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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-02
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

oIrs. Joseph Letter, Of Chicago, Do
mates a Hotel for Hospital Pur-
noses at Chickamauga Park-2,OOO
Cars of Peaches to BE Shipped
From Georgia This Year-A sta
tiOnery Establishment of Athens
Placed in the Hands of a Receiver.
GEORGIA.
A crusade has been begun by Chief of
Police Manly of Atlanta against women of
disreputable character who frequent the
streets at night
]. H Hunt, a banker of Gainesville, fell
out of a second-story window of the ice
factory Tuesday of which concern ne is
president. and was badly injured.
DR.. Edward C. Davis of Atlanta who
went with the Second Georgia volunteers
in the capacity of surgeon has been promo
ted to the position of medical director Of
the Seventh army corps.
A report is current in army official cir
cles that Mrs. Joseph Letter of Chicago has
purchased the Chickamauga Park Hotel
at Crawfish Springs, and donated it to the
government for hospital purposes.
The establishment of Smith & Hender-
son, books and stationery, at Athens, has
been placed in the hands of a receiver
The assets and Liabilities are about the
same amount-$6,500 w. F. Dorsey was
made receiver.
In a difficulty at Piney Grove Church.
Jones county Sunday, where a large as
semblage of colored people had gathered
for preaching, jeremiah Goolsby killed
Caulder Giles by shooting him three times
with a pistol.
DR.. F. S. Bourns. formerly of Atlanta,
expects to leave Washington for the Phil
ippine Islands in about a week He goes
as a member of Gen. Merritts staff. in the
capacity of chief surgeon and adviser to
the Governor General
DR.. A. P. D. Cleary, son Of Col. P. J. A.
Cleary, chief surgeon of the department of
the Gulf, has been made attending surgeon
to the department of the Gulf headquart-
ers, and also assigned to duty as examiner
Of recruits at the Atlanta recruiting sta
ton.
Lieut.. e. E. Miller of the Columbus
Guards has been placed temporarily in
charge of the Browne Fencibles. the Off
GERS of which company, with many of the
privates, have enlisted in the regular
army He will recruit the company to
GlSHLy-lOuE HELL
Hon. F. D. Peabody of Columbus has
been appointed special master to which the
matter of fees in the Eagle and Phenix
case will be referred He is to pass upon
the fees for the receivers, special master
and attorneys and make such recommen-
datiOns as he sees proper.
The general hospital for the United States
army is now in active operation at Fort
Mcpherson. This immense department of
the army has been given nearly half of the
barracks buildings, and in a few weeks
every available building at the post will
be utilized by the hospital for shelter for
the sick and wounded. over thirty sick
soldiers have been taken there from Tam
pa and Chickamauga and placed at the
hospital. They were the first TO come and
the surgeons and physicians at the hos
pital are busy attending to the i'll. Hun
dreds of patients are expected within the
next few weeks.
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FIRE AT sTILLMORE.
House Used as IA Hotel Burned, But
It's Contents Saved.

Stillmore, Ga, June 1.-The eight-room
wooden building near the Stillmore Air
Line depot, occupied by Mrs. L. V. Brown
as hotel was burned yesterday afternoon
about $3.50 o'clock. The fire alarm was
sounded by the Stillmore Novelty Works
and a crowd was soon on the ground.
Every thing In the house of any value
was saved.
The grocery and drug store of w. B.
Hargrove and DIR. S. E. Brinson had a
narrow escape, as did the furniture store
of L. T. Lanier, and livery stables of e.
A. Edenfeld, The fire was of accidental
origin.
Mrs. Brown. the proprietress, is a Wild
ow woman of very limited means Lut
lost but little beyond what is being re-
stored to her.
The building burned was owned by e.
A Edenfield, which he had been renting
for boarding house purposes for several
years. Mr. Edenfields loss is about $500,
with no insurance.
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ANOTHER DROP IN SPIRITS.
REGULARS SOLD At 20 CENTS WITH
THE DEMAND STRONG.

