Of Its Class for, the Tom'sCreek Mines.

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INTERESTING REMINISCENCE

S|«|,fVor, tar? Coul(«T H, re. Noten oMhe\Voi k In the Old Dominion. Local

"V. Itt. C. A. Jf-w«. Church

Servier» Tomorrow.

Ys Ms C. A. State Secretary L. A.Coulter, of Richmond, is in the city onCosiness connected with the local asso¬ciation. He talked interestingly of thework in the Commonwealth when seenby a representative of the Daily Press."Here is one piece of good news for

you. anyway." said he. "The Vir¬ginia Coal and Iron Company willWsCt and furnish a building at theTom's Creek mines for the use of theminers and will appropriate a monthlystipend for its maintenance. Thebuilding will be up, I understand, byDecember 1."This is the third miner's association

'in the world. The first, I organized atPocahontas in January, 1 SOS. CarbonHill, Illinois, followed this year with«ine organized and conducted alongsimilar lines."In fact," continued Mr. Coulter, rem-

Sniscently," the Old nonunion has setthe pace in army, mine and collegework. The first army association wasorganized at Fort Monroe in ISS'.h Thefirst college assoeiation was organizedat the Uhiversinity of Virginia in 1S.17."Speaking of colleges, we now have

t>. college secretary. Mr. G. M. Smith,who is at present making a tour of theinstitutions in the Stale."And, by the way. it may interest you

to know that Mr. Prank Marvin, ofIloone, Iowa. will tomorrow becomegeneral secretary of the Bluefields. W.Va. association. The Petersburg asso¬ciation has completed its baths and willopen its gymnasium Monday. Thegym will be in charge of the secretaiy.Mr. .1. H. Sherrill."We now have over six thousand as¬

sociation members in the State and thenumber is increasing; but it is hard toget up to the ten thousand mark. Rich¬mond has the iarg /st membership in theState, and the largest this year in itshistory, the numebr benig about 1.100."

The Boys' meetings at the local V. M.P. A. will be resumes tomorrow after-'S-.oon at -:.".0 o'clock. A loige artend-,ance is desired and expected. Arrange-inv-mts are being made to secure aspet'Uer for the Men s moetih-.: tomor¬row afternoon at 1 o'clock, but the oanisran not be announced until today.The Business Men's gymnasium cta.-s

was started yester.h, y. It will be insession every Tuesday and Friday oe-tween i> and 5.45 o'clock.The Mathematics class was started

last night with an excellent attendance.

Vbe St. Paul's Episcopal church, nowmoved to Thirty-foul rh street, has beenugiin f-tted up to receive its congrega¬tion until the new edifice is completed.The regular services will be "asl.i in ihoclfv.ich building today: Sunday school9.3 I, preaching. 11 A. M. and <:>0 P. M

At Trinity Lutheran chinch, onTv/miy-seventh street, the regular sir-vices will be held: preaching at 11 A.M. and 7:30 P. M.

Wesley M. E. chapel. Thirty-fourthslirci and Lafayette avenu-, W. P.Sheppard, pastor. 10:30 A. M.. Anni-.scrsary exercises. '-'30 P. M.. Sunday-school. 7:3d P. M.. Musical Festivaland Evangelistic ser\ ices.

The 13. V. P. V. of 'Newport NewsBaptist church last night mot andaccepted the constitution proposed bythe Union Endeavor Constitution Com¬mittee.

The fol owing delegates went fromtliit- city to attend the annual conferonce of the Christian Church in Cmcinnati: Rev. W. R. Motley, pastorof the Thirtieth fctreet church, Mis.W. T. Brittinghaui and jMr.s. NoahPower. They will join the New York,New England, Maryland and Wash¬ington delegations at Clifton Eorgeand proceed from there by specialtrain.

TBK MlttFOLK PKKSBYTKKY.

»et .lit of the Proceeding* «,r Thirdliny at Purk l'ia«e.

