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The record-union., 1897-02-22
GREAT BIG WARSHIPS.
They Bombarded a Little Camp of
Greeks.

CANEA, Feb. 81, p. m.-An engage
ment has just occurred just above the
village of Miurnies, between the insur-
gents and a Turkish band.
At 4:45 p. IN. the insurgents at Ak
rotiri, having attacked the Turkish
garrison ait Halepa, the joint fleet bonn
barded the CretanS for twenty-five
minutes.
Later reports are to the effect the
English men -of-War opened the bonn
bardment. The others followed. The
Kaiserin Augusta fired Melinite shells.
The commander of the Greek n-of-
war Hydra cleared for action in case
the necessity should arise. Some shells
fell in the town of Canea, raising clouds
of dust. 1t is runlored several persons
We're killed and wounded When firing
ceased the Greek flag was still flying
over the inSurgent camp.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
HANNA INFORMED.
He is Pleased to Learn of His Ap-
pOintment.

CLEVELAND (O). Feb. 21.-Chair-
man Hanna was at the Union Club this
evening when he was shown the Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Columbus
containing Governor. BushneHs an
nouncement of MIR. Hanna's appoint
ment as Senator TO succeed Mr.. Sher-
man.
This was the first intimaton Mr..
Hanna had Of the subject. OF course
he was pleased at the terminal ton of
the controversy, but he showed his
pleasure only by a genial smile When
asked if he would discuss the Cover
nor's action the Chairman declined to
say anything, remarking that he could
not talk about the matter for publica-
ton until he had received official notice
Of his appointment from Governor
Bushnell
The record-union., 1897-02-22
PROBABLY LOST.
A German Tank Steamer That Has
Disappeared.

BOSTON, Feb. 21.-The German tank
steamer Diama.nt, Captain Wischausen,
and thirty-five men, We're probably lost
with all hands, $50 miles southeast of
Halifax, February 18th, or else she
has been drifting at the mercy of the
elements ever since. @Such is the
opinion of Captain Forth of the Fur
Miss line steamer Galilee. which reached
this port to-day from London. Captain
Forth attempted to tow the Diamant
and save her crew, but the hawser
parted and the tank steamer disap-
peared from view so quickly that it is
believed she went down.
Captain Forth says he sighted the
steamer February 10th, showing sig
nails of distress, having lost her pro-
peller. The steamer was taken in tow,
but the next day she broke away. This
was repeated until the 18th, when she
disappeared altogether.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
He Failed to Pass His Examination at
the Naval Academy.
British Blue Jackets Will Take Part
in the Celebration of WashingtOn'S
Birthday at San Diego To-day
Texas Murderer, Who Killed His
HaIf-Sister, Arrested Near Napa.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-The
chronicles" New York special says:
For ten months skilled detectives here
and abroad have been working zealously
but unsuccessfully to solve mystery,
the details of which have up to this time
been carefully guarded from the public.
May 4th, Russell Montgomery, one of
the most powerful cadets in the naval
academy at Annapolis disappeared as II
by magic. There can be no doubt that
he vanished of his own free will, moved
by a sense of shame at having failed TO
pass his examination.
Russell Montgomery is the youngest
son of James B. Montgomery, a promi-
nent citizen of Portland, Or, and was
appointed a cadet at the naval academy
at Annapolis. While Montgomery was
winning prominence in athletics and
high favor as a grand fellow he lost
ground steadily in his studies.
Montgomery abandoned athletics and
returned to his studies, but the change
was made too late. He failed in the
September examinations and when the
grieved and indignant father received
the news he telegraphed the Inundated
cadet to resign at once. This he did
without moments delay and took
lodgings in a small hotel at Annapolis.
His dependency was pathetic and his
academy friends urged him to visit
Washington and make every effort to
secure reappOintment He listened to
them and proceeded in a heartbroken
way to make the effort. When he quietly
left the hotel, March 4th, with no bag
gage but hand satchel, friends conf
IDENTIFY believed he was bound for the
Capital in obedience to their advice.
Unfortunately, Montgomery did not
communicate with his family at this
critical stage of his career. Had he done
so, he would have learned that Mont
gomery senior had made arrangements
for his reappointment and there was
nothing but affection and forgiveness
in his fathers heart.
Sick at heart and covered with shame
young Montgomery left Annapolis, not
to go to Washington, as his friends
imagined, but to vanish as completely
as if buried. When news of his diSap-
pearance reached his home in the West
both Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery were
prostrated. The best detectives that
could be found were at once put upon
the case and for months there has been
no cessation of effort among the search
erS.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
MURDERER ARRESTED.
He Was Working at the Shoe Trade
in NaDa.

