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ere this have destroyed a goodly por-

ere this have destroyed a goodiy por-
ton of5the Spanish navy.
The Goth Is the last date OF papers re-
ceived here, and people are wild for
news OF the q The English and Ca,
nadlans are as eager for the war news
and almost as enthusiastic as the Amer
leans. Last Monday evening at Lake
Bennett q social was given by the ladies
On the trail. at the Union church; about
thirty ladies' and 200 men attended.
Fifteen numbers on the programme
would have done credit to q city, and
Of course to Offset that. yours truly was
requested to lrtllct them for about halls
nm hour. At the conclusion doughnuts,
boiled eggs and sandwiches, with cof-
fee, were served. America and God
Save the Queen" were sung with q will
and three rousing cheers for Old Glory
and the Union Jack were given.
l shall return to Bennett Tomorrow,
and Monday evening another grand
socIable and entertainment viii take
place. The church will probably be
abandoned for the open air, asa thou-
sand people at least will attend, owing
to the success. OF. the first. Coming in
from Llnderman to the summit we met
two ladies' alone pulling over 500 pounds
on their sled; one seemed TO be about
thirty and the other about twenty years
OF age. Later we met q handsome girl,
straight as an arrow, blue eyes, curly
blonde hair, dressed In boys clothes,
blue shirt, no coat, wlthtl belt and q
A Colts pistol strapped around her
waist, while several yards In front wa1
4 young man carrying a guitar. These
two looked like brother md sister, and
no doubt were.
About $1,000 people have passed over
the Chilcoot and White passes, at least
two-thirds Of these over the .Chi!coot.
since the custom hose has been opened.
This l have from Capt. Belcher, Of the
custom house. This docs not Include.
however, 1900 or more who have slipped
In with parties who hnve more provis-
Ions than required to pass the line.
The Canadian officials ares neither
strict nor offensive, and not one partr
IN FIVE hundred have their outfits close
ly examined. II q mar has common orr
binary horse sense, he reed have no
trouble with the customs officers, Major
Walsh or his mounted police, VIII
give Just one incident to Illustrate. Last
week n would-be smart fellow paid. his
duty, which came to about S., or $3.50.
There was ten cents due him, and the
officer remarked that he had no change:
well" said the smart young man.
you had better cough 1t up; You can
not rob me more than your law allows"
Ten cents was borrowed to pay the
young man, and he seemed very much
elated and hooked around uponSIthe
crowd to see how many were in SYM
pathy with his action. and then re-
marked: Tell you what, boys, that's
biz"
las lie stenped out one. OF the officers
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In the army Gen. shatter is known as
"Pecos Bill" because OF experiences
during his long term In Texas as heu-
tenant colonel OF the Twenty-fourth in
fantry. The, name came to him from
his skill as a desert pilot, shown In
leading a force TO the waters Of the
Pecos river. He insisted upon taking a
course opposite to that indicated by his
guides, and the result proved that he
had a better idea OF location than they.
For many years Gen. shafter was
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followed him, and on reaching the place
where his goods were cached, asked II
that was his outfit That's what It
Is" he replied.
WELL" said the officer, "as YOU we're
50 particular about that ten cents; sup
pose you open 1t UP, 1t is just possible
that you have been ~overcharged; there
may be possibly another ten cents due
you, and by adding a nickel you can
buy q cup of coffee or the trail"
The young man protested, but pro-
tests don't 60 with the mounted police.
and after opening up his goods he was
compelled to return to the custom house
and pay something over $40 more for
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colonel of the First infantry regiment.
In July. 1897, he was appointed brlga-
der general, and was assigned to the
command Of the department OF Califor-
mia. With the war came his appoint
ment as major general of volunteers.
Gen. Shafter. has his hands full. He.
has not only the men to deal with. but
he must look after supplies, which at
times become scarce. owing to the i'm
mense amount required; and he must
also look after the health of the SOL
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hero late last night. Bowen had been
down town for a few minutes after sup
per, and on his return, about Q o'clock,
he was shot twice in the back, not over
twenty steps from his house. Mr..
Bowen vas unarmed. So far no clue
as to the perpetrator has been found.
II caught the assassin will probably be
.lynched by the Infatuated citizens.
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THE human machine starts but onca
and stops but nee. You can keep Il
going longest and most regularly By
using De Wits Little Early Risers. The
famous little pills for constipation and
all stomach'and liver troubles. Charles
R. Goetze, Market and Twelfth streets;
Chatham Sinclair. Forty-sixth and ia.
cob streets;A E. Scheehle, No. col Main
street; ExIey Bros, Penn and Zaee
streets: Bowie & Co.. Bridgeport.
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ST. JOSEPH, No, May 22-seyenty-,
five women, all Of prominent families
here, met this afternoon at the country
club, where the freely voiced hostility of
France to the United States in the Span
ish-American trouble was discussed.
The upshot OF the discussion was that
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dlers, for Uncle Sam would hold him
personally responsible were he to allow
the boys TO be stricken by southern te.
yers. He must besides keep the army
in.readlness to start at a moments no.
tee. and he must know .to!a man Jus,
what forces are at his disposal and lust
what regiments can be gathered II cali.
ed upon by the army. He is a man Of
mighty power and inestimable strength.
He IS a soldier as brave as LeNaat
that is saying a great deal,
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.AfINF GABLE SQUARE PIANO At Sl25