The Presbytery of Norfolk, compris¬ing all of the Presbyterian churches inthis section of the State, will assist theFirst and Seconr Presbyterian churchesof this city- in an effort to have theSynod of Virginia meet here in 1900.The Presbyterian Synod of Virginiaembraces all of the churche.; of that de¬nomination in three States.Virginia,Maryland and West Virginia. The ses¬sion this year will be held next weekat Huntington, W. Va.At the third day's session of the

Presbytery at Norfolk Thursday, thefollowing resolution, offered by Rev. 10.T. Wellford, pastor of the First churchhere, was unanimously adopted:"Resolved. That the Presbytery of

Norfolk unite with the First Presby¬terian church of Newport News in In¬viting the Synod of Virginia to meetwith them in October, 1900. providedthe aforesaid church present such in¬vitation and urge the need of such agathering not only to the local church,but the Presbytery as well."There were several matters of more

than usual interest disposed of at yes¬terday's session. After the evening ses¬sion, which was devoted to the causeof home missions, the Presbytery ad¬journed to hold its next meeting at theMakemie church. Eastern Shore. Itwas 10:30 o'clock when the moderatorRev. C. D. Oilkerson, called the assem¬blage to order, after which the Rev. W.If. Groves, of the Lexington Presby¬tery, stationed at Gloucester, conductedreligious exercises. This reverend gen¬tleman was received b'y the NorfolkPresbytery in the afternoon.Revs. R. A. Bobinson, of the Eastern

Shore, and E. T. Wellford, of NewportNews, were then enrolled by the clerk,after giving the reasons for their pre¬vious absence.

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The report of the committee appoint¬ed to declare vacant the pulpit of theSecond church. 'Norfolk, was receivedand the committee was discharged,after which the committee appointedto install the Rev. Arnold Hall, of theSecond church, Newport News, and theRev. George W. Lawson, of the ParkPlace church, reported, and their re¬ports were received and approved.The committee on the minutes of the

last General Assembly, consisting ofRev. ,T. W. Lafferty. Mr. D. Humphreysand Rev. Dr. Edward Mack, reportedthat no overtures were sent by theGeneral Assembly to TTie Presbyteryfor consideration; that in reply to the

communication from the chairman of]the Assembly's committee on churchfind Christian education, and with re¬gard to the action~of the Assembly'splan. The report provided that here¬after the Presbytery shall have a per¬manent committee on church and Chris-tiar. education, and advised pastors andsessions to establish such schools whereprovisions arc now Inadequate or unsat¬isfactory.The report was received and approved

and the Rev. Dr. Edward Mack, theRev. R. A. Robinson, the Rev. E. R.MeCluer and Elders C. IS. Bishop, ofWllllamsbUrK und W. A. Plecker. ofHampton, were made u permamentcommittee on church and Christian ed¬ucation.The order of the day was then taken

tip, and the Rev. -W. J. King, of Wil¬liamsburg, preached a sermon on ' Spe¬cial Providence.0 his text being foundin Romans, xi chapter. 33-30 verses,ft was an admirable discourse, mostattentively listened to.After transacting other business the

morning session adjourned at 1:45 P. M.The Committee on Education sub-

milted, through its chairman. Rev.E. T. Wellford, the following, whichwas adopted:"Resolved, Thnt to candidates V. I'.

Merrill and George F. Mason begranted the full apportionment for thesessions of 1S09 and T.iOfl."Resolved. That the Presbyterian

Executive Committee, of Education beauthorized to make the apportionmentto candidates for the ministry when¬ever .application is made between thestated meetings of the Presbytery, ifin their judgment such is advisable."Resolved. That the Presbytery ex¬

tend to its candidates of the UnionTheological Seminary their apprecia¬tion of tlic-ir conduct and work duringthe past year, and assure them of ourconnder.ee in a similar record for thepresent session."Resolved. That the clerk of any fac¬

ulty of any institution in which ourcandidates are matriculated be request¬ed to forward their reports to the chair¬man of the Committee on Education,and not to the Stated Clerk of thePresbytery."The principal business of the closing

