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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
JUNGLE DAN" EXALTED RULER.

Hampton Lodge Of Elks Elected Of.
ficers Last Night.
Hampton Lodge, No. 3GG. B. r. O.
Elks. held its annual election OF Of
hcers last night, when the following
were chosen:
Exalted ruler. D. f. Cock; esteemed
leading knight, Harry r. Houston J
esteemed loyal knight, Or. ]. w.
brown; esteemed lectnring knight, M F.
X. Blackstone: secretary, Thomas L..
Sclaler: treasurer. Charles Palmer:
tier, George n. May; trustee for
three years, j. Archer Vaughan; re-
preventative to grand lodge. +. w.
Moore: alternate, Thomas L. Sclater.
The newly elected officers will he
Installed next Wednesday evening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
WIDESPREAD CONSPIRACY.
Receiver McNeai on Trail Of Get
# Rich. OEick rnpcerre

FN'OIi@SSN RIK- NV7FCcIf!S.
PHILADELPHIA. PA. March % j
Hector McNeal, receiver of tho Provid-
cnt investment Bureau. stated today
that before the end Of the week fed
cra' officials. assisted by the receivers
Of the Storey Gotten Company AMI
tie Prevalent Investment bureau, *
rect to have i'll their possession. evil
deEcc CT widespread conspiracy TO
dcfraud the public through; the me
ciGm Of 'gct.rich.quick" concerns
Mr.. McNeaI said: Eve have just
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
IN Justice GayIord's Court.

Edward Robertson ana Thomas
Clarke. colnrod. we:e arrested ycster-
day l'y County Officer John T.. rjynor
On The complaint Of raising i disturb.
;''4re on one Of the cars Of the r!an,p
ten Roads Railway and Electric som
iany's line. Robertson was assessed
s2a' and CLARKE 81 by Magistrate r
l.. J. Gaylord
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30

Gene into information which leads us
q believe that The proyidcnt Invest
msht Bureau was only 4 part OF a huge
conspiracy aud that its operations Gov
Greu only small part OF a field which
vas designed to embrace the whole.
country"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
BEN HUR SHOCKS
RICHMOND COPS
Famous Chariot Racer Appears Oh
Posters in Abbreviated Costume.
Take Him Down. Says Censor.
Especial to the Daily Press.)

RICHMOND VA, March 2e-l'hc
police Of Richmond. have forced tic
theatrical people to take down pictures
OF Ben l1ur. who is represented in his
chariot without any great quantity or
clothing on.
This is the first instance Of the sup
preston OF the picture OF a man here.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
MUST KEEP OFF GRASS.
Revolutionary Parties Must Not Inter
fere With American Agent
(By Associated Press.)

: : I ,
WASHINGTON. d. c.. March "a
Secretary Taft made no decision to-
day about the alleged revolutionary
movement at Monte Cristi. Santu DO
ninsc but said that an American
agent was at tha:' port collecting reve,
nues ard int,mated that it was more
than likely that this government would
not allow any disturbance to Interfere
with his 'luty. This refers 10 Com
marder l-cper. Of the Detroit.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
MURDER ENDED GAME.
E'ntcn Card PLAYERS Use Knife ana
Shotgun With Fatal Effect.


HIM ON, w. VA. March 29.--As am
outcome OF a quarrel over Il card game
thomas Fry today instantly killed his
bfnthcr-ln-law. Henon Smith al il
lie Ugly in Lincoln county.
D''ihS the quarrel Smith had STAB
ped MS father-in.law, Lewis Fry III.
nlctlh@ serious injuries. Thomas
Fry colning on the scene with a shot
gun, en'p'ied both barrels into Smith,
kl:ilnS him instantly. The slayer has
not lceH arrested
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
In Our New
Quarters

We have just completed the
work Of moving into our store
room in West Queen street,
vacated by the Elliott Furniture
Company, and next to the Pythi-
an Castle hall, and are now
ready to serve our customers
with the satisfaction and
promptness that has always
characterized our business.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
Foul Blow Put AtteII our.

