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HY POSTPONE TRIAL
RUN OF THE MONTANA
Shipyard Officials Ask Navy De
[ partment to Allow Changes In
High Pressure Valves.
NOT SATISHEO WITH SHOWING
Failure of Cruiser's Engines to De?
velop Desired Number of Revolu?
tions Causes Builders to Want to
Make Same Alterations as Were
Made on the North Carolina.
Having barely made her contract
speed or 22 knots an hour during Hi"
(ilandtirdl/.alion trials over the MOQi
roo island, Me,, measured rhllo bourse
>?<stoii|:iy, the now Npwpori Now*
built armored bruiser Montana prob?
ably will not undertake her lour hour'
forced draft run until tho Mulders
ran secure permission from Secretary
of the Navy Mitealf to so alter the
high pressure valves of tho anginen
us to give ten pounds additional pow?
er. l'< emission to make thrso chang?
e's was asked for by tin builders Im?
mediately arter the trials yesterday.
Tho Montana's SlSturshlli, the North
Carolina, falb d to make her contract
speed until similar change* to her
engines wer,- made 111 the local yard.
However. th< Montana's screws were
given less pitch I bun those of the
North Carolina and when the vessel
left hero the,builders thought that she
would make er cout rant speed without
any changes being made lo the valves.
Undor Advcr.ic Conditions.
Tho standardization trials yCBtbr
day were hold under adverse comit
lilotiH an to high winds and heavy
Hoas. The Montana was sent over
the course' H tlm.es, being si at led at a
Hi knot clip. Her fasti si tulle, which
was made with the lire In her favor,
wuii at the rale of 32.811 knots an
hour, but the average or her five host
runs was 22.035. After the runs, the
nnv.il trial board nnnouuctd that
nearly 121 revolutions of tho screw.t
p. r minute would be necessary to
give the contract Bpeod of 22 knots.
Developed 120 Revolutions.
On a forced drnfl run during thy
trip up the boast to Uoelthuid, th*
engines iXiuld develop but 120 rcvnlo--,
lions n minute and for that reason
the offlprala of thi' building company!
hhumtuccO last night that they were
1n doubt whether or not they would
proceed today with tho four hours
endurance and aimed trial, or await
permission in alter the high pressure
valves.
The cruiser developed 20,C08 horse
power on Hie fastest run over the
mile course yestei'dny and the aver?
age- of the five best runs was 94,500
horsepower. Tho engines wore de?
signed for 23,000 horsepower.
commission expecte'cTIhortly
Captain Wllklns is Said to Have Pass?
ed Eximination.
II was reliably reported In local
military circles hist night that Cat pa In
R. 12. Wllklns successfully passed the
examination before Colonel C. A.
Hemp-ay, r. S. A., for bin commission
ns tho commanding offlcor of the
Huntington Itltlob, Company C. Captain
W'llkitiB to>i; the examination Tues?
day.
It is expected that I he captain jvj'l
receive Iiis commission from Govern?
or Swanson within the next few days
and he will immediately relieve First
Lieutenant Franklin of the command
of the Rifles. Lieutenant Franklin
Ins Ilten the commanding otlieer of
the company since Captain Moore left
tills city several months ago.
Tournament Ende Tonlnht.
Tho mild-winter basketball tour?
nament ut tho Young Men's Christian
Association will end tonight with a
double btlir.ler between tho Suxnnsnud
llritons. and the Spartans and Creeks.
Theso teams are the fastest in Hie
tournament and the matches into ox
pectrd to lx> about Hie fastest seen
ni the association this winter.
Bay City Out of Deck.
Tito wtialeback steamer Bay City,
which him been hiving repairs made
in her hull in dry dock No. 1, nt the
Shipyard, was hauled oui ofthe basin
ytflterday. She will lonl oral at one
?tit Hie local dock* today.
Tho Voting r.?dlOB" Society of Trini?
ty jMeihndhit church Invite you to at
't*>nd the Food und Fancy Article Sale
Saturday. April -Ith, corner Washing
ton avenue and Twenty-ninth street.
