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tor the swindlcr had been arrested
and was brought before Justice
Walsh, I'm army officer who was nres.
cnt at the trial recognized the accus.
cd man us Il former soldier who had
been on duty at Fort Slocum, and the
court judge turned the man over to
the military authorities.
Mr.. Crane claimed The reward OF
$50, as did the local detective who
had served in the case and WHO had
arrested the man.
The military authorities ut Cover.
hor's island held that MIR. Crane was
not entitled To the reward, which may
he paid only TO tho person who appre-
hends the dcscrter. Perhaps the DO.
lice judge might have obtained the re.
ward. but hc wrote to the judge advo-
cate ut Governors Island as follows:
1T is suggested that am in some
way entitled To the reward for the
return oi Kccgan Zone Of the names
of the offender to the authorities in
the army. The only suggestion and
knowledge ! had that he was a dcscr.
ter came from OFFICER Duncan, ana 1t
was at his request and suggestion
that | returned the prisoner TO the
federal authorities. ! make 10 claim
to the reward"
Tho appeal has been made To the
War Department, which has decided
that under the circumstances neither
M. Crane nor the detective in the
Gu is entitled To the reward.
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Report Of d. Walter A. Picker
Shows The County TO be In
Good State Of Health.
SIXTEEN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
For the Month of August the Birth
Report Shows That Eight Children
Were Born to White Parents and
Eighteen to coIored--Hear. Disease
Claimed Three of the Victims.

According to the monthly mortu.
airy report OF DR., Walter A. plcch.
or, health officer, only seven white
persons died in Elizabeth City com.
ty during September, while there
were sixteen deaths among ire col.
ored population.
During the month of August Their.
were only eight white children horn.
In the county, while the birth report
shows that exactly eighteen Dirt
occurred among the coIorcd people
or the number of deaths reported
to the health officer two were white
males, five white females six culorcd
males ana ten colorcd females OF
tho five white deaths three OF them
were under ) years of age, while
eight Of the cOored deaths were
among the children.
In abe causes OF death heart dis.
case claimed three. tuberculosis or
s'iS i'htsS NitSc, IN tlIlululc DlTln
three, whooping cough two, convu!
sions among children two and one
each OF dlarrhoea, Gastritis scpt!-
ccmia, paralysis endo-card,tIs, ncu-
rosthemin, typhoid fever cancerous
orls, hcmorrhageic fever and mani.
ton.
The report shows further that there
nre five cases Of typhoid fever, three
of dlphthcrin and four eases of small
pox In the county.
DIR. Picker expects to go to Char
lnttesville OH October S to attend tn.
meeting OF the state board of health
when all the health officers of th..
State are expected 10 be there. lIc
VIII read n paper OH Vital Statis-
tics" before the meeting.
During the last few weeks DR..
Pleoker has been busily engaged In
getting tho reports of the health de-
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NAVAL GUN LIMIT.
Department Does Not Want Any
Larger Peices.


WASHINGTON ID. c., Oct. o.
The limit in naval ordnance has been
reached, ii is held by ordnance Off
GERS, in the construction of the L.
inch gun.
There has been some discussion of
The return to the larger calibrc for
the heaviest battleship now being de.
signed and of II plan to have on board
l3.5-inch guns, such as are proposed
Tor the improved Dreadnought. be.
lieved TO be necessary by the copying
OF that English type by the Germans
ana French, to say nothing of tho
Americans.
II is held by the conservative ord
nance experts that nothing is to be
gained by having on boSvd naval
ships guns of greater caiihrc than -
inch.
Every pound added to the metal OF
the armament means Il sacrifice in
some other place. and the adoption &c
larger calibre for the main battery
would lead to something like q rcvo-
luton among those officers who hold
out for such qualities as speed pro,
lection, radius Of action anu storage
facilities, along with the hitting pow.
or.
The officer who believes that The
prime and only function of warship
Is to carry guns is regarded as OK.
pressing a radical and altogether un
safe view o. the characteristics of ma.
val ships.
1t is realized that the ship should
nave speed and be able to repel the
attack of the enemy, and these quail
ties cannot be maintained in an eff.
fective degree if the armament is in
creased.
Besides the 12-inch gun is capable
of doing all that the larger calibrc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-03
EMERGENCY HARD TACK.
Commissary Department. Studying
Conditions in the United States.
UNSATISFACTORY u

