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NEWS FROM S?FFLK AND OTHER PARTS OF VTR?tM?~ DUR SUFFOLK LETTER. All the Latest News Told in Small Space. Additional Enumerators Appointed for This District ?A Lucky Merchant? Great Frospecta for Smith field? Aged Negress Adjudged Insane ? Personal Mention. (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) Suffolk, Va., May 30.?Supervisor of the Census Henning ?1. Smith to-day announced the following additional ap? pointments and changes among enume? rators in this district: Eugene Hart, Soldiers' Home, Dis? trict No. 8. Thomas G. Etfaxn, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Inctitutc. Elam was recommended by the businesn agent of the school. He receives a special com? mission for taking school census in ad? dition to his district. No. 9. NORFOLK CITY CHANGES. These changes have been ordered in the city of Norfolk: H. J. Stmmonn, vfee Bertram Cousins, District No. 91; James/E. Henley, vice John H. Tierney, District No. 87; W. W. Jackson, vice L. D. Putnam, District No. 106; George W. Reid. vice "Walter D. Steploe, District No. 101. Though theTe may he a few other changes, the lists which have been pre? viously published in the Virginian-Pi? lot contain the names of the persons ?who will take names in the Second Dis? trict. The enumerators will begin work iFrtday. FIVE AND COSTS. J. Frank Joyncr, a Nansemond coun? ty merchant, charged with selling {roods which had been levied on, gets off easily. Justices Eley and Baker this morning put on a fine of $5 and costs, and let the defendant go. The charge in the warrant meant felony, but It wie not proven that the amount of goods actually removed was over $50. Mr. Everett appeared as counsel for the prisoner and Mr. Burges was on the other side, though the defendant or his friends had the sympathies of a***. A motion to quash the warrant was overruled. There were conferences omong lawyers and the prisoner's friends, whose result was the minimum fine for the offence. FINE HORSE SOLD. Mr. Nat G. Norflcet this afternoon sold his 4-year-old roan mare to Post? master Ben P. Gay. of Smithlleld. for $375. She Is a Kentucky horse, stylish i nnd with promises of speed. GOOD THINGS FOR SM ITH FIELD. Some big changes In the municipal existence of Smithlleld are being pr.i "posed. Plans, still embryonic, but with rosy prospects of germination, ore be? ing made, and before another year some 'big changes may be done. Three schemes are being considered simultaneously?water-works, Ice plant and electric lights. The principal pro? moter Is Postmaster Ben P. Gay. Mr. Gay has 'bought an option of Lake Chapman, a milleand a half from town. Xt 1s a good body of water by perennial springs. Van Hite Smith, of Tennessee, Is now making a survey of the town to learn the coat of the water-works. Figures are 'being made concerning the operation of a power house for ice and electric lirhts. If matters movn smoothly 1t is pro? posed to organize a stock company with $25,000 capital. Smithlleld business men n.ro In syinrpathy with the movement, and a Richmond firm wants to get in. FOUND TO BE CRAZY. Judith Miltcer, colored, aged about 75 years, of unsound mind and a pauper, had a homing this afternoon on the charge of insanity. Th.nt is. they meant to givo her an examination, but the old woman's condition was too patent, nnd She was locked up 'to bide a time of admission Into a State hospital. She is the wife of Demr>sey Mllteer. The commission of lunacy was composed of Justlee Eley an d Dre. Rlddlck and Rawls. Superintendent Holland, of the coun? ty almshouse, under whose care the pa? tient was for a week, says she was hard to handle without facilities. DECORATION DAT. National Memorial Pay was celebrat? ed by a parade of colored G. A. R. Vet? erans, headed by a brass band. They marched through some of the princi? pal streets and visited the cemetery. There was more street music tonight. The Postoffice was closed except for an hour and a half. The banks kept open. THE MAN HUNT. There is much Interest in the man hunt scheduled for Thursday. It will probably come off on tinu Telegrnms asking about It have come from north? ern papers. PERSONAL NOTF.S. M. C. B. Leet left today for Washing? ton. D. C Mrs. W. G. Elam, who bad been visit? ing her mother. Mit?. Sarah <'. Holland in the county, returned home today ac? companied by the latter. Miss Bessie Norlleet returned today from a vistt to Norfolk friends. Read now ads of John Lotzia and box 73 Concluding a visit to Mrs. John B. Pinne, Misses Grant and Tanner have returned to their homes in Richmond. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hays Always Bought Bignatur? of F SUFFOLK ADVERTISEMENTS j, OR~PROM PT~a"nD~SAT IS fa CTOPY _j settlements, place your Insurance of nil kinds with WOODWARD & elam, SuffolK. Va. my2-tf EN DAYS SPECIALTY?JOHN F. LOTZIA, JR., offers at a low prlco engraved cards, monogrnm paper, recep? tion cards and invitations. Cards with plate, $1.15 to $2 a 100. Flrst-cluss work guaranteed._ _my31-3t WANTED?ADDRESS OF OWNER of male gray hound-dog for breed Ing purpose-* for immediate use. Address Wi7N fiu??lk. Va, my31-St HAMPTON. The Pythian Bazaar is Proving a Success in Aii Respects. The Ladles TTho Are at the Booths?New J. O. V. A. W. Council to be Instituted To-night?Colored Crabber Drowned Fhoebus Post Ofllco Ilobbers Have Not Tot Been Captured. (Special to The Vlrglnlan-Pilot) Hampton, Va., May 30.?The Pythian Bazaar continues to be the big attraction of this flection, and crowds throng the now Pythian Castle nightly. The beautiful booths are pre? sided over by the following prominent ladles: Lunch?'Mrs. Mugler, Mrs. Parker, Miss Kittie Hope and Miss Mattie Beal. Jced Delicacies?Misses Ida Rees and Ruth Dexter. Cream and Strawberries?'Mrs. F. C. Rees, Misses Mattie Richter and Carrie Deal. "What Not"?JMesdames V. P. Holt and T. J. Hasklns. Cuke?Mcsdames T. R, Burbanks and W. L. Ellington. Pee Cream and Cake?Mrs. George M. Richter, Misses Addle Richter, Annie Munden and 2en.t Wallace. Cigars?Mrs. Frank Couch and Miss Sal lie Gartiett. Phonograph?CMr. Rohcrt Holt. With such a galaxy of beauty and energy combined the bazaar will go on record as the most successful event of this kind ever held in this section. NHW J. O. U. A. M. COUNCIL. The members of the newly organized lodge of Junior Order of United Amcrl- | can Mechanics are anticipating a pood time to-night, when Peninsttla Council, No. 125, will be instituted. Grand Or? ganizer Nicholson will be present and conduct the ceremonies contingent up? on the Institution of the new council. The lodge has rented quarters in the magnificently furnished Pythian Castle, and will hold <helr weekly meetings in this place. To-morrow night the work of Instituting the couivcll will begin at 8 o'clock. There are tihirty-niwo candi? dates for Initiation and a large num? ber of the members of the two councils from Newport News are expected to witness the ceremonies. COLORED CRABBER DROWNED. Benjamin Giles, an aged colored man, was drowned In Hampton Roads at an early hour Tuesday morning. Gates was employed by Mr. James McMlna men as a "craib'ber." Monday evening 1 he left home going out in the water in a small boat on one of bin journey*. Tuesday morning other fishermen found the vessel in which CJilcs had set sail lloatlng around In the roads Just off the wharf nt Old Point. It was being broken In two pieces. An Investigation soon proved that Giles had been drown? ed. His remains were recovered later on by a searching party, who dragged In the water In the neighborhood of ?which the boat had foundered. Giles was about CO years old and was a man well known among other watermen. He had been on the water most of hid life and on several occasions encoun? tered a very narrow escape for his Inc. He was known as an honest, upright colored man, and was liked by his em? ployer. The remains were taken to his home, from which the funeral services were held to-day. PHOEBUS POSTOFFrCE ROBBED. The police have not yet found the robbers who broke Into the Phoebus p?stoflice Monday night and stole about $20 worth of stamps. The robbery was commi t ted some time between 12 and 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, as everything appeared to be right when Postmaster