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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31
T0-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity untrl
midnight July 81 1898: Showers and
thunderstorms; no decided change in tenn
perature.
Weather From Washington:
For Georgia, South Carolina, Eastern
and Western Florida: Showers and thun-
derstorms; southerly winds.
General conditions: Clear skies are no
ted at Hatteras and New Orleans and In
Northern Texas. In all other parts OF
the South 1t Is partly cloudy to cloudy.
with rain falling at Raleigh and Jackson
VILE
It is cooler In Virginia, Western North
Carolina ana Northeastern Florida: slight
ly warmer in South Carolina and North
eastern Georgia
Fresh southwesterly winds prevail over
the coast between Norfolk and Savannah.
ana fresh southeasterly 10 northeastern
winds over the Florida coast.
Yesterdays Wea Their at Savannah.
maximum temperature D. m Is daoraas
mihihum temperature, a. M. 70 degrees
neah temperature ................ 70 degrees
NORMAN temperature ........... 50 degrees
oehciency of temperature. L.. degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
july 1 ........................ 10 dee-reaa
accumulated excess since
po IAN; degrees
Ayt ''''''''''''.'....s....... .22 inch
.Noi1ai ..-........................., % inch
1858 SINCE july l................294 inches
deficiency since Jan. 1............9 % inches
river Report-The hight of the savan-
nan river at Augusta at a. m. 10Th me
tidian time, yesterday, was lib feet. a rise
OF "a foot during the preceding twenty
Cotton region bulletin, Savannah "a
Tor the twenty-four hours ending a.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31

Mrs. r. G. Fleming arrived from Phil
adelpha yesterday and viii spend some
time here.
Dr. J. ID. Martin was In a critical cond-
ton last night and very little hope was
entertained for his recovery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31
LOCAL Personal.

TT, temperature; 'V velocity of wind
H. p. Boyer, Observer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31
Bismarck.

The Princess Bismarck in Her Last
Picture, Taken when She Was Go
ing"
The evening times., 1898-12-24
CHRISTMAS MAIL AT
THE CITY PoSToFFICE

These are busy days at the city post
Office. 1t is holiday week with that in
stitution as we'll as with the candy shop
toy shop. or any other shop.
Since last Monday the rush there has
been continual. The reason is that every
body is using the mails to send out their
Christmas presents. a visit to the mail
ing room of the Office reveals thousands
upon thousands of packages of various
sizes and shapes, from an inch square
and the fraction of an ounce, to two
foot doll with the limit of mailing weight
While there are no means of getting an
accurate idea of the actual number of
pieces of mail that has passed through
the office during the last five days. a
good guess would put it at something
like 1,5oo,000. This vast amount of stuff
has been handled with promptness that
is exceedingly pleasing 10 the officials.
Never before has there been so much
work of this kind performed by the force
While every day since last Moncay,
when Christmas shopping began, has
been fraught with great labor for the
postoffice employees, the really trying
hours of the holiday work have not yet
come. Sunday, it is calculated, will brir G
them. 1t is expected that the amount OF
matter that will go through the Office on
that day viii completely lay in the -ade
all previous records
The evening times., 1898-12-24
Official Places to Be Made Ex.
empt From Protection.
In ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
Mr.. McKinley's Order Will leopard
ize Many OfilcehoIders.
Over Two Thousand Ohices Added tn
the List Excepted From Civil
Service Regulations.

