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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09
Chapman & Jakoman openlne

This enterprising firm of jewelers.
opened their new establishment to the
public yesterday. and during the day
and evening several thousand people
yielded to the tempting invitation to
call and inspect their gorgeous display
of everything in the line of jewelry and
other sundrics. which combine to com
plete such an establishment. Every
thing new and -to-date in style, their
wares combined to make their entire
store sparkle like one huge gem in a
setting of rare excellence. The charm
or the occasion was rendered complete
by strains of sweet music from Krue-
gers Orchestra.
Messrs. Chapman e Jakeman sue
ceeded IN making their guests feel at
nome and several hundred of them car
ried away with them a handsome SOU
Venir of the event. These live. wide
awake young men have every reason to
feel proud of their new business home.
Every feature of it gives evidence OF
sood taste and Its arrangement betalSes
u thorough knowledge of the needs of
their trade. 1t is a credit to Norfolk.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09
MIR. DENNIS WORK.
: ITEMS OF INTEREST.

All members of the Volunteer Y are
earnestly requested to attend a meet
ing held at Miss Lucy Odell's home
Freemason street, Monday night at
$50 o'clock. Annual election of Off
GERS.
Mr.. Sidney l.. Nusbaum. the Main
street bookseller and art dealer. leaves
to-day for New York, to purchase his
holiday line; also to secure new de-
signs in mouldine for his picture frame
factory. Mr.. Arther Morris, while
abroad. selected a good many import
ed novelties for Mr.. Nusbaum.
Mr.. VIM. E. Sadler, for the past eight
years with r. T.. Gornto e Co. of this
city. has accepted n position with Mr.
Fl Il. West, the prominent shoe man
of Berkley.
Brickmasons have begun work on the
six stores to be erected on Plume
street, near CRANKY, for Mr.. ]. E. Car
penter.
At / o'clock p. m. yesterday tho
thermometer Registered 95 at Burrows
Martin & Co.'S drug store. on Main
street.
Miss Marie Wallace, corset buyer
and filter for Miller. Rhoads 81 Co,
has gone to New York, where she will
spend about ten days selecting the new
shapes in straight and erect front cor
ests. both in domestic and imported.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09
Leaohe-wood School.

MISS Agnes Douglass West. the head
of Leache- Wood School for young
ladies. returned to Norfolk Friday after
q pleasant vacation spent in Boston.
the White Mountains and Nova Scotia.
While in Boston Miss West improved
the time by visiting many of the best
known private schools of that city and
the various furnishing houses. Especial
attention was paiS to a careful inves-
tIgation of the many new text hooks
and books of reference to the end that
Leache-Wood School might have the
best published.
n There will be, however, few changes
IN text, books. 1t was gratifying to find
that those In use at LeacheWood were,
with one or two exceptions, the best
published on the various subjects. she
epeut much time in looking up bookg
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09
runls COMPANY AFFAIRS.
JUDGE BROOKE SAYS 1T rs EN-
BARRASSED. BUT NOT INSOL-
VENT

+.
Comment was frequent on the Tunis
failure yesterday. Judge d. Tucker
Brooke. counsel. returned here from
Baltimore. as did also Mr.. NJ. NJ. Tunis,
counsel for the petitioners against the
Tunis Company. Mr.. Theophilus Tunis
Will be here from Baltimore in O. few
days. He has already qualified as one
OF the receivers Of the Tunis Company
and furnished the required bond of
$4,000. Captain II. b. Nichols, the
other receiver, will qualify when he re-
turns to the city from the mountains
of Pennsylvania.
Speaking to a reporter for the Virgin
ian Pilot. Judge Brooke, for the defen-
dants. said that the report in this paper
was admirable in detail and just. There
was only one statement that he would
qualify, namely. the liabilities instead
of being S500,000. as stated, would not
exceed 100000.
Speaking further in explanation, he
said in substance that, though emhar-
raised. the Tunis Company is not in
solvent. He cannot risk an opinion as
to the value of the assets for fear that
his statement may fix the amount too
low or too high. But he believes that
the assets are ample to pay all the liza
bilities and to leave the company
equipped with capital enough to CON
tlhue business with fair prospects OF
success.
Judge Brooke said that the suit Is a
friendly one. Or. at the suggestion OF
the reporter. tantamount to an assign
ment. 1t is brought in the United
States Court because that court gives
equal jurisdiction In several States
where the property is.
| There will be no cessation of the bust
ness except such as any company
might make for economical reasons
Suits at law, even. may be maintained
by the receivers just as IL the company
and not the court, were running the
business. The controlling idea of the
manager of the company was that
there should be as much security as
possible for the creditors and as little
loss and waste as possible of the prop
erty of the stockholders.
No further legal proceedings are ex-
Dected till October. By that time the
receivers will have ascertained the
value of the assets and will have begun
to dispose of the stock on hand.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09
Death Loves a Shining Mark.

