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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

game. To pass camel through tn
eve OF a needle would be an easy tacl
compared with an attempt to keel
politicians from plucking choice plums
within the gift of the government
Who but an active Republican parti'
san could connect with fat slice ci
patronage In the Second district when
Alvah II. Martin is doing the carving
Who but an active Democratic parti-
san would have the assurance 10 ask
for portion of patronage In the
Eighth district, <wnere Congressman
Flood holds the knife and fork?
No one expected .he mon partisan
theory TO be carried out In practice.
and when the news came that Mr.. K.
p. Bunting. of Portsmouth. one of the
energetic and trusted lieutenaDts OF
Mr.. Martin. had been appointed census
supervisor for the second district.
Mr.. Taft thought the bipartisan
Idea would have pleasant ring IN
the ears Of unattached voters.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point
WORK OF DECORATING
FOR FiREMEh BEGINS
Corner Of King and Queen Street
to be Brilliantly Illuminated
During Next Week.

Hampton yesterday began the WORK
of putting on her best dress for the
coming session Of the Virginia State
Firemen's convention, which will con
vene here next Wednesday.
The merchants and business men
generally have started to decorate
their places CT business and last night
the town presented a very gay APP
pearance. Especially is this true
around the corner Of King and Queen
streets, where the three banks nave
arrayed themselvs in handsome
American flags and buntings.
The decorations are attractive and
catchy. II is also the idea OF several
of the progressive business men to
have their stores decorated with
yariegated electric lights and this
will make the corners brilliant
scene during the convention week.
The householders have been re-
quested to decorate also, especially
those residing along the route OF the
big parade for next Thursday.
Reports received by the committee
on arrangements yesterday brought
lne information that the three com
panies in Alexandria will send %
firemen to the convention.
Ii was said last night that the
Harrisonburg firemen have secured
quarters at the Hotel Newport and
will have their headquarters in New
port News during the convention.
Hagerstown. Md is going to have
her firemen domiciled in a Phoebus
hotel for the convention.
II will be a busy time for the COM
mittee for the next several days get
ting things in shape for the conven-
ton.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
MADE DIVISION OF REMAINS.
Peculiar Circumstances Connected with
the Disposition Of the Body OF
Great Musician.

Lincoln, Gladstone. Chopin and all
the great ones who would have
reached their hundredth year had they
lived till 1909 lie .decently entombed,
each I'M the .coun;r! to whose history
he gave lus.er." says Paul Herden. IN
the Berlin Post. Some rest amid
pomp and splendor, others simply. but
ali decentiy-ail except Haydn. whose
body lies In the Esterhazy vault at
Eisenstadt. while his head Is In VI
emma. The head was stolen by SCI
entific ghoul named Peter, ten days
after the burial Peter had . col!ec-
ton of skulls. which he was com
PEELED to break up. and the Haydn
skull went to one Rosenbaum. through
whbm II was conveyed. years later
and by a circuitous route, to the VI
emma conservatory. DIR. Lueger, the
mayor OF Vienna. showed great anger
at a recent meeting when he referred
to the body OF the composer of Au-
stria's national anthem lying in Hun
gary, bot vas consoled when the fact
Of the heads being in Vienna was
mentioned"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

Henri dc Welded tells the story Of
the late Empress Elizabeth and the
ravens which Maurus Jokel gave IN
an article at the time Of her majesty's
tragic death
Early in her life Elizabeth wrote
some verses tn Hungarian on the sub
jert of the raven. the bird OF III omen.
which plays a great part IN the his
tory Of the Hapsourgz. According 20
the imperial poetess a fight Of ravens
was lowering over olmutz when Fran
CTS Joseph received from bis uncle's
hands the crown vaica Sas destined
10 infict him with such miseries-
A raven followed Maxinilian and
Charlotte on their last yak before
their departure for Mexico. and when
Maria Christina was starting TO re
ceive the crown Of spain. which vas
one day 10 Be 80 grievous q burden
a raven Few over the horses heads
and accompanied the carriage TO the
railway station. These incidents were
shs ushiecf Ct ire roem-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
~HoN-PhRTIsAN- CENSUS AP.
PoINIMENTs

The announccment that President
Tan has said that he did not propose
e have TIE census appointments
gwen 10 active poIsicsi par<isans ~as
enough 10 81 the pu5iic 70 ~oBdcrins
whether che President during hts SER
sicc On the bench. n me osbine, sna
N ras Tsis Boure I'D roo sarEO''sa
scsp' ne miner "details q Ire roIsicsI
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
The Authors Care Evident.

