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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
SELLING WATER ON THE HOOP.
A Unique Swindling Scheme Involv-
ing Gross Cruelty to Cattle.
From the Pittsburgh Dispateh.


The early hours of this morning were
spent by Humane Agent T. NJ. Porter as
tride of high board fence at the East
! End stock yards, watching for the perpe-
| traitor of q cool species of cruelty against
| hundreds of cattle. MIR. Porter has
warrant for the mans arrest, and some
| Philadelphia and Chicago capitalists,
who have been filling their purses out Of
the sufferings of dumb beasts, will be de
! prived of the help of a faithful servant
| for some days.
1t is charged that certain companies are
making a practice of sending car loads of
| cattle through from Chicago to Philadel-
! phla without giving them water, in order
| that on their arrival they would drink an
enormous quantity, and their weight so
| be increased by fifty or sixty pounds each,
the purchasers cheated, and the shippers
enriched. The run from Chicago to Phil
adelphia requires usually about seventy
hours, and the originators of the unique
scheme were not without reason in think
ing that the cattle would have time to
cultivate powerful and profitable thirst.
To properly execute the plan they had
to have competent drovers to send in
charge of the cattle. 1t is customary to
give them water at Akron, O., and at
East Liberty AT the former place they
are not unloaded, but at the East End
stock yards there are several huge
troughs to which they are admitted and
allowed to drink their fill They usually
arrive there between midnight and morn
ing, and here it was the task of the men
in charge to precede them into the yard,
pull the plugs, and drain the troughs of
every drop Of water For weeks, it is
said, these drovers have carried on this
sort of thing undetected II finally reach
ed the ears of Agent Porter, and for sew
eral nights he lay on top of the stock
yard fences watching them and securing
evidence. He describes the sufferings Of
the cattle as something dreadful. They
would rush to the troughs to find them
empty, and would then trample one an
other under foot to lick the wet boards
Agent Porter made one of the men put
the plugs back in the troughs few
nights ago, and got from him a statement
that his employers had ordered him to do
as he was doing. The fellow begged the
agent not to prosecute him, but the So
ciety when the case was reported, de-
clded it was necessary to make an exam
pie of somebody. If Mr.. Porter gets his
man he viii be heavily fined
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
OUGHT TO Be $1,000.
Capt, Dillon Not Satisfied With the
Award Made the Central.

In the Matter Of Crossing of its Tracks
by the Suburban g. West End Rail-
Mr.. d. b. Lester and Mr.. J. NJ.
Rogers Admitted to the Bar-City
Court Criminals-ordina Court
Convenes Tomorrow.
The award of the board Of arbitrators
in the matter OF the crossing Of the Cen
trial railroad on the Augusta road by the
Suburban and West End railway was
filed in the superior court yesterday.
The award allows the Suburban and
West End railway to cross the Ceutrals
tracks at grade on the Augusta road
without compensation to the Central for
land, holding that the road is a public
highway and that one road has a lawful
right to cross another at grade on a pub
lie highway.
The second item of the award allows
the Central s. damages for the crossing,
and here is where the kick comes.
Messrs. King and Tyson, two of the arbi-
traitors, signed this award, but Capt Dill
Ion, who represents the Central, refused
to agree to that item The other two ar
bitrators were firm, however, and refused
to change the award. Capt. Dillon
agreed to the other specifications,
and so stated in the papers, but he
said he thought the Central should be
paid 81 900 damages, ana that he would
not agree to a less amount. The other ar
ticles of the award were agreed to by
Capt. Dillon.
The last item of the award provided
that the Suburban and West End should
purchase for S295 a 70-pound TO the yard
steel rail crossing to put in at that place
aud the cost of the lumber for putting it
in 1t also provided that the costs of the
proceedings should be borne equally by
all parties to the suit.
The case will now come up in the SUI
perior court before a jury, and it is prob
able that the supreme court will have to
pass on it before the question is finally
settled
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
Admitted to the Bar.

