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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
REV. I1OsANMA ROBBED.
\ STRANGER RELIEVES HIM OF
Ills POCKET BOOK.

Tuesday morning rs Rev. S. y. Ho-
sauna. the Persian missionary, VINO re-
Gently spoke some time in this city. was
on his way from Richmond to Peters
burg on train No. %, he was robbed by
some unknown man. It appears that
the stranger, who occupied a seat in
the coach opposite TO that in which Rev.
Hosanna was seated. came over and
took a seat with Hosanna and engaged
in conversation with him. y short time
before this occurred Mir. Hosanna had
his pocket book in his hand.
on his arrival in the Cockade city.
Rev. Hosanna missed his pocket book
and at once suspected the man who had
engaged him in conversation as the one
who had stolen IT, lie hurried from tile
union depot to the depot on Washing
ton street. where he overlook the train
and followed the man, who was still! ON
the train, as far as Reams station,
where he got of ana Disappeared
1t is said that the pocket book con-
tanned $40 in currency and check for
500.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
chri4t Church r,cctyc.,ry,,,,

The annual business meeting of the
congregation, of Christ p. L. Church
was held in the lecture room of that
church last night. Tho rector. Rev.
DR. Carl h. Grammer presided over the
meeting. Reports from the various or
ganizations ana auNiliarlos of the
church were read. showing the work
done by these organizations during tho
past year.
The most important business of the
meeting was the election Of church YES
Irymen Tor the following year. The
Nestrymen chosen We're Messrs. u. 8.
ifurWeN Norman Rel. Tazewen Tay-
lor, W. IL. Taylor. Jr.. j. Z. Keeling. Il.
H. pancey, Is. p. Loyal. Tazeweii Y.
HUBBARD ana George Chamberlaine.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
SuNKEM Spanish SHIPS.
THE REINA MERCEDES-OT
CRUISERS ABANDONED.

1t viii be recalled by readers of the
Virginan-P Pilot that the Merrltt-Chap-
man Wreclting Company recently sue
ceeded in raising the Reino Mercedes.
of the late fleet Of the Spanish Admiral
Cervcra. which was sunk by the flying
squadron under command of Admiral
Schley off Santiago on the 3rd of last
July, and that the Neptune Company.
the great Swedish wrecking corpora
ton, was conducting an examination
with the view Of raising the Nizcaya
and the Crstobal Colon.
The Swedish company reports that in
the case of the Colon the company cam
TTke to raise ner unless The
United states government will guaran-
tee expenses in the event Of failure
The wreck is lying in the SURF line. ana
save on exceptionally calm days ii can
not even be approached by small boats.
As to the Ni2caya. the company finds
that while it is entirely feasible 10 float
her. she would probably not be worth
enough 10 the United states govern
ment to warrant the heavy expendi-
tire.
The Swedish company having thus
Withdrawn. the Navy Department is
fiec to entertain any other solid project
that may be advanced for raising one
of more OF the Spanish ships.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
Watt,Rettew & Clay
RESOLUTIONS orRc.nect.
Norfolk. April I'd,

4Norlolk. April "a, lSy9.
Resolutions OF respect by the Emerald
NAN
Whereas, 1t hath pleased Almighty God
III his inscrutable wisdom to remove frAm
our midst our esteemed brother and CO.
worker. NJ. Glennan; and. whereas in his
death This city has lost patriotic and
useful citizen, and this association q
Jealous and worthy member and his
family Il loving husband and devoted
father: therefore be IL
fetal Association. in regular meeting as
aemhird, whole bowling to the will of
Almighty who has taken him fi8an us in
TIE zenith OF his useful and honorable
career, we cannot help but grieve at the
loss Of one whose ready pen and cloq,ent
OF the advancement and upbuilding OF
this, his adopted city and State: who
was always ready as a fearless Journal
ist to u.ho.d and defend truth, right and
JNSticc regardless OF consequences to
self: whose whole life a. citizen, friend.
husband and father was a model and ex-
cm?l1ry one In the highest degree and
mer!ting our most profound and loving
admiration.
Resolved. That we extend to his be-
ana assurances OF our fraiernal grief at
their irrclIrabl0 loss. counscll,ng them
at the same time. to look for consolat ton
and comfort to that Faith in the pr:lc-
tee OF which he was such u bright and
shining example.
Resolved. That these expressions of our
grief be spread upon oar minutes and
COPY. furnished u the sorrow stricken
family.
JAS. w. LONG
l.. w. McCOURT,
LEO JUDSON.
1t COMMITTEES
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
new CITY JAIL
Councils Committee Making a
Thorough Investigation.
BEING Axcer.niucd with view 40
submitting mn Exhaustive Re-
port to tho May Meetings.

