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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
COURT OF INQUIRY.
, Ascertain Responsibility FOL
crcun5irG Of the Yankee.
nv Associated Press

WASHINGTON. ID. G. Dec 1G.--
tn" secretary ~ the navy Ia. order
ID cour; 81 INQUIRY 20 meet At DO
'o7 n'xf Monday TO investigate tho
circumytarC"F at'CRdirS the srOunG,
rg e IN" Yask"o In BIzzards B'y
in SrIir mhcr last. with a view 20 fX.
ing p" rosrc1s 'b:litv. II any. on IN"
part Of 'hr commander or o;h"r Off
o~r- Cf no y. sci for tho mishau
Tho do I'll for no court is apiain
HcrrcTt Win low. president. Captain
AarC7 Wari Commander hoy c.
Smith srd Li"u,ensnt Commander A.
r Hofi. az recorder.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

causes the kin to creek. Al heT
cloth. were Eurntd eff her body.
Mrs. Tulnblin has been IN lnma'"
in The stanton Insane ASriun. Sh
was Recently furlOuchcd ana ScNc'h,
X hrr mind Ltcamc d, ranged and
>hr was placed in 4 jai! cell.
The woman last evening pai''
straw f.lm mattress and naa" Il
hunii"". hon stood over n" roaring
iian.S. li.r screams broUGl htlp
TOO late. How she piurrr'd II"
.n..trh H. not known
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
PIER cOllAPSES.
Three Men Are Killed Outright;
Many Seriously injured.
NV the Associated Press.

HAGERSTOWN MD. DC. lG.-
Three men were instantly killed and
fnHr others seriously injured by a
portion Of concrete pier of the new
bridge being erected over tn" Poto-
ma river ~ William sport cOilapsing
today.
The dead: Ross II. B!ckel. Dau-
phian. Pa. aged -: James G. Myers.
B"ndrrsville, Pa. aged %. George
Stiff. Roanoke. Va. 26 years.
One or two of the injured are in a
serious condition and may die.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
To Promote Esstern Trace.

WASHINGTON n, c. Dr.. 7" >
Rcnroyr1ia'iSe wil"v Ct Alal1ma,
today introduced p hi'I appropriatir-
300 600 TO bc TScd N employing six
AGENTS 10 wit China and u'h"r
Pattern countries for ;hp pUTpcF' of
pro.uciinS hotter srsdc relations with
those countries: tn cave the boycott
tskcn IN American goods and 10 di~
play samples Of American cotton
goods.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
First Witness For Prosecution IN
Thornton Hairs Trial.
MINIATURE IRON FIGURES USED
Yacht Club Member illustrates How
the Tragedy Was Enseted-Prose-
eusns Attorney Declares He Viii
Show Prisoners Guilty knowledge.

FLUSHING. n. Y. Dec. 10 The
story OF the slaving OF William f. An
mis-. a publisher. as he sat in his cat
boat clad only in a bathing suit and
was riidlei with bullets that made a
dozen wounds. was today made part
Of the record in the trial of Thorn
ton J. Hams. magazine wri;er.
charged with being principal with
his brother. Captain Peter G. Hams.
Jr.. in the murder OF Annis last sum-
mer
Tracing the movements OF the ?rin-
Cipals in the Bayside Yacht Club ira
gedy with the aid CT miniature iron
figures and models Of the float and
'he Catboat Pam. Edwin Andrews. a
yacht club member. showed under
exam: aa:iOn how the army captain
sanding on the floats edge. held aloit
the obscuring boom and sail of Ann!s'
boat and shot the publisher as he sat
at the tilier
Swedish Wtress Missing.
There was surprise when il was learn
ed that John Tcnning Swedish
Ioatman who saw the tragedy, could
rot he located. District Attorney
Darrin said nc thought Tonning was
in Sweden. but that nothing had been
h, ard from him since last September.
He is a most important witness
for US. said lawyer Mclntire. for
through him We world have shown
thar he struck Captain Hams after
the sh oting with boat hook or Ca.
and that 10 protect his brother. Thorn
ton Hams drew his revolver"
TIE c-oss examination CT Andrews
consumed the major portion Of the
afternoon session and Lawyer Mcln-
tire sought 70 develop that Thornton
Hams had used expressions after the
shooting TO the effect tina. he had
tried 10 dissuade Captain Hams from
his ac;. ard that he would hold him
until The officers came
Prosecutions Opening.
Special Prosecutor White declared
in the opening Ct the states case that
evidence would be brought out TO
show tina, Thornton Hams had full!
know dye Of his brothers intention
10 Nil Anris. and virtually led the
way 10 the yacht aud directed the
search for the publisher.
Mr. White declared that Thornton
Hains pointed his revolver at Mrs.
Arnis and prevented her rom com
ing 20 the aid Of her wounded bus
band
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
WOMAN HUMan TORCH.
In Fit Of Rene~ed insanity Sets Fire
to Bcddinl.

