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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
PENNY ARCADE" MAN FINED
FOR SHOWING VILE PICTURES
Richmond Judge Rules That the Views
are Indecent and Must be
Suppressed
Especial to the Dnlly prcssA


RICHMOND. VA, Jan. 30 Prank
Fcrrandini. proprietor of the "Penny
Arcade charged with exhibiting indie,
cent pictures which tended to corrupt
public morals, was found guilty to-day
in police court and was sentenced to
pay $40 fine and suffer one days i'm.
prisonment in the city jail.
Judge witt today. at the request. Of
Burton's counsel. Messrs. Pollock and
Wise, to have the motion for new
trial argued as soon as possible. set
Feb. 6 as the date for hearing the
argument.
Tho police are looking for The thief
who broke in the back window Of
1Ol5 North First Stree, and carried
off Nelson Harris $50 violin.
Thomas Finncsscy whom Justice
Crutchfield called an Irish negro"
was called in Police Court today 10
answer the charge of assault upon
Rosa Brooks. According to Rosa.
Thomas gave her good wallooping.
Rats caused a fire in the home of
John Alien. colored. TAB North Ninth
street, shortly before noon today by
gnawing a lot of matches in a rear
room. The loss was small.
Last night fire did small amount
of damage in the franklin laundry.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
Railroad Combine Report Ordered

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Jan. 30
In response to the resolution of the
House, President Roosevelt today
called upon the Interstate commerce
commission for report regarding the
alleged existence of II combination
or arrangement between the Pennsyl
vania railroad. the Baltimore & Ohio
ana other railroads, in violation of
the antitrust law. The reply is in
course of preparation.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
Senate Puts an End to Graftinq.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The Sen.
ale today passed about forty bills,
many of them of considerable import
ance. The list included the bill proyid!
ing for the reorganization of the con.
sular service, which passed practical.
ly without discussion. 1t makes many
changes in the service among which
are the following:
1t provides for the classification of
consular officers in grades; gives the
President authority to transfer Off.
GERS from one station to another; pro.
vides an inspection service with five
inspectors who are to rank as con.
suls generals; requires the clerks at
consulates shall be Americans; pro-
hibits consuls from engaging in law
business and requires that all consu.
lar fees shall be accounted for.
Shipping Bill Considered,
The shipping bill was under consid-
Grafton for time 1t was amended
so as to relieve it from constitutional
objections and Mr.. Lodge delivered a
speech in support of the bill In which
he gave the details of a combination
of the owners of foreign sailing YES
sells for the purpose of controlling the
freight rate on grain shipments from
the United States.
There also was discussion OF the
bills making common carriers liable
for injuries to employees Some of the
senators. among them Mr.. Daniel in.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
FOR SALE: TWO WARsHiPs.
Prizes of the Spanish-Amcrican War
are Useless.
Especial to the Daily Press.

Especial to the Daily Prcssl
NORFOLK. VA, Jan. 30. The ILL.,
tie g'inboats Sandoval and Alvardo.
captured during the SpanishAmerican
war and since in the service of Uncle
Sam at the Naval Academy. have been
declared useless for further service,
and will be sold to the highest bidder.
Both vessels are almost identically
alike in construction and of about
equal tonnage.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
PRISON FOR MURDERER.
Captain Jones, Who Killed Girl. Sen.
fenced to Penitentiary
Especial TO the Daily Etess.l

INpccIaI 10 the Daily I-ieSs.l
NORFOLK. VA. Jan. 80. captain
r. w. Jones, convicted of the muir
der OF Maud Cameron Robinson for
merry OF Selma. n. c.. whose head
ne almost cut off with razor, which
ne afterwards used in cutting his
own throat, was today denied a
new trial by Judge Hanckel and was
sentenced under the jury's verdict to.
eighteen years In the penitcntiary
The sentence, however was sus.
pended for thirty days to allow coun.
sci time in which to appeal the case
to the Supreme Court.
Jones insisted that he was limo
cent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
win Review Johnson's Campaign

