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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
ONE HONEST MAN.
OLD SALTS HEAVY LOSS SAVED
BY BROTHER SALT.

IAN honest mans the noblest work
Of God" receives the hearty endorse
ment Of another Norfolk citizen, and
with good reason. Readers OF the Vir-
Pilot and Public Ledger for the
last two days have noticed the found"
advertisement of CAPTAIN John NJ.
Crane. the well-known shiprigger, Of q
pocketbool and money found which the
owner could have by calling on him and
proving property. AS usual, the lad"
round the man wanted. and he, knowing
Captain Cranes habits, called yester-
day afternoon at ]. NJ. Jordan & Co. g
store. on Water street, found Captain
Crane and proved the found property
his
To the surprise Of all present the find
proved small fortune to q door man,
between $500 and 500 in bills, notes,
etc.. being in the pocketbook, which be-
longed to Captain Henderson, an oys-
terman of Atlantic City Ward, who was
delighted beyond measure at receiving
back his property. He generously
offered Captain Crane any amount he
might wish of his find as reward, but
the Captain refused any recompense for
having done as he would be done by.
Captain Crane has only made q new
friend and surprised no one. He Is we'll
known.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04

flavor peculiar to themselves.
Ground chcstnuts and corn meal arc
mixed and used in the fattening process
The combination OF grain used in MAX
ing mash from which to distil the
G Q. Taylor WHISTLES is the result Of
much experiment ana study. The flavor
OF this Whiskey is one of ripencss and
maturity as applied by Connoisseurs to
distilled Liquors
For medicinal use nothing eu,aIs
&c. o. r." which is the abbreviation an
piled by the trade where it is well known
Ask the average Physician about the
medicinal worth and he will tell you he
believes In It's purity. and nine times our
OF ten he will say: ~ believe
G.. o. Taylor Whiskies
are all they are represented to be
PURE" If by chance he should be the
tenth Doctor, who hadn't personl knowl-
edge OF Its value in the sick room h,
can have samples without money and
without price. through his Druggist.
These WHISTLES have been bottled by us
since May. 1873. and are the original
and only genuine Taylor Whistles.
Refuse substitutes Ask for and insist
on having C. o. Taylor" Whisk.es. bot
tied by the only Proprierors, in Boston
CHESTER II. GRAVES & SONS.
For sale at White Bros. Norfolk. Va.
Browns Hotel Portsmouth. Va
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04

The following secret benevolent So
cieties have elected their officers for
the ensuing term:
Norfolk Council No. "a, Jr. o. U. A.
M.-Junior Past Councillor. A. H. Mans
field: Councillor. Charles c. Sedgewick;
Vice-Councillor. c. w. Garrett: AS
sistant Recording Secretary, c. F..
iutchins; Recording Secretary, W. w.
Alternately: Treasurer. Eddie O. Gar
rett; Warden. w. II. Lantrp, twelfth
election; Conductor, Charles c. Meister;
Inner Sentry. W. L. Hines; Outer Sen
try. joseph w. Forbes Trustees, c. E.
Pettis c. G. Sedgewick and r. S. Walk
er: Representatives to State Council,
Charles Il. Hunt and Joseph w. Forbes.
Lafayette Lodge No. 9. 1. o. o. F.
{. kastal, N. G.: II. G. Pruitt, ". G. :;
aenry Wetzel, secretary: Miles c.
Wood, treasurer; d. Stainhilber. chap
lain.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
WORK ofPoIice I'm Jnne.

Chief Kizer has prepared the June re-
port of the Police Department. A sum-
mary OF the report follows: Total num-
Der of arrests. 6Ss. OF which 1874 were
white and asa colored. Two children
were restored to their parents, horses,
goats and COWS. to the number of 20.
were impounded; patrol wagon re-
sponded to Sl2 calls. two Migrants sent
out of the city, two attempts at sui
eide. three persons drowned and one
accidentally killed.
Property to the amount of s913.40 was
recovered and restored to owner
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
COURT DECISIONS.
Notes of Cases Recently Decided,
Which are of Interest to
Our People.
DIGES1'ED BY W.B. MARTIN.
Exclusively for Virginian-P ilot.)
STATE OF OHIO v. THOMAS.
Supreme Court Of the United States,
February 81, 1899.


