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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Norih End Fire Ladies' After
Reel Race Prize.
GOOD SHOWING AT PRAcH. L
Squad Ran $50 Yards, Laid Fifty Yards
of Hose and Turned on Water in
Twenty,eisht seconds-statc Con-
vention Next Month.

The laddics of the North End en-
ginc company are confident that their
reel squad will bring home the prize
offered for the winner of the reel race
during the annual convention of tho
Virginia State Fircmcn at larrison-
burg next month. The SOUND is put
ting i'm some hard work. practicing reg.
ularly every night, and il it does not
win the race il will al least make a
first :atc showing.
While at practice last night the
squad worked with rapidity that In
srircd confidence in the spectators. In
just twcnty-cight seconds, the lad Fps
covered distance nf 100 yards u:
fifty yards of hose made the D, ~!
connection and started u stream 81
water. lIcrctofOre the squad has blen
making only one hundred yard %ns
with the reel and last night was, ne
first time the making of plug com 9c-
tons was practiCcd. Several night ago
distance of one hundred yards was
covered In fourteen seconds.
All three Of the local fire companies
will be well represented AT the annual
convention and 1t is probable that the
delegation will he headed by Chief
Stow.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Theatrical


The Gagnon-pollOck Company will
THIS evening present in the Buckroc
Bcnch casino that rolicning comedy,
The Man From Mexico" which has
created laughs In almost every play
house in the United States. 1.-THE Man
From Mexico is IA strong comedy anil
Manager Gaenon promises clever in
depreciation of the piece by his COM
l,aliy.
Tomorrow evening the big pyrotcch-
mic display will take place Just in front
of the hotel. The display of fireworks
for this occasion, according to Manager
Charles w. Rex. will he the largest yet
given at the beach and many attrac-
tive and new designs III pyrotcchnics
Will he seen.
The display will take place between
the first and second acts of 'Thc Man
From Mexico"
Another good-sized crowd saw the
final performance of the Sandy Bot.
tom In the casino last evening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
SEAMEN LIBEL
SCHOONER URANN
Want Five Thousand Each for AiIeqed
Assault and Battery False
Imprisonment, Etc,

News has been received here from
boston that the former members of the
crew of the big fivc-mastod schooner
Marcus l.. Urann have filed libel suit
at Boston. claiming $4,000 each MS com.
Dcnsation for wages due, assault
and battery alleged to nave been COM
mittcd ON them, and false inprison.
mcnt, malicious prosecution and for
lnlignities which they allcge they suf-
fered at the hands of Captain Blair,
master Of the ship.
Tic Urann Is Il new vessel. having
been completed al ii shipyartl in Maine
last December. She came to this port
on her, maiden voyage and loaded Il
cargo Of coal during Christmas week.
She las made one trip to this port
Silice that time. Just when the al.
ioged Ill treatment III Tie crew by
Captain Blair. occurred. is not known.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Lieutenant Governor Willard Ad.
dresses Large Crowd.
cFoRlM,L OPENING OF HOTEL
Many Invited Guests Entertained at
Hop and Supper After inspection of
HosteIry by the PubIlc-Portsmout
coppers on Excuroion.

Tho formal opening of the Pine
beach hotel, an excursion given by the
Portsmouth police department and the
presence of Lieutenant Governor 10
seph e. Willard were responsible for
large crowds of people which journey
ed to the resort across the Roads yes.
terday and last night.
The Portsmouth coppcrs and their
friends arrived at the beach III the
morning and spent the day Many pco-
pie from here went over during the
afternoon and more went at night.
There were about five thousand pcoplc
on The ground ut 8 O'clock
Yesterday afternoon about / O'Clock
Lieutenant Governor Willard arrived
here on special train from Richmond.
He went over to Pine Beach soon
after his arrival anu mt o'clock last
night he addressed crowd from u
stand built at one side Of the pavilion
for the occasion. The speakers ap-
peal for support In his race for COVER.
nor was heartily received.
MFR. Willard returned to this CITY Inst
night ut II o'clock, accompanied by
Mr.fJ. l.. Patterson and several other
well known local men He spent the
night at Hotel Warwick and will leave
Tor Richmond on the early train this
morning
# Tic opening of tho Pine Beach hotel
was brilliant affair. Shortly after s
O'Clock the doors of the handsome hos.
telry were thrown open and iL is csti-
mated that fully Il thousand people.
mailing from all parts OF Tidcwatcr.
spent an hour inspecting the place.
Az . o'clock hop, rendered by the
management to It's invited guests, was
given In the ball room. Among the
dancers were many society folk from
here. delightful supper was served
at II o'clock.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Entries Close Today.

