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WANTETD.?A good canvasser for
Hampton and vicinity. G-ood com?
mission. Address E. B. KtDD, Atlan?
tic Hotel. Newport News. V?, Ja21-?tp
E. Owen, who has been appolnt
V* ? ed In place of R. H. Claiborn.
resigned, of Hampton Cabinet. No. 647.
American Mutual Benefit Society, would |
respectfully ask all memiwrg to call and
settle Blues befote Jan. 15th, 1S98. All
members who have been 6us!?ended
would do well to call and be reinstated. !
W. E. OWEN. Cashier.
Office No. 6 Queen St., Hampton,
jan S-lm._ _
Plans Wanted,
The Board of Supervisors of the coun?
ty of Elizabeth City will receive com?
petitive plans for the new jail, same to
be delivered to the clerk of the court
on or before the 15th day of February.
1898.
The bulld?ng to 1>e of brick, two-sto?
ries high, the first floor to contain sher?
iff's office, kitchen, store-room, toili t,
bath, and boiler room.
The second floor to contain hospital,
jailor's room, toilet, bath, linen room
and two padded cells.
. The building to contain three tiers of
cells, six in each tier, three on each
side, and each cell to be large enough
to accommodate four persons.
The building to be equipped with the
most thorough system of ventilation
and plumbing. All drawings submitted
to be dTawn to a scale of 1-4 inch to
1 foot.
Cost of building not to exceed $S,000,
and to be heated by steam.
The successful competitor will receive
2.5 per cent on the cost of the building |
for his working plans and specifica?
tions. ja21 Iw ]
To all who may submit plans in accorl
ance with the foregoing advertise- I
ment:
The supervisors of -Rlizabeth City I
county HiO hereby Older that the 5th par
?igiaiph of the for.going advertisement
be changed and amended so as to read
as follows:
Cost of Tjuilding (including steam
heating pliant to "be of suflficient capaci?
ty, to heit the Qjuildling in zero weeither
to 70 degre s) ond> entire plumiblng sys?
tem, net to exceed SS.OOO; and no i>'.ans
will be considered unless accompanied
by a guarantee that the buikling can be
erect d in accordance with plans there?
with submitted for thfc sum of JS.00O.
A Copy?Test.
H. H. HOLT. Deputy Clerk.
S- J- Brown. G. B. fl-aglanrl.
Law, Collection & Real Estate,
Office opposite Peipular avenue,
PHOEBUS, V/V,
HAVE
tots on Easy ond Ubgra! Terms
from $10.00 to $500.
"Hoagland,"
West Hampton. 250 fe- t from raHtroad
track.suriouneled by four junction roads
IUI mi?Uiuy
on .the most liberal terms. Plans and
specifications furnished graturtuosl.v.
ft Address Lock Box 225, Hampton, Va.
?S. M. GUMMING,}
* Real Estate and Rental ftrjent,
22 E. QUEEN ST. HAMPTON, VA |
novG'Gm
A
Of a Life Time.
Notice this great reduc?
tion in Blankets this week |
at
T. A. Gooke's.
All Wool Blankets that
sold for $7.00 now going
at $5.00
All Wool Blankets thai
sold for $5-00 now gt>ing
at $4 00.
A beautiful Grey Blanket
that did sell for $3.00 now
$2.50. "
A la^ge line of Counter?
panes very cheap. The!
price will astonieh y on.
A beautiful Pillow Case.
36x45 inches, made of best
cotton, for 15 cents.
Big drop in prices of Un?
derwear. Now is the time
to buy.
Come and see for yourself, j
X. J\- Cooke
P. B. MESSENGER,
General > Ganf?nt?iM
-MAXUFACTURKR OF
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES,
Frames, Sash, Blinds & Doors,
IVIanieJs and
ma7-ly Mouldings. I
Queen Street. SJAMPTGN, VA.
?p O. Box. KB.
E. G. Darden.
A chance at any time to get the
worth of your money. We tion'l
give prize packages and then ovo
charge for our good^.
Our'stock consists of
Dress Goods,
MUHnery,
Notions,
Boots,
Shoos, Sec
E. G. DARDEN,
N. E. Cor. King and Queen Sts ]
HAMPTON, YA.
FINANCE AP COMMERCE
Market Quotations From the
Leading Business Centers.
NEW YORK MONEY MATS K ET.
^BW YORK. Jan. 24.?(Money on call |
easy at 1-Mf?2 per cent.; last loan 2 per
cent.; prime mercantile paper 3(g!3% per |
cent.; sterling exchange ?'ull with actu?
al business In Isanke'rs' (bills at J4.S5Vi@ I
4.S7 for demand and at $4.S3M:@4.84 for
sixty days; posted rates $4.5??'4.S3Vs and |
54.S5Ms@4-S?; ciMDbneMal bills W.S2; sil?
ver certifkates W'/trStfiVfe; bar silver I
50%; Mexifcan dollars 48%; government
bonds quiet; -state bonds dull; railroad
bonds weak.