The announcement yesterday of the
death of Mr. NIallie ID. Dennis at tho
home of his parents, Mr. ana Mrs.
Samuel S. Dennis. corner of Camp
avenue and Fort street, Atlantic CITY
Ward, at o'clock n. M Friday.
though not entirely unexpected, has
created painful void in this commu-
nifty where he was so we'll known and
universally beloved. Months ago MIR
fell destroyer, consumption, and dur
ing all of his long and painful Illness
not murmur was ever heard TO cs-
cape his lips. He was a young man
OF flne attainments and splendid
qualities of head and heart. He was
passionately fond of the beautiful In
art, and for several years prior to
his death he had studiousy applied
himself 10 that profession but in the
midst of bright hopes and q promising
career of usefulness he has been
called to try the realities OF the I'M
seen world. He was the joy of his
parents household and the idol OF
both his father and mother, and his
untimely demise is n crushing blow
to them The deceased was In the
Goth year of his age, and was con-
sistent member of Lekies Memorial
NJ. T.. Church. from which his funeral
will be held at 3 o'clock this after
noon.
MIR. DENNIS WORK.
Mr.. Dennis had a very bright career
before him. as his work has appeared
in Truth. the Harper publications and
other journals, an order from which
is recognition of high artistic skill.
Mr.. Denis painted number of beau
tiful little gems OF North Carolina and
Virginia scenery. but his most nota-
BILE production was n large oil paint
in~ of the Rena Mercedes and ac
coInranying fleet of welcoming craft
on memorable day that the trophy
s. IS brought up to Norfolk navy
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09
NEW CUP SERIES.
sPITTSBURG PAPER OFFERS $500
PRIZE FOR AFTER SEASON
GAMES
ere being quite a number Of 10

There being quite a number of lovers
of baseball In this city who are inter
ested in the race for the National
League pennant, The Virginian-P Pilot
publishes below a challenge from the
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph for n
series of games to be played between
Brooklyn and Pittsburg at the close Of
the season:
"If Pittsburg finishes in first or sec
ond place the Chronicle-Telegrap
offers a silver trophy. costing $500, to
be contested for in a series of games
to be played wholly or partly at Pitts
burg between the pennant winner and
the club standing next, the trophy to
become the property of the club win
ming the SERIES and the receipts to go
to the players, the number of games
and all the details of the contest TO be
arranged by the managers of the two
clubs.
1.-THE people of Pittsburg are greatly
interested in the result of the race, and
we are sure that such series after the
season will tend largely to increase
baseball sport, in addition to raising a
very handsome fund for the players Of
the two clubs for their faithful work.
IL you win the pennant. or second
place. VIII you accept our proposition
for the series of games? Please an
swer by wire to enable us to give all
possible publicity to the games if you
& decide to accept.
(Signed)-
PITTSBURG CHRONICLE TEL r.
az GRAPH.
This offer differs from the Temple
& Cup series in the condition that no
matter which club wins the pennant,
I the cup will be awarded to the club
winning the largest number OF games
IN the special series. and it becomes
their absolute property.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-09

for the history and literature classes
two subjects in which this school eX-
cells-and made considerable purchases
or standard works OF reference.
New school furniture has been pur-
chased. including desks of the latest
designs. The bedrooms will also be
refurnished according to the best ideas
or the most noted schools for girls in
the East,
The Conservative, 1900-06-07