session of the Presbytery was the con¬sideration of the report- of the homemission committee, which was read bythe Rev. R. p.. MeCluer. The reportpoints out the growth and importanceof the Presbytery's work along thisline and the need of more men. Stepsto provide them are lieing consideredr.otv. The two missions at NewportNews. East End and Park Place havebeen organized into churches. A chapelhas been erected at Prentis Place.Portsmouth byt the First church ofthat city, and a minster has Been em-ployed for both this and the Tait Me¬morial Chapel.The Rev. Mr. Hall, of Newport News,

was asked to speak on Synod evange¬listic work. He declared that as a rulecongregations are not interested in thesubjects, and give to the work only asa duty. He declared, further, that thepastor did not appear to be interested,either. He said that (luring his expo-rienee in West Virginia be had seenevery variety of degradation, and be¬lieves it is unquestionably the duty ofevery Christian to be active in the sup¬port of the Synod evangelistic work."Here in this Presbytery." he said,

"we have a great work and great pos¬sibilities. It behooves the older andstronger churches to help financiallyand morally the work going on. Thegreat territory in the Northern portionsof the Presbytery offers also great pos-sibilities of evangelization, so far asPresbytei ianism "is concerned. Let usgather in the inhabitants of that dis¬trict, that our city churches and ourrural churches may grow stronger to¬gether."The Rev. Dr. Mack next offered a

resolution on the marriage of divorcedpersons, which after some discussionwas. by request, docketed until thespring session of the Presbytery. Fol¬lowing is the resolution:"Believing lhat the Scriptural teach¬

ing concerning marriage of divorcedspring session of the Presbytery. Fol-oersons is not fully appreciated bChristian people, and that the laxityof the marriage relation, the preva¬lent perversions of this divine ordinanceand the consequent and shameful im¬morality in our social order are duein part to this misapprehension."Resolved, That the Presbytery of

Norfolk overture the General Assemblyto carefully consider, by committee orotherwise, the teachings of the Wordof Cod on this subject and to issue adeliverance in accordance therewith."Rev. E. T. Wellford was excused from

further attendance on the Presbyteryafter the afternoon session.The question of establishing a normal

school within the bounds of the Pres¬bytery for the proper instruction andtraining of Sunday school teac hers wasdiscussed and, on motion of Dr. MackRevs. Lafferty. Maxwell, Wellford andBiding Elder Barksdale, of Portsmouthwere appointed a committee to lookinto the feasibility of such an institu¬tion and submit their report at thespring session of the Presbytery.After the examination of the Rev.

W. H Groves at the night session andthe adoption of resolutions of thanks,the Presbytery adjourned to meet atMakemie church next April.

BL K 11 11VI Ll>HKS' IK tA I..

K: Kb. Wilt Co Our, Tliln Morning. Notesof ttin y*r<t.

The new steamship El Rio, built herefor the Morgan Line, will leave theshipyard this morninc at 9 o'clock andwill proceed to the Virginia Capes onher builder's trial trip.Mr. Horace See, consulting engineerfor the (Morgan Line, who designed the

four ships building here for its service,and also the two ships now on theways for the Cromwell Line, is expectedto reach here this morning fromNew York. He will ge> out i>n E! Riofor the purpose; of observing the work¬ings of the ship.

It is not known at this time whichof the Morgan Line captains will navi¬gate El Rio on her trial. A pilot willcome over from Norfolk this morningto be aboard the ship today.The ship will go probably fifteen or

twenty miles outside of the Capes andwill return this afternoon. It isexpected that the ship will be ready toleave the shipyard for New York inabout a week.The date for the builder's trial tripof the battleship Kentueky-fräs not been

definitely fixed. When inquiry wasmade at the shipyard yesterday,' itwas stated that nothing could be givenout at this time concerning the d*te.

It is not known just when the Kear-sarge will leave the shipyard for NewYork to receive the rest of her equip¬ment, but it will probably be in two orthree weeks.

