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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
THE STRIKE SITUATION.
Pheasant Conference Between the
Miners and Operators.

Pittsburg. Pa, Sept. 4.-The mine opera
tors committee returned from Columbus
to-day. Chairman SchIendeberg said that
the conference between miners and opera
tors was a very amicable one and that
the meeting was productive Of better
state Of feeling between them.
we feel very sanguine that an accept
ance Of our 65-cent offer will reach US
from Mr.. Dolan about Thursday of next
week. AS we presume that much will
be done on Friday and Saturday, we viii!
now say that we are convinced that every
mine in the district will make start on
the following Monday. The offer. we
think, is a very fair one. and should be
accepted. and as delay will not be of any
advantage to any of the parties, we do
not think the mines Will be idle longer
than the time specified"
J. c. Dysar. a member of the committee.
said the resumption OF work in the mines
now would mean millions Of dollars in all
lines of industry.
THE operators he said, seem to have
the worst end of the affair, but they are
standing in the last trenches: they will
not move an inch. l believe that the
miners, in duty to themselves and the
many lines of trade dependent upon the
coal industry, had better accept the offer
and start UP the mines, doing away with
the depression which has existed a s a con-
sequence of the strike"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
Cancels mir shawIs.
From the Textile world

In Bokhara, where the finest and most
expensive camers hair shaw.s are manu-
featured, the camel is watched while the
fine hair on the under part of his body is
growing. This is clipped so carefully that
not a fibre is lost. and 1t is put by until
there is enough to spin into yarn which is
unequaled for softness. 1t is then dyed
all manner of beautiful, bright oolors and
woven in strips eight inches wide of shawl
patterns of such exquisite design as with
al our study of art and all our schools of
design we are not able to rival. These
strips are then sewed together so cunning
ly that il is impossible to detect where they
are Joined. Russia is the principal market
to which these beautiful Bokharan crea-
lions are sent From Russia they find
their way all over the world, London,
Paris, Vienna, and New York being the
heaviest importers.
Besides these oriental shawls there are
beautiful woven shawls of Paisley, Scot
land, and printed shawls of Lyons and the
filmy Llama lace creations, which, unlike
the oriental works of art, are within reach
of the moderate purse Special artists
with pencil and brush are engaged in max
ing designs for these shawls. While
years. and sometimes lifetime, were and
are required for the manufacture of the
Bokharan and Hindu shawls at Paisley,
if the pattern requires months in its de-
signing the weaving of the most elaborate
pattern occupies only a week,
The cutting Of the threads from the backs
of the shawls. which'was formerly a pro-
cess requiring the combined labor of two
girls an entire day for each shawl, is now
done by French machine in a minute and
a half. Few of the grand danes who boast
of costly oriental shawls, rugs, and por-
there's know that these same articles have
probably seen service before they came in
to their possession; that the magnificent
shawls in which they wrap themselves
have enveloped the women OF some ha-
rems, and the rugs and portieres have
draped their luxurious apartments. 1t is
not uncommon to find a telltale darn that
confirms this suspicion,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
PIGEON TIMING CLOCK.
One That VIII RevOIutiOnize the
Present Method.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
In the Mound City Homing Pigeon cubs
races next month an automatic clock will
be used to time the races, for the first
time in the United States This will do
away with the old method of each COM
petitor appointing a man to time the 9TH
ers birds, and if it proves a success,
will result in a change all over the coun-
try. The members of the club have been
at work on the device for the last six
months, and after finishing 1t, they turn
ed the apparatus over to Otto f. Baehr,
who suggested some minor changes, and
then completed enough of the machines to
supply the members.
The clock itself is an ordinary round
alarm affair. and the necessary changes
are very simple, consisting of only three
extra pieces The whole thing is worked
by a small copper tag, which is fastened
around the birds leg before it is turned
loose. A slot is cut into the side of the
clock and a fat tube is soldered, so as to
permit of the tags being dropped into and
going entirely out of sight. over the top
of the tube is fitted a wire, which, when it
is pressed in, stops the clock, and at the
same time locks the copper tag, which
has been previously put into the SLOT so
thai IL is impossible to get IL out again
When the wire is pushed in far enough to
stop the machinery, it is so far in that IL
cannot be Withdrawn again without OPEN
ing the clock. While the machinery is
very simple, and, therefore, not liable TO
get out of order it has worked beautifully
so far as tested.
The mode Of operating 1t is as follows:
The clock. which has been previously adj
justed to keep correct time, Is set by the
judges watches, and the catch is opened
The back which is the only opening to the
clock. is then sealed with a wire and lead
seal and the clocks are sent TO the various
lofts. Before the pigeons leave the city a
disinterested party goes to the union sta
ton and fastens a small copper band
bearing one or more letters stamped on it,,
around the leg of each bird. He is the only
one who knows the letters on the bands
of each of the birds. When the birds are
released at the point from which the races
starts, they make "A bee line for home and
at once enter the cotes. The owner
watches them, and as soon as they alight
removes the tags and puts them into the
clock, at the same time pressing in the
wire This securely locks the tag in the
clocks, and at the same time stops il. The
clock Is then taken to the meeting place
of the judges. opened, the tag taken out
and compared with list which is furnish
ed by the person who attach them. 1t Is
then simply a matter of comparing the
