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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
COUNCIL PUTS BAN
ON ROLLER SKATING
Children Had Champions, But Ma
jorIly Of Members Favored
Abal|ng Nuisance.
KEEP BOYS OUT OF POOL ROOMS.
Ordinance Adopted by City Fathers
Imposes n Fine Upon Youth or Pro.
prletor of Place for vloIatlons-Ap.
preparation for Share of Tldewatcr
Jubilee Day Expenses.

An ORDINANCE prohibiting skating
on the sidewalks of the city was
adopted by tho common council last
night after lengthy discussion. The
! ordinance was submitted with the rec
ommcndatlon of the ordinance and pc,
lice committee, as result of various
complaints made by business men and
others who have Lecn annoyed by
children with roller skates.
Mr.. Wallace championed the cause
OF the children and asked that tho
streets In his section. the East End.
be eliminated from the provisions of
the measure. Mcssrs., Christie and
Kallum voted may" with Mr.. Wal
lace, but Mcssrs. Boiling, Chcadle.
. Cox, Davis, Marshall, Via Washburn
and President Jones voted In the af-
firmatlve.
Boys Out Of Pool Rooms. a,
Another measure that created con-
siderable discussion was an ordinance
making II unlawful for boys under
the age Of sixteen years to frequent
or loiter around pool or billiard
rooms. Several members expressed
tho opinion that tho boys might be
driven to worse places IL they were
kept out of the pool rooms hut after
hearing a statement from Police Ser.
geant Mitchell, the body passed the
ordinance by unanimous vote.
Tho measure imposes n fine upon
the boy who Ia convicted of frequent
ing pool room, and upon the pro-
prletor of such place who permits n
boy to play or loiter In his premises
A resolution approprating 500 to
cover this city's share of the ex.
pense incident to the celebration of
Tidcwater jubilee Day ut tho Exposi.
ton, was unanimously adopted.
The appointments OF Driver Thomas.
of the North End fire company was
approved.
-y A resolution from the finance COM
mitteo. approDriatlng $1,000 for extra
ordinary expenses In the health de.
partment, could not be acted upon
because only eleven members were
present.
City Advertising.
Tho Finance committee reported
that the two daily newspapers In the
city had each submitted bid of 25
cents per inch for tho citys advcrtis-
Ing during the coming year. and rec
commended that adoption of resolu-
tlon directing the city clerk to di.
vide the advertising rs nearly as pos.
sible between the papers. The reso-
luton was unanimously adopted.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
AFRICAN SAILORS ON
FRENCH MEN-OF-W WAR
Twenty FulIbIooded sencgalesc Are
Doing Duty Under the
Trl-color.

Aboard the French cruiser Kleber,
Admiral Thierry. lying In Hampton
Roads with the other ships of tho
squadron that Is representing France
at the jamestown Exposition, are
twenty full bloodcd Africans from
Senegal. A year ago they were wan
dcring In their native tropical forest;
now they are sailors under the tri.
color OF France, speaking the same
language as tho five hundred other
scamen of the ships crew and dress
ed In the garb of the navy of the
French republic
Senegal being Il FrcnCa Gloomy and
lying In the tropical belt of West
Africa, the ministry of marine con-
Guided that MS many other French
possessions lie close to the equator,
IT would be eXpedient to recruit some
OF tho big bodied natives for service
at sea. large number of the native
French in the army being unable to
withstand the climates of Martinique,
madagascar. Reunion and other
French colonies. Thus far the OK.
pertinent has oecn a success
These Senepalese are men of great
stature, practically every one of them
oeinE more tnan six feet In height.
i9ual In alpcrity to the French sea-
men, the africans live In harmony
with tbs rest of the crew. One has
developed extraordinary aptitude for
the culinary art and Is now chef of
admiral Thicrry. The officers say
they, are ctremely docile and amen.
able to discipline. They never over.
stay their liberty on shore and only
one deserted the cruiser in New Or
leans recently, while 20 Frenchmen
left her One reason of their ODE.
dienco is the presence of one of their
chiefs. who possesses the power of
life and death over them, according
to their native laws. II they disobey
the orders of their officers they still
believe they will be liable to death
penalty from their old chief.
Aboard the Kleber at night the
Senegalese indulge In fantastic rite
dances. especially when the moon is
near the full are these ceremonies
held
Large as they are the Africans arc
unable to endure cold weather and
Sunday. when, n cold northwest wind
was sweeping Hampton Roads they
wrapped even their heads in clothes
end Wore all the clothing they could
get on their bodies.
D 4 aFrH y a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
REVENUE GUTTER ABOUT
READY FOR TRIAE TRIP
Government Has Spent 100000 Re-
bulidin s,ne Itasca al Local
Yard.