Some Factors Refusing to Sell at the
: DecIine-ROsin in Good Demand az
Unchanged Prices-Cotton steady
and Observation-Disclosures in Price
OF Bacon and Lard.
Savannah, June There was another
slump in the price of spirits urpentlne
to-day. The market closed at a decline
of &c on the day. There was a strong de
mand at 26c, the Closing price, but some
factors refused to accept the bids. The
rosin market was firm, with sales fairly
large, at unchanged quotations. The cot
ton market remained steady and I'M
changed, with very light transactions.
There was a decline in the price of lard
and bacon. The following resume of the
different markets win show the tone and
the quotations at the close to-day:
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MISCELLANEOUS MAaKrrs

The following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations:
Bacon-The market is steady Smoked
clear sides, &c; dry sailed clear rib sides.
74c; bellies. 7lac; sugar-cured hams, 9AD
1015c.
Lard-Market firm; pure, in tierces. w;
50-pound tins 7%c; compound, In tierces.
51Ac; 50-pound tins, 5ssc.
Butter-Market steady; fair demand; Co.
shen, Ice; gilt edge, 171zG1Sc: creamery.
191z@2lc; fancy Elgins, 2lQ22c
Cheese--Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 10lzc; 2O-pcund average lie.
Flour-Pure wheat, firm; patents, s6.75;
straight, s64O; fancy, 1925: family. s.. 80.
Mixed -four prices according to percent
age of corn product contained In same.
Corn-Market steady; white job lois.
SIC; carload lots, 55c; mixed corn, job lots.
Sc; carload lots. 54c.
oats-carload lots, 42c; job lots. 44c.
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CHAPTERS FROM COCHRAN.
Handsome Residence Going Up-Very
Little Interest in Politics.

Cochran, Ca, June 1.--John d. Faucet
is building a handsome two-story resi-
dence here.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. R. A.
Slaughter died last night.
Bicycle races will be held on the regu-
1ation track Of the Cochran Athletic As
ISOLATION for the benefit of the Pulaski
Volunteers. The track is the finest in
this section, and will draw a large crowd
of sports to Cochran this season.
This county Is conceded 90 Gambler.
The county election promises to be warm.
whisky election viii be held in this
county at an early day, and the people
of Cochran district will vote on the stock
law question this month.
A. J. Thompson has just completed a
large brick warehouse.
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-During a race between automohIles.

During a race between automobiles
which occurred in Paris a week or so ago
the cabriolet of the Marquis de Montagnac
a motor Weighing $50 kilos, collided side
ways with a lighter vehicle engineered nv
NJ Memorial Of Bordeaux. NJ MontoriaPs
car was sent over an embankment. but the
occupants jumped an time to escape seri-
Gus injury. The Marquis. whose car had
gone on unchanged, turned around anc
went back 10 give help. He lost control
of his vehicle, and 1t plunged over the
embankment after the other, the owner
receiving fatal injuries
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Rain at Odum.

Odum. Ca, June Monday night about
Q O'Clock the drought was broken with a
fine rain IL was sorely needed for the
field crops were suffering severely Car
den vegetables are a total failure, as the
recent dry weather has parched them.
The cotton crop Is not injured to any
great extent as It is so young.
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PAGES 9 10 10.

90 bid 81 asked; J. R. King ManufactuI-
lng Company 100 bid, 10l asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company. 70 bid, 76 asked;
savannah Brewing Company, 81 bid, %
asked.
New York, June Money on call was
easier at 1AG2 per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper. 31sQ5 per cent. Sterling ex-
change, weak, with actual business in
bankers bills at As5%Q 4.S5 for demand.
and at A.s3ad4s4 for sixty days. posted
rates, %S4iaQ4.S5 and $LS7 Commercial
bilis. %.S3d4 1914. Silver certificates, $40
59i4c Bar silver, 5s1ac. Mexican dollars,
459ac Government bonds were strong;
state bonds We're dull railroad bonds were
strong.
New York. June 1.-wan street to-day
interpreted Commodore Schley's engage
ment at Santiago as a success for the
United States forces. Even the rather
meager details of the affair and the coiin-
ter-claims coming through Spanish
sources did not greatly disturb this con-
vlction
Prices bounded upward at the opening
ana a furious activity developed the buy
ing demand permeating pretty much the
whole list. But ii must be remembered
tnat there has been quite a large volume
or buying recently in anticipation of a
naval victory. There was enormous profit
taking during the day which was most
marked in Rock Island and Peoples Gas,
put was also heavy In many other leading
stocks.
there was very pronounced undertone
OF strength all through the list. and IL
was sufficient 10 sustain fairly well the
>proht-taking In the stocks which have re-
Gently in their turn sustained the list.
London was a buyer IN the New York
market and there was a large commission
house demand. Rates FER money continued
to show a declining tendency and foreign
exchange weakened In sympathy with the
ease OF money in London
The strong factors in the situation had
freer play in bonds than in stocks. ana
were not hampered by speculative really
ing. The demand was very active. and
included all classes OF securities the
cheapness of money encouraging the plac-
ing of funds ia well secured mortgages.
Ihere were very large individual transact
tons in many issues, and prices advaced
throughout the extensive active list Total
sales, S,225,000 United States Is and the
old As registered advanced p, and the old
Is coupon. the new As and the 5s, 4 Ia the
bid price,
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EiIIedby Lightning.

