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THE OAILY PRES3 the only In Newport News that receives full AssodateJ Press report. THE. WEATHFR. Bain Thursday, Friday fair; ouTh shifting to west winds, 'Will VOL XL, NO. 13 NEWPORT.

iNEWS, YA TIWKSDAY, JANUARY IS, 19CC PRICE TWO CENT? Mm Vjm Vnrtr P.tr,ia Tlir A inn. AMERICA MENACED BY U. OF V. UNDER FIRE INCIDENT IS STRIKERS DEPORTED FROM UNITED STATES EUROPEAN RIFF- RAFF; OF IRE LEGISLATURE i This tetry Flooded fcy Bfeir-'aie Sanator WouiJ Reduce Cost i usti 1.1... ....11 ft l.r.

I fore the association at -Kb annual mooting here to Joy circumstances Kimcwliut drastic. The resolutions providing for the Investigation was offered by Mr. Hill himself ami adopted with but one vote. It provide 3 that the friievpuec committee shall Inquire whether the retainer was excessive was for political services. Mr.

Hill in an address said he had It ft the office of governor poorer than vhen ho entered it and that the re-timer was very welcome. He said that the services reudered were wholly professional, and delarod that he had 'never received during my whole thirty years of political litz from any cor- of all Republicans, I fancy it will please some of the Democrats." Mr. Royail thinks that the organic law, aa II now stands, Is liable to load nome candidates to deviate from the p.nhs of propriety. He tln hypotheHfjl of an oflkeseuker on ro.ij terms a court clerk, who inducttj the latter official to him, six iacntba before t-leetioa, a liit of those who have failed to pay their poll taxes. Such a list, uader certain circumstances, might be used to great advantage by an unscrupulous politician.

Cigarettes to Go. Delegate Eugene of Campbell county, is preparing to make a war of txtermiaaUou on the cigarette. The Campbell county soIon is preparing a bill which will put an end to the manufacture, sale or giving away of the seductive, popular "pipe'' in Virginia. Mr. Ould said today that he hnd gotten a cony of the Indiana law and- is forming his bill along the same general liues as the an'i-ci-garctte law of the Hoosier State.

A bill introduced today by Dr. Jl. S. Ivwelt, of Brunswick, is of interest mr-jJcal practitioner VSBStttSSmB STATES III COLONIES erviccs. I have never mingled business with politics, nor politics with RAILROADS BEWARE.

Two Cent Rate May Be Forced Upon The Carriers. Ry Associated Prss.) PITTSBURG," Jan. 17. The protest commercial circles against the 10 rebate mileage boak Is increasing in I igor, and if the insistence of ness man can accomnlish an thins this r' rm cf mileage book req'ttring a 10 1 t'oposit on every l'UO-nille book will Hion lo a thing of ihejlljuse the report of Immigrant In-past. The State cf Michigan has Eraan, on immigia- past.

The State cf Michigan has al-j suecf-r ready passed a law miking the pas- -1- i i inh a law, is in existence in ewj York, a-veracr Hanly, of indipya, protestinjj vigorously OKaJnst thin 410 rebate boc-k: Ohio Legislature Las now! a bill uMr ceuFiMeratrn mahh ni'es uus oiiiie 6 veins, REO SUNDAY IS 1 that SL Petersburg to tie Placed W1 dail doing Ciphers Hie Delitotifij Are Surrounded and Packs on Board a Steamer. 25 GET FREE PASSAGE TO KAVAKA Citizen's Committee 75 Strong Gurround the Hall Where in Key West Workmen Were Meeting and Send Them Out of Country By Steamer Sams as Merchandise. (Py Trass.) KUY WEST, Jan. 17.Ths oriels cice In the cigannakers tday when a second eoinrnitteo oT th Torcedores Unhji refused to couslJcr any proposition to settle the strike. On a signal given the citizen's committee, 75 strong and heavily armed, mn surrounded the Torcedores captured the committee of 25 and escorted them to the steamer Mascot's, which trnlght sailed for Havana, Tbe cri Jch by these men cf American vorkr.en an i the citizen's corn-m'mee was the cav-se for-their exportation.

