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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
THE NEWS AT ATHENS.
Prof. Riley Invited 90 GO TO Ala
bnmn-Other Matters.

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Athens. Ga, Aug. 16.-Prof. B. F.
Riley, professor of English In the Unlver-
city OF Georgia, has been rendered by Gov
w. G. oates. Of Alabama, the presidency
of the Alabama Girls Industrial School.
The salary attached TO this position Is
5000 per annum, the same that DR.. Riley
now receives. DR.. Riley has the offer un-
der consideration, but II is not believed
that he will sever his connection with the
university DR.. Riley Is an eminent Bap-
tist minister, who was president of How
ard College, East lake, Ala. when he was
called TO MI the chair Of English in the
University Of Georgia, made vacant by
the death OF Prof. Charles Morris.
city court win be convened by Judge
Cobb tomorrow. On account Of the heat
no cases Of Importance viii be called un-
I'll the weather moderatos. Judge Cobb
takes this course IN answer TO q petition
from the members Of the Athens bar, and
other citizens interested in the cases on
docket.
The Athens knitting mills which were de-
stroyed by fire in February, are now run
ming in full blast. Forty-seven machines
are in operat tion, three more than were in
the old plant, and fifteen additional ma
chimes have been ordered and are now on
the way to Athens.
Despite the not weather and the fact
that the election Is over four months
on, the municipal campaign has been
opened by Mr.. George r. Hodgson Offer
ing for alderman from the Fourth ward.
Other candidates will soon begin to an
nounce.
Mrs. John Calvin johnson, wife of the
editor of the Oconee Enterprise, died of
fever yesterday at her home in Watkins
vile.
Mr. William Childers died here yester-
day after long illness with typhoid
fever.
Athens Is to make a new departure IN
the public schools. Hitherto a lady has
been principal of Baxter street school,
The board of education has decided TO
elect a male principal there next session.
and several applicants for the place have
already been filed.
The normal school teachers returned
yesterday from Tallulah Falls, where
they spent a delightful trip Friday and
Saturday.
Mr. Monroe Dearlng has returned to
his home in Savannah after visiting rela-
tiVes in this city,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
ONE WING OF THE ARMY.
Plans For the Republican League
Clubs Convention.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-At the national repub-
lican league clubs headquarters in the
Auditorium hotel, the Presidential cam
paign has given place in interest Temporal
rily to the leagues politics anent the Mil
waukee convention. In the matter of To-
cation for the next convention, Portland,
Oregon, New Orleans. Omaha, Detroit and
Boston are competitors. Representatives
are on the ground working for their cities.
The next question Of Importance, that Of
President, centers around James T. Web
ster, of Omaha; d. ID. Woodmanse, Of
Cincinnati, and C. L. Gordon, of Chicago,
with Mr.. Gordon at present leading
x-Postmaster-Genera Wanamaker. ex-
Senator John j. ingalls,, United States
Senator Wellington of Maryland, and Con-
gressman McCleary of Minnesota, will be
among the 1900 delegates, and will assist
in the speech-makng.
Hotel arrangements alone have been
made for 1900 visitors.
The league has decided to wind up the
national campaign a few days before
the election, with a street parade and
speech-making demonstrations In Cbica-
go, which it Is proposed to make the big
gest affair of the campaign. Every state
League in the union will be asked to par
ticiDate -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
INDIAN RELICS FOUND.
Earthenware, Pipes and spikes Dug
Up-VnIdosta News Notes.

