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VOL ILL NO. 148. FINCH ONTHE STAND Says He Had Nothing to Do With the Scaffold. EASTMANS THE BOSSES According to the Teatluiouy of the Wit. u?"'? Tlioy iihii Km in. Charge or lhe Men hiiiI the Work on Ilia lluildl.ig. The examination of witnesses in the Eastman-Pinch damage suit continue.. After calling one witness lu the stanc yesterday morning counsel for tn? plaintiff ??rested their case for the pres? ent." according to the language or tn? attorneys, ufter which the taking or ev? idence for the defense was commenced _ Yesterday's proceedings were rattier "dry," the peaceful routine or the court being seldom interrupted by "spat?" between counsel or anything startling from the witness stand. Once there was a slight passage at arms between Attorneys Bickford and Meredith m which the one tlatly ci other, but It soon blew two lawyers h-rt the c amicable terms. The most important on the stand yesterday Finch, one ,,f the defendants in im case, and he was subjected to a rigid cross-examination by the attorneys for the plaintiff, who warm times that they intend.-, his statements. Once Ml ed. saying "that would i ter with the class of men as witnesses.' tiled: "That you. Mr. Finch, s......, .... ,. ,?.?? aller ..ur witnesses to testify In your behalf. I would retract the statement 11" 1 were you." it is not probable that, all of the wit? nesses for the defense will be examined today, us there ure a tiuiiil yet to be called, and it is e' the cum- will not foe given t before the middle of the wee! will le- sin ontradicted the over ana the iurt-room on witness placed 'd him several i to contradict . Finch retorx ! an easy mat .you have hero ro this Mr. Bickford r? iitement Illy hecomea you have been E. ' of men lent thai the jury for there limotiv In r.-fouttaj. R( ifllNSON. 1 down t.i busii ?r 11 o'clock, Mendith. of Rich witness being Witness minutes that one of the men was Mr. Eastman Wn cross-examination witness said "1 ain't neber knowed Mr. Eastman be fore he worked on dat buildin';" that he, could not describe Mr. Eastman; that he didn't know which one of the men wasJVlr. Eastman: that they "told me thar was two Mr. Eastmans?one wa? the father and the other was the son, but ain't knowed one from the other yet:" that until he waited on Mr. Craw rord after that gentleman was hurt he thought he (Crawford) was Mr. East man. F. F. FINCH. The next witness was Mr. F. F. Finch one of the defendants. He said that his w ife was the owner of the building, that he first contracted with a carpen? ter for constructing: the building w..o afterwards "threw up the job;" that then Mr. M. J. Eastman took charge of the carpenter work and his son the brick work: that the elder Eastman was indebted to him and agreed to ap? ply their wages toward liquidating the debt: that he had no written contract, except an agreement signed b Eastman to lay brick at $3.5(1 a dav, the same to be applied to his father s' in? debtedness (here the paper was pro? duced): that both of the Eastmans had power to employ and discharge men; that the plans of the building were turned over to the Eastmans; that Walter Eastman employed Crawford; that he (witness) furnished plenty of merchantable lumber and nails for building the scaffolding; that he as? sumed no responsibility for building scaffold; that Eastman and the klayers, with the assistance of the >rers, built the seaffolu: that he e no orders about the building of the scaffold; that the lower end of th? scaffold, the part that broke, was built mi the morning of the accident by Eastman and the other workmen. Attorney R. G. Bickford the cross-examination. Thet alteration In the dat.- of the signed by W. (.;. Eastman and - amining the paper under a m? Mr. Bickford asked the ___? ^hnxv^ NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 2 OIRCUl-ATION, f 1898. why thet win in K unducted was an paper i f ter ex aguifylng witness Court ness a fe\ when Attot iiioml, arrived Attorney E. S. Robinson said he was standing at th Twenty-eighth street ami Washington avenue waiting for an electric car and saw the scaffolding fall; that he im? mediately went to tie- scene of the ac? cident, and that he saw Eastman ly? ing on the ground jammed between some timbers, with his head toward the shipyard. Witness did not know what caused the accident. After the examination of this wit? ness counsel for the plaintiff announc? ed that they would rest for the pres? ent. 4X _. Mr. N. B. Clements was the first witness put on the stand by the de? fence. He stated that Walter East man said he was working for Mr Finch, getting $100 a day for doing nothing; that be supposed the deceas? ed was the boss of the job: that Ai rington came by his shop and asked him not to mention the fact that he was in the city, as he was suppose, to be in Philadelphia and did not want to be kept in the city to testify In the CaS<?' C. W. WH1TLEY. G AY. Whltley. a bricklayer, was next called. AVItncss said that he worked on the Finch building: that Waltet Eastman was the boss; that he had the plans in his possession and gave di? rections. . ... On cross-examination witness *airi that Mr. Pinch employed him. B. P. CHANDLER. *' Mr Ii