The Authors Care Evident.
"What do you think OF the Bacon
Ian tbeory?"
There is absolutely nothing In It,"
answered Mr.. Stormington Barnes.
Then you think Shakespeare was
the author of the plays produced over
his name?"
beyond doubt. Only manager
who wrote his own plays would have
permitted ali those long poetic
speeches to get over the footlights. y
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
SATURDAY. AUGUST Il, 1909.
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS At
THE CITY JAIL.

The escape of three prisoners from
the city Jail several days ago Nus
trates two things-that convicts work.
ed en- the streets in the "chain-Sang
should be carefully searched before
they are returned 10 the jail wnen
their days work is done, and that u
guard should he on duty at the jail III
all times. day aYd night. That men
were able to get out OF the prison by
knocking e hole through brick wall
with an iron bar. after being released
from the steel cage, Is not at al sur
prising. and does not Indicate that the
the jail Is unsafe. The great cage IN
which the cells are. located and In
which all prisoners are supposed 10 be
kept, probably will resist the efforts
OF jail-breakers about as effectively
as anything of the kind that money
will buy. The heavy bars or Stats OF
the cage. placed close together. are
of what is known as ''file-proof' steel.
and the most Industrious and enter
prsing crook, equipped with the best
OF tools, hardly would ne able to ne
gstiate an escape after once having
THE lock of one CT the cell doors turned
upon him. There have been many
crooks of all descriptions. including
murderers, burglars. highwaymen and
al; around sharks in the Jail, and none
had escaped until last week.
The Jail Is all right. and there will
be no escapes II a guard is on duty
ali the time and rigid precautions are
taken In handling the prisoners. One
jailor. on duty twenty four hours in
the day. OF course cannot be expect
ed 20 te actually awake and yigilant
ell the time. However, IN a prison
in which from thirty CT forty to sixty
or seventy people are confined u
would seem highly desirable. IL not
absolutely necessary, that there
should be watchfui eye always opeE
in the vicinity.
As to the -chain-gang.- Of course
IL would be troublesome to actually
search each. OF the prisoners before
taking them into the Jail at night,
but unless this is done we fail to
see how the authorities expect to pre-.
vent files and saws CT whiskey and
cocaine from oeing smuggied into the
place at any time. When working
OF the streets the prisoners are scat.
tired and i is utterly impossible fcI
the guard to watch their every move.
ment They can communicate VIII
passersby at viii. and Il they choos,
might make a collection Of weapons
instruments or liquor 10 be taken IN
C the prison at night.
Unless these precautions are taker
prisoners Of importance viii cscap'
some day. and the jaiIos vili be lack,
n he IS not found dead when the jais
tresking Is discovered.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

Pref. Starr. OF the Chicago Univer-
sity, has commented unfavorably on
the song. II Love My Wife. But Oh,
You Kid" That's one decent thing to
the credit OF Chicago University
professor, anyhow.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
No. suffieIsntIy Acquainted.

"You have Just come from that d.
rection. can you tell us what is ex-
citing those fashionable ladies who
appear TO be disputing over the baby
carriagesw
Sure. I can. They both think the
baby in the pink ribbons and lace is
the prettiest one. and each Is trying
to decide that II rs hers"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

OF course. Glenn Curtiss' soaring
over the head Of a fellow aviator to
prevent collision was thrilling. but
one can't help wondering If it would
not have been just as easy to turn
out OF the way and let the other fe.
low pass.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
In His Debt.

