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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05
Good Prospects for Professional
Baseball Here Next Seassn.
ONE CITY TO Be DROPPED
5Lyynohburs Has Not Been Support.
Ing Its Team and Repor. From
Richmond Says 1t VIII Be Replaced
n by Newport News.

According to reliable reports from
Richmond the promoters of The Viz
ginia State league are contemplating
8 taking Newport News into tho
league next season and dropping
one of the mountain cties-Lynch.
burg, Roanoke or Danville 1t Is
Said that Lynchburg has not been
& giving It's club the proper financial
support this season and 1t Is very
probable that that city will be tho
one dropped.
Although the local amateur team
Y has played very unsatisfactory ball
this season. local fanatics have SIM.
ported 1t exceedingly we'll and this
fact has led many of the business
men who are base ball fanatics to
z belieye that the time is now ripe
for the introduction Of professional
?ball here again and 1t is understood
y that several Of them have already
promised to subscribe stock to a
Newport News State league club, pro-
sfvided that capable and reliable men
a are at the head OF 1t.
sSs, During the next season a profes.
& Hional team in this city would not
89haye to depend upon patronage OF
& Newport News people alone for sup.
8 port as thousands and thousands OF
Il Visitors who will came to the James.
y town exposition will stay on this side
SSof Hampton Reads and many OF them
will no doubt patronize base ball
Games, provided frat class perform
4 II s Y, are given by the teams.
g;S The promoters of the league have
taken that feature into consideration
s 4: it Is very probable that 1t is for
4 that reason that they are consider.
I Ing the proposition OF adding New
hort News to the league circuit next
year: ID
The manag gers of the local club
Wopld not experience very much
trouble IS securing fast players as
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05

explanations to make OF these 1--WE
consecutive defeats, but possibly the
best OF all was the one given by ono
OF the man, who merely stated when
asked aborG the games that the Shin.
builders were outclaSscd in the first
three and lost the last two through
crors.
Manager Loeb stated last night
that while he could not have de-
ieatcd' lSmporia with the team he
had on the trip he and his club
was given n very raw" deal in
that city. 81 do not believe that the
fastest team in the State could de.
feat the Emporla nine on Its home
grounds said he, for the people
there do not know what defeat
means. They will win game at all
costs. fair or foul. for while they
did not have to do it to win, they
gave us an illustration OF their tao.
lies. | engaged Ford, of the Rich.
mond Brownies to pitch couple
of games on the trip and he arrived
In Bmporla about two hours ahead
of our team. When we reached
there Ford was not to he seen, and
Il believe that the Emporia crowd
shipped him back to Richmond. That
was not all they did 10 us for the
decisions made by their umpire were
the rankiest ever saw.
we were given a first rate deal
IN Petersburg and lost the two games
to them OH errors concluded DR..
Loeb.
Pat O'Hara, captain of the team.
broke Il small bone in his right leg
while sliding for second base Friday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05
EDUCATIONAL.

E. ..
question has reached an acute stage
here.
The women servants are reported
to have held meeting at one of the
colored churches last night, at which
II was agreed to make general
raise, demanding 81 per day flat in
stead of weekly and monthly pay. as
now and S1.2o per day when working
out by the day at washing, ironing
and cleaning.
This, they say, is because OF in
creased rent by the white owners
and tho general increase IN aost of
living.
tits also announced that Oct. 10
1t will cost 20 cents to get shave
at Norfolk barber-shops.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05
West Virginia.

West Virginia.
His wife vacated their home, near
the Chesapeake and Ohio shops, a
few days ago. and Is now with her
husband.
BY following Mrs. Mays, the police
tracked the fugitive TO Charleston,
but the couple got wind of the fact
that Constable George Crowder was
in communication with the Charles.
ton police and vanished while an Of.
ficcr was searching the city for
them.
The Henrico authorities believe
Mays will be captured within few
days e ss'!ElINSJ
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05
POLICE ON MAYS, TRAIL.
Wife Of the Fugitive Has Joined Hin
In West Virginia..
Especial to the Daily Press,

n HopFr1H1 10 INC Duly PTess.)
RICHMOND, VA, Aug. 4.-Daniei
Webster Mays. who fled from his
home to Henrico county two months
ago, after Miss Jessie Nicholas had
sworn to a charge of attempted as
sault against him, Is In hiding in
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05
GRAND AERIE EAGLES.

s2s.55. Milwaukee and Return. spa. So.
Via Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
| Tickets On sale August 10th, nth
and 18th; good leaving Milwaukee
returning not later than August 22d,
l9oS. S.S5,79,10.11
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05
Soldiers Coming Home.