NAPA, Feb. I.-Local offers have
arrested Charles Kugadt. charged with
the murder of his half-sister in October
1896 i'm Washington County, Texas.
Under the name of john Frey the man
has worked at the shoe trade here. He
has a wife and children in Texas. Three
hundred dollars reward is offered by
the Governor of Texas for his arrest
Kugadt is completely broken UP by his
The record-union., 1897-02-22
CUT WITH A BOTTLE.
Joe Smith Came to Grief in the Gold
Dust Saloon.

Last night Joe Smith went into the
Gold Dust saloon with girl and order
ed some drinks. After the first round
was disposed of the girl ordered more,
and Smith, who is a well-known base
ball man, refused to pay for them.
The bartender thereupon became OBJ
noxious and there was trouble that re-
suited i'm the taking of Smith to the
Receiving Hospital where eight stitches
were put in his head by DR.. Ogden.
The cuts We're made by a bottle
welded, it is said, by the bartender,
but Smith was unable to identify his
assailant when taken to the hospital
from the corner of Fourth and K
streets.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
Foreign AdmiraIs Warn Vassos.

CANEA (Crete), Feb. 21.-The for
eign Admirals have warned Colonel
Vassos. commander of the Greek forces
on the island of Crete of their lnten-
ton to attack his troops with four
rnen-of- war anchored off his camp,
Aghioi Theodori, should he attempt to
advance to the interior of the island.
ATHENS, Feb. 21.-It is stated that
the warming of the foreign Admlrals
given to Colonel VaSsos only referred
to a Greek attack on Canea- Colonel
Vassos will continue to occupy strate-
gic points in the interior of the island
of Crete.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
An Unconscious IRONY.

'T never see that good old motto,
Honesty is the best policy" re-
marked Senator Sorghum, without be-
ing carried back to my boyhood days"
1T is a grand old motto replied his
friend; zone that it is well to impress
early in life"
Yes. I'll never forget the time I
had to pay the smart boy of the school
seven cents and a jackknife to write
that line in my copybook. so as to keep
me from getting marked below the
average in penmanship." w ashington
Star.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
HERR STEINITZ IS DEAD.
The Former Chess Champion of the
World Has Passed Away.

LONDON, Feb. pa dispatch to the
Daily Mali from Paris says that DIR.
Steinitz is dead at Moscow.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Berlin, dated February 11th, said the
Local Anzeiger'' says that DR.. Stein
itz, the famous chess player, was suf-
fering from "a mental disorder and had
been placed in the MOrisOff private hos
pital at Moscow.
William Steinitz was born at Prague,
Bohemia, May IA, 1896. He early at
tained fame as a chess player. By his
defeat of the late Professor Andersen
in 1866 he first won the match cham
pinonship of the world. Since then he
has won and lost it several times. Last
month at Moscow SteinitZ was de-
feated by Lasker, who won the cham
DiOnShiD.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
BRITISH TORPEDO BOATS
Capture a Small Greek Steamer With
Supplies.

CANEA (Crete), Feb. 21.-British tor
pedo boats have captured and brought
to this port the small Greek steamer
Larium, (which was carrying victuals
and tents for the Insurgents.
The forts fired two rounds of blank
cartridges yesterday at the Greek gun
boat Peneues. A Turkish frigate also
discharged blank shots at the Greeks.
The Greek gunboat Peneues quickly
replied to the blank shots fired by the
Turkish fIigate. The frigate then
Withdrew from the scene of operations.
The German flag was hoisted ON the
ranparts here on the arrival of the
cruiser Kaiserin Augusta.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
Ran Into a WashOut.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 21.-The En-
quirer's'' special from Ashland, KY,
says:
To-day the east-bound Norfolk and
Western express ran into a washout
near Lovlette wrecking the engine,
baggage car and two coaches. The
sleeper escaped. Engineer Pennington
and Fireman Mayfield We're both dan
gerously injured and a brakeman
whose name was not learned was fatal
ly injured Several were slightly in
ilrr+ed
The record-union., 1897-02-22
Fears of a General Flood.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 21.-Reports to-
night from jackson, Beattyville and
other points along the North Fork of
the Kentucky River tell of disastrous
floods. The Yellowstone is also out of
it's banks and doing much dana ge. The
rise i'm the smaller streams has been
very rapid and there are fears of a
general flood in the Ohio Valley.
The record-union., 1897-02-22

