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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-22
BEAT THE TWO GREAT BENS.
PRINCE LIEF WINS TIE OAKLEY
DERBY By TNO LENGTHS.

Ben Brush and BEN Eder Coupled in
the Betting at odds of L to =.
Dyvyer Adds Another CracIx-a-
Jack 10 His String by Buying Sui
sun for SI2,5OO.
Oakley Race Track. O., May 21.-Despite
.he lowering skies. ar immense crowd was
out 10 see the inaugural Oakley Derby de-
cided. The track was good. the rains of
yesterday having only made it a trifie
lumpy. Following are the starters, jock
cvs and weights in the derby
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-22

London, May 2.-The Doncaster spring
meeting opened to-day. The Doncaster
spring handicap plate of LOCO sovereigns,
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

"
Cubans in New York have shipped
more arms to Cuba.
Spaniards have caught two more
American hlibusters.
South Dakota men are organizing for
the repeal Of the prohibition law.
The South Dakota state fair will be
held during the week beginning Sept.28
The American Medical association ad.
jourlled to meet in Philadelphia next
year
The South Dakota Firemen's tourna.
ment will be held at Canton June Is, l6,
II and IS.
Governor Morton has signed the
Greater New York bill, passed over
mayoral vetoes.
The State bank of Marshfeld, Mo-, is
closed. President Salmon has been ar.
rested five times.
The Spanish ~caravels, which came
over during the worlds fair, have been
given to the Field museum, and will
hereafter float i'll the lagoon directly in
front Of the museum building.
Among the passengers arriving at
New York by the steamer Wilhelm II
from Genoa We're Donna Elvira de
bourbon, infanta of Spain Sir William
Gordon Cumming and Lady Cumming
and w. w. Longfellow Of Cambridge.
Mass
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
FINANCE AND TRADE,

The increased bank note circulation
consequent to the recent bond issue is
SIS, 900. 900.
The report of the Chicago gas com.
bine shows that it is carrying over $780,.
900, 900 Of bonds.
Crop reports from the entire North.
west show conditions favorable for an
abundant harvest.
According to the government report,
the condition of winter wheat is Sc
points above the April average.
Receipts Of cattle at Chicago last
week were $1,000, against 10000 the
week before, but prices are stronger at
that.
According to the government crop re-
port, the average condition Of winter
wheat is S2.1, against ~ last month
and S2.9 i'll May, 1895.
English capitalists have arranged to
take possession of the Mexico City rail
ways in July. They will be changed
to electric roads and extended.
The steam lighthouse tender, Donata
Guerra, built for the Mexican govern
ment, was launched from the yard Of
Neafie & Lcavy at Philadelphia.
The exports of domestic merchandise
during April, as stated by the bureau of
statistics, was 500 ,3l3, 1923. as compared
with 1858, e5S, 04l during April, 1895.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
THE DEATH RECORD,

H Q Bunner, editor of Puck. is dead.
Vice Admiral Sir Robert O'Brien
Fitzroy. X. G. B.. is dead.
Francis Agnew. well known North
western contractor and at one time q
resident Of St. Paul, is dead at Chi.
eago.
Miss frankie Brewer, daughter Of
Associate Justice Brewer of the United
States supreme court, died at San Anto-
MO. Tex, of consumption.
Mgr. Louis Galimberti, formerly
papal ambassador to Austria. Hungary,
is dead. He acted as arbitrator between
Germany and Spain in the dispute re.
gard1ng the right Of ownership to tho
Caroline islands.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
PROPERTY DAMAGE GREAT,

Gown of Gribble Springs Visited - Four
Persons Killed.
FORT WORTH, Tex, May 1S.-A spe-
eial to The Gazette from Denton, Tex.
says: A cyclone struck the town of
Gribble Springs. eight miles north of Den
ton. -Four persons were killed and five
others so badly wounded that they can
not live. The property damage is
great.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
EIGHT DEAD AT HOWE

Storm Was a Quarter of a Mile Wide and
Wrecked Many Houses.
HOWE, Tex, May lS.-A terrible cy-
clone struck this town during the day,
leaving death and ruin in its wake, the
path Of the storm being a quarter of a
mile wide. Ten farmhouses and as
many barns We're wrecked. Eight per-
sons We're killed outright and many in
1ured.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
New York Democratic Convention.

