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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
PROGRESS or THE SOUTH.
A Number of Important Projects
Under Way.

Baltimore. Nd, May ESPECIAL reports
to the Manufacturers Record covering
the business interests Of the south for
the week, show a considerably larger
number of important matters than for
the preceding week.
The Watts iron and steel syndicate of
AIiddlesb borough, Ky, is preparing to
start its large steel plant built several
years ago at cost OF about 81 100000 to
roll ingOts' into slabs and btlets. This
company mas mad one OF It's furnaces in
operation for five or six months making
pig iron, and the starting up of this large
steel plant promises to have a very ma
terial effect upon the question of steel
making in the south
Some contracts are being let for the
equipment of the steel plant to be built
at B-rmin CHAM by the Birmingham roll
ing Mill Company.
Cotton mil enterprises include a 100000
company at Hickory Grove, 5. c., a 10000
spindle mill a Clinton; an increase of
capital stock of $75, 600 at Chester for the
purpose Of adding l1,000 spindles, and a
subscription of $4,000 for building a mill
at Blacksburg, S. c.
Pennsylvania people have purchased 2S,-
600 acres of timber land IN Alabama for
immediate development.
In Florida an enterprise has been started
for cultivatng camphor trees for the man
ufacture of camphor.
Contracts have been let for the equip
ment of q lotion cotton seed oil mill at
Augusta, Ga, and an SO-ton oil mill at
Cisco. Tex.
A 100000 electric light company has been
organized a GreenVille, Miss; contracts
have been let for a gold reduction plant
in North Carolina to handle fifty tons
daily; the iron furnace at Greensboro, n.
c., built several years ago and never OPP
Grated will be put into blast; a water
power electric plant will be developed at
a cost of 100000 in South Carolina; a S20,
COO oil mill has been organized at Sumter,
and a concern has been established al
Knoxville to manufacture pianos and $40,
GOO company at Houston, Tex, to make
hay presses.
Important buildings for the week include
a seven-story Office building in Atlanta, a
100000 round house and machine shops
contract for buildings at the University
of Virginia and an union depot at Middle
borough, KY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
CORPSES AND CHAOS.
Continued from First Page)

A0OnllnuCu from 4 lI5l Idktt
ing No. 100 South Broadway and Louis
Otanad. president of the Otanad Furui-
Lestner. a bookkeeper, We're buried IN
the ruins The latter was rescued after
an hours hard work by police and volun-
tcers. He was severely bruised ana his
right arm was broken. The others had not
been extricated from the mountain OF
debris early this morning
AT ChOutean and South JEFFERSON avenue
and the streets to the southeast Of them
the scene of destruction was appalling.
Many houses We're reduced TO piles OF
brick and lumber, the front OF Others
We're torn off and the resulting debris
Joined with the poles. rendered the way
impossible. The extinction of the electric
lights rendered II impossible to reach the
injured with ambulances or TO convey the
killed to the mOrgue
The scene on Grand avenue, from the
fair grounds to Carondelet, after the storm
resembled a thoroughfare Of a beseiged
city after a heavy bombardment by the en-
emy's guns. The street was streWu from
end to end with trees, broken branches,
broken telegraph. telephone and electric
light poles that made traffic OF every kind
both tedious and dangerous in the dark
ness. and amid the fallen wires, and II was
with great difficulty that pedestrians
made their way along the sidewalks, Whch
were strewn with debris OF every de-
scription.
The Green Brewery at Third street,
and .Clark avenue. was badly wrecked
and the scandinavian church, on the
southwest corner of Twenty third street
and Clark avenue, was picked up ana
turned completely over.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
LESTER AND THE POSTOFFIcE
THE COLONEL MAKING A GALLANT
UPHILL FIGHT.