RlCiMOND. VA. Jan. 3O.-Mr.
Robert M. Hughes an eminent law
yer. OF Norfolk. will address Lee Camp
ana the public at Lee Camp Hall on
February lG on the campaign of Gen
eral Joseph b, johnson.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
NEWPORT NEWS VA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 81 1906

timatcd that the committees were anx.
ious to avoid the responsibility of
passing these measures.
"Hazing" Testimony Wanted.
resolution directing the secretary
of the navy to send the Senate the
records of the court martial at An
napolis in the cases of midshipmen
Marzoni and Mayo and also directing
him to inform the Senate as to his
authority for the proceedings was
adopted by the Senate today.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
MOTHER SLABS "MAsHER."
Fellow Who Insultcd Her DAUGHTER
Sent to Jail.
Especial to tne Daily press)

NORFOLK, VA. Jan. 3O.-J. y,
Malvel, % years old, has been sent
to Jail in default of payment of q
800 fine and n Jail sentence of six
months. upon the charge of insult
ing Miss Paylor and threatening to
assault with a beer bottle the girls
mother, Mrs. G. l.. Paylor. when the
latter slapped his jaws for what he
said to her daughter.
He is from Baltimore.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
Mcctinu Proposcd .

The meeting of the Womans Aux
i'iary Of Saint Paul's parish. which
was to have been held tomorrow has
been postponed to Thursday, February
The 9Th.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
Postmasters confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.--Thc
Senate today confirmed the folIowin,,
nominations:
Postmasters: Virgnia-W. S. Rose.
Big Stone Gap: Thomas w. Carter,
Orange; Bentley Kern. Winchester
T. b. Einstein, East Bedford.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
To Survey Savannah River

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3O.-The Sen.
ate today passed bill providing for
a preliminary survey of Savannah
river from Savannah to Petersburg,
Ga.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
TOWNSEND IND|ClS CORPORATIONS
Transportation Companies He Charges
Have PcrsislcntIy evadcd oheyi,o
the Law and Have Tried in Vain to
Prevent Needed LcglslatIon-senate
Changes Consul Laws.
tBy Associated Preas.)

WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.-Me,n.
bers of the House evinced a more gen.
eral interest in the discussion of che
railway rate bill throughout ,Gay
than on any topic of legislation for a
long time
The debate was opened by Mr..
Townsend (Mich.). in an exhaustive
argument on the general subject and
sharp criticism directed to those who
had opposed railroad rate legislation
Mr.. Townsend asserted the rail.
roads had consistently and persistent.
ley opposed every device for the safe
ty of the public and its employees and
also Il at It. had maintained rich and
powerful Hobbies opposing rate lagis,a.
ton.
Democrats for the Justice.
Mr.. Anderson (Ga. }, said he had
never seen any reason to make com
mefce subject of partisanship, yet
such had been the case throughout
the history of the government The
present bill. he cited as an illusirious
exception to this record. Howe, er.
Democrats had labored since the
courts revealed the weakness of the
interstate commerce law to amend its
defects.
AS for the Democrats" continued
Mr.. Adamson, they began to feel
happy. The distinguished chairman of
our committee, MIR. Hepburn. took
such advanced ground and Introduced
such a splendid bill that it was hail.
cd by us with delight. We offered the
Dewey bin suggesting Il few more
good things most of which the major
ity promptly accepted and gracefully
appropriated.
Demonstration of Patriotism.
Mr.. Richardson (Ala.). said the
unanimous report on the bill was
distinct demonstration of patriotism
Mr.. Lamar (Fla.). asked few
questions Indicating criticism of the
minority members for not bringing in
minority report, which would eluci-
date some of the hard problems in the
question. if for no other reason. In
reply Mr.. Richardson said all legisla.
ton was matter of compromise and
the present bill. he commended as he
ing good and the best that could be
obtained.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
Orders Misunderstood.

According to the statements Of
those on the passenger train the wreck
was caused by general misunder-
standing of orders.
The regular passenger train left Co.
lumbia one hour late. The Flori la
flyer passed the freight at Blaney's
and it is believed that Engineer Smeck
in charge of the freight. thought that
there was clear road ahead. He pull
ed out of the siding with 30 cars al
tached. and just ahead the passenger
train approached.
1t was too late to stop the freight.
but Engineer Robertson. of the passen-
ger train applied his air brakes an.i
the train was brought up with IA jerk
throwing every one out of their
seats. 1t was due to the nerve of En-.
gineer Robertson that the lives of the
passengers were saved.
The mail car was the only car on
the passenger train which was demo!.
ished. Mail Clerk II. A. Patillo. was
buried under the wreckage and in.
stantly killed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-31
DEAD ENGINEER Hello RESPONSIBLE
None OF the Passengers is Hurt and
They Were Only Saved Through the
Goodness Of the Engineer Of the
Train on Which They Were Rid
ing-Wreck in Northwest.
ing-Wreck in Northwest.
(Ry AssocIated prcssl

