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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
TO-DAYS WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity I'M
til midnight, Friday, Dec Il. 1897: Fair.
followed by increasing cloudiness Friday
evening.
Weather From Washington
For Georgia-Fair in southeast; threat
ening weather and probably local showers
in northwestern portion Friday; colder in
northwestern portion Friday evening and
night; east to south winds.
For Eastern Florida-Fair; easterly
winds.
For Western Florida-Fair; easterly
/ winds.
For South enthusiastically fair;
southwesterly winds. becoming variable.
General Conditions: In Eastern Mis-
souri, light SHOWS, accompanied by sleet,
is reported, but in all other portions of the
country east of the Rockies generally clear
weather is observed, except in Central
Texas and on the immediate New Eng
land coast, where cloudy weather prevails.
The colo wave, mentioned in this morn
| ing's synopsis, in the northwest, has adj
| vanced slowly eastward, and freezing
| temperature are reported as far east as
| the Mississippi river. The coolest point
| Is 81 t-dul, degrees DtlOW zero.
Light to fresh variable winds, mostly
westerly, are reported from the coast sta
| tons.
Yesterdays Weather at savannah
Maximum temperature, 4 p. m. 60 degrees
| Minimum temperature, a. m. 36 degrees
| Mean temperature ............... 40 degrees
| Normal temperature ............ 81 degrees
| Deficiency of temperature. ...... degrees
| Accumulated excess since
Dec. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 degrees
| Accumulated excess since
Jan. l OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. degrees
Rainfall NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .......... 90 inch
Normal ............... .............. IL inch
Deficiency since Dec 1............ 81 inch
| Excess since Jan. l ...............2.25 inches
River Report-The hight of the Savan-
| nah river at Augusta at a m, 18th me-
ridian time, yesterday, was &c feet, a rise
of O,6 foot during the preceding twenty
| four hours.
| Observations taken Dec 16, 1897, 8 D. M,
18th meridian time, at the same moment
of time, at all stations, for the Morning
News:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

gists the Company Washington D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
CASE OF ANSWERED. PRAYER.
Alleged Miracle in the Family of a
Mr.. Woods in Lewiston, Me.
From the New York Times


Lewiston, Me-, Dec. 11.-What is con-
sidered a remarkable case of answered
prayer has happened in the family of Mr.
Woods, who breaches at the Friends Cha
pei, on College street, this city.
Ten days ago, Mrs. Woods was seized
with a most mysterious affection, from
which she suffered intensely. 1t appeared
chiefly in her arms, her right arm swell
ing to double its size, compelling her to
take to her bed where she lay, totally
helpless and in agony, for over a week
For days she was unable to move or be
lifted and her arm became in places of
a dark brown color. Late Wednesday she
called the members of her family to her
bedside and charged them to kneel by her
bed and pray with her that she might be
given strength to perform her God-giken
duty upon earth.
This the family did, and as she lay there
without power to move hand or foot they
all Joined in prayers her son of II years
being specially fervent in his appeals. At
the close of his prayers to the astonish-
ment of the neighbors who were with her
as nurses, she sat up In her bed, called for
pen and paper and with the before dis
abled arm and hand wrote a ferVid ap-
peal to her father in a distant city, to be-
come a Christian telling him of the fact
that she had been charged by God to do
this, and until it was done she could
neither die nor recover. This done, she
fell back in her bed again. folded her
arms. before immovable, across her breast
and for hours and days has remained thus,
as If waiting for an answer to her appeal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

-Mamma-Wen, Elsie. what did you
learn at school to-day?
Elsie (aged 6)-Learned to spell.
MammaTNow, what did you learn to
spell?
Elsie-Man.
Mamma-And how do you spell man?
Elsie (promptly)-M-a man.
Mamma-Now, how do you spell boy?
Elsie (after a moments ref1ection)-The
same way, only in hitler letters-Town
and Country Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

