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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
is IN BEHALF OF
AMERICAN RICE
Cuban House of Representatives Elk
pecfed to Pass Bill Favorable
to That Product.
tBy Associated Press.l

HAVANA. June 12.-rhe House Of
Representatives today discussed the
so'called Louisiana rice bill. which
doubles the duty on rice and otber
products with the two fold purpose Of
encouraging tie home culture of rice
and of enabling the United States. in
stead of Europe and India 10 supply
foreign bought rice.
Various amendments to The bill were
defeated by votes which appear to en-
sure its passage.
Senior Gown, the author of the bill.
and Senior Gonzalez Perez engaged In
ain alteration during the debate on
the bill. which 1t is predicted. will re-
suit in duel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13

the prisoner 10 set aside the verdict
On the ground that il was contrary to
law and evidence. but ii was ovcrruIcd
10y Judge Scott, who held that the pris.
oEcr had received Il fair trial. Judge
Scott then sentenced the prisoner
When aSktd whether he had any
thing L" say. johnson replied that he
woui like 10 have time To repent He
ni:!c no confession us To- his guilt.
The lal.ing of Johnson will In the
NTH cHccuIiCn that has taken place
while Sheriff Solomon has held ci!icc.
Phillip Norman. Nicholas. Maurice Hop
Eins. fctcr Danccy AMI Edward Austin
having hccn hanged since h. assumed
charge.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
Made of Z'nc aud Contained The
Usual Gun Cotton MEAL
Tube aud Powder.
INvt STlG.TNG TIE fORi lGNERS
Mary Russians Of Anarchistic Tendon.
oics Said to Reside in the Vicinity of
the Threatened lnsti,ution-No Rca.
son Can Be Given Fer Attempted
Outrage.
NIv Associated pr,.ss \

PlTTSBURG. PA. June 12-Twr
h.nbS were fourd today on the prem
iSrs nf the Springfield public school, in
this city. by Lewis Baker. The janitor.
Beth were made Of zinc and In the in.
terror were the usual gun cottun. met
nj tube aud powder.
They were two inches in diameter.
several inches long and fitted with n
hraSs rap. Beth are now In posses.
sion of The authorities
No reason can be given for the Sc
lection Of the school MS the object of
an attempted outrage. There are "A
number Of Russian families in the vi
entity nf the school. many of whom
are. il is said. so far as Russia is con-
ccrned intensely anarchistic. In view
of this The police are conducting their
investigation amongst tie foreigners.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
THREE ARE KILLED
IN A FIERCE DUEL
Entire Family Wiped Out as Dramatic
Climax to Tennessee
''7 Feud.
CBy Associated Press.)

KNOXVILLE. TENN. June IL
Three men met instant death and IL
fourth was fatally wounded in n duel
fought today in IL blacksmith shop at
Thorn Hill. four miles from Tate
Springs. rcnn., and eighty miles north
east of this city.
The dead men arc John and VIII
Holland. brothers. and VIII Bundren.
all white. and members of well known
families. Tho wounded man is Clint
Wrinkle, negro, supposed to have
been in the employ Of Buntlren. Flu.
r.ity has existed between the Ilolani
and Bundren families for The past four
years. It grew out of the killing of
Col. John Crolicr by Bruce Burdrcn.
father of the han killed today. for
which crime the elder Bundrcn is scry
ing Il life sentence in The pcnitcntilry.
Trouble which threatened Sunday
WAS avcrtc'l. but today Bundren, ac-
companied by The negro. entered the
blacksmith shop of the Hollands, and,
"i'Si " -" "'i"o' ~ us pSShl'
Twenty shots were fired and when
the smoke had cleared away three men
lay dead on the iioor of the shop and
The fourth was MORALLY wounded The
Hollands used Winchcstcrs and Bund-
rem AMI Wrinkle used pistols. Will liol-
land and John Bundren were married
men. aged 80 aid %, respectively
john Holland was % and unmarried
The death of the Hollands wipes out
the entire family with the exception Of
the parents.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
HEART RENDING
STORY OF BATTLE
Russian Ships Poorly Handled, and
Workmanship of Their Gunners
Extremely Poor.
tBy Associated Press.)

