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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN RArr1ERs.
What They Lack in Size They Make up
in Venomous Qualities.

81 hear great deal about dangerous
snakes in different parts of the country
but so far as my experience goes there is
no spot on the green earth that contains
more savage or venomous snakes tn the
square rod than Southern Michigan" said
the bald drummer from Kalamazoo
passing around his well-flIed cigar case
He was one of four travelling men cath
cred at whist table in the smoker on
an east-bound express. After the rubber
talk had drifted around to adventures
and the furniture salesman from Duluth
had told Of a desperate set-to of his with
an angry copperhead down in Georgia
That Is only in the wilder part of the
state, down toward the lake shore. | sun
poser suggested the jeweIry man from
Chicago lighting his cigar and passing
along the match to the first speaker.
Not by any kind of means" was the
reply. THE worst places in the whole
state are the inland counties of Saginaw
and Shiawassee. A man who lives at
Laytin's Corners, not far from the Shi-
awassee river, has made study of REPTILE
life, and he tells me that there are more
than twenty-five varieties of snakes in
his county. There are, even in the thickIv
settled tracts, hundreds of milksnakes.
water moccasins, blacksnakes, and grass
snakes None Of these are considered
poisonous, but they do wonders In clean
ing out young ducks and chickens in the
farming districts. The copperheads.
spotted adders, and swamp moccasins are
among the worst to meet, and fortunately
are extremely rare nowadays. In old
times. If the tales Of the settlers are true.
II was as much as a mans life was
worth TO venture into the marshes, and
many wayfarers have been killed by the
sudden bite of some of these reptiles
when the road crossed piece of low bot
tom land. But the king Of them all. the
dreaded massasauga, the Indian name for
the common prairie rattlesnake Is exceed
ingly common to-day, and is as much
more venomous than those others as
this express Is faster than a government
mule train. The banded RATHER Is much
more uncommon, and, II anything more
dangerous.
VERY ridiculous stories are circulated
in regard 10 the immense size OF these
massasaugas, as II avoirdupois were an
important element in snake proves and
achievements. ] have seen In the past
years fully 200. and the largest was only
80 inches In length and 8 IL IN circumfer-
ence. They are all hideous specimens. and
let not the man who reYelg In tales OF
tcn-foot serpents imagine that he can pick
up and carcss "a two-foot massasauga
Just because ~ looks little and unlulpOr-
tant. Ten rattles are an exceptionally
large number. Scientists long ago exploded
the notion that "a new rattle was added
each year, and thus the age Of the reptile
could always be Bauged. slx or seven "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
IT WILL GO UNDER WATER.
a Baltimore Inventor, After Years of
Study, Has a Wonderful Boat.
Ernr,n The PIniln ar1r,1,in D..
From the Philadel

Baltimore, Oct. ia Baltimore inven-
tor hopes to make real the imaginary voy-
age of Jules Verne's boat Nautilus under
the sea. After years of study and expert
ment, he has invented a submarine boat,
which he claims is capable of accomplish
ing what Jules Verne suggested might be
possible under the sea. Indeed, if the in
vention is a success, the French romancer
viii have only half anticipated what the
coming submarine boat will be capable
of.
The inventor says: THE boat is capable
of being submerged to any desired depth
and again raised to the surface at the
will of the operator. 1t is capable of being
propelled when on the surface, or when
submerged, or when on the bottom of the
water as required.
Many of the operations in raising yes
sells and removing cargoes can be per-
formed from it without going outside of
it.
THE vessel is capable of searching the
bottom thoroughly in locating wrecks
with the assurance that ground once gone
over is thoroughly gone over. Divers can
pass from the interior of the boat to the
out side and back again when on the bot
tom as readily as they can pass in and
out of a house"
The ineVntor expects to start building
his first boat in a few weeks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
Racing at Oakley.

Oakley. o., Oct. 19-The track was fast
and the attendance good to-day. One ia
forte won and two, Blanch Kenney IN
the second and Promenade in the fourth
race, failed to show.
Summaries follow:
First Race-One mile. Winfield won.
with Mrs. Morgan second and Text third
Time 1:Hl2.
Second Race-Six furlongs. Leonard b.
won. with Toots second and Picaroon
third. Time 1:15A.
Third Race-One mile. Pearl Song won,
with Darevla second and Crepva5s
third. Time 1:42.
Fourth Race-Seven furlongs. The
Ironmaster won, with Cyclone second and
Clementine third Time l:27s4.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs Himyara
won, with Traverse second and Willard
third. Time 1:15%.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
AN OMNIBUS INDICTMENT.
Debs and the Union officers and Mem
bers Charged With Conspiracy.