P. fhandb-r. the next witness stated that he had an office diagonal? ly across the street fmrn the i inch building; that lie saw Eastman others building the scaffold twi three times; that according to his best recollection he saw Eastman erecting a part or the scaffolding on the day of tly> accident; that he s; the seat . was a difference in inks and s explained that he thought the is the same, though in changing . -ate he might have used another kind ..r writing fluid. Asked by Mr. Bickford to give the name of one man tie- Eastmans employed the witness re? plied that W. O. Eastman employed O. W. Crawford. He further stated that he built no scaffolds at all: that he had no ri collection of a dispute with W. Q. Eastman in which Eastman accused him of being stingy because he only put one nail In a piece of timber; that he had no recollection of having had a conversation with Mr. Bibb regarding ibe employment of Crawford; that he bad heard "Walter Eastman say to the men. "don't get too close together on this d?n scaffold:" that he was careful ?lot to give any instructions about building the scaffold. At this point Colonel Boykin took the witness. Mr. Finch said that he had no recollection of having written to Talliaferro & Co.. from which firm he purchased the lumber, stating that it was not merchantable and not fit to use about a building: that the base of his complaint was that he ordered about lumber, and that he might have been on the scaffold on the day of the J< VtV^M o'clock court adjourned till this morning at the usual hour. MUST PAUBENTAL City Will Own the Tracks on the Bridges. WORK ON SEWER SYSTEM Material U on the Way and Uronnil Will Be llrukeu lu a felt IIhj-m. .Money for the BumjH Now poBlt lu New York. If the recommendation of the ordi? nance committtee is adopted by the Cummon Council at the regular meet? ing tonight steps will be taken immedi? ately to have the viaducts built across the Chesapeake &. Ohio railway tracks at the intersection ef Twenty-iifth and Thirty-fourth streets, for a resolu? tion will be offered empowering and directing City Engineer George A Al sop to prepare at once plans and spec? ifications for the two bridges, and in order that the work may be expedited the city engineer is empowered to em? ploy such assistants as will be neces? sary, provided the expenditure does not exceed $75. The ordinance committee transact? ed other business at the meeting held last night. Besides the members pres? ent there were Commonwealth's Ai torney J. K. M. Newton. Mayor W. A. Post, Mr. Alexander Potter and Coun? cilman J. A. Buxton The committee had prepared a res? olution giving the Newport News and Old Boint Electric Railway Company SUPPLIES FOIt WAKSIIII'S. Yale, Harvard aud Mlnneapolln Take on 1'ruvlHlou? and Ammunition. The auxiliary cruisers Harvard and 1 ale took on large supplies of pro visions and ammunition yesterday which were brought here bv Old Do? minion, steamers from New York Sun? day. Over GOO tons of provisions were brought here besides 1.000 cases ..f car? tridges. It is now certain that the cruisers will sail for Santiago when they leave this port, as some of th* supplies are intended Tor Admiral Sampson's men. but as vet it is not known when the vessels will sail, prob? ably tomorrow. A dispatch receive from Washington last night State? that the cruisers will also carry troot to Santiago. Shortly arter 10 o'clock yesterda morning the Yale welshed anchor an steamed down to Old Point, but she it. expected to return todav. The cruiser Minneapolis is still Ivln In the James. This warship is evident ly preparing for a long cruise as ?arge supply of provisions is ' fooins taken on and workmen are still en Snge.1 In making repairs to the vessel' nach i tier v. l.A P R IfTF SINGLE COPY, TWO CENTS, f J^-?-V^-Ci ONE WEEK. TEN CENTS? [SENATE Discussion ofthe Annexation Question Begun. asignifica?ttest vote NO EXCHANGE OF PRISONER3 Blanco Refu to. Release Hobson and His Men. (By Telegraph.) June 20.?The sec today received this WASHINGTON retary of the nav. . ?legram from Key West: refuses to exchange prison "Blanc ers. ?gant just t the BKIKF 1TKMS Mrs. J. AY. Stewart is visiting her patents in Washington. Engineer Williams has reported board the Vale tor duty. Mrs Henry W. Crump has returned rum a visit to relatives in Richmond. Mr. A. H. Mickley. of Philadelphia, formerly chief machinist at me ship ard here, spent Sunday in the city. Miss Lillian Gardner, of Richmond, a visiting her sister. Mrs. Mahone. on rhirt v-tlflh street. iis's Sallie Kirschong, of \\ arrenton. is the guest of Mr. and Mis. T T. "lu noun. Electric nauway uomna the exclusive use of the bridges for ? period of fifty years for the sum of $10,000. Chairman Hughes passed the paper over to Mayor Post for his opinion. After scanning it over Mayor Post ad? vised the committee not to make the recommendation. He was interested in the new railway company and realized that an exclusive privilege wuuhl lie of great value to the company, there? by affecting him personally, but he thought it was his duty to advls, against making any such recommenda? tion. "It is a dangerous thing to give .way exclusive franchises," said he. and though I am interested in this