The scventy-iirst Virginia regiment
broke camp at chickamauga park
Yesterday and will return home to-
morrow
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05

/ Read the verses In Lash's adver-
tieement. They contain much good
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05

Miss Stella Benson, of benson. N.
@, Is the guest Of Mrs II. e. Boy.
kin. ,i.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05
NEGRO WOMEN ORGANIZE.

Put Up Price to Dollar a Day and
BARRIERS Also Organize Trust.
Especial to tine Daily Press)
NORFOLK, Aug. 4,-The servant
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-05

number of the clubs IN larger
minor leagues would farm out"
players to this city.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The TyO-Years men.

Editor National Tribune: notice in
your answer to a correspondent that
you state that the next call after the
call for $4,000 men was for 900, 900
men for three years. 1 want to ask
you how came the two-years men in
the field if there was no call for two
years men. l enlisted in April, 1861,
under the first call, but was not mus
tered into the U. s. service till May 16.
How many two-years men were there
in the service. and what States fur
nished them? I claim the honor OF
being the first man to enlist from my
town. l was 18 years old.-J. r. Put
man. Co. l, Esd N. Y, Goldendale,
Wash.
Under the law of the State of New
York and also of some of the New
England States the terms of volunteers
furnished to the United States service
was two years, and there was no time
to change the law when the Presi-
dents call was made. Consequently
the first 3S regiments from New York
were two-years regiments.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
A Prisoner Mt Camp Tyler.

Larkin b. Richardson, Co. B, 1st Ind.
Cav, Boonville, Ind, tells a most in
teresting story of his experience as Il
prisoner of war. He belonged to q
detachment of 1000 men which had
taken provisions thru to Camden, Ark,
for Gen. Steele, and got their 800 wag-
ons safely thru, but on returning were
surrounded at Moro Bottoms, on the
Arkansas River, and after a bitter fight
compelled to surrender. They were
marched so miles with nothing to eat
and only such water to drink as they
could manage to snatch up as they
past over muddy streams. The sight
of the interior of Camp Tyler was ap.
palling, but they We're forced in after
they had been stript of their uniforms
and everything of value. The rations
were beggarly to the last degree. He
was In prison IL months; went in
weighing $50 pounds and came out on
crutches weighing less than 100 pounds
1t would have been impossible for any
of the men to make the march when
they were released except they were
stimulated by the thoughts of getting
home. Most of the men were nothing
but skin and bone, eaten with disease
some blind. all half naked. When he
lay down at night he was unable to get
up in the morning.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The Last Yankee to Leave Libby.

Editor Material Tribune: / was not
much OF soldier and do not know a
great deal of the life of one, having
served only a little over three years,
but 1 thought maybe you would con-
slider me entitled to a word or two in
your valuable paper. 1 never wrote
word for q newspaper In my life, and
therefore crave your charitable indul-
gence. 1 noticed some time ago in The
National Tribune an article by Maj. S.
H. N. Byers, of the 5th Iowa Cav, ]
think, in which he states that the
Union army was $4,000 strong at Knox
Vile. AS 1 was unfortunate enough to
be there at that time under Gen. Burn
side. know for certainty that there
were not more than 5000 of us sur
rounded by Gen. Longstreet, and maybe
not quite so many. as a detachment
which accompanied a wagon train up
to Cumberland Gap for supplies never
reached us. AS L was only 16 years
old at this time, I may be mistaken
about this matter, but I think not.
Prior to this enlistment served in the
S4th Ohio, In the Army of the Potomac.
under Gen Mcclellan and in Gen. Kel-
| ley's Brigade, where l remained until
| the expiration of my time. 1 then went
| home. remained 20 days and then re-
| enlisted in the 9th Ohio, went South
and united with Sherman's army al
! Atlanta, accompanied him to Savan-
nah ,and marched north with him to
Smithfeld, S. c., where 1 was taken
prisoner March Is, 1866. / was taken
20 Libby. and paroled on April 2. ]
was the last Yankee to leave Libby
Prison on that Sunday morning. Rich
mond fell the next day.--B. S. Moffitt
Co. C. 1st Battalion, 9Th Ohio, Canal
| Dover O
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The Prisoners Of War Bill.

