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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

! The stocks OF coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco
and canned goods were practically all ruin
ed and other stocks much damaged.
In the Smith building a large quantity
OF liquor was stored on the second floor.
Although the whisky was Immediately adj
joining the hottest part of the fire not a
! barrel of il was consumed, though some
OF the barrels were badly charred. If
the whisky was not damaged by the heat
this will make considerable item Of sal
wage.
While moving about the second story
after the fire had been extinguished Fire
man James Hearn fell from a beam to the
floor, a distance of about twelve feet upon
his side. He was painfully, but not Sc
riOusly, injured. He was taken 10 his home
in a light wagon.
While chemical engine No. 1 was being
put into use at the Dixon building, the
hose became disconnected from the chem
ical tank, causing the fluid TO escape from
the tank with d peculiar sound. This
frightened the officers, and the driver, be-
ing in attendance upon the tank, the
horses started in a run down Bay street.
There was a chance of a bad accident,
when a young white man, employed as a
driver by one of the firms on Bay street,
sprang into the wagon from the rear and
climbed over the apparatus TO the dri-
ver's seat, seized hold of the reins and
brought the horses to a stop. The young
man left before his name was learned.
There is a total of $50, 800 insurance on
the property involved, divided as follows:
bearing & Huh on buildings
Phenix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
Coledonia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,WO
John F. Wheaton
Williamsburg OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 900
Delaware .....,..............."c.. 800
$1,000
c,,f.f, De-.
Daniel & Carswell, London, Liver
erpool and Globe ..,.................$ 900
Hartford ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1900
A. c. Harmon
Continental ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800
G. +. Prendergast-
Phenix of London ..................... $500
Home. New York OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 900
w. r. Hopkins
Georgia Home OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 900
John f. Wheaton
Pennsylvania Fire ..................... 900
Fire Assurance Of Philadelphia. ..... $50
A. G. Guerard & Sons
Fireman's Fund ....................... $500
British America ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900
Sullivan & wilson
Palatne 900
bearing & Hull
$4,000
bearing & Hull, Dixon & Co., on Stock
London and Lancashire ..............S 5000
w. T. Hopkins
National of Hartford ................. 5000
Georgia Home .......................... 200
Georgia Home ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
Manchester Fire AS. Common. 5000
Savannah Insurance Agency
Underwriters Policy ................. 5000
ms. Co. of North Amerlca.......... 1000
j. +. Wheaton & Co.
Connecticut Fire ...................... 1900
$25, 500
Mr. Il Smith said that as soon as tho
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

The schooner Harriet G. Kerlin cleare,
and sailed yesterday for Wilmington, Del.
with 4Ol,7H feet of pitch pine lumber. Th,
cargo was shipped by the Georgia Lumbe
Company
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26
A Nerve Tonic.
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Or. A. Monteiro. Richmond. Va. savs.
II consider 81 one Of the best tones we
have, where nerve tonic is needed. I'D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

The schooner A. d. Lamson cleared yes
terday for Philadelphia with S1O,743 feet of
pitch pine lumber. The cargo was shipped
by T.. b. Hunting & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

The Norwegian bark Sibal cleared and
sailed yesterday for London with 3.27s
casks of spirits turpentine. The cargo was
shipped by Jas. Earle & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

That tired feeling Is due 10 impoverished
hood. Enrich the blood with Hoods sar.
sapariila and be strong ana vigorans -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS SHORT.
The Court Allows That Amount Less
Than the Printers Claimed.

The Court Allows That Amount Less
Than the Printers Claimed.
The suit of Loughead & Co. against the
Military Interstate Association resulted in
a verdict for $500 SO for the plaintiffs. This
suit was for a balance claimed to be due
on the price of the canteen programme is
sued by Loughead & Co. for the May week
in Savannah last year, The printers
claim that they have received part pay
ment for the book, with balance due of
$69l IS. They sued for this amount, but the
court rendered a verdict granting them
$500 SO. which is about 500 less than what
is claimed to be due.
The suit of G.. d. Bradley against A.
G. Griffin for violation of contract was
heard before the city court. and resulted
in a verdict for the defendant. The plain
tiffs viii make a motion to take the matter
to the supreme court. Ii seems that Mr.
Bradley was engaged as a furniture sales
man, and by the terms of the verbal con-
tract he was to serve the company from
August to the next October. This being
more than a year. and the contract being
verbal, the court decided that the contract
should be made out in writing in order
TO be binding The old spirit of law Is
that verbal contracts are only good for less
than year. For a term of more than a
year, 1t is claimed, a written contract must
be had.
July Campbell, colored was adjudged in
sane yesterday, and was committed to Jail
by Judge Ferrll. ordinary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

If YOU WANT GOOD MATERlAJ
and work. order your Autographed a..
printed stationery and blank books H'
Morning News, Savannah. Ca.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26
PORT PARAGRAPHS.