are vast sections of the country where
determinations of this character are
never heard Of. No complaints of secret
rate. cutting are now heard in the south.
ern states few such cases arise in New
England, in the middle states or west of
the Missouri river. There are many
important classes of traffic which move
regularly at tariff rates in every part of
the land. 1t is not true to say that Sec.
ton 2 of the law is %nugatory.
But it must be admitted that in other
sections of the country and as applied
to other classes of traffic, rebates, draw
backs, and other devices for favoring
special shippers are still extant. Out
breaks Of ~rate-cutting more or less
spasmodic not infrequently occur.
These affairs seem to be temporary in
their nature the complaints cease aft,r
a time. The accounts of them given in
the newspapers are usually grossly
exaggerated. But the actual facts are
bad enough, and the conditions thus
from time to time created are wrong in
every way. There are certain parts of
the country where these outbreaks seem
to be recurrent, and certain kinds of
business, such as grain and packing
house products, are peculiarly suscep-
tible thereto. Probably more than nine
tenths of the railroad freight traffic of
the country is free from rate cutting,
and something should be done to stop it
altogether.
"The proposals to this end in the
pending bill are two only: first, the
amendment of the penalty section CO,
which is in the right direction second,
the appointment of special agents to
examine railroad books query, why not
shippers books also), which might help
the detective work of the commission a
little, but is of doubtful expediency. At
the last session of the committee (page
$3.50 a new theory was preached, the
speaker for the first time claiming that
the power to name maximum rates
would be e~fficacious in the stopping of
rebates. Now, if that railway should
be compelled, when it grants a special
rate to Mr.. A, to give that same rate to
everybody else and to apply that rate to
all it's intermediate territory, the con-
sequence of granting the rebate would
be such that it would not be longer for
it's interest to allow it, Very we'll the
power to do this by injunction and
mandamus has been specially conferred
as above shown, but never attempted to
be exercised the speaker continues y
You cannot compel a railway to adhere
to it's published rates, but you can COM
pei it to reduce it's published rates to a
point where a secret rate is no longer an
object. That is the only thing which
has ever stopped the payment of re.
The Conservative, 1900-06-07
THE BILL.

for the amendment of the interstate
law on the ground that Ger.
tain court decisions have practically
made the interstate law
nugatory, and relegated the interstate
commerce commission to a position
where it has no real power"
The three important sections Of the
act are
Section /. Charges shall be reason
able and just.
Section 2. Unjust discrimination be-
tween individuals (rebates, drawbacks,
etc. prohibited.
Section 3. Undue preferences and
advantages to particular persons, locali-
ties or descriptions of traffic prohibited.
"Those three sections formulate the
broad charter of a new federal juris-
prudence. 1t will be observed that
neither charges, determinations nor
preferences are prohibited. The inhibi-
ton applies when, and only when,
cha. ges, determinations or preferences
are unreasonable ana UNJUST.
THE sections above referred to as
being rules of evidence are Sec. 4, pro-
hibiting a greater charge for a shorter
than for a longer haul over the same
line when the circumstances and condi-
tions are substantially similar, and Sec.
z, forbidding devices to prevent the
m 49,, cn ~ frofvht Insr~ n~,-xo,,-
from the place of shipment to the place
of destination. In both of these cases,
when the forbidden facts exist, an undue
preference is prima facie made out, sub
ject to exculpation by proof of counter
vailing conditions.
under the three declaratory sections
aside from the two special cases last
mentioned) the burden of proof is upon
the complainant to show that the charge,
discrimination or preference attacked is
actually unreasonable and unjust.
Every such case presents a judicial ques-
ton, cognizance of which appertains to
the federal courts and not to the presi-
dent, the secretary of the interior or any
other administrative official.
"The foregoing is an accurate state
ment of the scope of the Interstate
commerce law, as explained by it's
trainers in the report of the senate COM
mittee which introduced the bill, and as
deduced from an inspection of the Ian
guage of the statute. Is it now nuga-
tory? Let us examine it's d~eclaratory
features in detail, with reference to the
charge that the law as it stands is
imperative"
"Section l certainly is not imperative
or nugatory. Charges made by common
carriers upon interstate mmerc are
not often unreasonable or unjust. Such
complaints are very rarely made except
by comparing one rate with another,
The Conservative, 1900-06-07
Che Conservative.