Having been rcmodeied and practf.
caliy rebuilt at the local shipyard, the
United States revenue cutter ltasca
VIII leave the yard about June 10.
She Will go to the revenue cutter
station at Curtis Bay. baltimore, to
take the cadets Mt that station on
heir annual summer cruise.
The ltasca came here from Balti.
moro last winter, tho local yard hav-
ing contracted to rebuild her mt n
cost OF nearly 100000 Work on the
cutter is nearly completed and she
VIII be given trial run In lower
Shesapeake Bay next week. Lieutnn.
ant O'Malley, of the revenue cutter
service. has been experimenting the
work on the vessel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
Captain HaFndsn, Of Steamship Allie.
ghany, Held Responsible for
Breaking Of Seals.
men DISCHARGED AEO REARREsIEO
District Attorney Held That selfcon-
fessed Liquor Thieves Could Not
be Prosecuted Under Federal Stat.
ute, But Chief Reynolds Was on
Hand With State Warrant.

Acting upon instructions from the
Treasury Department. Collector of
Customs j. Il. Is. stuart yesterday
morning imposed fine OF $500 upon
Captain llnrndcn, master or the Eur
moss Witty liner Allegheny, for Il
violation of the Federal statute COW
ering the breaking OF United States
government seals upon liquor held
aboard foreign vessel while that
vessel Is in an American port.
The fine was paid by the local OF.
flee of Furnoss, Witty &, Company,
Ltd, and the Allegheny afterwards
sailed for Norfolk, where she Will
finish loading cargo of miscella-
neous exports for London
The offcnse for which Captain
Captain liarndcn was fined was COM
mitted by James Terrence, Henry
Green and John Hyde, flremen of the
the Allegheny, n week ago last night
while the vessel was moored at Cbes.
aDeake & Ohio pier No. s. The fol.
lowing day the scamcn were arrested
by the local police on warrants sworn
out by Captain Harnden charging
them with breaking II United States
seal on liquor on tho vessel In viola
ton of the Federal laws. United
States Commissioner A. G.. Garrett
held the tiremcn for tho Federal
grand jury, but when their case was
taken up in tho United States court,
at Norfolk, yesterday. Federal District
Attorney Talley announced TO the
court that the men could not be
tried under the statute on which they
were held, the master of the vessel
alone being liable, and upon his mo-
tion the prisoners were dismissed
without trial.
Firemcn Rearrested.
Immediately after being released
by the Federal authorities, the priso-
ners were rearrested by City Ser
geant Lawler. of Norfolk, for the To-
cal police authorities on warrants
sworn out by Attorneys Ashby and
Read, of this city, counsel for Fur.
ness. Witty & Company, Ltd, charg-
Ing them with house breaking. The
ffremen were turned over to CHIEF. OF
Police Reynolds and Patrolman Par
IRISH and brought back to this city.
After carefully examining the Fed
Grad statutes, Mcssrs. Ashby and
Road concluded that the men could
not be tried under that law and they
had warrants charging house break
Ing sworn out here and sent to the
Norfolk authorities before the trial
was called by Judge Waddill yester-
day.
Terrence, Green and Hyde Will be
given preliminary hearing before
Justice Brown in the police court
this morning. Captain Harndcn and
several members of the Alleghany's
crew will come over from Norfolk to
testify in the case.
At the hearing before COMMISSIONS
er Garrett last Wednesday. the fire
men confessed their crime. saying
that they went aboard the ship drunk
and not having any liquor broke open
a case aboard the Allegheny and stole
three TASKS of wine.
1t is understood that Fhrness,
Witty e Co. will apply to the Treas
ury Department to have the fine
against Captain Harnden RENTED.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
" THEATRICAL ~
06WrNS66os6BoSSs0oo56o

