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CHAPTER Nv

1 SAihA LII ~
Going up on deck, lit my pipe
heroically resolved to wait pa
tiently until such time as l could
with safety make my way to Hay.
ling's cabin. saw the mate
Murrell was his name-go for.
ward, and then, after what seemed
considerable period, he came aft
again with the captain. Then the
two went below, and as l guessed
it meant a smoke and a glass of
grog | made my way to Hayling's
| room.
He was evidently awaiting me.
for the door opened Immediately
to my knock, and when he saw me
he seemed rather relieved
"Glad you've come, old man." he
said. gripping my hand in his
hearty fashion. Then instantly,
somewhat to my surprise, he lock-
ed the door and drew the curtain
over it.
well" heb queried, what do
you think of the Pulo Way?"
81 am beginning to think some
very queer things. | admit Captain
| Macshiel is a puzzle"
He seemed to think so too; but,
judging from his reticence, I guess
ed he was rather afraid to speak.
Look here Hayling," said l;
you don't know me, and of course
| don't know you. but | believe we
understand each other. Is that
so?"
Quite" and he held out his
hand. Of one thing l felt sure-no
one but warm-hearted man could
have given such a grip.
Then, to be candid with you,
have been entertaining some ex-
ceedingly grave suspicious as to
the good faith Of Captain Macshiel
and his crew."
And not without cause, | should
say. I'm devilish sorry ever came
aboard"
and I, though l must admit that
Captain Macshiel tried his hardest
to prevent me-"
Then I told him Of my first in
terview with the skipper of the
Pulo Way, and of the many reasons
with which that worthy mariner
sought to restrain me from join
ing
81, too, came on board almost at
the last moment" said the second
mate. GAS it is, we have no real
third. Our Number One takes the
first watch-a surly brute who
would skin his own mother for $40.
Seems to be rather thick with the
big coolie who mounted the cannon
If | were the captain of this ship
I'd clap them both in irons"
by the way, what's the meaning
of this cannon? When | asked the
captain he facetiously replied that
it was to shoot sharks"
The Australian looked grave.
''If he had said to shoot gulls he
might have been nearer the mark. I"
"Gulls?" l echoed, reading some
thing much more serious in his
face.
Look here. old man." said he, 81
know no more about that cannon
than you do, nor of the coolie who
works it; but | would trust neither.
At all events, it's the first time
ever heard of tramp aping a man.
o-war, and | don't like it."
What, then is your opinion ?"
81 have many, some of them
madly absurd. Yet there is one
thing of which / can speak with alb
soiute certainty We are not steer
ing towards Manila!"
could scarcely credit my hear
ing, but looked at him in a way
that forced him to repeat the SEN
tence.
you are sure?"
'As sure as mortal man can be.
If, as | understand, this ship was
to go direct to Manila, | can assure
you. on my honor, that she is not
point that way at present"
Certainly she was to go direct
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HYPNOTiSM IN CHURCH

, NEW YORK March 9-After Of
lkering to treat sufferers from nerv.
,JOus diseases free at the parish
house of Calvary Episcopal church
iby her hypnotic method, Mrs. j
y. Higgins has been fairly swamp
ed. In four hours 400 persons call
ed on her.
In each instance similar treat
ment was offered. First the pa
tient was hypnotlzed: then the
s'subjective mind" was preached to-
that Its ills were to cease.
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IRONY OF Death

NEW YORK, March cit was
the fate of 10 years old Mitzel Mo
!rok, whose reckless, daring loop
Ahe-loop act has thrilled thousands
at circus performances, to meet
Heath while engaged in the com
monplace performance eof pouring
tea.
AS the circus star poured a cup
Tor her friend, Antoinette Defframe
she toyed with a revolver which
exploded in her hand. The bullet
lodged in Miss Morok's neck.
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CALLS MOTHER FAKER

DIES MONIES, March 9.--De"
nounced by her own son as a sort
of second Cassie Chadwick, Mrs.
Kate Carver has about reached the
end Of her meteoric career. Will
liam Dodd, of Arlington, S. D., has
written to the Associated Charities
and sorrowfully admits that his
white-haired mother is an adven-
turesS.
Mrs. Carver's graft is the old
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w. w. p. CONCESSION