COLUMBIA. s. c.. Jan. 90
North-bound passenger train No. G6
and sounhbOund extra freight on the
Scaboard Air Line, colIided hcad-on Is
miles north OF this city today and four
men are dead and three are injured.
The dead are:
ENGINEER A. A. SNfECK.
FIREMAN WILL WHITE, colorcd,
of the freight train.
POSTAL CLERKS II. a. PATTI.
10. Ostcen. Fla, and NJ. c. WAT.
KlNS. Putnam Hall, Fla.
Tho injured are:
John Robertson, the engineer ana
Dan Douglass, the colored fircmen of
the passenger train and Express Mes.
senger Minton. of Richmond, Va.
The freight train was ut Blainey's
with orders to wait for the Florida fly
er the passenger train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
A oUEsTToN OF rA1Nr.

Out in California a Methodist con-
ference has taken an action somewhat
unusual for a religious body, but an
action hat certainly ought to be in
line with the teachings of that great
church. It passed this resolution:
Whereas. Many Christians belong
to corporations which are resorting to
measures that are not only in viola
ton OF the laws of the land. but are
doing a great injustice to humanity.
provoking breaches between capital
ana labor; therefore,
Resolved. first. That il is the duty
of every Christian that belongs to such
corporation to investigate its acts and
openly protest against every unlawful
and unjust act Of which such corpor-
alton may be guilty.
Resolved. second. That where a
Christian fails to so investigate and
protest as aforesaid. and receives the
fruits OF such unlawful and unjust
acts of the corporation. he is charge
able, personally. with the consequences
Of the evil acts Of the corporation
When the resolution was introduced
there was a quick motion to table It.
but this was voted down amid much
excitement. and the resolution was
carried through.
This action may seem somewhat ex-
IRENE to some good people who are
accustomed to accept their dividends
without question and with thanksgiv-
ing, but the resolution is in line with
the new movement that stands for
honesty in all things, and it is not for
the churches to lag behind in this
movement. A real Christian-em-
phasis on the ''realf-wouid be hor-
rihed at h idea Of renting property
for a saloon or an evil resort. but
would his income from such a source
be Il more tainted than would divi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
GErTTNG rHE .RETURNs..

Tonight several million people scat
tered over this broad land of ours VIII
sit UP and await with interest the news
Of today's election. Nearly every citl-
zen has sympathies one way or the
other. Nearly every one. in fact, has
taken sides in his own state in casting
his ballot. and he is anxious to know
who wins.
Consequently the scene which viii
be enacted in front of the state Jour
nal Office tonight, when several thou
sand people will watch the news as it
is bulletined. viii be duplicated ia
every city in the United States. In
the large centers of population the
crowds that surge through the streets
and around the newspape bulletins
win be tremendous.
In New York tonight the excitement
is intense. Not for Years has the En-
pire State known zich a campaign as
that which has gust closed, and never
before We're Party lines so obliterated.
The betting has been favorable to
Hughes. bit Hughes hackers have been
extremely uneasy as to the result. It
is very much in doubt.
In the small own all over the coun-
try the returns are received by the To-
cal political committees in their head
quarters, or perhaps they are read
from the stage of the local opera
house. This sort of a service is given
by the telegraph companies, supple
mented by private dispatches.
Correspondents IN the small towns and
and tabulate h election figures so
that they can be given to the waiting
crowds. Most of the work is done by
newspaper reporters. In every city of
the country the reporters go from pre-
cinct to precinct every hour and get
the vote as far as counted, t~elephoning
it Immediately to their newspapers.
Correspondents in the small towns and
county seats wire figures to their news
papers, n in every newspaper Office
in the country the competition is going
on, and in these days of the telegraph
and telephone the waiting crowd Is
served with news red-hot from all over
the country.
The telegraph and telephone works
both a too. The city man is not
the only one who will hear the news
tonight. but many a farmer on a party
telephone line out on the prairies will
keep his a glued to the telephone and
viii know how things are going soon
after the crowds in the cities.
It's Il great and exciting game, his
receiving the returns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
HOW 1T WORKS IN CLEvEIAND

