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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-18
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-18
LOST AND FOUND.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-18
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Matters of Interest I'm Savannah and
Elsewhere.
Mr.. L. Harrison. adjusting claim agent
OF the Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad, was in town yesterday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-18

1T, temperature; ", velocity OF wind.
H. 3. Boyer.
- Observer Weather Bureau.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16
the army to distribute food among
the suffering Cubans and arm the
Cuban people was passed
THE LIFE OF A GREAT GUN.

"The life of great gun is one of
the most unsatisfactory things about
it, remarked an ordnance officer in
discussing the war question with a
Star reporter, 'and though a number
of experiments have been made i'm
connection Herewith, there is no abb
solute certainty as to results A gem
eral rule has been arrived at which
is thought to be on the safe side OF
the matter, and that is that the mod
ern steel gun should not be fired more
than 100 times. After that, it matters
not what the emergency may be, it is
safer to dismantle the gun and send
it back to the shop than to risk fir
ing it, for the explosion of a gun is a
decidedly and extensively dangerous
occurrence to all in it's immediate To-
cality. The firing of a gun causes the
steel to crystalize, and thereby be-
come brittle as file. So far as has
yet been discovered, there is no reme-
dy for it. 1t is not exactly a total
loss after gun has become dead, for
the steel can be used for thousands of
things in the way of bolts, braces and
the like for new work and for repairs.
AS is generally known, modern gun
is an expensive affair, running from
$4,000 way up. It is equally expensive
to keep it in operation, the cost for
each cartridge sent from it being over
$1,000, which does not include the put
ting of the gun on it's emplacement
or taking it down, nor the thousands
of dollars necessarily expended in pay
ing salaries and subsistence Of the Of
ficers and men who operate it. This
Capitalization of the metal is one of
the mysteries of the science of ord
nance. The gun could be revivified f6
some extent by heating it to a white
heat and allowing it to cool off slow
ly, but the treatment is not exactly
satisfactory or even approximately
certain as to results. It has been said
of us as of other nations that if we
kept every gun we own in actual fir7
ing operation for even "a hours, the
powder and shell bill would bankrupt
us, and there is some truth in it. This
crystalization Of the metal is not con-
fined to guns, however. The same
thing occurs in the journals or axles
used on the railroad cars It is for
that reason that careful railroads put
on new aXles every five or six years.
In Europe there are laws upon the
subject, though it is custom with us.
In Germany it is unlawful to use an
axle on passenger cars more than four
years, though the limitation on freight
cars is not so rigid. AS with the Oft
fired gun, the steel in the journal be-
comes SO brittle by the crystalization
in consequence of it's use that it is
liable to snap into a dozen pieces any
time after it's life is ended Washing
ton Evening Star
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16
FOREIGN.

Prince Henry of Prussia arrived at
Kiao Chau.
The bubonic plague is making in
roads in Hong Kong.
A California bootblack lays claim
to 100000 acres in the state of Sonora,
Mexico.
In the French parliamentary cleo
tions the moderate republicans gained
eight seats.
A bulletin issued at Hawarden says
that Mr.. Gladstone's condition is I'M
! changed.
Special privileges for American ex-
hibitors have been procured from the
Paris exposition authorities.
A battle occurred between troops
and rioters in Milan, Italy, 300 being
reported killed and 1000 injured.
The German cruiser Olga was sight
+, ed near Aberdeen, Scotland, flying a
plague flag.
Count Castellane, who married
Anna Gould, was a successful candi-
date in the parliamentary elections at
Paris.
Three American women missionaries
and the husband of one of them were
massacred in the uprisings of natives
Of Sierra Leone.
Tt is expected at Dawson City, Yu-
kon territory, that navigation of the
Yukon river will be begun about
June 1.
On account of the bread riots in
Italy the cabinet has decided to sus-
pend the import duties on cereals for
two months.
It is reported from New Guinea that
escaped prisoners attacked friendly
village and killed and ate eighteen
men.
From Lima, Peru, comes informa-
ton that Chill insists that Argentina
come to a decision concerning the
boundary dispute of the two countries.
Prince Koung, the Chinese states
man, who was reported dead, was
merely unconscious. It was a mistake
of Chinese doctors.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16

