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BIG FERRY STEAMERS
HERE AHEAD OF TIME
John Callahan and Wdodbury
Brought From Washington hy
C. & 0. and 0.0. Line.
BOTH KT YARD FOR OVERHAULING
With Capacity for Twenty-five Hun?
dred Passengers Per Trip, These
Vessels Will be Able to Handle
Large Part of Exposition Crowds to
and from This City.
The Norlolk & Washington Steam*
bout Company's big dditblo end ferry
boats .John Callahnn. under charter
hy the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Company, and Woodbury, recently
leased by the Old Dominion Steane
ship Company, arrived at this port
from Washington. D. C. about S
o'clock yesterday morning. The
steamers procedeed at once to the lo?
cal shipyard where they were docked
.In dry dock No. 2 to he overhauled
and painted preparatory to entering j
lite passenger service in Hampton j
Roads next Friday morning.
These vessels are among the larg?
est that will ply around Hampton
Roads this summer, each bnvlng a
carrying capacity oi aoout 2,500 pas?
sengers. The John Cnllahan will be j
operated constantly between the)
Ghesupcake & Ohio depot here and
the (exposition grounds and the Wood
bury will ply at regular intervals
dally between Norfolk. Newport
News and the Exposition. The Cnl?
lahan will make a trip to the Ter?
centennial every hour and n half.
Among other steamers that have
boon chartered for service around i
Hampton Roads during the lire or the
Tercentennial arc the ween Anne and
Montank hy th(> Newport News &
Old Point Railway & Fleetric Com- (
pony for service, between Old Point
Comfort and the Exposition grounds;
two other steamers, names not an?
nounced, bv the same company to ply
between Old Point, Exposition. New?
port News, Yorktnwn and James?
town; St. Johns and Rosedale hy the
Jamestown Steamboat. Corporation
for" service between Norfolk, Now.'
port News and tho Exposition; Van
sclver and Endeavor hv Norfolk &.
Portsmouth Traction Company to ply
"between Ivy avenue and Sewall's
Point: Elena hy Tennis Construction
Company plying between Hampton
and the Exposition and the Mahle'
Goldman by tho People's Line for the
same service as the Elena.
The Queen Anno will go on the line ?
between Old Point and the Exposition
tills morning.
In addition to these the Holt Line
will operate four, steamers between
Norfolk, Newport News and tlte Ex?
position and several small vessels
will ply between Hampton and Phoe?
bus and tho Exposition.
fIGHT Tn pawnshop.
"Pinchbeck's" Son U6es Adz Handle
On Negro Customer.
l.ouls Shimkowitz, son or Morris
Shimkowitzz. a pawn broker or 221
Twenty-fifth street, was arrested In
the pawn shop at G;'<i5 o'clock yes?
terday evening by Patrolman Jolin
ron on tho charge of assaulting Lau?
rence Ingram, a young negro of 732
Twenty-third street. Ingram was ar?
rested for disorderly conduct.
It seems that some time ago ingrain
pawned a pair of trousers at Shim
Kowltz's shop and yesterday evening
he wont there to redeem them. Young
Shimkowitz claimed that the pledge
? "Swastika" I
This is the name of
the oldest cross and ?j
the oldest sjmbol in
the world.
The design has been ?J
found in the remains
of every ancient peo?
ple Roman, Greek,
Egyptian, Aztec and
Chinese.
We have wrought
this curious symbol
into useful pieces of
jewelry. Such as Hat
Pins, Scarf Pins, Fobs
and Brooches, which *j
jS make attractive gifts.
Prices from 50c to
$2.50.
See our window dis?
ci pi?y
Jeweller and t
? Silversmith. ?
?jLUJ>JLxJUU ftj.l?U BXQJLxJUULftJ:
VISITORS
EXPOSITION
can find first-class accommo-;
dations at No. ^711 Washing?
ton Avenue, Powell Trust
Company Building, 2700 West
Avenue aud No. '218 20th ?
Street. Rooms only, meals
can be had nearby at moder?
ate rates. Rooms with onOj
dresser and bod, $2.00, two
beds, $:J.OO per day. Hot and
cold water batli and phone
service in eaoh building tree
to guests. Servants and man?
agers at each place day and
night. Vault where valuables
and money can be deposited
free. Under management of
Banking, Insurance.
Rents, Etc.
27I I Washington Avanue.
Newport News. Va.
Please cut this out aud mail to your
friends who are coming this way.
was void and r? fusrd to Rlvo the
trousers up aud an argument on-,
sued. After a few "cuss words had
been pa. ?jr<! Shimkowitzz struck hint
over tho head with an ad/, handle.