Supreme Court of the United States.
February 81, 1899.
A GOVERNOR OF A UNITED
STATES SOLDIERS HOMO is NOT
SUBJECT TO a STATE LAW CON-
CERNING OLEOMARGARINE
WHICH HE FURNISHES THE IN
MATES AS A PART OF THEIR RA-
TIONS UNDER AN ACT OF CON-
GRESS.
This was n writ of habeas corpus
sued out to have Thomas discharged
from the custody of q constable of Ohio.
he having been convicted under a law
of that state III relation to the use of
oleomargarne. Thomas was the gov
ernor of the Soldiers Home in Mont
gomery county. Ohio. and as such fur
nished the inmates with oleomargarine
for food under the appropriations made
by Congress for the said home. The
prisoner was released from custody by
the lower court and the State of Ohio
appealed.
The Court says:
The home is federal creation, and
is under the direct and sole jurisdic-
ton of Congress. Whatever jurisdic-
ton the state may have over the place
or ground where the institution is To-
Gated, 1t can have none TO interfere
with the provision made by Congress
for furnishing food to the inmates of
the home, nor has it power to prohibit
or regulate the furnishing of any arti-
Gle of food which is approved by the
officers of the home, by the board of
managers and by Congress. Under
such circumstances the police power of
the state has no application.
The government is but claiming that
its own officers, when discharging
duties under Federal authority pursu-
mt to and by virtue of valid Federal
laws, are not subject to arrest Or other
liability under the laws of the State
In which their duties are performed
The statutes above referred to. when
taken in connection with the admitted
facts. show an appropriation by Con-
gross for tho purchase of olcomargarine
as part OF the regular rations of the
inmates OF the home. The act of the
Governor In serving it was authorized
by Congress. and 1t was, therefore,
legal. any act of the State to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
Under the facts herein the State court
had no jurisdiction to try the appellee
for the otfensc charged in the written
complaint made TO the magistrate.
Assuming. in accordance with the
decision of the State court. the act
OF the Ohio Legislature applies in it's
terms to the Soldiers Home at Dayton
In that State, we are OF opinion that
the Governor was not subject to that
law. and the court had no Jurisdiction
to hear or determine the criminal pro-
becution In question, because the act
complained of was Derformd as part
or the duty of the Governor as n Fede-
raj officer. In and by virtue OF valid
Federal authority, and in the perform
nnce OF that duty he was not subject
10 the direction or control of the Leg
1slature of Ohio. Affirmed
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
GO CRUISING TO-DAY.
VIRGINIA NAVAL RESERVES TO
TAKE SIREN THROUGH ROADS.

The battalion Of Virginia Naval Re-
serves will board the Siren, their con-
verified training yacht. this morning at
o'clock for a cruise through the Roads
command of Lieutenant-Command
Adams. commanding the battalion, and
Lieutenant Cannon, of the First Divi-
sion, will be the navigating officer.
The Reserves will he out all day and
probably until 10 or II O'clock at night
They will go ashore at Old Point and
spend several hours there. All four of
The divisions will be we'll represented
and jolly time is expected.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
wounded in tn. Pnt,,nn,,o.

Mr.. Aaron Wood, who went to Cuba
with one Of the Norfolk companies and
there re-enlisted for service in the
Philippines, is reported to have been
wounded in one of the recent battles
on the island OF Luzon. He Is a brother
of MI Ben. Wood, a member of the
white Wings"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
Rev S,rectsnrs Arrive.

The Norfolk Street Railway Company
yesterday receive several handsome
new summer cars. which will imme-
diately be placed on the Brambleton
and Lambert's Point lines. This an
nouncement Will be received with plea
sure by patrons OF these lines.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
NEWS OF THE BANKS.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND d.
NIDENDS DECLARED.
AT meeting OF the Board OF Direc-
tors Of The Norfolk National Bank yes
terday, officers were elected as fol-
lows: Mr. Albert B. Schwarkopf,
cashier; w. y. Goodwin. assistant cash
Ter. and Mr.. Hugh G. Whitehead. nav.
ing teller.
This bank also declared q semi
annual dividend of per cent
The Norfolk Bank OF Savings and
trusts Yesterday declared n semi-an-
nual dividend of 4 per cent.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
AYRES V. DELAWARE L. G. w. r
co.