blockade. He says that if he could
have got by our warships his cargo of
fish would have brought it's weight in
gold. Citizens are burying food in
yards and cellars to save it from
seizure by the Spanish soldiers.
With Miss Helen Gould's money
George M. Barbour, of New York, IS
raising four companies of cavalry,
240 men in all, who will fight under
the Cuban flag. Miss Gould will fur
nish uniforms, horses, equipments
and transportation to Cuba, the Gov
eminent then giving the men arms
and ammunition Miss Gould will
pay each of her cavalrymen $50
month.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16
DOMESTIC.

Richard Croker registered at a no.
tel in Cork as "Mr. Clarke.
Letter is said to have made S3,o5O,-
900 in his wheat deal.
A 100000 mining deal was MADE
at Rosland, B. C.
Nav wheat sold for $40 bushel
in Chicago and SLIGO in New York.
The Pennsylvania university decld-
ed to adopt co-education.
Trade reports show that COMMODORE
Dewey's victory was beneficial
The Count of Turin, cousin OF the
king of Italy, is in New York.
Major Henry T. Stanton, the widely
known Kentucky poet, died at FRANK
fort.
Kansas republicans OF the seventh
district renominated Chester |. Long
for congress.
Edna Wallace Hopper was granted
divorce from her husband, lie WON
Hopper, in San Francisco.
Fire in a densely populated district
of Duluth did damage to the amount
of about 100000, directly affecting
more than 1900 persons.
Fifty frame buildings at Minnesota
Point, occupied by poor families, were
burned to the ground. Nearly 2,OOO
persons were made homeless.
The charge of grand larceny pre-
ferred by Lolita A. Crabtree, the &C
tress, against her New York brokers
was dismissed.
The victory Of Commodore Dewey
and the American feet over the
Spanish at Manila was enthusiastlcal-
ly celebrated in New York.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland is
on the way to Sandusky, Ohio, where
he goes on fishing trip. He is the
guest of the Pelee Island Fishing Club.
The nomination of Samuel r.
Gummers of New Jersey to be consul
general at Tangier, Morocco !, was
confirmed by the senate.
Addison Hill, assistant to the presi-
dent of the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad, died at his home in
Cleveland, Ohio. He was 81 years old.
The twenty fifth anniversary OF
Archbishop Corrigan's elevation to
the episcopate was marked by elabo-
ate religious ceremonies, mingled with
patriotic demonstrators.
Miss Mildred Brewster was acquitted
at Montpelier, VT, of the charge OF
murder in killing Miss Annie l..
Wheeler, her rival. Her defense was
insanity.
Large cities will hereafter be limited
to four free deliveries Of mail each
day. The senate considered the post
office appropriation bill yesterday and
the above was one result.
The fine British cruiser Blake LETT
Gibraltar bound straight for Rio, and
it is supposed there that she goes to
observe any engagement that might
threaten between the Oregon and the
Spanish fleet.
Charles Simons of the University Of
Michigan won first honor, prize OF
500, in the annual contest Of the
northern oratorical league at Evans
ton. His subject was John Brown.
The second prize Of $50 was awarded
to George t. Nesmith of Northwest
ern University.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16

From New Guinea is reported the
story of a cannibalistic attack upon a
friendly village at Manamana and the
eating of eighteen men.
Lord Salisbury, in a speech at the
annual gathering of the Primrose
league, said that he hoped that the
war of Spain and the United States
would soon end.
Baron Won Thielmann stated in the
German reichstag that the government
did not fear any stoppage in Ameri-
cas- wheat exports by reason of any
Spanish blockade of American ports.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16

