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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05

BERLIN, Feb. 4.--Baron Won Him
merstein- Loxten, the Minister of Agri-
culture, at to-day's session of the Prus-
sian Diet, declared that American
horses developed influenza after import
ing. He added: IF the importations
increase, we shall certainly be forced
TO adopt a suitable quarantine in order
TO protect ourselves.
GENERAL MOVEMENT TOWARD
EXCLUSION.
WASHINGTON, Feb 4-When the
cable as to the prospective quarantine
of American horses was shown TO
Chairman Hit of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee he said this move
was clearly part Of the general move
ment toward the exclusion shown by
the recent action against American
fruit. His colleague on the Foreign
Affairs Committee, Adams of Pennsyl-
vania, said the dispatch suggested that
it was time to discover a baccilli in
German wines, and it would be desira-
bic also to determine as to the sanitary
character of the process of making
German sugar sent to the United States.
Cousins of Iowa, another member of
the Foreign Affairs Committee, said:
Our State Department should give
distinct notice that if there is any de-
sire to stop trade with us this should
be done in a straightforward way, and
not by indirectly attacking our pro-
ducts on sanitary grounds"
Chairman Dingley Of the Ways and
Means Committee said this was in line
with the German action on American
fruit. Quarantine was not an abso-
lutte prohibition, however, and it re-
manned to be seen whether a quaran-
tine so vigorous as to be a prohibition
would be put in force.
The officials of the Agricultural De-
partment emphatically discredit the
probability of American horses carry
ing the influenza into Germany, and
say that if they do develop it after i'm
portation, it is contracted from animals
in that country. The statements of the
German Minister Of Agriculture, Sec
rotary Wilson says, are unwarranted.
DR. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, said: so far as
the Department Of Agriculture is aware,
there is no influenza prevailing in this
country. 1t is a disease common to
horses, and possibly may be present in
places of which we have no informa-
ton, but this is improbable. The
horses which are exported are not in
spected, but if an animal had the dis
ease, it will recover or die before the
transatlantic journey is made. The
period of the duration of the disease is
about two weeks"
The growth of the shipments Of
American horses to Europe in the past
few years has been enormous. These
shipments in 1897 aggregated in value
81. 165, go, as against S1lS,601 in 1893
The value of those sent to Germany in
1897 was $500, $50, as compared with
$19, $50 in 1893.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
Short in His Accounts.

CLEVELAND (O), Feb. 4.-Archibald
McLaren was arrested to-day on
charge of appropriating to his own use
$4,000 belonging to the Order of Scot
fish Clans, of which he was Treasurer.
The shortage was discovered when John
Hill OF ST. Louis, was elected to sue
coed him.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
Not Guilty of Libel.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4-The jury
in the criminal libel case against Col
onel W. L. Haskell. manager of the
Times has brought in a verdict Of
not guilty. The article on which the
indictment was based attacked the
management Of the Minneapolis Trust
Company as receiver for the Guaranty
Loan Company.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
His Head Crushed to a Pulp.

land, aged 40, employed in the paint
works of George S. Mephan & Kelin,
committed suicide to-day by putting his
head between the ponderous wheels of
machine known as putty chaser"
The mans head was crushed to pulp.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
The Morgan City Sails.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-The steamer
Morgan City. which WAS cleared at the
custom house yesterday for Everett and
Seattle, by the Joseph Ladue Mining
and Development Company Of Yukon,
sailed early to-day.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05

press the question further during the
present session of Congress, owing to
the political antagonism it would
arouse. The prevailing sentiment. how
ever, is that the measure will be taken
from the Speakers table as soon as
the military academy appropriation bill
is out of the way and that it will pass
by a considerable majority, after two
or three days discussion.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
Fatal Collision in Scotland.

GLASGOW, Feb. "A mail train and
freight met in collision to-day on the
Glasgow and Southwestern Road near
Troon The driver and fireman and
four workmen who We're on board the
mail train were killed. Four persons
were injured
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
New Mexico's Capital.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Senate
Committee on Territories to-day au-
thorized a favorable report on the
House bill permanently locating the
capital of the Territory of New Mex
leo at Santa Fee
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
Rhode Island Locomotive Works.

PROVIDENCE Or. 1.J,s Feb. 4.-The
Rhode Island Locomotive Works have
filed petition in insolvency. placing its
assets at $51S,O0O and its liabilities at
$616, 700. Charles II. Wilson has been
appointed custodian.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
A well-Known Jockey Dead.

SARATOGA On. V, Feb. Nv. ].
Fitzpatrick, jockey and starter, known
on every track in the United States and
Canada, died to-day of pneumonia. He
was born at Mount Holly, n. j., thirty
six years ago.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
Conference Postponed.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 1.-The sugar boun-
ty conference announced to begin Feb
ruary 18th is indefinitely postponed.
France having renewed her objections.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
IMMIGRATION BILL.
Believed That the Measure Will
Pass In the Housc.

WASHINGTON, Feb. THE friends
of the immigration bill are hopeful OF
securing its consideration early next
week. At the same time feeling has
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
From Charcoal Fumes.

MODOC (Ontario), Feb. John Mil
lgan, aged "A years; Lee Milligan, aged
10, and Ethel Baker, aged IL, were ia
tally asphyxiated by the fumes from
charcoal last night. Mrs. Milligan,
their mother is unconscious.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
Destructive Fire in West Virginia.

WAYNE CIV. Va), Feb. Fire last
night destroyed Walkers dry goods
store, Deans grocery house, Burgess
millinery store, Walkers hotel, Prich-
ards Inn, Smith hotel and several
smaller buildings. Loss estimated at
100000, with but little insurance.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05

Miss Grace Coyle, a School Marin,
Called by the Prosecution,
Proves Also q Strong Witness
for Defense, in That Her Evil
dencc Showed That the Strikers
Had Terrorized the Residents of
Lattimer Previous to the Shoot
ing.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
AMERICAN HORSES
NEXT ON The LIST.
They, Too, Likely to be Barred
From the German Empire.
The Prussian Minister Says They Develop
influenza After Importing.

Declares That If the Importations
Increase Germany Will be
Forced to Adopt a Quarantine
Belief at Washington That It is
Clearly a Part Of the General
Movement Toward Exclusion
Shown by the Action Against
American Fruit.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-05
Execution Postponed.

HARRISONVILLE (Mo.). Feb. a.
The hanging of E. B. Soperu, the triple
murderer, set for to-day, has been post
poned, pending an appeal Of his SEN
tence to the Supreme COnrt.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-To-day's
statement of the condition OF the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
$223, 155, 713: gold reserve. $164, SGT. $50.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17

In transfer charges, and that the two miles
OF wharves and wharf stores, which, for
nfteen years past have languiehed in
state of decay, a burden to their owners,
would be restored 10 their former value,
ana again become one of the most Valu-
able tax assets of the city.
Your petitions had every reason to be-
heVe, and, therefore, were totally UMPIRE
pared for the hasty action of your honor
able body on the Sth inst, that, as a cour-
tesy 70 Alderman Charlton, chairman of
committee on opening Streets who had
taken entire charge at every stage, dur
ing this Council, of the various measures
adopted, and steps taken to open River
street, his last move in the premises, just
before his departure from the city on his
vacation, would be permitted to work out
its conclusions before Council acted again,
particularly in his absence, and in utter
ignorance, we must conclude, of the cour-
tesy due those who were in cooperation
with Chairman Charlton in this work for
the public good
Therefore. your petitioners pray that
further action be suspended in the matter
under review, until the business interests
of Savannah can be heard at the earliest
moment your honorable body may nomi-
nate for that purpose.
p LAS it is understood that for reasons
sufficient to your honorable body, your
body is in adjournment subject to call OF
your presiding officer, this matter can be
brought to an immediate issue, and your
petitioners are prepared to obey your
summons to that end at your pleasure.
The petition is signed by Messrs j. A.
G.. Carson, first vice president, and w. W.
Williamson, second vice president.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17