Valdosta. Ca. Aug. &c. a. Carter. 4
farmer of Mud Swamp. was IN the city
yesterday with an old Indian pipe. which
his children found while plowing in his
neld. The pipe weighed one and three
quarter pounds, and was very much like
a flint lock, though it is supposed TO have
been made out Of something like SOAP
stone, which had become petrihed. Be
sides the pipe, pieces Of Indian earthen-
ware, spikes. etc, were found In the
field which leads to the belief that an old
Indian settlement was once In that neigh-
borhood. Mr.. Cawthorn was offered good
prices FOR the Old pipe by relic hunters,
but he refused TO part with IL.
There have been several entries into the
political races in this county during ths
last week and things promise TO be lively
with the candidates from now until after
the primaries.
w. w. Webb OF Hahira has been pushed
into the legislative race by some OF his
friends in that section Of the county, ana
IL Is understood that he is running on the
prohibition platform, though subject to
the democratic primary. one or two can
didates have announced for all Of the
other offices during the last week. As
yet the popullsts have no man In the race
for any office, and there IS no talk now
that they will have. The sacrlhcial victims
are getting scarce among the popuists OF
this section.
The prohlbitionists here are not very
much enthused over Mr.. Wrights nom
ination for governor, though some prohi-
bltionists may vote for him. 1t is gem
orally believed here that the prohibit
tionlsts of the state stood a better chance
OF legislation favorable TO their demands
without fusng with the popullsts than
they do now. Ardent prohibltonists are
not willing to forsake all other princi-
pies for that one issue. especially since
the democratic party Is more able to help
them than the populists can be. While
the political situation In this section IS
pretty complicated, there Is hardly a
doubt but the democracy will sweep the
field with an old-time majority in the cleo
tions this fall.
The change In the weather is hailed with
gladness here and especially so by the
farmers, whose crops have suffered great
~ by the extremely hot wave OF the past
four weeks.
The naval stores men through this Sec
tion are very much alive 10 the conditions
now, and among the most prominent op-
orators an effort will be made to cut no
boxes during the next year. IL IL sail
that the old boxes will furnish plenty OF
rosin for operations, and that by a solid
determination to cut no new boxes for a
year, the demand will catch up with the
supply, and prices will be much higher
next year. The meeting OF the naval
stores men IN Savannah will be watched
with great interest through this section.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
4 CELESTIAL COMMANDMENT.
voNSTROUs METEOR STRIKES
THIS MUNDANE SPHERE.

uerder with His Family and
Flock of sheep Buried Alive by
,be Mountain II Raised-The Force
she Failing Mass of Matter Like
an Earthquake for Miles Around.
uot. suIphurOus Fumes Fill the
Air.
,,,iearo. Aug. 1s.-A special from Tue
s,, Arf.. says: ''Dr. H. N. Smith OF
15sgsrstown, Nd. and a party of mining
-, who have Just returned from the Rip
g.c mines. report the fall of an immense
,,.-eor. which struck the desert about two
,-uss north Of Halls, and about the same
distance south of the Ripsey mines. 1t
fsu on Sunday night, Aug. 9, about
o'clock.
7,ba men of the party who were camped
%, Han. say the conclusion was terrible.
cupboards we're upset, dishes thrown down
so5 the earth trembled as a leaf.
The noise was like that Of many cannon
cred simultaneously. The air for miles
around was filled with sulphurous gas,
and the meteor came down red and smok-
ing.
II covers about two acres of ground, ap-
nearing to be imbedded a hundred feet in
che earth, and now forms a great noun
tain in the desert "A herder's hut and
corral were in the meteOrs path. The
herder and wife and three children, all
Nlexicans. together with about 1900 sheep,
went down under the mighty mass. MAJ.
Thomas Hayes of Louisville, KY, who
was of the party, was overcome by the
grandeur Of the phenomenon.
1t was the most brilliant, grand and
awe-inspiring sight 1 ever witnessed,
SAID the ina jor. 1T is simply beyond the
mower Of tongue or pen to accurately de-
scribe it. The heat from the meteor is so
intense that 1t will be several days before
the mound can be examined closely
A large party left here last evening to
view the wonder, and to get further par
tculars. 1t is about sixty miles north Of
Tucson, and about forty miles from
Globe,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
A Rain of Tonds.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 12.-There was
a deluge of toads, covering an area
Of more than two miles, accompanied by
a heavy rainfall last night, south of this
city. The shower of toads lasted for
several minutes and when freight train
No. &c on the Atchison, Topeka and
Sante Fe railroad arrived at the foot
of Waukarusa Hill the track was COW
cred with them. The wheels OF engine
107, in the charge Of Engineer Bates,
crushed the toads, and the track soon be-
came so greasy that the headway of the
train was stopped. Sand in liberal guam
titles failed 70 make the wheels stick
and the train was forced to back down
to Waukarusa siding to permit a passen-
ger train to pass
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
FOUND HER DEAD BODY.
Demented by Pain Miss Brown
browns Herself.

browns Herself.
Little Rock, Ark. Aug. 16.-Five hun
dred wheelmen of this city started this
morning to search the eastern portion of
this county for Miss Clyde Black the
young woman who so mysteriously dis
appeared from her college boarding house
a week ago. The young woman. it is
known, has not eloped and the theory is
now that she became temporarily dement,
ed from a neuralgia pain in the head and
wandered away
The body of Miss Black was found float
ing In the Arkansas river, near Red
Bluff, this afternoon. The remains were
brought to this city tonight. They will
be shipped to New Louisville, the home
of the girls parents tomorrow.
1t is now known that the young lady,
while suffering from mental alteration,
wandered from her boarding house eleven
days ago and threw herself in the Ar
kansas river, eight miles below Little
Rock Her parents are prominent and
wealthy people of Lafayette county, this
state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
THE BALTIC SNIP CANAL.
1t Works Well and william Is Very
Well Pleased.

