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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-07

was very enthusiastic. giving the
speakers Il warm reception.
Justice b. u. Semmes was the first
speaker of the evening and he was
followed by Mr.. W. +. Barrett, candi-
date for the Legislature, The canIi-
dates spoke at length upon the issues
of the campaign. Other speakers 1t
the meeting were: Col Marquis Jones.
Attorney o, d. Bachelor and DR.. II. T.
Styll
Third Ward Rally.
y small crowd was mustered i'm the
Third ward TO attend the Democratic
rally Il. Nachman's hall. MIR. j. L..
Maryc presided and speeches were
made by Col. Marquis Jones. Mess,s.
w. c. Stuart. w. f. Pickett, Mr.. Bar
rett aud others.
Before the meeting adjourned the
crowd was augmented by the arrival
of II number of Second ward voters.
who went TO the Third because the
rally in their ward failed TO material.
ize. 80. .rq,N,ISa
About score Of voters and political
leaders gathered at G1S Twcnty-sev.
enth street to attend the Second ward
meeting, but ON account of the small
crowd it was decided to adjourn ami
let the people go TO Nachman's hall.
Good Crowd in Fourth.
In the Fourth ward Il fairly large
crowd gathered in the hall at i30;:
Huntington avenue, last night. o hear
the final speech making of the cam.
paign in that ward. The meeting was
presided over by Mr.. J. a. Willctt
and addresses were made by several
candidates and well known speakers
of the city.
Mr.. w! T. Barrett addressed the
meeting, again regulating the report
circulated here concerning his attitude
toward union labor
Other speakers who addressed the
meeting were: Clerk Of Courts ID. -.
Smith, candidate fer reelection: City
Treasurer j. NJ Curtis. for reelection:
City Sergeant L. w. Mlstcad, for re.
election; Attorneys II. NJ. Lett AMI
{. Aylctt Ashby; Mr.. James f.. Dohor-
~ and Mr.. j. +. IIolzbach, the latter
being candidate fer justice Of the
peace of the Fourth ward.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-07
Council Meets Torioht.

The common council meets tonight in
regular session. Various matters Of
importance are on the calendar among
them the recommendation from the
finance and school committees that
$1,000 be appropriated and pail to
Superintendent of Schools Morton i'm
addition to the $500 now paid the
superintendent by the State.
The committees. In joint session
unanimously recommended the in.
crease in Prof. Morton's salary and.
although opposition on the part of one
or two members is expected. it seems
assured that the report will be adopt.
cd
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-07
ITCHING ECZEMA
And All Other Itching and Scaly
EruptionS Cured by Cuticurs.

The agonizing itching and burning
of the skin. as in eczema; the frirht-
iul scaling, as i'll psoriasis; The loss of
hair and c:,isting of scalp. as in
scaled head all demand Il remedy of
almost superllunan virtues to success.
inlly cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, OintIucnt. and Pills are such
stands proven beyond all doubt.
Cui'rurs Solp Ointment. and ls arc sold th,ourhou,
mr N"t'h. i"uer Dug Client Com. rnsnn, S,,s
i"P''vf' SSSend far (" How to Cure Ec.cmA"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-07
Eor Extensive Renairs.

The n. Y.P. & n. steamer New
York arrived at the local shipyard
from Norfolulh Sunday afternoon TO
undergo an extensive overhauling. Re-
pairs will lie made to the steamer and
her interior fittings will receive new
coat CT paint. 1t is expected that the
vessel will be at the shipyard about
ten days,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-07
Polls open 6:35 a. M; close 500 p. n,
Voting Places.