ailway I feel it my duty to put you on /our guard. A city should never give an exclusive franchise, for when It does it signs away a right that cannot be retrieved. We may not suffer by It but those who come after us will There are several reasons for not giv? ing an exclusive franchise. Suppose, for instance, that the old railway company should absorb the new com? pany, and that is quite improbable then one corporation would have con? trol of three avenues connecting th* city for a period of fifty years. That would be unjuBt. Of course, I use this as an illustration, for I haven't th.? slightest idea that such a thine: will occur, but It is well for us to alwav? f the Citl onflned to >n account -A GRANDE DUOTTESSE AT SEA La Grande Duchesse, the elegai Plant Eine steamer, which " had a new set of boilers Pill in shipyard yesterday morning ick and went to sea to test her fooil and machtnei# . generally. Tin? iel was tnken about thirty mile* outside the capes and did not return to the yard until 4 o'clock in the after? noon. Her boilers worked satisfacto? rily, as did her machinery, but her full speed capacity was not developed, as there are some changes yet to be made MAY BTTY THE ST. MARNOi'K. Naval Constructor J. J. Woodward ami Mr. Reariek yesierday inspected the German steamship St. Marnoek, now lying al the wharf, with a view of recommending to the Navy Department that the vessel be purchased for use as a transport. The St. Marnoek has been a regular trader at this port for sum* time, carrying general cargoes to Ant? werp and Liverpool. She was char? tered by the United States Shipping Company, and Is owned bv Rankin &? Gllmore. The St. Marnock's net reg? ister is 1.075 tons. ANOTHER FLYING SQUADRON. Captain Crown inshleld. chief of the bureau of navigation. Is here looking over ships and batteries and in con? sultation with captains. U is believ? ed that he Is considering the advisa? bility of sending a flying squadron to Spain. From whalris known of the preparatons on the ships the proposed enterprise' is different from anv hereto? fore planned. The cruisers will leave Hampton Roads separately. Nothing known of their whereabouts or until they suddenly ap ?paiiish ship at erick=burg. B ykln in fouling fall; that he saw Eastman and Crawford fall; that be saw a board strike Eastman on the stomach; that Eastman was the boss bricklayer, at least that was witness' inference, and that be saw Eastman cautioning men about nailing up putlocks. JR. MOOORE. The next witness was J. R. Moore, a well known character about town, pop? ularly known as "Jumbo ' who stated that he was a carpenter by trade; that he saw Waller Eastman ami others building the scaffolding, and that Mr. Eastman seemed to be superintending W AFTERNOON SESSION. The afternoon session opened with "Jumbo" Moore on the stand Attor? ney R G. Bickford conducted tne cross-examination. Among other things witness stated that be was a tenant of Mr. Finch: that he was born in Ohes-, terfield county, this State; that he was a. carpenter bv trade: that he served In the Confederate army and afterwards joined the Federal army, enlisted in 18K7- that he was an inmate of the Soldiers' Home, but ' ft there without permission; that he was in the Confed? erate army six months. enlisting In 1862. Returning to the scaffold Mi Bickford'asked the witness if he had heard Mr. Eastman say or seen him do anything on the scaffolding and wit? ness replied lie had not. G. E. CONNELL. Mr. G E. Connell. architect, was called by the defense and stated that he had casual supervision over the building: that he gave instructions to Mr Walter Eastman, as he looked upon him as having charge of the brick work, though he bad no knowl edge that Mr. Eastman was superin? tending the work; that bricklayers got prices ranging from $3.50 to $6 a day that he could not tell who had genera supervision of the building, as it was so mixed up. but he (witness) got his instructions from Mr. Finch and he supposed he (Finch) had charge of the WOrk' GEORGE H. EVANS. Mr George H. Evans, a contraetor. was sworn and testified that he had lived in this city since 1881: that it was the custom of the "general foreman or leading bricklayer to take a number of hands and build the scaffolding;" thai In the absence of a contract the owner of a building never had anvtblng to do with the erection of a scaffolding; that he knew nothing about day work, as he was a contraetor. M. J. WILSON (COLORED) M. J. Wilson, who said "I works fei a libbin' " testified that, he did not work on the Finch building, but he was "right dar at it. cleaning up and doing odd jobs;" that on the day of the acci? dent he saw two white men and two colored men working on tfie scaffold Ing- "that the colored men were hand lag up boards to the white men; ana W. !!. Vest, cashiei z.