NEW YOKIK, Jan. 24.?There was
nothing particularly interesting in to?
day's stock market previous to the tv
ception of the ntw? that the United
Sta'tes ship Maine had -been ordered to
procecUi to Havana. Until that time the
market was wholly in the h.ands of pro?
fessional tiaders and the transact! ns
were on a small scale. Standard stocks
?vre neglected' and "the s?.cui-iiies of the
local corpora tions, wlti. h were more or
less dependent on rmmicip-.l favors,
were 'briskly manipulated. Litter some
of the VandeiWUt stocks, were taken up
ami ad'yano d sharply-. The getiera!
market remained persist-titly heavy
during all this time, but fluctuating
vtiry narro-w'.y, the offerings being light
os well as the demand-. In the interna?
tional stocks the d'.e-l'ines were hardly
;is prexneuneed as those reported from
London. This state Ott affairs continued
until after mid'ieay when R was foiloweld
by general improvement prices of the
majority of t'he stocks having risen a
Shade above Saturday's cJ.rse just before
the selling movement Induced' by the
news off the Maine's moveme-n't b gan.
This news was regarded with skept?
icism at first and- the market IhU
steady fir a time, but upon the publi?
cation of the Associated Pr.ss a.count
liquidation promptly set in.
The total sales of stocks today were
400.SOO shares.
The leading stocks closed as follows:
Atc'iison. 12-}
Baltimore & Oliio . 12
Canada Pac lie . 8*3
Canada South ern. 53i
Chesapeake & Ohio. 'Hi
Chicago t Alton. 105}
Chicago. Burlington & Qnincy.. 97J
C. C. C. & St. L. 33
do do pref'd. 80
Delaware & Hudson. 110}
Delaware, Lack. & W. 151f
Krie (now) . 14
Fort Wayne . 160
Great Northern pret'd. 130
illino's Centra!. 1054
Lake Shore . 17!?
Louisville & Nashville. 54]
Manhattan I,. lltiS
Michigan Central._ 104}
Missouri Pacific. 32j
Mobile & Ohio. 29
New Jersey Central. 01!
New York Central. 1121
Norfolk & Western .. _r.... 14
Nor! hern Pacific. 254
do preftl.? 028
Pittsburg.ICS
Reading. 21
Kock Island. 87J
Sc. Paul. SK;i
do prefM . 143
Southern Pacific. lf>4
(Southern Railway. bi
do pref'd. 20 j
Texas & Pacific. 115
Uuiou Pacific tr. rets., s. a. p., . 314;
Adams Express. 15U
Americau Express . 118
Untied States Express. 41
Wells Farso Express.110
Auiericau Tobacco. 844/
do prefd_. 112
People's 'Gas. 05
Cousolidated Gas. 100
Gieueral Electric. 344
Pacific Mail. 20 j
Pullman Palace. 176
Silver Certificates. 50J
Sugar . 135?
do pref'd . 113f
Tenuessee Coal & Iron. 231
Western Uuiou. 80S
Chicago Northwestern. llflj
do pref'd. 164J
Chicago Ureat Western. 14
CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICIAGO. Jan. 24.?The last ten min?
utes of today's session in wheat wert
as lively as during the- days of the Lei
ti r excitement. Opening at a sharp ad?
vance-, the market dawdled along until
near t'he close, when the receipt
news that Ame-ruan warships had been
ordered to Havana started every short
in th. pit for cover. There was no
wheat for >ale an j the price shot up like
the gush from a newly tapped gas weil.
The ^.frii-ial closing price- for May was
given a't 93% cents, a cent and a half
ever Saturday's close, but l>efore the
crow es. left the pit SM cents was (bid. Jul->
closed at *4"<,(TiS?. o.n advance of % cent.
Corn and eats we re dull, but closed -with
^ slight! advance. Provisions were
strong and; showed advan -es ranging
form 5 to 15 c--n'ts.
WHEAT? Open High Low Closed I
Jau 04 i 05 04J 95
May 92S 03| 924 024 j
July 84} 85 844 84j
CORN?
Jau 27 271 27 2041
May 2!) 20 ?bS 28
July 30 30 29} 80
OATS?
Jan 23} 23} 23 J 2351
Mav 224 22.} 22i ?24
PORK
Jau 9.724 0.75 9.72? 9.75
May 9.85 0.00 9.82? 9.90
LARD?
May 4.72 4.75 4.72 4 4.'
July 4.921 4.95 4.92.1 4 95
RIBS
Jan 4 85
May 4.S5 4.90 4.85 4.00
Cash quotations were as follow.
Flour quiet; Wo. 2 yellow corn,
27<ffi; No. 2spring wheat, S84(?S9;
No. 3 spring wheat, 80(&9l; No.
i red, 04 ;.f 05; No. 2 corn,27}; No.
1 oats?, 23; No. 2 white, 244; N<
3 white,-; No. 2 rye,-; No.
2 barley, 274@41; No. 3 ?; No. 4
-; No. 1 llax seed, 112?117.'; prime
timothy seed, 2.70; mess pork per
barrel 9.75(3 9 bO; lard per 100 jionuiis
l.7."'@4.774; short ri'B sides (loose)
4.72j@5.0O; iry salted shoulders
(boxed), 4}@5; short clear sides,
(Uoxed),4.b5(?)5.10; whiskey, distillers'
(inis-ted goods, per gallon, 119.
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Li.\.1 /iIBWRK, Jan. 24.?'Flour quiet;
Western super *2.70@3J10; J.',- extra $3.35
((iM.WJi; do' family $4.30tfiH.?5; winter
wheat paunt $4.75@5.0O; spring do $T>.0J |
?5.20; spring iwheat straight $l.S0@4.?h>.
