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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
IlRCuMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
cnse.fn Which The Jury's Forcmnu


Saved The accused.
Very eminent legal authorities agree
kat as TO. tho facts of cusc the
jury is more likely To be right than The
Judge. An instance comes To our mind,
one of the most extraordinary in the
history OF oar legal system the account
Vt which we owe to the man WHO tried
and presided over the trial, Lord Chief
Justice Dyer. This was II clear case"
of murder. The victim had been found
stabbed to death in Il field wood, by
his side the pitchfork With which The
deed had been done. The man who
owned the fork was arrested, AMI the
blood stained suit he had worn was
round hidden In Il mattress.
ShOrIl of testimony from any one who
Lad seen The crime actually committed,
there WAS not II link missing from the
chain of evidence against the prisoner.
1t was in vain that he pleaded not
guilty. everything was so conclusively
clear against him. 4 verdict of guilty
was expected Immediately from the
jury hut the foreman asked that as
ihc life" of Il fellow creature was ut
stake the. Jury might be allowed to
retire, The judge did not understand
why they should wish to do so in so
simple Il case: still, the jury had lis
wish. 1t did not return. The court adj
journcd for luncheon; the jury did not
come back in the afternoon, and in
spite of several anxious inquiries from
the bench, it had not made up its mind
fn, 4, Il,
WAS one man holding out. Tile iury
was locked up FOR ilIc night, and in
the morning brought in verdict OF
not guilty! This was y poser. and the
Judge dismissed the jury, saying. The
blood of the deceased lies at your
door,
private Inquiry by the Judge elected
Tie Tact that Tie foreman, IL man of I'M
b!emishcd reputation AMI of considers.
nbic estate, had been the cause of the
verdict. which the rest had been
starved tuta accepting. The Judge sent
for this gentleman, ana i'll his private
room begged him TO explain the mys.
terry of his ohduracy and tie amazing
finding of his follows. first pledeing
himself 10 preserve nviolate any con.
iidclce which the other might rcpose in
him. Then the foreman told him how
he himself had met the victim for
whose murder the prisoner had been
tried, how this man had sought to take
advantage of his official position and
exact unjust ttlics, how they quar-.
relied and fought. how the man had at.
tempted to kill him with fork, and
how he (the foreman Of the jury had
Killed his antagonist with his own
pitchForE. then fed. The prisoner, com.
ing along. had found the man dying,
ana i'll endcavoring to siiccor him had
got blood upon his clothes. and in his
confusion had taken the dead mans
fork AMI left his own in his place.
This was why the foreman had held
out and why the prisoner escaped
London Standard
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
rs. NO FEVER "BREEDER'
D. Picker Makes q Statement
on King Street Water.
mot up TO THE HEALTH OFFICER
While the Condition of the street is
Unslehtly to Look Upon The
s4oalth officer is of the Opinion
That There is No Cause for Alarm
Hampton, Va, Sept. 4, 1905.
lHaMhYi'

Hampton, Va, Sept. 4, 1906.
IDEALLY Press: The Hampton col
umns OF tho, Daily Press Of today
contained nm Item styled ",rhnt King
/ Street Cess Pool Again" in which
the statement Is made that Judge
Blackstone would be asked for n
1nnndamus compelling tho health Of
iicer and town council TO abatc the
nuisance.
II Is also stated that property own.
ers Of the vicinity "are much con-
cerned over the conditions" and that
1T hns been said that tho water
DIS liable to cause an outbreak OF
fever or other contagious diseases"
Typhoid fever Is never contracted
from such n source, but from In.
fected drinking water.
Standing water is indirectly Il cause
OF malaria by nrrording n breeding
place for the anopheles mosquito.
This process requires considerable
length OF time. probably two weeks
Or n little less. The water in that
locality changes with each hard rain
the remainder speedily cvaporatiug
ilnder the rays of the sun.
Therefore mosquitoes not coming
to maturity ut that place there Is
no danger from that source.
~ will gladly, however, join in any
move to obtain the Improvement Of
that and other streets and roads or
! drivcways, but in the capacity Of Il
Citizen and not II health officer, that
not being one of the functions Of
TINT Office
The health oillcer has, however,
recently called the attention of the
ovcrseers OF roads to the condition
OF Washington street near Elm, and
to the place. near Gulewood's corner,
obtaining his promise to improve
them,
Though King street. may not af.
{ lord 4 breeding place for mosquitoes,
there are to be found on all sides
tin cans, tubs barrels etc. besides
numerous pools of water which fur.
I nlsh typical places for their in.
crese.
Much may be done by individuals
In emptying all such vessels, and
SLING or draining all such pools in
THOR vicinity.
5j. Other places, including cisterns and
old wells, may be covered with kcro-
sene oil, which kills the larvae of the
mosquitoes as they rise TO the sur
face to breathe. Respectfully,
w. A. FLICKER. NJ. d.
Health otIlcers for Elizabeth City
County.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
THE w. c. T. U.
Interesting Meeting of the Hampton
Union Held Yesterday.