want of water will cause the common
garden snail to go into a state of the most
complete and curious lethargy. This Is the
snail of the genius limax, and not the
larger one of the genus helix. In the lat
ter the phenomenon of alienation is es-
pecally remarkable. In November the
snail forms just "a soft, silky membrane
across the external opening of its shell.
on the inner surface of that it deposits a
coating of carbonate of lime, which imme-
diately hardens like gypsum. This parti-
ton is again lined with "a silky membrane.
The snail then retires a little further into
the shell and forms a second membrane
eous partition, retiring again and again
until there are six Of these partitions be-
tween the snail and the lime coated door
al the entrance Of the shell. In the recess
behind all these partitions the snail lies
torpid until May. All this time it lives with
out motion, without heat, without food,
without air, ana without circula-
tion; without the exercise of any
of Its functions. II this snail
is prevented from alternating for
several seasons, by keeping it in a warm
room, 1t will gradually waste away and
die Prof. Browne mentions "A case whera
several snailS of this genus were shut in
a perforated box without food or water.
They retired into their shells and closed
them with thin membrane. They remain-
ed so for three years. They revived when
put into tepid water. They had been driv-
en- into torpidity by drought. The blood of
this snail Is white.
another curious thing about hibernate
ing animals is that the bile of all other
animals is the bitterest of substances while
the bile of alternating animals is sweet"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

Mrs. Jones-I wonder what 1t is that
makes baby so wakeful?
Mr. Jones (savagely)-Why, it's hered-
itary OF course this is what comes OF
your sitting up nights waiting for me
Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

-, below zero.
1T, temperature; *v, velocity of wind.
]. M. Sherier.
Observer Weather Bureau.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

Frances f. willard says that among
other things women of the present need
are larger shoes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17

DIR. Rachel J. Kendall, BuffaIo's cell
ebrated Woman Physician has a repu-
tatiOn and practice that extends far
beyond the State. To women she is
the ideal physician, friend and advisor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-17
TERRALNE,

IN incpient OF Consumption the greatest remedy
known to civilization Nothing claimed for Terraine
that Is not endorsed by prominent physicians.
lerrane Is not patent medicine II Is a pure product
Petroleum. taseess and nOuhing
Liver o causing no gastric trouble Children like
II Write tor Physicians Testimony
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
The SCaffOid.

The afternoon train brought to this
place a number of visiting sheriffs,
some of whom kindly offered such as
sistance as Sheriff Anderson might
Among the visiting sheriffs and their
deputies were John Wagner, Charles
Chapel, George Irish and George Allen,
of Ramsey: Phil Megaarden, of Henne-
pin; Ole Mausten, of Aitken; Smith. OF
Washir gton: jacobson, of Isanti; Lund-
quist, of Goodhue; Jim Donovan and
Ed Jensen, of st. Louis. The visitore
inspected the gallows and the rude
shed in which it was constructed
Fitted into an l. at the southeast
corner of the court house, stands an
improvised shed 16x20 feet, in the CEN
ter of which the scaffold is built The
shed is of rough pine, the slanting roof
over which covers but half the dis
tance, leaving the condemned man as
we'll as the limited number Of specta-
tors exposed to the chill night air. The
scaffold-of white oaks a staunch af-
fair. patterned after the machine upon
which Brooker, the Pine City murderer,
expiated his crime The drop was
through a big trap, five feet square,
a distance of nearly nine feet
Directly after lunch Sheriff Anderson
tied on a bag of sand weighing 200
pounds to the 7-16 MANILA rope to be
used and tested both the rope and the
drop. This rope, which came from
Chicago, was substituted for the Ital-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
FLOOD RECEDING.
But the Worst May Not Be over at
Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 22.-Tha
river continues to fall slowly at Mem
phis, the gauge tonight Registering
a fraction under thirty-seven feet, a
fall of about an inch in forty-eight
hours. The decline of the great vol
ume of water at this point is due to
the breaks in the leVee at Caruthers-
vile, Mo-, and Sans Souci, Ark The
railroad situation tonight shows a de-
cided Improvement. Assistant General
Passenger Agent Scott, of the Illinois
Central, announces that traffic on his
lines has been resumed and all trains
ON the entire Illinois Central system
are again running on time. The va
zoo & Mississippi Valley railroad has
also been opened and is running it's
trains promptly ON schedule time The
Iron Mountain still remains above
water on the west side of the river
The fact that the rise continues at
Cairo and other points, not affected by
the CarutherSville break, is sufficient
basis for the conclusion that the pres
ent slight drop here is not indicative
that the beginning Of the end of the
flood is at hand. At Carroll. Arkansas
City, GreenVille and Vicksburg there
has been a steady rise since Saturday
morning and at all these points the
river is far above danger line. At
points below Vicksburg the rise ccntin-
ues slowly and steadily. The outlook
both as to the condition of the country
and the refugees remains about the
same.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
Traffic Agreements Illegal.
Sweeping Supreme Court Decision.