The w. w. P. Co. has assisted
somewhat in preventing high water
at the Washington st. bridgeworn
by taking off the board at its dam
lower down the river, which gives
a wider flow and in consequence
lowers the water perceptibly.
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PIONEER WOMAN GONE

Mrs. Mildred M. Wheatley, age
70, died yesterday at 221 Fifth av
She was the mother Of seven chill
dren. The family came to Spokane
soon after the big fire in 1889. Flu
neral services at the residence
Wednesday.
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NEW PHONE DIRECTORY

The new telephone directory has
been issued. 1t contains 10,70O
names, although the company has
1880 instruments. In many of
fees several parties use the exten,
sion phone, which accounts for
this. There are 120 Smiths and 80
Johnsons. Fifteen hundred direc,
tories were printed.
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"lost pocketbook" one. Her son
writes that she has worked it in
many cities for years. The denoue-
ment wa brought about through in
quiries by the Associated Charities
into Mrs. Carver's history. She
has been a charge for three days.
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Frank Kramer who, she told the
police, had led her into a life of
white slavery. AS wife, theh wom-
an cannot testify against Kramer
in the case the police have against
him.
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FAITHFUL TO BRUTE

SEATTLE, March 9.--Lying on
bed OF pain at Providence hospital
from which she is doomed never
20 rise. Lena May Brown, who shot
herself Feb. 22, was married to
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Il SDCI0 DEL B|UIO
Suicidio her6ico

Mr.. John F. Randolph. Secre-
tario de Mr.. Thomas A. Edison,
el celebre inventor, sc suicide
en- West Orange. disparandose
en- el pecho dos Cartuchos de
gruesas municiOnes.
MIR. Randolph baj6 al sotano
de su casa, flo solldamente un
fusil de caza contra una pared
de manera que los dos canones
estuvieran a la altura de su pc
cho, Y, coloCandose ante el fusil.
10 disparo con la ayuda de I'm
5ast6n. Las los Cargas de mu.
niciones le hicieron en- Ell pecho
un agujero en- el cual podiase
hundir el puno cerrado.
Despertada su atencion por la
detonacion, Mrs. Randolph y
otras personas de la familia ba-
jaron al sotano. Al yer el ca
daver de su marido en- I'm lago
de sangre, la desgraciada mujer
sc desvanecio. Trasportada 8
su cuarto, Mrs. Randolph, al
volver en- 81, intento tirarse por
la ventana. siendo salvada por
Mr.. Edison, quien logro sujetar
La por la faldt en- Ell momento
en- que iba a arrojarse.
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0 buI|arrln SacrI|egO


Tn popular diario madrileno
rehere del siguiente modo, ell
hallazgo importante de objetos
sagrados:
"Caminaban por las inmedia-
clones de Daganzo, pueblo per-
teneciente all distrito de Alcala
de Henares. tres, al parecer, in
tel1ces arrieros. que conducian
tres resignadas caballerfas.
Los trajinantes hicieron alto
en- una venta para reponerse,
con un jarro de buen mosto, de
10 duro de la jornada.
Fue Su mala suerte que ALI
gestuviera una pareja de la Guar
dia Civil, que entro en- curiosi-
dad de probar unos suculentos
butifarrones que los arrieros
lleban en- unos grandes serones
a lOmos de las acemilas.
Pero al ir meterles mano.
como vulgarmente suele decir
sc, advirtieron los guardias que
algo mas duro habia debajo.
Y, efectivamente, comenza-
ron a sacar del fondo Ell manto
de una imagen, casullas, tapices
sabanillas de encaje, dos reli-
'quias, campanillas de mucho
valor. un copon Y otros objetos
de quito, todo procedente de va,
rios rObos. realizadOs con exec
iente exito, puesto que nj reli-
quias habian dejado los ladrones
en- distintas iglesias del ter
minO.
Los detenidos dijeron lamar
Sc Garcia. Carrasco y Fernan.
'dez, aunque sc cree que son
nombres supuestos.
Y. sobre todo, faciles de i'm
provisar..
Sc les ocuparon armas de fue-
go y una palanqueta.
Parece que los autores de es-
toS robos forman parte de una
sociedad que trabaja preferen-
temente en- el fuero eclesias-
tico.
Son varias las iglesias roba-
das, sin que nj los propios sa-
cristanes sepan de la misa la
media.
El juzgado Sc ocupa activa-
mente en- inStruir ell Sumario.
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Ell TRIUNFO DE Ia MUERTB

