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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
In Royal Battle Fort Monroe
Boys Were Shus-0ut.
AND NOW COATS TIE RUBBER"
Each Team Has Taken a Game This
Season and Deciding Contest of
Series Probably viii be Played at
Fort Monroe.

The Fort Monroe Artillery Schooi
baseball nine was shut,out by the
strong team in Cape Charles yester.
day in one of the fastest games ever
witnessed on diamond of that thirty.
ing village
1t was tsie second time this season
that thc tsso teams have met on the
diamond, and Cape Charles 'snatchcd
the game after nine hard innings by
the score of to D. Several weeks
ago Fort Monroe defeated Cape
Charles in the hert enclosure by OK
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
willing to Chance It.

The man who mnrries my daughter
said her proud father after telling the
young man that there WINS no hope TO,
him, must have strength of character.
lie must have fortltude, he must huv,.
courage. be must be able to bear mis-
fortune"
y know It," the boy replied. 81 kncw
1t before you said 80. but even ut Tint
I'd be willing to take chance on her"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
DiacnIlrnrInr

MWhat" exclaimed Crlttlck. go
ingIoQ the lecture platform, are you?"
eyes, replied tho conceited young
author; Chat is Just to give readings;
from my own works, You know" .'But
suppose YOU should prove to be n poor
reader too 1t would Ue double
frost. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
Eagles to Give Excursion.

AT the meeting of Hampton Acric
N Eagles last night Mcssrs. l.. r.
Digss, y. O. Trower and 0. Il. Hunt
were appointed 81 committee to make
arrangements for an excursion in the
near future.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
News TO Her.

Mrs. Jamcs-Nly husband is n con.
servativc. Mrs Johns Indeed! Why,
! had no idea he was in that business.
Docs he have Il large conscrva-
tory ?-Clcvc1and Eender.,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
Mr. Lawson Elected.

Mr.. Samuel S. Lawson has bee,
elected the representative of Hampton
Acrie of Eagles to the grand aeric
Mceting in Denver. Col, next month
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
DEATH OF MRS. WALLACE.
Well Known Lady Expired in Fox Hill
Yesterday.

Mrs. Ella Wallace, wife of Mr.. John
Wallace, died in her home in Fox Hill
at O'Clock yesterday morning. Mrs
Wallace, who was % years obi, had
suffered from consumption for several
years. Funeral services will be held
from the Fox Hill Methodist church
at II o'clock this morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

He that forctclls his own calamity
and makes events before they come
doth twice endure the pains of evil
destlny.-Dn3ehnnk
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Ask tho man for bottle of that dc
licious Wuertzburger. Makes new
blood NJ 7-20-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Ask the man for a bottle of that de-
licious Wuertzburger. Makes new
blood 7-20-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Ask the man for n bottle of that de-
licious Wuertzburger. Makes new
blood 7-20-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Nothing like Old Dominion Wuertz.
burger. 7-20-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
Want to Save Monex2

Attend fFranke e. Eisenman's half
lily clearance sale. Tremendous
to be had III clothing, etc
7-28-2t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Dixie's side partner, ora Dominion,
Wiertzburger, now ont. The finest
beverage known. 7-z0ifl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Mr.. Maltie Giddings, deputy county
clerk, is qnite sick in his residence II,
Arinistead avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.

The Coming and Going Of the People
You Know.
Mrs. Howard w Saunders enter
tanned most pleasantly yesterday morn
ing the Bridge Whist Club in her resi-
denco in Mallory avenue. Mrs. c. C.
Schcen captured the first prize. Miss
Laura Mitchell the consolation and
Mrs. Harry II. Holt the BOBBY.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Miss Annie Willis. of st. Michaers
Aih', Is the spest of Councilman am.
MIS-. Oscar Williams. In Holt street
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Wh3rtzburgcr NOW out. Ask tile
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Miss Clara Bowen, of Mathews coun
~ is visiting Miss Matte Davis, in
Armistead avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Mrs. Thomas Burke will leave today
ior a visit OF several days in the north
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Miss Janet Houston. who has been
visiting friends at the Augusta Hotel,
lcft yesterday for her home in Rotn.
tcurt county.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

Mrs. William ii. Pearson and little
ch''d VIII leave today for Atlee, Va,
to visit the home of DR.. pearson.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-07-29

DR. William II. Pearson will leave
next week to attend The annual meet
'hs OF the Virginia State Dental As
sociation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01
ILIKED NAN. MIKED GIKL.

