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BIG FIRE AT CONEY UD
(Continued From First Pnge.)
thieves ?broke through the fire line3 or
entered the district from tho ocean side
and their work of looting was whole?
sale.
A crowd carrying off a piano was one
eight which taught the pulice what kind
of crooks they had to deal with.
So far as known only four persons
were Injured or burned, and all will
recover.
INCENDIARY ORIGIN.
Deputy Battalion Chief Kirkpatrlck
Fays he is convinced that the lire Is of
incendiary origin. He arrives at this
conclusion owing to tho fact that the
llan.es broke out In two different parts
of tho island at about the same time,
both places being difficult of access so
far as fire engines are concerned, and
from the fact that upon his arrival he
found traces of kerosene oil along the
boar.! walk? and around both houses
where the fires originated.
CHURCH LEGISLATION.
[WORK OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
GENERAL ASSEM BL.Y.
(By Telegraph to Virglnlau-Pllot.)
Richmond, Va., May 26.?After a dis?
cussion which lasted for over three
hours, the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, at Its morning
session, recommended a change in the
book of order, so as to provide that
the ruling cider may deliver the charge
to the people at the Installation of a
pastor. Forty-four of the Presbyteries
of the Southern Church had pronounced
In favor of the change, which was also
recommended by the Committee on
Bills and Overtures. The vole in favor
i>f the report of tho committee stood:
Ayes, 77; noes, 43; absent, 73; excused
from voting, 2.
BIBLE CAUSE.
There was an interesting discussion
on the report of the Committee on
Bible Cause, which report contained?a
reference to the difference In prices
charged by the American Bible Socie?
ty and its competitors. Tho difference
was said to be duo to some extent to
the better 'quality of the books of the
society, and In part to the fact that
the society has carefully avoided the
swent-shop principles followed by other
corporations.
BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE.
The Assembly concurred In the action
of the Committee on Overtures recom?
mending the change In the baptismal
formula, from I tic words "into the name
of," to "In the name of."
The report of the same committee re?
commending ministers to exercise the
greatest caution in performing mar?
riage ceremonies where a doubt exists
as to the consent of the parents of
cither of the contracting parties when
such parties are under age, was also
adopted.
The assembly referred the questions
the American Sabbath Union was en?
joined In the work of legislative re?
form, and continued to merit the rec?
ognition ???f trie churches to committee
on Sabbath. '
A protest was received from the Min?
isterial Association of Nashville, Tenn.,
against the removal of the committee
on Foreign Missions from that city to
Richmond.
A negative answer was returned to
several overtures, which suggested the
inclusion of the English Bible In the
list of subjects for the examination of
candidates for the ministry.
The assembly then took a recess.
COLORED EVANGELIZATION.
The report of the Committee on Col?
ored Evangelisation was considered tit
length during the afternoon session.
The statement contained In It, that
crime is on the Increase among the
negro population was the chief bone of
contention. The fear was voiced that
in the present Inflammable state of the
negro mind, the promulgation of such
n statement was ill-advised. It was,
however, supported by the chairman,
who, its the result of his investigation,
made the statement thai three-fourths
of the crime In the South is committed
by negroes ami the Increase of crime,
particularly among Ihc younger mem?
bers of the race, Is alarming. The re?
port wiih subsequently amended so as to
read that ''statistics show the preva?
lence of crime."
A protest, signed by ten commission?
ers, was presented against the netlon of
the Assembly In regard to the division
of the Presbytery of South Alabama,
the contention being that it practical?
ly gives the Synod unlimited power.
A motion to reconsider the vote "n
the presiding elder question, dispos?
ed of at the morning Hcuslon, was de?
feated by a vote of 51 to 4".
THE ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS.
The last session of the Assembly was
held to-night. It was for the most part
occupied with addresses made upon
resolutions expressing tho appreciation
of commissioners for hospitality and
courtesies extended to thein during
their visit.
A resolution to Include Sunday news?
papers nnd excursions in the list of
?worldly amusements against which the
pastoral letter Is to be directed, failed
adoption, many of the commissioners
being absent from the session, and It
being deemed Inadvisubie to reconsider
the notion of the full Assembly.
