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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21
SHOT IN THE BREAST.

sunday Game of Pool at Atlanta
Likely 10 BE Followed by "A Death.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 2O.--A Sunday game
Of pool in Decatur street resort will
probably cost Charles c. Courtney. a
young white man, his life.
This evening Courtney and Henry Lay
less fell out over their game and Layless
shot the other through the breast, inhict-
ing a wound that the hospital physicians
regard as hopeless.
Layless was found at Folsoms Hotel,
where he fled after the shooting and plac-
ed under arrest
lie was drunk when arrested and affect
ed total ignorance of the shooting. Court =
ney Is bookkeeper and Layless a painter
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Vessels Went to Sea Yesterday

steamship Essex, Baltimore.
steamship Tallahassee, New York
steamship Olaf Kyree (Nor), Bremen
and Hamburg.
steamship Sir Walter Raleigh OBJ Bar
celona and Genoa
schooner NJ, Luella Wood. New York
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


Steamer City of Macon. Savage, Boston
wa New York.-Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
Bark c. Wroldsen CNor), Nielsen, from
Tybee.-Dahl & Andersen.
schooner Charles NJ. Patterson, Tunnel,
hey West.-C. W. Howard & Co.
Steamer H. G. Day, Hadden. Augusta
r. A. Ivey, manager.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

visitors to the Handsome PhiIadeI-
phfa Yacht MRy-Hcavy Freight on
The steamer Clifton for beaufort
and Fort ROyal-The Heavy Fog
Ltrt.d From the HarbOr-VesseIs
10 Arrive at This Port.
The dense fog, which hung over the
b-rbor for the past few days. raised yes
tarIay morning. and the steamers which
had been delayed proceeded to sea. Sew
ersI sailing vessels were ready to sail, but
when the weather cleared up the tide was
no. suitable. They Will sail to-day
The report of a cotton fire at Genoa
saturday, in which 5000 bales were burn
Cd. including 1,5OQ bales from Savannah,
appeared in the cable dispatches of the
Morning News yesterday The cotton ar
rived al Genoa Jan. 16 on the steamship
buckingham, which sailed from this port
Dec. 20, 1897. The full cargo on the Buck
irsham was 1853 bales of cotton and 1900
tons of pig iron. Strachan & Co. were
the agents for the steamer.
Hundreds of people visited the handsome
steam yacht May, which lay at c.. Fl. Dix
on & Co.'S coal wharf yesterday. They
we're not allowed to go on board, but got
a pretty good view from the wharf and
admired her beautiful lines and fittings.
The steamer Clifton had an enormous
freight for Port Royal and Beaufort yes
terday. 1t consisted principally of molas-
COS cement and groceries
The steamer H. G. Day arrived from
Augusta and way landings last night, hav-
ing Al bales cotton, 100 sacks seed, "a bar
rels rosin, lot of miscellaneous merchan-
disc and a full passenger list.
The steamer w. S. Cook, which left Sa-
vannah for Augusta Tuesday, ran aground
friday morning on Bugs sand bar
few miles below Augusta. The vessel was
still aground Saturday morning when the
steamer H. G. Day passed down the river
from Augusta, but as the water was ris-
ing, she probably got afloat and proceed
ed.
The pilot boat Philadelphia picked up
Friday nineteen barrels of oil adrift seven
miles east by south, from Cape Henlopen
The pilots report hundreds of barrels and
cases containing oil drifting out to sea.
The wreckage is supposed to have been
from the Italian bark Francesca R., which
recently foundered in Delaware Bay.
A dangerous wreck was passed at night
near the Azores by the British bark Law
hill, which arrived at Philadelphia Fri
day from Fleetwood to load for Japan
Owing to the darkness 1t was impossible
to discover what kind of a vessel the
wreck was. Those in charge of the Law
hill consider themselves fortunate to have
seen the derelict in time to avoid striking
II. Its exact position will be given at an
other time in order that other vessels may
be able to clear it,
The Norwegian bark Mentone, from Sa-
Vannah for Hamburg, which was towed
TO Nieuwe dep on Jan. after being
ashore at Texel as before reported, has
finished discharging, and the amount of
cargo received at Amsterdam is PISS bar
rels Of turpentine and l ,444 barrels of
rosin. Besides this 1903 barrels of turpen-
tine and q barrels of rosin washed ashore
at TeXeI
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VESSELS HOUND FOR SAVANNAH.


inverness (Br), 1.457 tons. Harris, Penarth:
sla FEB 2. via Tenerife; due to load cot
ton for ReyaL
O9Hhria OBJ, l,252 tons. -, at Buenos
Avres. Jan. 8.
simon (Aust.l 1924 tons.-. sicily: due
reb g, 70 Id cotton for Genoa, Barcelo-
"a, Venice ana Trieste
N"ieD (Aus), - tons, - due Feb. 2S, to
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Notice to Mariners.