Charles Welsh passed the olllce shortly after 12 o'clock returning from a sociable which he had attended. The robbers entered the building by smashing in the rear door. They ran? sacked the letter boxes and private mall and going to the stamp case, re? lieved It of the stamps which it con? tained. Just below this box were about $700 worth of stamps, but the intruders failed to molest them. When Postmaster Welsh went to th^ office Tuesday he discovered the rear door smashed in, and upon an Investi? gation It was found that the office had been robbed. DOCTOR RENNET SHOW. Dr. Bennet, well known In this sec? tion ns the Quaker Doctor, and who spent several mon-Uis at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Is here. He gives a free show nightly at Court-house square be? fore large crowds, and is selling much of his goods. SEWER WORK PROGllBSSES, The contractors who are pulling the sower system for Hampton now have three gangs of laborers at work, a gang of about twenty-five working from the bridge up Queen street toward Armlj tcad avenue; a gang on King strct:. working from Union street southward to Hampton wharf, and another gang of about twenty-five 13 at work on Armistead avenue. On Queen street water has been struck at several places, nocossltalng tho working of two or three hand pump?. The earth, also, is of such a nature nlong this route so far that heavy timber has to he driven down the sides of the trench in order to prevent ifhe ground caving In. This Is-'he same preat ditllculty that was experienced In Newport News when tho elaborate sewer system was in course of erection in that city. '*A Grand Romody," Says (Vir. Thornton. "I have been suffering with lnd'gestlon anil dvspep>la. I tried all the remedies as well ns several eminent physicians, with? out avail. I wn.s Induced to try Tyner'a Uyspepsla Remedy and the Hist do.se re? lieved me. it 's a grand remedy. I rec? ommend it as worthy of a trial by all who wish to he cured. A. E. THORNTON, Atlanta. Oa." M cents per bottle, at rll druggists, or sent for price, express ,Tild. by Tyner Dyspepsia Remedy Co., ti Mitchell street, A/lanta, Oa. Bend Flya Cents In stamps, to pay post? ag?, for ?ample* Frte? NEWPORT NEWS. The Sewer System Proven a Failure by Rains. Roglneer J'carso Hands In Ills Report Military Academy Commencement? Annapolis Seniors-An Ice Plant-Hun? tington KIQcs-Kntou Arrested. (Special to The Virginian. Pilot.) Newport News, May 30.?Dccoraitlon Day was spent very qu'.vttly. The city postoflice. the custom-house, hanks and the Government department of the ship yard all had holiday. , Some of 'the Union veterans went from hero to attend the excursion at the Soldiers' Home. BARBER'S DIFblOULTY SETTLED. Tho dillK'ulty between the Baibers' Un'ion and Mr. H. M. Pelitz lias been amicably settled. This morning Mr. Peitz paid the fine of $5 and ooc'is. which amounted In all to $8.4", winch had betn imp.-sed up-n luni by Jus-.Ice R?blnsOn for unlawfully d.splaying an union card in his socp. 'The union agreed that If Pe'itz would pay the line he s>lioiild agaiin bi recog? nized as a union bc?s barber and Ute sis mi l churned. His actii'ons this morning, of course, removes all fuinher dillieuky. GOSPEL SHIPS. Rev. Thomas J. MacKay and Rev. George E. Renn have parted on tire gospel yacht undertaking, which was launched hore some we-ks ago, and Mr. Max.-Kay is no longer shore superin? tendent or the Mis.-ion Yacht Associa? tion, of whKh Mr. Benn is president. Mr. Beim insisted on rais.ng $12,000 to buy a big sailing yacht, on which services could be held. Mr. Mac Kay tried to convince him 'that he could not raise the money here. Mir. MacKay -wanted 'to-secure a large -1auTrc-h~ and use it to transfer Christian workers and ships' crews from vessel to vessel. Mr. B< tin opposed the idtia, and went to Baltimore. As yet he has no gospel yacht, but Mr. MacKay has a trim lit? tle launch with which he expects to do some good work In this harbor, and he Is being supported by a number of prominent citizens. To-d'ay Mr. Ma rKay receipted 200 Bi? bles and 2vJ Testaments for dlitribut on in his work. The only condition is that ho