VLADlVoSToK. June IA series
of interviews which the correspondent
Of The Associated Fress has had with
naval officials who survived the battle
of the Sea of Japan, has developed a
mcst sensational story of the causes
Of the Russian disaster first of ALL and
the complete decentralization which fol.
lowed tue sinking of the flagship INnia;
sonvaroff and the wounding Of Admir-
al Roiestvensl;y. 1t Ii explained that
mot p single ofIicer Of the fleet know
the comTander.in-chicfs plan. The
admiral in command ofdlvislors knew
10 more than the sub-lieutenants and
hal TO rely1ior]y on the signals of the
flaeslip Admiral Nehogatoff OH who
the command devolved had seen Ro-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
AUSTIN JOHNSON
is FOUND GUILTY
crimirai.y Assaulted Little Ruu
Observation-Disclosures to Be
Hanged July 20.
Especial TO tho Daily Press,

toICStol ~ IHC Odily IIGSS.I
RICHMOND VA. June l2--Austin
johnson. the negro charged with Grim.
inlly assaulting Ruth Rchecca finch.
heck, / years old. was found guilty
In the Hcnrico circuit court shortly af.
ter nine o'clock this morning and sen.
fenced to be hanged between the houra
of sunrise and sunset July ~
The jury had heen held since Satur.
day night. when they stood eleven for
conviction and one for Imprisonment
TO the prnitentiary. When the jury re.
TUNED 10 the courtroom this morning
the foreman submitted the following
verdict;
We. the jury, find the prisoner gull.
ty as charged In the Indictment, and
liz his punishment at death.
"a. G. DECKER. Foreman.
A motion was made by counsel for
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
OVER LoWLANDS.
Mississippi, on Rampage, From Five to
Seven Miles Wide.
fBy Associated Press)

HANNIBAL, MO, June l2.-Tho
flooded Mississippi river has spread
over all the unprotected lowlands and
is from five to eight miles wide be.
tween here and Kcokuk Near AIcxan.
der. Nh. Riley Smlalwood. farmer.
was drowned and seven other persons
reported missing. Many dead bodies
OF horses, mules and cattle are floating
past Hannibal and from Alexandria
Canton, Memphis, West Quincy and
keokuk reports have been received of
losses Of live stock.
All available boats are making trips
up and down the river rcscuing per
SOUS who escaped to points above the
water line. The property loss already
suffered is estimated ut several million
dollar.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
is AGROUND IN ST.
LAWRENCE RIVER
leyland Liner Tampican Hits Bottom
Soon After Leaving Montreal
Tugs Can't Move Her.
(Ry Associated rrcss1

HALIFAX, N. s.. June 12.-Word
was received here tonight that the
Leyland Line steamer Tampcon. from
Montreal, went aground i'll the St.
Lawrence soon after leaving here TO-
day.
She was heavily laden with general
cargo and 400 head Of cattle She is
firmly Embedded in the sand and six
tugs failed to float her.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
Director Of Pubic Safety Rules
That it Is a Gambling Proposi.
ton and is Illegal.
HAS ANOTHER FIGHT ON HAND
Mayor Weaver Trying to Block Cen.
summation of Ring Measure Grant
ing Franchise to Surface Car Com
pany Without Compensation to the
city-EmpIoyes to Be Dismissed.
fBy Assncintcd Press J

PHILADELPHIA. PA, June "a
The director of public safety has pro.
hihitcd Il church from holding a rniilc.
In nn effort To raise funds. the Remain
Ca,,Clc churt II Of the Ascension in
tented railing on Il house valued az
s2.5G0 a complaint was made to the
public safety department OH the
ground that ra'Ilc was gambling
proposition. The director he'll the case
under adviscmcnt. Today Rev. II. !.
Broughal, the rector of the church.
called on the director in reference to
the matter ard was informed that the
rattle could not take place.
The principal developments in the
local political situation today were the
resignation of Samuel SaIter. as as
sistant to the clief clerk i'm tho office
of the county commissioners and the
issuing Of an Dldcr for the dismissal on
"Wednesday of siXty-five employees in
the bureau Of city property and four.
teen i'll the electrical bureau.
Probably the most interesting devcl.
opnenl was the resignation of Saltcr,
WHO some years ago after being fil-
gitive from. Justice for about ycil,,.
returned Ia this city and was atquitttf
of the charge of stutIing a ballot box.
In his resignation, which came as Il
surprise 10 the citizens of The city,
Saltcr says that he intends to go into
business.
Case Was Sensational
Tho election fraud case with which
Saltcrs name was linked was one of
the NEST sensational in the annals of
the ballot box crimes in this city
After Salter's acquittal the city coun-
ellis created the position of assistant
TO the chief clerk OF the county com
missioner and Salter was appointed tn
the place ut Il salary of $1,000 year.
Mayer Weaver has another contest
IS it'll: councils This time il is over
granting 10 the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company of franchis cs to OBJ
crate surface cars OH an additional ! ~
miles Of street within the city without
receiving any compensation.
The bills granting the franchises
were passed. and vetoed by the mayor.
On The day the gas lease passed
councils the bills we're passed over the
mayors veto. After winning the gas
lease fight the mayor had bills intro
,lnced in councils repeating tue fran
chise bills.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
100000 For General Gomez.