First ward--Twenty-fi street b.
tween Washington and Huntington
avenues.
Second ward-Jefferson avenue and
IwcDty-ninth streets.
Third ward-Chesthut avenue ana
rwcnty-seventh street.
Fourth ward-Forty.third street M
Huntington avenue.
At G:35 O'Clock this morning the
election OF governor and other State
officers and municipal officers will be.
sin. In this city Il quiet day and lisN;
vote Is looked for lack Of interest
throughout the campaign and the cx.
cccdingly slim attendance at the final
Democratic rallies last night Indicating
that many voters are liable to stay at
home
y complete victory fer the Demo
Gratis here seems assured. even the
Republicans admitting that all of the
Dnccratlc candidates for local OF.
'''tNiH wiz w NitSitu Will SOOu
joritics. AS stated in this paper Sun
day the only Semblancc of fight T.,
in the race between Mr. w t. Barrett
Democrat. and Mr.. w II. Hopkins. Re.
publican. fer the House Of Delegates.
with odds in Mr.. Barrett's favor. The
Democratic leaders admit that there is
chance of small majority for Mr..
Darrit. but they laugh at the idea tia;
Mr. Hopkins really has II chance Of
election.
According To law. The saloons clusc,;
81 sunset last night and ii was as
quiet on the streets throughout the
night Us IL ever is on Sunday.
In the First Ward.
small crowd of prominent Demo.
Gratis gathered in I.nacnbaum's hall at
lii2 final F'"s. Ward rally last night.
Mr. w. Lee Powell presided at the
meeting and though slim the crowd
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-07
WORK on ON Steamer

The work on the hull Of the Associ
.ated OIL Compny's new oil tank has
begun at the local shipyard. The yes.
sci will be constructed OH the stocks
on the south side OF ship tressel No. s.
The old keel which was originally laid
for an oil stcam>r is being utilized in
the construction Of the new vessel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-07
s95o.o0 for Good Home

Located near Chestnut avenue. Has
SIX rooms. newly painted; a nice
location to live in. VIII make cas-
terms to right party. NELNiS, MA.
RYE. BOYENTON' & CHAPLIN. Inc.
2olt Washington avcnue. .nll.7.Gt
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merchants on the African coast. He
was often fitted out with thousands OF
dollars worth of trade goods on which
he had not advanced cent. In time
his name came to have extraordinary
effect upon the natives. Capt. W1ss-
MANN wrote that on his first journey
across the continent tho mere mention
Of the famous Arab as his friend always
helped him. He was at the height OF
his power and influence, and lorded it
over kingdom Of his own on the upper
Congo when the Brussels Congress de-
creed the suppression Of slave raiding
and sealed the doom Of Arab supremacy
in equatorial Africa.
This experienced Arab traveller was a
mighty poor geographer, and especially
given to exaggerating the size Of lakes
He states, for instance, in his remark
able geographical impressions, that
Lake Kassala is one-half as large as
Tanganyika, though years ago the
maps revealed Kassala's comparative
insignificance.
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are no more legal directors than would
be Federal Senators or congressman
not of lawful ago and not having resi-
denoe defined by the Constitution.
There is always danger ahead, and not
very far off, when either political or
civil corporations put supreme control
in the executive, or legslatc in whole
sale way regarding executive officers,
as does the United States under stress o
war or in preparation for war. 1t takes
long time for Parliament or a Con-
gress to get out of the war habit OF
money appropriations. as We now see
in Washington and London. Executive
officers like the habit. In the same
manner executive officers OF railways,
insurance companies and banks chafe
under close control by directors. They
prefer government by executive COM
mittees OF which they are majority.
Hence the phrases, my railway my
insurance company" and my bank
We have for decade and more heard
1t said on every hand that tho moral
and legal obligations Of corporation
director are not so severe as those Of an
executor and trustee under will. Are
they not? What will the courts say3
Will the opinion of the New York
Court Of Appeals be had on the relativ >
rights and duties under New York laws
Of trustee under will and director
in corporation?
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TaycO.Sama's Dream.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: DR.. Ash
mead and any other seeker after facts may
find at first hand the historical details Of
Japan's early transpacifc ambitions and
Americas part In them in the correspondence
Of the Governors General Of the Philippines.
the yiceroys OF New Spain. and the Crown OF
Spain: the chronicles Of the Dominican. Fran
c!scan aud Jesuit orders; the reports Of
yelasco's. vlzcaino's and other voyages. and
much other contemporary writing between
1890 ar' 1915.
II / .mite true that there Is more than ono
way u AnglioizinR japanese names. and that
Emperor Is not derived from the same root as
Shotgun, but twill serve. Also. .Tayco-Sama
admittedly was base born and did burn and
cruelty Christians with spasmodic. viciousness;
but the reas ons were quite as much OF the kind
which got John the Baptist into trouble with
Herod as they were political. and should not
affect our admiration for the extraordinary
persistency Of Japanese aims. Per contra,
tho Emperor tShogun) was impartial, for he
proposed shipping 10000 or 900 OF his own
surplus professional men tblorses) to newly
conquered CyTr4, there TO. till the fields and
increase the food supply Of his Empire tsho-
gunate). His humor was OF a practical kind.
Bright sun cured Virginia never yet. caused
its smokers a pipe dream which COMPOUNDED
crabs with goldfish. especially before serving.
Authority: that other eminent medico. Tx
Marvel. c. P. MACKIE.
ENGLEwoop, ". j., June 20.
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Danger In "FacinE" Switches.

