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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
wHITLEY's BROKEN LEvEE.
The Roar of the Current Rushing
Through 1t Heard for Miles.

Vicksburg, Miss, May 24-The fright
full velocity of the current flowing through
the Whitley crevasse is such that AS
sistant Engineer Brown, who is now in
charge there, wires Capt Townsend that
the sole chance of holding the ends of the
levee is to float down trees against them,
thereby making a breakwater Parties
who left the crevasse at 5 o'clock yester-
day afternoon wire from Lake Providence
that it was then 500 feet wide and that
the roaring of the current through it
could be heard for miles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25

Brown Stone-Im unable to decide
whether Mckinley has done more good or
evil up to date.
Handmy Down-What occasions your
quandary2
Brown Stone-Well, he has made a
tariff reformer of me and a smuggler of
Wife-Puck
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
The Philadelphia Record has heard anal

TIC PhlIadeIphla RECORD mas heard that
Cancelled American postage stamps are worth
WOre than their face value in the far east and
American missionaries are turning them to
good accounts In the conversion of pagan chill
dren. For some time the big business houses
have received numerous requests for old
stamps, and many thousands have been gath
cred in this way by Sunday school children
Missionaries in China. on entering the inte-
rior of that country have realized the value
of the Cancelled stamps, which the natives
prize for decorative purposes, and have sent
requests to this country for all the postage
stamps procurable. They are being collected
by hundreds of thousands throughout the
country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
PEACHES IN WASHINGTON.
The First of the Seasons Crop Re-
oeived at Sandersville.

Sandersville, Ga May 24-The first
ripe peaches of this years crop, raised in
Washington county, are on exhibition this
week. The peach crop will not be so
abundant as was supposed a few weeks
ago, the windy and cold weather having
either whipped the fruit from the trees
or caused it to fall off. Some
trees that bore seven or eight
bushels last year have scarcely enough
left on them to fill peck measure This
Is the only fruit raised here in large guam
titles for shipping, and unless good prices
prevail the receipts will be disappointing
to the fruit growers. The apple, grape
and other fruit crops are very prom
isino
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
A Yardmaster killed.

Norfolk, Va, May PAD. L. Alexander,
yardmaster of the Norfolk and Western
railroad at Lambert's Point, was caught
between two box cars at that place to-
day and killed. He was native of Penn
sylvania and had lived in Norfolk about
two years. He leaves a wife and two
children
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
Amendments bv the Pregident,

Washington, May 24.-President Cleve-
land has appointed Henry c. Stuart of
Colorado to be secretary of legation at
Guatemala and Honduras, and consul
general TO Guatemala; and Andrew A
Batavia lava
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
Averill Permanent Receiver.

Augusta, Ga, May 24,-Judge Roney
to-day appointed ]. H. Averill permanent
receiver of the Georgia portion of the
Port Royal and Augusta railroad with
W. I. Gary and Boykin Wright as coun-
sci. The headquarters are to be in Au-
o11sta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
MEDICAL.
for Infants and Children.

Castoria isso well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
Known to me- H A ARcHER, n D., ...'
Ill So. oxford St., Brooklyn, n. Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
DRY GOODS.
.ECKSTE EMS

Messrs Gustave Eckstein & Co. have completed their
Annual Inventory Too much stock on hand,
considering the season. Goods MUST be unoaded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
No Written Application REQUIRED.

The attention of the public Is called to
this important feature of this COmDany's
business. Apply to Agents of Southern
Express Co. FOR Money Orders or Informal
tion as to same.
The morning call., 1893-07-18
The Market Street Grade.

AT a. meeting of the Market-street In
provement Club last night, 1t was reported
that the securing Of the change of grade
for Market street now hin ged on the favor
able answer of both the Spring Valley
Water Company and the, Market-street ct
Railroad Company, the latter being con-
suited by the officers of the water com.
pany as to the proposed change of grade.
A. c. Smith and d. McSweeney were ap-
pointed to make final appeal to the
Spring Valley Water Company, whether
it will sign the petition for the change of
pointed to urge the placing of electric
lights at Reservoir Hill, near the Market
street cut, to protect the residents from the
operations of footpads who rendezvous
there.
The morning call., 1893-07-18

