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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
SALE OF THE sEABOARD.
The Formal Transfer of the Proper
ty to Be Made in a Few Days.

ty TO BE Made in a Few Days.
Baltimore, Md, Oct. 2O.-The deal for the
transfer of the control of the Seaboard
Air Line system to the New York syndi-
cate has, it is stated, been closed, and the
formal transfer of the property will be
made in few days. The syndicate still
has thirty days in which to accept or re-
ject the terms of the present owners. but
it is understood that the syndicate will
not take advantage of the time limit, be-
ing satisfied if the expert examination
which is now being made into the finan-
cial and physical condition of the prop
erty Verties the last annual statement
of President Hoffman. This examination
will, it is said, be completed before the
end of the week, and the property will
then be formally turned over to the new
owners.
"A rumor was current to-day that Presi-
dent Hoffman had resigned, but he en-
phatically denied that he even contem-
plated such a step.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
RELIGION IN POLITICS.
A Baptist Organ Attacks a North
CaroIinn Candidate.

Raleigh. N. c.. oct. 2O.-The Biblical
Recorder, the organ Of the Baptist church
in North Carolina. to-day makes an at
tack on Robert M Douglass. who is the
populist and republican nominee for as
sociate justice of the state supreme court.
Douglass Is a son Of Stephen A. Douglass,
and is a Roman Catholic. 1t is for the lat
ter reason that the attack is made
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
M'KINLEY BOOMERS IN MICHIGAN.

Gen. Ayers Party Address the VO-
ters of Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 2O.-Gen. AL
gers special car bearing Gems. Howard
sickles, Marden, Stewart and Corpl. Tan
ner arrived in this city this evening with
the booming of cannon. After a parade
of marching clubs with 1000 torches,
public meeting was held in Lockerby hall,
where the generals addressed an audi
ence of 5000 on the sound money ques-
tiOn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
A BANANA COMPANY FAILS.
General Depression of Business the
Cause.

Cause.
New Orleans, Oct. 20.-The Bluefields
Banana Company, whose headquarters are
at Galveston, with a branch in this city,
has made an assignment The liabilities
are about $4,000, with assets valued at
$25, 600. The company was organized in Oc-
tober 1896, and had three steamers, which
piled between Galveston and Central Amer
lean points. OF late years the steamers
have come direct to New Orleans and the
company transacted most of It's business
from here. F. Conger, Of Galveston, was
president, and John Wilson, of New Or
leans, vice president. General depression
Of business is given as the cause of the
failure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
MORRILL, TO BE REELECTED.
The Joint Session to Take the For
NAL Ballot To-day.

Montpelier, VT. Oct. 20.-Both branches
of the legislature to-day elected Hon. JUS
tin s. Morrill, as United States senator, to
succeed himself for the full term Of six
years, beginning March A. 1897. The vote
in the House was Morrill, Fl; Herbert p
Brigham, democratic, II. There being no
democrats in the Senate, Mr. MorrilPs
election by that branch was unanimous
The joint session tomorrow, TO COM
plete the election, will simply be formal
proceeding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
A BISHOP OUT FOR GOLD.
He Issues a Letter Urging Voters to
Oppose Free Silver.

Chicago, H., Oct 2o.-Right Rev. George
F. Seymour, bishop Of the Quincy diocese
Of the Episcopal church. Quincy, ILL.,. has
come out with an open letter urging voters
to stand by the cause Of honest money.
The address is on the lines of Archbishop
Ireland's manifesto. Bishop Seymour has
not participated in a political discussion
before In thirty wears.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
GEN. LEE NOT COMING HOME.
The Spanish Soldiers Sick in HOspi-
tails Number II ,7IS. 44ar


Havana, Oct 2O.-The report that Consul
General Lee would return for time to
the United States on account of i'll health
is incorrect. He has not been Sick since
his arrival in Havana, and he has no in
tention of leaving his post of duty at
present.
1t is officially reported that there are
LIS sick soldiers in the various military
hospitals.
Four yawls, having the name Three
Friends painted upon them, have been
found on the beach at Juragua, province
of Santa Clara. They undoubtless belong
ed to the filibustering vessel of that name
and had been employed in landing arms,
etc. va ahc
Arcade Sanobria, prisoner of war, who
had been convicted of incendiarism, was
shot to-day at Matanzas,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
SMUGGLING SPIRITS.
Another Scheme For DodginS Duties
Discovered In Alaska.

