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rather heated discussion of the sub
ject in the council tonight

The Building and Grounds Commit
tee and the Armshouse conrmittee met
last night and paid some bills.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17

Justice Charlie Robinson last night
sent one Robert Gordon, a negro on
TO the grand jury on a charge Of house
breaking. He refused the man bail. 1t
is alleged that Gordon broke into the
house Of James Francs and stole a lot
Of bedding, Including Il quilt, counter
pane and bolster.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17

Every thread Of our underwear ::
comfort maker. Cheap comfort.
I0-13-tf WOODWARD e WOMBLE.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17

c. G. O. yard brakeman j. X Har-
rison is laid up with 4 badly mashed
hand. He got it crushed While coupl-
ing cars on the yard.
SENT TO THE GRAND JURY rs rs
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17

If you want warm Underwear we can
show you many styles that are fresh
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-17

MEMS HEAVY WEIGHT FLEECE
LINED SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
Nnn-irritating sanitary health gar
ments. extra good quality, colors,
WHITE. BLACK, CAMEL'S or Nat
ural. The regular 75c kind.
This week price,
50 cents each
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CONVICTED OF FoRe Try
CRIMINAL CONNECTED WITH
PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILY. 5

CRIMINAL CONNECTED WITH
PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILY.
(By Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.)
Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 26.-Leonard
B. Imboden, president of the Planters
Bank. a wildcat" concern, suppressed
by the Stale officials several months
ago, was to-day found guilty in the
criminal court of forging n draft for
Slo.O00, with which he hoped to get
false credit for his bank and was sem
fenced to ten years in the penltentlary.
Imboden came here from Texas, where
ne was pardoned by Governor Hogg
after serving two years for forgery.
lmboden is one of the remarka bic
criminals OF the day. For years lie
lived apparently without resources, at
tempting to promote banking, cattle
and real estate deals In Kansas, Texas
ana New Mexico of such magnitude
that they made the ordinary men gasp
with wonder. In every prospectus he
claimed to have prominent Chicago, st.
Louis, Philadelphia and New York
trust companies behind him.
In the organization OF the Planters
Bank here last winter, to make a show
OF capital. Imboden took in with him a
young man named S. Il. Hancock.
Hancock gave him his note for s25, 900
for the capital stock, and Imbodcn, in
turn. gave Hancock n worthless draft
on n Nebraska bank for Sl5,112 Pre-
tended credits with the American Ex-
change Bank at st. Louis and Blair &
CO.. New York. were found to be
myth, and even the checks he sent to
the Secretary Of State to pay for cor
porntlon papers went to protest. The
act which led to an examination Of
lmboden's bank and his final arrest
was for accepting q deposit from a
wealthy local cattleman whose conf
dcnce he had gained by letters appar-
emily from Eastern capitalists, saying
his credit was the best
lmbodcn was born in Texas. He is
great grand nephew of General limbo
den. who served under General Wash
ington during the revolutionary war;
is a cousin of General John d. limbo
den, Of Virginia, late Of the Confede-
rate army, and his parents. both Of
whom are now dead We're looked upon
as among the very first families, So
cially. in the South. His brother, Will
liam NJ. Imboden. was formerly Dis
trict Attorney and Judge at Fort
e.
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THE MszEr PROBE.
REVEALS. THE PURCHASE OF AID
OPTIONAL JUDGESHIPS.
(By Telegraph to Vlrginian-Pllot.)

