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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

one of the inlets until he reached the in
terror of the country.
Stephen Snow and his wife, Constance.
They had twelve children-the SHOWS Of
Connecticut and New Hampshire.
John Goodman, John HOoke, the Hop
kins family Catherine Wheldon and John
Holbeck all Of whom had descendants.
Sarah Dinghy, a widow. who married
Moses Fletcher
George Ely and Thomas English, both
of whom married and left children.
James Chiffon and wife and their daugh-
ter. Mary. who was the first woman to
leap ashore from the Mayflower
Bartholomew Allerton, who only re-
NAMED seven years
Isaac Alerton. who lost his wife the
first winter. and afterwards married Miss
Fear Brewster and his daughter Mary
who married Thomas Cushman and out
lived all the other Maynower passengers
dying IN 1893. Remember and Sarah Allor-
ton. the latter Of whom married Moses
Maverick
john ana Eleanor Ellington and son.
Francis. who married Mrs. Christian Ea-
ton and had many children.
John Ellington. the first murderer
whom they hanged, ten years after land
ing. for killing John NewcOmb.
William Bradford and wife, Dorothy
May. and second wife, Alice Carpenter
EoAiNMoItNf VINO gave uti Ndlife 10 hNt
children
william Brewster and his sons. Love
who married Sarah Collier and moved 10
q place they named puNhury
william Brittrdge and Wrestling Brew
ster. both Of whom died soon after land
Ing
Peter Browne ana wife. Martha Ford
and Robert Garter and william Button
both servants.
John ana catharinc Cavcr stephen
and Elizabeth Hopkins. John Rowland
who married Elizabeth Fllcy. John
LaugemOre. william Latham. Edward
Lelstcf, who went 20 Virginia. Edward
Wlnslow and wife. Elizabeth Barker
Edmond Margeson, Christopher Mar
TIA ana wife. Desire Mlnter Ellen More.
Jasper More Richard More. who moved
90 Seituate and changed Nils name 20
Mann; solomon Power Digory Priest.
Sarah Vincent, John Rlgdalo and wife.
Lieut. Joseph Rogers ana father.
Thomas. and Harry sampson ana wife.
Ann plummer
George soule and wife. Mary Rocket
Ellen story, Miles standish ana vito.
Rose. VINO soon died; Edward Thomnson.
John Tinker. John Turner and sons. WIN.
lam Trevor william White and vtf..
whose son. pcrcgriuo was the first iit,le
PURITAN % be- born at Plymouth: ROC y
Wildtr ana Thomas Williams.
And there was John Alden. who married
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

OF Spain in 1919 for S5OOO,O0O. There wen
6IoVO square miles, and the whole country
was rlch in vegetation and minerals II
was called the floral region of the new
world and was named for the Spanish
Easter, upon which day it was discovered
England, all this while, had been taking
pieces of country from the original Span.
ish owners. Part of its present Canadian
territory it got because the Spanish want.
ed TO Join the English. Much it got from
the French, who had taken it forcibly from
the Spanish \ little it got by purchase!
So rapidly did the land pass out of the
hands Of the Spanish crown that, within
a generation, the lower half of North
America from being a Spanish country
became part of the United States. Cali
fornia was added to the United States in
1913, after the Mexican struggle 1t en-
braced the immense tract that is now di-
vided up into six states, and in 1919 1t be-
came the Territory of California. A few
men, now known as the forty-niners.
went out there, and came back with such
astounding reports of the richness of its
fruit, the fineness. of its woods and the va
riety of its ore that other started out
There were fairy ta4es told of its glittering
sand. In 1850 it became state and soon
proved to be the purse of the United States
holding money that could be traded off
with foreign countries for that which the
United States needed
Neither Spain nor Mexico would have
parted with California, including Oregon,
if they had known what lay there. The
old Spanish residents tried to keep the Sc
cret and from that fact comes the ro-
mantle Spanish stories of the west.
Spain is bitterly contesting the loss OF
its last territory in the new world; and
well it may for Cuba is nearly a fourth
as largo as all Spain, and placed across
nd
Missouri, it takes almighty slice of all.
Clarence 8 Russell
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02
GAgFING AN IRISH SALMON.
Sportsman Struggles with a 2S-
Pound Salmon for 46 Minutes.
From the sportsman's Maga7

