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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23
PITzER HELD FOR MURDER.
Cubnns Greatly Excited and Lynch
ing Talked OF.

Jacksonville. Fla, April 22.-The coro-
ner's jury held an inquiry to-day over the
death of Marie Louise Cato. who was shot
in the door yard Of her home last Tuesday
night, and returned a verdict charging
George Edward Pitzer with the crime Pit
ger is a son of ]. L. Pitzer, and formerly
resided in Philadelphia.
The Cubans are very greatly excited over
the murder of the young woman and
threats Of lynchng have been heard. The
military companies of the city are being
held in reserve for a possible outbreak.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

ton is that the pair are celebrating their
honeymoon in great style somewhere with
this fund.
Cason was suspended from the force
some months ago on account of his an
tics with a woman, with whom he was
seeing the sights of the city. Charges OF
drunkenness were made against him 10y
the officer who saw him on Monday, and
if the detective turns up again and re-
ports at headquarters he will be tried and
probably be again suspended or dismissed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

The Mexican National railroad has
elected the following officers: w. G..
Raoul of Atlanta, president; Gabriel Nor
ton, second vice president and treasurer;
Andrew Anderson, Jr., secretary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

Supt. T. d. Kline of the Central railroad
will return to-day from a trip over the
Alabama division of the road
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

Trainmaster C. /. Bruner of the first di-
vision Of the Central is in Macon on busi-
ness
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

The British steamship Osborne, from
Santos arrived below yesterday morning,
and was ordered to Sapelo. whence she
sailed. She is chartered to load at this
port with cotton for Bremen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest to savannah and
Elsewhere.

Mr.. D. P. Hathaway, manager of the
Plant system hotels, came up from Flor
ida yesterday. spending a while in the
city and leaving for New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

The Savannah railroad officials, who
have been in Atlanta for several days at
tending the different meetings there, are
expected to return to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

The schooner John G. Schmidt, Capt.
Norbury, from Philadelphia, arrived yes
terday with a cargo Of coal consigned to
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
road.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23
PORT PARAGRAPHS.

Maritime Matters of Local and Cen
eraI Interest.
The schooner Jennie Thomas, Capt.
Young, which arrived at this port with a
cargo Of corn, made the trip from Balti-
more in the unusually short time Of four
days, from dock to dock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

The steamship Kansas City, as she was
entering the port of New York, April 20
at a. m, was suddenly envelope bv a
wave OF cold air, so intense that the sprav
as IL struck her. formed into masses Of
ice over her rigging and hull.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-23

The steamship City of Augusta. which
was to have sailed from New York at &
o'clock p. m, Tuesday, was delayed for
nineteen hours. She Is due to arrive here
to-day. "-N
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
STORIES OF TOM THUMB.
Told By Barnum, VINO Introduced the
Dwarf 20 the Public.

Told Ey Earnum, Who Introduced the
Dwarf To the Public.
The memoirs Of MIR. Earnum, the ccle-
brated Snowman, are full OF amusing auec-
dotes of the little people, WHOSE diminu-
tive proportions nude their own iortunes
and in part the fortune of their exhibitor.
OF these Charles Stratton was the first
to engage Mr. Barnum attention. lie
heard that there wasa phcnomonally small
child living ia Bridgeport Conn, and at
once began negotiations with the parents.
The boy. then years OF age, measured a
little less than feet IN height, but was
beautifully proportioned and POSSESSED re-
markable Intelligence.
The Strattons agreed TO the terms pro-
posed, aud from the very beginning the en-
tcrprse proved a great success. When IL
was decided 20 take abroad General Tom
Thumb. as this bit Of prtcocity was called,
the STATIONS were included i'm the travel
ing uarty. Sumptuous costumes were pro-
! vjded for the general, " but ON arriving
( at Liverpool Mrs. Stratton had TO convey
/ the prodigy ashore in her arms, dressed as
( on infant, to escape the crowd of people
that had gathered to see him land.
! Barnum saws t,at thu littlo general was
! so wonderfully clever that no never taught
) him any stereotyped phrases, but always
I trusted To the child's Unborn wit TO say the
right thing at the right time, IL was an
eyentful occasion when the great Snowman
was invited to bring Lis charge to tho court
of st. James.
The queen sent word that General Tom
Thumb was not to receive any instruction
in court etiquette, as she wished to see him
behave naturally Her wishes were car
ried out 60 the letter, and there was shout
of laughter when the small creature
dressed in full regimentals, entered the
queens apartments and. with a p0ilt'
bow. said cheerfully:
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
His little sofa was brought, in and aftel
some chat with the queen he invited th'
Princess Alice to sit beside him.
After this it became the fashion to IN
yjte him to all the houses of the nobility
and the little general saw great deal o
London society.
One afternoon he appeared at some
great establishment in the costume or Ma
poleon. His dramatic instinct was Yer.
strong, even at this early stage OF his life
and, as he had been told much about tn
peculiarities of the great man, he immedi
ately fell to initiating the poses he had no
ticed in the portraits of him. Win III
head bowed little he walked up and dow
on the table where he was placed, takin
now and then pinch of snuff from tin
snuffbox.
) While everybody was intently lookin
on, delighted with the mimicry, the oil
Duke Of Wellington came up and aske
the midget, with smile:
"Of what is your majesty thinking
serously?"
With a ready wit that astonished eve
Mr.. Barnun, the miniature general II
stantly replied
"Of my loss at Waterloo, your graceP
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Al ODD SLIP.
There Is Nc Onciai Record of Queen VIC
toria's Birth.

