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The herald., 1897-06-19
Bound to Die

MILFORD, Pa, June 1S.-Paul Her.
man Shultz, found guilty of murder in
the first degree for killing his wife.
attempted to commit suicide this morn
ing by strangulation, using a strip from
his bed quilt. He was discovered and
after q half hours work, was revived.
Shultz had written a farewell letter in
which he denied having murdered his
wife. He refuses food and says he will
starve himself to death before the day
Of execution.
The herald., 1897-06-19
It Was Loaded

NEVADA, Cal, June 1S.-While NOV
ing a loaded shotgun last night Mary
Avery, aged II years, dropped the weap-
on accidentally, the hammer striking a
step, and the contents of one barrel were
discharged into her right shoulder, al
most severing the arm, which was SUBJ
sequently amputated. She will probably
The herald., 1897-06-19
The Latin Alliance

NEW YORK, June 1S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Panama says that rep
resentatives of the governments of
Guatemala and Costa Rica have signed
the treaty which makes them a part Of
the Greater Republic of Central Ameri-
ca. All the Central American republics
rejoned the compact
The herald., 1897-06-19
James Grant Arrested

James Grant. a real estate agent liv-
ing at 3211a West Fourth street, was
arrested at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
on a warrant swoSn out by H. L. Rivers
of Rivers Bros. charging him with OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses.
The herald., 1897-06-19
Tried to Shave

CONVICTION, KY, June 1S-Immedi-
ately after family prayers this morning
Miss Amelia Baer, aged 22 years, went
into the parlor and cut her throat from
ear to ear with her brothers razor. There
was no known reason for the suicide
The Coroner's verdict was temporary in
sanity
The herald., 1897-06-19
The Craven Case

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1s.-Mrs Net
tie Craven spent another day upon the
witness stand today, but i'll spite of the
efforts Of her counsel in that direction
she was not permitted to tell the whole
story of her relations with Senator Fair
the court holding that she could only
be cross-examined at this t$me upon
The herald., 1897-06-19
A Vile Crime

ATHOL. Mass, June 1S.-Gilbert
Peters, teamster at South Royalstone,
yesterday assaulted Belle Rollins, Z
years old. While he was being tried to-
day word came that the child was dead.
Peters was placed under $4,000 bonds
and the hearing adjourned until June %.
The herald., 1897-06-19
More Bombs Found

PARIS, June 1S.-Soleil says that a
fresh bomb was discovered at 10: 30 this
morning at the corner of Boulevard St
Denis and Rue Denis. The finds in other
quarters are declared to be only harm
less hoax
The herald., 1897-06-19
English Suicides

LONDON, June 1S.-Four more bodies.
supposed to be suicides, have been found
in the Thames, making twenty-one bod
les found in the river During the last
three weeks, =
The herald., 1897-06-19
Wife Killer Hanged

BATON ROUGE, La, June 1S.-Allen
Butler, colored was executed in the jail
yard at Port Allen, West Baton Rouge
parish. this afternoon The crime for which
Butler was hanged was wife murder.
The herald., 1897-06-19
A Sick Composer

ROME, June 1S-The Messagero Gays
that Giuseppe Verdi, the celebrated
composer, is seriously i'll.
The herald., 1897-06-19

The following communication was re-
ceiyed Yesterday. 1t relates to the story
published concerning the arrest OF l.
Bilderrain on a charge of buncoing one
T. B. Williams of Westminster, Canada,
out of certified check on local bank
for S156O
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
Personal.

Prof. George Frederick Holmes of the
University of Virginia, who died recently
had held his position since 1851 and had
never been late to single lecture.
-One of the New York voters who reg
istered for the late election is Emanuel
Schwab of East Forty-sixth street. He Is
101 years old "The way gets long" he
said, but l couldn't miss my vote"
The report that there is only one sur
viving schoolmate of Abraham Lincoln
has been disproved. Mrs. Susie Yeager of
Rhineyville, KY, now in her Goth year,
was his schoolmate at the fSst school ses-
sion he attended.
The deanery Of Edinburgh, left vacant
by the death of Mr. Montgomery, has
been conferred on Canon Wilson, a meth-
Der of the chapter, who has worked all his
life in the Episcopal church of Scotland
and Is editor of the Scottish Guardian and
of the "Seabury reports"
An autobiography recently published
in England is that of Charlie wilson, or
Catherine Coomes, who masqueraded for
forty-two years in male attire in that
country. During that time she was mar
ried to two men and they lived with her
for years without betraying the secret. AS
Charlie Wilson" she earned e. a week,
though in her own name and proper dress
she could obtain but fl. She confesses that
her wives gave considerable trouble by
running her into debt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
Postal Sayings Banks.

