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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01

pie of Madrid were not. week or so af-
forwards when international matters had
almost reached climax and nearly ali
the Americans had left Madrid, a mob
formed for the purpose of destroying the
American embassy and 1t was feared, 10
assassinate the minister and his family.
The tofeadors, who live in a certain part
of the town by themselves heard OF the
intention of the mob and they resolved
to Illustrate 1t.
They got together and went to Gen.
Woodfords house to assure him of their
protection and advised him to send for
military aid. Then they went out 10 do
their part. They walked down the street
few blocks, drew the terrible little
whip-like swords, in the use of which they
are so expert, formed a double-hne across
the street and waited The mob came up,
saw the toreadors with their swords ready
for use and cheered them. Then they
saw that the bull-hghters had their backs
turned to the embassy and their swords
pointed at themselves-and they halted.
They couldn't understand ii.
The leading toreador explained matters.
He said that Gen. Woodford mad once
taken the trouble to do honor to dead
toreador. He had gone with his wife and
family to the funeral in his carriage, and
had driven all the way to the cemetery
as mark Of respect. The toreadors were
going TO protect the American minister
with their swords and lives if necessary,
and asked the mob what they were going
to do about 1t.
The mob stared. They looked the torea-
doris up and down, at their faces and then
at their swords. Then they dispersed At
ter that Gen. WoOdford had military pro-
lection night and day
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
NEW YORK's INVESTIGATION.
Proceedings Against officers Recon-
mended by Canal Commissioners.

Proceedings Against officers Recon-
mended by Canal Commissioners.
Albany, N. Y, Nov. 3O-Judge Country
mans report to the attorney general and
Governor, which was made public to-day
on his investigation on the report of the
canal commissioners, to ascertain and de-
termine whether any judicial proceedings.
civil or criminal, should be instituted on
behalf of the state against any party or
public officers interested or engaged in the
canal Improvement, finds that both State
Engineer and Surveyor Adams and Sup
erintendent of Public Works Aldridge have
either committed or permitted acts which
should be investigated by a grand jury.
After Gov. Black had received this re-
port he addressed a communication TO the
attorney general in which he said You
are hereby requested to Immediately take
charge of proceedings against the state
engineer and surveyor and the supern-
tendent of public works on behalf Of the
state, and to institute and prosecute TO
their conclusion such criminal actions or
proceedings as may be warranted by the
reports and testimony.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
WORK OF WAR COMMISSIONERS.
Testimony Heard Regarding the
Death of Lieut.. Tiffany.

Death of Lieut.. Tiffany.
Boston, Nov. 3o-The war investigating
board continued its hearings to-day. DR..
James n. Clarkson of Boston, medical Of
icer for the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid
Association, deposed at some length his
experience in various camps in Porto Rico,
saying he saw no evidence of neglect or
inefficiency on the part of officers.
DR.. f. w. johnson of Boston was asked
regarding the condition of Lieut.. Tiffany.
md said that when he saw him he was
lying he'd with his temperature 1O5. 1t
was below the normal inside of As. but he
died within two days. The cause of death
was not want of food, but want of proper
food have also heard, he said, that
Lieut. Tiffany.s death was due to the kind
ness of the his friends, who permitted
an over-indulgence in delicacies and even
alcohol when he came to Boston. He
could not have retained whisky on his
stomach had it been given him I know
that to be true He could not have, be-
cause tried to have him take some"
Other witnesses were examined. but
nothing new was developed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01

fleet has been made by the army, although
it is a fact that the Spanish fleet did not
leave the harbor until the investment Of
the city was practically completed Ind
Cervera had suffered losses on land On
July ! and q notably among them his
chief of staff. w. r. Shafter, Major Cen
eral."
Sampson says that he acknowledged re-
ceipt of the above without argument, and
chat the matter should be decided al
Washington.
Meanwhile he cites. a number of tele-
grams and signals to show that Shafter
had the assistance of the fleet In bring
ing about the surrender
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
A REMARKABLE BELL.
Was Once the Property of Dead
and-GOne Indian Princess.

