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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

THE Turkish sultan, with a head
swelled several sizes by his easy
victory over the Greeks, is now
treading on Austria's toes. Austria
doesn't like it a bit, and declares
that war will follow ifTurkey don't
come off the perch. The trouble
was raised by the refusal of the
Turks to salute the Austrian flag.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

THE weakness in the price OF
wheat in the Palouse country is not
as much the fault Of the worlds
market as the lack of ships for car
rving the crop.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

If the U. of |. athletes thought
they had a shadow of chance
against the W. A, G. champions
they would be willing to compro-
mise all differences on fair basis.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

The large quantities of wheat
piled up at all the sections in the
Palouse country was an eye opener
to those Portland merchants.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

CERTAIN factions are doing con-
siderable quiet work in getting their
men in line for the coming city
election. The election will un-
doubtedly prove hot number.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

TINE is getting short in which to
register if you wish to vote at the
city election December 7th.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

wants an apology. Our boys have
nothing to apologize for, and our
estimate of their sand is wrong If
they yield to that extent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

For information, time cards, maps
and tickets, call on or write
}. S. KEENEY, Agent.
Or A. D. CHARLTON, Asst. Genl.
Pass. Agent, Portland, Or.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20
TIME SCHEDULE:

North bound passenger departs 8 a. IN.
North bound freight departs 9:l5 a. IN.
South bound passenger arrives 6 pop. IN.
South bound freight arrives 30 p. M.
JULIAETTA BRANCH.
Moscow and Juliaetta mixed train de-
parts 6 25 p. m.
Passenger arrives 8 80 a. m.
Through tickets to Japan and China,
via Tacoma and N. P. steamship Co., an
American line.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-20

All advertisements will be continued and
charged for till ordered out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26

For weeks and weeks Tom Sheppard had
been a sick man at our mining camp at
Black Bear valley, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal. Everybody felt sorry for
him, and yet a sick man in a mining
camp was a great Inconvenience and a
burden. One day Judge Watkins went up
to see him. and after finding him no better
and no worse than he had been for many
weeks, he said:
about this thing, but the boys are begin
ming to wonder why you don't die or
get we'll"
Yes, reckon they are" replied Tom,
''and you can tell EN- I'm goin' to die
DO you feel it's for the best, Tom?"
Il do. 1 amt got much to live fur, and
might as well peg out now as any other
time. I've been waitin fur week or two"
"Waitin'? Fur what?"
Fur to die decently. I'm no duke or lord
but l want things fixed up in good shape
1 want to be washed up, shaved, hev
my hair cut, and git into some decent duds
and won't die till do"
The judge told the boys what was re-
quired, and that afternoon two or three of
EN- knocked off work and fixed Tom up.
A shirt was borrowed of one, a coat of
another, a vest of another, and by and by
the sick man was rugged out in the best
the camp afforded. When all this had been
done, ne SAID:
Now, then, 1 feel more like dyin', but
there's one thing more I want 1 want Joe
Billings to come up with his fiddle and
play me a few tunes''
Joe was sent for, and after considerable
kicking he got his fiddle and went up to
Toms shanty. Tom was propped up in
bed and waiting, and Joe sat down and
gave him ''The Old Oaken Bucket" cold
Folks at Home" Nellie Gray" and half
dozen other well-known airs. He had
been playing for an hour, his eyes on the
hills opposite, when Judge Watkins looked
in and said;
"Cut it off, Joe, Toms dead
And so he was, and when the boys came
to observe the pleased and contented look
on his face they were agreed that he had
died decently and been given a fair start
on his way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
TWO MEN SHOT.
One of Them a Negro who Was Not
a Party TO the Trouble