Rubber in our store and get yourselfa mackintosh coat for rainy weather.10-13-tf WOODWARD & Vv'OMBLE. "

Spend Sntiilayin Haiti more.Take M. & M. T. Co. Steamer Satur¬

day, 5:00 P. M. C. & 0. Pier No. 6. Re¬turning leaves Baltimore 4:00 P. M.arrive Newport News early Mondaymorning. Only line running a Sundaysteamer between Newport News andBaltimore.12-frl,sat,t£ I,. C. SOUNDERS, Agent.

Says He Was Forced to Work inChain Gang Before Trial.

AND WILL SUE THE CITY

Wants SIO.000 for the Disgrace and ShameHo Suffered. Point Bledeln the

Frost cation. Still a Mys¬tery. The Docket.

There Is prospect of a suit of anunique-nature being- entered against thecity in a short time.On September :!_'. an employe of the

shipyard, whose name is Dennis Gau-det was arrested about 12:30 o'clockwhile drunk oil the street. He was outinto the lock-up, and in the ordinarycourse of events, wiuld have been triednext day.The prisoner had a ten dollar bill on

him when incarcerated.sufficient mon¬ey to pay two or three lines with.He yesterday went to the otlice of

Attorney Saunders for the purpose ofengaging him to bring suit of $10,000against the city. The suit has not yetbeen brought, but the attorney is in¬vestigating the matter and there seemslittle doubt that the suit will beentered.His client claims that on the day he

was arrested, about 1 o'clock, a halfhour after his incarceration, and he-fore he had any dinner, also before liehad bad a hearing, he was taken out ofthe lock-up and forced into the chaingang, which is being worked on thestreets. He states that he told the au¬thorities that he had not been tried andthat when he was tried, he would haveenough .money to pay his line, admit¬ting that he was drunk. He also in¬formed them, he says, that he had nev¬er had a fetter on him and that therewas no occasion for him to submit tothe shame and humiliation of beingforced into a chain gang composedchiefly of regular jailbirds: negroes,most of them.He alleges that no attention was paid

to his statement. but that he wasroughly hustled out and. to his shameand disgrace, without having had ahearing, be was forced to work in thechain gang on the public streets. Nextmorning, his case came up before thepolice justice. He was fined and paidhis tine, with the money he had abouthim when he was arrested.

it is probable that Attorney E. S.Robinson will be associated with Mr.Saunders in the case.While these gentlemen admit that th

city is not liable for an arrest made bya policeman, who is a state officer, yetthey claim that the city is liable forthe action of its "own officer, the streetcommissioner, who, Gaudet assorts, wasresponsible for his being placed in thechain gang, the House Sergeant turn¬ing him over to the street commission¬er, who should have known whom toreceive and whom not to receive intohir gang.

STTLI. A MYSTERY.If the statements made by Mr. Gau¬

det are facts, whether there is a suit ornot. some- one is likely to hear of it tohis sorrow.While on the subject, the young-man-

\\ ith-a-dress-suit-mystery is still amystery so far as the outside world isconcerned. As S. B. Mason, he wasfined .vesterday for being disorderly. $äand costs 'being the figure. This waspaid by some friends, who took hiswatch, which had" been retained at thestation house: but how the man got h'srelease Thursday without any recordon the books to show it. is still an un¬solved proposition.Following cases were disposed of yes¬

terday in addition to the above:M. Hynes. drunk, $2 and costs.B. ('. Woodleaf, disorderly: $5 and

costs.Henry Williams, disorderly: $"00 bond

to keep the peace for six months.John Danley, fast riding; $3 and

costs.CORPORATION COURT.

His Honor. Judge Barham. is havinga dry time of it from the CorporationCourt bench. Yesterday he had underconsideration a tedious case of unlaw¬ful entry and detainer, than whichthere is nothing slower in jurispru¬dence. It was the case of Frank San-son vs. T. J. Fuqua. Messrs. Andersonand Stuart appearing for the plaintiffand Messrs. Lett and Mitchell, for thedefense .