Debs and the Union officers and Mem
bers Charged With Conspiracy.
Chicago, Oct. 19.-The federal jury to-
day returned an indictment against Pres
ident Debs and the officers of the Ameri-
can Railway Union and large number
of persons charged with participation in
violence and the OBSTRUCTION of the mails
and commerce on the different roads last
summer. In all siXty-nine persons are in
Guided in the blanket indictment. The
grand jury of last summer called to in
vestgate the strike brought in a large
number of indictments, one for each road,
in which President Debs and the other
officers of the union were charged with
conspiTing with the persons on the various
roads, who committed acts of violence.
il was feared that if a conviction was not
secured on one of these indictments, the
government would be barred from trying
the officers on the others for conspiracy. In
order to avoid any danger on that score,
the omnibus affair on which all the Of
icers and strikers may be tried al once
WAS returned The indictment includes
hut a few defendants who are not in the
other indictments
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
HIDDEN WEALTH.
Spells of Train Robbers Buried Near
Sacramento

From the PittsbuTg Dispatch.
Sacramento, Cal, Oct. 15.-Somewhere
within a mile of Sacramento a fortune is
hidden. Fifty thousand dollars in gold and
several in silver. the booty of the train
robbery of last Thursday night. is buried
in the earth, cached in the TuIes, sunk in
a slough or covered up in a cellar. But
all the detectives have been unable to di-
minish the area within which the stolen
wealth must lie. The mile includes a town,
a swamp, brush, fields a river and a thou
sand sloughs and ponds. There is hardly a
yard of 1T outside the streets of Washing
ton or Sacramento that might not conceal
the three bags of gold and one of silver
For time, at least. the hunt Dor the rob
bers has given away to the hunt for their
spOils.
\ mysterious man was shot at by the
guards, POSTED against the remote pos
slblllty that the robbers might at once
seek their treasure. but he stepped back
from the moonlight INTO the shadows of
the night and left no definite footprints
by which his identity might be traced or
guessed.
From the ranch comes tales of men,
sometimes two or three, skulking at day
break from barns, weapons in their hands.
The detectives believe that if the robbers
have cached the money they will wait
Solie uIHe beAoIe unCoNerlng and making
use of it. With the idea of guarding all
possible chances they stationed guards
through the Tules, and all along the track
and have kept them there every night
since the robbery.
Messenger Paige discovered that he had
not come scathlessly through the ordeal.
He stood at the window of his car looking
Tor a chance to shoot at the robbers when
one of them fired The bullet shattered the
glass and some of the fragments strucl,
MIN in the face. His head became so
painful that he had a surgeon examine it.
The surgeon cut into the tissues and ex-
tracted half of a Winchester bullet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
china's Holding Capacity.
From the Courier Journal

FTOm inc JOUTItT JOUfnHT
Chinese soil seems to suck up humanity
as a sponge abGorbs Sater. Notwithstand-
ing tho popular impression that China is
overpopulated, news comes almost every
day Of the landing OF a fresh Japanese
army i'm that country. II would be inter-
esting TO know what becomes Of all these
armies, what they find to eat, whether
the natives are being gradually reduced to
starvation by their foragings. and how
they manage TO find standing room in the
Middle Kingdom. These things the fu-
turo historian Of the war will explain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
Two Hearts That Beat as One.

Lake Park, Ga, Oct. Bon Wednesday
last a the residence of the brides father,
EWell Brown of Blount's Ferry, Fla. Miss
constance lola and J. Keller White of
ms place were united in marriage. Rev.
81. NJ Mason of Lake Park performed the
ceremony Miss Brown is a charming
young lady with all her accomplish
ments, natural grace and modesty Mr..
White is a son Of a popular merchant
ana is "A member of the firm Of White &
Son Of this place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
Brought the Picture to Life.