Although the weather was anything
nut favorable. n very fair sized audi.
ence Witnessed the performance of
Sweet Sixteen by the John B. Wills
Musical Comedy Company ut the
Buckroe Casino last night.
Mr., George Adams. billed as the
originator of the clown act" made
decided hit with the audience. The
work of the company seems to please
the patrons.
Sweet Sixteen will be the bill
all this week
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
John c. capera to Act.
(Ry Associated prosa

WASHINGTON, d.. c.. June 4.-Iohn
G. Capers. of South Carolina. was to-
dav appointed Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue ad Interim. The appoint.
ment is to continue until December 1
when Pearl Wight of New Orleans
VIII become commissioner. Mr.. Can.
ers Is the member of tho Republican
National Committee from South Caro-.
lima.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
William & Mary Finals to ecaln.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. June A.
The closing exercises of William and
Mary College will begin Thursday.
Tho college buildings Will be dccorat-
cd. Rev. G. G. Kelley will deliver the
,baccalaureate sermon Sunday. Rich
ard Evelyn Byrd, of Winchester, will
deliver the address before the alumni
association next Monday night.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05

Wet
Days

Find shelter in a bank account.

Find shelter In bank account.
Tho average person keeps an UNI.
brella for II rainy day. Everyone
should keep n bank account with the
Powell Trust Co., Inc. Either savings
or check account; we take both. We
pay per cent interest on savings
deposits, where 1t remains as long as
three months. Come to see us before
another shower.
Our doors arc open from s n. m.
to G:3O p. m; Saturdays until 10 at
night. This is great convenience
for the public.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
NO TICKETS THIS YEAR.
High School Commencement Excr.
ciSes Omen TO Public n


cises Open to Public.
Superintendent of Schools w. C.
Morton announced last night that MI
tickets would be issued to the final
commencement exercises OF the local
High School at tho Academy of Music
next Monday night, the exerciscs
being open to all who desire TO al
tend.
The first five rows in the orchea.
ira will be reserved for the relatives
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
ELIZABETH, N. j., CHIEF HERE.
Comes .or J. c. Mcdonald, an AIIeq
ed Embezzler,

Chief of Police George g. Tenney,
OF Elizabeth, N. ]. will arrive here
this morning to take j. G.. Mcdonald
back to Elizabeth for trial on the
charge of embezzling $50 from the
United States Express Company at
that place. Mcdonald was arrested
here last week at the request of the
Elizabeth authorities who have been
wanting him for several months.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
Observation-Disclosures
a8 al-PersOnai ss


City Attorney j. A. Massic returned
yesterday from Richmond, after at.
tending the reunion. He was accom-
panied by his father, Col. Il. B. Mas.
sic, OF RaDpahannock county, and his
brother, Mr.. e. G. Massio, of Texas,
who Will be his guests for few days.
Mr.. II. e. Parker. Jr., who has been
i'll Mt his homo for the past two
months, has gone to the Moore's
Brook Sanltarium. ut Charlottesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Graham
Scott have gone TO Lynhcburg to
make their home. MIR. Scott was for
number of years connected with
the cashiers office of the shlpyard.
but he has accepted position In
Lynchburg.
Mrs. l.. w. Gregory and little
daughter, of Mobile, Ala, have ar
rived In the city to spend the sum
mer with Mrs Gregory's sister. Mrs.
II. d. Willis, ut 5000 West avenue.
Mrs. a. ]. Bellman, of New York.
is visiting her sister, Mrs James Ken
ncdy Corss.
Miss Eolo Sykes has returned from
u visit to relatives in Norfolk.
MIR. and Mrs. NJ +. Llewellyn have
returned to their home in Roanoke
after visiting Mr.. Llewellyn's brother.
MT. NJ, S. Llcwellyn, on Thirty.flfth
street.
Miss Helen Leylandcr, who recent
ly graduated ut the Woman's College
In Richmond, has arrived in the city
TO spend the summer with her aunt,
Mrs. James Kennedy Corss.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. e. Carter left yes
terday for Live Oak, Flat. after visit
Ing relatives In this city.
Or. Clarence Porter Jones has re.
turned from trip to New York.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
$4,000 I'm GOLD