S. w. Porter, Beaver Falls, Pa.
wants Congressman to try to under
stand how impossible it is to set up a
home and maintain oneself in respect
able clothing and food upon Sc a
month or 20 cents a day. If they will
devote little time to chis, they will be
the more ready to pass the Prisoners
of War bill.
Mrs. E. c. Rounds, Westboro, Mass.
feels strongly the justice OF the pas
sage of the Ex-PrisOners of War bill
Her husband was shot at the first bat
tie of Bull Run, and lay on the battle
field 10 days before he was taken TO
prison, where he spent II months. The
Government should awaken to the fact
that whatever is to be done must be
done at once, as these veterans are
having a hard fight for life. Her hus-
band Is IS years old, and no one but
God knows what their wives have had
to suffer during the war and since.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
fxrnR1oR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL
Of alone took 100000 brick, with 5000,
AK 900 more in the superstructure.

alone took 1000, 900 brick, with 5000
900 more in the superstructure
The Brcnzc Doors.
A featur. in which much pride Is
taken are the bronze doors, which are
q superb piece of artistic work, with 4
wealth of sculpturcd detail setting forth
the ach;eyerl rnts aud history of III =
grand old Commonwealth. Each leaf
of lla-2 doors weighs i ton, yet its poisc
il SO adjusted that, by the pressure of
scarcely more than finger, it slides
to and fro with easy nois-lesSncss. The
surface OF the doors is broken into
small panels. each of which is worked
out with infinite carefuincss Of detail
Each panel is Il picture. The upper
panels upon the doors cOmmem morate
the part which the Commonwealth
played in the making of the Nation,
recording the two great episodes of the
Declaration of Independence and the
Signing of the Constitution, which We're
enacted while the Convention of States
was occupying the habitItiOn of her
own General Assem- biy-in Independence
Hail. On the walls of the latter hang
the engraving and painting from which
these two panels, respectively. were
copied y key attached to the engra"-
ing of the Declaration shows that the
conspicuous group standing in front or
the table consisted of the following, i'll
Il
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

are represented by leek and por-
trait of David Jones. The Dutch are
commemorated by tulips and Il portrait
of David Rittcnhouse, and the Poles by
carnation and a portrait of Pulaski.
OF course, Benjamin Franklin is fire.
quent. and there are portraits of sew
eral Indian chiefs, who are entitled to
the grateful remembrance of the peo-
pie.
There are number of staincd-glass
windows with symbolic pictures by ar
fists of the highest skill and represent
ing Pennsylvania subjects. The Senate
and Representative chambers. Cover
nor's room. Lieutenant-G Governors
room and that of the Speaker are all
decorated with mural paintings repre-
senting Pennsylvania great industrial
interests. A bit of word painting by a
writer gives the following description
of the building and its tout ensemble:
Elsewhere in the world are noble
domes, stirring to elevated emotions.
for perhaps no other kind of structure
raised by the hand of man is at once
so awe-inspiring and fraught with the
fascination that belongs to what is most
daring and beautiful. But this one
makes its own peculiar appeal To every
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

a holy experiment. For the Nations
want a precedent. And my God Will
make it the seed of a Nation, that an
example may be set up to the Nations,
that we may do the thing that is truly
wise and just
The Grand Staircase.
The magnificent staircase of gray
marble leads to the upper part of the
building, and this is richly and artistic
ally ornamentcd in every part. on al
the walls of the building are splendid
mural paintings by Edwin a. Abbey.
The subjects allcgorized are Religion,
Literature. Science, Art and the Coal,
Shipbuilding, Oil and Steel industries.
The great racial elements which
mingled TO create the mighty Common
wealth are appropriately represented
by their race emblems and sculptured
portraits. The Scotch have the thistle
and a portrait of George Keith. The
Irish Scotch are represented by a por-
trait of James Logan. A rose and the
portrait of Daniel Boone indicate the
English, and corntiowcrs and portrait
of Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg the
Germans. The French are represented
by feur-de-lis and portrait of the
famous physician and surgeon, Daniel
Hayes Agnew. The Swedish element Is
represented by fir cones and the por-
trait of Gustavus Hesseiius. The Welch
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