Soon after the holidays are ended the
ley making an inroad upon the civil SER
vice regulations will be issued.
1t has been delayed by the efforts of
various persons to have 1t modified. Men
like Representative Grosvenor of Ohio.
who are opposed to the present system
of appointments - have tried to have it
made wider in its scope. while civil SER
vice reformers have tried to have it eth
er suppressed altogether or made as mar
row In its application as possible.
The order that has been prepared for
Mr.. McKinley's signature includes 23s5
places. The great majority Of these are
now held by appointees of Mr.. Cleveland.
There are already In the various Gov
ernment departments $3.50 positions ex-
cepted from the protection afforded by
the civil service reform laws. SO that
with the additions TO come under the
Presidents order the whole number Of
exceptions will aggregate GIGS.
Places exempted in the Treasury De-
partment, War Department, Postoffice
Department, Department of Justice, In
terror Department under the new order
are thus given:
Treasury NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ship
ping commissioners; 10 acting assistant
surgeons. marine hospital service; "a
cashiers, customs service; 34I deputies,
customs service; IA private secretaries
and confidential clerks, customs service;
1 counsel, board of general appraisers,
New York; l paymaster. New York Gus
tom house, 80 Alaska customs and inter-
nal
tors OF internal revenue; 500 storekeepers
and gaugers and private secretaries.
War Department-Two civilian men,
bers war record office, 5s military park
commissioners and employees, l private
| secretary.
Postoftice Experimentation postofice
inspectors, 696 assistant postmasters %
private secretaries at postoffices of the
first class, l auditor, New York postoffice:
y superintendents of stations, acting as
auditors; 2S finance clerks and cashiers.
Department of Justice-Two hundred
and four deputy marshals and 81 private
secretaries to district attorneys
Interior Department-One assistant at.
torney, l superintendent Hot Springs re-
seryation, l special land inspector, In
spectors of coal mines, Sc special agents
| general land Office; 20 superintendent g.
warehouse. irrigation, and logging; spe-
| cial Indian agents; 8 special allotting
agents, Indian service; special commits
sioners, civil engineers and surveyors
examiners of land, Indian service; 81
financial clerks. Indian agencies: - Alas
| ka school service. 5 special pension exam.
iners 60 pension exanining surgeons: 3.
chief and financial clerks. pension agen-
cies; ! private secretary General Land
| Commissioner.
Department of Agriculture-Twenty five
| special agents and experts, private Sec
retary to Assistant Secretary of Agricul.
| ture.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
AN INDIAN MURDERER'S FATE
CAPITAL Punishment Among Primf-
tive Mexican Tribe.

(From the City of Mexico Two RepLblicso
Sneaking of primitive law among the
Mexican Indians brings to mind most
curious case that was tod me some years
ago in the state of OaXaca, by an old Ia
poteca chief, who had become a convert
to Christianity. He said that long while
ago an American botanist was travelling
through the mountains of Oaxaca study
ing the rare and beautiful flora of that
region He had with him mozo from
another part of the country.
He carried several gold pieces sewed in
the lining of his jacket. The mozo became
aware of that fact, and one day when the
botanist got down on his knees to drink
at a little spring the mozo cut off his
head with a machete. took the gold pieces
and fled to the higher Sierras.
Not long after the body was found by
some Zapoteca Indians who had seen the
botanist In former days studying the
flowers and plants near their village. They
knew that he was a harmless and good
man. because he loved flowers. All Mexi-
can Indians love flowers. So they took the
body to the chief and told him what they
had seen and found. The old chief was
very indignant. What he said. shall
the kind stranger with the white face
who loved flowers and sought not our
goods nor -insulted our women come to
avenged?"
He then dispatched four swift Indian
runners in different directions, with or
ders not to return without the murderer.
After a weeks time they returned. bear
ing the malefactor in their midst. a coun-
ell of old men was called. The case was
examined. The guilt of the mozo was
proved, as he still had with him the
strange pieces of gold.
Then the old chief gave the sentence.
1t was speedily performed. They led the
trembling murderer to the center of the
little plaza. There four green stakes were
driven in the ground The murderer was
stripped naked and stretched by the wrists
and feet in the air among the four stakes
to which he was dashed. Then the Indi-
ans made a great heap of unslaked lime
under the wretched mans body, and when
the heap touched his breast and sides they
poured water over it until the scalding
steam of the burning lime had cooked all
the flesh from the bones. Then they took
the bones and threw them into hole on
the mountain side.
And so was the stain of the murdered
mans blood covered and vengeance was
wrought by the Indians in behalf of "the
white stranger who was good and loved
flowers"
The evening times., 1898-12-24
CON VICTS INSANE
FOR MANT OF WORK
CRIMINALS LOSE THEIR REASON
Two Sent from the Kings County
Penitentiary to st. Elizabeth,s.
Prison Officials Uneasy.

