The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-20
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS FROM THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Train Wrecked at RutIecGe While
Carrying Provisions for Soldiers.
Crude OIL Crushcrs 10 Meet in Con-
vention at Atlautn-WOrd Received
That Lieut.. Newell Went Throug u
the santiago Fight without BeinG
wounded.
GEORGIA.
H. f. Rockwell, n citizen of Lumpkln
died Monday.
Dr. W J. Williams of Pembroke pro
nounces untrue the story that a tramp
came into his office and drank a pint Of
laudanum.
Too much rain is falling in Stewart
, county. The Gotten on sandy land is rust
ing, and the fruldng is very poor. The
corn crop is above an average.
The fight over local option In Sumter
county is on in earnest. The election takes
place Aug. II. and already hundreds of
names are being added to the egistratiou
list Whisky has been sold at Americas
fifty years. ana while the prohlbitionists
are hopeful of success, the anti-prohioi-
uonists declare they will sweep the field
Hundreds Of voters who have not cast a
ballot in years are being registered and
Will vote for or against whisky.
Passengers from Savannah reaching Ma
con Monday morning report the killing OF
a negro, whose name could not be learned,
by the passenger train which left Savan-
nah at s O'Clock Sunday night. The con-
ductOr on the train found the negro trying
to steal ride, and the report says, put
him off the moving. train. The unfortun-
ate man fell under the cars and was ter
ribly mangled. The train was stopped
and the remains were taken back to Mel
drim.
A convention of crude oil cruehers win
meet at Atlanta on Friday, the 22d, and
will remain in session for a week. As
many as 200 delegates viii attend the con-
Ventiou. They meet TO discuss the best
way in which to get the crude oil out of
the seed, and determine the bulk in which
the produce can be shipped to the best
advantage to the manufacturer and the
jobber. Another matter to come up for
discussion is the uniform regulation of
prices, to obtain throughout the South
with the manufacturers of cotton seed
oil. The conflict in prices between the
manufacturers of one state or section, and
those of another, has been of serious det-
riment 10 the business during the past few
years.
4 ItlS 1T Tram No. o OK lll6 NTtOGSl I'd Hail
way was wrecked at Rutledge Monday and
sixteen cars, loaded with provisions for
the soldiers, were completely demolished.
The train was en- route TO Augusta and
the wreck was caused by the turning
over of one of the cars in the middle of
the train. This caused the derailment Of
the fifteen cars behind The train was
going at considerable speed and the de-
struction Of the ears was complete. The
track was torn up for a distance of 100
yards. One of the train hands, a negro,
was fatally injured, but the rest of the
crew escaped without serious injury. The
train was in charge of Conductor Harris.
No cause for the sudden turning over of
one of the cars has yet been found.
Lieut. Isaac Newell, Twenty-second In
fantry, U. S. A., now at Santiago with
Gen. Lawton's division, was reported
wounded several days ago and the report
caused a great deal of uneasiness among
his friends and relatives at MilledseVille.
Capt T. f. Newell his father, has just re-
ceived direct news of him, and it is learn
ed he was not even scratched although
I'm the very thickest of the fight. The col
onel of his regiment was killed, the lieu
tenant colouel fatally wounded, the cap
tain transferred and other leutenants OF
his own company wounded. Being the
only officer of the company not wounded,
Lieut. Newell was in command and led it
through the balance of the fight. They
were ordercd to take FL Caney in fifteen
minutes, expecting to meet about $50 Span
iards but when they captured the place
they found they had been fighting over
1000 The ,hardships endured were awful
and the only meal they had from O'Clock
one morning for the next twenty-four
hours was three crackers, and they
didn't get any coffee for forty-eight
hours The colonel of his regiment was
killed by Spanish sharpshooters before
the regiment reached the battlefield. Lieut..
NewelTs company was the first fired on
by the Spaniards.