Pilot charts and ali hydrographic infor.
nation VIII be furnished masters of YES
'rIs Tree Of charge in United states by
Geographic Office in custom house. Cap
,a'Hs are requested to call at the office.
1.egiorts OF wrecks and derelicts received
-'r transmission to the navy department.
e., me time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
u m., 18th meridian time.
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tull moon, 9Th, 0 hours and "a minutes.
evening; last quarter, 18th, hours and So
minutes evening; new moon, 10th, hour
ana ~ minutes. evening; first quarter. 2Sth.
. hours and 13 minutes, morning: moor,
IN apogee, 1st; moon in perigee, nth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21
CHEAPER MONEY IN ENGLAND.
Austrian end Russian Eemand for
Gold Ceases.

London, Feb. 2O-The weathercock Of
the money market Is again pointing to-
ward hover rates. Owing to the fan In
the price Of gold and to the belief tat
the Austrian and Russian demand bss
ceased permanently. fresh arrivals viii
probably go 70 tn. Bank Of England.
The Stock Exchange has been disturbed
BY political conditions, and prices have
dropped all around, American securities
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Steamer Pnsscngerr.

passengers per steamship Nacoochee
,om New York.-John Wild C. Barker,
~ w. Seward, L. Freehof. Manfred
Naar r. j. Boyd. ]. b. STANLEY, Alex.
Maxwell.
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BOOK NOTICE.

alamo and Other Verses" published by
Edward Mcqueen Gray, Croftonnnl
ranch. Florence, N. M. Care of A. A. f.
Denny 30i Strand, w. c., London. TO lie
published March l., 1865 pages, Emo. gilt
top, rough edges, bound in cloth Price
% cents This charming book of poems
VIII disappoint no one who reads 1t. The
leading poem, Alamo, Is intensely dra-
matte, and will bear a half a dozen read
ings. The proceeds Of the sale of the
book are to be devoted to founding a IL
brary In the Pecos valley, New Mexico.
Southern Soldier Stories" by George
Cary Eggleston. with Illustrations by r
f. Zogbaum. The Macmillan COMPANY. GO
Flfth avenue, New York. Price 81 50. This
volume of go pages contains many thrill
ing stories They are war stories. which
are full of dramatic scenes and incidents.
There are more than forty of them. and
each one is well worth reading. The illus
tratons are excellent aud add much to
the interest of the book.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21
BICYCLES.

NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE BICYCLES: ELE-
CANT up-tO-date 1888 modelbi none betteri sold By
manufacturers 10 rider at wholesale prices Don't
pay agents profit. Sent on approval. Write
jenkins Cycle Co., ~ Custom House Place Chicago
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21
savannah Almanac.

Sun rises to-day at 6:86 and sets at 5:52.
High water at Tybee to-day S:O7 a. M,
and S;2S p. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later
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River Steamers nennrtcd.
Shipping Memoranda.

steamer Clifton, Strobhar, Beaufort
George U. Beach, manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21

According to the foregoing Bombay APP
pears to show an increase compared with
last year in the weeks receipts of 1900
bales. Exports from all India ports record
a gain of 5000 bales during the week, and
since Sept. 1 show a decrease of 159, 900
bales.
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Barkcntine


Albert Schultz, 473 tons, Hubbard; g
New York, Feb. 8; via Port Royal.
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Ships.
Ii8rI1s.

Kaiser (Ger), 1,24O tons, Faust, at Liverpool
Jan. 81.
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sDaily except Sunday.

