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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-13
FLORIDA.

j. NJ. Coleman, the Jacksonville mer-
ehant who was charged with shooting at
L. provost guard named Franche at that
place last Thursday, was discharged from
ustody by Justice Wright, who held the
hooung as justifable, as Mr.. Coleman
was surrounded by soldiers at the time
una mad reason to think his life was in
danger.
A number of Orlandos citizens will try
their luck in Cuba. J. A. Mcdowell for
years a dealer in paints and wall paper,
leil tuesday He will prospect the situa-
noA thoroughly, aud on the result of his
Vestisauons will depend the future course
ol others. John Giles and Will Vassar,
TWO young men, are already on the way
70 the island in quest of fortune.
frank Myers, a farmer, five miles south
81 ocala, in the Dunster neighborhood, met
with a very painful accident near Oak
hurst in going TO Ocala. He was sitting
" d chair driving. Suddenly the horses
sle9' made plunge and threw him for
"dIu on the tongue and bruised him very
a1'eIely. AT the same time the off-horse
vas 'hroWn against a tree and his back
vas broken. In its fright the nigh-horse
NiIously trampled on Mr.. Myers
Sheriff Denmark of Bradford county
was at Jacksonville Tuesday with an or
ler from Judge CAN. now presiding at
e circuit Court at Starke, directing that
s e snerln of Duval county deliver to
letlH Denmark C. R. Hewitt and his
NJ pfothers, H. r. Hewitt and c. B.
levitt The men were turned over at
ny 10 the sheriff of Bradford county by
seputy Sheriff Mcmillan. The prisoners
Te taken to Starke, where they are
1Hteu Tor trial on the charge of the muir
- George p. Canova, who was mys-
NT.iousIy shot while near his home at
, 49, last spring. There was a num-
a. ~ arrests made, and the prisoners
$3.50 rsed Soon after, about three
,aols ago, the Hewitt brothers were ar
leo and for safe keeping were sent to
Jacksonville Times-Uniou and Citizen /:
'He'o OF the worst cases of cruelty that ever
ys os. in this city was brought to light
soI uay morning, when Anna Kelley,
spii'-hlloWn eolored woman, reported to
''I'inah Hall that Fannie Gilbert. dis
nIraol, negro woman. had severely
.Heu her daughter a girl of about 7
ears of age. Policeman Hail investigated
~ Nase' and arrested the Gilbert woman
que was later carried before Justic VIII
@i1 VINO placed her under a bond Of
- i her appearance before the Criminal
~ on the charge of assault and bat
M, anna Kelley stated that the Gilbert
,s13;.u had accused her daughter of
ar t o cents on Monday, and TO punish
he ~. stealing, placed a scent piece on
s5e +tONe until II was ar a white heat
he o ttl59 placed the coin in the hand Of
~A'4ua and made her hold it there for
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sPICED WITH A LITTLE oDDITY.

Sanford Chronicle: During one after
noon last week Gussle Schmidt, son of
George Schmidt of Daytona, caught a
15-pound man-eating shark and a ten
pound sea bass To say that Frau
accommodate ting lad feebly expresses it.
Gainesville Sun: P. NJ. Oliver, ]. M
Tison, Lee Graham and A. o. Steenburg
have returned from San Felaska ham
mock, where they have been hunting for
a few days. They killed TIA squirrels.
They saw many turkeys and quail, but
were barred by law from shooting them.
Live Oak Democrat: W. NJ. Girardeau
of Monticello has grown watermelon of
the triumph variety, which weighed 951a
pounds. On the same day, from the same
vine. he pulled two other melons, one of
which tipped the beam at Is and the
other at 70 pounds, making 240 pounds
gathered from a single vine at one time
Madison Recorder: William Newman
was in town the first of the week, and
while here he showed us small Bible
taken from a dead Union soldier on the
Bird of May, A D.. 1868 on the field of bat
tie at Charlottesville On the fly leaf
of the Bible is the name of P. A. Carver
He belonged to Col Williams division OF
Slocum's Corps.
Chipley Banner: A week or two ago
we gave the yield of corn on a five-acre
patch belonging to Mr.. ]. B. Forester
which was 70 bushels. Now, Mr. Charlie
Mercer comes forward with the informa-
ton that he gathered 4S barrels of corn
from a plot of ground 50X140 yards, same
being about IA acres.
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MARRIAGES DOWN IN FLORIDA.