a. purpose to repeal the provisions of
the interstate commerce act, which
permit the argument" the opinion
AYERS that the Interstate commerce act
does not authorize an agreement of
this nature. There is, therefore, no re-
repeal in the case it says, and both
statutes may stand, as neither is in
consistent with the other"
The opinion takes up the assertions
that the Sherman act was aimed only
at such combinations as the Standard
Oil company, the beef trust and the
whisky trust, and says they We're net
the only associations controlling great
com mbinationS of capital which had
caused complaint ait the time the law
was enacted, but that there were
many and loud complaints from some
portions of the public regarding the
railroads and the prices they were
charging for the service they rem
dered." Summing up on the point Of
applicability to railroads the court
says:
while the statute prohibits all com
binatiOns in the form Of trusts or ether
wise, the limitation is not confined to
that alone All combinations whicn
are in restraint of trade or commerce
are prohibited, mhether in the form
of trusts or in any form whatever We
think after a careful examination that
the act covers and was intended to
cover common carriers by rail-
On the question of the true construc-
ton Of the law the opinion says: I'VE
conclude that the antitrust act ap-
plies to railroads. and that 1t renders
illegal all agreements which are in re-
Straint of trade or commerce." 1t is
further held that the agreement liz
this case was of such a nature as to
,nf+ 10
ficient magnitude to render it a viola
tiCn of the act. THE effect was to re-
strain trade, no matter what the intent
was ON the part of those who signed
it"
1t was stated that the granting Of
the injunction prayed for was not in
tended to have a retroactive effect.
Justice White delivered the dissent
ing opinion ON behalf of himself and
Justices Field, Gray and Shiras. He
said the agreement in question was
not 0ne to fix rates, but to classify
freighltS and prevent an increase or
reduction of them, except upon given
notice. Hence the document was not
in restraint of trade or commerce. To
say that it was, was in effect to follow
the letter and not the spirit Of the
law.
The officers Of the government con-
slider that the effect of the decision
mill be far-reaching. They think it
will result IN requiring that all traffic
agreements be submitted to the inter
state commerce commission. They
also express the belief that it means
a reversal of the opinion delivered in
the circuit court of appeals for the sec
ond circuit last week in the case of
the Jcint Traffic association, the opin-
ion in that instance being favorable
to the railroad combination.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

desultory fashion about Arthur John
son. who has been twice acquitted.
johnson could have said something" ;"
he explained, (which would have grant
ed me at least respite and possibly a
new trial. l have no complaints to
make though. I told him not to do it.
to swear him free and he was doing
the same thing for me. Johnson has
not come to see me since he was ac-
quilted, but that's all right, maybe
he didn't care to- Kelly said that
Judge Nethaway would bear out the
statement that Johnson could have
helped him (Kelly) by his testimony.
Kelly had very little time for ministers,
whom he dubbed SKY pilots He
said he was not prepared to accept
their ministrations, although he might
change his mind before the end came.
While talking Kelly was seated on a
plain chair facing a second upon which
had been placed his dinner. Before
seating himself he borrowed a comb
from deputy and combed his hair
before a small mirror which hung in
his cell. At the conclusion of his meal,
he lighted a cigar and coming up to
the small grated window chatted
nonchalantly with his visitors. Some
one told him that Johnson had been
re-arrested, charged with some old
offense, near Chillicothe, No, but Kelly
merely raised his eyebrows and said
nothing. He scoffed at the idea of
making any confession or other state
ment on the scaffold, and said he had
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