In the store formaliy occupied by
Hales & Co. 1-2-R.
Notice.
Patrons of the Newport News Light
nnd Water Company are hereby re?
minded thai water bills musl be paid
liv the 1011? lust. All delinquents on
tho lllh inst. will have their supplv
<>:it on" pursuant, to notice given all
rphsumefs. NEWPORT NRWS LICHT
AND WATER COMPANY, by L. B.
MANVILLB, Superintendent. 4-l-10t
$1.50 and Up
Do y?>iir Intuiting
with UB.
Four Per Gent, on
Urne (iepo.-ilH
KintiHt building
and the biggcBl trust
company on the pen?
insula.
Powell Trusi Co.
2612 Washington Ave.
Social-Personal
Mr*. II. II. Ihslby Is III at hot homo
I In North End.
'Mrs. Glaronco 1'prtcr .Toiuw, who
has been undergoing treatment at I ho
St, Ertwtcls hospital, Is recovering
rapidly and was well enough lb bo
moved to her horn. Tlllrty-B Conti
sire i yesterday.
Mir. flcorgo s. Ford, of Charlottes
Ivlllo, Is v tail lug hla dntiglttor-lii-lafW,
Mrn. O. A. Ford, 33? Twenty-seventh
I street.
Miss .Susan P lor man has returned
If mm i> visit to relatives In Went Vir?
ginia.
Mi: s M. A. Ralley, of Boston, I? vls
llslhig her nephew, Mr. II. It. Uhllcy.
on Fifty-fourth struct,
Miss THIIci COtlkp, or ?ilnesvlUe.
IPtav.. Is visiting friends and relatives
[In this city.
Hr. R. T. Styll. who linn heen npoud
lug several weeks hl Thron Squares,
Va.. to recuperate his health, his re?
turned homo,
Mr. Robert A. Davis, who has heen
visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. It,
l.ee Davis, on Tlilllty-fonrtlt street,
returned yesterday evening to the
I'nlvenliy of Virginia to continue his
studies,
Mr. and Mrs. II. R Unykln have re?
turned from a visit to friends In Rloh
niond.
HIGH SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.
Students Ralsino, Funds for the Base
Ball Team,
An ente rtain incut will he given in
(he aeai mhly hall of the High school
building tonight for the benefit of the
uniform fund of tho baseball team of
I lit* lust it ut Ion. Two sketches, "Tho
'Persecuted Dutchman," mid "Who
I Cits de Reward?" will lie presented by
n-oilM of the students. Percy Dom?
inion wll pllty the part of the Dutch
I man and Jamce. Williamson ami Nel?
son Overtoil will Impersonate tho
characters of Soo and sim Fixen In
Who Cits d ' Reward?"
During tho Intermission between the
I sketches a literary and musical pro?
gram will be rendered by s> vernl oT
I the pupils.
The High school Im*, kill team has
just been organised an l. the season
will open about the middle of this
month. The proceeds of tonight's en?
tertainment wlii be used in purchas?
ing new uniforms, balls, bats, gloves,
etc.
ILOOKSUKE NO RACING
IN NEW YORK STATE
{Senate Votes Down an Amendment
Which Was Not Favored by
Govcdnor Hughes.
(llv Associated Press)
-M.HANY, N. Y., April 1.?Tho Sen?
ate tonight by a vote of LT. to 28 in
committee of the whole voted to strike
from the race track gambling bill the
amendment which aimed not to have
Hie bill go into effect until Scptcmbcr
1st. next.
This restores the hill to the form
desired by Governor Hughes anil Us
Introducers say that Is pew rends BO
as to "take effect Immediately." The
oilier bill was: then taken up and
without further discussion both were
advanced to thin' tendings. Senator
(Irmly announced tlint he reserved
the light to debate ihe latter bill.
Mrs. Roosevelt in New Orleans.
NEW OHDICLVNi). LA.. April 1.?
[Sight seeing and shopping occupied
the greater part of (tie Kmc of Mrs.