q
New York, Sept. 2G-The testimony
before the Mazet legislative investi-
eating committee to-day was much
upon the same lines as yesterday, being
an inquiry into the contributions to the
election funds by judicial candidates.
Or the witnesses examined the major
ity seemed to have no opposition to the
present methods of receiving assess
ments'' from the candidates.
Justice George G. Barrett, OF the SUI
irene Court, testified that he was
elected fourteen years ago on all tick
cts except the Prohibition, but that his
only contribution to the funds was q
small one made the year previous to
his election. He said Mr.. Croker told
him in 1897 that candidates for the ju-
dietary need not pay assessments. He
was opposed to contributions.
Surrogate Fitzgerald paid $4,000 to
Tammany In 1897 Justice Maddox paid
$4,000 TO the Republicans; Justice
Smythe, of the Supreme Court, paid
$4,000 to Tammany; Justice Fitzsim-
mons, of the City Court, paid Tam
the City Court, paid small sums, and
Justice Laventritt paid $4,000 to Tam
many, hut none of these was opposed
to the system of contributions.
Former Surrogate Rastus r. Ran
som, who paid Tammany $4,000 In 1887
was not opposed to assessments" as a
general thing. but protested against the
size.
Justice Cowing, of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions of the Peace, who contri-
buted $1,000. and Justice John A. Free
man. who put up $4,000. were opposed tc
the system.
Justice Gaynor testified that he had
been offered $4,000 worth OF Ramapo
stock to use his influence to get the
cities of New York and Brooklyn to
adopt the water system. He refused
the offer.
President butcher and other Ramapo
officials have been suphoened to ap-
pear next Tuesday. to which time the
committee adjourned,
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maticl; one machine gun (Nordenfelt
10 Mnlimeters). The reason of his pre-
sence In that river is NOW known.
Commander Cornwell was preventing
His force too small to attack armed in;
surgents at the village. Voter is only
SIX rect deep on the bar at the mouth
Of the river. Cannot obtain any au-
thentlc Information of the crew as yet.
because Insurgents will not respect flaS
OF truce. Cadet Weed with the crew
of nine enlisted men and one China
man, are not accounted for.
THE MISSING AMERICANS.
The name and rate of Americans, who
all of them were attached to the
Oregon, rs follows: n
Benjamin James Green, coNswain.
William Mitchell, seaman.
Samuel Tilden Herbert, ordinary sea-
man. SKIS
Edward Burke. ordinary seaman,
George Daniel Powers, apprentices
(frst CLASSY.
Arthur William Drummond, machine
| list (lrst class).
Thomas Grey. fireman (second clnss)
John James Farley. fireman (first
CLASSY.
Samuel Stone, seaman.
| Report By mail.
(signed) WATSON. .
| WILL SURRENDER PRISONERS.
| Manila, Sept. 26.-Two Englishmer
who had been held by the Insurgents
since June, have arrived at Angeles
| They report that the Filipino Congress-
has resolved that fourteen American
! prisoners shall be surrendered or
| Wednesday or Thursday.
| They have, however, no informa tlor
as to the Whereabouts of Captain
| Charles NJ. Rockefeller, of the Nine.
tenth Infantry, who disappeared in
| April last and Of whom no trace has
| been discovered. They assert that three
Americans who were captured by the
rebels are getting as officers IN the in
| surgent army.
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non mounted therein and IA entrcnchel
and fortified places, Our loss, private
William NJ. Hanley, Company a, Sixth
Infantry, killed, and four wounded.
Enemy loss estimated forty. Insurgents
retreated to new Notifications far
southwest. Snyder returned to Ccbn
with Tennessee troops who had dlsem-
barled from transport Indiana to take
part In action. Two companies Nine
lions in mountains.
OTIS"
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS.
Another message received from Gen
eral Otis to-day announced the arrival
of the transport Pueblo. which sailed
from San Francisco August 29th with
six officers and $50 recruits.
There were no casualties during the
voyage.
THE GUNBoAT .URDANETA.
Washington, Sept. 2s.-The Navy De-
partment to-day received from Admiral
Watson 4 cablegrnm announcing the
capture and destruction of the gunboat
Urdaneta reported In the press dis
patches OF yesterday. Another dispatch
from the Admiral states that he learns
through insurgent sources that her
commander, Naval Cadet Welborn C.
w OOQ, WAS hilieu III the ACTION. Line
fate OF the crew Is not known.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
Admiral Watson's first dispatch fol-
lows:
Manila. Sept 25. 1899.
Secretary Navy, Washington:
Gunboat Urdaneta. CAPTAIN WELDON
c. Wood commanding. has been cap
tured and destroyed by the insurgents
while blockad1ng. The wreck Is hard
aground, water two feet deep, near
iOrani. on Oranl river. northwestern
corner OF Manila bny, and is completely
Quilted. Draft, maximum, was less than
six fee. Displaee In tons, forty
two. Battery consists OF 1-pounder r.
g, one machine gun e Jolt auto
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Z NoRFoiK,. "a. WEDNESDAY,, sEPrESrBnR "a, 1889
LATEST NEWS OF TIE WORLD TELEGRAPH AND GA3I