In his annual report the Postmaster
General brings the question as TO whether
the government shall establish postal saw
ings banks squarely before congress.
There has been great deal of discussion
of this subject during the last year, and
it is quite certain that the people favor
postal savings banks.
We know Of no other thing that would be
more helpful to the south than banks of
this kind. They would encourage thrift
among wage-earners, and 1t would not be
many years after they were established
before they would hold many millions of
dollars of the earnings of the poor. Even
small farmers who have a little money
they don't need after they have sold their
crops and paid their debts would make
use of them. It is not an unusual thing
i'm the rural districts for people to bury
the money for which they have no imme-
date need or to hide 1t in their houses.
They adopt these methods of keeping their
savings because they have no confidence
in banks, or are so far away from insti-
tutions of that kind that they cannot af-
ford to carry their savings to them. If
deposits of money the government would
get an immense number of small deposits,
even though the rate of interest paid was
small. The people have confidence in the
government and they would willingly en-
trust their money to its keeping feeling
certain that they could get 1t whenever
they asked for 1t. The rate of interest
would not be of as much importance to
them as the safe keeping of their money.
Congress has not been canvassed in re-
spect to the matter, and therefore 1t is
impossible to say what it's action will be.
The fact, however, that the people favor
postal savings banks is sufficient to justify
the conclusion that the recommendation of
the Postmaster General will be approved.
Savings banks may try to defeat the
scheme because it would interfere with
their business, but they would hardly
have sufficient influence to defeat it. The
success of postal savings banks in other
countries is good evidence that they
would be a success in this country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
Never Thought of Her.

The best joke of the honeymoon sea-
son is told by a southern hotel keeper,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The male
half of the new partnership registered
like this: August Buerger and wife" He
remained one day, and when he stepped
up to ask the amount of his bill the clerk
said 1t would be 81.
-Four dollars!" Mr.. Buerger said.
why, your rates are rather high, aren't
they?"
mo; guess not. That's only 81 a day."
But 1 have been here only one day"
II know, but it's ST." the clerk replied.
How do you figure that?" the newly
welded man asked, as he leaned over the
counter with a frown of perplexity on his
otherwise blssful features
''Well, there's yourself, one day, 81, and
there's your wife, one day. 81; two and
two make FOUR s1.
The fellow slammed his fist down on
the register, while a crimson flush of blood
suffused his cheeks FWell I'll swear"
he cried, ''if didn't forget all about her.
III eat my hat! Here take this " keep
the change and say nothing about 1t.
please"
But the clerk didn't keep the change.
so he didn't think there was any reason
why he shouldn't tell the story.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16

Bumper is rough old BEAR and his
daughter inherited some of his disposition.
He loves to tell how she trained her hus-
band, whose ways did not meet with her
approval.
why, that fellow" the old gentleman
says, with laugh that Is
roar, according to the De-
troit Free Press, had no more
gumption than to think that he could car
ry on just as though he had no wife to
please. knew better from the start but
l knew that she could take care of herself
and half a dozen like him. He smoked
cigarettes in the parlor, just as though he
was in his bachelor quarters She put in
her protest, and he dec AIRED that he hadn't
surrendered any of his personal rights
when he married her. Now, she's not a
girl to go into tantrums or set up a howl
But the very next time he had a few
friends in there blowing cigarette smoke
through their noses she glided in grace
fully, took a seat threw one little foot
over the other ON an ottoman and lit one
of those same little coffin nails He was
mortified and on his high horse, but I
could have told him just how much good
that would do him. She played the game
till she made him quit Then he got to
staying at the club till the wee hours. She
enlisted me; we managed to get home one
morning at A; he didn't see me, she would
give him no satisfaction and he Just beg
ged of her to remain at home with him af-
ter that. You bet, she'll keep his toes on
the mark 4"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
A Dangerous Game.

The New York World, in its issue of last
Sunday published a record of foot ball
casualties in this country for the last four
months No doubt II has missed many of
them, because the record includes only
those which occurred in foot ball games in
leading schools and colleges. The list of
killed and injured is as follows: Killed
outright, s; permanently injured, 16; Sc
riously injured, 120; injured. 1870.
What other national sport in this or any
other country can show such list of kill
ed and injured in so short a time? Prize
fighting and bull fighting are tame sports
compared to 1t. And yet there are news
papers and individuals who sneer at any
attempt to make the game less bloody and
brutal
1t is claimed that the game makes those
who take part in 1t courageous and manly
and fits them to fight the battle of life
successfully. 1t is doubtful If there is
enough In this claim to justify the brutal
ity by which the game is characterized.
1t is O question whether the noted foot
bah players in our universities succeed any
better in fighting the battle of life than
those who never take part in the game
of foot ball.
A certain amount of exercise is neces-
sary to good health, and good health, as
a rule, is necessary to success in life, but
the kind of exercise one gets in practicing
for the game of foot ball, and in playing
that game, is not the kind that tends to
make one healthy and strong. The body is
overtaxed and injuries are received which
remain TROUBLESOME throughout life time.
1t may not be advisable to prohibit the
game altogether, but there should be such
legislation in all the states as would lead
to the adoption of rules which would make
the game less brutal and lessen greatly
the number of casualties.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
A BILE Price for an oId Hat.

