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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-14
DTsTRIRUTION on rHE FIrNn.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept 13.-Just how
to make the final distribution of the Johns
town fund is what is giving the flood relief
commission plenty of food for thought to-
night. The members of the commission have
been wrestling with the subject since
O'Clock this afternoon, and as the hour of
midnight approaches they are not any
nearer a conclusion. In round figures
Sl,500,000 remains to be disposed of, and
the plan CT distribution submitted by the
committe co sisting of Messrs. Ogden,
Reeves and Miller is under consideration to-
night. What this plan contemplates is
not known, but some method will probably
be adopted tonight so that money can be
distributed at once Messrs Hanna and
Brown of the Jonnstown committee, are
present and giving the benefit of their
experience in ella ssifcation. The commit
tee from the Jersey Shore, Pa, district.
was also here and was given $30, 900.
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ONE DROWNED AND ONE SAVED.
a Skiff Overturned in Baltimore Bay
With Fatal Results.

With Fatal Results.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 13.-This morning at
day light cries of "Helpl" were heard COM
ing from the harbor. A skiff rowed out
and found a young man named Harry Ar
chibald, of this city, clinging to an upturned
water three hours. He had gone out
sailing with Philip E. Sparrow, all engineer
on the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad, when
their boat capsized, and both men were
thrown out and swan back and supported
them selves by clinging to the keel. Sparrow
finally volunteered in spite OF Arcbibald's
protests, to swim ashore and return in a
boat, and in making the attempt, was
drowned. He leaves a wife and family.
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A COLD BLOODED MURDER.
Rufusal to Give a Man Lodging Cost
a W oman Her Life.

CHICAGO, Sept 13.-A dispatch from
Springfield, Mo-, says: "John Davis ap-
peared at the residence Of Andy Savage at
Strafford Wednesday morning, and on
being refused lodging fired I've shots, one
of which killed Miss Savage instantly.
Davis was captured, and at his preliminary
examination yesterday the father of the
murdered woman attempted to kill him.
Tho prisoner was then pl ICED IN wagon
and started for this city. They should have
arrived at O'Clock last night. but had
not reached here at midnight. IL is believed
that Davis has been lynched.
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EAST POINTS oUTRA AGE.
The Grand Jury Indicts Four Atlanta
Men for Gomplicity.

Men for Com plicity.
ATLANTA, GA, Sept 13.-The sgrand
jury has made a special presentment, and
will indict for the East Point outrages, on
the charge of riot, the following: Daniel
Hall, Tap Holt. William Cald veil and T.
P. Aldridge, all well-known Atlanta men.
Aldridge is policeman The grand jury
had up f. q. BruifeY as witness, but he
refused TO testify against the parties, al
though he went to East Poi { as a reporter
and was an eye witness. Tho grand jury
reported him to the court, d Judge Mar
shall Clarke sent him to Jail for fifteen days
for contempt. Bruffey is in Jail tonight,
and nobody is allowed to see him, the orders
being that he shall be locked up.
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THE CRASH.

The local passenger tram due here from
Baltimore at $50 O'Clock had switched to
the north bound track to come into the
city, and was coming at a high rae of
speed when just at the northern eud of the
tunnel it met a freight train which was
starting from the city. The engine was
wrecked, number of passengers were
shaken up but none were seriously injured.
nor can it be learned that there was more
tnan one serious casualty.
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Tho lsepro Rantiats.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, Sept 1.-The Bap-
tist foreign missionary society (coloredl,
appointed COMMITTEES to present to Piesi-
dent Harrison the resolutions adopted es-
terday, and chose the following officers: f.
X. Love Of Savannah, Ca, president; :. II.
Lanton of New Orleans, secretary; J. z.
Jones of Richmond, Va, corresponding
secretary; J. L. Farrar OF Richmond. Va,
treasurer
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MAY BE A BLOODY BArrLR.
Citizens Of a Missouri Town Object Il
Negro Labor.

Negro Labor.
CHICAGO, Sept ia dispatch from
Cairo, Ill, says: "There are symptoms of
race war in Missouri, at Dexter, A. miles
miles from here The people in that Sec
tion have for years excluded all negroes
from among them. A short time ago man
named Williams, settled on a farm there
and engaged a dozen negroes to work for
him. Fifty armed men waited upon him this
week aud told him he must get rid of the ne
armed men returned to town, where they
CT culated a paper, getting the signers to
stand by ths regulators. About 500 men
signed tne paper. About fifty men side
with Williams, among them a hardware
merchant, who has imported Winchesters
and ammunition sufficient to arm his side.
Further trouble is eXpectedn
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eighteen men were in panicky condition.
They wanted to leave the vessel at once in
their own boats, but Capt. Lenthe and his
first mate were warned that it would be
certain death by drowning, as their boat
was not large enough nor suitably built to
breast the breakers. Toward midnight the
sea threw tie Geestsrmunde nea Ell in shore,
and this morning she was less than forty
yards away from the beach. The crew
will have to abandon the vessl, and she will
probably lie a total loss.
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a LINE CARRYING ROCKET.
Four Trials of the Cunningham Life
Saving Devise.

