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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06

Havana Oct 5.-The friends Of Capt
Gen. Weyler made grand rally in his be-
half to-day and did all they could possi-
bly, do to prevent his recall 70 Spain. They
held a meeting at the Spanish casino,
many Of the wealthier classes Of Spaniards
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06

Prof. Swenson Is well known among the
educators Of the country. He comes OF
Norwegian stock, but was born in Mime
sofa. After graduating at the Albert
Lea University there, he took post grad
uate course at Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore, devoung himself especially to
languages, history and political science.
At present he is principal Of the Luther
academy at Albert Lea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06

London, Oct. 5.-According to a special
dispatch from Madrid, Senor Castellanos.
the retiring minister for the colonies, has
called upon the Bank of Spain to furnish
50OO0,0OO pesetas for the Cuban campaign.
The committee of the bank declined to
make the advance, whereupon the governor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06
More Hopeful at Edwards.

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 5.-The following Of
fetal report was received from Edwards
at p. M: "The general outlook as re-
CARDS the sick is more hopeful, there be-
ing only six whose condition gives cause
for anxiety. There has been reported nine
new cases, five whites and four colored;
one death-that of I. c. Wimberley Rev.
Father Prendergast is doing as well as
could be expected"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06

Edwards, Miss, Oct 5.-Nine new cases
of yellow fever and one death have been
reported to-day. New cases, George t.
McCallum, Mrs. Boxtelle, Mrs. Frank An
gelo, Sam Butler, John Young and four
colored. Death, 1. c. Wimberly. Deaths
to date, Is; cases to date, 344; total num-
ber under treatment, 134; convalescent and
discharged, 1876. All of the seriously ill
are doing extremely well, and the situa>
ton here on the whole is much improved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06

Heretofore, no goods Of any description
We're received, and persons were held at
distance al the shotgun's muzz.e.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06
YEsTERDAY's APPOINTMENTS.
swenson of Minnesota to he Minister
TO Denmark.

Washington, Oct. 5.--The President to-
day appointed Maurits S. Swenson Of Min
neapolis, envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentlary to Denmark.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06

ottawa, Ont. Oct. 5.-Further informa-
ton from Casselman is 10 the effect that
the whole village has been destroyed, and
that the villages Of South Indian and Che
ney have also been burned. Those villages
are in the center of a numbering district,
and brush fires are raging ia the vicinity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06
AN UNFoRTUNAFE VILLAGE.
CasseIman, Ont, Burning For the
Second Time i'm Three Years.

Ottawa, Ontario, oct. 5.-The village of
Casselman, thirty miles southeast Of Otto
wa, on the Canadian Atlantic railway Is
reported to be burning.
Fire is raging in the bush surrounding
the village, and no trains can pass either
way All telegraphc and telephone com
munication with the village has been cut
off since early this afternoon. All trains
leaving here on the Canadian Atlantic
railway are cancelled.
Three years ago the village was burned.
Application was made to the Ottowa fire
brigade, for assistance. but none could be
sent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25

young aeronaut has developed into a
bigger sensation than even the direct
ors OF the Centennial exposition had
expected. Prof. Barnard, who IL the
physical director of the Y. M. G. A.
OF Nashville, took his flight from the
rounds OF the Exposition. He alight-
60 In a grove twelve miles away. break
ing q spar Of his ship In the process.
U while In the air circled round and
round. and declares mat he Demon
strated beyond a doubt that his ma
NJ Is a success-ttKt under normal
conditions Its progress can be rssu-
lated and controlled by Its operatu.
me air ship Is now in q house On the
Imposition grounds. It is carefully
guarded. and nobody is allowed 10 po
near 1t except Prof. Barnard. and he is
repairing the damage done when he
alighted. preparatory to a second and
more ambitious fight, probably next
Monday II conditions are favorable
n inventor experienced no little troll
Ole In getting the ship ready for the
trip. After the machine had been taxi
out OF the house, which stands ON
. little hill west Of the Exposition
grounds. into the open air, the balloon
with 1t was charged with
hydrogen gas. When this work had
been finished Prof. Barnard seated him
sell on the bicycle part of the ship.
his feet on the pedals and his
nands on the bars and informed the
attendants that he was ready to take
nis departure. Those In charge of the
"opes let them out a little at a time. and
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The Massacre of Scio.