OMAHA, Feb. PA special to the
Bee from Webster City, Iowa, says:
Fourteen persons were seriously
poisoned ait the Russell House in Hum
boldt by eating canned raspberrries.
Frank Avery, proprietor of the hotel,
and his wife were among the number,
which also included three dining room
girls, five boaIders and four travelling
11ay
The record-union., 1897-02-22
Merriam for r1iniSter.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 21.-The report that
Ex-Governor William r. Merriam DIS to
be Minister TO Austria under the Nc
Kinley Administra tion has been reviv-
ed here by the announcement that he
has resigned the Presidency of the Ma
tional Merchants Bank, which position
he has held for many years.
Mr.. Merriam is now in the South.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
County Infirmary Burned.

YOUNGSTOWN (O), Feb. 21.-TH1e
County Infrunary at Garfield burned
to-day Loss over $4,000. Two hun
dred and tthirty-five inmates We're all
rescued.
William Hartzell, an insane inmate,
ram into the fire and was cremated.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
StilIweIi is Not Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 21.-It was
reported in Fresno last night that j.
L. StillWell, who shot and killed John
ID. Ffske at Fresno, five years ago, mad
died. a dispatch from Ukiah, where
Stillweu is confined in the asylum,
says there is no truth in the report
The record-union., 1897-02-22

The Galilee had towed the Diamant
6Oo miles. Captain Forth cruised
around all day, but saw no trace of
the steamer and so resumed his course.
While he believes the Diamant has
foundered, Captain Forth thinks that
the empty tanks may have kept her
afoat and she is somewhere in the
track of the European steamers.
The record-union., 1897-02-22

of Salonica. Seven hundred Greek SOL
diers with artillery have landed near
KissOto.
A Turkish transport, accompanied by
a British torpedo boat, lis engaged in
conveying 1,500 troops from Gambia to
Canea.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
Rombarded the Camps.

CANEA, Feb. 21.-7 p. ma fusil-
Iade having continued since morning
despite the warning Of the foreign Ad-
mirals, the united squadrons lombard
ed the insurgent camps outside Oh
Canea.
The record-union., 1897-02-22

arrest He says that himself and half
sister We're out riding when she feil
out of the buggy and the wheels ran
over and killed her. He burned the
body and escaped.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
PRINCESS MARIE OF
GREECE THINKS
That the Action Of the Powers Against
Greece Was Infamous.
The King and Queen Send Messages to
the Gar.

Troops From All Parts Hurrying to
the Turkish Frontier-Cretans De-
feat the Turks on the Plain of
Lividia-British, Italian, German
and Russian Ships Shell the Cretan
POSition-CretanS Suffer Heavily
at Fort Voukolies Through Dis
obedience of Orders.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
OF A TRAIN
On the Iron Mountain Road, In Indian
Territory.
Two Masked Men Rob the Conductor
of His Cash.

The Regular Passenger Train Comes
Up and Frightens the Desperadoes
AWay-HeavieSt Snowfall in Col
OradO Since 1854 Woman Sui
cideS in a New York HOtel-Ger.
man Tank Steamer Probably Lost,
With All Hands.
The record-union., 1897-02-22
Poisoned by Canned Raspberries.

Mr.. Merriam is now in the South.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-04
Personal.

Chief Justice Judd Of Hawaii, who IS
now Ia this country, was graduated from
Yale in 1852. and his two sons viii be
graduated from the same institution at
the coming commence ment.
Tho tale of Brahms anecdotes in
creases. One day as he was going down
stairs he met a long-haired young man
with a roll of music Can you tell me
where Dr. Brahms lives?'' "On the third
story, right up those stairs said the
great composer, and passed on.
The Emperor of Russia does not care
much for the bicycle, but his sisters are
devoted to it. He likes lawn tennis better,
and devotes much time 70 it in summer
at Peterhof. He is fond Of art, and emf
nent Russian painters are frequently in
Vited to bring their new pictures to his
palace, where he gives much time to their
inspection. He is not laxative, and usu-
ally expresses his thanks with a smile or
a gesture.
Thomas Thompson, the millionaire phi
lanthropist, who left his fortune to his
wife with the provision that on her death
one-half the income should go to poor wo-
men of Brattleboro, VT, was graduated
from Harvard College in 1917, in the class
with the eminent historian, George Ban
years old, is one of the most liberal Civ
ers of the day to charity and beneficial en-
terprises.
Among writers the ex-newspaper men
are able to do the most daily work, as
Robert Barr and w. L. Allen, who do 1900
words day with ease, while Sir Walter
Besant does only about 1000. Conan Doyle
does about 1900. Anthony Trollope used
to do never less than 1900 words, getting
up at in the morning for the purpose,
and performing his regular work at the
postoffice all day.
Queen 'Victoria's watermen are dis
gruntled at having no part in the jubilee
procession, the more so that the queen
has never made use of her state barges
She has two of them, kept at Tedding-
ham, which should be rowed with two
watermen at each oar. The uniform con-
sists of scarlet jacket, waistcoat, breeches
and stockings, with a remarkable black
jockey cap and low shoes. On the front
and back of the jacket is an enormous
royal badge. The barge has only been
used once. when the Prince of Wales and
the Khedive Ismail of Egypt were taken
by water to Richmond.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-04
RicNcIen At Numerals.