Maritime Matters of Local and Gem
eraI Interest.
The Swedish bark Otago cleared yester-
day with 2,14s barrels of rosin, $500 casks
spirits turpentine, TO barrels rosin oil. 200
cases OF pitch and 325 barrels of pitch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

Capt. McKeen, aboard his picturesque
little schooner Adele Thackera. left Sa-
vannah yesterday for New York having
had many unpleasant transactions while
in the city. He is the father of Mrs.
Robert ID. Douglas, whose marriage a
month ago resulted in assuit against her
husband on a charge Of wife beating as
well as separation. The fathers disap-
pontment was keen and hard to bear.
being compelled to take his daughter back
to a home which she left a month ago
when it was the gay and happy scene of
her nuptials. Capt. McKeen has been
coming TO this port many years aboard
his little schooner and he has many friends
on the business row who hold him i'm
high esteem.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

Mr.. Robert Foreman and wife and Mr..
G. r. Cramer and Miss Howell. of At
lanta, formed party for New York yes
terday on the Kansas City. Mr.. Foreman
Is manager of the Mutual Insurance Com
pany OF New York at Atlanta, and Mr..
Cramer Is one of the editors of the At
lanta Constitution. Miss Howell is a
daughter of Capt. Evan p. Howell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26

July Campbell colored was adjudged in
sane yesterday, and was committed to Jail
by Judge Ferril ordinary.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
FOR EVENING WEAR.

Panels and front breadths will be
most attractive feature to the new ball
dress. The sash ends are worn very long
and wide.
The hair arrangements are more
elaborate than they used to be. Al
prettes spring from twists of tulle and
generally there is tendency TO dress
the hair"
DELIGHTFUL boas and neck arrange
ments are made of caterpillar" tulle,
which is very fine silk net, with dewy
substance trailed over it. Feather boas
are still in great favor and they will
tide us over to the fur season.
Ball gowns show a tendency toward
undue brightness. Salmon pink IS
trimmed with sea-green tulle or mauve
velvet Many of the bodiees are cut in
graceful curves. like shells. and some
times black velvet ribbon connects the
scallops. fastening with a diamond
buckle or slide.
Black-and-white harmonies are as
much worn for evening gowns as for
street dresses. little color being intro
duced to do away with the idea OF half
mourning. vivid rcd glace silk being
much used for the purpose. All even
ing frocks are frightened this fall with
magenta. apple7green or turquoise vel
vet, put on in barrel hoops" about the
bodice. The addition of a white sash
is newer than a colored waistband.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
THE PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN.

Will Postpone Attack-Trlbesmen Losing
Faitn In the MuIlahs, Who Promised to
Close the hIuzzles of the British Guns.
SnILA, Sept. 25.-Owing to the pro-
tracted campaign against the Moh-
maDds, Gen. Sir VIM. Lockhart, COM
mander of the Punjab frontier forces,
and in supreme control of the punitive
operations, has decided to postpone
the general advance on the Afridis at
Tirah, their summer headquarters, un-
til October 9.
The Afrid1s are now encamped in q
strong position ON rugged plateau
which it will be most difficult to scale,
and they are assembled there in great
force.
According to intelligence received
from Samana, an advance body of over
2 1000 of the enemy has arrived in the
Khanti valley and is watching the
movement of the British troops. The
Afridis are spreading a report that the
Ameer of Afghanistan has demanded
hostages from them, and will help
them if hostages are given.
The news from the Mohmand expe-
dition is very satisfactory. Gen. JEFF
freys, who is meeting with little op-
position, is destroying the enemy's
Notifications and villages. The tribes
men appear cowed, and overtures OF
surrender are expected very shortly.
1t appears that they lost over 10
killed and large number wounded
during the night attack on Sir Bindon
Blood's column, their heavy defeat de-
stroying their faith in the mullahs,
who had promised to close the muzzles
of the British guns by divine means.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
FOOD FOR FLAMES.
Disastrous Conlagration in the
Town Of Bainbridge, o.
Two Prominent Citizens KIIIed-Tha
Flame, LeapIng from House TO House,
Seem InsAtiabIe In Their Greed
People on the Verge of Despair.

