IN CUBA AND IN THE
PHILIPPINES.

AS a solution Of the a problem.
some of the colored leaders of Kansas
are pushing a scheme to ~colonize the
colored people of this country in Cuba
and the Philippine Islands. The move
ment vas started as a result Of the
race troubles in the South, over which
there is much teelingmanifested among
the color9d people here.
As a part Of the colonization scheme
President Mckinley will be urged to
recruit IS. 600 colored men for military
service in the islands. Including the
families of the soldiers. it is argued
this would take about 300, 900 colored
people out Of the country at once.
Then would start an exodus Of colored
people, which it is said, would even
tually result in practically all of the
negroes leaving this country.
President Mckinley has been asked
what he thinks Of the plan, but has not
yet replied.-Topeka, Kan, Dispatch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09

The following condemnation of the
Sam Hose affair is not too strong. We
clip it from Charity and Children, a
religious paper of Thomasville, N. O.:
"The greatest crime Of the age was
committed by a mob of savages on
Sunday, 23rd Of April, in the good
State of Georgia, when the negro Sam
Hose was tortured to death. We are
ashamed that such brutes live in the
South. 1t is of no use for the Atlanta
Cons titution to attempt to break the
force Of the outrage by calling atten-
tion to the crime committed; perhaps
the negro deserved to die, but the bar
barity and savsgery displayed by the
mob in gloating over the agony and
pain of a poor dying suferer-that is
what makes the heart sick. Let US
say no more about the Spaniards; that
Georgia mob was more inhuman than
WeyIer at his worst. If they had eaten
the negro they slew inch by inch,
their work would have been complete.
It is a sad commentary on our boosted
Southern chiVslry that such barba-
rians car stay among US and find a
sympathizer."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09

The Argus says a well dressed
stranger arrived in Goldsboro Satur,
day night with a baby about five or
six weeks old and took lodging at the
Bridgers' House. In a short while
after his arrival the baby raised such
a racket that Mrs. George BizzelI, who
has rooms at the same hotel, offered to
take the baby and get it quiet. Her
services were readily accepted. He
allowed Mrs. BizzeII to keep the baby
in her room during the night, and
yesterday morning he arose early and
went out, but never came back.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09
THR DISMAL SWAMP SINKING.

The January meeting of the Biolog.
zeal Society in Washington was de-
voted to the great Dismal Swamp,
and the fact was brought out that, at
present, the area of the swamp is
slowly sinking, and Lake Drummond,
in its centre, is growing larger. Sim.
liar changes have occurred in the past,
periods Of elevation and subsistence
gradually succeeding one another.
The average elevation above sea level
is 80 slight that natural drainage is in.
sufficient to remove the rainfall. The
swan is a kind of frontier station where
Northern and Southern plants meet,
many Northern species having their
Southern limit here, and several South
ern types their most northerIy abiding
place. 1t contains many birds and
mammals which show distinct char.
acters,-EX.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09
ILLS AGAINST TRUSTS.
Missouri's Attorney General Given Gen,
eral Power.


JEFFEReoN CITY, Mo, May 4-The
House to day passed and sent to the
Governor for signature two bills in
tended to give the Attorney General
almost unlimited power in the prose
cution of trusts. One permits that
official to require eff GERS of corpora
tions who he may believe have formed
a trust and against which companies
he may desire to proceed to appear to
give testimony. The penaltry for
failure to appear is imprisonment for
contempt.
The other bill enables the Supreme
Court to FIX a place in the State where
the officers of the corporations against
whom the Attorney General is proceed
ing for violation of the anti trust law
can appear and testify. This bill is
intended to prevent the necessity for
the Attorney General to go all over the
United States to take testimony, as
was done in the recent suit against in
surance companies.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09

The reports to the State board of
health show a constantly improving
condition in the small pox situation
throughout the State. In many towns
the disease has been stamped out al.
together. The only new case reported
recently was that of a woman who
contracted the disease at Monroe. She
went to Charlotte, where, after wan
dering about, she was apprehended
and sent to the pest house. She has
continent small pox and is expected to
die.-Ex,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09
DECISION AGAINST TRUSTS.
Combinations Will Have to Go Out of
Business in MissurI.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, May 2.-Trusts re-
ceived a blow in the court of appeals
today which is likely to drive them
out of business in this State. The
judges unanimously decided that trusts
cannot collect for goods sold within
the borders of the State. The Missouri
anti trust law was sustained, and it
was further declared that all pools to
fix a limit Of price for any commodity
are illegal. The decision tt day was
particularly against the National Lead
Trust, which had sold goods to a St.
Louis firm and was endeavoring to
collect therefor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09

The associate editor acknowledges
the receipt of an invitation to attend
the commencement exercises of Buie's
Greek Academy. This is one of the
most prosperous schools in the State
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09

He that will watch providences,
shall never want providences to watch
FlaVel.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-09

Mention The Progressive Farme
when writing to advertisers.
The record-union., 1899-10-11
DRESS AND CLoAKMAKING.

of the White House, San Francisco. So
licitS the patronage of the ladies' Of
Sacramento. The latest styles and work
guaranteed. 7lS15 K.
IIRST-CLASS DRESSMAKERS. FROM
s. F.. guaranteed moderate prices $751;
j. Rooms and 4.
The record-union., 1899-10-11
INSANE MAJOR.
Change of Food Cured Hin