Mr.. Harry futile and Miss Fannie
Fowler of Miami will be married at that
place to-day.
Mr.. Samuel n. Hooker and Miss Ida
May Griffin were united in marriage at
the residence of Mr.. A LeBourveau, at
Jacksonville, by the Rev. E. w. Florence.
Mr. Hooker and his bride are highly es-
teemed in Jacksonville.
Mr.. Joseph Lumpkin of Palatka and
Miss Ada Pardue of Gainesville were
quietly married at the home of the bride
at the latter place Sunday afternoon.
Rev. E. w. Way. pastor of the Presby
terrain Church, officiated. They went to
Palatka Immediately after the ceremony.
Mr. Milton W. Curry and Miss Elaine
Henson, both of Key West, We're married
at Tampa Sunday night at the residence
of c. H. King. The wedding was a very
quiet one, being attended by few init
mate friends The bride and groom are
popular in the Island City. Mr.. Curry
is a member of the firm of William Cur
rvs Sons. The couple will spend several
weeks at the North before returning to
Key West.
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GEORGIA. RND o
" o FLORIDA.

over ten minutes. The screams of the
child could be heard for two blocks The
Kelley woman inves tigated the matter,
and reported il to the police A place as
large as a half dollar was burned and
blistered in the palm of the girls hand
the flesh having been cooked by the hot
metal The girl gave her testimony be-
fore Justice Willard, and stated that her
mother tied her around the neck with a
piece of rope last week, and then hung
her over the fireplace for some trivial
thing that she had done. She also eXhib-
tied several large scars, said to have been
caused by her mothers beating her with
a large stick. DR.. Smith dressed the girls
hand, and will testify against the mother
in the Criminal Court.
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vers I always carried, but did not intend
to use. No burglar need fear disturbance
If he studieG the house, its entrances and
exits, and the character of the inmates
and no burglar ever really needs revoly7
er. ,f
For instance, if ! amin a room and the
occupant entersI coming in between rae
and the light, have the best of him. And,
besides, am expecting TO see him; he
isn't expecting to see me. When l say
Stop! and he hears my revolver click,
he stops, If he is sensible man. Then
go my way by an exit chosen for just such
an emergency. BY keeping the light In
view, and the most convenient means OF
escape nearby, / can work all over
house, and easily ger away, no matter
where the occupants may happen, to STUN
bic on me
Now, of those fifteen purses you have
in there with your collection all of them
contained money. These came from
dozen different houses, and l was not dis
turbed. 1t
at was always a source of regret to me
that l could not take paintings, but l had
resolved never 10 be tempted. l love art
and understand paintings, and IN the last
ten years could have had as my own a few
of the finest master pieces ever put on
canvas"
The burglary he committed in Hartford
occurred early on Saturday morning. He
robbed the home of Miss Summer. On the
lawn, directly front of the house, he sat
down TO sort his plunder. He did not make
a mistake in single piece of his ex-
traordinary collection, but took away all
the solid gold and silver, then thoughtful
" piled up the rest on the porch 10 show
the neighbors how much plated ware the
Summer household used.
Persons who had been robbed "all along
the line" as McCiusky said, came in from
the suburbs to look over the captured
goods. OF an array Of goods worth 50 1000,
few were identified
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RISE IN R0SIN.
FoUR HIGHER GRADES ADVANCE
10 CENTS BARREL.

Good Demand and Heavy Sales Re-
pOrted-SpirIts Turpcntine Firm at
20% Cents bid for the Offerings.
Cotton Market Quiet and Easy and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Markets steady.
Savannah, Oct. 12.-The rosin mar
ket was the most active of the leading de-
pariments to-day. There was a good de-
mand, and the price of the four higher
grades advanced 10 cents a barrel There
was a good demand for spirits turpentlne
and 29% cents was freely bid for the re-
ceipts. The reported sales were light. The
cotton market remained quiet and easy
and unchanged. Other markets were fair
ly active and steady. The following te-
sumo of the different markets will show
the tone and the quotations at the close
to-day:
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PAGES 8 TO 10.

