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"Like glorious ^unsliine our prices fall,
Th:ir golden rays shed dollars for you all."
Our stock of Clothing must be
.sold, and when we say must he
sold 'tis no i tie talk --no adver?
tising catch-phrase. "We inake
the prices move them.
IF YOU need AN OVERCOAT,
IF YOU need A SUIT,
IF YOU need A pair TROUSERS,
IF YOU NEED A BO\'S bUIT
For oncthird less than their
value now is the time to act.
Do you realize what
one-third off means ?
You get a S5.00 Suit or Overcoat Tor $3.33.
You get a $7.00 Suit or Overcoat for $4.67.
You get a $9.00 Suit or Overcoat for $6.uo.
Y-.u got a $10.00Sult or Overcoat Cor $ii.t;7.
You gel a $12.00 Suit or Over..t fur $8.00.
You get a $10.00 Suit or Overcoat tor $10.00.
Ycu get a $1S.00 Suit or Overcoat f r $12.00.
You get a $H.OO pair Trousersfor $4.00.
You get a $5.00 pair Trousers for $2.33.
You get a $4.00 pair Trousers for $2.07.
You get a $3.00 pair Trousursfor $2.00.
Y"_'U get u $2..i0 pair Trousers for $1.67.
You get a $2.00 pair Trousers for $1.33.
You get a $1.50 pair Trousersfor $1.00.
You ge't a $5.00 Child's Suit for $:!.:'.:!.
You get a $4.50 Child's Suit Tor $3.00.
You get a $3.50 Child's Suit fo r $2.33.
You get a ?3.5? Child's Suit for $1.6?.
You get a $2.00 Child's suit for $1.34.
You get a $1.50 Chili's Suit for $1.00.
You get a $1.25 Child's Suit tor 83 cents.
Strictly cash during this sale?no charges, no ex?
changes, no goods on approval.
"T He Banner Clothier,
2606 Washington ave., Atlantic Hotel
snow in New York buying goods fur the Spring trade.
He will come back piopared to g'r?e his patrons the best
that the market affords for the very lowest price, as he is
right on the Hour and is paying cash, thereby saving his
discounts.
Dread of the Dental Chair
Painless extracting by a simple applic
producing agents or cocaine is use-d; n.
ion applied to the guims.
.]?. after results, and our
EXTRACTING IS POSITIVELY PAINLESS"
We are not comp1 ting with cheap dien lal concerns, but with ilrst-class den?
tists, and our prices are about one-half usually charged by them.
EXTRACT I NO..'. 25 cents
PAINLESS EXTRACTING.SO cents
SILVER FILLING.50 cents up.
GObT) FILLING.$1.00 up.
TEETH CLEANED.75 cents.
A GOOD SET OF TEETH.$5 00
/ BEST SET OF TEETH.$8.00. ',
iNo better made no matter what they cost.
Partial Sets in Proportion.
BRIDGE WORK AND CROWNS 22 KARAT GOLD, $5.00 PER TOOTH.
DR. R. LEE ROBIINSO.M, Dentist,
P. O, Building, over Daily Press Of lice, Newport News, Va.
Office Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Sundays, 3 A. M. to 12 M.
PURE ICE,
arc x \ E|8Ctrj? Lights;
Incandescent and
Bell Wiring done
GOLD STORftGE, !?a short notice, j
Rr?G UGrttS,; Inspection guar^!
Incandescent Lights, ! antced
W?Z^\^^ gooim
motor Fixtures gi mm Prices]
JrU Sfll JLti. 'PHONE 2B!B.
IB ?..J
No Dirt,
No Odor,
No Matches.
Peninsula Electric Light and Power Co. ?f
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.
(Board of Directors meet third Tuesday in each mouth.)
nows a good diing
when he sees it, and tor the merry Yuie
tide season looks aroun'J for good, cleum
codi that will thoroughly warm your
looms in Christmas weather, and make
them cheery and comfortable for the
tiie 4iday festivities. Rumor says that
coal is going up in price, so get your
noliday supplies now.