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct 2O-In dis
charging the damaged cargo yesterday
from the steamship Umatilla, which re-
Gently ran on the rocks near this port
another Alaska smuggling scheme was
exposed. In the cargo was a large con-
signment of berreled sugar, destined to a
leading Alaska firm. The action of the
salt water melted the sugar and in the
center of each barrel was found a large
case of spirits. An investigation revealed
the fact that in recent months large
quantity of supposed sugar has been ship
ped to Alaska, and it is now reclxoned that
thousands of gallons of whisky and
brandy have been struggled into the ter
ritory in this manner. The customs au-
thorities are Investigating.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
Treosury cold Rcserye.

Washington, oct. 2O--rhe treasury gold.
at the close Of business to-day. stood at
1921, 550,073 The days Withdrawals at New
York were $233 100 There were deposited
$50. 600 IN gold in exchange for currency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
New York's Registration.

New York. Oct. 20.-According to the Of
fetal figures of the election bureau, which
are made public to-day, the total registra.-
ton in this city for the four days is $50, .
976.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
NIAsON's CHASE AFTER BRYAN.
He VIII Speak at Every Place Stop
ped mt by the Boy Orator.

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 2O.-The Illinois COM
mittee of the republican party decided to-
day to send ex-Congressman William E.
Mason of this city in a special train after
Candidate Bryan in his final tour of Il
linois, Iowa and Nebraska, ending at
Omaha on the night before election day.
in addition to having Mr.. Mason speak
close to the Bryan meeting place in Chi
cago. The plan is for Mason's train to fol-
low the Bryan special as close as the rail-
way companies will allow for safety, stop
at all the places Mr.. Bryan stops and, if
possible, speak to the crowds which will
gather to hear the silver nominee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
wLAuGHLIN GETS A NEW TRIAL.
The Court of Appeals Grants the In
snector,s PIen.

Albany, N ". oct. 2o,-The court of
appeals rendered a decision to-day in
which they grant Inspector Mclaughlin
of the New York police force a new trial
and allow him to move for a change Of
venue
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
ButIer Admitted to Practice.

washington, oct. 2O.--Ex-Senator Butler
Of South Carolina was admitted 20 prac-
tice before the supreme court Of the Unit
ed States this morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
MIcHIGAN's OFFICIAL BALLOT.
The prohibition Ticket Given the
Second Place.

Second Place.
Lansing, Mich, oct. 20.-The supreme
court has granted a mandamus requiring
the Wayne county electoral commission
to give the prohibition state ticket the
second place on the official ballot. The
court declares the gold democratic ticket
is entitled to a place on the ballot and
to the use of the word democratic" and
that the fusion ticket must take the place
assigned TO it by the committee, which
is the last on the ballot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
schools and Churches Closed.

Richmond, Va, Oct. 2O.-An outbreak OF
diphtherla in Woodstock, Shenandoah
county has necessitated the closing of the
SCHOOLS, and suspension Of church SER
vices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
SHOWING IN MICHIGAN.
The FIeecy Four Inches Deep and
May Impede Traffic.

Iron Mountain, Mich, Oct. ga heavy
snow storm set in here yesterday, ac-
companied by a stiff wind from the south
west. The storm continued all day, and
fully four inches Of snow fell, with every
Indication Of a continuance, which may
impede traffic throughout the upper pc
ninsula.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21

Gloversviile, n. Y, Oct. 2O.-Three
inches of snow fell in Wells Hamilton
county, this morning. A slight fan also
occurred in this city and county this
morning
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
RenssembIIng of Parliament.