I've got to have a thousand dol.
lars: I'll so and see Jinx about It,"
What makes you think he will let
YOU have it,"
He owes me debt Of gratitude he
can never repay"
did you save his life?"
Better than that; married the
woman to whom he was engaged"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
OLD DOMINION l. N {

- Daily Service
nm FOR NEW YORK
88F From "ompany's Wharf
:S:s; - ever; y week das
FARE--First-c one way, $500.
Round trip, limit thirty days. $14.0o-
meals and berth In etateroom In
cluded.
Storage, without subsistence. $500
TICKETS on sale at c. & 0 Rail-
way Ticket Office.
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN NEWPORT
NEWS AND RICHMOND, VA.
Steamers Brandon and BerkIey
leave Pier "A" $3.50 every evening
passengers only.
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COM.
PANY. James, River Day Line for
Richmond and all James River land
ings. Steamer Pocahontas leaves
Newport News, Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays as 8:15 a. m. Leave
Newport News Monday, "wednesday
and Friday at p. m, for Norfolk and
Old Point
Steamer Hampton will leave Pier
"A" daily except Sunday at 900 q. N,
going to Norfolk, and at $3.50 p.
m. going to smithfield. Steamer "Ac.
comac' win leave Pier "a" daily ex
cept Sunday at 9 a. M, going to
Smithfield and 3 p. M. going to Nor
folk.
All business between New York
and Newport News transacted at pier
No. s.
All business between Newport
News, Norfolk, Smithfsld and local
points transacted at Pier "a" foot of
Twenty-fifth st. ~. H. IAN0OH
AgenS
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
His Sunday Dad.

The father of little boy IN Annis-
ton is a railroad man and doesn't get
a chance to spend much time at home
except on Sunday. Not long ago,
when he was paying one OF his period
&c visits 70 his family his. little 2-year-
old son gave him an affectionate pat
and said. my dear old Sunday dad"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
StrjctIv Business.

Il believe these so-called reformers
make such a show Of being good &c
get what there Is in It,"
Even so, that is according to sound
business rule"
What business rule"
ITO use their principle where II
viii add most to their interest"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

Playwright describing p,ay)-Thea
you have a very strong scene when
you trampie on all the ties Of home az
fection. and
weIlknown Actor-Cuf that out
Pisyvrigbt-But it's a very strong
scene.
weHKnovn Actor-Maybc Sc. but
don't propose 70 tramp on any ties
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

II the war department decides that
Boston was theoretically captured the
bean heaters always will contend that
II they had been really mad there
would have been a different result
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

THE melodrama days have come.
the saddest of the year." says the
Baltimore Sun. According to reports
from New York. the melodrama days
are about over.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

Hetty Green's son. who weighs
three hundred pounds. has ordered
an airship. Probably the designer
will call it the Taft class"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

The Kentucky brothers who made
a million dollars worth of counter
felt money will never be held back
by lack Of confidence in their pro-
duct.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

China and Japan have reached an
"amicabie" agreement. There is an
illustration of the value OF battle
ships as peace arguments.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
a Natural Selection

What do you suppose would De an
aercnaut's garden choice?"
Il don't know. but would suggest
al air plant
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
WOULD NOT HURT ANYHobY's
FEELINGS.

Which do you love best-pussy OF
your doll?"
Pussy: but don't let dolly hear"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

Weilman would have no trouble
picking up few recruits in Fort
Worth.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE
CLYDE LINE
PHILADELPHIA

STEAMERS leave Mondays a N,
Thursdays aud Saturdays.
Leave Philadelphia Tuesdays
Tanrrdays and Safurdays.
Frcleht received and delivered daily
~ q. q q. Pier 6. onlcc. RivcT tc<d.
CLYDE STEAMSHIP COMPANY
James Y. McCsric<.
Crr1 rE enuf<-r x<Ecx
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

Auction ssi- % Furniture
Al ihc court house this morning At
10 O'Clock " O. LsCSbf. n
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
Stalled

ne fle- b~nesfh hts auto car.
ypon his hack.
Small accidents 20 orfen mar
FIne Sport ai1ck
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

Alarming Symptom.
Sometimes a chap
Thinks Just a smile
Is all that makes
This life worth, while.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

IN Flction.
The heroine Of this novel ought
10 make a enc bowler"
WHIST makes you thlns so'-
-Accord;nz 10 the author she is Al.
Ways tossing her head
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.