Niy Associated PrcsS.)
HAVANA. June 12.-The Hcuse of
Representatives today unanimously ar-
propriatcd SI00.0n0 for the benefit of
General Maxine Gcmcz. The prccar.
BUSINESS of the condition of General
Gomez is increased by the spread Of
Sansron", which the doctors have done
their best To arrest.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
TIC Be Settled Out of Court.
ny Associated Prcss.l

NEW YORK. June 12:--Counsel for
Mrs, Ida l.. Woods. of Mincola who
brought suit to recover 100000 al
legged to have been lost by investment
in the securities of the failed United
States Shiphuilding Company. an.
nonncet to-day that the suit will he
settled out of court.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13

tur: uf thcir sGuadrons. and then only
for fifteen minJtcs.
No Training in Gunnery.
All The stories of extensive target
practice in Madagascar ii seems were
false. Dmring the entire voyage there
practically was no training In sunncry
worthy of the name and the big gun
practice was conlincd To three shots
per vessel. Ugly stories are tcld Of
the happenings at M;ilaSastar Some
of the crews certainly were unframed
III 2unnery and, exhausted by the eight
months voyage under trying moral AMI
physical canlitioEN, were no match fer
he veteran Japanese. whose marks
manship was wonderful
The Japanese Observation-Disclosures fire
on enc ship until She was placed out
of action and then ON another. Thus
sncccssivcly sinking the Oslabya Alex
amber Ill. and Kniaz SouvaroH. SciIn
ships developed dcpIorablc structural
'lcfc.tc. The Oslabya sank without
nav ms q oih!oiC IiOIG DCiON lHc WalcT
line.
Watertight Compartments Burst.
Heavy seas entered The vessel aorvc
the water line ard the water tight COM
pa m9nts which were changed several
times during the voyage. did not stand
the strain they had bccn calculated!
Ia stand, AMI burst. flooding and heel
Ing The vessel over until she turneL
turtle
Lack of homcgencity among the
ships male it impossible to Vancouver
III harmony.
The Vladimir Monomach. Admiral
oushaknff, AMI Admiral Scniavian had
to lag behind on this account bccom
ing Japanese victims
Finally the ammunition was ex.
hamstcd after the first days fight.
Even The very morning of the battle
while the b,lzzihg of the wireless in.
Strtuncnis Of tie Russian ships Shaved
that the Japaue scouts were cnmInu-
I.icatng his dispositions TO Admiral
Togo, Admiral RI jcstvcnsky continued
his caI cless ,nanucuvcring and when
the Japanese actually appeared the
Russians were caught in an impossible
fcrmatlon anu were attacked on three
fronts s--.-s---y.-Si $4,000. o.
Post Cramped, Ships Badly Placed.
ROjeStyensky' post was cramped
and his transports were badly placed
and caused confusion. while The Japa-
rn:sc were training proicctilcS cv.n
from machine guns OH The Russian
ships the latter were huddicd together
blanlietng each others fire /nIy the
columns could bring their guns 10 bear
ana even those the unframed eunncrs
fired wildly. 70 render matters worse
the mines aud floating turpedocs sown
aided to The confusion. The Borotl;no.
Admiral Nakihinioff and Navarin fell
victims To these ohstructions.
1t Is Il heart rending narrative that
Russia and the world should know.
The sailors ana officers we're not alto
gcthcr to blame. The main fault lies
olscw here. There were many heroes
among the Russians. Captain l}erkl.
uf inc CSabya, stood on his bridge as
the ship sank. rather than save him
self There were thousands of other
heroes. whose Iiamcs the world will
never lnow.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
Pennsy's Chicago "FIyer.n

It8y ASSUcIHtrU PrcsS.)
CHICAGO. June 12.-On its initial
run FROM New York the Pennsylvania
railroads eightcen-hour flyer" the
fastest long distance train in the
world. arrived In this city at $50
oc.ock this morning. three minutes
ahead of schedule time
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
GROVER CLEVELAND" ..
President in New Orleans Oct. 24,25.

tBy Associated Prcss.o
NEW ORLEANS. Juno ia letter
from Secretary Loeb TO the Progress.
sivc Union fixes October "a and 81 as
tho lays upon which Presidents Roase-
welt will visit New Orleans.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
CHARGED WITH STEALING ss5.