He Makes an Effort 10 Induce the
House 10 Override Speaker Reeds
Decree against Appropriations
for Public BuiIdings-The House
Declines to Accede to His Request
The Fight to be Carried Before the
senate.
Washington. May S.-Representative
Lester is making a gallant fight 10 secure
the additional appropriation for the Sa-
vannah public building. He tried 10 induce
the House 10 overrule or set aside the
decree Of Speaker Reed. that no money
shall be appropriated for public buildings,
but ne could not get enough votes to sus-
tain his motion, so the item again goes
back TO conference.
When the conference report on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill came up for
consideration in the House to-day. Repre-
sentative Lester made q speech explain
ing the nature of the Savannah item, ana
showed why it was necessary that the
cost limit should be stretched 10 the $780,
600 mark. He explained that the build
ing is now in course of construction. and
also that the Secretary of the Treasury.
backed by the supervising architect of
the treasury, recommends the proposed
increase.
The item was opposed by Chairman
Cannon, who made the point that the
House conferees rejected every public
proposition in the bill that had been in
serted by the Senate and ne urged the
House not TO make an exception in the
case of Savannah.
On the other hand, Representative Les
ter urged those members who had SINH
lar items in the bill to stand together and
sustain the amendments of the Senate.
II was evident that the House conferees
had a majority with them, and the vote
that followed showed that the HOUSE does
not care TO spend any money this session
in public buildings.
Col. Lester says the fight is not yet over,
for he is confident that the Senate confer
ees viii hold out for the Savannah item
and eventually induce the House to yield.
The House conferees slowed an inclina-
lie buildings before the conference report
was concluded, by accepting the Senate
amendment providing $4,000 for certain
improvements on the New York city post
office building, and also the appropria ion
for building in Arkansas
Representatives Tate Turner and Bart
lett were the only members of the Georgia
delegation TO aid Mr.. Lester in his fight
Many of the members who have public
building bills buried In committee played
Dog in the manger" when their votes
might have been given to Representative
Lester.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
NEW YORK's POsTOFFICE.
The House Votes in Favor of Max
ing improvements.


Washington. May 2S.-In the House to-
day consideration was resumed of the
conference report upon the sundry civil
appropriation bill. A vigorous fight was
waged over the question of concurring in
the amendment appropriating $4,000 to
make necessary alterations in the New
York postoffice building for the benefit of
the courts held there. The friends of the
amendment were successful-9O to 32-4nd
by that vote the House concurred in the
amendment.
Then, on motion by Mr.. Cannon, the
House recopsidered the vote by which 1t
had yesterday insisted upon the disagree
ment to the amendment apprOprlatng S45,-
Geo for the Improvement of the building at
Little Rock, Ark. A further conference
was ordered.
Discussion was then resumed of the
contested election case Of Johnson vs..
Stokes, from the Seventh South Carolina
district, Mr.. OVerStreet, rep, OF Indiana,
speaking in favor of seating Mr. Johnson.
1t was deVeloDed in his remarks that
there were four reports in the case, the
majority agreeing, however, upon the pro-
position that Mr.. Stokes was entitled to
retain his seat
Chairman Mccall was Of the opinion that
neither party TO the contest was elected.
Mr. Overstreet argued that under the
concessions made by more than a major
lly OF the committee If the registration law
OF South Carolina was unconstitutional,
the voters who had been deprived of the
opportunity to vote having endeaVOred to
90 so, should have their votes counted.
Were that done, the result must be, con-
tended Mr. Overstreet to establish the
Flght of Mr.. johnson tO-the seat.
The views of Representative Codding
rep, of Pennsylvania upon the case were
read by Mr.. DeArmOnd, dem, of Missouri
member of the committee, the author
himself being abent. Mr. DeArmond ar
gued the case upon the theory that the
only question involved was, whether, IN
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
A MODERN JONAH.
Adventures of Whaler BARLEY That
UDsets Critics of biblical Narra-
From the washington Post