Wheat tirm; spot, month and Feb.
!!>-,.,faliS'A; aiaivh WM'; LMay 9&V&@>
Southern wheat by sample t?5@
<yy-6; d.. on grade S5^4@99%.
Corn firm; ^??t, month and Feb.
;i2"s<?'?!; -March 3^^J):13?4; steamer mixed
31v2@3in>; Southern ?wlhite corn ?1%@
34; do yelliVw 31%@3?-%
Oats firm; iNo. 2 white 20Vi@-30; IN<:
mix^d 28.
'Rye 'inill 'but firm; No. 2 near0>y 52%:
N?. 2 Wester n GX'/i.
?rirain f.e'rgh'ts very dull; demand
flat; steam to Liverpool per t?ushei 3%0
Ftbi; Cork for orders per quarter 3s
4V4d Jan.; 3s 4%d'Feb.
S-ugar strong; granulated ^i.20<4.
Butter quiet; fancy creamery 21; do
imitation 16(fi'17; do ladle 15; good ladle
13@14; st-cre jae-ked 12@14.
EBBS quiet; fresh 17.
Cheese steady; fancy X!?w York large
j\9-ji((7n?; do -meiiium 10@10?4; do small
.H?4?H0%.
$?f|? Bally ^resst
King Street, near Queen, opposite the
new pustofflce
All news tellers for publication in
this department should be addressed
to Daily Press Bureau, Hampton.
The Dally Press will be found for
sale every morning at the following
places:
Hampton?Postofflce news stand,
Colbert's book store, and at the King
street office.
Old Poiint?Baulch'8 stationery and
book store, Hygeia Hotel and Oham
berlin Hotel.
Sherwood Hotel
TUESDAY JAlNUARY 25, 189S.
TO AMEND THE GRANT
Ordinance Prepared by
Councilman Booker.
A NOVEL CHRISTMASTREE
How tho Blind Preacher ?a<l His Sinter
Remembered Their Mother Last
Mouth. Other Mutters
of Interest.
At the next meeting of the town coun?
cil an ordinance prepared 'by 'i/i'r. Booker
for the purpose of amending the ordi?
nance enacted a few weeks ago gtanting
to the Hampton and Old' Point Railway
Company the use olf 'King street from
t'he G'-d Dominion dock to the corporate
limits, will come up' for consideration.
Mr. 'Rooter did not draught it until af?
ter he tiud' ascertained that the people
are overwhelmingly opposed to the has?
ty action tuk^n by the council. This
fact has been /brought out in many ways
during the- past fortnight. The ordi?
nance is as follows:
Be it enacted by the town council of
the tow n of Hampton that an ordinance
adopted on the 6th day of January, IK'S,
granting to t'he Hampton and Old Point
Railway Company, etc., the authority
to construct a btanch of their road from
the foot of King street, through and
along th>e centre of King street to the
corporate limits of the sard town, be
amended and re-enacted' so as to read
as follows":
Be ?t enacted *>y the town council of
the town of Hampton: That the Hamp?
ton and Old Point Ruilwuy Company,
or sue!? company as shall be organized
by the consolidation of the Hampton
and Old Point Railway Company with
the Newport News Street Railway
Company, be and is here'by authorized
to construct a branch u? their road com. .
mencing at the foot of King street in
the said town of Hamproi and running i
a single track tlvougn and upon King
street ;o Che corporal- bunts jf *.i,e said
town, provided that eieelrie power be
u.-vd on the seid road. The said branch
road s'hull be subject to all restrictions
mentioned in tie- original etd'tianc-:
granting a 'franchise to the setid-Com?
pany; that shoulel a franchise be grunt?
ed1 by the town eoun- il to an her stt? c
re?Tway company, the said H?.mpt'on ft
Cii? Point Railway -Company shet'i, if
desiled 'by the town council, permit it.
track from Queen street, along King
street, to the corporate limits, to b? tisn-d'
by such other road without .?bitructlon
<w interferance upon terms to be ar
tanged between the two companies: or,
in cos- they fai? to agree upon terms,
said terms to be finality arranged by the
town crtincii: and provided further, that
should the said' branch re-ad hereby au?
thorized be uncompleted' and not. run?
ning ort or 'before the first duy of Jun-.
1S?S, then this ordinance to be null and
void'. And it is further provided I tat
all ordinances ar.d parts of ordtnatv-ss
In conflict herewith are here'by rc-p.aled.
This act snail be in force from and
after its passage, subject, however, to
such a mendime-n ts as th- town council
may from time to time adopt.
Mr. Booker's position is warmly sup?
ported, us aljove stated, by a large ma?
jority of the people of the city. They
are against turning over to any corpor?
ation or company the leading thorough?
fares of the town upon pu:ety senti?
mental considerations. There should'; it
Is argued, l>e some bett r reasein for
sucdi action than the mere fact that Mr.
DetriitiR tas ten er.terprisir.g. Tint is
not gocd ground for shutting out other
entet prising men. Stf. Book? ':'s ordi?
nance elkies not go as far. perhaps, as
many would like to see it go, but it is a
deolded improve-ment over that trans?
ferring King str et to Sir. Darling fe>r
the sole purp.se ivf preventing a com
pe-ting line from entering the twon.