Eleven dollars was realized By an enter
prising young man one day last week on
an old felt hat which probably cost him
about 81 when new, says the New York
Tribune. The young man was one of a
party of four or five that went on a hunt
ing expedition in the wilds of Long Island.
The hunters had flushed considerable
game on the morning of their first day $
shoot but had killed little of it, In the
meantime, however, they had cultivated
great appetites. After a hearty dinner
at the hotel at which they were staying,
one of them proposed that they make an
other short tour of the surrounding coun-
try before nightfall AS the members of
the party were leaving the hostelry one
of the young men began to banter the 9TH
ers on their skin as mat91smen.
Why, don't believe you could hit that
COW out there!' he exclaimed.
Just give me a crack at your hat will
your" asked one of the indignant marks
men.
Certainly WILL" replied the first speak
er, ''if you will agree to the following
terms. / will throw my hat UP In the air
and you can shoot at it all you like, but
You must pay me 80 cents every time you
miss it,"
IAN right; its 60"
The young man threw up his hat, and
tne other felloW banged away at it. When
the hat came down general rush was
made for it to find out whether the shooter
had hit 1t or not
Il am sure I peppered it," said the lat
ter. ut hLt
There's not hole in IT,. declared the
owner land you owe me 50 cents Do you
want another shot?"
you can bet do and I'll fill it so full.
of lead this time you won't recognize it -
Up went the hat again, and again the
hunter fired at it, When the hat was ex-
amined it was found to be as good as
ever.
The laugh was now on the shooter, and
he did not relish 1t a, bit. He insisted on
having another shot, and still another,
until he had fired twenty-th three times at
the vile old felt hat. A dispute arose at
the end of the twenty-thirds shot as to
whether the hat had been hit or not. The
owner of it declared that the small pune
ture found in the rim had been caused by
the hat falling on a sharp twig. The
shooter, on the other hand, insisted that
he had hit the hat, and that he would
have hit it before if there had not been
something the matter with his cartridges.
The committee that had been chosen to
judge the shooting went into solemn con-
clave, and after due elaboration decided
to give the shooter the benefit of the
doubt, especially as his sport and his en-
beavers to create a reputation as marks
man had cost him 81.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16

A correspondent who read and admired
Ella Wheeler Wlcox's poem on Sam
Davis, published in the Morning News on
Sunday, asks for additional information
regarding the death of the young con-
federate hero. Davis was a scout. He
was captured near Pulaski, Tenn, by men
of Gen G. NJ. Dodge's command In his
possession were found important statistics
about the federal forces in Tennessee. He
was tried by court martial as spy and
sentenced to- death. He was offered every
inducement to tell the source of the in
formation which he had, but declined.
When on the gallows a messenger from
the federal commandant came to him
with pardon in his hand, and told him
that if he would give the information de-
sired he could go free. Davis hesitated
moment, then said: mo; If 1 had a thou
sand lives L would sacrifice them all
rather than falsify my word and betray
my informer" He was then hanged, up
on the order of Gen. Dodge. The execu-
ton occurred at Pulaski. A fund is be-
ing raised to erect a monument to Sam
Davis and Gen. Dodge has written a tri-
butte to the brave fellow and sent a sub
scripton to the fund, which now amounts
to about $1,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
BRIGHT BITS.

Your wife seems to have very san
guine disposition"
"Sanguine? Well, sir, she is the kind
of woman who would expect to put a fire
out by throwing watermelons at tide
trolt Free Press. a.
Feminine Loglc-Mrs. Wickwire-''Did
you read about that man who found $780,
900 while digging worms to go fishing
with?' Mr.. Wickwire-"Yes, dear"
'Wel 1 was just thinking what may be
you have missed by always fishing with
flies. indianapolis Journal.
when DR.. Depew" said the cornfed
philosopher, who occasionally wanders
from contemplation of the wholly abstract,
when DR.. Depew said that the secret of
happiness was, in keeping in touch with
the young, the doctor had no reference to
young jokes. '--Indianapols Journal.
Just as Good-Deacon johnson:
would you be able to support NAH
daughter in de style to which she hab
been accustomed2" Jim Jackson-"Wal, I
amt dead-certain about dat; but 1 feel
quite sure 1 could git her 'customed to de
style Ia be able to support her in
Puck.
There is one point about your friend
Boswell Johnson" said Napoleon. "He
simply dotted on you" Say rather, re-
torted Johnson, that he anec-doted on
me. He reminded me somewhat of YOU
in your prime, Bonaparte.'' I'm what re-
spect?" demanded Napoleon "He was a
Parasite" said Johnson. -Harper's Bazaar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16