Judge Falligant yesterday allowed two
new attorneys to Join their fortunes with
those of the Savannah bar. They were
Messrs. d. B. Lester aud James NJ.
Rogers.
The examinations were conducted by
Messrs. J. r. Saussy, II. E. Wilson and
w w. Osborne, who questioned the APP
pliCants on Blackstone, criminal law and
the code, and upon the certificate of these
attorneys that the applicants had passed
a good examination and were found to be
duly qualified in all branches required,
Judge Falligant admitted them TO prac-
tice in the superior courts.
Mr. Lester is n well known business
man in Savannah and has been for years
connected with various enterprises here.
Sometime ago he decided that he wanted
to practice law and took a years course
at the New York law school file passed
an excellent examination, was admitted
yesterday and will go back to New York
soon to complete his course of study.
Mr.. Rogers is well known in Savannah,
having read law for some time in Recor-
der Wilson's Office. Attorneys J. r.
Saussy and H. r. Wilson both Endorsed
the petition of the applicants.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
TIE INSURANCE COMMITTEE.
Separation Of Gotten and Naval
Stores on the s.. F. a. W. Wharf.

1toAts on the 81 r. q W. Wharf.
Messrs. c. f.. Preudcrgast. r. NJ. Hun
and ". l.. Wilson returned from Atlanta
yesterday morning where they went as a
committee Of the local underwriters TO
confer with the executive committee Of
the Southeastern Tariff Association upon
insurance rates at savannah.
This was the second trip of the
committee for this purpose. On
its previous trip the committee
appeared before called meeting Of
the executive committee Of the tariff
association and secured certain conces-
sions in the naval stores, cotton and ferti-
lizer rates at savannah It's
second visit was to appear
before the regular meeting of the eXeCu-
tive committee before which the recon-
mendatiOns of the called meeting were to
be brought for confirmation.
The Savannah committee will re
port the result of its visit at
a meeting of the local under
writers tomorrow. The members of the
committee were unwilling to talk yester-
day, as they had not yet made their re
port to the local underwriters. They sale,
however, that the action of the executive
committee of the tariff association was
generally satisfactory and the concessions
asked were made with few exceptions
AS previously announced, the rates upon
cotton and fertilizers remain UNCHANGED
Extra charges have been fixed in special
cases for exposures contrary to the rules
of the association.
The rates upon naval stores upon the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
wharf will not be reduced unless the
naval stores people will secure complete
separation of the cotton from the naval
stores. The Savannah, Florida and West
ern cotton yard Immediately adioins the
naval stores yard and during the fall
season both yards are crowded to their
fullest extent. The insurance people con
slider this hazardous risk,ton account of
the danger of a confagration in one yard
communicating to the other, and on this
account the rate for naval stores on the
Savannah, Florida and Western wharf
was increased to the same as the
cotton rate.
Secretary Upper of the tariff as
ISOLATION said during his visit of
inspection here last week that the associ-
alton would require that a brick wall
eighteen inches thick and over fifteen
feet in hight be built between the two
yards, or that a clear space of 100 feet be
allowed between the cotton and naval
stores
/ The local agents will undertake to Sc
cure separation of the cotton and naval
stores on the Savannah, Florida and
Western wharf as required by the tariff
| association, in order that the old rate on
naval stores may be restored there. The
naval stores rates elsewhere remain as
before
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
RED TAPE IN RUSSIA.
Difficulties Man Has to Get About in
That Country.
From the chicago Tribune.