citizen. not only of the Commonwealth,
but also of this great Republic, that
like the Commonwealth, was Holy
Experiment and has been precedent
for the Nations. The place becomes n
shrine pervaded by the spirit of this
ideal, an embodiment of its faith and
purpose.
Perhaps even more enchanting, be-
cause more mysterious, is the structure
at night, when illumined with the arti-
fetal lighting. In the daytime ii par
takes of the ioutSide light, but now, as
one enters from the darkness, the place
seems detached from all the world, eX-
listing in mysterious isolation, a place
not made with hands. 1t rises like
some storied palace of Oriental fancy.
yet more beautiful. for it is free from
| extravaganza, chase and ordered in Its
| beauty. The face of the marble glows
with the luster OF lamps, that gieam
| like jeweled fruit from the branches OF
the high-stemmed standards; yet its
whiteness seems more than ever pure
its stature more aloof and stately. We
are conscious of an Orderliness of ar
rangement. a sequence of uplifting i'm
presSions: yet in what is visible, as wei
| as that which is dimly guessed at, there
is mystery. And, as the eye mounts
| higher and explores the web of coloreC
| tracery into which the solid structure
of the dome has been resolved, even the
consciousness of an ordered scheme i:
| lost 1t yields to a sense that the place
is thing apart from mans handiworli
a fabric of natural and inevitable
growth, with that beauty which is no
of man, but draws him up into itself
1t sings as with The silent music of thu
stars.
Then, as the lights are gradual!
extinguished, and the dome melts into
nr nd m q
| folds itself into darkness high up tt
the last glimmer the words of the in
scription. The Spirit still haunts it
| darkened habitation."
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The 10th Ill.

Editor National Tribune Will you
please publish a brief history of the
10th Ill. served I'm Co. F, and marched
with old Pap Sherman to the sen
Geo. Cunningham, Co. F, 10th ILL.,. First
Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth
Corps. Sawtelle, Cal.
The 10th Ill. was organized at Quincy
from May "a, 1861, and mustered ou
July s, 1865. Col. Robert F. Smith wa
in command thruout its service anC
brevetted a Brigadier-General. 1t be
longed to the Fourteenth Corps, an!
lost 81 killed and 113 died from dis
ease.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The 1O8th Ill.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish brief history of the 1O6th ILL.,, and
oblige-Mrs. Peter Hendrickson, Hax-
tum, Colo.
The 106th Ill. was organized at Camp
Lincoln, Sept. II, 1862. and mustered
out July II. 1865. Col Robert B. La
than resigned, and Lieut.-Col. Charles
II. Miller was in command when the
regiment was mustered out. 1t be-
longed to the Sixteenth Corps, and lost
three killed and 1875 died from dis
ease.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The 161st n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: I would
like very much to have you publish a
brief history of the 161st N. Y, as II
would interest many of The National
Tribune readers of this place.. B.
Elsbree, Peoria, III.
The 161st n. Y. was organized at Ell
mira from August, 1862, and mustered
out Nov. /, 1865. 1t lost A killed, 15
died of wounds and f63 from disease
1t belonged to the Nineteenth Corps
Army of the Gulf, and after the Red
River campaign was brought North and
served in the Shenandoah Valley.-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