New York, Dec. 24.-Warden Patrick
Hayes and his subordinates are in state
approaching panic because of the effect
of enforced idleness on the minds of the
prisoners confined in the Kings County
Penitentiary. Six of these prisoners have
been sent to asylums for the insane within
the last few days. Many more are mopins
in their cells and seem to be on the verge
of lunacy.
Two of the men just sent away were
Government prisoners. They were sent
to the Federal institution for the criminal
insane, in Washington. The other four
We're sent to the State Asylum for the In
sane, in Mattewan
The Federal prisoners were from the
West and had been several years in the
penitentiary. They were desperadoes. and
both were behind bars for robbing the
mails. One was Henry Turner, alias 'Dy-
Mantle jack Of Indian Territory. He
was serving out a fifteen-year term. Rob-
ert Sitter, the other Federal prisoner,
| was in prison on thirteen-years SEN
| tence.
The men were big fellows,
| splendidly developed physically.
| Before the operation of the
| present law governing convict labor
| they were cheerful and healthy. Since
| the stoppage of the work in which they
were engaged last autumn they had been
losing their spirits, and finally idleness
, caused the loss of reason. The four men
sent to Matteawan were short term pris-
| oners.
OF the 600 inmates of the penitentiary
| only a dozen are now employed. The
| others spend their time in their cells In
state of mind which causes great anx-
| iety to the keepers. The warden gives
them exercise in the prison yard as oft
| en- as is possible, but is at mis- wits end
to find employment for them. The six
cases Of insanity in one week, have ad-
ded immensely to his anxiety.
Before the operation of the present Law
| there were more than 1000 prisoners In
the penitentiary, and the cases of insani
| ty were very rare. 1t was seldom that
| more than one case appeared in q year
| Prison labor can only be applied now
to the manufacture of supplies for the
| departments of city governments
throughout the State. These departments
are now overstocked with supplies, and
the warden is receiving no orders.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
ELoPERS RETURN
10 BE FORGIVEN

Boston, Dec. 24.-Thomas P. Kelly
and his wife, who was formerly Anna
L. Mccarthy, eloped from Brighton
December 2. and took 1890 belonging to
the girls father with them. They return
ed to Brighton yesterday and were ar
rested. AT police headquarters Mccarthy
had an interview with his daughter
The girl said that she and Tom" had
been married by justice of the peace
and had been on d bridal tour. They
had travelled much, spent all the money
and had good time
They returned home because the
money had all been spent. The 81, ,30t
according to the bride has gone-gone
in railroad fares, new dresses, swell
hotel dinners and bonbons
The briGe and bridegroom will be for
given. All energy will be concentrated
ip an effort to save them from convic.
ton on the indictment against them.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
MOUNT BLANC IN DISPUTE.
Three French Communes Unable +,
Agree as to Ownership

Three French Cemmunes Unable tn
Agree ms to Ownership.
Qrom European Edition OF the New York Heraldl
Mont Blanc would seem likely to be
about the last thing in the world to he
come subject of litigation, but three
French communes are fighting over the
ownership Of the summit, and according
to the Petit Temps, have applied to the
state to settle their dispute
Since Alpine climbing has become q
fashionable amusement there is money to
be made out of the highest mountain In
Europe; hence these claims. But 1t was
not always So The only official docu-
ment, survey of the year 17So, took no
account of the barren parts of the noun
tain, but merely registered the woods and
pasturages. and the three communes In
which the base is situated, which are
Chamonix, Les Houehes and Saint-Ger-
vais. have therefore no title deeds to
show. s.
On the principle of ''beati possidentes"
Chamonlx has the best cfaim;~ for 1t has
several times tacitly asserted its owner
ship. In 1862 it, contracted for the build
ing of a hut at Pierre-Pointue, 2.os9 me-
ters above the sea level, and four wears
later 1t let hut which it had built on the
Rocher des Grands Mulets, which is sit
uated in the middle Of the Bosons glacier
thousand meters higher up. The leases
of these buildings have been renewed
several times since 1881. and in 1890 Cha
monk authorized NJ. Vallot to build an
observatory at the Bosses-du-D -Dromadaire.
at an altitude of 4525 metres:
This was too much for Les Houches. and
two months later the municipal council of
that commune put In a claim to the Bos-
ses-du-D -Dromadaire, on the ground of Les
Houches in a survey made in 1887. In the
meantime Chamonix had gone a step fur
ther, and had given M. Jansen, director
Of the Paris Observatory, ninety mine
years lease of the summit for the con-
struction of an observatory there
On July II last Les Houches asked that
the boundaries between it and Saint-Ger-
vais might be officially defined. Saint-Ger-
vais retorted by putting third claim to
the Bosses-du-D -Dromadaire and the admin
| istration OF M. vallot's observatory
Chamonix naturally refuses to yield. It
asserts that from the Dome-du-Gouter Its
boundaries extend to the Italian frontier.
and, therefore, include the summit of
Mount Blame.
'.The government" :" says the Petit
Temps, ''is much embarrassed and will
probably get out of the difficulty by main
tanning the status quo"
The evening times., 1898-12-24
CHRISTMAS TURKEYS
COME HIGH IN CUBA