A young Scotchman from Edinburgh,
now seeing the fair, relates an incident
of visit he made to St. Petersburgh
which may prove of benefit TO all persons
contemplating trip to Garland. One
day he went into the post office to pur-
chase a postal card. Having written the
card which was simply TO inform his
friends of the time at which he expected
to reach his home, he left the office. He
had scarcely reached the door when
he found that he had forgotten 10
take up his pocketbook, which he
had placed on the table in the
Office. He returned Immediately, and
found the clerk in charge busy
counting the bank notes and the 20-mark
pieces, which were the chief contents of
the book. Excuse me, " said the Scotch
man, Il have forgotten my pocketbook
viii you be so kind as to give 1t to mel"
The Russian official kept the book in mis-
hands and stared at the Scotchman. Fin
ally, the Russian exclaimed in an imperi-
Gus voice, Take off your hat" The
Scotchman obeyed Then the official
added, "The book you cannot have just
now you must in the first place give sat
isfactory proof that you are the owner. !"
"Well," said the young Scotchman,
"look in the pocketbOOk and you will find
my passport ana other papers with my
signature" which, of course, he was pre-
pared to write for the benefit of the of
fetal.
"You can't have it now, anyway" said
the official eve shall examine your
papers tomorrow; you may then come
| again"
But want TO continue on my Journey
to-day" replied the young man.
''That is no business Of ours" an
swered the Russian.
Very much put out, the traveller con-
tinued to insist on on the uselessness and
inconvenience of putting of till to-mor-
row what was so necessary 10 be done
answer from the Russian official than
this:
your inconvenience is nothing what
ever TO us"
Finally, the young Scotchman went to
the English consulate TO state his case.
The consul went with him to the postof-
fee, but was told that the book with the
money had already been sent TO the po-
lice Office. Then TO the police Office went
the consul and his companion. The book
and the money had not been heard of; no
doubt, they were still at the postoffice.
And thus, for three days the consul and
SCOtchman were kept running from the
police Office to the pOstoffice and from the
postoffice TO the police Office without get
ting any satisfaction. At last, when the
British consul became very serious, the
Russian authorities gave back the pock-
etbook but minus e of the money. and
simply because the pocketbook was left
for few moments on a table in q govern
met Office of Russia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
SECRETS OF THE STUDIO.
A Lovely Romance and Queer Mis-
take Made by Miss Lillian Russell.
From the New York Advertiser.

From the New York Advertiser.
A story told by a Broadway photo
grapher shows that while marriages are
made in heaven his studio has at least
once proven very affective matrimonial
agency. About six months ago pretty
young girl, named Estelle Sailer entered
his studio to have her picture taken
Through the Carelessness of the assistant
the plate upon which her face was photo
graphed was not removed before young
man, named George Brent, came in. The
result was that he was photographed
upon the same plate. AS the proofs are
simply numbered and rarely examined
until after the original has seen them
the mistake was not discovered until the
next morning.
Almost simultaneously the two young
people came in TO see their proofs Hand
ing one envelope to the girl, another to
the young man, the photographer waited
while they opened them.
"Ohl" exclaimed Miss Sailer, blusSing
as red as rose.
The deucen' from Mr.. Brent as he
handed the proof back to the photogra-
pher.
Instead of one face there were two,
turned toward each other, and so close
together that they looked almost as
though they were kissing. BY this time
the originals of the pictures, having rec
ognized each other, were laughing over
the mishap. After making an appoint
ment for another sitting, they went out
together The photographer never sup
| posed they would see each other again.
| But TO prove how mistaken he was one
| day last week they came in together, she
| all in white silk and a bridal veil, he
! looking as proud and happy as a man
! should look with 50 sweet n bride. They
| had been married that morning.
Another story, which comes from the
! same source, is about two well-known
! ter, Della Fox had sO1he pictures taken
! for Paniandrum. Wanting to blacken
the japanese wig which she wears she
asked fer a black puff. The difference
between powder puff and black puff is
that one is used for powder and the other
for lampblacx.
After Della Fox left Lillian Russell
came in TO have her picture taken for
Girofle. Not noticing that the puff used
| by Miss Fox had been for lampblacS,
supposing it to be powder Lillian picked
! it up and literally sprinkled herself be-
! fore she discovered the mistake. A blood
| curdling scream was heard from the
| dressing room. Thinking that she was
! i'll, everybody in the studio rushed to her
assistance There stood Lillian with "a
smudge of black on her pretty little nose
! and her face and shoulders, suggestive Of
| burnt cork specialties. With the combn-
ed efforts of three people, and under the
! cleansing effect of bucket Of hot water
and plentiful lather Of soap, Lillian was
soon restored TO her pristine loneliness.
! But she didn't have her picture taken
that daV
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
GREAT YEAR FOR MOSQUITOES.
It's the Female Birds that Make All the
Trouble, Says One Expert.
From the Baltimore Sun.
lAHnannifnnn1 / chnn1ld nnrr

