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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
PONSOR SENDS
PERSONAL CHECK
Miss Jennie Scott Waters Contributes
500 to the Maryland Testi-
mcniaI Fund.

Miss Jennie Scott Waters, of Balli-
mere. who was sponsor for the armor-
cd cruiser Maryland when she was
launched at the local shipyard. has
sent her personal check for 500 10
the Maryland State Commission, to
swell the fund now being raised
throughout Maryland to present the
states namcsakc with suitable tes-
iimOnial
The letter to Col. William A. Boy
kin, treasurer of the cruiser fund, en-
closed with Miss Waters check, fol-
lows:
Gel. William A. Boykins, Treasure or
Testimonial Fund for Cruiser Mary.
land:
My Dear Coloncl-Dy the Baltimore
papers am glad to see that fund is
being raised hy the people of the State
of Maryland for the purpose of pre-
sentlng suitable testimonial to The
United States cruise: bearing The
proud name of or state. To doubt
that me movement VIII De crowned
with success would be MI insult tc
the patriotism OF all Maryland.
Please find inclosod my check for
800 With which amount kindly credit
the Marylnnds testimonial fund.
Very respectfully,
JENNIE SCOTT WATERS,
Sponsor for the Cruiser Marylan l."
The fund is rapidly increasing ana
the members of the commission au:l
the people Throughout Maryland hc.
lieve that the required sum of 5000
will be raised by September l, when
it is intended 10 present tn, Maryland
with the Testimonial. The entire
amount collected up to the prestut
time is $1,12G00
Just what kind Of gift tho State
will present to the cruiser Maryland
has not been decided upon but there
is great deal of talk througho'.. t
Maryland about presenting the cruiser
with ships bell to be made Of stcrl.
ing silver.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Porter to Be Tried Today.

The case of Frank w. Porter, charg-
cd with attempting to bribc an officer
interfering with an officer in the dis
charge of his duty, etc. was set for
trial in the police court yesterday
morning, but was continued until to-
day on account Of the absence OF an
Important witness. Constable c. w
Mugler the complaining witness, has
employed Attorney c. Aylctt Ashby
to prosecute the case and Attorney D.
ID. Scmmes has been retained fer tho
defense.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
v: B. Webb. Arrested, Charged
With Brutal Crime.
NElGHBORs MADE COMPLAINT
Witnesses Declare That the Man
Lashed His Wife With Whip While
She Held Baby in Her Arms-Hroth-
ers After Him.

William b. Webb, baker who lives
ut Gl$ Thirtieth street, was arrested!
last night upon Il warrant charging him
with horsc-whipping his wife. lie will
ne given hearing in the police court
this morning
According TO witnesses this is one of
the most shocking cases of brutality
ever brought to the attention uf the
local police department. The horse
Whipping is alleged to have taken place
Monday afternoon III the yard at
Wobb's home. in full view of the neigh.
bors, who were attracted to the scene
by the he2rtrcnding screams AMI cries
Tor help of the poor woman.
several of the witnesses have been
s'tmmoncdto court and they will tell
their story on the stand They declare
That Webb chased his wife about the
yard, lashing her with buggy whip.
The woman had baby i'm her arms
and, with the child Rugged closely to
her breast she fled all over the prem
iscs trying 10 escape from her husband,
all the time screaming and crying.
When tho disgusting scene was end
cd. tho young woman took her two lit
tie children and made her way to n
neighbours house. where she remained
fearing to return home.
The affair created Il sensation in tho
quiet ncighborhGod and one woman
tainted while it WAS going on. Ycstcr-
day the matter was reported to Chief
OF Police Reynolds After making an
investigation. tho chief had IL warrant
issued aud sent Officer Bridges To lool,
Tor Webb. The baker was not at
home, but hr was located last night
by the officer at Jefferson avenue and
lwcnfyscrcnth street. He denied
the charge against him and declared
that he merely upbraidcd hi;; wife be-
cause she took All axe and damaged
his rubhor-tircd buggy.
1t was reported yesterday that Mrs.
Webb's two brothers were looking for
the baker, and that tho latter was
Keeping under cover 1t is said that he
did not go near the house all day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
CHARLES p. SAPP
DIES IN NORFOLK
Was Editor of the Virginian-PiIot for
Five Years-A Native of Old
North State.
Nly AN.oclat,h pr.aao