u Z
ing in the political school, but. then he
~ a West Pointer. I had forgotten
that. He would want to run everything
us he would a regiment. and, Of course.
would make splendid mess Of 1t.
would y regiment. .. &
well, Admiral" suggested the re-
porter. st would not be such u change
from the ship Olympia to the ship OF
State
a SIMPLE SAILOR. Is
Yes" said the Admiral, ut would be
a very great change. am not poll
tlcian: am n sailor, my training has
been all that way. lam at home on
board my ship. know my business,
or at least should know it, and I do
not want to mix UP in the affairs OF
government. I am perfectly satisfied to
live and die simple sailor, who tried
to do his duty. I am not a politician.
cannot make speech even. wish I
could. but 1 have to be content with
my lott
THE ADMIRAL'S SON.
Some one said just then to the Adj
mlral that his son was reported to have
made Il statement to the effect that his
Iatner was dyed-in- the-wool Repub-
lican. - \,
The Admiral laughed outright and
turned around. pointed to n piece of
wood lying OH the deck some yards
away. at the same time saying:
MY son knows as much about what
my politics are as that niece OF wood. -
Inc admiral would not say n word
apout the alleged Interference OF the
German Admiral Diedrich at Manila
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reply of Mr.. Chamberlain's Dispatch 1t
is believed that the reply Will protest
against the continued dispatch of Brit
ish troops as a menace to the Trans
vaal
The Pretoria Volkstein, the official
organ of the Transvaal Government de-
clares that the Transvaal Executive
ought to give Great Britain at the most
forty-eight hours to reply to the Trans
walls demand, that no further troops
be landed, pending the receipt Of the
British proposals.
THE FEELING IN LONDON.
London, Sept, 26.-The general feel
ing, including that OF the pro-Boers az
indicated by articles in the afternoon
papers to-day, is that the published dis
patch of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies Mr. Chamberlin, to the Brit
ish High Commissioner in South Africa,
clears the way for peace lf the Beers
desire 1t. In any event, 1t is pointed
out, 1t affords further delay. which. In
the case Of Great Britain, is certainly
advantageous, as 1t gives time for the
reinforcement Of the garrisons at the
Cape, The papers generally, however,
express the hope that President Kruger
will now see his way to meet Great
Britaln's views.
PROGRESS OF PREPARATIONS
In the meanwhile the dispatch OF
troops to South Africa proceeds unin-
terruptedly. Three field batteries ar
rived at Birkenhead to-day and will
embark for Durham, Natal.
A cablegram from Cape Town says:
Quantities of stores and ammunition
are leaving here daily. The movement
OF troops to Natal Is merely a precau-
tIonary measure, to secure the coal
mines, and Is nowise In the nature of q
menace. There are no Imperial troops
on the immediate borders. Rumors OF
collisions. should be received with cau-
/ ton ~ 81 s5i & e X -
8 The Times has y a dispatch from,
IN i} Continued on Eleventh Page.l n q
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Americans Attack and Capture.
Filipino Positions West Of Cehu.
THE eUNsoAT uRMADETA
Eleven Forts, smooth Horo Cannon,
ana Fourteen En,rencnoa ana
EortidOd Place. Fail Into our
Hand. in tho rh,,ipp,nes-F iip,-
ncs Destroy tho Gunbont Urnnucin
aud EkiiInerCnptain- Fato OF Grow

(By Telegraph to virginian-P llot.)
Washington, Sept. 2s.-The War De-
partment received to-day the following
dispatch from General Otis:
Manila, Sept. &c.
"Adjutant General:
"on September 22nd and 23rd. Snyder
attacked strong insurgent positions
about miles west ofNCebu with 265
officers and men, Tennessee Regiment,
and SIT officers and men 18th. 9Th and
23rd infantry and sixth artillery, driv-
ing enemy from works and capturing
seven forts, including smooth bore can
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-27
Cham ERLAIN
| ! Il |. 5 The | / {: WAY.
The Beers Can Now Have Peace
ii They Desire 1t.
TONE: TONE or The PRESS
Tho Dispatch or Troops TO south
Africa Proceed. unin,orruptodiy
Beers Charge Eng,nnd win
pinyiag a anmo OF nlun, aud Do.
m"nd rna' rhelreener"l Take the
Inttiativc.
TONE or THE PRESS
{By Telegraph to virglnian-pnot.)