Court OF Appeals of New York.
February IS. 1899.
WHERE a PASSENGER HAS PRO
CURED A TICKET SHE HAS A
RIGHT TO PRESUME. IN USING
THE PLATFORM TO GO TO THE
TRAIN. THAT 1T IS A SAFE
PLACE, AND AN INSTRUCTION
BASED UPON THE THEORY
THAT THE PLATFORM OF a
RAILROAD STATION IS A PLACE
OF KNOWN DANGER IS ERRON
EOUS.
This was suit for damages to the
plaintiff caused by an injury 10 her
while on the platform of the defendant
company at North Broo5Geld. The
pialntiff purchased n ticket to SARATOGA
ana after waiting nearly an hour for
the train, which was late, went out on
the platform in order to enter a car.
~ was dark and the lamps by which
the platform WAS usually lighted were
not burning. The plaintiff was not ia
mlIar with the locality and as she went
from the depot cut on the platform The
train was Still moving north. and sho
walked south. with the other passou-
gers to take the passenger coach. The
platform was in good order and with
out obstructons. but before the train
stopped postal clerk threw a mail bag
out or the mail car as he had long
been In the habit of doing. and # fail
across the route of the plaintiff, who.
not seeing 1t, stumbled over IL in tho
dark and was injured. The lower court
gave Judgment for the plaintiff and ina
company appealed.
The court SAYS:
10 MI tp4,
ana was in the act of taking passape
on the defendants train. she w9e
therefore a passenger and it was tho
duty OF the defendant to provide a
sa!e platform for her to walk upon in
order to enter coach, and not to ex-
pose ner to any unnecessary danger or
10 one OF which 1t was aware. She had
risht to presume that the platform
was safe place because il was nro-
vided by the defendant for passenger,
10 walk upon as they were invited tn
enter lis cars. Hence Instructions that
would be proper for a place of known
Danger, such as a railroad CROSSING ot
grade. would not be approximate 70
place which the passenger had n rirht
10 presume was safe. The pla form of
railroad station is not a place of
known danger. but is presumed n he
place of safety. In this respect It is
not unlike an ordinary sidewalk in a
public street. which the wayfarer ha.
the right to assume is in a safe con-
dition until in some manner warned OF
danger. While the plaintiff was bound
10 exercise care. she was not bound ia
exercise any more care than the law
requires in place presumed to be safe
In Royce V. Railway Co, 11S n. Y. 314
1t was held that n passenger alighting
from coach on an elevated railroad
was under no obliga ton, as a mat
ter of law, to look before she put her
FOOT down, but 1t was question of fact
for the jury to decide. not only whether
she should have been more vigilant. but
also whether II she had looked she
could have seen the hole in the sur
rounding darkness" Affirmed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease. a powder 10 be shaken into m.
shoes. II makes tight or neS shoes feel
easy: gives instant relief to corns ana
bunons. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery OF the age. Cures and prevents
swollen feet. blistcrs. callous and sore
spots. Aliens Foot-Eas is 4 certain cure
for sweating. hot. aching. nervous feet
At all druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Trial
package free. Address, Allen 5. Olms.ed
L0 Roy. II. Y.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04

Sunday. July 10th, steamer Louise
leaves Portsmouth GAO a. m: Norfolk
at 700 a. m. Connects with train at
Newport News. Arrives in Richmond
at 1880 a. IN. ]. f. HERMAN.
ju2-2t Manager.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
SAMPLES OF WOOD.

There are numerous samples of wood
One piece came from the Spanish fort
at Corona, which was built in 1902.
Another, known as Yte. is as solid and
heavy as lgnum vitae. and was used
at ManZanillo in constructing a house
more than century ago. Then there
are several pieces Of Cerahre wood, pre-
scented to Mr.. Jones by Cuban leuten-
ant. and suitable for making souvenir
canes.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
A REMARKABLE WATCH.

Another curiosity is n watch. The
case is of oXydized steel. inlald with sill
yer. and the hands of gold. 1t was
taken from the dead body of Spanish
officer on battlefield by Cuban.
from whom it's present owner puk-
chased 1t. l is a stem winder, and has
some features superior TO the American
wotob
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
REFRIGERATOR IND ICE BOX.

The warm weather has greatly reduced
our stock OF Refrircrators hut we si.ll
have a line line to select from.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
COURTS YESTERDAY
The Case of Dr.. Morgan Postpon-
ed to October.
Cases set For Trial I'm tho CornorN.
zion COurt-WilI Probnted Jus
tice Tomlin wrestIc. with Lnrge
Docket in Police Court.

