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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
WAR TALK STOPS FAIR.
Local Companies Will Indefinitely
 Postpone Theirs

Local Companies Will Indefinitely
 Postpone Theirs.
 A meeting of the officers of the local companies has been called for Sunday afternoon for the purpose of indefinite ly postponing the fair which was to have been opened April B. Nothing more will be done about the Ottawa trip of the Second Regiment in May as long as the present likelihood of war continues
 The First division naval battalion held their weekly drill last evening on board the Wyandotte. where the mem bers were instructed in the handling of the big guns and put through the boat drill
 The machine gun battery had fine drill at the armory last evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
SPECIAL PRICE SALE.
ne Line of Household Goods at H. B.

Fine Line of Household Goods at H. B.
 Armstrong & Co.'s.
 Another elegant line of useful and necessary household, articles has been placed on sale at special prices by H. B. Armstrong & Co.,. S9-97 Orange street. Rococo designs in carpets are much in vogue and some fine patterns are offered. Mirrors, furniture, lace curtains, draperies and wall paper are offered at prices far below those of other dealers.
 If you want some gems in wall pa- pers visit their wall paper rooms and get their prices. You may be surprise ed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
FOR THE BOYS.

Every boy in this city should know that at the famous Centennial Tea company's store, 3S6 State street, there can be found a fine lot of mits, bats, balls. etc, also many handsome spe- cial presents which go with one pound of tea, two pounds of coffee or one pound of baking powder. The quality of the teas and coffffee at the Centen- nial is, as is well known, unsurpassed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
CLASS OFFICERS ELECTED.

Yesterday the class of 1898, State Normal school, held a. meeting at which the following officers were elect ed: President, Miss Julia Wright of Utica, N. r.: vice president, Miss An ma Hove; class day committee, Miss Elizabeth Conboy, Miss Fannie Prince, Miss Evelyn Maynard, Miss Harriet Osgood and Miss Nellie Coxeter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16

"Pois Ahfe Ahey NoCtVeQ AasG \ ear on
 Their Return tho Sum of $a, ,O0O-Yester-
 day's Baseball Games
 London, April 15.-Secretary Cooper to-day informed the Associated Press that the Henley regatta committee has decided to refuse the entry of Ten Eyck, the American oarsman, under rule K, which read: "The committee shall have power to refuse or return any entry up to the time of starting without being bound to assign a req son."
 There is considerable feeling at Hen ley against allowing Ten Eyck to en- ter this years regatta. This is said to be due to his attending a banquet at Putney, where all the Thames profess s1onals were present, and also because of the statements made in American newspapers that the Ten Eycks receiv- ed on their return to the United States last year the sum of $2,000 which was considered among the English oars men as if they had taken pay for their time.
 It was added, however, that if Ten Eyck, who won the diamond souls at Henley last year, was disqualified, it would be on the statement that the Worcester Boat club at a meeting had agreed to provide the funds for Ten Eyck's trip, which is forbidden under the Henley regatta rules.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
ANOTHER HUNDRED NAMES.

The canvas for new members of the Y. M. c. A. is progressing finely. The interest in the work is increasing for each new member spreads the good times the young men are having at the rooms and thus the numbers are in creased. Since the last report the fol-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16

New York, April 15.-The steamer Miami from Miami, Fla, via Newport News, to H. M Flagler, arrived here tonight. She reports that went thir- ty-five miles south of Barnegat light she saw a sunken wreck with man in the rigging. She bore down on 1t and rescued the man, who proved to be Engineer Arthur s. Brown of the barge H. l.. Routh, which was sunk. The tug Sea King sailed from Philadel- phia April 13 for Providence with the barges E. w. Stetson and H. l.. Routh In tow. At ? a. m. on the 18th the H. l.. Routh filled and sank The tug with the other barge kept on it's voy- age, not knowing the fate of the Routh. Shortly afterward the Miami came up and rescued Engineer Brown. The captain, cook and deck hand of the Routh were lost.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
lowing men have joined:

Edward Spahr, David Rosendoff, ]. E. Southerton, Wm. D. Legg, John E. Knecht, W. L. Cummings, Vim. M. Leake, Geo. E. Closson, John Moore,
 Ashley l.. Willis, J. R. Cunningham, B. J. Mcfarland, John c. Warner, Dr. M. J. Sheehan, Harry R. Sperry, John T. Sloan, Jr., Geo. K. Jewell, A. B. Jewett, l.. A. Jacobson, Chas. c. Fawns, D. s. Bristol, A, B. Hough, Robert P. Dewell, Robert Mccarthy, Edgar A. Allen, F, T. Litterst, H. D. Rice, John Fisher,
 c. A. Bristol, E. 0. Gardiner, c. A. Sheldon, Fred l.. Bradley. Harry B. Johnson, F. R. Gardner. James McKentil, Albert F. Norton, Chas. V. King, John c. Adams, F. E. Allen,
 Geo. B. Wheeler, Robt. Pierpolnt, B. A. Tucker, s. P. Crafts,
 F. Ray Wadhams, John T. Manson, W. E. Fenno, Jr., S. H. Street.
 Walter Burke, Wm. B. Cramer, Fred R. Bunnell.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
WREcKs.

Perim Island of Perrin, April 15.-~The peninsular and oriental steamer China, before reported ashore on Azalea reef, is in a bad position and it is now very from a complete wreck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16

Wm. H. Boyce, Frank H. Snowden, R. k. Chamberlain, Robert Watson, Louis A. Teake, l.. W. Lee. Walter Rogers, Walter Hardy, Lewis E. Holt. ElInore W. Platt, Charles w. Mills. Stephen Ryan, E. ]. Gum, A. F. Wing, Fred l.. Neebe, J. Richard North, Frank M. Adams, Henry M. Ruden, Geo. F. Smith, Jas. Ainscoe. c. A. Howard, A. M. Bartlett, Wm. B. Blair,
  John Scoville, J. r. Donovan, J. F. Fitzgerald, H. A. Thorndike, Jr l.. w. Frost, J. Adams, H. s. Jackson, r. A. Kaffile, F. k. Mayer, Nelson J. Wells. H. J. Broadhutst. Phillip P. Wells, Q. w. Hitchcock, Harry McBeath, r. R. Phillip, E. NJ. Clark, R. H. Cameron, H. F. Hughes, r. l.. Roessler, Geo. Bassett, J. R. Wilcoxson, R. P. Hitchcock, Wm. H. Lawson, Herbert J. Downs, F. H. Belden, Geo. F. Hogan, Chas. McClelland,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16
TEN EYCK'S ENTRY REFUSED
THE LECTION OF THE HENLEY RE-
 CAPITA COMMITTEE.

Feeling in England Against the Ten Eycks Papers That They Received Last Year on
 Their Return tho Sum of Ss2,O0O-Yester-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16

Opera House Was Filled With an Audience ofNearly 5000 People-Luncheon at the Tcntine-short Speeches by Prominent Democrats.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-16

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Matter to be Discussed at the Meeting
 Next Wednesday-Th Committee Will
 Recommend Legal Proceedings-Mer chants Determined to Crush Out the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
SHORT AND LONG HAUL SUIT.
JUDGE sPEER DECIDES AGAINST
BREWER AND HANLEITER.

Macon Declared Entitled to Lower
Than Grinin-MOre Competing
Railroads ana a NayigabIe River
FACTORS in the SituatIon-The
Judge Rests Upon the Supreme
Court Decision in the Alabama
Midland Case.
Macon, Ga, Jan. S.-Judge Speer of the
United States Court to-day handed down
an elaborate opinion in the case of Brewer
& Hanleiter of Griffin against the Central
OF Georgia Railroad TO compel the Cen
tral to comply with an order of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to the effect
that tha railroad should give Griffin a
lower rate than Macon, situated sixty
miles further south. on goods shipped from
Louisville and Cincinnati.
Judge Speer reverses the commission and
holds that Macon, as a far more important
commercial point, with more competing
railroads than Griffin and with "a navl-
gable river. is entitled to better rates on
rests upon the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the Alabama Mid
land and the Texas Pacific cases.
After quoting from the opinion in the
latter case paragraph to the effect that
all circumstances and conditions must be
considered in determining the relative in
terests of carriers and shippers Judge Speer
concludes as follows:
I'm view of this salutary declaration,
how stands the trivial and problematical
advantage which Brewer and Hanieiter,
and, perhaps, other Griffin merchants,
might obtain by increasing the Macon rates
when compared to the stupendous disad-
vantage which would almost certainly re-
suit to the latter community, and to one
OF its principal railroads, If the competition
of carrier and market with market ever
present there should be ignored by the
courts? Shall the authorities of govern
ment have no concern for the safety of
millions of capital invested or accumulated
through long years of enterprise and dill
gent business exertion by the people of the
Latter city? Shall the millions they have
invested in railroads from their own means
20 afford to the state great systems Of
transportation result in their ruin? Shall
government undertake the impossible, but
Injurious task of making the commercial
advantages of one place equal TO those
oil another? 1t might as well attempt to
@qualize the intellectual powers of its peo-
pie There should be no attempt TO de
Drive community of its natural advant>
ages or those legitimate rewards which
fln~ from large investments in industries
and competing systems of transportation
to facilitate commerce.
THE act to regulate interstate COM
merce has no such purpose"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
HEPBURN HITS REFORM HARD.
DEBATE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE.
CONTINUED IN THE HOUSE.