time at which the clocks stopped and the
time at which the birds started to find
out who Is the winner and the exact time
made.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
MIssIssIPPrs BLIND TIGERS.
One of Them Fined Nearly $1,000 for
Selling Half n Pint of Whiskey.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
New Orleans.-Nearly all Mississippi has
voted temperance in the last two or three
years. There are only four counties in
which the sale of liquors is permitted,
and these are small ones. Temperance
has spread from one part of the state to
the other until Mississippi is as free from
liquor to-day as Maine, and probably
freer. The temperance laws. too, have
been enforced with little dificulty-with
perhaps less friction than in Maine-as
temperance was ordered by the vote Of
the people in each county or district and
they have public sentiment behind them.
But now the state is becoming involved
in the same differences that have visited
other temperance communities, through
the Introduction of patent and so-called
non-spirituous drinks, which some time or
other turn out to be very intoxicating;
and by the springing up Of illegal liquor
dealers. The temperance people who be-
lieved the matter settled, have awakened
to find that they have still got big
fight on their hands before they get liz
uor out of the state.
1t is, however, with the open rather than
the underhand violators of the liquor
laws that the authorities had the most
trouble. These were known as blind til
gers, and the woods are full of them. II
hunting is one of the favorite amuse-
ments in Mississippi just now, and is
wildly exhilarating sport. The blind til
gers are found everywhere, and carry on
their calling under many DISCUSSES. How
common they are the recent session of the
district court at Meridian showed, for
there were no fewer than twelve blind
tigers awaiting trial, chief among whom
was one ODOnnell, who combined religion
with the blind tiger business, and made
both pay well.
The authorities are. perhaps, more Sc
we're in dealing with these blind tigers than
the famous temperance laws of Maine.
O'DonnelPs is a case in point. He was
first tried before a city court. and found
guilty and fined; he was then brought be-
fore neighboring justice of the peace for
the same offense, both the courts having
concurrent jurisdiction, and again fined.
Finally, acting under a statute in regard
to collision, O. Donnel was arraigned be-
fore another justice still for the same Of
Tense, tried convicted and fined. His to-
tal fines for a single sale of a half pint
of whisky amount to $3.50, and the court
charges will run the total up to nearly
S1000-a heavy price to pay for half
pint of whisky
O'Donnelrs lawyer has carried the mat
ter to the supreme court of Mississippi,
on the constitutional plea that a mans
l.fe and liberty cannot be placed in jeop
ardy twice for the same offense; but in
the meantime O'Donnell is in jail, and he
is likely TO stay there for some time. The
harsh measures used against him give
some idea of the severity with which the
Mississippi authorities are dealing with
the blind tiger and other illegal liquor deal
ers in the hopes of breaking up the liquor
traffic and establishing temperance here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
GOOD FORTUNE CAME TOO LATE.
a klOndiISe Miner Returns to Find
His wife breathing Her Last.
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Atchison, Kan. Aug. 16.-One Of the
saddest stories born Of events connected
with the Klondike gold discoveries is that
Of John Alberson of NortonviIle, twelve
miles west of this city. Mr. Alberson was
a carpenter. In the fall Of 1894 the family
consisted of husband. wife. and two
children. The two children died of scar
let fever in quick succession. Work be-
came scarce in his ne.ghDorhood. and
after providing as well as possible for the
comfort of his wife, Mr.. Alberson started
west In search of employment He finally
reached Seattle in 1895 and from there
drifted to the Klondike regions. He wrote
to his wife apprising her of his contem-
plated Alaskan journey. He told her that
1t would possibly be a long time before
she would hear from him again, but babe
her be of good cheer and as he was in good
health, hopeful and confident, predicted
a happy reunion would eventually follow
their long, enforced separation.
During the time Mr.. Al5erson was at
Klondike he had but one opportunity to
write to his wife The letter, which told
of his good health, Notwithstanding many
hardships and privations, ana of the fact
that he was doing well and would have
a competency by the spring of 1897 when
he would return home, was intrusted to
a returning miner. The miner met with
many obstacles on his homeward jour.
ney, and was delayed at many places, so
that the letter was not mailed until May
of the present year II was a message
of glad tidings and of great JOY to the
lOnOiV ba IL ha md
absence she had a severe struggle and
finally sickened. Had IL not been for kind
neighbors, she would have become a pub.
lie charge.
John Alberson was among the first of
the returning miners to reach San Fran
cisco. There he speedily converted his
gold dust and nuggets, about $1,000 into
bank drafts and greenbacks, and pur.
chased ticket for the first east-bounG
train. Just before he started on his
homeward trip he telegraphed his wife
of his safe arrival at San Francisco, of
his good health and good fortune, and
that in few days they would be reunlt-
ed. AT several stations he telegraphed
her of his progress toward home and wife.
His last message was from Topeka, only
forty miles from home. The dispatch read
ike this: viii be home at supper. Kill
the fatted calf"
John Aiberson reached the Nortonville
depot just at the close OF day. without
casting glance at those upon the plat
form and without being recognized in the
twilight by any one, he hurried down thS
street to his home. He was met at the
door by a neighbor woman, who pointed
to a bed within a room There lay his
wife, pale and wan and already within
the shadow of death. Their eyes met in
mutual recognition for moment. There
was one brief embrace, and when John AL
berson once more lifted his head and
looked upon the face of his wife she was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05