Atlanta, Ga, June 25.-At Covington to-
day two leading merchants Of the town
had a serious difficulty and a by-stander
was severely injured.
J. 2. Simms shot at w. S. Bell. These
two gentlemen have had several tits in
the last two months and yesterday while
at dinner. Simms received a note from
friend warning him that Bell was on the
lookout for him, and had said that when
they met, one or two OF them would have
to be buried
Things passed off yesterday without any
blood being shed, but everybody having
heard Of the threats Bell had made was
expecting something TO happen.
This morning, between Z and 8 O'clock
Simms stepped out on the sidewalk with
shotgun and fired at Bell, who was down
the street in front Of him. Bell started
to run, when he slipped and fell, but quick
~ regained his feet and lodged around
the corner and into Cochran's bar. Simms
in the meantime, was taken in charge by
the marshal.
Bell was hit in two places. one shot go
ing through the muscles of his left arm
and another through the skin on his left
side.
Henry e~iscol, a negro employed by w.
ii. Cochran, stepped around the corner
Just as the second charge was fired and
was shot through the left side and hip.
He is said to be in a dangerous condition
and his recovery is doubtful
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
A PREMIUM ON SMUGGLING.
Curious Results of the Tariff on Dia-
mOnds Explained.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Washington.-One of the odd experiences
of tariff makers and the treasury is illus
trated in the duty on diamonds prescribed
by the pending tariff bill. Under the Will
son law the duty on cut diamonds was 25
per cent. In the new bin the duty is 10
per cent. The reason for reducing the duty
is not to give advantage to the people who
wear diamonds or the people who import
them, but to restore to the government
the income from diamond importations
which il had under the old tariff law. EX-
perience with the high duty on diamonds
showed that, instead of increasing the GUS
toms receipts from diamonds, it reduced
them; while there were evidences that just
as many diamonds were bought in this
country as ever before. In other words,
the high rate of duty was a disadvantage
instead of an advantage TO the government
and incidentally it put a premium on
crime The dealers in diamonds, instead of
paying the treasury % per cent. on the
value of their importatons or buying dia-
monds of American cutting, We're SNUG
Cling cut diamonds into this country in
large quantities.
George f. Kunz of New York, the gov
ernments's expert in diamonds is now
preparing his annual report for the direc-
tor of the geological survey on the condi-
ton Of the diamond market all over the
world In this report which ought to be
in Mr. Days hands in a few days, he
will touch on the smuggling of diamonds
under the Wilson law. Not that l an
an expert i'm smuggling" said Mr.. Kunz
with a smile. THAT Is not my business.
But there is no doubt in the mind of any
one who keeps an eye on the diamond
business that there has been a great deal
of smuggling. When diamonds are 20 be
had in New York for less than their cost
in London. plus the customs duty, it is
pretty safe TO assume that there is SNUG
Cling. The duty of 25 per cent. gives a
wide margin of profit to the smuggler
and it is comparatively easy to smuggle
gems because they can be packed in such
a small space"
There is no doubt about the selling
price of diamonds and the figure which
they ought TO bring in this market, be"
cause the price of the rough stones il
fixed in London, which is the distributing
point of the rough product for the entire
world. and in South Africa, whence most
of the worlds product comes, the output
is limited each year, so that there can
never be an overproductlon and a reduc.
ton in the price.
Men who own diamOais may find some
comfort In the reelection that there Is
little fear OF a decided reduction In the
value of their stones, for the great dia-
mond syndicate Of South Africa will not
permit the worlds markets to be flooded
and the value Of stheir product cheapen-
cd As to the rough diamonds. after they
come from the mine they are handled nv
"a syndicate formed In London, which
takes the entire product Of the mines
about Si7 100000 worth each year
"Since the syndicate took control Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
BLALoCK OUT FOR BLOOD.
COMMISSIONER NEsBIT TO BE At
Tackled AGAIN.