Prominent Petersburg Druggist Sent
On to Grand Jury by Judge Mullen.
Especial to the Daily Press.)
PETERSBURG, VA. June r.
James w. locke, former and promi-
ncE., young druggist OF this city, was
today committed by the mayor for trial
In the Ilustifgs Court OH the charge
CT stealing sos from the safe of w.
L. Brown. who succeeded him in bust.
ness. interest in the case attracted
q great 4d. and the hearing lilsted
through three hours. Application for
bail will be made to Judge Mullen.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
eardaer and o'keefe Fight to Draw.

(By Associated Prcss)
.s;ALT5LAI<E CITY. UTAH, June 10.
Jimmy Gardner and Jack O'Keefe,
fought twenty rounds tonight to a.
draw.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
NEWPORT NEWS, VA TUESDAY, JUNE 49, 1905.

jcstvcnsky ouly once after the juno
tur of their sGuadrons. and then only
for fifteen minJtcs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-13
THE WEATHER.

Generally Fair Tues.
day; Wednesday, vari.
able winds. 4
The Ely miner., 1905-03-24
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Many English newspapers, includ-
ing the London Spectator speak Of
President Roosevelt as ''whig."
Rear Admiral Coghlan, in command
Of the Brooklyn navy yard, is so, and
has four years yet to serve before re-
tirement.
United States Senator-elect George 8.
Nixon, of Nevada, now many times a
millionaire, was a telegraph operator 26
years ago.
A Chicago woman, Miss Nellie Car
lin, attorney, is under the heaviest bonds
of any living woman. They total the i'm
mense sum of IS 100000.
The French government has bestowed
the decoration Palmes Academiques on
Miss Frances Johnston, of Washing
ton, D. G. But one other American
woman has been honored IN this way.
Mrs. Matilda A. Pereau, of Nashua, N.
H, 85 years old, has Is children, 60
grandchildren, and 68 great-grandchil-
dren. Thirty of her descendants voted
for President Roosevelt on November
last.
James H. Wolff, negro, who has
been elected commander of the Massa-
chusetts Grand Army of the Republic,
is the first colored man chosen to that
high Office. He is graduate of Dart
mouth college and the Harvard law
school, and has practiced law in Bos-
ton for some years.
Mrs. aFirbanks, wife of the vice pres
ident, holds three collegiate degrees.
She graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan
university at Delaware. O., in 1872, in
the same class with her husband. She
at once began the study of law, also
with her husband as classmate. She
received the degree of bachelor of laws
and afterward took full course of
international and parliamentary law
During the infancy of her children Mrs.
Fairbanks studied medicine
The Ely miner., 1905-03-24
Fanny Crosby, the Well
Beloved Hymn Writer
Special HoDors Will Be Shown Her oo tbe Occasion of
Her Eighty-Fifth Birthday

But her lifelong affiiction has mar
velously sweetened and deepened the
currents of her life, and been a means
of grace wherby she has sung out of
the darkness songs which have
brought light into the lives of multi
tudes. Of her blindness and her life's
work she says:
81 believe everything happens for a
purpose, and what may seem to some
misfortune is part of the great plan
that has enabled me to bring happi-
ness to many through my hymns. Not
that l desire any credit, for if 1 have
this gift it would be wrong not to use
it. We are inspired to do things by
higher power, and should not take
credit to ourselves. One might think
me vain to talk about my work, but
learned my lesson many years ago
when / was a little girl. 1 had writ
ten verses that attracted some atten-
tion and felt very proud of them, when
one day my teacher gave me long
talking to, and realized that did not
know as much as thought did. Since
then l do not think l have ever been
vain about my work, but I simply try
to do the best can"
When she was Is she went 20 the
New York institution for the blind,
where she remained as pupil and
The Ely miner., 1905-03-24
GEN. HAWLEY DIES.
Close of the Career of Connecticut's
Famous Soldier and
Statesman.