Considerable fuss is made because an
ear fern millionaire has stopped to mar
.ry II hired girl in Iowa. Why? The
girl must have graces and personal points
or the the millionaire would not have
chosen her. And il is safe to say that
morally she il his equal, il not his supe.
riOr. There is no STOPPING about it.
They were on n level, or, il anything, the
hired girl was just II little above the
millionaire.
All OF us in America who mount to
anything are hired people. No Doubt
this millionaire is a hired man in charge
Of some big corporation. Roosevelt is a
hired man. And 30 are all our senators
and congressman aud diplomRts-serv.
an:s i'll the pay OF the people.
And, felloH citizcns-One Of the
things that liz the matter with this conn.
try is the growing tendency OlOok down
on the mEn who works with hIs hands,
or the woman who works with her
hande. The tendency is devIlish and
dangerous. Let us learn again that the
hands that arc SCARED by honest toll
bear wounds as honorable rs those re-.
ceivcd in battle. The ovcralls and tho
Z nghHm apron ~ Labor are rs honor
ahlo-nnd vastly more useful than all
Tho martini trappingS aud uniforms OF
war!
Let Va learn again that the doctrine
Of the dignity OF labor IL fundamental
Ia tho republic. And 80 We say,
Ilurrah for tho hired gIrl aud the hired
man these two-who loved each other
for what they were. and paid n" attcu.
ton to the accidents cf for,unce.-St,
Louis Star Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

Carolina, marriage licenses are re-
quired. Generally ill the southern
states, and also in California. Colorado,
Idaho, Indians, Nebraska, Oregon and
Utah, marriages between whites and
person. OF negro descent are prohibited.
In North Carolina, Oregon and South
Caroliua, between whites, and Chinese.
Marriage between first COUSINS in for.
hidden III fifteen states and marriage
with s~tep.relatives in all except Florida,
Iowa, kentucSy. Mmnesota, New York.
Tennessee and Wisconsin.
"ln New York none OF these prohibi-
tons is made, II is the easiest state
i'll which to get married, aud, with the
exception OF South Carolina, the hardest
in which To get on. OF the contract.
In New York the only cause for divorce
is adultery; III South Carolina no
divorce at all is provided for-the state
stands alone i'll that respect
Aud yet the attempt to haromonizc
the divorce laws is not hopeless. There
Is really less variation III the divorce laws
than in the marriage laws.
1T would be impossible, perhaps,
To harmonize the ruariisge laws. But
this is not necessary. Practical uni.
tormity in divorce may be secured by
the general adoption OF certain fun
damental principles that will apply to
all marriage relations however variant
the laws and conditions under which
the relation was formed may he.
W have been a long time talking
about uniform divorce laws. The state
commissioners who are about to meet
will face a difficult problem, but not an
impossible one
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

The storm Friday afternoon did
considerable damage to cellars along
the path of the flood, Mr.. Englert's
and Mr.. BellinHcr's cellars were filled
with water aud several more were
slightly flooded. Mr.. Jacobs protested
his house by cutting the ditch. The
main body OF water went down Court
Street to Sixth and from Sixth through
the main Street. The c~ulvert by the
passenger depot WAS too small to carry
he Hood aud the water spread ont and
part OF It went down the street III front
OF the Commercial Hotel.
Nearly every year Il cloudburst occurs
i'll the foothills north Of town and ID
flood Ii the result. Sometime "a storm
will come that will destroy g""l deal
OF property in the section that ,,.:Tered
yester day. The Is sure to happen
unless something is done tn take cure
81 the water that comes from the foot
hills. \ few dollars, rightly expended,
will lake care OF the water and protect
the endangered property.
People who have investigated the
matter claim that il ditch can be taken
out up the canyon and the water
carried across the hill and cmptied into
Tic ditch east OF town at "a small OK.
pensc. This would take the bulk Of the
water and the remainder could be
carried i'll ii ditch to Sixth street and
down Sixth to the river. 1t is claimed
hat this could be done with small
expense TO taxpayers.
W hile the property OF IA great many
Of our citizens is not endange red 10y
these Hoods, all iecl au interest in the
town and want their neighbor's property
protected from floods.
This matter has becn called 10 the
attention Of the commissioners many
times, but nothing has been done. The
Hood Gomez, property III destroyed and
the matter Is earnestly agit Itcd for Il
Few lays and then becomes a memory
only until the next one comcs The
citizens Of the town shOuli take the
matter up with the commissioners at their
next meeting and keep mt it until some.
thing Is done to protect the town from
these Hoods.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

