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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
|, ALONG THE WATERFRONT
Big Fleet Of Coal Carriers in
! The Harb0P.
AWAITING BEBTHs At PIERS
Over Half of All Vessels in Coast
wise Trade Now Under Charters
to Lead at This Pors-Judament
Against San Miguel.

One OF the largest fleets of coal
carrvinc vasso,, a,,o, soon :, 80.
"''> n.y. e' 81 '''e i''' ~
waning nertn at the local coal
p'ers- Ahout twenty-five schoohers
ana parses are III stream ana zen or
'"eife more are led up NJ inc coal
piers taxing on coal cargoes.
The records indicate that at the
present time more coal is being
shipped from this port than at any
time in its history. Most OF ~
coal is being sent 10 New England
ports 10 satisfy the demand of the
factories in That section, but large
4''ahtitles are also being shipped to
southern ports and cities along the
1ul1 or Mexico. Several steamers
are now loading fun coal cargoes
Tor ports around the Caribbean Sea.
rms unusual activity in the coal
trade here is accounted for by the
strike OF the coal miners. Most of
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03

Ap attractive and altogether "bonlIy-
young '1!siness woman came 10 Phil.
ndelphia With Il large stock IF proprie-
ty and Il small amount Of practical
knowledge of the world 70 carve out
her fortune after passing her girlhool
days in Edinburgh ana London AL
though without amy undue amount CT
self consciousness or cgutiSm. size is
sometimes annoyed by tie very evil
dent admiration she attracts Ia public
places. The other day while dining in
q restaurant she fancel that the man
opposite WAS preparing to sleak to her,
as be glntlce,l her way and seemed ,u
he making up his Mid II o.len Il con-
refsatiOn. Tile young woman assumed
u most frisil air and looked us unap.
proncGable rs The arctic pole. The man
as lie left the table made ole more half
hearted attempt to speak, blushed red
TO his, ears, then hurried away. When
the young woman finished her lunch.
con and called for her check the wait.
ress amazed her by eXclainng: why,
! thought YOU We're with that gentle
man. put your check and his togcth-
err The bill had manfully been set.
tled.-philadclphia Record.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
Thc Bengal.

The Bengali has the best brains OF
all the peoples in India and the readi-
St tongue. His memory is prodig:ous
and his fertility in talk inexhaustible.
lie is something of an Irishman, some.
tiiiilg or an Italian, something OF a
Jew--if one can conceive mn freshman
who would run away from a fight in
stead OF running into 1t. I'M Italian
without sense of beauty and n Jew
WHO would not risk 20 on the chance
OF making 5000. He is very clever bur
Ills cleverness does not lead him far on
the road to achievement. for when it
comes to doing. rather than talking
he IS easily passed by people of far
inferior ability London Standard,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
MAY 2, 1906.

Steamer Burbbo Bank tBr), Shek.
Teton, Boston--to Berwind. White
Coal Company for coal cargo
Steamer Twilight (Br), Morris.
Philadelphia Berwind, White
Coal Company for 500 tons bunker
coal
Steamer Daleby OBJ, Ramsay.
Baltimore-to c. H. Arnal for 400
tons bunker coal.
Steamer jamestown, Hitler, New
York and Norfolk--to Old Dominion
Steamship Company with passengers
andS merchandise.
Steamer Gloucester, Dizer, Balti-
more-to Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company with pas.
sengers and merchandise.
Cleared.
Steamer San Miguel (Ger), AIul
Ter, Port Maria.
Sailed. -
Steamers: Allegheny GBr.), Har
den, London via Norfolk; San Mig
uel (Ger), Muller, Port Maria
Twilight (Br), Morris, Baltimore;
Daleby (Br). Ramsay. New York
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
PropelIers Of Government Design
Handicap Charleston.
GIVEN THIRD TRIAL YESTERDAY
Showing Was Better Than on Second
Test, But Cruiser Again Failed to
Develop twenty-five Knots Per
Hour.