is no room for the regimental flag. To-
day the infantryman no longer stands
erect when attacking the enemy but ap-
breaches the latter crawling upon his
stomach, his one object being to conceal
his whereabouts and to prevent the foe
from getting his aim. This being the case
where would the regimental colors come
in? The best that could be done for them
under the circums tances would be to trail
them on the ground. But that in itself
constitutes an indication Of ignominy and
defeat
Thus disappears a feature Of warfare
that in its present shape has been in use
since the days of William the Conquerer
nine centuries ago. the Bayeaux tapestry
portraying the battle Of Hastings contain
ing abundant representation of the flags
of the period. It's abandonment marks in
a particularly fitting manner the close Of
what has unques tionably been the most
iconoclastlc century of the entire Chris
tian era
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
SOME WOMEN PILOTS.
They Can Guide Vessels in safety rs
We'll as Wen.

well as Wen.
From the New York Mail and Express
Out in San Diego, Cal, 23-year-old lass
named Miss Elizabeth Polhemus. with a
fondness for the sea and desire to earn
her own living. is pilot for ocean YES
sells entering that harbor She has a.
complete knowledge OF the handling of
ship, and knows thoroughly all the reefs.
shoals, currents and air currents of the
harbor Miss Polhemus has rival on the
coast, in Mrs. Capt Hill, however. This
woman, assisted by her husband and
young brother, heightened and converted
a 3-fOot sailing yacht into a 55-foot pro-
peller She used a cross-cut saw herself,
in dissecting the sloOp, purchased a sec
ond hand engine, shaft and propeller. and
While the job was under way lived in
tent on the river bank to save expenses.
With this 35-foot boat the Hills started
out on their first trading trip, christening
the craft Minnie Hill, in honor of the wo-
man who had shaved lumber, drove spikes
and manipulated a paint brush that the
steamer might be completed. In less than
one year the business progressed so rap
idly that a larger boat had to be secured.
and Il still larger one is talked of. Mrs.
Hill is the woman who sent to San Fran
cisco from Portland, Ore. and paid for
inspectors TO come up and examine her
for a license as master which they did
and passed her The name of her present
craft is the Gov. Newell, and Is running
in the Cowlitz and Lewis river trade
And talk of trade!" writes Mrs. Hill.
Why, we carry everything and anything,
from box of catharttc pills to an an
Choir"
SO il may be seen that even If women
are denied the exercise of suffrage they
cannot keep masters license from them
There 70 unit a Favry 60, IL ,4,.t.,
on western and southern waters. The ma
jorty of them deny that they are strong
minded women who regret that they
were not created men. One of the best
known pilots on the Mississippi river is
Mrs. Blanche S. feathers, who is a woman
of charming personality and the wife of
Capt B. +. feathers, who owns the
steamboat New Natchez, on which the
wifely mariner stands a watch and takes
trick at the wheel like any of the mas
culine tars. The New Natchez plies be-
tween New Orleans and Vicksburg and
Mrs. feathers received a masters license
Aug q, 1894 In explaining her reason for
taking berth on her husbands steamboat
Mrs. feathers said: II saw every nail
and rivet driven in the New Natchez 1
know her from keelson to pilot house. My
husband owns the boat, and l want to be
a friend, a comrade and a wife to him
/ want the authority to command the craft
when my husband is sick or absent on
shore. l would rather do this than have
him employ a stranger who would be ig-
norant of the crew, the under officers and
the peculiaritles of the boat itself And
above all / desire to help my husband
make money" Surely these were sweet
words of wisdom from a delicate, youth
full wife. No gallant federal commission
er could have denied Mrs. feathers her
license, and to his credit be 1t said that he
made no attempt to do So
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
STANTON WAS A HEARTY EATrp
DevOured Enough for n Regiment of
Men Every Day.
From the Syracuse Standard.