The Assembly was dissolve,! hy (he
Moderator, who. according to the for?
mula, ordered the election of another
Assembly to convene In Atlant'. <'.a,
on the third Thursday In May. I'.'OO.
SERIOUS RIOTING.
FIGHTING AT GUADELOUPE -
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED.
(By Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.)
London, May 26.?Advices received
hero from Guadeloupe, the French
West Indian Island, or tho Leeward
group, report a recurrence of serious
rioting between the native population
nnd British contract labor immigrants,
which culminated In the recent Are.
Continuous fierce fighting is said to
have taken pluce on the plantations,
nnd the police and military, It appears,
cannot suppress the disturbance. Seve?
ral fatalities are reoorted.
As a result the British Consul there
has annealed to C.reat Britain for thnt
protection for British subjects which
local government Is seemingly unable
to afford.
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The Secretary of State, it was an?
nounced from Washington, received on
April 18 a tolegrom .from Consul Ayme,
at Polnte-A-Pltre, (Guadeloupe, Baying
that fires, alleged tovbe of incendiary
eriuln, wtarted at midnUht April 11 an<S
destroyed sixteen squares In the vicin?
ity of the American Consulate.
The Consul said that four hundred
houses were destroyed, thirty-one lives
lost und 1!,000 persons rendered home?
less. The loss, he estimated, would
approximate $1,000,000
The Consul added that, though the
fire was out, great uneasiness prevailed
among the people, and that the Gov?
ernor had arrived at Polntc-A-Pltro
with fifty soldiers.
A CABINET MEETING.
FINAL CHANGES IN CIVIL SER?
VICE ORDER APPROVED.
(By Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.)
Washington, D. C, May 28.?At the
Cabinet meeting to-day final changes
In the civil service order were approved
and the order will be ready for the
President's signature as soon as the
changes arc incorporated in the fluni
draft ot the document. All of the no tu?
bers of the Cabinet expressed them?
selves as satisfied with it. It is said
the order will exempt about 4.000 or the
6fi.noo positions In the classified service.
Tlie question of Cuban shipping was
again brought up by Secretary Gage,
who also furnished some data showing
that thei amount of shipping tied up
because it has no flag to sail under has
been greatly exaggerated. The ques?
tion, with the data furnished by the
Treasury Department, was turned over
to Attorney General and Secretary Hay
for examination nnd report.
Postmaster General Smith brought
up the question of the franking privi?
lege in Cuba nnd Porto Rico. The
Postmaster General read a letter from
Major Rnthbone, who is at the head of
the postal affairs in Cuba, saying thut
the number of persons exercising this
privilege now was excessive, and th"
question nrose as to whether It would
not be wise to cut the privilege off
altogether. No decision was reach d.
The Postmaster General has decided
to send a special agent to Lake City,
P. C, for the piirpose of examining the
situation there with a view to deter?
mining whether or not a. postofflce shall
be re-established there.
Mrs, llryuu to X si?Ii Ii fJ r? ?I ii at cs.
(By TeJesrnph to VlrtrinJon-Pllot.)
Jacksonville, 111., May 26.?Mrs. W. .7.
Bryan, herself a graduate of the Acad?
emy for Young Women In this city,
made the chief address to a graduating
class to-day. Mrs. Bryan spoke**" on
"The American Woman." She said,
among other things:
"The public And the American woman
an interesting subject. This Interest
follows from the unique position in
which American women stand to-day.
The Amerlcnn woman should be suffi?
ciently Independent to study her own
surroundings, choose her own course
and live the life which Is best for her?
self nnd those nearest her, without re?
gard to the opinions of the outer world.
"While we hear n great deal these
days about equality, the real permanent
advancement of women depends on her
Individual development. When mint
tlnds in woman a thorough apprecia?
tion of his work nnd aims; when the
mind of woman becomes the perfect
supplement and complement of the
mind of mnn which the Creator In
tended it to be, then will all the dis?
cussions as to the rights and privi?
leges cease."
Mr. Brynn In Illinois.
I (By Telegraph to Vlrglnlan-Pllot.)