From the Sportsmans Magazine.
Mickle, gaff in hand. was hopping around
behind me, more like a wild Indian with a
tomahawk than an experienced Irish wa
ter bailiff about to impale a salmon. Sport
too, Joined in the infectious excitement
ann jumped at my feet and barked at
every splash that the big fish made. Down
along the river bank the cute old bailiff
gllded, and crept out behind a projecting
rock. once | almost coaxed him within
striking distance of the one-eyed gaffer
but Mickle prided himself on his skill
ana feared TO run the risk of missing his
stroke. OF again dashed the fish across
the pool, as if warned by instinct OF the
unseen danger, and IL was fully ten min
utes ere I had him played back to the
proper point.
Then like a lightning fash, the cold
steel impaled him. and the great, quiv-
ering body was triumphantly lifted on the
gan by the eXultant bailiff showing a fish
as beautiful as was ever landed. The sheen
of his scales and the small sea lice stin
clnging to him showed that he had only
just come up from the salt water II had
taken me exactly forty-six minutes from
the moment he was hooked till he lay on
the bank aud he weighed twenty
pounds by my pocket scales
The MISUNDERSTANDING" ny was
carefully extracted from MS quiet, Tor IL
had gone down deep; and the bai.if smiled
In appreciation Of the remarks on his good
judgment Of water, weather and files
which / felt In duty bound TO make.
had time for only a short rest In the
shade. after my exciting experience. when
splash! splash! la front invited me 10 the
sport street, an extensive deposit Of oys-
ter shells was examined near the extreme
northern end OF Manhattan Island, al
place commonly known as "Cold Spring"
a little nook on the southerly side OF Spuy-
ten Duyvl creek, whore the creek curves
20 the south before II empties into the Hud.
son river The suspicion that the shells
marked the site OF an Indian village was
verified by the finding OF many objects of
aboriginal art associated with the debris
from ancient feasts. Doubtless It was
from this village that came, on oct. q
1909. 100 Indians who set out In their canoes
and attacked Henry Hudson on his return
down the river.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02
SOME DRY PLATE MYSTERIES.
Sensational and Tragic Experiences
of Amateur photographers.
From The Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript
is no uncommon experience to find
tpon new plates certain images for which
here seems no possible explanation, their
tartling and unaccountable appearance
being "wropt in mistry' causing aston
shment not unmiXed with uncanny feel
ing. A gentleman made an exposure upon
che interior of a friends house; he was
doubtful of the time, and proceeded to de-
Velop for under-eXposure; 70 his great
surprise the plate developed quickly and
to his greater surprise the image was an
interior quite different from that upon
which he had exposed The plate was from
fresh box and could not possibly have
had previous exposure. Another instance
of the kind having quite a sensational and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