NORFOLK. VA, Aug. S.-Charlcs p.
Sapp, editor Of The Norlok Virginia-
Pilot, died at ST. Vinccnts hospital,
this city. today.
lie had been in i'll health for months,
but his fatal illness WAS only Gr ono
weeks duration. Mr. Sapp had bccn in
charge OF the editorial department of
the Nirsinian-pilot since 1900.
He was first editor nf tho Evcnins;
Telegram, of Greensboro, n. c.. and
from Greensboro went to Raleigh
where lie was associate editor of tho
News and Observer.
Mr.. Sapp WAS about 81 yars Of age
In earlier life he was Il school teacher
in North Carolina. Mr.. Sapp's body
probably will he taken to his Old home
near Concord, for burial.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
ANOTHER VICTIM
OF THE EXPLOSION
Bennington Death List Now Reachea
Sixty-Six-Frederick J. Mueller
Died Yesterday.
(I.y Associated rrcss.)

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug S.-The
sixty-sixth name has been added to the
list Of fatalities due to the explosion
on the gnnboat bennington in San
Diego harlor July u. Frederick j.
Mueller died today ut tho barracll' S
hospital. where a score Of his com
radcs arc still confined as result of
their injuries Mueller was 81 years
old and chief OF sailmakcrs' mate ~
The board of inquiry has finished
taking testimony and is now engaged
i'll hearing the opinions of experts as
to how the explosion occurred, The
finindings of the hoard probably will
he handed to Admiral Goodrich within
two or three days.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
CONDITION OF CROPS.
Boil WeeViIs and Boil Worms Doing
Damage in Texas.
(By Associated Prcss.l

Wy <hSSuSiittu it:"-sp
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-1hc week
ly bulletin of the weather bureau says:
Some Improvement in Tennessee,
western North Carolina, northern Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Indian Territories, northeastern
Texas, and parts of Louisiana. but else
where over the cotton belt the crop has
deteriorated The prevalence of rnst
is very generally reported from the
eastern districts, and also from por-
tons of the central and western dis
tricts. Boil wceyils and liol worms
are doing considerable damage in Tex
as and western Louisiana, but in the
first named Stntcs they are less nutner-
Gus. Picking is general in southern
Texas and in some central counties of
that State has commenced over the
southern portion Of the eastern dis
tricts. Tobacco has done well gcncr-
ally. hut needs rain and cultivation i'm
Kentucky and sunshine in Virginia"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
AFTER MRS. PEcKHAm.
District Attorney Beach Wants t.
Know About Safety Deposit Box.
(By Associated Prcas.

Wy '1f''"V''IitVU IftsS.J
NEW YORK. Aug. Sat the in
stance of District Attorney Beach, OF
Washington. Mrs. Sarah Peckham was
subroenaed last night to appear he
fore the federal grand jury in Washing
ton August Is. The federal grand jury
is investigating the scandal arising
from leak in the cotton crop report
in the agricultural department.
1t was reported that District Atto:.
ncy Beach desired to question Mrs
Pecl1iam abont tho contents of n safety
deposit box leased to her, which flgur
cd in bankruptcy proceedings against
her last summer
Strong efforts were made then OIL thu
part of her creditors TO open the box
but her counsel prevented 1t by paying
all claims against her.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
4. WhAIeback .. Steamer e and d Two
+ Barges May be Destroyed.
ssBOUND OUT FROM THIS PORT
Sailed Last Thursday With Coal Car
80 goes and Grounded Near Race Point
During Heavy Fog-Wrecking Tugs
c..e,l,s are at Work.