CHESAPEAKE G Ohio RT
Fast Trains to Richmond and the
West.
Leave Newport News 1905 a. m.
5:25 pm. and S:45 pm.
Local Trains 70 Richmond
600 a. M; 8: As y. m. .
Trains arrive Newport News. 1000
q. m, 1890 q. m. $3.50 p. m. 1920 p
N. and 8:45 p. M.
Steamers Service for Norfolk.
Leave Newport News 1895 q. m,
5:35 D. m. and $3.50 y. m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

HAVE " IN THE HOUSE Z
and he will not go out whenever ne
wants a drink of good wine or liquor
1t will be much better too il you get
your supply here. Our wines and
liquors. are neither aduiterated or d.
luted. There viii be considerable
saving besides Coax him to give you
the usual price OF each drink he takes
and see
Port, per gal 81 ~
Sherry. per gal. ...........-.-.. LOU
ciaret. per gal. .-.---..-..-- 1-oo
Sweet Catavba, per gal 1890. Leo
Tokara, PEI gal --...-.-------- l-oo
RIacxberry- oer bottle IS
Rhine Wine, per bottle $500. SO
OufSey's Malt Whisky, ger bot. IS
-WhIskeys IN Bulk at the Following:
Burbon wh.skey. per gal -.---S1-5G
Perkxo0d <-yy
Star A Rye. straight ..-.-..--- 20
old Charter, straigat-.------.--. z-se
pau1 ZONES 275
tn-or .------..--------. w
Harper -...-.--.---- wv
Double Stamp Gin .---.--.-.-. zoo
An bottle beer SC per bottle; 500
per dozen. Watch my imitatorsi
N. LEONARD
orIsInss Price Gutter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-08-21

q e. Tnacker-Editor and Publisher
T. e. Pugh-- Advertising Manager.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-23
A RUNAWAY TEAM
SMRSHES AN AUTO
Almost Plunged Into Gem
Pharmacy Front.
Transfer Team Belonging TO S. Knoch
Makes Things Lively for u Time.

A runaway with number of excit-
ing features occurred on West Cen
ter street Monday evening. shortly at
ter o'clock. A team attached to
one of the big delivery wagons of the
;. knoch transfer company became
frightened presumably at the sound
of one of the locomotive whistles in
the west end and ran at Il terrific
speed down the street. playing havoc
with pedestrians and everything
which happened to come in its way
The automobile of Or. r. b. Saw
yer was standing in front of the Gem
pharmacy and at this machine The
team shyed causing the wagon to di-
rectly strike it, One wheel ofethe
machine was torn i'm pieces and the
tire was bursted. The report of the
bursting tire was heard for some dis
tance. The damage to the automobile
viii amount to about $25j KAfter
striking the machine, the horses
plunged directly over the paving and
apparently were about to rush direct
|! into the storeroom of the phar-
macy The patrons in the store
were thrown into a panic when the
team was seen. BY chance the team
turned to the right when within II
few inches of the big plate glass win
dows of the store and no damage
was done,
By3t9nders stopped the horses. The
driver stated that he had allowed the
ems to become entangled and that he
had as "A result lost control of the an
,muls
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-23
LIFE STORIES
OF five BABIES

