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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
KENTucKY's oLoUDBuRsT.
Fifteen Lives known TO Have Been
Lost.

Lost.
Bonneville, Ky. April S.-Further par
ticulars received here from the flooded
territory in Clay and Owsiey counties show
that 1t may be several days before a com
plete list of the persons drowned in Mon
days cloud-burst can be given.
The known dead number fifteen. They
are: Mary Garrett, Mrs George Gibson
and three children; William Burns and
two children; Mrs. Wade Narders and two
children Mrs Alexander Gibson and her
sister, Miss Mary Barnett and Gibson's
5-year-old child and unknown persons
The GibsOns We're in their cabin when the
indescribable downpour Of water began
and the structure was soon swept away.
Gibson made a desperate struggle to save
his wife and children, but the women
clutched him about tho nraat choking him
and he sank with the others, but Mrs Glib
son releasing him from her grasp, he
managed to escape. The dead bodies OF
the children were found to-day. over 100
farmers lost their barns.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
STEAMER BERMUDA RELEASED.
The Ninety Boxes of Ammunition on
Her Held in Honduras

London, April "A private dispatch was
received here this evening announcing the
release Of the steamship Bermuda at Puer-
10 Cortez. The vessel viii sail tomorrow
Fer destination is given as New Orleans
Ninety boxes Of ammunition found aboard
Oh her and which were seized, are held
by the Honduras authorities. Col. Nunoz
us a passenger on the vessel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
vENEzUELA's SILENCE.
The Daily News Complains at the
Ignoring of the Blue Book.

Ignoring of the Blue Book.
London, April BIN its issue tomorrow
the Daily News will complain that Vene-
zuela has made no reply to the British
case presented in the blue book recently
issued. The question, it says, has be-
come pressing. We are unable TO learn
whether the American commission has re-
ceived anything from Venezuela beyond
pamphlets narrating resistance to the
British claims, while there is entire alb
sence of a case on which to arbitrate
The Daily News contends that Venezu-
ella has never produced a single proof
that she ever possessed jurisdiction over
the territory to the eastward of the Ori-
noco river, but has confined herself to
simple protests against alleged British en-
croachments. The paper also complains
of Venezuela warping Lord Aberdeen's
statements made in 1874, for which reason
it wonders less at Lord Salsbury's reluc-
tance to arbitrate with such opponents
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
TWO FIRES AT CHARLoTTEsvLLE

Two Dwellings snd Two Business
Blocks Burned.
Charlottesville, Va, April 3.--Two destruc-
tive fires occurred here tonight. Houses
IN Fifeville, a suburb, occupied by Henry
Melton and George Courier, were burned.
Courier and his family were abed but were
rescued in their night clothes by H. L.
Jones' after a narrow escape.
The last fire, at II o'clock, tonight, des-
uoyed two three-story buildings, one re-
Gently vacated by the Vandergrift Con-
slruction Company and the other occu-
pied by John l.. Walters meat and feed
mill Both were filled with valuable ma
cainery. The total loss is S20,000, with small
insurance.
Telegraph poles and wires were burned.
a terrific gale blew and twenty or thirty
gAements We're in danger. The origin of
the fire is unknown
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
AN ALDERMAN IN TROUBLE.
He Is Accused of Demanding s2s.Ooo
as "a Bribe.

Detroit, Mich. April "a warrant was
issued from the office of the prosecuting
attorney thls morning, charging Chrlsto-
pher jacob. the alderman from the Fifth
ward, with soliciting a bribe. Jacob nv
virtue Of his office Of alderman. is a mem
Der of the Wayne county board of suner-
visors and thereby became a n1enbar. ~
the committee that was to select mans
and suDerlntend the erection of the now
million dollar county building 1t is char
ed that Jacob Went to the firm Of b =
Myers q Son and solicited money to sa
cure the aHoption OF their plans. He de-
manded, according to the charges in ali
$4,000. Jacob is the most prominent mem
Der Of the council. He appeared ia coaIrt
ed himself. He was held in $3.50 bail fo,.
examination, which was promptly furnish
ed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
SAVANNAH, GA SATURDAY, APRIL f. 1896

projects is Si.Og3, $50, exclusive OF the
ted"
In explanation OF this item Col. Lester
says this secures continuous work on the
harbOr. and provides a sum for expenses
IN making the contracts. such work as
may be necessary for the maintenance OF
The harhor win come under the contract.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
SIX CLUBS OF THE SOUTH.
The Southern Baseball Leagues Sea-
son to Open April IS.