New York DemOcratic Convention.
NEW YORK, May 1S.-The Democratic
state committee selected Saratoga as the
place and June ID, as the date for hold.
lug the state convention to elect dele
gates at large to the national convention
at Chicago.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23

blowing 10 houses down and killing one
man, named W. j. Evans Of Kellar,
Tex, and badly injuring II others. The
Cyclone also did much damage north Of
here.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

The pallium is conferred upon Arch.
bishop Kahn at St. Louis,
The Methodist conference referred
the woman question back to the
churches.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain,

MILWAUKEE. May II, 1896.
FLOUR-Steady and quiet.
WHEAI-No. , spring, 63c; No. !
6512c; July, 62463Hc.
CORNING ), 2ac.
OAIs-No. white, gle. No. 8 white,
20G20Hc.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
Ueichstag Passes the Sugar Bill,

BERLIN, May 16.-The reichstag, by a
vote of IA to 142, adopted the sugar
bill, with various notifications, and a
resolution in favor Of the early removal
OF export b-unties.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
A Good Definition,

An advertisement is a thing that rep
resents a business man s goods and bust
ness at a place where the man and the
goods are not.-R. L. Curran
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
Town of Justin Struck.

JUSTIN, Tex, May 1S.-A cyclone
struck the town Of Justin at 2 30 p. m.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-05-23
2OG203,
Minneapolis Grain.
M~IENEAPOL.IS. Nav IL,

N~INNEAPOLIs, May II, 1895,
MHEAI-May closed, so &C; July,
eo]sc, september Gle; No / hard. Size:
$500
Decorah-posten., 1896-02-14
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etlra Traniisbos, en- al benz, Der saar, n,eo SIaOet Ir
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bet 9amle 2ano, O9Tau Tan p~anltelis ienoe en- mere ul.
iommen gape for Den lille Gum al 2 9ooars til elr9toa
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s life pil faa 5af til 9pll.
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Decorah-posten., 1896-02-14
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Vdmtltel0Smima 90. 3

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faa al glnoets Ibonuenter ion life pl laie bperereTe 81
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Decorah-posten., 1896-02-14
Snobolo.

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temmelig imul, pg Stcnnerten buneoe fig lpitig eiennem
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tetuget pgi gormanbens guile Spopeft.
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Stprmanben; be TO ~uogioroe Sagboros @agt, meoens
Stipperen paa i'm 9agt furuoen ben anben Matrps poIaa
bapbe Soften.
slipper os Stprmdnb bar binanben t~enn,elia Tia bet
Yore, famine lapitammebe S%tittelle. famine buiteoe Silica
% milosit talt ursselmasIse ani9t. Oct bar paIoa oms
trent af iamme 4loer.
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ist bar erlig aabenbeb, ~prGgebes Stbrmanbens al en-
mistrpiit 8rantenbeb, Der alt anbet snb foritisnnebe BAN.
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I'll "Secorab.Y oiten"s expedition.
Jor 'rola9te So Gents ieuo "0ecorabsV olten" %
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State w.
Decorah-posten., 1896-02-14

"9eeorab.Y oiten"s expedition.
=. Sot ho'asle 81 Gents ienb "2ecorab.Y oten" %
'Seo Trnen" 8 MaaneSer til
State 49,
The herald., 1896-03-14
A STORMY SCENE
The German Rcichsta2 Fails to Appreciate
South African Customs

The German Reichstsg Fails to Appreciate
South African Customs
LONDON, March 13.-A dispatch from
Berlin to the Times describes a stormy
scene in The reichstag. 1t arose through
Herr Bebel, one of the Socialist leaders,
accusing DR.. Carl Peters, the African ex-
plorer, while he was imperial commissioner
to Africa in 1891, with causing negro
and negress to be hanged without trial to
the nearest tree, because they had taken a
fancy to each other. of which DR.. Peters,
being himself intimate with the negress,
disapproved. The German officer refused
to execute the sentence. Nevertheless the
sentence was executed.
DR.. Peters proclaimed officially that the
negroes were hanged as spies. After that
the English bishop, Tucker, declined to re-
ceive DIR. Peters, saying he would have
nothing to do with murderer.
Dr. Peters thereupon wrote to Bishop
Tucker contending that he was married to
the negress according to the African GUS
tom and therefore had right to put her
to death for adultery.
DIR. Kayser of the colonial department,
in reply to Herr Bebel, expressed doubts
whether African travellers could be judged
according to European standards. He tried
to mollify the house by referring to
Hermann Wisema's spotless character,
but although he gave long explanation
to the effect that an investigation had
shown that the negroes were guilty of
theft and other offenses, and that DR..
Peters could not be incrimnated, he failed
to satisfy the house.
DIR. Kayser's speech had met frequent
Interruptions and shouts of "murder,"
"robber, "scandalous," etc.
The herald., 1896-03-14
SPANIARDS FOUGHT NOBLY
Promptly Dispensing the Rearguard Of
the Insurgents
Anxious to Leave Santa Clara
Province