From the Now York World.
Boston, Oct 15.-Miss Annie Strath-
more is one Of three girls who pose in
the fountain living picture entitled THE
Birth of the Pearl" the last but one Of
the list In ID two front corners are oc-
cupied by girls half ensconced in mer-
maids tails, while back of them Miss
Strathmore stands, fronting the audi
ence her arms bent upward and back
ward, grasping a sea shell above her
a light undervest. As the curtains part
the fountain streams rise, throwing them
selves all over her body. or course II
is necessary that the cold water should be
at least mkewarm, so a pipe of boiling
water was connected with the cold
stream. The picture has been running
six weeks without trouble.
on Saturday evening in some way the
flow had scarcely been turned on when
the cold stream was turned Off Miss
Strathmorc felt the water growing hot
ter and hotter but bravely resisted the
IMPULSE to cry out. Finally, driven
frantic by the score Of scalding streams.
she screamed and the curtains were
quickly drawn. Many Of the audience
were Mortified realizing that there had
been serious accident, but few
guessed its cause.
DR. Daniels Of the Emergency hospital.
near BY. was quickly called. Upon strip
ping off Miss Strathmore's tights IT was
found she had very bad burns on the
legs. abdomen and breast She rs doing
well tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
The old Lady Of the seq.


II TOII IIIV wv iVIh FVIIU'
Chicago, oct. 6.-Julius Rohrbach has
asked the probate court to appoint con-
servutor for the estate Of Mrs. Eliza Car
son, his mother-in-law. IL originally
amounted to $4,000 but her relatives say
she has spent fully $4,000 In ocean travel.
The old lady has a passion for living up
on the sea, and has not been off an ocean
steamship for more than one day at a time
for the last year. and has been travelling
about constantly for ten years. The court
is asked TO prevent her from turning the
balance OF her fortune into the Golfers OF
tho steamship companies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
Tampa,s strike Ended.

Jacksonville, Fla. oct. l9.-The Tampa
oEarmakers returned quietly 10 work this
morning. with the exception of Gonzales,
Nora Co.'S operatives, "a majority OF
them being unfavorabe to the general
strike.
Poor Old Ardluck was buried this after
noon"
successful speculation he ever made
Speculation"
Sure. he got IN on the ground floor.
aidn't heT'-lndlanapolis Journal
Gen. Booth Of the salvation Army. has
.lH children engaged in the Freai WORK
-hln. eloquent and earnest enough 10 do
credit 10 ais training.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
MURDER BY TR AMPS.
Nine of Them String Up a Companion
aud Then Shoot Him.

Eimra n. Y. Oct 19.-Ten tramps be-
came engaged in quarrel at South Wa
verify. Pa, this morning Nine of them
strung the tenth up against a wall and
shot him through the head, killing him
The tramps, who are believed to be for
elgners, escaped. One stranger was ar
rested. He refuses to give his name, but
says he was an eye witness to the shoot
ing, and can identify the person who
fred the shut
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
Endaneers Demooratio Success.

Memphis, Tenn, oct 1.-THE populists
OF the Tenth Tennessee district to-day
nominated r. j. Rawlins for congress.
There is no hope for success for Rawlings,
out his candidacy makes the chances OF
the democratic nominee, Col Patterson,
doubtful and gives j. W. Brown, repub-
uD0n. a favorable nrOspcct.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20

81 see" said Watts. that the playing
card manufacturers intend putting In two
extra iokcrs in a pack 10 evade the stamp
act.
m they would only put On . few extra
aces" unused Watts, 81 think J would
stand "a show of getting ~ hand once Ia "a
while. Indianapolis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20

Tailor TO collector who has just re-
turned from a dilatory customer)-Well.
did he seem very much annoyed TO see
ColIector-On the contrary, he asked me
TO call acknowledgements Blaetter
Dude sportsman-Anything 10 shoot
Countryman-Haint been nuthin un
you arrived. I'll git me gun.-larper
Bazaar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20

Sold throughout the world. Price, 25o. P0rTgR
DHUG AND CHEN. Corr, Sole Props, Boston.
nS-" All About the ekin, Scalp, and Hair" free.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19
DIED IN GREAT AGONY.
Death of the Girl Who Gorged Herself
With Cabbage and Ice Cream-StruclS
by Lightning.