Berlin, Aug. 16.-The plan in connection
with German naval maneuvers to test the
strategic value Of the Baltic-North Sea
canal has been carried out without hitch.
Thirty-nine warships have traversed tho
canal in thirty hours without an accident
of any kind.
This performance, In view of the ad-
verse foreign comment upon the capacity
of the canal, Is regarded as a feat that
greatly enhances the value OF the water
way, showing, as IL does, the rapidity with
which warships can pass from one sea
to the other. Emperor William is delight
ed with the result of the maneuvers and
is particularly pleased with the SUCCESS
Sui passage Of the canal.
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THE TRANsvAAL TROUBLE.
Cecil Rhodes Called to Testify Be-
fore the Committee.

London, Aug. 1s.-Mr. Joseph Chamber
lain. secretary Of state for the colonies.
was questioned to-day regarding the state
ment made by the Sunday Sun, to the
effect that the Transvaal had entered in
10 treaty with a foreign power contrary
to the Anglo-Boer convention of 1884. and
that Great Britain had demanded an ex-
planation from the Boer government.
Mr.. Chamberlain said that the colonial
once did not attach Importance to the
news.
Mr.. Chamberlain will invite Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes to testify before the parliamentary
committee appointed to inquire into the
administration OF the British South Africa
Company and into the origin and circum-
stances Of the raid into the Transvaal. by
an armed force. Mr.. Rhodes will proba-
bly, be the first witness
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
THE MODERN MARTYRS.
Politicians Who Blocked the Streets
Are Released From Jail.

Wilmington. Del. Aug. 16-Arthur r.
Stephenson of Philadelphia, Victor Du-
rand of Smyrna, Del. and Charles A.
Brothers Of Dover. Del. single tax speak
ers. were released from Dover Jail to-
day. They went at once to Philadelphia
They had served thirty days for blockad-
ing the streets or Dover by public speak
ing, contrary to an ordinance, and were
fined $40 each, but elected to go to Jail
instead
1t Is expected Judge Wales will give a
decision in the United States court Mon
day on the question of the constitution
ality of the arrests.
Thirteen single takers are still In Dover
saH
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
BALLOON BURST.
Horrible Accident to a Veteran
AerOnaut at Quincy. III.

~ quincy AAis
Quincy, Ill, Aug. H.-Frank Jacobs Of
Cincinnati balloonist. made his 1,OO5th
and last ascension at Baldwin park this
evening.
Jacobs and local aeronaut, Ed Dud-
ley were to give balloon and parachute
race. Both balloons were cut loose to-
gether, and when $50 feet high Jacobs
balloon burst. Jacobs cut loose from it
with his parachute, which failed to open.
and the unfortunate man shot downward
at terrific rate of speed. He struck the
an unconscious condition, and carried
to the tent, where he died half an hour
later. Both legs were horribly mangled.
and his neck and two ribs were broken.
spectators.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Ex0URsIONIsTs WRECKED.
A Fast Special Ditched and Several
People Killed or wounded.

Pueblo, Col. Aug. 16.-The second Sec
ton of train No. l, westbound, on the
Denver and Rio Grande, was wrecked
eight miles west of Pueblo yesterday after
noon.
The special was made up Of an engine, a
day coach and three tourist sleepers, and
was occupied by a party of excursionists.
Inc train contained about seventy pas
sengers Near the little town of Vegas.
me entire train left the track, and the
engine turned over. Engineer Charles
1aEeHP0Tt Oh Pueblo, 40 years Old and Fire
man William F. Repperte of Burlington
Me- aged %, were instantly killed.
ABOUT twenty passengers were injured
9ut none seriously, the Injuries being con,
n1eu mostly to bruises and cuts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
NOW SEE COTTON CLIMB.
BuIIish Report Issued by a Texas
Cotton Experf.