HAVANA, March 13.-Advices received
here from the province of Santa Clara say
that the insurgents forbid the country
families from going to town in accordance
with the orders of Gen. Weyler. Gomez is
also reported to have declared it to be un>
necessary to baptize children or to perform
the ceremony of marriage, and it is stated
that there are no priests in the camps of
the insurgents, Confirmation has been
received OF the reported death of the we'll
known insurGent leader, Basillo Guerra.
At Guaracabulla and Placetas, the in
surgents are concentrating their cattle and
provisions, and it is reported that Gomez
will try to pass out of the province of Santa
Clara, where he is now said to be hiding
in the swamps. Lieutenant Colonel Guigo,
operating with a column of troops in the
mountains of Santiago de Cuba, has de-
stroyed an insurgent camp. killing five
people.
Colonel Hernandez, being informed that
the insurgent forces under FREDERICK Nu-
nez and Lucas Martinez were encamped at
the plantation of San Leon and the farm
of La Luz, near Artemisa, in the province
of Finar del Rio. went in pursuit of them
and encountered their rear guard at
the farm of Travelos. soon after
ward the enemy advanced from the po-
sitions occupied and attacked the Spanish
troops. Some lively firing followed and
Colonel Hernandez tried to tnrn the flank
of the insurgents. This brought the tull
force of the Spaniards and insurgents into
battle at long range. A company of the
Alfonso XIII. battalion of Spanish troops
particularly distinguished itself. The
Loric battalion also displayed consid-
erable gallantry and eventually the
insurgents were compelled to retreat,
leaving five killed and nine wounded on
the field. On the government side eight
men were wounded. three seriously. The
local guerllas of Sagua La Grande, at the
Guaynbo farm and in the hills of Belen
and Dominguez, have been engaged with
the insrrgent forces commanded by Jose
Dominguez. The insurgents we're dis
lodged from their positions and left five
killed and two wounded behind theIu.
The herald., 1896-03-14
JACKSON DISPIRITEO
Pearl Bryan's Alleged 7urderer breads Ken
lucky Vengeance

Pearl Bryan's Alleged 1urderer breads Ken
tucky Vengeance
CINCINNATI, O., March 13.-Most in
tense interest is taken by the general pub
lie here and in Kentucky in the hearing of
the habeas corpus proceedings in the cir
cult court in the case of Walling and Jack.
son, indicted in Campbell county. Ken
lucky, for the murder of Pearl Bryan,
whose dead body was found near Fort
Thomas on February 1st. The accused
have been under arrest since February 5th
They have been twice in the police court
and twice in the court of common pleas.
Judge Buchwalter remanded them last
Saturday to Sheriff Plummer of Campbell
county. Their attorneys resorted to ha-
beas corpus. which will be heard in the cir
cult court tomorrow. There is but one
more dilatory step left and that is an APP
peal to the supreme court. From the fact
that the public patience is strained and an
appeal to the supreme court involves
further delay, it is believed by some that
they will be extradited tomorrow.
jackson was shown the GreeLcastle, Ind,
dispatch, announcing that Pearl Bryan's
father and friends were EN- route in force.
Its effect was very dispiriting. He said:
81 know a great many of these people,"
He is very much broken down and his
dread of going to Kentucky is terrible.
The herald., 1896-03-14
HOME RULE
10 . Good Rule to Apply to Presid.ntlsi
Nominations

10 . Good Rule to Apply to Presidential
Nominations
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The senate
held an executive session today for the
purpose of considering several nomina-
tions which have been held back almost
since the beginning of the session and
against which opposition was made be-
cause of the fact that the nominees were
not residents of the states in which they
were appointed. The first of these taken
up was that of William H. Anderson of
Kentucky, who was appointed register of
lands at Oklahoma. An aye and nay vote
was taken and resulted % to "a in Ander-
sons favor. The nomination of George
H. Newman of Tennessee to lie
Indian agent at Coiville agency in
Washington, was also confirmed, the
vote being 2S to 9. This case had been
considered once before when there was a
tie vote of % to 20. 1t was, however, re-
stored to the calendar on a motion to re-
consider. The fight against Anderson was
led to-day by Senator Dubois and lie was de-
Tended by Senator Lindsay. Senators
Wilson and Squire of Washington both
protested against the Newman nomination
and were supported by Senator Hill. Sen
ators Harris and Bate both spoke in high
terms of Newman's fitness for the office.
The opposition in both cases was based on
non-residence. Senator Hill joined with
the western men in this view OF the mater
and made vigorous speech in support of
the home rule principle in nominations to
federal offices.
The herald., 1896-03-14
TIRED OF LIFE
Prison Superintendent Gates Commits Sui
eide by Shooting