PHILADELPHIA. March 20
Monte Atteii. OF San Francisco, was
carried from the ring tonight after a
six-lonnd bout with Jimmy Walsh. OF
Boston. at the National Athletic Club
After more than two minutes fighting
in the sixth round. Walsh accidentally
nit Attell low and followed the b,,,.v
with right and left to the jaw. At
lei! was not knocked out. but the foul
blow injured him and he was unable
to rise. He was carried to his dress
ing room and physicians were sum
monca. 4 was some time before nc
could be removed. Walsh had the bet
ter OF the bout from the. start
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
Bozart Committed to LaiL,

W. 3. EcZarl. 4 young white man
Win his head cut open. was arrested
II front OF the posto!hce Yesterday af-
terncon by Officer Henry Curtis and
committed 10 Jail 10 answe. the charge
q being drunk. The man was IN
able &c tell now he had received the
cuts on his head
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
Real E. tate Bargains.

S3,250 buys 89acre truck farm, con
sidered one Of the best for trucks in
The county If purchaser should want
possession at once can get same by
purchasing crops, stock, etc, at a
reasonable price; 1 ID miles from
hampton same distance from New.
port News. Va
$1,000 buys groom dwelling, with
Two lots, on car line at Riverview
stop
$1,000 buys Groom dwelling, with
two lots on car line at Riverview stop
$l,413 buys 7-room dwelling, with
4o-ioot from; on Chapel street, (reduced
price.)
$1,000 buys Groom cottage, with
acre OF land, LaSale avenue.
$500 buys lot. 30-foot front on car
line, 'Lortlley's'' .
Stores ana dwellings for sale in all
sections
Geo. w. Phillips
Real Estate. Rental, Insurance, Loans
and Notary Public.
and II N. King St. hampton. Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30
Notice.

LOST-ONE BLACK ACCOUNT
book, size 8 12X7 II. between
Hampton brige and Soldiers Homo.
Finder will he rewarded by return
ing same to DAI1L1NGS OYSTER
HOUSE. Hampton, Va. 8 % 81
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-30

Handsome dinner sets, AZ pieces
offered for only S5.27 at LASH'S.
2.7-tf.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
He consulted a Witch.

Witch craft in the twentieth cen
fury is an anachronism, of course,
but the story which is disturbing the
peaceful little village of May Hill,
near Newent, in Gloucestershire,
reads like a chapter taken bodily
from medieval times.
A farmer named Markey consulted
a witch. The journey was one, APP
parently Of i'll omen. On the day
following his visit to the witch Mrs.
Barnes, Markey's daughter, went out
of her mind and in the evening Of
the same day Mrs. Green, Mrs. Barnes
daughter, also went mad.
On May 10 Marlsey-'s wife ran away
at in the morning and, in spite OF
search by the police, could not be
found On the goth Marley became
very strange.
On Monday last Mrs. Marley re-
turned home in the evening, having
been in the woods al the time since
her disappearance, and having lived
o. green leaves and water.
These strange events are attributed
to the fact that Markey consulted
the witch and the whole neighborhood
is in a ferment. Now the farmer is
in the asylum and certain members
of the family are in the Newent
workhouse hospital.
On Tuesday son of Marley, who
lived at Blakeney Hill, showed signs
of madness after visiting May Hill.
Finally on Wednesday evening he
was locked up in cell and on Thurs
day afternoon was pronounced insane.
London Dispatch to Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
EXCELLENT EVIDENCE.
Work Experts Said Couldn't BE Done
Was Done.

Work Experts Said Couldn't BE Done
Was Done.
When the East River gas tunnel was
constructed in New York, the practical
sense and generalship of Mr.. Charles
NJ. Jacobs the well-known engineer,
received a severe test. The cOnstruc-
ton of the tunnel, says writer in the
Worlds Work, was placed under con-
tract. Mr.. Jacobs was the engineer.
Careful surveys of the river had been
made, from which it was inferred that
1t was solid rock. But when the shaft
was sunk and the heading driven bo-
meath the water on the New York side,
the men found themselves digging into
soft earth, which soon changed into
mud, and finally the river above
threatened to pour in.
The contractors, becoming faint
hearted wanted to abandon this head
ing and sink the shaft fifty feet deep
er. Mr.. Jacobs refused to agree, say
ing there was no certainty that fifty
feet deeper any better conditions would
be found. The contractors persisted.
So did Mr.. Jacobs.
The contractors suspended work, and
brought the matter before the board of
directors of the company, who had to
decide whether they would allow the
engineer to resign or let the contract
ors CO. They chose to let the contract
Ors go. Calling up Mr.. Jacobs, they
asked him If he really believed the
tunnel could be put through where it
had been begun.
They authorized him to obtain what
ever plant he required and to go ahead.
1t was bold undertaking. All sorts
of influence, of outside pressure, were
brought upon the wOrkmen to prevent
their working in the tunnel, as well as
upon the directors of the company to
abandon the project. The former con-
tractors brought action against the
company for damages for their loss of
profit; and expert after expert, engi.
neers and constructors, were brought
into court to prove that the tunnel
could not possibly be built.
During the many adjOurnments of
the court Mr.. Jacobs was quietly DONG
what he had set out to do. When the
testimony had been taken of the eX-
perts who declared that the tunnel
could not be built, and a pretty strong
case had been made out for the con-
tractors, Mr.. Jacobs was called on.
He had nothing to say. But a thun-
derbolt fell upon the contractors and
their experts" when it was announced
tis,t tlso-,vV.I4 IIostl slsos' l,sS.a ls,a.o.
There it was. The court could go
and see it. He had completed the Tim
possible" section. Even expert testi-
mony could not break down this kind
of evidence. The court dismissed the
contractors case, and compelled them
to pay the cost.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19