Ambos gozaban sufrian en- estas alter
nat1vas. Sc remOntaban a los prlmeros ex-
tasis de su amor descendian luegO al illtimo
c lnutil esfuerzo de pOseerse, Sc remontaban
toadvia mas, Sc remontaban al principle de las
llusiones; respiraban la sOmbra mistica donde
por prlmera vez sus almas sc extremecieron
Y cambiaron una misma palabra muda to-
davia descendan, descendian hacia el supli-
clio de la espectacion desilusoria. entraban en-
una atmosfera de opaca sofocante calina
seme jante torbellino de chispas Y de ce-
nzas calientes.
Cada uno de. aquellos musicos vagos que
ellos preferian. teia en- torno de su sensi ibildad
sobre excitada I'm diverse encanto, Una Pa
gina, de Roberto Schumann, evocaba el fan
tasma de I'm amor inveterano que haba extern
dido sobre ST. guisa de un artificial frna-
mento, el tedo de sus mas belaS memorials
con duzura atonta trste 10 vea POGO
POGO palidecer. Una Improvisation de
Federico Chopin. decia como en- suef1o:
''Oigo en- la noche cuando tn duermes So
bre mi coraz6n. oigo en- ell silenco de la noche
una gotta que cae, que cae lenta igual, GER
ca ora lelos Oigo yo solo Ell la noche Il gotta
que de mi coraz6n cae. la sangre que gotta
gotta destila de mi corazon cuando TIL du eimes
Altos cortinajes de purpura, sombrios como
la passion sin piedad en- torno I'm echo pro-
tundo como un sepulcro. evo caba a "Erotica'
de Eduardo Grie g:y una promesa de muerte
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GAPRIEL d 'ANNUNZIO

tempestuosa; aquel gran giron vital Sc es-
trellaban, de 1mprOv1so, contra TN invisible
obstaculo, recala, Sc extnguia, no resurgia va
En- la sombra el silenco del espacio re-
cogido, en- la sombra Y en- ell silencio tremulo
de todas las almas Tin suspiro Sc eevaba del
Golfo Mistico; un gemdo moria. una ex-
tenuada cantaba la tristeza de la eterna sole
dad la aspiration hacia la eterna noche, hacia
ell divino y origlnario olvido
Y, he aqui. que otra voz de realidad hu
mana modulada por labios humanos joven
fuerte, mezclca de melancolia de iron1a de
amenaza, cantaba una cancion de mar en- 10
alto del mastelero, sobre Ell nav1o que llevaba
el Rey Marco la rubia esposa irlandesa: "Hacia
el Occidente vaga la mrada. hacia el Orente
navega el navio. Fresco sopla Ell viento hacia
la terra natal Oh hia de Irlanda! "a d6nde
te encaminas? lSon tus suspiros los que hin
chan mi vela2 iSopla, sopla, ioh, viento! Des.
ventura! ohl iDesventura, hija de Irlanda,
amor selvatico!
Era ell aviso era Ell anuncio profetico del
vigla, allegro amenazador, carinoso de bur-
Ia, inde6nible. Y la orquesta callaba "So-
pla, sopla, oh viento Desventura, iohl des-
ventura, hija de Irlanda, nor selvatico!
La voz cantaba soa sobre Ell mar tranquilo
en- el silencio, mientras que, bajo la tienda,
lseo inm6vil sobre ST lecho, parecia ablsmada
en- Ell sueno obscure de 81 destino.
Asi empezaba el Drama El ira glco So
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llATENCION |!