requires a daring spirit to allege them to
be unreasonable, as a whole or in detail.
Un%reasonably low they often are un-
reasonably high they are not. Possibly
a rare case exists here and there as to
which some reduction may be thought
to be appropriate, but the cases are too
few to warrant consuming time in
formulating new remedies. A speaker
at the last public hearing of the COM
mittee attempted to specify three such
cases Up. 1917, but all of them were
relative {; that is, the complaint in each
was something more than a violation of
Section /. The phenomenally low trans
portation charge of American railways
are the worlds wonder"
Railroad companies, like other citi-
zens, do not litigate for fun, nor do they
seek occasion to trife with the courts.
Section of the law, requiring rates to
be reasonable, is not nugatory: first,
because rates in fact are almost univer-
sally reasonable, and second, because it
could easily be enforced if any occasion
should arise.
Section 2 is the one chiefly talked
about when the law is called nugatory.
But even here a little discrimination in
the use of epithets would be wise.
Before the law was passed special rates
were the rule. Now they are the excep-
ton. Look into the evidence given to
the senate committee in 1885 and 1886
and see what a debauch of universal
private deals composed the then effec-
tive railway tariffs. On many roads
almost the only tariffs were figures
found in the private memoranda of the
freight agents who arranged separate
contracts with each shipper.
"To correct this state of affairs the
law did four things first, it forbade it
(Sec. q, which was useful, for railroad
officials, like other men, do not like to
be law-breakers second, it prescribed
publicity of tariffs (Sec. g., which estab-
lished a standard basis of rates known
to all shippers, and which section has
been at all times sc%rupulously observed
by the roads third, it provided penal
ties for violations (Sec. 10), a section
which has not worked very we'll because
the corporations themselves could not
be prosecuted, and which undoubtedly
should be amended in this and other
respects fourth, it opened the door for
an injunction to restrain carriers from
charging more to one shipper than to
another, a remedy which no one has
ever attempted to employ, although it
was afterwards strengthened by an
amendment comforting jurisdiction upon
the courts to issue a writ of peremptory
mandamus commanding the carrier to
carry traffic for M shipper on the same
terms as for any other.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01
NOTICE.

Al persons owing me accounts are re-
quested to call at my office and make paw.
ment.
W. S. NOBLITT, N. D.
I623-3t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01
SOLAcB FROM GUAM.

The U. S. Naval Transport solace
Herbert Winslow commander, arrived
in port late this forenoon. She sailed
from Yokohama, August II and made
stop Of day at Guam. She will be
here four days taking on coal and will
then sail for San Francisco. The Sc
lace sailed from Manila about three
months ago and, during the mbaiorlty
Of that time, has been busy between
Nagasaki and Taku. The Solace has
fifteen officers and $50 men. Col
Meade Of the Marine Corps is a passen-
ger aboard. He is of on sick leave.
Aboard the Solace are quite number
of wounded marines and blue jackets
who saw service under McCalla and al
Tien Tsin.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01
by an odd coincidence the

by an odd coincidence the invi-
tation ito speak at the Republic
can Rally was so timed that 1t
reached the Governor on the eve
of his departure from Oahu on
vacation journey.-Advertiser
This statement of the morning or
gan is, as is usually the case when II
deals with the affairs of the Republi-
can party, an absolute untruth. To
prove its falsity 1t is only necessary 10
consult the Governor himself. Mr.. Dole
was the first man approached to speak
at the rally. Names Of other speai
thought Of by the committee were pre-
scented 70 him and were acceptable tc
him. Circumstances over which the
committee. the Governor or anyone else
had no control caused postponement 81
the rally, and the Governor having
made his plans for a vacation did not
feel that he could make a change. The
committee dealt honestly, openly and
squarely with the Governor and the
Governor reciprocated. The Adver-
Users bald Misrepresentation, both 81
the Governor and the committee shows
to what despicable straits 1t is put in
its campaign to destroy party harmony
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01
THE PRIMARIES.

Every Republican Of Honolulu, every
citizen who intends to affiliate with the
Republican party should go to the pri-
maries this afternoon and cast his bal.
lot. The delegates elected today Will
constitute the convention that Will
nominate the candidates for the Legis-
lature; they will elect delegates to
the Territorial convention which will
nominate the Delegate to Congress and
the Territorial committee for the next
two years; they will mack up the cam
paign committee for the district in
which they are elected. The full Re-
publican vote should be polled and
men elected who will recognize the lib
eral policy of the Republican admin
istration and endorse such men and
measures as will meet the approval OF
the people.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01
BARNEY CONVICTED
Of NANSlAUGHYER
Judge SiIIiman Gives De-
PENDANT Fifteen Years
in Prison.
FIRE INSURANCE
r.. COMPANY WINS
Judge EStee Makes Many New Americ-
an Citizens--Another Libel in
Admiralty is Entered in
Federal Court.