Havana, Dec. H.-Americans In Cuba
are not preparing extensively for Christ
mas dinners unless they are very COM
fortably furnished with this worlds goods
Delacacies come too high. Turkeys cost
So apiece in town. SIS in the suburbs and
are scarce at that. A chicken brings ST
A dozen eggs sell at cents apiece. Bread
is cents a pound, siroin steak So cents
pound cabbage so cents head, and
lettuce 80 cents bunch. Beer is 40 cents
pint and ice $40 ton
Americans are doing without as many
necessaries as possible until after January
l, hoping that high prices viii come down
with the Spanish flag
The evening times., 1898-12-24
NATHAN II. SIMONS
DIES AT ST. ELiZABETH'S

The police were notified of the death
of Nathan II. Simons at St. Elizabeth 5
this morning.
Simons was found lying in a paralyzed
condition along the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad tracks in the northwestern part
of the city on October Is. He was re-
moved TO Providence Hospital, and from
there to St. Elizabeth's. His case from
the time of his finding has been hope
less one.
The remains will be sent to Mrs. Ma
ry Gordon, of Brown Street, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Gordon is the sister of the dead
man
The evening times., 1898-12-24
Carrie brook Granted a Divorce

Carrie Brook, was today granted a d.
vorce from her husband, Moses Brook.
by Justice Hagner. The testimony adj
duced in the case showed that the COM
plainant is sickly woman and that not
withstanding this, her husband treated
her in most inhuman manner, often
when she was physically helpless. as.
saultins her with his fists and beating
her with strap
The evening times., 1898-12-24
Hall of the Ancients.

On Christmas Day, upon one of the
drums of the great columns which are
to form the portal Of the Hall of the
Ancients. on New York Avenue, between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, will
be uncovered a painting of 100 feet
square, displaying in full color and de-
tail the facade of the halls when COM
pleted. The painting is by Messrs. Eur
cher and Pascal, the French artists en-
pioyed by the company, and is a pre-
else reproduction OF section of the
Hypostyle Hall. of the great Temple OF
Karnak, in Egypt.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
SHOT AND KILLED
HIS LITTLE SISTER

Wabash, Ind. Dec. 24.-The six-year-
old son of George Keister. of Whitley
County. yesterday accidentally shot and
killed his two-year-old sister during tn
absence of his mother. Upon the return
of the mother she found the boy with the
dead body of the little girl in his arms
at the door waiting for her.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
Marriage I.icensRs

Marriage licenses were issued today to
Robert f. Palmer and Jessie McC. Will
Jams, Richmond, Va; George T. Randall
and Jerusha B. Sesson; George B. Groves,
Columbus, Neb., and Annie NJ. McFienry
Nashville, Tenn; Charles A LeFevre
and Louisa Aloes, Baltimore, Md. James
Grant and Annie Gibson.
Salvation Army MeefinE for Men.
A united meeting, for men only, led by
II. B. Macfarland, will be held at Sal
walton Army Corps, No. s. 1923 Seventh
Street northwest, between p and Q
Streets, tomorrow at D. M
The evening times., 1898-12-24
THE HIDDEN GEM" BY
GONZAGA STUDENTS

A production of Cardinal Wiseman's
drama, THE Hidden Gem" will be given
by the students of Gonzaga College in
the hall of the college on Tuesday even-
ing next at O'Clock. There will also be
a matinee performance on Xmas Monday
beginning at $50 o'clock
The evening times., 1898-12-24

DR.. Mitchell says in diff
cult cases of Anemia, he adds
cod-liver oil half an hour
after each meal and he likes
to use it in an emulsion; that
he has watched with grow
ing surprise some listless,
feeble, creature gathering
flesh, color and wholesome
ness of mind and body from
this treatment.
s'Scott's Emulsion is cod
liver oil combined with hy-
pophosphites. Itregenerates
tissue, invigorates the nerves
and brain, enriches the blood
and adds fat and. strength.
.r,, ses- ard 5.ee. all dragsi.s,
SCOTT & BOVINE, Ghemists. New York.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

