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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
6 go. Steamer Powllatan Will
Load Rails at Baltimore.
FIRST TRIP Up'THe CHESAPEAKE
Great Fleet of schooners Comes Into
Hampton Roads With Stiff Breeze
!, Collier erutus In Port For Coal
, Waterfront Notes.

! The British steamship Powhatan, of
{ the Chesapeake and Ohio fleet of ocean
Y freiglfters, which arrived here Tuesday
from London, with 400 tons of import
!. cargo, will sail today for Baltimore,
I, where she will load n part cargo of
:"steel rails. after which she will re-
!" turn To this port and lead small
amount of export cargo.
This is, it is understood, the first
time one OF the steamships of the
Chesapeake and Ohio fleet has ever
been chartered to load at Baltimore
and when the Powhatan sails today
she will traverse for the first time the
waters of the Chesapeake Bay.
The ship cleared the custom house
in ballast yesterday When she has
loaded the rails the Powha,an will sail
on"her return voyage To this city and
here She will complete her cargo, talk
ing on cattle and miscellaneous cargo.
When the Powhatan sails for Lon
dom next week, she will have OH hoard
the smallest cargo ever loaded at this
port by ship CT the Chesapeake and
Ohio fleet.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Arrived Yesterday.


British steamship Indrani, Mitchell
Glasgow via st. John anu Baltimore.
American steamship Mac, Mason
Boston.
Schooner Thomas w. Lawson, Grow.
ley, Boston.
Schooner Addic NJ. Lawrence, Krc.
ger, Boston.
Schooner Governor Powers, Boston.
Schooner Cora f. Cressy, Haskell,
Portsmouth,
Schooner Alma L. A. holmes, Smith,
Portland.
Schooner Frontcnac, Coombs, Bar.
gor
Schooner Mugnus Manson, Tullocl
Providence.
Schooner Flora Rodgers, cranmcr
New York.
schoopcr G. G. Endicott, Bailey, New
York.
Schooner Van Name and King
Brown. Perth Amboy
Tug Richmond. with barges Iowa
New Bedford; George Il. Skolfiel,;
Providence.
Tug Navigator with bargcs New
York, Providence; Holton. Ito.
ltargcs Cassie and I've, Boston.
Cleared Yesterday.
British steamship Powhatan, Trim
ick, Baltimore.
3aIed Yesterday.
Schooner Bayard Barnes, Crouch;M'
Providence.
Schooner Nathaniel r. Palmer. Wul
lace, Portland.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
INVESTIGATION is "
IN PROGRESS NOW
Commissioner Fisher Arrived Ycster.
day and Started i'm at Gus
tom House.

, Civil Service Commissioner l.. II.
Fisher reached Norfolk with his wife
yesterday morning from Washington.
Leaving Mrs. Fisher in Norfolk, the
commissioner came over To this city
and lost no time in beginning his III.
vestigation into the charge that Collcc-
tor Of Customs j. l.. b. Stuart has been
discriminating against civil service en-.
ployes for political reasons.
Mr.. Fisher first paid visit to the
collector AT his Office. He was closete,l
with Captain Stuart for some timl
and it is supposed that he heard pnu
side of the case very fully. Later he
had lengthy interview with Mr. O.
d. Bachelor, who is counsel for the
Democrats who were dropped from the
service by Captain Stuart.
After Spending the day hearing
statements and looking over the situn-
ton, the commissioner returned 10
Norfolk to spend the night. He comes
back today and it is supposed will fin
ish up his work here III time to leave
for Washington tonight
The commissioners, OF Icourse. is
having nothing to say in regard to his
work. lie will make his report to the
civil service commission npon his re-
turn to Washington. .. a.t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Contractors Ready to Proceed
With Work on City Hal.
NOTICE FROM Tie ENGINEER
Will Be Served as Soon as Contract is
Executed bodybuilding to Be
Thoroughly overhaulcd, Remodeled
and Improved.