London, Oct 20.-The Exchange Tele-
graph Company announces that the Brit
lsh parliament win reassemble Jan. 25
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21

London, Oct. 20.-The Times will to-mor-
row publish Constantinople dispatch,
dated Oct. 10, stating that the embassies
have complained to the porte against the
condemnation to death of an innocent Ar
menian named Vartun, whose release was
promised by the government. The porte
was warned that if the prisoner was not
released forthwith serious measures would
be taken Jointly by the powers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21

Milwaukee, Wis, oct. 2O,-Gon. Buck
ner arrived here at o'clock this after
noon. The train made brief stops at Ke-
nosha and Racine, where crowds of 500
and 1000 respectively were addressed by
Gen Buckner.
Gen. Buckner addressed a large au-
dience at the Pabst theater, in this city,
this evening. Gen Bragg spoke for an
hour and half, after which Gen. Buck
ner was introduced. He said that since
the first election of President Cleveland,
under both of his administrations, sec
tionalism has been unknown in the coun-
try. Bryan, he said, had openly preached
sectionalism by his talk of going into
the enemy's country. Wherever there is
patriotism" Gen. Buckner declared
there is no enemys country" He then
entered upon a discussion OF the money
question, his principal contention being
that the history of the world has shown
the impossibiity of keeping silver and
gold at a parity at any given ratio.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
BUcKNER GOES TO MILwArKEE
Palmer and BraNg to Join Him on
His Tour.

Chicago, H.. Oct. 2o.-Gen. Buckne of
Kentucky, candidate OF the national dem
ocratic party for Vice President, left for
Milwaukee and the northwest via the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad at II
o'clock tonight. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Buckner, Ellis b. Usher secre-
tary of the national campaign committee,
and J. J. Hogan of La Crosse, Wis. Gen.
Palmer was unable to join Gen. Buckner
in his trip through Wisconsin, being
called to Bloomington yesterday to attend
the funeral of a near relative. He will
leave Bloomington tomorrow and pro-
coed direct to st. Paul, where he VIII
join the special train and resume the
journey through the states of Minnesota,
Nebraska and Iowa,
Gen. Edward S. Bragg of Wisconsin,
who was expected to accompany Gen.
Buckner through Wisconsin, telegraphed
to-day that owing to a pressing profess
sional engagement, he would not he able
to go before Thursday. The special train
viii make brief stops at Kenesha and
Racine, and tonight Gen. Buckner will
make an address in Milwaukee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
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VANS LATEST MASSACRE.
The Turks Kidnap the Prettiest Of
the Women and Kill the Rest.

st. Petersburg, Oct 20.-The Viedomsti
publishes some details of the latest mas
sacre of Armenians at Van, that were OBJ
tanned from fugitives who have arrived
at Etchmiadzin. The Kurds. who perpe-
trated the massacre openly declare that
they fulfilled the will of the sultan. The
story is the same as those that have been
repeatedly told during the past two years.
The Kurds butchered the men in cold
blood, kidnapped the prettiest women,
buried children alive outraged the priests
and desecrated the churches. The work
of the murderers was thoroughly done,
and there now remains no Armenian peas
ants in the vicinity of VAN
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
4 Substitute for prnyCr.

A very funny, II somewhat irrcver-
ent. story Is told of a West Franklin
man who was taken very i'll. Two
clergymen, hearing of their brothers
misfortune, called upon him to offer
spiritual consolation. They were
warmly received by the sick man who
asked them to pray for him and en-
pressed his belief in religion as a
great thing for a man, especially in
case of Sickness" To this one of the
good ministers replied that it was
good at all times; for the young and
middle-aged, and when a man got to be
old, infirm and lame its worth could
not be told" At this the eyes of the
sick man frightened and forgetting his
weakness, he said:
II know something that beats it all
hollow for lameness and that is pure
skunk's grease. without n ~blankety
blank particle of lard in IT.. I've got it
to sell at 81 a pint"'-L.ewiston NIe.)
Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

