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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
DAY NOT GOING AS A DIPLOMAT
HIS DUTIES IN CUBA TO BE OF a
LEGAL NATURE.


lie VIII spend 10 Days In Washing-
ton Before He starts and WIZ
Look Up the Ruiz Case Among
Others-Thc President Has FuII
Confidence in Gen. Lee, But RecOg-
niEes the Fact That Gen. Lees
OmcIaI Position Handicaps Him
For the Work to BE Done by judge
Day.
Washington, April 1.--Judge w. r. Day
of Canton win leave for Cuba within two
or three weeks. He Is now engaged in
the municipal campaign at Canton. He
will come here about the middle or last
of next week and will remain here about
ten days, investigating the papers In the
state department relating to the death of
Dr. Ruiz. He will thoroughly look into
this, and, after consulting with the Presi-
dent will leave for Havana. His duties
there will be strictly legal, and will not
partake of the nature Of diplomatic work.
He win probably take a secretary with
him.
Judge Day, IL Is understood, goes to-
Cuba at the urgent personal request of the
President. The President wants clear
and comprehensive statement of the sit
uation in Cuba. The question is one Of
difficulty for him and calls. as he Thinks
for an investigation aside from that pos
sibe to the general official channels. His
faith in Gen. Lee Is very high, but hs
recognizes the fact that Gen. Lee. by vir-
tue of his Office, has his limitations fon
usefulness in this special field of inquiry
But Gen. Lee can and will assist Judgs
Day, as in the Ruiz matter. Judge Day,
with his legal advice will assist him, and
from this course of action the Presidents
expects report of much value
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
A BATCH OF NoMINATIONs.
Andrew ID. White to BE Ambassadors
10 Germumy.

AnufeW ~ w HANc to ne AAhDuSA0uOb
TO Germuny.
Washington, April 1.--President McKin-
ley to-day sent 20 the Senate the follow
ing nominations:
Andrew d. White of New York, to be
ambassador 10 Germany.
willian Z, Draper Of Massachusetts,, to
be ambasshdor to Italy.
Chandler Hale of Maine, to be secretary
Of the embassy at Rome.
Samuel l.. Gracey of Massachusetts, to
be consul at Fuchau, China.
Anson Burlingame johnson of Colorado,
to be consul at Annoy China.
Benjamin Butterworth Of Ohio, TO be
commissioner of patents.
Oliver l.. Spalding of Michigan and Will
lam B. Howell Of New Jersey, TO be as
sistant secretaries of the treasury.
Capt. Robert Craig Of the signal corps,
to be major.
Withdrawn-Anson Burllngame John
son the consul at Fuchau.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
FAVORABLE REPoRTs ORDERED.
One Of the Bills That Relating 20 the
Hyacinth Nuisance.

washington. April 1.-The Senate COM
mlttee on commerce this morning ordered
favorable reports on several measures be-
fore II. Among the more important were
the following:
Providing for an investigation OF the OBJ
struction Of the navigabe waters Of the
South Atlantic and Gulf states by the
water hyacinth.
An omnibus bridge bill governing the
construction OF bridges across the Mis-
sssippi and Missouri rivers, and giving
the engineer department Of the war de-
partment control under certain restric.
tlOns.
TO promote the efficiency Of the revenue
cutter service by providing for the retire.
ment Of officers, etc.
Providing for the inspection OF sailing
vessels OF over 100 tons, and the licensing
OF the masters OF such vessels.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
OKLAHOMA's CYCLONE.
New Chapters Added to the Story of
Death and Destruction.

Guthrie, o. T., April 1.-The details of
the Chandler cyclone continue to come in,
and every fresh bit of news furnishes
further evidence of the awful fury of the
storm. A messenger, who arrived late
last night from the country southwest of
Chandler, reports that many farm houses
were demolished there; that two persons
were killed and number of others badly
injured.
1t is reported that the little settlement
known as Parkland was completely de-
stroyed, and that several persons were
injured there
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.
They Exceeded the Expenditures la
March by $1,000. .6O4.