Summit. -Four thousand pounds had
already started for Lake Bennett. This
worried me not a little, as I knew that
the duty had not been paid and wonder
cd how II could pass the customs; so, In
spite of protests from the boys and
packers who had returned unable TO
face the storm I determined to climb,
the summit; and taking my bedding on
my back, I started. After about three
qua rters of an. hours climb, the hardest
i had ever experienced, Preached the
custom house office on top to find It
closed Tor the first time since the OPEN
Ing; not because It was Sunday, but
because It was the worst blizzard since
the slide and nc one had tried to do
business. i was fortunate, however, In
finding congenial and obliging gentle
men at the custom house and n good
place 20 warm with wood that cost five
cents per pound.
That night I slept on the floor of the
custom brokers' office about twelve feet
in the snow; some OF the mounted po-
lice whom I had not met before invited
me to a roast beef dinner. Next morn
Ing I discovered that Mr.. Mckay, a
frelghter on the other side, had advance
ed sl0o, as part payment OF ing GUS
toms. and asI was well known to the
authorities, the goods we're allowed to.
go through. About pa. M, Judge Irv-
Ing, an old friend and former Indian
agent, brought my personal baggage
and that OF my six men, (Which he in
sisted on doing), being in the freight
Ing business, free of charge, In ali
amounting to LOCO pounds. from Dyea
to Lake Bennett, just for "old lang
syne."
About . p. m. we started for Lake Lin
derman. stayed there all night, and
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while making plans to attack 1Ia-
simultaneously on land and sea.
It became became necessary for the United.
states army to communicate with the
national army OF Cuba. This could only
;oe done by Private messengers, and, il.
ean DC sal to the great credit OF u
soldier boys, that no less than 800 VOL
niteered to act the part OF messenrer
Q Key West to Cuba, In order to
reach the camp of Gomez the United,
states messenger must travel a part 81
he why In mn open boat, then, after
ianding at the Cuban camp, make his
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goods that were not on his bill. Thu