Entries fer the tennis tournament,
which will begin at the Hampton
Roads Golf and Country Club Satur.
day afternoon, for the clubs challenge
cup. will close at noon today, when
drawing for opponents in the contest
will be held in the lobby of the main
Office of tho shipyard.
There have been large number of
entries in the contest aud il is en-
pcctcd that the matches will be the
fastest sec" here in long time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
REPORT OF ENuMERAroRs.
City Has No White Children Of School
Age Who Cannot Read and Write

City Has No White Children of School
Age Who Cannot Read and Write.
The cnimcrators. who recently tool,
The school census of the city, Prof. II.
III. Epcs and Mr.. Bruce Tabb, nave sub.
mitteil their report to Clcrk w. l..
'fahb. of the school board.
Contained IN the report is some III
tGrcsting information. Ils addition to
the usual statistics, the report sets
forth thu. there wer., 2ii:0 Cwc,linp
houses in the city, exclusive of the
residences over stores, on September
J, 1901. Since that date lD5 building
permits have been issued.
There arc AIT business houses In the
city and twelve hotels. The cens,Is
tnkcrs took Alb names of c.i,klrcn
between the school ages of I aud 90
The census Of 1900 included abuu, A..
200 children but The school age ihrn
was S to 81
or this total of 4.173. the whites arc
represented by 500 male and LIES
femnl" and the ct,iorcd by sol male
and G2S female. The dumb and blind
apncar In the report AZ 9 white ANA Q
culCi cd
The ennmcrators did not find a sin.
gle male white child in the city lie.
tween the ages of and 20 NOT able 10
read and write. There. is only one
white female in this classiflcati. IS
colorcd males and 10 colorc.l females
The private schools are attended, by
$50 males and ITO females. 1872 white
males and Iii females, Is colorad
males anu 2G colOred females.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Social Persondl

Miss Kate Fcnncr left ycstcrda., for
New York
Mr. George Mays is i'll at his home
on 'Thirticth street.
Mrs A. Il. Libbey is the guest of
relatives in Petersburg.
Miss Oracle Baylis is The CUES; q
friends In Washington.
Mr.. Daniel NJ. Downcr is critically
Ill with typhoid fever at Or. knights
sanitarium.
Miss Helen Conner. of baltimore, is
visiting Miss Mary Krcbs, ON Forty
second street
Mr.. Richard Rice has returned from
Richmond, where he was called by the
death of his brother.
Mr.. james a. Poe is at Scottsburg,
Halifax county, where he was called by
the Illness of his wife
Mrs. T.. w. ThaXton. who has been
Ill with typhoid foyer at DIR. Knights
santarium, is recovering
Miss Matilda Roachc, of Orange, N.
j. is visiting her grandmother, Mrs II.
l.. liaZclwo0d, in East End
Mrs. c, a. Livcsay. of Petersburg,
is the guest of her son. Mr.. G.. T.
Livcsay. SIT Twcnty.ninth street.
Mr.. |. c. Abbitt. of Culpepcr. who
was called here by the illness Of his
brother, Mir. George Il. Abbitt, ST., re-
turned home yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. t. w. Libbcy nnl chill.
drcn left yesterday for their home in
Washington. after spending some time
with relatives in this city.
Miss Bertha Didlakc. of Richmond,
who has been The guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Small, nj 1904 Washington ave
nue., has gone to the Grccnbric White
Sulphur Springs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Welded at st. vincent,s.