To THE EDITOR OF THR SUN-Str: Can II he
considered UP to date railroading for double
tracked road. operating fast trains TO have -fa-
cling" switches anywhere on the limo OF the main
tracks, Every switch and crossover should face
away from the approaching train: that Is. In such
direction that train In order TO take the siding,
must pass be yond the siding and then back Into II
instead OF going forward into II. In the Same way
with crossovers. the train. II the crossover Is
properly laid. must pass beyond II and then back
over 1t. All switches should BIO laid out In this
way, no matter what difnculties OF conformation
OF land or artificial distractions stand In the way.
The other way Of laying them out 10 simply relic
OF tho almost forgotten single track road. upon
which every switch necessarily faces tho train
coming from one direction or the other.
On double track road. with sidlngs and switches
proper ly planned. and with modern point" switches
the chances very slight that tho train will leave
tho main line rails. even with the switch open. II
will almost Invariably go right through the switch,
possibly spelling the switch by breaking tho point"
but viii leave the ra lis At any rate the chances
for the train arc much better than with an open
facing" switch. EXPRESS.
STApLRroN, June %.
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The Old and New English Speaking.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-!sir' read
your well written editorial columns daily
with ayidity, Your article Of June 90 on
the subject OF dropping the final e" by
section of the English public afforded me
genuine surprise.
From time immemorial the ordinary cock
ney has matreated the mother tongue; and
one OF his most conspicuous cruelties has
been the suppression OF the final g" In
educated circles. however. that g receives
full and honorable recognition and lite omls-
sion il considered as great an ohense as the
dropped or misplaced aspirate.
l was educated In England. and In after
years came In contact with university. army
and navy men: doctors. lawyers and archi:
business men Of good education: and l can
affirm that all gave the final g" its full guam
At school we were taught that to attain
perfection OF speech an Englshman should
not only be above reproach in his grammar
and syntax, but should not betray, by phrase.
accent or other trick, the particular district
music master laid much stress on the necessity
Of giving every letter its full value. In ballad
and song he considered accurate pronuncia-
ton as tmportant as melody and wherever
Ing" singing" occurred In the lines. well
remember his insistence on a clear enuncia-
ton and distinct delivery Of both "gs."
the tad q cutting Of The final g. has R.ecms
society, especially in the so-called smart
set, your condemnation, OF it as efleminate
and idiotio cannot be made too emphatic
New YoRK. June %. PLANTAaRNEr.
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THE POLICYHOLDER.
HI, Dividends, Deferred" and Annu

HlO DlyI0enuo, Uo4oFTcu onu nhuosA'
To THE EDITOR OF The suN-S1: Your
correspondent T. p. Goodrich. In to-days
Sun. renders q public service by directing
attention to the subject OF deferred divi.
dends," which he deems tho prime cause OF
the Equitable trouble through tho effect they
have had In piling UP an enormous surplus
ever present a. temptation to extravaganza
and management; and he contrasts Win
this the annual dividend companies which,
as he says, render statement to every policy
holder upon the anniversary OF his policy
showing exactly his share OF the surplus
thus furnishing a check upon waste and cor
rupt practlses.
But Ia not the inducement Of an annual
dividend" itself an llusory promise OF
share In the profits. computable In some un.
defined way. of which the insureds control
ls nothing. and his proourable knowledge
next TO nothlng7 The insurance companies
seem fortunate enough to be able to make
this sort OF contract with their customers'
though in ordinary Affairs a prudent man
does not pay out money upon the undertake
Ing OF the recipient to return share OF tho
profits OF tho venture In which the money 10
to be applied, without making plain In the
agreement, unless 1t be q case where the law
makes IL plain apart from any agreement.
what shall be considered as profits. and what
method Of computation shall determine his
share thereof. and reserving right to look
at the books.
Is II asking too much that the law require
every dividend bearing policy to contain
q plain statement OF the agreed method OF
computing profits applicable to dividends"
and OF individual dividends" derivable
from profits. and lodge in some proper quar-
tor the right to examine the accounts?
NEW YORK. June "a. b. I. h.
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Tho Fall OF Herbert W. Bowen.