The worst massacre of recent time.
took place on the island OF Scio O,
April %. 1922. When the Greek war O,
independence broke out In 1922 the
Turks. to secure the obedience O,
Scio. sent a strong garrison into thu
island. and seized ninety-i five Of III,
principal Greek merchants as hostages
At the end Of March a body Of sa.
mians landed in scio. and supported by
the %peasantry, drove the Turkish gar.
rison into the castle. but on the 18th
OF April the CAPTAIN Pasha arrived
with 5000 troops, and the insurrectiou
collapsed. Then commenced the most
horrible massacre recorded In modern
history. The island was given up to
the tender mercies OF the Turkish SOL
diery, and its inhabitants were prac-
tically extermiDated. the men and BOYS
we're slaughtered on the spot, and the
women sent into slavery. Early In
May the Greek hostages were hanged
In spite OF the vigorous protests OF the
British ambassador at STEAMBOAT. and
at the same time 500 prisoners. who
had been detained In the castle. were
strangled. When the Turkish troops
had finished their fendish work only
300 OF the original 40, 900 or sc. 1000 in.
habitants OF Scio were left In the is
land, from which almost every trace
OF civilization had been effaced.
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and the sun the body OF some ono Of
their demented kindred, who had hwi-
ed himself into the abyss. At last the
workers reached the summit, but to
their horror not one OF their kinsmen
was left. Strewed about in all man.
ner Of shapes were the remains of their
loved ones and friends. Their famine
stricken fnces would have told the
story Of their death II II had not al
ready been known. Sadly, and after
the barbaric rites of their people, the
remains we're committed to their final
rest and their companions returned to
what seemed hopeless lives below. The
tradition continues to relate how men
from other tribes, generations after
ward, found the pathway hewn with
90 much toll and care and same and
settled among the A~va-Snpis. Gradu-
ally intercourse sprang up with the
outside world. From the Moqui vii
lagos they obtained seeds OF many
kinds and grew from year to year into
sem~i-civilized pursuits. All traditions
have more or less foundation, though
sometimes, and, indeed, often, II is
very meager. 1t is possible that the
narrow dsile which Is now the happy
home Of the Ava-Supis was the result
Of n OF those fearful earthquakes
which In times past were not at all UNI
common in these ATTITUDES. The mesa
above Is covered for miles around with
debris and volcanic deposit, Indicating
mighty eaBth disturbance Ut some
lime.
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Brigadier- General Zenas r. Bliss.
VINO has been promoted by President
mckinley to a major-generaship, Is
one OF the most popular officers of the
army. He has been q soldier from his
veriest boyhood. He entered West
Point academy In 1850 and came out of
1t four years later a second lieutenant.
His first assignment was with the Six
teent Infantry. He saw some army
post life In Texas. and In 1861 Joined
the command OF Colonel Reeve near
a Antonio. His first year in the war
was spent as q prisoner. Colonel
Reeves men were overcome by a SUI
perior force Of rebels. Released in
1852, he was made a colonel of the
Tenth Rhode Island Volunteers and
later q colonel OF the Seventh Volun-
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REsouRcErvL AT LUNCHES.
The Culinary Trlumphs Of One Nsv
York Woman.

The CULINARY zriumphs Of One New
York Woman.
Tere is an excellent lady uptown
in whose family boards a young man
Of domestic tastes and unassailable APP
petite, says the New York Mail and Ex-
press. She puts up a lunch for him
every day, and he carries 1t with him
to his business. In so far this story
does not differ In anyw!se from the ex-
p%erience of thousands Of other younr.
men who board in excellent familiec
and carry their lunches. But this young
man claims that for an infinite variety
OF %luncheons that custom cannot stale
his landlady has the call.
Now, a luncheon, in the ~parlance OF
the life Of him who boards, is a sand
wich, or several Of them. 1t takes con-
siderable art to conceal the fact that
he is eating something that he had yes
terday and expects to get again to-
morrow. To vary the ration taxes all
the of the commissary of sub
sistence, but 1t can be done. The young
man In question has kept a journal or
commonplace book, in which he lots
down, among other things, what he
a to eat each day. From these items
he has made a partial list of sand
witches, including those which had the
following ingredients: Fig paste, fried
egg, grape butter, roast goose, honey,
Hoboken rabbit. sooseberry, chicken,
Jelly. roast beef, lemon marmalade.
waenerwurst. sugar, ham, tongue, tur-
Key, sausage, deviled ham and caviare.
1t is always a moment of suspense
with him when he sits down before his
lunch. for he knows not what pleasant
surprise 1t may have in store for him.
lust now he is taking q course OF pre.
served ginger sandwiches with the best
results. The daily meal has it's en-
'rees OF pie, pudding or fruit, but II is
he composition of the material lying
the two lids of the sandwich
hat most concerns him who discusses
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25