goods that were not on his bill. Thu
officer in charge gave him a good talk
ing to. and told him that he would be
justified in c~ontiscatlng his goods and
sending him back across the line.
The tariff may be, and possible Is, an
injustice, and many poor, struggling
gold seekers can III afford, to pay it, but
no blame can be attached to these men,
who are kind, considerate, courteous
and always Just; were It otherwise,
hundreds of men would have been
turned back who had their little all in
their little outfits, for many have been
passed through with less than half the
amount required by law.
I sat in Major Walsh's tent at Lake
Bennett the other evening. and he is
absolute commander in the northwest
territory, when q young nan applied
for o permit to take q lot Of liquor to
Dawson, ST.
mo. SIR" said the major, mo more
permits will be granted. and II I had my
way would cancel every one that had
been issued"
The young man attempted to argue
with this veteran frontier captain, who
convinced Sitting Bull In about forty
five minutes that 1t would not be
healthy for him TO stay in Canada when
he was chased over the border by our
troops. and, although the major had
but a handful Of men, Sitting Bull con-
Guided that he was right. and stood not
upon, the order Of his going.
So, when this young man said to the
major, Major, don't you want to give
q young man a chance?' the maioI !
looked at him with his kindly eyes and
in q mellow baritone voice replied:
YES, I delight in giving q young mar
q chance who tries to do something
good and manly. You are on the wrong
trail; have you looked at these strug'-
Cling thousands OF brave men and wo-
men and boys, the majority Of whom
have put their last cent into q grub
stake, with the hope Of finding some Of
the hidden wealth on the Yukon, and
you ask me to give you q chance to help
ruin some OF these reckless, lmpulsive
boys and men, whose mothers, sisters
or wives are praying for them In their
far, away homes? No. sir, I tell YOU
most emphatically that l am going to
do all that I can TO kill the traffic, and
even II I received the order from Ottawa
to Issue permits to sell rum on tho
Yukon I would refuse TO do It"
oh, you mothers, wives and sisters
who have loved ones on this long and
dreary trail, send o vote OF thanks to
this Briton. this hero, for only a hero
and an honest man could resist the
tempting brides that are offered, and
that would make him n millionaire
were he to swerve from the performs
ancc OF his duty. And now I must re-
turn to my post OF duty; great respon-
sibilities rest upon me. Were Il not FOR
this 7 would be with hundreds OF my
western boys striking for Cuba and the
old flag. But I hope to be out in the
winter, and then II our boys on seq and
shore have not swept Spain from the
sea- and the island OF Cuba, I Will be in
the field.
with sincere regards, believe me,
Yours In clouds or sunshine.
capt. JACK" CRAWFORD.
g-Slncc writing abe" nbOye the
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Reduced Rates via Baltimore, 4 Ohio
Haiirond for the Annual Meeting Ger
man Baptist. tDnnkards) Naperrlll,,
H., May goth 10 Jan. TN.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad win
sell excursion tickets from points On n,
lines west Of Baltimore, account OF tbs
annual meeting OF German Baptis,s,
Dunkards). at Naperviile. ILL.,. at The
low rate Of n fare for the round TRIP
to Chicago, plus 81 IS 20 Naperyllls.
Tickets Will be sold May %. "a. q and
2s, good %toereturn until June "A, with
privilege OF extension until June 80, Il
ticket is deposited with agent at Naper.
Vile on or before June "a.
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the women resolved to neither buy nor
wear French made goods and to dis.
courage the merchants whom they Pat,
ronize from handling French products.
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WHEN you want sparkling wine ri
Cooks Imperial EXtry Dry Champagne.
Its purity and delicious flavor CON-
mends 1t.
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way through Spanish lines NM,
reaches the camp OF Gomez, Wt''s
almost surrounded by Spanish eas
Lieut., Rowan visited Cuba .! n.
Jamaica and arrived in sate's had
camp OF Gomez, On his return y ! Ms
to ride for his life. and finally h. ,ses
escape by open boat. He went .Is HIS.
SO many fever camps tina, y Wa IL r..
sary for the United States OF ssnn
turn, to hold him in quarantine III u
he could be allowed TO come esss 81,
Key West. But he did MS r,,,,yi
reetly, and Gomez now has ns AS1
directions. ftAGE .sSlS
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C0TULLA, Texas, May CIV. G.
Bowen; ono OF the most prominent iaw-
ycrs Of this town. was assassinatcd
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With sincere regards, believe me.
. Yours In clouds or sunshine.

"CAPT. JACK" CRAWFORD.
p. S.-Slnce writing .he above the
news Of Dcwey's victory over the Span
iurds hus reached us II Jul people are
Wild with delight. J.tW. C.
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CRAWFORD 70 tle Intelllsencsr.
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Int resting Letter from Cap. Jack.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-12
POINT STILL IN QUESTION
Matter of Mr.. Simkins Commission
Not Yet Settled,