outrageous graft and any number OF
traZen jobs perpetrated upon the tax
payers of the State. The papers took
up the matter vehemently and devoted
front pages, with startling headlines, to
Exposures" 1t was alleged with such
earnestness and apparent foundation in
fact as to attract attention beyond the
State that what purported TO be elabo-
rate, hand-carved molding and paid for
as such was merely sawdust, plaster OF
Paris and putty; that what was repre-
sented to be mahogany was merely
veneer. and that into every detail of
the building there had been similar i'm
positions and frauds to the great en-
richment of the contractors and politi
cal rings.
Much weight was given to the
startling fact that while the building
itself had cost $4,000, 900, the furnish
ing" cost $4,000. 900 This seemed pre-
sumptiye evidence of the peculations of
millions OF dollars. 1t is explained that
the furnishings included the costly
decorations. The State officials and
and others who represented the people
who had built the Capitol answered -
this that Pennsylvania had the finest
State House in the world and a ba;id-
ing which would compare favora bly,
with the greatest works to be found
in any country; that II was a building
the pan anu execution OF WnlCn pldceu
il among the very greatest edilices Of
any kind in the whole world; that it
had been honestly as well as skilfully
designed and built: that those engaged
in the work had only made n fair profit
cut of their contracts; that the tax
payers had gotten their full moneys
worth, and that every citizen of Penn
eylvania had the utmost reason TO he
exceedingly proud OF this ornament %
the State The fiercencss of the charges
of corruption has measurably subsdei
since election day, but the matter keeps
coming up constantly, as the opposi-
ton feels ii necessary to make some
show of reality to their prediction
fulminations. II would be very strange
If in contracts aggregating such mag
nitude there could not be found a great
deal that is questionable at least and
possibly some absolute swindling The
most recent development in this line
was the holding up of payment for the
chandeliers. 1t is alleged with regard
to these that the specifications required
bidders to bid for them by the pound.
which gave n particular firm strong
advantage over its competitors. The
value of chandeliers, of course, is not
in the amount of metal that they con-
tain, but in their ornamcntation.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

bolic groups. The one on the left, un-
der the title of History, typifies the
Commonwealth's share in the making
of the Nation: the other, Education,
the groundwork and quickening force
of her own development.
The Tiled Pavement.
The tile pavement is unusually fine.
and extends thruout the building. The
ground color is a rich red, and repre-
sents the pottery tiles introduced into
Pennsylvania by the carly Moravian
settlers. The ornamentation is the
same. The early tile makers probably
got their pictorial idea from the rude
wood cuts in the works they read, and
the tiles represent humble bees. dragon
flies, turkey gobblers, looms, etc.
William PENIS Words.
Immediately upon entering the build
ing the visitor is confronted, in letter
ing that he cannot help reading, of ar
utterance of William PENIS:
"Thcre may be room there for sucf
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
A Female Albino.

Editor National Tribune: Some little
time ago I saw in your paper the ques-
ton, Did anyone ever see a woman
albino?" I answer, yes We have a
young lady near me whom I see quite
often that is an albino, with the white
hair and very light complexion and
pink eyes. There is also a brother to
the young lady mentioned who has the
same characteristics. I think females
that are albinos are rare, as 1 never
saw but this one.-A. N. Jennings, Co.
H, 121st n. Y, Highland, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
Ratfery X. 1st Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of Battery K, 1st Ohio
l.. A. I would like to hear from John
Irving-Fred Miner. Cleveland, o.
Battery K, 1st Ohio l.. A, was or
ganized at Camp Dennison Oct. 22,
1861. The Captain was William l.. De
Beck, who resigned and was succeeded
by Capt. Lewis Hickman. 1t served
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
Compliment.

Editor National Tribune: I have res
ceived the Army Chart. for which 7
thank you very much. 1t is very fnes
and I shall frame it in remembrance Of
the dear old National Tribune, the sol-
diers' friend. I hope that the paper
may live forever and always stand by
Old Glory. Thank you again for your
splendid gift.-James Milligan, Phila.
delphia, Pa. 4
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
Against the Cantecn.

p. woodring, 37th ILL.,, Olwein, Iowa,
is strongly opposed to the action of the
Spanish War Veterans in advocating
the restoration of the canteen. He
thinks that the United States should
only accept clean. sober boys, and then
not put before them as soon as they
enlist the temptation of a dram-shop.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

under Gen. Fremont in the Shenandoah
Valley and under Gen. Pope. losing Sc
verely. At Gettysburg 1t lost five killed
and 81 wounded 1t went West under
Gen. Hooker, fought at Wauhatchie and
Lookout Mountain, and was placed in
garrison at Bridgeport, where it re-
mained until mustered out.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune