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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-01

ing here In the interest of a New York
newspaper, to which he furnished a Sc
ries of articles which do not injure his
reputation as a writer Of fiction. The
island did not tip up when he landed, and
the parties to this unholy contest did not
suspend hostlities to admire him, al
though he furnished them a good deal of
amusement. The newspaper which he
represented published a full-page portrait
of Mr.. Davis on horseback, in the costume
of a cowboy, with a wide sombrero and
a rifle and belt full of cartridges, in the
act of leading q band of Cuban patriots
in search of freedom. This was very
beautiful, but 1t did not conform strictly
to the truth, because Mr.. Davis did not
get any nearer to the insurgent camps
than the hotels at the several railway
stations, and IL he had appeared publicly
in the costume that he assumed for his
portrait he would have been locked up in
Moro castle instantly. He might as well
have written his graphic descriptions OF
Cuban warfare and his heart-tearing ac-
counts of Spanish cruelty from his apart
ments in New York.
The last article we have received from
his pen described the experience Of fe-
male SPY who was expelled from the
country as an act of mercy, after having
repeatedly violated the orders of the cap
tain general and placed herself in the at
titude OF criminal toward the govern
ment Mr. Davis charges that this wo-
man, whose name is Arrange, was strip
ped naked by Spanish officials and sub
jected to other great indignities. on the
main deck of an American vessel, before
a gaping crowd of passengers, and the
skulldng ships captain and his crew.
Mr. Davis therefore proceeds to roast the
government of Spain and the Plant
Steamship Company, and, to confirm his
own statements, publishes picture show
ing Miss Arrange standing naked In the
presence OF a crowd Of men on the deck
of the vessel
The officers Of the Olivette, Mr.. Odet
Grilion, the United States customs inspec-
tor, and Miss Arrange, herself, unite In de-
nOuncing Mr.. Davis letter as an outra-
geous falsehood. IL is true that the young
lady was suspected of being the bearer OF
important dispatches from the insurgents
in Cuba 20 the revolutionary iunta In the
United States and for that reason she was
searched In a locked state-room by wo-
man detective from the Havana police
force, i'm the presence of the stewardess Of
the Olivette. who is a kindly, motheriy
woman. Miss Arrange says that while it
was not pleasant to be compelled TO strip
Off her clothing I'm the presence OF strang-
ers, she was otherwise treated with great
est consideration, and has no complaint
whatever to make She furthermore
boasts that the suspicious Of the Spanish
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTIONS.
That of the 27th District Associa.
ton to BE Held i'm ApriI.