Saving Devise.
NEWPORT, R. L., Sept 13.-Four trials
have been made here of the Cunningham
line-carrying rocket It is for use in case
Of wrecks, and consists Of a rocket carry
ing tube containing coil Of line which is
paid out as the rocket and tube pass
through the air from a vessel to the shor G.
The trials were conducted by Patrick Gun
nipgham, the inventor, aud were witnessed
by Commoore Walker, United States Navy,
and other officers. Two we're made from
the Chicago and 900 yards made. The other
two were made at the torpedo station and
1000 yards made.
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a SHIP IN THE BREAKERS.
NreW VIII Be Obliged to Leave
Her to HAr Fata


caILANT1o CITY, N. j., Sept. 1S.-The
is -lan ship Geestermunde, Capt. Lenthe,
g 9. aground on Absecon beach. She left
Gu r''la July for Philadelphia, loaded with
st.--9i .-i7Hl and empty coal oil barrels. She
ire, 1A =, ohe beach about o'clock last even
tin. me captain was on the bridge at the
of CarH ,aof94rlng ~ under the belief that he was
fred 'Pe ,, henlopen. Signals for pilots were
Of ~ oaS they were toolate. Capt. Gaskill,
rsT dA9secon life-saving station, quickly
man1aI mpnded with his crew Of six men. They
abont S.!o life boat and left the station
thew v'nI o.Io p. m. 1t was a hard pull, and
Of yh we're thrice driven back by the force
onlv q sae @ waves The stranded vessel was
9o'cIocJLl JLlarter r of a mile off, but it was after
LUCK when they reached her.
THE CREW PANIcKY.
bo5rcIaMs Mes IS then broadside on, and when
u was found that the crew Of
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MURDER OVER a PATENT.
A Millionaire Manufacturer Killed by
an Inventor.


NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-F. ". Gesswein,
a millionaire tool manufacturer of Brook
lyn, sat in his office at No. 80 John street,
at II o'clock this morning, talking to his
superintendent, G. F. Rooster, when the
office door opened and Christian Deyhle an
old man with whom Mr.. Gesswein had
some trouble recently over patent suit
entered. Deyhle requested private inter
view with Mr. GesSwein, and MIR. Rooster
stepped into an adjoining Office AS soon as
MIR. Rooster left the office Deyhle demanded
$50 from Mr.. Gesswein. Mr.. Gesswein
politely refused to give him any money.
Deyhle replied: II am an old man, and
You have beaten me in my patent case.
must have money to enter the old mems
home in Philadelphia. If you do not give
it to me | will kill you" Aud before Mr..
GeSswein could rise from his chair Deyhle
drew 32-calioer revolver from his pocket
and fired one shot, which passed through
Mr.. GeSswein's heart.
DEAD ON THE FLOOR.
He staggered to his feet and screamed for
help and then fell TO the floor and died be-
fore an ambula ICE could be summoned.
When Mr.. Rooster heard the shot he rushed
to the d)or in time to intercept Deyhle, who
attempted TO run down stairs, and handed
him over to Officer White of the First pre-
clnct Christian Deyhle is a mean, insig-
niicant-looklng man, with a full strag-
CLING beard, and apparently over 90 years
OF age. When searched at the old slip
police station a few scraps of iron, match
box and few cents in change were found
IN his pants pockets, and the revolver was
taken from his coat
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The Czar's Visit TO Berlin.

VIENNA, Sept. 13.-The NeUe Freie F-eSse
says the visits Of the car and his son to
Germany do not concern Europe. Russia,
the paper says. is not trying to foment war
between Servia and Bulgaria.
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WRECKED BY A BtoKGN RAIL.

