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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21
BBLOSNERoUND IN LONDON.
New Things to Be Tried on the New
Underground Railway.
From the London Nal.


In addition to the present rapid transit
facilitiyg in, II.ondon a new electric under
ground railway is projected, which is ex-
pected to be in operation in four years
from the present time The route Is in the
heart of the city, and the trains will run
sixty feet below the sidewalks. A syndf-
cate has been formed and f3,500,000 has
been raised a sum supposed to be suffi-
cient for all expenses of construction. The
total length of the line is about six miles,
and the tracks will be laid in double tun-
nels having an Internal diameter of II feet
inches These, together with the lift,
shafts and the station tunnels, of which
the internal diameter will measure q feet,
will be, made of iron segments, no brick
work being used.
An advantage claimed for the double
tunnel system is the means it affords of
good ventilation. When. two lines run in
one tunnel, it is almost impossible to Sc
cure this, but a train running in a single
line tunnel acts as a piston, driving the
air before it and bringing a fresh current
along in its wake. Another subsidiary ad-
vantage is that the two tunnels need not
necessarily be on the same level. The lines
can, Independently of each other, slope
downward in leaving and upward in APP
preaching stations, with a consequent saw
ing Of power and wear on the brakes,
while in passing under the narrow streets,
where there is not sufficient room for the
tunnels TO be placed side by side, they can
be constructed one above the other.
Each train will consist of seven cars,
which will provide seats for 1886 persons,
and the Roadway between trains will be
two minutes and a half The road is not
intended to compete so much with the
present underground" as with the omnl-
busses and other surface vehicles.
-Talker: | was but little lad when I
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

-Collegio Beda is the name given to the
new English college at Rome by Pope Leo,
in honor of ST. Bede the Venerable. He re-
jected the names Pho and Leonno.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

"My wife was for years a sufferer from
Rheumatism, and was treated constantly,
but could obtain no relief The doctors
said the disease was liable to strike the
heart at any time, in which event death
would be inevitable
every kind of treatment recommended
for Rheumatism was given, including widely
advertised blood remedies, but none did any
good. She grew worse all the while and was
raduopd tO a mara ch f.xxr IF hon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

-Talker: was but little lad when
started in business.
Walker: That's been the foundation OF
many business mans success.
Talker: What has?
Walker: A little ADHESION Courier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

A decided novelty in Wilton Lackaye's
Royal Secret was in the fact that for
once the bad woman wore light har and
the good one dark. That is in direct VIC
lation of all rules of fiction where the
people who fail in the last act Invariably
own hair two dozen shades darker than
the successful peoples, but it counts for
brunettes.- Washington Post
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

Many expressions of satisfaction have
ueen heard from the announcement that
Avn. Wilton Lackaye in his production of
are Royal Secret" which will be seen
no and Saturday nights and at Satur-
o'f b matinee, will be seen in a costume
pay, The Royal Secret" will dwell
SOM what upon historical Incidents, from
N' net that Louis XIV and his favorite,
-o'17ne de la Valliere, figure conspicu
o o.y IN the development of the plot The
,ti'IaI character, however, is Mondory,
ou actor, who Is purely a Pigment of the
rulHor brain. Mondory encounters so
tt'.} thrilling obstacles and surmounts
IN that he proves to be hero of no
Ian order. His love for his leading ac-
W.. eVentually is the means of his being
ttl ted to the bastiie, owing to the fact
b| louis XIV has become enamored of
IT, ultimately he is pardoned by the
so,-' owing to his disclosures made to the
q ", ''sn, of the perfidy and treachery of
W. Nor named De Harley. Manager
C,irS mas invited the members of the Sea
y srC .eaIn to occupy boxes at the opening
M M nance of Lackayes engagement
a45 iuNtation has been accepted and will
"'erest to the engagement.
mon Lewis Morrison. who is here next
last mad rather a unique experience
Ing JASON in the western country. Dur
pav engagement in GAINESVILLE, o., the
-. Nelus Faust" and his impersona-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