them ALL Mr.. Cain. they stated. had been
authorized to give out the resolutions and
such other action as the church had ia
ken. It was ascertained, though, that the
right hand of fellowship had been With
drawn from Mr. Haupt, or in other wor'ls,
he had been excluded from membership in
the church. Under the rules of the Bap-
fist Church, this course is pursued IN
such cases, the offending members re-
instatement In good fellowship being
matter for action at any future time.
Resolutions, il appears, were also adopt
ed demanding that the books and fun
statement Of accounts be turned over by
the treasurer by 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing. Security is also to be given for the
payment of any balance which may be
found unaccounted for. This is a condi-
ton on which the money in the hands OF
Mr. Cain is to be received by the church.
Mr. Norton Frierson, treasurer OF the
church, was also authorized 20 receive the
fund. Attorney Cain was also directed to
take whatever legal steps were necessary
in the matter hereafter.
Mr.. Haupt was seen at his residence soon
after the church meeting and informed OF
the action taken by il. He seemed consid-
erably surprised. II would like TO make
statement" said he, but unfortunately
the gentleman who has been representing
me in my differences with the church IS
out of the city. 1 have not been present al
the conferences and had no representative
at to-nights meeting. l would prefer 10
wait until can consult with the party
representing me, and with other friends be-
fore giving TO the public my side OF the
case There are always two sides to every
case"
Friends of Mr.. Haupt are satisfied that
there was no deliberate intention on his
part to defraud the church by misappro-
priation of its building fund. They have
no doubt that any failure on his part TO
account for the money would have been
but temporary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
COMING OF THE SOLDIERS.
Guards VIII he Given a Spread When
They Get Back.

The Second Georgia Regiment, according
10 reports will soon be at home. The re-
turn of the battalion from the Savannah
Volunteer Guards will be greeted with de-
light by the friends and relatives of the
Savannah members who are still in the
service.
1t is not likely that the citizen members
of the Guards Will go to the depot to meet
those who return from Huntsville. The
matter was mentioned at the last meeting
Of the corps, but no great sentiment in IA
vor of a march down and back as an es-
cort revealed itself, and it was pretty well
understood at the time that il would not
be done Inaction in the matter since
makes it more than probable that, If any
thing is done 10 welcome the men home,
it will consist of a spread that will be
given in the Guards hall.
Capt. George Gadsden feels with the
other captains and most of the members
of the companies that something should
be done to show their appreciation of those
who enlisted. He will endeavor to interest
others with him in the idea of a spread
the day Of the arrival of the companies.
The ladies of the Guards Aid Society are
anxious to assist in the matter, and, in
deed, one of them declared yesterday that
they win prepare the entertainment il il
is not done by the Guards. 1t is thought,
however, that there will be a combination
of forces, the ladies working in harmony
with the club members to welcome the SOL
diers home.
There are great many of the members
OF the four companies from Savannah in
the regiment who are not from the city,
and Capt. Gadsden thinks It would be a
proper spirit to show to "the stranger
within our gates" to give them a right
royal reception.
None of the military men, either of the
Guards or the First Regiment of state
troops, have heard anything special with
reference to the early departure of either
the First or Second regiments for Geor-
gia. A telegram has been received by a
gentleman of the city from Senator Bacon,
however, stating that the latter regiment
will be sure TO get away from Huntsville
early next week
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
MOTHER DESERTS HER CHILD.
Left the Little One With n Negress
and Did Not Return.

and Did Not Return.
Valera Ralston, colored woman, who
lives at No 535 Broughton street lane,
east, has a bright, rosy-cheeked white
child, which came to her under rather
singular circumstances. It was left at her
house by woman who said she wanted to
leave it for a few moments but who did
not return
The negress called at the city exchange
yesterday to see what could be done by the
city in the way of caring for the child
Being unable to care for it herself, she
desires to have the child taken by some
of the city hospitals, or that some char
itably disposed person take it.
There is no clew to the woman who left
the child She is described by the negress
as being well dressed, and that her de-
meanor did not disclose any intention to
desert the little one. If the mother is not
located, however. something may be done
by the city, though the child is only about
a month old.
The hospital occasionally take infants
under similar circumstances, as is the
case now at the Savannah hospital, where
a child taken when quite young is nearly
old enough to place in the orphan asylum
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
FROM DECAYING RICE.
Bay street People Getting An Odor
They DO Not Enjoy.