The Building COMMITTEES, to which
was referred Judge Hanckel's letter.
calling attention to the condition of the
city Jail. has been at work OH their re-
port for two months. ana Will have ii
ready for the Councils at the May
meeting.
The committee is composed Of .ATcssrs.
Camp ana Cake, of the Common Coun-
ell. and Mr.. jacobs, OF the Select
branch. The inquiry of these gentle
NOR has taken a wide range. ana they
Will make an exhaustive report on the
condition of the building ana the cost
of repairs and enlargement.
MIR. JACOBS TALKS.
Mr.. Jacobs was seen yesterday and
said that the committee had consulted
with the City Engineer. Chief of Police
ana city Sergeant, and that at least
Two plans would be submitted. lie was
not nrepared to give publicity to the
recommendations Of the committee. but
the Nirginian- plot learns that Il rem
edN has been suggested as follows:
Remodel that part of the Jail build
inS occupied by the police ana make it
an annex 10 the city prison. to be used
Tor the Incarceration of women and
children. 1t IS said that the Office oc-
cupied by the Chief would suit admira-
bly, the CITY Sergeant ana that the de-
tectives' room opposite could b. used
would give Sergeant xavier all the
room he will require for some years.
NEW POLICE HIlADQUARTERs.
Having removed the police from their
quarters, a habitat will have 10 be
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06

The steamer 81 Croix. which has
been chartered by the ola Dominion
Steamship Company rs an extra ship
during the spring rush Of business. LEFT
Norfolk yesterday afternoon for New
port News, arriving there about 3
O'clock.
me ST 'roiN arrived at Norfolk yes
terdny morning from New York on hor
maiden trip for the Old Dominion Line.
she is not q Very large ship. but
VIII serve the old Dominion until the
new steamers Hamilton and Jefferson
are ready - go In commission.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06

Yesterdays Baltimore sun says: To
morrow evening the old Bay Line
steamer Alabamo will resume her place
on the line TO Ola Point and Norfolk.
She will come from the yards OF the
Columbian Iron Works as pretty and
fresh as the Easter dresses and bon
nets of the ladies that were boycotted
last Sunday ny the weather maker.
pocked, painted, overhauled from keel
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
Keep in Mind
The "Eldredge B"
Sewing Machines.

Home sewers, and those
sewing for a livelihood, will
do we'll to examine the "Eld-
redge B" Sewing Machines.
Warranted equal in every
respect to the best fifty-dollar
machines on the market.
Two styles-high arm, $40;
drop head, $50.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
BascbnIiYhis Afternoon.

The Boston and Washington teams
of the National Baseball League viii
arrive in the city this morning from
the South. and ut League Park this af-
ternoon they will give our people an
exhibition Of good work on the dia-
mond y large crowd will doubtless
turn out 10 greet the visitors ana see
good work with bat and hAll.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
THE NEWS OF NORFOLK PAGES 2, 8; s. g. and y

20 the eagle on the pilot house with
carpets renewed and saloon and state
room appointments renovated, the
Alabama will perform the spring and
summer service satisfactorily TO the
travelling public. The Tennessee. now
films the place of the Alabama. will
be withdrawn"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
WEATHER REPORT.
Washington, April 5.

Washington, April 5.
Forecast for Thursday:
For Virginia.: Fair Thursday: posi-
ply rain Thursday night and Friday;
fresh east TO northeast winds.
For North Carolina: Showers Thurs
day, with warmer in eastern portions;
probably rain Friday; fresh eosterly
winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
WIIL Don ~, rANn

c: NJ Fersuson Will give if not assess
ed for improvements: Il. \. Dodson vii,
give ii no, assessed: DR.. l.. Landlord
Will give.
the Corporation Court has been ask
ca To appoint commissioners to value
TINS real estate ana all of 1t will he
condemned
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
TEMPERATURES. RAINFALL AND
HUMIDITY

Maximum temperature :. as
Minimum temperature . 36
Normal temperature. . IA
departure from normal ...minus -
Departure from normal since Jan
udi ISL -. ...minuS 1873
Rainfall in past - hours. :, O
nainfall since LIST of month";. :. -. "a
Mean humidity :. :. G6
,s,%;ptt}i. -.-u
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
CALENDAR.
sun rises 5:i2 a. NJ; sets Csc p. m.
TIDES.

