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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-06
Verdict Against the s., F. ana w.

Waycross, Ca, Nov 5.-The trial of the
case of c. r. Godkin against the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway was
concluded yesterday in Ware superior
court resulting in verdict for $4,000 for
young Godkin.
The jury was representative in charac-
ter, presenting a high standard of inf1u-
ence and more than ordinary intellieence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-06

longed roll. and the voice could no longer
be heard. The king, seeing that all fur
Their address to the crowd would be Irult-
less. turned to the guillotine and calmly
took his place on the fatal plank to which
he was fastened The apparatus turned
over and the ak fell 1t was then quarter
past 10 O'Clock a. m. of the 2lst Of Janua-
nv. 1898. The executloner held up the sew
cred head, turning as he did so to the
four sides of the place.
The King Of France was dead.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-06
PERILs OF GUNNERY.
Ship Saved by the Quickness of the
GuRner's Mate.

From the S2p Francisco Chronicle.
An officer of the United States navy re-
lates the following as Illustrating some OF
the perils of gunnery at sea:
Il am glad to see you again, and all the
more so because, without knowing it, l
came very near going up into the air IN
small bits on this last squadron cruise. We
were at heavy gun practice at sea, and
| but for the quickness of a gunner's mate
would never have returned. AS you prob
ably know, the heavy guns in the turrets
| are fired by electricity, the gun being dis
; charged simply by pressing a button. The
officer in command of the forward turret
on our ship during rapid-firing practice
was just about to press the button to fire
one of our big guns, when gunner's mate
was seen to grab something on the wall
of the turret and then fail In heap on the
floor. The officer pressed the button, but
the gun was not discharged. When the
mate game to- he was asked what had
happened, and he informed the officer that
the breech OF the gun had not been locked.
and that what he grabbed at on the wan
was the wires forming the electric firing
circuit When he saw that the officer was
prepared to fire the gun and at the same
time observed that the hreech of the gun
was not locked the only thing that oc,
CURED to him to prevent the gun being
discharged was to destroy the circuit,
which he did promptly and effectively
When all this occurred there was charge
Of 25O pounds of powder in the gun, an
other charge of the same size in the tur.
ret ready TO be served, and the passage
way leading to the powder magazine was
wide open. But for the quickness of the
gunners mate the gun was have been dis
charged, the breech block would have
blown out inside the turret, the gases
from the burning powder would probably
have ignited the charge lying in the tur-
ret, this explosion would have ignited the
powder i'm the magazine, and the chances
are that the whole ship, crew and all
would have gone up in the air. A thought
that has occurred to me is this: Suppose
the accident had occurred, what do you
imagine the verdict of a board of inquiry
as TO the cause of the loss OF the ship
would have been? Since this experience
the department has adopted electrical
means TO prevent the discharge of any Of
the large guns until the breech Is locked.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-06

-Tennyson received $4,000 for THE Holy
Graf" During the last few years Of his
life Macmillan & Co paid him $4,000 to
10000 a year. For THE Revenge alone
the Nineteenth Century gave him $1,000
Dickens left $50o,0OOi Lord I.yton, S4o0,00O:
Mrs. Henry Wood, $l80O00 Mrs. Dinah
Craik, $4,000. Victor Hugo left property
IN England alone valued at Si57. 900.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-06
Two New Postmasters.

Washington, Nov. 5.-The President has
appointed the following postmasters:
Virginia-Big Stone Cap-John M. Good
lee.
Florida-Bartow, James Harden.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-06

Isaac Newton, in his salad days, fell
in love with a Miss Storey while study
ing at Grantham. Poverty however. pre-
vented the match. He remained faithful,
and was ever her true friend, but she was
not inconsolable and married twice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-06

We do things better in this country than
they do in China. Since It's establishment
1900 editors of the Pekin Gazette, the off,
cial organ Of the emperor, have lost their
heads. With us one editor has been known
70 lose his head 1880 times, which Is a
great saving of raw material as compared
icle.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29
Miss BeiIadonna's sayings.
From Miss Belladonna, a Child Of T
rav"