Roosevelt today In New Orleans.
Reiurning to the Vftcht Mayflower
jtttrt before lunch this afternoon, she
received those of ihe "Hough Rider"
vetednns who nrc now living In this
city.
GRIM RELIC OF THE WAR
?NEARTHEOJDN BEACH
Skeleton of United Slates h'aval
Officer Found In Sand Near
Wopf ison.
NO MEANS Of IDENTIFICATION
Rust-eaten Remncnt of a Sword, Grass
Naval Buttons, .1 Roll of Paper
Money and Pour Pieces of Gold
Anken From the Shallow Grave by
Ernest C. Phillips.
a grim relic of civil War limes wag
liuuarthod on the Juntos river beael:
near Morrison yesterday. a liono
protruding fronutho sand led to tin*
discovery of the entire skeleton of '1
a rust-on ten remnant of .1
BWOrd and a number of naval bras':
luttnn.t of an old hlylo, gave convinc?
ing evidence ?if the fact Ihnt the re?
main.-, of an Officers of Die United
Hintes navy had been uiieniibed.
Mr. Karnest S. Phillips, son of .Mr.
Thompson Phillips, of this city, made
the discovery yesterday morning, Up
011 seeing the human bom- In the sand,
he began digging nnd soon brought up
the skeleton, which was just below the
Mil face of I be ground. A roll of paper
money, decayed and lulling to pic es;
a twenty dollar gold piece dated
18(11; a live dollar gold piece, dated
1862 am] two two and on" half dol?
lar gold piece, dated 1854, and 11 lllim
bei of small pearl button.'- W.aro found
In the shallow grave. The gold
pieces and pearl button* were in a
perfect stale of preservation, hut a.
number of other coins, apparently
copper and silver, were corroded be?
yond recognition.
Mr. Phillips thinks thai th} dead
olllcer was attached to one of the
ships which engaged in tho battle
with the Confederate ironclad Vlrgl
niii (Morrlmac)'. a large number of
{Union officers and men were killed In
1 hove actions, dying on board or going
down with their ships. This body
probably Moated ashore and was has?
tily burled, or lay upon the bench un?
til It was covered with sand.
Tin? rusty tjword Is in such a slate
that II Is Impossible to tell what it
originally looked like, and I here are
no paper or Other things by which
the skeleton can be Identified.
largest~wo"?den VESSF.L.
Big Six-Masted Scliooner Edward J
Lawrence Launched.
The big six-master coal schooner
I'M ward J. Lawrence, the largest
wooden vessel ntloat. wus launched
at the plant of the builder.!, the Percy
& Small Company, at Bath, Me , yes?
terday. Captain Kroginr will com?
mand the vet sei, which Is to added to
the big Heel or J, S. Wltlslow.
The new schooner will ply 111 the
coastwise coal trade between this
port. 'Norfolk, Baltimore and New
England.
Few Arrests Made.
Chief Reynolds has just completed
tho police department report for the
month of March. The report shows
I that th'ero wers only 282 arrests made
.during the month.
es-J?--'- -1 ?
This woman! says that sick
women should not fall to try
Lytlla K. Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound us she did.
airs. A. Gregory, of 2306 Lawrence
Si., Denver, Col., writes to Mis.
Piitkbain:
" 1 was practically an Invalid for six
years, on account of female troubles.
1 underwent an operation by tho
doctor's advice, but in a few months I
was worse than before. A friend ad?
vised l.ydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me. to perfect
health, such as I have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suftcruig as
I did with backache, bearing-down
pains,and periodic pains,should not fail
to use Lydia IC l'iukhnni's Vegetable
Compound."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia K. l'ink
liiiins Vegetable Cbnipouhd, made
from roots and herbs, bus been tho
Standard remedy for femalo ills
t anil has positively cured thousands of
1 women whohavo been troubled with
displacements, inllainmntion, ulcera
jtlon, ilbroid tuinors, irregularities,
puriodio pains, bneknebe, that bear?
ing-down feeling, llatulency, indiges?
tion,dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it V
! Mrs. IMnkhnm Invites all sick
women to write Her for atlvlee,
?ho has guided thousands to
I health. Address, Lynn, Muss.