II have seen a good many drown
Ing accidents" said an old sea cap
tain, and / have seen a good many
queer rewards. Once q young man
rescued young widows little son
from the sea. The widow, in her graf
itude, asked for the young mans pho
tograph. He sent it to her and two
months later he received a magnifi-
cent painting, by Smith, that showed
the scene of the rescue accurately,
with the little boy and him, both per-
feet likenesses, struggling like mad in
the water.
"A farmer, one of the Pinkertons
told me, came from the west to meet a
gold brick man. AS the farmer and
the swindler crossed on the ferry, the
swindler fell overheard, and the farm
er rescued him. He was so grateful
that he gave the farmer a brick of
solid silver.
IL saved a pretty girl from drown
ing in my youth" the captain ended.
She gave me present that weighed
1870 pounds. She gave me herself, and
I've still got her. She may not be in
as good condition now as she was
then, but in my eyes, somehow, she is
as sweet and pretty as she ever was"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
cow and lawn.

During heavy rain storm Wednes'
day, one of Mrs. Lawson's cows came
home without its calf, only two days
old. It's grief was plainly manifested
by believing. The calf was found
drowned in swamp. Yesterday
(Friday) the mother COW was grazing,
when there appeared a beautiful lit
tie fawn, closely chased by three
hounds. Thinking, Perhaps, 1t was
her lost calf. the COW went to its res
cue, as the little fawn. nearly run
down, was beating from fright. The
COW threw herself between the dogs
and the fawn. The struggle for the
possession of the fawn between the
dogs and the COW was exciting. Two
of the dogs were killed. while the
third was so badly wounded 1t left
the field of battle. while the brave
COW tenderly cared for the fawn. Mrs.
Lawson was surprised Friday. to see
her COW coming home. By her side
was a pretty spotted calf, as Mrs.
Lawson supposed. but when near the
house IL was seen to be deer instead
of a calf 1t had become so fond OF
its foster mother it would not leave,
and would let the children stroke it;
and seems to be fond of its surround
ings, while the COW tenderly cares for
it, and it nurses as If she were its real
mother. 1t will be allowed to run at
large and will be raised with the cat
tie. mo money can buy my PEI"
says Mrs. Lawson.-Richmond (Va.l
Times.Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
LIFE INSURANCE IN CHINA,
Agents Require the Patience of Job an
Cast Iron Digestion.