Washington, March 20.-Gen. Joseph
r. Hawley, for nearly "a years Unitetl
States senator from Connecticut, died
early Saturday morning at his
residence in this city. Death came
peacefully after stupor lasting
with but slight Interruptions since
Wednesday afternoon. At his bedside
when the end came were Mrs. Hawley.
her three daughters and Maj. Hooks,
for long time messenger to the coln-
mittee on military affairs of the senate.
Gen. Hawley's active career in the
senate came to an end in December.
1902, when failing health compelled
him to relinquish his legislative work.
In February of 1903 he was in the
senate chamber for a short time, that
being his last visit to the capitol. He
was 7S years old. The funeral will be
held at his old home in Hartford, Conn.
Gen. Hawley was born at Stewards
vile, N. c., October 81, 1926. He studied
and practiced law in Hartford, Conn.,.
from 1850 until the civil war broke
out. He entered the Union army as q
captain and left the military service
in 1868 with the grade of brigadier
general and brevet major general. He
served as governor of Connecticut,
delegate to the republican national
conventions of 1872, 1876 and 1880, and
was president of the United States
centennial commission from 1873 until
the completion of the centennial ex-
position in Philadelphia in 1876. His
congressional career began in 1872,
when he was elected a representative
to the Forty-second congress. He took
his seat as United States senator
March 4, 1881, and was member of
that body until the close of the last
congress. On March IL last he was
placed on the retired list as brigadie-
general.
The Ely miner., 1905-03-24

- HE sentiment has often been
&A expressed that it is better
KA " to speak the kindly word of
&yMK appreciation to the living
-a than, waiting until death
has taken them from us, to
then heap the CONN high with fragrant
flowers and to speak volumes in low
ing tribute. Fanny Crosby, whose
hymns are known and loved by nearly
every one, is still alive and happy in
the blessed ministry of hymn writing.
On March "a she will celebrate her
eighty-fifth birthday, and the Sunday
following, March 26, has been desig-
mated as Fanny Crosby Day." when
from the multitude of churches and
Sunday schools ard religious meetings
of various kinds throughout the coun-
try there shall rise one mighty chorus
of song as people sing her hymns and
thank God for the comfort and bless
ing they have brought to their hearts
and the hearts of countless multitudes
who have been singing these same
songs during the past 40 years.
The character of the celebration will
be so unique and simple as to appeal
to every one who knows and has found
comfort in the message of her songs,
and it will be a most fitting recogni
ton of the remarkable genius of this
The Ely miner., 1905-03-24

teacher for 90 years. During the lat
ter part of her career in that institu-
tion she took up the writing of songs,
several of which became popular and
were widely sung. So prolific a writer
of songs was she that her publishers
found it necessary to publish many Of
them under noms de plume, among
the best known of which were "Grace
]. Francis" Lyman Schuyler, Ella
Dale" Charles Bruce" Victoria Stew
art, Julia Sterling" Victoria Ster-
ling" Carrie M. Wilson," Frank
Could" James Apple" "Lizzie Ed
wards" Henrietta Blair" and car
thur ]. Langton." In all she has writ
ten under 130 different names.
She wrote her first hymn in 1864. At
that time w. B. Bradbury was the
leading Sunday school song writer of
the United States, and Miss Crosby
was introduced to him by Rev. Peter
Strkyker She wrote her first hymn
for Mr.. Bradbury, the first stanza of
which runs as follows:
eve are going, we are going
To nome beyond the skies,
Where the fields are robed in beauty
And the sunlight never dies
And this hymn, by strange coin
cidence, was the one selected to be
sung when Mr.. Bradbury died in 1868.
She has enjoyed the friendship of
number of prominent men, including
Presidents Tyler and Van Buren. Hen
ry Clay, William H. Seward and Gen.
Winfield Scott, and she has met many
of the most conspicuous figures in
American history since those days.
Miss Crosby also had the distinction
of being the first woman whose voice
was ever heard in the senate chamber
at Washington. This was away back in
the SOS, when she read poem there.
At IS Miss Crosby is still busy with
her beloved work. During the last Is
years she has spoken in various parts
OF the country, and not long ago de-
livered several lectures in New Eng
land. She has just completed her au-
thorized biography, and will publish it
soon.
Some of Miss Crosby's hymns that
continue popular, in addition to "Safe
in the Arms of Jesus" Rescue the
Perishing," and Pass Me Not, o Cen
tie Saviour" are "Jesus is Calling"
Blessed Assurance" Cali the Way My
Savious Leads Me" Saved by Grace"
There's Cry from Macedonia" "Je-
sus the Water of Life Will Give"
Keep Me Near the Cross" 'Let the
Good Angels Come In," Strike the
Harp of Zion," Blessed Homeland"
"Twill Not Be Long, Our Journey
Here" "Some Day the Silver Chord
Will Break" "Thy Word is Lamp to
My Feet" Never Say Good-by," Holy
Holy, is the Land" Saviour, More
Than Life to Me-"