A Change
Of Bill
The electric Hlgns nt either aide uf
th? stugu winked mid the number
changed to 8.
In the audience people glanced nt
tholr programs and stumbled over tho
phrases which announced Sonor Avar
lllo and Dainty Murguerlta In the
thrllllug death-defying knife-throwing
act.
"I wish they wouldn't have Bitch
thiiiKs," suld tho woman with the Urin
chin In tho first box. "It Is so nerve
ranking! What If a knife should
BlIpY"
The audience held Its breath with
the sumo mental question as tho cur?
tain went up and disclosed tho large
upright board against which Dainty
Mafguerltn twice a day was outlined
by the deadly hatchets and knives of
the Spanish gentleman attired In crim?
son and yellow und with the sweeping
mustache. Always when ho first cunie
on und bowed to the plaudits Sonor
Avnrlllo wits wont to waive a hand up?
ward and through one uldo of the mus?
tache before bo grneefnlly whirled
about toward tho board. .Murguerlta.
linsmlllUgly bowing, wondered with a
dull weariness bow muny hundred
times she .had seen him make that
identical gesture.
There even hail been n time when
she, too. admired it. but that had
been three years ago, when she had
just married him und ho had cured
about her. It bud been some time
now since she had come to realize
that everything was ended for her.
When Avarlllo grow tired be also
grew brutal. Not that he struck her.
Ills cruelty was us graceful and subtle
us his stage gestures. When she bud
reproached him with the patent fart
that he cared for her no more he
bud merely murmured endearing
phrusos In his own tongue and smiled,
and that .smile had piled the last stone
on the tomb of her hopes.
It was not love for bint. As the
watched him sorting bis deadly weap?
ons and noted his gratified vanity at
the interest of the spectators she won?
dered If she did not hate him des?
perately. She hud reached such a
negative state of mind that site was
not certain even about that. She
was only deadly tired; tired of Ihn
footlights glaring In her face, of the
rustling of the half-seen people In
the body of the theater, of the orches?
tra music, and, most of all, or standing
plastered against the board.
Once he glanced at her seelugly.
and his eyes were malignant. They
changed us ibey swept to the whins,
where stood tho song und dntioo wom?
an, who came next?nil pink Btitin and
rouge, wit h her languid eyes beut
upon him. Murguerlta understood, but
jealousy did not torment her, for olio
gets beyond that ufter n time. She
did not care
it came to her that If only she
could care about something ? could
bo happy or enraged?life would look
simpler.
There cume un excited rustling from
the spectators us tho largo frame
pasted over with maiilla paper was sot
up In front of her us she rented
against the bonrd, for tills was the
thrilling finale of Avnrlllo's act. When
she was thus hidden both from him
nnd the people In the theater, tho
man. with nn apparent blindfold over
I Iiis eyes, hurled his knives through tho
i paper up und down either sfdo of her,
, nnd then, with a nourish, tore down
tho flimsy shield to show Murguerlta
safe and smiling unild tho shining
steel blades.
She counted mechanically the
whizzes and thuds. One?the knife
at her foot. Then gradually they crept
up her left side toward her head.
. A sickening disgust, the climax of
lior misery, swept over her. With a
sudden fierceness she desperately
swerved behind tho phper barrier from
her position townrd the right to bo in
line with the course of tho knives as
they should make the turn over heir
head aud creep down that side.
The singing knives were making tho
line up the left side, from which she
had moved, ut her wulst, a little high?
er?and then from the spectators n
smothered cry as tho knife, on a level
With her heart, curved and landed
three iticboa closer thun It should!
There was a pause as If they await?
ed her shriek, and tlton Senor Avarlllo
continued his throwing.
The woman against the board
turned her head aud stared with fas?
cinated eycB, In which horror grew,
' at the knife that had boon thrown to
I pierce her heart. Tho spectators
might be deceived Into thinking it a
{ careless slip?but She knew bettor.