The towns which have lost theaters
through fire or accident this season are
Akron, o.; Cohoes, N. Y; Cincinnati O.,
and Detroit Mich. Towns which have
new theaters are Anaconda, Indianapolis.
Terre Haute, Cohoes, Portland, Me-, OF
tawa, Canada; Syracuse, N. Y, and Grip
pie Creek, Col
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

Yvette Guilbert has such a popularity
at the Scala, in Paris. that the hour for
her performance has been made earlier,
in order to make time for her recalls.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

Fanny Davenport denies most emphati-
cally that she will revive any of the Sar-
dou plays this season. Miss Davenport
pins her faith to "a Soldier of France"
and will appear in that piece exclusively
this season.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21

William Gillette has just finished an
adaptation of a French farce. His trip to
London in the spring has been abandoned,
and an English company will give "Too
Much Johnson"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-07-31
Reasons Why Chamberlain's
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Remedy is the Best.

I. Because 1t affords almost instant
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lie and cholera mOrbus.
9. Because it is the only REMEDY that
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dysentery and diarrhOea.
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will cure chronic diarrh0ea.
4. Because it Is the only remedy that
will prevent bilious collie.
S. Because it is the only remedy that
will cure epidemical dysentery.
6. Because 1t il the only remedy that
can always be depended upon In cases
of cholera infantum.
Z. Because 1t is tho most prompt aud
most reliable medicine in use for bowel
complaints.
8. Because 1t produces no bad results
9. Because it il pleasant and safe tt
take.
10. Because it has saved the lives o1
more people than any other medicine IL
the world.
The 25 and SOC sizes for sale by T. J
Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-07-31
1T is LAW.
Daily Item.

Daily Item.
The extra session of Congress,
called by President Mckinley i'm
mediately after his installation,
assembled Oh Is March, and with.
in 130 days advised. discussed and
completed in all its details tariff
bill, the most comprehensive ever
enacted, and one designed and de-
stined to restore the prosperity of
the nation, SO ruthlessly destroyed
by a measure cf opposite charac-
ter and purpose enacted in 1893
by the Democratic party.
This is surely the most wonder
full Legislative accomplishment of
the age, and one which rebounds
to the credit of the Republican
party, and one which assures the
American people, if assurance was
needed, that the party has not on
ly the courage of it's convictions,
but that it's promises and pledges
can always and at all times be re-
lied upon.
The tariff bill passed its last le-
gislative stage at 3 o'clock on the
afternoon of "a July, by the deci-
sive vote of 40 to 30, and was sign
ed by the President and thus be-
came law of the land at 4 o'clock
of the same day. An analysis of
the final vote shows that the
affirmative vote was cast by 81
Republicans, l Democrat INC
Enery) 1 silver Republican ( Jones
of Nevada), and l Populist (Ste-
wart). The negative vote was cast
by % Democrats and 2 Populists,
Harris and Turner, Mr.. Teller,
silver Republican, and two Poph-
lists, Allen and Butler, we're pre-
sent and did not vote. One Po-
pulist Kyle and one silver Re-
publican { Pettigrew} we're absent
without pairs, which was equiva-
lent to Withholding their vote.
Prosperity's law is now upon
the statute books and the Repu-
blican party has alread cause to
congratulate itself upon the awak-
ened business impetus which il
everywhere apparent. Croakers
are dismayed and calamity how
lers silenced in the face of the ri
vival of trade the growth OF crops
and the employment of labor, ant
the nation has naught to do bu
enjoy the season of good time'
which the Republican party ha'
brought with its advent to power
and which have come to stay.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-07-31
NOTICE OF TRESPASS.

The public is hereby notified that tresspassins
on my plantation without permission either
from Mr.. Rousseau. or myself will be prosecu-
ted to the fullest extent of the law.
June IL. p. u. GUfLBEAU.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
HARMONY IN GAS MEETING.