From Miss BelIadonna, a Child of To-
day"
! don't see why people want to feel
lat home" when they go out to dinner.
I should think that the less at home"
they felt the more they would enjoy it.
1t does sometimes seem as if the
things you did when you weren't trying
to be naughty We're a great deal worse
than the things you do when you mean
10 be real bad.
whether it's ''providentiaF' or not, but
it is better to have it ''providentiaF' if
you want to keep it.
l don't see why people should keep
on being uncomfortable forever. just
because they used to be SO once upon a
time.
Papa says it is ungrateful not to APP
preciate things which are given to us
to make us happy. l don't see why it
is. if the things don't make us happy.
| think it is pretty mean for people to
give you something you don't like, and
then expect you to pretend that you'd
rather have it than something you real
~ did want
Aunt Della and Uncle Henry have
been brought up on the golden rule, >
so that their one thought is ito do to
others as you would that they should
do to YOU whether the Others like it
or not.
If | wanted to find out about any
body | should wait until | saw how they
acted with some of the people they
didn't like, when they thought | wasn't
round,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29
BUTTE News.
IT'S ALL FOR CHARITY
Fine Aggregation of Talent for
Tomorrow Performance.
IT'S INFINITE VARIETY
Legitimate Drama and Vaudeville of the
Highest Class-One of the Best
Entertainments Ever
Seen in Butte.

4 In the performance arranged for the
ASSOCIATED Charities benefit Thursday
afternoon will be seen an aggregation
of talent such as has seldom been wit
messed In a performance in Butte
1heater. 1t will be a combination of the
legitimate and vaudeville and will be
extraordinarily high class throughout.
I The programme as it has now been
definitely decided on and which is be-
sng rehearsed is as follows Norvai
McGregor, May Nannary Maude SUIT
ION and Carl Fleming viii appear IN the
pretty curtain raiser, THE Open Crate
Frank Linden and Miss Nannary viii
he seen in the flower scene from IN
romar" Then will come a number Of
epeciaIties that viii be especially at
tractive. In it Will be seen Mccarthy
and Williams, sketch artists; the La
Rosas also in a sketch: Madeline, the
Spanish dancer; Albini. in Is minutes
of magic: Zeno the contertionist; Mel
lie Mcguire, the original "Coster Girl !,
Fannie Warren, the female baritone;
walter Reed and Frank Rice, German
and Irish comedians in a sketch that
will be very funny: Sherwood & Mere
sTith sketch artists: Emma Whitney,
1.-THE Queen of Ireland: Seymour q
Bovine, grotesque comedians Mauue
Sutton, Indian club swinging; Baker
Il Howard, sketch artists, and Lulu SUIT
aon, in song and dance.
1 AS the programme VIII run fully three
hours, and possibly more, the perform
hnce will begin promptly at O'Clock
10 be sure the performers who give their
services for the benefit of the poor may
have ample time to prepare for their
evening work after the benefit.
The sale of seats opened yesterday
at Newbro's drug store and already a
Eoodly number of tickets have been
taken. The house will be sold at so
cents straight aside from the boxes and
no seats reserved. the first to arrive at
the theater getting the choice of seats.
Society is taking the matter up and pro-
poses making a social function of the
benefit which insures its success.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29
IN JUDGE CL ANCY'S COURT
Information Filed Against Perry,
Rodgers and Cooper.
TILT WITH Mr.. BALDWIN
He Asks to Have the Minutes in the
Moody Case Amended-The Court
Fixes Them Up as He Remem-
bers the Proceedings.