Curiously enough. neither the birth, bap-
tisln nor confirmation of Queen Victoria is
matter Of official public record. One
might suppose that, filed away in its ap-
pointed place among the state archives,
there could be found document formally
setting forth the birth of the child who,
though not heir presumptiye 10 the throne
Mt the time of the BIRTH was removed from
1t by only three degrees, but such is not
The case. With regard to her Lirth, all
that WIS deemed necessary was its an
nouncement by the state officials whose
duty it was to be personally cognizant of
the fact
IL the huge public records building, in
Chancery lane, wherein are jealousy
guarded the muniments of ancient landed
titles and the records of royal treaties, one
may see the marvelously well preserved
Doomsday Book, which is the beginning
of all things to the English oonyeyancor;
the solemn compacts of cardinals, ENJOYS,
ambassadors and ministers; the priceless
records Of royal prerogatives side by side
with the grants wrung from unwilling
monarohs 10 the growing power of the peo-
PIE, There also are preserved, and with
equal caro-, a multitude of writings which
| hdNb III olltI lhitiCrJi heSllllc bnclF An
| tiquity, than that which comes from the
fact that they have To do with the trivial
! details of the most common incidents in
the lives of the kings and queens OF Eng
land, but among them all there can bt
! found no official or other record of the com
| ing into existence of certain child, one
| Aloxandrina Victoria, who was destined
TO become the first empress that ever sal
upon an English throne, TO rule over 4
wider extent of country than ever before
| constituted the dominion of a sovereign, Il
count among her willing subjects 4 greatc
number of people and a wider div 'sity o
races than has over acknowledged u com
mon sccpter, and who has, finally in TIN
closing decade of the nineteenth injury
completed longer term of cor nuou
reign than has been allotted TO a I cen IL
the worlds history. From "Qu, Vic
toria's Coronation Roll" by )renc
Hayward
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Habits of the Toad.

IL is remarkable that the toad, loving
water as 10 does, should wander away from
watery regions to dry ground, where IL can
never sec drop of water except at rain
time and leave its water rights to the undis-
puted possession of its ranal neighbor the
frog. How tho toad loves water must be
known to every garden lover Whenever
there is a shower the creature leaves its cool
retreat under the piazza or shed and stands
as far as it's fore legs will let 1t, erect in
the rain apparently enjoying to tho utmost
the shower bath.
Whenever they are near the water at
breeding time they deposit long, Shiny
strings of eggs, and the young toad has TO
90 through the tadpole stage I'm common
with his brother frog. But when they are
wholly excluded by distance from the wa
ter, they seem to have the power OF being
viviparous, or bringing forth their young
alive. In the water, fertilization is effect
ed in the same manner as in fishes, but the
method in the land life career is not
known. About all that Is known is that
confined toads are found with little toads,
no larger than house flies, about them after
a time, and in walled gardens and places
far removed from water little toads, nc
larger than peas wandering around on
their own resources, and which could
never have been tadpoles, are within com
mon experience Meehan's Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
The Origin of MIR. and Mrs.

In earlier times the ordinary man was
simply William or .John-that is to say, no
had only Christian name without any
kind of "handle' before 1t or surname
after it, says the Philadelphia Record.
Some means of distinguishing one John
or william from another John or William
became necessary. Nicknames derived
from mans trade or his dwelling place
or from some personal popularity We're
tackled on to his Christian name, and pam
John became John Smith AS yet there
were no "misters'' in the land.
Some John Smith accumulated more
wealth than the bulk of his fellowship
came perhaps landed proprietor or an
employer of hired labor. Then he began
to be called in the Norman-French OF the
day the "maistre' of this place or that,
of these workmen or of those.
In time the "maistre," or "maister,
as it soon became, got tackled on before
his name, and he became Master Smlth
and his wife was Maistress Smith.
Gradually the sense of possession was
lost sight of, and the title was conferred
upon any kindly mere possession oil
wealth or holding some position OF more
or less consideration and Importance.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Word In Season.