Danville, 111., May 26. -W. J. Bryan
spoke to ten thousand people this af?
ternoon and evening at tlie Armory.
He followed his usual lines of argu?
ment, discussing the money question at
length, condemning the administra?
tion's Philippine policy, also trusts, and
advocating an income tax. He" was
given an enthusiastic reception.
*punish General l>io?.
Gly Telegraph to VlrE'nlnn-Pllot.)
Manila, May 2fi.?9:55 p. m.?The
Spanish General Montero, while on the
way hither with the Spanish garrison
from SSambo&nga on the steamer Leon
NU I., died of wounds received In a
recent engagement with the Filipinos
in Mindanao.
Vnvv Ite-pnrlmrnt Autln For It III*.
Washington, May 25.?The Navy De
partmcnt to-day asked for bids for
the repair shop for steam engineering
at the United States naval station at
Port Royal, S. C. The building Is to
be '.'.'i0 feet long, with boiler room 50 feet
lang, and an administration building 47
by :I8 feet. _ _
The Amen !
of marriage is
always a baby.
W i lb out it,
wedlock is a
summer field
that never
blooms, a
flower that
never buds, a
nicht without
stais, a sei moll
without a ben?
ediction , a
prayei without
-. , an Amen.
ttffif^f ' Thee never
was a husband
worthy of the name, who did not aspire
to be the father and the grandfather of
healthy, capable children to hand down
his name and the fortune accumulated by
the sweat of Iiis brow, from generation to
eneration. There never was a wife lit to
rat that noble title, who did not wish to
wcai womanhood's most glorious crown,
the sceptic of motherhood. Thousands
of wedded couples, Otherwise happy, fall
short of wedlock's greatest happin^s he
cause tliry ate childless. In the majority
of cases, this is because the wife, through
Ignorance or neglect, suffers from weak?
ness and disease of the organs distinctly
feminine. Vor women who suffer in this
way there is one great medicine that does
hot fail to accomplish its purpose. It is
Dr. Piercr's l'avoiitc Prescription. It acts
directly on the delicate organs concerned
nnd make-* them sttong, healthy, vigorous,
virile and elastic. It allays inflammation,
he.il-. ulccration, 6oothes pain and tones
the shattered nerves. It fits for wlfehood
and motherhood. It quickens and vitalizes
the distinctly feminine organism. It ban?
ishes the maladies of the expectant months
aul makes baby'S introduction to the world
easv and almost painless. It insures the
little new-comer's health nnd nourishment
iu plenty. It is the best supportive tonic
fot nuisiii< mothers.
Mrs. Jennie Parks, of Marshall. Spokane Co..
Wash., writes: "f am p.lnd to tell of the Rood
renulu of your great medicine,?Dr. Pirrce's
F?v?rite Prescription. 1 was benefited bv your
medicine in eonCnemeol. It gives me strength.
I have no tired feeling nnd mv hahy is the
picture of health. I feel belter tliau I have ia
ten ycsr?."
In c?6es of constipation Dr. Picrce's
Pleasant Pellets ?hould be used as nn
adjunct to the "I'avorite Prescription,"
they are extremely simple, perfectly natural
and insure prompt and permaneut tcli?t
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ALL NORFOLK TALKING ABOUT IT
I FEREBEE, JONES & CO/S BIG CLOSING OUT S?LE!
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CROM NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH AND BERKLEY the people are glorying in the opportunity to buy the
1 Superior Clothing we are selling at the unprecedented price-paralyzing rates. The success that has attended
this sale has far overshadowed our most sanguine expectations, and as a consequence many lots that were complete
when the sale started, have been reduced to one, two and three of a kind.
We can't afford to lose much time with these, and have therefore,put the knife into them again. But everything
in the store is reduced in price to cost or below, and no matter whether you buy a collar-button or the highest priced
suit or overcoat in our stock just now, you'll save money. Here are a few particularly important lots.
fiVlen's Suits
All-wool Fancy Chovolt suits for mon,
durably mado and trimmed; originally
J7.M, now .