From the Chicago Record.
Miss Wnnifred Winn of Ravenswood
has recently come into possession Of a
beautiful bead belt that hundreds Of years
ago was the wedding gift of Sioux In
dian Princess. Later 1t was captured in
a battle between the Sioux and Chlppe-
was, and was retaken. Finally the Prin
cess herself was captured, and she ran
somed herself by giving up the belt and
all Of her other possessions. For genera
tions il mas been known as the Indian
ransom belt.
II is a marvellous bit of work and con-
noisseurs who have examined 1t affirm
that nothing like it can be found in eth
er the British or American museums. The
belt is twenty-nine and one-quarter inches
long, two and one-quarter inches VIDE,
and contains $50 beads. 1t would take
an expert Indian worker six months Of
continuous work to make it.
But skllful fingers are unable to re-
produce 1t now, as the beads are no
longer manufactured. They are about the
size of a pinhead, and as brilliant as
iewe.s. There are nineteen colors and
shades. in blues, reds. pinks, yellows,
greens. browns. salmon, amber and clear
glass, but the colors are so tremendously
Blended that the effect is as exquisitely
rich as a Persian pattern.
There are seventeen mosaic designs run
ming through the center Of the belt, and
they are surrounded by milk-white beads.
The edge is etched with sharply point
ed pattern, done in full colors, and, though
centuries have passed since 1t was fash
ioned by a mothers loving hand, only
three beads are missing.
1t was given 20 Col. Winn last Christ
mas by an Indian at Fort Williams, on
tario Canada He was experimenting the
building Of an immense steel elevator for
the townspeople objected to his importing
skilled labor from the United States, he
employed Indians with the most satisfac-
tory results.
He aroused the Indians gratitude by va
rious humane acts, and on Christmas day,
as ne sat in his Office. two young Indians
walked in, and one Alex Mccoy, flung a
newspaper bundle on his desk. The other
man stood IN the doorway and said:
ugh There's my Christmas PRESENT.
And both fed like naughty children.
one parcel contained the belt and the
other a knife-sheath Of modern make Col
VIM mentioned his gift 20 an old fur
trader with an Indian wife, and the squaw
said II was the famous Sioux ransom belt
that was worked by the wife Of a famous
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
now WOMEN SWEAR.
Comprehensive Vocabulary At Their
Command in Times OF Disturbance.

command IN Times or disturbance.
From the New York Times.
A book might be written about the
things the girl says when she "says
things" She does not recover from the
habit, either when she ceases to be a
girl, though her expressions OF disapprov-
al of many things at large and her spe-
cial present trouble in particular are apt
to be sobered by time, But woman or
girl, the vocabulary of things that may
be said without a very great disturbance
of the feminine conscience In times of
mental disturbance is comprehensive. IL
is sad TO relate that earn" is not an
unknown expression among refined femi-
ninity, although it is modified by never
being used with an ut" following, which
would give il an impous and unladylilSe
sound. A Bostonesse is responsible for the
statement that this is a favorite expletive
of the Boston girl at home. 1t is also a
Boston girl who in times of very great
need remarks In excited tones: my gra-
cious dumbw an expression for which no
derivatives are given. A Rhode Island
ma tron, fair, plump and placid, over
whom the cares of the world pass light
ly, gives the little state one Of the strong
est of feminine expressions, for when some
unusual calamity has overtalSen her-such.
for instance, as a good gown with a bad
fit-she delights her feminine friends by
remarking. in pladd, peaceful tones,
Darn devil"
1t is a down East girl who says CORY
nine!" in excited tones when the world
goes wrong with her, and a sea captains
daughter says my starsv New York
woman is a good illustration of the fact
that the most refined woman finds IL nee
essary TO have some vocal outlet for an
overweight mind. She is woman of
uper-refnement. Everything about her
house-dress, manners and children-shows
it, Each and all are exquisite. Her nur-
sery, which gives the keynote of refine
ment in the home, is perfectly conducted,
and her children models of good breeding.
Yet her friends who use other explosives
themselves, remark sadly that in times
Of great stress this cultivated woman ex-
claims, 1.-THE dvil-" The "i' ia this case
is a feminine subterfuge. woman who
would be shocked to use II with an "e"
salves her conscience with the a." and
is happy.
But neither one nor two words are suf-
ficient to express the depth of a real fem
mime woe, one Of the large small ones
which are most difficult 10 bear. An up
town artist tells what she does on such
occasions II is very expressive. and COW
ers very well the action of the much
gTieved woman who doesn't STAMP IL
out" II talk just as fast as I can" she
says land no one understands me, and
then / wall loudly. / never cry unless
] am mad"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01