Denniston, Tex, Aug. 1s.-R. NJ. King.
the cotton expert who is in corresponds
ence with the entire cotton belt, issued
the following bulletin yesterday:
I'm North Texas not over one-third %
the area has been visited by rains at
all, and 1t is safe to say not one acre
in 100 has enough TO suffice the present
needs Of the plant.
Notwithstanding the recent showers.
we do not hesitate to advance the opin-
ion that the great monster crop Of 1886.
that was to be, has surely miscarried.
and the crop that was sold in May and
June for ten-mlllion bales crop, will be
under 100000 bales before the last OF
September, and we will probably see the
bulk OF the North Texas crop ready for
the market II not sold"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
PAINTERs MAY STRIKE.
An Order Issued to the brotherhood
fn New York.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE painters
threaten to strike to enforce the payment
Of the union scale Of wages Of $3.50 a day
and eight hours work, and the strike
may begin tomorrow.
There are four or five painters unions
in this city-the German painters. the
operative painters, the decorative paint-
ers and the New York progressive paint
ers, and all are controlled by an executive
board, which has issued the order to
strike.
The German painters, of whom there
are about 1900, are opposed to any strikes
at present, as they say the times are not
propitious for such action, and they have
called upon the members OF the executive
board to resign.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
DOWN ON THE STANDARD.
Germany viii Fight Americas Big
OIL Trust.

London, Aug 16.-The Times Berlin cor
respondent telegraphs that it is understood
that the German government is seeking
means to combat the monopoly Of the
Standard Oil Company.
He adds that possibly steps will be taken
to facilitate the importation of GaIician
petroleum, and that an attempt will be
made to impose a prohibitive duty on
American oil
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
His Mind Was Affected.

Roach, United States army, retired, claim
ing to be in charge Of the location of the
monuments of the Chattanooga-Chi
mauga National Military parks made an
unsuccessful attempt at suicide by cutting
his throat at Johnson City yesterday
morning. He has been in an unbalanced
state of mind for several weeks, and been
almost continually under guard. He viii
recover from his wounds
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
BALLOOXIsTs NECK BROKEN.
He Fell with His Parachute Into a
Tree, and Was Killed.

Dallas, Tex, Aug 16.-Prof. G. Borsen,
a balloonist, was killed here to-day when
descending with his parachute. He de-
scended into the forks of a tree in the
grounds of Oak Cliff College.
His neck was broken by the force of the
collision, and he was dead when cut down
a few minutes after the accident.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Demented Husband Kills His Wife
and Himself.

New York, Aug. ia double tragedy
was enacted on the top floor Of boarding
house, number 145 West Twentieth street,
conducted by the deceased, husband and
wife
Early this morning, Alois Dinklman, 50
years old, and whose appearance denotes
that he was refined and educated, in a
fit Of temporary insanity, brought about
by business reversal killed his wife by
shooting her through the heart.
He then spoke TO a bOarder, and wound
up by killing himself.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
KILLEB ON COXEY ISLAND.
A Man ana wife Knocked on the
Track by "A Train.

Brooklyn, Aug. 16.-AbQut $3.50 o'clock
tonight while Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus X.
Martin, aged 50 and 45 years, were walking
on the Prospect Park and Coney Island
tracks, at Kings Highway, they were
struck by a southbound train and in
stantly killed 1t is supposed that the
headlight Of the locomotive dazzled Mr..
and Mrs. Martin so that they failed to dis
cover on which track the train was until
too late.
The engineer and conductor Of the train
have been arrested.
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HE EAsED HIS PAINS.
a Michigan Merchant Takes Too
Much Morphine.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 16.-E. d.
Caswell. of the firm of Caswell Bros, one
of the leading grain and commission mer-
chants, was found dead yesterday at his
store. Beside him was a box containing
one morphine pill. He had just had all
his teeth taken out, and had been taking
morphine to ease the pain.
The coroner is unable to tell as vet
whether it was suicide or not. The de-
ceased was AZ years old, and unmarried.
He leaves a brother and mother
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
PELICANs TAKE THE PEXANT.
The Southern League Season Is over
and New Orleans Wins.

J Ht gWWtWNEII H4E7Hs WW 0EWHWH ID WFFF
and New Orleans Wins.
New Orleans, Aug. 1.-THE Southern
League season closed here to-day with two
games, and Dick German can now protest
all he likes the Pelicans are the cham
pions, and they justly deserved the honor
for they won both contest from Columbus
by superior ball playing: Score:
New Orleans O1O2 2SO4 O-i0 i3 2
Columbus 80 0 Ol o. 9 8
Batteres-Smith and GOnding; Lamont
and Grim.
Second game R.H.E.
New orleans % 0 o O11O 1-3 8
Columbus .O 0 o 0 0 0 0 90 4 o
Batterles-Howell and Gonding; Petty
and Grim.
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COLORADO's DEMOCRATS.
They IndOrse Senator Teller and
Several PODuIIstS.