Commissary Department. Studying
Conditions in the United States.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. q
The army commissarics arc studying
the foreign emergency ration, with
special reference TO hard bread. TO as
certain If anything can be done in
the way of Improvement in that arti-
Gle.
The United States issue is in the
character that vast quantities OF it
may be made up in advance and stor-
ed lending it's need in time of war
Tho, trouble has been to get dura-
bic bread, when can he made in suf-
iicient quantities and last in storage
until ii is called for. At the Begin
ming of The war with Spain it was
found that the hard bread then made
for the military service was OF Il kind
which could not be made in quantities
required by the demand for IT,
The factories could not turn it out.
and it could not be done long enough
In advance to DO stored. Now this
defect has been remcdied and 1t is
thought possible to gain some idea
from the foreign bread issued for ar
my use.
So far there is nothing which is
considered the equal Of the American
bread, although the Germans have Il
bread which is appctizing. rather
sweet and comparatively soft The
Italians have bread which is us
solid us II rock ana must he soaked
before IL can he eaten. The commits.
sarics expect no important changes as
a result of their present invcstIga.
lions
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$1,651.s1 IN DEAD LETTERS.
Owners Can't be Found and Uncle
Sam Rakes 1t In.

WASHINGTON d. c., Oct. q
Fourth Assistant Postmast er-Gcncral
De Graw stated today that money ag.
greSating S1.65l.Sf Had been taken
from letters which found their way
INTO The Dead Letter Office during
the present month and for which no
owner could be discovered. This mon
ey has been turned over by the divis-
ion of dead letters to the division of
finance of The Postoffice Department.
and consists of the following:
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in shape for tabnlntion ana
permanent preservation.
IN MISS WIZARDS HONOR.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Holds Interesting Meetino.

Frances Il. willard day" was OBJ.
served by Hampton Union, Womans
Christian Temperance Union, in tho
Young Mems Christian Association
auditorium Yesterday afternoon ''Fran-
ces l.. Willard as a Iterormcr" was
me ute of the paper read by Miss
Laura Stin. and Miss Mabel CrUne
added interest to the afternoon by
hcr paper on Frances t. Willard as
One of Her Friends Knew Her" Miss
Garlic Tennis sang solo ana Mr..
walter Lynch made a much.enjoycd
talk to the ladies'
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MIR. lleffeIflnaer Returns.

N'r Jacob fIenelRnser returned
Yesterday from II visit of a month
TO his father in Pennsylvania. Mr..
lieifolinser also attended Il reunion
of his old military company and wit
messed the unsciling OF monument
20 tho organization.
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Elks to Hold Social sesslon.

Everything has been completed by
TIC committee in charge of the big
social session by Hampton lodge of
iIlks this evening. A large delega-
ton from the Newport News lodge is
expected 10 be present.
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Peoples Du.iGing and
Loan Association of Hampton, Va,
will be held in Bassetts Academy of
Music, Hampton, Va, at 3 O'Clock u.
M, Monday, the 18th day of October
1906, for the election OF directors and
for such other business as may prop
erly come before the meeting.
HARRIS BARRETT,
1O-3-l1t. Secretary.
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Mr.. Porter to Address Men.

Rev. j. w. Porter, ID. d.. OF the
Newport News Baptist church. has ac-
ccptcd the invitation to speak ut the
mems meeting in the Young Mems
Christian Association Sunday after.
noon. He will take rs his subject
"Wiii You Pay tho Pricc?"
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NO REWARD OFFERED.
Citizen Thought He Was Entitled to
Pay From Government.