Waycross, Ca, Feb. 2S.-The Sunday
schools of Ware. Pierce. Clinch, Coffee and
Charlton counties, composing the Twenty.
seventh District Association, are prepar.
ing for the district annual convention
which will be held here on April ?, and A.
The last convention was held at Douglas
=. 3. Moore of Broxton Is president, and
Gus l.. Brack of Douglas is secretary
The annual convention of the Ware
County Sunday School Association will be
held at Manor, thirteen miles southwest
Of Waycross on the Plant system, March
q and 2S c. G. Buchanan and V. L.
Stanton OF Waycross are president and
secretary respectively.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. " Alien of Vermont
have moved into their handsome home
on June street, which has just been CON-
pleted.
The First Methodist church revival has
closed, having lasted six weeks. There
were about 100 professions of faith, recla-
nations and sancthcations during the
meeting, and twenty-one applications FOR
membership on profession Of faith have
been received.
JudSe II. T. Brewer Of this city has one
acre planted In pecan trees that are -four
years old, and four acres In trucks.
Miss Mamie Beavers last Friday enter
tained the Young Peoples Social Club al
her home on Elizabeth street
Miss Julia Jelks OF Hot Springs, Ark.
Is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Q. Il. Murphy
at the Southern,
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officials were well founded, that she was
the bearer of dispatches. and that she sue
ceeded in concealing them and getting
them through al right She is so indig-
nant over the statement made by Mr.. Davis
that she talks of bringing a suit for dam
ages against the newspaper in which they
were published.
The letters of Mr. Davis are a sample of
a large part of the newspaper correspond
ence from Cuba. There is no excuse or
justification for such falsehoods. There
are plenty of horrors and atrocities oc-
curing daily that might be accurately de-
scribed without resortng to invention and
misrepresentation, and the natural result
is that the public loses faith in what is
true. The atrocities committed by Gen.
Weyler in his present campaign are wicked
enough If only the plain truth is told As
matter of fact, both the insurgents and
the Spaniards have been guilty of crues-
ties that seem almost inhuman. The in
surgents treat their own people much more
brutally than the Spaniards.
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purchaser IS Lewis II. Comstock, who bid
$4,000. He represents the first mortgage
bondholders Just what the purchasers
WIN 40 with their properly has not yet been
decided but the probability is that they
VIII be Immediately put In operation again.
At Lamar, Darlington county, Friday,
W. y. Andrews a well-to-do farmer and
highly respected citizen, after breakfast
yesterday, walked down to an immense
ditch, 200 yards from his home, to see
now the water was passing through On
arriving there he decided TO 20 down the
emoankment to remove some trash that
INSTRUCTED the water. While in this stoop-
ing position and at a depth Of twenty feet,
as this ditch runs through a hill, a land
side TOOK place above him, which com
pletely crushed him to the bottom in the
water, burying him several feet under
meath. His wife and four children were
standing on the brink and witnessed the
tragedy. 1t took a crowd Of men FIVE
hours to excavate the body, which was
terribly mangled.
A marriage took place in Orangeburg
Thursday, which had features that have
put all tongues in the community TO wag-
glng A pretty member of one of the
best families in the city married a va
grant, who had just come out of the aims
mousse, and gives as a reason for her re-
markable conduct that the mans mother
fortune teller, persuaded her that death
would soon claim her If she did not marry
the son of the old crone Eva EasterIin-
is the name of the unfortunate girl, Jim
Courtney being her husband. The honey
moon of the Unmatched pair was of shor
duration. The parents of the girl hear
ing that their daughter had been seen
with Courtney, quickly ascertained the
truth, and giving chase, found their
daughter and took her home When
Courtney appeared on the streets he was
met by ugly looks from citizens, so he
left town afoot
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FLORIDA

Tampa is to have yacht races March Is.
Kissimmee has her municipal election
March q.
Seventeen Migrants were arrested near
Tampa Wednesday.
There are 1872 students in the State Ag-
ricultural College at Lake City
Mrs. Post of Buchanan, w Va, fell
from a bicycle at Tampa Saturday and
broke both of her legs.
Tampa has shipped up to date this sea-
son four solid cars of celery, most of
which went to New York.
Many acres of corn have been planted
during the past few days in Alachua, Ma
rion and Bradford counties.
The bar at Palatka has recommended
e. f. Haskell for appointment as crlmi-
nal court judge, vice Judge wigg, deceas-
ed.
Cabbage from Alachua county are go
ing forward in such large quantities that
farmers and commission men fear prices
will fall i'm a few days.
B. c. Drake has received the almost
unanimous Endorsement for postmaster OF
Gainesville from the republican executive
committee of Alachua county.
Colyer Mall, indicted for killing his step
father, John o'Ferrall, In Escambia coun-
~. nearly twenty-six years ago. was ac-
quilted in Pensacola Wednesday.
The amount OF duty paid at the Gus
toms house IN Tampa Tuesday on tobacco
Withdrawals was SiS55S.SS, and OF thi:
amount Broker PARCEL paid Sl0.S66.SO.
Manatee river paper says: "Negotia,
lions are in progress looking to the cree
lion of large hrst-class hotel in Braiden
town on Main street, at the Oak Grove
In boring an artesian well az Moultrie
st. Johns county. last week. when a depth
Of four hundred feet had been reached
a flow OF salt water and small fishes cam,
10 the surface.
Cashier ]. 3. Anderson OF the Exchang,
National Bank Is the possessor OF 81
gold piece of the mintage Of 1851. II /,
rare on account OF the issue having beer
called IN for recoining.
Chester Collins and his younger brother
sons Of State Treasurer c. y. Collins. hav,
/ bought the large orange grove formerl,
! belonging to Capt. Brown near Dune
din. II is "A valuable property.
on the recommendation OF Preslden
Ward Of Rollins College. Winter Park
l three new departments have been organ
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lied in that institution. Moral and politi-
cal sciences, the modern languages and
physical and natura, sciences.
Spencer Hunter, a cabinet maker Of Or
lando, has made a gauze wire hexagonal
safe. inside of which is a series Of re-
volving shelves, one above the other,
by which access to any article is made
easy, and says it is absolutely insect
proof.
warrant was IS sued last week and
served by Sheriff Manning upon Mary
and Emma Hodge Of Messy Head, Walton
county. charging them with stealing S5f5,
mostly in gold coin, from l.. D. McGraw,
who is very old and almost blind, of the
same place.
According to the report of the con-
troller, the expenses for witnesses and
jurors in the Fifth judicial circuit for
the year 1896 was $10,522 81. The Fifth
district is composed of the counties of
Putnam Alachua, Levy Marion, Sumter,
Citrus and fernando.
A negro supposed to be William Bernard,
alias Bill Howard, alias J. S. Blocker,
wanted in Brunswick, Ga. for the muir
der of Jack Warmet, also coored, which
crime was committed at that place six
years ago on Christmas eve, has been ar
rested at Jacksonville
John Virgins of Polk county has al
ready shipped over seven hundred crates
Of tomatoes from his ten-acre patch,
most Of them being shipped since the cold
weather He has received as high as So. 50
crate for some, but fair average net
price would be. perhaps, $3.50 crate.
The Tampa Tribune says all state pa
pers, with the exception Of six, are favor
able to the election of w. D. ChLpley
to the United States Senate The Trib-
une also says that the people Of the west
cast want Mr.. S. NJ. Sparkman of Tampa
to succeed S. Pasco as United States SEN
ator as well as Col. Chipley to succeed
Senator Call
Manatee Advocate: Rumor says that
II. e. Plant is going to build one of the
largest hotels in Florida on the Mana
tee river. We certainly wish him success
The lack of a suitable hotel for the en-
tertainment Of the travelling public has
been DRAWBACKS TO this river. A hotel
on the river, surrounded by beautiful
grounds, would prove a great attraction
The Pensacola News says that the Flor
ida Chautauqua owes it to itself, to
its patrons throughout the union and to
the people of West Florida to hold DR.
Talmage TO a strict account for his fall
ure to fill the engagement he had duly
signed for, and which the Chautauqua
management had billed for last Satlr.
day and Sunday The News says suit
Tor damages should be instituted at once
ana, II all reports concerning the default
be true, verdict for plaintiff In a hand.
some sum would seem foregone.
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ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRApHED.