Under the leadership of Mayor Tom
Johnson. the municipal ownership idea
in Cleveland, Ohio, has made great
Roadway, and it's success there is close
" watched by the rest of the country.
There is a determined effort being
made in some c~enters. by those who
fear the growth of the municipal own
ership idea, to discredit it. A writer
in MOody's Magazine, a financial pub
licatiOn, makes some remark about
municipal ownership in Cleveland
which gill be of interest in Topeka.
This writer says:
"How the people in Cleveland would
vote on municipal ownership can only
be ~conjectured. It is a city of indie
pendent voters and has enjoyed ten
years Of almost uninterrupted discus
sion Of franchise questions. The peo-
pie have been harassed by the fran
chise corporations at every turn.
However they might vote on NUM-
cipal ownership (and it is my opinion
it would carry overwhelmingly, there
is every indication that Ohio cities
have decided TO grant no more fran
chises to private interests. This seems
to be verified by Chicago, Detroit, To-
4E4O anu GlSCN mere. he COAlAllCA Oh
interest. the control Of the govern
ment, the misuse Of the courts, the
arrogance, ~insolence and terrorism
which they exercise. has schooIed the
people to a resentment Of any interest
whose magnitude renders it immune
from any control. Added to this is the
unquestioned success Of the Water De-
partment in Cleveland. It makes
three-quarters of a million dollars a
year profit. Almost all
have been metered, n the average
house rate is So a year. The garbage
disposal plant has also been taken over
by the city. Its service has been
greatly extended and bettered, while
the cost has been maheriaily reduced.
But in Cleveland, az elsewhere. all
further extension Of public activity is
strangled by the control Of h legisla-
ture by privileged interests who pre-
vent the legislatures from charging
the power Of the Cities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Iron she chleago News.I

IFrom the Chicago News.I
Imagination doth make liars OF us
all.
Many a s-unny-haired girl has A
cloudy disposition
The hardest work an Industrious
mar can do is nothing.
Lots Of men are failures because
they never attempt anything.
A model man has occasion to
pose as a horrible example.
If q man is unable to achieve sue
cess it's up to him to succeed With
out il.
A woman thinks as much OF a
man az she thinks he thinks she does.
1t takes q woman 70 make every
word tell when it comes to imparting
secrets.
our idea OF a modest man is one
who can keep his opinion Of himself
to himself
Many a man who can't paddle his
own canoe imagines ne is capable of
steering the ship OF state.
It is far easier to teach a parrot to
talk h It Is to teach the average
woman TO hold her tongue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

had recognized this as the psyehologieal
struck a job the first place I vent.
Peggy dear. I thing I can MAKE my way
here. VIII you help me9'
Fifteen minutes later ne remembered
the arm OF Jones & Graf.
i guess I'd better be moving on
was looking for a family by the name Of
Hall thai owes my firm some MONEY
Peggy turned scarlet.
I'm the HalI-and I can't pay you.
The giris-'her eyes snapped-"the girls
went back on me"
Henry BrightweH sat down very sud
Wen. what do you think Of THAR
Then his face declared Yankee snLeBd-
ness asserted Itself. He began to figure
and Peggy helped him
That afternoon he walked into tne. onlce
Of the collection department and laid
down his book and a roll OF bills moore
and Greenwich paid up to date. Miss
Hail Is up against It Her tWo paEIaeIs
on her hands. She wants to keep IL II
she can. There's 1870 still due VIII you
let me compromise with her FOR SO
Sure" said the collector.
= kind Of thought you would So l
will jump, YOU know.
You're ali right, young man You
can have a berth here as long as you
Tie head bookkeeper from Ainsley.s
did not find Mrs. Hopkins select board-
ing house TO his liking and the FRIDAY
evening dances never materiaIized. But
sometimes when Kit and Lucy want q
real pleasant evening they 50 TO the
always guests worth meeting. Then they
go back to the third-stOry-fronI with
its cheap brass beds and moth-eaten
hangings, and one says to the other:
Well, Of course we get no credit for
it, but we helped to pay for Peggy
pretty things. "-Copyright, 1906, BY P c
ia rfrnnnf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
QUAKER -REFLECTToNA