Bay street People Getting An Odor
They DO Not Enjoy.
The decaying rice in the fields across the
river from the city is becoming very Of
fenslve. People in the offices along the
wharves were complaining yesterday of
the odor that was waited by the wind from
the other shore.
One gentleman, in speaking of the smell.
said it had annoyed him greatly all during
the day and that he hated to contemplate
the necessity of having to endure it until
the rice has completely rotted away. He
said he was not sure that the odor came
from the decaying rice, but that no
thought it did. as he could not imagine to
what ether. cause it might be due. The
scent, he said, was distinctly that of de-
caying vegetable, and not animal, matter
The floods of two weeks ago destroyed a
large quantity of rice, and there is not a
little of the grain across the river from
here. II is decaying in the fields, and Sc
rious trouble may possibly follow from the
decomposition of the matter I'm the vicinity
of the city. Winds from that direction will
cause the odor to infect the river front,
as was proven yesterday, and it may ex-
tend further up into the city
The trouble with the decaying rice is
similar to that the farmers in the Coosa
valley region of Alabama are having on
account of the excessively wet weather
having caused their corn 10 rot in the
fields. The fear of the sickness that has
already broken out there as a result of the
putrefying vegetable matter is, Il is said,
driving the farmers with their families to
the neighboring mountains.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
IN THE CITY COURT.
six or Eight ID 4fendants Go to the
Gang for Larceny.

Gang for Larceny.
In the City Court yesterday the follow
ing criminal business was disposed of:
Elijah Nelson was sentenced to pay a
fine of $40 and costs or serve two months
for the larceny of % cents from Katie
Styles.
Charles Berrien was sentenced to pay a
fine of $40 or spend six months on the gang
for the larceny of pair of pantaloons
from the Hub Clothing Company.
VIM. E. Reese was sentenced to pay a
fine of $40 OF spend twelve months on the
chain-gang for the larceny of bicycle
from p. H. Herman.
John Carter will have to pay fine Of
$40 or spend twelve months on the gang
for carrying a pistol where it could not
be SEEN
In this case the Byrd got the dog in
stead of the dog catching the bird, as
John Byrd, Jr., was fined $40 or sentenced
to spend six months on the chain-gang
for stealing a white bull terrier belonging
to Mr. A. w. Harmon. iL
John Howard was sentenced to pay a
fine of $50 or serve six months for the lar
ceny of a pair of pantaloons from Komis-
ky.
For the larceny of six empty sacks
from Mrs. John Geffcken, John Bird was
sentenced to pay a fine of IS or spend
twelve months on the poor farm.
Sam Jenkins was sentenced TO pay fine
of $40 or serve six months for the larceny
of one box of I've from John Bulcken.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
DEVISED A NEW TRAP.
MFR. Paul LeHardy's Suggestion to
Prevent the Choking of Sewers.