A NOVEL, CHRISTMAS TREE.
How a IUj and Woman Remembered
Their Dead Mother.
One of the- mist novel Ci-ristmas trees
ever seen 'he re, or anywhere else stands
over a ion i.y grave in Oaklandceme-'tery.
a mile and' a half from this city. There,
umler the. sod over which the tail pines
that cveilioek the '?ista.nt waters of th.
bay stand as seminars in sunshine and
storm, rest the mortaJ remains of good
mother White, who died last year. She
lived with her daughter and a blind'
son, in a little cottage in Phoebus. Pov?
erty sometimes knocked' at th? door,
and mere than once stalked inside. But
the good' woman arid her children faced
the tyrant with a smile until loving
hearts drove him out.
Last Christmas Eve tine son and
daughter procured a large holly bush
ami- carried 'it to the cemetery and
ivanted it ove v the grave o' th ir mo.'h
ir. planting it in the middle of the
mounl. Then they took from a basket
a number of articles, among wthieh was
a cake- of so.ij>, an orange, an apir/.e or
two and several other presents wnft h,
bed the old lady been living, would
dorJbtli ss have pleased her. A'fter plac?
ing .thvir gifts on the branches of the
tree they returned to their- home in
Rhodbus. The grave was vleUcicI last
Sunday, and a porti' n of the oiange and
the cake of soap were s'tiU there. The
iatter 'had 'b? >n ar.rnost half worn away
by the rains that have fallen since
Christmas. Rut the blind' preacher and
his sister are happy in the thought that
they p TnerniTjeted their mother just as
they -ha ! done in other years when her
Coving smile was the 1>est ??fall g'fts.
A pleasant social gathering took place
last night at tine r sidbnee of Captain
and Mrs. 'R. H. Clai?>orne, on Wine
street. Miss ?-usie Beim, daughter of
th? editor of the Monitor, who was
among the guests, delighted th. . compa?
ny with a recitation.
BRIEF ITEMS.
Several hundred pcop,]e ca?leri at the '
jail fundey and yesterday to see the
man who neither eats, sleeps nor talks. J
A delegation came from Newport News.
Miss Jennie Corsr.n. d'aught-r ot Mr.
H. N. G. Corson, who be* -V-vr,. very il'.
with rheu.rnat'sm ar.d bronchitft for th"
fast thtee weeks, is said to be improv?
ing.
Mrs. Harry Blick is tc . no.-- Marrow,
who has l>en staying .a Norfolk since
returning from h- r bridal tour in t're
north, was in Hampton Saturday visit
tag her friend's.
'Mrs. H. V. Cowjes, mother ef Mr.
Dudley R. CowCes. is visiting r Satives
in James City county.
The school board passed a reseflution
on Saturday to the- effe t that they
wouij [etftleyn the Legislature for the
N NEW 8
privilege of borrowing $25,000 for serhool
1 m pro vemte tits.
O.rrstable Ed' Farrell. of Phoebus,
takes the cuke as a collector. When
Ed starts out with a bill be never fails
to bring something back. He is as
bleVer and courteous as he is prompt
and eJDfSel nt in the performance of his
diiMes.
Tiio Rev. Mr. Wh'iUfey, pastor of the
Eilst IMeilhodist church, delivered' an
able discourse on the lit- oe" Gen. Lee
last Sunday night. Mr. Whitlby, who
prei?redi his sermon at the request of
Let- Camp, C. V., ee-nflned his r marks
to the r-.-ligious side of "Mi great sol?
dier's career.
Rev. T. 1H. (Shorts, pastor of the Qu.en
Street Baptist church Colored), has
consented. In adK-ttion to his work here,
to prea-cth fe-r the Graiton Baptist
church, in Middlesex county. Fp uking
of Rev. Short's. theReligious Ilera'd. of
Richmond, edited'4>y the- IKev. Dr. Dick
Inson, says: "'Rlev. T. H. Shorts, pastor
of the Que.'n. Street Baptist chuieh, of
Hampton, asks, aid fur his church,
which i's now (building a house of wor
slhip to cost sDmc $1S,000. His peopf.e
have pa-i-i in seme $12,000, and he begs
that e ve. y read-r of the Herold will
he8p him. Brother Shorts is one of the
best ccflored pastors in the state, and we
? or.-iaM-y Commend' him in hit great un?
dertaking."
MARYLAND SENATORSHIP.
General Shryock 'Withdraws and De
.clares for McComas.
(By Telegraph.)
ANINAPOLIS. MD., Jan. 21.?General
Shryock withdrew from the senatorial
contest today and declared himself un?
equivocally for Judge McComas' elec?
tron. It is believed that a crisis is fast
appro-aching -and that an election may
take place at any time. (But one ballo'l
was taken in joint convention today
and that resulted as follows:
'McComas, 49; Gorman, 42; Shaw, 17
Find-lay, 1; total, 109.
Necessary tei a choise, 55.