News was received here yesterday
from New London Conn, that tho
whalebacli steamship BAY Wow. Cap
tain Atkinson, which sailed from this
VI port for New Bedford. last Thursday
towing the bargcs Daravia and Badger,
grounded with her tow near Race
!, Point, during heavy fog and high sea
last Sunday morning and it Is thought
now that the three vessels will he de-
stroyed.
The l'aravia and Badger each have
largo holes stove In their hulls and are
fun of water, while the Bay View, has
been washed high and dry on the sand.
q ,Wrecking tugs and tenders have bccn
sent to the assistance of the stranded
,.-Scssals from New London and the conI
cnrgoes are being taken ont OF tho
ships in an effort In Tighten them. SO
that they may be iloatad.
The Bay View and her tows grounded
ahnnt two miles east Of North Dump.
, nHs Eight iD,Iic, on what is said to he
one oil the most dangerous places on
the coast OF Connecticut.
The Bay Wow. the I'arvia and Badg.
,er were recently purchased by the I.os-
-iton TWO Boat Company ami brought
down the st. Lawrence river from tho
Grent Lakes. where they had been in
service from some time.
II The vessels arrived hero for their
first coal cafGocs the latter part of
! Juno and when they grounded they
werc bounded North on their third trim
\ out OF this port in the coas,v.isc coal
service.
Tho Iiarava was. at tho time she
went ashore, bound for Allyns Point
with Il large cargo of coal and tho
" HadGer was bound for Providence with
q coal cargo.
Wrccklng tugs are s;ill at work on
the ships and every possible effort will
be made to float them. All three OF
tho ships arc made of steel
When the bay View arrived here
from Montreal. Canada, ON her first
trip she is alleged TO have passed the
government quarantine station ut
Cape Henry without waiting To be in.
specteh and Captain j. T.. B. Stuart.
collector of customs hero, reported the
= matter to Washington, and Captain At
=. kinson had to have special permit
from the department of commerce and
1,labor before his ship was allowed to
,,sail for Lynn
Nothing more has ever been heard
OF the case, but ut the Time tho shin
sailed IT. was said that tho matter
would he taken mp again when tho
,tship arrived at Lynn, Mass, to which
port she was bound with coal cnrwo.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
CONTRACT FOR CHURCH.

Chestnut Avenue Methodists to Have
New House of Worship.
The congregation CT the Chestnut
avenue Methodist church has let con.
tract to Mcssrs. Barber and Seay for
the erection of new house of Worship
at the corner of Twcnty-nfth street
and Chestnut avenue. The building
will be of brick and will cost $4,000.
Work on the church will begin at once
and ii will he ready for tho congrc-
gaticn before The wintry weather sets
I'm.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Rarnc SnrIIrn Ieak

Tho barge Ohio. which arrived hero
yesterday morning from New Bedford
in tow of the tug Richmond, sprung a
leak during the trip down the coast
and Immediately after her arrival here
she was docket in dry dock No. 2, at
the shfpyard, to have her hull repaired.
The leak was not severe one rs
several 0f'the seams in the vessels
: hull became, opened by heavy sen and
repnirs can be made easily and with
dispatch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Havino a Good Time.

Lieutenant Jones, of the Huntington
Rifles, and his squad, left yesterday
for Ocean View with several members
OF his company WHO failed to 10 into
camp with the regiment. First Lieu
tenant Moore. of the Huntington Rifles,
was In the city yesterday also lie
said that the men were having a good
time at camp.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta.
Q;y Associated, Prcss.l

COWES, ISLE OF MIGHT, Aug. s.
The regatta Of tho Royal Yacht squad
ron opened today. The chief event
was he race for King Edwards cup.
Almost as great interest, however,
ccntercd in. tho race of fiftytwo foot
ers. over the short Queens course,
which resulted in victory for the
tIerrcshoff-bliilt boat Sonia. The
Kings cup was won by tho Earl of Dun
ravens Carlnd.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Set for Trial Saturday.

The case of Vincent Hasscll, charge L
with forgery, has been set for trial in
the police court Saturday Attorney b.
u. Semmes, who has been employed TO
defend ilassell, appeared in court yes
terday and asked for the continuance.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Work on the Powhatan.

li2ThQ smolic stack md forward mast
were taken ont Of the Merchants and
Miners liner Powhatan. which is at
the shipyard undergoing extensive re.
pairs. yesterday afternoon. The YES
sells boilers will he lifted out of her
to-day and the work of dismnntling her
will he completed within week. When
when that work is finished the vessel
will be repaired.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
ANNUAL EXCURSION.
August 10th, 1905.
$4.00 CHARLOTTE, $500
S3.50 SALISBURY. $3.5O
$500 GREENSBORO, $500
$3.50 DANVILLE, $3.50
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

The Southern Railway will operate
special excursion train. Norfolk to
Danvlllo. Greensboro, Salisbury, Char
lOtte and intermediate stations, leaw-
ing Norfolk 900 a. m, Thursday, An
gust 10th, returning leave Charlotte
8 a. m. August 18TH mt extremely low
rates.
For particulars call on Southern
Railway agents or write, w. w. CROX-
TON, passenger agent, 95 Cranky
street, (Monticello lIotcD, Norfolk.
Va. 7-28.1it
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Watch Sold at Auction.