The July term OF the Corporation
Court was begun yesterday.
The docket for this week and next
week was set, the majority Of the
cases being appeals from the Police
Court.
The case of DR.. Francis NJ Morgan, of
Berkeley. indicted for murder by the
June grand jury. was. on motion of de-
PENDANTS counsel, Captain ]. w. Hap
per. of Portsmouth. postponed to the
October term of this court, Common
wealth's Attorney Duncan agreeing to
the postponement.
The docket set for this week Is as
follows:
Wednesday-Grace King, stealing s165
from Edward Phillips.
Ed. Noel, stealing from the Hub
clothing store.
Walter Kelly. stealing pistols from
Sorey's store, on Union street.
Thomas Starkey. appeal from Police
Court.
Thursday-wm. Moore and Archie
Pryor, appeals.
Friday-Laura Lee and Henry Baker,
appeals.
LEWIS AND HATHAWAY CASES.
Next Monday the case of D. J. Hath
away, who shot w. Church Lewis some
time ago. will be tried, and Tuesday
w. Church Lewis will be arraigned for
fatally shooting Joe Malbon, alias
Pulley. colorcd.
WILL OF VIM. II. FOSTER.
The will of the late William II. Eos
ter was admitted to probate. and Mrs.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses were issued yester-
day to the following parties:
Percy Cader Dozier and Adde May
Downing.
Charles FELTON, and Sarah Wright,
Colored.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-04
Mattings.

We have Mattings OF all kinds. quail ties,
styles and prices. DO not fail to examine
our stock ii in need or such goods.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
ARTILLERY ORDERED
TO THE PHILIPPINES

WASHINGTON. March 10-In view
of the possible necessity of having to
use more artillery at Manila in the fu-
ture than has been required in the past,
the War Department issued orders to
Battery B, Sixth United States Artil-
lery, now at Fort McHenry, to move as
soon as possible to San Francisco, there
to take ship for Manila. Two light bat
teries Of the Sixth are already at Ma
Mia, and the rest of the regiment has
been ordered there, but some of it may
stop at Honolulu, relieving the Second
United States Volunteer Engineers
now there. The Sixth is one Of the two
regiments authorized by Congress last
March.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
OTIS SAYS
BOYS DESIRE
TO REMAIN
Long for Vengeance on the
Filipfnos for Their Com
rades Slain.
War Department Decides It Has
Authority to Keep Officers
and Men.
Special DISPATCH to The can.

WASHINTON, March 10.-One of the
paragraphs of the army reorganization
act contained an authorization for the
enlistment again of the volunteer
troops now in the Philippines. 1t was
stipulated that these troops should be
re-enlisted only for a period of time
necessary to replace them by regular
troops, in no case longer than six
months.
The question has been presented to
the War Department of whether or not
it was able. under this provision. to
avail of the services of the officers of
the volunteer regiments as well as Of
the enlisted men until the troops can
be replaced by regulars.
The law officers of the department
have concluded that the word enlist
employed in the act was used in broad
sense and that therefore the President
has authority to take over all the vol
unteer regiments now at Manila and
other points in the Philippines into the
service Of the United States in organ
izations, with their full compliments
of officers and men.
1t has been represented that the vol
unteers there are longing to return to
the United States and TO private life.
The officials say that this Is a mistake.
General Otis has reported that the men,
want to come home, but are anxious to
fight and crush the insurgents. Nearly
every company has suffered through
the Wounding of some of it's members
at the hands of sharpshooters and they
are anxious to make the account even.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
70 ADVANCE
ON MALOLOS
IMMEDIATELY
General Lawton Will Lead
the Americans to Agui-
naldos Capital.
Otis to Give His Attention to Civil
Government and the Outside
Islands.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, March 10.-The Wash
Ington correspondent of the Herald tel
eeraphs: The arrival at Manila to-day
~ General I,a.wton with reinforcements,
as cabled to the War Department,
means the beginning of an active cam
paign against the Filipinos. General
I.awton will have, under General Otis,
command of all military operations in
I,uzon, while Otis. as Governor General
will direct the conduct Of civil affairs
and the military operations in other
islands.
II was thought the advance of General
Fale's brigade several days ago was
the beginning of a forward movement,
but it is supposed that General Otis
decided to await the arrival of LaWton.
Now it is expected that offensive opera
+ions win begin at once and be directed
toward Malolos, the seat of the ,lnsur-
gent government, which the officials say
will soon be occupied by American
troops.
instructions were cabled to General
- Otis to-day directing him TO detach
Rrigadier General NJ p. Miller from the
command Of troops at Iloilo and order
him home for retirement. General Otis
will choose General Miller's successor,
who will probably be General Anderson
or General Macarthur.
General MilIer's retirement on March
q viii create a vacancy in the grade
Of brigadier general of the regular
army, which in all probability will be
filled by the appointment of General
Sumner. The latter is likely to be re-
tired at once and General Anderson
made brigadier of the regular service
so that that officer Will not be given a
volunteer commission as major general
as originally determined.
The cablegram received at the War
Department to-day dated Manila
March 10. says the transport Grant ar
rived with the troops in good condition
The Arizona and Newport leave to-day
for San Francisco, the Arizona via
Hongkong and the Newport via Ma
I gasaki. The Grant carried to Manila
The Fourth Infantry and four COM
naDies Of the Seventeenth Infantry.
This adds to the troops under the
command Of General Otis 42 officers and
1716 enlisted men. The Grant, with
General w. b. Lawton in command
called from New York January 10.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11