-ns and Marine Bank, i his home mi West avenu .f sickm ss. Miss Lucy Cole, of !? r is the giast of .Mrs. G. East End. - Rev M. S. Colonna, Jr.. pastor of Chestnut Avenue Methodist church preached a special sermon to the local order of Red Men Sunday night. The First Baptist and First Presby? terian Sunday schools will hold a Joint uicnic at Williamsburg today, leaving here at 9 o'clock this morn? ing and returning in the evening at 6 o'clock. Captain P. Thornton Marye. com? mander of the Huntington Rifles, has ! been appointed a member of the gene ral court martial by brigadier general the third brigade, second division, seventh army corps corps. William Green, a Rocketts black smith, was arrested Sunday foi at tempting to kill a companion with whom he had some words. The case will come up in the Police Court this "a'' colored man by the name of Peter Walker accidentally chopped his left hand with a hatchet Sunday evening hile cutting wood in a yard on l wen -sixth street and sustained a serious and painful injury. He was attended bv Dr. Aylett. u?? ? Mr J L. Goodman, who lives o Twenty-third street, near Chestnut av enue, fell from his bicycle last nigh near Twenty-sixth street and Orcutt avenue, while going to call on a friend and dislocated the second joint in the thumb of his right hand, the bone pushing through the skin. Mr. Good nan is a carpenter and works for Mr. E W. Johnson. Dr. J. R. Bagby ren? dered the medical assistance. Advices received from Camp Cuba Libre at Jacksonville. Fla., state that Private Robert Eggleston, of the Hunti? ngton Rifles, is critically ill with a? ndleitis, with chances of recovery against him. Private Eggleston left this city with the company. W P Redcross. a well known col ?ed' man. has been appointed clerk of the postal sub-station which will be established in Rocketts JuVv 1. His office will be at No. 2004 Jefferson av ?Mr J Armitt, an emnlovee of the shipyard, has on exhibition In one of the show windows of M. H. Lash's fur be on our guard rum, Aiicuu? ...... .... ?- . much if an exclusive franchise would b CluUrman Hughes and the other members of the conuuitttee said the, did not wish to "freeze out the new company by putting hardships on it. They wanted to be fair and yet the city had to be protected. The gentle? men composing the company lad hown a willingness to invest in U"? jtty and they thought they should b? eTher?ommittee. after considering th? matter, decided not to recommend th? granting of an exclusive franchise. bu? fhe question that puzzled the member, was how the city would be compens? .ed for the use of the bridges. T*b. matter was discussed for Finally it was agreed not to accept any money from the company as i? contribution toward constructing tno v aducts, but to charge an? rental for the use of the bridges. Th?. wtv will lay the tracks on the vladucto land fo" the first five years will char?? the comnanv $250 for the privilege or ' crossmg Wbrlges and for the succeed? ing five years a dental of $?001 lor eacn ?rossing will be charged. Aftei th.it the company will be required to pg the cltv two per cent of its eainin,?. thesuch amount as may be agreed_ upon by the company and the Common CAfnter' the ordinance committee ad Journed a special meeting of the MW c?i*M^ U e Sneer who devised the system o "ew-erage for the city, was closed. At meeting it was learned that th* vmk on the system would be coro woikon iue ? Hona.il * menced in a few u.i\-. . Sons, the contractors have ship ed sev eral carloads of piping to this citj. ana It should arrive in a few- days. a^eg??n^etgd^ credit This means that the city has $143175 ready to expend for public im ^"vili be some delay In starting the work on the new high school biuld^ ml Dr W. F. Cooper, president of ?B?aVd of Trustees. .^'-1 yesterday rUch^t^ Ute board to select a^^,'1^ h". it |S probable that none of M. Finch^ land will be purchased, as tne mem hers of the board favor the ^?<? of the land offered by Mr. Collis r Huntincton. will 1 destination pear one at a time, off coast. The appearance of one a time will set the Spaniards guess? ing. The Minneapolis Is preparing for a long cruise. Her engines are receiving special attention and the men are drilled continuously. The Minneapolis" will be the first to s'lTions there and enlisted In Liiiele" Sam's service aboard the. Yale and Harvard. , . , ... Among those who have signed with the Yale are J. H. B. Median. R. M< - Clellan J. K. Braselhnm. third assist? ant engineers, and F. E. Clarke, fourth assistant engineer. Those on the Har? vard are John McDonald, third assist? ant engineer, and John McGregor, fourth assistant engineer ??.__ ROCK TO BE EXAMINED. Assistant Naval Constructor George H Rork, who is now on duty at the shipyard under Constructor Woodward, will "foe examined for promotion to Nav? al Constructor. naval board of examination has n appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, and Constructor Stahl, of the Norfolk Navy Yard, has been desig? nated as its president. Constructor Stahl has arrived In the ' >- WILL ARRIVE TODAY. The protected cruiser Columbi: ri-lve here this morning from Annexation!