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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14


Several weeks passed, and with each
new day this strange pursuit grew upon
me more and more. 1 was always in the
library, absorbed in thought. My discov-
cry seemed to me SO pregnant in results.
If l could but establish this fact l should
have introduced new factor into the
study of biology-Shed q totally fresh light
on the processes of heredity. And it was
all my own doing! Ponufex, to be sure,
had conceived the principle as a mere
guess or apercu; but it was l who had
raised 1t by my own researches to the
higher level of experimental certainty.
And If, as Darwin said he who proves is
the discoverer then 1 had discovered a
truth of the utmost Importance and inter-
est to humanity. No one could say where
this clue might vet lead us; its implica-
lions were innumerabe, it's possibilities
boundless. History itself might yet be
rewritten, in the light of trained histor-
zeal memory.
My father didn't like my remaining so
often alone in the library. You don't
read" he said; you don't write a book;
you simply sit and moon there like an inn
beetle. It's a very bad habit for you.
That way madness lies Nothing is so
likely to upset the balance of the brain as
constant concentration on some internal
subject. You should take down Mauds-
ely, and read him through. You'd find
there how dangerous il is for a man to be
self-centered. If you want to keep sane,
mix freely with your kind; think, feel and
act with them. If you want to go mad,
why, shut yourself up alone with your
own thoughts, and brood over them con-
tinually. That's the moral of all the most
advanced modern thinking on the subject
of insanity"
Self-centered, indeed This was not to be
self-centered! What l was incoming about
was no personal sabjectg but the thought
and life of all those who had preceded me;
what l was brooding over was a scientific
discovery of the utmost Importance to the
future of humanity.
i knew my mother now like an open
book: / could read her al sight; might
know my father? Given a first clue, had
an intutive consciousness that / could
decipher him too when opportunity offered.
But he was so reserved a man, and held
himself always so far aloof from us, that
l hardly knew where to begin my expert.
ments. So a month or two passed, and
had accomplished nothing! accomplished
nothing, l say, for the development of this
new and colossal idea had now become an
end in life to me. Still, never spoke about
the subject to my mother; without any
open rupture, any acknowledgment of a
change on either side. felt our relations
were placed ell at once on a different foot
ing She watched me furtively, and hated
to catch my eye. When she caught 1t by
accident hers fell in a second, or else look
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14
A FREAK OF MEMORY.
BY GRANT ALLEN.

Author .vhats in woman
Who Etc,
COpyrig hted, by Grant Allen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14

general and DR.. Pontifex. You DOM real
ly know how much"
How much you loved him? Yes, moth
er do But why should you shrink from
it? 1t was II myself. So 1 sympathize
with you in it,"
She gave a little cry.
You really remembers she murmured.
Yes, | really remember; remember the
whole episode. 1 could tell you the very
words he said to me by the sluice, when he
took my hand in his -"
My mother stared hard at me.
your handw she cried. Your hand!
Oh, Walter, are you mad, or am 1, Won
der?' .....
Neither of us" I answered. "Dr. Pom
tifex Is right. l have put it to the test
and his theory stands 1t. There is such a
thing as inherited memory"
My mother locked at me again. Her
eyes were hard now. Not a CLEAN of light
in them.
"But you know I never loved him." she
said; you know"
Il know you did love him. answered
with girls first love; and were thwart-
ed by your parents And / know that
nothing was said or done on either side
which any good man or woman need feel
the least regret for"
You know that?' my mother exclaim-
ed
Even the letter to Plymouth, -" be-
gan.
But my mother would hear no more
With a wild little cry she clapped her
hands to her ears and rushed out of the
room. From that moment forth 1 knew
she hated me. For there are things by
the thousand in every man and woman
however pure and however good, which
they could not endure any other on earth
should know them capable of.
And yet, to ne, il was all so natural
had been there and seen; it was l who had
done it all L understood and sympathized,
just because-I remembered. 1t was long
before began to feel and understand why
my mother looked at il in so different a
light | was She, but she was not 1, from
1.-The moment when I began to have a sep
arate existence. l was some one other
than she; while to me she was but phase
of my own past history.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14
II

episodes Of my first months of childhood
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-14

CHERRY Loo, Cilrner County Ca April 10Th.
MY rnenses Irregular and sometimes three
weeks down with my back Of breath and had
no stomach 10 eat After using the wonderful female remedies
McErees Wine of Cardui and Thedfords BacDraught am
regular once month"; have good eat and any
ordinary housework with pleasure. NANCY r, BUCHANAN
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
Mr.. Rockefeller Objects.