Many stories are told Of the eccentric
Parson Adams, minister in Lunenburg,
Mass, for over 80 years. He was man
whose character won respect from laymen
as well as from his brother clergymen,
and whose influence was widely felt.
At one time he went to preach in town
some miles distant from Lunenburg and
stopped to pass the night at friend
house. 1t was a cold winter night and the
clergyman was both tired and hungry. Ii
was proposed to have prayers at once and
then supper, after which the minister
could 90 directly to his bed and get long
nights rest. To this he agreed, and the
family were called together.
The supper was TO consist mainly OF In
dian cakes, which We're set TO bake on plat
tiers in front of the fire. The parsons seat
was opposite the kitchen door.
The service began, but in moment
Parson Adams saw that one of the cakes
had fallen down and was burning. lie
paused and looked toward his hostess, who
seemed unconscious of any culinary crisis
"Mrs. Blank" he said gravely, we
are told to watch rs well as to pray.
cannot help seeing that one of those excel
lent cakes is burning l will thank you tC
attend to it, J."
The cake was rescued, and Parsor
Adams resumed his Scripture reading
with an easy mind. Youths Companion
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Rova, Ladies In she Harem.

According to Richard Davey, in his
book, "Tbe Sultan and His Subjects" the
status of the royal ladies in the harem is
classed as follows:
"All good Mussulnans should have four
official wives, so the sultan has four ka-
tiines-sultana is not Turkish. Each bears
her own distinctive title and takes proceed
ence accordingly. Death quite recently
removed the bach kadinc, or first wife VI
the reigning sultan, who was the sister OF
the pasha all too well known for his ex-
ploit in the Sasunk The three other ka-
dimes are respectively denominated the
skindii kadine, or second lady the artanie
kadine, or middle lady, and the kutchuk
kadine, or little lady. When kadine be-
comes a mother of male child, she Is
called khasseki sultan, or royal princess
when of "a daughter, khassei kadine, OF
royal lady. The fact that each of these Ia
dies must, according to the Moslem law
have court equal in every detail, from
the mistress of the robes down to the low
est sculion, and even to the number OF the
horses in each stable, explains why some
other female parsonage of the imperial en-.
tourage must perforce be selected to hold
the place and title usually allotted TO the
wife of "a homogeneous sovereign
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
STUDENTS oUeLs.
How the German University Men Are
Padded For the Fight.


NV friend had vanished into the dress
ing room, and at first glance l entirely
failed to recognize him in the padded
monster that now staggered clumsily into
the room, supported on each side by his
second and sword bearer The thick armor
of leather and wadding with which he was
bolstered entirely protected his body ana
limbs. His neck was rigidly incased In
high thick collar of silk and whipcord,
and his eyes were protected by iron Cog
giles as large as small teacups, from which
a strap passed round the ears TO be buckled
at the back of the head. His second was
somewhat similarly equipped, and in ad-
dition wore leather cap with strong
iron peak The other principal presently
entered the room and took up his position
at ono swords length from Zimmerman.
He was closely followed by the umpire or
unparteiischer This parsonage was "A
chronic medical student of ten years
standing--a mass of genial rotunulty,
with a fat, amorphous face in which iea-
lures seemed superlluity. be was duly
! qualified for his responsible position by
an unlimited capacity for beer ana tine
! glorious fact that he had never passed an
examination. Enthroned on an armchair
little in front of the other spectators, he
| ulNlQGu HIS tllilt IINNAf NHA"i'S PN''Nr'' -
huge mug of Munchener and long pipe
of which the painted china bowl rested on
the ground. Ho now proclaimed "Sllen-
tiuml" and proceeded TO announce the
duel 1t WAS to Ia For 20 minutes OK
Guiding all pauscs, 90 as usual to consist
of short bouts or s-.igs, with Dfei IN
tervals Of rest between each The swords
long, nasty looking blades, sharp rs ra-
zors and flexible as riding switohes-werC
carefully wiped with disinfecting lotion
and handed to the combatants. The sec
onds took up their position behind and tc
the left of their respective men, and gave
the word of command in the following ira
ditional form:
"Auf die Mensur bindet die klingenF
Gross blades for the duelO
"Gebunden sindl" Crossed they areD
"Losl' GOD
The swords clash together in the pre-
limnary stroke. Then ensues brief hail
storm of blows so rapid that the eye refuse
to follow them and retains only II confused
, impression of flashing steel and flying
sparks. The head of each combatant seem
to be enveloped in a halo of cleaning
) points 1t is impossible to realize tina
each Of these lightning strokes is deliber
ately and scientifically aimed and as dc
. liberately and scientifically parried.-Pal
r Mall Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
HOURS WE'RE SHORTER.
The Discontinued Laboring Man Gives Hs
Incoptrovertible Reasons.