Washington, May "A fitting trib-
ute was paid by the senate to Commo-
dore Dewey for the magnificent victo-
ry that he achieved in the battle of
Manila bay. A message from the
president was received recommending
that a vote of thanks be extended to
Dewey and his gallant officers and
men. Without word of debate and
without dissenting voice, the senate
agreed to resolution carrying into
effect the recommendation of the presi-
dent. The senate went farther even
than that. A bill was presented in
creasing the number of rear admirals
in the navy from six to seven in or
der that the president might nomi-
nate Commodore Dewey to the highest
position in the navy within his gift,
and that too passed without dissent.
In addition, a joint resolution was
unanimously agreed to directing the
secretary of the navy to present
Dewey with sword and a medal of
honor and have struck, in commemo-
ration of the battle of Manila, a
bronze medal for each of the officers
and men who had participated in the
gallant fight. The resolution then
arpropriates $4,000 to enable the Sec
rotary to carry it's provisions into
effect
Washington, May 9.-The house de-
voted itself to war measures. The
recommendation of the president that
vote of thanks be rendered Dewey
and assistant officers and men was
followed quickly with unanimous
vote passing bill creating an addi-
tional rear admiralship for the hero
of Manila. The bill providing for the
organization of volunteer engineer
brigade and the enlistment of 10000
volunteer troops immune to tropical
diseases was passed after two hours
debate. The senate bill authorizing
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, May 5.-The house dis
posed of two important measures. The
Alaskan bill extending homestead
laws to, and providing for certain
railroad rights-of-way in the district
of Alaska, as amended by the senate
and agreed upon in conference, was
passed. The labor arbitration mea-
sure, providing for arbitration Of la
Dor disputes between employees and
certain common carriers, a bill which
had received a very wide Endorsement
by the labor organizations through
out the country received the approval
of the house. 1t provides that in
case of serious controversy concern
ing wages, hours of labor or condition
of employment shall arise between a
carrier and it's employees, the chair
man of the interstate commerce COM
mission and the commissioner of
labor shall upon the request of either
party endeavor to amicably settle
the dispute by mediation and in case
the endeavor shall fail, the contrO-
versy may be submitted to arbitra
ClOu " q UOo1u Va ILL POI 0O40 Ne@NAA
party to the controversy to name
one arbitrator and the two thus
named shall name third.
Washington, May 5.-The senate
had under consideration the postal
appropriation bill, carrying $99,224,-
800. the heaviest of all the appropria-
ton bills. The most important &C
ton taken upon the measure was
the adoption OF an amendment offered
by MIR. Til1man s. CO. reducing the
number of deliveries Of mail in all
cities to a number not exceeding
four each day. The amendment was
sharply antagonized as blow to the
business interests in large cities, but
the feeling of the senate was such
that, despite the vigorous opposition,
it prevailed by a decisive majority
A lively debate was precipitated by
an amendment of the committee strik-
ing out the appropriation of $500, 900
or rural delivery. The proposition
was discussed for nearly two hours.
Messrs Chandler IN. H. and Butler
IN. c. leading the fight in favor Of
rural delivery. BY the close vote Of
25 to- %, however, the committee was
sustained and the bill now carries no
appropriation for such delivery. An
important amendment to the bill was
one which will prevent star route
contractors from sub-letting their
contracts. In order to get their money
they must be able to swear
that they performed the service them
selves. MIR. Pettigrew Is. d. offered
an amendment directing the post
master general to readjust the COM
pensation to be paid for the transp0r-
tation of mails on railroad routes by
reducing the compensation to all
abroad companies 20 per cent year
rom the rates for such transportation
on basis Of the average weight
heretofore fixed and allowed by law.
Pending action upon this amend
ment the bill was laid aside for the
day.
Mr.. Hansbrough presented the re-
port of the conferees upon the Alaska
homestead bill and it was agreed to-.
The bill now goes to the president.
Mr.. Cockrell reported from the mil
itary affairs committee a bill to pro-
vide assistance to the inhabitants
of Cuba and arms, ammunitfons and
military stores to the insurgent forces
and for other purposes. The bill was
passed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16
A DAY DREAM.

