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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-09
WHOLESALERS BURNED OUT.
Syracuse the Scene Of a Destructive
Fire at Midnight,

Syracuse, N. Y, Dec. Sire at IL
O'Clock tonight destroyed the building in
West Water street occupied by Robert
Mccarthy s. Sons, wholesale hardware
dealers, the John Single Paper Company,
printers and paper dealers, and Walrath
Il Co., wholesale grocers. All of the
losses are total, so far as goods and fixt-
ures are concerned, and the Mccarthy
and Single buildings are in ashes. The
losses aggregate 1925, 900. The insurance
is S207 0(O
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THREE STORES BURNED.
One Of the Proprietors Perishes in the
Elames.

Bolton, Tex, Dec. s.-Early yesterday
morning fire started in the grocery store
of Winkleman & Freeman, in Temple
MT e etore tno ~ ooiu 1I contaol1eu
Cheeves Brothers & Co., and w. A.
WiIkers, were destroyed The total loss
is $4,000, with partial insurance. Samuel
Cheeves was burned to death in an at
tempt to save some of his valuables.
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A CHANGE IN CONTROL.
n. II. Boyce Now at the Head of the
Boston Traveller.

Boston, Dec. S.-The Advertiser an
nounces that the Boston Evening Tray
eller has again changed hands. the new
man at the helm being w. H. Boyce, who
now controls the Arena Magazine. Mr.
Boyce becomes the head of the corpora
ton by the purchase of the interest pre-
viously held by DR.. Lowe, the manufact-
uring druggist and for which he is said
ty have paid 100000.
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at Atlanta, where merchants are show
ing smaller stocks of Christmas goods.
The country trade at Birmingham has
improved, as at New Orleans, where
collections are slow. Sugar making in
Louisiana continues active"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-09
TEXAS PECANS.
The Crop in the Southwestern Part of
the State Very Large.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 8.-The pecan
crop of Southwest Texas this year has
been the greatest ever known. During
the past six weeks forty-five carloads of
pecans have been shipped from here to ST
Louis, Chicago and New York The total
number of pounds in these fortY-five car
paid by shippers here is cents per pound.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-09
Mississippi Merchants Fail.

Cleveland, Miss, Dec S-W. J. Gold
smith s. Co. dealers in general merchan-
disc, were closed by creditors yesterday.
The liabilities and assets are about
S25. 600.
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FURNII URE.
Excursion VS.. AIg1 Prices.
SaVannah'S interest Goes Up and
Prices Go Down.
HU-RAH-RAH!
FOR THE
CHATHAM FURNITURE CO.
This Is what men, women and
children are saying in their
homes to-day.

When the Chatham cuts prices It is an,
honest cut, and the people know that is not.
fire cut, q receivers cut, a bankrupt cut,
or fake bargain day, but an honest cat.
Hence prices go down this week on the fol-
lowing articles:
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GOOD LIQUORS AND WINES.

GOOD LIQUORS AND WINES.
Our stock of Whiskics, BrandIes, Gins
RUNS and Wines are celebrated of old for
being absolutely pure and mellowed by
age. We sell only pure articles and at bot
tom prices, and have a large assortment
All orders receive assured prompt and
careful attention.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
1876, 1873, 100 and 1872 Bay Street,
Savannah, Ga.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SERVICES OF Primitive BAPTIST
viii be held in Odd Fellows Hall, SUNDAY.
10th. at II O'Clock in the morning and at :
O'Clock in the evening by Elder NJ. F. Stubs.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
Savannah, Dec 3, 1898.
An election for seven directors to serve
this bank for the ensuing year will be held
at the banking house. corner of St. Julian
and Drayton streets, TUESDAY. Jan. g. 1894.
between the hours Of IL and 1 o'clock.
W. s. ROCKWELL. Cashier
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NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS.