need to steal in order 10 replenish
their, wardrobes.
The Brooks live in n handsome row OF
houses which are five stories high in
front and four In the rear, the fifth
floor front extending back only half
way and containing the servants
rooms. The roofs of the fourtei floors
down the whole row were Joined, so
1t was an easy matter for any thief to
get out on this roof and enter the win
.dows OF any house in the row. This
was successfully done by Florence.
who could run along there without
causing any comment. Some 81, 0
worth OF goods were taken before the
girls were discovered. Mrs. Trow-
bridge, a young bride. had stolen a $50
opera cloak; the waist of her wedding
gown. with its $i00 worth of lace on il.
and several suits of expensive lingerie;
Mrs. Muscr. the widow of a lace import
er, suffered most heavily. losing seven
ty-five yards OF precious lace, several
silk gowns, silk stockings, feather fans
and such expensive trinkcts. Mrs.
Trowbridge's gowns had been made by
Worth in Paris.
When the Brock girls were first sus-
pected, from a remark Florence LEI,
drop, two policemen visited the house,
and while one went upstairs to search
the other talked with Georglana and
her mother. Georgiana was cool and
collected and asked why they did not
search the p~awnshops for the lost
goods, She denied that some trunks
which she had sent away contained
anything but her W wearing apparel,
but when the detectives. accompanied
by Mrs. Trowbridge. went to the stor-
age house Georgiana put In an appear
ance and when the trunk was opened
stood by while Mrs. Trowbridge near
ly tainted at the recovery of her Worth
gowns. The detectives asked what was
at the bottom OF the trunk, and the girl
said nothing but a couple of old gowns
of hers and some books. Search being
made the most valuable of the stolen
articles were found instead.
The girls are extremely handsome.
with olive compilations. black hair and
big, lustrous eyes that look innocen,
and young. The whole family was con,
sidered queer" by the neighbors, WIZ
would not allow their children to play
with Florence, who was a tomboy ant
the incarnation of mischief: she was
also addicted to swearing, was saucy
md considered incorrigible.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

day long, says DR.. LEM, most of the
people of Arauan sit in the darkest
corners of their houses in order to
escape. in some measure, the attacks
Of these pests. The better class of p"o-
pie do not attempt to leave their
houses except early in the morning an!
after nightfall.
There are other reasons for the Sc
oiusion of the people in their dwellings
during the day time. DIR. LEM says he
experienced no such intense heat in
any other part Of the Sahara IA in this
SAID basin. The fierce rays of the trop-
zeal sun beat upon these sands with no
mitigating influence, and while the sun
is high above the horizon most of the
people prefer their darkened rooms.
Hot sand storms from the south are
aSo frequent and everybody seeks
shelter when they come. There is not
one of the clay-walled houses OF Arau-
an into which the sand does not find
means Of entering during the prevail
cnce Of these wild wind storms. The
blow that DR.. LEM experienced lasted
only a half hour, but before 1t was
ever a stratum of sand completely cov-
eyed the floor, and there was sand in
his closed goods boxes and even in his
watch. Everybody indoors had his
face covered. and yet the finer particles
of the san got under the coverings
somehow. and into eyes, ear and
mouth and nose.
IL q man is caught Il in the open
when II of these storms occurs there
Is nothing to do except to wrap up the
head with a cloth as tightly as possible.
lie Hat on ones face, and wait for the
tlLnS to blow over. We call this phe-
nomcnon IA simeon, but that name for
1t Is not known in Arauan.
The town Is very unhealthful, he
cause the people are confined to their
houses so much OF the time, and be-
cause their food brought all the way
from Timbuctoo Is never fresh, often
vary poor, and sometimes scanty. And
yet those never-failing we'll make this
barren place a haven OF rest and re-
treatment that is greatly priced by she
caravans toiling across the desert.
There Is a ~converging of a number of
the routes from the Mediterranean
coast AT this spot, and the sheiks,
whose people live at Arauan. make n
INT income by levying a small tax uson
all the goods that are carried through
the place and by safeguarding cara
vans between Arauan and Timbuctoo.
a bit OF country where they are likely
to meet bands Of marauding Tuaregs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
A Young Girl and "a Little B.ar.