Wilmington, DEL, November 16.-The
annual meeting Of the BAY State Gas
company OIL Delaware, was held in Union
hall. this city, today. The attendance
was quite large but the proceedings, con-
trary to expectations were harmonious.
an votes being unanimous Henry FL.
Rogers and John e. Moore of New York
and Thomas M. Lawson of HBoston. voted
jointly 78l, 600 of the total one million
shares of the capital stock. j. Edward
Addicks and the old board of directors
We're unanimously reelected. The
treasurer's statement showed SIS. 1876. 600
in cash in the treasury and total in
debtedness of only SO, 700. An offer from
the MoMlllen syndicate of S., 600. 600 for
the conpany's equities in Boston was
accepted. A committee consisting of
Messrs. Rogers, Addicks and Rockefeller
was appointed with full power to ex-
change certain contracts now owned by
the company for stock in the United
Gas improvement company. the Buffalo
Gas company, East River Gas company,
Standard Gas company and the euuitable
Gas company, the entire stock of the
new Amsterdam Gas company and eleven
gas companies in New England. 1t was
voted to exchange one share in five of
the present S50,000,000 capital into a
guarantee five per cent preferred STOCK
and that SS, 100000 be put in trust for
this purpose.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
SALOON KEEPER TURNING L

st. Louis, Noyem Der 16.-Frank Ritter,
one of the oldest and best known saloon
keepers here, is turning slowly to chalk.
His remarkable case was brought to the
attention of the Southern Surgical and
genealogical Association in convention
here, and he has been visited by a number
of the delegates. For the benefit of these
doctors he traced his name in chalk by
simply rubbing his hands against table.
Ritter has a saloon on LOCUST street and
fine house at 4339 Morgan street. Five
years ago doctors told him he would die
slowly. Since then they have cut off his
LEFT leg in eight chalky sections, and
now part of the right leg is like that of a
statue. and the time is coming when that
limb, too, must be taken away. Both of
the hands are SO affected that their use
fulness is nearly gone.
The disease is called Qualification by DR..
Elisha Gregory, who pronounces Ritter's
case the most perfect type of govt known
to the savants. Ritter realizes he is hall
dead, but views the situation with rare
good nature. He has amassed fortune
and every day sits in his Locust street
saloon watching the crowds pass and teas
ing his pensive acquaintance for theil
lack of good humor. DIR. Gregory
diagnosis is that the Qualification is caused
by the lime salts of the body entering in
to the equity limbs, which are perfectly
passive, and therefore unable to throw of
the accum ulation, so that the lime drift
is converted into chalk. the vitality in
the passive limbs being so low there is nc
resistance
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
INDIA BLOCKED BTMETALLIsM. q

Washington, November 16.-The onlel t
report OF the correspondence in regaIo 20
bimetalllc proposals of the Unitea quo oes
monetary commission to the goyernluent
of Great Britain has reached this coun-
try.
The negotiations fell through notwl II
standing the expressed wish ol Ihe
French government to open its ILLUS
owing to the rejection by the British gov
ernment of the proposition to again open
the Indian minis to free coinage OIL slA-
yer.
The government of Great Brltaln IN
making her answer deferred TO tne
wishes of the government OF lnoia, 10
which the proposal was referred anu 6he
reply of the government of India thefe-
fore Is the most important conn
ton in the correspondence 1t is a iehgbhy
document in which the advantages Oh pro
and con to India are argued.
= THE most potent reason urged agaIn u
the proposition is that the burden OF IalI-
ure, should it come from the experiment
of the establishment of bimetalllsm Dy
France and the United States, mus1 IN
evltably fall on India.
Both the United States and france,
the reply argues, with their supply OF
gold, could to a greater or less exteno pro-
tect themselves, if the experiment. ulo
not succeed. In other words the indlan
government as prelip mary posltloh ue-
ciared that 1T could not risk the success
VI the suggested measures
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
THORN.s SAW FOUND.