Officer Johnson, who had arrived on
the scene a few minutes previously,
then placed both men under arrest.
The prisoners were bailed by Jus?
tice- Brown on their own recognizance
for their appearance la police court.
Tuesday morning. In each case tho
bond was ?."i0.
MINNESOTA RETURNS
TO HAMPTON ROADS
New Battleship Has Been Given
Shaking Down Ron Up
Coast.
The new Newport News built bat?
tleship Minnesota returned yesterday
front a "shaking down" run up the
Atlantic coast to Maine and joined
Hear Admiral Evans' Atlantic fleet
off Old Point Comfort.
The protected cruiser St. Loul.? will
arrive in the Roads today from New?
port. R. I., with n draft of 200 sea?
men for the .Minnesota.
RICHMOND DUE TODAY.
Big Tug Has Undergone Extensive
Repairs Since Grounding.
The Seaboard Transportation Com?
pany's big seagoing tug Richmond,
which has l.-r-en undergoing extensive
repairs at the Teije and Lang yards,
Brooklyn, will arrive at this port from
New York harbor tins morning. The
vessel will sail tomorrow with a tow
of barges.
The Richmond was badly damaged
In January by striking a rock in Nqr
ragansett bay, R. [.
DELEGATES TO S. F. A.
Central Labor Union Names Repre?
sentatives to Annual Convention.
The Central Labor Union has elect?
ed the following representatives to
the annual convention of the State
Federation of Uihor. which will be
held In Norfolk on June 4: Delegates,;
J: M. Hrown. \V. K. H?tchens an.l F.
I S. Lvon; alternates. J. L. Ootee, R. P.
I Davis, G. A. Frohmnn.
ENGINES BECAME DERANGED.
! Tug Scully's Trip to Boston De
layed.
I .fust as the new Scully Lino tug
M. E. Scully arrived at this port yes?
terday morning with a tow of barges
from Boston her engines became de?
ranged.
j The vessel was afterwards towed
to one of the Chesapeake & Ohio
piers ny one of the railroad com)
j pany's tugs and the engines will be.
Irepaired there.
Sunday School Convention.
Among the delegates who will tit
lend the Virginia State Sunday
I Schoo', convention, which begins in
Richmond tomorrow, will he Miss
Emma McVicar, of Trinity Metho
i dlst church; Mr. DeWIlt Crane, Bp}
j perintendent of the First Presbyter?
j Ian Sunday sehooi; Mr. C. W. Rains-,
of the Second Baptist church, and
Mr. W. C. Harris, of the Chestnut
avenue Methodist church. Other
delegates will be elected by various
schools today. The convention bc>
! gins tomorrow and sessions will he
held every day until Wednesday
night.
His Dear Old Mother.
"My dear old mother, who Is riow
; eighty-three years old, thrives 'on
I Electric Bitters," writes W. B. Brun
son, of Dublin, On. "She has taken
ithem for about two years and enjoys
an excellent appetite feels strong
and sleeps well." That's the way
; Electric Bitters affect the aged, and
the same happy results follow in al)
^ases of female weaknesses and .gen?
eral debility. Weak, puny children
ton. nre greatly strengthened by
them. Guaranteed also for stomach,
liver nnd kidney troubles, by The
Ideal Pharmacy. COc. ,
VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR
Copt Alberts and lieol. Osenburg
at toe Capital.
DINED AT WESTMORELANQ CLUB
Attorney General Anderson and Col.
Jo Lane Stern Assisted in Entertain?
ing the Callers?Cruiser Bremen
Leaves Harbor This Week.
Frigate Captain Alberts, com-l
munduut of the German proteotoil
cruiser Bremen, now at this port, and .
First. Lieutenant Osenburg, of Ids
staff, paid an official visit to Gov?
ernor Claude A. Swanson in bis of
th e at the State" Capitol, Richmond,
yesterday.
The officers left this city on the
morning train and were met at Rich?
mond hy German vice-consul E. P.
Velter, who escorted them to the cap
itol and presented them to Governor
SwanBon. Attorney General Ander?
son and Col. Jo Lane Stern, assist
ant inspector general of the State, as
slated the governor In entertaining
the visiting foreigners.
Arter dining at the Westmoreland
club, the party visited some' of Hie
historical points In Richmond. The
officers returned here on the 5:311
train yesterday evening.
Tho Bremen will drop down into
Hampton Roads early this week to
await the arrival of the cruiser Boon,
the other warship designated to re
present Germany at the Jamestown
Exposition The Roon la expected in
tho Roads Thursday.
PLANS FOR MAMMOTH
MAN-O'WAR SENT OUT
Nearly All the Big Shipbuilding
Plants Will Submit Bids, to
be Opened June 20.