TIDES.
norfolk: High water $50 n. m.. G:12
p. M; low water 90 a. m, II. 90 n. m
Old Point: High water 500 n. M. 5:51
p. M; low water 1889 a. m.. 1:39 y. m.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
PROPERTY OWNERS ANSWER,
WHAT THE OPENING or TRIPOL.I
STREET WILL COST.

The city will have to acquire par;
OF the property of thirty-two land own
ers to open Tripoii street, which will
have to be done before the cars Of the
Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Com
psny can reach City Hail avenue.
AS instructed by the Councils. the
Street. Sewer and Drain Board COM
unicated with these land owners. and
sixteen of them have answered. nam
ing figures n which they Will sell. the
aggregate value OF this property rs es-
timated by the owners being 81 900.
of the other sixteen. three
have agreed 10 donate land and
thirteen could not or would no,
name price. II the figures
named below are a fair valuation.
the cost of opening Tripoli street will
be close Il $4,000
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
ANOTHER BRIDGE.

An application from Mr.. H. l.. Page
asking the privilege TO build {, foot
bridge from the foot of Yarmouth street
across Smiths creek to Mowbray Arch
Client. was. on motion OF Mr. Kern
LETT with the president of the board 10
confer with the City Engineer. and
with power to grant the request.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
Norfolk Rnu Vicinity.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR
TODAY

Warmer. with increasing cloudiness;
fresh north, shifting to east winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
AUDITORIUM THEATRE.

8. j.. Cor. Nebraska and Union SITS.
JAS. NJ. SARTON... Prop. and Manager
WILEY HAMILTON .Arnus'm't Director
Open every night in the year. Smok.n,;
Concerts. presenting n respectable up-
to-Gate Vaudeville entertainments
Mnttaees. Tues. Thurs. and Sats at .
p. m. Evening performance Gai4tih.+1715
from TIL IL. Admission, 10. 10 and 25c
ja22-1y
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06

All in sight of monument Newest
Discovery extracts teeth painlessly
y. l. Dental Rooms. Ennes only. S?i
Main street, corner Talbot.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06

w. f. Ingram. H. c. Davis. Mrs. s.
w Green. Mrs. II. NJ. Nash. Ohef Sho-
lem compensation. Caldwell Hardy. NJ.
r Cooke
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
FIGURES NAMED.
MINORS INTERESTED.

The estates in which minors are inter
ested and can't sell, are as follows:
DE-. W. Suuon's estate. ISurruss Cor
prev, Mrs Mcintosh. Diana II. Burgess
estate, Grandy estate. Mary L. Burgess
entoiled propertN.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-06
APPLICATION DENIED.

The matter was then taken up by
the board. and after some pertinent re
marks by the president. on motion of
Mr. pobe, the board. by unanimous
vote, declined 10 grant the application.
the board. however expressed a will
iingness 10 faVorably consider such
propositions coming from the draw
bridge company as would conform to
the wishes of the Albemarle ana Ches-
apeake Canal Company and to tho
views expressed by the meeting
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
THAT CAMP AT MIAMI.

The commission appointed to investigate
the conduct of the war takes particular
pains to point out that the camp at Miami
was selected by Gen. Miles, and to say
that it was abandoned because it was
was found to be wholly unsuitable for the
purposes for which it was chosen. Gen.
Miles should hasten to explain why he Sc
lected that camping ground From the
very beginning of the war he appeared to
be very solicitous for the welfare of the
soldiers. He did not want soldiers sent to
Cuba during the sickly season. and if we
are not mistaken he was particularly Sc
we're on the Secretary of War because SOL
diers were sent to Tampa so long before it
was determined to send them to Cuba
He regarded that place as unsuitable for
a summer camp. But from all accounts the
camp at Miami was the worst of all the
home camps. AS far as we have been able
to find out nobody has ever been able to
give reason for sending soldiers to Mi
ami. The place is several hundred miles
below Jacksonville, and there are no
means there for transporting troops TO Gu
ba or any other point outside of this coun-
try. If it had been decided to send the
troops at Miami to Cuba, Porto Rico or the
Philippines it would have been necessary
to transport them by rail to Tampa or
Savannah or some other seaport.
And the health conditions at Miami were
bad. Our recollection is that the percent
age of sick at that camp was very much
greater than at any other home camp.
Malarial and typhoid fevers prevailed to
an alarming extent and the mosquitoes
We're so bad that the lives of the soldiers
were made miserable by them
Why did Gen. Miles recommend Miami?
1t is almost as important to have an an
swer to that question as 1t is to know
whether or not "embalmed beef" was fur
nshed to the army 1t is probale that Gen.
Miles had some good reason for recon-
mending Miami for a camping place The
country would like TO know what it was.
That camp cost the government several
hundred thousand dollars and the lives
of quite a number of its volunteer soldiers.
Almost as soon as the soldiers reached
there. there were inquiries as to why they
had been sent there. There was never any
answer given to that question.
Gen. Miles ought to be able to answer it.
and he ought to answer it without delay.
BY answering 1t satisfactorily he would do
a great deal TO strengthen himself in the
confidence of the people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
ONLY ONE CENT pen TON,