CITY OF SAVANNAH
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL.
savannah Ca, Nov. 80 1893
Liquor dealers are hereby notified that.
pursuant to ordinance Of Nov. 8, 1893 the CITY
Council of Savannah is now ready TO receive
applications for retail liquor license for 1894.
and that il will be necessary for those now IN
business who desire to continue to have their
applications passed upon prior to Jan. l. 1894
hence. the matter should receive their prom of
attention.
Blank forms viii be furnished by the Clerk
of Council on application al this office
f. Il. REBARER
Clerk of Council.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

All bills against the steamship ELPHIN-
STONE must be presented at our office by
THIS Saturday NOON, or payment viii lie
debarred. J. NJ. LANG & co.
COnSinnens
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-09

JUST RECEIVED THIS A. NJ.
10000 pounds Turkeys, fat and
nice, and Enust be sold, as they will
not keep.
Cau and make your selection
early.
EST. S. W. BRANCH.
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.--a
NOTICE.

Neither the master nor consignees Of the
British steamship GLENMAVIS, Wallace.
master, will be responsible for any debts
contracted by crew of said vessel
J. F. MINIS s CO..
COusieneeS
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C. b. HUIET CO.,
CoTToN,GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS,
80 Bay street.

boaru OF Trade BulIding.
- representing Atwood, Violet & Co.. New
York and New Orleans Cotton Exchange
and Purnell Hagaman & Co. New YoTlS
Stock Exchange See Atwood Viclett & Co.'S
letter in this paper. Telephone l64
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-18

Capt Peter O.. Lnpvrc 1f Live oak county
is iu fhe city. savs O. Galveston dispatch 20
the New York Times Die is an "oldtimer'
on Che Texas coast In connection with "a
number 90 CNulc~ The other night the subject
et snakes was brought up. we DO not have
marked Cap t.pete. for we have bird that
Keeps cm down considerably. ] his Ii the
chapparal cock or road runner as u IL com
monty called and we all protect IL on account
OF lts snake killing proclivifies.
81 he bird is about the size 81 an ordinary
guinea fowl and is very compactly built, II
wanderS an over the cauntry. and its chief
object in life appears % Dee the killing Of
snakes. The road runner approat hes Its
enemy cautiously and circuitOusly and as 10
gets near stretches one wing down as "a shield,
after the fashion of "a turkey gobbler strut
tina ln barn yard, and waits for the snake
% strike The wing is thrown to catch the
bite and as quick "a Hash and before the
snake can recover the runner with unerrlng
ann sends ITS long bin. which is as hard as
ivory through the head Of his antagonist
which puts ia the time from thencefOrth un-
I'll sunset ia dying
Talk about seeing snakes, the captain
continued. Why, was down on the coast
few years ago, after heavy sou east gale and
the beach was covered with drift and snakes
for miles. and they were coming ashore con
tinuaily. The place was full Of snakes. There
were thousands OF them, and every log that
drtled ashore had from six to ten snakes on
TO- Their numbers We're countless, and aS
there were many species rev TO me, | think
they must have drifted from the coast Of
Mexico or Central America / talked to the
captain of one of the Morgan steamships en-
route from Galveston to BraZ0s santiago
about it. and he said he had encountered the
snakes and driftwOOd many miles out to sea,
and they were so thick that II was necessary
Tor the steamer to force her way through.
When she reached BrazOs Santiago there
were great many snakes, dead and alive
across her bow ana sticking to her Sides
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PERSONAL.

A New York judge has performed a humane
act hoy changing the name of one Mendcl Der
kowitch kornitsky TO that of Mark Barnett
Johnson
Prof. Felix Adler is the organizer and head
of the summer school of applied ethics at
Plymouth, Mass which is just entering upon
its second year Of usefulness.
Is. J. Bracllen. whom the populsts OF. Ohio
have nominated for governor, is native OF
New York. He was born there March -, 1851,
and went to Columbus in 1880
One of Mrs. Cleveland's most highly priced
possessions is a sketch Of bit of woodland
on Mr.. Joseph Jefferson s Louisiana planta-
ton, painted by the actor himself
Mommsen the eminent German iurist will
on Nov 9, celebrate the dftieth anniversary
ofhis electorate, and representative European
students are arranging for fitting common
grafton.
DR.. j. Allison Hodges. OF Wilmington n. c.,
has accepted the invitation recently extended
him by the faculty of the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons of Richmond, Va. to NIL
the chair of anatomy in that institution.
Mr.. Gladstone, who is a great admirer Of
Sir Walter SCOTS works shows by his re
fusal to desert his old Scotch constituency at
the next election that he is confident OF his
stiu possessing the Heart Of Midlothian
Harvey Albee has been constable OF one
township in Illinois for fifty years He has
never had any opposition at any election, for
men Of all parties would vote for him. When
first chosen for the place he was not quite q
years old. ~
Henry C. Clark, of Providence, R. l., offered
to give to the city bronze statue Of Colum-
bus for Dexter training field, but has recon
sidered the matter and wishes to substitute
for it a statue Of EbeneZer Knight Dexter, 10
cost about $4,000.
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Central,s REORGANIZATION.