New York, Aug. 5.-The Journal
says: Because of what he considers IN
excessive assessment by the authorities
of Mount Pleasant township, in which
his Tarrytown property is located. Will
liam Rockefeller has placed the proper
ty on the market. He sold his summer
place Mt Greenwich. Connecticut about
eight years ago on account of what he
claimed was excessive taxation, and is
now said TO be looking toward New
port as n retreat from taxation. Mr..
Rockefeller is now in Europe. He
sailed on June 30th. and n real estate
agent of Tarrytown who has bea9 act
ing for him in coutesting the assess
ment value on his property a year ago,
now announces that before sailing Mr.
Rockefeller authorized the sale of his
property for S330.00O, The assessed
valuation is 81, 533, S05. That of year
ago was S1.125.O00 The purchase price
was $125.OOO. and the improvements
have cost $350,0OO.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
ONE ON WITHERBY.
New Cook Wa. Coming and HI. Wife

New Cook Was Coming and His Wife
Didn't Want Company to Dinner.
Witberby-'Ivei invited a fellow here
to dinner tomorrow night" quotes
Tid-Bits.
Mrs. Witherby-"Oh, my dear. what
did you do that for? Why. the new
cook is coming tomorrow. and you
know 1t will be just awful"
Witherby-"I don't see anything
awful about it. Give him what we've
got. guess It's good enough"
Mrs. Witherby-"That's just like
man. You don't seem to care for ap-
of?"
Witherby-"No, can't. The idea!
I invite friend to dinner and my wife
protests! But, madam, he comes Just
the same. AS long as l am running
this house propose to do as please"
Mrs. Witherby-"Who is it,"
Witherby-"Wigson. You know him,
don't you?"
Mrs. Witherby (seized with tnspira-
tion)-"Know him! Should say I did.
Why, he's an old sweetheart OF mine"
Witherby-"I guess not"
Mrs. Witherby-"But he is. Have
him to dinner by all means. oh.
should Just love to see him. How he
did make love to mel"
Witherby-"He did, eh?"
Mrs Witherby-"Yes. indeed. 1t
was only by the merest chance that
didn't become his wife. This is indeed
pleasure. Dear boy! Let's see; hav-
en't seen Charlie Wigson for four
years"
Witherby (dryly)-"You haven't, eh;
Well, I wouldn't be surprised II you
didn't see him for four more"
Mrs. Witherby feigning great dis
appointment)-"Oh, you haven't
changed your mind, have you! Aren't
you going to bring him to dinner?"
Witherby-"No, madam, I'm not"
And Mrs Witherby, having gained
her point, glided blandly from the
room.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
Reply VIII he Brief.

Washington. Aug. SIT is under
stood that the reply of Secretary Sher-
man to the last japanese protest
against the annexation of Hawaii will
be brief. by comparison with the long
letters that have gone before. but will
be conciliatory in tone. This is ac-
counted for hy the fact that the State
Department has taken note of the pub
lished utteranccs of eminent Japanese
statesmen, which. while unofficial. are
still of undoubted authenticity, all GO
ing to show that Japan has herself no
designs upon the Islands, but seeks
only to conserve her legal rights.
However the basic tone of the note
on this point will the declaration by
Secretary Foster, when he submitted
to President Harrison the original
treaty for annexation in 1893, which
failed owing mainly to the immediate
change of administration. This state
ment was that, according to n recog-
nizcd principle of international law.
the obligations of the treaties. even
when some of their stipulations are in
terms perpetual, expire in case either
of the contracting parties lose its ex-
istence as an independent state. The
foreign treaties of the Hawaiian is
lands. therefore, terminate upon an
nexation. with the competence of the
government thereof TO hold diplomatic
relations. This argument Is to meet
the Japanese argument that they will
by annexation lose certain privileges
for Japanese subjects which they now
enjoy under the treaty with Hawaii.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
SILVER CAMP MEETING.
It PromIses to lie One of the Greatest Po-
Iitical Meetings Ever Held In the
United States.

Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 5.-Hon. A. A.
Brown, one of the managers of the Ma
tional Silver camp meeting to be held
here at the fair grounds. September
18th to 22d. arrived here this evening
from the East, where he had been after
speakers Letters Just received from
Chairman Jones of the National Demo-
cratic committee, announe that he Will
be here. He makes the confident pre-
dictlon that the meeting will be the
greatest political meeting ever held in
the United States. The following
speakers, Mr. Brown stated positively,
will be here during the week:
President Il. Benjamin Andrews of
Brown University; Hon. Pierre HUI
bert, Boston; Hon. Oliver Downing.
author of "The Battle of the Dollar"
Boston; Hon. Geo. Fred Williams, Bos-
ton: Hon. Walter l.. Ramsdell, mayor
of Lynn. Massachusetts,; Hon. John
Clark Ridpath, editor of the Arena,
Boston; Senator William " Allen, NJ
braka; Senator Henry NJ. Teller. Colo
RADIO: Senator John *. Jones, chair
man National Democratic committee;
Senator Marion Butler, North Caro-
lima; Senator John w. Daniel Virginia;
Hon. Benton Miller. Tennessee; Hon.
Charles A. Townc. Minnesota; Hon. II.
Il. Bartine. Washington, ID. c.; Gen
eral a. j. Warner. Ohio; Judge Will
liam V. Stark, member of Congress- Ne
braska: Timothy Tarsney, Michigan;
Francis Newlands. member of Con-
gress. Nevada; Charles Hartman, mem
ber of Congress. Montana; Hon. Will
liam Quinby. New York Journal. New
York: Hon. Chap. Clark, member of
Congress. Missouri; Miss Nellie G..
Robertson. New York; Mrs. Elizabeth
Sheldon Tillinglast. New Haven, Con-
necticut: Hon. Joseph Bailey, member
of Congress. Texas; Hon. James S.
Blackburn. Kentucky.
Hon. William ]. Bryan has promised
TO be present for one day, and the COM
mittee in charge is now working with
view to getting him here for two
days. Owing to his present location in
the West they hnve so far been unable
to get in connection with him.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
Slaughter of NntIvca.

London, Aug. 5.-The Evening News
this afternoon publishes n letter from
Il Calcutta volunteer. reiterating the
statement that during the recent riot
ing there the artillery fired point blank
at n mob of 5000 mill hands, who We're
marching to join the rioters, with the
result that 1900 of the natives were
killed.
The secretary of state for India.
Lord George Hamilton, was questioned
in the House of Commons on July 9th
as to the accuracy of the native report
that 1.500 persons We're killed during
the roting which had just occurred in
the vicinity OF Calcutta. as one of the
results of the stringent measures taken
by the government officials to prevent
the spread and stamp out the bubonic
plague. He replied that about seven
persons were killed and that about
twenty were wounded during the riots
referred TO.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
Driven from New Mexico.

Santa Fe, \. NJ, Aug. 5.-Early last
spring the people from the Upper Pc
nasco were greatly exercised over the
teachings of Il man by the name of A.
w. Clifford, and woman he said was
his sister. AS their teachings caused
the breaking up of several families
they We're finally warned to leave the
country. This they did, but returned n
few weeks ago TO the house of Len
Allen near Upper Penasco postofflce.
A notice warning them to leave the
community was left at Aliens house
and they started away, but while in
camp on Salado Canon they were over
taken by party of masked men, who
stripped Clifford. gave him fifty stripes
with cat o nine tails made of knot
ted rope and tarrcd and feathered him.
warning him never to return.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
GLOOMY OUTLOOK IN MEXICO
The Republic May Have to Meet Her Gold
Obligations In Silver.