Samuel Barney was found guilty of
manslaughter in the first degree last
night by the jury trying him for the
murder of Charles W. Lorbeer. The
jury were absent only about an hour.
The defendant had put up a rather
strong case of self-defense.
Judge Silliman sentenced Barney 10
Imprisonment at hard labor for If
teen years. Mr.. Andrews noted an en-
ception to the Supreme Court with a
motion for a new trial.
In the divorce case Of John !. An
drade VS.. Adelaide Andrade, the libel
LIANT has been ordered TO pay the libeiea
$50 month, to be paid on the first dav
of each month.
Emma c. Dudoit was granted II di-
vorce against Charles Dudoit by Judge
Humphreys. De Bolt for libellant.
Geo. c. Beckley and Maria Nahel
have brought suit for partition
against Emma NJ. Nakuina.
Judge Silliman has rendered deci-
sion in the suit of Yee Wo Chan &c.
against the Madgeburg Fire Insu, lance
Co. Judgment is for the defendant.
The Court says: Il think 1t is subj
cient that the action was taken and the
order issued bona fde, and that going
back of the order to ascerta'nwhs:hcr
the Board of Health was acting
within the scope Of its legal authority
In making said order, hold that the
loss was the direct result Of The order
of the civil authority within the mean
ing Of the above quoted claus Of the
policy" Neumann and Whiting for
plaintiff; l.. A. Thurston AMI Robert
son & Wilder for defendant.
Eugene Avery has brought new
suit against w. c. King, claiming slO,-
| 900 damages for false prosecution in
the Circuit Court. His first case was
in the Federal Court for $4,000. Davic
G Gear for plaintiff.
Judge Humphreys, First Judge of the
Circuit Court OF the First Circuit, nas
made an order extending the August
term of IL days.
In II. Il. Mcintyre VS.. S. c. Allen
Judge Humphreys has signed a decree
pro confesso in favor of plaintiff. This
gives Mr.. Mcintyre possession of the
Lincoln block in King street. J. A.
Magoon for plaintiff.
/ Fred. Birkin has brought suit IN
admiralty in the Federal Court against
Captain Freitsch, master of the
schooner Enterprise, claiming $1,000
damages for that the first officer of the
vessel knocked down the plaintiff and
punched him on August 20, 1900. Davis
K Gear for plaintiff; Davidson for de-
| PENDANT.
Judge Estee yesterday an dtoday ma
! turalized the following named aliens
+. w. Jordan, Ludwig Lampe, Edward
Larsen, Andrew Wiseman, Godfrey
Christensen, James Dean, AndraN
Hendrecksen, J. J. Soares, Olaf Yoiet
son, Niles Stegen, p. f. r. Straucn
Ernest C. Waterhouse, Jos. p. Mendon
ca, julius Asch, c. G. Ballentsne, w
+. Wilson, Fred. l.. Waldron, Geo. Il
Angus. Otto Oss, Thos. Lindsay and T
c. Wills.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01

REGISTRATION ROLLS FOR vOT-
ERS ARE OPEN TILL O'CLOCK.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01
EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD
VOTE AT THE PRIMARIES.
Soldier Boys Win.

The second rifle team Of Co. + beat
the second team of the police force at
the Iwilei butts this morning, the score
being 1863 to 1852, difference of IL
points. The individual scores are as
follows:
Co. F-J. w. Short, 81; Chaplin, 3S;
c. Coster, 81; Sybold, "a; p. Costa, AL;
B. Specman, 3S; Wirud, 3s; Pifer, 36;
Hillebrand, 30 and J. sylvia, 80.
Police. Thomas, 30; C. II. Baker,
35; Geo. Moau, 81; Atatani, 80; NJ. =.
Needham, 80; Kawaiaea, 40; Kiliona,
$751; Kanini. 80; Kamaka, SO, and Kala-
kiela, 80.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01

Hilo will undoubtedly be surprised
that the OPPOSITION to holding the Ter
ritorial convention in that city has
been taken up and ardently urged by
an appointee of President McKinley.
Federal officers are not supposed to
refrain from straight politics but when
1t comes to assisting in the strife be-
tween two cities for a convention, they
are going out Of their way to create
trouble.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-01
Labor Day Speakers.

The speakers at the literary exercises
Monday will be United States Attorney
General John c. Baird, George A. Da-
Wis and l.. A. Andrews. The speaking
will be from the band stand In the
Capitol grounds.