The Member From Iowa Claims tha
Public Has Been MisIed by the So
Called Merit System--ThinIxs Con-
gressmen Exercised Such Care in
Recommending Men for Govern
ment Places Under the Old system
That Better Selections Resulted
Than Under the Present System.
Washington, Jan. S-The civil service de-
bate was continued in the House to-day
until O'Clock. The remainder of the ses-
sion under a special order was devoted to
eulogies to the memory of the late Repre-
sentative Wright of Massachusetts.
Saturday, Jan. 49, was set aside for paw
ing tribute to the memory of the late
Representative N1illiken of Maine.
Mr.. Corliss, Rep, of Michigan, was the
first speaker to-day. Mr.. CorIiss favored
radical notifications of the law. He
thought that constitutionany, the heads
of departments were clothed with the
power of appointing their subordinates. To
that extent he thought that if tested the
law would be unconstitutional. He be-
lieved the right of removal should be re-
stored and the tenure of office limited.
Mr.. Hepburn, Rep, of Iowa, spoke for
an hour against what he termed the pop
ular impression of the so-called merit svs-
tenn. The public, he argued, had been ut
terly misled by the high-sounding phra ses
of the reformers. In some things the old
system at its worst was superior to thya
new.
MY colleagues in this House." said he.
know the qualifications of their constit-
uents, and in the selection of candidates
for Office have everything at stake. be-
lieve there is greater probability in eau
ton in selection and beneficence as the
result of the old system than in the dark
ened, subterranean, irresponsible method
we have fallen into in this later time"
He believed the appointive power and
the power of removal should be lodged
in the same hands, and should be unlm-
tied. Amid a burst of applause from gal
lerles and floor, he insisted that political
workers were entitled TO and should be
accorded recognition If the present sys-
TEN continued the influence of rich men
in politics would grow steadily.
Mr. Clark, Rep, of New Hampshire.
closed the debate for the day with some
remarks in favor of modifying the law.
He did not care to specify the modifica-
lions he would make. He was willing to
leave them to the judgment of the civil
service committee. But ANY old thing
was better than the present law. Qaugh-
ter.)
AT o'clock the debate gave way to the
special order, and the remainder of the
day was devoted to tributes to the life
and public services of the late Represent
alive Wright of Massa chusetts.
Among those who paid tribute to their
deceased colleague were Messrs. Law
renee, Walker Mccall Knox and Gillette.
Republicans, of Massachusetts, and
Northway Rep, of Ohio, and Swanson
DEM, of Virginia.
Ats o'clock the House adjourned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
BOILER OF A T0WBoAT BURSTS
TEE VESSEL BLOWN TO ATOMS AND
SIX On EIGHT LIVES LOST.

Hull Sinks Almost Immediately ana
the Shattered Portions of the Up
per Works Float Down the River.
COrpseN Float Down the River and
the Debris Scattered Far and Wide.
The Captain and Three other Men
Picked Up Alive.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. S.-The towboat Per-
cey Kelsey blew up while towing down the
river, near Glenheld, Pa, about II o'clock
this morning, and so far as known six or
eight of the crew were killed and at least
four others injured
The Kelsey left Pittsburg at o'clock this
morning for Cincinnati with a load con-
sisting of seven barges and two fats of
coal, and everything was apparently all
right till the explosion took place, when
the boat was literally blown to pieces and
the tow scattered and lost.
The hun sunk almost Immediately and
the shattered portions OF the upper works
floated down the river and covered the
water in the vicinity of the wreck.
The explosion was most terrific and was
heard for miles. Hundreds of persons ran
to tn eriver upon hearing the noise and
an awful sight met their gaze. Bodies
We're floating down the river and the debris
was scattered far and wide, but no live
person was seen.
A few minutes later Capt Jones and
three others were picked up alive, but
badly injured and one body fioated ashore
near Neville Island.
The injured were removed to Capt.
Groves residence, on New lie Island, where
everything possible was done TO alleviate
their sufferings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
SOLID PHALANx FoH SILVER.
leaders of the Various Free Coinage
Factions Confer.