What a determined and intelligent
wife can accomplish, is we'll shown in
the experience of a certain retired
Major of the Civil War, and his estim-
able wife For obvious reasons, the
name and exact address of the Major
is withheld, but the facts are given by
his cousin, a well-known lady of Mar
ion, O.
Without apparent cause, but coming
on gradually the Major lost his mind,
and some of the most eminent special
lists in brain and nervous diseases
stated that he would never recover,
strongly recommending the wife to
place him in an asylum, although con-
fident he would live only a few months
Being a woman of much strength of
character, she refused 10 incarcerate
him, but on the contrary, took him to
a cottage along the shores of a little
lake for the summer. and devoted her.
self entirely to the case, studied him
carefully, and especially applied her
self to the preparation Of food and
drink, gradually eliminating what was
harmful and substituting nutritious
ana properly selected articles, with the
startling result that in about six
months he was an absolutely sane man,
and in a year was healthier than he
had ever been in his life.
She recites that the chief agency in
his return to health was Postum Cereal
Food Coffee, for from the moment she
began using that article in place of cof-
fee. he improved in a marked degree.
At one time, she left off Postum and
allowed him to use ordinary coffee,
and he had a quick and serious back
set. Returning to Postum he improved;
now they use nothing else and are most
enthusiastic in their faith in its health
giving qualities, and naturally make
many converts among their friends.
The relater adds: "At first we thought
Postum was fiat and tasteless, but after
following the directions exactly and
boiling it twenty minutes, we secured
a richness equal to the best Mocha
and Java, and enjoy it greatly. have
lost that heavy. depressed feling that
obtained formerly. and my children are
growing fat on Postum" The lady re-
quests that her name be omitted from
publication. The name. however, will
be given by letter upon application to
the Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd, at Battle
Greek, Mich.
The record-union., 1899-10-11

wide and four inches deep, with four
inches in pressure.
1t is said that there are 1000 wells
between the American and Cosumnes
Rivers. If there are 1000 they would
raise 1000000O0 gallons a day, and
still there is plenty of water.
Five or six years ago Professor Tin
dali, a gentleman of fine natural ability
and a graduate Of Ann Arbor Univer-
sity, Mich, after investigating this
water question for some time, stated
to the Board of City Trustees that he
had tested the water sufficiently to be
satisfied it was pure. He also be-
lieved the water came from some
source in the mountains. He measured
the water in the wells while the pumps
were running fast, and gave it as his
opinion that a pit six feet square would
furnish Sacramento with all the water
needed. He also published the same
in one of the city papers over his sigma
| ture
! Over a year ago man who must
be of more than ordinary intelligence,
as he occupies a prominent position in
the gas or electric works in Sacramen-
to, brought a steam engine and put a
pump on a ten-inch well, said he could
lower the well seven feet in a few min
utes, but there the water stood still
and after giving it what a. number of
! persons considered a thorough test, said
he was convinced that one we'll could
be bored that would furnish Sacra-
mento all the water needed.
| In considering this water question,
there is one important matter that
ought not be overlooked, and that is
the health of the people who use the
we'll water in this valley A healthier
country can not be found on this coast
If there is a case of fever once in a
while it can always be attributed to a
disregard of sanitary laws. From the
statement of well borers it would only
cost $500 or S400 at the most to thor
oughly test the question as to whether
one we'll would supply Sacramento city
! with water or not.
| If the amount of water can be OBJ
tained, from three to five acres of land
would be all that is needed for the
water plant, and this could be had fol
what the land is worth and no specu-
lation on account of water.
c. D. BROOKE,
Oak Park, Oct 10TH
The record-union., 1899-10-11
PERSONAL MENTION.

]. B. Klune has returned from three
weeks sojourn at Adams Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Hatch of New
castle are visiting the city.
Mr. and Mrs. A Steadest of San
Francisco are guests at the Golden
Eagle.
Judge ]. E. Prewett Of Placer County
is down from Auburn. He is holding
court here.
Mrs. E. l. Lamb, B. A. Lamb and f.
+. Wheatland Of Vermont are at the
Golden Eagle.
Mrs. Hardy Wilkson has returned
from two months visit with relatives
in Oakland and Los Gatos.
James Hardy. son of Officer Hardy,
has gone to Honolulu as a member of
the Clay Clement theatrical company.
A. White, Mrs. NJ L. White. Master
A. White. Miss Frances White and Miss
Estella Mackey of Palmyra are stop
ping at the Golden Eagle.
The record-union., 1899-10-11
Prisoners for Folsom.

Deputy Sheriffs r. G. Johnson and c.
Thomas of Fresno last night brought
up two prisoners en- route to Folsom
Sam Garrett, sentenced to four years
and w. A. ("Kid") johnson to ten
years, both for grand larceny. The
prisoners are said to have been for
mer residents of this city.
The record-union., 1899-10-11

Guy T. Jackson, Oroville, Butte Coun-
ty: r. NJ Smith, Los Angeles, Los An
geles County; F. w. Duckworth, San
Bernardino, San Bernardino County;
A.. w. Sans, Watsonvil1e, Santa Cruz
County; T. z. C. Gregory, Fairfield, So
lano County; w. G.. Oldham, Santa
Rosa, Sonon1as County; HI. A. Rich
ardson, Stewards Point, Sonoma
The record-union., 1899-10-11

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