LONDON, March 10.-The weekly
papers issued on Saturday will treat
China as the cardinal question. The
Spectator will say:
1t is coming rapidly to this-Europe
must make serious agreements respecting
the spheres of influence in China with well
defined boundaries. or the effort to pre-
vent a general war will be a failure We
regret the necessity. for we can fore
see the terrible strain on the resources
of Great Britain, which are already
somewhat overtaxed, but we can perceive
no other way out of the impasse. Lord
Charles Beresford's policy of keeping the
open door by reviving China and so OBJ
tanning a dominant influence at Peking is
impossible. Corpses never revive.
The Speaker says:
We are primarily committed to the
open door and the maintenance of the in
tegrity of China. We are also partially
committed to an approval of the system
of spheres of influence which may disin-
tegrate China. Must we not insist that
the policy of partition go no further until
the matter has been discussed in Euro
pean conference? Meanwhile it is our
duty to civilization to defend free trade
by every means.
The Outlook, regarding partition of
some kind as inevitable, urges, before
trouble becomes irretrievable, the con-
vening of a conference of the powers to-
agree to broad principles on which the
partition of China may be pacifically
effected. It suggests that The Hague
conference put aside academic points
and deal with the greatest menace to
peace, namely. the international scram-
BILE in China. Connecting the Muscat
incident with the Far Eastern question.
the Outlook remarks:
Of the five powers who have estab-
hshed themselves terrtorially in China
only one-England-has safeguarded her
seaway thereto by strong places for sup
plies and repair. Until the others are sim
ilarly equipped they must be more or less
at the mercy of England in the event of
war, which now seems inevitable.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
PLOTTED TO
MURDER THE
AMERICANS
Porto Ricans Want Their
Freedom and Will Fight
for It.
FEELING VERY BITTER
Conspiracy Discovered to Enter
Barracks and Machete Soldiers
by Wholesale.
FEELING VERY BITTER
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, March 10.-Colonel
HubbelI, who returned with his COM
mand, the Forty-seventh Regiment,
from duty in Porto Rico on the trans
port Manitoba to-day, gave some inter
esting information tonight about the
condition of affairs in our new West
Indian possessions.
There are many persons" he said
who think we were welcomed to Porto
Rico and sent away amid a shower of
bouquets. This was not the case. The
Porto Ricans do not like the Ameri
cans. They want and are planning for
their freedom.
I'VE had more or less trouble all the
time with these natives, but their hos
tility was more openly displayed when
it was learned that we were going to
leave. All the while we were subjected
to petty annoyances. A number of at
tempts were made to knife our sentries.
The natives are treacherous and we
had to use severe measures at times.
There was at no time an open in
surrection, but 1 discovered three
weeks ago evidence that the so-called
Educational Society was strong and
bitter in its antagonism. They held
meetings which we dispersed. We dis
covered and nipped in the bud con-
spiracy which had for its object an en-
trance into our barracks and the
wholesale macheting of our soldiers.
Unless there is a great change, am
convinced that sooner or later there
will be serious trouble down there. 1
should, however, qualify their feeling
bv saving that they hate Americans.
not for their personality, but because
they want to be free. The feeling in
the interior of the island is more in
tense than along the coast. The Span
iards are not responsible for it because
they are migrating. The people there
do not like their old enemies, either"
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-11
MARYSVILLE WO0LEN
MILLS LIE IN RUINS
Frank Peck, Bay City Wheelman,
Loses His Life During a
Conhagration.

MARYSVILLE, March 10.-A fire
that broke out at o'clock this evening
destroyed the MarysviIle WoOlen Mills,
located in the heart of the city. The
blaze was first discovered in the engine
room on the lower floor of the two-story
brick structure. The supposed cause
was spontaneous combustion.
During the progress Of the fire Frank
Peck of Yuba City, aged 19 years. a
prominent Bay City Wheelman, en-
tered the building and was overcome
bv smoke. He was burned to death.
Superintendent Knight places the loss
at siOO 900; insurance, $50 900. A large
stock of wool and finished goods was
destroyed. The machinery was rem
dered useless. Luckily there was no
heavy wind. The fire. throws 100 per-
sons out of employment.