Prison Superintendent Gates Commits Sui
eide by Shooting
PHoENTx, A. T., March IS. "A special
from Yuma brings news of the sui
eide this morning of Thomas Gates,
superintendent of the territorial prison.
Doctor Cotter, of the prison. had been talk
ing with him, and leaving him for half
hour, returned to find Gates a corpse. He
had entered his house on Prison hill, and
kneeling by his bed had shot himself
through the head with large revolver.
The bullet entered the side of his head
just above the left ear. coming out on the
other side. Deceased for three weeks past
had been seriously i'll, but a remark made
by him that he felt like shooting himself
had not been taken seriously by his asso-
ciates. Gates was a pioneer of Arizona.
coming to Tucson from Los Angeles in
1874. He had served in the territorial leg
islature and before in the position of SUI
perintendent of prison, his brave fight at
the outbreak of prisoners in lSS7 being
one of the most notable chapters in the an
nails of the southwest. He was 81 years
of age. He leaves no family, but a brother
resident at San Luis Ooispo will arrive in
Yuma tomorrow to take the remains back
to Los Angeles fer interment.
The herald., 1896-03-14
NICARAGUA REBELS
Four Hours Of Desperate Fighting Results in
Rebel Defeat

Four Hours Of Desperate Fighting Results in
aRebel Defeat
New YORK, March IA dispatch TO
the Herald from Managua says: One
thousand rebels were defeated at Pital.
near Momotombo. The battle lasted four
hours The government troops were COM
manded by Generals Paiz, Pablo, Reyes,
Emilino and Berdan. The rebel loss was
heavy. The enemy was pursued by the
government troops.
An engagement in which the rebels we're
defeated also occurred Thursday at Ell Ial.
iton, between La Paz and NaSarote. The
insurgent loss was 30 killed and 50
wounded. Forty-two prisoners were taken
by President Zelata's men. One cannon
end quantity of arms and provisions
were captured. The principal families of
Leon have fled to Honduras.
MANAGuA, Nicaragua. March 13 (via
Galveston). - Desperate fighting lasting
five hours has occurred at Pital. The reb-
els made stubborn resistance but were
finally beaten; 200 were killed anu
wounded. There is great rejoicing here,
church bells ringing and cannons fired.
The herald., 1896-03-14
TIE ANNUAL STRIKE
Plans Laid to Obtain Higher Wages for


Plans Laid to Obtain Higher Wages for
Seaman
SAN FRANCISCO. March 13.-An after
noon paper says:
The annual strike of sailors is expected
to take place in less than ten days. I'm
less the ship owners accede to the demands
of the Sailors' union for more pay the
strike this year will certainly be fiercer
this year than ever before. Sailors are be-
coming scarce. Most of those who were
idle all winter have gone to the canneries.
or are preparing to 60. So that within the
next three weeks there will be few or no
idle sailors along the water front. just as
soon as these men get away the sailors of
the coastwise trade will ask for better
wages. They will be refused by the Ship
builders association and then will come
the strike.
The sailors claim that this season will see
the re-establishment of the union on a
basis that will not be interfered with again
by the shipowners.
The wages on coast lumber vessels are
$50 month; other vessels S25; on those
of the Mexican coast. China, Australia aud
Japan. $40 and on the steam schooners
TO5
The herald., 1896-03-14
NAVAL IMPROVEMENT
An Appropriation Decided Upon to Reht Wsr
Vessels

An Appropriation Decided Upon to Reht War
Vessels
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Provjsion for
putting several craft of the navy into con-
(ition for service as soon as possible was
made today by the house committee on
naval affairs. Commodore Hichborn. chief
of the bureau of construction and repairs
of the navy department, made a request
for special appropriation of $35O,OOO to
be available for immediate use, explaining
that several gunboats and other craft could
be put in shape to go into commission, if
ures. and that the department considered
it desirable that the work should
be done without delay. Most of
the appropriation for work Ct this
character for the current fiscal
year has been consumed, and without spe-
cial provision it would be impossible to
make some important outlays until July,
will be available. After some discussion
the committee decided to add the appro-
priation asked for to the general bill which
is being framed, and to make the amount
Immediately available. To partly balance
the allowances for Commodore Hichborn's s
bureau the general appropriation, there
fore. was cut down from 81 100000 to
$1.25O,00O.
There arc twelve boats which the depart
meut will put into condition for service
and for which the appropriation is asked
Some of them are new craft and others old
ones now out of commission The boats
and tha amounts thought necessary to ex-
pend upon them follow:
Nliantonomah, $1,000; Bennington,
$4,000; Baltimore. $50 900; Petrol, $ o.
900; Mohican, $4,000; Pensacola and
Swatara, $4,000; Atlanta. S25 900; For
tune. 500 900; Standsh, $4,000; Ranger,
$4,000; Vesuvius, $1,000.
The remainder of the item is for mscel-
laneous repairs.