CINCINNATI, o., Sept. ga special
to the Commercial-Tri buHe from Chilli
cothe, o., says:
The village of Bainbridge was the
scene of one of the most disastrous
confagrationsy yesterday afternoon that
ever occurred in this county. An en-
tire square. containing most of the
prominent business houses, several
handsome residences and the Method
1st church, was almost destroyed,
and two prominent business men lost
their lives in an explosion which oc-
Cured in the drug store of w. P.
Beardsley.
The fire was started in barn in the
rear of Peril Browns general store
by two little boys, who were playing
with lighted matches. The flames
spread rapidly and communicated with
the main buildings
Beardsley's drug store, adjoining.
was next ablaze. and with the limited
means at hand for fighting fire, it
passed all bounds and became uncon-
trOllable.
In the midst of the excitement a ter
rible explosion occurred in the drug
store, and Mr.. Beardsley, who was in
side endeavoring to save some of his
property, lost his life in the ruins.
His brother-in-law, Thomas Higgins,
who went to his rescue. was unable to
get out, and was burned to death,
while several others were more or less
injured, but none fatally.
There was a strong wind blowing,
which famed the flames to greater
fury, and, getting a fresh start from
the burning oils and chemicals in the
wrecked drug store, the fire leaped
from house to house. until it was evil
dent the entire town was doomed. A
message was sent to Waverly and
TO this city, asking for aid, and
both fire departments promptly re-
sponded. The Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern and Ohio Southern rail-
ways sent special trains with the en-
gines, but they did not arrive until al
most four o'clock, nearly three hours
after the first alarm was given. The
best that could be done was to prevent
the fire from being communicated to
the Other squares, and the fire laddies
soon had the flames under control.
After the destruction of Beardsley's
drug store the following property was
consumed: Methodist Episcopal
church. Armstrong; livery stable, j.
Il. Heads store, Ogles' saloon, an empty
business property, Brichman's barber
shop. DR.. McKee's residence, Seymour
Morris residence, w. P. Beardsley's
residence. HOuser's grocery, McDilHs
millinery store and Andrew Alder
mans shoe store. But two houses on
the square were left standing, both be-
ing private houses.
The loss is estimated at $50, 900.
The bodies of Beardsley and Higgins
were found on the floor about Is feet
from the front entrance, mutilated be-
-Vond recognition.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
SWEPT TO DgsrRUcTloN.

a Packers Camp Carried Away by a
Landslide-The Number of Victims On.
knOWn-The Victims Caught Asleep IE
Their Tents.
PoRT TOWNSEND. Wash, Sept. 25.-
Captain Nelson, master of the tug
Pioneer says: Three men came to Ska.
quay beach on Monday night with a
story to the effect that at Sheep Camp
at half-past five o'clock ON Monday
morning a peculiar sound from the
southwest side of the mountain was
heard, and before the residents of the
camp could fully dress they found
themselves rapidly born down the can
yon on mass of moving debris from
the mountain side.
"a majority of the residents of
Sheep Camp escaped. although much
of the village was destroyed. The
slide struck the town in the northern
part, where nearly all the packers were
quartered in tents and asleep. The
main part of the slide from the noun
tain missed Sheep Camp proper. al
though from the report very little of
the town remains.
1.-The packers camp was wholly car
Red away, and it is impossible to learn
the names of the unfortunates, as
they were all known by their given
Lames, such as Jack, Jim, etc.
''The cause of the slide was reported
to be the action of heavy rains on the
hills, where large reservoir was
formed, which body of water and
weight forced the land down the basin
below. Never before have such heavy
rains been experienced in the neigh
borhood of the Chilcoot pass"
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
HORRORS OF THE DEEP.