Not Yet Settled.
Mr. ]. R. Saussy, the county attorney,
has received letter from Attorney Gen
eral ]. M Terrell, with reference to the
much talked-of position on the Board of
County Commissioners. Commissioner
Vests seat on the board. so far as the
matter has already gone, appears to be
only an alleged vacancy.
The attorney general practically holds to
his first position, except in one respect.
1t is not denied in the latter that the ac-
ceptanca of a commission in the army is
an occasion for declaring a vacancy, but
the question with the authorities in At
ianta now is as to who is the proper party
for declaring a vacancy.
The opinion OF the attorney general,
from his letter, appears to be that 1t comes
within the province and jurisdiction of the
judge of the Superior Court to declare such
a vacancy and the inference seems to be
that the matter shoJld have been brought
before him. The matter is one upon which
it is difficult to secure Supreme Court de-
cisiOn, as there seem to be none in exist
ence bearing directly upon the point at
issue
There Is a decision, however, which pro-
vides that a resignation should be made
TO the appointing power Commissioner
Kehoes resignation was made to the
County Commissioners. They selected a
commiss oner in his stead, and the Gov
ernor issued his commission. 1t would ap-
pear, therefore, that the commissioners
are the proper parties to declare a va
cancy, and to a certain extent, at least,
this seems to have been recognized when
a commission was issued to Mr.. John
Lyons by the Governor.
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BEFORE GOING no WAR.
Capt. John ID. Twiggs Led Miss Ida
G. May TO the Altar.


"A pretty and most romantic wedding
took place yesterday at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Cohen, the grandpar-
EMS Of the bride, Miss Ida c.. May.
Surrounded by friends and flowers Capt.
John D. Twiggs led to the altar the beau
tiful bride, and the marriage ceremony
was performed by Rev. ]. L. Scully of st.
Pauls Episcopal Church. The bride was
attired in a handsome costume of white
organdie over white taffeta, with most
attractive effect. The groom appeared In
his fatigue uniform of white duck.
The wedding took place at o'clock In
the morning, and was followed by a we'd
ding breakfast, at which were present
only relatives and intimate friends of the
bride and groom. Mr.. Stuart Boyd of AT
lanta was best man, and entered the room
with the groom while the bride came
with her father, Dr. w. f. May, who
gave her away.
There was more than the ordinary ro-
nance about this quiet home wedding
Had II not been for Capt. Twiggs' en-
trance into the army the wedding woulC
not have taken place until fail, but it was
his desire TO leave at home when he goes
to the front in his country's service a wifi
instead of a sweetheart and he did a:
many other brave soldiers have done
Capt Twiggs is In command of the Au
gusta company of Col. p. II. Rays regi
ment of immunes, now encamped nea
Macon, and he has been there for some
time in command Of his company. He il
a son of Capt. Albert J. Twiggs of Au
gusta and has a long line of ancestors ia
nous in military affairs. His business il
that of a civil engineer. which for tn
present he has given up to go into hi
| country's service.
The bride is the charming daughter o
! Dr. and Mrs. W. F. May of this city. Sh
| is one of savannah 5 most attractiv
young ladies, admired of many friends 70
| her many charms of manner as well a
! her personal accomplishments. Capt. an
Mrs. Twiggs left the city on the morning
train for Macon, where they will remain
until he is ordered to the front with hi
| regiment.
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TYBEE's UGLY WEATHER.
Wind High and Water Blown in ON
the Marshes.

the Marshes.
Tybee had an exceptionally ugly day
yesterday. The rain was constant and
hard the wind blew from 40 to so miles an
hour, the sea ran wild and high, and if It
had been a month later everybody would
have been expecting an equinoctial gale
of much severity.
AS it was. there were some who were
timid, but they were speedily adjured by
the advices from the weather bureau
showing that nothing more than an or
binary storm was looked for.
The water in he marshes were reported
as high, and, with northeast wind blow
ing stiffiy, il was feared that some dam
age might be done to the road-bed of the
Tybee Railroad. The train leaving the ISL
and at 1910 O'Clock, though, arrived in
the city on time and no damage was re-
ported by either the engineer or the con-
ductor, nor did they seem to anticipate
that the road would suffer from the storm
and the high water resulting therefrom.
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MORE MEN FOR GRIFFIN.
Lieut.. Leaken Takes Up Recruits for
Capt. KOIShOrn's Company.

