Daily press. [volume], October 19, 1906, Page 3, Image 3

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JURY MAKES MONEY
FOR GUY AND STATE
Taxes Will be Collected Upon $25,
OOQ In Property and Incomes
Heretofore Unlaxad.
AFTER ONE HI PMIICULML
Citizen Known to be Wealthy is Said
to Pay Only Three Dollars in Taxes
and the Grand Jury is After Him?
Adjourned Over Until Next Tues?
day.
As a insult of Hie work of Hie grand
jury in Hm Corporation Conti this
week, the city and Stalo will this year
collect taxes oh about $25,000 in per?
sonal properly and Incomes heretofore!
imtnxod. A largo number of Hie mosl
prominent business and profession:1!
men in the city, well known shipyard
Officials and others have been liefere
the jury?and in nearly every case re?
vised tax lists have booh taken to the
commissioner of revenue. No indict?
ments have been returned, each per?
son in whose list errors or omissions
were found being permitted to innkuj
proper corrections, and the work of
the jury lias been conducted ill thoj
quietest possible fashion.
Yesterday afternoon the jury ad?
journed over until Tuo.'iday, when an-!
other "hatch" of lax-payers will lie ex-!
nmihed. It is said that one man in,
particular, who is now out of the city,'
is wanted by the jury. He was ver?
bally summoned hy the sorgen III sev?
eral days ago, hut failed to put in 111?
appearance. Tills man is understood
tu lie one of the wealthiest business
men in the city and. according to one
of the grand jurors, no pays only
about. in taxes. He will go before
the jury Tuesday if Sergeant Mllstcad j
can find him by thut time.
Because hardly anyone has been
paying the income tax, especial atten?
tion to this matter hits been paid by
the jury. The list of citizens lias'
been carefully gone over and every
man who would naturally be supposed
to have an income of more than $'!')n
per year and who pays no Income
tax, is ?being summoned to appear for
examination.
CLEVELAND A6ERNATHY GETS
THIRTY BAYS FAR LARCENY
Youngster Charged With Stealing
Watch Failed to Appear, but Was
Tried and Later Jailed.
Cleveland Ahernnthy. a white man,
who failed to answer a summons to!
appear in the Corporation Conn yes- |
terday morning to answer the charge i
of larceny, ami who was tried ami
convicted in his absence and scntenc;!
ed to thirty days in jail, was'arrest-I
etl at the corner of eighteenth street
and the River Road yesterday after-]
noon by Officer Charles .1. Padgett.]
Abernalhy was arrested f?r stealing
a watcli several months ago and was
sentenced to Co days in jail by Jus-'
ttco Brown in the police court. His
attorney. .Justice B. B. Semnie?, not?
ed an appeal to the Corporation
Court and the ease was set by Judge
Barham for trial yesterday morning.
Abernathy failed to put in bis ap?
pearance at t!u? court, but the case
wtts -tried in his absence.
Exhibition Rare Old Engravings
At M. H. Lash's, Washington avenue,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Col?
lection could not lie duplicated.
10-16-w-thu-fri-sat. _
rmnit jwyvnf"' ^?""?^r ?1 *?1
BUY CLOTHES RIGHT.
HAVE YOU SEES OUR NEW
MODEL
Fall
Overcoats ?
They are worth seeing?
worth buying and wearing;
There are conservative and
and exheme styles in a
magnificent assortment and
every garment backed with
our personal guarantee.
$8 to $25
Wertheimer
& Company
26th St. and Washington
Avenue.
m ??mum minimum 1 jjMWgggj*j**j*jp
WASEO IS HERE.
WHAT IS WASEO?
SEE PAGE SIX.
COS!!! HOUSE FORGE MAY
BE MATERIALLY INCREASED
Commissioner Lyman, of the Pointing,
Division, Spent Yesterday In
the City.
According in a well founded rumor
? mi ulHciul eon Urination of which
could he obtained last night the
treasury department Is contemplat lug
Increasing the force el customs In?
spectors in this city in the Immediate
future- Tlie pro3ont force of In spec
tors, it Is said, is deemed la l?- hiadu
tjuato to meet duiminds of Ihn ox
peeled increase in the export and Im
P? i trade a| this port during Itte
nexi few nioiitlis and a.; many aildl
tl'iial inspectors a; the port- limi?
ne-s requires ate in he pui on by
the treasiirv depaitnieiit during Ihul
lint.