From the Washington Post.
Under the caption "Un Emule de Jonas
"a Rival Of Jonas'D, the Partisan maga-
zine Cosmos relates the following extra
ordinary event, Of SURPRISING interest, be-
cause Of its similarity to a Scriptural mar
rative which pseudo-scientists and infidelz
have time out of mind sought to ridicules
In February, 1891, the whaler Star OF the
East, sailing IN the vicinity of the Falk-
land Islands, let down two whaleboats
IN order to overtalke and capture an enor-
nous cetacean short distance away. The
whale was narpooned ana morally wound
Cd, but in its dying commissions d stroke OF
its tail shattered one Of the boats TO pieces,
All the sailors who had manned the boat
were rescued with the exception of two.
The corpse of one Of these was recovered.
but that of the other man, named James
BARLEY, could not be found.
As soon as the monster had ceased fta
movements, and the men were thoroughly.
satisfied of its death, the work Of cutting
up began. A day and a night were con-
stunned IN this operation, and on its COM
pletion the whales stomach was opened.
Imagine the establishment of the sailors
on finding therein their lost comrade,
James BARLEY, unconscious, but still
alive 1t was a difficult matter, as may
well be supposed to bring him to himself.
For number of days he was a prey to
outbursts of violent madness, and it was
impossible to get rational word from
him. Only at the expiration of three
weeks did BARLEY fully recover his reason,
and become capable Of giving an account
of lis Impressions while incarcerated in
his strange prison.
Il remember perfectly" said he, 'tha
moment when the whale threw me up
into the air. Then 1 was engulfed. and
found myself shut up in a slipper case.
whose contractions obliged me to go down
deeper The next thing / knew / was in
a very large bag, and, feeling about me
on all sides, / concluded that 1 had been
swallowed by the whale, and was now in
it's stomach. ] could still breathe though
with much difficulty, but / was oppressed
by a heat so intolerable that Ii seemed
as though ! was being boiled alive"
1t is interesting TO note that some Cath
olic exegetists have indicated an inter-
probation of the Jonah narrative more in
accord, than IT'S literal sense with what
is known as scientific data. Origen and
Cardinal Cajetan, for instance, held that
the narrative was purely and simply an
Illegory, and this opinion was never
condemned by the church, which Illustrates
the fact that non-condemned opinions are
not necessarily true ones. 1t has always
appeared to us that our Lords citing the
case of Jonah in the whales belly as a
sign Of His own resurrection was ample
proof that the narrative should be ac-
cepted as true in its primary and literal
sense. In any case, the adventure OF
James BARLEY demonstrates that there
is no especial need of drawing on the
Imagination for an adequate explanation
Of this particular Biblical miracle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
A VICTORY FOR THE RAILROADS.
The Complaint Against the Joint
Traffic Association Dismissed.

New York, May 2S.-Judge Hoyt H.
Wheeer, in the United States circuit court
for the Southern district of New York,
to-day handed down a decision dismissing
the bill of complaint brought by the United
States government in the suit in equity
against the Joint Traffic Association. He
held that under the sections of the inter
state commerce law, upon which the case
the association.
The bill of complaint in the case of the
United States against the Joint Traffic As
ISOLATION was drawn and argued by United
the government, James c. Carter, 4. j.
Phelps, and G. F. Edmunds arguing for
the railroads The bill was filed Jan g.
District Attorney McFarlane says the case
will now go to the United states supreme
court t
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERIANs.
Chicago Selected as the Place for the
Next Meeting.

Birmingham. Ala, May 2S.-The general
assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church will probably adjourn tomorrow.
Chicago has been selected as the next
place of meeting.
The minority report from the commit
tee on theological seminaries, asking for
a deliverance from the assembly granting
a degree of Bachelor of Divinity to Mrs
Mary Hunter Bixler, member of the grad
uating Gloss of Lebanon seminary, was
adopted by a vote of 81 to q.
At the afternoon session a solemn ser
vice in memory of deceased members
was held.
At the night session the report of the
committee on oVertures, making a dec
laration that the doctrine of sanctifica-
ton is a distinct work of grace was
adopted after some debate
The location of the orphans home is
entrusted to a committee to be appointed
by the moderator
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29

No. adult cloth casket trimmed com
plete
No. adult cloth casket. trimmed COM
plete.
No charge for children's casket Metal
lie caskets, s..
See sample Of pine cases others are SELL
ing for best chestnut lumber. They are
chestnuts sure All wood caskets made
out Of best chestnut lumber.
The combination has not been heard
from yet, but people who are in the mar
ket for collins are eagerly waiting to see
the next offer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29

der the conditions prevailing at that time,
the contestee was elected or should the
case be referred 10 the people? Under
no condition, he cOntended, could Ny
Johnson be entitled TO his seat.
At the conclusion of Mr. DeArmond's
speech, which occupied an hour and a
half. the House at 5:15 o'clock adjourned
until tomorrow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
OUR CLOSING
OUT SALE

different other sale this before Most
The
stock that pro6taby That low
a
n
stock IS e al a
quite OF cash
FAE X O. oTHTNG co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
Memorial Day.

was observed as confederate memorial
day. and sixteen hundred soldiers graves
al the University Of Virginia were
strewn with flowers. Judge Il. T. w.
Duke, Jr., was the orator.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29

Poets" said the corn-fed philosopher,
ARE not made, as we all know. But take
it that the reason they are not made is
that there would be no money in a poet
factory. Indianapolis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-29
REMEMBER
THIS.