The county attorney yesterday after
noon filed several informations in fell
ony cases in Judge Clancy's court. An
information against Charles Perry
charges him with receiving stolen prop
erty and also with prior conviction
at kalispell for jail breaking. He is
accused of having received Al cans of
lard stolen from Walsh & Craft of this
city. Edward Rodgers was informed
against on the charge of burglarizing
the barber shop of Thomas Hobba on
West Galena street Both Perry and
Rodgers We're arrafgned and granted
until next Tuesday to plead. An in
formation was also filed against u. q.
Cooper for assault in the second degree
committed on Frank Probst with a
knife. The defendant is out on bail and
he has been cited to appear for ARA gn-
ment next Tuesday.
After the minutes in the Moody case
We're read yesterday morning. Mr..
Baldwin, special prosecuting attorney
in the case, asked that the record be
amended to show that the court ordered
the jury to bring in n verdict of not
guilty. The judge said such was not
the case and therefore would not allow
the amendment. Mr.. Baldwin then
asked that the minutes be amended to
show all the proceedings between the
time the jury was instructed until 1t
Drought Ill the NeIdlGI Oh ltbl guilty lie
especially wanted the record to show
that verdict of murder in the second
degree had been brought III and that
the court refused to receive it, and then
wrote out verdict of not guilty and
handed it to the jury. Judge Clancy
replied that Mr.. Baldwin was in error
as to the facts, and then proceeded TO
state them as he remembered them.
He said, if his memory served him
right the jury's first verdict was guilty
of assault" in the second degree.
II want the record to show it was not
assault in the second degree but muir
der in the second degree, said Mr..
Baldwin.
I'm just fix this record to suit my
self" said the judge, and he proceeded
to amend the record by interineations
and marginal notes. and when he had
| concluded the minutes contained the in
| structions advising the jury to acquit
| the defendant and showing further that
| they returned a verdict which the court
| considered informal" and sent the jury
| back for further deliberations. after
| which they came into court again with
q verdict Of not guilty.
| Mr.. Baldwin said the amendments did
| not show the real facts and he OBJ
| iected.
You have got all the amendments
you'll get said the judge, and then he
signed the minutes, and Mr. Baldwin
/ took an exception.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29


From "'rhe Story of the Revolution"
by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in the
January Serihner's.
In liza Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti-
mates of the population. which are all
we have. differ widely. but ii was prob
ably not far from 10000. a single city
now has a larger population than all
the colonies possessed in TIA, and there
are in the United States to-day 104 cit
les and town of over SO. 600 inhabitants.
Figures alone. however, cannot express
the difference between those days and
our own. Now town of 1000 people
is reached by railroads and telegraphs
IL is in close touch with all the rest of
the world. Business brings strangers
10 it constantly. who come like Shaa-
ows and so depart, unnoticed, except
by those with whom they are imme-
diately concerned. II was not So in
liza, not even in Philadelphia, which
was as nearly as possible the central
point Of the colonies, as we'll as the
most populous city. Thanks To the
energy and genius of Franklin. Phila
delphia Was paved. lighted and ordered
in a Way almost unknown IL any other
town Of that period. IL VAS Well built
and thriving. Business Was active and
the people We're thrifty and prosperous
and lived well. Yet. despite all these
quantities we must make an eHaii II
the imagination To realize how quietly
and slowly life moved then IN compar-
ison To the pace Of to-day. There in
Philadelphia was the center of the pos
tai system of the continent and the
recently established mail coach called
the Flying Machine" not in jest but
in praise. performed the journey To
New York in the hitherto unequalled
time of two days. Another mail at
longer intervals crept more slowly 10
the south Vessels of the coastwise
! traffic. or from beyond seas, came into
/ port at uncertain times and after long
/ and still more uncertain voyages. Thu
+ daily round of life was SO regular and
/ so quiet that amy incident or any nof-
I city drew interest and attention in a
I way which would now he impossible.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29
HUSBAND MAY COST HER DEARLY
Connecticut Heiress Elopes and Now Has
10 Fight for Fortune.