The Bngineor and Fireman Stuck to
Their Posts, but are Unhurt.
ALBANY, GA, Sept. 13.-Freight train
No 147, which left here this morning
1870 o'clock was wrecked eight miles fir, m
the city by broken rail. T. lgine No II is
a total wreck, together with two freight
cars. TIE track was torn up for about
seventy feet. E1gi7e'r Oscar Hewes and
Fir Tom Matthew stood Mt their posts
until the engine.star ed er, w ich turned
bottom side up and then they jumped for
life Hewes is bruised but not seriously
hurt Fireman Matthews is not hurt.
Sepus Allen, a negro, had limb mashed.
No one was hurt seriously.
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4.
A MANIFESTO ISSUED.
Bohemia,s Next King.

VIENNA, sept l3.-The appointment of
Count Thun "a governor Of Bohemia, has
caused discussion as TO the probability Of
Emperor Francis Josephs being crown king
of Bohemia. The discussion has reached
such phase as to call for an official an
on the subject
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a JOKE ENDS IN DEAPH.

Two Men Tie Sleeping Man to a
Whirling shaft.
Troy, N. Y, Sept. 13.-John Gordon, in
the employ Of the Lake George Paper and
Pulp Company, at Ticonderoga. fell asleep
near the machinery. Two fellow workmen,
it IS said, planned to scare him. They tied
rope about bis feet and threw it over a
shaft making 1875 revolutions a minute.
They could not cut the rope in time, and
Gordon was killed. his body being horribly
mutilaIed. One Of the perpetrators of the
joke lost his reason from the shock,
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a TUG AND A STEAMER COLLIDE.
The Former Sunk Immediately and
the Latter was Beached.

BRocKvIL1E. ONT, Sept. 13. = The
steamer Rothesay, of Kingston, and the
tug Moira, of Ogdeasburg, N. Y. collided
b tween here and Maitland last night. The
Moira sank Immediately The Rothesay
had an excursion party on board and was
beached. Samuel Jordan, of Waddington.
and William Sullivan, of Ogdensburg, both
of the Moira crew, were the only persons
d owned. The tug was valued at $40, 900
and the Rothesay at $4,000.
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England's Cotton RinR.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. ia joint committee
of the Blackburn cotton masters and mill
operatives has been appointed to consider
mea S by which the ring controlling the
prices of cotton NAV be broken
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LONDON'S STRIKE.
Cardinal Manning Submits Dehnit o
Terms From the Men.

LONDON, Sept. 13.-A conference was
held to-day between Cardinal Manning, on
behalf of tho striking dock laborers, and
the directors of the dock companies. The
cardinal gu mitted to the directors definite
proposals from the strikers for settlement
of he wage question.
The strike among tile journeymen tailors
ended to-day, the employers having re-
duced the working hours to ten and u half
daily
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FREIGHT TRAINS CRASH.
One Man Killed Outright and the
Wreck Food for Flames.

LEXINGTON, VA, Sept. 12.-At Buena
Vista, six miles from Lexington, on the
Shenandoah Valley railroad, two freight
trains collided today, piling up fearful
wreck. James Gallian Of Roanoke was In
stantly killed The wreck took fire. 1t is
said that careless train dispatcher caused
fha wraok
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To Use Their own ships.

LONDON, Sept. l4-Dutch cattle dealers
have resolved to boycott the London steam
ship companies and transport live stock in
their own steamers to Rotterdam.
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TIE SERVICES.
CONE MAUGH's RIVERS.
Congress to Be Asked to Vote Money
to Clean Them Out.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, Sept. 13.-The COM
mittee of fifteen appointed by the board
of trade to consider the question of asking
congress for aid in cleaning out the rivers
met this afternoon, and it was unanimously
agreed that concerted action should be
taken to that end. As there are several
other committees that have given this
phase of the question some considerati on.
it was doomed advisable to confer with
them. Bodies continue to be take out of
the debris and rivers as tho waters recede,
On an average two bodies are found
day.
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Macbine sbons B,,rned.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept 13--The
Cincinnati Southern machine shops were
burned here to-day. The estimated loss is
room.
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RAOaks ON TIE RUN.
Volunteer Beats Tenny in the Speed
Stakes at Sheepshead.