III advancing public interests, the local
newspapers accomplish more III a year
thnn the home merchant dos III "a life
time. The patronage extended 10 the
local printing Offices is not u charity.
The patron gets the worth OF his money.
and at the same time he keeps alive
institutions that are as necessary i'll this
Z Of the world A. are the schools
When these facts ar presented Ia the
local merchants IN the night light they
may be able To see that the perpetual
campaign Carried on by the home press
against the mail order houses and de-
partment stores Is a thanklt - one 80
long rs the brncticiar.cs OF that cam.
paiGn use stationery furnished 10y
baking powder companies and iphb:u"
houses, and order their special printing
from the large office, IL metropolitan
~ceptcrs And back Of all this Is the
Insincerity, the cant, the hollow p~retcust
OF civic pride aud 10y atty TINT is So
plainly apparent III most ot the appeals
sent ont to citizens asking them to
-patrouiZ. home merchants or those
OF them who do not ]patronIzr the advcr
Using columns If the newspapers which
MAKE it possible for then ,o live and DO
business.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

II Is related by one who claims to
hay" been an eyewitness that upon a
recent occasion when Eugene Ziri.
norman. the railroad aguat and
tn" duke of Manchester were making
a q Of inspection. N" duke dosir.
Ing to find out something about Mr..
Zimmerman lines. they proceeded to
a Detroit ir"ightyard and while
watching a train crew at work were
joined by Il high official of one of the
Vanderbilt roads. The gentleman vas
introduced 10y Mir. Zimmerman to tn"
duke, Ia" latter being named as his
graC" Of Manchester"
An. very glad. indeed" said the
Vanderbilt official. TO meet his
grace"
Then turning to Zimmerman. he
said:
"Th" duke, | believe, is your son.
in.law. i he nOt?"
Mr.. Zimmerman placed a hand Opon
his breast, bowed low and replied:
i have the honor To hc his u~racc's
fathcr-in-lnw."
Apparently IN" duchess has sue.
cccdcd in teaching pa To fully under.
stand the dcliraCy of his position.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01
College Youths Criticised.

9TH" difference In the public attI.
tud toward the d0lnrs Of college
boys md other boys irritntos mo rx.
tr"m"ly," said Herbert Van Dixie. who
has been an unofficial worker for the
benefit Of III" street boys Of New
YORK for twenty years.
II happened 10 be passing II large
apartment hOus" near u college inst
ms n fire broke out. Boys rushed over
from tho college and intorfcrcd with
tho work Of the nrcmcn 50 that they
were actually prevented from getting
tn" fir" under control until tho police
arrived and used their clubs.
"hr0thcr time | gRt In n ;hcnicr In
4 col!"n" town and saw college boys
throw u bomb on the stage In tho
midst Of tho ballet. II SGT the skirts
OF Tire" ,r.ict girls w. nrC
" tn" poor boys | work amOnG
did practical Joking of that sort they
would simply h" Jailed as young thugs
and aSsassius." New York Press.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

The dray horse will 90 ON, u, ,oo,
wnat Thomas "A. Edisop says is fully
verified. ''
MIR. Edison, at the Hotel Walton in
Philadelphia. made the unqualified doc.
laration that lie hHd solved the p,,LI.,.
OF pr, "idmr cheap and seryic.abI.
electric traction for vehicles.
by October NY light battery will J..
ready for tho market and VIC will Il.
ready 20 equip automobiles Of all lies.
criptions.' no said. TO reach Il definite
conclusion OF its possibilities | mopu.
featured 1900 cells and c%ouirroI
abnut lGO conve! ances OF all d.scrir
tons. In Wa hington we attached ,Lo
batteries to n number OF express delivery
wagons. with the result tnat after many
months the cost III operation Inns be.,
found to be % per cent. OF TINT n,
horses.
Tho batteries manufactured varied
in types. 81 that | might obtain the
happy average | wished to strike. nuJ
! am PREPARED To make the unqualified
statement that the Edison battery will
re~vuluuunizc the storage battery
problem.
1T will weigh just onc.haIf Of the
present battery III general use, and will
De about the same rize: although #
stands somewhat higher III its proportion
than the other.
AS to- its power, there can be no
Question. | lad a big two ton car
brought To my factory III Orange, where.
It was iitt,I with crlls. and we took il
ont and sent It over the roads Of New
jersey at thiriy-thrr" miles an hour.
The new factory, where the new cell
batteries arc to be manufactured, il
being erected IN Orange, aud auto.
mobiles will he built nd equipped
there
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01
Corn Won't Hurt TURKEYS"