To anyone In the World to compel.
with him. Possessing more power
than any four mediums combined
No Card, Trance or Hand Humbug.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05

OF the graduates, and the boxes will
DO occupied by the graduates of the
school.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05
GRAY-COATED LEGION
STORMS EXPOSITION

Continued from First Page.)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-05

Mr.. II. e. Parker. Jr., who has been
i'll ut his homo for the past two
months, has gone to the Moore's
Brook Sanltarium. ut Charlottesville.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
THE PETROLEUM FIELDS.

There have been no discoveries of any moment
of new producing pools In the lower Southwest
fields during the last week. and nothing that gives
any promise of better conditions in the near frt
ure. The average size of such producing wells
as have been struck from time TO time OF late
is so small that the operators thoroughly dis
couraged, and have little heart to enter into neu,
ventures. The discovery of any new area or sac
tion that promises moderate Increase in tba
size of its wells would at give an fmpetus
Tor a large amount of new work, every idle
operator is only too anxious to drive mis- dr;n
Wherever there is any fair prospect of success
This is proven by the activity in the Texas ,h
md, Continent and tne Illinois field althou~n tLs
quality of oil is inferior to the nTodca s stie
lower Southwestern field. VI ING
Drilling, OF course, still continues In some of thu
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
WEEKLY LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Phadelphia. June 2-Recepts for the yyeez-Best
cattle 2SS2 head; sheep and lambs, S2S3 head hogs
S22l head calves. SS6 head. CATTLE beef Catts
market showed positive advance OF fully 5c per 0O 70
on the best offerings. with common in
stances showing rise OF proportions strong
feeling prevailed and arrivals sold Ian
caster County Penn Ohio Illinois T-ejOruinat-
ing Steers average best So 12i2G$6 - Chot- $ SAG
So good s. I6QS5 SIta. medium 62IsS5 cOIlnon
s. SIIafS5 so; bulls. Sc T5G$4 so The IN
sympathetic participated in iucrsas1 strength
OF the general situation and hrmer obtained
Eat So 5O$4 20; thin So 25GS2, mich COWS
SSogSIO for common 10 good. Calves 50 llnE We
rates, this market ruling firm -,Nceptonss-
common. $5QS6 grassers and Westerns S+H$6 SHEEP
tatlons omitted. Clipped sheep qualiss
fraction higher and all desirable offerings, both
sheep and lambs met with prompt clearance Al Ir ~
values Inferior and Cull ruled DUH and oaIsS
steady Clipped sheep wethers extra 5oG$6 % SaSs
$6 2SGS6 80: good 81 5OdISS as: medium 81 sStSo55'
common s. oOg$S ewes heavy fat - 5edS' 30 sS
clipped. extra s. 5OfSS IS: good choice SSgSsSs'
medium So 5od$T; common. S56S6: early spring AM
81 hOQS6 90 apiece. HOGS-Tradtng seasoaaoS ~
at steady prices Western. as TO size and quality, -
50 y city dressed stOcb-There improves
guiry for all desirable selections and higher lIics s
demanded for dressed stores; the market genera!--
In good shape and firm Steers. sNG9i-c. cows si
veal calves lNHllc: extra calves 12C. grasseis
Westerns 6aSc country dressed calves strong sg.5a
extra. 12c: sheep 1161Iac: extra wethers. f2e; l1
lSqlic; extra lambs l5c; hogs 9iac.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03