Death of the Girl Who Gorged Herself
With Cabbage and Ice Cream-StrucIS k
by Lightning.
Special lCorresnondenceo OF Gazette and Journa
BRlDGEvILLE, July 17-Lena Carey,
the young colored glrl who ate large
quantity of cabbage and then on a
wager four plates of ice cream, died
yesterday in great agony.
The girl was taken sick Immediately
after eating the fatal meal, but did not
receive medical attention until her con-
dition was such that it would not sub
nit to treatment.
The doctors deny any symptoms of
poison, yet there is considerable wrang-
ling between two of the girls admirers
and law suit of some kind will result
between the two the last OF this week.
a A severe storm visited this section
about Q O'Clock last night. Just before
1T began to rain the storm seemed to
hang directly over the town. The vivid
flashes of lightning were followed
nearly instantly by appalling peals Of
thunder. Large balls of fire and long
sheets of fame seemed to be continually
in the air. Horace Sudlers house was
struck but not badly damaged. Lettie
Polk, a young colored girl was rendered
unconscious by the lightning and as
she was gaining consciousness went into
Mysteries and raved like maniac. She
is reported as greatly improved this
morning,
The rain, which was very badly
needed, fell in torrents, accompanied by
considerable hail, which did not do
much damage. Considerable corn was
blown down and peach trees somewhat
twisted and broken by the wind.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19

Special Correspondence of Gazetteand journal
NEWARK, July 1S.-Postmaste Choate
has received information from the Post.
Office Department to the effect that the
experimental free delivery service will
be continued for at least another year,
news which will be received very CRATE
fully by the townspeople who are to
have their mail regularly and promptly
delivered twice day and collected tri-
daily. During the year just closed over
100000 pieces of mail matter were
handled by the carrier, the cost of SER
vice being only $40. To offset this
cost the office receipts are $203.96 more
for local mail matter than before, which
pays for the service and nets the depart
ment little profit. This delivery sys-
TEN for small towns has been declared
by some government officers failure,
but if Newark is a criterion it has been
most successful and without cost to the
government. The carrier here is James
Jelferis, and his dSily round in making
deliveries and collections is about seven
or eight miles. He is over 70 years old,
and has not missed trip for over two
years.
Postmaster Choate has another reason
to be pleased. A few weeks ago the
salary of the office was raised from
81 400 to $1,000, because of an increase
of $500 in receipts during the year. By
this raise Newark becoiAes the fourth
office in importance in the State, being
headed by Wilmington, Dover and Mil
ford only, Notwithstanding the fact that
there are 10 towns in the State with a
larger population, New Castle, Smyrna
and Laurel having twice the number of
residents. This increase in receipts on
which the salary is based represents not
squirt but steady geowth in business
here and comes about despite the fact
that many new offices have been estab.
lished in outlying districts to the disad.
vantage of the Newark Office and not
withstanding that all the publications of
the Delaware College Experiment Sta
ton are "franked."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19

clined to the rear, which accounts for
the escape of all the cavalrymen from
the Third and Sixth Cavalry. The artil-
lerymen received the brunt of the ex-
plosion, being directly in the rear of the
deadly missiles.
Confusion came with the first sound
of the explosion. Commenting officers
and men of the ranks could not realize
what it was. The first word of COM
mand came from Captain Dodd for the
cavalry to wheel out of the path of the
flying projectiles. The movement of
the Indian fighting cavalrymen was
more like astampede. The drivers of the
artillery horses could not get out of the
way. All the horses were dead or dying.
The beautiful boulevard, with its
double rows of stately trees on each
side, seemed to have suddenly become
the arena of bloody conflict between
armed forces. Blood from man and
beast, lying dead or wounded on
the broad driveway and the grassy plots
on each side, flowed in riyulets and
mingled with the heaps of blood stained
trappings and pieces OF the carriages.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19
B.ABY PRIs CE UHRIsrES Ed.

Seven Ordinary, Commonplace Names
Bestowed Upon the Infant Heir to
England's 1hrone.
LONDON, July 16.-The infant son of
the Duke of York was christened to-
day, the name given to him is Edward
Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick
David.
The Queen, accompanied by the
Czarevitch, the Prince and Princess
Henry of Battenberg and Princess Alix
of Hesse, went by special train from
Windsor Castle to the White Lodge,
Richmond. The family OF the Prince of
Wales proceeded in the same manner
from Marlborough House. The Duke
of Cambridge, the Duke of Sake
Coburg- -Gotha, the Duke and Duchess
of Fife and the Duchess of Albany
were also present.
The ceremony was private. 1t took
place in the drawing-room Of the White
Lodge. A gold bowl from Windsor
Castle served as the font. 1t was filled
with water from the River Jordan.
The Queen and the Prince and
Princess of Wales stood sponsors to the
royal infant
Richmond was gayly decorated with
flags, and triumphal arches were erected
over the main streets.
At the close of the ceremony the
Queen returned to Windsor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19