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The Norwegian bark Mentone, from Sa-
vannah for Hamburg, which was towed
to Nieuwe dep on Jan. 6 after being
ashore at Texel, as before reported, has
finished discharging, and the amount of
cargo received at Ans terdam is Piss bar
rels of turpentine and 1,4H barrels of
rosin. Besides this 1OS barrels of turpen-
tine and q barrels of rosin washed ashore
at Texel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21

The pilot boat Philadelphia picked up
Friday nineteen barrels of oil adrift seven
miles east by south, from Cape Henlopen.
The pilots report hundreds of barrels and
cases containing oil drifting out to sea.
The wreckage is supposed to have been
from the Italian bark Francesca R., which
recently foundered in Delaware Bay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21

rtes Line to Tampa "a Miles
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT JAN a. 1885,
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Hundreds of people visited the handsome
steam yacht May, which lay at c. r. Dix
on & Co.'S coal wharf yesterday. They
were not allowed to go on board, but got
a pretty good view from the wharf and
admired her beautiful lines and fittings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-21

The steamer w. S. Cook, which left Sa-
vannah for Augusta Tuesday, ran aground
friday morning on Bugs sand bar, a
few miles below Augusta. The vessel was
still aground Saturday morning when the
steamer H. G. Day passed down the river
from Augusta, but as the water was ris-
ing, she probably got afioat and proceed
Ell
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04
MINING NOTES

The smelter at Jerome has resumed
operations.
The Fortuna mine near Yuma pro-
duced $4,000 in bullion during the
month Of January.
The dry washers at Newhall, near
San Francisquito, are yielding good
returns. This is in the district where
gold was first found in California.
Three claims lying adjacent to the
famous Eta mine in the Cherry Greek
district have been bonded to the Mon
tauri Gold Company of Prescott for
$27, 900.
The oldest mines of Chloride, in Mo-
have county, have reached depth of
200 feet, and the ore taken from them
has doubled in value since leaving the
surface.
Fred Hervera has brought to No
gales some gold from the new placers
on the Santa Cruz. The gold is well
washed and light in color, and about
the size of wheat grains.
The new frame for the Jerome cop
per mine is now in place and is being
used. 1t is eighty feet high. The four
main timbers are of Oregon pine,
twenty-five inches square. Every
piece fitted perfectly when the time
came to put them together.
Favorable reports continue to come
in from the mines of Southern Cali
fornia. In the Virginia Dale district
dry washing is progressing favorably.
The clean-ups run as high as 500 per
day to the man, with more ground
being opened up. This is far better
than an Alaskan proposition with it's
disadvantages that retard operations.
Ed Cummings, familiarly known as
Judge" As years old, died at the
hospital at Tombstone Friday from
pneumonia. In the early days Of
Tombstone he lost an arm while blast
ing, but since that event he has sunk
several shafts over 100 feet deep, and
drifts aggregating hundreds of feet,
without assistance.
The interest in Klondike as the
spring approaches is growing in inten-
sity. 1t is not confined to sections
All classes of people have the fever.
Each item Of news is eagerly scanned.
Jobbers report an increase Of busi-
ness, while outfitters were never so
busy. Several hundred people from
Los Angeles have gone to Alaska.
The twenty-stamp mill of the SEN
ator Mining Company, eighteen miles
from Yuma, is crushing about fifty
tons of ore day. The mine has now
reached a depth of 200 feet. The up
per, or 1OO-foot level, is between 500
and 600 feet long, while in the lower
level distance of fifty feet has been
attained. A new drift being run in
this part encountered, the other day,
one of the largest and best bodies of
ore yet struck in this mine.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04

Except by expending their money in
charity-which they are not likely to do
Our American millionaires can prob
ably contribute more to the general
good by building themselves royal cas-
ties than in any other way. The ten
dency of rich men in this direction is
not to be discouraged. The building Of
these palaces involves the expenditure
Of large sums Of money, which would
not get into circulation any other way.
Their maintenance involves further
outlay, and all the money expended re-
mains in this country. 1t is creditable
to the rich men who are indulging q
taste for castle building that they pre-
fer to spend their money in the United
States rather than buy Scottish deer
forests, Belgravian mansions and Eng
lish estates in a feeble effort to ape
British ariStocracy.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04