Willacoochee, Ga, June 1.-Charles
Curry. Jr. who lives a Mud Creek in
Clinch county, about twelve miles south
Of this place. was struck and instantly
killed by lightning yesterday evening
about o'clock. Mr.. Curry was in his
barn at the time. and the lightning set the
barn on fire and killed mule which was
In a stall nearby, also.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpeniine-Another drop in the
market to-day brought the price down to
zbc a gallon. There was strong demand
from all of the buyers at the decline. but
some of the factors refused 10 sell at the
price.
At the Board of Trade the market.
at 'he first call, was bulletined firm at
25lac, with sales of 996 casks. At the last
call the market closed firm at 26c, with
sales of 2C0 casks
RosIn-There was a good demand for
rosin to-day The quotations were un
changed. AT the Board of Trade at the
first call, the market was bulletned firm
and unchanged. with sales of 3,406 barrels.
Al the last can il was unchanged. ewith
no sales reported. The following were
tho runtatiope.
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Stock on hand this day .......17.sG4 15l 500
Stock same day last year .....19,0S5 149 69S
Receipts same day last year. =. 1,G6S 1865
Charleston, $. c., June L-Turpentne
market quiet, 26c sales, none. Resin
firm; sales none; A. b. c, 95c; d, 800;
ID, $lO0; +, I.1C; G, S1.2O; II, $1.35; /, ST 40:
X, $l.40; NJ, $l45; N, $l55; w G, $l.6O; w
w, $l.7O.
Wilmington, June 1-Spirits turpentine,
steady at 2ag25Ac; receipts "a. Rosin
firm az Csc and Sl00; receipts 297. Crude
turpentlne, quiet al 800, s16O ana $l.7O;
receipts, Sc barrels Tar firm at $1.10; re-
ceiDts, 81 barrels
New York, June 1.-Rosin steady, 81. 42lk
Turpentine easy, 2S%c.
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do pref. ....... 4Sl2
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products away from their usual mar
ket, the prices have gone steadily down
until they are as low as they were In
1896 at this time.
The Kansas City Gazette (Rep.) thinks
the best thing TO do is to make the
Philippines independent. They must not
go back to Spain, 1t says, and to hold
them would be entirely too expensive.
Maine Democrats reaffirmed the Chi
cago platform, oppose prohibitory
amendment, favor a reduction OF rail-
road rates and pledge support to the
government in the prosecution Of the
war
The Senate broke up an old custom of
never rendering a Congressional vote of
thanks to men below the grade of COM
missioned officers by including his as
cociates names in the vote Of thanks to
Hobson.
Alderman Durham, of Minneapolis, did
not tell the same story on the witness
stand that he told to the grand jury and
he will have three years in the peniten-
tiary as penalty for his inability to
get together. .
European papers say that the scheme
in sending Camaras feet to the Philip
pines was to have him hurriedly visit
most Of the islands except Luzon, in
which Manila is situated and proclaim
Spanish sovereignty over them.
Joe Letter is a colonel on Governor
Tanners staff and they are quite friend
ly. Springfield gossips say that during
Letters boom days the Governor invest
ed heavily and shared the same fate that
the young manipulation suffered
The middle-of-the road organization
committee, finding that 1t was unable to
control the national Populist committee,
has called a national convention to name
national ticket, to be held at Cincin-
natl, September 4, 1898. AS the election
don't occur until two years and two
months after that date 1t is sure to be
In the field in time to get on the official
ballot
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Republican Official In Jail.

Fletcher Helms, deputy sheriff OF
Shawnee county, is now In jail charged
with malfeasanCe in Office and obtaining
money under false pretenses. Helms
was caught in the act of extorting
money from Vera Knowel, proprietress
Of a disorderly house. He made out a
bogus warrant for her arrest, and told
her that for $50 he could settle the case
out of court. She gave him 500 and took
his receipt Sheriff Cook and a. couple
of policemen who had been given the
tip about what Helms was up to were In
an adjoining room and heard the con-
versation The sheriff also got the re-
ceipt from the woman. Helms worked
the same game on other women and In
this way he was trapped He admitted
the whole thing and said that an official
in the District Clerks Office was in
with him on the deal, but refused to
give his name. When taken In custody
he had the money given him by the
Knowel woman, and two more bogus
warrants in his possession for other
women.
Helms Is the man who published let
ter in the Topeka Capital In the 1897
campaign in which Sheriff Bob Kepley
was alleged to be preparing to furnish
him with beer enough to carry Ross
willie township The letter occupied the
same column in the Capital that was
given to the story Of his arrest. He was
appointed by Cook as reward for his
expose Of Kepley, which most people
now believe was manufactured
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-06
Two Kinds Of Conventions.
ConcordIa Kausau (Popl