appeared in the sky with three dlstinc,
nuclei in line. In 1891 there was comet
and below and parallel to it five smaller
comets. each with tail. In 1860 an OBJ
server IN Brazil. Mr.. Leafs, noticed another
double comet.
In some of the aforementioned cases.
mad the earth's position been different, the
appearance would have been similar tt
the appearance of to-day's comet on which
tne supposed discovery OF law is predl.
Gated.
The tail of the present visitor has been
decreasing in length since the 10th inst.
and on the 18th the nucleus seemed TO De
much brighter than on previous evenings
out the difference of size was so small thai
~ ~ may De accounted for by the difference
OF the atmosphere as to transparency.
AT San Francisco the atmospheric dis
turbance is so great that it is a very diff
cult object to observe
Two OF the pictures given will show the
great variations in the appearance of a
comet within few days. They are of the
comet OF 1862. and are after drawings made
by Professor Challis of Cambridge.
30 much is said about spectroscopic OBJ
servations of the comet in the kilograms
ana newspaper accounts that condensed
explanation is hereto appended.
Inc spectroscopic image Of the sun, or
OF very small part of his light, exhibits a
Dand OF prismatic cOlors-red, orange, vel.
low. green, blue, indigo and violet. This
Dand Is very vivid, and across its length in
the different colors are numerous black
lines OF irregular thickness and very irreg.
ularly located. These are usually known
as the Fraunhofer lines. These black lines
announce that the lights Of incandescen,
vapors of certain metals. ETC.. have been
absorbed in passing through the suns at
mosphere. For instance, two close black
lines in the yellow are known as the so.
dunn (salD lines, and they indicate that
sodium or salt is burning in the sun, bu
that the light therefrom has been absor bed
In Its passage through the suns atGos-
phere. Now, il we burn salt and view the
hame through a spectrOscope these two
dark lines are represented by two very
bright yellow lines. 1t is the same with al
the other metals, etc.
NOW In observing comet through &
telescope the image Of the comet passe;
through the prisms of the spectroscope. i:
decomposed aad exhibits very fain
spectrum of reflected solar lignt anC
usually three dark bands. These dark
bands are located in the spectrum where
the moderately bright bands of hydro
carbon appear when it is iDcandescent. Ii
the comet should show bright lines i
would seem TO indicate that some sub
stance is burning in the comet and tha
the atm oSphere of the comet is not dense
enough to absorb it. And so it is ex
hi blted in the same manner as if salt were
burned and the flame transmitted for de
composition through the prisms OF tn,
spectroscope.
The morning call., 1893-07-18

are watched with constant care to deter
mine its orbit and character. The little
speck that sailed into human ken few
days ago has had telescopes pointed at it
from every part Of the world. The photo
graphic plates taken by the Lick telescope
show, according to a telegram. ''that there
have been all along two comets and two
tails seeking recognition in the astro-
Domical world, and prove to a certainty
that comets are not alone in their orbits
This theory was formulated from the fact
that heretofore comets have been found in
the orbits of others long after the first one
had passed."
This is by no means the first time that
similar cases have been known. Seneca
mentions. on the authority of Ephorus, a
Greek writer. that the comet of 81 B. z.
separat1d into two parts, which pursued
different paths.
The great come: Of 1913 was, when first
seen. nebulous object; some weeks after
it appeared to consist OF several Debulos-
tiles. Another instance is that of Biela's
comet in 1916 and 1916. When first de-
tected. on November %. its appearance
was that of faint nebulosity almost cir
cular, with slight condensation toward
the center. On December 10 it appeared
The morning call., 1893-07-18

candidates are now being heard. After
ward they will be thoroughly diRested
and then the selection will be made. OF
course cannot tell who will be appointed,
but rather fancy Irving NJ. Scott"
While In every hallway and corridor of
the Palace Hotel men gather and discuss
the matter. Governor Markham remains
in his rooms apparently entirely uncon-
csrned. When spoken to he chatted ute
pleasantly on the subject.
II have not yet decided whom shall
appoint" remarked the Governor, land
any statement to the contrary is not true.
1T is necessary that should act calmly
tend to do so. l want the man whom l
select to prove credit to the State.
II have a number of names under con-
siderat ton and it is going to prove quite a
task to make selection.
mo. / am not bound to select any one
person. nor am l proven ted from taking
my man from any portion of the State.
may appoint some one from Los Angeles
They have some pretty good men down
there. or course there would be some peo-
pie who would cry out against the Los
Angeles man and maintain that I was
showing fav0ritism to the southern por-
tion OF the State, hut then it's time the
south received few good Offices. 1t has
been sadly neglected for many years.
NOW as to the kind of man shall
select. Well, he must be one who is deeply
interested in and thoroughly familiar with
the needs of the State. Then he must also
be a silver man.
LAS to when shall make my selection ?
| hardly think l will move in the matter
until next week. l will do nothing until
return to Sacramento. and | will not 90 up
for several days. When 1 get down to
business | will carefully weigh eyery-
thing that has been said for and
against the men whom / have under con-
sideration, and then / will try to select the
best one. In the meantime l shall not
allow myself to form an opinion and in
consequence will not be responsible for
wild tales W hich may make it appear that
| had expressed a leaning toward any one
of the many persons who would like to
succeed the late Senator Stanford"
The morning call., 1893-07-18
FLOATING IN THE BAY.
The Body of Christian F. Kemme
Found Off Meiggs Wharf.