Union Held Yesterday.
Tho mcmAers of the w. c. II. u.
opened their fall work by well at
tended ana enthusiastic mceting-yes.
tcrday afternoon in the Hampton
Baptist church Much interest was
manifested In plans for the fall and
winters work, and various topics
were discussed. The uitimcly death
Of Mrs S, A. Townsend, president
OF the Bl.Couniy w. c. n. u. and one
of the most enthusiastic temperance
workers in the slate, occupied a large
portion Of the time of the meeting
as she was loved and honOred by all
Tor her many sterling qualities, and
the Union voted to donate the entire
amount in the treasury TO HELM dc.
fray the expenses incident 10 her
funeral, and will endorse any action
that may be taken In the matter by
The Bi-Connty Union ut its meeting
ON Thursday morning.
II Is the earnest desire Of the mem.
bers OF the Union that some suitable
person may soon he foud to take the
supwiniendency OF the reading rooms
at Phocbus, so accepinbly filled by the
deceased the past year
Tho meeting of the Union will be
held hereafter every Tuesday after,
noon MT $3.50 O'clock In the Baptis.
chapel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
PERSONAL FAILURE.
People Who Are Always Driving suc.
q

rcUpIC WIN Are tI,Snxv n,t,.k,,.- g..
cess Away From Thcn
One ar ,ho str,,,.o.. n,,1, =,
,r,mn, -, 80, p''"uoAes III
.tr,c,.,;o. ,,,,..
,,,,Y,4'', VIZ" an .iieir
s'' W S''eNce'' "'e yet constantly
"'i''S 'hii'sS' saying things ana think
Jug 'hiiiS' winch drive The very success
'h>E are aitef away from them. They
nre all the time counteracting their
ilioris by some foolislness or weak
icss or indtScrciion. They are saying
''lhgs which prejudice people against
mem ana doing things which destroy
confidence. Although they apparently
'rS very hard TO build foundation,
'heS are hll the time undermining
themselves.
Men work Ike Troians to got Gov
eleu position ana then, by getting
pihcu up Win conccit or by some fool
ISL or weak act. knock tho scaiTOlding,
which they lave been years In build.
lhg out from under them, and down
they go. Their lives are series of
successive climbs and ;umblcs, so tliat
they never get anywhere, never accom-
pliSh anything worth while. Always
tripping themselves mp, ncutralizing
ihcir work-thiS is their greatest st,un-
bling block.
know Il powerful editorial writer
vino. yields Il strong. vigorous non. but
i'no at sixty years OF age Is lust where
no was ut twcnty. He has had scores
OF goou positions, but he could not
Keep them because OF his indiscretions.
because CT Il hot temper and Il sensitive
nature which WAS always bcin.
wounded by triilcs. There is ma
harder worker than hc Is. Every timn
he gets Knocked down he begins Mt the
bottom and starts planning and re-
climbing, only to fall back again like
The tabled frog trying to get out of the
well.
Now, II this man had taken an luyeu.
tory Of himself IN his youtb and
strengthened two or three little veal;
points. he would have been IL giant In
Tho field of letters.
There are thousands OF mon who arc
working rs clerks or in very ordinary
salnried positions who might have been
employers or propric,ors themselves
hut for some unfortunate weakness
some little deficiency in their natures
or some peculinrlty-som which
might nave been rcmcdicd by little
discipline ana SELF study in youth 1t is
not an unusual thing TO see n man In
some subordinate situation who but
Tor one of these little lacks would have
been a holder man than his employer.
And so lie has to submit to the humiii.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
PROPOSALS WANTED.