No doubt is felt that the Central rail
road system will be recognized. When,
and by what interests, are questions
that cannot beanswered. At present the
junior securities are practically unsal-
able. There will be no market for them
until plan of organization is made
From the talk with Receiver Conner,
published in the MORNING News yester-
day, the inference is that the plan of re
organization will be based upon the earn
ings-not the earnings of the past, but OF
the present.
AS far as the junior security holders
are concerned, therefore, it is important
that there should be good showing OF
net earnings The road is said to be in a
fine physical condition and the operating
expenses therefore will probably be
lighter than they have been. If a fan
showing of net earnings can be made, the
junior security-holders may yet get some
thing, though not as much as they were
offered in the Hollins plan.
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a Virginia airl,g Adventure.

While we are telling snake stories, says the
Fredericksburg Star, the following good one
comes to us from the mountain region, Mr.. E.
Tulin standing as authority The country be-
tween Little and Big Black Mountain is gin
senS region, and the Parker family are noted
as 'sengers." The girls go out barefooted in
the mountains, though the country is infested
with rattlesnalIes and copperheads, and dig
the ginseng, for which they get good prices
at the stores and from which it is taken to
Pennington Gap for shipment.
But along Clover Gap and up Rattlesnake
Creek there are numbcrleSs reptiles. BeCkie
Parker is a good girl, about 10 years of age,
strong, healthy looking and handsome, but
with very determined face. She is a SPLEEN
did rifle shot and is often seen with her Win
chester.
She goes after ginseng barefooted and often
alone. The roots are gathered in May and
September, and during the months just past
She did thriving business. One day, how
ever. she came across den of rattlesnakes.
She had only stones and sticks with which TO
fight the desperate battles Some of the
snakes were larger than a mans arm, and a
few of them as large as the calf Of q mans
leg. For hours she fought them as they
Kissed and writhed and ratified around her.
But the brave, determined girl battled with
them until she exterminated every one that
did not succeed in hiding among the crevices
of rocks and in the dense underbrush. When
she had crushed the last one to be seen she
counted the dead, and there were just 63.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-18
what They ..Tase,, in st. Louis.

A country member of the legislature who
was in the city during the week, told
what his auditors regarded as a good story
on an exist Louis lawmaker, says the St.
Louis Republic. 1T was during the celet ra-
ted fight over the State University location
in the extra session of 1892 " he said The
fire had destroyed most Of the university
buildings and when it came to apprOpriating
money to rebuild. The movers began to get in
their work. A half dozen towns wanted to
take it away from Columbia, and il took the
Athens of Missouri II was while the
battle was hottest that Ben Anderson
came down to Jefferson City from
Columbia to fight for his town and he
worked like a Trojan for his cause
One evening he started out determined to
win over a st. Louis member who was
apparently committed to Sedalia He found
him standing in front of the bar at the Mad
iSon house, COolly surveying whisky punch
which stood on the bar before him. When
the St Louis man disposed OF his punch An
dersOn approached him and stated his many
reasons why Columbia should continue to be
the site of the university. They talked for
some time, and finally Ben, who had become
thirsty, said What will you take" meaning
of course that he wanted to treat. The St
Louis man did not understand 1t that way
for he blurted out Not less than $500 Ben
did not give him $500 but he did give him the
drink. Later that evening the committee
man from Columbia was heard to remark
something about having a queer experience
with a st. Louis legislator
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A Russian squadron At Now Yora.