Sioux chief for her daughters wedding
present, and that the Princess priced It
above all her possessions. The fame OF
the marvellous belt spread into the camp
Of the Chippewas, who lived on the Pid-
geon river. He gave il to his squaw, who
wore 1t on state occasions. The young
half-breed who presented il TO Col. VIM
is descendant of the old chief, so the
belt became his by the right OF succession
AS the belt is too gorgeous to wear and
too valuable TO keep at home, Miss Winn
keeps 1t in a safety deposit vault.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
GEN. wooDFoRD's ESCAPE.
How the Bull Fighters Saved the
Ex-2Iinister's Life,


From the New York Commercial Adver-
user.
Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, former
United States minister TO Spain, owes his
life to an act of courtesy that he once paid
to a Spanish toreador or bull-hghter
There is no moral in the story, as the act
of courtesy was entirely unintentional, and
the toreador was dead
one afternoon during the Spanish-Amer-
lean crisis, a few weeks before war was
declared. Cen Woodford, accompanied by
his wife and niece, went for a drive in the
embassy carriage through the streets of
Madrid. A noted Spanish toreador had
died a few days previously, and it hap
pened that his funeral was being held that
dav Owing to his wonderful success in
killing bulls the man had become a popu-
lar idol and his funeral was attended by
all classes of Spanish society even the
grandees sending their carriages to swell
the procession.
Miss Woodford having expressed the
wish to see the funeral, the general or
Gered his coachman to drive TO a certain
point where the procession would pass
When they arrived there 1t was found that
a great part Of the procession had already
gone by. Gen Woodford ordered his
driver to turn about and go home, but the
man misunderstood him and drove on. He
attempted TO drive right through The flu
neral procession.
Snch an act is not considered good
taste in any European country, and in
SDain It is a heinous offense. To make
matters worse, Gen Woodford,, owing 10
the unpleasant relations then existing be-
tween Spain and the United States, was
a marked man, and by no means popu-
lar one with the people. The embassy
carriage was one OF the best-known We
hicles In Madrid.
Realizing how the mistake would be mis-
interpreted by the populace, Cen Wood
ford directed his eoachman, When he had
reached the middle of the street, to turn
and accompany the procession, intending
at the first opportunity to leave the pro-
cession and drive 10 his residence. The
opportunity did not offer. Owing to the
dense crowds that lined the sides of the
street the minister was compelled to ac-
company the funeral to the cemetery. So
long as he was there Gen. Woodford
made the most OF il. ACCOMPANIED By
Mrs. Woodford and his niece, he left the
carriage and went into the cemetery, in
tending to remain there until the funeral
party had gone and the streets were once
more quiet
After waiting for about an hour they
started to leave the cemetery and go 10
their carriage At the gate the general
found TO his surprise that q company OF
the civic guard was drawn up on either
side Of the path leading 10 the carriage.
As the Americans approached the officer
in command Of the guard gave an order
and. Immediately the swords of the men
rose in salute. Wondering what on earth
it all meant. the general returned the sa.
lutte and re-entered his carriage. He mass
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
MERCHANTS and MINERS
TRANSPORTATION co.

Tickets on sale at companys office TO
the following points at very low rates:
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.
BALTIMORE, MD,
BUFFALO, N. Y.
BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO, ILL.
CLEVELAND, o.
ERIE PA.
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
HARRISBURG, PA.
j HALIFAX, N. S.
NIAGARA FALLS, NJ. Y.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PITTSBURG, PA.
PROVIDENCE, r. L.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y.
TRENTON, N. j.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.
First-class tickets include meals and
state room berth, Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodation and Cuisine Unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful ham
ding and quick dispatch.
The steamships OF this company are ap-
poInted to sail from Savannah to Balti-
more as follows standard time):
WILLIAM LAWRENCE. Capt. willis.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, at 7:SO a. m.
ALLEGHANY. Capt. Bnlups. sATUR-
DAY. Dec. 3. at 900 a. m.
ITAscA, Capt James, MONDAY. Dec.
5, at 1000 a. m.
BERKSHIRE, Capt Dizen WEDNES-
DAY, Dec. Z, at 1900 noon.
steamship VIM. Lawrence does not
carry passengers.
And from Baltimore every MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 400 p. m.
]. J. CAROLAN, Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
w. F. TURNER, c. p. A.
A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. NJ.
T C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
MILLING COMPANY ASSIGNS.
A Big Birmingham Concern Filed a
Deed Yesterday.