6. G. SMITHS 60..
Seventeenth St. and Lafayette Ave. {
?Phone 2524. se 2Jsu.w&Mu> '
ITU ATIOMIMTHE EAST
Big Japanese Fleet Going to
China.
GRAVE CRISIS IMTEND1NG
jc iHKue .Huh; hv Oi'cldeci Peacefully in a
Few Days or Wnr May Keen,
KuKHia'K Thrcutvnlilg
Attitude.
(By telegraph.)
LONDON, Jan. 21.?Tne aspect of the
eastern crisis ife war.ike. Reinforce?
ments of the British and French fleets
ate now in Chinese wateus. Today
comes the news from Yokohama that
the Jupunese fket of nine ships will sail
to the Chinese coast within six days,
after an inspection by the Mikado, with
Wei-Hai-Wei as the supposed destina?
tion.
Russia's thr-aiening attitude tower1!
China is the immediate cause of the
Wisls. Competition' between England
and Russia for ascendancy in Chinese
affafca has reached an issue that must
be decided peacefully in a few .Hays or
iesult in immediate war. Upon the
highest authority it Js said that Japan
is acting in the full-.St accord with Eng?
land
LONDON. Jan. 21.?The St. James
Gazette this afternoon commenting
u;. .11 the dispatch from Yokohama
saying that a fleet of nine Japanese
w r.'hips will leave Japan in the course
? ??' i week for Chinese waters, says:
Japan is prepared for war. That, in
a nutshell, is tine news from Yokohama
today and it is really the first news
from Japan since the beginning of the
Chinese crisis. It was obvious that the
Japanese government 'had stopped tele-'
graphic communication, which it never
doc-s excel t whin m^lMizing the army oi
navy. That is precisely what it 'has
?been doing. It is 'almost certain that
the destination of the fleet is Wei-Hai
'Wei, and there is no doubt the move?
ment means that the status will not be
altered by Russia or any combination of
Russia's ailUs, in defiance of Great Bri?
tain and Japan. .So long as the de?
fenders' policy is equality of opportuni?
ty in China they are in a position to en?
force their claims."
. The St. James lOazetto also gives pro?
minence to a list of the ships in the
Japanese navy, points out its immense
fighting strength and says:
"Even with Great Britain a mere
sympathetic onlooker. It is probable
that Japan could finish off all the Rus?
sian and German warships east of
Suez in short order. Great Britian,
even including the Powerful, has not a
vessel in the North Pacific capable of
standing in battle line against three
battleships which Japan possesses."
LONDON, Jan. 21.?A special dis?
patch from Paris, published this after?
noon, says orders have heen received
at Civerboug and Toulon respectively to
immediately prepare the battleships
Bruix and Vauban tc enforce the
French squadron in the far East.
DPA'RI'S, Jan. 21.?The news that the
French warships Bruix and Vauban
have been ordered to sail immediately
for China is confirmed. The two ships
will sail on January 24. Admiral de
Beaumont has been appointed enm
mander-ln-chlef of the French squad?
ron in the far 'East. He will huist-his
(lag on board the Vauban.
TERSE TELEGRAM'S.
NEW BEDFORID. M.VSS., Jan. 21.?
The fifth day of the strike opened quiet?
ly with the- strikers still firm in their
position. There 'has been no disorder
of any kind.
BIDDEFORB. ME., Jan. 21.?It is an?
nounced today tha't the officers of the
Pepperell and Laconia mills will at?
tempt to start both mills next Monday.
All of the textile workers who desire to
return to work at a 10 per cent, reduc?
tion can do so. The union men are pos?
itive that not enoug'h men will return
to work to start the mills.
A UNIVERSAL ACCENT.