tragic ending. is on record An exposure
was made upon a view taking a river in
ii foreground The photographer while
developing this peculiar plate was perfect
~ astonished by an appearance which he
had seen while taking the photograph,
and for which he could in no way account.
on completing the development there was
plainly revealed in the foreground of the
picture the figure of a woman apparently
floating upright in the water
Not many weeks after, to complete the
mystery the body of a woman was found
In the river at the exact spot whore the
photograph had been taken. Again, not
long since, the daily papers were agitated
over the account of travelling photogra-
pher who, upon making an exposure upon
the exterior Of a reputed haunted house,
discovered at one OF the windows por-
trait OF the murdered man through whom
the house had gained its evil name. In
another ease three distinct images, haV-
ing no connection one with the other, were
impressed upon a single film. The plate
was exposed upon "A garden IN the evening
nothing remarkable being seen-but.
when placed in the developer, mans hat
OF old-fashloned shape. a child's dress and
a dog were distributed over the image
Of The garden. Such mysterious images
were more common in the days of wet
plate than now. few years back Prof.
Burton investigated the matter. Upon
tracing back the history of the glass he
found that % had been used for other
films, and that the images which appear
ed undoubtedly arose from the remains of
previous images. The old glass was thus
proved TO be the source Of the ghosts: it
only dcCpcncd the scientific mystery, while
" cleared away the supernatural. The
glass traced by Burton had been washed
for some weeks, immersed I'm strong nitric
acid, and o'pry means taken to insure
chemical cleanliness. yet. iu spite Of all
this. enough energy remained latent to
form devclopable Image upon the new
film, whether by chemical or physical force
remains 10 be discovered. A complete so-
luton OF the difficulty would probably
throw considerable light upon the nature
OF Photographic images in general: al least
II seems to Indicate that light Is not ahso-
lutely essential in the formation Of latent
images 90 q sensitive finn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02
MARRIAGE IN ITALY.
POIygnmy Possible and Not Punish-
able.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

able.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Since the constitution of the Italian
kingdom, in 1870, the only legal marriage
is the civil one, the ceremony taking place
in Jhe city han, the mayor or one Of the
city fathers acting as the representative
Of the government. On the other hand the
church has never recognized this form
as valid, and requires the faithful to so
through the religious service. This. as can
be understood, creates great confusion, as
there are those who marry only in the
church, so that according to law their chill
dren are illegitimate; others less stanch
to their priestly leaders go first TO me
church, and then. to avoid future compli-
cations, they pay the required visit 10 the
mayor. Then there are those who. If they
choose, may have two wives-one in the
eyes Of the church and the other in the
eyes of the state, and the offender cannot
be punished.
All efforts made 10 convince the church
of the gravity and responsibility of the po-
sition which she has assumed have been
unavailing, and the attempts made in the
Italian parliament, especially under eA-
Premier Giolitti. to remedy this anomaly
have also failed. He tried to pass a law
that no priest, under severe penalties.
the civil ceremony had not first taken
place; but Notwithstanding the dfferen-
ces between church and state, the ma
jority of the country is Catholic, ana IL
would not tolerate a measure that en-
croached so much on the privilege OF the
church.
The latest example Of the painful conse-
quences arising from this state Of ailahs
has just been heard Of at Venice. To tne
city council there il had been proposed 70
give S240 to Signora Gallina as a recogh-
ton Of the talents OF her late HUSBAND,
Giacinto Galina. the wel-known writer
and dramatst. called the successor OF Cor
doni, who dying left his family in posi-
tive want. No one supposed so evident
humillatarian project could find any oppD'
stion But the majority OF the city "a
theirs Of Venice are rabid clerica,s, and tno
answer was a refusal with this expana.
ton: I'VE do not recognize this woman
as a widow" Why? She had been mar
RED but only at the city hail.
7 must repeat that those who publicly Y.
fuse to acknowledge the civil marriage aI
those who by law are especially delegal,n
10 perform Il. Signor Crispi would nave
dissolved the city council of Venice Uy
wire. the MARQUEE al Budini will close ouo
eye because. you know. we must not haVo
trouble. The press has taken up the cue,
ton and by public subscription. IN t"y
days. has collected more than the projec'eu
sum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

Priscilla Mullins in sheer admiration of
her fortitude during the first winter in
brother.
This is the passenger list of the May
flower. and if the log could talk it would
tell stranger happenings and more harl-
ships than are recorded in its scant
pages.
The names of those who sail with it in
the ocean steamship in which IL now
comes represents more wealth and power,
but it is doubtful if 200 years from now
they viii be any greater in the annals of
the New World than those of the little
company mentioned, more than half OF
whom died Of cold and hunger in less
than a year after landing.
James Barton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02
AT WORK ON A new " TRILBY.
Du MauPier Said 1t Would Be Written Out
of Doors This Summer BY
Woman Novelist.