Miss Mary iioran and Mr.. l.. w.
Written were Larrich yesterday after
room AT $3.50 O'Clock at 81. Niliccnt's
Catholic church, Rev. l'atli%" - j. Will
son performing the ceremony. The
bride wore Il gown Of white silk, her
veil beinS caught up with wreath of
lilies of the valley. She carried Il bou-
quot Of brides roses The maid of
honor was Miss Reagan, of baltimore,
ami Miss Miller, of baltimore, was
bridesmaid. Mcs.rs Thomas L. Koran
and Il. ID. Written attended the groom.
The bride was given away by her
brother.
After the ceremony the bride and
groom left for Amherst. where they will
spend their honeymoon. On their re
turn they Will reside on Flo, ly-th{rtl
street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
important Business to he Considered
at Toniqht's Meeting.

important Business to he Considered
at Tonight's Meeting.
Several matters of Importance are
on the calendar for tonlght's regular
meeting of tho Merchants Association
and large attendance is expected.
The committee appointed to raise
funds for the purpose of establishing a
baseball park on the Casino grounds
will have an interesting report 10 make.
The, necessary amount of money has
been raised, the canvas fence is up
and the grundstand is under cOnstrlc.
ton. The merchants will arrange for
the formalitics incident to the opening
Saturday afternoon
report will also he made by the
committee In charge Of the arrange.
mcnts for converting the Elevator lot
into miniature park. Work on the
park Will be started al once.
Special Meeting Called.
special meeting of the board of
directors of the Chamber of Commerce
mas been called for tonight. The dircc-
.ors will consider an important com.
m"'n'"ation from the State Board of
Trade.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
TARS FOR THE
CHARLESTON
New crulser's Crew Is Being Assem-.
bled at League Island Navy Yard
Marines at Annapolis.

The crew for the new protected
cruiser Charleston. which ia now re-
ceiving her finishing touches al the
local shipyard, is being assembled at
the League Island navy yard Phila.
delphiu. Tho navy department has
recently had II number of the nuxi!ia-
ry ships of the navy put ont of com
mission for repairs and part of the
officers and men from those ships hnrc
been transferred to the League Island
station 20 make up the crew of the
new local built cruiser.
About one half Of the scnmcn for
the vessel have already been assem-
bled and the remainder will be as
signed by the time the Charleston i.
commissioned this summer. On tho
day the new cruiser is turned over TO
the navy department by the local
shipyard the crew will be transferred
to her from the League Island yard.
The marine corps for tho slip Is
being assembled at the Naval Acnd-
envy at Annapolis and also will be
transferred to the ship here when shr
joins the navy.
Nearly the complete complement of
officers have already been assigned
to the Charleston and several of them.
Including Commander Winslow. her
commander, have already arrived here
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
FIRE CHIEFS REPORT
Department Has Done Good Work Dur.
Ing the Past Year.

FIRE Chief w. X. Stow yesterday sub
mittcd to Mayor Buxton his annual re-
port for the fiscal year ending juno
80. The report shows that excellent
work was done by the department dur
ing the year
Chief Stow recommends that the
CITY purchase an aerial hook-and.lad-
der truck as soon as possible. The
need OF modern truck has long been
1eit and the council has been asked to
purchase one on numerous occasions
during the past few years.
-Dufing the past year there were 1874
nres, nearly one-half of which were ex-
llnguishcd by tho use OF chemicals.
Inc property loss was only $2S,S95,
anu the insurance on the property in
yolvcd was $l30,850.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
BANKS PAY 1908 TAXES.
Recent Decision OF Court of Appeals
Gives City About $4,000.

Under a recent decision of the Court
of Appeals, the banks Of the city arc
compelled to pay taxes assessed
against them for the year 1903 They
contested the payment Of the taxes on
the ground that they had not been as
scsscd in accordance with the now con.
stitution
Tho First National Bank yesterday
l1and Sl.S35.50, the American Exchange,
Si0aSS; the Citizens anu Marine,
Sl'Oi4.9S. and tic City bank. s52543.
Two banks have not yet paid the taxes.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Massachusetts Sails.