Plans for the two 20.000 ton bat
i h?ships, the bids on which will be
opened at the navy department,
Washington, D. C, on Juno 20, were
ye-Morday sent out by the depart?
ment to the larger of tho shipyards
in the country and to the New York
and Budget t Sound navy yards.
Besides the Newport News Ship?
building & Cry Dock Company, the
William Cramp Sons' Ship & Engine
Building Company, Philadelphia, the
Nriw York Shipbuilding Company,
Camdon, the Fall River Ship & En?
gine Company, Qujncy, Mass., and
the Union Iron Works, San Francis
Co, will submit bids on the mammoth
nien-'owar. The two navy yards
named above will offer estimates on
tho ships, but only for the purpose
of comparison with the bids of the
private contractors.
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
T. J. Crandall Had Revolver When
Searched.
T. J. Crandall. of Warwick county,
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Patrolmen S. G. Pearson and C. J.
Padgett on the "charge of disorderly
conduct. When searched at the sta?
tion a 38-callbre revolver was founrt
on the prisoner and the charge of
carrying concealed weapons was also
entered against him.
lie was bailed by Justice b. B.
Scmme..' on his own recognizance for
l'.ls appearance in police court to?
morrow morning. The bond was fixen
at $??.
Out of Sight.
"Out of sight, out of mind," Is an
old saying which applies with special
force to n sore, burn or wound that's
been'treated with Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It's out of sight, out of mind
nnd out of existence. Piles too and .
ehllbnins disappear under Its healing j
I influence. Guaranteed by The Ideal,
j Pharmacy. 25c.
BUY CLOTHES RIGHT.
Fine Vests
IN WHITE
AND
FANCY FLANNELS
The New
Three Button
Effect
$1.5C to $4.00
iWEBTHEIMER & CO.
i
MAN NOT BORN TO READ.
Thftt la the Kcinun Ho U Compelled
to Weai Glasses.
Many of che commonest physical uV
teds of civilized man are due to au
Imperfect aduptutlou of his body to
new conditions of life. Nearsighted
uess h> uu example.
C, \V. 8a lee by', the English writer ou
M-leutlttc subjects, says that all the nut,
about the degeneration of the hiimuii
eye Is ?'uudlliited nonsense." The truth
Is that "uinn was not born to read."
An Instrument made tut- seeing long
distances Is forced to accommodate it?
self to little murks and signs ou a piece
of paper. Says Or. Baleeby. "The eye
which we have inherited from our an?
cestors Is one thut is used without ef?
fort ul long rauge, merely eotttulnlng
within It an apparatus enabling It at
the cost of nervous und muscular ef?
fort to be used at short range."
The general need of glasses arises
from the necessity iu modern life of
the use of tho eyes itt short distances.
If the eye were naturally focused upon
near objects the advantage, as Dr.
Stileehy admits, would be great. How?
ever, he eontiuues. "If oue started to
make n list of the bodily ebaractei'K of
inuu which the amazing development
of his Intelligence bus rendered more
ur less appropriate to his needs than
originally one would require a vol?
ume."
GAY FUNERAL RITES.
Curious Ceremonies That Accompany
Cremation In Siam.
The funerals of young unmarried In?
dies ill Brazil are grewsoinely gay. so
to speak. The color or the collin Is
blight scarlet, and bright scarlet, too.
lire the bearst. the livery of the driver,
the harness aud the plumes that nod
ou the heads of the horses.
But for n gay funeral we must go to
the cremation of the dead in Slum.
When the body is that of a prluce the
proceedings are most elaborate. Gold
carriages galore abound, and the pyre
Is ultimately lighted by the king hlui
nelf with candles which have been ig-'
lilted ut the sacred lamps In the tem?
ples of his pulacc. which burn night
and day. The lighting of the funeral
pyre is followed up With sports and
the lotus dance. The king promotes I
the mirth by tossing limes to the peo?
ple, by whom they are eagerly fought
for, its Inserted In each are current
coins of the realm. Darkness havlug
at length fallen over the land, fire?
works and guy Illuminations conclude
these curious funeral rites.
The Word Etiquette
The very high sounding word eti?
quette hud a very humble origin, for
etiquette meant simply a lobel. It re?
ceived Its present signification from
the fact thut a Scotch gardener who
laid out the grounds at Versailles for
Louis XIV. was much annoyed at the
courtiers walking over his newly made
patbs and at length had labels placed
to Indicate where I hey might jmss. At
first these labels were not attended to,
but a hint from high quarters that in
future the walks of the courtiers uiUBt
be within the "etiquettes" or labels
was promptly attended to. To keep
within the etiquettes became the cor?
rect thing. The mcanlug of the phrase
was afterward widened.