BFRRYvT.IE. VA. Dec iG.-In a
a, Of INSANITY. Mrs. izzi" Tomhlin.
wife Ct Walt Tcmh'in made hn-
man tor, h Of hors"lf Will" confined
In . iaiI cell. end her bod is go fear
fully scared that death IL hourly 'S'
prctcd =.
The flesh ON her lower limbs "
baked 20 hard !hat The least touch
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
TRYING to Raise Yankee.

NEWPORT. r. l.. Dec. 1G.-The ma.
val collier Lebanon arrived today nj
Penikese Island near where the
cruiser Yankee Is sunk bringing ap'
paraius from the Charleston navy
ward to be used in the aitempI to
raise the Yankee,
Work will be begun Immediately.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
JOINS FLAGSHIP.
Errored Cruiser North Carolina
Drops Down to Hampton Roads.
lRv Associated press,.

NORFOLK. VA. DcC. 16.-Thc INT
l. ! States aTmorCd cruiser North Caro-
Ina sailed from the Nor folk navy
ward today and joined in Hampton
Roads the battle hip Maine. Rear A.
mi: al Arnnlds flagship. Of the third
SQUADRON Of the new Atlantic So;
now assembling in these waters p-~
DaTai0rv 10 winter marocuvcrs IT
.Cuantaramo bay and a vis!; 10 Hava-
ma on 'hs ,rCasiOn of the Inauguration
%: Pre- idrn; Gomez. 81 Cuba. prior :"
their starr for Gibraltar in Feh-ua5'
to rcci III" home coming bat'i"shin
fleet from the East.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17
INDIANAPOLIS NEWS
REPLIES OPRESiDENT
Paper was Mentioned n Special Mes
sage Gu Panama-Insists Rumors
Are Persistent.
(By Associated TrCSS.)


INDIANAPOLIS. IND. Eec.1G-The
Indianapolis News. mentioned in I'll"
special message ON the Panama canal
deal sent TO Congress yesterday by
President Roosevelt. today issued l
reply to the chief executive.
1t says. in part:
1T is difficult TO characterize fully
the latest outbreak Of the President
without resorting e the use of Ian
guage as undign ii"d and ameworthy
as that which pat the Presidents ut
terance in class b. itself in The of
fetal Etera ,urc of the high O:Iice he
holds.
chsgrin to Country.
Whatever proyoCation Mr. Roose-
welt may have felt pricking his soul.
nothing could justify. or much eXtentu-
ate the torrent cf invec;!ve and Writ
lence which he poured cut in sta"
paper upon the he ads Of private Ctr
zens No one in his sober senses
can fail TO regard the performance as
a grave derCga;ion to the dignity OF
the presidential station. a pitiaole eH
bibition of lowering rage upon the
part Ct the Chief magistrate. and
chagrin 10 the entire country. II is
orite impossible. to think o: any oi
Mr.. Rooseve,ts long line OF dis'in-
guished predecessors that COLD pos
sibly have so forgotten the disnh'IS
and decencies Of his exalted position
a. to transmit 10 Congress message
in anyway comparable with that OF
yesterday.
Refers to Ugly Sumors.
The News states Ina; whether Nj.
Roosevelt knows it or not. rumO-s an;
reports touching the Panama trans
action have been Numerous and peTSis-
tent. and that in spite OF all his as
seyerations. all sill ar" not conciTV-
cd tina: everything was as il shoui1
have been this wilhsT' in the l"aS
imrugninc The good faith Or the Prcs;-
toni or his agents in the negotiations.
The News SAYS many points have
not been cleared up. and they can 10;
he cleared Up by thr"a's CT ho"! sH'''
and pen iashiris CT editors that h"id
the good name and the interests o'
the country quite as dear as docs ia"
President.
Tn. parer in concluding lis STATE
r,cnt SAYS the Rlincy res luton
shouL b. adspfCd and that Congress
should make a searching inv"s'iga-
lion Of the runo-s connected with tho
Panama activity Of the government.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