Sealed proposals will be received
until Wednesday night at s o'clock,
September 18th, 1906, by the School
Board of the Town of Phoebus for in
stalling heating and plumbing in the
school building. Plans and specifica-
tions can be seen at LeGrand Dono.
hoes drug ,store i'm Phoebus.
The right is reserved by the board
to reject any or all bids.
w. +. CLARKE,
9-5-7t Chairman School Board.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
Will Meet in Annual Session,

TIC annual meeting of tho Tide
water Car Mems Relief Association
composed of the railway motormon
and conductors of The railways
on the Peninsula will be held
at the office Of the Newport News
and Old Point Railway and lectric
company on September 18th. The
board of managers will be elected
at this time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
Hampton Chapter, Daughters of the
confederacy Held Meeting
etta Yester d,u rf.t

AT the meeting of Hampton Chap,
ter, Daughters of the Confederacy
yesterday afternoon delegates were
elected to the state convention in
{Wytheville and to the United Daugh-
ters convention in Gulfport, Miss. The
state convention will assemble on
Wednesday, October 10th, while tho
united convention viii meet on No.
spember 14lh.
The delegates chosen follow:
State convention in Wytheville-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05

Miss Rebccca l.. Mcars. and Mrs. n.
s. Hughes. Altcrnates. Mrs. George
A. Schmclz and Mrs. Mary Shelton
Williams.
United convention nj Gulfport-- Mrs.
Harry w. Rocker and Mrs. Walter a
plecker. hlternatcs, Mrs. Robert s.
lludgins ana Miss Aniie Richard.
son.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
Salmon pemonsiration

The ladies of Hampton, Phoebus
and the county are invited 10 attend
the demonstration of the famous Arao
Salmon at n. s. Tennis store. West
Queen Street, on Thursday and Fri.
day, September and z, by Miss
Cumming. 0.5.St
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
jug. Hndnrss.

Faiher-That kid ought to have n
spanking! He's altogether too preco,
cious; knows more than do! Moth
cr-But. dear, wouldn't call that pre-.
cocious.-Dctroit Free Press
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
RUsT--DoRE.
Pretty Wedding Scheduled to Occur II,
-phnehuc

FTetty WeddIh9 Scheduled to Occur In
Phoebus This Evening
The marriage of Mr.. Charles Fran.
els Rust and Miss Mae Amelia Dore
VIII take place in Phoebus this
evening. Mr.. Rust is the agent of
the United States Express Company
at Old Point and Miss Dore is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Dore
After a wedding tour Mr.. Rust and
MS bride will return to Phoebus
where they will reside.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05
VIII Play Fox ,iIiII

The Hampton Athletics will play
the nine from Fox Hill on the Ma
tional Soldiers Home diamond this
afternoon.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-05

Only the illitcrntc and the social elect
can afford TO treat the language reck.
lessly. Brainerd.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
REBATING DEVICES.