Commissioner Lyman, heal of the
pointing division of tin- treasury de?
partment, arrived In this city from
Washington yesterday morning ami
spent the day at the custom house
and on Lie piers with the inspectors,
lie was in conference with Deputy
Collector Charles Spencer, Chief In
sn-.c ir E 11 (jo Morccock and one i>r
two of the Inspectors, from whom, i'
is understood, he obtained consider-;
aide datn about tin- export and Im?
port business at this port.
While nothing definite could i"
learned lost night about the purpose
id' Air. Lyinan's visit t i Uiis city, it
is supposed that ii had lb do wit!;
ilie proposed Increase in tin- force of
iiispei tors.
It is pointed not that if tlie misti?
ness at lids port du.<iiig the coming
] winter centals that of lust winter the
present force of Inspectors tv'.ll not
I he able t> c?po with I ho situation
at I lie piers. On several occasions
last winter clerks in me custom
house had t" l>e pressed Into service
on the piers, as there were not
enough regular inspectors to take
care of the freight loaded and dis?
charged by s.iip.v
Lew's Arnos Resort From Dan?
gerous PfPuicsmeiil.
HALF mm AB? EXHAUSTED
Starting for Home From Hotel, Young
Carpenter Fell Overboard and Was
Clinging to Pile When Located by
Mr. Sproul.
Half frozen by Cue zvy water anil
I well nigh exhausted, Lewis H. Amos,
a carpenter employed by the Chesa?
peake <fc Ohio railroad, was found
clinging to a pile beneath the depot
passenger pier about 1:45 o'clock this
morning by Mr. B. I). Sproul, a fore
man at the Old Dominion steamship
pier. At that lime Mr. Sproul was on
his way to his home, :I2!? Forty-ninth
street from work, a d when passing
the pier he heard feeble cries tot
help apparently Issuing from under
the pier. Upon lnve3ilgnt'.on he lo?
cated you'.g Amos in the y.dtrr. and
utter som? ittle difi'eulty st-cc Jc*.
in getting him up on the pier.
' After he had revived sufficiently
lo walk Mr. Sproul took the half fro?
zen man to the police station, where
he was given dry clothes and medical
nttention,
I When seen at the station house by
a Daily Press reporter this morning
| Amos was unable to tell how he hap?
pened to be in tlie predicament in
which he was found and stated that
the last remembered before being
hauled out of the river he was at (lie
Coferton Hotel on Twenty-eighth
street. He lives in On "Passenger
Hill." near the depot, and as ho had
been drinking, it is supposed that as
he was returning home from the hotel
he wandered down on the pier and
tumbled ovorboarl. It Is not known
! just how long i. > ha.I been In the wu
j tor, but judging from condition when
? he reached the station house; he must
j have fallen overboard several hours
' before rescued.
I When asked by the reporter where
ho spent yesterday. Amos said that
he had been visiting his wife and
child at his home" near Oordonsville
! for several days, but left for homo
yesterday morning and boarded a
Chesapeake & Ohio train for this city.
'arriving here' at 7:20 o'clock last
j night. He said he met a man on Ihc
train who was going to Norfolk and
with him went to the Coferton hole!
After that his mind was blank. He
could not recall tho name of his
I friend.
FACTORY TO BE REBUILT.
Clark Overall and Pants Company to
Replace Burned Plant.
It is announced that the Clark Ov?
erall and Pants Factory, which was
considerably damaged by fire Wednes?
day morning, will be rebuilt, and put
in operation again as soon as possi?
ble.
Mr. George E. Clark, president of
the company, stales that the loss as
the result of the flro was much great?
er than the newspapers have staled.
He places his losses as follow:- ?
Building and hardware stock, loss $10;
000; insurance $4.(100: overall and
pants factorv, loss $17,000; insurance
$0,500.
Glor ana Cleared.
The Rrltlsh steamer Gloxinia clear?
ed yesterday for Mexican porta with
a full cargo of coal loaded here.
Approved Report.
Judge Waddlll. In the Federal Dis?
trict court at Norfolk has approved
(he report of Referee in Bankrupted
.T. R. Lock in the case of Moss &
Dale, contractors of this city.
MAX FELSTEIN UNDER
ARREST IN NEW YOfiK
Former Iccal Saloon Keeper
Charged With Defraudi g
Wholesale Dealers.