CONTINUED on Sixth Page).
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

THE DAILY PRESS 10 the
only Newspaper published IN
Newport News that receives the
full news service Of the Asso-
elated Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

tcoutisuel o. HssssA HsUD1
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-17

Probably showers Thursday
and Friday, moderate variable
winds.
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(Cnnfiared on Third PagcD.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28

wife Love her as you love me. aud
don't let her be lonely, for tomorrow
20 TO the trout: but. God being willing.
I'll come back"
ON the following day earth and sky
seemed blended In perfect harmony
The roses bloomed In splendor. On
the grassy bank they sat. Mary and
Henry. beside the clustering blossoms.
Henry had picked one OF the roses
and lovingly placed II In Mary's hair.
Fair was she then. Ia all the freshness
OF youths bright morning. Tenderly
she placed her hand on Henry's shoul-
der and with loving. pleading eyes
whispered:
Henry. please don't 60"
Sadly. slowly. he replied: MARY, I
must But watch for me. III come
back 10 you"
30 they parted on that fateful day,
aud the birds sang. the breezes erept
softly By, aud the roses scented the
air But Mary alone on the doorstep
aud Henry marching out OF the valley
decided them not.
Those were trying days for north
and south. The nations best were
Staying each other IN terrible battles.
After Burnside's defeat at the battle
Of fredericksburg In December, 1862.
there had been a call for more men 10
oil the broken ranks. and Henry May
nard had enlisted. Dearly as he loved
Mary Harper. be c0lld not resist the
nations call any longer. ~ tirst Mary
pleaded with him Then she realized
abe need and brayely gave her con
sent. only requesting that they be mar
ried before he went When on that
last day as they sat together by the
roses. though sue whispered him 10 re-
main. she knew he would go-that
above all the sorrow al parting she
wished him TO GO wished him the
brave. true soldier OF her dreams.
Thus IL was that Henry went, and
Mary came 10 live with Henry's moth
er--Just ,hose two IN the little farm
house. for Henry's father had been
killed years back while hauling logs
from the wood lot The sled had over
turned coming down the steep hillside.
Henry's mother had seen Il from the
window where she sat knitting and,
calling Henry from the wood shed.
went 20 hls aid. Crushed and bleed
ing. they brought him home Just az
the close Of the cold winters day. and
be died In half an hour.
After this they had tolIed on, Henry
growing stronger and more manly.
overcoming gradually the sorrow cAus-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28
Notice 20 Contractors.

Notice Is hereby given that sealed
bids win be received at the city OF
Salem at the Office OF the UNDER
slgned at the city hall at salem.
Dragon. up 10 10 o'clock a. IA, Junsl
1. 1905, for the paving OF the space
occupied by the street. railway tracks
OF the Portland Railway, Light 4
Power company on Liberty street ia
the city. Of salem. Oregon. from the
north line OF State street to the north.
line OF Court street IN said city. r
Attention Is called 20 the plans
and specifications on file In the once
OF the city recorder OF said city FOE
the making OF said Improvement
which must be complied with In ev-
cry respect.
The city OF Salem reserves the
right 20 reject any aud all bids
BY order OF the common council.
w. A. MOOREs,
5-26- a.. City Recorder.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28
' the sultan Hates England.