tBy the Ohio Commission for the Blind.1
The little children. the story OF
whose blindness is given below, were
all born since 1904. Had their eyes
when first they became ir canned
been promptly and properly treated,
they would be seeing children today,
instead of tragically handicapped.
A little four-months-old baby whoss
mother Is only nineteen is blind be-
cause the doctor did not know the
proper treatment for its eyes. The
child will always be charge upon
the state. The mother has been de-
serted by her husband, and her bur-
den is doubled by the fact that she
can not look forward to being sup
ported by her son in after life, as she
might if he were seeing child.
A French. Canadian baby a year Old
might have been saved from blind
ness IL the doctors repeated warning
that he should be taken to a hospital
for continuous care had been obeyed.
But friends were careless or ignorant,
and when finally they took the child
to the hospital when three weeks old,
1t was too late-a pitlful case. as the
young mother must bear the whole
burden OF its support.
A little French.American child Of
nearly two years Is starting life Who'll
ly blind because OF the neglect OF the
doctor who attended the mother ut
birth. The home is poor. the mother
supporting the family. The baby must
Je brought up in an institution.
A baby, an only child, with one eye
blind, the other badly SCARED, must
be educated as blind child. The
attending doctor thought that the
eyes would get well by themselves
A child Of four years bright and
attractive, with a comfortable happy
home, has been totally blind since the
first week of her life. Her mother
was very III at the time OF her birth,
and the baby's eyes were neglected
by those in charge. II was found
necessary to remove one eye, making
her appearance the more pitiful. All
her life she will require care and spe.
cial training. She might have taken
her place among seeing children with
a promising future before her but
someone was careless and the loss is
trreparable.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-23
BRIEF MENTION

A marriage license has been grant
ed to Mr.. Norris T. Sanders, of Nor
raj and Miss Clara Kerr, of near
Upper Sandusky.
Miss Alta Penn. formerly of West
Church street, this city, won n hand
some REQ automobile in a newspaper
contest conducted by the Lorain
News at Lorain. this week. Miss
Penn had total of 1894 votes.
Invitations have been received here
for the annual dance of the Modern
Woodmel at Kenton Tuesday even
ing A number Will go from this
city.
The West Side Commercial club
held special meeting Monday eveE-
ing for the purpose of completing ar.
rangements for the stag banquet to
be given In the club rooms neXi
Thursday evening.
AT st. Mary's Catholic churcn
sunday morning the bans OF matri'
mony for Miss Marie Stuber, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Stuber
and Madison Gunder were announced.
The wedding will be an event OF the
near future. M
( The largest football crowd of the
season sh,uld witness the Thanks
giving game when Mt. Gilead Will
once more be pltted against Marion
High. The visitors outweigh the To-
Gals sew aral pounds TO the man but
the Marionites are faster and get
their PLAYS started much better. The
teams are about evenly matched,
though, all things considered, and
the turkey day crowd will doubtless
see gooi game. II will be the last
OF the season.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-23

facilitates business but
these enormous mergers are general
ly accompanied with the watering OF
stock and the making of some rich
and hoary manipulators a good many
Ut unearned dollars. This
merger matter is likely just a lot of
speculation whereby some very veal
thy men are grating millions OF
money not needed by themselves
from the wages OF operatives who do
need 1t and from the people who use
telephones and the telegraph.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-23
DEFENDS THE
AMBASSADOR
BY United Press Wire

Berlin, Nov. 22.-The Frank
furter Zeitung. the government organ
today publishes an official defense
of Count Bernstorff. the American
AMBASSADOR, who has been violently
attacked by the pan-German inter-
ests for his recent speech at Phila'
delphia,,
The article Is at once an apoi-
ogy and a justification.
"Whoeyer Is acquainted with Amer
ica.'' said the Zeitung. knows that
foreign ambassadors at Washington
receive more invitations TO denver
speeches at banquets than they are
able to accept. American pupnc
opinion would regard too frequent re-
fusals OF such invitations as aristo'
cratic, arrogant and unfriendiy The
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-23
WRECKED MACHINE
AFTER A JOY RIDE

Hammond. Ind, Nov. 23EThe Kan
kakee automobile mystery winch re-
suited from the finding OF two auro-
mobile wheels and other parts in the
Kankakee river and which was frs.
believed to indicate an accident, is
clear today. According TO information
re, eived by Sheriff Thomas Grant,
the machine was the property of a
ieweler named Smalley in Chicago
but was taken from the garage by
two friends of his for joy ride. The
machine was wrecked in order TO
hide all trace of the affair, the
parts of the machine were thrown in
the river while the rest was buried
The machine was valued at $4,000