Tho vagrant law it is ftntcd will be unforced unless tbe won go to work. men wlio arrived from Tampa by the Moscotte tonight, wero arrested and sent to Havarn. Yaie Piy t.1;,-.- Ay.soiialcj CONN. Jan. 17 i'or i he Yale University iteam for tbe coming season was Kiiiiouuccd.

tonight ijeiudes following dates: April University of Virginia at April at Richmond. CHIV CIE OF 13 IS S.WEO FBSIil TBE WRECKED SCSiSSBER Sailor Picked Up Adrift on a Gang Pisnk Four Women Among Those Lost. (By Associated Tresa.) SAVANNAH, GA Jan. 17. Adrift on i a gang pjank from 9 o'clock In' Saturday morning un'Ii 5 o'clock Monday afturnc-oa without food cr writer Karl the only known turviv'rg meti'lier of ti er.

of Vii fuur masted siiiooacr Robert II. Stevebson was plcketl up by the German steanier Europa bound from Philadelphia for Savannah, Monday a'ttraoon at 5 o'clock aud was brought to Savannah today. Besides the ship's ere-, thera were four women aboard, the wife of the captain, two relatives and a colored all ging to Havana on a pleasure trip, making a total of thirteen persons IM EElllTtES Fiffl Of CBIE IN ST. PETERSBURG American Finishes Building Ten Tor- oerio Boats for the Cur Will Return to (P.y A'--o-UteJ rr-fiel NEW YORK, --in. 57.

Lewis Nix-on, has completed the bulldirg of tea torpedo-boats a a port on the Bhieii sea for flic uiTliwl from Europe today. Ho he had itinhihed all hla eon-iia-'-i and expected to make no new cues until ar- qulattrr in Kusxks Mr, Nixon said he was St. tersburg for months and the revolution ic th. did not afford as as gene-ral loetiou ia York. Geiene Ganer Tri.il.

SAVANNAH, JA Jan. 17. Judge Spoer iti the Federal court, decided today -that Greece and Gi.yv.ZT tsstist be upon com-Idatlca of tha iud'ctmtnt; them- Tillman Demands That tha Presi-dcnl Inv8sUgat3d for Part in (lie Sel. Woman Carried From Whi'e House Ukig "a Bag of Salt Says the SoutK Carolina Senator Declares he Has Proof to Show That She Was Treat ed in a Shameful Manner. Rv Associated Prfss.) WASHINGTON, Jan.

17.The recent forcible removal from the White House of Mrs. Minor Morris was ina'V. the subject cf emphatic demmeiati'r by Mr. Tillman in the Senate today. Pis remarl's called o'it remonstrance? from Messrs.

Hale, Hopkins an1 Dnu-iel and led the very abrupt closing of the doors and the snddea adjournment of the Senate in the Kiddle of the afternoon. Weeps at His Own Eloquence. At times he over what ho regarded the Indignities to Mrs. Morris, and his eyes were full of tears when he declared that he would demand an investigation of the incident. The reference to the treatment of Mrs.

constituted the latter half of a speech based upon the Sena tor's mailing inquiry of the President concert! 1 4 the latua cf our relations with the KepnbHc cf Santo Domingo, aud was added Illns-trate his theory that the present administration tends toward imperialism. Inhuman Proceedings Censured. With reference to the Morris occurrence he declared that the President had been derelict in failing to punish his subordinates for, their cour.se and quoted statement? from pcr.xi.is said to have been witnesses to show that the proceedings had been inhuman. He informally prt seated and said that Lo would tomorrow formally present a resolution for cn investigation which called out the protest from Mr. Daniel, while Mr.

Ilala objected to the presentation of the matter at all except upon proof. Power of the Press Endangered. 'Mr. Tillman's reference to the Morris Indictment was preceded by Some remarks on the power of the press In which ho charged that the President fc'ad gradually assumed to direct the efforts of the press uutil White House news had become colored and doctored in the intetrests of the administration. "Secretary Loeb is the ajothecary," he said.