WASHINGTON d. c., Oct p
X: D. Crane. we'll known merchant
OF New York, has applied for the re.
ward which is paid to those who an.
prehend a descrter from che army.
MIR. Crane caused the arrest some
weeks ago of man who called upon
him, representing himself as an off
Ger OF the army, and obtained sum
OF money on worthless check. AT.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE - ADMINISTRATIVE
sale OF sloop "Ottie Washington" il
front OF court house, Hampton, Sa
,irday, October 9th. at noon. Oys.r
tongs, drcdges, skiffs, etc, go viii
sloop, which is of IL tons. Eli2b
Brown, Administrative OF J,A
Brown. G. w. Phillips, Auctlone5 81
10.2.3tM
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Hsmptonians HINT sor,

Messrs. James II. burgess. Vaughan
Landlord. benjamin Landlord, d. l..
Jones and G. G. Backus left last even.
ms for INF Chickihominy river, where
they will today shoot sora.
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would be required to do in time of bat
tic, II is established that in the
American service the limit of naval
ordnance is the l2-inch gun. 1t is ex-
pccted there will be no change in the
British system.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-03
Fresh Hyacinti,s, Etc.

Just received fresh supply of hya.
cinth, tulip. narcissus, jonquil and
Chinese lily bulbs. GEORGE r.
WOOD Phone. 4S6. 9.2suf
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WANTED,

Observation-Disclosures, AT ONCE.
An experienced maker. State par.
ticulars. Address "M. C. P" Roy
33G, Hampton Va. l0.2t-3t
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a Dreamed | Was a I<ino.p

Two darkies lay sprawled on the
L,neta on hot day. Moses drew
n long sigh ana said: "Heey-a.h-h!
All wish All had bundled watermil-
liens"
Toms eyes lighted dimly. 'Hum
yah; Dat would suttinly be fine
An ct yo' had bundled watcrmil
watermillons."
NO, All wouldn't gib yo' no fifty
watermillinos."
Would yo' glib me twenty-five?"
NO, All wouldn't glib yo' 10 twenty
five"
Seems ter me yous powahful stin-
gy, Nose. Wouldn't wouldn't yo'
glib me one?'
mo. All wouldn't glib yo' one. Look
a hyah, niggah, are yo' so good-fer-
muffin lazy dat yo' caihnt wish TO- yo'
own MISUNDERSTANDING Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-03

1-2 Gallon Fruit Jars SC Each
today at RANSONE HARDWARE co.
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New York Tribune: a year ago
the public was anXiously demanding
from Mayor Mcclellan pledge that
he would not run as a Democrat can
didate for Governor in 1906. That
was long ago.
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STOP, WOMAN!
. !. :, :; ~, !; :, %
Ns y
That In address sSsssS;eaSA
Ing Mrs. Pink YSSSSSyS$
ham you arc con- V@E&3 va
ilding your private S EshSA
ills to woman &Y ES$3SM
20 woman whose expert EaAAA
enco with women's dis @gsT2sSs
eases covers q great @5sglsaM
many years. 1 EsSS2SSsH
Mrs. Pinltham Is the SGsssSSSsssysssSSssss3
daughter in : law OF &G%99SSSsd
Lydia q. Pinkham, &tSlEs.Al
and for many years $SGA$SssSfa\
underherdirection, &sSSTYSsySsasSV&
and since her do Zf3%SIy,iSf}l$5HsA
cease she has been flwk;HfySSS3A$e A
advising sick wo- m yHgs{sA3jl N II
men free of Charge. III RN ~
NJ III y w o nj II .
suffer in silence and drift along from
bad to worse, knowing full we'll that
they ought to have immediate assist
nncc, but n natural modesty impels
them to shrink from exposing them
selves to The questions and probable
examinations of even their family
physician. is unnecessary. Without
money or price YOU can consult wo.
man whose knowledge from actual cx.
pertencc Is great.
Mrs, Plnkflam's Standing Invitation,
Women suffering from any form OF
female weakness are invited TO promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham. Mt
Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
R opened, read and answered by women
only. a woman can freely talk of her
private Illness to n woman; thus has
been established the eternal confidence
between Mrs. Pinkham and the women
OF America which has never been
I BROKEN Out of the vast volume Of
experience which she has to draw from,
1T Is more than possible that she has
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. She asks nothing In
return except Your goodwill. and her
4 advice has relieved thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor. is very foolish
Z II she does not take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance.
lyon are ill, don't hesitate to get n
bottle of Lydia f.. Pinlsham'sVc gefable
Compound atonce, and write Mrs. Pink
hmm. Lynn, Mass, forspecial advice.
When o medicine has been successful
1 In restoring to health so many women,
you cannot we'll say, without trying 1t,
do not believe 1t WIZ help mo-"
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