A Russian squadron az New York.
u seems 90 Doe pretty well understood
that Russia will maintain squadron OF
varships in American waters. with head
quarters 40 New York, although our gov
/ cnmcnt az Washington has not .been
advised of any such intention by the car
The purpose OF the Russians In establish
ing this new sqadron is not clearly appa-
rent. To is in some quarters vaguely sur
Missed that, In anticipation OF a finding
adverse TO England bv the Boring sea
court of arbitration, the car has sent
over "a feet 10 impress the British govern
mcnt with the idea that Russia is ready
TO guarantee and defend the rights trans
ferred TO the United States with the
transfer OF Alaska That, however, is
hardly more than speculation upon the
unknown. There is little. if any, danger
OF clash between Great Britain and this
country upon the Bering sea question
Both countries are bound by agreement
TO respect and live up to the finding of the
arbtrators, and neither of them is likely
to do otherwise They are too great gov
ernments to fight with each other, except
in courts, as at Paris.
Another surmlse is that the coming of
the war ships means that the car is
demonstrating his pleasure at the conclu-
sion and PRONUNCIATION of the recently rat
flied extradition treaty between the two
countries, meanwhile directing, through
the commandants of his ships, the forma-
tion of a Russian secret police in Ameri-
ca. This, also is a guess, pure and sim
pie.
Heretofore the car has never main
tanned a naval squadron outside of pure
ly Russian waters. His navy which
ranks the third in power in the world,
has been divided into four parts and sta
toned in the Caspian Black and Baltic
seas and on the coast of Siberia, and be-
yond occasional cruises, his vessels have
not been seen in other waters. Hence it is
reasonable to suppose that the establish
ment of new squadron in waters so far
away from Russian territory is part of
some very important plan. What that
plan is nobody seems to know. II
1t is not believed that any fight
involving the United States is contem-
plated on the other hand Russian Off
Ger is said to have remarked recently,
The United States navy is virtually in
creased by whatever number of vessels
his majesty may send to these waters"
Naval people at Washington are inclined
to think that Russia has merely adopted
the naval policy of England. and is estab-
fishing convenient naval stations in all
plartpr.s Of tho rIOba
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BRIGHT BITS.