A few days ago Miss Grace Duckett
had quite an adventure, While return
turning in the evening from one Of her
neighbours Miss Grace met a bear. In
stead OF screaming and running, she,
with the help Of her dog, forced bruin
up a tree, where she left him till she
could so to one Of the ~neighbor's for
help. A. ID .McDougall went with Ter
to the place where tho bear was freed.
Miss Duckett herself cut the tree down
and when it fell they succeeded in cap-
turing the bear alive. 1t proved to be a
fine cub and Is very liyely.-Colvllll
CWash.D Index.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
BULAWAYO'S MARKET SQUARE
Lager Prepared for the shelter o.
Women and Children.

bl''ihi i'NA'l
This is n picture OF the lager OF
camp which was built in the market
square at Bulawayo as soon as it was
feared that the revolted Matabelo;
might attack the town. One night
early in April, IT was reported tina
1000 Matabeles were only twelve milo;
away and were about to advance on the
place. Within an hour everybody II
the town except the pickets was col
iected in this lager.
NOn-combatants could be better shell.
tered inside this square of wagons than
In any other part of the town. In feet.
II was believed that the lager had
been made practically ~impregnable to
the natives. Just outside thees wagons
a strong barbed-wire fence has been
placed. Under the outside row oil
wagons, and in the narrow spaces be-
tween them, were sand bags to shelter
the armed projectors OF the camp
Maxim guns were in position at three
corners of the laager. Several times
the natives came quite close to Bula-
wayo. 1t was believed that II worst
came to worst, and the natives suc.
ceeded,in penetrating to the neighbor'
hood of the camp, they would bf
moved down by the MaXims.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
Vengeance Oyrripok him.

The other morning early pedestrians
who happened to pass the court house
and Jail in ST. Bernard parish. La.
were Mortified to see swaying in the
breeze the body Of n man. Sheriff
Nuncs was told and Immediately or
dered that the body be cut down. This
was done and then 1t was seen that the
Judge Lynch were those of Jim Dag
gle, alias Jim Glemly. a negro.
The news reached New Orleans Mon
day evening from st. Bernard parish
that a negro had attempted to assault
a white woman Sunday morning in
front of the Poydras plantation. The
news of the attempted assault spread
through the parish and in a short time
everyone was on the trail OF the as
sailant.
The victim was a white married
m named Mrs. Molcso. Sunday.
while accompanied by a young sister
and child, who were going to an ad-
Joining plantation. they met the negro.
VINO, when he got near the ladies.
seized Mrs. Moleso and threw her on
the ground. The woman screamed for
aid and was heard by a man on a road
cart, who FASTENED to the scene and
arrived just in time to see the negro
escape and gave chase. The negro
was captured and placed in the parish
prison Of st. Bernard.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
Mt? IN; gar
%tisS$a 4, At2ts. 9"
"1saI t0s fa
THE LAGER.

Thus far the white people in Mata'
beleland have been able to do very
little except to keep Bulawayo,to which
they all flocked, out of the hands of the
natives. But they have taught the
.reyolted blacks some very severe les
sons in the fights within a few miles
OF the town. So for some time the
Matabeles have given Bulawayo a wide
berth and have retired to the Matoppo
hills in the east and to the very rough
and bushy country to the west of the
town. 1t is to dislodge them from
these districts. particularly from the
Matoppo range, and to thoroughly COW
them by a good d~rubbing that the re-
endorsements are needed which are
now slowly and painfully making their
way north along the difficult route
from Mafeking.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
GRANNY Would Be Young Again.

One of the queer sights on Broad
way. New York, is a little old lady who
appears in an astonishing combination
of juvenile raiment, including a jaunty
hat that would be gay for a girl of Is.
She is about - years old and is mar
ried to a man of %. They live at a
fashionable hotel that fronts on Madi-
son square. Their appearance together
never fails to invite comment, simply
because fine feathers do not make
young birds.