musrt not give ahem away whet a the recipients are able to buy. The setter system I? a failure. This is admitted even of its most entihustastlc promoters. The unpleasant truth that the city paid out about $10,000 for asew er and has received no adequate return f..r the money, has alt hist been estab? lished, beyond a doubt, and the city's representatives realize It now. The convincing proof came with the last rain Engineer T. E. Hearse reports def.nlti ly 'that there was washed Into the sewer Band to the average depth of seven inches In the mains. How much there la in the laiterul sewers is not known. Mr. Pearse, on being asked, said that there way no guarantee that the next rain would not wash seven more Inches of sand imto the system. He said there was no us-j In continuing ?to spend money clean.tig owl a s.uer thai kept idling up every time iL rain? ed. Consulting Engineer Alexander Pot? ter tvqtftes to the Council and advises .-ii. nee until his Una] report; the result of 'ids Anal Inspection. There is a <-.?m pany, which, 'through friendship for the Hon-aRS, went on Iiis bond for $40,000. It is probable that any effort to collect the amount ot tM.s bond will be res st? eil. Something will doubtlelai bo done within the next few days to wind up tho uhule bus.n.ss. At o. special meeting of the Sewer Commutes last night it was recom? mended thait the olty enter into con? tract with the Old Dominion Ltand Company relative to the purchase by the l iiy of tho sewer owned in the north end by the Old Dominion Land Company. The eommfbtce w ill me.t again next Saturday. Johnson's Opera House was crowded last night with people who were there inent exercises of 'the .Newport News Military Academy. There were two graduates this year?Sidney Wieden hofft Curry and George FKzhugh Con-i way. Curry being captain and Ccnway] lieutenant in tho military department of the school. The exercises of the| evening were opened with a prayer by| the Rev. George W. VVray, pastor of Washington Avenue Methodist Church. The young ladies who have -taken a business course at this academy were lang d along the left sldi of the stage. They were Mistes Maryman B. Neil, Annie R.<.h. p. sale Hi gh s, Rosalie Herman, Anna Laura Travis and others. On the stage were seated many of the ministers of the city. Mayor Moss ami the profo=s..rs of the Mili? tary Academy. Colonel Huffman Nrst Introduced Mr. Sidney WIcdhenhoKt Curry, wJio gracefully delivered a salu? tatory address nnet-.-t college life. The next one to address the audience nUa the Rev. J. .1. Hall, . f Norfolk.who was initroducctl to the large assembly present u9 'the orator of the evening. Dr. ll.ill spoke principally of :he nd vnntag s of education, the unfontur.ate n sa Ign tranc . l.i ??? i . 1R being mainly dldatic in ei.ur.i t r. He spoke of char? acter and ropuaxntlon, declaring that chatacter was the noblest possess! n of man. Tbc duty of awarding the ?MptoiTKlsl lo the cadets watt next performed by R. V. J. J. Hall. TBIP OF CADETS. The senior class of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis will ar? rive here June 12 on the cadet practice shin New i'o. i and remain in port twelve days. During their stay the cadets will be given every opportunity to inspect illio engineering and machinery wor* ait ih>; PhJpyard, ami, with the aid of their lu? st itu-tons, who will como with them from Anrtapolls, and also of the naval ofllci rs stationed at the yard, they will be nfble to diraw valuable lessons In shipbuilding and cngJ.ne construction from what they observe while h. re. The New, nil, under Lieutenant Com? mander A. M. Knight, will leave An? napolis on the mornirg of June 11 for the annual summer cruise, arriving her* on 14m following day. The Newport will leave here rn the e\en'jng of June 24, and will go dir.clly t ? Uynnftiavcti Bay, where she will re? main uniUI the 29th, Sailing then for Newport, R. I., where the cadets will spend several days at the Naval War College and the Torpedo Station. 