?MANY FIRMS RfVE COMPLAISIS
Prisoner is AllcijccJ to Have Secured
Ten Thousand Dollars Worth of
Goods, Half of Which He Shipped
Away Before Filing Bankruptcy
Petition.
Max Fnlstoln, known lioro us a Daw
son City saloon keeper and clothier
I with a reputation none loo savory. Is
linder arrest in Now York as a sus?
picious character and probably will
be ivied < n a grand hircony charge.
I Kelsiciii I t ;ii a saloon on Iho rlvei
i below this city until I he decree of the
: Circuit Court of Warwick county
' made him close his doors. It is snh!
thai IVIslein only closed Iiis front
door, hut the police made It so hot
for hint that lie gave up the liquor
traffic and opened clothing store.
I Sometime ago Foist ein left the city
and was not hoard from again here
until yesterday, when a special tlis
' patch from New York announced Ills
arrest.
I The following Associated Press dis?
patch from Baltimore thrown some
i light on tho ease:
I "Twenty seven Baltimore firms al?
lege thai they have been defrauded to
'an aggregate or $8.000 by one Mux
; Feist ein now uiidor arrest in New
j York- city as a suspicious person,
i pendln;: an Investigation of how ho
I came Into possession of a ipuiutity of
: merchandise, which ho was endeavor
ling to dispose of to jobbers. Twentv
otlli r firms over the country arc said
to hove claims against him for small
amounts aggregating $2,000.
Said He Was in Business Here.
"The goods for which Felstoln owes
the local firms were purchased during
the nio'itha of April. May and June
of this year. He represented himself
[as beinv in husinesh ni Newport News.
Vn. Not paying his hills the creditors
j took combined action. Meanwhile
jFelstetn filed a voluntary bankruptcy
plea, it is alleged that when an In?
ventory was taken, it was discovered
I thai goods valued at $6,000 wore miss
I Ing.
I "It is claimed here that this is the
merchandise found in New York.
"The father of the two Folsteins'
lived at 262 North Exeter Strebt, this
city, up to two weeks ago, going un?
der tlie names of Pols nriil Felstoln.
SEWER NOT A SUCCESS.
East End Pumping Station Cannot be
Abandoned by City.
City Engineer Marye said soon af?
ter entering upon the duties of his of?
fice that lie was convinced tlint the
new storm water and sanitary sewer
in East iLli.1 would never operate ill)
it was intended it should and that Iho
city wotilj tr.av? to continue to main-1
tain the pumping station. Yesterday
a statement irprii the engineer to thlr
effect was made public.
The sewer will do a, great deal of i
good, however, and Mr. Marye thinks'
that it will not lie necessary to oper-1
ate the pumping station more than
tin 1 f the time. To maintain the sta?
tion lias heretofore cost, in the neigh?
borhood of $4,000 and it will mean
Something to cut this amount in half;
Mr. Marye. thinks that the new
sower has not sufficient "drop" and
the pipes are too small.
?f Where Quality is Uppermost. 6
iSfotm Shoes g
For Men. j
i i
a Made of extra quality, w.>vr
a proof calf, with vlscnlized soles, gj
S Nothing in leather could be
more waterproof, low medium JJ?
and extra high cut. 5?
$5.00, $5.5", $6.00
$6.50, $9.00
INDISPENSABLE TO MEN
OUTDOORS.
I SHOE PfttACE, I
jg Twenty-sixth Street and 5J
^ Washington Aye. ^
WASEO IS HERE.
WHAT IS WA5EO?
SEE PAGE S'X,
WIWMIMItf ?BBS
BATTLESHIPS ORDERED IQ
SEA FOR ACCEPTANCE TESTS
Virginia, Louisiana and New Jersey
Go From Roads' For Runs of
Forty-eiglit Hour-b.
Tue United Stales battleships Vir?
ginia. Louisiana and New Jersey,
which arrived In Hampton Roads
? !.:n Havana, Cuba', Wcilnesda> morn1
lug with Secretary Tafi mid his party
have been ordered by l.lie navy do
pari in ei i i coal and ninUe such re?
pairs as aie necessary und Uten proi
'?? I to icil for their f.i: ly-oluhi hoar
endurance and speed teas, which
i . accessary hefnre ihe vessels eau
bi' accepted by the navy department.