Birmingham, Ala. Nov. 3O-The Biz
mingham Rolling Mill Company filed a
deed of assignment to-day. The assign
ment was made TO John NJ. Barr, Jr., a
director of the company, and Thomas
Ward, the general manager. The liabili-
ties are estimated at 100000. No creditors
are preferred.
The Birmingham Rolling Mil is one of
the largest industries in this district, and
its assignment was wholly unexpected by
the public. The president of the company,
]. G.. Caldwell, himself, made a personal
assignment in Louisville, KY, about ten
days ago, and this fact may have hasten
ed the rolling mills creditors to press it.
The quick" assets are 100000 with cor
responding liabilities of $4,000. The com
pany went heavily into debt four or five
years ago to buy machinery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
MEETING CT RAILROAD MEN.

representatives of Southern Rail-
1ouds in Session at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 0.-Representatives
of various railroads connecting this city
with the South held a meeting here TO-
day. Those present were: j. r. Wood,
general passenger agent, Pennsylvania
Railroad. W. A. Turk, general passen-
ger agent, Southern Railway; A. o. Mac
Doneu, general passenger agent, Florida
Central and Peninsular Railway; w, Z.
Taylor, traffic manager, Florida Central;
n q McFadden, assistant passenger
agent, Atlantic Coast Line.
The officials met TO discuss and decide
points regulating the joint operation OF
their roads under the contracts existing
between them, and to talk over the bust
ness for the winter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01

Rev. Or. c. Ellis Stevens, rector Of
Christ Church, Philadelphia. has received
through the embassy at Washington Off
cial notification from the government Of
France of his appointment as an officer
of the academy. The government an
nouneement was accompanied by a letter
from French cabinet minister, explain
ing that the appointment was In recogni-
ton Of Or. Stevens literary work in po-
litical science and constitutional law and
In consequence of the trav~tation and pub
licati9n Of his works IN Europe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01

The Smiths Of Michigan win be rep
resented in the next Congress by Henry c
Of the Second district William Alden Of
tho Fifth ana Samuel w. OF the sixth
Henry G. IS tenderfoot. William Alden
has been reelected 20 a third. and Sam
uel w. to a second term. They are all
-hree Republicans, all lawyers and all
young men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
Pony Moore After sharsey.

London, Nov. 3O.-George w. CPony'O
Moore has deposited 1900 with the Sport
Jug LIE with the intention Of arranging
match between hts son-in-law. Charley
%tcheh' aud Thomas Sharkey the Amer
IN pugilist, for 1900 or fl0OO a side and
we best purse offered
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
CATTLE QUARANTINE.
virginia to Adopt a Process of Dis
injecting Cattle.

injecting Cattle.
Richmond. Va. Nov. SO.-The board of
control of the Virginia experiment station,
which regulates the cattle quarantine,
was in session here this afternoon at Muir
phvs Hotel. The board has decided to
establish quarantine stations at Norfolk.
Richmond and perhaps Lynchburg. At
each of these stations arrangements will.
he made TO submerge the cattle in chem
ical solution recently discovered by the
agricultural department at Washington.
This process VIII thoroughly disinfect the
ante and make them marketable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01