Teople who are under the impression
that accent betray* not only the nation?
ality but provincialism as well will per?
haps be somewhat disillusioned, says
the Chicago Tribune, by reading the
following incident:
The experience is that of a Chicago
woman who made a trip to New York
a short while ago. Up to the time of
her visit to Che Eastern metropolis she
supposed tihat she spoke fairly good
English. She read none but the .best
authors, ?fj.il as her friends were all
numbered anmfig the cultured people,
there seemed no cfMS.m why she should
not couch her senuVmeats in pure, sub?
stantial! Anglo-Saxon. -Neither did she
affect an accent. At least, she was not
aware that she did. After arriving'in
New York, however, she learned .that
she not only had an accent, but that It
was a many-siided uff.'iir that was truly
perplexing.
gine attended a reception one evening
where literary and aesthetic people pre?
dominated. The first person she taltted
to was a man with a bushy red head
ami gold eyeglasses.
"I am glad, mad'am." he said, in the
course of the conversation. " to know
that you are from my town. That
Boston accent is bound to betray the
speaker wherever It may be he'ird."
The 'Chicago woman Hashed him one
keen glance, then seeing that he was in
earnest, she said:
"I fear you .have made a mistake; I
am from Chicago."
Soon after she began talking to an
elderly woman.
"You are from Georgia, of course."
saild t'he other woman. "I can always
tell a Georgian ?nywhere. There is no?
body on earth Who pronounces a's and
u's 'like the person t>orn and bred in
that State.
And again was the Chicago woman
forced to proclaim the city of her na?
tivity.
Later a young man commented on tier
accent. "From Nova Scotia, of course,''
he said pleasantly. "I hall from there
myself, and it's a pleasure to see some
one who speaks as they doat home. The
minute you pronounced my name I
knew you were from my part of the
country: 'Nobody else could say i: with
just- that accent." Again she gasped
out something about 'Chicago.
"I've been -lonesome and out of place
tonight," he said. "(Nobody, here from
my section of rhe globe. You're the
first person I've met all evening that
hails from west of 'Ohe Rocky moun?
tains. The minute I heard you speak {
said: Here's a woman from the far
West. We never lose our accent, it
seems, wherever we may go.' "
Just he'fore the reception end? 1 the
suave young man who stood at her side
leaned forward and said:
"I'll drive over to s*e you some day.
?if you d'on't mind."
"You'll do wfhat?"
"Drive over to see you. I'll wager
we don't live more than ten miles
apart. My home is in Robinson, W.
V.l., and you cannot live far away. An
accent such as yours and mine Is never
heard outside of uur immediate vicin?
ity."
They were on their way home at lap!.
"You'll tie apt to have a caller to?
morrow." said her cousin. "That young
doctor froim 'Montreal is anxious to
t;nr?' you better. He feeds confident
that you belong to his city. He says he
was attracted by your accent fr.?m the
very 'first. He's homesick and woul<J
like to talk to some one from his nar
liver town. I didn't toll him any differ?
ent. You-"
(But the young woman gasped "Chi?
cago" and fainted.
Just try a 10c. box of Cascaret*. the
finest liver and bowel regulator ever
made. . _ j, ,_, ?m
ALONG THE WATER FRONT
ITEMS OK INTEREST UATUEBEO
ABOUT TUE PIEKS.
Entrances and Clearances at the Custom
House. List of Vessels Now In Port.
Other Marino Items.
Weather Forecast
(By Telegraph.)
(WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.?For Vir?
ginia.?Fair; followed -by increasing
cloudiness and light rain Saturday
night; variable winds, becoming east?
erly.
CAL33NDAR FOR THIS DAT.
Sun rises. 7:14
Bun sets. 5:21
?'High .water .. 9:04 lA. M. and 9:24 P. M.
Low water- 2:44 A. M. and 3:30 P. 24.
Marine Miscellany.
There were no arrivals yesterday.
Steamer (Frieda (?r.), Barclay, Bor?
deaux.
steamer James Tucker (Br.), Guy,
Swansea.
Steamer Appomattox (Br.), Foaie,
London.
Bark Greenland (Br.), Andersen, Car.
diff.
ANTWERP/Jan. 20.?Arrived: Enoch,
Newport News.
GBEEHNOCK?IReturned Jacob Bright,
from Liveruool for Hampton Roads,
('has propeller broken).
LAS PAtLMAS, Jan. 19.?Sailed: Au
relia, Hampton Roads.
Norfolk's Port List.