"And piU on Panama, pills on Roosevelt pills on railroad rates and pills on everything pertaining to public affairs are administered la this way. Saddest cf AH. Illustrative of storie3 which crop out, "oyer or through the bars," Mr. Tillman said that "the safest' and most pitiful examples of anything that has ever been associated with the name of a President was the recent outrage on Mrs. Minor Morris." He said that because enly of the trans-irresslons of a rule the woman sitting in the office had been dragged away, her clothes torn, aa ear ring torn out, and thrust into a carriage and taken away.

Like a Bag of Salt. Mr. Tillman reaa a typewritten statement from a newspaper reportar who ho taid was an eye witness and had seen Mrs. Morris carried off "like a bag cf gait with a negro at her heels and her dress hanging from her knees." cia mil ooges cut a 1 PEfiSOiL KSIISOT He Wants the World To Know the Truth About Hh Life Insur-s ance Rt-iincr. CHy Aiwieiitftl 1 reus.) ALBANY, K.

Jen. 17. Ti annual retainer of paid for many year sto former Senator Davis B. Hill by the Equitable Uti Society, will be investigated at Senator Hill's request by a ccxccittee of I si and Expcn- 5C5 Of POLL TAX IB FiCUT fS OK ASAIEi Educational Qualifications ate Not Objected to But tt'e Matter of Colics and Cents is Not Likfd Pry. cicians May bs Freed From cf Their Many Taxes.

One (Rjwial lo th Prp VA Jan. 17 Dors the University of Virginia comply t-f: imposed it by ti.at 'te, ar. a prere.jis!te to receiving is annual appropriation from the StrtW to f-ivc lustr ictiun to iicademic from Virginia without charge fcr ilticn, when it imposed a 'Miniver-s'fy frC" cf forty dollars upon these r.ru!?a3, atd fails to provide convent-enceo' o'f living exempt at a rate to a large number of them, is d'i pertinent inquiry contained in a jr.tr rt'-oiutio!) preu'-nteJ today in the S. Aubrey 12. Strode, of Axhtr't.

1' resolution out the statufory condrtii'iiis under which tho University rece-vvfj" tho attinir.i State appropria-Uov 'for'' Us wippurt; also that the catalogues slww Uiat Vir- Hnia- situ.i'T.is hve to pny 8 'Univcr-My fee" of forty res a prere-quiiie to entrance end iieitrifilcn in tiio departincn'. Fee Considered Excessive. That this fee is rrentcr than is ehavged by seme of Tie colleges receiving Snie apjmtpi hit ions charge expreshiy for tuition; tliH the rates for students living at tl. Unlvesv slty an diselesi-cl by its when compared with that of otbt-r Colleges au'l' hfioi in Virglnhi, is jiind to be ipprerin'tly higher hai at most of the t-tker si-hools ami in ihe Sfat.v The resolution eaih; for an and report by Uio Commit on I'tibiie Inttitut ions aud JMucaikm of the senate us to whether the Uni-virfity is coQipiying with law under which it gets its annual appreciation, whether the coht of student living hi uunecsari'y w-hat measures shou'd be tiuopu-d lo redit' the cost of atti iidfUice upon th.o L'ni-versiiy of studeuts from Virginia. Pressure is beiiig brought to bear-to prevent the appointment of a ejc-ial committee to investigate the charges and complaints made against the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington, and tho Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at Blackburg.