They saw Prof. Barnard turn The ma.
chixe In various directions, az he had
told the people who were present when
he left the grounds he would do. There
was a good wind from the east at this
TINE. but the navigator of the shin
seemed to be able to do what he pleased
with the machine. AS stated by Prof.
Barnard. the ship attained n great
height and sailed on until Il was land
ed at a point twelve miles from town.
During almost the entire journey Prof.
Barnard was busy propelling the ma
chine. Stopping while in a calm TO as.
certain how the ship would work with.
out his aid, he found that Il was about
to drift into a current, and he was
obliged to resume propelling in order
to get out Of 1t. The ship has an air
chamber shaped like a cigar and i6 feet
long by 1S feet In diameter. It Ia made
OF silk and cotton and filled with nv.
drogen gas. This chamber IL confined
in a network Of small rope which holds
the metallic framework and aeroplanes
underneath. The seat is made on the
order OF a bicycle frame, and from this
the operator controls the wings or
aeroplanes, on either side. The two
propellers, or screws, extend in front
OF the operator, acting on the princi-
pie OF an auger. In guiding the air ship
the operator moves the screw from
right to left in the direction he wishes
to go and ascends or descends by rails.
ing or lowering the side wings. Prof.
Barnard does not claim all the credit
for his invention. az he is using. nv
permission, several features empLoved
by other experimenters in a%eronautics
The aeroplanes are frames of n LIGHT
wood and covered with a cotton fabric
The other frame work Is of metal and |
the parts were made In Nashville. New
York and Connecticut and Skinned IN
Nashville. where they were put ;ogeth-
er by Prof. Barnard. The greater mart
of the air ship he made himself without
any assistance and during his snare
time. Prof. Barnard drew the plans Of
the present ship about ten years ago
and they have been changed only in A
few respects. the alterations icing in
the supports and mechanism.
Prof. A. w. Barnard was born in
Massachusetts, in 1865. He attended
The common schools then the mill
tary academy at Albany. N. Y. He has
a good record as an amateur athlete.
His first formal engagement in Y. M.
A. work was at Tonawanda, N. ",
as physical director. For two years he
was physical director and general Sec
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
AS OTHERS E US,
a Foreigners Opinion Of Our strikes
and Prixs-Fights.

a Foreigner Opinion Of Our Strikes
and PrIxs-Fights.
Col. George X. Waring. .Jr. New
York's street cleaning commissioner.
contributes to the Century an article
describing his experience while "Bicy-
cling Through the Dolomites." Col.
Waring says: The driver of our car
riage had been in the United States for
three or four years. He was vastly
taken with the machine, and especially
with the smooth working of the
"health-pull," which he watched az II
stretched and closed up In pon to
changes Of grade or OF speed or OF sur
reptitious back pedaling. He wss glad
to talk OF his American experiences.
which had led him to this opinion.
Mclean people got no sense; work
hard. make a lot of money, drink whis-
KY, tighten, strikes, lose it all-got no
sense" He had worked for good
wages and had twice accumulated a
sum-once as much as s5OO--and
a then seen it all swept away by
strikes ordered by walking delegates
n the whole communities reduced to
the verge of starvation. His verdict
was: "'Melican workingmen is fools"
When he had again accumulated a lit
tie money he came back to Cortina with
800 gulden, got married and bought a
and a pair of horses. with
which he learns a living income by AR
ry1ng summer tourists over tho road
between Cortina and Toblach or Bel
Juno and by hauling wood in winter. He
has no thought Of going again to a
country whose people got no sense"
He was most impressed with the stu
pidity OF boxing. He saw the fight in
New Orleans between Corbett and Sui
ivan which was to him the most ON
elusive evidence Of our lack of sense.
wrestling he thought a manly eyer
Use; and he was fond of It and ar odcnt
1t; but hammering with the fists was
fool work."
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25

teers Of the same state. He served
with that regiment until the close of
the war. He was recommended for a
brigadier-generalship, but the promo
ton was refused because he had been
present at Colonel Reeves surrender.
VI course no n held him responsible
Tor hat action on account of his lowly
position In the command. He saw SER
vice In Kentucky and Tennessee. He
was brevetted for gallant and meritor-
Gus conduct at the battle of the Wilder
ness. Since the close Of the wal he has
been advanced regularly. No ofacer in
the army is more familiar with the
southeastern frontier than he. His last
command as colonel was that of the
Twenty-fourth infantry.
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retary for the Auburn, N. Y, associa-
non. He went to P%awtucket. r. l., In
1881, n later to Nashville, Tenn.
An Involuntary x-R.y God,vs.