The Investigating Committee Chair
man Takes the Ground That The
Commissioner Has Wasted the
Public Funds to An Unvarrantea
Extent-The Commissioner and His
Friends Ignoring the Attack
strong Probability of the AbOIi-
ton of the Geological Department
Atlanta, Ga, June 25.-Committeeman
Swift of the Blalock committee win soon
be out in another card in which he viii
continue his attack on Commissioner OF
Agriculture Nesbit He will refer again to
the matter of fertilizer tags, and will then
jump on the commissioner for paying 81
fol. envelopes when the same number can
be bought for $3.50. He makes a red hot
fight on the management of the depart
ment and declares that Commissioner Mes
bit has wasted the public funds TO an IN
warranted extent. To every such COM
plant he says, the commissioner replies
that patents covered the articles he was
obliged to purchase and that therefore he
was compelled to pay a high price. The
committeeman insinuates very strongly
that the commissioner of agriculture is
trying to sneak out and around his just
responsibilities instead of admitting that
he has squandered the states money.
The commissioner keeps quiet under
these assaults. He and a host of frier Is
seem to be awaiting developments and do
not strike back. 1t is evident that the
commission will report severely on his
department and that of Geologist Yeates,
and there is no telling how much trouble
will be stirred up.
The great danger is the abolition of the
geological department which appears to
be of great importance to the state. Lazi-
ness is charged against Mr.. Yeates, and i
is also said that he is a good minerolo-
eist, but in no sense a geologist. A scien-
tihc man said tonight that the state had
committed the objectionable error Of
turning off a geologist (NIr. Spencer was
referred toy who had attracted the atten-
tion of TWO continents TO substitute
clerk from the Smithsonian Institution.
He was asked why il was that MIR. Yeates
was able to bring such strong indorse-
ments. "Pshaw," said he, anybody can
get recommendations" 1t is clearly
shown that the department under the
present management has been slow, but
the question is, does that justify the dis
continuance of the survey. when so many
competent men are to be had to run the
business. The survey is of vital import
ance TO the state, and as member Of
the advisory board has said should 1t be
abandoned now the work Of years will be
wasted. So many influential members of
the board are said to be against the eX-
istence of the department that it is doubt
full If it will survive beyond the time
when the next legislature meets and gets
down to business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
HALE NOT TO BE HUNTED.
Court Refuses to Permit tn 1eceiv-
ers TO Offer n Reward.

Court Refuses to Permit tn 1eceiv-
ers to Offer "A Reward.
Atlanta. Ga. June 25.-Judge ]. H.
Lumpkin has declined to authorize the
offer of a reward for the capture of w. C.
Hale, the ex-president of the Southern
Mutual Building and Loan Association.
Messrs. O'Byrne and Anderson, the re-
ceivers of the association, filed a petition
some months ago for instructions on vari-
Gus points, and suggested that it might
be well to offer a reward for the missina
head of the corporation
Touching on this point, Judge I.umpkin
says; "As to the suggestion that the court
authorize the receivers to offer a reward
for the capture and return to the sheriff
OF this county of w. c. Hale 1 feel con-
strained to decline 1t. This case is a
proceeding on the equity side of the court
to wind up the association. No precedent
has been presented to me authorizing re.
ceivers to offer a reward for a person I'M
der indictment, charged with having COM
mitted an offense before the receivers
were appointed nor do 1 think it proper
upon the petition presented to withdraw
funds from the direction of preservation
and distribution to be expended in aid of
the criminal processes of the law"
The receivers are directed not to con-
tinue to conduct the association as a going
business, but to wind up It's affairs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
HANGING OF TERRILL HUDSON
APPEARS sTUPEFIED AND SHOWS
NO SIGN OF FEAR.

Many of the Belief That His Indiffcr-
ence to His Fate Was n-c 20 the
Fnct That He Was Crazed by Fear.
His Neck Broken by the Fall and
Death Ensues In Twelve or Four
teen Minutes-kilIing of Negro
In Dispute over Dog His Crime.
Atlanta. Ca, June 25.-Terrin Hudson
was hanged at Decatur to-day for the
murder of Seaborn Malcolm. Both were
negroes. Hudson shot Malcolm on ac-
count of a rabbit dog with which he was
hunting. The prisoner mounted the gal
lows a little before noon. He was so great
~ overawed by the prospect of death and
worn out by his mental suffering that he
appeared to be half stupefied and showed
little sign of fear at the last moment,
though he had seemed weak enough be-
fore. The idea was prevalent that he had
been crazed by fear. His neck was broken
and he was pronounced dead in twelve or
fourteen minutes. The body was turned
over to relatives.
Just after committing the crime Hudson
fed. When first questioned he claimed
that the shooting was an accident. The
arresting officer said he shot too often to
do it accidentally. Hudson then claimed
that he acted in self-defense, and this
was his plea till the last. He said NAL
colin, when he shot was advancing upon
him with an ak.
Aaron McMullin, an uncle of the &C
cused, swore on the trial that such was
not the case, and his testimony was cor
roborated. McMunin was the only eye
witness, and later impeached his own tes-
timony. But the other witnesses were
believed and the governor refused to in
terfere in a substantial way, though he
did grant a reprieve of two weeks till the
case could be inquired into.
Superstitious people quote the fact that
Hudson was a thirteenth child, born on
the thirteenth day of the month, went
hunting on the thirteenth aud killed thir-
teen rabbits before he killed Malcolm.
H. s. Perry, now under sentence of
death for the murder of Belly Lanier, was
an interested spectator of the execution
of Hudson. The corridor on which his
cell abuts, looked out into the enclosure
where stood the gallows. BY means of a
mirrow Perry was enabled to catch a re-
Election of the gibbet. While the execu-
ton was in progress, those in the enclos-
ure could see the mirror extended through
the open grating. When asked how he
felt when seeing another executed, Perry
said it did not worry him at all, and that
if necessary he would die like a man.
Flanagan, the double murderer, re-
fused to look at the execution. He kept
close in his cell during the entire morn
ing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
WOOL IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
A Shipment of 10000 Pounds From
SpRrks-Other Matters.