$4.89
JS.00 nntl Jfl.OO Suits of RInek Chcvolt and
Cassltnercs, splendidly Kotten up; well
Worth the original price; all cut down to..
$5.80
flO.OO. $11.80 and J12.">0 Suits, mail.' from
All-wool Chevolts. shapely, stylish and
seasonable: In all new styles, single or
double-breasted coats, cut for this sale t
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$7.48
BOYS' PINE St'ITS. very strong, noil, very well made and perfect
fitting 1' to years ojd, sold rijjht here for $0 and $7. Unsjiurlngly
cut for closing to.
BOYS' HANDSOME SUITS, single-breasted, guaranteed all-wool,
many colors, II to !!?, cut from IS.i? and $9.00 to the m raculous price of_
?18.E0 Sll.nO and $1". 00 Suits, made or Im
Iiorl^d worsteds and Chevolts, cut In tin
latest fashions and mado for the very
line.st trade, unsparingly dropped to .
$8.98
$16.50, $17 CO nnd ?1S.0O Suits of superfine
fancv chevolts und worsteds, handsome
in ovory detail: the greatest bargains ever
offered; down for linal closing to .
$10.48
FOR BOYS' FINE CHEVOIT SUITS, all styl, s, all-wool, all colors,
14 to l'J years, former price $k> and J12; now at the one amazing prlco of
BOYS* ALL-WOOL CHEVOIT SUITS, either double or single-breast?
ed. IK to 10 years, formerly sold for }i3.fj'o and $15. Bike finding money
to get fhem for .
$2.2"> nnd $2."0 Men's Pants, made from good serviceable materials In
dress and stylish patterns. Without exception slashed to .
$1 and }4 Men'* Pants, Will hold their shape and wear splendidly;
great values at Oi.ginal prices. Mirvclous bargains at .
80.00, ?22.00, ?21.00 nnd ?2.Y0O< Suits, a
strictly high-grade line of desirable mater?
ials. The assortment embraces every new
stylo and cut of pattern; all wonderful
bargains; tho chance of a lifetime to buy
tlioin for..".
^13.80
tt.SO and $5.00Men's All-wool Pants, mado from elegant and clioleo
materials, stripes, plaids, etc. Most wondrous bargains ever offered for
$6.00 Men's Striped All-wool Worsted Pants. Fine tailor-made, custom
Utting. Hundreds to select from. Mammoth stile price.
f7.00 and S^.OO Men's Kxtrn F nc Pants. Highest grade.,of woolens,
all stylish patterns. Slashed to tho unheard-of price .
$3.00
$4.00
$6.00
$7.00
$1.75
$2.39
$2.85
$3 85
$4.62
Men's Striped Office Coats.
Lot of Men's Stripe Ofllce Coats?lrf
sizes from 31 to 41?worth 75c?will go at..
S 25c.
Men's Hosiery.
Lot of Men's Fine Seamless Half Hose,
in black and tan shades, guaranteed fast
colors?worth 15c?during this sale.
All Fancy 25c. Hose now . ...
17c.
All Fancy 60c. Hose now
38c.
Men's Collars and Cufs.
All our 2 for 2."ie. Collars go at.7c.
lOo. ones. r, for 25c.
2jc Cuffs . 0., 3 for 25c.
Men's Belts.
Lot of Men's Lcnthcr Belts?with har?
ness and covered buckles?all colors
worth 6oc, will go for .
37c.
Lot of Men's Belts, worth 75c. will go
for.? _
50c.
SPECIAL
VALUE
BLACK
MOHAIR
COATS,
SPECIAL
VALUE
MEN'S
NEGLIGEE
SIIIBTS,
Special Sale Men's Umbrellas!
Gloria Umbrellas, formerly $1.60, now. ^?iT50?
Gloria Umbrellas, formerly $2.50, now. lftil.S?C">
Self-closing Umbrellas, formerly $4.00, now. <$i??s5.<30
All sr. and $C Silk Umbrellas now. *H$*i?QO
B A LB BIGG AN
UNDERWEAR,
37c
SPECIAL
VALUE
SERGE
COATS,
2.85
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ALL OUR SPLENDID FIXTURES FOR SALE. J
m FEREBEE, JONES & CO., j
f Open To-Night 10 O'Clock. 323 MAIN STREET. *
THE
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Has Begun the Improvement of Another Large Section of Its Property
FOR HIGH GRADE BUILDING LOTS.