IN a recent discussion on improve
In the X-ray apparatus. one of
the speakers mentioned that he pos
sessed a huorsscent screen measuring
6xlh feet. 1t Is intended to show the
iuii length OF the figure all at n
VIEW and on an occasion when the
apparatus was being inspected by a
large number OF persons 1t was the
means OF creating an embarrassment
almost beyond the power of words to
descrioe. A lady having incautiously
In the line Of the rays was dis
played ON the screen. and as dress
materials are very transparent to the
rays her costume, of course. did not
count for much in the picture.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25

hS hOAAsS Va ~
Ava-Supi tribe is between the deep de-
fles of Cataract canon, a tributary OF
the Little Colorado river. which has
Ito rise IN the Bill Williams mountains
The narrow valley Is from 100 to 600
yards wide, with walls OF sandstone
and granite rising perpendicularly on
either side to Q sheer height Of 1000
to 1000 feet. The approach Is b. a
narrow, twisting tortuous trail, whish
desoends from the broad plateau above,
winding In and out beneath the tow
ering walls and p~recipices. Through
the center OF the little valley flows q
cold. clear stream. fed by the mountain
SHOWS OF the distant Bill Williams
peak. The current Is rapid and the
power is utilized in a crude way for
grinding the grain, which Is one OF the
principal crops Of this ArcadIan peo-
pie. At the lower end OF the stream
tne water Is diverted into acequias,
wnicn carry 1t to the fevtile fields.
Inc Ava-Supis have but one wife at
slime. with the exception of the head
cnief, % wAom Is granted a special dis
pensation permitting him to take as
many wives az he can secure and sup
pert. Future to provide justifes a wife
IN securing 9 divorce, which is done
IN the simplest possible manner nv
leaving the lodge OF her husband and
refusing thereafter to recognize him in
any manner. There Is a rather inter.
estins tradition which the Ava-supis
tell concerning themselves. In the
early days, ages and ages ago, the ,e.
gend runs. their ~forefathers dwelt IN
q great walled city on the mesas above
Tney were o contented and -prosnerous
people. cuitivating vast fields and rails
Ing enormous herds Of stock. In the
course OF time, exalted by power and
riches. they became aggressive and
domineering toward their weaker
neighbors. For weeks at a time they
would neglect their fields and herd,
while they raided some near-py tribe.
The Great Spirit whom they had nj.
ways worshipcd grew angry at them
n resolved to send some terrible vic.
itafion that they might know the
lO
strength OF bis hand. II came al ncop.
day. when an the men and women wore
IN the fielSs. Suddenly out of q c,car
sky a bright light burst and n rro,.
wind, followed by a trembling ,f ,ho
whole earth. The frightened neon,e
turned to u for their homes b,t no.
fore they could reach the walls OF tbo
pueblo the ground opened and tbev
were al swallowed up. Then durkness
covered the sky and for many hours
the shriehs OF those who had been left
within the city walls were heard above
the sound Of the falling of their homes |
When light came again there was mot n
sign OF habitation left upon all the wide
mesa. The whole tribe had been swcn,
away. But where the ground opened
had only partly closed again. loov-
ing two separate mesas upon its skles |
The lower was broader than tho nm |
per, and. moreover. opened out into the
channel OF a great stream, but the nm
per was cut on from the APPROACH eth
by ascent or from their brethren be-
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
IN CATARACT CANYON.

low. At the bottom life might be sup
ported on fish and stray fowl, and on
the sides of their rocky prison grew
bushes and stunted trees which yielded
an abundance OF berries and pinoles IN
. So the little band set about to
begin life again. First Of all they
sought to build a path to their impris-
oned brothers on the upper mesa. Their
numbers were few. and they had onIv
such rude implements at hand IS might
be made from the tough young san
lings. Each day saw them painfully
and slowly advancing upward, but each
day told upon the hungry and suffer-
Ing people. In the aerial prison. As the
days passed by the workers made few
erish haste. Sometimes, when the
winds were still, they could hear the
cries OF anguish and distress floating
out upon the still air. Then they woulS
see the glazing eager eyes, as the de-
spairing creatures hung over the prsci.
pice and shouted for aid. At times The
steady monotone Of the workers wm,,d
b broken by a shrek. and. glancinr
upward, they would see between them
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
THE GREAT EXGLE-OWL.