Private cables stated that NELL had Is
sued a circular of less bearish purport
than anticipated. ard that the advance in
Liverpool was largely due to that fact
Continental and Manchester manufacture
ers were bidding against each other for
large blocks of spot cotton in the Liver
pool market at the close. To-days adj
vices from the cotton belt averaged up
decidedly In favor of shorts; port and in
terror receipts were fully as large as ex-
pected, weather conditions throughout
were almost ideal, while harvesting oper-
atlons were said to be progressing rapidly.
Confidence was checked, however by the
fact that the yellow fever scourge had
gained a much stronger hold in Mississippi
and Louisiana. Late in the forenoon quite
a bunch of Southern selling orders came
to hand and under this pressure, prices
sharply eased off sac points. and for the
rest of the day the market showed little
recuperative energy The close was quiet
with prices / point higher TO net lower.
New York. Oct. II. noon.-Cotton flu
lures close quiet; October. slice; Novem-
Der, 51Sc; December, 5.24c; January, 52sc;
February, 5.S2c; March, 5.S6c; April, 5fle;
Nay, 5.45c; June. 5.49c; july 5.53c; August,
5>56c.
New York, oct u. p. m.--Fu-
tober 5.l6c; November; 5.20c; December
5.29c; January. 5.S2c; February, 536c;
March, $3.50; April, SAC; May, $780, june
5.52c; July. 5.55c; August 5.59c.
New Orleans, Oct. 12.-Cotton futures.
quiet and steady: October, 4.s6c; Novenl-
Der, 4.Sd4SSc; December 49lG4.92c dan
uary. 49Ga497c; February. 5.ola5G2c:.
March, soc; April, 5.llc; May, 5.l6d5lSc;
June, 521d5 23c.
New York. Oct. 12.-Hubbard Bros. say
of cotton to-day: THE better feeling in
Liverpool with the good spot sales gave
stimulus to our market which opened
with trading at points advance for Jan-
uary delivery. During the forenoon the
demand was freely met, however, by sales.
IL Is believed against purchases in the
South. Rumors were current OF a less
bearish feeling and somewhat decreased
estimates abroad. but the demand here
after the opening was limited and fully
met by the supply Business generally
was light, but the market remained steady
at the decline TO last nights figures"
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A SCIENTIFIC BURGLAR.
Tells How He Escaped the Police
for Ten Years.

From the New York Press.
William E. Travis, the uncommon burg
lar, won new laurels yesterday at police
headquarters by the charming frankness
with which he told all about his gentle
manly manner of midnight robbery for
the last ten years. 1.-The only thing about
his frankness, though" said Capt. McClus-
ky laughing at the joke on himself, was
that, after telling me all the details of his
operations in an open and engaging man
ner, 1 find that he hasn't told me a thing
1 didn't know before"
The police already are looking upon the
uncommon burglar with the respect a mas
ter in his art arouses. Capt. McClusky be-
sjeves he is the smartest criminal ever
brought under his notice, and the other
officers at headquarters share in this be-
lief
Travis was unmoved at hearing new evil
dence had been found yesterday, but in his
quiet way told McCfusky exactly what that
evidence was. When there was mention of
new plumber he said the stuff was plated.
And SO 1t was. Then he became confidential
and told McClusky all about himself for
ten years; how he kept an honest wife and
family in Brooklyn, who thought he was
a commercial traveller; how he kept
mother and sisters on the east side uptown
and how proud hiS mother was that he
was getting along so well as a clerk; how
neither family knew of the other, and
how all the time he was a burglar who
never associated with thieves.
The talk of Travis, like that of Cyrano,
sounds better in the dark His voice Is low
and musical, but his face is sinister. He
is wei educa ed trained In criticism and
knowledge of the arts, and knows a da-
mond from paste in the dark or solid jew
eIry and table service from plated the
moment he puts his hand on 1t. He has
taken a fancy 10 the captain, and this is
The way he took the detective into his con-
tidenee yesterday:
II made a study of burglary as an art,
captain" he said II have been at II for
ten years, and this is the first time de-
tective's hand has been laid on my shout
der never associated with common burg
lars or thieves, and always thought plann-
ed and worked alone. As a result / was
always cool and sure. with no one to in
terfere with my plans.
This work was a science 20 me. I made
a study of lights and shadows, and always
would enter a room IN such a way that
light, no matter how dim. was never be-
hind me 10 reveal my presence. The light
l kept in such a way that Il would always
be beyond the other fellow
Those Two weii-oiled halr-trigger revolt
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THE MATTER OF HEREDITY.
It's Character Transmitted From
Parents 20 Children