Barber & Scay, the successful bid
ders for tho contract for repairing and
improving the city hall, last night filed
the required bond with City Clerk w.
l.. Cooke and today the mayor and city
clerk Will execute the contract. The
contractors give bond in the sum of
81. 100, with the Fidelity Casualty Com
pany, of Maryland, as security.
AS soon as the contract has been
executed City Engineer Pcarso will
give the contractors notice to begin
work. Work must he started within
ten days after the notice is given and
must be completed in one hundred and
twenty working days. counting from
The expiration of the ten days after
the notice is given
MIR. Barber said last night that he
was ready to- begin work at once.
According to the contract the pros
cnt council chamber and Corporation
Court room is not to he touched by
the contractors until the addition con
tanning the Circuit Court room am
iirGproof clerks olIlcc is completed
This arrangement will proven, tn,
regular sessions of the courts from
being intcrfcrcd with {
| The contract provides for thorough
ly ovcrhauling and rrmodcling thu
| city hall and for All addition on II til,
nOrtherly side. The building is to ID,
fitted with metal ceilings Throughout
and put In first class condition. TIL,
council appropriated $4,000 for TIL
purpose.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Calendar For Thia Cay.
WILL GIVE DEMONSTRATION.
New Company to Show Public /
Method of Purifying Water,

Ecnrf scntativcs of the Peninsula,
Pure Waite: Company have arranged
to give q public demonstration o.,
their tonlpnnv's method OF purifying;
water OH the Casino grounds next Mon
dry afternoon. Chairman Harwood,
Of the fire department and water CON:
mittcc Of the city council, ycslcrda. !.
called 4 special meeting of his com
mittcc for Monday afternoon in ordc.
tlnt the members may witness the OK,
hiIititp
The company will use All electrical
treatment to purify the water.
At its meeting next Monday nigh,
tho fire department and water com.
mittce of the council will conside,
the bills of tho Newport News Light
and Water Company and Peninsula
Pure Water Company for franchise
including rights to lay pipes along
the streets and alleys of the city AMI
furnish water to private patrons.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
WANTED FOR ROBBERY.
Fugitive From Petersburg Authorities
Arrested in Bloodfield.

Charles Cook, alias Splinter" u
young negro. was arrested on Ivy ave
nue. shortly after noon yesterday b,
Officer Vail. of the Bloodlicld polio,
force, ON the charge of being a fugi
tive from Justice. Cook is wanted IN
Petersburg on the charge of robbery
from the person and he is new being.
held in the city Jail for the Petersburg
authorities.
Soon after Cook was arrested Chic:
Of Police Reynolds autographed the
Petersburg police department and al
officer will arrive in this city this
morning TO take charge of the pris
oncr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Thousands Of Womef,
ARE MADE WELL AND STRONG
SHoosas OF Lydia e. PInkham's Vegetable
Compound Keats Upon the Fact that Il
Really Does Make Sick Women Well

Thousands upon thousands of Ameri-
can women have been restored TO
. health by Lydia Il. Pinkhams Vegeta-
BILE Compound. Their letters are on file
inMrs. Pinlshams Office, and prove this
statement to be fact and not q mere
boost.
9 Oeershndowing indeed is the success
OF this great medicine. and compared
with It all other medicines and trent.
: ment for women arc experiments..
Why hos Lydia e. Pinkhnm's Vege-
table Compound accomplished it's wide
spread results for good
Why has it lived and thrlved and
done Its glorious work for II quartz: of
century,
Simply and surely because OF its stcr-
ling worth.. The renson no other med.
fiSlne hp6 even approached, Its success
is plainly and positively because there
is no othcr medicine In tho world SO
good for,womens ills.
Tho wonderful power OF Lydia IT,
Rmlti.pm's Vegetable Compound over
tho diseases OF womnnltihd is not be-
cHnse it IL u stimnlant-potbc because il Is
"a pnllintiye., but simply because It,: Is
the MOST. wonderful tonic and recon,
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the !. uterine system. positively
cunlNa disease md displacement tstand
restoring health. and vigor., 4.44-;i
Marvellous. cures are reported from
hlliparts Of the country by women who
have been cured, tfnincd nurses who
hnto Witnessed eurcs, and physicians
who have recognized, theilvirtuc in
: Lydia e. Pinlthnm's Vegetable Com
pound; and are fair enoughitto. give
credit where 1t is Observation-Disclosures
dared to be frank and open, hundreds
of them would acknowledge that they
SeonBtanElyy prescribe Lydia u: Pink
hams Vegetable Compound IN severe
cases of female ills, as they know by
experience that it will ,ef2ect.aaeure., {.
Women who are troubled with painful
or irregular menstruation, backnche,
bloating Tor -fatuleneel leucorrh9a,
falling, inflammation or liberation Of
the, uterus. ovarian troubles, that
I" Bearing down feeling, dizziness,
faintncss. indigestion, nervous pros
tration, or the blues. should take. i'm
mediate action to ward off the serious
3 consequences and be restored to health
aud strength by taking Lydia 2. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Anyway,
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
for advice. It's free and always helpful.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Corporal johnson III.