&c Sultan hates England with a
9nanent and ineradlcable hatred.
N fleeing dominates and colors his
BIC policy. il Is only for that
Lon that he tolerates Germany.
|tfh otherwise he dlslikes. Eng
N has always been the friend OF
n reform party In Turkey. and he
tan Is the great reactionary who
trodden the reform party in the
But, worse than that. Eng
N pretending TO help Turkey took
esslon of Cyprus, nomlnally TO
Nle her to guarantee Turkey
<'nst Russia In Asia Minor. but
~ Gas It seems TO the Turks)
pure theft. because all pretonse
Using Cyprus as a basis OF OPP
lons against Russia in Asia MI
was abandoned In 1880. and yet
land kept Cyprus.
low to the Sultan the sting lies
his. that Cyprus was his private
nage, and not part of the state.
whole revenue OF Cyprus went
Hhe Sultan's priyy purse. But,
fe still, at first the English paia
n the CyprIote revenue--about
700 a year--to Constantinople.
n after the G'adstonian govern.
n came into power. IN 1880. this
fnue was diverted to pay interest
r'he Turkish debt. emptylng the
nn's private purse into the lpp
PC European bondholders.
Pc Sultan, therefore. welcomed
German Intervention. for tie
'nans encouraged him to govern
he pleased. They even persuaded
that railways were necessary
military efficiency. and showed
the Hedjaz Railway must be the
ndation of his Khalifate. Yet tha
Nays that he has made and the
zlem schools that he has founded
the surest means of educating
people, and education is the In
'Abie enemy OF autocracy.
ne German policy has seemed to
sery successful In promoting Ger
interests in Turkey. But. after
the ground fact Is that the Ger
policy was an opportunist poi
and the English policy. ignorant
III managed as It has been. was
nced on deeper principles. Ills
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28

doctor said aud the nurse watched
patiently tlll he seemed 10 grow quiet.
and fnally he slept Then she knew
the crisis WAS past
when be nwoke ln the morning he
was Hubert Smith no nom. but Henry
Maynard. aud an The remembrance OF
Mary and home came over him. lie
had been wounded In the head at the
battle OF Gettysburg Ia a seemingly
llfeless condition he was loft on the
Held until after the battle. lie was
cared for by farmer ana when partly
recovered wandered away. giving no
name How he reached Australia he
never learned.
Ills recovery was speedy. and he
FASTENED TO America 10 nnd Mary n
possible l''Oh. Mary. are you waitingf
Shall 1 see your" che cried And all
nlght he paced the steamers deck over
~helmed with love and longing
ON Mey 80. 1905 Mary sat In the
doorway. looking down the road. Her
hair. once black was now ztreaked
with gray She had been looking az the
roses ana thinking OF Henry, "will be
come today" An hour later an old
man came slowly up the road and
turned up the pathway 20 the house
Mary. waiting on the doorstep. knew It
was Henry. for the face was the face
she saw IN her dream.
"Henry!
"Mary~
That. Is all those two said as they
ciasped hands and sat once moEe on
the grassy bank where the roses bloom.
But heart spoke 10 heart In a love and
10Y deeper than all words and deeper
than all thought
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

The British. while they have
slaughtered many Mohammedan reb-
els in India, are suffering heavily
from cholera and have serious SIT
uation to face.
Eight hapdred pilots on the Pacific
coast have notified Captain Birming-
ham. u S. Inspector OF vessels. that,
unless ne demisses the charges
against three masters for blowing
their whistles oyeriong when tho
fleet entered San Francisco harbor,
they win surrender their licenses.
Birmingham says he viii fight TO a
finish.
Johnson campaign manager SAYS
all uninstructed delegates al the na-
tional Democratic convention will he
for him.
The Republican and Democratic
members of the senate house eom-
mittee considering the paper trust
investigation have split. the Demo-
crats urging the removal of the tar.
in and the Republicans opposing
such action.
The Wabash Terminal railroad,
one OF the Gould system, Is facing a
serious situation in the falling due
OF 5000. 900 on next Monday
Levi Hanford. Californian pioneer
and father OF Charles b. HanfOrd.
the actor. died today at the age OF
So az Washington. where he was en-
ployed as a pension bureau clerk.
A national commission has been
appointed by physicians over the
country 10 compel California 10 make
reciprocal agreements with other
states 10 allow outside doctors gain
into the state.
President Roosevelt today signed
the bin encouraging the development
OF the Alaskan coal fields.
Secretary Dover OF the Republl-
can national committee has an
nouueed that the seats OF so dele
gates will be contested.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28