'sWhat makes you so quiet?" asked
the head bookkeeper.
81 was just trying to make up my
mind" said the clerk who gets the
least salary and makes the most
noise, whether I would better go to
Klondike and get enough money to
speculate in wheat or go into wheat
and get enough money to go to
Klondike. indianapolis Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16

A headline in a Philadelphia paper
reads: Snake Tortured for Years. In
vestigation discloses that the snake
was in woman's stomach and it was
the woman who was tortured. Just
a little hyphen lacking, but it might
have called out the Humane socieAg.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16
UNCONCERiN.

Mrs. Henpeck-Young Mrs. Bagley.
who was married on last Thursday.
tells me her husband left almost
Immediately for the west on a BUSH
ness trip.
Henpeck (viciously)- he writes
me that he finds married life very
happy Observation-Disclosures North
American.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-05-16
Bad Eruptions
Sores Broke Out and Discharged,
but Hoods Cured.

but Hoods Cured.
"My son had eruptions and sores on HE
face which continued to grow worse in
spite of medicines. The sores discharged
a great deal. A friend whose child had
been cured of similar trouble by Hoods
Sarsaparilla advised me to try it. I began
giving the boy this medicine and he was
soon getting better. He kept on taking
it until he was entirely cured and he has
never been bothered with eruptions SINCE"
MRS. EVA DOLBEARE, Horton, Ill.
SI ps;ii,a
Is Americas Greatest Medicine. 81; six tor s..
Prepared only by c. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
The Feeling in the Sixth.

The excursion Of Mr.. Lind into the
Sixth district shows the temper of the
people of that district in matters Do
Htical and goes far to prove the re-
peated statement that the opposition
that will be encountered in that nor
ton of the state by the candidate for
governor on the union ticket and the
candidate for congress on the same tick
ct Is not going to be Of q nature to
cause alarm among Democrats.
The campaign Of Page Morris has
been marked by the deadly apathy
that Is the forerunner of defeat. In
spite Of carefully prepared and Iabored
oratory and the booming that was CIV
en- him by the larger and more rep
resemtative Of his party organs, Norris
has been unable to stir UP any sort
Of enthusiasm-and that in spite of
the fact that 1t is we'll known that the
Sixth district has been carefully prinn-
ed for him.
Morris has a record of two years IN
congress in which he accomplished alb
solutely nothing for a district that is
in a stage Of growth which requires
constant consideration and assistance
III TIE ueNelOpnenC or us natural ad-
Vantages. The future-at least the I'M
mediate future-of the commerce Of a
port that Is among the greatest on this
continent is to a great extent in the
hands Of the man who represents the
Sixth district in congress. In all the
time that Page Morris was in congress
he did not succeed in procuring recos-
milton sufficient to even make = the
wants Of Duluth and the Sixth district
known in the national legislature.
When G. A. Fowne had a seat In con-
gress he not only got a hearing when
the rights or wants Of his constituents
were involved, but he also got every
thing he went after in the way of legiS-
lation or appropriation. The district has
been made the chief stamping ground
Of the despoilers Of the people through
the Observation-Disclosures Of state laws.
and this, coupled with a practical lack
Of representation in congress while
Morris holds the seat, makes the vot-
ers Of the district insensible to the
temptings Of the Republicans. The
demonstration made for Lind will be
equaled by the feeling shown for Mr.
Towne, and there Is not a shadow or
doubt Of the result in the Sixth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
Here, There, Everywhere.

1t is no guess to say that millions of dol
lars were lost to the government as conse-
quence of its unreadiness in the matter OF
merchant ships to meet the necessities of
the war. The few millions so layishly poured
out to secure Indifferent ships and alien
crews could have been far better applied in
encouraging Americans to build ships for the
foreign trade, by so equalizing conditions as
to overcome the disadvantages which the
American standard compels American ships
to labor in in competition with foreign ships
having lower standards in both ships and
men.
People see these things and they comment
upon them. When it comes to public inter-
views nowadays public all remember
the necessity for American merchant
marine, and they say that it is one of the
things that congress must provide for at
once More than that, keen-eyed editors,
always on the watch for popular wants, have
taken hold of the shipping subject; they dis
cuss 1t in their columns, they say what has
been lost through not having ships of our
own, they see that this country possesses In
abundance everything that goes into the
construction of ships, that in skill in con-
struction our superiors do not exist, that in
eXcels our own, and all that we need to do
is to stretch forth our hand and pluck the
ripe fruit Of two billions Of dollars worth
of foreign carrying for American ships and
1t Is ours.-Seaboard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13