i (By Telegraph to VirgInian-P ilot) /
London. Sept. 27-The Transvaal
crisis presents few fresh features. 1t is
increasingly probable that Parliament
will meet about the middle of October,
and 1t Is asserted again that General
Sir Redvers Butler, who is to have
supreme command of the British forces
In South Africa in the event of hostili-
ties. will start for the Cape on October
l. Nothing. however, has been officially
made known on either point.
= The Transvaal Government was In
constant Geographic communication
with Bloemfontein yesterday, ON the
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rHEaBArTLesHlp kEARsARag.
OFFICIAL REPORT or THE TRIAL
"TRIP.
(By Telegraph 10 virglnlan- pilot.>

(By Telegraph 10 VirGlnian- Pilot.l
Washington, Sept. 26-Thc following
telegram has been received by Judge
Advocate General Lemly from the pres.
ident of the Naval Trial Board an
nouncing the result of the speed trial
OF the battleship Kearsarge yesterday
on the New England coast:
Boston, Sept. 20.
"Kearsarge speed trial completed.
Average speed for four continuous
hours, subject to tidal corrections, 1885
knots. The margin is considered to
cover and will grant builders reques,
to return to Newport News. viii re-
port corrected speed when computa-
lions are completed.
RODGERS"
The Navy Department will at once
make arrangements to put the Kear-
sarge In commission, and she will tenn
porarily be attached to the North At
lantic Squadron.
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Troubio Ahenh In .ssmoa.
BY TeIegraph to Yirglnian-pllot.,

Auckland, N. e., Sept. 2s.-Advices
from Samoa, under date OF September
goth, received hero to-day. says quiet
prevails there. but the feeling among
the whites Is that there Is trouble
ahead. 3 h. I. 4. :
1t is added that Won Buelow, the
former Lieutenant In the German
Army who organized the forces Of Ma
taafa, has been going about the coun-
try interviewing the Mataafa chiefs.
This Is objected toby the British and
Americans as likely to accentuats the
hostile feeling. SIS "a
The correspondence of the. Cologne Ca
zette at Samoa has received cable I'M
sstrpctions to remain at Apia, n SysS
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Train He,n Or aud no bbed.

Alexandria, La, Sept. ga freight
train which left here last night over
the Iron Mountain road was held up
and robbed at Antonio, twenty five
men. is not known what the rob
sbers got. ssS { S .s9S 81; &
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ADMIRAL DEWEY
in new YORK
The Olympia Anchors in the Light
Of Sandy Hook.
WELCOMED BY P.LoTs

Hs Talk. Fce,lngIy About tho Prep-
nrations o weicen,o Him Arrived
Ahead of Time TO give FlaE.h,p /.
Rub Down-Hc Recelyo, Notnbio
callers, snc,udlns sir Thomas Lip.
ton, OF tho Shamrock.
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snow-skate runners started through the
wilderness in order to spread the news
that something was going on. In the
parish of Kittila, ninety miles north of
Rovaniemi, where the people understood
that there was no time to wait for fur
Their information, the members of the
parish called meeting, which elected a
deputy with instructions to go off i'm
medlately southwark, in order to CO.
operate with the movement. The adj
dress, with the signatures, filed twenty
six folio volumes, and made a pretty
fair cart-load. All this energy, as is
now known everywhere, was expended
in vain. The five hundred Finlanders
who journeyed to ST. Petersburg were
not even allowed to see the Gear, be-
cause they had not asked from their
governor general permission to start.
They were told that they must so home
at once, and say what they had to say
through the proper channels. Mean
while their cause was lost.
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ACTIVE IND JLLOGTCiL

If activity is an indication of health
the Democratic party in New Haven is
very healthy. 1t is as active as calf
that doesn't want to be led, and as OBJ
streperous Its leaders are working
overtime in their efforts to lead it, but
here on the eve or, perhaps more prop
erly, on the morn of the convention, no.
body knows what is going to happen.
There are several illogical candidates,
but no logical one, unless it Is Mr.. Hew
lit, and his claims haveA been much OBJ
secured in the turmoil. 1t was anything
to beat Leigh. Leigh was beaten. Now
it seems to be anything to beat States,
and tonight will see the result of that
effort. The situation is very interest
ing one. Whatever is said about the
convention tonight, it will not be called
a cut-and-dried affair.
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Younglove (with decision)-"I should
hope mott. why, If he should call me
anything but Birdie" ! should cry my
eyes out" Brooklyn Life.
Not Quite Certainly Eddie was
slightly wounded in the first fight. We
have letter from the regimental sur
geon." Where was he Wounded?"
welfare not quite sure. The surgeon
mentioned the place, but we don't know
whether it is an anatomical phrase or
a Filipino town" -Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Whoop! calculated the young man
with the unsteady gait and generally
dishevelled appearance; I'm loaded to
the muzzle!" "Forbear my friend for
bear" said the thin, tall man, with the
long face and long coat, deprecatingly.
"Nope!" retorted the young man in
tones of vigorous denial. Nope! Not
for bear! for sosh- bility. Puck
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FOR BETTER BRITISH SHOOTING