Betrayed.-"What pretty sailor suit your
little Willie has, Mrs. Simpson. And, Willie.
where shall you wear it,
II think mamma expects to take me on your
yatch. Life
Mrs Meadow (at city hoteD-Ooo There's
d fly in this soup.
Mr. Meadow who has travelled some)-
Hush, Miranda. don't speak 50 loud. No use
exposin our ignorance This tarnal bill of
fare is in French, and meeby we ordered fly
SOup.-Life.
"She is only twenty-three."
How do you know"
she told me So"
she told me the same thing three years
''And yet they say that women are incon-
stant!"-W Washington Star.
Hungry Higgins-Have you got any nice,
cold cake for poor man that hasn't had a
bite to eat in three days?
Mrs. Wickwirc-Why isn't bread good
Hungry Higgins-This is my birthday,
mum.-Indianapolis Journal
Master-You were shamefully intoxicated
last night, John. just think if any one were
to lind you in that condition in the street.
Servant-You needn't be uneasy on that &C
count, sir, because always make point to
carry one of your visiting cards with me
wherever go,-Paris Figaro.
Your hair amt wet. said little Tommy
to Mr.. Flyer, who had called at the Yegrer
mansion.
No Of course: what made you think my
hair was wet?" he asked, very much surprised.
Il heard pa tell ma you couldn't keep your
head above water. Texas Stftings.
Young Housekeeper TO peasant woman
who brings her eggs every weekJ--l cannot
understand why your eggs have been so small
lately.
Peasant-Nor L But what can do?
Young Housekeeper-Why don't you leave
them little longer in the nestf-Schalk
Mabel-Do look. Florence! Did you ever
see such an extraordinary ugly mann And yet
he must have found some woman to marry
him, for that child he has with him evidently
belongs to him.
Florence Why, Mabel, the child proves
nothing. II may be only grandchild after
all.-London Punch.
He was legislator not because Of his pre-
eminent fitness for the task, but because
somehow or other he had gotten there. Sup
pose, ~ said the pOrtly caller, that the free
silver people should provide a large amount
of money to influence votes; could you be in
duced in any way to exert your influence to
keep silver in circulation as the money stan
dard}'
"Humph might. But you "a have to pay
me in gold '-WashingtOn Star.
Judge Kellcn was for many years police
Judge of st. Louis An old Irish woman
named O-was often before him in conse-
quence of her two great fOndneSs for "A drap
o the cratur.' On Monday morning she was
called up, and the clerk read the charge
Mary o., found drunk in the street"
"What plea do you want to enter, MARY
said the Judge
We'll. yer honor" said Mary. I'll
not re pl'adin at an to that charge; it's too
ginerGL 1t don say what strate."-Crecn
Bag.
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Tho opposition iu South Carolina tO
The disreHsarv act is Strong and the fight
that is being made against IFS enforce
mout ifs exceedingly bitter The state is
divided into two hostile camps, each being
ready % take advantage az any mistakes
that may Doe made bv the other. Every
day the feeling becomes more intense and
distur Dances Of tho peace in various parts
of the state are likely 10 occur at any
time
Gov Tiliman has announced his purpose
10 enforce the act and his career iustifics
the prediction that he will lcavcuo means
uutricd TO accomplish that object What
10 will cost 10 prevent the sale Of intOXi-
cants, except in the dispensaries, cannot
be estimated II is said by those who
have given the matter careful considera-
tion that it win require at least 1000 con
stables and detectives to prevent the cs-
tablishment Of what are known as blind
tigers" To pay such number of men
will cost much more than the revenue the
state will get from the dispensarics.
But even with an army Of
detectives it will be impossible to pre-
vent whisky from being Struggled into
the state. The jug business viii be a
lively one Hundreds Of blacks win en-
gage in it, and whites too, for that mat
ter. They will travel about at night and
distribute it TO their customers.
Stin, the governor may succeed in prac-
tically enforcing the act if he is persist
cnt and can secure reliable men for CON
stables and detectives. He will have the
support of the prohibitionists, who hope
eventually to be able to close the dispen-
saries In quite a number of the counties
they have succeeded in preventing the
opening of them by influencing freehold
ers against signing dispensary petitions.
A dispensary cannot be opened in a
county until majority of the freehold
voters have petitioned for it.
AS rule the saloon men are obeying
the act. They are waiting to see what
the outcome of the effort to enforce it is
going to be They say they are conf
dent that it will be repealed because its
friends will find that it cannot be made
to accomplish the object they have in
view. But while they are not resisting
it openly, they are giving encouragement
to those who are violating it by every legit-
innate means in their power The re-
suit of the struggle thatis now going on in
South Carolina will be a settlement of
the whisky question in that state for a
long time
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Lemonade Beats Pandoline.

Il was out to q dance recently said an &C
quaintance to a Youngstown Telegram man,
and a funny thing happened, It was not so
very funny either. but It made me laugh after
it was over. 'Tousee, il was as hot as a bake
oven and the room was crowded TO sufoca-
ton. / had a girl and we were Waltzing
around as best we could when suddenly the
girl gaSped turned pale and said. Get me
out tC the air l stopped and released her
and offered her my arm, when bump down
she went on the floor in Il heap. tainted
away. see: Dead as a herring. What did
dor Why, | tried to pick her up and couldn' I
do it, for she was q heavy weight Then l
succeeded, with the aid of others, in getting
her to the porch. but "she wouldn't revive.
Then l ran into the refreshment room for
water, but the tank was empty and the only
thing they had was lemonade. Something
had to be done and I got two glasses ran
back and emptied their contents into her face
not exactly into but onto After using 30
cents worth Of nice. sweet lemonade she came
to. Well, say; you would have died to see her
hair. Sticky: Why bandoline ounce seed,
gum arabic. and kindred concoctions were not
in it. Lemonade beats them all Was she
mad? Well guess yes. She said was in
toXicateG and natural born fool. Some one
else took her home, didn't"
You see that young couple in front Of u.s.
Wen. they re just married"
How do you know
Because he treads so carelessly on the
skirt of her dress"
But that is no sign"
"Oh, yes, it is; he'll he much more careful
as soon as he finds out what her dresses
cost. '-Fliegende Blaetter.