(NORFOLK, Jan. 21.?Arrived: Barge
T. J. Cleaves, Odenhall, North Caralina,
for Philadelphia; steamer Mont rose
(Br.), Jones, New Orleans for Havre;
steamer Aphodel (Br.), Mathias, New
Orleans for 'Genoa.
Sailed: Schooner Margurite,
Providence; General S. E. Merwin,
Erovidence; tug Asher J. Hudson,
Johnson, with barge Henry A. Litch
tleld. New York; Italian bark Africa,
Teglia, 'Marzella.
'Cleared: Steamer Mendato (Br.),
Shadwick.Bremen; steamer Vedra (Br.)
Prout, Leath.
THE WINTER LOAD LINE.
Advantage Enji.yed by Newport News May
be Abolished.
If the British Board of Trade decides
to adopt the recommendation of the
Lloyds' Register Committee and heed
the petitions coming from northern
commercial bodies by extending the
winter free-board so that it shall not
only apply to northern ports, but to all
ports north of'Hatteras, (Newport News,
as well as Baltimore and iNorfolk, will
lose tho just advantage now allowed
them of loading vessels four inches
deeper from October to March, owing
to their more favorable location as
winter points for vessels Journeying to
and from Europe.
'It looks now as if the British Board of
Trade will rule against these ports, in
which case all northern ports, including
New York, will be placed on an equality
with Newport News the whole year
round.
New York is the principal port agitat?
ing this question, claiming that the
three Southern ports enjoy an unjust
advantage over that point.
The current number of the New York
Maritime Register contains 'the follow?
ing in this respect:
"The Lloyds' Register Committee who
have had under consideration the Norrh
Atlantic winter free-ooard .(uestlja at
the instance of the London Board of
Trade, have, it appears, res>lved by a
large majority to recommend that the
present rule should be ?continued, but
t'hat it should apply to all ports n.'i th
of Hatteras, which would of courss in?
clude Baltimore and the 'Virginia ports.
This conclusion bas been reached by the
committee after having gone carefully
over the statistics of disasters happen?
ing to vessels on the voyage across the
North Atlantic from Hampton Roads
northward, covering the past three
winters, wbich Showed -that of 3,233
steamers which sailed outward from the
ports north of Baltimore during that
time, one steamer was lost, and of the
1.382 steamers which sailed outward
from Hampton Roads four steamers
were lost. .Whether the Board of Trade
will eventually adopt the resolution of
Lloyd's committee, as It stands or in
some modified form, cannot be stated,
although at the present time it seems
quite probable that the board will make
Ohls rule apply to all ports north of
Cape Hatteras.
"?Strong Influence is being brought
to bear upon that body both in Eng?
land and in chis country with a view
to abolish the discrimination against
the ports to which the present rule ap?
plies. The movement in this direction in
our own country is to be actively con?
tinued by the commercial bodies at the
several ports affected by the present
load line, until definite results are ar?
rived at in respect to it. The expression
of Lloyd's committee in favor of contin?
uing'the winter load line and its further
application 'to ports as far South as
Cape Hatterts will undoubtedly baye
great weight with the London Board of
Trade in reaehimg a decision in the
matter, and it seems more than proba?
ble that the committee's recommenda?
tions will be adopted. Should the board
follow this course the rule as modified
would probably' remain a permanent
one for many years to com?."
The Glasgow .Herald of January 6th
published a suggestive paragraph en?
titled "North Atlantic Load Line." The
intelligence it oph'tai-rts will riot serve
to gladden the ?maritime communities
of Newport ?News, Norfolk and Balti?
more. The article is as follows:
"Another step toward reform Ifl con?
nection with the (North Atlantic load
fine has Just been 'taken by the Board
of Trade. After considering the statis?
tics on the subject recently collected
by Lloyds' Register, >M.r. Ritebie has
given notice to the various certifying
securities of his intention to call t'hem
together for a reconsideration of the
whole subject. These securities are
Lloyds' the Bureau Venltas and the
British Corporation, whioh has its head?
quarters at Glasgow. "No date has yet
been flxetJ for the meeting, but no doubt
It will be held at an early date."