The changes in today's ballot were
brought about by Mc'Cornas' accession
of both Shryock's votes and one of
Findiuy's. He also captured Senator
Day, of Howard county, who has voted
for almost everybody in the race. Del?
e-gate Tull, of Talbot, w.ho voted for
McComas on Saturday, returned to
Shaw, making McComas' net gain over
Saturday's vote but three. Delegate
Hall, of Talbot, who voted for Findlav
on Saturday, also came back to 'Major
Shaw today. This leaves every Repub?
lican in the two Houses on McComas"
li.-t except the "'eleven" from Baltimore
city, three Senators and two Delegates
from the "Eastern Shore." and the sol?
itary iFindlay delegate from Baltimore
city. The lines are thus clearly drawn
between the two sections of the State,
is in this light the "Eastern Shore"
men are working in the interest of Bal?
timore city as against the western por?
tion of the State In revenge upon that
portion for having forced the election
of Senator 'Wellington two years ago
by ignoring the statute which provides
-.hat one Senator shall always come
from eei^h of the section.-:.
That the Democrats are ready and
willing to take a hand in the contest
and to aid the "eleven" in electing al?
most anybody but'McComas, is no long?
er susceptible of denial. Delegates
Wirt und Wilkinson, the acknowledged
leaders of the Democrats in the House,
declared as much today in speeches
made in the joint convention, the form?
er, making a bitter attack upon Judge
McComas for his part in the passage of
he "force bill" when in Congress, and
declaring by Implication that he would
vote for a Republican, but not for one
whose record upon that question was
such as that of Judge McComas.
These speeches are looked upon as of
ficial announcements that the coalition
s o-n if it can be carried through, and
it is announced that the full Democrat
ic vote will be on hand within a day or
two.
THE OHIO INVESTIGATION.
Recalcitrant Witnesses m'ay be Pun
Ished for Contempt.
(By Telegraph.)
CINCINNATI, O.. Jan. 24.?The legis
lative commltttee tonight closed its in?
vestigation In this city of the Oti
charges of bribery in the recent election
of United States Senator. The Senate
committee will continue its work at Co
lumbus. Thirty witnesses have been ex
amined here since last Friday, most
?.hem being employees of the Gibson
House, of telegraph and telephone com
rvanies, and of the Union Savings and
Tru.^t Company. Jared P. Bliss. Allen
O. iMeyers, Sr., and .E. H. Archer were
the principal witnesses outside of these
They returned to Columbus lonight
with the -committee. The attorneys and
?hree members of the House also re
turned. As the evidence of Representa
t-ive John C. Otis and of Colonel
The.rnas C. Campbell will 'be very
--ngthy, they were not called here, but
Mr. Otis will likely be the next witness
at Columbus.
The employees of Pre.-'ident Schmid
iapp's bank and Hon. Harry M. Daugh
erty. chairman of the (Republican State
Central 'Committee, today declined to
be sworn or -to answer questions ?n the
ground that the committee Trad no ju?
risdiction. 'When H. H. Hollenbeck was
?>n route from.Columbus to Cincinnati
January 7 he received a dispatch signed
"?EL D.". and the committee asked Mr.
Dausrherty if he sent that dispatch.
Mr. Daugherty declined to answer ques
.ions and continued to argue the ques?
tion of Jurisdiction till he was excused,
subject to a call for punishment for
contempt. "When manager Page, of
the Western Union, was asked to pro?
duce the "H. D." dispatch and other
messages, he said the company now had
none of the messages as afr back as
January 10. And he didn't know wheth?
er they had leen taken across the river
to their offices 'in Covington and New
nort, Ky? or"sent to New York.or where
they were. Chairman Burke announc?
ed that as soon as the committee was
through with all the willilng witnesses
proceedings would at once be instituted
to bring all lof the unwilling witnesses
before the bar -of the Senate for pun?
ishment for contempt.
DUEL TN KENTUCKY.
(By T-legroph.)
LOUIS-VILLE. KY., Jan. 24.?A spec?
ial to the Evening Post from Plnevllle,
Ky., says:
"?WillKvm and Harvey Topie are dead
and Lew Wallace is JUtally wounded
as the result of a pistol duel in a room
in Leslie county, near the Bell, and
Harlan county lines last night. The
r-.en were playing d aw poker and a dis?
pute arose. Finally the Topics refused
to pay same money that Wallace said
they owed and a quarrel ensued. Peace
was finally secured -and the game con?
tinued until nearly midnight, when the
drawn, the lights shut out and a des?
perate pistol duel began. When the
?hooting ceased the two Topics were
found to be dead and Wallace fatally
I wounded.
I TENNESSEE SENATORSHIP.
(By Telegraph).
?NASHVILLE. TTCTNN.. Jan. 24.?The ,
Democratic caucus took .-everal ballots
tonight 'and adjourned until .tomorrow
night without nominating. The sixty
I sixth and last ballot was:
McMillan, 37; Turtey. 30; Taylor, 23.
The deadlock is still unbroken and
there is already talk of no election of a
-enator.
Republicans in caucus tonight decided
I to vote for G. N. Till man and E. J.
lsa.nfo.rd. alternately. Both Houses of
I the Legislature will ballot tomorrow,
hut it is agreed that there will only be
formal ballots.
N EW YORK COTTON M A RK KT.
NEW YOR'K. Jan. 24.?Cotton futures
closed steady; sales 126.700 hales. Feb.
563; Maren 565; April 56S; May G72; Ju.-:,?
575; JuPy 578; Aug. 581; Sept. 583; Oct.
584; New. 5S7.
AN OLD MAID'S SONG.