Sparks-Other Matters.
Sparks, Ca, June 25.-The largest ship
ment of wool that has yet been made from
this section is being made through Sparks
this week. There Is 5000 or co, 900 pounds
of wool in the shipment, and represents
the holdings Of several of the largest
wool growers in the western part of Ber-
rien and eastern part of Colquitt counties.
who combined and sold their wool to Arm
old Tucker Of Albany The price paid
was 16c +. o. b. Sparks has shipped this
season about $50 bales of wool
The farmers in this section feel better
encouraged and more hopeful than they
have for several years. They have realz-
ed a better price for their wool than they
expected early In the season.
Crop prospects are good, and with the
hope of a duty being put on Egyptian cot
ton, and bagging and ties being placed
on the free list, they feel very much en-
couraged.
The fact that the lower grades of sea
island cotton sold last season below the
cost Of production has caused the majori-
" OF farmers In this section to divide the
cotton crop between sea islands and IN
land. The acreage planted in sea island
this year In Berrien and Colquitt coun-
ties will be 80 per cent. less than last
year. In upland the acreage Is increased
from 80 to 80 per cent. over last year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

A dividend of $3.50 two dollars and
fifty cents per share on the capital stock
of the Southwestern Railroad Company,
will be paid on and after July 9Th, 1897,
to stockholders Of record on the books of
the company, at the close of business on
June 10Th, 1897. Dividends payable at the
office of the company in Macon, Ga, and
at the Citizens Bank of Savannah, Sa-
vannah, Ga. The books of the company
will be closed from June goth, 1897, 10
July 9Th, 1897, both inclusive
By order of the board.
JOHN M. WALKER,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Macon, Ga, June 18th, 1897
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
Fire Proof ROpe.


From the Philadelphia Record.
Canadian and Italian asbestos will find
a serious competitor in the blue asbestos
discovered in the Cape Colony, since the
South African product is less than half
as heavy and furnishes fibres considerably
inner and longer than any other. The
South African fibre has been worked into
webs, which are but little inferior to
those made of vegetable fibre, and are alb
solutely fireproof. Irvine, cord and rope
made of this blue asbestos will not only
resist fire, but also most of the known
chemicals, corrosive Vapors and atmos-
pheric influences. These qualities will
open new field for the employment of
asbestos fabrics in chemical laboratories
and for the caulking of chemical appara-
tus.
In order TO test the resistance of the
new material, a blue asbestos rope of
about three-fourthS Of an inch in diameter
was weighted at one end with 90 pounds
and exposed to a constant flame from
large gas jet, so that the rope for con-
siderable length was surrounded by fire.
The cord only broke after twenty-five
hours. Still it was trife lighter than
rope of the same diameter made of Rus
sian hemp. Compared with a new hemp
rope, the asbestos rope has two-thirds of
its strength, but as the ropes get older the
proportion is altered in favor of asbestos
ropes, since they suffer but very little
from the influences of the atmosphere.
Another novel application of this ma
terial is the working of blue asbestos fibre
into mattresses for hospitals They are
cooler in summer and warmer in winter
than those made either of animal hair or
vegetable fibre, and no vermin can live in
this mattress. Experiments are now be-
ing made of working this fibre into cloth
for firemen's apparel. OF course the long
fibre of blue asbestos can also be en-
ployed for all the uses to which white as
bestos has been put heretofore. While
trifie more expensive, its superior quail
tiles make it well worth the difference.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

~~-~~~-~~~-~~r~--~~~~~~~~-~-
BARTHELMESS-T relatives and
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Barthel-
mess and Mrs. R. NJ. Barthelmess and
Mrs. K. Mckenzie are invited to attend
the funeral of the infant daughter of the
former Edith Ralston, age months and
16 days, this afternoon at o'clock, at
their residence, No. 800 New Houston
street east. Interment in Laurel Grove
cemetery.
BRENNAN.-The relatives and friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Brennan, ST.,
and family are invited to attend the fun
eral of the former. from No. 26 East Broad
street, at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
SPECIAI. NOTICES.