*!, Delighted al tl. ItcNuIi. Which Show? Th,,, ,,? Will so,,,, Kern. fuelc sam-H iJomaln. lb-el ?h Inland wins- TeIt'graph.) k ' Ju"e -0- La? the Senate of tp,? question egun t l|Ul annexation wa At the mi tin ver 't Ha in opi.cuts Win mitt iiexatinn quite utiex! mt by preventing a ye; un taking up the ?Mr. Davis, ehainnun on ti olutio I h relutl ' Viei thai mi b annouiici lie resolut No obje,, d the 1-eHl.llll I A minute ,,r | 'f Maine, demand . the request "'tis. .M,-. White ll.v mad -1? ?Petting or today of Uly scored a i and miy resolutions, of the coin called up 'sident. as nil ubjec oubl be i Ing enter hit. tal poinl dead Ishi'io vot, dy lief. that tin was sustained, opponents or an y phased at p, uiglh. but at 4: id, be re the r Mi. eas and up Iht California, order that nut foe |u, (1 lutlons e I), til. cation were de? eming u show Si 'ii r: Mr. White afforded "the frUmds Tan ne.satlon the opportunity thev had he-, "waiting ?,. ,???.,, to ^ ^ tie v.'as '?' el" ' naV,S ,5t'mande,J ?ote upon which strength between tin lonents of annexatlot o in. The , l'b<* motion, vas a test o friends ami or? was declslv 44 reeeedlngs of the day Indicate rarly that there Is t., be no .lebate pon tin- Hawaiian question In the or snary acceptam.r that term. It is l,.lr' Purpose of (he friends of an exatton to consume time in making Iiceches. Relieving that the Senate as already, in executive session, thor Ughly discussed the question, they 'ill permit the opponents of the pro~ !><-t to occupy nil the time. This plan r campaign is not satisfactory to thr? iller and during the session todav con iderable bitterness was manifested at The speakers todav wer-? Messrs. Merrill, the venerable Senator from /. rmont. and one of the Republican 'Pponents of annexation, and Mr. Ba ?on. of Georgia. Mr. Merrill covered h" question, while Mr. Bacon discussed he power of Congress to annex ter .Itory by legislative act! Ing that such annexation Th 3igned) "WATSON.' prisoners referred to are Hobson .I his companions. HANSOM St'GGESTED. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, JUNE 20.? Mr. f. W. Ramsdell, the British consul at Santiago de Cuba, who is acting for the United States In the negotiations with the Spaniards for the exchange of Lieutenant Hobson and his comrades of the Merrimac expedition, has sug? gested t,, the officials at Washington ?ven a ransom might be paid to ? the prompt release of the Amer prisoners. That idea was un? expressed in the cable dis through the co but In what that doubtedly patches which pa. lonlal authorities here form Is not clear. ATTENTION DUE! _. B Public Intensely Interested! in Three Subjects. .-: SPANISH CRUELTY AGAli - i Oeueral Ulaneo-. K?ru.al to Exchange H?*:| ?on and ut, t ellow Prl?oner? Arouses ?M IudlKUHt|ou. Have the Troop, Arrived at Sautlago? 110 BSO N SR E W A RD. WASHINGTON. June 20 ?Lieutenant ohson. the hero ,,f the Merrimac. will transferred from the construction .rps to the line of the navy and rais I to the grade of lieutenant coin on.lor. probably this week. This uc flnitely decided upon by the lay. and legislation lotion will b,_. pressed " 1 1' : H had been proposed s personal expression o the ifn,'. u-"'-- ''"tween the transfer urps. when suited. Th luiini ing tIii houses. Hobson's s eh. dee between the promotion within ... fin ure advancement is ,-ive substantial urther delay, sa hirlly, which Is ! action, maintain- o . , -""""?" " ='<- ?men un Doara on I t atlon was unconstl- paturday last rrom an auxiliary gun- , f"& Verv'sm"of I ?" ' "Wln.'^Sh.lW? ?'?Vfi<a^W.'?OI which "iivv oivtjJ y.r^^ii^-'VA^ - "! win rk. Small Fire Last Night Fire broke out shortly afte this morning in a small stable m the ir of the house occupied by M Saunders on the beach at the I Thirty-second street. An alarm turned in at box :i? and the prompt espouse of the firemen prevented a dt strous conflagration, as all of t houses in the surrounding neighbo were threatened witli destruction itable was destroyed, entailin loss amounting to probably $50. NoOrund .lury Yet. A special grand Jury lias not 1 summoned to consider the cases agalnsi L M Sturgis. attorney at law. who i? now confined in the city jail. 11 is not likely that the case against the law yer will be taken up till after the East man-Finch damage suit is disposed of Sturgis' btiil has been reduced b> Jus ice Brown from $5.000 to $1.000, but its et Sturgis has been unable to set? ondsmen. An effort has been in o get ten men to go on the bond, c ssuming responsibility for $100 of th imount._ Hrittliof All I.iraut Mabel Olive, the younges ? Mr. and Mrs. G. 11. Losi side at No. S704 Lafayette avenue ???< >. ,'rdav afternoon. The funeral wilt take place from the residence this ut rnoon at ?. o'clock. BATTERY A WINS. Soldier* Have a Walkover in ? Oawe or Ball With a Local Teaui In the game of ball played at East End Park yesterday afternoon between the baseball club of Battery A and a local scrub nine the former won by a SToer0theVr0st11two Innings it looked as If the Ideals would have a walkover with the gunners, for up to that ttrm datighte cw w indows of M/T J;as^nrur: They had failed to send store, the model of a ship he jney ? after th recently designed. The model is seven ind a half feet long, eight and a quar? ter inches deep and has a beam of nine find a quarter inches. Mr. Ar? mitt will submit hi* design to the American Line. His ship is to "be 10" feet longer than the largest vessel now afloat. Killed on the Rail. ,neyn.bber. but after that the soldiers warmed up and poundbd the bull all over the lot. Sergeant Crowbars umpired the game. There was a small attendance. Following is the score by Innings: ? ? _1t| Battery A.0 0 2 4 ?. 