TFrom the Philadelphia Press.J
A warm friend is the kind to freeze
on to.
Next to cold cash a valuable asset
seems to be hot air.
A fellow can't do two things well IL
being in love is one Of them.
The things that are lied about are
not always too good to be true.
Some people seem to give the i'm
preston that it is too much trouble to
have fun.
Faint heart ne'er wins fair lady, but.
for that matter. neither does the faint
bank account
You cant always tell how much a
man thinks es himself from the size OF
his cad the mex morning.
Neil-"She seems to believe every
thing he tells her" Belie="Ah! then
they are not married, after all"
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again. but the Spectator discovers that
all stocks are not related to the nth.
Hoax-"Does Detective Sleuthpup
follow the fashions 2" Joax="Oh,
yes: but, Of course, the fashions donfts
know they are being followed"
Blobbs@"His sins of omission are
greater than his sins Of commission"
Slobbs-fYes; he's lazy enough to
realize that sins Of omission involve
less effort
The Ossihed Man was explaining
how it happened. It got this way
from falling in love- he remarked. II
tried to make myself solid and must
have oyerdone it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
LAYHAWKER JOTy

Charlie Blakesley suggests that the
Ellsworth county man who has dis
covered iron springs on his farm ought
to arrange to strike up d trade with the
bed factories.
Out in Osborne county a farmer has
been down with typhoid fever for
some time. and the neighbors came
over one day and drilled in a hundred
acres of wheat for him.
All the space in the country papers
that wasn't taken up with advertising
last week was devoted to extolling the
virtues of certain candidates for Office
and pointing out the vices Of the hated
opposition. But the election comes
only once in two years.
Spring Hill is getting natural gas at
the rate Of six cents a thousand cubic
feet as a result of a rate war between
rival gas companies. The rate was
originally twenty-five cents: then it was
cut to eighteen cents, then to fifteen.
ten, eight and six, and 1t may go even
lower.
While a Jamestown woman vas
carrying a little baby in her arms, she
tripped on a piece Of baling wire i'm
bedded in the ground. In the fall she
broke ms arm, d~islocated the other at
the elbow, wrenched her shoulder and
bruised herself severely. But the baby
wasn't hurt.
The man who does not hold the
good OF the state above the good OF
the party is not fit to print a paper"
said Tom Charles recently. and a lot
Of other editors have been reprinting
the statement, with a meaning look in
the direction of their esteemed con
t-emporaries.
THE wind has been tempered to the
shorn lamb nee more observes the
Jewell Republican with a note of
thanksgiving in its voice. .tSimultan-
eous with the announcement of no
more railroad mileage for the editors,
comes the announcement OF Edison's
5000 automobile that Will last fifteen
years"
Anxious inquiry by The Smith County
Pioneer: VIII some kind sou relieve
the awful suspense by citing US to the
Whereabouts Of the Surveyors of the
Great Northern and Anywhere rail-
road? The last seen of them they
were seen sitting around a keg of beer,
a gift from Smith Center admirers,
seven miles northwest of town.
Bent Murdoch knows something
about cattle feeding as we'll as about
boss busting. Here is one of his agri-
cultural items: A Butler county man
bought 54 head of 82s pound steers,
last March, and they cost him from
S31 to $33 per head. He put them on
prairie grass in May and sold them In
October. They made a prairie grass
growth in that time of $50 pounds to
the head and they brought $50 q head.
A three hundred pound increase in
weight after a summers p~asturing is
considered good. These animals are
now on full feed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES


A lot Of new judges will receive their
titles today. They are judges OF cleo
tion- An election Judge has as good a
ciaim to the title as a horse race judge
y = y
This departments idea of a joke is
for the Capital to poke fun at the
sAr's geography.
Bill Doolittle had an ambition to
serve on the election board in his pre-
cinct until he discovered that he would
have to get up in time to begin work
at s o'clock his morning. Then he
happened to think thai his business
was too pressing to let him serve his
country in that way.
y X y
It's funny the. way a girl catches a
man by running away from him.
X X y
Some people are likely to discover
about II o'clock tonight that the re-
turns are not nearly as interesting as
they expected them to be.