from the Southwest. and was of South
ern origin. His father was a Nova
Scotian and his mother Virginian,
and he rather leaned to the Roman
Catholic belief. He insisted that he
had led perfectly honest life as man
tel or tilemaker, up to three years ago,
although he had done little gambling.
Three years ago, owing to the med
ding of an aunt, he says, he became
estranged from his wife from whom he
has not heard in that time. He ex-
planned that he was thirty-two years
of age and an only child. Wilson, he
said, knew his identity, but Wilson
was dead and he had nothing to fear
from that source. Wilson, whose real
name has not come out was mixed up
with horse racing and gaming, and was
an old pal Kelly talked in rather a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The su-
preme court has decided the case Of
the United States versus the Trans
Missouri Freight association against
the railroads. The opinion was rem
dered by Justice Peckham and reverses
the decision of the court below, and
holds the antitrust law of 1890 to be
applicab BILE to railroad transportation,
and the traffic agreement of the pool
Illegal.
Justice Peckham reviewed the history
of the case and stated the. conclusions
OF the court in a very few words. He
said that the bill had originally been
filed by the government fer the purpose
of securing the setting aside of the
agreement operating in the South
west, which constituted the associa-
ton, to fix rates of transportation to
which the various roads constituting
the pool should agree. The bill was
filed under the laws known as Sher-
man antitrust act of 1890. The de-
PENDANTS had in their answer denied
the governments allegation, in respect
especially to the point of improper in
tent, and upon these shoWings the case
proceeded to a hearing. The court
below decided that the Sherman act
did not apply to railroads, and there
fore refused to sustain the government.
1t was also held by the lower court
that even if the act did apply, the
agreement was not one looking to the
unreasonable restraint" of trade.
Continuing, Justice Peckham said
wi T1vO1 1crI0f inf
the supreme court, the defendants had
moved to dismiss the appeal on the
ground that the freight association had
been dissolved, leaving nothing be-
fore the court, and also on the allega-
tion that the amount involved was not
sufficient to justify the consideration
of the case in the supreme court of the
United States. These motions were
both overruled by the courts con-
clusion, announced today
Justice Peckham said that mere dis
solution of the association did not de-
termine the question, as there was still
relief to be had. Taking up the case
on it's merits, he said the court had
reached the conclusion that the Sher-
man act does cover the question of
lIO 1dAlAC1Q o14N e1oACC-
ment between the various roads is
within the prohibition of the act. Hence
the decision of the lower court. which
was favorable to the contention of the
railway company, was reversed and
the case remanded.
Replying to the objection that, there
is no language in the antitrust act
which is sufficiently plain to indicate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
Hanged at Center City Shortly After
Midnight.
WYOMING TRAGEDY AVENGED.

l GreWSOmle Scene in the
Rude and Half Open EnclOs-
ure in Which the Execution
Took PlaCe-The Murderer
Cool and Nervy Until the
Last - He Weakens Suf-
ficiently to Ask for a Min
lister in His Last Hours
SheriffS and Deputies From
Ramsey, Hennepin and
Other Counties Present
Story of His Crime-HiS
Last Hours.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

They do things formally in Chisago
county as rule, and the Kelly case is
no exception. With the arrival of the
crowd of sheriffs, deputies and others
on the evening train, Sheriff Anderson
had his hands full playing host and
looking after his man. Although an
effort was made to exclude all but the
death watch, there was little or no
trouble experienced in getting into the
small room in which the cell is built.
The reporter for the G L o e stood out
side the big iron grating and talked
fifteen minutes with the condemned
man who was as collected and as much
at ease as the officials. He, from the
start, made it plain that he did not care
to discuss his crime. When piled with
questions he admitted that he hailed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

told nothing of himself save to give a
few scraps Of his life to Editor j. H
Huber, of the North Branch Review,
who attended his trial, and who has
come to know the condemned man
quite well. Kelly, in referring to the
fight in the swamp with the posse, said
he never would have been taken alive
except for the fact that he hoped to
save the life of Johnson, who was
wounded, by surrendering.
1t was stated that a request had been
made for Kelly's body for medical pur-
poses, but the local authorities say
that the body will be inferred in the
paupers field adjoining the county poor
farm.
The few visitors who were in the cell
room at $3.50 when Judge J. G. Neth-
Continued an Third Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