Washington, April 1.-The receipts of
the government for the month Of March
were $9,ON, Gs4 in excess Of the expenditures
for the same period last year. This in
crease is attributable to the large I'm
portations and the rush Of importers to
take goods out Of bond by the payment
Of duties before the Dingley bill went into
effect. For the month the total receipts
were $36,2i76G2, and the total expenditures,
ST,2l299B. Since July j. 1896, the beginning
Of the current fiscal year, the deficiency in
revenues has amounted to S3s, 1906, ,2Sl. For
March, 1885, the expenditures exceeded the
receipts by more than 100000. Customs
duties for the month just ended were Sc, 70
1896 In excess of what they were for
the corresponding period of last year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
A MAN BLowN TO ATOMS.
Can of Nitro-GIyccrinc ExpIOdes Mt
nm OIL Wen.

Butler. Pa. April 1.-c. N Brown, aged
IS years OF this place, engaged as an oil
well shooter. was blown to pieces this
morning by the explosion Of a twenty
quart can OF nitro-glycorine. whicn he
was putting into an oil well belonging 10
Griesbach Marshall a Co. The rig was
demolished, and a house near by badly
shattered Brown leaves a widow and
four chLldren.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
.-,- --,,-. : ., --''-..- -.
The Spanish Lose Two Omcers ana
Four Privntes.


Havana, April Lieut. Col. Perez
Blanco, with ha0 a battalion Of Spanish
troops and a detachment of local guer~
ilas, left Artemlsa yesterday. and at Bru~
10 encountered a party of rebels occupy
ing strong positions. The lighting was
stubborn on both sides. and the insurgents
were disIodged with difficulty Hearing
the firing from a distance, Col. Boy, with
three companies Of Spanish troops. came
70 the assistance of Lieut.. Col Blanco'a
command, and the insurgents were finally
driven from the field, carrying with them
a number OF their dead and wounded
Lieut.. Col. Blanco lieutenant and four
privates were killed, and four privatea
were wounded
At EIato Nueva, in the Matanzas Prov
ince, Mai. Valllna, two captains and FOUR
enprivates comprising the remainder OF
the defeated insurgent party under tho
leader Barrots, have surrendered to tha
Spanish authorities
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
DIG SALE OF LUMBER.
A Cleveland Firm Buys $4,000, 900
Feet of Logs.

Menomlnee, Mich. April 1.-The largest
lumber sale of the season has Just been
closed The Northern Supply Company,
which is auxiliary TO the Wisconsin and
Michigan Railroad Company. has sold is..
O00.O0O feet OF logs 70 the Kirk Chrlsty
Lumber Company Of Cleveland. o. The
lumber is 10 be manufactured at the mill
OF the first named company, az Fisher.
The sale includes an the lumber in stock
az present, and the FIRST Of the years cut.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02

A NEW BRIGADIER GENERAL.

Col. William Il. Shafter to BE AD-
pointed by the President.
Washington, April 1.-Col. William r.
Shafter, First Infantry, has been selected
for appointment as brigadier general by
the President, but his nomination will not
be sent to the Senate until Brigadier Cen
eral Wheaton is confirmed as major gem
eral, to fill the vacancy caused by Gen.
Ruger's retirement tomorrow. Gen.
Wheatons appointment Is already prepar-
ed. Col. Shafter, who now gets his pro-
motion, has been at the head of the list
of colonies for a long time, but was pass
ed over three or four times in the selec-
tions made by Mr.. Cleveland.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
JOINT TRAFFIC CASE.
The Record Filed in the Appeal to
the Supreme Court.

Washington, April 1.-The record in the
case of the United States VS.. the Joint
Traffic Association, coming on appeal by
the government from the decision of the
court of appeals for the second circuit
(New York;, has been filed in the supreme
court of the United States. When the court
met to-day Solicitor General Conrad NOV
ed that the case he advanced on the dock
ct. in which James c. Carter, of the coun-
sci for the railroads, Joined, urging that it
be set down at an early day in the present
term.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
TWO sEEKERs AFTER OFFICE.
q. BridweiI Wants 90 Be Surveyor oi
Customs at AtInntn.

washington, April 1.-Applications wer,
filed at the treasury department to-day
by n Bridwell Of Atlanta, Ga. for the
post OF surveyor Of customs az Atlanta
Ca. and by /. w. Fails, New Orleans
la. for that Of surveyor Of customs a,
New Orleans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
CASTILLO sURRENDERs.
lie Is Said to Have Been on ON AnS
other FiIIbustering Expedition.

