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BENN PITMAN DE iD.
Brother sf in,eGtor % shorthand and
Famed ax an Exponent of the Art.

Famed ax an Exponent 0S the Art.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 2s.-Bsnn PitmAn,
founder Of the Pitman Photographic
Institute and brother Of Sir Isaac Pitman,
inventor OF phonetic shorthand. died at
his home on Columbia avenue in this city
tonight.
Pitman was born in England eighty
eight years ago He gained q national
reputation a. . wood carver and his home
here Is said to be- one Of the most wonder
ful examples Of this art in the world.
Pitman was one OF the first shorthand
reporters to be employed by the United
States Government. He was employee
to reoort the famous Mccormick Reaper
cases. when Abraham Lincoln and Edwin
NJ. Stanton were counsel.
During the war he WAS employed To
report courts-martial.
He ID survived by two daughters, both
OF whom were at his bedside when he
died.
He was born in Trowbridge. Wilt
the academy OF his brother. Isaac.
the inventor OF photography, where
he later became an assistant. He was
helping his brother perfect the system
in 1887 and for several years afterward.
From ists until 1851 ms lsctured on the
system throughout Great Britain and had
large share OF the labor Of compiling his
brothers textbooks.
AZ Isaac's request Benn came to the
United States in 1858 TO give instruction
in photography and settled in Cincinnati
where he has conducted a school recently
known as the Photographic Institute.
In 1855 he discov the process Of pro.
ducing relief copper plates OF engraved
work ny electrotypes. and got silver
medal for it from the Cincinnati Mechan N.
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BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES.
New Jersey Public service Corporation
Plan ln Effect From January Z.

sick or disability benefits will be put into
effect by the Public Service Corporation
Of New Jersey and allied companies on
January l. The benefits will cover the
permanent employe es Of all the street
railway. gas and electric companies, in
Guiding those acquired by the Pubic
Service during the last year. The men
will not be asked 10 contribute any part
Of their wages. 81 the expenses are To hs
borne wholly by the employing companie-
About 10000 men will he affected, and
the management figures that the cost will
for the first few years be about t5n 900
year. Voluntary retirement at ~ years Of
age and after twenty years OF continuou+
services and compulsory retirement a.
20 after twenty years service are provided
for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-29
SMUGGLING CHARGED.
~, Trousers. In Pairs. Figure In the Latest
Gust Os,ps Case.

Max Rubel and Louis J. Finkelstein
president and secretary respectively Of
Max Rubel 4 Co. cloaks and suits. 20
Fifth avenue. were arrested yesterday
Rubel 10 charged with differentiation
and with smuggling in in january. 1910.
tbs. following articles for personal use:
Two bedspreads. ? curtains. a table
cloth. l? napkins. IL monographs. n blue
ma rble clock. "a silver purse. q apr ons.
psttico,ts. strousers 'pairs,. : cnemise-.
and black silk cloak. the Who'll. approx
mating S1i in value. fink-i-Jein is
charged with unIerv luation only
The offences with which Rubel and
Finkelsfein are charged cover a period
Of two years. according TO Assistant
United States Attorney Whitney. but tn.
latter has not yet arrived ut any est ina g
Of the amount OF the importations or the
extent Of the alleged undervaitiation-.
Rubel was released ON $4,000 bail when
nrraigDed before Commissioner Shields
and Finkelstein on 3, 500 bail. The men
will be- examined next Wednesday
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JENNER Sues AGAIN.
Asks This Time for - son. 600 From In
terb0rough and Others.


terberough and Others.
Clarence II. venner. who occasionally
sl,es corporations In the name OF his
Continental Securities Company. has
turned to the rnterborough again and il
suing the company and August Belmont.
Andrew Freedman. John B. Mcdonald,
Cornelius Vanderbilt .walther Lutt gen and
others in Nassau county for about 81 500. =
O0O and the action will be heard in Janu-
ary. Venner sues for an accounting in
behalf Of himself and other stockholdsrs
Of the Interhorough for the alleged waste
Of the company's property by wrongful
transactions.
vsnper complains that Belmont and
Laltt gen. as members of the belmont
banking frm. organized the Rapid Transs
Construction Company 20 give bond for
John II. Mcdonald az builder OF line -s,i,-
way. and then AZ directors Of the Inter
borough voted bonuses to their const rue
ton company for giving the bond and
selling the sfock in the InterborouRh. An
the directors OF the InterborouRh nc The
time fhs bonus was declared are made
defendants.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-29
Judges Of Debate Win Themselves Drbste
the Debated Question.