AS n result of being drcnchcd anc
sleeping on wet ground while attend,
ing the annual cncampmcnt of tho
Scventy-first regiment at Ocean View
last week, Bernard Johnson, corporal
In the Huntington Rifles, Company c,
Is i'll at his hcmc in East End and the
attending physician thinks the young
man will have typhoid fever.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Receiving Finishing Touches.

The new protected cruiser Charles
ton is now receiving her ilna! finish
Ing touches ut the shipyard, and, as
was announced i'll The Daily Press
about two weeks ago, she will he turn
cd over TO the navy department at
the Norfolk navy yard Thursday, Au.
gust "a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Granted a Charter

The Corporation Commission has
granted a charter to the Clark Overall
and Pants Manufacturing Company,
which has been doing business her for
some time. The capital stock of the
company Is $4,000 and the officers
named in the charter are as follows
George Il. Clark. president; G. e.
Wood, vicc-prcsident; l. GoIdstein,
secretary and treasurer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18

other American. and six big coastwise
coal bargcs came into port yesterday
SO that the total number of ships at
the piers and anchored in the stream
ut o'clock last night was about thir-
ty.nve.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Goes to Erie Basin Yard.

The British steamship Whitehall.
which has been III dry dock No. l. at
the shipyard, for several weeks, hay :
ing her hull surveyed, was floatcd out
OF the basin yesterday morning.
The ship will be towct to New York,
where she will be repaired in the Eri,.
Basin lard.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Dismissed the Case.

Willie Michaux. the negro arrested
On Warwick avenue scvcraI days ago
on the charge of selling liquor without
license, was discharged in the police
court yesterday by Justice Brown.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
VIII .pisnose of piano.

The Elks' fair committee will dis
pose of the piano which was Gu cxhi
bition during the fair at the Pocahon
tas hotel tonight ut 8 O'clock. All per
sons Interested are expected 10 b.
present
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
BRILLIANT WEDDING.
Miss Epstein Becomes Bride of Mr..
SaIzbcru, of Norfolk

Salzbcrs, of Norfolk.
Miss Bertha Epstein. daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. NJ. Epstein, was married
last night to Mr.. Alex Salzhcrg. II well
known young business man of Norfolk.
The ceremony was performed ut G
o'clock at Petzolds hall. corner of
chestnut avenue and Twcnty-scvcnth
street, large number of friends and
relatives OF the young people coming
from Norfolk and other places to be
present.
Alter the wedding an elaborate re
ception was rendered tho guests and
later Il dance was given.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Collier Brutus in Port,

The United States naval collier Ben.
tus arrived in port yesterday and will
load cargo of coal. Which she will
take to the ships of the battlcshil:
squadron, at Provincctcwn.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Arrived at Amstcrdar,,

The Dutch steamship Amsteldyk,
Captain J. Baron, of the Holland Amer.
lean Line, which sailed from this port
ON August 3 for Dcplhford, Amster-
dam AMI Rotterdam. arrived ut Amstcr-
dam yesterday August II. nj Il. ~.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
PLENTY Of PROOF
From People You Know-From New.
port News Citizens.

Ihc greatest sltcptic can hardly fail
10 be convinced in the face of evidence
like this. II is impossible to produce,
better proof OF merit than the tcs,i.
mony OF residents of Newport News
o. people who can he seen at any time
ltcad the following case OF il:
Geo. r. Abbott, carpenter. of Clio
Iwcnty-ninth street. says: Il hal
rheumatism in my lcsa so acute some
tays that could scarcely walk. II
struck me tina, if Doan's Kidney pills
performed half what, they promised
ana were Il specific in removing uric
acid IrCm my systcm. they might help
was rcadily induced to 10 /,
S'carnos' drug store for a box If II
Rad moi performed exactly what II
promised would BE- the last resident
of Newport News TO publicly recon
nerd the preparation"
For sale by all dealers. Price 5,
cents. FO5tcr-Nlilhurn Co. buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unite,
States.
Remember the namc-D cam'a -ant
take nO ether.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
SPECIAL RATES VIA c. & o.RcUTE
To LeWls g. Clark Exposition--Pacifst