to the directors and it has been ap-
proved by majority Of them.
The most destructive accident which
ever happened to the United States
navy occurred last week when the
cruiser Maine, lying off Havana, was
blown up and destroyed. Capt. Sigs-
bee telegraphed for a lighthouse ten
der to pick up the pieces still afioat
and asked suspension of public opin-
ion until further report. No intima-
tion is given in the early dispatches
as to the cause of the explosion, nor
whether it was the vessels own muni-
tions or from the outside.
The cause of the destruction of the
battleship Maine is not known: no
United States warships have been or
dered to Havana; Consult General Lee
has not been assassinated; the Cabinet
held no extra session; in spite of wild
rumors, affairs at the Capitol are de-
cidedly quiet, and officials OF the gov
ernment are waiting for an expert
inquiry into the cause of the disaster,
the opinion steadily grows stronger
tnat the warship was sunk by the ex-
plosion Of her own magazine.
Twenty-four hours after the wreck
ing of the battleship Maine little more
was known of the cause Of the disas-
ter. Three-fourths of the members
of the crew, about two hundred and
eighty-five men, are dead, and the
wounded have been removed to Key
West for treatment. Investigation into
the cause of the catastrophe has al
ready begun and will be searching.
There is strong undercurren., of sus-
picion Of foul play, but there is no evil
dence on which it>may be legitimately
based.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04
Its Manufacture a Secret.

The most costly leather now in the
market is known to the trades as
"piano leather" American tanners
years ago discovered the secret of max
ing Russia leather, with its peculiarly
pungent and lasting odor, but the secre!
of making piano leather is known only
to a family Of tanners in Thuringia,
Germany. This leather has but one
use-the covering of piano keys. A Pc
culiar thing about it is that the skins
from which it Is tanned are prepared
almost entirely in America. It is par.
tlcular kind of buckskin. The skin OF
the common red, or Virginia, deer will
not make the leather, species of the
animal known as the gray deer, and
found only in the vicinity of the great
northern lakes, alone furnishing the
material. The German tanners have
an agency in the West which collects
the skins of this deer from the Indians
and the half-breed hunters, who sup.
ply the market. When the skins are
returned to this country as piano leath.
er they cost the piano manufacturers
from $15 to $18 pound. The worlds
supply of this invaluable and pecessary
material is supplied by the Kutzchmar
family of tanners, who have six estab.
lishments in Germany, the largest in
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04

project was not practicable at this
time.
Dr. Morse of the local Board of
Health, and DR.. ID. d. Crowley of Oak
land, constituting committee of the
State Board of Health, appointed to
visit the insane asylums to ascertain
the proportion of consumptives among
the patients, have discovered that at
Napa alone one-tenth of the inmates
are suffering from tuberculosis. Both
physicians agree that the State should
at once establish four hospitals-one
for each asylum, for the care of con-
sumptives. Gov. Budd is said to be
interested in the matter and the next
Legislature may be asked to make the
necessary appropriation.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04

The most casual observer and reader
of current publications has noticed the
amount Of space devoted to sport Of
various kinds. In fact, time as we'll as
space is devoted to it. For everywhere
that Que goes it engrosses many an odd
hour of talk or exercise. THIS is true
not Of this country alone but of for
eign nations. and especially Great Brit
ain. A correspondent Of the Fortnight
ly Review says it has become not only
the ruling passion Of the people, but
well-nigh the chief topic of CONVERSE
ton. Books relating to it are consid-
cred the least risky of literary ventures.
Nearly all newspapers give more space
to cricket, football, racing, cycling and
golf :Lan to any other subject except
politics. They give 200 or 300 times as
much attention to 1t as they did forty
years ago. One is no longer obliged to
fall back on the weather, not even get
into heated political discussion, In de-
fanlt of something to talk about. 1t is
to perhaps almost equal extent the
same n this country, and some depre-
cate it and think that other subjects
are being forced into the background.
But little reflection will show that
never before have people been as much
interested in politics, literature, and So
cial questions There never was, it is
true, such interest in athletics as there
is in the educational institutions Of to-
day. But never was the standard Of
scholarship higher or their intellec-
tual achievements greater. But popu-
lation increases, wealth increases and
the variety Of tastes to be gratified and
that can be gratified also increases.
While the sporting mania is not an un-
mixed blessing, it has its place in the
education of the race. A reaction will
probably set in. when it will not oc-
cupy quite so prominent seat at the
great world fest, but its influence in i'm
proving the physique of coming genera
tions will be well worth the Importance
given it.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04
Gold I'm sfdehiI1s.

