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The Imperial press., 1905-08-19

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The Imperial press., 1905-08-19
Only Depot on the Loop

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
Torpedoinn a Rattleshin.

The torpeduing Of Il hattlcship is
Il magnificent thing for art ami news
paper artists arc not the only offend
crs,' said II naval officer recently in
from Il cruise. First you draw your
sea with your big fighting ship on top.
then You imagine the Whitehead I'M
dcrncnlh. Then you touch her off and
picture the ship with her how pointed
nj least tn Tie altitude OF the pole
star. II reasons out beautifully from
what the artist thinks he knows about
the effect Of high explosives. hut.
-. the torpedo schools abroad have
seen some score 0f vessel torprdocd,
old vessels Of all sorts Of sizes and
structure, but | never have seen one
hoistcd in the way upon which the ar
lists seem to have united. In fact.
the appearance Immediately after the
shock is that of. sharp downward
sasginG of the ship. Tut this is only
apparent; the water swirls up against
the side 0f the ship and reduces her
visible frccb0ard. The vessel docs
not have time Ia lift TO the shock of
the explosive; her bottom is ripped
out. she fills With water AMI goes down
without any oi that preliminary sky
ward flight upon which. art has
agrccd.-Ncw York Sun
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
The Most Amazing Thina.

ono day, not so many years ago. !
helped Il man To haul a steam engine
OF 200 horse power Il distance OF so
miles, and after many days ii was set
up near an enormous steam boiler
with quantities Of coal and water sup
piled, and finally moved the wheels of
II big cotton mill Nothing amazing
about that! Listen: 4 company put a
turbine wheel in the Yubn river, Cal
ifornn. and developed enormous pow.
or. which Is carried by Il gear system
Of transmission lines, operating al
50.UnO volts. long distances, in one ease
232 miles. BY means Of small wires
sufficient horse power to move the
world is scattered along tie western
slope of the Sicrras. You can neither
see it. hear it. smell il nor taste it.
To feel 1t is certain death. What could
he more amazing?
The power OF tho Yuba river is used
for the greatest variety OF purposes.
among which arc the operation of min.
irg machinery and gold drcdgcs. The
lighting of 90 cities and towns, The
working of street railways, pumping
for irrigation and for reclamation,
power for railroad shops. Touring
mills, smelling and refining. State in
situations, navy yard, and all kinds of
manufacturing establishments. Even
the daily papers of Oakland are print
cd on presses run by Yuba river! And
yet all this energy can be controlled
by the pressure of button or the
movement of switch. child can
handle It, When You understand that
this mighty force, the chief mystery
in Natures workshop, provides at the
same time light. heat and power. you
ask again-what could be more amaz-
ing?-NeW York Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
NO POLITICS in GRAFT.

MIR. Joseph w. Folk. of Missouri. has
very wisely observed hat there arc
no fnctiuns or politics in graft YOU
successful CRATER is in The busi,oss
for what hc can gel out OF il ana poli-
Teal honors. save as Il means to an
end, 'lo not figure in his calculations.
II is now charged that the loan cr
SGS5.o00 which was made by Il Nov,
York Trust Company To two leading
officers of the Equitable Life hssur-
ancc Society last year. AMI which an
officer of the trust company said was
regarded as being secured Ivy tho So.
cicty, WAS political in it's nature
Little attempt is longer made" says
the New York Evening Post, TO con,
zeal the fact that both political par
ties drew upon" the loan.
The Equitable graftcrs certainly
illustrated Mr.. Folks theory perfect
~. They had no intention of incur
ring the cmnliiy of either Il Democratic
or Republican State administration
80 long AS friendship could be brought
with some ones else money.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
A Second Noah.