Denver. Col. Aug. 16.-County conven-
tions of the democratic party were held
throughout the state yesterday, and in
nearly every instance Senator Teller was
indorsed and the support of the party was
pledged to assist in his reelection tbie
winter Congressman Shaffort, repubII-
can, and Bell, populist were also indorsed
by several counties.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
WILL HELP THE TREASURY.
PennsyIvania's Patriotic Banks Pro-
tect the Gold Reserve.

Atlantic City, n. j., Aug. 16.-At meet
ing Of the counsel Of administration of
the Pennsylvania Bankers Association,
held yesterday, the following was unani-
mously adopted;
Resolved, That this council earnestly
recommending that the banks and bank
ers of Pennsylvania, as a high patriotic
city, follow the example of the banks of
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chi
cago and deposit at an early date largely
of their holdings of gold with the treas
urer of the United States in exchange for
legal tender notes to assist the government
in maintaining the gold reserve intact.
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Killed by a Runaway Horse.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Aug. 16.-Frank e.
Boylan, 40 years old, prominent and WE'LL
to-do citizen, was killed in a runaway this
afternoon. The horse took fright by the
transom bolt of the carriage dropping out,
and in crossing the street track, Boylan
was thrown upon his head and his skull
crushed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
WIND AND RAIN STORM.
Two Trains in Ontario F1OOded-A
Deal of Damage Done.

Barri, Ont, Aug. ia terrible wind and
rain storm struck this town and the ad-
Joining villages of Allendale yesterday ar
ternoon, tearing down many large trees
and unrofiing several houses in Barri. The
water rushed down Dunlop street to the
depth of a foot, flooding cellars and doing
other damage.
At Alendale the railway tracks were
ripped up, cars thrown on end and some
buildings demolished. The damage will
exceed S50OOO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
To Protect All Christians.

London, Aug. 16.-The Times will to-mor-
row publish dispatch from Canea, Crete,
saying that the French consul and Rus
sian naval commander at that place have
received confidential instructions to as
sumo the protection of all Cretan Christ
i9us
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
banker BIoodgood Dead.

New York, Aug 16.-John Bloodgood.
the banker, died this morning at Lenox,
Mass, Of a complication Of diseases. Mr..
Bloodgood had been III for about three
months. He leaves a widow and two sons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
AN EDITOR KILLED,
he slipped From a Moving Street
Car and His Head Struck a Stone.

Car and His Head Struck a stone.
Winston, N. c., Aug. 16.-Capt. ]. w.
uoSien' editor of the Union-Republican.
'ne organ of the republican party in
'his state, met with a fatal accident on
posite his home in Salem this afternoon.
a. He stepped from a street car before
at a, stopped, and was thrown VIOLENTLY
on the macadamized street His bnaS
struck a stone which produced concutsjor1 $50,
u me me brain. He died at $50 O'Clock
apt Goslen was 55 years old and was
d saIlant soldier during the war. He was
=. taC b.ouoIed from private to captain. Al
w. OnT war ne taught school until 1872.
OF the Republican ''ii''s eliieilt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
GROG-sHOP ON THE GROUNDs.
our Men Killed and Others Wound
ga at Kentucky Church Meetinm

''ayson' Ky, Aug. 16.-At a church
ing on Little Sandy, in Elliott coun-
y % miles south of this place, four men
were killed and two wounded yesterday.
ear the fair grounds a man named
rifr was selling whisky, and a large
i''l9er IN ,,.5er of horse traders got into a fgRt
two " JI-fh W5i.. t4e two Harrison brothers and
arJ Unit brothers were instantly killed
l"o others, whose names are nm,
tba tb"4 ~ "a, We're wounded, one seriously and
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KiIIed hy a PnesIne CarrInre.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 16-Miss
Minnie Hoagland, aged IS. was killed on
Canal street this afternoon. She had just
stepped from a bridge street car, when
she was struck in the back by a swift
passing carriage. She was dead when
picked up.
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Cholera Statistics

,.DaIro, Aug. 16-The oficjal cbo1ars &C.
tGisSIcs show that during the nast VEL
t5ra,. IRE were 1,O91 deaths from the disease
da-s4}EGgghout Egypt, the total number Of
is "A ~ 7s- since the outbreak of the scourge