speclalCorresponuencoo OF tiazetto and journal
DOVER, July 1S.--The rivals in base
ball met at Camden yesterday after
noon and in the presence Of 900 people
wrestled for supremacy. 1t was hot
fight and both clubs were confident of
victory, The Dover club was in first
class condition. Radcliif, the Camden
pitcher, had been trained for several
days and said he would pitch the game
of his life. The friends of both teams
were present and gave rounds of ap-
plsuse TO encourage their favorites
when ever brilliant play was made.
Clark pitched superb game for
Dover, only two hits being made of
him, while Radciif was pounded un-
mercifully and was compelled to retire
in the sixth inning jackson made a
home run. The Dover boys played
faultless game, and as the result of their
victory will wear new uniforms. The
score:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19
4 PEAR TREE BLIGHT.
One of the Most Destructive Enemies of
the Fruit Ravaging the Orchards of
Kent County, Md.

One OF the Most Destructive Enemies of
the Fruit Ravaging the Orchards of
Kent County, Md.
CHEsTERTowN, Nd, July 1.-THE
pear tree psylla, or flea, one OF the least
known, but most destructive enemies Of
ipear culture, has made its appearance
in the orchards of Robert S. Emory,
near Chestertown. Mr.. Emory has a
magnificent orchard of 10000 pear trees.
possibly the largest block of pear trees
owned by single grower in the State.
At the opening of the season his pros
poets were for the largest crop he has
ever harvested during any one year, but
in many cases the trees are nearly
stripped Of both fruit and leaves. The
crop will be cut fully one-half, and the
trees look as though fire had swept
through the orchard.
The insect was first seen this year
about June 25th. Very soon the leaves
and twigs were covered with immense
quantities OF sweet, water-like fluid
called "honey-dew." This substance
fairly rained from the trees and ran
down to the ground. Even now dis
colored circle extending around the base
of the trees attests the extent of the
presence OF this liquid. Heavy and
protracted rains kept the honey.dew
washed from the trees for several weeks,
so that it was not at first noticed, but
after the rainy season, when the trees
were being worked, the horses used
became 80 covered with the sticky sub
stance that it was necessary to wash
them off with sponges, curry-comb
being useless. The trees became weak
ened and lost much of their fruit, the
leaves became blackened and fell in
great numbers and the body of the trees
look as though they had been smoked.
The scene presented was one certainly
never before seen in Kent county. Mr..
Waite, of the United States Department
of Agriculture, at Washington, has just
made close examination of the trouble,
and, if possible, an entomologist will
come on to look further into the matter.
The remedy prescribed is a kerosene
emulsion. The formula is pound of
hard or soft soap, gallon of water, 2
gallons kerosene. First thoroughly dis
solve the soap in boiling WATER While
this solution is still very hot add the
kerosene and thoroughly agitate the
whole. After tine emulsion has been
allowed to cool it should be dissolved
before using in three or four parts of
hot water. Cold water should be added
before using as spray.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19
CriSiield Odd Fellows.

The Odd Fellows of Cristield had a
big demonstration Tuesday. 1t began
in the afternoon with public installa-
tion of officers in the Odd Fellows
Temple. Grand Master Charles NJ.
Thompson, Grand Secretary John NJ.
Jones and the grand patriarchs con-
Quoted the exercises. The officers of
the Grand Lodge installed Benton
Tyler as noble grand and Jacob L.
Byrd as vice-grand. After the exer-
cises in the temple the Odd Fellows,
knights OF Pythias, Red Men and
Junior Order of American Mechanics
formed in line, and headed by band,
marched to Sewers Grove. A bicycle
race took place there on quarter-mi
track, in which there were three entries
George Bosenango, William Sterling
and William Scott of Pocomoke. Scott
won two of the heats and received a
diamond ring as prize. Sterling won
one heat, but in the last heat fell from
his bicycle and received severe injuries.
The best time was made by Sterling in
80 l.5 seconds. About 5000 people
viewed the race. In the evening there
was public speaking and a festival in
the grove.