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Passaic City record., 1893-12-09
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The country can never be anv
larger unless an earthquake lifts up the
bottom of the sea.
There IS no more land in the United
States than there was when Columbus
discovered il. except little made ground
at the mouths of the rivers.
Our population is increasing very
fast and the hunger for land will become
greater every year.
T Land is increasing in value every
day. In time it will be as high priced
as it is in England.
Il Land is the basis of all wealth.
1t cannot be stolen.
It.cannot run away.
1t cannot bprn up.
T 1t produces the food of man and
animals.
T 1t is the safest investment on earth
1t can still be had in the Northwest
at very reasonable prices.
4 1t can still be homesteaded in some
parts of the Northwest.
T The only cheap or free land of any
agricultural value remaining untaB en- in
the country is along the line of the
Great Northern Railroad.
T In the Devils Lake and Turtle
Mountain districts of North Dakota free
farms produced in 1891 and 1892 from 20
to 40 bushels of wheat to the acre.
Il In the Red River Valley renters
often pay for improved farms from a
share of a single seasons crop.
Il Land on the crop share plan can
still be had
Why do men live on high priced
rented land back East, which they can
never own, often paying for fertilizers
per acre more than virgin soil can be
bought for in the We>t?
Fine ranges invite the attention of
stock raisers in Montana
T Minnesota. Montana. Idaho and
Washington contain the only forests of
valuable timber remaining in the re-
public.
4 The Northwest invites everybody.
There is good deal Of everything to be
found there.
The new transcontinentall line of the
Great Northern gives transportation
facilities to large areas of new farming,
grazing, numbering and mining country.
The Great Northern runs from ST.
Paul. Minneapolis and the East to
Puget Sound 81
For publications and information
about rates. routes, localities, ETC., in the
Northwest, address F. / Whitney, u. P.
& T. A., ST. Paul, Mimi
L. w. LAKE, General Agent,
SIS Broadway, N. Y.
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09
COLLISION IN A FOG.
Many Persons Killed and Injured by
Railway Wreck in Italy.

An express train bound from Milan, Italy,
to Venice collided with freight train at
midnight at Limitro station in fog. Two
passenger coaches were completely shat
tered. The wreck took fire from the over
turned engines.
Thirteen persons were killed and twenty
two were seriously injured. The wounded
were taken to Milan and placed In hospitals.
All the employees of Limitro station and
numerous citizens fastened to the scene OF
the disaster to lend assistance in rescuing
the injured.
kilograms were sent to Milan and other
places asking for assistance, and train ar
rived in short time from Milan with doc
tors to care for the injured and company OF
soldiers to aid in rescuing.
In the meantime tho rescuing party had
cut away the burning woodwork with axes,
and streams of water were poured upon the
wreckage, under which number of passen-
gers were inextricably jammed.
Some of the victims met with horrible
deaths, being cremated before the eyes OF
the spectators, who were powerless to help
them owing to the imposslbility of removing
the heavy masses of woodwork with which
they were surrounded. Other unfortunates
were only extricated to die in the arms of
their rescuers.
All the injured men were suffering from
burns, and most had broken limbs. In some
cases immediate amputation was necessary.
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09
ONLY ONE SAVED.
Wreck of the Steamship Jason at
Eastman, Mass.


The British ship Jason, which went ashore
off Eastman, Mass, in the storm broke
in two amid ships. Her main and mizzen
masts are gone, and every man of her
crew on board numbering twenty-six, were
washed into the sea and lost. Samuel J.
Evans, her only survivor, who was washed
ashore, tells this story of the voyage of the
Jason
We sailed from Calcutta last February
with full cargo of jute butts for Boston.
Two days after leaving port we were nearly
dismasted in storm and had to put into
Mauritius for repairs. During the gale our
mate was washed overheard and lost. We
came in through South Channel and shaped
our course for Boston. We had no o5serva-
tion for two days, but Captain Mcmillan
thought we were wide off Cape Cod, and we
kept on our course. At $50 in the after
noon we made breakers under our
lee, and a few moments later saw
the land. We shook out our upper topsails
and tried to drive by the Cape: but we had
no sea room, and at 7 rs, finding that we
must SOON strike, the ship was headed for the
beach. The Captain had been below exam
ming his charts On reaching the deck he
cried, ssWe are lost
The ship struck with fearful force, and we
all sprang tor the iifeboats. Before we could
cut the lashings the spars began to fall, and
the vessel to go to pieces. This was too much
for the boys, and they ali rushed for the lee
mizzen rigging. Only half ofthem succeeded
in gaining footing. Some OF them were
swept overheard and were seen no more.
/ clung desperately to the rigging for q
few moments. when great wave broke my
grip and l went into the bowling sea. L
thought it was my end, but the water threw
me here and there for a while when suddenly
found myself on the sand. Soon men came
and took me to the life saving station. l am
thankful that am saved, but my poor snip
mates are all gone. All of them had life
preservers ON and don't see why some OF
them could not reach the shore as well as l.
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09