TARRYrowS. Dec "a debate WAS
held nv the members 81 the North Tarry-
Scwn fire patrol last evening in its rooms
on the question ia the Annual Inspec-
Walker and Edgar Nociine Of Piessantville
went to che room below To arrive at a
decision. but failed TO do so They got
into such n hot argument that it wa
decided that the judges should themselv"-
debate the subject at an early date an
tia. the merpbers should sit az a jury.
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Grew Of ,h- Mos,,e Rhod-. prob.b,, Los,

BosToS. Dec. 2s.-It was'learned o-day
that the vessel wrecked on Little Round
Shoal. OF Chatham. in ths blizzard Of
December Is was the three masted
schooner Nollie Rhodes OF vinal Haven.
Ne. As nothing has been heard of her
crew IL is more than probable that Capt.
Horatio A. Dobbin Of Jonesport. Me, and
the fiv sailors on the craft lost their lives.
The Rhodes was bound from New York
20 vinal Haven with coal
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a.. 8. rnE-e0NsTL iyyUEEO.
Ne PsAsis- In Attach. Nc. Wilderness
Cnhaos Yysm Dn1nS.

wAsarSovoS. Dec. 3s.-Advic@s have
been received hero that Adolph A. Will
iamson. American vics and deputy con-
sui at Dalny. Manchuria. had been At
tackled and slightly injured. Tia assault
h said 10 have occurred about q wee
ago. Mr.. Williamson did not report the
cause cf the assault. bu, said that IL was
without political significance. He cab!sd
that hs was slightly injured but did not
go INTO details.
Williamson Ia a native OF tho District
OF Columbia and is 81 years old. He has
been in the consular service since October
$. lsoS, when he's was appointed studsn,
interpreter in Japan. He has been vice
and deputy consul ut Dalny since Decem-
her y. 1910
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BALTIMORE. Dec. 2s.-Harrison wall
Of New York and n member OF she firm
Of Judson O. Wall a Son. bond brokers,
died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital to-
day. where he had been patient for abous
Q week. from an affection Of the brain. A
lev asys ago Dr; ia, Harvey w. cushing
young man.
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!. Movement 20 HaSe jennie Besschssser's
II MuPderers PaPoied.

TRENTON. ". j.. Dec. 2s.-The Very
Rev. Dean SfcNulty and Judge Francis
Scott OF Peterson arc among the signerr
OF q petition 20 the Court OF Pardons
asking chat q parole be granted 10 Andrew
J. Campbell. ono Of the four men I'm
plicatsd IN the death Of Jennie Boeschlstsr
isn years ago. Tho application viii Do
considered when the court meets TO-
morrow, together with those OF George
J. Kerr and Walter &. McAllistsr. two
other members Of the quartet. Campbell
and McAllister were sentsuced To thirty
years for second degree murder and
Kerr TO fifteen years for assault.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-29
Esrioaiayers EnFsi,;Ss sapsssy In Us.s.s.