1-eav lng Newport July 6. eh* will reach. B03 SM TM mm This most aggravating and tormenting of all skin diseases is caused by an acid cc "ition of the blood, and unless relieved through certain instrumentalities too much of this acid poison reaches the skin and it becomes red and inflamed. The itching and .burning art., almost unbearable, especially when overheated from any cause. The skin seems on fire, sleep or rest U impossible, the despomte sufferer, regardless of consequences, scratches until strength is exhausted. This burning, itching humor appears sometimes in little pustules, discharging a sticky fluid, which forms crusts and scales. Again the skiti is dry, hard aud fissured, itches intensely, bleeds aud scabs over. This is a painful and stubborn form of the disease. While Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum and many like troubles are spoken of as diseases?*/ tke skin, they are really blood diseases, because ..... C THERE CAN BE NO EXTERNAL BRRBTATION WITHOUT AN INTERNAL CAUSE. . If the blood is in a pure, healthy condition, no poisonous elements can reach the skin. External applications of washes, lotions and salves sometimes mitigate the itching and soothe th? inflammation, but cannot reach the disease. Only S. S. S., the real blood medicine, can do this. S. S. fi., the only purely vegetable remedy known, is a safe and permanent cure for Eczema and all deep-seated blood and skin troubles. It goes direct to the seat of the disease, neutralizes the acids and cleanses the blood, rc-inforces and invigorates nil the organs, and thus clears the system of all impurities through the natural channels; the skin relieved, all inflammation subsides, and all signs of the disease disappear. Mr*. r,ef? M: Hoffmlu. of CardinRton. Ohio, says she was afflicted with Scrofulous sores nnd Eczema, from birth. Her face at times became so badly swollen that she was not recognizable, ami her limbs ami hands were very sore. She was treated bv all the doctors in town without beiug henefilled. and in her researches for relief, was told bv an old physician to talte S. S. S. She followed bis advice ml was promptly cured, and lias never had n return of ihe disease. This was seventeen years ago. She sincerely t>elirves =he would have been in her grove years ago but for S. S S., and adds, " what it has done for me it will do for others." Send for our book on Blood and Skin Diseases, and write our physicians fully about your case; they will cheerfully give any information or advice wonted. We make no charge for this. Address, Swltt Spoolflc C?., Atlanta. Oa, ton cm the following day. The cadets will spend live days, most of which will be put in alt the navy-yard. The other cablet practice ship, the Chesapeake, Lieutenant C mmander C. E. Calahan. will leave Annapolis June 11 with the Newport, but instead 'f coming here she will stop at Old 1'olnt until the ISth. TO BUILD AN ICE PLANT. A well-known lumber firm, it Is re? ported, cotu*mplaces building a large ice plant in the near, future for the pur? pose of supplying ships In the harbor, well as the local trajde. It Is understood that prepnrations are being made to begin work In the next week or two. and-that the plant will ?be built at Klondike, a small settlement below, the city. The plant, ft is reported, will be equipped with a liftv-tn irr> mnchin?, and will have oil modern improvements THE HUNTINGTON RIFLES. Strenuous efforts are being made In ?behalf of the organization of the Hunt? ington Rifles. Yesterday a committee went to Richmond and presented to Governor Tyler the monster petition that has 'been circulated. The commit? tee was as follows: Mayor Mo?s, Col. J. C. Paker and Mr. L. P. Stearnos. It -would have been a hard matter to have selected a stronger comjpittee for the purpose. ? The petition that "will be presented to Uta governor will urobably be the strongest that was ever sent In <)e halT of a similar organization, and rep? resents millions of dollars. Mayor Moss leads the "notation, and following his signature comes the names of all the council and every city nfllcinl In Xew liort Nows. The ?resident of every ?bank in the city, all of the officials of the C. & O.. each of the steamiship and transportation companies, the superin? tendent of the Newport News Ship? building