The bicycle has passed another mile
stone in its march of progress. At Eliza
bethport, n. j., the other day a funeral
fifteen bicycles. A contemporary, object
ing to the bicycle as a vehicle for the
funeral cortege, says it is making too
rapid strides into the field of utility, and
that its enthusiastic advocates are push
ing its claims to availability too far.
If the bicycle has come to stay, and
there are probably few who will deny that
1t has, why should it not be granted fun
recognition and called into requistion
without prejudice, whenever it can be
used to advantage whether the occasion
be a funeral or "A feast? There is nothing
ludicrous, or ribald, or otherwise unseem-
ly. about a bicycle. The wheel, when one
has learned to ride it, is not a fractions
or Enthusiastically steed. On the other
hand, it is particularly tractable. 1t be
comes for the time being virtually part
Of the rider, obeying his slightest desire
and remaining forever faithful to his
touch. The bucking, ill-tempered bicycle
when the rider is experienced does not
exist outside of the funny columns. There
is nothing about the wheel that suggests
levity, or a lack of respect for all per
sons, living or dead. A bicycle In fun
eral procession would not suggest scorch-
ing. except possibly to a cheerful idiot
Riders who followed a hearse 10 the ceme-
terry would not assume the hump that is
sometimes affected on the road. but would
sit straight, and pedal slowly; and doing
so they would not show less respect for
the late lamented than II they had ridden
I'M carriages When Jonas Hanway first
raised his umbrella on the streets the
small boys hooted him. and gentlemen
and ladies turned and looked at him over
their shoulders and smiled because of his
remarkable idiosyncrasy. Had Jonas car
ried his umbrella in a funeral procession
the chances are that he would have been
mobbcd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-04
Hnnnn,s Modest Life.

Senator Hanna, of Ohio, is considered a
very wealthy man, and doubtless is, says
a Washington letter to the Philadelphia
Press. For one who is said to possess the
millions that he does, Mr.. Hanna is very
modest and transformations in his mode OF
living. He has proven himself since, his
advent in Washington one of the most
approachable men in public life. and the
simple routine of his daily life is that OF
the ordinary congressman who attends to
every demand of his constituents, no mat
ter how small rather than that of a mill
ionaire, who would be supposed to have
an eye to his own comfort.
In his personal tastes, Mr.. Hanna is
very quick, as his habits about the Sen
ate indicate. He lunches with the rest OF
the senators in the restaurant in the base
ment of the capitol, and it has been OBJ
served that, while he usually has two or
three guests to lunch with him and in
sists on their having the best that the
place affords, he is satisfied with a very
simple meal for himself.
The other day as Mr.. Hanna and a
friend passed out of the restaurant and
purchased cigars at the counter, a gentle
man stepped up to the cigar man and
said:
Give me a couple of cigars such as
Senator Hanna buys"
Senator Hanna buys two kinds of ci-
gars,' said the man. when he has a
friend with him he always buys twenty
five-cent cigars. but for his own smoke he
never goes beyond ten-center."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-04
The Convention Hnbit.