Llamamos la atencion a nues.
ira numerosa clientela, de que
en- esta IMPRENTA sc acaban
de recibir inflnidad de artfcu1os
para regalos; entire ellos: ELE-
GANTES CAPRICHOsAs ESCribanfaS
para los gustos mas exigentes.
En- articulos para EscritOriO I'm
gran surtido. PAPELEs de todas
classes. SoBREs LAP1cEs, TINTAa
Y PLUGAs. Prensas para copiar.
SoBREs blancos y de colores.
CoPIADoREs para cartas. LrBRE-
TAs de todos tamanOs. Factureros
nuevo modelo, E infnidad de
objetos.
4 Desafamos la competencia,
no tan solo de la Isla, sino de
los mercados de procedencia.
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Manuales ROmO

ENCUADERNADOs EN- rELA FLEXrME
Manual del Licorista, con I 40
recetas practicas. por A. Rossi.
Manual de Resistencia de Ma
teriales y Estabilidad de las
construcciones, por e ingen1e
70 DR.. Gindo Sandrinell
Manual de las Construcciones
de Hormigon y de Cemento
armada. por el ingeniero Jose
Vaccbel.i.
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A s. 1.5O

Es de mucha utilidad, no solo pa.
ra los Abogados, Cortes judiciales,
Ayuntamientos, Corporaciones y en-
pleados de todos los ramos, sino tam
bien para los comerciantes, industria.
les y personals de negocios. Ell como
cimiento de las Leyes de Puerto Rico
aprobadas por las Camaras y Ell Con-
sejo Executive en- ell corriente afio de
1oo7.--Se venden 4 $I.5o en- la Ii
brerfa del
BOLRTIN MERCANTIL.
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Ioyeria, Relojerla y Optica
:. Il IT 3 II IL 60 Co.
sUCEsOREs DE a. TlNAuD

Gran SUI lido de efec-
tos de plata Y platea-
dos, prOpiOs para re-
galOs.
Especialidad en- Gu
biertos de plata de ley
y plateados de calidad
superior.
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en- ofciDas de Concrete 6 empresa
industrial I'm joven recome ndable,
cue posee conocimientos de ingles S
de tenedurla de libros de taquigra-
fla-Informes Ell esta administrator.
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e,t PlN 0usi Issls'tsy's Sleek
Elebssgs Operations.
.BsnsI NAVAL ACTIVITY IoIEp
Market Felt Relief After Foreign sci.
limo Had Been Disposed of-clos'ns
eut Little Different from Level Of
rhursday's Closing Figures.
(By Associated Press)

(by hSSOSiatVu 'Se't
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The war cioud
over Western Europe was the princi'
pal topic Of consideration and In
fiuence still today. although the cen
ter OF disturbance In the securities
markets shifted somewhat. The Ell
feet In New York was modified IL
some extent by counter factors. Con
dHions In the London market ware
described In private cables recelse1
In Wall street as almost panicky. For
eisn exchange turned strongly In IA
vor of London. The mobility of the
British fleet in the Mediterranean
was the direct cause Of this awaken
ing of appre hcnsion in London IT.
self. that movement seeming 20
threaten the immediate entry OF
Great Britain into the field Of warlike
preparation. The direct effect %
the New York market was much "
same as yesterday. The local s-tk
market was relieved of the eject OF
the foreign selling earlier than on
previous DAYS this week and tue ten
dency toward recovery after the for'
elgn business had been completed
which was percep}it.e on earlier
days of the week was resumed. IL
was helped by the strength or ROCK
Island and the Hartman issues when
was due TO the Significance attached
to the announce ment CT the prepare
ton for the $7.000.000 payment on
notes maturing on Decembcr l. A
the money market remained tranquil
no attention was paid TO the estimates
OF cash outgo for the week OF over
$4,000 900. Not only In the stock
market but also in foreign exchange
In British cOnsols. ana in wheat there
was reaction from the days move
ment. Final prices Of stocks, In fact
SHOW little change from the day be
fore:
Bonds were weak. Total sales
par value. S3,566.000. U. s. bonds
were unchanged on call. Total sales
or stocks today. S21,400 shares. In
Guiding: SINE lting, $500: Sugar. zoo;
Tobacco. 100; Chesapeake & Ohio
2,eeo: Erie. 81, 800: Louisville & Nash
vile, LOO; Norfolk L Western. 200;
Northern Pacific. 24.4o0; Reading
1ia.480; Rock Island. 7S.90O: Southern
Pacific. 1850: Sloss Shenield, 500;
Southern Railway. 400; Tennessee
Copper. 1900: Union Pacific. 157.10o;
United States Steel. ,sl.40o: virginia
Carolina Chemical. 600. pfd.. 500.
Amalgamated Copper ......... '4%
American Car & Foundry ..... 4o1s
American Car & Foundry pfd. .1o1
American Cotton Oil ....... Stss
American Hide & Leather pfd. 2aE.
American Ice Securities ....... 25s
American Linseed ............
American Locomotive ....... 4IA
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and called In the neishbors and did
o1f Nos.tA fnr Minnie