PRESIDENT CLEyELAND-s Thanksgiving tur-
key this year did not weigh SO much as
White House turkeys usually do Itwefghed
twenty-seven pounds and was shipped from
Westerly, R. l., by Horace yose, who has
had the selection of New England turkey
for the White House ever since President
Grants time. The largest turkey he ever
sent to Washington was to President Grant.
It weighed thirty-six pounds.
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09
LANDS FOR SALE.
BY tile Illinois Central r. *, Co., at
Low Prices and on Easy Terms
in Southern EiIiuOiS..

The best farm country in the world for
either large or small farms. gardens,
fruits, orchards. dairying, raising sto..k
or sheep. A greater variety of crops
with a greater profit. can be grown on a
less amount of land in this country than
IL any other part of this State. Don't
go elsewhere to buy lands for farms un-
til you see Southern Illinois. All sales
made exclusively by the Land Com
missioner. l. c. K. r. Co.
Special inducements and facilities Of
fered by the Illinois Central Railroad
Company to go and examine these lands
For full description and map, and any
information, address or call upon.
E. p. SKENE.
Land Commissioner l. c. r. r.
IS Michigan Ave, CHICAGO, ILL.
nd 49
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09
SANFORD B. DOLE.
President of the Provisional Govern
ment of Hawaii.

Sanford B. Dole, President ofthe Hawaiian
Provisional Government and administering
the Department of Foreign Affairs, is forty
eight years of age. Born in Honolulu, OF
American parentage, he was educated at
Punaheu College, in Honolulu, taking
finishing course at Williams College. He
studied law in Boston, was admitted to the
Massachusetts bar in 1863, and returned
shortly afterward to Honolulu, where he
soon became a leading practitioner,
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09

which position he held until his eleva-
ton to the bench in 1887. Elected re-
preventative in the Legislature in 1884
to 1886. he was a leader of the opposition to
the extravaganza and corruption which pre-
cipitated the revolution of 1887. He was a
member of the Executive Council of the Re-
volutionists of 1887, but withdrew before the
elimination, being too conservative to agree
with the radical action then taken. After
that he was appointed a judge of the Su-
preme Court, in 1887, which position he has
filled with the greatest credit to himself and
satisfaction to the people until he resigned
it to assume the position he now holds.
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09

THE Japanese Government has granted
permission to DR.. Mary A. Suganuma to
practice medicine in Nagasaki. This Is the
FIRST time that a woman physician has
been allowed to practice in Japan. DIR.
Suganuma is an American woman, and she
married Mr.. Suganuma, formerly in the tele-
graph department at Osaka.
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09

ABOUT 25, ,OuU 600 tons OF coal have accu-
mulated at Pittsburg, Penn, owing to low
water. This is the largest quantity ever
gathered at one point.
Passaic City record., 1893-12-09

THERE was paid last year to the 27,211
Confederate pensioners and inmates of Con-
federate homes, including Maryland and Mis-
souri,, 81, ,150, 1886. OF this number Virginia
has $3.50 pensioners and pays sos, ,205 181 in
mates of the Confederate homes supported
at an annual expenditure Of $l5,2 ,220.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-01
ITS sIxTY-s1xTH BIRTHDAY.
The Programme of Exercises at the
First Baptist Sunday School Ami
versarY.