HOISTING DEVICES.
Machinery That Was Used In Building
the Pyramids.
Hoisting machines were used lu both
Assyria and Egypt 0,000 or more years
l ago. In order to hoist the great
stones of the pyramids some forni of
derrick was employed. Probably the
first construction was that which 1b
now known to mechanics as the shear
legs. This Is made of two great tim?
bers tied together In the form of a
capital A. the two ends resting on tho
ground and a rope being run over and
attached at the top.
With one of these the pryamld build?
ers could have raised Inrge stones step
by step, which was doubtless their
method. We can Imagine we see tha
great A frame leaning over au Incllno
of perhaps fifty degrees with n block
nf stonu tied on. Then n great crowd
of men get hold of the rope on the
opposite side, perhaps assisted by some
draft oxen, and nil strain and pull until
the A frame stands erect and the storm
Is swung up Into the air, where It can
be pushed Into the desired place.
Such a contrivance could be used to
lift stones six or eight feet, which was
sufficient for the construction of the
first pyramid. Doubtless better hoist
lug devices were constructed as more
pyramids were built.?Circle Magazine.
The Dangerous Age.
If a man Is going to commit a crime
during his lifetime the chances are
that ho will do It At the age of twenty
! nine. It is n curious fact that statis?
tics have shown that man In more dan?
gerous at this period of his life than
at any other. The majority of crimi?
nals In the state of New York have for
some time been of this age. The gen?
eral supposition Is that men have at?
tained tho hghest development-of their
mental nnd physical powers at twenty
nine, and they are supposed to bo able
to' distinguish between right nnd
wrong and to realize the consequences
liable to follow the Indulgence of ei?
ther. Kett to the age of twenty-nine
the greatest number of criminals have
been twenty-one, twenty-seven or for?
ty-lire years of nge. The Intervening
years. Tu which men do not commit
ns many crimes, have not l>een explain?
ed by expert eriuiluologlsts who have
made Investigations proving the above
statements to be true and who aw still
working on a solution of the problem
-New VotVk Herald.
You Ai Ar we a* a fine
HALO 1fy0u like,but
THAT WONT fTNlSH Y&Ufc.
ATTIRE.AhY /more 7><aw r\
VJILL. AND THE DETTER >6? ARC.
THE BETTER Vo? J~noui-0
DRE.SS ,
THE BETTER VO? AHB* ft.
GOOD DRE.5.S WILL MADE YOU bETTER, bE
CAI/-5E DRE.S.S1NG WELL WILL bRING YOU CON?
TENT. WHEN 1Y0U GO TO bUY DRE^-5, COME
TO THE .STORE THAT CARRIED THE RIGHT
KIND or THINGS TO DREJJ YOU. THE MAY
DAY 1,5 NEARLY HERE AND YOU W15H To 5E
PREPARED TOR IT, Do YOU NOT? WE CAN
PREPARE YOU FOR THE MAY DAY AS
FOLLOWS
FINE bLUE ?SERGE ?SUIT.S $10 TO $20.00
FINE FANCY S\J\TS $10 To ?25.00
HAT5 .STIFF AND 5oFT 50c To $6.00
Wertheimer and Co.
Twenty-Sixth Street and Washington Avenue.
2206 Jefferson Avenue.
Don't You Like
This Town ?
You live here. Your
business interests are
here. Y<?ttr home is
here.
You are rending a
Ifttil Order Catalogue.
That indicates that you
are not. spending your
money in tlii* town.
You are spending it
with strangers in. a bjg
city. That city has no
use for this town except
to get your money.
This town has use
for your money. If
spent here, your money
will help to build up tin*
town. It will help to
build up your own busi?
ness.
In the long run more of your
money will come back to you if you
spend it at home than if you send it
to Chicago or some other large city.
You spend a dollar with Smith, up
the street. Smith spends it with
Brown, around the corner. Brown
is just as likely to spend it with you
as with anybody else. Did you ever
think of that?
All of us have to spend money. There is an art in
spending it where it will do the most, good. If spent so
that it will circulate around this town und community, it
will help this town and community. You belong to this
town and community. Therefore it will help you. Isn't
that good logic I
Suppose you think it over next time
you pick up the Mailorder Catalogue.
EPES SCHOOL.
Wash. Ave. <fc 30th St
Morning. Afternoon and Night Clanaes.
Well equipped rooms, good library, experienced teachers. All
branches of a liberal education taught thoroughly. Special instruc?
tions In Boolt-kesptng, Stenography. Typowrltiug and Music, x-28-tuBTj