From the Baltimore Sun.
"Mosquitoesl ! should say sou ex,
claimed genial Capt. Veazey, of the
steamer Enoch Pratt, yesterday He had
been asked if this was good season for
the birds. "Why, there are billions of
them down in the tidewater counties of
Maryland and Virginia We caught it
at Deals Island last Friday There was
a land breeze, and the mosquitoes
swarmed about the boat. Every one was
lean and hungry and seemed to want q
square meal, and from the way we felt
when we got away they must have got
ten il. They are bad in Somerset. I've
got a farm four miles from Princess
Anne and wanted to go up and see if my
wheat had been harvested properly, but
was afraid of the mosquitoes. haven't
been yet"
Just why the mosquitoes are so nume-
rous this year no one seems to know A
great many persons attribute the increase
to the warm, wet spring, while others
say the mosquitoes are just like peaches
after two or three years, in which they
are comparatively scarce, there will be-
a tremendous crop. This was the view
taken by party of steamboat men, who
sat on one of the wharves along Light
street yesterday and grumbled about the
hot weather. A mosquito, which had
just arrived on one OF the bay boats,
landed on the neck of one of the party,
and was getting his, or rather her, dim
ner when she was killed by vicious
swipe of her victim. "There's an
other 'skeeter' done for" remarked the
murderer with satisfaction. ''He won't
bother anybody else in this here vale
o. tears" "She, not he,' corrected an
other. "Don't you know that a he
'skeeter' never bothers anybody2 It's the
females that make all the trouble in this
worle, and that applies to 'skeeters' just
the same as it does TO women. If all
'skeeters' were hes wo wouldn't have any
trouble from them, just the same as If all
human beings were men we'd have things
more quiet and peaceful like. A he sskee-
ter don't live long. Go down along the
water in the spring and you will see bill
lions and billions of them, 'woolly heads
we call them. But you can get right in
among them and have them so thick
around you that you can't see through
them and you will not be bitten. They
only live long enough to provide for the
next seasons crop and then they die,
leaving the she 'skeeters' 10 make man
kind miserable till cold weather CONFESS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
COTTON BADLY SPOTTED.
The Average About the Same as Last
Year, Though.

Good and Bad Crops Side by Side.
The Crops in This Section Planted
Ten Days Earlier Than That of Last
Year-The Conditions Which Have
Retarded It's Growth-Reports From
Florida and Southwest Georgia.
The cotton factors are now receiving
reports from their correspondents in the
country as to the condition and prospects
of the crop.
One of the largest cotton factors on
Bay street, who has received full reports
from South Georgia and Florida, said yes
terday that they are not altogether favor
able The average works out about the
same as last year. but the good and the
bad are pretty we'll mixed The
crop is badly Spotted" as the fac
tors say, very fine crops being
found at many points, but greater num-
Der Of very poor ones. Good and bad
crops are found in the same localities.
The crops In this section was planted
about ten days earlier this year than last.
About one-tenth Of the crop had favor
able weather to grow finely. This crop is
now matured and will be coming to mar
ket in a few days. The other nine-tenths
suffered from unfavorabe conditions.
Such as cold nights IN the spring and inces-
SAINT rains later on. This retarded the
growth of the crop The storm of June
10 did further damage in South Georgia
twisting the plants and stunt
ing their growth The result
is that the present is very
small for this season and the bottom crop
of fruit, which is usually the best,
amounts TO almost nothing. The middle
crop is good. If the season should be two
weeks late the top crop will mature and
fair yield produced Otherwise the
crop will be short.
The reports from Florida show the crop
to be much better this year than last, av-
eraging about 25 per cent. better F'lori-
da had very poor crop last year, how
ever
South Georgia. which made very fine
| crop last year, has poorocropothis year,
while in Central Georgia the conditions
are reversed. There was general in
crease in acreage over last year, the
increase in Florida being about Is per
cent. and in Georgia about 10 per cent.
The total output in this section, however,
is not expected ato exceed last year. A
small portion of the crop is expected in
the market early, but the greater por-
ton, unless the most favorable conditions
exist from now on, will be late
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
Cannibalism Now and in the Early
Ages,
From the London Globe