and called In the neighbors and did
ali I could for Minnie.
81 had never had serious quarrel
with the girl, and We had lived to-
Rether in the same house seven
years. / do not know what made
me do such a thing
The officers who brought her here
declare no one knew anything about
the actual murder except what the
Mitchell woman told. All members
of the family were absent from home
at the time. and when some Of the
neighbors reached the place Minnie
McBryde was dead
The Mitchell woman was arrested
o. short while after she committed
the crime, and was taken to ROCKY
Mount, where she was placed In jail
There were some threats OF lynch
ing and the authorities thought II
best to bring her to Roanoke 1o'
safekeeping.
Hear the Scotch Singers at Y. M
C. A. Monday night.
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SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE,

By virtue of a deed Of trust made
b. Annie F. Uzzell and G. T. Uzzeii.
her husband. to Thomas Tabb. Trus-
tee bearing date on the eth suay OF
November. 1900. and duly recorded
in Deed Book No. Il. page 400. Clerk
Once of the Corporation Court OF
Newport News. Virginia (the under
signed having been substituted in the
place and stead Of Thomas Tabt.
Trustee. deceased. by order OF the
Corporation Court Of the City Of New
Dor; News. Va. on September IA.
lsOsl. at the request OF the holder
Of the bonds therein secured. will be
sold at IL O'Clock. Noon. on Saturday.
the Path day Of October. 1903. in
front Of the premises on Twenty-f!fih
street. Newport News. all that Ger
tain lot or parcel Of land. with the
improvements thereon. located in the
City Of Newport News. virginia. and
known and designated on 9 certain
hap land an extension thereof At
tachedp. entitled Map Of Part q the
City Of Newport News. Virginia
made BY r. r. Mclean. Civil Engineer
q COPY OF the said map being fled In
the Clerks once Of the City OF View
por, News on February. 20. 1895. by
.he lot No. Thirtyone t5D In Block
No. Fifty-nine fs?y. and which said
in Is located between Washington
and LAFAYETTE NOV Hunting
ton, avenues. on Twenty-fiith street.
and bounded on the North by Twenty
fifth street. on the Eas, by the fot Of
on the IVES; by the lot Of
Rca,on. and on the south by the lot
Ct Goode.
Terms: In cash: one
third In SIX months. and one-third In
twelve months. from dsae. evidenced
nv negotiable notes secured by decd
Of trust. date To BE- dawn and record
ed az expcuse Of purchaser.
FLOYD HUGHES.
Trustee.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