Isricisiayers EnEsi,;ss ssp:Gsy IN Cs.sss.
The international officers Of the brick
layers unions who are enrolling the brick
layers In New York. formerly In thirteen
unions. into seven unions in conformity
with a new plan put into effect after the
last strike and lockout Of tho bricllayers
werc settled reported yesterday that
many brioklaysrs vino were previously
unorganzed are enrolling under the new
plan. They said that there will be more
menberH in the seven unions by several
thousand than were in the original thir-
teen unions.
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great number OF New York city
Democratic lawyers received vest erday
circular letter signed by sherman N.
Craiger announcing that on January
at 10 O'Clock in ;he morning At he
Hotel Manhattan there would be an
assembly Of Democrats at which Mayor
Gaynor would preside to discuss the
av aiiability Of Edward NJ. Shepard and
William r. Sheehan for Senator. The
circular further announced that Gov.
OF New Jersey and Governor elect Fo-s OF
Massachusetts, had been invited TO attend
and take part in the discussion. and thai
Mr. Shepard and Mr.. Sheehan had been
asked to speak
Robert Acamson, secretary 20 Mayor
Gaynor. said last night that the Mayor
had received an invitation To preside,
but had not yet accepted IL
In February. 1878. Mr.. CTaig~r invited
a number OF Democrats TO "A conference
in New York city to favor the nomination
az he late Governor johnson Of Mime
a,Iently recalled the invitations
Mr.. Sheehan said last night he would
hand out a statement this afternoon in
reply to his friends in Buffalo asking him
70 become a candidate for United States
senator. ON Saturday and Sunday many
Democrats Interested in the SenatorShip
will journey to Albany TO attend the
aug,iration of Gov Dix on Monday.
This will he IN. first inauguration OF a
Democratic Governor since Gov Flower
took tn. oath Of Office an January 1. 1897
and Democrats from all over the state
are 30 he present A canvass OF the sen
l,rnents Of the Democratic Senators and
the Democratic Arssmblymen IN TO bs
made by the friends of Mr.. Shepard, Mr.
Sheeban. Daniel I. Cohalan. J. Sergeant
Cram and supreme Court Justice James
". Gerard.
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Plans are ready for . Lexington avenue
Ene. and IL would mean the delay Of at
least q year TO get planc ready for . Madi-
con avenue line. lt In argued by thu
committee that Lexington avenue line
would serve the convenience OF o larger
number OF people than Q Madison avenue
tube. The COMMITTEES says:
IL 10 argued by many that an independent
line at any cost Ia better for tho city than
. single system under one management,
even though the city In the owner Of tho
system. and even though the managsmens
N under public control. Tho argument
BIZ which this view In sustained IN thas com
petition 10 moro likely to secure satisfac-
tory operation for both Of two systems
than " there bs only one system.
Even ~ this bs so 10 In doubtful whether
the argument 10 strong enough 70 prevail
against tho advantages which have been
snown TO inhere In q complete system owned
BY the city upon which only Q single faro
10 charged. upon which universal trnnafmn
will be given and the operation Of which
10 subject 10 the control Of the Public Service
Commission.
The COMMITTEES compares In this report
the efficiency Of tho management OF the
interborough system and tho McAdoo
system greatly TO the advantage Of tho
McAdoo lines. The McAdoo system
n eject. because Wiiiism q. IoS sdo
adopts a correct attitude toward the
public. II 10 Q question, the COMMITTEES
tinds. OF personal equation
The report says:
The Meade system .njoys as compl.,s
q monopoly in i,s field ~ the Intsrborough
does IN the mUniciplI heid. yet the opera =
ton Of Mr.. Nc Adoo's system IL satisfactory
20 the public ami the operation Of tho Inter-
borough system b. largely unsatisfactory.
Clearly the reason ammo. be found in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

derstood, was urged by Whitemore
to make the race.
When Whitemore found that
Creighton had Intentions of COM
ing out the latter became persona
non grata in the eyes of White
more, and to avoid any accidents
Creighton resigned.
Creighton is a clean, gentleman
ly young fellow, and is recommend
ed by men who have given the
attention to the subject of i'm
proved county government.
j. S. Graves has been deputy
assessor II years and has been a
resident of Spokane 23 years.
This man Whitemore, about
whom there is all this contention,
is the same Whitemore that the
late grand jury recommended
should be dismissed by Assessor
Galbraith. The Press has had oc-
casiOn to look up the trail of
Whitemore more than once and
columns of space were given to
his operations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
BABY BOY CRUSHED
UNDER WHEELS
(By United Press Leased Wire.


PORTLAND, June 17.-Mrs.
Charles Gasser, of Boise, Idaho, is
under the care of a physician here
today, following the tragic death
of her 3-year-old child under the
wheels of street car, which ran
the child down at Eleventh and
Morrison streets late yesterday.
The baby boy came darting from
a store just as the car turned the
corner. Before the motorman
could stop, the child had been
drawn under the wheels. At the
hospital it died a few minutes af-
ter it had been placed ON the op-
Grating table.
Gasser, his wife and child had
arrived in Portland from Idaho but
a few hours before.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
CREIGHTON
IS OUT FOR
ASSESSOR

Thus far the race for county as
SCISSOR to succeed f. p. Galbraith
is confined to two men, Glen
Creighton and ]. S. Graves, both
until recently deputies in the Of
flee. Creighton is out for a new
order of things in the assessors Of
flee, while Graves, it is understood,
thinks the old way is good enough.
Creighton promises that If he is
elected that George F. Whitemore,
at present chief deputy, shall be
removed, while Graves, it is un-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
FATHER OF RICH SONG.
STRESS DIES; MONEY
FOUND SECRETED
(By United Press Leased Wire,