Stakes at Sheepshead.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-The races at
Sheepshead Bay to-day were run in a
down pour of rain which ceased only at
short intervals. The attendance was of
course small, and the track soggy, but the
races were interesting Notwithstanding.
The feature Of the day was the feat of
Tommy by Volult in the speed stakes.
Tenny, the crack, seemed to go all to pieces
on the slippery ground and sprawled as il
hs were o. parlor skates Following is "a
summary OF tn davis even's:
FIRST RAcE-About six flirlongs. Ralph
Bayard won, with Miss Belle second and ocy-
d ste d. rd Time 1:12 4-5.
SECOND RAcE-Speed stakes for 2year-olds
and up ards about six furlongs. Volunteer
won, with Tenny second and Maidstone third.
Time 1:l1. Mutuals paid S62
THIRD RAcE-One mile and three furlongs.
Tea Tray won, with Retrieve second and Ma
rauder third. Time 2N
FOURTH RAcE-One mile and half Hlndoo
Craft wqpn, with Eric second and Diablo third.
Time 2:43
FIFTH RAcE-One mile and and a quarter.
Lecreta won, with Panama second and Oars
man third Time 2:l4
SIXTH RAcE-One mile on the turf Montrose
won, with Jennie Mcfarland second and Ice
berg third Time 1853.
THE DoNcAsTER MEETING.
LONDON, Sept 13--At tire Doncaster
meeting to-day, the race for the Doncaster
stakes, mile and half, was won by Lord
Bradford's Davenport, Sir Jardyne's Lord
Lorne second, and J. Lowther's Working
ton third.
The race for the Park fill stakes, about
a mile and six furloags, was won by Mr..
Vyner's Minthea, with Gen. Pearsoa's Carr
bine second, and Prince Solty ~off's Cherry
Bounce third.
The race for the Doncaster cup, about
two miles and five furlongs, was won by
Lord Howe's Claymore, with Blundel
Naples Mill Stream second, aud Col. Brad
lsy's colt by Fai ness out OF Pinnacle third.
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Bond Purchases.

WASHINGTON. Sept. I3.-The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated s62. 100. The Secre-
tary accepted s42, 100 at 12S for As and 1867
for AIS
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AN AGREEMENT REACHED.

The joint committee appointed to consid r
the proposals of the strikers have agresd
that the wages demanded by the dock la
borers shall be conceded, the advance to
take effect Nov. 4. The lord mayor at the
conference with the directors Of the dock
companies to-day, gave assurance that the
men we're now ready to resume work on
Monday. In view Uf the approaching d
of the dock laborers' strike, the lightermsn
are seeking to resume work.
The Mansion house committee announc as
that the dock directors and men have prac-
tically agreed, and that as soon as other
interests are arranged all the men will re-
sumo work on the understa ding that
deferred concessions Will be granted in
Novannher
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sIERRE NzvADAs ABLAzB.
A Bridge and a Mile of Snow Sheds
DeStrOVad.

TRUCKEE, Gail, Sept. 13.-Forest Fires,
which have been raging in the Sierre
Nevada mountains several days, communi-
Gated to the Central Pacific railroad bridge
at the upper Cascades yesterday and de-
stroyed it, together with a mile of snow
sheds. Overland passengers are being trans
ferred across the canyon
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CoLLIDAD IN A TUNNEL.
A Dangerous Crash in Which Only
One Life Was Lost

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-About 10 O'Clock
tonight freight and passenger train col
lided in the Baltimore and Potomac rail
road tunnel, near the navy yard, Washing
ton. Engineer Jamlson of the passenger
train was killed by escaping steam. A
freight car got otf the track and blockaded
the south bound track of the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad, north Of the eastern
branch trestle.
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a RELIGIOUS RIOT at sIMLA.
Mussulmans and Hindoos the Bellig-
erents in the Fray.

erents in the Fray.
SnlLA, Sept. 1S.-During the celebration
of a religious festival at Rohtak. Mussuls
mans and Hindoos became involved in
religious disputes which led TO rioting. The
police were compelled to interfere to stop
the fighting, but before they succeeded,
many of the rioters were shot by the Off
GERS. The MuSsulmaus at Delhi, forty-two
miles northwest Of Rohtak. are organizing
to avenge the insult put upon them by the
HindoOs
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No Juryman SECURED Yet.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, Sept 13.-Twenty men
were examined to-day In the effort to
obtain jury in the Cronin case, but all
were rejected. No 5uryman has yet been
secured.
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Waterloo Suhnerred

WILMINGTON, DEL, Sept. ia Lewes
Del.) dispatch reports that Waterloo,
summer resort on the Delaware bay, is
entirely submerged and out of twenty
cottages in the place only one remains.
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Gaudaur pefeata Teen 81.

PITTsBURG. Pa, Sept 1l--Gaudaur de-
feated Teemer in scull race at McKees-
port this evening in 23 minutes Teemer
claims foul.
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ASHORE OFF CAPE HENRY.
The Steamer the GOdrevy, but She
Will be FlOated

NORFOLK, VA, Sept. 13.-The steamer
which went ashore last evening near Cape
Henry proves to be the Godrevy, iron ore
laden from St Jago, Cuba, to Baltimore.
The vessel rests easily half mile from
shore, and is in good condition. All are
well aboard. She will probably be fioated
without trouble. A wrecking steamer is
abreast of the Godrevy.
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THE DoNcAsTER MEETING.
Killad hv FlactrIoitv.