nnd Drydock company, ami all of the judges sitting In Newport News are represented on the paper. In addi? tion to this all of the nromlnent citi? zens and hundreds of merchants and business men have signed the peti? tion. EATON UNDER ARREST. Joseph Ea'-on, who was Indicted by the grand jury Monday, May 21, upon the charge ol the murder of Captain Weed, was arrested Tuesday on the harge Fawn and nlaced In charge of Sheriff Milstead for trial. The present indications are that Eaton, will ibe given a speedy trial. TRAIN WRECKERS ARRESTED. Yesterday Joe, alias "Swelly," Law son, colored, who was arrested at Rich? mond Tuesday by Officers C. D. Duke and J. T. Enrlght, of the Chesapeake and Ohio service, was brought on here. Lawson Is wanted on the charge of de r.uling an engine In the Chesapeake and ('h.ii yards at Newport News, August 22. 1?99, by a misplaced swit'eh. Lawson has been under watch for some time, and was employed In this city. Tuesday he was located at the gypsy camp, nt the Fair Grounds, wthcre he was engaged In caring for the horses. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever 19 a bot'.le of OROVE'3 TASTELESS THIEL TONIC. The form ula Is plainly printed on each packaRe It Is simply Iron and Quinine In a tasteless form and Is compounded In correct pro? portions. The reason imitators do not ad? vertise their formula Is because they know you would not buy their medleino If you know Its Ingredients. Grove's s the original, and Is the only chill and fe? ver remedy sold throuR-hoot the entire malarial section of the Culled Stales. No cure, no pay. 1'rlce 50c. U- of Va. Eloctlon. (Special to The Vlrglnian-PIIot.) University <>f Virginia, May 30.? The low class held an election ifor 1000-1001 today with the following result: H. Dnlton blilerd, Rockmount, Va.. presi? dent; H. llunston Byrd, Wllliamsvllle, Va., vice president; William C. Monroe, Pcnsacora, Flau, seVrctaTy and treas? urer: Manton Davis, Maylleld, Ky., his? torian. FOR RED ROUGH HANDS FOR ITCHING PALMS FOR PAINFUL FINGER ENDS One NtoiiT Treatment. ? Soak the, bands thoroughly, oa retiring, In a noT lather of CitticukaSoap. Dry, and anoint freely with Cuticdra ointment, the great skin euro and purest of emollients. Wear old gloves during the Bight. For sore hands, Itching, burning palms aud painful Angar onds, this one night treatment is wonderful. Espeola'iy Mothers ?r?molttompst?nt to eppraelit* th? nmarkabl* cUudnc, ?urilrint;. ami emollient propurUti et CniNii ?oxr sad tolad mw um? t*r It tatty. 8*14UircaghODt tlit world, rams O. A*TtC.Cose rrej?., Ijiwa. "Hon to lUf? Beautiful Um<U," fr?o. WOMEN AT LGUGHRAN'3 FOR HOME COMFORT. Lowest Prices. Easy Terms. M?TTINGS. You will find the largest stock here to select from, including all the newest styles and patterns in cotton warp, J ?In Hess und Inserted varieties. Wo tacls all matting down FREE, which la ?mite an item. GO-C?RTS AMD CARRIAGES. If you need a good Carriage, call and look through my stock. Here you'll find every conceivable style of make, color of upholstering and price. Sold on easy terms. REFRIGERATORS AND ICE CHESTS. A look through our stock will satisfy you . that we are headquarters on these goods. We have all Sizes, styles und prices. Call and see the NEW EDDY, the greatest ice-saving Refrigerator on the market. Chamber Suits, Parlor Suits, Sideboards, etc., In treat variety. Price3 and terms given cheerfully. 8~ ?3$ rs Cover the Sea" j The Electric Light \ Is covering the Land with its nightly and daily radiance. ..v J placing .'.X>.?IB too. It Is acknowledged the very best light, and by the most Intelligent ns well as by the nio^t economical nn?l sensible Is permanently re all others. You'll liko it, too. \ i THE NORFOLK RAILWAY & LIGHT CO. 82-84 PLUME STREET. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A TRAIN LOAD OF FOR SPRING AND SUMMER USE. THIS HANDSOME NEW FURNITURE STOCK INCLUDES MATTINQ3, LACE CURTAINS, HARY CARRIAGES, CO-CARTS, REFRIGERATORS, GASO LINE STOVES, OIL. WOOD AND COAL RANGES, COMPLETE LINES OF, KITCHEN. DINING-ROOM, BED-ROOM AND PARLOR FURNITURE. REMEMBER. 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