The city council did right to make an
appropriation for the entertainment Of
the chiefs Of police and marshals of Geor-
gia. who are shortly TO hold their conven-
ton here. The visiting officials will he
made welcome, and the city will do what
it can to afford them a pleasant time. Sa-
vannah is always glad to see her friends
and neighbors, particularly when they are
Georgians.
The fact that this approaching conven-
ton is near at hand, by the way, brings
to mind that there has lately been num-
Der of national, International state and
possibly other sorts of conventions, held
for and by the heads of various municipal
departments. Only short time ago there
was a national convention Of chiefs of po-
lice, at which Savannah was represented;
previously there was a national convention
Of chiefs of fire departments. at which
Savannah was represented and now there
is to be held in far away Denver a con-
vention of water works engineers, at
which Savannah will be represented. 1t is
very proper that this city should be
represented, as a matter of course.
Savannah is an up-to-date city, and would
never think of being behind the rest of
the country in any matter of the kind. But
the question arises, are the municipalities
receiving a quid pro quo for their expen-
ditures in this direction? 1t costs the
cities from one hundred TO several hundred
dollars each every time there is
national convention of heads of depart
ments; do they get from one hundred to
several hundred dollars of value out of
the meetings? The converting chiefs and
commissioners get a value, to be sure.
They get a nice little junISet with congo
NAL friends, at public expense.
If the present popularity of the con-
ventions continues, the municipal gov
ernments may before long find themselves
called upon to pay annually the conven-
ton expenses of the head of every depart
ment of the public service. We do not mean
to criucise anybody in connection with
the conventions but to invite attention to
the possibilities of the convention habit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-04
BRIGHT BITS.

Macdonald: Hoot. mon!
Mcdonnell: Ofn not! D. yez take me
for domned owl?-Puck.
Bertha: And you permitted him to kiss
you?
Ethel: How was 1 to prevent it? Ills
face was so near mine you know, that
couldn't see what he was about.-Boston
Transcript.
Good Idea.-Mrs. Tenspot: Isn't it odd
that the encores are always much more
enjoyable than the regular numbers on
the programme?
Mr.. Tenspot: Yes, it is. I wonder why
they don't sing the encores first?-Judge.
"A rural editor expressed his thanks for
a basket of apples thus: eve have re-
ceived a basket of apples from our frined
Gus Bradley, for which he will please ac-
cept our compliments, some of which are
nearly six inches in diameter. "-Tit-Bits.
objectionable Offense.-Watts-It is
something surprising the way the Greeks
have lost their popularity.
m Potts-L knew it would happen, as soon
as l read about their seizing the war cor
respondents horses.-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Hes a fine young man." remarked
Col. Stillwell; "a very fine young man"
But isn't he disposed to be rather shy?"
inquired the girl to whom he was talk
ing.
LAS to that, 1 rely couldn't say. I
nevah had the pleasure of playing poker
with him. louisville Courier-Journal
The Customary Boast.-"There is a
great deal of animosity in the harem just
now" said one of the gossips in the Turk
ish court. Are the sultans wives quar-
relling?" inquired another. Yes. Every
one of them claims individual credit for
having made her husband the successful
man that he is to-day. Washington Star
The Superstitious Mani am going to
take money out of the Solidstone Bank"
said the man who is a slave to a belief in
signs.
WHAT said the other man, ut isn't
shaky, surely?"
Not that know But just found out
that their cashiers name is Skipwith" -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-04

The pope has just completed a Latin
poem of eighty stanzas, pointing out the
beauties Of frugaIity and the evils OF
gluttony says a London dispatch to the
New York Tribune. The poem is filled
with charm and quiet humor His holi-
ness says pay attention before all TO clean
liness, that the table appointment be
spotless, the glass bright, the napery i'm
maculate, and that from the cellar comes
the purest wine of the Albanian hills
which exhiIiarates the spirits and keeps
away trouble; but don't trust Bacchus, Sc
don't be frugal in diluting. wine with
water" He. continues:
Obtain from healthy grain wel-cooked
bread. Eat sparingly of chicken, lamb
and beef. which are most fnourishing to
the body. Meat should be tender and
without abundant sauces or root vegeta-
bles, which spoil it.
Fresh eggs are excellent, whether raw
or slightly cooked. Drink an abundant
quantity of fOaming milk; it nourishes in
fants and assists old age. Also honey,
that celestial gift, but of this use fru-
ally.
Add to these sweet herbs. fresh vege-
tables and garden supplies. Add ripe
fruits according to season, especially ten
der apples, which, with their pink tints,
brighten the banquet.
Lastly comes drink, which in hard
seeds Mocha sends you softly slipping,
black liquor that comforts the heart"
The pope adds that by following these
precepts man may live to a healthy,
strong and good old age
The second part of the poem consists
in graphic description of a banquet
which is largely composed of oysters, high
spiced venison. foie gras, etc, "at the
end of which there is sometimes strife
and contention and almost always bodily
disorders"