New York, November ga saw which
may be the implement with which VIM.
Guldensuppe 'sgcorpse was dismem bered in
the cottage at Woodside, L. l., where he
was murdered In June last, was brought
to District Attorney Young's at Long
Island City today. 1t is said to have been
buried In the ground of the meadow lying
between Flushing and College Point, as
Mrs. Mack is said to have told the officers
on Sunday last that it was placed by
Martin Thorn. The find WAS made by an
Italian laborer and two sons sof Police
Captain Metnaven of Long Island City
The saw will be produced when Thorn g
trial Is resumed on Monday next. In an
ticipation of this latter chapter in the
great murder case, special venire Of two
hundred jurors will be issued tomorrow
District Attorney Young said today that
his visit to Philadelphia yesterday had
been without result as to the allegation
that Thorn was at one time in prison
tn ere
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
DIFFICULTY IN LOCATING SOUNDS

(From the Railway and Engineering Re-
yiew.(
Few people realize the inefficiency of
the unaided human ear in locating
sounds. At sea, q, in time of fog, this
difficulty has been a serious matter, but
now bids fair to be surmounted by the
adoption of an ingenious instrument
which has been named the eophone. This
instrument consists essentially of a vane
which is longitudinally concave on both
sides. This yane is mounted on vertical
rod and is exposed to the open air in as
unsheltered position as possible. On
othe side of this vane Is sound receiy-
er, from which a tube leads to one of the
ears Of an observer located in room be-
low. Each ooncave surface of the vane
acts as reflector to its own receiver and
as g. screen to the other one. The rod
carrying this vane can be rotated by
means Of a nandwheel and in use the OBJ
server turns the vane round till the sound
investigated is heard in one ear only.
The motion is then reversed till the sound
is heard in the other ear only, when the
direction from which the said sound pro
ceeds will be about midway between these
two positions. By turning the wheel
backward and forward, position can
rapidly be- found in which the sounds
received by the two ears are of equal in
tensity, in which case the axis Of the vane
points in the direction of the sound source
The disturbance which was. in the be-
ginning, found to arise from the whist
ling OF the wind over the edge of the vane
has been eliminated by sheltering the
vane by a screen of silk, which keeps OH
the wind without affecting the sound
waves. The device in question has been
Installed on board the United States
steamship Indiana, and very thoroughly
tested by committee specially appointed
for the purpose. The report issued or
these proceedings is of an emlnently
favorable character, and asserts that with
sound can be located with an error OF GER
point. Many of the trials were made IN
thick and foggy weather, which, how
ever, seemed to have no effect on the &C
curacy of the indications. The commit.
tee, however, point to the necessity OF
giving the receiving vane a clear sweep
of the horizon, as when sheltered from
the source of sound by deck-houses or
similar structures the accuracy OF the
readings was much reduced. Another
testimony to the efficiency of the device
comes from the mercantile marine, the
instrument having some time back been
fitted on the steamship Halifax of the
Canada Atlantic and Plant steamship
company, the captain of which has been
very successful in locating the direction
of fog signals with it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
HANNA CALLS A HALT.

cleveland, November Ex-senator M.
a. hanna is putting the screws on the
members OF his party who are working
10 compass his defeat A meeting OF
mem oers OF the Republican State Exeou-
1--WE committee was held here today to de-
wise means for raising funds to iquidate
q denclt of $11, 200 on the books of the
State committee.
Inc object of holding the conference in
this city was to have the members meet
MI. hanna and see if the Senator would
not start the subscription with something
handsome lna in the way Of contribution.
Inc committee, however, received a dis
appointment.
chairman Nash of the Executive COM
mlt5ee preached the matter to Senator
hanna this morning, but the Senator
came down flat footed with refusal. He
said that he would not expend another
cent until proof of the fallacy of this talk
regarding legislative bolt was Ss-Sforth-
coming in the form of his reelection.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
WANT TRAMPs PUT TO WORK.
"fahgers Ask County Commissioners to
Provide a Stone Yard.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l