Unsurpassed cabin accommodations All
the comforts of a modern hotel Electric
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
meals and berth aboard ship
Passenger Fares From SAVANNA
TO NEW YoRK-Cabin, $40; Excursion,
$50. intermediate. SIS. Excursion, s2l;
Steerage, $1,000.
TO BOsToN-Cabln, $22; Excursion. $50:
Intermediate, 81; Excursion, $2S; Steer
age. Sl1.75.
The express steamships of this line are
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
C0th) meridian time. as follows:
SAVANNAH To NEW YORK
NAcOOCHEE. Capt Smith. THURSDAY,
Dec l. ae~5OO p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SATUR-
DAY, Dec. g. at 500 D. IN.
CITY or AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett.
MONDAY, Dec. s. at $3.50 D. m.
KANSAS CITY Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY,
Dec. 6. at 1880 p. M
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg,
THURSDAY. Dec. s, at 200 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, SATURDAY,
Dec 10, at 500 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. AslSins, MON
DAY, Dec. u, at 800 D. IN.
CITY or AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
TUESDAY, Dec. 10. at 400 D. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, THURS
DAY, Dec. Is, at $3.50 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
SATURDAY, Dec. II, at $50 p. IN.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON.
VIA DIRECT SHIP.
GATE CITY. Capt. Googins. FRIDAY,
Dec 2, at 500 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis.
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, at 800 a. m.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage. FRI
DAY. Dec. 8, at 2:SO a. m.
GATE CITY. Capt Googins, TUESDAY.
Dec. 10. at 800 a. m.
CHATTAHoOCHEE, Capt. Lewis,
FRIDAY. Dec is, at TOO a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
s D. IN. daily. except Sundays and Nom
days, and leave Boston for Savannah
every Wednesday at II noon Saturdays
at p. m.
w. G. Brewer Ticket Agent 80 Bull
street, Savannah. Ga
T.. W. Smith, Cont FIR. Agt. Saw, Ga.
II. G.. Trezevant, Agt.. Savannah, Ga.
. Il. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
John NJ. Egan, vice president.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
For BIuffton and Beaufort, S. C.

Steamer loretta will leave wharf foot of
Abercorn (Ethers WHARF street at p.
M. for Bluffton daily except Sunday and
THURSDAY. Wednesdays trip extended to
beaufort, leaving Button Thursdays at
& a. m Returning same day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-01
SORTING wainuts by wind.
From the philadelphia Record.


Recently TWO walnut shippers of Ana
holm county California. found that many
of the walnuts in their possession were
light and empty, and they cast about for
some means to rapidly handle the goods,
and IT was an almost endless job 10 do IL
bv hand. They finally evolved machinery
10 do il with, consisting of tour-foot
blast. fan twenty incnes wide, propelled by
a three-horse-power gasoline engine.
The fan is sci revolving very rapidly and
the nuts are precipitated into a trough
leading down to the fan, whence the heavy
NUS drop into the bin made to receive
Them. while the light ones are blown into
a receptacle arranged for them farther on.
The force OF the wind is sufficient to blow
the lighter nuts aside, while the good ones
fall straight down.
-s-f-s-----
II saw you talking to snaggs a while
ago"
"Yes. we were discussing the financial
question"
What position did Snaggs takeY'
"Tta ~ p borrower. "-Pittsburs Chron-
cle-Telegraph.
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Ocean Steamship Co.
FOR
New York, Boston
AND
THE EAST.

Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All
the comforts of a modern hotel Electric
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
meals and berth aboard ship.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-09-14
ONE PROUD CORPORAL.
Albert West, in First Illinois In
fantry, Writes His Mother How
He Captured Spaniards.

From all accounts Albert III. West,
a corporal in the First Illinois infan-
try, covered himself with glory during
the campaign in Cuba. His mother
IS in Rye, y. Y. In letter to her the
young soldier declares that his squad
is the "proudest bunch of men in
Cuba" West succeeded in capturing
Spanish officer and four men, all
of whom were acting as spies. He is
in possession of the machetes which
he captured from the Spaniards, and
promises to bring them home for the
adornment of his mothers home.
The young corporal gives vivid de-
scription of the hardships through
which the men have been obliged TO
go since landing in Cuba. The coun-
try is fair 70 look upon. he
says, but the forests are filled
with dead bodies and countless
blyzards quarrel over the bodies,
which have been washed from hastily
prepared graves. He says his own
cheek bones stick out like knobs on
a hatrack," and his eyes are as big as
soup plates. All his companions pre-
sent similar appearance.