NEW XoRK, Sept. 13 Joseph Metz. an
italian. while cleaning an awning in Chris
tie street this afternoon, touchsd an alec-
trio wire and was instantly killed.
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Made Receiver Of Public Money.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.--The President
to-day rppointed George c. Mckee Of Jack-
son. Miss, to be receiver of public moneys
at jackson, Miss.
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Placards Posted in Mont-Martre Torn
Down by the Police.

DOWn Dy bhe FOIlCo.
PARIS, Sept. 13.-Despite the refusal of
the project of the Seine to receive Gen.
Bouianger's candidacy for member of the
Chamber of Dsputies, placards were posted
in Montmartre, in the department of the
Seine, announcing that be would be can.
didate. The police have torn the placards
down and arrested the men who posted
them.
A MANIFESTO ISSUED.
Gen. Boulanger has issued manifesto to
the electors of Moltmatre In it he says:
'If | ask the suffrages Of the people it is
because represent, not the personality do
picted by my calumniators, but national
sentiment aspiring to throw off the burden
of growing debt and the intolerable inI-
quitles and humihaUions to which the coun-
try is subjected
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s1O.OOO,OOO souANppREp.

LONDON, Sept. IA, A. M.--The Daily
Telegraph, commenting on the stri ke, says:
1T Is not 100 much to say taat 92 100000
has been squa ldered. While there are MT
wanting prophets who declare tnat the
port of London will never recover its
former prosperity we scarcely think that.
while if ca ,ual laborer is vel out a1d re
placed by a higher and more organized set
Of workers, something will nave been done
toward the evolution Of the fttest."
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FOUGHT SHY OF THE SHORE.

She kept a good distance from la d,
prefeTring the gaze tn the rocks along the
shore. Land was sighted only once, last
Tuesday morning. The cruiser was for the
most part off the Montask light The
weather was thick and foggy. The storm
was very severe and the gale sharp, but the
cruiser weathered it without damage. She
took some seas and was pretty wet, but
behaved admirably, surprising the officers
themselves. The wind was SO strong, and
the sea 50 high, that some times for several
hours not an inch of progress would be
made with six boilers going.
MADE a SPLENDID SHOWING.
Old seamen on board said she did splen-
didly under the trying circumsra aces and
rode the waves with remarkable ease.
Early this morning, the storm having
greatly abated, she was headed for this
port and arrived as reported.
Yesterday coxswain John Sanders of Bar
Harbor died suddenly Of heart disease and
was buried at sea about fifty miles off the
shore. The Atlanta will remain for her
trials for which sho came on.
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JUDGE oLIN DEAD.
he Gained Considerable Fame as g
Yellow Fever Nurse.

HIIUW NBN5I N UTbb4
AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept 1S.-Judge William
Milo Olin died here to-day in bis 10th year
During the yellow fever epidemies at Nor
folk, Wilmington, Savannah, Memphis and
JacksonyiIAe, he volunteered his services to
lurse the sick without compensation. He
was native OF New York city, but had
resided in Augusta for fifty years.
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CRUISE OF THE ATLANTA.
A Splendid Showing Made During the
Big Storm.

NEWPORT, R. 1. Sept. 13.-The United
States cruiser Atlanta, Capt. Howell, ar
rived here at 10 o'clock this morning. The
boat came ashore an hour later, and it was
learned that the Atlanta left New York last
Monday morning, going outside, around
Sandy Hook, and had not been back there
since. so the report that she passed around
Since Monday she has been standing off
shore, lying off and on in order to weather
the gale
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-05
Superstition.

The days of superstition are by nc
means over. There are women. not over
conscientious in the discharge OF relig-
ious observances, who would sooner
disconsert a hostess and throw room
full of guests into confusion than sit
down with twelve others 2t the dinner
table The lover viii not give his
sweetheart an opal ring. however
pretty the stone may be; the guest at
the table shudders when she spills the
salt. and furtively tries to propitiate
fate by throwing few grains over her
shoulder Penknives and watches are
abooed as presents. Many a man
would choose any day in the week but
Friday for starting on journey or be-
ginning some great enterprise Many
a woman dislikes apart from sympa-
thetic sentiment) 70 meet a funeral or
encounter a black cat