8 2 x-19 v??,?nrt News. . . .2 0 1 X 2 0 3 0?11 N?attertes-Large and Welling: Lip scomb and Crump and Harrison. ice cream freezers 2 to10 quarts. Ice water coolers 2 to 8 gallons. Prices right. Adams' Racket Stare. ma-S0-tf_ New line of Pictures. Photo Frame Wall Pockets and Ornaments at Dan Washington (colored). aged ibout 21. was struck by an encne on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad near P.right's crossing early Sundav morn? ing sustaining inluries from which he died at Dlvle Hospital that evening at I ^i^r^^Ki|V"'iiiya-? R,ndr,;;knt W?i^tSr ?sssk His bods ?xT horribly lacerated. leupplies. Adams' Racket Store. tf. , :.: - ' , - i ' . " Will Iti'l <>" tl,e Warslilpt. \ corps of men are at work at the shipyard prepsning estimates on the wa?s which tb- Navy Depart.nen will let out by contract . *M next, .t is understood that the c n .. - ny will bid on all the vessels and . It is probable that soint of the ships wm built in Newport News. _ 1 "rescript ion?. In order that the desired results may be obtained, much depends upon tin. purity of the drugs and the care an. accuracy with which they are dis ?used Our facilities for filling pre riptions are unsurpassed our pre ription department is said to foe on ? the largest and best arranged in Virginia. The absolute privacy ol tbs important branch of our business in? sures the druggist against interrup? tions during bis work. We consider our reputation al stake n every prescription we fill, and mak? ing this work our specialty, we respecl fullv solicit your patronage. '? ?.!'?'' F. ALLEN & CO., Druggists. J-10--1 order. Big run on paints; try me. How . Wr?y. come and Get my prices. A\ . 11 K HOLT. Twenty-seventh street and Roanoke avenue. - Jun-lG-t Put a man in our $!0.uo suit and h will have a U:. Woodward &. Wombli intaln Slleh a n n,-v :i i t, m nou , , ., .t.uJ ior'?i-. the annexation of v, but it. is one utter revolution or the practice ol" our government and of the obligations the government lays upon the people. "The proposition which 1 intend to discuss is that a measure which pro? vides for the annexation of territory is necessarily and essentially the sufo lect matter of a treaty and the assump f the House thai the Senate will upon it in ibis way is without tnlional ground." Teller spoke briefly on the pnr ntary situation. He assertea hat no sluiator had the right to farm nit the time of the Senate, saying tnai the consent of no Senator making a fo was necessary for interrupems him when that Senator has taken ma As for himself he was prepared now to vote for the Hawaiian annex m resolution, but lie recognized tue lit of all to be heard on tne suhjee I he pleaded lor a proper regard ro; ? amenities ol' the Senate in conHider r the question. ,1r. Bacon then addressed himself to ? legal and constitutional questiono the issue. He contended that trie nt resolution now before the Sen ? was n direct blow at a prerogative I lie- Senate, in that the only proper thod of annexing foreign territory s by means or treaty. He urged tne Importance ot maintaining the consti? tutional method or so important an un? dertaking, lu this connection he aep suggestion that the Pres? ident could seize the Uewaitan Islands without die concurrence of the ben The President would have no right to thus seize Hawaii than he would have fo seize Jamaica. Still inch a seizure would be as legal as mid annexation by joint resolution. \\y. Bacon contended that a statute one country could not be made on at.u-y upon another country: hence the necessity of a treaty in annexation .(?codings, as a treaty only can bind h countries. 'he effort in the present proceedings k to make a treaty by statute and this, he con ten detl. was irregular, maintained that inasmuch as the tiexntion of Hawaii could be accom? plished only by the consent of the tw governments it was necessarily a cor ?nmmation to be attained only by i.rentv. The legislative action of the i United Slates alone would not be suftl- | dent legal an.fconstitutional authority! (or annexation, in th.- course of his remarks Mr. Pa? wns frequently interrupted by tors with questions bearing upon onstitutlonnl point he was ar? guing. , ? In concluding his speech Mr. Bacon Mid that if the Senate passed th* lending resolution Congress would eri er upon a revolution which would ??IIsn the flag of the United States ovet ? country whose people were entirely Htid essentially different from our own ?leople. a revolution, too. in which the Senate, because the majority has tie -.lower, would surrender its treaty making power. . . The Senate, al 5:35 P. M. went mt executive session and at 5:45 P. M. til '^Vott's'r of REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON. June 20.?The House ?odav passed the general deficiency Wl arrvin" $224 000 00ft The foil' oc ioncd little debate and it passed pr 1?. committee on approprial.li he committtee on appropriate The conference report upon the District ,f Colombia appropriation bill, as we.I is a. number of other enf-r. ..arts upon legislation affecting (he Dsn ?riet or Columbia, were disposed of, mil consideration was then given ?he conference report nr.? the bdl to ipen to settlement the Indian territory ,'llnt binds therein