City Sergeant Il. w. Milstcad yes.
terday scld at auction watch which
belonged to Unit Robbins. who COM
mitted suicide here sometime ago. The
watch was bought b Mr.. John I-owery
for SCI. Sergeant Milstead has paid
$40 TO get the witch out of the pawn
shop.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Schooner ci,artnreel

IA schooner of 1854 tons hns been
chartered for the coal trade between
this port and New Haven. According
to the terms Of the charter the owner
Of the ship will receive 80 cents per
ton for every ton of coal the vessel car
ries to Now Haven.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09

Tug Coastwise with barges scully.
Providence; Landseer, do,
Sailed Yesterday.
British steamship Baron Cawder,
Goudey, Cavitc, p. /.
Schooner Marjory Brown, Portland.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
ANOTHER TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Y. M. c. A. Players Enter Contest To.
morrow afternoon

MORROW Afternoon.
Another tennis tournament will he
gin on the Young Mems Christian AS
socintion courts tomorrow afternoon.
Games will be played every day next
week, the contest closing ON August 10.
The drawings will take place tomor-
row ut noon at the association building.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Marine Notes

.
The British steamship Powhntan is
due to arrive at this port from Lon
~ den. August IA. Tho vessel will bring
large import cargo.
The British steamship Rappahan-
neck is due TO arrive here on Augttst
IL from London with a cargo OF i'm.
pcr.s.
The German steamship Albano is
due at this port on August 81 from
~, Hamburg yia New York with a cargo
OF IMPORTS.
The British steamship Baron Cav
der. which arrived here from Glasgow
chi June 90. sailed yesterday for ca
wife, p. l., with 6,120 tens of coal on
the governments account.
j)ii s., 4.:I. 10 .---
The british steamship Cambrain
King; cnrOutc from Philadelphia for
Pensacola. loaded 100 tons OF bunker
coal mt this port yesterday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-09
Arrived Ycsterday.

'i's s-si d British steamship Cambrian King,
Carter. Philadelphia and sailed for
. Pensacola
1 "a Tug sItichmond> with barges Ohio
M New<Bedford; Indiana, Fall River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-08
Tue Crusade in Brief.

Thir!y-fve saloons have been refused
licenses at Dawson. in the Klondike.
The fish that will nibble is sure to get
caught. and the boy that will tiDple will
end as a sot.-United Presbyterian.
Any ore who attempts to manage an au-
tomobile while Under the influence OF
liquor should be treated as a criminal and
punished summarily.
You put rum among your ideas and the
way they hurry out is like mad hornets
with their nests afre, and it will kill all
the ideas in time If you keep it up. These
little mental children won't stand liquor
long, and you may depend en- that.
Il must be remembered that every line
o. temperance legislation to-day IN Amer
lea, with perhaps the exception Of one
State, is nOn-partisan legislation, and the
same is true OF its enforcement.
Colonel John Sobieski, of Los Angeles.
the direct descendant of King John Ill. OF
Poland, the great warrior and statesman
of that country. a veteran OF the Civil
War. is an implacabie foe to liquor, and
spends most Of his time in temperance
work.
1t has been a custom in Germany to give
4 beer pause" in the afternoon to allow
workingmen to get their drinks, and in
many establishments the beer was sup
piled. This is being discontinued, and in
some factories tea and coffee are being
substituted for beer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-08
Decline of Drunkenuess.

According to Lecky, in his History of
European Morals" the virtue of veracity
attains its highest Development among
commercial nations" It is also because
we are growing greater in business lines
that there is less drunkenness at Christ.
mas rs well as more truthfulness all the
time? a long memory is not needed 20 re.
call a prevalence of yuletide indulgence in
strong drink which now appears lacking.
Holiday drinking was an inheritance from
Anglo-Sayon ancestors. But where are now
the egg-nogg and mulled wine Of the
Christmases of ye~steryear? The modern
sideboard is conspicuous for their absence
and the saloon trade has fallen of. The
Keeling round of New Years calls is a
thing Of the past,
Lady Falmouth has been saying in Eng
land that she was struck during her recent
visit to the United States by the higher
standard Of sobriety prevailing here. She
found a total absence of the poor, drink
sodden-looking beings too frequently seen
in England" Bookmakers report a sug-
gestive decrease of drunkenness at the
race tracks.
'It doesn't pay and it is dangerous"
says the bookmaker. The clerk and his
employer find it so and abstain. And the
practical gain is to be commended whether
the cause is self-interest or a higher spirit
ual motive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-08
Temperance in His Will.