Steamships to^al).
The following steamships are sched?
uled to sail from Newport News with
cargoes for foreign ports on the dates
gi ven:
Fram, Funeh, 'Edye & Co., for Liver?
pool January 25.
Shenandoah, (Furness, "Withy & Co.
(Ltd.), for Liverpool, January 26.
'Ohickahominy, Furness, Withy & Co.
(Ltii.), for London January 26.
Citideji, Fupch, Edye & Co., for Rot?
terdam jatld- Amsterdam' January 30.
Catania, $Hibc?i, Edye & Co., for Ham?
burg January iii, '
?Nicolai II.. >Funch, Edy? & K?.q., for
Copenhagen anil Reval February 5. '
Kanawha. Furness, Withy & Go.
(Ltd.), for Liverpool February 6.
'Indralema, Funch, Edye & Co., for
Glasgow February 7.
Lord Londonderry, Funch, Edye &
Co.. for Belfast and Dublin Februay 10.
'Marie Jetosea, Funch, Edye & Co., for
Bristol February 10.
St. Enoch, 'Funch, E<iy.e & Co., for
Antwerp February j.o.
Barry. Funch, Edye $ Co., for Brlsr
toil February 10.
Rappahannook, Furness, Withy
Co. (Ltd.), Liverpool February 12.
St. iMarnock. Funch, Edye & Co., for
Antwerp February 28.
Xenia, Funch, Edye & Co., for Copen- j
hage# #nd Reval March 1.
IMumoud Shoats Lighthouse.
The light-ship, specially built for the
purpose and now placed off liiajrnoud
?boals, Cape Hatteras, is said lo be
t?e O?ly successful safeguard for nav?
igation ever placed there.
It has been 4? position three months
and has braved a dozen sales, some of
?them the fleroest that ever swept the
ocean. Today the vessel lies as tranquil
and peaceful at her anchor as if she
had just arrived.
BRYAN ON CURRENCY.
Editor of the Richmond Times Delivers
an Address in .Boston.
(By Telegraph.)
BOSTON, Jan. 21.?The Massachu?
setts 'Reform Club listened to two in?
teresting speeches tonight on "The Cur?
rency Condition of the South," bv Hon.
John W. Fries, of North Carolina, and
Hon. Joseph Bryan, of "Virginia.
Mr. Fries, who was a member of the
monetary commission, received a hearty
welcome. He said:
"In the last election the Republican,
or sound money,vote of North Carolina,
was thrown in the middle and western
parts of the State, where are located
the cotton Industries, now considered to
be the greatest competitors of Massa?
chusetts. The silver men in the South
are sure of their position, and feel sure
that that money, if once brought into
existence, would be a cure for all their
many ills."
Speaking of the work of the monetary
commission, Mr. Fries said that the
gold standard was found established,
not only in this country, but in every
other important country in the world.
Mr. vBryan outlined the situation in
the South with reference to currency
reform, and the needs of the South in
connection with the plan of the mone?
tary commission. He took Virginia as
a criterian. and compared her condition
at the outbreak of the war with that
which obtained after the surrender of
Appomattox, with the idea of showing
why the conservatism In financial mat?
ters for which the Southern States were
respected in the earlier days, had been
thrown aside.
"In 1860." said (Mr. Bryan, "the old
State of Virginia, which included West
Virginia, had a population of about
1,000.000, white people, and 500,000 ne?
groes, nearly all of the latter being
slaves. Agriculture was the chief oc?
cupation. The negroes had no part
whatever in any of the business affairs
of the State, and being under civil dis?
abilities, lived upon the plantations of
their masters who represented them in
every respect. The banking facilities
which the million -of white people had
were of the most satisfactory character,
and no complaint was ever heard about
a lack of money in any part of the
State. This was accomplished through
the banks which were chartered by the
commonwealth, and Jin some of which
the commonwealth had an interest.
They had libora' authority for estab?
lishing their branches and most of -.hem
issued their notes against their assets,
the limitation being that they should
never issu? notes for a greater amount
than five to one for specie in their
vaults.