W 'sSo VTCoo Leased "1rel
HILLSBORO, Ore, June IT,
Andrew Hauck, aged "a years. and
for 30 years resident of Cor.
nelius, died this week. In his
apartments at one of the hotels
was found, secreted in different
places, cash in the sum of s1722.35.
and he also had deposits in several
Portland banks.
Ernest Everest of Cornelius to-
day filed a petition in probate ask.
ing appointment as administrator.
Hauck was the father of the cele.
brated Minnie Hauck, prima donna,
of % years ago, and who is i'm
mensely wealthy as the result of
her song tours all over the world.
She is his sole heir, and lives in a
villa at Lucerne, Switzerland, with
her husband, Herr Wartegg. a
Miss Hauck has each year sent
the father several hundred dollars
for his maintenance, and from this
he has saved about $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
HAS TWO SPRING SEASONS.

JERSEYVILLE, H., June IT,
Jerseyville is having it's second
spring. June apple and maiden
blush apple trees are again in
blossom, the grapes are blooming
a second time and some of the
flowers that were nipped by the
April freeze are blooming again.
1t is too early to tell yet whether
there will be fruit following the
second crop of blossoms.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

= ~s@%sdsss1 IL
IS inches in length and weighing
eight pounds.
1t put up a desperate fight and
Mr.. Hudson was nearly an hour in
landing it.
Another notable catch has been
that of Oliver Paquette, 10 years of
age, living at L'Anse, Barga county.
The boys prize was rainbow trout
weighing very nearly six pounds. 1t
was 26 inches long. The fish was
hooked in Fall river.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
MAY CALL THE
MILITIA To STOP
KAUFMAN FIGHT
(By United Press Leased Wire)

(By United Press Leased Wire)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-THE
state militia will be called out if
necessary to prevent the Kaufman
Langford fight Saturday, according
to Attorney General Webb. Webb
today drew attention to the fact
that the governor Is the command
er-in-chief of the militia, with pow
err to order it into service at any
time. He said he had been prom
ised the support of the governors
office and would call for troops If
necessary to enable him to do his
official duty.
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. DID JAPS SINK DRYDOCk? Z
UNITED Press Leased Wire)

Q SAN FRANCISCO, June II.
. The Japanese are maintain 4
. ing a wireless telegraph sta 4
. ton near the town of Dagau-
. pan, on the island of Luzon,
. and are sending messages in 4
q an unintelligible code con- 4
. stantly, according to informay
. ton contained in letter writ Il
= ten by an American army GU
. Ger to another army officer in 4
. San Francisco.
. The army officer says the 4
= general opinion held by Amer 4
. leans in Manila is that the Jap
= anese were responsible for the
. sinking of the drydock Dewey. 4
q 80 q q q q . 80 80 q .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
100000 900 WORTH OF OIL.

PORTLAND, June 17.-Believing
that oil exists in the Coast range
mountains, in quantities such as
enriched California more than
500, 100000, the Portland chamber
of commerce has caused the gov
eminent to begin a geological sur
vey of western Oregon for the pur-
pose of locating likely oil fields.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

being worn. He was made to sub.
stitute his working garb for the
suit, while the garments are being
held as evidence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

Paula A. Lee has won her suit
against the Washington Cracker Co.
She gets $500 for the loss of fin
ger, cut off by candy cutting ma
chine.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

Holland G. Hughes, dairymen,
have bought 100 acres of improved
land near Cheney for $1,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
500 REWARD

for tho conviction OF the party or
parties claiming to be agents or
solicitors of the Partisan Dyeing Il
Cleaning Works. Cos First avenue
=. A. Lehman. prop
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY
TO START FISH
STORIES
Michigan Offers Eight Pound Steel
Head Trout and Six Pound
Rainbow as Samples.