third speed test over the OWLS
head course yesterday demonstrated
the fact that he new cruiser Charles
| ton cannot make her contract speed
since she has been equipped with
propellcrs OF government design. This
was the second trial OF The Charles.
ION with the government 'propcllers
anu, although Il better showing was
made yesterday than before. the
maximum speed developed was 81 ST
| Knots ali hour. while OH her accept.
ancc speed trial the cruiser main
tanned an average speed of 2203 knots
Tor four hours.
! After being accepted by the govern
ment and commissioned, the Charles
Ton was sent To the New York navy
! yard and there equipped with new
propellcrs. Then the ship was given
another trial ana she developed !,
! speed of 2l.50 knots. Being tiissatiS-
fled with the result of the test. the
navy department sent the ship to the
New York navy yard again and had
he pitch OF the propeller blades
changed.
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from Ruckand, Me-, the
members OF the trial board were sat.
istied with the vessels performance
yesterday.
The Charleston was built at lie 10.
cal shipyard ANA her contract called
! fer a speed of ~ knots per hour. Al
though the contract speed was cX-
cccded, i; WAS thought that The YES
sefs speed was not rs great as II
should be, considering the horse-L ow-
er her engines developed and il was
for this reason that it was decided 10
change Der propellcrs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
Calendar for This Day.
"TEMSE" AND "THAMEs."
SriEin Of the Saying About Setting
the River on Fire.

Sometimes when u person wants TO
Aake an unpleasant remark iii pleas
ant sort OF way about dull boy he
VIII say, THAT boy will never set the
river on fire" Now, that is all very
true, for even the smurtest man I'm tho
world could never set Il stream of wa.
Ter OIL hire, and so perhaps many OF
you who lave heard this expression
have wondered Whit is meant by set
ting the river on fire
In England many. many years ago,
before the milers had machinery FOR
Sitting Hour, each family was obliged
TO sill It's own flour. For doing this
it was necessary to use Il sieve. called
tense. which WAS so fixed that re
could he turned round and round In
the top of Il hnrrrl. If 1t WAS turned
too fast the friction would sometimes
cause II To catch lire and us 1t was
only The smart, Woodworking boys who
could make il 20 So fast the ppople
got into the way of l'ointing out ii lazy
hoy by saving flat he would never set
the tense on fire. Aftcr awhile these
Glcves went out Of Use. hut as there
were SIM peniE OF stupid boys in the
world people kept IN saving that they
would never sci The tense on fire.
NOW, the name of The river Thames
Is pronounced exactly like the word
TENSE. and so after many years those
persons who haze never seen ar heard
OF The Old fashioned sieve thought that
Setting the tense on fire. meant SET.
ting the river Thames OH fire. This
expression became very popular and
travelled f;I and wide until the people
living near other streams did not seq
WHY it was amy harder for Il slothfu,
boy To set the Thames on fire than any
other river. and 81 the name Of the
river was dropped, AMI everybody after
that simply sale, The river" meaning
the river of Ills particular city or town.
ana That Is how ii is that people today
talk of setting the river on fire.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
4 slain.a sneel.

ships speed is reckoned by knots,
knot being geographical mile, or
one-SiHiicth Of degree. Six eeograph.
i'=i' miles are about equal TO seven
statute miles, and II ship that sails l..
knots therefore is really moving at tie
rate of fourteen statute miles an hour.
IT should be remembered that it is in.
correct TO say so many "knots an
hour simply so many knots, for /,
knot means "one mile an hour"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
The Arr of crox. Exum,nn,ion,

A Devonshre architect was witness
in county court dispute as to ancient
lights" The gentleman in question de-
posed that the light alleged to have
been diminished was really as good az
ever, and in proof of. his assertion he
said he went 10 the locus in quo with q
very small print book and could read it
easily.
Up rose counsel in cross examination
end the following Dialogue ensucd:
THaVe you IT." Witness Yes
"Wilat is 2 ''Ihe New Testament"
"What part of ii did sou read?" Wit
ness-'Woe unto YOU also. ye lawyer"
(St. Luke xi, lGl
Amid laughter the cross examination
came to Il speedy close.-Shetield indie.
pendent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
"strinaing" Him.

\ smart young fellow called out to 4
farmer who WAS sowing seed in lia
field; We'll done, old fellow. You SOW,
l reap the fruits"
"Maylc you WILL" said the farmer,
FOR I'm sowing hemp" Hnrpel's
WcckIy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
Had a Close Call.