other FiIibustering Expedition.
New York, April 1-Dr. Joachim Cas-
arrested here some time ago, for alleged
participation In flibusterlng expeditions,
and who, at the opening OF the United
States circuit court OF the present term.
failed to respond to the Indictment, sur
rendered himself to-day TO Justice Brown
IN the United States circuit court.
Assistant District ATTORNEY Hinman did
not oppose the motion of the prisoners
counsel for the withdrawal Of the forfeit
ure Of the bond, and consented to an ap-
pllcation for the release Of the doctor ON
new bail. II is said that during DIR. Cas-
tillos absence from this country he took
part in the recent Rolon expedition to
Cuba, ana has just returned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
FRED GRANT OFFERED AN OFFICE
lie Can he Assistant Secretary of
War II He Desires.

Wnr 1T Tie DeHIreB.
Washington. April 1.-Col. Frederick
Dent Grant Of New York called on Pres
ident Mckinley at the white house to.
day, by invitation. and was rendered the
position of assistant secretary Of war.
lie had a talk with the President OF near
ly an hours duration, and left Mr.. Nc
Kinley with the understanding that a
definite answer to the tender would be
given to-day or tomorrow. Col. Grant
was disnclined to take the position, but
his conversation with the President may
have the effect OF causing him 10 change
his mind. He would not talk about the
matter in any phase when an effort was
made to interview him after his visit to
the white house
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
ALTON IN ALARM.
The DOwnpOur of Rain Gives the
River n Fresh Boom

1FOA q TVSH bUUItI'
Alton, Ill, April lone of the most tre-
mendous rain storms on record swept over
this city last night and the Mississippi is
rising again at the rate of an inch an hour
1t stands 1912 feet above the low water
mark, and only inches be.ow the disas-
trous flood Of 1892. The highest levees
are being encroached upon and alarm is
great through the farming regions of the
Missouri and Illinois bottoms. Manufac-
turing institutions here are fighting the
waters back from their fires with i'm
menSe pumps.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02

ing at Limon, Col, and trains are running
through again.
The Elkhorn is still blockaded west of
Chadron, but will be opened tonight.
The narrow-gauge lines in the Black
Hills are still snow-bound, but the other
lines are open.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
AUTHORIZATION BILLS.
The Senate Committee to Report
Three of Them Tuesday.

Washington, April 1.-The Senate COM
mittee on appropriations has decided to
report the sundry civil, Indian and agri-
cultural appropriation bills Which were
passed by the House week before last, TO
the Senate next Tuesday. This action Is
taken as an indication that the measures
will not be materially changed from the
form in which they passed the House. The
general deficiency bin will be held until
later in the session, so as to provide for
all possible contingencies that may arise
in the service before the close of the As
cal year, June 30. fh
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
DAUNTLEss STILL HELD.
Application For Clearance Papera
Again Denied.

AEAAh
Jacksonville, Fla. April 1.-clearance
has not been issued the Daunless, although
again applied for to-day. The only an
swer received was a telegram from ths
Secretary of the Treasury asking the col
lector If the owner of the Dauntless had
yet given the $1,000 bond required by the
United states court before the injunction
restraining the collector and comma@der
Of the revenue cutter from interfering
with the Dauntless Is effective.
The bond has not been given and will
not be given, for there is no injunction
against the commander of the Vesuvus,
the dynamite cruiser, and none will ISSUE
against the commander OF the cruiser, for
the court has ruled that vessels of the
navy have a right to stop suspected nli-
busters but revenue cutters, under The
Secretary OF the Treasury, have not that
right unless the law is actually being vio-
lated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
SNOW BOUND RAILROADS.

''"S "t Work and the blockade
being Raised.
Vmaha' Neb.. April 1.-The Union Pacific
opened its snow-bound track IN Wy
"'.'s from the west as far as Cheyenne
I from the east to Hnlsdale. but ia
ri1, haacd to-day between Cheyenne and
Nh 'le distance OF nifty miles. This
w " be cleared Tonight.
D. ine Burlihgton's main line is onep 10
t.,a.or but ita Billings line is blockaded
MIN Gillette ana Sheridan, in Wvo-
r "a distance OF 100 miles. Two bic
of W. piows are nt work on this stretch
NoW-h0und track.
80. l''eh Island was opened this morn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
Dismarck's Birthday,

Berlin, April i.-Emperor William to-
day tolegraphcd his congratulations 20
Prince Bismarck upon the occasion Of his
birthday. The ox-chancellor was born
April 4, 1915.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
CONFIRMED ny THE SENATE.
CharIcmngne Tower One of Those on
the Days List.