and provide f..r th /roteetion of the people. Without any Idole the report was adopt Vfter the passage of the general (!? ??.cV. uev bill the House at 5:35 P. M. ad loiirned. final decision today to ngnltlon without lor legislation au be Immediately formal refusal or nge by the Spanish government, -he matter was taken up by bith tne ! resident and Secretary Long, and It vas announced privately that the ad nlnlstration is anxious for Immediate egislallon to permit the President to o t und that promotion to the full er? eilt authorized would Immediately fol ow. This determination was reached (Her a short Informal consultation an Hie Spanish attitude as to the ex ange of prisoners and the likelihood it there would be no early release ot ? gallant lieutenant and his crew. ALL QUIET AT HAVANA. No Vessels With Supplies Have Run the Blockade. (By Telegraph.) KEY WEST. FLA., June 20.?S:14 P M.- A vessel arrived here from the blockade this morning and reported all quiet along the line. She brought an ? liner ot the Cuban army and a pilot who are carrying important dispatches to S. nor Estrada Palma, of the Cuban lunta. from General Alexandro Rodri? guez, the insurgent commander of Ha? vana province. The Cubans wer Sa turda taken on board WASHINGTON. June 20.?Public m*M even,? betw ??vId?fe etenij between three subjects: Tb* movements of General Shafter's army!* the probability of reinforcements hav-'i; mg reached Dewey and the status otS Hobson, the naval hero. Up to a. latll nour In the afternoon neither of tS?M anxiously awaited messages whlcft>< were to announce the arrival of ??m transports at Santiago and Manila hatf? er the War or Navy De- : It wa-s not doubted, how? ever, that our vessels are oft Santiago.';* Nor Is it doubted that Just about th?S: tun,- hhafter appeared off Santiago aggB v hat-lesion appeared In Manila Bay, leading the three transports whlc&Sg bring nearly 3,000 soldiers to Dewey'aM assistance. That fact will not W?N known, however, officially for two orSN three days, owing to the distance framH there to Hong Kontr the noo^o? c i ??? uuck mm JSJewey wlli' Justified in assaulting Manila purtinents ------ . ,". "i tne aistance rrom^i there to Hong Kong, the nearest cabiftV? point. It is questioned here whether-' with this force to back him Dewey will feel Justified in assaulting Manila or" even in accepting its surrender. Either 9 course would involve heavy responsibil-"M Hies for the admiral and it is extreme-'""!* ly desirable that no pretext be afforded 5i Jealous European powers for Interven tion at Manila under the guise of pro? tecting the interests of their ouht ...... <i. iuoiiiiu uimer tue guise or pro- , . teetlng the interests of their subjecta. ? Therefore it may be that the admiral ? will wait for another ten days until the second instalment of troops reaches'*^ Cavite. In this case he probably will a small boat and rowed out to sea in the hope of coming across an American vessel. Thev were three days in the -.oat before they were picked up. The messengers class as false Ib.- report that vessels have succeeded in entering Havana with supplies. They assert that since the blockade began only three small ?"isliin" vessels have entered the har bor and that no food whatever Is re? ceived from Clentuegbs. The Cubans confirm the reports that work on the defense of Havana is pro? ceeding steadily. The lines of torpe? does extend across the mouth of the harbor' which is said to be further pro tectod bv two automobile torpedoes, one on each side, dischargable by pressing a button. , . The Spanish vessels in Havana har bor are the Conde de Venadito. Nueva F.snnn.n Vicente Vanez Pinzon and Al ,nso XII the last named being used : a hospital ship. No other gunboats - converted tugs are In the port An auxiliary gunboat off Cardenas as be.-n visited by a Cuban officer ?om the shore, which reported that lace to be effectively besieged bv the isurgenls on land and by the warships n front, lie made the statement that wo weeks time the whole popula of Cardenas will be starving. He rlbed lb" people as living on palm buds and dog meat, which, .he claimed, considered a delicacy. The Cubans also report that lard Is Hing at 50 cents, rice at 20. beans at and meat at 75 cents per pound and 1 -ire scarce, and thev say that all u-ses of orivnte families, stores arid verv stables have been confiscated by order or General Araoloes. the military governor of Havana, for use of troops ' There i? bardlv any traffic In the *!reels of Havana, and groups of more (hin two persons are not allowed to loiter on street corners. The street ,-ailwav company. whose cars are drawn'bv horses, are obliged to run a ear cverv hour instead of every five minutes as heretofore, as the horses of (he company have been taken by gnvornrnen^. f om Guanabacoa Paula Vivora and Managua to Puerto de T.e Cherrera. thickly studdied with rorts find round houses, protects the ?PProaebes to Havana. The new bat? es which have been built Just east Morro Castle, are known as No. 1 and No. 4. Hie latter being closest to . 