Poll Tax Lav Condemned. Delegate J. F. Royall, of Tazewell, te Republican floor lealer of the Houie, todfy introduced ia tha. body a bill looking to Ue amendment of sections 18, 20, 1, 2 and 33 of Article II.

of the new Constitution, concerning the elective franchise. hi some respects this measure is' similar to that, offered In the by Mr. Sims, but It goes further than the Louisa representative's bill. Mr. Roy-iU his Gchemo Ly it is designed to abolish the prepayment of poll fixes as a prerequisite of voting, but doi-a not do away with tho educational qualification." ins lo lin-," t.al.1 the yo'tng Kepublli'tm in explaining his plans io ntiK'iij the Constitution, "that it is all wrong for a man to have to' pay in order to have a tay ii the affairs of Virginia's government.

think citizens 6ould be encournged in every way rotf.ible to take an interest in public natterx" Locks for Prntocratie Hlp. "My bill not prompted ity any sucgoBilons the leemherr, of my party," added tho Tmow-11 delegate. '1 have Jutrodueed it of my owa accord becauss 1 itnccrrlv believe that tbe change should be brought abcut. Of course, however, I expect It to meet the sordial support mm cm mm III Fcisted Upon Mm. Both Italy and Hungary Impress it Upon Subjects That They Must Not Become Naturalized or Their Home Government cannot Protect Them in "Barbaric America." Ry AmnriuUA WASHINGTON, Jan.

17. Secre- tary Aietcalf, today sent to the tton lvu Air. Braua that immi- grants lnaumisslLle for various rea- sons are constantly brought into the country in largo numbers "by the coacc.rted action of European gov- ernments and steaniihip agencies, eraers cf all waile ttcse poverunicnts bave laws ostensible1 intended to restrict imniitjratlo.i in- so they encourage aue lue patriocc fur th fatherland by representing that unless they adher to 'hi. i-Mkh home patriotism jjotruTnrn3 waukl leave then: in ta Aiuer- This is trh Mr. I.i&uu that these countries r.

gard the United States in tho atiitade of colonies of their on. He eitec tho that was sect last year from the United States to Austria-Hungary alone from these Itainigraats. Braun stales tfitt in order to discourage Hungarians from becoiaiog American citizens the precaution ir; taken to advo oo eptabliHhmeit In tae Uuiicd States cf Hungarian ehuroLes and inst'tutions. Public BuiidiiKji Favored. WASHINGTON, Jau.

17. Tho Sen-atae- cemmittee on public buildings and grounds today ordered favorable reports ori bills making appropriations! for the new federal as follows At Eluefield, W. $l0l0u0; Tort worth, Texas, Atlanta, Or, Anderson, 8. A favorable report ordered ou a bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to contract for tho erection of a building at Selma on a site heretofore purchased, using an appropriation for construction which was made iu 1902. Inquiry About the Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The Senate tot'ay passed Mr. Culberson's resolution calling upon the secretary cf war to supply the Senate with information as to whether any member of tho Philippine Commission or any officer cf the army or navy of the United States owns or has any interest in any land in the islands. Postmaster Confirmed.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. The senate today confirmed the nomination of Walsce W. as postmaster at ASfhevillo.

N. Are After Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, D. Jan. 17.

The National Board cf Trade in convention here with cielegans rrpre.v eouimerriul bodies in all the principal citien of the country went, on rtcord apminst the President's railroad nito policy. House Passes 165 Pension Bills. WASHINGTON, Jan. a sitm of two and a half hours today the Honso to favorabl taction mi 1G5 pension bills. The house adjourned until tomorrow.

Chamberlain Elected. ilJy Associated IVesf.) LONDON, Jan most prominent feature of today's election returns is the wholly unexpected Ma ml made by BinnltiiHnt. only were all of Joseph Chamberlain's seven candidates returned, bnt Mr. Chamberlain himself secured a majority of 5,000, while the major- ity of the others averaged 3.000. in the S'ate.

The object of tho I measure hi to repeal the existing law imposing a license tax of on physicians and surgeons. This tax has long been considered by (Cont'nued on Page Eight.) SEVEN PERISH 1H FIRE Family Biped Cut fcy Crime it is Believed. SUSPECTED IS TEBB SSEI Wife, Motiitr-in law cnd Four Children Arring the Ceid and the Husband is to Have Shot Himself After Burning Own Hone. (By Aw -sistel' rFMRUKP, N. Jan.

i arsons all in. mh rs of th of a perisiifd a fire whieh destroyed Ayres' farm house nc-tr liere today. The bodies of a ih-h! and of Ayier." mof.Ucr-iu-law Lave been found iu the ruiirj. Mrs. A'.

res and four other children are missing, and it is feared that they too, ore victims of the 'fire. The authorities that a crime coinuiiUid. I. ate today Ayres was found in a uy'iip coiiCltlfn in the Norihford tuinnike. There was a bullet woun in his head, apparently self-inflicted.