MARQUETTE, Mich, June IL
James Hudson came back from
Rock river with a steel head trout
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
Oddities IN the Neus
All Over the World
Queer Things That Have Just Happened Condensed From
Press Reports in From All Quarters

What would do IL driving skittsh
CURED both hands hefy hungry
and began bore? Listen
don d in Broad Brookdae, j.
thing happen to him.
hands
insect thor
oughly dsodge the
driler he'd
life And the mosquito just drilled
Finally the tortured Gordon
wipe with and missed
otherand missed The horse freed
hit and Gordon shot
by DR. T. Witte passing
smashed buggy stop
stable The mosquito escaped
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

This ad and $3.50 will entitle you
to a SIS silk petticoat Friday and Sat
urday. The Florence Waist and Dress
House, $40 Mohawk 49,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

A suit Of clothes, being worn by
a man, was labeled exhibit A" in a
court case yesterday. d. Reecher
was charged with the theft of suit
of clothes, and the prosecuting at
torney claimed the stolen suit was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

w. s. Forshee has complained to
the council of the car service on the
East Broadway line of the Traction
company. He says people sometimes
have to wait As minutes for a car.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

c. L. Graves, chief deputy in the
county engineers office, has an
nounced himself a candidate for the
office of county surveyor. His plat
form will be good roads,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

Six Of the largest type Of freight
engines will be used on the noun
tain division of the Northern Pa
cific. They are the Mallet com.
pound type.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

President Fassett Of the chamber
of commerce says that the apple
show is in need of more generous
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While the pretty little Japa- =
. nese girl who was to have been .
. his bride sat apart from the =
. rest, sobbing, funeral services .
. over the remains of w. TAM .
. motto were held yesterday .
= afternoon. The casket was .
. banked with floral tributes =
. from Japanese and American .
. friends. q
q 4 4 4 4 4 a a 4 4 4 a 4 4 4 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

"GLAD HAND" LAID UP HOTEL CLERK CAN'T WORK.
Because his glad hand in asng William D. Tobin. Mount
Vernon hotel clerk his Pachogue L. L. taking
Bys duty shake guest by the hand when he
then hand him the register with
old friend of By returned Mount Vernon several
months absence handshake Billy class by
itself
The next day Billy could shake hands when he went work
following could with
hurried doctor told the
that
That's why he is taking his vacation
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

The result Of the school census
so far this years shows a total of
1926. This is less than last year,
when the total was 1888. The cen.
sus has not been completed. ...~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
MAGISTRATES HEN COOP LOOTED.

Magistrate Robert G. Cornell has burglar his
chicken Flushing recently
the last time the thieves getting chckens
feathers and claws, which left behind
The magistrates home the Fort Toten road far from
the barracks detectives by all Flush
ing aid the thieves of winning but
the trail somewhere the barracks kitchen
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

"Sister" Flora M. Bilkins will talk
Sunday afternoon, on a vacant lot
on Front avenue, just east of Wash
ington street, on "The Origin of
Crime"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17
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The June rainfall so far is below
the average. Rainfall to date is SO
of an inch behind the average, or
1868 inches behind the average for
the year to date. Nine-tenths of an
inch of rain fell yesterday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-17

We place on sale 100 ladies'
dress and walking skirts, all styles
and extra fine values, worth to
$3.50; Saturday only 1895
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31
Notable Deaths

GIRD-Los Angeles, May 30.-After
passing an evenffuI life and playing inn
portant part in the development of California
and Arizona, Richard Grid, "a years old, and
known as the father of the California beet
sugar industry, died Sunday at his home In
this city. He was a native of New York and
came TO California In 1852. In 1862 he was
sent to Arizona In the government employ as a
civil engineer. He completed the first govern
today. During that period he Laid out the
city Of Prescott. In 1879 he founded the pres
ent city of Tombstone. In 1882 Grid returned
70 southern California and purchased the Chino
rancho of ~, 600 acres, where he iestablished
the first sugar beet industry in the state.
SIDNEY WEBsTER-Newpor R. l.. May 80
Sidney Webster. an authority on corporation
and International law and private secretary of
President Franklin Pierce, died today. In
1860 he married Miss Sarah Morris Fish,
daughter of Hamilton Fish, by whom he had
one son.
JOHN G. YoUNG-Portland. May 30.--John c.
Young, postmaster OF Portland and promt.
nent republican politician of Oregon, died
early today Of cancer OF the stomach Young
was so years old and had been critically i'll
for three months, He was born in Salt Lake
City, Utah, and was nephew of the late
Brigham Young of that city.
REV. A. A. JONES Norfolk. Va, May 3d.
Rev, a. A. Jones, aged 81 years. of the Fir-
ginia conference.-the ethodist Episcopal church.
South, died here today. He was the con-
federate Virginia (Merrimac) at the time of
Virginia and Monitor, and was in one of the
last two boats which left the ironciad before
II was blown up by its own men on Craney
island.