4 has three Orclonex 11-inch guns mounted, and No. 1 has one gun mounted and two guns ready to be ed in position of the same cal-bte. other new batteries have been itructed op either side of the mouth of the river Almendarez. west of Santa ?lam and the Relna batteries are also royided with heavy ordnance, it is also reported that there are .t (in armed Cubans in Havana provinc iltted against 50.000 well equipped irdf The health of the Cubnns In Havana rnvince !?< excellent. Their camp i" tnnted nt V.epea. Tfoe vessel which arrived todav ha been patrolling a regular beat off th ?tibnn const "lust Hke a policeman. ?1,,.- back md forth during the day ..d nie-ht. Sometimes she saw Spn ?li troons "loving about, but. on t i-nole the blockade was uneventful The'tue M. Moran arrived this mn--ri ncr from Pr.vresso She foojoncs to th V'ird Line nnd reports that the rumor n'tlm effect that cargoes are leaving b-ogret-o for the Tdo or Pines is untrue tut she admits that schooners arriv here with Cubans aboard. land the troops that arrive in the towh of Cavite. which is now completely un- ^ der the control of himself and the in- " surgents, and employ the time in ac customlng them to Manila methods aud : climate. During t he day dispatches announc- V i Ing that Captain General Blanco had refused to exchange Hobson and hla rellow prisoners created some Indigna*' tlon, which was modified later by Mad- i rid advices quoting Sagasta as saying no decision hud been reached. Should | Spain adopt the cruel and unusual ? course of refusing an exchange the reg- ?| ulatlons of the War Department are sufficient to meet the case. The follow? ing principle Is laid down in It3 regula-: tions: Retaliation will never be resorted to. \ as a measure of mere revenge, but onlyi* as a measure of protective retribution,?,; caut ?i-??^ mi,fr -/?s further a.,to s^^ ani igatlng rules o\d' _ rapid strides leads them to tne inter-, neclne wars of savages. ' ;-"iS It was pointed out today by a lead? ing officer of the army that the Spanish had most to lose by a course of cruelty whi. h would call for retaliation, as the number of Spanish prisoners is far { greater than that of American prison There was a wholesale christening at; the Navy Department today, when Sec- ,;;r retary Long supplied names for no less ? than thirty-five war craft. All of these were provided for in the last naval ap? propriation bill and while contracts for their construction have not yet been, let the advertisements have been Issued.. .. except in the case of the monitors and|g all the boats wll lbe under way before cold weather. First in the list of thee big battleships is the Maine, for Con-;, gi-ess had provided that that names shall be continued in the naval ltefc.. The other two big battleships will be. called the Missouri and the Ohio. The, first of the torpedo boats bears thev name of brave young Ensign Bagley. who was killed on the deck of tha. Winsluw under the guns of Cardenas, the first American naval officer to lose his life In the war. Four states have the privilege of giving names to tha monttors. Arkansas. Connecticut Flop* td i and Wyoming. The names given--to^ the sixteen torpedo boat destroyers ara those of America's famous naval he-yi roes. Bainbridge. Barry. Chauncey^ Dale. Decatur. Hopkins. Hull. ^aw-J rent e MacDonough. Paul Jonea, PgggKL Preble Stewart. Truxton. Whipple undy Worden The names applied to the tor-: .,, pedo boats are those or lesser fame but,^ still of glorious memory. Beside Ba?-,. fey there are: Barney. Biddle.Blakely. - De Long. Nicholson. O'Brien, Shubrlck. Stockton. Thornton. Tingey and Wl<te?. There is now only one vessel, either^, building or authorized, left without mime' a gunboat officially known a^ NWoni went around the War Depart-J meiit this afternoon that the Cadiz fleet,, bad made another spectacular *PmM anee. this time returning to the hom? oort The source of information Is no* ?Hcl'osed so that it is impossible to tell-..; now much credence to attach to tJ?jc*~g ?ort. Ttie Navy Department w*| promptly informed of the receipt of the| mei^?? of troop movements continup to emanate from Camp Alger. ThtSy, time it stated on what, appears to b*& better authority than usual that one,* b?composed ot the three (ectly equipped regiments I h st , Island and Sixth and Ninth Massaciiu^ Let" are to be sent from this camp||| lanliago. The Sixth III nois^ ?*fM .ihln Third and Sixty-fift h rMew i T>i,To ond the quartermaster in csue-,, ?t the corps is supposed to be arrang^ Ing for the transportation of thej^ ^ that the rumor? arej more or less speculative. lave von valued photos ? TTe-p ,.,? framed at ADAMS' RACK FT j STORE. w-3-tI ?PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS WASHINGTON. June 20.?The Vre?! lent today sent these nominations to the Senate: _ _ Postmasters, Virginia?John T. Da venport, Gordonsvllle. Volunteer army, to be additional pay master?S. Heth Tyler. Virginia. To tie assistant quartermasters, wnn rank of captain?William L- Cowling lrtnd Edward B. Harrison, of Virginia. SPANISH AIM IMPROVING -^/wK4TyFlleSJ-V20.-Another; ,'iockad.ng ?ciuadron and H^???K ? ieved that such accurate an ^ fL^XTe^oie! UangeroaJ :' 12 /? one of' the American waraMpflg ?g ancolumneof water and smoK* over one hundred feet high. _ Your socks aren't worth a darnb joj ran buv a new pair at Woodward.&s . vVomble's for 10c. . : :V:f.--:AS