Will be First^Ciass?in Every Way, and of the Most "Modern
Design and Execution,
ASPHALT ROADWAYS, ARTIFICIAL STONE FOOT PAVEMENT, COMBINED CURB AND GUTTER.
TIIF sRBA NOW BEING IMPROVED IS AN EXTENSION OF THE
GHENT STREETS NORTH OF OL.NET ROAD TO A.N'l) INCLUDING RED
GATE AVENUE AND WEST OF COLONIAL AVENUE TO COLLEY AVE?
NUE, INCLUDING THE STOCKLEY GARDENS.
WITH HOUSE CONNECTIONS
FINISHED, IS NOW IN OPER/.
The Sewer System
TION.
The Water Wlains
The Gas Mains
ARE LAID AND CONNECTED
WITH THE LOTS.
ARE NOW BEING PUT IN PLACE.
WILL BE PAVED WITH VITRIFIED
BRICK WITH GRANITE CURB AND
PAVE MBNT.
FROM STOCKLEY GARDENS
TO COLLEY AVENUE! WILL BE
PAVED WITH SHEET ASPHALT
ROADWAY. ARTIFICIAL STONE CURB AND GUTTER AND ARTIFICIAL
STONE FOOT PAVEMENT.
ARTIFICIAL STONE FOOT
Boissevain Avenue
Raleigh Avenue
I TO COLLEY AVENUE.
Redgate Avenue
Manteo Street
WILL BE IMPROVED IN THE SAME
MANNER FROM COLONIAL AVENUE
FROM COLONIAL AVENUE TO COI/
LEY AVENUE, IN THE SAME WAV.
FROM OLNEY ROAD TO REDGATE
AVENUE, WILL BE PAVED LIKE?
WISE WITH SHEET ASPHALT AND ARTIFICIAL STONE.
NO CITY IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE BETTER MADE THAN THESE.
THE STREETS ARE BEING GRADED AND PREPARED FOR THE
PAVING. THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK HAS BEEN FORMALLY
EXECUTED WITH THE WARREN-SCHARF ASPHALT PAVINO COM?
PANY, OF NEW YORK, AND THE WORK WILL BE COMMENCED AS
SOON AS THE WEATHER WILL SAFELY PERMIT.
THE STOCKLEY GARDENS, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE MAPS OF
THE NORFOLK COMPANY'. ARE BEING IMPROVED TO AGREE WITH
THE ORIGINAL PLANS. THESE THREE GARDENS. EXTENDING
NORTH FROM OLNEY ROAD FOR NEARLY ONE THOUSAND FEET,
WILL BE PLANTED WITH ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE TREES AND
WITH FLOWERING SHRUBS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CAREFULLY
PREPARED DESIGNS. AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE WELL
KNOWN GARDINER, MR. JOHN MAUGHAN.
ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE PUSHED AS FAST AS THE
WEATHER WILL PERMIT, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL
BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 1st OF THIS Y"EAR
MANY' LOTS II AVE ALREADY BEN SOLD, AND THOSE WHO WISH
TO INVEST IN VALUABLE PROPERTY. OR DESIRE TO SECURE FOR
A HOME A SITE WHICH WILL MEET EVERY MUNICIPAL REQUIRE?
MENT, ARE UROED TO CONSIDER THIS SECTION AND ITS ADVAN?
TAGES.
THE SIXTH WARD IS THE GROWING WARD OF THE CITY, AND
THE NORFOLK COMPANY'S PROPERTY IS IN THE MOST VALUABLE
PART OF IT.
TWO LINES OF ELECTRIC STREET CARS CARRY PASSENGERS TO
MARKET SQUARE WITHIN TWELVE MINUTES.
For information as to prces and terms apply to
J. P. ANDRE MOTTU, JOHN GRAHAM, Jr.,
General Sales Agent, Norfolk, Va, Engineer and Sup't, Norfolk, Va.