The l. mls'nitu and Virginia nr<j
pi (duels of the local idiipynrd. The
. riimr Is rei|ulre,l to inn lie is knots
mi hii.n aai the latter i'-1 knots.
Itoth vessels exceeded their contract
rotpilroiiicilts mi their ojUclnl trials
of/ i ie cria'3t of .Maine lust year
Mid thero Is no doubt bill that Hiey
will ntnlto a ??.at:, fa:-', iry showing 011
i . lorly.-etgiit hour ru i, The New
.ii . 'iy wa.i b'i'lt at tho l ore River
'? ' .'cii lit-.-Company and ' \ a .vs.
Ii r dilti to t'.i? Virginia.
.lip w'.H p i I i Sen frbill
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when i.
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teal
ii>' ? mid
i.i com
. L Tl if H fY FE BT.
W. I". Hoffman Iniured VVhilb Wo k
lirl
r.n New Cftl Pier Yesterday,
die :?; w :< v ?1 ;? lay rn Hie
Chi Hp tiiVe A Ohio . i.il ;ver.|
i nf pli r N??. 10. \V, r li iffnmn.l
mi'Ider. ti II l r n the lop
I of t'.id f.ev.tie it ihn ground, a dUt
aii ??? of I feel r.u I imsttiiliOd ?erl
in, : l > igh n ! fat il iiijnrlo t. He
waa taken !? the Rtfiieral hospital
where oviscv ;? islblo aiod e il nt
leritldli was given hini. I. was t'c
pruned nl the hofspHai this morning
thai the in.i i.ed man w:n doing an
well ?? cmid Ik' pxppi it I.
Franklin P. Kirl bond.
Fi'.i'iltllii .'. Kirk dli I M.unlay
In New York from tho effects of a
|ii >?;;.,;.- of pafalyrtn Hr.. Kdrk fdr:
h:->ily lived litre t'.n.l wr.i well I
known all over lue Po.i'nS"la.
CONFERENCE IS CALLED.
Joint Committees to Disc.icc Ctc Quar?
antine Quosticn.
I A mooting <>!' noihiliittcos of tho lo?
cal Chamber >f Commorco und the
Norfolk Hoard ol Trddn and Ruslueis
Men's Association will he held in Nor
foll; tomorrow tor the pnrpoao nf ill*
jeiHsIng the :iunraiillne question.
This p-t and Norfolk have the
samo complaint to make against Iho
Federal qH')ranilne regulations ami
ilolnl hppcnl to the gnvorumCnt proba?
bly will he recommended by the com?
mittees.
This Store is Tilled i
io Ovr rfli?\> iiijg
With Preliy
Things
of sensible, practical use. Price
marks are noticeably |jwcr than
other stores .i6k. Eve:/ Itom
ycu look over repreccnts a
handsome saving. Owing to
our large buying power we can
offer you inducements that no
other store can cquol.
COCKERS.
Hundreds of the newest de?
signs?Colonial. hand-polished
solid quartered oak, most com?
fortable Hocker made.
Special .
$4.50
STOVES AND RANGES.
The world famed "Favorite"
has no equal. Cut your coal bill
in two. Do yon think It Is cheap?
er to buy a makeshift of a stove
that gives you half the heat
with a double coal bill to pay?
Our Stoves are guaranteed to
give an even temperature with
half the care. See them before
purchasing. $ii?.00 Of Cf\
down to . y ! idv
46 styles to select from
Lace Curta'ns,
Newest effects. .1 ist anfcjva?.
$37.50 the pair lowu Q'"'*
to
Chln.i Clo!-.Lt3.
Great bargains in thla special
line. Solid, ban-end glass ni l
front; mirror top; extra large
size; quartered oak; hand'
polished.
Special .
$18.75
Wood Stoves.
Sheet Iron, double draft, .lust
the tiling to heat up a good
sized room. Q4 A Q
Specinl .$ I ilo
Blankets and Comforts.
Full size, SV'.W
down to .
$1.00
Chamber Suites,
One hundred stylos. Most
varied line south of New York.
$t;t)0 down
to .
?16.50
Chicago House
Furnishing Co.!2L
2703 and 2705 Wash. Ave.
Headquarters for Young Mar
rled People?Special Induce?
ments to New Bcginnerc.