A badly decomposed body was found
floating in the bay off Meiggs wharf yes
terday morning and was taken to the
Morgue. The features were badly de-
stroyed and there was nothing on the body
by which it could be identified. with the
exception of initials on the linen. The
evening papers told the story OF the
CHASTITY find and last night the remains
were recognized as those OF Christian F.
Kemme. grocer, who mysteriously dis
appeared about three weeks ago. The
Identification was made by Henry Meyer
a clerk who had been employed by the
deceased. He said tnat Kemme had been
ailing for several weeks before he dis.
appeared. Kemme's store was at the cor.
ner OF Howard and Twenty-s econd streets
He lived at 526 Twenty-second street. anG
leaves widow and sister.
Another body was found yesterday
afternoon off Clay-street wharf and had
the appearance of having been in the
water two or three weeks.
The morning call., 1893-07-18
Electric Light Company.

The stockholders of the California Elec.
trio Light Company were we'll represented
at the annual meeting which was held yes
terday morning Out OF $4,000 shares
$1,000 were represe n ted. The old board of
directors was reelected without the least
opposition. The board consists of George
d. Roe. Gustav Sutro. John S. Spring,
ID. Marcucci, Arthur W. Moore, 2. b. Corn
wall and William Kerr.
Inc directors organized and elected the
following named officers: President. John
II. spring; vice-presldent George H. Roe :;
vada Bank.
The morning call., 1893-07-18
BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.
BORN.

BORN.
POwERS-In this city. July 16. 1893, to wife
OF William Powers, daughter.
BEZ-In this city. July IT, 1898 to the wife Of
Charles Bee. son.
SHUMANN-In this city, July 16, 1898, to the
wife of A. A. Shumaun, son.
JEHU-In this city, July IL, 1898. to the wife Of
w. n. Jehu. a daughter.
KANSTEINER-In this city, July Is, 1898, to the
wife of G. H. KanSteiner, daughter.
HASTY-In Alameda, July 16, 1888 to the wife
of o. E. Hasty. daughter.
The morning call., 1893-07-18

be gathered from the picture which Matil-
da, wife of William the Conqueror. made
of what afterward was known as Halley's
comet in the Bayeux tapestry. the his toric
work that rivaled in length of time the
famous web of Penelope. The figures of
the men. the Latin and the picture of the
comet itself are equally good.
To-day a comet brings no access Of
dread. but the movements of the visitor
The morning call., 1893-07-18
MARRIED..


HEYMES-vERGNES-In this city, July IL, 1893.
by the Rev. Father Murphy. john b. Keynes
and Julia Vergnes.
ROBERTS-BROWN-Int this city, July II, 1898.
by the Rev. Kenneth j. Duncan. James d. hoo-
erts and Agnes l.. Brown OF Troy. n. Y.
OHRER-SIMANTON-In this city. July 10.
1898, by the Rev. DIR. Case, John A Robrer ana
Aida NJ. Simanton. Goth of San Francisco.
KRESS-POPE-In Alameda. July l6, 1898. by
the Rev. H. E. j. ODgerth, Sebastian b. hresS
and Elizabeth Pope. both of Alameda
The morning call., 1893-07-18

somewhat elongated and by the end of
the month the comet had actually sepa-
rated into two distinct nebulosties which
travelled together for more than three
months The maximum distance between
the parts, 1920 miles. was attained on
March 8. 1876. after which it began to
diminish until the comet was lost sight of
in April. At its return 10 1852 the separa-
ton was still maintained, but the interval
had Increased to 1850, COO miles.
In September, 1882. very bright comet
The morning call., 1893-07-18
A New Electric Power-House.