The pending Hanna Payne ship subsidy
bill provides that there shall be paid a
bounty or subsidy of / cent per gross ton
per 100 miles to ships of ordinary speed.
and Is cents per ton per mile for ships
sailing at a speed of 10 knots or more per
hour.
Only one cent, to one and eight-tenths
cents, per gross ton! What a small. in
significant, trihing sum! Who would not
be willing to pay so much in the interest
of building up the American merchant
marine! Who would grudge that poor
bounty to those patriotic men who are
bending their efforts to float the American
world? 1t is merely pittance, intended
to compensate them for paying high
er wages to seamen upon American ships
than are paid on any other ships
in the world Indeed ii Is
a proposition intended directly for the
benefit of Jack Tar, the laboring man!
Such is the trend of the argument of the
bounty grabbers; the persons who are
trying to saddle this legislation upon the
taxpayers of the United States.
Only one cent. or at greatest one and
eighteenth cents! How would that work
out, when it came to paying the bounties d?
An expert has made calculation covering
the matter. He has taken for purposes of
illustration a certain ocean liner that plies
between New York and Liverpool. She
would be entitled to bounty at the rate Of
Is cents per mile per ton. Her tonnage is
s, SOS tons. On each trip she would be en-
titled to receive a bounty of a little more
than IS, 800. The ship can make fifteen single
trips year, which would foot up in boun-
ties In the neighborhood of S142, 5OO-a pref
ty good sum even though the rate is less
than two cents per ton. The free gift that
the government would make this particu-
lar ship would be very nearly if not quite
enough to pay all of the operating ex-
penses.
The one cent bounties to ships of or
binary speed would not, of course, pile up
so rapidly but the sum total would ag-
gregate an enormous sum in the run of
a year Adding all classes Of bountes to-
gether, IL is quite probable that the mi
nority of the committee having the bill
in charge did not overestimate when 1t re-
ported that the shipping in sight would re-
quire bounty contracts aggregating $685.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14

To spit and how and when to spit, and
where,
Is now the startling question of the day,
One that requires the censors utmost care
To teach, to learn the splitter to obey.
To spill OF course tbs natural to Spit
But there's a mode of doing it
With Chesterheldian grace and skill
That your next neighbor may not see the
SPILL
The CRATE, the window or the cuspidor
May thro' politeness save the carpet floor.
But then, on churchway porch on hall and
floor
You see the nuisance at the holy door
In quaint Mosaic stains of filthy hue
That makes Refinement shudder at the
view
At theaters this nauseous habit presses
At the expense of ladies' lovely dresses.
In trains and street cars the abuse is
So 'pregnated with tobacco juices.
That even conductors seem to relish
The horrid filth their boots embellish
And seem to think passenger can spit
Here, there, and eV'ry where-he pays for
it,
We've got to meet these microbes ev'ry-
where,
Fen in our finger nails, they say they're
there
OF these hobgobbins. doctors! write a
On tuberculosis. grip, meningitis
But now, the question is, tobacco Juice
Flowing uncheck'd, unquestioned and pro-
fuse,
Society may maye it's impress felt
Whlle home exactions may be fairly dealt
Wives sisters, mothers, all, should take a
hand
To root this squirtive evil from the land.
Let Mrs. Minis, by Christian Science
teaching
Repress this vile effiuvia by her preaching
Conductors, use the argumentuu baculi-
mum,
Nor dread that Hartridge ever fine 'em.
Public opinion may lcurtail-not stop n
LOCALIZED action will make them dron II
The staiwart arm of law should promptly
act
10 make them common decency respect,
Levy a proper fine for each offense
For low-bred habits admit of no defense
Ihus may these spitters all be paralized
Decentralization, Jarrellized.
c.,- Paul Pry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
MORE FaICTIOy IN CUHA.