Washington, April 1.-The Senate to-day
confirmed the following nominations;
william S. Shallanberger Of Pennsyl-
vania, TO be Second Assistant Postmaster
General.
Charlemagne Tower OF Pennsylvania, to
be minister to Austria Hungary.
Alexander NJ. Thackara OF Pennsylvania,
TO be consul at Havre, France.
Anson Burlingame johnson of Colorado,
70 be consul at Annoy China.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
RENDEZVOUS or wARsHIPs.

They WIN Go t0 New York For the
Grant Monument Celebration.
Washington, April 1.-Under orders from
Admiral Bunce. the Maine and Texas at
Port Royal and the Amphitrite and Ter
ror at Charleston left for Hampton roads
this morning, it being the intention after
the rendezvous there to go to New York
and participate In the Grant monument
celebration.
sacola for Key West April 4, where she
will be Joined by the Montgomery. daily
expected at Tampa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02

Havana, April Mrs. Lee and Miss Lee.
wife and daughter respectively. Of Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee. che American consul gem
eral here, sailed to-day for New York on
the Ward Line steamer City Of Washing
ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
CAROLINA PHOSPHATE ROYALTY.
The state Commission Reduces the
Rate 10 % Cents a Ton.

Columbia s. c., April 1.-The state phos-
phate special commission returned from
Beaufort to-day and announced that they
had using the power conferred by the leg
islature. reduced the royalty to 25 cents
a ton. They found the cost Of production
greater than the market price. The royal
" was formerly 81 per ton, and then 20
cents. Eight years ago the states royalty
was nearly s25OO00 This year II won't be
10000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
BIG FIRE AT CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS
Thirty Business Places and "A Dozen
Dwellings Burned.

Erie, Pa, April Thirty business
houses and a dozen dwellings were de-
stroyed by fire at Cambridge Springs, this
afternoon, causing the loss of one life,
and doing $225,0O0 damage to property.
The fire was the result of the careless
use Of matches by some boys In a rubbish
room in the Wellman building.
The total insurance Is estimated at Sl25,-
O00
A merchant named W. A. Hayes lost his
life in the wreck of his store.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
hattie Ar BULOCAN.

The Rebels Said 10 Have Had $50
Men Killed and Many wounded.
Madrid, April IAN official dispatch
from Manila, capital Of tho Philippine
islands. states that Gen. Jaramlln has had
an engagement with the insurgents at Blu
iocan. The rebel loss Is said to have been
10 killed and a large number wounded.
The dispatch adds that Spanish naval
squadron has bombarded Malabong. The
fire from the warships set fire 70 the town.
There was great loss OF life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02

Canea. April 1.-The admlrals command
ing the foreign fleets IN Cretan waters have
refused 10 allow the Christians at Akrotiri
TO sell sheep or produce in Canea, which
IA but a short distance from Akrotiri, an
less they surrender their arms
A person who has Just returned from
visiting the insurgents az the camp Of Col
Vassos, the commander Of the Greek
troops. states that the bombardment ~
fzzidin ala little damage. Nobody was
killed and only six men were wounded
There were only go insurgents engaged
In the fight The informant says that
IN conversation with insurgents he vas
told that they would always be willing to
communicate with the European troops
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02
CRETANS AND THE CRESCENT
THE POWERS URGING TURKEY 40
RECALL HER TROOPS.

Little Damage Done by the Bonn
bnrdment at Izzidin and no One
kiIIed-Great Britain said to Have
Consented TO the BIOckading of
the Aegean Gu1f-Three Small
Greek Sailing Vessels Reported
Seized by British WGrships
The Admirals Want n Cavalry
Force Sent to Crete.
Berlin, April IA dispatch from Con-
stantinople to the Frankfort Zeitung de-
clares that a proposal to purchase the
island of Crete, made to Turkey by Greece
has been declined by the porte which
would not undertake separate negotiations
so long as Turkey remained in accord with
the European concert.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-02

Constantinople, April 1.-The diplomatic
representatives of the powers here have
received Instructions from their respective
governments to open negotiations with the
porte for a definite withdrawal of the
Turkish troops from the island of Crete
and negotiations with that end in view
are accordingly in progress.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-21
GAMES AND GAMING.