The Programme of Exercises at the
First Baptist Sunday School Ami
versarY.
a most interesting programme of eXer-
Cises was presented at the Goth annivor-
sary of the Sunday school of the First
Baptist church last night. The church
was filed to the limit of its capacity with
the children of the school, their parents
and teachers.
Very few prettier floral decorations are
ever seen in Savannah than are prepared by
the ladies of the First Baptist church on
the occasion of these anniversaries, and the
decorations around the pulpit last night
were among the most beautiful that have
been seen this year. There was an elegant
prOfusiOn of flowers natures most
beautiful gifts-and their arrangement
was almost perfect.
Over the pulpit platform was an arch of
evergreens, around which was the senti-
ment in bright letters, God is Love, " and
back of this was bank of red roses and
cedar, in the center of which was beauti-
full symbol of a cross in white roses. On
either side of the arch were beautiful floral
designs in white and red roses, one being
star, and another a crown, and around
these for a background was a tasty array
of palms. These floral decorations were
a pretty feature of the occasion, and the
display was certainly a highly creditable
one.
After song and prayer, the primary
class chanted the Lords prayer, which
was one of the prettiest features of the
programme. A scripture reading came
after another hymn and then the report
of Supt. A. l.. Earle He spoke of the fact
that it was the celebration of the Goth ami
versary, and mentioned the remarkably
prosperous condition of the school He men
toned the fact of the increase in attend
anCe on the school since the hour had been
changed from morning to afternoon, and
said the number of scholars was now OBS
with 30 officers and teachers, making q
total of 255. Since the last superintend-
ent's report was made seven of the scholars
have united themselves with the church.
The collections on the first Sunday in each
month have been devoted to supporting a
missionary in the wiIegrass section, and
the total amount raised for the purpose
on the first Sundays during this year has
been $57 9S Through the kindness of
DR.. Falligant, who contributed $3.50 to
the Sunday school library 375 new
books have been purchased during the
year, and there is balance still on hand
In closing his report, Supt Earle referred
pleasantly to the services of Mr. c. w
West, who resigned as superintendent
last October.
DIR. Goodwin, pastor of the church, de-
livered an interesting address to the chill
dren on the subject of the heart as the
reservoir of LIES thoughts, motives and
actions. He spoke especially to the chill
dren, but his address was interesting and
instructive alike to young and old
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-01
one WEEK FROM TO-DAY
The Nay Week Carnival TO Be in Full
Blast.

The Invitations Being Sent Out by
Thousands-A History of the Previ-
Gus Celebrations Being Prepared.
The Preparation of the Pageant
About Finished-The Third Artillery
Band to Be Here.
One week from to-day the May week
celebration and carnival viii be in full
blast, and thousands of people from seven
states will be pouring into the city to
witness it.
A dozen clerks or more have been busy
at the May Week Associations head
quarters for the past week preparing and
mailing the 5000 invitations which
have been issued in the name of the bust
ness firms of the city to the merchants of
this entire section.
Half a dozen agents have been sent out
through the country with posters and
Autographs of every description advertis-
ing every feature of the celebration, and
these have been posted wherever it has
been possible to find fence or a post to
stick them to-
Secretary Robinson has been busy pre-
pairing the history of the former MAY
week carnivals, and the full
description of every feature in
connection with the coming
one. These histories win be published
and profusely illustrated and will be
ready by the opening days of the cele-
bration.
DR. A. d. Williams of Jacksonville is in
the city and before returning final ar
rangements will be made for the presenta-
ton of the opera 'MikadO,n by the cast
of 100 people from that city.
Prof. Frank Zeluo and his wife, the
New York balloonist, will arrive some
time this week and will have with him
his new balloon, one Of the larg-
est ever made, in which he
and his wife and his dog
will ascend and from which all three will
descend by parachutes.
Among others the Third artillery band
will be on hand to furnish concert music
during the week.
OF course the feature of the celebration
will be the carnival on Thursday night
which will be the finale of the weeks
show. Mr.. J. c.. Shaw, chairman of the
carnival committee of the association,
has his men at work every day getting
the floats ready. The work has progressed
so far that nothing remains but to
put on the finishing touches. After the
carnival the nights celebration will end
with an exhibition of fireworks at the
park
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-01
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Louis Fox, of Ocala is atthe De Soto.
/. NJ. Erwin of Macon is at the Pulaski.
L. ID. Hill of Brunswick is at the Pu-
laski.
J. w Calm of Cordele is at the Pu-
laski.
F. c. Fallis of Waycross is at the Pu-
laslzi.
WI. Craig of Augusta is at the Screven
house.
A Mcintyre of Ocala, Fla, is at the
Ee Soto.
D. S. Woodrow of Ocala, Fla, is at the
De Soto
f. II. Gaynor of Fernandina, Fla, is at
the Pulaski.
w. X Harrison of Scriven county is at
the Pulaski.
w. P. Adkins of Richmond, Va, is at
the De Soto.
Boiling Whitfield of Brunswick is at
the DelSoto.
P Pelligrini of Atlanta is stopping at
the De Soto
S. f. Davis, of Atlanta, is registered at
the De Soto.
J. NJ. Murray of Jacksonville is at the
Screven house.
J. H. Ernst of Brunswick is at the
Screven house
A. S. Jones of Garnett, S. c., is at
the Screven house.
f. A Edenfeld of Stillmore, S. c., is at
the Screven house.
Sam j. Thomas of Brunswick is stop
ping at the Pulaski.
c. J. Graham of Wanell Fla. is stop
ping at the Pulaski
J. w. Renfroe of Atlanta is registered
at the Screven house.
Herbert Rountree of Augusta is STOP
ping at the De Soto
w. S. Powell of Rockledge. Fla, is
stopping at the De Soto.
j. A. Crawford of Alachua, Fla, is
stopping at the Pulaski.
B. F. Kramer of Charleston, S. c., is
registered at the De Soto,
w B. Burroughs of Brunswick is stop
ping at the Screven house.
MIR. and Mrs. II. II. Linville of Fernan-
dina, Fla, are stopping at the Pulaski.
Miss Laura Belle Griffin of Dawson.
who spent the winter with Mr.. +. E
Cheatham's family, is visiting Misses An
ME and Bessie VIM at Guyton
Judge Emory Speer and Mr.. w. T. Gary
came down from Macon last night and
| are registered at the De Soto. Judge
Speer opens the May term of the circuit
court tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-01
MAY DEvoTIoNs BEGUN.
Annual Exercises in Honor of the Vir-
gin Mary Inaugurated Last Night.