Mrs DeIands JOnGuis-Narie New
Co
Canopied Napo ,Jr,"a
lean Girl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

Clearly Dehned.-"what Is typical
spring weather.
ANY kind OF weather We get when We
are not looking for it."-ChicaEo Record.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

--Tifnngton Bofington. your VIE
Easter gown "a very picturesque.
Bonngton: Picturesque? That gown
cost more money than any picture you ever
saw Detroit Free Press
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02
TWO VOYAGES OF THE
MAYFLOWER'S LOG.
The First Taken in a Sailing Vessel That
Took SiXtY-siX Days for the Trip

The
i'm his COuntry y AN YouT Trace
our
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

Mr.. Hanna's mali averages over 80 let
ters day, ana h IN said he never receives
a letter that is not answered courteously.
concisely and completely
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

The remark that Boston Is not a city.
but q state Of mind. is credited TO Gen.
Horace Porter.
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New York. April ao.-Du Maurier's last
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11
WHITE HOUSE STORIES.
Memories of the Administration of
 President Polk.
President Pierce Was the Bon vivnnt of His Period-Some White House Children and What Be-
 came of Them.
Especial Washington Letter.l

For generation past we have almost
 constantly had children in the white
 house. The Lincoln family, Nellie Grant, the Hayes family, Nellie Arthur
 Molly Garfield, Benny Mckee. and the Cleveland little girls have all contrib uted their share to the simplicity and domesticity of the home lives of our presidents; and our people have looked with pleasure and approval upon the mothers and children of the executive mansion, as well as upon the men who resided there, both as the heads of families and as the executive head of the nation.
 Children came to the white house." says an elderly gentleman, during the administration of President Polk. There were two births at the white house, Maj. Walker, the presidents private secretary, came there with his wife and two children, but at the close of Folks administration the Walkers had four children. Mrs. Walker was Virginia lady and assisted in the social duties of the house, and maintained the reputa- ton of her state for hospitality. Maj. Walkers oldest son was a fine little fellow, about six years old. He was pet of everyone, especially the presi- dent. Mir. Polk taught him how to sa- lute visitors. One morning when the family was about to breakfast, as the president entered the room, Harry was standing near piece of furniture, and when strengthening himself prepara- {< aty;r He. T II. head. Instead of making the salute he turned to see what had struck him. with his back to the president. The president enjoyed his discontinue and excused the salute. The poor boy was killed shortly after the administration closed by being thrown from a horse
 At all of the public receptions dur ing Folks administration, Gen. Hunter, the marshal, was master of ceremonies, and he was fine old Virginian It was his custom in the winter to send to the president occasionally fine fat wild goose, and nothing entered the white house in Mir. Folks term which was more highly appreciated by the president. The Marine band played at the receptions and levees aud in the grounds. Then the band represented no particular nationality; in fact, rep resentatives of every nation in Europe could be found in it. During the levees the band would play in the hall adioin- ing the east room. It was a custom of the president to treat the band, es- pecially when they were giving an open air concert on the lawn, and usually a bottle each of gin, sherry, old rye and brandy was quietly smuggled on the stand. After the election of Presi- dent Taylor, in 1s4S, and before his in- auguration, the latter made several calls on Mir. Polk Old Zach stopped at Willard's, and before his inauguration he dined with Mir. Polk and his cab inet. Here he had an opportunity of see ing the attendants of the house, and Col. Bliss, Gen. Taylor's son-in-law, sug- gested that he make no change. Be- fore retiring from the white house Mir.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11