IN the bottom OF she II there weeds
1t again 81 freezing cream.
Leftover coffee grounds make good fertilizer soE
plants. AS they are rather strong, use only a
little around each plant. and mix wer with the
earth. Liquid coffee left over in the coffee not
after breakfast IS much better than water 20 mix
with stove backing It win make the stove shine
this purpose. but leftover coffee Is the best and
does not cost anything as tt would otherwise be
thrown away.
Tea grounds should be saved, ana kept where
lay the dust.
Egg shells can be saved and used in settling oos-
fee as they are much better for this purpose than
anything else.
The water In which rice has been boIIe5 fz a.
anything more wholesome than the rice itself. II
t Is boiled until thick after taking the rice IL
can be used 70 advantage IN thickening SOUPS ana
sauces. One cook book recommends making it into
jelly or blanc mango. after sweetening and flavor
ing 1t properly.
Everyone knows that the water On which no
ing yeast.
The country housewife shold save all cornhusxs
and nutshells for starting the fire In the cook
stove. When we'll dried they make a brilliant
blaze and will save time well as kindIine. wood
one woman who has always had enviable luck
with her nOwer garden orders all the SCOT that Is
taken from the chimney 10 be utilized around
plants especially roses. It makes good fertilizer
and can be used 20 keep off bugs
It Is foolish 20 indulge in miserly economies ~
they take up valuable time or Of no special
advantage For instance, a sensible woman will
not save pea pods Tor soup. as some frugal French
housewives are said TO do because pea pods do
not make good soup. The ways OF using articles
ordinarily thrown away which are given here are
OF actual aGyantage. They are trifes Il is true:
and perfection is trife,'' applies 20 household
management. II IT applies TO anything.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
SEVERAL SMALL ECONOMIES.
Wise Savings in Household Supplies-odds
and Ends of Domestic Lore.

Soap bark left over after cleaning dress goods
can be used to advantage IN washing floors. IL is
especially suitable for nice kitchen floors that do
not need a scrubbing brush.
The boiling soap and water in which clothes have
been boiled is good for washing cheap kitchen
floors that are not Oiled II the clothes have been
properly washed beforehand. such water IS quite
clean, Il having been used only to give the last
touch df whiteness TO them. Bits OF soap that are
too small 70 use should be laiG aside for laundry
days. when they can be melted and put In the
wash boiler, thus saving the cutting up Of new
cake Of soap.
practical book gardening, recently published,
directs the country housewife TO save every par
ticle OF soapy water, such as dish water and lau-
dry water, for watering the roots OF plants. or
course water In which soda or strong soap powder
has been melted cannot be used.
Instead OF throwing the melted ice and salt water
left in the freezer after freezing cream down the
xvastepiue or sink pour it on young weeds that
springine up In the garden path. There is gen
orally quantity of salt, often pint or more. left
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

sidered Is that OF fuel and its consumption and
handling. Coal is supplied and burned, and the
ashes removed for each house in the block. and
each OF these processes means dust, dirt and ex-
pense
Now. supposlng you take from the six yards in
the centre OF the block enough ground on which 70
erect a two story building, on one side OF which
would be en- entrance for teams with supplies,
reached by a passageway the width OF one house
from one OF the two crosstOwn streets. This build
ing should be a parallelogram, and from each end
the block, having door for every house plot. Here
could be established the necessary force for sup
plying the whole block with food cooked under the
most favorable conditions, in way TO satisfy an
infinite variety of individual tastes served prompt
ly and In any style demanded, and purchased at q
minimum cost. The problem IS really no more diff
cut of solution than that Of catering to the needs
OF the inhabitants OF any one OF the great apart
ment houses or hotels which have made the city
tied by competent appraisers and paid for out or
the profits of the big Kitchen which could be divid
ed az any time agreed upon among the customers
of the kitchen.
ent method of keeping house. but would Il not DO
away at a stroke with a whole lot OF evils?
ssyould not the food cost more supplied TO house
holds sn that manner?' Mr.. Lamb was asked
Possibly It might, but doubt Il. when you add
to the present first cost Of familys foods as rep
resented by the grocery and market blIlSs the ad-
ditional expense Of ranges 20 cook 1t on, Iuel 70
cook ft with and the wages OF servants TO say
nothing of their Wasteful methods and their PRO-
oensify TO desert short notice. or none at all:
And Besides, see how much cooler and cleaner and
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
Bar1bfr1os Of Little Italy.
Their Tight in Fascias-Lie Ones
Works. Early Age.