Savannah, Ga, June u, 1870 con-
form to an act of the General Assembly
OF the state of Georgia, approved Dec. IS,
1893, notice is hereby given by the under
signed, residents of New York, execu-
tors of the will of Eugene Kelly, late of
the city of New York, deceased, of the
intention to transfer to Eugene Kelly,
Jr., Edward Kelly, Thomas H. Kelly,
Paul Fuller and Daniel F. Sullivan, trus-
tees under the will of Eugene Kelly, de-
ceased, the following stocks, viz: Thirty
one hundred and twenty Eight shares of
the southern Bank of the State of Geor-
gta, thirty-one hundred and ten of which
stand in the name of Eugene Kelly and
eighteen in the name of estate of Eugene
Kelly.
Also, one hundred shares stock of the
Merchants National Bank of Savannah
standing in the name of Eugene Kelly.
EUGENE KELLY, JR.,
EDWARD KELLY,
THOMAS H. KELLY,
PAUL FULLER,
DANIEL F. SULLIVAN,
Executors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
Proprietor.


City of Savannah, Office Clerk of Coun-
Gil, June 16, 1S97.-Under and by virtue of
an ordinance passed at the regular meet
ing of council held June 2, 1897, pro-
viding for the re-establishment of the
city dispensary, the board Of sanitary com
missioners will elect at the next regular
meeting to be held on Tuesday, June %,
at 4:30 p. m:
Keeper City Dispensary, salary per an
mum, 81 200; bond $1,000.
Assistant Keeper City Dispensary. sal
airy per annum. $500; bond 81 500
Porter City Dispensary, salary per an
mum, S240
All applications must be filed with the
secretary of the board (the health oficer)
with the name of bondsmen 1.-TWO reouir-
ed by p. m. Tuesday, June %, 1897.
By order of Council
WIN. P. BAILEY, Clerk of Council
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
HOTEL TYBEE.

Savannah, Ga, June %, 1S97.-This popu-
lar hotel is rapidly filling up, and is one
Of the coolest spots on the Southern coast.
Everything new and frst-class.
The finest kind of bathing suits are be-
ing used at Hotel Tybee Come down and
enjoy the breezes and try our fish sup
pers. You will go home feeling ten years
younger. CTIAS. F. GRAHAM,
Proprietor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
CREW OF THE DAUNTLEss FREE.
The Evidence Against Them Not Con-
sidered Sufficient.

The Evidence Against Them Not Con-
sidered Sufficient.
Key West, Fla, June 25.-The crew and
the Cubans, who were on board the Daunt-
less and who were yesterday arrested,
were to-day discharged by United States
Commissioner julius Otto on the ground
that there was no evidence to show that
they were military organization or in
tended to commit acts hostile to Spain.
The principal evidence offered by the
prosecution consisted in the finding of
about 600 cases of arms and ammunition
on board the Dauntless, while she lay
anchored off Indian Key waiting to be
toWed by the cruiser Wilmington to jack
sonvile. There were also other circum-
stances regarded as suspicious.
The captain Of the Dauntless, in reply to
the questions of the district attorney, de-
clared that he took the arms on board
from a schooner at sea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FRoM DEATH.
Struck by lightning a Man bangles
200 Feet In Mid-nir.

Atlanta, Ga. June 25.--willlam Thomp-
son, a negro mechanic, employed on the
Austell building, underwent a narrowing
experience this afternoon. While working
at the top of a derrick. more than 200 feet
above the ground. in the midst Of Sc
we're thunderstorm, with the wind blow
ing about him at forty miles, Thompson
sustained such a shock by lightning that
he lost his balance and fell. His clothing
was caught and saved him from instant
death. He dangled helplessly In mid-air
3n an unconscious condition for some time
His escape from death was scarcely short
Of miraculous.