The conviction of the Chicago &
Alton railroad and two of it's high off,
GERS on charges OF rebating is another
notable case in the rapidly lengthen-
ing list in which the federal courts are
bringing to naught and furnishing vari-
GUS attempted evasions and devices by
which the effect of rebating has been
secured by the carrier companies and
favored shippers in collision. A great
variety of such devices have been en-
ployed to get around the laws long on
the statute books. and perpetuate under
other names the prohibited rebate
abuse. But lately the courts have put
the seal of condemnation upon all such
devices as one after another has been
the subject OF prosecution.
- This line, of decisions now prac-
tieally settles 1t that the courts Will
hold as rebate any transaction or
series OF transactions, no matter how
indirect complicated and subtitle. the
effect OF which is essentially that Of
rebate. This was the point in the re-
cent rebate prosecutions against the
Burlington at Kansas City, and now
in the Alton case at Chicago the court
holds that "by the word rate is not
meant merely a figure or figures
printed on a schedule filed with the
interstate commerce commission and
exhibited on the walls of a railway
station" but "the net cost to the ship
per, the net amount the carrier re-
ceives from the shipper and retains, a"
which amount must be the same to all
shippers and must be exactly shown
on the schedule. Any deviation from
the rate. the purpose and effect of
which is discrimination between ship
pers, is rebate within the meaning of
the law.
II is noteworthy that all these deci-
sions and convictions have been Sc
cured under the old interstate com
merce law through the policy OF ro-
bust prosecution. The new law soon
to go into effect will immensely
strengthen the arm of public authority
by explicit provisions against many of
the rebate devices and evasions which
have been extensively practiced. by
severer penalties and by many other
means. Thus fortified the courts and
prosecuting officers can make rebatine
in any form or device at once unprofit-
able from financial point of view and
exceedingly dangerous to the offender
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
victory is Most decisive.

Lincoln journal UepJ.
The full extent of Edward Rosewater's
victory in Douglas county is now plain.
He will appear in the republican state con-
vention with the solid delegation, eighty
three votes, behind him to help make him
the republican nominee for United States
senator The Rosewater ticket carried
every ward in Omaha and has about $500
total votes against half that for the Fonta-
nellie ticket. This decisive Rosewater vic
tory disposes of some things, not all. 1t
disposes Of any effective candidacy from
Omaha except Rosewater. John L. Web
ster and Charley Greene faded long time
ago from the stage setting OF the sena-
torial drama. They will now be followed
by Lorenzo Crounse and Joseph H. Mil
lard, Notwithstanding the announcement by
the latter that he is still I'm the field. In
the field he may be, but certainly not In
the race. The possession of eighty-three
votes which can be handled solidly in max
ing combinations with candidates for other
places on the state ticket gives Mr.. Rose
water an advantage in the state conven-
ton which It is not wise to underrate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
STAND BY RooSErELT.-

The republican congressional cam
paign committee. by adopting for it's
slogan, Stand by Roosevelt" as It is
reported to have done. merely adjusts
Itself to the logic OF the situation. The
people are Overwhelmingly with the
president. and the fact that the legis-
lation enacted during the late session Of
congress is TO so great an extent in ac-
cordance with the aims and program
of his administration is the strongest
possible basis for appeal for popular
support in the coming congressional
district and state elections. II was in
deed because this result was foreseen
that the successful embodiment in law
of so much Of the Roosevelt program
was possible, and the committee could
not fail to see how powerful the party
plea can be made on the ground of sus-
taining the president during the last
two years of his term.
There is no possible question that
this must be the essence of the re-
publican argument on the stump and
through the press. It has already been
adopted as the paramount feature in
every republican state platform that
has been put forth so far this year,
and II is safe to predict that no state
or district convention will be held in
which the point will not likewise be
pushed to the front. But the crucial
test, after all, by which the voters will
be mainly Influenced, will be the char
acter of the candidates presented by
the republican nominating conven-
tons. The cry of Stand by Roose-
welt" will have significance and force
according as it is verified by candi-
dates known beyond a peradventure to
be men who in the house and in the
senate will actually stand by Roose-
welt.
There can indeed be no choice as to
the battle cry, the campaign argument
or the platform, and accordingly as
pirants who are unknown or doubtful,
or whose special interests and politi-
cal records are at variance with the
whole spirit and purpose of the presi-
dent, are likely TO be loudest in pro-
fession of loyalty 1t is therefore up
to republicans to put on guard none
but leaders whose characters and rec
ords Individually make good the Stand
by Roosevelt battle cry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
Personal NOTES.