10 Fight for Fortune.
There is a possibility that Mrs. Ruby
Bennett kately late of Bridgeport,
Conn, may lose a fortune of $4,000, or
at least a large portion Of II, through
her hasty marriage with Frank kately.
q fresco painter. Ruby Bennett was an
orphan, and her aunt. Mrs. {. NJ.
Beers, took care OF her Ruby came OF
age a few days ago and went to her
lawyers 10 take possession of her for
tune. James Staples, Mrs. Kately,s
trustee, has been paying the income of
her property to her regularly. lie would
have turned over her fortune had not
Mrs. Beers attached the money and
served Mrs. kateley With the papers in
a suit for SIS, 900 damages for breach of
contract Mrs. Beers claims that in 1893
she and Ruby entered into cotatrs1@
To build a house and to maintain 1t to-
gether They did build fine house on
Washington avenue. But unluekily, in
1896 New York fresco painter, Frank
kateley. went To The house To add To
the beauty of its interior. He frescoed
Cupids, doves and posies all over the
ceiling and Mrs. Beers WAS SO much in
terested in him and his work that she
gave him a gold watch. Mss Ruby was
interested in the fresco painter, too, al
though he WAS 10 years old and had
been divorced. One fine night Miss
Ruby jumped out of n window and
eloned with the frescner who knew Gu
pid SO well that he could paint The mis-
chieyous boy from memory. Mrs. Beers
sent the police after her niece, but not
in time. for Miss Ruby Went to New
York with kateley and married him.
Mrs Beers has since lived in the house
with the doves and the posies. But TO
maintain herself she has to take board
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29
WARNED OF HIS END.
Graut staies's Premonition of Death
strongly Verified.

Hamburg. Ark, corr of the Chicago
Chronicle.
+ A singular Neritication of a Fremont
ton was Witnessed here last week. when
Grant Staley Nas accidentally killed.
As reported in the Chronicle at the time
of the accident. Staley came to Arkan-
sas from Rinard, Ill. where his mother,
living. He had been in the cattle bust
ness for three or four years and pre-
NIons t. his death was buying cattle in
this CAshley9 county and in the border
parishes Of Louisiana.
In October last While ut Nilmot, %
miles south of Hamburg. Staiey told
several persons that he had Fremont
ton that his end was near.
I'm thinking of going back To llli-
nois," said he Il Mant To see my mother
and BERTHE and Ruth and the rest of the
folks. yet I'm afraid I'll never live 10
make the trip
When asked what made him think 50
lie could give no more definite reason
than that lie had an inward feeling,
"a warning or premoniuan. Or whatever
il might be termed. telling him that
death was not far distant. Thu idea inn
pressed him powerfully and lie could moi
shake 1t of IL had hen III lad health
Tor some time. hunt Unexpectedly began
10 improve This fact VAS csted as an
Indication that his ''nrpmonition Was
nothing more than 81 bad case of the
blues nr defective Indigestion. Vel ht
was uneanvinced and still chung Il the
belief that he was fereduamud II death
Less than Ia days ago while StaieH
/ Vas raping a Wild steer. the animal sol
away from him and ran quarter on /
mile With Statey ia close pursuit. TIL,
/ rope which WAS round the horns Of Tbs
sgesr IN s9ulg NAY became tastthet
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29

around StaIey's right hand, and in the
race the first joints of three of his I'm
gers were torn off. 1t was only by
rapid riding that he saved himself from
being dragged to death.
When he started from Hamburg last
Friday morning Staley was greatly de-
pressed. The wounds on his hand had
not yet healed. and he was far from
well. lis set out to make the trip over
land to Little Rock. a distance of $50 or
200 miles. on horseback. From Little
Rock he intended to go by railroad to
his home in Illinois. The horse he rode
was young and wild. though an excel
lent traveller; he expected to reach the
state capital by Sunday at farthest The
thought of meeting the loved ones at
home cheered him little, although the
premonition of death still hung over
him.
Shortly after his departure a violent
wind and rain storm arose, the wind
rushing through the woods with terri
fic force, scattering timber right and
left, and rain falling In torrents. The
storm lasted perhaps 40 minutes. Staley
could not have gone more than mile
before the storm broke. He pushed on
brayely for another mile notwithstand-
ing the tempest. At this point little
wooden bridge crossed a small creek or
gully, for except in the rainy season
there is never water in it. Just this
side of the bridge Staley's horse got to
'bucking." and soon became unmanage-
able, throwing Staley on the ground and
running back to town at breakneck
speed.
Staleys body was found by Henry
Sawyer. 1t was lying on the ground a
few PAGES from the bridge. The man
had been dead some minutes. The rain
drops We're still trickling from his I'M
covered head.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29
REMARKABLE DIVORCE SUIT.
Noman's Suspicion uniustIy Aroused b,
n Boosting Tradesman.