"A dangerous surgical operation. in
volving the removal of malignant
l!icer as large as my hand from lay
aalighter's hip. was prevented by the
application of Bucklens Arnica
Salve, says a. c. Stickey, If Mile.
tns w Va. Persistent use of the
Saive completely cured it," Curas
Cuts, Burns and Injuries Csc at w.
Blair Langhcrne, druggist.
tu,th,su
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
EXCURSION EVERY SUNDAY
VIA C. g. o. RY..
TO RICHMOND AND RETURN,

Special train to leave Fort Monte
$3.50 a. NJ. Phoehns, $3.50 a. NJ.
Hampton 1913 a. NJ Newport News
900 A. NJ. arriving Richmond 1926
A. NJ; returning leaves Richmond
7:30 P. NJ. s125 round trip.
my S'th,fr,ss-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
An Epitaph.

In memory of our father: Gone
JON ms appendix, his tonsils, his olfac.
tory nerve. his kidney, his eardrum
ana Il leg pceniaturcly removed by a
hospital surgeon who craved the expe.
lience. = Ncwsboy's Magazine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
lula nnh Mire.

I'm early times the Lending states.
men were those who split rails"
But we have none save wire fences
today"
And the leaders are. consequently
those who pull wires."-philadelph
Bulletin.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03

Hamilton, Boaz, Norfolk and New
York; Gloucester, Dizer, Norfolk and
Boston.
Schooner Penobscot, Hutchin son
Newburyport.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
Presidential Inability.

The Washington Post is having its
annual spasm over the definition of the
constitutional "inability'' of the pres
ident to perform the duties of his Of
fee. 1t was the duty of the first con-
gress, it claims, to have made provi-
sion for the settlement of the ques-
ton when that inability occurs and
how long it continues, so that the du-
ties may devolve upon the vice presi-
dent; but the first congress and its
fifty-seven successors have failed to
discharge their duty, and so the mat
ter rests undetermined.
The presidents of the United States
have been healthy men mentally and
physically. Only two have died in Of
I fee from disease, tho three more have
been killed, and in these cases the
course of the vice president was plain.
He took the oath as president upon
the decease of his predecessor and filed
out the remainder of the term. But
| it is true, as the Post suggests, that
congress has never decided what con-
stitutes inability to perform the duties
! Of the presidency, the incumbent being
still alive but mentally or physically
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
PITTSBURG SHRINERS
TO VISIT TWIN CITIES

Syria Temple, Mystic Shrine. 1T
Pittsburg, has included Minneapolis IN
it's itinerary for 1905. This temple
which is said to be the very warmest,
will pass thru Minneapolis on its pill.
grimage to the thirty-second annual
session of the imperial council at Los
Angeles. The pilgrimage will begin
April % and end May is.
The route of the Syrian special train
will be the Wabash road to Chicago,
Wisconsin Central to Minneapolis. Soo-
Pacific to Sumas, Northern PACING to-
Portland. Southern Pacific to Los Ange-
les The return will be by the Santa
Fe and the Wabash.
The Pittsburg mobiles will reach st;
Paul at 8 am, April 20. They will
breakfast on the train and take trolley
cars for a trip thru the twin cities and
to Lake Minnetonka. At Minneapolis
the train will be taken again, depart
| ing at IL am.
The routebook of Syria Temple is an
elaborate volume which contains the
| following comparative interesting COM
ment: Minneapolis is younger, larger,
and more advantageously situated than
| ST. Paul. The principal advantages are
| the immense waterpower employed by
| the falls, one alone, st. Anthony falls,
| aggregating 10000 utilized horsepower,
employed almost wholly in the manufac-
ture of -four. 1t is called the -four city.
The University of Minnesota, the
| fourth largest in the United States, l.
here and has over 1000 students.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
ADJUSTMENTS
BIjou-"Rufus Rastus,"