"The State then had $16.0110.000 of
bunking capital and $10,000,000 of circu?
lation, a circulation confined to Virgin?
ia. The banks had in their vaults all
the specie that was requisite to redeem
any of these notes. A mote contented
and happy people It is almost impossi?
ble to. imagine.
"When the Confederate .soldier re?
turned to his home, when the success
of the Union armies ha! assured the
lvayment of every obligation of the
ITnited States, and enormous sums bad
been realized by these who hid taken
the bonds and notes of the government
which had been issued to vindicate the
Integrity of the Union, the Virginian
found a desolate home an I absolutely
.vort'h'iess currency, and little left to
him but the soil of his beloved State,
and the blue canopy of heaven.
"At this very time, when the use of
credit would seem to be almost a ne?
cessity to existence, the- national bank
act was further amended by the pass?
age of the ten per cent, act, so as to
put the final extinguishment upon all
State bank issues. As there were no
Pnited States bonds held in Virginia,
it was impossible for her people to com?
ply with the conditions of that act, in
order to get currency, and so it was
only in cities like Richmond and Nor?
folk, and perhaps Lynchburg, was
banking established by enterprising
northern capitalists. At this time the
farmer, if he got money at all, could
only do so under terms that were ruin?
ous. One and a halt per cent, per
month was the regular street rate,when
I lived in Richmond in 1ST0. In South
Carolina as high as two and a half per
cent, a month was paid.
"Our population now is greater than
the old Virginia, in I860, with the dif?
ference that all are free now, whereas
but two-thirds were at that time. We
bad, in 1S60. a local currency of $10,000,
000 scattered throughout the State, ac?
cessible to all who were entitled to
credit. The situation is now that the
great farms have generally been broken
up, and are tilled by small farmers who
have no connections at large cities, and
?however good their credit may be In
?their own neighborhood, are utterly un?
known to the bankers. These are the
people who complain of the scarcity of
money. It is not heard in the cities but
in the country, and the countrymen,
ignorant of the provisions of the na?
tional bank act, which forbids those
leasonabie and well established 'meth?
ods which prevailed before the war for
supplying the currency, have been
taught to believe that it was demoni
tizati.m of silver that produced the
stringency, which is to them indeed an
actual and cruel stringency."
The speaker then went on to com?
pare (Massachusetts with Virginia, in
the matter of accessibility, pointing out
that in the former'State with an area
of about 8,000 square miles there is
some locality for every fifty-five square
miles where banking is done. Within
the territory lying mainly east of the
Frederiekspurg railroad, and north of
Hampton, there were' twenty counties
containing about 5,000 square miles
without, one single place in which a man
coul make a deposit, draw a check or
make a loan.
In the superb James River Valley, as
fertile and fruitful a section as could
be found in any section of the State,
between Lynchburg and Richmond, a
distance of 140 miles, the solitary place
of deposit-was at Scottsville, about
midway, where there was a small State
hank of $25,000 capital. In this same
valley there were State banks in 1S60,
with resources of nearly $900,000. "There
are many men who now join in the cry
for free silver," declared Mr. Bryan,
"who know nothing of the affluent fa?
cilities of banking enjoyed by their
fathers forty years ago. 'But they know
perfectly welt, without understanding
the reason why, that they are now in a
terrible state of restriction. Is it sur?
prising that 'the demonetization of sil?
ver should be used as the explanation
of their troubles?"
"iGfciittemeK," said Mr. Bryan, "there
are deep principles involved in 'fbii?
controversy, which cannot bp vipiateci
without consequences so severe that ohe
may well stand appalled in contempla?
tion of their possibilities. There is a
principle of natural liberty; there is a
principle of justice; there is a princi?
ple of human sympathy, the observance
of all of which must lie at the root of
peaceful and orderly government.