From the London News
lone of the last things that occur to a
marrying couple" says DR.. Campbell in
the Lancet, us whether they are fit to be
represented in ppsterity." A celebrated
remark Of the President Of Corpus bears
on the same lack of conscientious fore
thought. Even now, however, madness or
consumption in persons inclined to marry
is occasionally. and very laudaby, accept
ed as bar to their desire
Or. Campbell thinks that, as to heredity
of which we hear so much, no unmlstak-
able instance Of the inheritance of an
acquired character has yet been observed. 4"
The question, we conceive is sub JUDGE
but If a swain has acquired a taste for too
much drink, IL might be prudent I'm him
not to marry, and the young lady's people
will certainly be of this opinion
On the other hand, II would be cruel to
forbid the short-slghted TO marry In saw
age life it is different; short-sighted per-
son cannot easily dodge a spear or will
play outside ~ with his shield and
there is an end of him. But. by natural
selection, short-sighted braves are elm
mated, whereas we can use eyeglasses,
and get on fairly well We must aim at
what DR.. Campbell calls panmixia he
ought to say pammixia, of courseJ, and
so keep up highsaverage. When Edwin
asks. rs my bridal with Angelica a gem
uine case of pammixia?" then our race
will be in the way of progress. But at
present, we dodge pammixia by taking
care Of weaklings. They ought to die out,
but they don't, and breed other Weddings.
ad intinitum.
One thing we might DO, we might per-
init sturdy parties 70 be polyganous. Dr.
Campbell as a "sociologist" (morallst D.
is dead against poygamy; as a biologist
he cannot but regret its abolition" He
would be glad. 81 "giant intellects and
champion athletes left a numerous pro
geny." Thus. August the Strong had
over 800 children; not so w. c., clearly
thing to regret--as biologist Giant
intellects" commonly have no children, or
If they have, the family soon dies out
Where are the descendants OF Crom-
well. Shakespeare Pope or DR.. johnson?
The doctor. it Is known, contemplated the
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FINANCIAL.
Monev-Market steady.