Birmingham, Ala. April 3-The South
ern Base Ball League will be composed
of New Orleans Mobile, Montgomery.
birmingham, Atlanta and Columbus, Ga
The season opens April 16, and each club
plavs 1O5 games. According to the sched-
ME each team will travel the number
81 miles as follows: Mobile 8 993: Colum-
f,e q 32O. New Orleans 4A7; Montgom-
erv' 4.623: Birmingham, 4,732i Atlanta, A.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
SHERIFF. GwYNN's sLAYEns.
The Fugitive Trio Last Seen Near
senOia, in COweta County.

Atlanta, Ca, April S.-The Delks. who
fled from Pike county last night after
killing Sheriff Gwynn were seen TODAY
near senoia, in Coweta county It was
reported that they had been surrounded IN
a house there and would be captured. or
the house burned. But they have not been
captured They are out in the woods or
in the swamps. There are three OF them
in the party. All of them are heavily
armed. The pursuers number 200.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
DANGER OF A LABOR RIOT.
New Men Threaten to Fire on
strikers If They Are Attacked.

Phlipsburg, Pa, April 3-Philipsburg
coal operators interested in mines at
Barnesboro report a somewhat dangerous
condition of affairs at that place on ac-
count of a strike by the drivers for 81. 80
per day. The three mines of the Aniston
Company were idle, but the company
finally granted the demand. The Sterling
Companys No. II mine is idle, while the
Delta Company has succeeded in obtain
ing a few men to go to work Those who
are at work fearing an attack on the part
Of those on strike, have armed themselves
and threaten to shoot if they are inter
fered with. Barnesboro is a new mining
town in Cambria county.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
TRAINS COLLIDE on BRIDGE.
Two Men Killed and an Engine ANA
several Cars wrecked.

Bellaire, o., April "a collision between
a yard engine and a detached section of a
freight train occurred on the bridge span
ming the Ohio river here, resulting in the
loss of two lives and the wrecking of the
engine and cars at $50 o'clock this even
ing. The dead are: Patrick Flaherty. dav
caller and Frank Saltzgaver, a boiler ma
ker Both men were badly crushed.
Yard engine ,104 was crossing the bridge
and the men on it did not notice the de-
tached section of freight train No SO. that
was running back at high speed Where
the accident occurred the track is about
80 feet above the river.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
PIaUE OF A POSTMASTER.
Removed From Office He Leaves the
Town with Poor Facilities.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April S.-South
Pittsburg's $500 people are without post
office facilities owing to the pique of J..
J. Ingle, who, it is charged, was dismissed
for incompetency. Peter Bradshaw, the
new Cleveland appointee, took charge of
the. office April !, and is now distributing
goods boxes. The old fixtures. consisting
of an elegant outfit of lock boxes, desks,
tables and safe, We're the personal prop
to rent or sell them to his successor Al
any price. Considerable feeling has been
aroused over the action of Ingle which
is condemned in strong terms by the bust
ness men of South Pittsburg
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

A CORPSE FOUND AFTER A YEAR
The Body Submerged in the POto-
mae Since Jan. 10, 1898.

Cumberland, Md, April 3.-At noon to-
day the body Of Patrick Moran was found
floating in the Potomac river a few miles
west Of this city On Jan. 16 1895, Mo-
ran was standing on a cinder bank AZ
Piedmont, w Va, watching the ice NOV
ing off the Potomac, when suddenly the
bank gave way, throwing him into the
river Diligent search was made at that
time. but - proved OF no avail, and the
body was given up as lost. The body
was In a fair state Of preservation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