south Paris, November 16.-Hon. j. A.
noberts of Norway, master of Oxford
folnona Grange, appeared before the
county commissioners this afternoon to
advocate the establishment of a stone
yard in connection with the county Jail
LOT tramps and prisoners sentenced to
hard labor. He said in part: II repre-
sent eighteen oranges with two hundred
members. The county is infested by
tramps, careless of other persons rights,
some of them positively lawless. In the
rural districts, where there is no police,
eney often cause the loss of valuable farm
buildings by fires originating in barns
which they enter without permission.
They place the farmers wives who are
OFTEN alone in the isolated farm houses in
hard positions, for if they give them food
the premises are soon overrun with
tramps; if they refuse to feed them, the
result is often damage to property or
harm to themselves. Many pettyI crimes
are committed at this season to obtain
shelter during the winter in the warm
comfortable Jail. A county stone yard
would tend to cause change for the
better.'
The county commissioners replied that
they had been considering this matter for
long time, and promised to devote a
special day at their December meeting to
more comprehensive public hearing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN CHINA.
To Be Accepte as Warming to Reigning
Princes.
(F'rom tie North China Herald.)

(From tie North China Herald
Eclipses of the sun and moon-more es
pee tally those of the sun-in China are
treated as warning from heaven that
the reigning prince has been wanting in
wisdom and morality. This is now ex-
emplifed by an imperial edict dealing
with an eclipse of the sun which the i'm
perial board of astronomy at Pekin has
just reported to the throne as about to
occur on January %, 1898. which hap
pens to be the Chinese New-year day.
The deoreeain question states that "for
centuries an eclipse of the sun has been
accepted by the princes of past -dynasties
as warning TO themselves from heaven
to reform their ways and rule righteously
and even in the present dynasty, namely
during the reigns of E'ang Hsi and
Ch'ien Lung "a. d. 1662-1794), there hap
pened eclipsos of the sun on New-year's
day" In view of this and the warnings
such an occurrence seemed to Indicate
the emperor declares that he is ufIled
with "a great fear" and that he has tried
during his moments of leisure inwardly
to question himself as to the errors be
al
of humility and submission to the win If
heaven" he commands that the New
year day ceremonies of congratulation
paid to him., held annually in the T'aiho
throne hall, be changed to the Ch'ients-
ing throne hall-the last named meaning
Ito clear the political atmosphere. Z"
The annual banquet given to the clans
men OF the imperial house on the day in
question is also ordered to be discontinued
for that year, while every one belonging
to the court is commanded to put on
sober every day garments while the
eclipse is in evidence, instead of the gor-
geous full-dress court robes demanded by
etiquet on the first day of the year. The
court will then assemble in the inner
palace, where an altar to heaven will be
ereoed, facing the open air, before which
the emperor and his full court will pros
trate themselves ''to beseech the mercy
of high heaven to his chosen people,"
With regard, however. to the ceremonies
to be observed when congratulating the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-17
SMUGGLER FIRE ON THE GAIN

Aspen, Colo, November 16.-The stu
alton here grows hourly more alarming
and unless the seat Of the Smuggler fire
is soon reached, there is every reason to
believe that the entire district will have
to be temporarily abandoned. This morn
ing every property in Smuggler noun
tain had to be abandoned on account of
the gas. Engineer Irving of the Regent
Park mine was brought out insensible
and several other men were found wholly
or partially unconscious and brought out
The number of men driven out of the
mine this morning Is estimated at 300
This makes a total of about 1900 now
thrown out of work by the gas. Be-
tween 40 and so miles OF workings have
been abandoned on Smuggler mountain.