Herr Henkenius, in the Deutsche Rund-
schau, has an interesting paper on the
origin of cannibaiism, which appears to
have sprung up among mankind after they
had made certain social advance The
lower animals rarely devour their own
species, and no traces of the vice have as
yet been found among the relics of the
paleolithic men. Some have attributed
the practice to religious motives, but
Henkenius thinks that hunger and the
superstition about eating the heart or any
sother part of an enemy in order TO ac-
quire his courage were the original incen-
tives, and that religious motives were
a later development.
Continental Asia is remarkably free
from cannibalism. IN Polynesia and Cen
trail America it occurs chiefly in connec-
tion with religious rites, and in the for
mer the eye Of the victim is preferred In
Dahomey the human sacrifices did not
lead to c3nnibalism. The Maoris forbade
human flesh to women, and viewed with
adherence the eating of relatives In
many parts. however. the flesh of rela-
tives is preferred. Happily this abomina-
bic vice is dying out, owing to the influ-
ence of Christian missionaries.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK.
The Season Has Been a Success
full One With the Hotel Tybee.

The Season Has Been Success
full One With the Hotel Tybee.
The Hotel Tybee will close its doors for
the season Tuesday, Aug. IS, but will
be open on Sundays for surf baths until
cold weather puts stop to the bathing
Under the management of Messrs.
BOhan Cowan Il Derby the season about
to close has been one of the most success
full in the history of the hotel. There has
scarcely been time when the hotel was
not filled with guests and on Sundays it
was always crowded with visitors as
well. The management, all of whom are
well-knOwn Savannahians, have done
everything IN their power for the
pleasure and comfort of the guests, and
visitors to the island have always had the
freedom of the hotel at their disposal.
The hotel will be open for guests only
two more Sundays, including to-day.
On Tuesday a large party of $50 or
more will come down from Dublin, Ca,
and the surrounding country, to spend a
few days on the island. They will be
guests at the hotel. Messrs. Bohan,
COwan and Derby will probably assume
the management of the hotel next year,
and if they do a prosperous and lively
season is assured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
CITY Court Criminals.

Judge MacDonell's court helped the
county chain gang out to a considerable
extent yesterday, and several Migrants
and petty criminals were given gratuitous
employment for a few months.
Barney Wright was given one week in
Jail for assault and battery. He is the
negro who struck the little negro child
Robbie Johnson in the head with a rock
some weeks ago.
Steven Dixon got the same sentence for
larceny from the person. He suatched
81 10 from the hand Of Sarah Quinn in
Yamacraw some time ago.
John Truen got SIS or four months for
vagrancy, and Samuel Carter went up
for three months for stealing a pistol
from j. c. Knight. Harry Scott and Tony
Williams both got four months for wife
beating
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-06
TO THE MOUNTAINS
The South Bound Railroads Excur-
sion to North Carolina Points.


The South Bound Railroad will treat
its patrons to a delightful excursion to
the mountains of North Carolina on Sat
urday, August 10, for which occasion the
rates have been made so low that almost
everyone can afford the trip
The excursion train will leave Savan-
nan Aug 10, at 6 a. m, and will reach all
of the points to which rates are named
before dark that afternoon. There will
be no change of cars, and the excursion
tickets will be good on any train return
ing up to and including Aug 81. The
rates advertised, as will be seen, are
cheaper than the single fare one way.
The points to which low rates are of
fered are Greenville, S. c., Ander-
son, S. c., Laurens, 5. c., Walhalla, S
c.. Spartanburg, S. c., Ashville, N. c.,
Hendersonville, N. c., and Waynesville,
n. G. This will give anyone who desires
change of air a chance to take a thir-
teen days trip to the mountains at as low
rates as have ever been offered.