MFR. Paul LeHardy's Suggestion to
Prevent the Choking of Sewers.
Mr.. Paul LeHardy of Savannah. who is
now in Porto Rico acting as first assist
ant engineer on Gen. Brookes' corps, has
discovered a simple device to trap house
drains so as to prevent distractions reach
ing the sewers, and yet secure the desired
ventilation.
Constructing materials, especially those
which do not float" he says, In explaining
the invention, when allowed to reach the
sewers, cannot be gotten rid of by the or
binary flushing with a rush of water.
Careless or malicious persons will some
times allow such things as knives, forks,
spoons, and other thing to drop into the
drains. If there is no trap to arrest these,
they win be pushed along until they catch
or hang at some joint or bend and Will
then retain bits OF rags, paper and other
refuse, and thus form an obstruction that
gradually and often very quickly stops up
a sewer completely
The theory of Mr. LeHardy's invention
is to arrest all things that would stop
up the sewer, by means of a trap. He
says he decided that if municipal authori-
ties would require that all house connec-
tons be provided with a trap that will
arrest all material capable of interfering
with the efficiency of the sewers, he
would provide one to facilitate the flow
of sewerage through the drain, permit
free ventilation, and arrest all obstruct-
ing material. The Plumbers Trade
Journal of New York contains a full ac-
count of the invention, which will likely
be brought out as a practical improve
ment in sewerage work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
DORTIC AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
Charged With Cutting a Member of
the sixty-ninth New York.

the StNty-n1nth Now YORK.
Private Doc Dortlc, of Company 3, of
the Second Georgia Regiment, is in trouble
on account of having cut a member of the
Sixty Ninth New York, another of the reg
iments camped at Huntsville. 1t is said
some of his comrades deny that Dortic did
the cutting with which he is charged.
1t will be recalled that an account of the
difficulty between the Georgian and the
New Yorker was given some few days ago.
Dortic, according to a letter received by
one of the Savannah ex-members of the
company, has been arrested and is now I'M
der guard awaiting trial by field court
martial. 1t is understood the Sixty-ninth
man Is In a critical condition.
Private Dortic is by no means an unpop-
ular member of Company b. He has an APP
titude for getting into difficulties, but has
always gotten out without serious trouble
The boys like him very well, and il is
thought that, If he cut the man, 1t was In
his own defense. pcrtic is a Savannahian.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
WILL GO TO FORT WORTH.
Capt. Purse to Speak at the Farmers
National Congress.

The eighteenth annual session of the Far
mers' National Congress, which meets at
Fort Worth, Tex. Dec. 6-14, will be at
tended by Capt. D. C. Purse of Savannah.
He is the only Georgian on the programme
for a speech.
Capt. Purse win discuss the question of
Railway Determinations" There is no
one in Savannah, and probably none in tile
state who have given this subject more
thought than Capt. Purse, so that the talk
he Wilt make is sure to be interesting and
valuable. Having been identified with the
Board of Trade and Freight Bureau for
years, Capt. Purse has been in close touch
with railroads and the laws governing
them, and is therefore well able to pre-
pare an address covering his experiences.
Booker T. Washington, president of the
Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala, is also
down for an address on the industrial
Education Of the Negro" There are other
features on the programme that viii make
the session interesting.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
FIGHTING AMAZONs.
One In the Barracks and the Other
With n Cash In Her Head.

Frances Black, a negress, was landed in
the police barracks last night for assault
ing and stabbing Rebecca Baker, who lives
near the corner of Bay lane and Houston
street The woman made her escape at the
time, but notice was given the barracks
and the police told to keep watch for the
offender.
Policeman Keane ran across the woman
last night, and she was quickly forwarded
to the station house The injured woman
found out her assailant had been caught,
and went to the station house to prefer
charges. She had a huge cash on the right
side of the head, which had evidently been
made by q knife.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-17
DIR. MUM TREASURER.
The Honor Conferred Upon Him BY
the EIectrO-Therapeutis

the Observation-Disclosures
The election of DR.. r. ]. Num- of Sa-
vannah to the position of treasurer of the
American Therapeutic Associa-
ton at Buffalo, which was announced by
a dispatch in the Morning News yester-
day, was quite an honor. The association
embraces large membership and many
prominent physicians ali over the country
attend its conventions. That at which
DR.. Mum was elected treasurer was the
eighth annual convention.
The association is made up of physicians
who use electricity in the treatment of dis
eases. OF the electro, therapeutists in
this city DR.. Num- and DR.. e. r.. Corson
are members of the association. DIR. Mum
has been at the North for about a month,
and his attendance upon the convention
came in as one of the pleasures, as well
as profits, of his vacation trip.