Bcnjamin, of the Flying Rollers, the
queer religious sect who are building
what they call the City of David. Just
outside the limits of this city, is get
ting together variety of animals
which he says will equal the collection
made by Noah
BENJAMIN says that his object is the
Same as Noah's, for it is prophesicd
that the world will come TO an end
shortly after the termination of the
Chicago tcamstcrs' strike. Up to date
benjamin has collected monkey, a
parrakect, cockatoos, parrots. Austral-
ian pigeons, many song birds, Bel
.ian hare. an Australian sheep and a
goat
Most of these were brought over by
the sect from Australia and more ami
mails are expected with more persons
from that country. Benjamin has con-
tracted for an elephant and several
lions. He purposes to have all of
them when the time comes. -Renton
Harbor tMich.) Cor. New York Sun
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
EFFECT OF POWDER ON GUNS.
More Powerful Kinds Damage Ord.
nance by Erosion or Burninu.

serious trouble that confronts the
modern artillcrSts is the tendency of
the smokclcsS powders that are now
exclusively used to burn ont The in
terrier lining Of guns. particularly near
the powder chamber The powder H.
self is the cause OF more or less any
iciy because of It's chemical instability
The erosion OF burning out Of the inter
ior tube Of the Kun. which is in immc.
iiitr contact with the powder eases. is
due tn the high pressure and intense
heat of the gases.
AZ the instant Il charge is fired Il
great volume Of gas is generated. and
being confined in the powder chamber
by the rrojrctilc. its pressure rises
to an enormous amount. which in the
case uf the service charges in the
United States guns. is as high as Il
tons 10 the square inch. This is nc
companicd by Il proporti0natc rise in
the temperature Uf the gases
II il were possible To look into the
powder chambers at the instant at dis.
charge it would he found to be M a
dazzling white heat. AS the prnicctilc
begins to move down the bore OF tho
gun these whitr.hot gases rush ont
of the powder chamber and as they
stream from the larger chamber into
he smaller bore they literally melt the
harLoncd steel surface nf the bore. the
process being probably assisted by
| some chemical reaction not yet thor
ouglly understood.
The gases under The enormous pres
sure, quickly find out the very small
est way of escape past the base of
the she'll and they stream ut an cnorm-
| our velocity and still at IL white heat
| through any such slight opening and
| melt the hard steel uf the guns just
AS a stream of hot water would cut it's
way through Il block Of ice.
British arillcrists have had great
trouble from erosion because Of the
| quality Of powder which they use The
powder is known as cOr,litc, ana the
erosion is the price which the british
pay for certain desirable qualities
which are absent from other powders
that do not cause SO much erosion.
| Corditc consists of rs parts Of nitro.
Slyccrin. 81 parts Of gun cotton and
five parts vaSrlinr, and it is rcspons-
iblc for the serious croding effects.
Bulk for bnlk The English powder is
much more powerful than The United
States navy powdcr.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
AS TO DlsPENsARY LIQUOR.

TO what depths has the State IF
South Carolina descended since she
engaged in The liquor business through
her famous dispcnsary law! She not
only sells mean liquor AMI by statute
and constabulary force requires her
citizens 10 drink It, but now she is
accused Of stealing IL brand belong
ing tn Il private ual.-lticllmun
News Leader.
Our contemporary may he right iii
its estimate of the depths to which
South Carolina has fallen, hut il cor.
tainly is in error In declaring thai
by statute and constabulary farce"
the Palmetto State requires her cili-
zcns to drink the mean stuff sold III
the dispensary. Lack of common
sense rather than statutory law is
what inpcls tho South Carolinians Ia
drink liquors, despite their ahominablc
quality.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

The New York Evening Post, in -.
fcrrng To Vicc-prcsidcnt Fairbanks
speech ut the scml-ccntcnnial or The
500" canal. says that it affords a
rare example of chastc restraint in
thought aud uttcrnncc. No purple
patch mains its white radiance M
ovcrworlicd supcrlniivc struggles foi
release under an cXaciing task" The
man who can provoke such an encum.
nm AS That might rs well give ZIP all
idea Of succeeding the trough riding
President"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
Mountain Excursion to White Sulphur,
Hot Springs and c. G o. Mountain
ReSortG. Ihuradax AIInust 1zth


On Thursday. August 18th the Ches-
apoakc & Ohio Railway will have spo-
cial excursion from Old Point. Hump.
ton and Newport News 10 mountain re.
sort stations located between Char
lottesville. Hot Springs and White
Sulphur. Tickets will be sold for train
leaving Fort Monroe 9:40 a. m, IIamp.
ton 9:l8 Il. III. and Newport Ncws 10: 10
n. m, Thursday, August 18th, good
only OH special train connecting be-
yond Richmond, stopping only at sta
lions west of and including Chnrlottrs
vile. Tickets good returning until
Tuesday. August 22nd. Rates 10 sta
tons, Charlottesville to- Alton. inclus
i've, $500; Basic to Siannton, inclms
i've, $3.50; Mount Elliott to Fordwick
inclusive, $500; Goshen to Clifton
Forge, inclusive, si.5O. and Covington
to White Sulphur and Hot Springs,
inclusive, $500 The most attractive
excursion of the season Five days
In the Virginia mountains along the
line of the c. d. O.. Combined outing
for health. pleasure and recreation.
Observation-Disclosures.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
USE OF HERBS DECLINING.
Good Old Remedies Our Grandfathers
Dug in Woods Have Passed Away.