On December Is last, rich bench
claims were discovered on side hill
above Ell Dorado Creek, near Dawson.
The find was made by man digging
hole in which to place a founda-
tion for cabin. He had reached the
depth of three feet and was about
to stop, when some glittering gold at
tracted his eye. AS he had exhausted
his right for taking claim he in
formed DR.. Savage Of his discovery.
First three claims were located by the
doctor and his friends, Benjamin Olson
and Enoch Emmons of Tacoma. A
stampede followed, and many claims
were taken up.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Owing to many wild war rumors,
the Navy Department issued the fol-
lowing bulletin:
The civil service commission has
made it's annual report. During the
year 49,145 applicants were examined
and 28.598 passed.
In the House the Election Commit
tee in the case of Vandervort against
Tongue, reported in favor of Tongue,
seating him as member from Ore.
gon.
The President has sent the following
nominations to the Senate. Postmas-
ters-Arizona, Russell H. Chandlef
Yuma; California, o. w. Maulsby,
Santa Barbara; 1. N. Hoag, Redlands.
Spain made formal and emphatic
disavowal of sentiments expressed by
ex-Minister de LONE, and the Queen
Regent signed the decree appointing
the new Minister, Senor Polo-Bernabe.
The Democratic, Populist and silver
Republican conferees, who have been in
session at Washington, D. c., for sew
eral weeks, have issued addresses
seeking to unite the three interests
IN future campaigns.
The House Committee on Military
Affairs has refused to report favorably
the bill authorizing any denomination
or sect to erect building for relig-
ious worship on any military reserva-
tion in the country.
Th Senate has passed bill provid
ing that no national bank shall make
loan to the president or any other
officer or employe of the bank until
such officer or employt had submitted
the proposition for the loan in writing
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04

There Is law against carrying con-
cealed weapons. theoretically 1t is a
wise and proper ordinance. But as
matter Of practical fact the only per-
sons who honor this law are the vic
TINS Of the murderer, the footpad, and
the rowdy. The law disarms the only
class who could with safety be trusted
to carry weapons Of self-defense, and
puts them at the mercy Of every GRIM
inal they meet. What real service does
this regulation perform in the social
scheme, we should like to know. 1t
sacrifices good citizens and it imposes
absolutely no restraint whatever upon
the others. 1t is our deliberate opinion
that any respectable person who has
been threatened by crank should be
authorized to arm himself and should
be held guiltless If, at the slightest
menace from that quarter, he uses his
weapon with promptness and efficien-
cy. The life Of one useful, lava abiding
citizen is worth hundred of these pes
tferouS vermin, and no law should i'm
pose upon him the risk Of defenseless-
ness in case Of murderous attack. We
do not advocate law-breaking. What
we propose is such an amendment of
the law as will fit the situation. Every
ruffian, crank and criminal carries his
pistol or his knife. Why should decent
people be put and kept at their mercy ?
Why should we have laws which sacri.
fee their friends and strengthen and
uphold their enemies?
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04

The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute for colored people has dedi-
Gated an agricultural building. One of
the speakers said: 'It Is a great deal
better for the State Of Alabama to
spend one hundred dollars on each of
these boys and girls than to spend per-
haps ten thousand dollars In convicting
them later on" Iliiteracy is expensive
as well as deplorable. Education is
economical, for 1t reduces crime; and
there Is no color line in this fact.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04

bark IN it. Properly and steadily fos-
lowed, there Is no safer business than
farming, nor any more certain to yield
satisfactory results. In very many In
stances they who abandon it for city
life live to regret the change. The
farmers Institutes and farmers them
selves ought to be able to develop a
higher interest in the occupation and
more Of a certain sort Of esprit de
corps among those who follow it.
Mesa free press., 1898-03-04
STATE MINING BUREAU.

The new location Of the California
State Mining Bureau, including the
museum, is in the new Union Depot
at the foot of Market street 'San
Francisco. In the old location in, the
Pioneer building, on Fourth street, a
monthly rental of $3.50 has been paid
for many years. In it's new location
the State will charge the bureau $1OO
per month.
The old Jaynes mines in Yuma
county are to be operated again,
twenty-five or thirty men doing de-
velopment work under the direction of
the new owner, H. w. Blaisdell. The
ore taken from the mine is to be