wen Every pay.
From the Syracuse Standard.
comparison and the averages of many
noted professional and amateur eaters re-
veals that none has reached that of Oak
ley Stanton Of Derbyshire, England. who
lived in the last century. Mr.. Stanton
on a certain occasion in one hour ate a
single meal of four dishes, composed as
follows: The first dish was an amalgam
OF two quarts Of milk, thirty eggs. half
a pound of butter, three penny loaves. a
quantity of ginger and nutmeg, and an
ounce Of mustard, all boiled together. The
second dish was a pound Of cheese and a
pound loaf of bread. the thru. half a
pound OF bran, penny loaf of bread, a
quart or ale, three half pennies worth of
gingerbread, and pint of ale
the fourth, custard of two
pounds, a pint of mix and three pints
OF ale. As a proof that Mr. Stanton sur
iered no Inconvenience from this repast
y is stated that he passed the balance of
the evening drinking copiously of ale and
hquor. This feat was for some time con-
sidered unapproachable, unit. a porter of
Truro on bet of 3 shillings ate two pairs
OF worsted stockings fried in train oil
and half pound of yellow soap. Success
inspired this man TO another effort The
wager on this occasion was that he could
not eat as much tripe as would make him
Jacket with sleeves. He took the bet
ana was regularly measured by a tailor.
VINO cut the tripe into the exact size and
snape OF the garment The porter ate il
al IN twenty minutes. AS a pie special
ISL the record of a Scotchman of Dundee
IS not without distinction. He consumed
nine large 2-penny pies in fourteen ana
ohe-haH minutes. This feat aroused
much enthusiasm, and induced betting
nlsn 20 lay ODDS against him that he could
not devour twelve pies Of the Same diyoer1
slohs IN twenty-five minutes The Scotch
nan Won With eight minutes to spare. He
olereq To occupy the remaining margin al
une by eating half a dozen more II
- aIiegea that this establishes the record
1n pies, out 1t Is safe to say that IL has
been surpassed by some professionaIs ~ =,
the east side. '-e@S'V''a'S oi
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
LiyernooI COTTON Marker.

The following is substitute for the
Liverpool cotton market, received after
the close of the fifteenth page:
Liverpool, Sept. 4,-Closing cotton: Sales,
1000 bales; American, 600; American mid
ding, psd; futures closed quiet; Septem-
Der, S.63d value; September october, S55d
buyers; October-N November. 3.4Sd buyers
November-December, 3.45d buyers De-
cember-January, S.4ld sellers; January
February. BAD sellers; February March,
S.44ds. 45d value; March-April, 3.45d buy
ers; April-May, 3.46d buyers; May-June,
S.47d buyers; June-July, S,4Sd buyers,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
Lemons as Medicine.