tn" following incident vas often re-.
lated 10y a resident Of Newton Upper
Falls. now deceased.
When tn" Rev. Sylvester Cobb. the
lat" lniycrsHlist divine. lived in wa.
tcrvillo. Ne. In his young days he did
nor OF less iHrmimg ou his own place.
II happened on" y"ar that his neigh.
I started to rails" turkeys. and the
turkeys persisted in getting over the
f"nc" ana raising havoc with Mr..
CObh's c%OrmnCld.
Mr.. cobb called on the ncighhnr
on" morning and explained the mat.
tor. but all the satisfaction H." received
was: Il guess Cnrn won't hurt tho
turkeys"
MIR Cobb went home. loaded up the
old mulllcload"r with corn instead OF
shot aud laid out two or three Of the
turkeys. Throwing them over the
f"nc" 10 IN" ]ucighhor. he said: "Thc
corn does not seem to agree with your
turkeys
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER /. 1905


That the senate Is not the road To the
to the White House was an opinion re-
Gently expressed by the Washington
Star. 4 writer III the New York World
takes issue to the Stars statement and
says: III we were to taks the presidents
Of the last Fifty years we should have to
say tina the senate seemed To be quite
as good a Dad as any other For in
stance: ~Franklin Pierce had been Il
senator, pod he defeated General Scott,
who had only a military reputation.
Buchanan had been a senator, rs well
as secartary OF state and minister to
Great Britain. Fremont, his opponent
had also sat in the senate. Lincoln was
adeieated candidate for the senate. One
Of his democratic opponents, Douglas,
Was a senator, and the other. Breckin-
ridge, WAS vice president. Mcclellan,
who was a soldier, was defeated, but
Grant who was a soldier was elected.
Seymour had been governor OF New
York and Greedy was an editor. Hayes
Was governor OF Ohio and rIlden was
governor OF New York. Garfield was a
senator and Hancock was a soldier
Cleveland was governor 81 New York
and Blaine had been a senator. llarri-
son also had been i'll the senate. Nc
kinley was a governor Of Ohio after a
lo!gservice III congress-. Roosevelt was
vice president and had been governor Of
M, I,-I. .-l.I. D,--,.u ,-., 4, ,.,l.,.
1t would be extremely difficult to
classify these data i'll such a way as To
blaze u trail to the White House, but
~the.senate appears to be good Il enough
rad il the right man takes it. There
used to be a notion that no accidental
president could become president III
his own right. but it does not seem to
have been a very great handicap to
hlr. Roosevelt"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

Il believe | am too old-SI year,
said an unknown man tU a group 81 chill.
dren with whom he had been playing
Tor an hour ~ & fairfield ark, Chicago.
Then he waved the youngsters a laugh.
lng farewell, wad"d ont into the lagoon.
slowly and deliberately. until tine waters
closed above his head and he persisted.
No marks were found On his clio thing
tn disclose his identity. lie was well
dressed and evidently a man Of unusual
refinement.
After rompIng with the children
unit! his gray hair was tOu=led 10y his
~playmates. he said to them: Il was
once young like all Of you. but | bc
lieve | have gone beyond the limit;
good bye, little ones! Good by
AS he sank from view the chil,r.n
ran III every direction, screaming for
help, which did not come until the
man WIS dead. The police believe the
old mau must have lost his last relative
perhaps u child, and that he spent his
last hour with the children III the yark,
that dying he might bc chccrcd by the
remembrance.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

employees. This statement d%isregsrds
L few employees OF which no assignment
was made.
The usual statement OF the average
daily compensation OF the eighteen
classes of emplo, Is for a series OF years
is continued in the present report,
which shows alec the aggregate amount
81 compensation paid to more thar 80
per cent Of the number Of employ es for
the year 1924, % per cent for the year
1903, and more than % per cent Tor the
five years preceding. The amount OF
wages and salaries paid to employees
during the year ending June 30, lgCI, Us
reported. was SSl7 ,59S, sic.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01
ROTTEN HErUBLICASISM.