(6
FOR KIDNEY TROUBLE
AND A WEAK BACK.
99
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Pe-ru-na Has No Equal.
I?
An
Emphatic
Endorsement.
WHIP
MR. M.
BRODERICK.
Mr. Mv Brbdorlcls,'?133 -lOili St., l-'luauclul Secretary Kmblo Employes
U...on, No. ion, Chicago, ni.; writes:
' 1 have been suffering from a weak back and kirlnoy trouble for some
time and have beon ablo to ?nd relief only through the u?o of Pcruna.
?'During IhoSvluloi' season 1 nautili y kocpn bottle- Of your modlciuo in tbo
it.usd and i.y talcing adoso at night, I am fooling line the next morning.
i "Some of my friends assure mo thai lYrunu la equally as good tor tbolr
various atfmohts as it\? for my complaint) t.ui, 1 do know tbut for kidney
trouble and Buffering from n weak back It na* no equal."
I
ixldncy Trouble Is Not Always Recog?
nized as Catarrh?Pc-ru-na Re?
lieves Kidney Disease tie -
cause It Is a Remedy for
All Phases ol Catarrh.
TWF.NTYF1 VB year*
Dr. Hartman hogan distributing
Iii? pnuipblots, hooks and newspaper
articles. Dflght's in ?a .? of tbo kid?
neys wis rogordotl as a dUOiteo wholly
distinct i rum catarrh.
Now, Bright'S Disease Is thought by
many the world over to be a phase
of catarrhnl liitlaminatlon.
To relieve Itrlght'H Disoaso something;
ihusii lie used tbut has tbo power to re?
lieve ....inrrh.
Ahj modlclno that Is n remedy foi
entat rli Of Otic organ i* obviously n med?
icine for catarrh 01 any other organ,
Pcruna Is an internal, systemic .a
tarrh remedy.
Like catarrh, It pervades tbo wbolo
system, and counteracts tbo cftoctH of
the dlsctiHc.
A ?reut many people boliovo that they
have t.ccn cured of chronlu Bright'! '
DlHoaso by llio use of l'crunn.
// is certainly true that In the earlier
stauen ol lirlght's Disease, Pcruna Is
an effective remedy.
Numerous testimonials on thin point
establish the (act hcyoud ail doubt.
Mr. otto a. Flolssncr, American opt
CUronnj formerly Chef to Col, \V. .1.
Cody, 111^ Hixtli Ave., Hostile, Wash,,
writes:
"1 suffered with kidney and bladdor
trouble until lite did not seem worth
living, I had tried many medicines,
but did not get any relief until I took
P?rpua. It was really wonderful bow
much hotter I was after 1 usod this
medicine only u week. At tbo end of
Blx months I found to my relief that it
had rid my systom of all poisons and I
was cured to stay cured."
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SjtvMT arts Q>Y2teQ\\%
OLD DOMINION LAND CO.,
Htm WARWICK BUILDING.
V/M. H. KELT ?00,
Cashlor.
B. QUINCY SMITH, A. L. POWELL,
President. Vlcc-Prcsldcm.
THE NEWPORT NEWS NATIONAL SANK
, CAPITAL, $100,000.
?. S. 8?VEKHBEHT ?SP?SiTOW
Transacts a genoral banking business. Four por cent, iuterest allowed
on Bavin*,*, accounts.
j Material construction of any nature |
can be had by seeing me. I have the
only real electrical supply store ever
altempted In Newport News. See my
stock of fixtures and you will innko
home beautiful.
T. G. COBURN,
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION
AND SUPPLIES.
2917 Washlnpon Avenue.
Doth 'tJionea, 118?Residence, Bell,
148y. Citizens' 418.
From A Parcel To ?rt
Engine.
? - ?>?'?? flip
FREIGHT. BAGGAGE, FUR?
NITURE AND SAFES CAREFULLU
AND PROMPTLY MOVED.
Old Virginia Mahogany!Storage Warehouse
Furniture j 514-520 27th St.
In order to immediately close out j
the business I will sell everything at
cost. Fine chance fur lovers of an-1
tlque furniture to get bargain::.
I Vincent De Mavino,
Normal School Corner.
Hampton, Va.
' Citll from 10 a. m, to 1 p. m., and '
from 3 tu C p. in. i
REASONABLE RATES
Virginia
Transportation
Company