There was no doubt a sentiment that
phe vanquished deserved that vvhat they
got, and that the conquerers were ri.ll$
and merciful, but I would say 16 ypij-^r
T am not alone in this belief? that it
would have been lesg disastrous ant)
more merciful to have decimated the
captive Southern army, and then given
their surviving comrades their natural
liberties, than to have passed, first the
national bank act, and the restriction
laws. The consequences of universal
negro suffrage and the confiscation of
credit accomplished by these bank laws
have retarded the progress of the Sotjth.
and turned 'that section over to the free
silver delusion, bringing untold ills
upon a whole union from which you,
yourselves, have not been exempt.
"I do not hope for an unqualified "re
peal of the ten per cent, tax on State
banks, although it is the almost univer?
sal opinion in my country that the res?
toration of the ?tate banks to the place
they occupied before the war would be
the death of the silver 'error,' but I
feel greatly encouraged by the splendid
work of the monetary commission,
which presents a plan thoroughly
sound in its fundamental principles, and
I which will In the course of time work
out in a great measure the relief we
need."
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Interesfing News and Gossip from tin
National Capital.
(By telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.?Secretory
Long has given great satisfaction to the
workmen at the Portsmouth navy yard
by deciding to refrain from making any
cut at present in their wages. Scum
time ago the men lodged a protest with
the secretary egainst a oil proposed to
be made by the local navy yard and Sec?
retary Long took it under consideration
Today a number of the .men called at
the department und;r the lead 0? Bi J>
resen'tetive Your.g. of Portsmouth dis?
trict, and were told by the secretary
that, inasmuch as no vUt had been mad
elsewlwre as yet, he did not beiieve it
w,;-u'ld be fali'r to make an exception in
the case- of the Portsmouth men.
LUET.j CRT ON THE STAND.
(By Telegraph.)
CH'ICAIGO. Jan. 21.?Adolph L. Luet
gert went on the witness stand today
and told the jury the story of 'the
doings in his sausage factory on the
night of May 1. He endeavored to ex?
plain the mys-'-tv surrounding the dis?
appearance of his w.-fe, for whose mur
i der he is being tried.
Luetgert proved to be a very lachry?
mose witness, his tears coming fre?
quently and in considerable volume
whenever the name of his wife was
brought into the case. He will take the
stand again tomorrow.
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
'NEW YORK. Jan. 21.?Quong Pong,
the celebrated Chinese necromancer
and physician, died this morning at the
Hudson Street 'Hospital, of consump?
tion. Quong posed as an oracle of Joss
and a dispenser of all good and evil
things. He was 40 years old. All Chi?
natown is in 'mourning.
ORANGE. N. J.. Jan. 14.?Ballington
Booth's secretary. Miss Anna Hughes,
who was sand-bagged night before last,
is reported out of danger today, but she
could not remember any of the details
jf the assault.
Sveryuoay Says 5o,
?cscarets Candy OalharMc, the *ii ist won
lerful medical discover? of the ; ite. p'.eas
tut and refreshing to the taste,: it geutb
mil positively on kidneys, li'-er an 1 boivt !?
Icansi-g the entire system, dispel roio
?ore headache, fever, habitual const ipalii
?nd biliousness. Plea3e tils'* aril try a- bo.
?f C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25, nil tents, bofiian
^unrnnt.ood to nir" l>v nil '-:""-'oc
SALE OF A VALUABLE LOT
IN THE
City of Newport News.
Acting under decree of the Circuit
Court of the City of Williamsburg and
County of James City, entered in the
chancery suit therein pending, under
the short 'name and style of L. A. Kus?
sel!, plaintiff, against H. 15. Wcrren per
rep of John F. .1? nets als., dt fen '-.mis.
I will sell at public auction before the
Court House dour at Newport News.
Va.. on
THURSDAY. THE 1TTH DAY OF
PEBRUAIRY. 1S9S,
at 12 o'clock 'M., that valuable lot of
land situated in the city of 'Newport
News, Va., known and designated on a
certain map entitled ''.Map of part of
the city of Newport News, Va.." made
by E. E. '.McLean, civil engineer, a copy
of which was filed in the Clerk's office
of Warwick county, on the 2:<th day of
September, iSSJ. by Lo t No. 42 in
Bl.nek 'No. 13, together with all the im?
provements therev a.