On both sides of the Chattahootchie.
southwest of this place, the fields are
overf1owed, destroying all the winter
work Of preparation. carrying away out
houses and cabins and floating off
stock so that it can never be recovered.
Late tonight news comes in Of the
drowning of family of eight persons
on the Alabama side Of the river, in
Henry county, Richard Manson, with
his wife and six children, lived in a
cabin on the river bank at the cross
ing Of the Central railroad from Colum-
pla The water rushed In, surround
ing the cabin. In vain efforts to extri-
cate themselves. all were lost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
Canadian Floods.

floods throughout the province are coming
in. One fatality occurred last night, when
a boy named Little, Of Weston, was swept
away by the Humber river and drowned. At
Brantford the Grand river overhowed it's
banks, and many houses were so deeply
flooded that the occupants had to leave in
boats. At Glen Williams the street was a
raging torrent. and people had to leave their
houses and take refuge on the highlands,
where they camped all night. In the east
ern part Of the province several railway wash
outs nave occurred. delaying trains.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
Flood Climbing UD.

ARKANSAS CITY, Ark, March 22-Ihe
great flood coming down the Mississippi Is
gradually climbing up the levee front at
rate TO excite much alarm and unless the
river shows fall within few days the water
will reach the crown of the levee in from.
Of the city, which is from TO 4 feet below
the system Of levees in this district. Tho
gauge at this point registers 40 feet and
with proper care the levees can withstand
50 feet. and no precaution will be neglected
to avert the threatened disaster.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
SOUTHERN CYCLONE
SWEEPS TWO STATES.
Work of Destruction Wrought i'm
Georgia and Alabama.
SCHOOL CHILDREN KILLED.
CHILDREN KILLED

Arlington Academy in the
Path of the Storm and
Wrecked Before the Pupils
Could Escape -Blakely Is
Lifted Out of Existence
Stories of Death From
Every Direction, But Only
Meagre Details Obtainable
as Yet.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

The New York legislature came with
IN one vote of carrying a measure CIV
ing itself free transportation on all the
railways of the state. There isn't so
much difference, after all, between the
New York and Nevada legislatures.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

k%eather for Today
Fair and Colder.
PAGE L.
Kelly Hanged at Center City.
Deadly Cyclone in Georgia.
PAGE z.
Funeral of Capt. a. B. Johnson.
siIverites Talk Over Plans.
Insurance Premiums Decrease.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis. Matters.
Mckinley Makes Nominations.
Saltwater Affairs.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
O'Brien Appointed Surveyor General.
New Charter Completed.
Tariff Debate Begun.
Canea Threatened by Insurgents.
PAGE 6.
Senate Passes Seven Bills.
ThOrpe's Civil Service Bill Killed.
Work of the Legislature.
Soldiers Home Inquiry.
Arbitration Treaty Amended.
PAGE @.
Stocks Somewhat Unsettled.
Bar Silver, 63c.
Cash Wheat i'm Chicago, II Use.
Farmers Institutes Reviewed.
PAGE 2.
Maher and Sharlzey Matched.
Duluth Losing Its FIOar Trade.
Railway Gossip.
Wants OF the People.
PAGE 8. ia
NC Caffery Verdict Scaled.
Court Routine.
School Union Ready for Action.
Twin City CONGREGATIONAL Banquet
German Citizens Celebrate.
Social Gossip of the Day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

]. Edward Addicks, the poorest peach
In the Delaware crop, has made for
NAL application for a seat in the United
States senate. Addicks wants somebody
10 kick him out of the procession. The
senate will accommodate him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

McKinley's reference in his message
10 congress to ''the prompt payment of.
liberal pensions" was a mean little bid
for the support Of the old soldiers. The
president has a very small way of
showing himself a big man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

King George of Greece is a fine lin
guist and can converse in eight differ
ent tongues. That is why he has been
allie to talk back to the powers so sue
ceSSfully.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

It is unfair to Corbett to charge that
he is instigating these bills in various
legislatures prohibiting the kineto-
scopic reproduction of his little en-
counter with FitZSimmons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23

NEW YORK-Arrived: La Champagne,
Havre; Voendam, Rotterdam.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived: Rhynland, Philadel-
phia; Aurania, New York.
GLASGOW-Arrived: Pomeranian, New
York.
MOVILLE-Arrived: Ethiopia, New York.
GIBRALTAR-Arrived: Fulda. New York
for Genoa.