The old maid lind lived so long: In tho
boarding houso on the square that It had
become second unturo for her to choose tho
loss tarnished spoons in tho holder and to
avoid instinctively tho top slices of broad
on tho bread plato. Sho was familiar with
all varieties of boarding bouse servants,
and hho knew that all alike despised her
as "tho fourth lloor front." She knew by
heart tho landlady's stories of pressing
present needs and of past affluence. She
had nothing to learn in the matter of sub?
stituted gas jets, and her feet were trained
to skip the torn spots in tho stair carpet.
Altogether there was nothing in tho old
maid's position in her bourding houso to
account for her serenity.
Down town tho old maid was a ste?
nographer in a law olllco whoro prettiness
was at a discount ns a hindrance to unre?
mitting toll. She did not realize that hor
chief attraction to hor employers was this
lack of distracting features und complex?
ion. Long as she had lived in tho"sordid
but educating boarding houso she had not
learned everything that was to be learned
about motive ;, and sho believed that her
father's old friendship with the lawyer
had much to do with her position.
Beforo that remote day when tho old
moid first camo to the law ofllce and tho
boarding houso she had lived in tho coun
try. Even yet, when tho spring rains,
camo down and drenched the. grim pave?
ments, sho had a swift, flouting sense of
late snows melting by the rim of the
brooks and of timid (lowers pushing
through the soft earth, and in the city
parks her mind turned toward peaceful,
pastoral ways, and her eyes were filled
with visions of billowy, blossoming trees,
of plowmen moving across upland fields,
of the waking up of life and industry. In
short, the old maid was a poet, although
tho crude littlo expressions of her emotion?
never met tho keen eyes of critics or even
the kindly eyes of hor friends.
Well, oneo upon a tuna tho singer camo
to tho boarding houso on tho square. He
was young and bis audiences?they were
largely feminine?declared that nowhere
else was there a singer who caroled out
songs and sobbed out ballads so movingly
Whether or not ho was peerless Is a ques?
tion, but ut any rato he had made a great
success, and pcoplo wondered that he
should coma to the dingy abode of the
boarders and the old maid. Some said
that it was because he had lived there in
tho days before ho was known to fashion,
and some whispered knowingly that the
lady to whom the singer sung lived over
tho way in tho stone house with tho bal?
conies ut tho windows and tho guarding
lions at tho door. Bo that as It may, it is
a fact that when tho singer camo to the
city for his series of concerts and recital.
ho sanctified the abode of tho old maid
with his presence for a ?hjc week. And
tho old is i.Ud was agitated my itcriously by
his presence, though it Is doubtful whether
ho oven saw her shabby little figure.
Ono night sho slipped down tho stoir
wuy when tho houso was still and slipped
a paper beneath tho singer's doorsllL The
paper bore a set of verses written in the
?no hand of a woman who w as educated a
quarter of a century ago and a littlo note
thai, read:
"If you should sometimes find this
worthy to sing, I would bt-- tho happiest I
woman on earth.'' j
Now tho singer felt a brutal indifference I
about all happiness save hits own, which
had been sorely tried that night by the
lady of his 6ongs. So ho merely muttered,
"Confound Ihibocilo women!" Then he
looked ut tho verses and went gloomily to
bed. But through the night, as ho reflect
ed upon his blighted hopes und tho hard?
ness of his fate, sonio of tho old maid's
lines sang themselves through his mind.
I'll see thee in each flower that grows.
Tbou nrt not lost While lives tho rose,
. Not lost while lives the roso.
the foolish refrain insisted.
In tho morning the silly rhymes would
not be banished. Du found himself hum?
ming them to an nir, and by and by?no
weak was he, owing to tho cruel lady?he
sat down at tiro piano und played tho nir
softly.
It was thu same week that ho gave his
great concert at the hall up town. With
indifferent generosity ho offered tho land?
lady tickets to be distributed, und so it
happened thut the old muld and 1 went to
gether.
The old maid was very pink and tremu?
lous, and not being in her confidence, 1
could not understand her stato After all
there was nothing in a successful singer
of 83 to excito a spinster stenographer of
50.
Tho singer had sung grand opera arias
and the music from masses. Ho had sung
Scotch ballads and German lovo songs.
But lie could not sing enough to satisfy
his nuilienco. After ouch properly num?
bered selection he was recalled again and
again. Finally he came out and said:
"I wish I could tell you the author of
tho words I am going to 6ing. They were
sent to mo anonymously In manuscript,
and I have no means of giving credit to
whom it is duo."
The old maid's fingers quivered. She
breathed sobblugly and drew closer to mo,
and 1 wondered whether sho were going
crazy.
Then tho singer sang the simple verses
They may have been very bud as verses,
but as a song they were a success. The nu
dlonce listened intently, the women look
ing up, as women look when lowered eye?
lids would let the tears brim over. And
when tho last vorso rang out, plaintively
and proudly?
And, though thou hast banished mo,
I touch theo in each nodding flower..
I seo thee, dear ono, ovory hour,
In sky or star or sea.
All beauty holds sonio hint of thee.
And so thou canst not banish me,
Thou canst not banish me?
tho hnll forgot to applaud for fully three
seconds, when it caught its breath and sur?
reptitiously wiped its eyes?that is, all but
the old maid. Sho wept quite openly,
turning her radiant, tear stained face to?
ward me:
"It's mine! It's mino!" sho half sobbed.