Cast Iron Digestion.
In lively letter to his friends at
home, the English representative of
an insurance company in Chinese
port tells of the devious ways by
which an insurance proposal is ap-
preached.
Zone of my agents." he writes,
comes in and says, Please, master,
wantchee you come city side talkee
one woman. Can takee insure, pid-
GIN To which 1 reply, More better
you talkee mississee come my side,
catchee chow (take dinneD' This be-
ing arranged, the lady arrives in her
chair, accompanied by two maid SER
wants and her body servant. l have to
go out and shake hands violently with
myself, then walk backward over the
gangplank, while her maids help her
along. Her feet are perhaps two and
half inches long, SO progress is slow.
"Chinese ladies love to be asked how
much everything costs, which is really
a nice fashion, as they wear lovely
stuff. She had gold bracelets up to the
middle of the forearm, valued at &12OO,
and pearls all over her hair worth
$4,000. Her coat of lovely light cherry
colored silk took five months to weave,
and cost trifle of $50. She tells me
she is a No. 2 wife, her husband hav-
ing four altogether.
"We have dinner of fourteen courses.
She smokes cigarettes all the time,
and have to hand her every dish my
self, and she has to rise and bow
She drinks port, sherry, beer, cham
payne lat Is. I'd. bottle, and then
smokes cigar. After dinner her maid
gives her q silver basin and her pow
der box and combs, and she docs her
hair. Then take her to the theatre,
and we eat nuts, oranges and biscuits.
1.-THE next stage is that accompany
her to a Chinese festival at a temple
up the river. After seeing procession
of 1000 boats, we eat and drink from
solid silver dishes and cups, and with
gold chopsticks. There are eighty-six
courses (believe it If you cam, and they
include sharks fin, birds nests, doves
eggs and other luxuries. We drink ma
tive wine and tea. Another houseboat
arrives alongside, containing her hus-
band and three singing girls. one of
whom he will probably buy as No. 3.
II ask No. 2 If she is Jealous, and she
says, No, not a Bit and asks me If
No. is really pretty in my judgment.
It is all the queerest mixture Of NOR
lls and manners. Up to now we have
not even mentioned business, but after
about three weeks palavering she will
eventually insure. 1t is a queer bust
ness, and one requires the patience of
Job and a cast iron digestion. "-Lon'
Ion Mail
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
BAsY WAS TALKING FINNISH,
Doctors Diagnosis to Worried Mother
NURSE Loses Her Place.


NURSE Loses Her Place.
For a long time Mrs Jules Ashland
of Monessen, Pa, has been alarmed
because her three-year-old daughter,
Marie, has uttered no word that any
one could understand She feared that
the child had some throat trouble.
The little one jabbered all the time,
but 1t was all unintelligible.
Mrs. Ashland is an invalid, and had
never been much in the baby's COM
pany. Her husband is a travelling
man, and away from home most of
the time. Little Marie has spent all
of her three years under the care Of q
Finnish nurse.
So alarmed did the mother become
over the matter that last week she
called in throat specialist to examine
Marie. 1t happened that the specialist
understood the Finnish language, and
the first thing that he heard on enter
ing the house was little Marie deliver
mig TRADE against her mother be-
cause she would not talk to her.
The doctor diagnosed the case in an
instant. The nurse always had talked
to the baby in Finnish, and that was
the tongue little Marie had learned.
There was no one about her to teach
her English, the mother having been
very i'll when she started to talk. Fin
nish was the only thing she knew.
The nurse is looking for a new
place and Marie is learning to say
papa" and mama" under the tute-
lage of an American girl.-New York
Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
Free to Butchers.

We are in receipt of communication
from G. s. Page, Hyde Park, vt, which
authorizes us to say to those of our read
ers who are engaged in the Butcher
ing Business, that if they will send
him postal card with their name and
post office address thereon and say that
they saw this notice in this paper, he
will enter their names on his list of
customers and send them free, post
paid, from time to time as issued, his
Hide Bulletins which 0iua-t IT,. a
downs of the market on Beef Hides,
Calf Skins, Horse Hides, Tallow, Bones,
Cracklings, etc. Mr.. Page has been in
the Hide and Skin trade for more than
fifty years and has the reputation Of
being responsible and reliable.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
ForeIan Contract onnortunltl.s.

Tenders for drainage piping of cast
Iron are wanted by Oct 5, 1906, for
the city of Callao, by the secretary of
that municipality. The printed pro.
posals are on file in the Buerau of
Statistics, Department of Commerce
and Labor, Washington, D. G.
American cement can be sold large
~ in East Africa, now that the freight
charges from England and the Con-
inent have been Disseminated s1.1
per ton against the port of Lourenco
Marquee, Portuguese East Africa, in
favor of Durham, Natol, only 300 miles
distant. But it will have to be shin
ped direct.
Bolivia's new steam railroads will
lover 1886 miles and cost $S4,O31 500
gold.
Flour milling machinery is wanted
Oy several Russian mills.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
Too Many Deer.