Menatr-Hoirrjartl.Yesterday's Norfolk Landmark has

this to say of the mairiage of Miss Mar¬garet McNair, formerly of this city:One of the most charming churchweddings of the season was that cele¬brated at St. Luke's P. E. churc h yes¬terday- afternoon at ä o'clock. The con¬ti acting parties were Mr. ThurmerHoggard. Jr.. and Miss Margaret Mc¬Nair, and the ceremony was performedby the Rev. Dr. A. S. Lloyd, rector ofthe church.Some time before the appointed hourthe edifice was well filled with invitedfriends, the costumes of the ladies butadding a richness to the decorations,which consisted of white and yellowwild flowers principally. The bridal

party entered the church to appropriatemusic from the organ as played by Mr.MacLachlin. CMr. Horace Hoggar'l. ofNorfolk, was best man and Miss AlineMc-N.tlr was maid of honor, while theushers were Messrs. Turner. Johnson,Page Hoggard, John Wingfield. Wil¬liam Old. Jr.The bride wore a brown coat suit,with brown velvet hat. ami carriedBride roses. Her maid of honor was at¬tired in white organdie, trimmed inblack velvet, with a black velvet hat,and carried pink carnations. The gen¬tlemen wore black frock coats and lighttrousers. The bride and groom left inthe evening on the Washington steamerfor a Northern trip. Mi-. Hoggard wasformerly of Norfolk, but is now of Bris¬

tol. Tenn., and is a chemist by profes¬sion. The bride is the daughter ofMrs. R. A. McNair, of this city.Post master Held lip.

While Postmaster fieorge Jones, ofMorrisons, was en route home fromthe city on his bicycle dusing thewee ama1 hours of the morning, anattempt was made to hold him up.about two hundred yards from theplace where the dead body of a whiteman was found Wednesday.Postmaster Jones was riding hiswheel. One of the highwaymen at¬tempted to strike him witn a e!ub.The postmaster drew Iiis revolver andblazed away, putting the would-berobbers to flight.Winning ways of fashion in winterSuits and Overcoats at

10-13-tf WOODWARD & WOMBLE'S

Wares in Solid Gold and Silver.Sprague, Jeweller, 2G0i> Washingtonavenue. It

IjARüe, Bexto* Co. Auk., Aug. 4.I am 49 years old and havo been suffering with

Change of Life. I had flooding spells so bad thatnone thought I could live. My husband got tneWine of C'ardui and it saved my life. I am likeanother person since taking it.

MRS. B. B. TOWNSEND.

IWcEurce'it

It is the devout wish of nearly all people to live to a ripe old age.None of us want to die young. This universal desire can be realized ifcare be taken of the health in early and middle life. A little precaution thenwill add manv years to our existence. Death can be kept away a longtime. Happy, healthy old age will be the lot of the woman who promptlycorrects the ailments which afflict her sex. In youth, Wine of Carduiwilltake the female child safely over the dividing line between girlhood andwomanhood. As a wife she needs it to lieip her through the trials ofpregnancy and childbirth with as little discomfort as possible. At theChange of Life it will help her over the dangerous place that appears inher pathway between -10 and 50. Then will come many years of trulyhlissfui existence. -She will grow old slowly and gracefully. To the lastshe will preserve that charm and beauty which are always characteristic

of perfectly healthy grandmothers.It is lor women alone to decidewhether they will be healthy orsick. The remedy for their sick¬ness is close at hand.

LADIES' ADVISORY DEPARTMENT.For advice In casea rcqnirinp specialdirections, adilrens, giTlns symptoms,IdidlfV Ailtl.orj !>«¦ p'l. Tlie-CIIATTANOOUA

9F.DICINK CO., Chattanooga. Tcnn.

LARGE BOTTLES OF WINE O F CARDU1SOLD FOR $I.OQ BY DRUGGISTS.

CARDUJ

f we offer a splendid bar-

-STORY STOREgam m abuilding on Washington avenuebetween 2Gth and 28th streets. Also several houses and

on 3-tth and 35th streets, near Jeffersonavenue. HI*See ÜS. aver

Rear First NationalBank Building.