A Carload of Noonshine whisky
Captured at Augusta-An Orange
burg Belle Marries Wan just Ont
of an Aims HOnsc-Statc COnVcn-
tions of the Y. VI. {. A. and the r.
p
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The steamships of this company are ape
pointed to sail from Savannah for BaIl-
more as follows STANDARD time):
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Billups, SATUR-
DAY, Feb. q, at p. m.
BERKSHIRE, Capt Kirwan, WE'D
NESDAY, March 3, at p. m.
ITAsCA, Capt. James, SATURDAY,
March 6. at $50 d. m.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY,
and FRIDAY.
]. j. CAROLAN, Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
w. F. TURNER, G. p. A.,
A d. STEVENS, A. T. NJ
j. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager
General Offices, Baltimore Md.
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JOHN Is. BUTLER

-DEALlLAk A.
Paints, Oils and Glass, sash, Doors, Stln aa,
and Builders Supplies. Plain ana 49, ",y,
ratlve Wall Paper. Foreign and Doms 80
Clements. Line. Plaster and Hair SOW
agent for Asbestine Cold Water PANT
40 Congress and isg st. Julian streets
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Note-+Central Time.
-l-Eastern Time,
PULLMAN SERVICE 49,,
No. 80, New York aud Florida s ITorS
Line Limited. solid vestibule, 10 w. ~
York, consisting of Pullman d. X. Si XIX.
ers, Compartment, Observation ana LIN
ing cars. q.
Pullman vestibuled sleepers from ,s Ss
vannah to New York. Savannah 70 ~
cinnau via Asheville. Columbia TO wv"
mond. .,.ns.
For detailed Information, reservaui'U lss
etc, apply to any agent OF the Sou'"'
railway or connections -.
w. II. GREEN, General superintendent
]. M. CULP. Traffic Manager.
w. A. TURK. G. y. A.. Washington y; ~ "a
9. II. HARDWICt<, A.G.P. .Atlanta'O~
r.. w. HUNT. TIP. A.. Augusta, Ga.
The herald., 1897-08-28
One-Sided Profits