- y. Coast fourd.
The O.& Q. Ry. Will, during the sum
MGR, sell'ronnd trip, tickets to Portland
dnay,' going and returning via direc,
routes and for variable routes through
California on specified dates. j.
/ For rates. schedule. dates for vari
able routes. stop-overs, Pullman reserv'
ationB. address. ..isse,'aj
~, B.Ws ROBINSON,
Ticket Agent, q. & o. Ry.,
S11ti. Newport News. Va
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-18
Spend Your. Summer Vacation In the
Land of. the sky" or the Beautiful


Sapphire Country
An attractive opportunity is offered
by the Southern Railway announce
imont of itssGcond annual mountain cX-
cursions to. ,Ashovillc. The Land Of
tho Sky" August 18th, to those dcsir-
Ing to spend few days recreation in
theeglorious mountains Of western
North Carolina. The rate will bc only
$40 for the round trip. Final limit,
ten days. For particulars call on
Southern Railway agents. or Nv. w.
CRONTON, passenger agent, Norfolk.
Va. Both phones, No. lie. S12-Gt
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-12
TO REDUCE RAILROAD AC-
CLDENTS.

Governor Aycock's Message.)
Railroad accidents have been so
numerous in the'past few years as to
challenge the attention of the State
as well as the travelling public. I am
firmly persuaded that many of these
accidents are due to the physical
condition of the employees of the
railroad and that this condition is
brought about by too many hours of
service without the opportunity OF
rest. If the public were not directly
interested in the matter il would
still be subject warthy ofconsidera-
ton whether any citizen should be
permitted, even under contract, to
work for SO great length of time
without rest as to impair his physi-
cal and mental powers, but where
the life of people travelling is invol-
| we'd there can be no doubt of the
| right and duty of the Legislature to
| pass such laws as shall render less
frequent railroad accidents by re
strieting the number of hours of con
| tinuous service which can be giver
by the employees of the railroads
| A law of this sort will work no hard
ship upon anybody. On the con-
trary by securing better service, ac
| cidents will be lessened, human 1if'
will be protected and the destruction
of property prevented.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-12
"Her Natal Day.

Yesterday afternoon, between the
hours of and 5, al the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Taylor, on Chestnut
street, was the scene of bright faces
and jolly prattle by the "Wee ones"
the occasion being the 4th birthday of
their bright and lovely little daugh-
ter Serena Fischer Taylor.
The little guests were received by
Grandma Williams with her always
cheerful face and were as follows:
Walter Stilley, Margaret Brad
shaw, Estelle Powell, Lydia Taylor,
Elizabeth Allen, Virginia Allen and
Robert Bradshaw.
The little hostess received many
beautiful remembrances, and each
wish for her many, many happy re-
turns of the day. After games and
other amusement, all were taken tc
the lovely decorated dining room
where dainty little refreshments
were served by Misses Eunice Tay
lor and Katie Corbett.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-12
AFTER PORT ARTHUR,
WHAT?

The fall OF Port Arthur does not
simply deprive the Baltic fleet of a
rendezvous. There is in fact little
probability that that lot of odds and
ends will ever be sent to the China
sea, Or Il Vladivostock, or to the
Far Ea,., at any other point. Nor
will the prestige thus gained by the
japanese be material, for they have
plenty of that article on hand. They
have really suffered no defeat in a
year of war.
But there will flow from the fall OF
Port Arthur two aids TO war that
may prove important and even deci-
sive. In the first place Oyama who
is facing Kuropatkin will at once be
reinforced to the extent of $4,000
seasoned troops, and Japan will be
enabled to hurl her entire military
strength against Kuropatkin. A
clash may not occur until spring,
but when it does come Japan will be
ully ready for it, relieved as she is
of the task of maintaining an army
under Nogi at Port Arthur.
But the chief game will be of
naval nature. Japan has but four
battleships, and she may now be
able to double that number by
quickly raising and refitting Russian
ships sunk in the shallow water of
the harbor of Port Arthur. If this
be feasible the war is practically set
tied, for as long as Japan controls
the waters of the Far East Russia
cannot whip her 1000 miles away
from a real base with no connecting
link except a single-track railroad.
Russia cannot regain then control
of the sea. She should seek peace,
and resume her proverbial diploma
tic methods. She has nothing to gain
from a continuance of a war that
shows her in a collapsed condition.
There is plenty of sense in such men
as M. Witte, and besides the internal
condition of Russia calls aloud for
peace. The war is unpopular in Rus
sia, and conscription is the military
recourse at present. All these things
point to peace, and that, too, speedi-
ly, The fall of Port Arthur means,
let us hope, peace.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-12
PORT ARTHUR.