The American steamship NIassa-
chusctts, which has been at the ship
yard for the past six months under
going extensive repairs to her hull and
engines sailed yesterday morning
shortly after daylight for Baltimore,
where she will load coal cargo fo,'
Manila on the governments account.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Building the sranastand.

Work en- the grandstahd for the new
baseball park, was begun on the casino
yesterday morning and is being push
e'. forward rnnidly. The ccntractp,
says the stand will be ready for use
Wien the park is opened Saturtiay af.
ttinoon
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Summer Excursion Tickets via South.
ern Railway Now on

Greatly reduced rates now in effect
via Southern Railway to all summer
resorts, on It's lines. Asheville, the
land Of tho sky. aud the beautiful
sapphire country, especially ATTRACTIVE.
Through Pullman service between
Norfolk and AsheyIllc. For particu.
lars cn)l CT or write. w. w. CROX-
TON. Passenger agent. Norfolk, Va.
6-29.ti
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
Argentine Republic crulae,r..

IT was reported here yesterday that
me ne Argentine Republic cruiser Presi-
, d!ente Sariniento. is bound for IIamp.
ton Hoada from the caribbean sea.
She will visit this port and Baltimore.
Tlhe Preaidentc SarInicnto was here
several years ago
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

Wuertzbilrger beer Ia the acme of
perfection In tho art of beer brewing.
The Old Dominion Brewery is the most
np-to-,lnte plant and turns ont only Zip.
to-date beers. Ask for Old Dominion
Wuertzburger or for Dixie. 7.20tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

Summer Excursion Rates to Chase
City, Buffalo Llthla Springs, Clarke.
Vile, via Southern Railway.
For particulars Call on or write w.
w. CHOXTON. passenger agent, Nor
folk. Va 6.20tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

If You go to Atlantic City stop at the
Dunlop. directly on the beach front
7-20-12t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

Dixic's side partner, Old Dominion
WucrtZburger, now out. The finest
beverage known. 7-20-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

Dixic's side partner, Old Dominion
Wuertzburger, now out. The finest
leverage known. 7.2Otf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

Spring and Mountain Hesorts
On ths Line OF the C. & O. nv.
6dmmer extursibn tickets with Ilb.
efal limits and stop:over privileges on
sale June I. ..4
Low rate week and excursion tickets
for heads Of familien aud Sunday visi.
tbra. s.1tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27
HALF A GLASS

is hotter than none. No glass is bet
ter than tho wrong one. Como buy
some Of our eye knowledge and SEQ.
us the years roll by, ii ii is not good
Investment. You can buy glasses over
a case or off some counter for much
less than you Will pay us. You may
get toad-stools for nothing. you pay
Tor mushrooms. They Look alike.
Eat them and you'll know the differ
encc. This method is too often fol
lowed IN buying spectacles. We learn
the bad effects Of the wrong ones by
dearly boughtcn experience.
HULL G. HULL,
Exclusive Opticians.
121 TWenty-sixth Street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

burger. 7.oo,tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

Old Dominion Wuertzburgor. tho
finest beer In America.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-27

Miss Bertha Didlakc, of Richmond,
who has been The guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Small, nj 300i Washington ave
nuc, has gone to the Grccnbric White
Sulphur Springs.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-07-21

For twenty years, says the Engin-
eering and Mining Journal, potassium
cyanide has been the distinctive chem
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-07-21
THE TWO CYANIDEs.