Dreadful Fate OF the Crew of the BarA
SeladOn-Wrecked the Starbuck Is
LAnd-ThIrty Days Adrlft In Boats, Much
OF the Time Without Food or Water
Died from ExpOsure-The Rescue.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-The story
of the fate of the missing Norwegian
bark Seladon was confirmed yesterday
upon the arrival of the steamship
Moana from Sydney. The Seladon
left Newcastle, N. S. W., on July IS,
1896, for Honolulu, with full cargo of
Soal. The night of August Z at
1850 o'clock the vessel struck
Starbuck island while running at
a speed of knots, and Is
minutes later four feet of water was
reported in the hold, and two boats
were launched with crews of eight
men each. After laying by the vessel
until daylight, Capt. Jeger, decided to
make for MAIDEN island, which he
-eckOned to be two days sail. Having
nothing but chart and compass, how
ever, the boats missed the island and
attempted to make Christmas island,
but missed that also.
They ran before the wind, and for
eleven days proceeded without a mis-
hap.
On August lS the gig capSized and all
its occupants, except Chief Officer Kris
Nelson, who was drowned. were
picked up by the other boat. Capt.
Jeger died of exhaustion on August
24 and was buried. On the twenty
third day out August so. the IA men
divided their last tin of meat, five
pounds, which lasted three days.
Meantime they where dependent
upon occasional showers of rain for
their water supply. For six more
days they sailed on, too weak to move,
snd when all hope had been given up
their boat ran upon the reef of Sophia
islands and cast them ashore. For
tuuately they were picked up by ma
tives, who treated them with the ut
most kindness, but the ships carpen-
ter, L. Olsen. died from the result of
his exposure few days later.
After subsisting on cocoanuts, turtle
and sea birds for ten months and ten
days the steamer Clyde. bound for
Auckland, was sighted, and Capt. Cal
.aghau took the shipwrecked men to
Fiji. where they were transferred to
the bark Ellen, which conveyed them
to Sydney.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
MILITARY AFFAIRS ABROAD.


Prince Victor Emmanuel of Naples
has been appointed to the command OF
the Italian Tenth army corps, with head
quarters at Naples.
Fame hesitates to crown some strange
British names in India. Sir Bindon
Blood is fighting the Swatis, while Gen.
Yeatman Biggs is about to strike down
the Orakzais.
England's readiness for war is shown
by the fact that the British troops In
Crete have Just been suppliedwith straw
for bedding, the war Office having taken
only Az months to provide forit.
Twelve young Abyssinians selected
by the negus are on their way to Stt
Petersburg to be educated. Four VIII
enter the technical school and eight
military academy. The Russian gov
ernment has offered them all free tut
ton.
Experiments are being made at Ports
mouth, England, with cordite as am
munition for quick-firing guns for the
purpose of determining the visibility OF
the flash at night and how far it would
guide an enemy's fire. Cordite is said
to give a much smaller flash than pow
der.
Prince Louis Napoleon, brother OF
Prince Victor, is colonel of a RUSSIAN
regiment of uhlans of the guard, ana
has spoiled his chances as French
pretender, according to the Paris Lam
terne's story, by accepting a German
decoration on the occasion of Kaiser
Wilheln's recent visit to St. Petersburg.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
ALL FINANCIAL LONDON

Interested I'm the Bankers Protest TO the
Bank of England Against its One-Fifth
Silver Reserve-AnOtherM Meeting of Bank
ers and Leading Merchants May Be Held
to Protest Against "TInkering with the
Currency"-The Resolution.
LONDON, Sept 23.-The protest which
the London bankers drew up at their
meeting in the clearinghouse against
the policy of the governor of the Bank
of England, in announcing its willing
ness to maintain one-fifth of its bullion
reserve in silver, has been presented
| to the bank. The resolution is accom-
panied by formal letter, and the res
olution itself is in the name of the
Clearing House association, as although
all the members were not represented
ut the meeting, majority of the mem
bership was represented, and unani-
mously adopted the resolution which,
is as follows:
That this meeting entirely disapproves of the
Bank Of England agreeing to exercise the op-
ton, permitted by the act of 1884, of holding
one-ffth, or any other proportion whatever, Of
silver as a reserve against the circulation of
the Bank of England notes.
That copy of the resolution be sent to the
Bank of England, the prime minister, the
first lord OF the treasury and the chancellor OF
the exehequer.
An organized movement has begun
to induce other commercial bodies to
protest against the announcement of
the Bank of England.
HIGH OFFICIAL TALKS.
A high official, who was u partici-
pant in the negotiations between the
United States bimetallic commits
sioneIs and the British cabinet, said
to a press representative: II fear
the bankers will frighten the
government into receding from
their stand for bimetalIism. They
have forgotten that parliament unani-
mously resolved measures to secure
stable par of exchange between gold
and silver, and Sir Michael Hicks
Beach (the chancellor of the exchequer)
pledged himself to do all in his power
to carry the resolution into effect.
ENGLISH PUBLIC ALSO FoRGETs.
"The English public have forgotten
also that ten of the IA members of the
agricultural commission signed a re-
port recommending bimetallism as
palliative for the agricultural depres-
sion in England. The public and the
newspapers seem to think the govern
ment is influenced merely by desire
to secure the good will of the United
States, when it is attempting to carry
out the declared policy of parliament"
THE STANDARDS OPINION.
The Evening Standard, referring to
the bankers protest against the action
of the governor of the Bank of En-
gland, says: "The public is confident
ly expecting an expression of con-
demnation from the governing body OF
the Bank of England of Mr.. Smiths
extraordinary statement. A national
institution should not be impeSiled,
and the whole financial system OF the
country excited by such vagaries-"
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
OUR GROWING NAVY.
Report of Work in Progress on the Naval
Vessels Now in Course of Construction.