NY 1lngton. april 3.-James +. Rule.
n@ton correspondent Of the Knox
journal and private secretary TO
niatlve Henry r. Gibson Of Ten
.- was hold for the action OF the
r Jury 10 500 bonds, hy Judge Miller
police court this morning. Tine
ed.nst Mr. Rule was criminal
- ierred py Representative Frank
o. Nrt OF New York Representative
ai5ned his boad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
GARNER NOT VERY GOOD.
schaefer Defeats the Belgian Cham
piOn Easily.

piOn Easily.
New York, April 3.-"Wizard' Schaefer
easily defeated Albert GARNER, the Bel
gian champion, for the second time in the
series of the Garnier-Schaefer-I 1S-
inch balk-line billiard tourney at Madison
Square garden tonight. The fifth and
semi-fnaI of the series was slower than
any of the previous games and did not
attract much public interest. GARNER had
already been worsted in all the other
games in which he had participated, and
his defeated by Schaefer tonight was an
ticipated. The Belgian champion was ex-
tremely nervous and seemed unable, to
keep control of the balls for any length of
time. Schaefer did not have to extend
himself, and as consequence the game
was long drawn out.
Tomorrow night the New York series
Will conclude with the second game be-
tween Schaefer and Ives.
The score follows: Schaefer 900; Gar
nier, 204; innings, %; highest runs: Schae-
fer l32; GARNER 35; averages: Schaefer,
26 2-23; GARNER, 3-11
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
TWO WOMEN SHOT DEAD.
Their slayer Then Throws Himself
beneath Train.

chicago. April 3.-James Pollen quarrel
Ell with his wife late this afternoon on
d. cunt Of the attentions she had been
receiving from another man. His wife's
mother. Mrs. William Mcmillan, defended
A5f daughter. Pollen became enraged
izeI q shotgun and killed both women
wing himself under the wheels of 4
s train. He received injuries which
"iat prove fatal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

Raleigh. n. C.. April "A special from
Henrietta says the Henrietta cotton min
No. is completed. and the powerful tur-
bines have been tested. Regular work be-
gins on Monday. There are sixty acres
Of floor In this mill, which is the largest
IN North Carolina.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
put Under the Civil Service RuIes.

Washington. April 3.-The President has
further amended the civil service rules
by placing under the classified service tie
assistant attorneys and law clerks of the
department OF the interior This order
includes about thirty persons whose sal
aries range from s2,0oe to s., ,750 per annum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
MAssILLoX's MINERS.
The Price Of Mining to he Advanced
Five Cents Per Ton.

Canton, o., April Representatives Of
the coal operators Of MassiIlon district
met here to-day and decided to advances
the price Of mining from IS cents TO e1
cents per ton. This rate VIII be paia
the miners for the outputsof March, The
nnal rate will not De agreed nDon ,nf5l
the scale OF the Pittsbnrg district Is ser-
tied.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
FATAL BOUTS WITH FISTS.
Clark Dies From Injuries Inflicted
by Turner at Memphis.

by Turner at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn, April S.-At the close
of the Turner-Clark prize fight here
wednesday night, It was known that the
latter had received terrible punishment
but IL was not regarded as serious. Clark
was taken to ST. Joseph's hospital yester-
day. however, and is not expected to re-
viVe The police are on the lookout for
Turner but he is believed to have fed
from the city. Clark is a white man from
Texas The fight was witnessed by the
sheriff and chief of police
Laporte, Ind, April 3.-Wflllam Kemper
and John Lipkie of Otis engaged in a
friendly contest for boxing supremacy at
that place Wednesday. After few passes
Kemper struck LiplSie in the abdomen.
The injured man fell unconscious, and re-
mained 50 till yesterday, when he ex-
pired. The coroner has not rendered a
verdict, but it is believed the affray will
require investigation by the grand jury.
London. April 3.-Moran. the ex-bantam
weight champion of England, and anna
teur champion Of America in 1887, and in
1855 died at Sheffield to-day from the ef-
fects of the injury he sustained while
boxing with Maurer in Sheffield on Tues
day last.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-12