Washington, Jan. S.-The leaders of the
various parties advocating the free coinage
of silver were in conference at the capitol
today. The first meeting was held in the
eommittee room of Senator Jones of Ark
an-as, chairman OF the Democratic ma
-onu committee. and there were present,
u edition to Senator Jones, Senator But
jar, chairman of the national committee Of
tine Populist party; Hon. a. p. Towne.
.l1Tman of the national committee of the
silver republican party; Senator White,
CoAgressman Bailey ana Hon. Marcus
DAILY, Democrats; Senator's Teller, Petit
grew, Cannon and Mantle, and Replesen-
talVe Hartman, Silver Republicans, and
senator Allen, Populist.
later in the day there was another con-
.eIence, in which the Democrats did not
Tarucipate. The meeting was not final,
and no authorized statement was made
Of the proceedings beyond the announce
ment THAI the meeting was merely incl
dental TO MIR. TONNES visit to Washing
ton. It is understood, however, that the
discussion was over the ways and means
10 call the silver forces together for the
congressional campaign next fall, and that
while no absolute decision was reached
DO was decided that local silver leaders,
Of whatever party afhliation, should be
advised of the conviction of the national
leaders of the necessity of maintaining a
solid front against the Republican party
as the organized advocate of the policy
of maintaining the gold standard
The chairman of the various parties are
said to be agreed as to the wisdom and
Importance of concerted action.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
RELIEF FOR CUBA. 2
Secretary Of state Issues n PrOclama-
ton on the Subject.

Washington, Jan. s.--The following proc
lamation was issued to-day:
Department of State, Washington, Jan.
8. 1895.
ITO the Public: The undersigned. the
Secretary Of State of the United States,
had the honor. on Dec. p. to make known
to all the charitably disposed people of
the United States an appeal from the
President for aid in the form of money
and supplies to be used for speedy relief
of the desdtution and suffering which
has existed among the people of Cuba.
The gratifying interest in the cause
that has been shown in all parts of our
land in that humane appeal has led the
President to recognize the need of orderly
and concerted effort. under well-directed
control, if timely assistance is to be given
by the public to the sick and needy of
Cuba. He has, therefore, appointed with
The cooperation of the American Red
Cross, the New York Chamber of Com
merce and one Of the leading representa-
tives of the religious community, a cen
trail Cuban relief committee, with head
quarters in New York city, composed of
the following members: Stephen E. Bar
ton, chairman, secretary, vice president
OF the American National Red Cross;
Charles A. Schieren, treasurer, a member
of the New York Chamber of Commerce.
and Louis Klopsch, vice president of the
Christian Herald.
1t will be the Offices of the committee
so organized not only to receive and for
ward to the United States Consul General
at Havana such money and necessary sup
plies as may be contributed by the peo-
pie of the United States but TO invoke
in its own name and through the three
great interests it represents the concert
ed efforts of other transportation boards
throughout the United States, and invite
the kindly disposed transportation COM
panies of the country to provide for the
prompt conveyance of supplies to the sea-
board and their shipment thence to Cuba.
The consul general a Havana is, in
turn, assured of the effective cooperation
of every available agency in the island
of Cuba, in order that life may be saved
and public suffering averted.
THE Spanish government, welcoming
the aid thus rendered will facilitate the
work, and to that end will admit into
Cuba free of duties and charges all arti-
cles otherwise liable to taxation, when
duly consigned 10 the consul general.
by direction of the President, the UNI
ders!gned appeals to the people in every
city and town, to the municipal authori-
ties thereof, to the local boards of trade
and transportation, TO corpora tons and
others producing the necessaries of life,
and to all whose hearts are open to the
cry of distress and ahliction to second
the generous effort now being made, and,
by well directed endeavor, make its sue
cess truly responsive to the sentiments of
the charity that have ever characterized
the American people.
John Sherman, Secretary of State"
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. S.-Gov. Hastings
to-day issued a proclamation calling upon
the people of Pennsylvania to come to the
relief of the destitute Inhabitants of Cuba
and named a committee to receive contri-
buttons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
NEW ILLUMINANT KEPT DARK.
A General Statement As to the Mys-
teriOus Invention.
From the Phlladelphla Press.