tory will record hereafter that the
former proved fallare. and that the
hatred OF people more than com-
pepsated for the favor OF an evaues-
cent tyrant The same struggle "a
going on In Turkey as In Russia
the educated part OF the people on
on side. n tyranny resting on bu-
reaucracy and obscurantism on the
other. Whatever may be the faults
of Abdul-Hamd, his worst enemy
must place him on an lmmeusly
niger level than the Car on any
point OF view. humanitarian or pa
triotic, personal or political. But
for England IN Turkey the greatest
danger Is that she be tempted TO
Germanize her policy from expert
enee OF the apparent German sue
cess. Her policy has been. on the
whole. the wiser. but t.. has been
carried out with an ignorance of
Turkish facts that Is appalling ORE
ientalis in London Chronicle.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28
BIG SHIPMENT OF
CALIFORNIA CHERRIES

Sacramento. Cal, May 2S.--Man-
ager Alder Anderson. OF the calAcr-
MIA Fruit Distributors. reports 50
cars of cherries shipped east from
the state as against but 10 10 this
dats last year. Good prices are be-
ing realized and the eastern marker
IN in fine shape TO receive calif0r-
MAS fresh fruit products this year.
This hrst box OF peaches shipped
east this year from LOOMS BY the
Pioneer Fruit company sold yester~
day IN Chicago for $3.50.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28

TO YOU wall the old fash.
,oned red roses bloom In all their
springtime spiendor Here ofttlmes a
few years ago merry schoolgirls. with
checks that matched the glow OF the
roses. paused to gather n bouquet for
teachers desk or 10 place beneath the
flags In the little gra ravegard on the hill-
side on Memorial day. Aud ofttimes.
too. they paused to listen to the quiet
words Of Mrs. Maynard. who lived
here alone They wondered at the
sadness of her voice ns she said
Yes: you are welcome To the roses"
Then sudden hope would light her
face as she added. When Henry
comes home he'll tidy up the yard
bit and pick rose for me rs he did
once long ago
After the sun had set aud the shad.
ows had crept down the hillside
through the graveyard aud tilcd all the
valley with darkness the lamp was nc
aud placed IN the window. where Its
rays lighted the pathway leading To
the road. By the table Mary Maynard
would sit. her hands folded She was
waiting for Hcnry
Forty-nve years ago on May 20 Hen.
ry brought home Mary. his fair young
bride, saying; Mother here is my
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28

LOOKING ron HENRY. dreamy look In
her eyes. So the time passed.
Each succeeding year stole something
away from her beauty.
Leaving behind II. broader and deeper,
the gloom ana the shadow.
Henry's mother died and was laid
away in the quiet graveyard. and the
years rolled on; the SHOWS came aud
went: the roses blOOmed Schoolgirls
came for them aud In time grew TO
wOmanhood. aud other girls came,
Each evening the lamp was placed ln
the window. Each day Mary watched
and waited
The sympathetic nelghDors kindly
cared for her few wants. Many letters
had been sent 10 the war department
inqulrlng for Henry Maynard. but
Missing after the battle Of Getfys-
burg Was all the reply.
In a pleasant room In Melbourne,
Australia. Hubert Smith lay sick over
forty years ago he had come 10 Austria.
IA. or had found himself there. but
with no remembrance OF where he
had been before he bad become
merchant ia a small way az Grst but
gradually Increased his business tlil
az the time Of his sickness be bad be
come man Of means with small
fortune still. he had remained unmar
ried.
All day be had tossed alDut In fever.
'sfonight there win 10 . change" the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28
CHURCHES SHOULD KEEP



Kansas City. Mo. May 2s.--"our
churches make awful poor time IN
the race for recruits" declared the
Rev DR. Metthews Of Seattle In the
Presbyterian general assembly here
this afternoon IN a speech in which
he led the movement 10 open the
churches every day in the week
Saloons and places OF evil are
open 10 the boys OF the country ev-
cry day In the week but the Presby-
terian churches are open perhaps two
days t#
n believe that the churches
should be open All the time 70 those
who with 70 enter and that We
should not lag back 10 the contests
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-28

I h q W Ork was
done many and
nlnny IA day Mary
sat on the door
sleI, looking down
the road looking
for Henry. To
the many friends
who came and
went Mary sell
dom spoke. She
was like one pre-.
occupied, her
IN ghts Tar
a W a y a n d a