Both HEschylus and Sophocles in their
tragedies allude to the game of dice as be-
ing common in their day.
brought from the east and first used by
Europeans in Italy in 1879.
The Arabic cards are believed to have
been originally associated with necroman-
tic or fortune telling practices.
The first known record of regulating
dice making and selling in England was
in the ninth year of George ", 1928.
Henry III of France, 1574-S9, was an
expert billiard player, and his example
made the game exceedingly popular in
France and the courts of Europe.
The game of whist has been traced by
curious inquirers to that of triumph or
trump, which was extensively played in
the early days of the sixteenth century.
The Romans had two games which were
played with dice-tali and tessera. The
latter seems, from the imperfect descrip-
lions left to have been variety of craps.
According to Plutarch, the game of dice
was the invention of the Egyptians, but
PlYtarch was mistaken, for dice have been
depth in the earth as to indicate much
greater antiquity.
When James " of Scotland came to
London to propose for the hand of Mar
garet, the daughter of Henry VII, be " as
somewhat Disguised to find her at thoir
first meeting so busi!y engaged in n game
of cards that she was scarcely allie to give
him any attention
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-21
TO WHOM2

Referring to the clamor of the coal
miners before the Congressional COM
mittee for increased duty upon coal,
the Baltimore Sun says:
"The horse-leech of the coal regions
hath two daughters, crying, give,
give. The other daughter is the
anthracite coal combine-a more
cruel, grasping and relentless COM
bine, which has cornered and grasped
all the anthracite coal mines in the
land and levied it's own toll upon
every hearthstone, is also before the
committee crying, give, give. They
people to look for protection ?"
Aye, there the rub! To whom
are the people to look for protection
now that the government is to pass
into the hands OF the trust protec-
tors, wholly, unless the balance of
power in the Senate shall be such as
to put the breaks upon the high
tariff, MISUNDERSTANDING policy of
the incoming administration? How
strenuously the friends of such a
policy are striving to averta balance
of power against them may be sur
missed by their interest in the Sena-
torial contests in North Carolina
and Idaho.
Had Bryan and Democracy tri
umphed in the last election-the man
and the party that was for the peo-
pie and against the trusts-we would
be in a position to answer the Suns
question, Ito whom are the people to
look for protection?" The Sun,
however, had hand in putting the
other crowd in and, knowing McKln-
ley's propensity to high tariff, should
have thought about these things at
time when there was the possibility
of a remedy. AS it is we will have to
dub it's question as too tough to
answer and pass ON.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-21
NOT DEAD.

Strong, enthusiastic and encourag-
ing were the speeches made in the
State Electoral College the other day.
They did not indicate that the free
silver sentiment is dead in North
Carolina.
We believe the cause is stronger
now than it was in November. The
people have seen many wrecked
promises along the pathway of the
past two months and their confidence
is shaken in the Sirens who sang so
sweetly for gold to entrap the con-
fiding and unsuspecting.
The eyes of the people will be wide
open by another election, and then,
unless the signs fail, there will be a
silver wave in this country SO
stupendous that the combined power
of trusts, moneycrats and election
robbers will not be strong enough to
check it's onward sweep.
The panic, which has been SO
grieyous to the masses, was and is a
monetary panic and there can be no
cure until the patient is treated for
the disease from which it is suffering.
To apply the trouble primarily to
other causes is to incorrectly dag
nose the case, from motives of ignor-
ance or avarice.
The high tariff medicine, which the
Republicans propose and are bent
upon administering, will not reach
! the case, beca use the country ia not
suffering from too low tariff. 1t is
suffering from a contracted currency
and the consequent contraction OF
nearly every thing else that makes for
the betterment of the great body OF
the people, and no genuine return to
prosperity need be expected until
remedial legislation is applied to the
real cause of existing troubles.
The people will find this out and
when they do out will go the quack
doctors who are now engaged in
maltreatment.