Logansport Ind, Jan. SIS. b. Nickum,
the inventor of a new light which, he as
serts, will revolutionize the process of il
Elimination, is inaccessible TO all callers
The inventors brother, T. B. Nickum.
makes the following statement as to the
new light;
"The light is contained in a round glass
globe or sphere in which so-called gravi-
tation is cut off The light can be made
of almost any briiliancy from the size of
a pea to that of the most powerful arc
light and when the globes are once made
and sealed remains constant forever there
after.
There are no wires and no electric cur
rent is used, but the light never goes out.
and when not in use can be placed in a
bureau drawer or any convenient place
until needed. The globe is cold. there be-
ing no loss of heat or movement from the
interior to the outside.
There is no possibility of fire result
ing from the use of the light, for the in
slant there Is a crack in the globe the
light will be extinguished. They can be
broken in keg of gunpowder without
the slightest danger of an explosion.
THE nature of construction or process
by which this new light is produced the
inventor will not at present make public
but a light produced by the ever-present
and perpetual vibration of matter is an
accomplished fact, and a practical exhi-
bition of the light will be made in the near
future"
The new light has been exhibited to a
few Of the inventors friends, one being
John w. Barnes of the Daily Pharos. Mr.
Barnes, when asked TO describe it, said:
ut is in the form of a glass globe the
light inside being of mellow color much
like what would be produced by covering
an incandescent light with a white ground
glass globe The lamp had no connection
with any outside object that could have
produced the light. The illumination was
from within the globe and was produced
by chemicals in a so-called vacuum bot
tied up and sealed tightly How long the
light may last ! have no way of know
ing, but the inventor says that it is per-
petual"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-09
FOUR DIE BY MOB FURY.
Fuller Details of the Lynching Bees
in ArknnAnA.


Little Rock, Ark, Jan. S.-Four coiored
men have been lynched in the vicinity of
Bearden, Ark, within the last few days.
Devoe and Huntley, a year ago attempt
ed to outrage Mrs. Paine, a respectable
white woman of 50 years, at Bearden Both
negroes escaped and remained out of the
vicinity for twelve months. A few days
ago Devoe returned and was promptly ar
rested. A mob was quickly gathered and
Devoe barely escaped lynching at that
time He at first refused to give any in
formation regarding Huntley but finally
stated that Huntley was working at An
derson's mill on the Cotton Bet Railway,
about twenty-five miles north of Fordyce.
Devoe was left in charge of a heavy guard
near Bearden while the remainder of the
mob went to Andersons mill to get Hunt
ley. They found their man and started
away with him, but they never reached
Bearden with the negro He was lynched
after leaving Anderson's mill. When the
mob returned to Bearden they gave out
the report that Huntley could not be found.
DeVoe was then placed in a wagon,
chained to the bottom and taken before
Mrs. Payne, who positively identified De-
voc. The posse then drove a short dis
tance placed a rope around Devoe's neck
and compelled him to stand erect in The
NuSCH 1 he NcIllC.t w dS lilGIl driven from
under him, and the ravisher was left
swinging in mid-air. A few shots were
fired into his body and the mob returned
to Bearden.
Mrs. Paine, Inc victim of the two fiends,
was Frustrated, it is said, by the assault,
and only recovered after a long illness.
The other two men lynched were ac-
cused of the murder of Bart Frederick, a
water pumper for the Cotton Belt at
Kingsland, a few days ago. Frederick was
thrown from his hand car and murdered.
His pockets were riled and his watch TAX
en-. 1t was through the watch that a
clew was secured. The negroes left the
timepiece at a store in Risou. The mob at
once started in pursuit and captured the
murderers near Little Bay. The details of
this lynching are not obtainable. but it
is reported that three negroes were cap
tured and that two were hanged The
third was wanted al Kingsland on another
charge, and was placed in Jail.