what great idea had had on election day.
But times are not what they were," and he
shook his head a man who mourns for a
good thing that is no more.
man trudged disconsolately through the
rain along Fourth street last night. He
was soaked through and the keen wind was
cutting to his very marrow. He met an az
quaintance who was waiting for a car.
'Beastly night" remarked the first, in an
attempt to dissipate some portion of his
gloom by conversation.
We'll, don't KNOW said the other; at
guess the country needs the rain," and the
other passed on, turned into the first sa-
loon he came to and offered to bet the bar
tender that there was a man on the cor
ner above who would make Mark Tapley look
like two Canadian ten-cent pieces when 1t
came to comparisons on cheerfuness.
Il was up at the Republican meeting"
said one newspaper man to another after
the Mozart hall frost last night, "and some
how l am not going to take any money out
OF my cigarette fund to bet that the Republi-
cans Will carry the county"
mo, l wouldn't" said the other; "they
have as much chance now as-well. as a
Leech lake Indian has Of raising Willie Brill 5
hair"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
FALLING OFF IN TONNAGE,
Worlds ShiDbuilding Returns for
1897 Not FIattering to Us.

From the Engineering Magazine
An examination Of the worlds shipbuilding
returns for 1897, compiled by Lloyds Register
Of British and Foreign Shipping is pleas
anter reading history than it would nave
been as prophecy at the commencement Of
the year. so far as the United States are
concerned. The figures show a tremendous
falling off in the tonnage buff here, a con-
dition which Is not shared to anything like
the extent by any other country. This coun-
try has fallen from second place on the list
which 1t had held for two years to third
place, Germany moving up one step next to
the premier position, occupied, as a mat
ter Of course. by the United Kingdom, Re-
turns for the last mentioned also show a
decrease and this is true, too, of the Neither
lands the other maritime nations on the con-
trary showing increases throughout. Taking
account of all vessels over 100 tons and reck-
onlng the gross register Of steamships and
net register of sailing vessels the output of
the United States for 1897 was 70, 5S1 tons. or
102, 280 tons less than 1885, and "a 1853 tons less
than 1885. Germany turned out 153, 688 tons
in 1897 an increase of Is 210 tons over the
figures for 1896. This increase, It will be
observed, was a greater tonnage than the en-
tire output Of this country during the twelve
months. Returns for the United Kingdom
show a total of 907 I'll tons, as compared with
Iho ASuISS AOI 1850, winch rooted up LIZ BUS.
This falling off be largely accounted
for by the prolonged engineers strike which
greatly retarded the completion Of vessels
IN British yards and probably transferred
many orders to Continental builders In
France there was a large increase in new
tonnage. the totals raising from ,546 tons
In 1895 to 50,940 tons in 1897. The total for
all countries for 1897 was 1.2S65O3 tons, a
falling off from the previous year, In which
1,478,375 tons were constructed, but a slight
increase over the total for 1895, during which
the new tonnage amounted to 1 ,211 615 tons
The number Of vessels for all countries built
during 1897 was 891, and during 1896, ST. OF
the former 725 were steam vessels and 1876
sailing vessels There was a falling off
In the number and tonnage of sailing vessels,
which, indeed, has been steadily going on
for several years. In the United States
the total number Of steam vessels built in
1897 was SO, of 1895 tons, considerably less
than half the number during the preceding
year, and the number Of sailing vessels was
20, Of S5.606 tons. as against 46 Of 4,6OS tons
in 1895. OF this sail tonnage, nine were
steel ships Of a total of 23,O79 tons, and
twenty were wooden vessels of a total OF
1887 tons. The total tonnage owned by the
United States was 2,44S,667 tons.