They regulate the Liver, Stomach, Bow
els, Kidneys and Blood as prepared by
DR.. H Motley in his Lemon Elixir,
pleasant lemon drink. 1t cures bilious
ness, constipation, indigestion, headache,
malaria, kidney disease, fevers, chills i'm
purities of the blood, pain In the chest
or back, and all other diseases caused by
a torpid or diseased Observation-Disclosures of
all the diseases of the south and west are
caused by the failure of the liver and
kidneys to do their duty. 1t is an estab-
lished fact that lemons, when combined
properly with other liver tonics, produce
the most desirable results upon the stom-
ach liver bowels, kidneys and blood. Sold
by druggists. SOC and 81 bottles.
MOzIey's Lemon Elixir
Cured me of sick and nervous headaches,
1 had been subject to all my life.
Mrs. N. A. McEntire,
Spring Place, Ga.
MozIey's Lemon Elixir
Cured me of indigestion. I got more re-
lief, and at once, from Lemon Elixir than
all other medicines. j. c. Speights.
Indian Springs, Ga.
MOzley's Lemon Elixir
Cured me of a long-standing case Of chills
and fever, by using two bottles.
j. c. Stanly,
Engineer e. T. Va & Ga. r. r.
MOzley's Lemon Elixir
Cured me of case of heart disease and
indigestion of four years standing.
tried a dozen different medicines. None
but Lemon Elixir done me any good.
Tules Diehl,
Cor Habersham and st. Thomas SITS.
Savannah, Ca
Monkeys Lemon Elixir.
/ fully indorse it for nervous headache.
indigestion and constipation. having used
il with most satisfactory results after all
other remedies had failed. j. w. Rollo,
West End, Atlanta, Ga.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
THE LoNGsTREET-DoRTCH MATCH
Correspondent Reasserts the story
with POsitiVeness.

Correspondent ReRsserts the story
with POsitiVeness.
Chicago. ILL.,, Sept. A special 10 the
Times-Herald from Atlanta, Ca, says:
The positive announcement was made to-
day by the friends of both parties concern
ed that the marriage of Miss Ellen Dortch
TO Gen. Jas. G. Longstreet would be cele-
brated az noon next Wednesday at the eX-
ecutive mansion in this city
Arrangements for the ceremony have
been perfected by Mrs. Atkinson, wife of
Gov. Atkinson and the best men will be
former Senator H. w. J. Ham.
Gen. I.ongstreet is 50 years old and very
deaf. Miss Dortch is % years old, and very
pretty.
The general is expecting by every mail
his appointment from President Mckinley
as railroad commissioner TO succeed Wade
Hampton. and Miss Dortch is a candidate
for state librarian
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
DEATH At BROWNSVILLE.
An Elderly Lady, Formerly n POpu-
lar Hostess, PsSses Into Rest


lar Hostess, Pssses Into Rest.
Thomasvile Ga, Sept. Airs f. A.
Seward, widow of the late Col James L.
Seward, died at her home in this city
yesterday of paralysis at the advanced
age Of 70 years. Col. Seward represented
the district in congress before the war and
in the old days Mrs. Stewards home was
the center of the social and religious life
of the community. She leaves two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Judge H. w. Hawkins of this
city and Mrs. Matte Seward Johnson of
Los Angeles, the latter being a poetess of
some reputation.
Thomasvile win be dark so far as cleo
trio lights are concerned for a week to
come. The electric light plant is being
moved from Guiana City to a site on the
Albany railroad within the corporate lin
its
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
safe-CracLer Caught in Gambia

Washington, Sept A dispatch was
received tonight by the chief of police
from Toronto officials stating that T. V.
HAWKINS, a colored messenger in the dis
trict tax office. who robbed the safe of
5000 and fed, was captured in that CITY
tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05
BRYAN ON PROSPERITY.
The Republicans and Their False
PretentiOns.

inc hcpublcahS ana Their False
PretentiOns.
st. Louis, Sept, 4.-The St Louis Post
Dispatch tomorrow viii print a letter
from VIM. J. Bryan, the first utteranee
after three months of travel and observa-
ton during the return of prosperity.
Among other things he says: Wheat
has arisen because the foreign crop has
been exceedingly short. The fact that sill
yer and wheat have parted company will
cause no dismay to those who understand
that the law of supply and demand regu-
lates the price of both.
Nothing can better disclose the weak
ness in position than the joy manifested
by the republicans over events for which
their administration and their politics are
in no wise responsible.
IF the republicans desire to claim credit
for the high price of wheat they must as
sumo the responsibility for the famine in
India"