In the village of Greenwich, Eng, in
quaint old street where the build
inss are so thick that they tangle
themselves together in knot, there
is queer little shop with sign over
The door that reads, AN Herb for
Every Pain"
On the shelves Of this shop arc to
be found hundreds of different kinds Of
herbs for the cure of all bodily all
mcntS. There can be found all the old.
time herbs that our grandmothcsr
used to have hanging around the walls
of tho kitchen anu stored away in the
syrups in case of sickness.
People who still have old-fashione;l
ideas about health and sickness go
iIcr'- for ;','s::.';@cd. S'.mach. wi Ter.
e.Iccn, sas*niras. camnn,jla. horchrun,'
yellow dock, catnip, cherry bark. null
lcin. extract ri oats. lohelia and so on
All these herbs have the reputation of
being good for some one or more all
mcnts Catnip for nervousness, sassa
fras for the blood, hOrchound and
throat, wintcrgrccn for rheumatism
lObclia as all emctic In case of poison.
ing. mullcin for consumption. etc.
Nearly all OF these herbs are made
i3tn teas. Snssafras tea. hOncsct ten
and cainip tea are brewcd and served
either cold or hot. Among the many
hundreds Of herbs that are sold in this
little shop arc some that are deadly
pOisons, and they are labeled and SOLD
under the same restrictions as other
pGlsnns
The good old remedies that our
srandfathcrs hunted and dug in the
wcnGs. those that our grnndmother4
planted and tended in the garden, hav,
given "ay to ham FIJI remedies, to
drugs that leave IL. patient in n wors'
condition than when llJ Logan III vi
use We believe it las been 4 ms.
take To give ZIP the Gid :cmcdiY -
hlc'lical Talk
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

In the Dritish colonies Of Victoria
and New South Wales, Australia, there
Is alarm over the large and rapid in
crease in tho number OF divorces each
year. In Victoria the average is 1854
tor each 10000 marriages. while in
New South Wales tho average figures
are 2GS.4. Thus New South Wales
is exceeded only by Switzerland and
Ii" United States.
Tho United Kingdom schedules IL,
Norway IL, ami Austria i3.
Cana,la has the place nf hOnOr--only
fonr divorces yearly per 10000 mar
riagcs.-Ncw York Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

~ New York State paper pleads for
justice for Chaunccy Dcpcw. That
sounds all right in an appeal To Tie
gallery" bnt there arc wcll-dcanrd
suspicious that Justice is the last
thing on earth that Chaunccy desires.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

j. f'ierpont Morgan is said TO have
l25 suits OF clothes. The
big Wall street promoter must he try
ing to ccrncr the clothing market.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

Boston thugs heat Il Chicago man
and threw lin of street car. 1t
made him feel so much al home that
the Windy City man is thinking OF
settling down in the Hub.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
Statistics of Divorce

Tho United States still leads In the
matter OF divorces reckoning all corn-
tries where divorce laws are In force.
Here are the figures of the annual
number OF divorces per 10000 mar
riaScs in the countries which have the
heaviest rrCOrtlS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

II really makes little difference what
language the peace negotiations are
conducted in, so long as both sides
stand ready 10 talk business.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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pany Is authorized to contract any OBJ
legation In the name Of the company,
or to nuke purchases in the name of
the same except upon orders signed by
the PUBLISHER OF THE DAILY
PRESS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
That Denen1Is

Rarkcr-What, this pretty little love
story dangerous book?
Parker-l should say so. My wife
has thrown 1t at mo six times already.
Blaetter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
His Consolation

But" asked the long-haircd young
man, is there not something in poetry
that you likc?"
well, yes, replied Crabbe. when
ever | sec n poem II makes me feel
good to realize that there's no law to
compel me to read it."-Catholic Stan
dard.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

"IIe is isn't MS black as he's paint
ed"
NO and his wife isn't MS white as
she's powdered" -Detrolt Tribune.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

of Congress and that such legislation
will bc enacted ms will render such
abuses impossible In tho future
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10

Entered Mt tho Newport News, Va.
PostoiIlce as sccont-class matter.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-18
WHAT Is GOING ON TODAY.