La Normandie-J. II. Fnllilove, ir.
Metropolitan W. c. Brewer, Ohio.
Willard's-J. p. Hickman, Texas.
Riggs-C b. Porter, California; J. II. Full
lore, Nashville.
Ebbitt-E. A. Jones. West Virginia; H. B
Clarke, West Point. New YORK.
Raleigh-Col. @. Garcia, Santiago; T. Dunbar
New York; p. X. Ayres virginia.
St James-O. w. Petty. North Carolina; ]. G.
Slaughter, Danville; j. GounaH, Pennsylvania.
Shoreham-N. A.. Wooster. New York; J. @
Read U. s. v: z. w. oglcby and maid Cleye
The evening times., 1898-12-24

Chamberlail's Collie, Cholera and DIar-
rhoea Remedy can always be depended
upon and is pleasant and safe TO take.
Sold by Henry Evans, Wholesale and Re-
tail Druggists. 93s + Street northwest and
Connecticut Avenue and s Street north
west and lz2S Maryland Avenue northeast.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
EDUCATIONAL.
STElLmAN SCHOOL
OF
Shorthand and Type
writing,
9ffC Street Northwest.
pay and Night Sessions Terms Aoderlt..
ocl-3mo.
DIED.

DIED.
DUFFY-On Thursday, December % 1893.
WILLIAM II. DUFFY, aged fifty -four years. at
Providence Hospital
Funeral today Saturday. at p. m. from
HarTeys undertaking establishment, No. oSs
Pennsylva Avenue northwest. It
FARNER-On Friday. December 23, 1898. az
I2:I7 O'Clock, HENRY HARRISON FARMER,
aged two years and eleven months.
Funeral viii take place from his late residence
No. Ill7 B Street northeast. at p. m. today
December 24)- Relatives and friends invited. 1t
KIRBY-On Thursday, December p, Is9s, at
$50 p. m. at his residence, SAMUEL GILMAN
KIRBY, after brief Illness
Funeral from his late residence. 919 Street
northwest, on Sunday, at p. IN. IntermeHt
private. ce93-3t
The evening times., 1898-12-24
Held for the Grand Jury.

Howard Williams. eolored. twenty-three
years old. who was brought here from
Baltimore yesterday by Detective Muller.
was in the Police Court this morning.
charged with the theft OF a bicycle from
Isaac Allison. Of No. 30 M Street north
west. Williams pleaded guilty and was
held for the grand jury under 500 bonds.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
secular League Meeting.

The Secular League, at p. m. Sun
day, at Maccabee Temple, will discusss
the question: "Ought Christmas TO be
Observed and how Came it to be Es-
tabIished?" Mr.. c. C. Carter will de-
liver the opening address
The evening times., 1898-12-24

TO WHOM 1T MAY CoNcERN-Please
take notice that the undersigned have
severed their connection as directors with
the Peoples Business Union and Supply
Company. trading at 1901 L Street north
west. Washington. p. c.: James II. Wins
low. Joseph III. Stewart, A. T. Pride. Jer-
ry B. Christian. C.. L. Marshall, Charles
II. Marshall.
Washington. D. c.. October Is. 1898.
deS3-6t
The evening times., 1898-12-24
License Granted in baltimore.

A marriage license was granted yester-
day in Baltimore by the clerk of the
court of common pleas to Thomas j. Gar
gan, of Boston, Mass, and Helena Nord-
hoff, of this city.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
Christmas Mt the Salvation Army

CHTfSth"N Ut tHe SHISHtfOn AMY.
Christmas services will be held tornor-
row evening in the Salvation Army Hall.
No. $50 Pennsylvania Avenue northwest.
Major and Mrs. Pebbles, assisted by
Capt Arpe and the Baby Trio" will be
present. In the afternoon, services will
be held in the hall in Virginia Avenue.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
Released ON RuiI

Susan Johnson, who was held in the
Police Court on the charge of arson,
to await the action of the grand jury,
was released on BAIL
The evening times., 1898-12-24

Calvin w Hendrick and wife Of East
Orange, New Jersey. have transferred to
Frederick Pring. of the same place, lots 2
and 5, block a., of University Park Mount
Pleasant. The consideration was about
81, ,0a9. according 10 the stamps af-
fixed TO the deed recorded yesterday. The
property was subject to a deed of trust
for s. 600.
The evening times., 1898-12-24
SPECIAL soracn.

SPECIAL NOTICE.. James III. Isaac.
will not be responsible for any debts
contracted by my wife from this date.
de24-3t
The evening times., 1898-12-24

Typewrifers Cleaned,
Oiled. delivered, 81. Send postal zoos +.
The Typewriter Exchange. des-Imo
The evening times., 1898-12-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
q;sts refund the money II it fails to Csc. Ths
genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
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