For twenty years, says the Engin-
eering and Mining Journal, potassium
cyanide has been the distinctive chem
ical of the process to which
it gave a name; but for
three years past the equivalent
salt of sodium has almost driven the
potassium cyanide from the metallur-
gical field. Manufacturers began by
selling a double salt of sodium cyan
Idle and potassium cyanide, having a
per cen Key, but composed Of both
Macy and Key in any proportion up
to 95 per cent sodium cyanide. When
mine managers became aware of the
fact, they demanded a pure sodium cy-
anide; it contained cyanogen equiva-
lent to over 100 per cent potassium
cyanide; and, by using the sodium salt,
they were able to ave in cost Of trans
port. The question has now arisen
whether sodium cyanide is equivalent
to potassium cyanide, in the power to
extract gold and silver from their ores.
From a physico-chemieal point of view,
that is, considering the laws obeyed
by weak solutions, and granting that
the cyanogen radical is the active one,
the pure sodium cyanide should be
much more effective than the so-callea
double salt weight for weight) in that
the total effective solvency exerted is
that due to the dissociated cyanogen;
III other words, in the double salt there
may exist a certain amount of useless
dissolved chemical, thus leaving less
room for the soluble gold double-cyan-
ide, the compound which is the aim of
this m~etallurgical process. There ex-
lists a doubt, however, whether these
theoretical ideas are confirmed by prac-
tiee, which of course p~resupposes that
not only is the cyanogen radical the
effective one, but assumes also that the
metallic radical plays an important
part. As yet no conclusive data have
been published on the question, but we
are aware that one big mining company
in the United States (after exhaustive
trials with pure potassium cyanide,
with the double salt and with pure So
dunn eyanide) has come to the conclu-
sion that the sodium cyanide is not
even as effective as the double salt, and
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-07-21
A RE-AwAKENING IN NEVADA

"The new mining camps in Nevada
are attracting the attention of experts
and investors in all parts of the coun-
try, owing to the richness of the pro
ductive deposits opened in some of the
lodges which are being prospected.
Troops of mining men from abroad CON
time to visit these camps for personal
inspection. A recent visitor of this
kind to Goldfeld, Tonopah and Bull
frog, who was called by his New York
employers from South Africa and dis
patched to Nevada to report on the
new mining developments, in an inter
view had in this city, states that the
new gold quartz fields give every indi-
cation of being one of the permanent
and greatest gold producing sections
of the world. OF the evidences quoted
by him is the shipment from the mines
near Goldfeld to shelters remotely 10
Gated, of ore aggregating $4,000, 900 in
value during the past eighteen months.
This represents, however, only the
higher grade ore extracted from the
lodges so far worked. Ore carrying
500 a ton must, for the present, at
least, be either left in the slopes or
stacked on the dumps until cheaper and
better facilities for transportation to
the shelters are provided or suitable
mills or shelters for its reduction are
erected on the ground. Only the high
grade ore will bear the cost of trans
portation from mine to smelter DOW.
The $5,o00,o 900 worth of ore which has
been rich enough to warrant its ship
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-07-21
Assaying in all it's

ment through long distances by wagon
and rail represents, therefore, only a.
small part of the mineral wealth actual-
ly in sight. AS the railroads now occu-
plying Nevada territory are all devel-
oping their lines as rapidly as possible
to tap the new gold fields, cheaper
transportation is one of the things
which may be fairly expected to be
soon provided. When that happens the
whole mining world is sure to be stirred
to its depths by the magnitude of the
output of these new gold producing
districts. There is really greater actiy-
ity in mining in Nevada today than i'm
any mineral producing state in thu
west, and prospecting is being carried
on there on such an extensive scale and
yer so large an area that many import
ant developments may be reasonably
expected in tho near future.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-07-21
A FEW MINING G

An ore carrying n very high percent
age Of sulphurets may be concentrated
without difficulty If a sufficient number
of machines be provided to property
accomplish the work. No concentration
works well with an overload.
The metal tantulum is now being
used for making Glaments for means
descent electric lamps. The weight Of
the filament is twenty-five milligrams,
1t is claimed that it produces a light
equal to carbon flaments with half the
current.
A mining location may be made be-
fore n discovery has been made, but
the actual existence of the claim with
date from the discovery of the "minz
eral in place. Should a second party.
enter the claim SO located and first
discover mineral in place, the fact that
the first party had already made a To-
cation without having a bona fde dis
eovery, win not save the claim to the
first locator, as the discovery OF min
erai is the essential thing.