much stricter IN Italian than in American families.
Well conducted little boys and girls 3n ITALY, for
example, will 90 kiss the hands OF their fathers
and mothers when they come In from school But
some strange influence in the air OF the new coun-
try makes all such customs quickly fall into disuse.
the Immigrant parent does not understand Amer
lean children which is what he calls those OF his
progeny born on this side 81 have three italian
say
But are your children good TO your" an old
woman was asked day. She shrugged her
sh4Hders shoulder oh. yes. good enough for american
house quarters the tempting aIiureynent OF the
street life and the new language and ideas of per-
sonal liberty which the children pick up the lEnrni-
grant feels his children getting away from him,
and longs TO have them somewhere where they will
be safely cared for and educated until they are old
enough TO work. He takes no shame to himself
for this DESIRE and does not understand the Scorn
OF the charity agent when she finds II out He re-
CARDS It exactly as ambitious American parents 90
dren 20 colleges which are maintained by taxation
or the endowInents Of the rich. In fact, parents
who have ''put away their children viii often re-
mark quite proudly that their children are in COL
iege'' There are English speaking italians In New
York who make business OF getting the children
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

ing save that which might be done at chatting
dish party or over an alcohol lamp when there was was
illness which called for special measures. The
economies which present themselves at a nrst
glance would seem 20 overcome-or: rather answer
oyor question: but my idea would carry In addi-
ton to the points outlined. the employment OF
bCOkkeeper whose accounts would be audited by a
Committee OF householder, and this committee
holding Office, say, for year, could easily check
anV waste or exfrdvagance, and the pronts--tor
there would be profits f It was properly handled
would be returned 70 the heuseholdeEs 70 onset any
Mr. Lamb showed g sketch. intended merely as
suggestion, OF q central cooking station and said
that while the Municipal Art Society had not for
mally taken up the subject. there was strong
feeling that If one block in the city could be
equipped with such a building, under competent
mana cement, It would speedily be followed by
others and the solution of one of the most I'M
portant questions OF city housekeeping would be in
New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
A CHEERFUL LANDLADY.
She Finds Summer Roarders Not So Black
as Painted.

Summer boarders are not half so black as they
are uainted according 20 zone who has had thems
and who writes about the freaks who drifted under
her roof in an altogether agreeable If not quite
convincing way In a recent issue OF ''The 1nde-
pendent" Boarders can be made happy, and IN
turn be made to serve excellent mortgaf %
raisers by "a woman with pleasant farm and a
sense Of humor''-this Is the conclusion OF the
writer who advises against charging so low a
price that good table cannot be maintained and
concludes with the warning, charge a living price
and then feed 'em up the old woman did her
prize pigs.
''AH children ought to be kept in barrels until
they are twelve years old.' the opinion Of one
e,rumblne bachelor was not shared by this sum
4ner landlady who determined 20 make her farm a
place where their needs were attended 20 first and
then what time was left would be devoted TO the
grown people" Yet, oddly enough her first two
boarders were not babies. but two young women.
tographer. They opened the season and stayed
until Thanksgiving, and must have been delight
fu1 pair. 'Ihey astonlshed the natives Dy walking
all the country hatless, all but shoeless insist
ing that nothing but sandals made ten or twelve
mile walk feasible and totally unheeding the tenn
the hat OF one of these enthusiasts could not be
found; but was finally discovered on the high beam
season"
To the farm at midsummer came a lovely looking
lace caps She was as deaf as an adder and the
two unmarried daughters she brought with her
we very caes fa iPr a college professor
courses for women" came for two months of rest
but two Of his women pupils found him out and
till he seemed likely to have TO fee for his life
Two spinsters OF very uncertain age'' arrived
day with their cat which travelled in a black
silk bag closely drawn up under it's chin The
next morning they all three departed and IL an
peared later that they were regular boarding house