Tho May devotions in honor Of the
/ Mother Of God, TO whom the month of
/ May is specially dedicated, began last
night in all the Catholic churches
throughout the world and will continue
/ daily until May 81
In Savannah the devotions were inau-
gurated in the Catholic churches at 1870
o'clock by procession Of the girls and
boys sodalities, the browning Of the stat
lles Of the Blessed Virgin with wreaths of
flowers singing of joyous hymns in her
honor, recitation Of the rosary aud bene-
dictiOn OF the blessed sacrament, in the
cathedral, st. Patricks, Sacred Heart
and st. BenediCt's Churches the Blessed
Virgins altar was prettily decorated and
brilliantly lighted.
In all the churches except St. Patricl5's
the daily dcvotions for the next thirty
one days take place at 6 o'clock at night,
but in ST. Patrick's the services will he
held at s O'Clock in the morning. These
daily devotiOns consist in the recitation
of the rosary and litany and the reading
of events and examples in the life of the
Mother Of God and the Offering of prayers
in her honor.
The first of May was celebrated at the
Sacred Heart church in a very apprOpri-
ate manner, beginning with 10 o'clock
mass at which a well-trained choir of
fifteen voices sang Leonard's mass.
Before reading the epistle Father Mayer
thanked the congregation for a very
handsome clock The clock is of OXidizcd
material, with gold dial and raised fig
ures, which show off beautifully when
covered with the pearl blue hands. The
latter work by means of a bronzed cog
located just above and between figures ~
and l. On the base of the clock, which
has pillars, both square and round, is
bronzed figure of Cupid This present
goes to show that Father Mayer is very
popular The clock was presented to him
Friday night by Capt. Jordan f. Brooks,
acting for a committee consisting of
Messrs. p. J. O'Connor, J. Agnew, w. p.
Burns, G.. F. Prendergast and others. It
was given him for the earnest manner in
which he worked in the race for the clock
in the late fair, but he did not win, as he
had two larger congregations to cope
with, notwithstanding the assistance
given by his congregation.
Evening services were held at 8 o'clock
last night atSacred Heart consisting of
vespers, benediction and May process
sion by the sodalites. A brief sermon was
delivered in a most happy style. In it
Father Mayer depressed from his sub
iect and spoke very complimentary of the
young people and the parish. The church
was Illuminated with wax candles and
flowers were strewn in all the aisles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-01
STREET CARS NOW AND THEN.
Sixty-one Years Since the First Street
Car Line Was Built.