Annual exhibition of the National Horse Show ssoca-
tion Madison Square Garden. a. m
Interchurch Conference Federation. Carnegie Hail.
$3.50 g. and to s p m
Meeting of New-York and New-England Association
of Railway Surgeons. No. II West 43d-st.
Miss Frances A. Keor The Opportunities for Col
club. No II Madison Square North. 8 p m
policies in England League for Political Educa-
tion. Hudson Theatre, No 1Ss West 44th-st. IL
Dinner for General Porter. Lotos Club, $3.50
Dinner for Mr. and Mrs Carnegie by General So
ciety of Mechanics and Tradesmen. Delmonico's'
Reception by the Graduates Club of New-York City
for President Thompson of Ohio State University
and President Perry OF Marietta college, NO IL
5th-ave. 30 p M
Review of the list Regiment by Brigadier- General
George Moore Smith. 7th Regiment Arnory' SiSV
Horse Show Roister. at The strollers evening
Dinner for the Missouri Pacific Baseball Club. by
George J. Gould
Dinner for Herman A by Kings County Demo
cratic Assembly District leaders, at Kings County
Democratic Club. evening
lectures Of the Board Of Education p M m hgn M
School OF Commerce. 66th-st west OF broadway Dr:
Curtis Hidden Page EARLY Poets and Bryant
isaac Yohannan Persia and the Customs of the
People: Public School No 165: 10sth-st near Am
.aThe National Assembly: The Fall Of the Bastile:
Its Significance; American Museum, 3Ith-st. ana
Central park West. Professor Charles L. Bristol.
Education. Parkave. and 5sth-st. Dr. William =:
IingeIbach st. Petersburg: The New Russia
Thomas whitney surette. Die Meistersnger'; St
Bartholomew's Lyceum Hail. No. 2O5 East 4Zd-st.
~ tha Carbobydrates',: Y. NJ. II. A. 92d-st- and
Le1ngton-ave., DR.. James Walter Crook The
te+paen stb and Ienox aves. Willis Fletcher John
SON The Panama Canal (illustrateol.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-18
MCCONNELL BENEFIT A SUCCESS.
Performers All Appear and Please Large
Audience-over S2,5OO Realized.

The benefit performance for the family of Will
A. Mcconnell, the theatrical manager who died re-
Gently, held with success at Lew FieIds's The
atre yesterday. Something $500 was realized,
and a big audience treated, besides, to ex-
celent performance. Not of the volunteers
failed to appear, though benefits Oft forgot
by actors.
The Doherty sisters, Raymond Hitchcock Geor-
gia Caine and Victor Morley. Aimee Angeles, Vic
tor Herbert. Mr. and Mrs. Hackett in the third act
of 1.-The Walls of Jericho De Wolf Hopper, Tom
Lewis and Sam Ryan George Conan Miss Angn
and her company in the big act of ''Zira," Lew
Fields and his company in their burIesque Of The
Music Master and Burr Mcintosh with pictures
which he took the Taft trip to the Orient, made
up vaudeville programme which 1t would be
hard to rival Daniel FrOhman had the benefit
in charge. OF course, Mrs. Fernandez presided over
the distribution of programmes Mrs. Mcconnell
sent this letter to the press last night:
Feeling the difficulty of personally expressing my
sincere sense of gratitude to those who participated
in the Will a. Mcconnell testimonial desire 20 do
SO through the press.
Nv thanks SO to the members Of the dramatic
profession, who, with many demands upon them;
gave their best effort and talent the owners ara
management of the Lew Fields Theatre, and TO the
press
The kind. sympathetic labor Of the many per
sonal friends Of my ate husband the best trlo-
ute to his memory that could be asked
New-York tribune., 1905-11-18