'Oh, it's mine, and I urn so happy."
And then /he told mo the whulo story.
But neithur prai crs nor entreaties could
prevail upon her to let me tell her secret
And the boarders still wonder why it if
that a colorless littlo iody like tho oiri I
maid sometimes wears a look of pride.?
Chicago Tribune.
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18a.
OYSTER MEN,
SAVE YOUR MONEY BY GOING TO
JAMES MILL NEAR HAMPTON
WHARF, FOR MOGEB'S TONG
SHAFTS. 1* KICKS TO SUIT.
EVERY PAIR WAHR ANTED
E. Wo JOHNSON
Contractor; and Builmd
NEWPORT NEWd, VX.
Plans and Specifications Prepared oi
Short Notice.
HOUSE WORK A sPBCSAJLTE,
Mackey's Cafe
R. J. MACK BY, Proprietor.
The Best.Known Saloon Matt
1\ In Newport News. ? ? ? ?
Wines, Liqnors&Cigars
FINEST EXPORT BEER MADE.
Comfortable Pool and Billiard
Parlors Adjoining Cafe.
R- J. MACK ?=TV\
The Pleasure
A Piano gives In a year will
repay for its purchase pr.ee. Hut the
pianos we sell lust many years- ami ai<c
a constant source of pleasure and Joy
Our representative will call and ?ee
you ut any time on the subject. No
trouble to show catalogues and our
prices. Ca'Il and mo our stock.
The Hume, Minor Co,
240 MAIN STREET,
NORFOLK. VA.
oc 1-F.SuA Wim
Our represents tlve 's In Newport
News every week.
I Eat f\t
MACKEY'S . . .
. . RESTAURANT,
Meals at all hours. First-class Din
ner, 25c. From 12 to 2 P. M. The liest
that the market affords in every re?
spect. Came in season. Suppers fur?
bished to parties on short uotice.
Cor. Washington Avenue and 24th St
[TP-STAIRS.
GEOROIS LOHSli, /Ylffr.
Home At Last.
A New Year's Toast.
"Peace, happiness and prosperity to
you, this bright New Year. We con?
gratulate you, that through -the aid of
Thomas B. Henley & Co., you are at
last content in your own home. M$y
you live long to dispense such hospi?
tality."
If you desire this boon, let us help
you with pur advice as to future values
in building lots, houses and farms.
For Sole*
On 44th street, between Wash?
ington and Lafayette avenue, is
a nice 5-room bouse at $1,300.
$400 cash and balance to suit
purchaser.
On Oak avenue, near 25th
street. Is a new dwelling with
six rooms, at $750. $200 cash,
balance on easy terms.
On 27th street is a nice new
brick building with ?tore below
and four rooms above. Price
$1,500. Terms accommodating.
On 86tra street, a nice 7-room
house with attic and city water.
Price, $2,000. Terms accommo?
dating.
On 29th etree-t, near Washing?
ton avenue, Is a nice dwelling
containing eight rooms and mod?
ern Improvements. Price, $2,700.
Terms $700 cash, and balance In
6, 12 ana 18 months.
On Lafayette avenue la a nice
dwelling of 8 rooms and attic,
with city water. Price, $2,200.
Terms accommodating.
For iResrit.
FLATS
Mo. 1136 26th street.$10 00
Mo. 3004 Washington avenue. 25 00
Flat with store above, 29th street
and Oak avenue. 25 00
STORES
A very desirable store on Washington
avenue.
No. 3506 Lafayette avenue $20.00.
rilOS.B HENLEY & CO
Real Estate and Insurance.
2700 Washington avenue.
NEWPORT NEWS. VA
?C(\n OtTerod to anyone btir.glng mta Watch t'
t^eJel cannot pot in first-class order,
c%. J. MAUSER, . . .
.... WATCHES AND JEWELRY
> PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER.
Mo. 208 Twenty-eighth Street,
augS3-6na Newport New?. V*
MAKING A STOVE
is an operation that re?
quires a great deal o"f capital and quite
a lot of bnains. It Is the- proper combl
nation of those two thSngs that makes
good stoves poSsrble at the ?ridiculously
low prices of today.
We get our stoves only from the most
prominent and reliable mukers?those
who < annct afford to send out an
im[e: feet stove, and whose succ-Css In
business has proven the efficiency of
their product. Don't get along with an
oid rattle trap when such a small
amount of money will g- t a perfect
heater or cooki r.
Geo M. Richter,
_No. ? Queen street, JHam &ton. Va.
flUGLER!5
Cafe and Family Liquor Store
BSTflBblSHED IN I8S8.
Is the place for you to buy your
Wines ami Liquors for Cooking and
Medicinal purposes.
inese ore me Rules oi me erne q
inside:
o
No Loud Talking
or Singing, discuss?
ing of Politics, Na?
tionality or Reli?
gion. All who
cannot comply with
these rules are re?
quested to spend
their time and mon?
ey elsewhere.
All orders by mall will receive prompt
mention.