work has been commenced on the grad
Ing Tor the new power-house Of the Mis-
sroiIe6 e ana fotrero electric roads. con-
under the names of the City Railroad and
Southern Heights and Visitacion Valley
Railroad companies.
The new power-house is to be at the
junction of Bryant. Channel and Eleven th
streets.
The morning call., 1893-07-18

stiled terror into the minds of the London
burghers and their merry apprentices when
he printed the statement that "Comets sig
Nifty corruption of the ayre. They are
signs of earthquake. of wares. of chaung-
yng of kingdomes, great dearth of corn. yea,
a common death of man and beast" And
when this was backed by John Gadbury's s
The morning call., 1893-07-18

The bright lines are a new feature in
comets. and we can only hope that the
great telescope will be able to reveal the
constitution of these bodies. These lines
when properly located in the spectrum by
reference 10 well-known lines will tell
just what substances are burning in the
comet, or at least such as are revealed to
The morning call., 1893-07-18
The Steamer Mariposa,

The sailing date of the Mariposa for
Honolulu. Auckland and Sydney has been
changed from the Goth to cd inst. This
is caused because the mail to be dispatched
by that vessel will not arrive here until
Saturday morning.
The morning call., 1893-07-18

DIsINTERNIENT REPoRT.-Dr. A. T. Regens-
berger and Richard M. Jones, dlsnterment In
shectors. submitted their animal srepOrt 10 the
Heal,h Officer yesterday During the year 1455
permits were Issued. There were outstanding
from the previons year 63 permits. The actual
number OF disbursements was 1918 and zoo
permits have been Cancelled.
The morning call., 1893-07-18
ROVER OF THE SKY
Queen Matilda's Tapestry
Comet of 1906.
NEW DISCOVERY AN OLD LAW
Spectroscopic Explanation of the
Bright Lines and Size Variations.
Some Double Comets.

Everybody knows that the ancient Brit
ons and Celts, as well as our ancestors of
later days. were horribly afraid of meteors.
comets and such like wanderers" OF the
air.
Leonard Digges. in 1876, must have in
The morning call., 1893-07-18

opinion that experience is an emin ent
evidence that comet like sword por-
tendeth war; and an hairy comet, or a
comet with beard. denoteth the death of
kings" no wonder gentle and simple alike
were afraid of these pageants of the sky.
Their physical idea of comet may we'll
The morning call., 1893-07-18

Not Deserving Of Sympathy.
Persons who will persist in dying by inches with
dyspepsia and liver disease when Simmons Liver
Regulator is an unfailing remedy for these mala-
The morning call., 1893-07-18
4boAAmarzs
AND ITS PURITY.

Apolnars exceptionally favored and agreeable It's
value cannot be locations where drinking
water is the exception"
The Medical Record, N. Y.
tissues from Spring deeply imbedded in a Rock
and is therefore of absolute organic purity"
Professor Liebreich Berlin.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
PRETTY sCnENfERs.
Two Beautiful Young Ladie 8
Work Citizens Very Success

Two Beautiful Young Ladies
Work Citizens Very Success
fully.
Two beautiful young girls, whose
ages are about nineteen and twenty
one, are said to have gulled the unsus-
pecting public to quite an extent this
week in new and novel manner. The
young girls are described as being very
pretty, with blonde haic. blue eyes, and
faces which look as guieless as those
of infants. The girls have been this
week dressed in light fabrics, and have
attracted much attention on account of
their beauty. A family living in the
Oakland flats on Second avenue south,
who believe themselves to have been
defrauded. tell the following story:
Monday afternoon. as the lady Of the
house was sitting by the open
window, Two young women of very
prepossessing appearance stopped
in front of the house, and appeared to
hesitate before going up the stairs.
They finally rang the bell, and OH being
asked to enter they told the story. The
girls claimed to have CONS on from the
East to spend the summer at White
Bear lake. They saw an advertise
ment of special sale at one of
the leading stores, and came over
TO Minneapolis to do some shopping.
The young women had several bundles
in their arms to bear out their claim.
They stated to the lady that they had
lost their purses, and that they did not
have friend in the city from whom to
borrow enough money to get back to
White Bear. A fearful request was
made for loan, With the pledge to re-
nit the sum the very next day. The
lady was of kind-hearted disposi-
ton, and loaned the pretty young girls
the amount asked, but has as yet not
seen the promised remittance, and has
given up the idea of doing so. 1t is said
that the young women make the scheme
paying one, and that they make from
SIS to S25 day by it. Their modus
operandi seems to be to pass up the
street until they see lady sitting near
the window, and TO then act in dis
tressed and embarrassed manner to
attract attention, and TO work the
scheme outlined above.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20