Lieut.. LeaENen Takes Up Recruits for
Capt. I<OlshOrn's Company.
Lieut.. w. r. Leaken left the city last
night for Griffin with about twenty more
recruits for Capt. Henry Kolshorn's com
pany in the Third Georgia Regiment, Uni
ted States Volunteers.
Capt. Kolshorn and Lieut. Leaken have
been doing some good work since the other
recruits for the company went off sew
eral days ago, and Lieut.. Leaken's squad
win make quite an addition TO their COM
mand
Lieut.. w. A. Harris is expected TO reach
Griffin within a day or two with ten or
fifteen more men, and this will give Capt
Kolshorn's company quite an advantage
over the others now stationed there Sew
eral of the companies have a nucleus
there, but in most every case 1t is small
one.
Lieut.. Leaken, on his arrival this morn
ing will report TO Col. Gambler, and see
that comfortable quarters are provided
for his men. After he has made arrange
ments for them he will go out into several
of the nearby counties where he has had
promises OF recruits, and expects TO aid
materially in filing up the ranks in short
order.
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GROVENsTEIN FOR SENATOR.
Emngham's Primary to he Held To-
morrow.

Tomorrow Effingham county will, it Is
expected. select the next state senator
from this district. 1t is a foregone conclu-
sion that Mr.. A. n. Grovenstein will be
selected as the choice of the county. No
opposition has appeared, and his selection
as the countys choice will be unanimous
in all probability. Mr. Grovenstein is I'M
derstood to favor Pau Seabrook, Esq. for
the judgeship Of the new Atlantic circuit
Ia is very doubtful if Mr. Grovenstein
will have any opposition in October. His
selection by Eflingham win it is now ac-
cepted, be followed by his nomination at
the Democratic senatorial convention and
his election by the district in October. The
talk of organizing 20 put out an opposition
ticket a 1 that time seems TO have amount
ed to nothing. No steps have been taken
in that direction. There Is no reason to
suppose, even IL a candidate were brought
out against Mr.. GroVenstein that The
choice of the regular convention could be
defeated.
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VESSEL FOR THE ARMY.
War Department HurryinE Timber
and LabOrers to Santfngo.

An inquiry was received by Shipping
men yesterday from the quartermaster
generals department for a steamer cana
bic of carrying 10000 feet Of lumber and
500 laborers from Jacksonville to Santiago
at once, and also for tug to tow a load
ed bark Of 1870 tons to the same port.
The inquiry was referred TO the Ocean
Steamship Company and to the Propeller
Towboat Company, neither of which had
an available vessel for the purpose for
which il was wanted
1t is supposed that the lumber and la
borers were for the engineer department
of the army and that the lumber and tim
Der were to be used in bridge construction.
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JULY KICKED THE TRACES.
Fail weather and storm Come To-
gether in Midsummer.

A Gulf storm tried to develop yesterday,
and although it never reached any special
magnitude, it made day of exceptional
GOODNESS for Savannah, with several hours
Of very nasty weather included.
From the standpoint OF temperature It
has had few 70 compare with it in July
The highest degree of heat was p degrees
at noon, and from then on it was around
70 degrees, reaching 90 degrees at o'clock
at night. Adding the dampness to the
unexpected GOODNESS made the day one of
rawness that sent alpacas ana crash suits
into temporary retirement But the in
conveniences of the rain were overlooked
in the exhilaration produced by the re-
freshing GOODNESS which is destined TO be
but short lived. To-day will see the end of
the storm effects and with the clearing
sky will come more of mid summer heat.
The storm, such as il was, did not
create any very high winds to the south,
the little tempests being confined to the
coast of South Georgia. The storm CEN
ter a o'clock in the morning was in the
East Gulg, between Tampa and Cape San
Bias, which Is between Cedar Keys and
Pensacola. The high winds were all to
the north of the center. This was due 10
the nigh pressure to the north which act
ed as buffer ana forced the storm de-
veiopment across the Florida peninsular
to the South Atlantic coast. The out
look last night was that it would be
forced further to the eastward and of
the Atlantic coast before working it's way
to the North or Northeast.
The highest velocity reached by the
wind here was "A miles an hour. At w.
bee, though, at O'Clock there was a stiff
breeze of forty-eight miles an hour. Nc
very dangerous winds here were antici-
pated by the weather bureau, although of
the coast they were expected to be quite
high last night