torian tones, Window, ,en," and much
of the time the announcement would
provoke derisive laughter. Blaine's
had been loyal he would have been the
nominee, and in their estimation win
dom, ten," was a badge of tricky poll
tics. The delegation was undoubtedly
sincere, but it seemed at the time like
grasping for a will-o'-the- wisp.
l met an old politician yesterday, an
intimate friend of Window, who said
he called on Window in Washington
some time after the event and Window
said to him, did you know l came
pretty near receiving the nomination
for PRESIDENT" The visitor conceded
that he did not understand how WIN
dom, ten," was very near the goal, and
Mr.. Window then explained. He said
Postmaster General James of New York
told him that the Grant forces had
decided to go to him and have the
credit of nominating the president,
even though it was not first choice.
This was thought to be better than to
allow the Blaine forces to win a semi
victory in a similar manner. Mr.. James
said that Conkling actually left his seat
to go over and notify the Minnesota
delegation that they were going for
Window and urge them to do the rest,
when someone halted him and advised
delaying one more ballot. He accepted
the advice. This was fatal. On that
one ballot the stampede to Garfield be-
gan and then it was too late. If the
Grant BOG" had been added to win
dom, ten," it would have carried the
stampede in the Window instead of the
Garfield direction.
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Uepew, who had been one of his init
mate friends through many years and
who was thoroughly devoted to his poll
teal fortunes, to go ahead now and
champion him as a candidate. He had
withdrawn in good faith and had so in
formed Mr.. Depew. The agitators who
called at the Fifth Avenue Hotel never
succeeded in getting Mr.. Blaine to say
that he would be candidate. All that
they did succeed in was to obtain from
Mrs. Blaine assurances that she would
see that no more letters should be writ
ten, and she also gave the leading OPP
ponents of Mr.. Harrison to understand
that if Mr.. Blaine was nominated he
would accept.
Mr.. Blaine never affirmed to any one
who has appeared upon the surface
what he would do or would not do.
He was kept in negative attitude, and
If he had been nominated undoubtedly
the same influences which kept him in
that position would have made him ac-
cept the nomination.
Mr.. Depew evidently understood the
situation clearly, and saw that nom-
ination coming under such circum-
stances would only result in an over
whelming defeat for the party. His
position was very clear He had no
intimate relations with the opponents
of the Harrison administration. He
was previously committed to Mr.. Har-
rison after Mr.. Blaine withdrew. Mr..
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-12
THE AUDITORIUM CHICAGO.
CWhere Harrison was nominated in 1881

Blaine did not ask him to change that
attitude, and so Mr.. Depew entrenched
himself in the impregnable position of
taking his old leader at his word, re-
specting his carefully-expressed wishes,
written with due deliberation over his
own signature
The situation which followed was as
unfortunate as anything that could
have been devised by Mr.. Blaine's most
vigorous enemies. The campaign from
the start was foreordained to fail. It's
sole reason was a personal quarrel, and
its sole strength was in a union with
certain opposing elements in the party.
Mr.. Blaine's attitude, too, fettered
every one. He knew that he was in a
false position, and with his clear vision
must have seen the outcome. The fact
that throughout the campaign at Min
neapolis he never expressed a word to
the public, and, so far as is known,
sent no instructions to the people who
were supposed to represent him, shows
clearly what he must have thought OF
his own campaign.
uc lColNCHt uCNCl dohcu MI. bldlue
to write his original letter of with
drawal, and never asked him to make
public any further expressions of opin-
ion upon the subject. The February
letter was written without the solicita-
ton of any member of the administra-
ton family. After it was published
Mr.. Harrison decided to become can
didate, and this decision had the tacit
approval Of Mr.. Blaine. None of the
silly or malicious stories circulated in
any of the anti-Blaine circles could be
traced to any member of the admins
tration. None of them sought any
quarrel with Mr.. Blaine. On the con-
trary, they strenuously sought to avoid
a difference until they knew it was in
evitable.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-12