James Callahan, Of Des Moines, Iowa,
who paid more taxes than any other five
Iowa men, disposed OF $4,000 900 in his will
in such a way that NO user of liquor, NOR
phine or any other drug can benefit from
his wealth in any way. Mr.. Callahan
preached the evils Of intemperance for
three score years and ten, and he preached
them in his will also.
In addition to direct requests for the
cause of Temperance, MIR: Callahan dis
posed of nearly 81, 000,0 600 to his relatives,
that none of them who uses liquor can
touch a cent of it.
He made a bequest of $4,000 to found q
home for ~drunkards' wives and to provide
for the families of drunkards, but he pro-
vided especially that not n cent of the
money should be used to benefit the users
of liquor or the drunken husbands. A
$4,000 bequest for the Home for the Aged
was protected against ~drunkards in the
same way.
my idea is" said Mr.. Callahan in his
will, chat if a person will spend his
money in the use OF such filthy and useless
drugs so that he has not enough left to
support him in his old age he must suffer
the consequences"
The bequest is made on the further con.
dition that the Home for the Aged "shall
pass within six months an amendment to
the articles of incorporation not to know
ingly admit any person to the home who
for the past ten years prior to the time of
his application for admission has been or
is in the habit of using morphine or any
other drug or drinking habituaIy or to eX.
cess any Intoxicating liquor or drinks, and
on the further condition never to allow
such persons within the institution
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-08
haSSp Failure,

Here is a word to young men from 4
man now far advanced in life, who was
for many years the president Of a railroad
and leader in the commercial interests that
centre in New York: Failure springs
from the indifference of young men to the
details of their work, and their desire to
grasp success before they have earned the
right to its possession. Success may be
explained in a few words: failure is so
complex and has so many causes that its
definition is difficult. Dishonesty. intem.
perance, lack of industry spell failure"
A good way to learn of success OF of fail
ure is to study the careers of the men who
have achieved one or the other. When
such a man speaks out of his heart, his
word is testimony to be needed by the
generation standing on the threshold of
the activities and possibilities OF ife.-Ep.
worth Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-08
God Heard Their Prayers.

Miss j. Wilkins tells of a converted
Hindu who believed that God would hear
the prayer of His children if they prayed
in faith. She writes: Il should have liked
some of my many intercessors to have
heard the story of one of our leaders with
regard to the threatened drought Of last
month. 1 had suggested that a Monday be
observed as a day Of fasting n prayer
for rain. This old man went back to his
country home and started the day going
from village to village with a gong, and at.
ter assembling the inhabitants asked them
if they wanted rain to kneel together
while he pleaded with the God OF heaven
to give them their request. The people
were all raw heather, but almost without
exception, he told me, they willingly came
ont and did as he directed. He arrived
home faint and weary late in the day, and
his housekeeper. an old aunt, had prepared
cruel, but he felt he could not take it lest
he should break faith. The next day a
hot, dry wind blew and after breakfast he
started in another direction. The unpron.
isfng wind made the people ridicule. but
he held on all day, meeting with willing.
ness to pray in some. On the Wednesday
he started another round, but before night
he had to return owing to the heavy rain.
AS he passed each village in the soaking
rain and quite wet through. the people all
came out calling .out-'God has heard your
prayer-He is cood-the gospel hall people
have much merit" -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-08
An Old Clock.

The oldest working clock in Great
Britain is that of Peterborough Cathe.
dral, which dates from l32O, and is
conceded to have been made, By a
monastic clockmaker. 1t is the only
one now known that is wound up over
an old wooden wheel. This is some
twelve feet in circumference, carrying
q galvanized cable about 800 feet in
length, with 4 leaden weight OF about
three hundredweight. The cable mas
to be wound up daily. The gong is
the great tenor bell OF the Cathedral,
which weighs thirty-two hundred
weight, and is struck hourly by an
eighty-pound hammer. The gong and
striking parts Of the clock are some
yards apart, communication being by
D slender wire. The clock is not fitted
with q dial. but the time is Indicated
On the main wheel Of the escapement,
which goes round once in two hours
This clock is Of most primitive design,
more so than the famous one made for
Charles V. Of France by Henry de
Eicl-