The fact that there is supernatural
ance of red-tape and shoulder-straps in
Cuba is continually cropping out in con-
fiicts of authority. not only between the
Americans and the natives, but between
American officers. Our dispatches have
mentioned several instances in point The
latest of them, having to do with the
decoration Of the graves of the victims of
the Maine disaster, discloses the fact that
the disagreement and discomfort extend
to both the army and the navy.
Commodore Cromwell is the command
ant of the Cuban naval station with head
quarters at Havana. Capt Sigsbee form
erly of the Maine but now in command
of the Texas, Is under him. There is such
a degree of friction between Commodore
Cromwell and Capt Sigsbee that the lat
ter will not appear in any function not
strictly military and in the line of duty
in company with the former. Capt. Sigs-
bee the other day gave il to be understood
that he would not take part in the cere-
mony of decorating the graves of the
Maine victims. since Commodore Crom-
well, as senior naval officer would be
present; and this in the face of the fact
that the Maine victims We're Sigsbee's
men, and that ne entertained a high re-
gard for them. Furthermore. Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee announced that he and his sol
diers would not take part in the exercises
along with Cromwell and his sailors, but
would visit the cemetery and pay their
tribute of respect after they had left. AS
to the friction In the army, it is neces-
sary only TO revert to Gen. Lees state
ment a week or two ago, to the effect that
in order to make places for others he had
been side-tracked with an unemployed
army of 1900 men, to The affair between
Gen. Wood at Santiago and Gen. Brooke
at Havana respecting the customs re-
ceipts, and to the ntimation by Maj. Har-
rison that he was hampered in discharging
his duties as provost marshal at Havana.
And these are far from being the only in
stances.
Each officer, of course. is trying to get
all of the glory that he can out of his mil
itary service. Each, therefore, is jealous
of his power and prerogatives, and posi-
bly, asserts himself to the limit and some
Times a little beyond. There are too many
divisions of authority. AS we have said
before, If Fitzhugh Lee had been made
military governor of the island and
permitted to select his own assistants, the
probabilities are that there would be a
minimum of friction, and the reconstruc-
ton of the island would have been much
more rapidly advanced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
BRIGHT BITS.

Modest Candor.-She-"And so you saw
service in Cuba? I do hope you were one
of the first to go up San Juan hill"
"Oh. no! / wasn't a newspaper cores
pondent. was only a soldier.
News.
Character and Reputat Certainly
you won't pretend that going to church
sewing-circle every meeting makes a wo-
man good!'
NO. but 1t keeps her from being talked
about"-Detroit Journal.
-Jones-"Dear me! You say you often
lay down the law to your wife. How do
you go about it?"
Bones-"Why, all you need is frmness!
1 usually go into my study, lock the door,
and do it over the transom. Puck.
Mrs. Proudfoot-"Yes, Mrs. Malaprop,
that's an heirloom. It's been in Mr.
Proudfoot's family over a hundred
years"
Mrs. MaTa-'Do tell! I've been naggin
at John Henry to get an heirloom ever
since we moved to the city, but he can't
find any, except second hand ones. The
jewelers. Weekly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-14
PER SONAL.

Mrs Julia Dent Grant, widow of Gen.
Grant, is now more than 70 years old and,
having grown quite feeble, rarely leaves
her Washington home. Her sight is rapidly
failing.
Prof. Blumentritt. through whom
Aguinaldo and his colleagues have been
making their cause known to Europe, is
a member of the faculty of an Austrian
university and has made thirty years
study of the Philippine archipelago and
its history.
Judge William Butler of Philadelphia,
who has resigned from the bench of the
United States District Court, learned the
trade of a printer in the office of the West
Chester, Pa, Village Record. Among the
other boys in the office at the same time
was Bayard Taylor
Gen. Russell Hastings, who has just
been appointed director of the bureau of
American republics, is a native of Green
field, Mass, and is a personal friend of
President Mckinley, having served in his
regiment in the civil war. He was born
May 30, 1885, and when boy went with
his parents to Ohio.