Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-19
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NATIONAL SOLDIERS HOME,
HAMPTON, VA. March lS.-Veterans
from Massachusetts. sojourning in this
region for their health. or travelling on
their PERSONAL appearance to wear out
! their own and other clothes. or to be
come fcrtiliZing material, are advised
that there is a bill before the commit
! tee on military affairs in the Iegisla-
ture Of that State to give to those vet
Grams Of the Civil war who never re-
ccvcd a State city or town bounty
$125 as present for services rendered
on the firing line nearly A.; years ago
This bill is a redratt of the bill passed
over Governor Bates veto last June
and subsequently, declared unconstit,,-
tional by the Supreme Court Repre-
sentative Schoield. the father OF both
bills. appeared before the military
committc recently and advised the
committee that the objections Of the
Supreme Court, as stated in the adj
verse opinion on the previous bill,
were met in the present measure Mr.
Scholield also advised the committee
that he would gladly accept referen.
dunn which signifies that the veterans
referred TO above are each liable to
connect with S125. along about next
corn planting time, which is about
May 10, in the old Bay State
! In a work entitled THE Kaiser AS
lie Is" Henri dc Noussane says con
corning the title OF the present strenu-
Gus and cratic ruler of the Germans:
William II. has never been crowned
Emperor. To be SO crowned has been
mis- most cherished uesire-to have the
crown placed upon his head amid great
Dmp in a ceremony the carefully cal
culated effects OF which would produce
an everlasting impression on the minds
OF the people. His dream has been to
bring back to life, for his own profit,
the glory OF the sacred past; but such
a coronation would be demonstrations
al The princes OF the federation, in
whose gift lies the bestowal OF the
honor, are opposed TO granting it. and
they designated him. as they had his
grandfather before him, simply as
"Deutscher Kaiser" German Emper-
Or. not Emperor of Germany and they
gave to this title official conservation
| The viewpoint of the whole work is
that OF Frenchman and naturally it
is not favorable one. The author
takes the Kaiser as he was at the time
OF his accession to the throne and
presents him under all conditions from
that day to the present.
in the list of-fnotable luminaries at
the recent Presidential Inauguration.
we were highly pleased to notice the
name of General O. 0. Howard, one of
the two remaining of the 100 jurists.
statesmen, business men and soldiers.
named in the act Incorporating the Ma
llonal Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers. which passed Congress, and
went into effect in March, 1866. The
other corporator remaining on this
vale Of tears Of that Spartan. high
minded and pre-eminent band of citi-
zens is Gen. Carl Schurz, an eminent
pubilcist, statesman and soldier
Farm-raised veterans here who still
consult the farmers almanacs of for
mer days, say that spring begins on
March p. while veterans of city ex-
traction who have always consulted
calendars, maintain that spring begins
one second after midnight of February
Is. We are inclined. however. to take
the Islanders word for it, not the al
manassas long as we can, for the
man who. knowing that the worst is
over. still seeks to defer hope OF the
best, is not worth listening to-
Construction Foreman Dallas has
paralleled the walk which runs from
the pavilion on Franklin boulevard to
The Phoebus entrance hereto. This
walk IS four feet vide. filled in with
SIX inches Of coarse coal ashes. and
covered with tWo-inch topdressing of
tine beach sand. Later it will be ex-
tended to the inner Of the parallel
walks in front of the governors office
along the breakwater promenade.
Il is reported that $50 saloons have
been recently closed in Bangor Me.
the banner prohibition State for near
~ 90 years. 1t is lumber town. being
the headquarters OF the lumbermcn OF
the Androscoggin lumber region in
that State. The city has a permanent
population OF about p 900 people The
Eastern branch OF the National Home
is located in Togus, Kennebec county.
Me, where, like in the lumber region
above cited, portable drink vehicles
and speak-easies or blind tigers are
nearly as numerous as licensed resorts
TOR the liquid bane OF our Christian
civilization are in this section
b Nearly 100000 barrels of apples
We're placed i'll cold storage last fall;
consequently. we, in common with the
great mass Of people throughout the
country. find only deteriorated assort-
ments OF cold storage apples in fruit
and other, stores.