He died tonight. GIRL JILTS. HER INTENDED ram for ws in For Yrs She Btm in Love W'tri Fiance, Out Runs Away with Another, if-r-rni PfcMy WINCimSTnr. J7. her d'tv cvl for cwly sprinj and difioardl.is Hie man v.

horn she was cngfige.I, Miss IlerGia Hewers, the pretty tti-year-oM dangiitcr Mrs, mite I towers, the proprietress of a hotel in Winchester, and Loreudo Price, a hr.iltemcn in the ei'ip'ey the Cr.robcrlan 1 Vaiiej- railroad, eloped to Hafcrniown, woro Muuday ai'teruoon. "1 bride sent a message t'r in H.o;i'i tu hi mellier her Mlhi Rowers and Lehli-r Huiiivs, a ren of a morc'tnnt at Uridije, W. been lovers tr scvenil cud it had Lcn -sitiaaed that ni.en young Haiijei compleiei a r.t a coll? so in WashiPK-tin. I'). they v.

ro ho The lady rcerwir met Pr.e-?, howevi'r, ami f'it itb him the l.o:iv tau'iiu! frh ml Winehei tcr the ntaii'if ii Siifn'd ty, Rowers, in lie mciiiitiiiio huvinir In. en forbidden to a tat il He V'iee. 'ne coup' liv the depot here ufteniixm jui to'irded tho train fcr Hsgars. twit, v.3:i.-e the csctaoay pc-? fo rm'd. t-lrjers ret timed to Winchester Stale g( Sieoe.

i Annivenary of the Slaughter of Vork- moo to be Observed and the Officials Are io Dread of Reign of Terror-Maochurinn Army Threafenirg. ST. I'ETEItSBl'Kti, Jan. 17. A slate cf sigo will bo lu es Sunday iu autlclpciion of trouble on the annivrsa.ry, of "R-l Sunday," when so v.My woimieu wer.

bhot down iu the Fireota. The munietpatity has organized an ambulance corps iu anticipation of a revolutionary outbrea.it which may. occur at that time. According to the Slovo, the attitude of the soldiers of tho Manehuiiasi army is constantly becuoiiug more threatening and the gravest cotme-mieuci-s aro expected as the result of tiio disposition of the troops to resist the authority the officers. The foreign office ia informed that the activity of the Chinese in Mongolia is endangering the Rnssiau ln-nuence' there.

It has been decided to create a Russian consulate in Mongolia and station troops along the frontier as a means of quieting the Chinese and re-establishing the influence of the Czar's government. SUPPOSED BUI RGSBEflS ME mil Police Are Mislead the Men Had Left $4,000 With a Uegro to Take Care of. (By AsuouiatP.l LYNCHBURG, Jan. 17. Two young men were arrested here last night and were held as suspicious characters as they had left a grip containing about $4,000 with a negro.

The men told the ngro that the package contained dynamite. T'. men were from Staunton and wre released today after boing fined. The police at first thought, they had captured a gang of bank robbers. T1k money belonged to the men.

VETERAN3 INSPECT GTAT'JE. Men Who Followed Intrfpid Stuart Sees His Monument. (iiy Associated Press.) FROVIDENCE, It. Jan. Confederate vr-tenn.

cf tho cavalry regiment led by Cenoral f. K. U. Slu-art dmiug the Civ'ii War, visited this city today to inspect an eqticsirian statue of tiieir old ceiuijiaiuler, wij'eh If being cast in this city. Tho veterans were headed by Theodore T.

Grnnelt, of Norfolk. and were the guests of Governor Utter and Mayer Dyer. The Stuart monument is to be erectad at Richmond, Va. probably during the Jamestown, exposition,.