recognizing delegates who think they
have a duty to perform by claiming the
attention of the convention.
The telegraph facilities for dispatch
ing to every corner of the Nation the
names of the nominees will be ample.
Nine new copper wires are strung from
st. Louis to Chicago and six from Chi
cago to New York. About fifty loops
will be run into the Auditorium.
Wearied delegates can repair for re-
freshment to any number of gardens
and open-air restaurants and cafes,
where the best that st. Louis can offer
will be placed before them at prices
that may make them complain. But
what Is the loss Of few hundred dol
lars to an enthusiastic Republican,
fired with interest in his party's well
fare, and perchance, in some instances,
with irons of his own in the fire?
Thomas H. Carter of Montana, chair
man of the National Committee, will
call the convention to order. But i'm
portant work of the convention will
have been done by the National Com
mittee even before the delegates as
Gemble in their seats.
On the day preceding the convention
a temporary roll of delegates has to
be formed, for manifestly no State can
have the advantage of another in repre-
sentation. Some states will send con-
testing delegations, but only one set
can be seated. 1t would not be proper,
on the other hand. TO shut state out
entirely because of contests. Each must
have representation in the organiza-
ton of the convention. General Clark
son Of the National Committee from
Iowa says there will be about 10 con-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-12

| hour, but with the demands Of the flu
ture. They demand man broad enough
| to comprehend the relations of this
| government to the other nations of the
| earth. They demand a man well versed
in the powers, duties and prerogatives
of each and every department of this
| government. They demand a man who
will sacredly preserve the financial
| honor of tho United States; one who
| knows enough to know that the ma
tional debt must be paid through the
prosperity of this people; one who
knows enough TO know that all the
financial theories in the world cannot
redeem a single dollar; one who knows
enough to know that all the money
must be made, not by law, but by labor;
one who knows enough to know that
the people of the United States have
the industry to make the money, and
the honor to pay it over just as fast as
they make it.
The Republicans of the United States
demand a man who knows that pros
perity and resumption, when they come.
must come together; that when they
come, they will come hand in hand
through the golden harvest fields hand
in hand by the whirling spindles and
the turning wheels; hand in hand past
the open furnace doors; hand in hand
by the flaming FORCES; hand in hand by
the chimneys filed with eager fire.
greeted and grasped by the countless
sons of toll.
This money has to be dug out of
the earth. You can not make it by pass
ing resolutions in a political conven-
ton.
The Republicans of the United States
want a man who knows that this gov
eminent should protect every citizen,
at home and abroad; who knows that
any government that will not defend
it's defenders, and protect it's protectors,
is disgrace to the map OF the world.
They demand a man who believes in
the eternal separation and divorce
ment Of church and school. They de-
mand a man whose political reputation
Is spotless as a star; but they do not
demand that their candidate shall have
certificate of moral character signed
by confederate congress. The man
who has, in full, heaped and rounded
measure, all these splendid qualifea-
tions is the present grand and gallant
leader of the Republican party-James
y. Blaine.
Gentlemen of the convention, in the
name of the great Republic, the only
Republic that ever existed upon this
earth; in the name of all her defenders
and ali OF her supporters; in the name
of all her soldiers living in the name
of all her soldiers dead upon the field
of battle. and in the name of those who
persisted in the skeleton clutch of ia
mine at Andersonville and Libby,
whose sufferings he so wildly remem-
bers, Ilinois-Illinois dominates for
the next president of this country, that
prince Of parliamentarians-th lead
er of leaders-James G.. Blaine.
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The Importance of these declsiona "a
committee cannot be overestimaled,
for while they are in no way binding
upon the convention, the action of the
committee, based generally on good
and sufficient grounds, is seldom over
turned.
The National Committee selects also
by majority vote the temporary and
permanent chairman of the convention
that is to say, it selects name for each
position, to be presented to the con-
vention. A bitter contest may arise
within the National Committee over
these selections. Sometimes, as in
1892, the minority may withdraw their
candidate, and make the selection OF
temporary chairman unanimous, as
they did for j. Sloat Fassett. Again,
as in 1884, a majority and minority re-
port may be presented and the fight
brought to head in the opening Of
the convention.
AS the Democratic National Con-
vention in 1892, after Mr.. Cleveland's
friends, who controlled the Committee
on Resolutions, had prepared a tariff
plank under Mr.. Cleveland's supervi-
sion, the convention, which afterward
turned to and nominated Cleveland,
broke away at one word from Henry
and rejected the tariff plank
as presented by the Cleveland commit
tee. No better example of the Ameri-
can principle in politics-that the SOW
ereign will of the people must govern
lis accorded than in National con-