Warsaw police are killed ~ they don't
resign and arrested Il they do In either
case they sustain the theory that police
mans life is not happy one,
John Sharp williams. democratic leader
in the house Of representatives, has rose
garden, tended by himself, which he de-
olsres is 1.-THE finest in the state Of Missis-
sippi."
over in New York a woman accused a
man of stealing 5000 from her. Then she
visited him in Jail and they were married.
Evidently she has some deep-laid plan 20
wreak vengeance herself
Henry c. Tricks new home, which has
been I'm course of construction at Pride's
Crossing, Mass, for the past two years.
is about ready for occupancy. Among
other remarkable things it contains a large
swimming pool connected directly with the
Atlantic ocean, so that the bather merely
has to turn stopcock to obtain the
pleasures Of a swim I'm the sea without
leaving the house.
After making a thorough search for the
past six months for a capable head to the
index bureau of the State department,
Secretary Root has finally appointed John
r. Buck of Maine to the place, with the
understanding that he is to bring the
methods Of that important bureau into
line with the War department system, as
modified by the peculiar requirements OF
the State department.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
4 SIGNIFICANT DEoLARA T1oN.

SIGNIFICANT DECLARE TON.
One deeply significant part of the
presidents Fourth of July address,
which is only just now beginning to re-
ceive the attention it's Importance mer-
its, is as follows: This year in con
gress our chief task has been to carry
the government forward along the
course which l think 1t must follow
consistently for a number of years to
come-that is, in the direction of seek
ing on behalf of the people as a whole,
through the national government
which represents the people as a whole,
to exercise a measure of supervision,
control and restraint over the indi-
viduals, and especially over the cor
porations, of great wealth, in so far as
the business use of that wealth brings
1t within the reach of the federal gov
ernment." If there we're not abundant
other proofs, this declaration, made in
the manner and tone in which some of
the presidents most important an
nouncements have been put forth. GER
tainly warrants the inference that he
regards the work of securing national
control over powerful individuals and
corporations within it's Jurisdiction as
by no means completed Indeed. he
characterizes what has been done as
"a fair amount" of accomplishment in
extending federal control and regula-
ton over such interests
The presidents language at least
implies determination to employ the
greatly extended powers conferred by
new legislation and to make national
control a real and vital factor. His
words, too, would easily cover resolute
effort for further progressive legisla-
ton in the same spirit that was back
of the rate control, meat inspection
and pure food measures. Whether the
surmise that he has in mind to press
upon congress at its next session a bill
embodying the idea of federal licenses
to corporations whose products enter
into interstate commerce or who are
engaged in it be correct or not, it may
be taken as certain that the president
during the remainder of his term pro-
poses to labor as increasingly as he
has hitherto to promote positive and
aggressive policies on vital issues, and
that advancing public opinion will not
find him tagging behind.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.


The builders of Omaha must look to
the future as well as to the present.
There is too much danger that in
responding to the immediate demands
of enlarged business and population,
the still larger demands sure TO come
In the near future may be overlooked
and neglected.
Our people must realize that the
marvellous growth of the past is in
all probability 20 be overshadowed by
the growth that is to come, In the
short period of fifty years Omaha has
run the gamut from a townsite map
plastered on an uninhabited prairie to
metropolitan city with a population,
including its suburbs. exceeding $780,
600. This growth is destined to go
on at a more or less rapid rate. and the
needs OF a city OF 100000 to 400, 900
people must be constantly kept in
mind in the planning of public and
private improvements.
The Omaha of the future must
measure up to other cities OF its class.
1t must not be loaded down in the
present with cheaD-John buildings and
eye-sore structures on it's principal
streets whose removal il would take
years TO accomplish. II immediate
profit and quick returns are permitted
TO become the ruling factor. not only
is the city sure TO be dishEured and
its growth retarded. but the individ-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
An Agricultural Trust.


What lie called the American farm
products company has been organized UNI
der the laws OF New Jersey with such
capitalists as Levi p. Morton, Thomas F.
Ryan, H. P. Whitney, Anthony Brady and
others back of It. 1t starts with a NOM
inal capitalization Of S1sOOOOOO, and aims
to absorb the principal concerns Of the
country handling dairy products. 1t viii
give attention particularly to buying and
refining butter under pretended processes
which, 1T is claimed, produce a genuine
article superior in quality to farm butter,
which is to be raw material in the com.
panys production This seems to be the
attempted beginning of an agricultural
trust, but as long as it is true that capital
enough to buy COW or two and a churn
will suffice on any farm to start an oppo-
sition butter plant. the progress of monop-
oily in this direction will be rather slow.