Port Arthur is in the hands of the
japanese, and there it will stay, un-
less indeed the japanese are willing
| to make it free port, and the rail-
road thence to Harbin, corporation
as much japanese as Russian, and
more Chinese tnan either. Such a
settlement of a difficult problem is
possible.
If a settlement of that nature be,
however, impossible then indeed
Port Arthur must remain japanese
: to the end of time, and if France or
Germany, Or both, attempt to repro
duce the difficulty of nine years ago
Japan will fight and England, treaty
bound, will be compelled to fight
with and for her.
The fraud of nine years ago has in
fact been rendered impossible by
japanese valor and japanese diplo-
matte skill, England is her ally.
She stands, too, for the open door,
and thus America becomes her
friend. The better part of the civil
lized world is in open sympathy.
All despise the duplicity of 1896,
and all admire the skill and valor
displayed in these days by the little
yellow men of Japan.
1t seems almost incredible that
Russia does not sue for peace. Full
Of distraction at home, and absolute
ly without hope on the sea IN the far
east, and therefore without chance
to regain Port Arthur or the warm
water outlet she needs, there seems
to be nothing for her to do but to
make peace and await better OPP
portunity. Many believe she must
either do this, Or encounter civil
strife at home. The bureaucrats are
considered, rightly considered, the
source and creators of Russia's dis
tresslng condition, and il will be
strange indeed if the great mass of
Russians do mot bring them to justice.
A treaty of peace or revolution
seems inevitable, and if it be a treaty
of peace Port Arthur and it's railroad
must either beleft in japanese hands,
or else they must be handed over to
the uses OF the entire world. Korea
in any event will become part of
Japan.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-12
POST-BELLUM CONSPIR-
ACIES.

Scarcely had the news of the fall !
of Port Arthur been received in
Paris when the French jumpingjack
newspaper writers rushed into print
to declare that the retention of Port
Arthur by the japanese would en-
danger the interests of the Western
nations in the Far East. The hold
ing of it by Russia was admirable,
but the holding of it by the Japanese
would be something awful. The
Berlin Monarch proposes, it is said,
to name the terms of peace. This is
said to be the secret wish of Cont
mental Europe. England and the
United States should stand firmly
against any such action. Russia,
Germany and France made mess
of it when they dictated the terms of
settlement between Japan and China.
They really brought on the present
bloody.1war, and Germany and
France should keep out of the settle
ment that is plainly approaching.
Japan has now twice conquered by
her skill and Valor Port Arthur, and
she should hold it as q guarantee of
! peace and control in the Far East.
The United States and Great Britain
should aid in the diplomacy that. 8
near at hand. Japan believes in the
Open Door, and that is all we want
in the Far East. England is Japan's
ally.
At any rate Japan should begin to
fortify Port Arthur with a view to
the, holding of it to the end of time.
No combine of land-greed nations
should be permitted to rob her ol
her conquest. she should fight this
time all cotners, for if France OF
Germany get into it England mus
perforce side with Japan, and The
United States should do likewise i
the Open Door is to become a fact il
. the Far East. There is no OpeI
!, Door when France and Germany
conspire to aid Russia 1t is an i'll
assorted lot, and this country shoult
stand against them, and in favor O
the Open Door.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-01-12
New Hardware Company

:. The Ideal Hardware and Com
mission Company has been organized
in this city with capital of $10,500
paid in. The officers are, w. H.
Higgins, President; Geo. w. Baker,
V1ce-President; J. Wash Bizzell,
Secretary and Treasurer.
The business will be conducted al
the stand formerly, occupied by Mr.
w. H. Higgins.