old sections where there is a fair prospect =.
some return, but is of desultOry and unsatisfac-
tory character The CONGO field. in HancocI<
County, remains at present the one good 49,
held, but even this is rapidly diminishing and
nothing better has been reported for the vaaL
than light affairs and the wells show a de-
cded railing on as To size, while the old wells are
rapidly diminishing as to their output Thera ts
practically nothing from any other sectioo
than those above mentioned The test on tba
Moore farm, northeast of the old McCurdy field IN
Allegheny County, resulted III thirty barrel af-
fair and. while small In itself. is possible bat
ii has opened up new pool in the 30-fOot distric+
but this will require the completion of several
more tests, which under way 10 Drova
The news is of no more Importance in the sOuth-
eastern Ohio field than it has been for the Iast
month. If anything this section is even more dis
couraging than across the river Considerable sc-
tivity now exists in the Columbia oil fields in
Texas n recent strike there indicates the dis
cOvery of another good pool. The oil is the sama
quality as the product from the Spindle Top dis
trict Advices from other fields are of little or M
Importance.
Refined petroleum is unchanged s.20c in bar
rels and t. 15c in bulk at New York. Philadelpbia
prices a basis of five points lower. Foreign
prices are also unchanged London. 7-l6d an i'm
perial gallon; Antwerp, 21l4 francs a hundred
kilos. and Bremen 6.35 marks for 30 kLos.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
SALES OF CHEESE.
n. June e-on the local Board Of Trade S''
SARDINES AND HERRIN6S.

From The Kennebec Journal
The herring supply during.the last week has - -
large for EastpOrt. and all the big sardine l "a
tories that have been opened recently have ha1 G
the fish they could handle. this being due 10 ,Isnv
OF help at this early part of the season Earbsn
EastporterS are away. but expected soon, VII the
the places will he filled up. In past years oH s-s s
start of the s0rline business many StranSeiS a. ths
here for early work. and a result iateI II
season when many Of the Young residents ca.ss
home for work they had some difficulty IN securAs
II quickly. but not so this season
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
BANK EXCHANGES; SALES RECORDED.

The bank exchanges Of the New York Clearing
House and the stocks sold on the New York stool,
Exchange last week and the week Of the
preceding two years compare follows:
juno l. OF !, nc . 90. June 2 'O5
Exchanges 81 323 81 5Gs 81 553 300 $40
No. shares sold 3.Gl5,.57 l,531,6G9 2.Si2.5U6
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
FIRE RACES IN OIL WORKS.

Fire destroyed tie grease plant al the o,eans
County OH Works, Newtown Creek ana Penny
Srldge yesterday morning. For time the flames
hcked the sides OF ;he wax plant in the wards and
- sSei'iS9 ltal ire fire might sweep through the
aaIos InFee i-Ieboats and several tugs fought fbs
siie' "-llcA cld carnage estimated at SGG9
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

The Tribune has printed the gross earnings Of
thrty-eight railroads, systems, for the third
week In May. OF these thirty-nve return GAINS of
ST. 863 or 206 per cent, and three return losses
of $lS275. or 90 per cent. The whole shows gain
OF sl,574,O6S. 1873 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

is the H
whit hgfes bwatan dina ps the f prices OF kag nj tn
price o June l
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03

Government bond quotations compare as follows
with those of a week ago:
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
AN EYE TO BUSINESS.

Iawyer-I can get you a divorce without n,,b-
4iclty for about a hundred pounds
socleiy Woman-EIow much more will il cost
with publicity?-Illustrated Bits. - vs.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03

SO. 4e5. 600 Total sales for the week.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
GOVERNMENT BONDS

"Ex interest. +S20F
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-03-06
A Fine Speech.

We are in receipt of a copy of that
splendid speech by Hon. A. F. Lever
before the National House of Repre-
sentatives on the subject Of The Ap-
palachian Forest Reserve bill. Mr..
Lever is one of the brainiest Congress
men in our delegation, is quicker
tongued than woman, and the mas
terly manner in which he handled his
subject, is worthy of all praise, while
the way he referred to "that mysteri-
GUS influence was scorching enough
to make any republican squirm. His
reference was to Speaker Cannon who
is blocking the bill, and who is also,
as blatant an old South-hater as ever
wore a suit of South Carolina made
clothing, presented by South Carolina
citizens who ought to have known
better.-The People, Camden.@