Hertig and Seaman have reputation to
sustain as promoters Of meritorious
amusement enterprises, and have made
no mistake in placing considerable time
and expense on Rufus Rastus,'' which is,
as 1t processes to be, a musical extrava-
ganza. Ernest Hogan, who is without
doubt one. of the cleverest colored come
dams in the business, is an able star. He
is supported by an exceptionally strong.
we'll -trained company, and all in all,
RUFUS Rastus" is q most elaborate and
successful vehicle for exploiting the pc
culiar abilities of the colored race
No great dependence is placed on ties
that bind the six scenes Of the two acts
of the show. The piece moves happily
and smoothly along on the brightly spon-
taneous work of the company and prin-
cipals, all the incidents centering about
the meteoric career of Rufus Rastus, the
unfortunate, who is always in debt and In
trouble.
While the piece is somewhat shy OF
brilliant lines, it is crammed full of anus
! ing business by Mr.. Hogan and his sup
port. The music Is good, much Of it al
most too good and far more pretentious
than might be expected. More numbers
of distinctly racial type like rs Every.
body Happy" and "If Peter Was a Col
ored Man. would be more than welcome
NUMBERS OF lnlS SOrL are expected, anC
almost demanded of colored artists, ant
in nine out Of ten cases are better re-
ceived and appreciated than are bettel
things. s r#...... g..
The singing Of the company in the cho
rus and ensemble numbers is really good
The. voices are well balanced, producing
full, rich chorus work, and with the adde's
charm of the peculiar quality Of the col
ored voice, these numbers are most pleas
ing. The piece is deliberately staged, an
the flamboyancy and startling colors o
the costumes must be a joy forever t
those who wear them. The stage manage
ment is able, and many pleasing result
( are attained
number Of speciality teams and indi
vidual artists are included in the com
pany and enjoy opportunities to presen
some clever specialties. Harry Fiddler
with the rubber Thce; Muriel Ringold,
clever eccentric dancer; Carita Day, Ma
mie Emerson, and ]. Ed. Green are de
serving of praise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
Monday Evening,

who play and the men who manage do
both solely for what there is in it.
The case of Kelley, the manager OF
the Minneapolis team, illustrates tho
point. Under the rules of the National
Association of Leagues, players are
bought and sold like pieces of property.
and even when a man like Kelley gets
out of the ranks of players into the
position of manager the authorities
in the league undertake to deprive him
Of his right to do business as a citizen.
1t is not charged that baseball playing
is all hippodrome or, that the players
themselves do not play seriously to
win. In the majority of cases they do,
but tits hardly reasonable to expect
that contests on the diamond will be
decided under such circumstances
strictly on their merits.
Hence, from being sport, baseball
has come to be a BUSINESSMAN amuse-
ment enterprise. The rivalry of the
teams is largely. a delusion and the
baseball enthusiast who allows himself
to become deeply interested in the sue
cess of one team over another is a sort
of second cousin to Mr.. E. 4. Mark, Esq.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
The Insurance Code.

The Armstrong insurance code is prac-
tically completed with the signature OF
Governor Higgins to the bill for the
naturalization of the companies. This
bill gave rise at the last to sharp
debate over the question whether the
lists Of policy holders should be made
public property. The matter at issue
was the means whereby policy holders
might communicate with one another
in case they wished to put in new
management. There was objection
raised to the publicity Of the lists on
the ground that it offered information
to rival companies and opportunities
for the exercise Of the "twisting'
process, that is the inducement Of men
to surrender insurance in one company
and take it in another. This was felt to
be such an injustice and such de-
parture from business that the provision
was stricken out Of the bill until Mr.
Hughes threw the great weight of his
authority into the discussion with a
speech which clearly indicated that to
refuse publicity. would be to defeat the
whole plan of naturalization, since there
was no other way the policy holders
| could know each other. A compromise
was finally effected whereby the lists
are to remain secret thru seven months
in the year, and when there is no con-
test apparent, thru ten months, and to
be public the remainder of the time.
The remarkable fact about the dis
cussion was not that there was differ
ence of opinion about publicity-this
was to be expected-but the curious
thing is that the lobby Of three com,
panies which has been unceasing in its
vigilance did actually succeed in tenn
porarily inserting in the bill provision
that the policy holders should nego
tiate with one another thru the hons
office. This clever suggestion meant
Of course, simply the perpetuation Of
the ms. It was elected from the bill
but the fact that it was considered
shows the fnesse of the insurance lobby
It makes it considerably palmer how
it succeeded so, we'll in controlling for
mer legislatures. ~.:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
THIS COLUMN
FOR jim KEY /
MERCY BANDS
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST
AND JIM KEY