THE GREAT EAGLE-OWL.
once abundant In Europe. but their in.
satiable poaching proclivities made the
gamekeeper such an inveterate foe that
In many places they are now extinct,
C~apercailie. grouse. partridges. raj.
bits, and hares came equally welcome
to their clutches. They still thrive in
the wooded and mountainous regions
OF Norway and Sweden. whore their
wierd, gruff boot. "Boo-hoo! boo-boo!"
scares the night traveller and gives rise
to many a hunting myth. Owls have
always been regarded as birds II bad
omen, except among the Red Indians
of this country-a reputation owing,
probably, to their being birds of dark.
ness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
The wonderful Career of the ors.,

th0 0f0De
Trottsr Dexter.
Mr.. Jonas Hawkins, of Orange Conn.
~ obtained from a strolling gynsv
band a brown mare, 1872 hands w,.h
Tour white feet. He used her for q Fam
lily nag, and by Seely's American s,ar
got a black flly, foaled in 1aas uh,ss
was named Clara. The iuy became
tne property OF his son, Jonathan Hav-
kins. n she grew into a mare Of 1Ia
hands. She had a star, n ana ,hr.o
white feet. and was driven prettv ha.S
on the country roads by her ro,,.a
master. In 1857. by Rysdyk's Han,hsI'
tonian, she had the paragon. Deyta-
Inc brown gelding, with blaze ana
our white feet. was purchased hv NJ.
George b. Alley for $500, and no srh'
sequently became the ~, A.
"A. f. Fawcett. Dexter, under the ,m'
torship OF Hiram Woodruff, made III.
FIRST public appearance at Fashion
Course, May 4, 1864. He met ana az
feated, during his short but briI,,an.
turf career. such horses as CensraS
Butler, George NJ. Patchen. ,Jr Ia,
Thorne and Goldsmith Maid. and h.
probably was in the enjoyment Of mono
worldwide fame than any horse fos,aS
American soil. He brouRbt puS
Doble into public notice, and tho .,.'S.
the white-faOed gslding coming With
force down the boma
inspired the Hottest dreams
The people swung their hats and sho,,t'
ed: "Hnrrah for Dexter! Long 1,v.
the horse OF the century,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25

A piano on an entirely new principle
b announced from Germany. Tho
strings are stretched across the sound.
ing board as In the ordinary plano
but the entire hammer mechanism ia
abseat. Instead. the depressing of the
key puts in action a magnet which an.
tomatically attracts and releases the
wire. thus producing vibrations with
out n metallic stroke which accom.
paniss the sound In the common tyne.
The resulting effect upon the tones In
said tube very remarkable. The high
notes resemble those of an aeolian
harp. The middle and lower notes are
lIke q cello or an organ. It responds
readily to every variation in mower
and expression. A note can be sound.
ed for several minutes without yarvirg
In quality. So radically different frots
all existing instruments are the effects
that a new style Of music Is needed IN
bring out Its capabilities. --George r.
Waldron In The Illustrated American
A aneck NJ gold w~ot~htuu a.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
Reed Has Given I'm N.

Speaker Reed has abandoned the uss
OF Inc bicycle while in Washington. He
would like to ride his wheel. for no
enjoys the exercise. And It is the MAJ
vel OF all who wheeled over the match
less roads OF the national capital that
ne reirains' He does SO. however. ON
the ground of the attention he would
attract astride of his pneumatic stead
%au ms natural Observation-Disclosures
to Chicago Chronicle
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
Glycerine's vstues.

Giycerine has numerous uses besides
the familiar identifying m A tea
spoonful slowly swallowed on the arst
symptoms will prevent a sore throat.
ana the same article will stop a hinge
o creaking better than oil or ereas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25

A Wine cask which holds 1900 gal
ions' and is the largest ever built. may
be seen at Maltermora. Cal. The steel
hoops around It weigh forty thousand
pounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
In Chicago,

Friend: How did the police get you?
Burglar: Well, the detective was a
New Yorker. an he wormed himself in
TO me confidence an told about q big
burglary that was committed in New
York. an was foolish enough 10 blow
about what ] did myself In Chicago.