Report of Work in Progress on the Naval
Vessels Now in Course of Construction.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-According
to reports received at the navy depart
ment from the various shipyards where
naval work is in progress, with the ex-
ception of the four torpedo boats last
ordered, good headway is being made
with the ships under construction.
These four boats are distributed among
the Herreschoffs, Harlan & Hollings-
worth, Wolff & Zwicker and the Gas
Engine and Power Co., and, while the
actual work of construction upon them
has not begun, much has been done in
the gathering of material to start the
work.
OF the big ships the battleships
kearsarge and kentucky, at Newport t
News, are A. per cent advanced to-
wards completion. The battleships
Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin were
ordered later, and they are not so well
along, the figures being 20 per cent.
for the Illinois, at Newport News; 81
per cent. for the Alabama, at Cramps,
and Ia per cent. for the Wisconsin at
the Union iron works.
Only one gunboat is now being
built, namely the Princeton, at Dia-
logue, in Camden, and this is 90 per
cent. advanced towards the end. The
queer submarine boat the Plunger, be-
ing built at the Columbian iron works
is going on slowly, probably because
the plans are entirely novel and the
work is more or less experimental.
The state of work on the torpedo boats
is as follows: Rodgers SO per cent,
Winslow Sc per cent, Rowan 80 per
cent, Dahlgren per cent, Craven 4
per cent, Farragut6 per cent, Davis
90 per cent, Fox As per cent, Talbot
40 per cent, Gwin 40 per cent, Mack
enzie As per cent, Mckee Is per cent.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
MRS. LuETeERr ALIVE.

So Said Judge Vincent I'm His Opening
Statement = The Big Sansagemaker's
TroubIes-He Was SwindIed BY En-
glishman, Which Caused His Financial
Embarrassment, Drove His Wife Insane
and She Wandered Away.
CHICAGO, Sept 23-Ex-Judge Vim
cent, in his opening statement in the
Luetgert case, startled the prosecution
5y the magnitude of his claims
That Mrs Luetgert is alive, he said,
he would prove by witnesses who have
Eeen her since May 1.
He would also prove that the bones
found in the vat were not human, but
were put there by the police author
tiles.
As for the rings, claimed to be
Mrs. Luetgerts, the attorney said he
would show that they were not hers,
and that she had never seen them
The attorneys speech made an inn
preston on those in the courtroom,
and there was a more cheerful smile
on Luetgert's face as he hmped back
to iail.
Iron County register., 1897-09-30
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE POPE,

The Clergy of the Church of Rome In
Spain Instructed to Support the Present
Dynasty.
ROME, Sept. 24.-The uncompromis-
ing attitude toward the Spanish gov
ernment of the bishop of Majorca, who
communicated the Spanish minister
of finance, Senor Reverter, for seizing
the treasury of church in his diocese,
and the evident approval which the
bishops action il meeting with upon
the part of his Spanish conferees, has
so alarmed the authorities at the Vat
lean that the pope has again instructed
the papal nuncio at Madrid to insist
upon the clergy opposing the Cariists,
and to urge the clergy to earnestly sup
port the present Spanish ministry and
present Spanish dynasty.