1t is said that both Senator Wolcott
chairman of the Senate postoffice COM
mittee, and Mr.. Loud, chairman of the
House postoffice committee, are opposed
to the postal savings bank idea, and that
neither committee viii submit a bill en-
bodying the plan of the Postmaster Gen
eraL Senator Mason Of Illinois, however,
will introduce a bill to establish postal
savings banks. It WAS published several
days ago in atChicago newspaper that an
eminent silver advocate objected to the
postal savings bank idea because such
banks would Sseduce the people to the
evils of interest, and would blind their
eyes to the iniquites of interest paying"
In other words, If small depositors were
drawing Interest on their savings they
would become imbued with the bad spirit
of capitalism.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
The HAWAIIAN Trentx.

A canvass of the senators leads to the
conclusion that the Hawaiian annexation
treaty will be ratified very soon after the
dent counts upon as many as sixty votes
in favor of it, and that he is anxious to
have 1t ratified as soon as possible.
No doubt he understands that there is
great deal of opposition to annexing Haw-
ali to this country and wants the matter
disposed of as quickly as possible so as to
shut off criticism. Some of the cartoons
which have already appeared in the news
papers indicate that the advisability of
making Hawaii a part of this country is
regarded as exceedingly doubtful. Hawaii
would only be a rotten borough like Ne
vada, il made a state. There Is no propo-
sition yet to make it a state but there
would be as soon as it became a part of
the republic
The population of Hawaii would not
make desirable citizens-that is, the ma
tives and the imported laborers would not
There are comparatively few Americans
and Europeans. No doubt the number of
Americans WOULD increase CONSIDERABLY al
ter annexation, but it would be many
years before the American population
would be more than few thousands.
1t seems to be pretty well understood
that the annexation scheme is being en-
gineered by a few Americans who own
pretty nearly all of the sugar plantations
in the Hawaiian Islands. The reasons
why they favor annexation are numerous
and strong, but these reasons are not as
numerous nor as strong as the reasons
why this country should refuse to annex
islands, which are thousands Of miles
away from its shores. and whose people
are against annexation. If Hawaii should
become a part of our country it would
soon be a source Of trouble and we should
have ample cause to regret that we assist
ed few adventures in taking the coun-
try away from its rightful rulers and max
ing it a part OF our territory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Biff! and a bang, and the fun begins!
Thump! and thud, and the horns are
locked!
Sprint and scurry and save your skins,
Legs are twisted and skulls are knocked.
Over the field sweeps a wolfish pack,
Over the field with curdling yell;
Surely the scene doth nothing lack
Holding the mirror to Dante's hell.
Padded and plated the men are lined,
Braced and bandaged theyoi wait the
word.
Seem they to you of human kind
Are they not like to a savage herd?
Shaggy the hair on each matted head.
Fiery the eye by the cushioned nose;
Silent they wait till the word Is said
Pitching them forward against the foes.
All in tangle the fighters fall.
Legs wildly waving from under the
hea2!
See the limp form from the midst that
they haul
Dead? He's not dead--he is only asleep.
Strained is each muscle awaiting the
word.
Thrilled with excitement behold one and
all! e9 ~
Fiercely they mix up-the signal is heard
Crushing and trampling-and this is
foot ball!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16

1t is understood that certain New Eng
land cotton mill men have submitted to
the owners of a cotton mill in South Car
DINA a proposition for the building of a
mill at Denmark, 8. C. This new town,
at the juncture' of the Florida Central and
Peninsular, the South Carolina and Geor-
gia, and the Atlantic Coast Line railroads,
is the market for one of the. best cotton
growing districts in the state, and there
fore offers great advantages as a location
for a cotton factory. The surrounding
country is settled by thrifty and prosper
Gus farmers. The town bids fair to grow
to be a city, since it possesses many of
the qualities and advantages which insure
success. The water of the locality is good,
and the section is healthy. A cotton fac
tory would no doubt give Denmark inn
petus on its march TO prosperity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
Future of Cotton Manufacturing.
From the Philadelphia Times Qnd.).

1t is very evident that the future pros
perity of our cotton manufacturing inter-
ests depends more upon an extended mar
ket than upon any other factor. Instead
of raising impossible tariff walls around
ourselves we want to throw down barriers
and promote trade conditions with our
neighbors. The Cotton Manufacturers
Association did we'll TO give a good deal
of consideration to this important sub
ject and its members will do better IL
they will return home employ some
agents who understand the Spanish lam
guage, and send them into the Spanish
American countries to study conditions,
and seek to establish trade by the same
methods which have been successfully en-
ployed by the English and Germans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-16
MERCHANTS AND MINERS
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