When we speak Of the fall OF HERBERT
w. BOWEN we do so in no spirit Of un-
kindness; we merely refer to an unques-
tionable fact. Mr. BOWEN has been dis
missed from the diplomatic service Of
the Government by the President Of the
United States. This may not be wholly
Just fate, but no one can we'll refuse to
regard 1t as a fall. HERBERT w. BOWEN
at the present moment Of time is unde-
niably discredited diplomatist.
We do not say whether this Is right or
wrong. We simply record the fact. But
it suggests one or two observations OF
contemporary human interest.
One Of these is that il Mr.. BOWEN had
died twelvemonth ago he would have
left reputation Of unusual distinction
In the American diplomatic service. His
good name as Consul, Committeeman
and Minister has been largely destroyed
by his dismissal from Office by President
ROOSEVELT, who had never occupied any
higher post than that Of United States
Civil Service Commissioner when Mr..
BOWEN became Consul OF the United
States at Barcelona in 1890. At that time
the idea that Mr.. ROOSEVELT would ever
be in position to turn him out OF office
would doubtless have seemed supremely
ridiculous to Mr.. Bowen.
Perhaps Mr.. BOWEN principal error Of
judgment has been his failure to appre-
ciate distinctive element Of weakness
in those who hold consular or diplomatic
Offices. They have no constituents. An
elective officer who meets with what he
considers unjust treatment in public
life can always appeal to the voters Of
his State or district to stand by him and
see that he secures evenhanded justice
In his constituency he has power be-
hind him that politicians or even Presi-
dents may not always disregard with
impunity. But it is different with most
Consuls and Ministers. They are sub
servient to the Executive. They must
study to please; and il they fail to please
they can be tossed out Of office, neck and
heels, and there is no one who can effec-
lively say nay.
1t follows that when an Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
from this country finds that he cannot
agree with the President and Secretary
of State it would be sensible and self
preserving act on his part to resign.
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The Cotton Sharp" and the June bug
come together. This year the Government
has officially recognized the Sharp by in
curing into an alleged leak in the reports
collected by the Department OF Agriculture
from the cotton belt
The Cotton Sharp'-the name Is the
designation OF a class and not Of an in
dividual--now reports from Texas that the
Farmers Union, with headquarters at
Austin, has received reports from 100 900
OF its members throughout the South, and
these 10000 reports show a reduction in
cotton acreage Of 30 Ia per cent. He says
that at tho present outlook this years crop
will not exceed soOoO0o bales, falling off
of moro than 1000 900 from any recent re-
port and 5000, 900 from the crop Of 1893.
More disquicting than the annually re-
ported drought in the corr belt" the
failure OF the winter wheat crop" the
COLLAPSE of the peach CROP" the frost in
Jersey pumpkins" and the shortage in
the maple sugar rum" there is this early
June breakdown Of the great American
staple. Every year the cotton crop is a
complete failure-that is, every year when
there u not banner CROP
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An Explanation OF the Omission Of the
Final CO..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Without
pretending to speak with a voice Of authority
as to the dropping or slurring Of the hnal -e'
in smart" English speech for the last twenty
five years or so. since 1t is characteristic OF
West Country speech to give that final its
full value and something more, l have OBJ
served Q principle amounting almost to
rule that will cover most OF the instances in
the very pertinent Lena Despard" citation.
To be sure. it does no more than remove the
inquiry back one stage. stage that may
find its ultimate calculation In the philology
OF the Middle English.
1t would appear that there are two values
Of the final g in the English speaking Of the
English speech. possibly corresponding to
difference long inherent in its origins and not
unlik ely representing distinct Developments
Romance stem on one side and in a Germano
uniformity Of the alphabetic character g..
the lower orders. whore alone is i possible
to obtain any sure clue to dialectic dvaga-
tions. or these uneducated speakers TIE
assign to one type of the "e" final distinct
Sound Thus %c 1ha all hear d. go,nS ess.
Sommony co i3 70 a e' rspresentinr
the uneducated type. more readily, responsive
to the influence Of subsistlng dialectlc hr1nI1
influences From his betters we shall hear
i m goin to do something"
III there be any rule az all IN tnls, ana II Is
hard TO say that 1t is subject to rule when the
action is so involuntary. It would be SUI
ceptible OF statement in some such terms as
Where the final "g" rheris from the past
OF the language a sufficient weight. one might
almost say quality in the same way that
one speaks of the prosodc quality OF vowel
weight by assigning to it the tx" sound the
educated manifest "A similar recognition by
retaining the "g" unslurred For the light
weight g" final cockney speech retains the
unmOdifpd "g" sound. Oxford speech sl,lTs
it down to the paucity OF an apos,rophe final
alton OF thu variety in the spell ng in so recent
a writing rs Piers Plowman, no earlier thea
the fourteenth century:
Ac on q May mornyn0s on Maverne hullos
Me byfc tcrly or fairy me though'e.
Twas wrry for WANDERED and we nj me to rest.
Under brUdc hanke b. a burnes Side,
And as lay and iencd and lokcd In The wal"irs
slomhTcd In a Sicpvno II swcyed so mcryc.
Here the two weights of the final letter ara
difference still subsisting upon the lips OF
men is shown by the modern cocknay morn.
INK and sleeping, and by the modern Oxford
speech morning and s'copin ,-
without involving at all the Romance
origin OF some OF these cases of final e." il -
the Inc Of the participle represents an original
in and or end In passing TO English u
undergoes a destructive devolution. the final
conso ant is lost and the preceding N" is tenn:
porarily strengthened But the inertia is all
against the retention OF anything to repre-
Our spelling retains the ,-ino, but our speech
does but yield to higher law in dropping
the e." DEVON.
NEW YORK. June %.
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ENGLISH SPEECH.
A Discussion Of Peculiarly Of "smart"
Pronunciation,