ObuShtons IN silver.
St Louis, Aug. "a special to the
Globe Democrat from Mexico City,
Mexico, says:
The continued fall in silver and the
corresponding rise in exchange have
reached the point when this country
is brought face to face with what may
be serious crisis. No sophistry can
hide the real condition of affairs here.
1t is all very well to say that Mexico
can live within herself and can raise
on silver basis natural products that
she can sell abroad on Il gold basis.
This would be perfectly satisfactory
If there was such an enormous in
crease of wealth resulting from such
conditions that the country could bear
Il high rate of taxation in order that
the government might he able to meet
its debt interest abroad by such means
without extra strain. At this moment
Mexican bonds are unaltered in Lon
don. principally owing to the scrupu-
lous exactness under the most dis
tresSing conditions with which the in
terest has been met. These debts are
in gold and their interest has to be
met in gold. and as the rate of interest
is excessive and it is only matter of
time, unless there is a favorable
change in silver, when this Republic
will be unable to stand it.
Reputation has an ugly sound. but
something very much like 1t must, un-
der present circumstances, finally re-
suit. The great railway corporations
and other foreign companies here have
to meet n gold interest with n medium
that Is ever decreasing in value. 1t
does not matter, however great the
business and their capacity for making
money. because the money earned is
inadequate to meet their obliga tions,
abroad. There IL only one thing for
them to do. increase their earnings
over one hundred fold or consider that
their foreign debt was contracted in
silver.
1t seems hard that the credit of this
government. that is now so high, and
the excellent foreign Investments here
should be injured through circum-
stances over which they have no con-
troll. But facts are facts. and 1t will
he interesting to watch what will hap
pen unless there Is n sharp rally in sill
yer before long.
Merchants here are paralyzed, and
all orders for abroad have been coun-
termanded. The manager of the
Scotch thread monopoly here has
raised prices on thread % per cent.
and the French importers of dry goods
have followed suit.
A prominent banker said that he be-
lieved exchange would go to 100 per
cent. premium. He considered the out
look to be most serious for this coun-
try: in fact. he considered 1t too
gloomy to speculate upon.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
Explosion at u Fire.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-Four and possibly
five lives were lost in an explosion
which took place this evening during n
fire in the Northwestern grain elevator
at Cook and West Water streets. Three
of the dead are liremen. The body of
another fireman is thought to be buried
in the ruins of the elevator and one
man was blown into the Chicago river.
From the force with which the explo-
sion swept the spot on which they were
standing they certainly must have been
Instantly killed. Either the bursting of
n boiler or the explosion of mill dirt
caused the awful havoc.
The fire was most difficult to control
as the elevator WAS surrounded by a
number of wall frame buildings which
were continually catching fire. The to-
tai loss is estimated at 100000, which
is fully insured.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
Mean. Great Change in spain.

Washington, Aug. S.-The govern
ment probably has already received the
formal notification of Premier Canovas
assassination. but If so 1t is locked up
with other dispatches In the state de
partment and Will not be known until
Secretary of State sherman reaches the
department tomorrow. Secretary of
State sherman received the first news
of the affair through the Associated
Press bulletin. He expressed deep inter
est in the details. He said:
"This deplorable event will have some
effect, of course, on the political affairs
Of Spain, but to what extent l cannot
say The death of one man is not neces-
sarily going to change the sentiment
of the whole country. Spain is very
tenacious country. Her money is gone.
Her resources have been exhausted.
But she means, evidently. to hold on TO
Cuba. Just how she can do 1t. under
these circumstances. l cannot see. Yet
she is opposed to yielding point. Pre-
micr Canovas was strong partisan.
He was the chief exponent of the ele-
ment that was determined to keep the
island at all hazards. Seemingly Spain
is almost unit on this. Canovas was n
strong factor in the movement of
Spain. but it is not impossible that an
that important office, having sim
liar views and the same pro-
nounced ideas. How 1t may be In
this case am not able to say, but the
effects politically of such an event are
not necessarily far reaching and have
not always produced radical develop
ments. As to the consequences of the
conflict in Cuba do not care to talk.
| have no official information of the as
sassination and must refrain from ven
turing guesses as to what it may effect
in the future"
When asked as to how long he
thought the Cuban insurrection might
last. he replied that he did not care
to discuss it. He added that he had
heard various names of prominent lead
ers in Spain mentioned. but he was not
we'll Informed MS to them. and there
was nothing on which he could base n
prediction as to Canovas' probable sue
cessor
Senior Dupuy De Lone. Spanish Am
bassador was seen by the Associa ted
Press correspondent at the cottage in
Lennox. Massachusetts. where he ar
rived yesterday. When asked about
the assassination of Senior ClnovIS
the prime minister of Spain. he said
he had just received n long cablegram
who looked like an Italian. had shot
Mt the prime minister several tunes,
but he did not understand by rhe Word
ing of the dispatch that the prime min
lister had been killed
When Informed that such was the
fact. and that Canovas was really
dead he was greatly shocked. as the
prime minister was n close personal
friend. Senor De LONE spoke about
his being the son of poor scho olmas.
ter, and how he had raised himself
to his present high position.
When asked who he thought would
succeed CInovas he said that the news
was SO unexpected that he had not
time to think of 1t. and of course cid
not know. He was not willing to dis
cuss the political influence that Cano
vas death would have IN the govern
ment OF Spain or on the Spanish pol
Icy toward Cuba. He said. however.
that 1t would have no immediate eff
feet. but as he had no time to reflect
upon 1t he was not ready to discuss it,.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13