The Disseminated Laboring Man Gives His
Inoontrovertibie Reasons.
"Have You any thing to dor" asked the
attiche of the freight yard OF the man who
had lounged In with his hands In his
pockets.
"No."
"want anything TO do?"
ono but want the money, and / sup
pose I'll have TO do something TO get that
"You re "a workingman, aren't your"
eyes"
"well, don't you think 1t would be
good idea for you TO step around and do
something without thinking so much
about money, just for the sake of adver-
Using your business? People might get
the impression that you're millionaire
and be afraid to apply for your services.
"I.ook here, mister. 1 don't want any
advice. I'm just beginning to get straight
ened out from the last advice / took I've
been getting the worst of it for years sim
ply because listened respectfully and took
things for granted. l don't say that I've
been swindled by capitalists, but do say
! that il was undetermined TO take advantage
of my carolessness the way they did. "
"Where did you como fromY'
"Chicago."
"Didn't they pay your wages therer
eyes They paid my wages all right
They did not want TO excite any suspicion,
so they gave all the men their money eY-
cry salary day. That was simply 10 keep
them from suspecting anything
"Were you ovcrworkedY'
"No. / didn't have any more TO DO
than could attend TO with comfort. but
it's the principle Of the thing that L am
thinking about. l DONE like to DO de
ceiyed. wouldn't have known anything
about it if friend of mine who was out
on strike hadn't come and explained II
to me.
"What was It he told you?"
"He exposed the way had been misled
with whole lot of others. IL l had my
way, there'd be boycott declared agains
the newspapers for starting the cry, 'GC
west, young mani! There isn't anybody
that can convince me it wasn't put uI
Job to get something for nothing. Th'
friend of mine who is ont on strike sa
down and figured it out and showed M
that when it's noon in Washington it'
only / / o'clock in the morning at Chicago
l amt one Of the dillydallying kind.
, didn't have any words, but soon as foun'
that out / went TO the boss, got the pa.
that was coming TO me and came stralgh
to Washington, where quitting time come
exactly one hour sooner every day. -
Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Reasons why ChamberIain's Collie,
Cholera and DiarrhGa Remedy
- the best.

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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
waiting wealth.

There is in the strong rooms of one OF
the Oldest private banks in London large
quantity Of jewels, plate and other valu-
ables which was deposited for safe custody
by French refugees shortly before the out
break of the revolution. Several of the
depositors claimed their belongings after
the coup d'etat, but the present deposits
are still awaiting claimants, and probably
always will.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
ANTHousEs IN AUSTRALIA.
Mounds In Which Millions of the Insects
Live In Perfect Amity.

Live In Perfect Amity.
One mound in particular, groined col
umnar structure, was Is feet high. This
was not far from Port Darwin. The dis
coyerer believes that originally the mound
was conical in shape, The sides were
smooth 1t has evidently been in use for
many years and the columnar effect notice
able, he believes, is due to the fact that
the ants necessarily travelling the path
ways up and down the mound produced
the grooves that are seen and resulted in
giving the effect of columnar formation.
The entrance to the mound, examination
showed, had varied in location, for there
was distinct evidence that apertures of this
sort had been walled up in several in
stances.
The interior of the mound referred to
showed as much as anything the remark
able instinct of the ants. 1t was divided
up very much after the fashion of the tall
buildings which are now becoming sc COM
mon, with an immense court within the
structure itself-that IL, there were hun
dreds of tiny cells built in from galleries
which were terraced one above the other.
The galleries were connected by paths OF
stairways. each Cf these Icing constructed
with architectural exactness. The cells
were almost uniform in size, and remind
! ed one, the explorer said, of the cell of n
monk. The earth in each instance was as
| hard and smooth as marble and bore evil
! dence of long continued usage. A portion
of the ground floor, or basement, of the
mound had been divided APP into store
rooms, and here 1t was evident the ants
had carefully packed away the provender
| which they had secured from various
points about.
While naturalists and students of the in
| telligence of insects and animals have long
! been inclined to believe that the ant ex
| ceeded in at least keenness Of instinct al
other creatures of It's kind, it has never
been conclusiyeH shown until demonstrate
! ed by Mr. Saville Kent.-San francisco
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