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Tailored Suits.That lit. We are careful in every detail.

Our line of imported and domestic suiting is the finest in the city.OUR PRICKS ARE RIGHT, TOO. THE LATEST STYLE SIEKLINED OVERCOAT, OLTR LEADER, $30.00. It's nobby, stylish andhangs just right.Come in and look over our goods anyway, we'll be pleased to show

you.Remember, we guarantee perfect fit.

MICHAELSON BROTHERS,26O7 Washington A.vonue. Citizens' Phone, 22«.).I 10-S-3m.

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-OF OÜR-

Store's Success

We point with pride to the businesslandmark which four years of unceas¬ing effort has established. It is thepleasure of our life to cater to thewants of the bargain hunting public.The current week we are offering a

quantity of

Seasonable Goods.Mason's best fruit Jam, 60c, 76c, and

11.00 per dozen.Preserve crock« % gal. up to 6 gals.

10c and up.Bean pots, (Boston) 15c and up.Rebecca tea pots, 15c and up.Yellow bowls and baking pan*. 60c

and up.

Limoge Stock Pattern.Pr»ttiest pattern you ever saw.Sell you one piece or 100 pieces din¬

ner set. Stock pattern white China ofsame goods. Odd pieces white FrenchChina at half price.

Souvenir China.If you love pretty things take a look

at our new line of local views paintedon fine thin china.

Have You Got That Filter Yet?

ADAMS'Racket Store,

2915 & 2917Washington - &wemie

We knew that our special offerings of last weekwould bring great crowds, and that our patrons would ap-pieeiate the surprising values offered. We did a rousingbusiness every day last week, and wre are ready to repeatit this week. Our goods were contracted for many monthsbefore the advance, which means low prices for you. Allfurniture has advanced from 25 to 50 per cent. We haveadvanced none, and are convincing everyone who makesa careful and critical comparison that we ha\e the bestvalues in ihe city, as well as the most complete stock. Ifyou are fastidious as to furniture, if you appreciate therich styles and rare effectiveness.it will pay you to inspectour display. Judging from onr low prices and advertisedattractions, perhaps you will be misltd as to the quality ofour stock. Our assortment will represent every grade inthe market. We will have a vast variety of styles for thegeneral trade, as well as the liner grades. Excellencecharacterizes all our stock; elegance and superiority markall our specialties.

Attractive October OfferingsCommencing Monday and lasting six days with the big¬gest values ever offered to the Newport News public.Others may blow, but our prices are more [convincing*Everything guaranteed as represented, or your moneyback.

Sideboards.Our line was never prettier in style,

workmanship or finish. We start themat $11.00 to $100.00.

Stoves and RangesEndless variety in all makes and

»i7.es and every one guaranteed.Extension Tables

Nicely polished, five foot, turnedposts. A regular $5.00 value for $3.50.

Dining room Chairs.Never before has there been such a

rrand offering in this necessary furni-jture. A. lucky purchase and a largeMuanty. long before the advance, cn-Iables us to make this-'phcnominal of¬fer. High hack, brace arm, nicely £n-lished; a regular $1.50 value for S'Jo.

Dinner Sets.In Havelin, three patterns, latest

styles. We start them at $15.00 the

set. Domestic and Imported. English,one hundred piece, from $7.50 up to $35.

Chamber Suits,

New Draperies.Tapestry, Portiers in all the latesteffects.

Oriental designs in the newest fads.Lace Curtains in Irish Point. Renais¬

sance and Nottinghams from $1.50 up.We drape every pair of curtains andfurnish the poles free.

A host of new designs, handsomerthan any we. have ever shown beforeSuits in mahogany, solid bird's eye |maple and rich goklen oaks. Our'dressers aro fitted with unusually large added. We can frame any picture atmirrors and the carvings are >-U:}> said any price with all the latest patternselegant.

. _ _ and styles. Big stock to select from.

Pictures Framed to Order.This is a new department wo have