death. The funeral will occur at Frank
lin Avenue Presbyterian church. cor
ner of Franklin and Twenty-third
avenues south, on Friday. The inter-
ment will occur at Lakewood. He and
his wife were associated ten years in
charge of Nit. Allison Female Seminary,
In Sackville, New Brunswick. From
there he was called to Calvary Presby-
terian church. Buffalo. After three
years he accepted a call to Plymouth
Congregational church, Milwaukee, at
six years. Then he had charge success
sively of churches in Illinois and Lanes
boro. Jordan aud Belle Plaine, MINI.
Then he was elected forty-two years
ago chaplain OF the state senate. After
ward he founded weekly newspaper
called the Herald in this city. He was
constrained to leave year ago and go
to care Of his wife, who died nine
months ago, when he returned to this
city. For year or two after his chap
laincy he gave lectures before farmers
and teachers institutes, and meanwhile
delivered his popular and brilliant lect-
ures throughout the state en-
titled Battles of Gettysburg"
"Eyangeline, Geneva and the
Alps" and yosemite Valley
He had withdrawn from the ministry of
the Presbyterian church two years ago
by permission of st. Paul presbytery.
He was greatly admired for his fine So
cial qualities and brilliant intellectual
gifts, and for his wide range of observa-
tion by trayels in Europe, etc. The
funeral services will be under the direc:
tion of Rev. ID. E.. Wells, with whose
congregation Prof. Allison had identi-
fed himself. In the Mills meetings he
took an active part, being greatly inter-
ested and benefited by them. At the
time of his death he was under appoint
ment for lectures at La Prairie and
Grand Rapids, Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings of this week.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-07-20
ALL GAVE BONDS.
Minneapolis Real Estate Men Ar
raigned at Mankato.

MANKATO, Minn., July 19.-The four
Minneapolis parties who were brought
to this city Tuesday hy Sheriff Glynn
and Deputy Bowen were arraigped be-
fore the grand jury yesterday; pleaded
not guilty to the indictment of grand
larceny in the first degree. Each asked
for separate trial. which was granted.
They were all bound over to the De-
cember term of court and bonds were
fixed at $500, which each furnished.
Jacob Ii. Clark. Of Minneapolis, has
been retained by McDermld, and At
torney Keyes by Mr.. Harrison.
The arrest of the four citizens men,
toned In the dispatch, which was an
nounced in the GLOBE yesterday, occa-
stoned no little surprise in business
circles, where they were we'll known.
The men arrested were Archibald Nc
Dermid, doing business in the Boston
block; George l.. Harrison, money
loaner, 315 Hennepin avenue; John r.
Lewis and l.. ID. Kilbourn, of 1106
Chestnut avenue. Mrs. Harrison was
seen by a GLOBE reporter yesterday
afternoon, and she was quite Frustrated
over the arrest of her husband. who,
she says. had nothing to do with the
zeal estate transaction and who had
only corresponded regarding a loan.
so far as be is concerned. she has no
doubt of the outcome.
q. l.. Harrison, one of the indicted
parties, returned to Minneapolis last
evening. He stated that ne was not
placed under arrest, but that he spent
tuesday night at the Spaulding house,
and yesterday gave bonds for his ap-
pearance at the trial.. He reiterated
what he said Tuesday. to the effect that
he had nothing to do with the deal. He
says that Turner wrote him letter
stating that he had a mortgage to
$4,000 on lots in Minneapolis and
Sandy Lake addition worth 5000
each, and the mortgage was $500 on
each lot. Turner, asked Harrison if he
would purchase the mortgage If every.
thing was all right. LII reply Harrison
said he would for discount of s14O. He
claims that upon this statement Turner
traded his stock of goods for the mort
gage and $1,000 I'D cash without getting
any one to look up the title of the lots
He then came to him with the abstract
of lots in Sandy Lake addition in Anoks
county, outside the limits of Mime
apelis, which he refused to take. He
claims that the indictment is the result
of spite work on tine part of Turner.