Conoorda Kansan (Pop0
The editor of the Kansan was at the
Populist State convention last week.
We took part in its deliberations as q
delegate from Cloud county. We are
exceedingly anxious for the success Of
the party at the polls this fall We did
not want to see the convention do any
thing rash, and our fear that they might
kept us on nettles great share OF the
time. It seemed to us that there were
about 800 live wires loose there all the
time. It was our first experience at
Popullst State convention. We have
been in the habit OF going to the Repub-
lican convention, as a delegate. for 10!
these many years. Along In the early
sos we used to follow the guidance Of
Ben Simpson, the statesman from MI
ami county. Later Bill Higgins took
hold of the rudder Of the ship Of state,
so far as the Republican party is con-
cerned-there was no danger Of doing
anything rash, as Bill fixed up the slate
Of candidates and outlined the policy
Of the platform and all we had to do
was to acQuiesce. Then came the Le-
land and Jim Simpson dynasty and they
are still on deck and run the machine to
suit their own sweet will and purposes.
The delegates are as meek as reconcen-
tradoes in a Republican convention In
the Populist convention they are as
free, wild and woolly as Teddy Roose-
velt's rough riders. If any boss should
stick his nose into the kettle Of fish no
would "get shot full of holes" In two
seconds 1t Is possible that the conven-
tion did things 1t should not do but
what was done was the act Of the ma
jority of all the delegates present and
not the dictation Of bosses, rings or fac
tions Their acts are purely the re1ec-
tlon of the sentiment Of the people
who sent the delegates to the conven-
tion We do not desire to be understood
as saying the State officers are afraid
Of the delegates nor subservlent to their
will in the sense OF debating politicians,
but we do want to say we never saw
the candidates OF party manifest equal
respect to the representatives Of tho
people in convention assembled. WO
never saw candidates 80 determined to
carry out the expressed will Of their
party.
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The STATE GOVERNMENT.

Assistant Attorney General Smelling
holds that Kansas teacher is not en-
titled to more than two third grade GER
tificates and that they must be issued
in succession.
DR.. Kirk, of Burr Oak, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Osawa-
tonne insane asylum He succeeds DR..
r. w. Hinton. DR.. Kirk is one of the
best physicians in the State and his ad-
ministration Of asylum affairs will be
very satisfactory.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has
closed the Thomas Kirby bank at Abb
lene because Of failure to comply with
the banking law directing that the
amount Of loans be cut down. The de-
posits amount to $21S,000, the cash on
hand is $500 and about $1,000 of coun-
ty money is in its hands.
If the Board of Railroad Assessors
wins its fight in the Supreme court and
secures the assessment Of railroad roll
ing stock on mileage basis instead of
on wheelage basis it will result in a
material increase in valuations in this
respect and at the same time the roads
will be equitably assessed.
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AGUINALDO'S ORDER.
The United States Characterized as the
Friend of Freedom and the
Oppressed.

Vancouver, B. c., June 3O.-Corres-
pondenCe from Manila, which arrived on
board the steamer Empress Of China, in.
cludes the following text of the procla-
nation issued by Aguinaldo:
Filipinos: The great North American
nation, the repository of true liberty and
therefore the friend of freedom for our
nation, oppressed and subjugated by the
tyranny and despotism Of its rulers, has
come to afford its inhabitants protec-
tion as decisive as it is undoubtedly dis
interested, regarding our unfortunate
country as possessing sufficient civili-
zation and aptitude for Self-govern-
ment; and in order to justify this high
conception formed of us by the great
American nation, we ought to repro"
bate all such acts as may derogate from
that conception, such as pillage, robbery
and every class Of outrage against per-
sons and property.
In order to avoid conflicts during our
period of campaign, order as follows:
Article That lives and property of
all foreigners shall be respected, includ-
ing in this denomination Chinese and
all Spanish tradesmen who have not
directly or indirectly contributed to the
bearing of arms against us.
Article Equally shall be respected
those of the enemy who shall lay down
their arms
Article 3-Medical establishments and
ambulances shall be respected and per-
sons attached thereto, unless they dis
play hostility.
Article 4-Persons disobeying these
preceding articles shall be summarily
tried and executed IL their disobedience
leads TO assassination, incendiarism,
robbery or rape.
(Signed) EMILIO AGUINALDO.
Given at Cavite, oath day Of May, 1893