TERMS:?One-half cash ant the resi?
due on a credit of six months, with
bond and approve! s.e6Urity for deferred
payment, carrying intert-st from day of
sale, the title to be retained till further
order of said court.
NORVBLLE L. HENLEY,
Special Commissioner,
Williams-burg, Va.
VIRGINIA:?City of'Williamsburg, to
?wit:?I, Thcs. H. Geddy, cierk . t" the
Circuit Court of the city of Williams?
burg and the county of James City, do
certify that the bond required of Nor
velle L. He-nlev, special commissioner
in the suit of L. A. Russell vs. H. 15.
Warren per rep et als. has been given.
THOS. H. OEDDY, Clerk.
jun 23-4tsu
Irwin Tucker & Co.,
Genera! Real Estate,
We represent leading Insurance Com
I panles of the world and write
IFIRE, 1ife am) accii-ENr IN?
SURANCE at It asonadle
r \ i E '.
IMPROVED AND UXIlffROVED
REAL ESTA1E FUR SALE
I in the best business and residential
sections of Newport News.
I Houses Sold on Smajl Cash
Payments v
land monthly sums thereafter, amount
ling to about what is paid for rent'
Ixical ii?veslriient seeurtles of all
I kinds dealt in and bought and sold;
Loans negotii.cd on collaterals ar,ti
Icity real estate. Information cheer?
fully furnished to parties desiring'to
invest or refit. Correspondence solic'i
I ted.
Owners of real estate and city secu?
rities are invited to list their property
I With us for sale.
Notary Public in our office._
HICKMAN,
The Fisherman
From Hampton,
Will commence handling fish here No
v^mhpr oc*?-rf
DR. E. J. APPLEWHITE,
DENTIST,
?>ffloe: 28th St., near Washington Ave.
Opp. Firat National Bank,
*T f-1-r -T<.*r-wv.-? >;<.?.'? V
irst class table board I
I And Rooms ol
I Mrs. M. E. Drswtlls, |
tlOSTwewty-scveniliSt. Hot and v
cold bath. Dinner went if de- *
? sired. Popular jjriees.
B. O. Chandler
-CONTRACTOR.
Grading. Excavating, Carting, Haul
it g of all kinds promptly attended to
Special attention to stevedoring. Me:
?nd teams furnished at short notice.
Offlce: 3J00' Lafayette Avenue.
so S-*rr_' P O Box: ?ti
E. W, J?HNSOM
Contractor and Builder
NEWPORT NEW.S. VA.
PlaDS and Specifications Prepared ui
Short Notice.
TTOTTSF. WORK A 8T3JCTALT*
from healthy cows
?stables as clear,
as a house and al?
ways open for Inspection?6 cents 9
quart or 3 cents a pint. Milk from Jer?
sey cows 8 cents a quart or 4 cents s
pint In glass bottles. Delivered any?
where in the city.
J E. LANGSLOiA/
nov 7-tm. _.^j.
Eead our Reinoval \
Sale advertisement
in today's Evening
Telegram and Com?
mercial and in to?
morrow's issue oft.be
Daily Press.
Capital Dry Goods Hoi'J,
Washington ?ve. ?nd 28th street.
TRUSTEE S SILL'
Entire stock of
5VI?n and Women's
will be sold
6iOW GO;
Prices cut in half. All goods
new and stylish. Biggest
bargains ever kn^wn ir. this
city. Come early and get
your first pick.
SOL MILLER
Trustee for the
I Second Clothing Store from
Twenty-eighth street.
T^cok out for signs pver
windows
Teachers Wanted I
Union Teachers' Agencies of America,
Rev. Li. D. bass. D. D., Manager.
F'ittsburg, P.a.; Toronto. Canada; Nivr
Orleans, La.; New York, N. T.;
Washington, D. C, San Francisco,
Oal.; Chicago, Iii.; St. Louis, Mo.,
a ad Denver, Colorado.
There are thousands of positions to
n? filled within the neat few months.
Address all applications to UNION
TT3AOHEE8' AQSNCIES, Ballsburg,
Pa. . ftM-On