SALE OF THAT VALUABLE HOTEL
PROPERTY. KNOWN AS TnE
LEXINGTON HOTEL" AT THE
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AVE.
NUE. AND THIRTY-FIRST ST.
Pursuant to deed of trust. dated
August 9th, 1905, recorded in the
clerks Office Of the Corporation Court
for City of Newport News Va, in
deed book No. 20, page No. 80. from
VIM. H. Whitcraft and wife to E. S.
Blanton, trustee, shall offer for sale.
at public auction, to the highest bid
der, FOR CASH, in front Of the
premises, at IL o'clock M. on 18th day
Of October. 1908, all that certain
ieasehold interest and estate which
was created and demised to Elizabeth
Holleran and Bernadina Thedick by F.
F. Finch and wife by those two GER
tain leases, both dated January 18th,
1896, and both recorded in the clerks
Office Of the aforesaid court in ueed
book No. 3, page 1877, and deed book
No. /, page "a. respectively, which
two leases create a tenancy for q
term Of forty years from January
18th, 1896, at rental Of $40 for the
first ten years and $3.50 for the re-
mainder Of said terms, payable in
even and semi-annnal installments,
accounting from January 18th, 1896,
over and above all deductions for
taxes, assessments and levies Gas Will
more fully appear from said two
leases) in and to that certain lot,
piece or parcel Of lahd. situated in
the said City Of Newport News, des'
cribed as follows:
Beginning for the same at tho
Southeasterly corner Of Washington
Avenue and Thirty-6rst street; thence
Southerly along the Easterly line OF
Washington Avenue distance on
fifty (50) feet; 'thence back IN 2
straight line parallel with said
Thirty-frst street one hundred (100)
feet; thence in straight line MOTIF
erly. parallel with Washington Ave
nue. fifty (50) feet to the Southeriy
line of Thirty-frst street; Themes
along the Sou,herly line Of Thirty
first street to the point Of beginning.
fronting fifty (50) feet on Washing
ton Avenue and running back BE-
tween parallel lines . distance OF one
hundred n00) feet, and upon which
is a large and substantial. brick build
ing The said leasehold estate hav'
ing been conveyed by said Holleran
and Thedick by their deed dated
FEBRUARY 3, 1899. and duly recorded
In the said clerks ONCE, to w. &.
Smith and afterwards was conveyed
to the said VIM. H. Whit
craft BY the deed Of the said Smith:
which Is also recorded In the SAID
clerks once. Reference 10 made TO
the said papers above referred to ana
especially 70 the said original leases
Of January rs. 1896. and for further
information apply to the trustee 1t
Newport News, Va
E. 8. BLANTON,
Trustee.
r. W. REYNOLDS, Auctioneer.
1O-S-1A
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
Sealed bids will be received by thu
city Of Newport News until noon
Monday, November End, 1908. for sup
plying and supplying and setting curb
ing, both granite and concrete curt
and gutter. and for grading and paw
ing and for curbinG grading and paw
ing such Of the streets Of the said
city As the council may select from
those shown on plans adopted by or
dinance. approved September 80. 1908
|lf any difference In the price. bid on
each street separately.
Bids are asked for paving with
sheet asphalt. bitulithic. block asphalt
|vitrifed brick. granftoid concrete
block pavement and macadam.
Sand and concrete foundations. time
OF completion and percentage OF con
tract price retained. considered. Com
plete information may be had from
plans which may be seen, and instruc'
lions to bidders. form o! proposals
and specifications. which may be oh
tanned On application to the city en-
gineer.
5 An bids shall be addressed to- the
committee on Highways and sewers
and delivered to the city clerk %
fore noon Of said date.
The council reserves the right to
GEORGE e. VIA,
Chairman Of Committee.
FLOYD 4 HUDGINs, City CLERK
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-10
SEALED PROPOSALS.
OFFICE PURCHASING COMM

OFFICE PURCHASING COMMITS.
sarS U. S. Army, Newport News,
Virginia. October 3, 190s-Sealed pro:
posals in duplicate for furnis. ing and
delivering substance stores in this
city during the month Of Move mber
1908. in accordance with the specifca'
lions of the Commissary General
Washington, March q, 1908. will be
received at this ONCE until eleven
O'Clock a. m, Tuesday, October 13'
1908. and then opened. Information
furnished on application. Envelopes
containing bids should be marked
Proposals for subsistence stores
opened October -, $685." and address
ed to CAPTAIN J. n. KILIAN, Com
missary U. s. Army. iO-S6t.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Money on
call easy, 1 IN: ruling rate IA
closing bid 1; offered at IN. Time
loans stronger: 60 days 2h per
cent: 30 days 3k; 6 months 3h 10
I3%.
Close: Prime Mercantile paper 4
TO Az per cent: sterling exchange
STEADY. with actual business In bank
iers. bills at 4S5.15 a 4S5.2s for 81
[dav bills. and at 4S6.S5 for demand
bills 4s4A a ass; bal
ssilyer slA; Mexican dollars 10.