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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-04-04
Homicide In Mexico.

The Mexican Herald, newspaper
printed in the City of Mexico, calls at
tention to the statistics for 1894, which
show that during that year there We're
432 homicides in the city. and 1875 per-
sons were wounded. This makes 1875
homicides for each 100000 of the popu-
lation, and 2,25s wounds for the same
number. Now, in other countries the
homicides per 100000 of population
stand as follows: Italy has 1867, Spain
1910, Austria 3.11, Belgium 2.52, Eng
land 1.so. This is the percentage per
year for each 100000 inhabitants, while
the City of Mexico has 1875 per 100, 900.
A murder is committed in that city
every "a hours, and in every rs hours
81 persons are wounded. = st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-04-04
A CALIFORNIA BEE VILLAGE.
Where the Honey Is Found That Rivals
the Nectar of the Gods.

Il
| the Nectar of the Gods.
The month of May is the carnival of
bee life in California, and at no other
time of the year is the half work, half
play of "bee-ranching" so wholly fasci-
rating and delightful. After spring
| showers are over, delicious warmth
and fragrance steam up from the cir
cling foothills, where every notch and
| byway is choked with Towering Wild
wood The long blooming slopes
stretch sunnily to fruitful valleys, and
the whole riotous floral zone is voiced
by honey-hunting bees. Their lilli-
putian cities are seen just without the
open arms of canyons, the white hives
arranged with the precision of dwell
ings, along the streets. Sometimes
these mimic thoroughfares are shaded
by scattering oaks and sumac, or the
green umbrellas of elderberry bushes,
now fringed with freighted, creamy
clusters. Where there are no indigen-
Gus trees it is not unusual for the
thrifty apiarist to plant grape-vines
and orchard rows between the hives,
which serve the double purpose of
shade and forage. \ neighboring bee
ranch is often four to five miles dis
tant, and again this Palestine of the
new world shows leagues on leagues OF
ideal pasturage, left solely to the har-
yeSting of wild bees and various species
of wasp and humming-bird, or to that
interesting lover of sweets, the Mex
lean honey-ant.
a typical western apiary belongs to
the foot-hill region of southern Califor-
MIA. Here the atmosphere has that de-
gree of heat and dryness essential to
an abundant saccharine flow, and the
high gravelly soil grows luXuriancc
of notwithstanding plants, the chief of
which are the numerous varieties OF
sage. During the blossoming of these
aromatic spikes the amount of honey
stored by strong colonies is almost in
credible. a summers product will
often average IS to 200 pounds hive,
and instances are not uncommon where
a single Italian swarm has produced
! GOO pounds of extracted honey in
one year. This sage honey has rare
virtues, and is said to be more dclect-
able than the famed nectar of Hymet-
tus or Chamouni, and whittier and finer
favored than the celebrated honey
combs of Atacama. To set ones teeth
through an eNquisitely frail comb
Drumming with the delicate nectar of
the white sage-Audibertia-is gust
atory relish not TO be otherwise
equaled. More especially is this true
if one has all the concomitants-a
warm clean stone under n singing syca-
more, mountain air spiced with count
less odors, the monotone of bees ut
their yoluptuous toll, landscape bill
lowing up to gigantic SUBMITS. and
stream hard by to keep the shout up
in the heart.-Ninctta Eames, in Har-
per's Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-04-04
LATER.