To THE EDITOR OF The 6UN-Sir: You are
entitled to the thanks Of every parent In this
city who takes any interest In his chlldrens
education for your articles on the subject OF
English speech. and Isincerely hope that you
will continue TO enllGhten the community as
to the neglect apparent on the part OF our
educators in the matters Of spelling. pronun-
citation and grammatical propriety.
The bad spelling and bad pronunciation
are due. 1t seems to me. to the fact that no
tasks are memorized, not even the order OF
the alphabet. the necessity for knowing which,
to enable one readily to consult q dictionary
or cyolopedia. Is self-evident.
In some OF the highest academies fifty years
ago spelling was rightly regarded - the all
important thing. and the spelling class com.
prised tho whole school. 1t was the first
called up In the morning. The task. 90 many
columns OF Carpenters Spelling Book or
some such compilation. was supposed to have
been committed to memory overnight: and.
beginning at the head OF the class. the teacher
would ask the pupil how such q word was
Spelled. II the pupil failed to answer cor.
rectly and the next pupil below him answered
1t they had to change places. and 80 on. Thus
emulation was excited with the most success
In, the old spelling books not only were
words q assed as monosyllables and polysyl-
words OF one syllable" words OF two syl-
tables accented on the first" words Of three
syllables accented on the second" and SO on
We want just such a system here now.
As to grammatical propriety. which Is to
be acquired only by reading the best authors.
our, public schools arc not. perhaps. so much
to blame as some Of our more prete,ntlous
deplorably unfamiliar with the best known
Of the best English authors can become a
professor Of English Literature" in a collie
giate institution. Such gentlemen land there
are many Of them) write so we'll and talk
30 we'll that one is surprised when the small
ness OF their literary capital is accidentally
discovered. May we not expect TO have from
one OF them some day a nice little volume
entitled How to Write Learnedly on Things
We Know Nothing About.
ents OF -untidy English" are very far in
deed from exhaustnR the list Of the COM
II is real NICE. II is awful pretty. ''.f i.
lays on the table, Named for instead Of
inquiry, accent misplaced and vowel pro.
pog9csd sH fho5t SontaaIy to the au.
BRooXLIN, June 81. J. AL