Car Line Was Built.
Few people who ride in the easy-moving
and comfortable motor cars of Savannah
to-day have any idea of the first street
cars built, except those people who are un-
fortunate enough to be trundled over the
primitive rough track, portion of which
still remains on some of the Savannah
lines as the relics of cars which have
done service for the last quarter of a cent
ury and which wobble until it is q wonder
they don't fall to pieces.
The first street car was built and used
on the New York and Harlem Railroad
which was the first street car line
The car was put on the road when it
was opened in 1882. The car was patented
and the patent was signed by
Andrew Jackson, at that time President
of the United States. The car had three
compartments of ten seats each, the en-
frances being on the sides 1t had rows
of seats on top, facing back and front. a
plan which has always been favOrably re-
ce1ved in European countries, but which
has not been adopted to any extent in the
United States.
There are about $4,000 cars used in this
country and about half that number in
foreign lands. England was the first
country TO adopt the new style of vehicle,
anu George rdnClS IRAN ordered OF Mr..
Stephenson the first car for railway he
intended to build at BIZ kenhead, opposite
Liverpool. Berlin, st. Petersburg Paris
and other large European capitals soon
afterward introduced street cars, and
they are now used in Yokohama and
Toxic, Japan Islands; Kimberly, Port
Elizabeth, Cape Town, Africa; Mel
bourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Australia:
Bombay, India; Lisbon, Valencia, Spain :;
and Christiania, Sweden They are used
in New Zealand and in about thirty of
the leading cities of South America and
thirty in Mexico.
The cost of Il plain, old-fashioned street
car, on an average, is about $500, but
many cars cost 81 900, and some as high as
$1,000. Those built for the Belt Line
when it was opened and which were
equipped as motor cars when electricity
was adopted, and are still in use, cost
$1,000. The average cost of an electric
car with motor Is about s., 600,
Recently a German has invented a
method by which cars can be propelled
rapidly by means of electricity with this
difference from the ordinary method. the
electric current will come from under
ground. This new method will shortly be
tried in Chicago.
John Stephenson, the Oldest car builder
in the United States, is now So years of
age. His list of closed ears turned out at
his shops has passed the 10000 mark and
with the open cars, electric cars, cable
cars and other vehicles that he has built.
the total would undoubtedly reach well
up toward 10000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-01
COMING TO SAVANNAH.
Cardinals Dispensary Law Driving
Charleston's Liquor Men Here.

O1lVlnR
Charleston's Liquor Men Here.
South Carolina new liquor dispensary
law, which means practical prohibition
for the state, is going to be the means of
considerably increasing Savannah's reve-
nues from liquor licenses by causing. the
removal to this city of quite a number Of
CharlestOn's saloon men within the next
thirty days. The new law which il
looked upon by the Tillmanites as one of
their maSterStrOkes against Charleston
for her strong opposition to Gov Tillman.
goes into effect July and by that date ali
the saloons there must close their doors
During the last two weeks several of
Charleston's prominent saloOnmen have
visited Savannah and either entered into
negotiations to purchase places already
established, or rented sites for establish
ing new saloons The latter class are in
the majority, as the prices of established
saloons which were for sale suddenly
went up on account of the Charleston de-
mand, and the intended citizens preferred
TO start anew rather than pay more than
the value Of old places.
Several tirst-ClasS saloons will he
started IN consequence in the business
section of the city. and it is understood
one CharleStOnian has leased the base
ment of the new Provident building for
an elegant mercantile saloon and cafe
similar in style to some of the noted
Broadway establishments Of New York
Other liquor men, both wholesale and re-
tail, are booked to arrive from Charleston
IN the next two weeks to arrange for the
removal OF their establishments to this
city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-01
They Never Fail.

j. N. HARRIS, 3 Fulton Market, New
York city, says:
Il have been using BRANDRETH's PILLS
for the last fifteen years. There is moth
ing equal to them as blood purifiers and
liver regulators. But 1 wish to state how
remarkably they cure rheumatism, and
how easily; was affected by rheumatism
in the legs My business wholesale fish
dealer naturally leads me to damp places
! could not walk, and at night / suffered
fearfully; l tried balsams, sarsaparillas
and all kinds of tinctures. but they did
me no good and | was afraid of being a
cripple. / finally commenced using BRAN
pRErH's PILLS. ] took two every night
for ten nights, then l began to improve. l
continued taking them for forty days and
| got entirely well. Now, whenever sick
/ take BRANDRETH's PILLS. They never
fail I'D