ST. Petersburg Letter in London Tele-
4 graph.
A remarkable divorce case is at pres
emit being discussed by the gossips of
the Russian capital. The difficulty
about the present suit lies in the dam
aging fact that neither party has given
any cause for it, The provincial actor,
Gospodeen Martoff, went to Moscow to
fulfill a professional engagement and
staid there two months. He did not
take his young wife with him, for rea-
sons which do not appear upon the sur
face, but We're. no doubt. profoundly
cogent and correct, He scored a signal
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29

Copies of the Christmas standard on sale
at nil offices of the standard, in wrapperc
ready for mailing, price cents and by
newsdenIers. Domestic postage, cents;
foreign, O cents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic constipation forever.
Zoe 2oc. Ii G. q. {. fail druggists refund money.
The herald., 1897-02-07

These wires were fixed to the columns
BY little brackets. in such way that they
formed q canal to q ball Of the same
metal. which, by its own weight, de-
scended all their length, arriving at the
base, where 1t then enters on the thread
Of an archimedean screw placed be-
tween six pillars, and which divide dag
onally the space between the dome and
the base. AS soon as the screw has re-
ceived the ball 1t turns, and by this means
raises the ball to the dome, where 1t
retakes the road traced by the copper
wires. In this machine the ball 10 not
lost to sight, you perceive it mount by
the archimedean screw and descend by
the canal. and by these continued move
ments 1t causes the wheels to revolve
The dials for hours and minutes are on
the faces of the base.
AN INCLINED PLANE TIMEPIECE
Another curious work of this genius
was a timepiece consisting of a cylin-
drical box which, being posed with its
curvilinear surface on an Inclined plane,
seems to rest there, against the nature
of round bodies, which at once descend
any incline. The box in question de-
scends its plane slowly and in time. 1t
is made of copper, is about five inches in
diameter, and the plane on which it is
placed is four feet long. The hours are
inscribed on the thickness of the inclined
plane and on the circumference Of the
box, which has a hand with two points
The herald., 1897-02-07

anarl<able woman, the friend of the late
Alexander Dumas, in whose science he
had 30 much confidence. 1t is said that
at the time OF hts death he was prepar-
ing study of palmistrN and had an ar
ticle upon Nine. de Thebes. which would
have certainly only astonshed those
who were not cognizant Of his belief in
her knowledge. A friend of mine con-
suited her upon the subject of flowers
and colors, as at this season we are al
ways regaled with the superstitions of
the influences of color and flowers and
precious stones upon our lives during
the year, and / transmit you her obser-
vations in the hope that If they do not
serve you they WILL at any rate. amuse
you. To the long list of colors and flow
ers with a special significance that all
people who are interested in this So
called language know, Nine. de Thebes
adds that green is an Indication of III
luck, of a monetary loss, and that yellow
indicates unfaithfulness. So beware of
gifts in either of these colors, as nv
friend remarked, as he gave me this in
"If you fear their influence.
you cam pass them on to me-"
Flowers have a more decided influ-
cnce gathered from the same Thebian
source. Heath, with the dear old pink
and white bells we all love, is, accord
ing to her. the saddest of flowers; hearts,
east is sign of mourning, and the tulip
nearly always fatal flower. When
asked for her reasons for excluding the