When the democrats claimed that the
republican party OF Philadelphia and
Pennsylvania was politically and morally
rotten, the republican press OF the coun.
try defended the organization and gloried
in the large fraudulent majority that
was rolled mp il 1900 and 1904. How
many congressman from Pennsylvania
Lave held seats in he national legisla.
ture and will sit i'll the coming congress.
whose seats are tainted and whose major.
tiles are composed Of fraudulent votes.
it is impossible tC say, but II witness of
the highest authority III the republican
party haS just declared that the Phila-
delphia r~ottenncSs Is IA stain winch Il
corrupt and criminal combination mas.
O uerading under the name Of republi
can + has put upon her That evidence
Is given by Elihu Root. republican sec
rotary OF state, and ha has just invest.
gated conditions i'll Philadelphia ~
attorney for Mayor Weaver and had the
evidence before him that compelled him
to use such vigorous and descriptive
language OF what he had go far unearth.
ed that it IL sste to say his opinion Of the
republican organization is not over.
drawn.
Mayor Weaver Of Philadelphin joined
with the aDti.rlng republicans III I'M
dertaking to reform the city govern.
ment, but no move have becn made to-
cleanse the state government which
has bolstered up and proiited by the
plunderIng OF the cities. Until the re
publican state rIng is ous:cd and an
honest Legislature elected, there can be
no permanent reform in the cities.
Nearly every strongly republican
state ia suffering from the same dcspcr.
ate conditions that have been partially
exposed in Pennsylvania, and only III
one state, Wisconsin, has the party III
power attempted to reform and turn the
rnscals ont. Gov. La Toilette has
partially accomplished TINT task, III
spite OF the railroads aud corporations,
and his most active supporters have
been the democrats Of Wisconsin,.
In all the worst ring ruled states it il
without exception to be noted that the
railroad corporations, with their
immense power for political evil, ara
always found siding with tho ring, so
that they can more easily plumber the
people 10y escaping taxation and 10y
charging unreasonable rates.
BY the same test it will be found
TINT all state officials and congrcssmcn
who are being interviewed On railroad
rate legislation who fear that govern
mcnt control will be disastrous tO the
railroads and the people, can. without
exception, he Classrd IA belonging to
the republican ring. Therefore the
first reformation must he to dcpuso
the railroads from political power, and
the initial step il Tor congress to pro-.
tcct the public by regulating the rates
tho railroads can charge. The position
OF tho democrats ~ the last congress
in urging the passage Of The Davcy Till
IL the best proof thoy are on the side OF
tho poOple.-EX.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01

Tho old ndnEc. Laugh and grow
lat Is founded on n sound physio-
logical basis. II Is commonly observed
that fat men laugh with considerable
facility. but they 10 not laugh be-
cnus" they are tat. They are fat be
caus" they laugh, I'll" net Of cncllin.
nation having profound influence IN
promoting appetite. oxidation Of the
blood. digestion indeed. tho entire
md complex process 81 nutrition.
Good n0urishmcnt produces the con
tented body. the NJ temple Of the ON
tented mind. which Is. wc know on OK
CcllCnt authority. n perpetual feast,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01
The Only WAY

There Is no way tn MAINTAIN the health
and strength OF mind and body except
flourish except through the stomach
Tie stomach must be kept healthy,
pure and sweet or the strength will let
down and disease will set up. No appetite
loss Of strength, nervousness, head che,
constipation, b.u breath. sour risings,
%rifting, indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles thnt are durable ar"
quickly cured 10y the use Of kodO!
d. spcp=ia Cure. kodol digests what
lOu eat and Strengthens the whole
digestive APT ara:us. Solo b! Elko Drug
r.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-01
ACES Of British Titles.

or the British House OF Peers. en-.
hraCing dukes, maTquiss"s. Carls. Wis.
counts and haruns, numbering over
500 persons, not one can trace his title
a"l arms back further than the year
1881. The peers are n""r'y all Of re-.
cent creation. especially those OF the
higher ranks. Tn" hlrOuv 20 furthCst
back. In the English rcrragc but one
-XouChc Of IIaryn@worih-g goes back
rs far as 1908. but most barOns are
creations OF the nineteenth century.
The Scotch peers av"rag" Older dates
Of creation than the English. the Earl
of Sutherland da'irg back to l2gg.
ireland has II baron who got his
title in 1874, and another. Michael C..
Dc COurCy. whose date is 1881.