Alvin y. Stone, II wealthy farmer
aged 6S his wife. Serena. aged So.
were murdered by some one unknown at
their home near Talimad~c. o., and Ira
Stillson, the hired man. WAS fatally
and two daughters, Emma. aged -
and Hattie, aged %. seriously injured
The entire business portion of Wes-
ton, w. Va. WAS burned the loss being
over $l5O.00O.
Pinar del Rio, the stronghold of the
Spanish army in the western part OF
Cuba. was taken by tie insurgents and
destroyed.
The Glenmore worsted mills in Phila-
delphia were burned, the loss being
$l30,00O.
4 windstorm blew down the house of
ii. \. Vaughn in Cleveland and Mrs.
Sarah Bradford and Miss Emma Deit-
rich. who were in bed asleep, were
crushed 20 death.
Eogge & Koch, toy importers at Bal
timore, Md, failed for $50 900.
Two warehouses of the Pleasure
Ridge Park Distilicry company at
Louisville were destroyed with all their
contents, including over 10000 barrels
of whisky, the loss being S425,0O0.
sharp earthquake shock was felt
at Rawiins, Wyo., houses being swayed,
but no serious damage was done.
Three hundred Chinese were blown
to atoms by the explosion Of maga-
zine attached to the fort at Karg, in
China.
Fire destroyed the Sunday Leader
Office at Springfield, o.
Fred Gorrell, a molder at West CO.
iumbus, o., aged 81. shot his wife, aged
II, and then cut his throat with "A razor.
Jealousy was the cause.
Two of the leading banks in st. Louis,
the Commercial and the st. Louis ma.
tional, consolidated.
Jim and Frank Tilman and Lucy Law
were instantly killed by a rock falling
from ledge and crushing through the
house where they were sleeping at Echo,
| W. Va.
The American schooner William
Todd, from Mobile. Ala, was fired upon
by two Spanish gunboats six miles or
the Isle of Pines.
Lightning destroyed the house of
Jacob Refill. a farmer at Spring Valley,
Mimi, killing his wife and two sons and
the hired man.
In the presence of 10000 people the
largest vessel of the United States navy
was launched at the Cramp shipyards
in Philadelphia and named Iowa. Miss
Mary Lord Drake, daughter of the gov
Iernor OF Iowa, christened the vessel.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-04-04
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Mrs. Jennie II. Kimball, of Philadel-
phia, the comic opera manager, died in
q private car at the union depot in ST.
Paul of pneumonia, aged As years.
William ii. Webster, chief civil scrv-
ice examiner, died suddenly of heart
disease at his home in Washington,
aged IS years. H,s.- ~
Edward Hopkins (colored), aged 1903
years, died at Rome, N. Y.
DR.. Moses NJ. Roger, a retired physi-
clan in Chicago, made arrangements for
his own funeral, and soon afterward
died suddenly.
The republicans of New York in.state
convention in New York city nominated
Levi p. Morton as their candidate for
the presidency on Il platform indorsing
the gold standard and protective tariff
with reciprocity. The delegates at
large are Thomas c. Platt, Warner Mil
Ter, Chauncey NJ. Depew and Edward
Lauterback.
The republicans of Minnesota in con-
vention at Minneapolis selected dele
gates TO the national convention who
favor Mckinley for president. The
platforn~renews pledges of devotion to
protection and reciprocity and opposes
the free coinage of silver under existing
conditions.
Mrs. Charlotte Willie died at her home
in Manitowoc, Wis, aged 1906 years.
In Missouri the republicans nomi.
mated II. +. Lewis for congress in the
Sixth district and renominated w M
Treloar in the Ninth district.
The republicans in state convention mt
Huron, S. d.. declared against free sill
yer. favored protective tariff, and in.
structed the delegates to work for the
nomination Of Mckinley at st. Louis.
Brig. Gen. Thomas Lincoln Casey, re-
tired, for many years chief of engi.
necrs of the United States army, died In
Washington, aged IS years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-04-04

Very few people have ever seen q
bull moose shed his horns. This trans
formation usually takes place between
January and January s, during which
time the animal is very ugly. The bull
moose in the Ellerton moose park in
Roseau commenced shedding his horns
on the date mentioned, and during the
process performed some queer antics.
He would run and jump at everything
in his way, butt trees and fences, and
his mates were driven by the big fell
low hither and thither. \ kicking
bronco was turned in the park, and for
few minutes the fight was terrific.
the bronco coming out winner with
his heels. Finally the moose backed
away and made run for the horse.
This was too much for the bronco, who
fled for dear life, with the moose in
full pursuit. The race was made around
the corral ten times before the moose
could be stopped and the horse taken
away from the enraged animal, which
was accomplished with no little trouble
and danger-Minneapolis journal.