Foreign Exchange-The market IL
easy. The following are the net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial, demand.
VI s2sl sixty days, $4.80A; ninety days.
"a 10: francs, Paris and Havre. sixty
DAYS. 5.26ss; Swiss, sixty days. 5.2S7s;
marks. sixty days, SO 1916
Domestlc Exchange-Steady; banks are
h,,yInp al 3-16 per cent. discount, and SELL
80, ID follows Amounts up to $25 10 cents.
Sos Ia $50 is cents; $50 to 500, 20 cents; 5000
or over at par; $1,000 and over at 1915
per cent. discount.
9ecurlties-A fair investment demand.
but light offerings.
seeks and Bonds-State Bonds-C;eor-
,,o az per cent bonds of 1880. 1O7 bid. lOeik
eesLed. Georgia 3iz per cent. due 1915 1os
IA 1o6 asked; Georgia AZ per cent bonds
1a1s 1881 bid 10 asked; @eorgia a ner
n aS due 1920. ia bid, 115 asked; south
Carolina 4lzs. III bid. IL asked.
S,tv Bonds-Atlanta, AZ per cent 1924
,oS h,d. - asked; Augusta. Avs, 1925. io1
bid. 1903 asked Augusta, per cent, III
bid 1l2 asked Augusta per cent, Iii bid
113 asked; Columbus, per cent. l06 bid,
1O7 asked; Macon 6 per cent, 116 bid III
asked Macon AIS, 1926, l04 bid, 1886 asked:
savannah per cent, quarterly Ooto-
-, coupons. 11lh bid, l12 asked: gavon-
nah per cent, quarterly November con-
nons. ii1lh bid 1l2 asked; Charleston a.
81 bid, 9S asked.
F2aIlroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida ana
vvastern Railroad general mortgage bonds
ner cent. interest coupons. lis bid. ia
asked. Savannah, Florida and Western
drst mortgage per cent. gold bonds. due
,a24 los bid, 100 asked: Central Railroad
and banking Company, collateral S.. 40
htd q1 asked; Central OF Georgia RAN
road flrst mortgage IS. 50-year gold bonds
i1S hid III asked: Central of Georgia Raj.
wav hrst consolidated mortgage IS. "a
MD 90 asked; Central of Georgia Rail-
way first preferred incomes. 81 bid. ss
asked; Central OF Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes, 101 bid, 11H asked.
Central of Georgia Railway thira
nreferred incomes, 5 bid. asked.
Georgia Railroad IS, 1910 ia bid, III asked.
Charlotte. Columbia and August first e..
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ARMY SCANDAL IN FLORIDA.
Soldiers Have No Trouble in secur-
ing transportation Beyond Home.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 9.-Pablo beach
seems TO be furnishing the latest scandal,
according to the unearthings of Provost
Marshal Russell B. Harrison. Some days
ago a rumor reached him that some of the
men were getting furloughs and free trans
portation to points beyond their homes;
in fact, a long jaunt at the expense of the
government. He watched the ticket offices
and arrested Private Alexander Williams,
Company L, First Texas, and Sergt Wal
ter G. Williams, Company G. Ninth Hi
nois. Just as they were about to embark,
having free transportation and rations for
San Francisco. They were taken to the
provost headquarters.
Williams had been detailed to the hos
p1Ial at Pablo. Getting tired of it, he
asked for a discharge so he could return
70 his regiment. According to his story,
a hospital steward asked him why he
didn't get a sick furlough. He replied
that he couldn't. The other man tod him
Of a surgeon who would grant it,
Williams applied to this surgeon, whom
he named in his statement and the sur
oeon without trouble or asking questions,
cave him a furlough to Springfield, Ill.
soon afterwald ne met Williams, who
showed him a transportation order for
ticket to San Francisco, and asked him
10 go with him. Sergt. Williams stated
thar his transportation was to SPRING
field
- Oh. that's all right" said the Texan,
I'VE can fix that" So the obliging sur
geon was called upon and he changed the
order TO read from Springfield, ILL.,, to San
Francisco. Sergt. Williams then came
uptown, got his ticket and rations, and,
as he was about 10 start, Marshal Harri-
son stepped forward and arrested him.
Sergt Williams stated that he had no
thought OF getting a furlough even till It
was suggested 70 him, nor of getting the
san Francisco ticket order till he was
persuaded by the Texan TO get il and to
90 along with MIN as company.
Acting on orders from corps headquar-
fsrs Mai Harrison is pushing this mat
ter and having a thorough investigation
made. II Sergt Williams story Is true,
several court martais are likely TO follow.
There seems 70 be trouble at Pablo ana
complaints have been made against Maj.
Appel the surgeon in charge, for various
masters. an investigation Of the same now
being under way.
It is stated that this matter of getting
false transportation has been going On for
a week or so
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentiue-There was a steady
demand for spirits to-day al 1884 cents bid
for regulars. The reported sales were light
and factors were generally holding Off, ex-
pecting higher bid. AT the first call, at
The Board of Trade the market was bull
letined firm at 29adc bid, with sales Of q
casks. AT the last call the market closed
firm at 29s4 cents, with no sales reported.
Rosin-An advance of 10 cents barre
on M, NJ window glass and wafer white
resins wac the prominent feature In the
market to-day. At the Board OF Trade, 81
the first call, the market was bunetineo
firm and unchanged with sales of 206
barrels Al the last call Il closed firm
with sales of 1858 barrels at the following
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New York, oct. 12,-The dry goods mar
kettle new agreement for curtailment
and the polling of stocks at Fan River was
the subject of much discussion in the dry
goods trade to-day. The new plan in
cludes shutting down of various mills
for eight weeks between Nov. l and Feb.
!. The market showed no absolute gain
on the strength of this announcement, but
there was a stronger feeling prevailing
among sellers. The weather is sad by
jobbers TO be suitable to the sale of season
able goods, and light trading is the rule
The market for staple cotton was quiet In
all lines.
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--Reinhosd Segas, the German sculptor
has made a model for Bismarck sarco-
phagus, to be placed in the Dom at Ber-
lin. There is a recumbent figure of the
late statesman, with his favorite dog Tiras
AT his feet To the right and left are fig
ures representing power, trampling on the
pernicious elements in society, and protec-
lion. guarding the right Mr. Begas Is also
engaged upon a design for a Bismark
memorial for the Reichstag.
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market firm at 2Sc; sales none Ros,n
quiet, unchanged; sales none.
wilmington, N c.. Oct. 12.-spirits tur-
pentine. firm at 30n2915c; receipts, ~.
Rosln, nothing doing; receipts, 4sS crude
turpentine, firm at $115 $1.70 and $1.7Oi re-
CENTS 12. Tar, quiet at $1.10; receipts, 30e.
New York, Oct. 13.-Rosin steady. Tur-
pentine steady, 3212Q33c.
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August e. and George J. Young har-
ness dealers of Cardington, o., are respec-
lively secretaries Of the Democratic and
Republican central committees OF Morrow
county. They are brothers and do not al
low politics TO interfere with their success
ful business.
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COTTON.

WdIktI VUltt anu tdsYi hdIVsl Iio1V'
Sea Island Cotton-The situation in the
market remains unchanged. The sales
are being made on a basis of the following