| There Is an increase of $4,000 in the
allowance for ammunition in the Brit
ish naval budget for this year, and this
| increase is taken to mean that Great
Britain intends to try to teach her
| sailor-men to shoot as straight as their
| Yankee cousins can. The destruction
Of the Spanish fleets at Manila and at
Santiago are not the only incidents
that have impelled the British to make
this increase in the naval budget. Ac-
cording to a writer in the London Mail
comparison between British and
American target practice in 1897 gives
the latter decided advantage In ac-
curacy and number of hits under con-
ditions that appear to have favored the
British gunners. He reports the work
on two representative ships, the United
States ship Philadelphia and the Brit
ish ship Impereuse. The latter Is S,400
tons displacement, 81 feet beam and 27
feet inches draught, against the Phil
adelphia's 1924 tons, As feet inches
beam and 10 feet 3 inches draught. The
English writer states that the Philadel-
phia's target practice in 1897 shows so
per cent. of hits, while the target prac-
tice Of the Imperieuse in 1898 was able
to show only a fraction over SO per
cent. of hits. The same writer also
claims that while all the big armor
clads Of SIMPSONS fleet at Santiago had
records of from 70 to so per cent. of
hits, the general record of the British
fleet for 1898 is only a little better than
rs per cent.
If the British gunners learn to shoot
as well as the Yankee gunners can and
if there is ever occasion for both to
shoot at common foe they will make
short work of him.
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VIDE.


'Rastus, dis Is de style now. How
do yo' like my chignon?" Hits all
wool, Chloe, an a yahd wide"-Chica.
go Tribune.
The Price of Peace.--The Bride-"l
don't want to have any trouble with
you, Bridget" The Cook-"Then, be-
dad, ma'am: let me hear no COM
plants! '-Life.
would you call Uncle Amos a stingy
MANI"
No, I should say he had all his gem
erous impulses under perfect control"
Chicago Record.
What" asked the intelligent for
eigner, do you mean by saying that
one man overshadows another?"
1T means" answered the obliging
native, that he outshines him. In
dianapolis Journal.
I've been studying some references
about this Alaskan gold find and I see
that you can go to the Klondike for
$500"
That's all right; but the trouble is
that you are not sure of getting it,
Richmond Dispatch.
Miss Pruyn-"Have you become ac-
customed to hearing Mr.. Younglove
speak of you as my wife yet?' Mrs.
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FASHION NOTES.
Silks for err.

India and foulard silks are being Of
fered extensively. The combination of
such very low prices that it almost
seems as If silk dress is cheaper than
are only considered. The combination
is attractive and permits of pretty
making, SO if a woman selects a dainty
and not too pronounced design. she is
safe to have dress in good taste, even
If 1t is so cheap that every one can
have one, too. Aren't women queer. If
they are told that every one is wear
ing thing. they feel that they must
have it; and If they have 1t and are
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THE DISAPPOINTED FINNS,

The experience which the Firms have
just had with their master the Gear
has been dscouraging enough They
wanted to preserve the old constitu-
tional rights which have now been
wrested from them. They got UP a
monster petition and attempted to pre-
sent it to the Car. The work of maxi
ing the petition was done under un-
common difficulties. Finland includes
nearly 100000 square miles, and the
northern parts are sparsely populated.
Nevertheless. although communication
was exceedingly difficult, and the ther-
mometer in many places more than
twenty degrees below zero, $4,000 sig
natures were secured in less than a
fortnight. The total population, Of
which not more than one half are adults,
is only about 100000. In Lapland,
where the distances between the inhab-
tied districts are great and the roads
bad, the address could not be taken
further north than to the parish of
Rovaniemi, just at the polar circle But
even there the eagerness was so great
that as soon as the people heard of the
address, and before it had yet arrived,