MUGLER'S CAFE,
No. 2312 WASHINGTON AVENUE
P. O. Box 10. NEWPORT NEWS. VA.
TRAVELERS' OUIDB
L~^Wll^~^STEAiaER~^sr^A^ SrCAIXi
will leave Newport News with bota
freight and passengers for Petersburg
?very Monday, Wednesday and Friday
ibout 7:15 A. M.. .inji will leave Newport
Mews for Norfo'.k ?very Tuesay, Thuxs
lay and Saturday about 3:30 P. M.
Will leave Norfolk evary Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday it t A. IL
?haip. J. W. fH U.LI PS.
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO.
DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA POINTS.
The elegant passenger steamships
lames town, Yorktown, Guyandott?,
itoanoke and Old Dominion leave Now
fork every day except Sunday at 3:M>
P. M. for Norfolk and-Newport Newa,
ouchlng at Fortress Monroe on th*
outh bound trip.
The ships "or this line leave Norfolk
(or New York direct ever;' night at 8:0? 'M
?'clock. - .. -e,__jji_
A sbort, delightful and Invigorating""
/oyoge.
FARE:
Flrsc-cloea, straight. Including
meals and berth.% 8 00
thirst-class, round trip, Includ?
ing meals and b<? th., 13 06
steerage wlthejut subsistence. IH
Steamer Luray arrives .from Smith?
ied and leaves for Norfolk daily ex
tept Sunday, at 8:30 A. M. Returning
eaves Norfolk from Bay Line wharf
?very day except Sunday at 3 P. M.
M. B. CROWKl.L Aden
1"< HE NORFOLK & WASHINGTON
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The New and Powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News. Washington
e-.d Norfolk, will leave daily aa follows:
NO"*TH BOUND.
?Steamers leave Portsmouth, foot
of North stret t at. 8:60 p OX
Leave Norfo.k, feat of Mathewo
street at. *:1C p. m.
Lea\ j Old Pednt at. 7:20 p. to.
Arrive Washington at. 8:46 a. m.
B. & O. P.. R. PENN. R. R.
Leave Washington at S:00 a m 7:20 a m
Arrive Philadelphia at 11:10 am 10:4b ant
Vrrivc New York at 2:00 p m lag p in
South bound, B. & O. R. R. Penn. R. B,"
Leaves New York at. 11:30 a m 1:00 if n.
Leaves Philadelphia at 1:33 i> m 3:18 p n
Arrives in Waiuington 4:30 p m 0:1* p
Sieamera leave Washington at 7:00 p ?>?
Vrrive Fortress Monroe at 6:30 a m.
Arrive Norfolk at 7:80 a m
Arrive Portsmouth at 8:00 ? m
The trip down the historic Potomac rivci
and Chesapeake bay on the elegant ste-.uic.rs
oi this Company is unsurpassed. The
steamers are comparatively aew. having
oeen built in lBCi, and ar? nueu. up in tfec
oiost luxuriant manner, with electric lights,
?all ''ells and steam heat in each room. The
ekbLs are supplied with every delicacy of
the season from the markets o! Waabirgtoa
and Norfolk.
For furthar information apply to
d. j. calla h an, Agent,
C; H BSAPEaKE & OHIO RAILWAST
; TWO TRAINS DAILY FOR WASH?
INGTON. TWO THROUGH TRAINS
FOR CINCINNATI.
In EFFECT JANUARY B, 18M. v
W?7T
i:Sp.
jU:E*-p.
18:8? p.
%:U p.
6: s3*.
9:0? a.
7:25 a.
?S:40 p.
*:16 p.
6:41 p.
8:57 p.
??tip.
flag I.
3:S? a. 18.8? u.
7:53 a. 6:16 ?4.
WESTWARD. i No. 1
Lv. Newport Newa i >:Hl.
Ar. Rlchnvond Jll'.lS 1
Ar Washington
Lv. Richmond
Ar. Charlottesville
Ar. Clifton Forg?
Ar. Hot Springs
Ar Ronceverte
Ar. White Sulp. Spga
Ar. Huntington
Ar. Clnolnnatl
Ar LoulaviU?_|iJ.:00a. | 8:00g.
?Except Sunday. Other time daily.
No. 1 Old Point to Cincinnati aad
I^juisville dally. Parlor car Old Point
to Richmond and Pullman sleeping cat
Richmond for Cincinnati. LouisvlUa and
St. Louis. Meals served on dining car
vest of GordonsvlMe. Connects at Riah
mond for Lynchburg and Lexingt**,
Va.
No. 8 for Cincinnati dally. PaBmaa
sleepers Old Point to Hint-on. W, Va
md Gordonsvillc to CinctnnaU and
Louisville. Meals served on dining caw
?vesi of Gordonsville._
For I No. 2
_ Norfolk._I Daily.
Lv. Newport News | U:0S a.
Ar. Norfolk I li:09 p.
Ar. Portsmouth_Lr*'1* !^
" For ~ I No. t
Old Point_1 Daily._
Lv. Newport Newa i 11:??. I &?
Ar. Hampton U:!?*- .
M. Old Point_I U:3S a. ) ?:??
Steamer Louise leaves Poctarnouth
tally at 7:10 A. M. and 8 P. M.; Uavea
Norfolk 8 A. M. and J:89 P. M. for Naw
;>ort New?
For tickets, rates and other taiorma?
tion apply to E. W. Robinson, ticket
agent, Newport News. Va., of John X>.
Pott?, assistant general paasang^r
agent. HitciunioBd. ... _ . _; .