Polk introduced the attendants to his successor, remarking of the male att tendants that he had made democrat of every one of them. Old Rough and Ready answered by extending his hand, saying: Give me your hand. We won't fall out about politics, but take care we don't fall out about something else'
 During the winter President Folks brother was guest at the white house, and, as he was a jolly good fellow, he made things lively there, keeping every body in good humor. He was com paratively a young man, at least 20 years the junior of the president, and had some years before been appointed charge d'affaires at Naples. When the Mexican war was in progress some of the opposition papers referred to Will liam Polk being in place of safety in- stead of being at the front. Some of these papers were marked and sent to him. He at once resigned and came home, raised a company of cavalry in Tennessee, and announced that the ob- ject of the company was to capture Santa Anna. He went into the Mexican war, and his company almost succeeded in capturing the Mexican general, his wooden leg and chest hting seized by
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11

sition his speed entities him to occupy. In the national circuit meet, under the auspices of the Chicago cycling club. Gardiner defeated Bald Cooper and Riser, upon whom all eyes have been turned this year. and John Johnson and l. D. Cabanne in the mile open race, and won ths two-mile handicap from scratch, defeating A. D. Kennedy, Al. Weinig, Tracy Holmes, Il. B. Wood and Bert Leslie. In the third-mile event he ran second tt. Cooper. with Bald third no mean performance.
 Earl Peabody, of the Chicago Cycling club, hns won proud title of amateur king of the west" His record last year and this has been quite remarkable, and 1t is his ambition this season to eclipse
 4rthur A. zimmerman's most brilliant record of 101 prizes in one season. Last year Peabody scored more than 50 firsts, and already this year has won more than 25 of the races in which he 1 started. He has been following the Michigan circuit, where he won the mile open events day after day with strange regularity. He began the sea | Irving A. Powell, the fastest amateur O. the east, who has been creating quite a sensation. On the national circuit at Springfield and Racine Peabody has not done so well, having been defeated several times by c. R. Mccarthy, the amateur crack of St. Louis, just enough times to even up old scores, and k. J. Morse and Charles Muss and others in handicap races. These defeats are un- l doubtedly due 10 overwork and poor form, and Earl is resting for week or two to recuperate. Only the toughest campaigners can follow circuit stead- fly, racing every two out of three days or oftener, and keep in good form right along. Peabody is a graduate of the University of Chicago. and is only 2l years old. He is m amateur of the purest stamp, as he succeeded in con- vincing the racing board, his father be- ing abundantly able to let him travel all over the west
 A match race for the largest purse ever made in America has been arr ranged between James Michael and Lu- cien Lesna, the French racing man who landed in San Francisco last month from Australia, where he broke all the records from two to 100 miles. The contest will take place on the Charles River park track in Boston, and will be for purse of $2,oo0 put up by the management, and a side bet of $250, making $2,500 in all. The event will be paced with multicycles, and the dis tance will be set at B miles, in order that the hour record of the world. which now stands at32A miles. made by J. W. Stocks in England recently. may be broken. Unless some accident oc- CUTS it is confidently expected that the American record of 27 miles 1890 yards, held by Michael. will be beaten, since both contestants are recognized leaders at middle distance work be- hind big machines. The date for the match has not been settled, but wilt probably be set for some time in early August, as Lesna (pronounced Lenna) needs some weeks for training and conditioning after nearly two months of travelling.
 Lesna cannot speak word of Eng fish, but his manager, Nj. Pognon, sport
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11
LUcIEN LEsNA.

Famous French Middle Distance Rider.y ing manager of the Gladiator company of Paris. talks very entertainingly of their experiences in Australia. which country neither of them likes very much. Management of racing league affairs there is very poor and visiting racing men are not treated with much courtesy. NJ. Pognon considers Les mas victory in the Australian cycle derby his best performance in the An tipodes. In that race he defeated Mar tin, the American; Megson, the Aus tralian champion; Green, of England, and Walne and Porte. two of the fastest Australian riders. Another victory was the defeat of q picked team chang ing every mile, while Lesna rode the entire distance of 25 miles alone, cov- ering it in 44:32 1-5, considerably under two minutes to the mile. In his rec ord trials he cut the figures for 100 miles to 3:54:54, which is much under the existing American record.
 H. W PERRY
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-11

Scarcely a stream issues from the lower slopes of the Andes, either to the Amazon on the east or the Pacific on the west, the sands of which are not auriferous. The amount of gold in the country must be almost fabulous.