Jim Key Bands of Mercy are now
forming In the public schools. Any
child In the city may Join and the or.
To maintain the enthusiasm and
give 1t direction. The Journal,
In cooperation with Mr.. Rogers,
owner of the wonderful horse, Jim
Key, has arranged prize essay con-
test for pupils In the fourth to eighth
grades, inclusive. In the Minneapolis
public schools. They are asked to
write brief essays, based on their
own observations, showing how AMI
mails respond to kindness and pa
thence.
Papers should be plainly written on
one side Of the paper only, and should
not exceed 800 words.
Each paper should bear the name,
address,, school and grade Of the
writer, and, of course, all must be
original and neat. Spelling will also
be factor In the consideration.
| II you have done or seen any act
! of kindness to any animal, Just write
the story simply and send 1t to "UncIe
| Bert" care of The Minneapolis Jour-
nal.
Prizes are awarded each week for
the papers from each grade, each
class receiving three prizes. 81, rs
cents and so cents, respectively. The
best Of these papers will be published
| In h ma !, and the Jim Key
Band of Mercy column will be reg
| ular feature Of The Journ a I.
| SEND IN YOUR ESSAYS AT ONCE.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23

have rather poor act, but the singing
of the young woman, "the soubrette with
a grand opera voice." more than over
comes the lack of workmanship by the
writer who turned the act.
Willy Zimmerman returns to give his
limitations of famous musicians, and
makes just as big hit as ever. Willy,
however, could add to his turn by strip
ping his fingers of their diamond bedizen-
ment. The look into Tiffany's detracts
attention from the work Of the imper-
senator, which, by the way, is exception
ally good.
Abd'el Kader and his three Mrs. Kaders
drew all sorts of foridhue pictures and
ripped tissue paper into shreds and pyra-
mids Abd'el appears as proficient in
paint as in polygamy and holds the inter-
est Of the audience well thru his some
what lengthy production Of landscape
that gets UP and screeches with reds and
yellows. The trio of wives. Angel Face,
Bright Eyes and Little Pedro, keep their
faces yelled turnout the act-ashamed OF
their pictures, perhaps. s.
! Elizabeth Murray makes big hit with
passive demeanor in giving coon songs
and the three Seldorns do present new
line of poses, strongly reminicent OF the
Marcel grouping. The kinodrome ends
the evening with two new films. All in
ALL it makes up the best show OF the
year at the Seventh street playhouse.
| ~ j. H. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
. ROPHET OF THE FAR EAST
PREDICTS FURTHER TROU-

BLE-B. l.. Putnam Weale, au-
thor of 1Manchu and Muscovlte,, In a
new work of two considerable volumes,
The Reshaping Of the Far E;ast, sets
forth exhaustively reasons for bellevlng
that there is trouble on large scale IN
store for eastern Asia. He says IN MS
preface:
Until China has become a powerful country,
able to manage her own affairs, htrlgues III
which all will be concerned will never cease
That Japan can ever control China Is VAIN
dream, for China is too big and mas 700 nuc l
latent strength to be handled by any one coun'
try successfully. y = .1
The problems Of China must be han
died and handled judiciously, with Eng
land as the chief handler, ADDS Mr.
Weale, or there will be not only intrigue
but war, and that within a few years.
4 Mr.. Weale's book is comprehensive IN
scope. It is history, travel, oriental
sociology and politics, political and IN,
dustrial economy, religious study ana
prophecy all combined. But its primary
object is to show the course which the
movement, which has been called the
reawakening Of the far east, has taken,
and the course it is likely to take. Such
an object is one imposing heavy task.
That the author has realized this is
shown by the fact that he has given to
it's setting forth more than thousand
large pages. These pages, however, are
not in any sense dull reading. MI
Weale has been close student Of east
ern Asiatic affairs for years, and he has
studied to good effect. Besides, he has
faculty Of clear expression and log
| ical arrangement. He, therefore, has
much to tell that has not been told be
fore and is able to, tell it effectively
The book is one that will, we predict
for long time to come have an i'm
portant place in the literature relating
to the Asiatic east, both for the casua
reader seeking information and for thu
student of eastern affairs.
| Numerous illustrations add much t.
the interest of the book.
The Macmillan company, New York. Sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-23
Baseball as a Business.

Much has been said about the decline
of football and the mixture of COM
mereialism in what is supposed to be
purely amateur sport. AS the public
has become suspicious Of the genuine
ness Of football as sport. football has
fallen somewhat into disfavor.
Time was when baseball was as free
from professionalism as football has
been supposed tp be. In those DAYS the
baseball teams, made up of young men
residents of the town whose name they
bore, played on the square and with all
their might for the>credit of their home
city. Now baseball Msa business, Just
as much as theatricalB and the men