and that he was wild with Indignation at what
he described the indecent haste which had
been manifested by his minister's court digni-
tariessand in particular by his cousin AdolpIl
of Nassau. The latter, much dismayed, left
Luxemburg hastily under the cover of night,
returning to Germany. and when the King really
died a year later he would not believe the news
or set out for Luxemburg to assume the throne
until he had been convinced that William had
been duly entonbed and Incapable of re-
turning TO life.
Adolph OF IuxeIpburg was Of the rich
est sovereigns in Europe. his immense fort
une being derived from the public gambling
tables at Wiesbaden. which until 1866
farrned out to the Blancs. now of Monte Carlo,
and yielded to the ducal house Of Nassau even
stilI larger revenues than those obtained to-day
by the Prince of Monaco from the public gam
bling tables at the casino at Monte Carlo. After
the battle of Sadowa. in which the Duke of
Nassau took part ally OF Austria, his
dominions were annexed by Prussia, which at
the same time abolished the public gambling at
Wiesbaden. The duke retired to Austria
where he spent the following four and twenty
years with all the IuxurIes and comforts which
his wealth placed within his reach treated with
the utmost distinction by the Court OF Vienna
on account of the loss of his throne of Nassau
which he had sustained in behalf of Austria
and free from all the responsibilities and
troubles incidental to rulership. Indeed it may
be questioned whether he not far happier
in his role of a monarch in partbus at Vienna
than afterward Grand Duke OF Luxemburg.
In his day he celebrated the finest four
in-hand whip in Europe. and wont to in
sist upon driving in this fashion even long after
his failing sight and strength had rendered it
matter of difficulty for him manage the team.
Moreover ne always insisted having pretty
women beside him on the box. to whom he used
TO pay more attention than TO his horses. and
this led to many accidents. including several
fractures Of the leg, of the arm and of the col
Iarbone besides cuts and bruises galore all
sustained after he had passed his seventy-hfth
year EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-18
THE4TRTCAL INCIDENTS.

Next week, at the Knickerbocker Theatre. Mr..
Sothern and Miss MarIowe will repeat their wen
known performance of Romeo and Juliet" The
Sotf1ern- -AIarlowe company will close It's engage
!nent at the Knickerbocker on November 25, and
will appear in Boston on November q. remaining
there three weeks.
The popular play of Checkers will be shown
next week at the West End Theatre, and THE
College Widow will to the Harlem Opera
House. where MT. Willard's engagement closes this
afternoon and evening with 1.-THE Fools Revenge
and tom Pinch
Mr.. Charles Kiein's play, THE Lion and the
Mouse" will be produced by Mr.. Daniel FrohInan at
the Lyceum Theatre Monday evening. Novem-
Der 20.
Miss Grace George will appear at the Garr1ck
Theatre on Tuesday evening, November 2, in a
play that has been made out of the silly novel of
THE Marriage of William Ashe'-one of the most
prolix, wrewoven, absurd and tedious compositions
that the teeming fiction press has brought forth in
our time.
Mr.. Manten, at the Garden Theatre will devote
next week to Macbeth 'Richelieu,' and "Othel-
To- On November % he will eHdeavor TO act King
Lear.
Messrs. Thompson ana Dundy have in preparation
a Christmas piece called "A Society Circus. which
they intend to disclose their Hippodrome on De-
cember II.
The intellectual calibre Of the contemporary
stage is to some extent. indicated by the following
list of actors now performing stars in New
York:
New-York tribune., 1905-11-18
MISS NELLIE M'COY TAKEN ILL.
Actress Develops Acute Mania and Is Taken
to Bellevue Hospital.

Miss Nellie Mccoy. who has leading part in the
Earl and the Girl company playing at the
Casino. taken to Bellevue Hospital yesterday
morning suffering from acute mania, which de-
veloped while the actress and her sister were in a
cab at Broadway and 41st-st. their way from
their home at Lakewood TO the Audubon Hotel.
nst-st. and Broadway. At the Bellevue Hospital IL
was said that Miss McCoy's condition doubtless
due overwork. and that brief rest would
her TO health. Her sister. Miss Bessie who
with her in the cab, is member of the Hippo
drome company. Miss Mccoy lives at the Audubon
with her mother Mrs Minnie Mccoy.
Miss Mccoy taken sick in Chicago. but re-
covered enough 70 open with THE Earl and the
Girl" here few weeks On last Wednesday.
however, she was again forced To leave the cast
because of nervous disorder. She expected &c be
BACK in the company to-day.