: Still sturiug, she swerved back luto
I her origlunl position out of the way
I of the knives now descouding on her
j tight side.
I When tho pappr shield was torn
, down Senor Avarlllo did not look at
her. As ho bowed gracefully to the
I people in front of bim sho watched
With eyes stlil full of horror.
"She looked scared," cheerfully said
the woman In tho first box to her com?
panions.
Off the stago Dainty Margtierita
went st.alght to the manager and an?
nounced that she had made her last
appearance. She had experienced an
emotion at laBt and that emotion was
fear.
"But Avarlllo Is our best card!" pro.
tested the angry manager.
"Oh, Avarlllo!" repeated Margtio
ritt? In a dazed way. "Ho will slay!
It is Just myself who is going."
"Where?" queried tho manager.
"1 don't knuw," said the woman,
simply. ._;_
SEI\MAN~ FINDS GRAVE
ON MAGDALENA SHORE
Francis J. Dowiing, cf the Missouri,
a Tuberculosis Victim, U Buried
by His Comrades.
MAGDALENA BAY, April 1 ?liou
ni (i in iirfaih by bis Aurerlcaii brothers
an,I by a squad <>f link Bkltllicd mar.
lues from Hip Mexican gunboat Tain
Piro. Francis J. Howling, a seaman
oii Hi- hnttlrtfiiip Missouri, lias booh
buried in the fool bills south of the
town of Magdalena. Howling was 20
years old. Ills death was caused by
consumption. His home was at Kan
Oialre, WIs.
Aside from the regret causes! by the
Illness of tin. commander in chief,
Hear Admiral Ryans, the death of
young Howling Is the one real note
of sorrow that lias fallen on the iloi 1
during Us stay in those waters .While
the ships Oil the range w re Illing
their '12 Inch gulls at the targets, six
miles away. '100 olllcers and men of
the Missouri were paying their last
tribute to the dead. Tile roar of the
guns, like distant thunder, and ITi.:
I Boat of mufUed drums on the shore
nilngl< il in a requiem symbolic of
Both life and death. The (bet went,
j on with 11s work, but Hie dead B a
man was given his meed of honor.
' It was a mournfully picturesque cor?
tege that followed The body from the
Missouri to the Shore along the dusty
Magdalena street ami up to the bill
to the spot where the open grave
awaited its tenant. A dozen launches
and row boat? carried the officers and
men of the fleet, the former In full
blue uniforms with white gloves, the'
latter In white with black tie*. All,
fkigs wore at half mast.
In Hie llrst launch, on the carriage
of a field gun, rested the plain black
box that cohtnlned Hie body. Over It
lay the Union .lack,
j Arrived on shore, a column was
quickly formed, tlto hand lea ling, the
'junior olllcers. marines and seamen
of the Missouri following and the
Mexican marines bringing up the rear.
The march to the grave began to the
music of a dirge that emphasized the
lonllncsg of the udjaeent h?ls.
I At the grave Rev. M. C. Gleesen*
.chaplain cf Ihe Connecticut, pronon
lerd the ritual for the departed boa
man, and the body was lowered into
Hie gr;\vo while the Bind played
"Nearer, My Cod, to Thee." The Am?
erican marines then fired Hie usual
three volleys and the Mjexlcan squad
? paid a like tribute of respect.
I Seaman Cowling docs not sleep
alone in this isolated graveyard. An-!
, other American seaman was burled
here just before the 11?.ct arrived. Be?
sides there are graves of a score or
more of Mexicans.
Baseball Games.
(By Associated Press)
Ai New Haven?Y.ile .r>. Trinity 2.
At Providence*?Bowdoin "., Brown 1.
I At Princeton?Princeton 7. Bioken -
son 0.
'? At Durham, N. C?Trinity Ceillege
ft, Colgate University 0.
! At Chapel Hill. N. C?Unlvirsily or
?North Carolina n, Cornell 2.