Some figures that we print upon the
fourth page this morning, which are
taken from the Los Angeles Herald, will
be found to be of interest as showing
the profits of manufacturing sugar. The
profits per ton of beets are placed at
$3.50 at Alamitos, while at Chino, where
the Steffens process IS used, and conse-
quently more sugar extracted form the
beet, the profit exceeds this amount by 2
per cent. The information that is furn-
ished us by one of the best informed beet
raisers hereabout is that the net profit of
the Chino factory approximateS$ $7.75 per
ton of beets, which, out of total tonnage
of beets amounting to 100000 tons, the
profits are seen to reach the prodigious
sum of 5000. This raiser assures us
that if it had not been for the storekeep-
ers in town extending credit to the beet
raisers they could ont have got through
the season. Now that they have re-
ceived their first months pay for theil
beets, they find that their Indebtedness
will eat up the profits of the crop. Nc
wonder they are anxious for raise in
the price of beets. Many of them will
abandon the business rather than raise
beets at present rates another year. The
article on the fourth page referred to will
repay perusal.-Anahei Gazette.
The herald., 1897-08-28
A Quick-Witted Soubrette

A we'll known soubrette had occasion
to visit the notion department of one of
the big stores one day last week. She
was in search of some of those queer
little arrangements which women use
for putting out their hair so that the
unsuspecting public will think that their
tresses are more plentiful and luxuriant
than they really are.
She explained her wants to the gen.
tlemanly f1oorwalker, who turned about
face, saying, walk this way, please"
When he approached the counter he
looked toward one of the saleswomen
and in loud voice said Rats" The SOU
brette gave a Shrek, made flying leap
for one of the stools in front of the coun
ter, and gathering her skirts together,
made display of the charms which have
assisted in winning her great popularity
before the footlghts.
Kill him! please kill him. she
shouted, while the clerks at the different
counters stopped work and took in the
situation and the polka-dotted hose with
much satisfaction.
The fioorwalker saw the predicament t
of the little actress, and after he had
explained that the little puffs which she
was seeking are known in store language
as rats" she blushingly allowed him
to help her down from her perch, while
the clerks went back to their work with
a renewed interest in life.-Washingt
Star.
The herald., 1897-08-28
Meaning of the Term "Blue Blood

Blue blood, in the sense of aristocratic
blood, is from the Spanish "sangre azur,"
which implies the notion that some of the
oldest and proudest families of Spain,
never tainted by intermarriage with the
Moorish invaders, kept their blood of
purer tint than that of the common peo-
pie. William H. Prescott, the American
historian, in one of his works on Spanish
history speaks of the anxiety shown by
the modern Spaniard to prove that the
sangre azur, blue blood flows through
his veins uncontaminated by any Moor
ish or Jewish faint" Before the invasion
Of the Moors the kings and mobiles Of
Spain were almost without exception de-
s'cendants of the Gothic conquerors OF
the Pyrennean peninsula, who retained
the blonde hair and the pale complexion
of the German race Among the fair
haired people the veins of the skin are
usually visible on the hand as we'll as
upon the forehead. They appear of a
blush tint, while the blood vessels of the
dark-haired races, with olive-colored
complexion, cannot be seen through the
skin. The ignorant masses of the sub
jugated tribes believe the blood of the
blonde races to be really blue. Speak
ing of families of blue blood" meant the
ruling class, the aTistocracy Of the ma
ton. Lamartine, the French poet, in
fgurative language, mentions "the red
blood of the Gauls and the bleu blood
of the Germans Sun.
The herald., 1897-08-28
American Hospitality

"The hospitality Of Americans is quite
overwhelming, said Mr.. N. Jacobson,
an English writer on political economy,
to Post man at the Arlington. The
only objection to it is that it is ntirely
too generous. l landed in New York
Friday an utter stranger having crossed
over to attend the scientific convention
at Toronto. 1 expected to meet some
Canadian friends in New York, but was
disappointed, so 1 started out the next
day in rather lonely mood to see little
of the town. Coming back from a visit
to Gen Grants tomb, 1 fell in with
two gentlemen, one elderly, the other
young, who, seeing that I was quite a
stranger, kindly began to point out OBJ
jects of interest. Before we got back to
the city the senior of the two asked me
If would not accompany him to his
club to lunch, naming club which every
man OF any consequence in London
ought to know stands about at the head
of the list.
Although I had never met him before
and our acquaintance was not of an
hours duration, he was so cordial and
so evidently sincere In wanting to take
me with him that accepted the invi-
tation. We went to the club and en-
joyed a delightful repast, following
which he ordered carriage, and pretty
soon found myself being taken all over
The herald., 1897-08-28