Deer are quite plentiful in rural
districts and in some thickly settled
localities. They appear very tame
and come near to the buildings,
and enter gardens, where, in places
they have been Going considerable
damage by eating vegetables and gar
den stuff.
The laws for the protection Of deer
are most rlgidly enforced, and any
one shooting or even DIGGING them is
summarily dealt with, being heavily
fined. The question now, is whether
there is no protection for the farmers
crops or no way FOR him to recover
damage done by the animals. No one
seems to be able to tell Of what adj
vantage they are to any one, except
to afford a few days pleasure during
the hunting season for few sports
men who tramp unconcerned through
the fields breaking down fences and
tramping down whatever late crops
there may be QUIZ. NJ. Pike, in
American Cultlvator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
Antiquity Of the WIa.

The wig is older than civilization,
for the savage used one to make him
more formidable on the field of bat
tie, just as the Judge does today to
increase the terrors of the law, ac-
cording to the London Chronicle. 1t
was the French revolution that killed
the wig. What the article cost the
Egyptian mummy and the Assyrian
notable, is not known. but before the
guillotine fell in France the wig
which adorned the heads of its vic
Tins cost thirty or forty guineas. The
costly decoration fingered a long time
on official heads in England; so re-
Gently as 1858 Archbishop Summer
found 1t necessary to wear one at the
, marriage Of the Princess Royal. Now
adays clergymen Of all ranks are free
from the encumbrance, which is the
dignified burden Of the speaker Of
the House of Commons and the gen.
tlemen of the law. Even the most
glorious and subservient of footmen
need but powder the hair of his own
upraising.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
HEART RIGHT
When He Quit Coffee.

Life Insurance Companies will not
insure man suffering from heart
trouble. The reason is obvious.
This is serious matter to the hus-
band or father who is solicitous for the
future of his dear ones. Often the
heart trouble is caused by an unex-
pected thing, and can be corrected IL
taken in time and properly treated. A
man in Colorado writes:
II was a great coffee drinker for
many years, and was not aware of the
injurious effects of the habit till be-
came a practical invalid, suffering
from Eeart trouble, Indigestion and
nervousness to an extent that made
me wretchedly miserable myself and a
nuisance to those who witnessed my
sufrerlngs
II continued to drink Coffee, how
ever, not suspecting that 1t was the
cause Of my ill-healtn, till, on applying
for life insurance was rejected on ac-
count Of the trouble with my heart.
Then l became alarmed. found that
leaving of coffee helped me quickly,
so quit it altogether. and having been
attracted by the advertisements OF
Postum Food Coffee began its use.
"The change in my condition was re-
markable, and 1t was not long till
was completely cured. All my ailments
vanished. My digestion was complete
ly restored, my nervousness disap-
peared, and. most important of all, my
heart steadied down and became nor
NAL. and on second examination l
was accepted by the life insurance Co.
Quitting Coffee and using Postum
worked the cure" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
There's reason, and 1t is explained
In the little book. The Road to Well
yille," in each pkg.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
Some Sound Advice.

A father. talking to his careless
daughter, said: 81 want to speak to
you of your mother 1t may be that
you noticed careworn look upon her
face. OF course. it has not been
brought there by any act of yours;
still it is your duty to chase it away.
I want you to get up tomorrow morn
ing and get breakfast. When your
mother comes and begins to express
her surprise, go right up to her and
kiss her on the mouth. You can't
imagine how it will brighten her dear
face. Besides, you owe her kiss or
two. A long while ago, when you
were little girl, she kissed you when
no one else was tempted by your fe-
ver-ta1nted breath ana swollen face.
You were not as attractive then as you
are now. Through years of childish
sunshine and shadows she was al
ways ready to cure by the magic of
mothers kiss. the little dirty, chubby
hands whenever they were injured
with those first skirmishes with the
rough old world"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
Just outer COVERING Gone.

A well known physician of Brook
iyn tells an amusing incident that
happened at his summer home in New
hampshire when his daughter, who is
low a leading society belle, was a
Eery small girl. Her grandmother
asked her to bring an egg from the
aennery. After several minutes the
little girl returned with her apron full
Of eggs. While yet a distance away
he grandmother asked, well, did you
Oreak any eggs on the way?"
mo, grandma" was the prompt re-
ply; "but the shells came off a few"
New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-08-19
Worlds Highest station.

By the piercing of a tunnel 1900
yards long, on the Jungfrau railway,
the worlds highest railway station
has been reached. The Eismeer sta
ton is 13.400 feet above the sea, and
100 feet above the magnificent glac-
iers on thes outh of Mont Eiger. So
far the JungfTau railway has cost
e24O,OOO, and further 924O,000 will
be required before it reaches the sum.
nit, which will not be before 1910