I At CharlottORvillo ? University rr
Yngit ia Atiili? ist College 1
I iAt Wliftiliifrloti'?Georgetown Uni?
versity 1.3. Galf?udel 2.
I At. 'Phllf.delphia?P. nnsylvaiila IS.
Albright 2.
1Huston Pool Champion.
CHICAGO. IhU, April 1.?Thomas
Huston, of St. I oui.s, tonight defended
.his Htle as pool champion, defeating
l.loromo Keotigh, of Buffalo, HI to 110
j In the final block or three matches!
? The total for tho three nights is
? Houston 150; Kcottgh 403.
aus* LtH
More
Sacrifice
Selling
at our present sloro before re?
moval, then for our Grand Open?
ing on Saturday. April -I. at
Washington Avo., and Thirtieth
Street.
CLOTHING CO.
Corner Washington Avenue and
33rd Street.
Prcf. ti. F. THEEL. 536 Norin
Sixth St, sassta SSSffi
11.? t;>ftMAN TKI lT*U%T the nnl; puar.iBt.r4
_iumfar hurt-Mr > li.<?l VuUon olh.r. ran i ?.*r?.
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CHARGES AGAINST DAY
RULED OUT BY BISHOP
Ruled That They Wore a Direct At
| tack Upen Free Speech and Free
Prec^.
(Ily Associated Press)
[ NEW YORK. April 1?The charges
pn U rri d against Chancellor O.i'y of
Syracuse University, by Rev. Q brgo
A. Cooke, of llraudnn, Vt., were ruled
I out of court by lilshop David H. Moore
ai the opening of the 100th session
of the New York Methodist Episcopal
conference today.
Bishop Moore, jn dlsnriffcthg lite
[ f.to.rgcs, said he regarded the. com?
plaint against Chancellor Day as a
idlrocl attack upon free speech and free
press. The decision w:<< greeted with
cheers and long continued applause.
The eharg/s against Chancellor Day
contained five counts and were to the
< ffect that lie had defamed President
Ror&eycil In softie of his public ut?
terances.
Mr. Dav nip.de no < fforl to answer
the decision to throw ort the charg?
es Of Air. CoeUe. Bjshop Moore nald
the sanic charjys might Jirst as well
bo brought against sonic member of
the Pulled Stales Senate as ag.iinsl
Mr. I la y. AI Ihr conclusion of Ills
address, wh< n h/ asked "Shall the.
character of .lames R. Day be pasped?"'
the hand of every one of the several
huudr. d d,.legates in the big hall fdiol
up nnd another ronnyl of applause r.ll
ed the auditorium.
I Greatest spring tonic, driven on!,
all linpurlllet. Makes the blood rich.
Kills yon with warm, tingling life.
Moil reliable pnrinc regulator That's
lloHlaier's Rooky Mountain Ten. .Ilie
Ten or Tablets.?J. C. Oorstich &
Company.
The more yon examine Hip Giaci
Edelweiss Refrigerators lite m<
you'll bo convinced of tliolr gr<
merit. Booklets telling nil nb<
tlieni herb frcei VV"o sell other mal
of rtefrlgerntora Including the
Imperial and
the former having a largo poroolai
lined iron tank which serve.; the in
pose of water cooler (made by I
Ourney Refr. Co.)
.WeCallAttentioi
to some new things just receive
?quartered oak polished Buffets, H
Racks, Perfection Oil Cook Stovi
Mattings and Matting Rugs, Tapesti
Druggets, Porch Settees, Dini
Chairr. and Rockers.
Buxton & Parke
Bloch Oo-Carts,- Bernstein 3-ploj
Beds, High tirade Fell Mattress
Ideal Cribs.
Where Quality Is Uppermost.
71
Buyer of
r our lino
Oxfords
?to carefully look lOV('
i of Spring Slioos
before buying!
The selection |., complete and
the Styles are" cofVecli What
you want is her.-.'
i WE FjfT FEET. ^'
EISP'NMAN'
2/pO Washington Avenue.
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