New York city behind a splendid team
of thoroughbreds The drive was in
tensely agreeable. Wishing to return
some of my escorts kindness, asked
him later if he would join me at dinner.
We went to noted place, had as fine
a dinner as could be wanted by an epi-
cure, and over 1t we fingered long. chat
ting about many topics of International
interest. The gentleman was highly ed
ucated ard informed on many subjects.
But the time to part came at last; l
called for the bill, and you can Judge OF
my surprise when the waiter said, 1t
isall settled, sir Protests were unavail-
ing. My entertainer laughingly remark
ed that my money was counterfeit, which
l found out was an American bit of hui
NOR when one man will not let another
pay for anything. l fear it's too subtle
joke, however, for the average Britor
and shall not employ it when get back
to London.
But the moral of my story, if there
is one, explains the wonderful differ
encss in the makeup of the Yankee and
his British cousin. Not in a thousand
years would a stranger have been shown
that much attention and kindness in
England. When I tell that incident at
home my own family will want me TO
make an affidavit before magistrate"
WASHINGTON Post
The herald., 1897-08-28
Siberian Grass to Be Sown in the West

Denver.-James Wilson, the secretary
Of the agricultural department, has ar
rived here on the tour he is making for
the purpose of familiarizing himself
with the conditions and necessities of
the west. The cultivation of the sugar
beet and the breeding of cavalry horses
are the two most important matters
which he will investigate.
1T is the intention of the department
of agriculture in the matter of seed dis
tribution," said the secretary, "to pro-
cure seeds of rare varieties of useful
plants, and such as are difficult to OBJ
tain, and distribute them in such parts
of the country as are suitable for their
growth and are of the same soil and
climatic characteristics as the countries
in which these plants are indigenous.
I'm pursuit of this idea the department
now has an agent in Siberia investigat-
ing the grasses of the elevated plateaus
of that region, who will secure seeds of
these plants if possible and experiment
with them in the arid and semi-arid
regions of the west, with the view of the
selection of such as may prove to be ad-
vantageous for feed for the stock of our
great plains
Secretary Wilson proceeded to Chey-
enne today.-Chicago Times Herald.
The herald., 1897-08-28
"A YUCATAN ELECTION
INTERVIEWED WITH BY THE
POLICE
Governor Peon Proposed to Be Re-
Elected If Shooting Could Ac-
complish That Result

While the crowd was gathering around
the plaza on Sunday night Pastor Remor
Ramirez, one of the Governors party,
threw a giant firecracker in front of the
police station. 1t exploded and as though
acting on a signal the police fired or
the crowd killing one woman and two
men. The crowd Immediately scattered.
News reached the headquarters of the
National Guard and detachment came
out and commenced firing on the crowd.
They killed nine persons and injured
many more. News of the riots was at
once sent to President Diaz and he or
dered the arrest of all the officials con-
are under arrest.
Alvino Manzanillo, formerly Treas
urer of the municipality; Ricard Pinielo,
Augustin Gamboa and Senor Miguel, OF
the Governors party. and Col. r. Fran
cisco Irabion, Deputy Chief of Police,
are under arrest.
General Garcia, commander Of the
troops in Yucatan, was placed in charge
Of the government here during the alb
sence of Senior Peen, who has been sum-
moneQ TO MeXlcO Dy FreSlQent DidZ
NEW YORK, August 27.-Correspond-
ence to the Herald from Mereda, Yucca
tan, under date OF August 18th, says:
Twelve persons were killed and several
injured in a riot which occurred in the
plaza in front of the municipal palace
last Sunday evening. The cause of the
outbreak seems to be the prejudice of the
police who attacked the people because
of their opposition to the candidacy of
Senior Carlos Peon, the present Cover
nor of Yucatan, who sought reelection
The Governor instructed the Chief Of
Police to fire upon the crowd in case Of
an outbreak The chief ignored his
instructions because of a refusal of the
Governor to reduce them to writing and
as a result the Governor delegated one
of his aides as acting Chief of Police.