In the case of Hammond VS.. Thomp-
son. recently decided by the Supreme
judicial Court of Massachusetts,, it ap-
peared that the defendant was tenant
at will of the plaintiff at monthly
rental of s35, payable after the ter
mination of each month of tenancy"
The plaintiff conveyed the premises to
a third person with the understand
ing. unknown to the defendant, that
the latter should be permitted to oc-
cupy until he should receive months
notice to quit The agreement of
lease was made Sept. Is, 1894. and the
premises were conveyed to the third
party on Oct. IA, the same year. The
question was raised whether the con-
veyance by the landlord terminated the
tenancy at will. The court said, that
in the case at bar, the defendants,
rights could not be any greater than
II rent had been payable on Sept. IA.
in which case he would have had until
midnight to pay rent, but that mas
much as before the rent was demand
able the plaintiff conveyed the prem
ises, he thus put an end to the tenancy,
and the court saw no ground why he
was entitled to recover.
The Springfield herald., 1897-08-13
ASSASSINATED.
PREMIER CANovAS. OF SPAIN.
SHOT BY AN ANARCHIST.
Tho Crime Committed Mt = Watering Place
Near Madrld-Died After Two Hours
suffering-Is Generally Conceded That
without His Strong Hand Cuba win
Soon He Free.

Madrid, Aug. S.-Senor Canovas del
Castillo, the prime minister of Spain
was assasSinated today Mt Santa
Agueda by an anarchist. The murderer
fired three shots, two of which struck
the premier in the head, the other in the
chest. The wounded man fingered un-
conscious for two hours and died at
O'Clock this afternoon.
Santa Agueda is noted for its baths
The place is between San Sebastian,
ahe summer residence of the Spanish
court, and Vittoria, the capital of the
province of Alava, about thirty miles
south of Billio. The premier went there
last Thursday to take n three weeks
rourse of the baths, after which he in
tended to return TO San Sebastian to
see United States Minister Woodford
when that gentleman should be official
ty received by the queen regent.
The assassin was Immediately arrest
ed He is Neapolitan and gives the
name of Rinaldi, but it is believed that
this ia an assumed name and that his
real name is Mchaele Augino Coli.
The queen regent. on hearing the sad
news, dispatched her own physician,
Dr Bustos, by Il special train from San
Sebastian. Later. on learning that Ca
novas was dead. she wired her con-
dolence to the widow.
The health of Scnor Canovas had i'm
proved greatly of late. He had been
leading very quiet life. although he
attended 10 the business of state.
At the moment of the assassination
hc was waiting in the gallery of the
bathing establishment for his wife,
who was to join him for lunch. Sud
denly the assassin. who had the mp
pearancc of an ordinary visitor, ap-
preached and fired at him point blank,
one bullet passing through the body
and coming out behind the left shoul-
der and the other two lodging in the
head. He fell instantly and only re
covered consciousness long enough to
speak few words.
Several medical men and his wife
We're unremitting in their attentions to
the sufferer but his wounds. unhappily.
were mortal and he died in two hours.
Extreme unction was administered.
amid n scene of mingled sorrow and
Indignation.
The assassin narrowly escaped lynch
ing at the hands of the walters and at
tendants who rushed forward. Detec-
tives and civil guards Immediately Sc
cured him. He was pale. trembled very
much and evidently feared that he
would he killed on the spot.
He will be first arraigned before the
local magistrates at Nergarn.
1t was at first rumored that the as
sassin was one of the pardoned BARGE
Iona anarchists. but this is not con-
firmed. The murderer declares that he
killed Senor Canovas "in accomplish
ment of Just vengeance, and that
the deed is the Outcome of vast anar-
chistic conspiracy. He is believed to
have arrived at Santa Agueda the same
day as the premier. and he was fire.
quently seen lurking in the passages of
the bathing establishment in a suspi-
cious manner.