The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-29
VIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT
Officials and Scientists from This
City at Newport News.
Tragic Incident of the Weird Hour-Body
OF Drowned Man Thrown Up by the
sea in the Sha hadows-Womeu
Are Made Hystericai.

! Special TO The Post
! Newport News Va. May 2s-ThousanG no
/ or people from various parts Of the coun-
! Try Hooked 10 the Virginia peninsula 10
/ witness the eclipse. Scientists, members
/ OF the faculties. nalf a score of institu-
( tons Of learning. fellows Of the National
Geographic Society, and representatives.
/ or the Smithsonian Institute touched eI-
/ Bows with statesmen, tourists. and sight
seers on the piers and other points of
vantage looking out upon the waters OF
Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay.
The eclipse was witnessed by distin-
guished assemblage. President Mckinley
vicw the impressive spectacle from the
deck OF the dispatch-boat DOLPHIN. off
I Larnbert's Point. The period Of tofaIify
mad scarcely passed before the DOtpbIn
steamed out Of the Roads, past Old Point.
en- route TO Washington. As the trim lit
tie vessel passed the battie-shig Ke1r-
sarge, anchored in the Roads, the big
/ fighter fired the Presidential salute OF
twenty-one guns. The Dolphin seemed 10
pause a minute or two. then passed swift
ly on.
Hon. Harry Libby was the guest OF A
party OF congressman at the Chamberiln
Among the party were Speaker Of the
House Henderson, Congressman Howell
or New. Jersey; Congressman Stuart. Of
New f0t,t; Congressman Clark. OF New
Hampshire. Mrs. Howell. and Miss over
street. Of Indiana. This party observed
the eclipse from the Chamberlin Hotel
Secretary Cages party viewed the
eclipse from the deck OF the lighthouse
tender Holly. and later left for Wash
in8ton- 4 number Of prominent Mystic
shriners, returning home from the con
claye at Washington, came down 20 wit
Eess the eclipse.
Just before the period u totalltv
tragic Incident occurred. which came very
rear throwing a number OF ladies into
hysterics- As the shadows were growing
darker ard darker. a huge wav. cast up
the dead body Of man In front Of the
veranda Of the Hyeeia Hotel The ladies
near the point screamed. and even tb-ir
escorts blancF ID and heat a hagtv retreat
after the period Of totality Tas past. an
Investigation Vas made. The body proved
t. be that % George NcGhonc a colyred
oysternsn, who was drowned while crab
hing last ThuTsdav. The weird and IN
canny condit'-..ss existing when his c0russ
Vas cast W by the sea made powerful
ard vivid impression upon those gsn0 wit
neSsed g.
Norfolk. Va. May 28.-On the roof OF
the Weather Bureau building. besides
number Of local people. were A large party
Of scientists from Hartford Conn.-th-
Hartford Scientific SOclety-and thG fol
loving from the United states Weather
Bureau Prof Willis l. Moore. cnlef OF
thr Bureau, :. l.. MOsby and Cnsrl~T
FifzhuRn Tslu.an. all of Washington. 9
J. Gray, observer in charge J. W Cr0nk
and J. r. News0ne. Of the Norfolk W-ath-
r. station; Prof H@nry and Mr. CIsrVet
% the bureau a. Washington, were At
CAPE Henry.
Mr. Herbert l. Rice. Of the Naval Oh
seTvatOFy. Washington. Prof. ID 4
Humphreys. % Warrington and Lee TINT
Yersity. and Prof RaS.and Of Rsudolrn-
Macon College. Virgins were sl.o n6ng
those on the building The National g %,
ga phic Society, Younc - tn the party. ar
rived here this morning on the Washing
ton steamer. and viewed the eclipse from
the deck Of the steamer. which took a
good position al The navy ySrd foF tn
purpose.