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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
RESCUED FROM THE VICTORIA.
Capt. BOurke in Command of the Ill.
Fated ship when She sank.


The British warship Cordelia will remain
in port until Friday whdH she will set
sail for Port Royal. her next stopping
Place. Charleston would have received a
call from the vessel, but, unfortunately,
there is so little water on her bar that
Capt Bourke is unwilling to risk his yes
sci in attempting an entrance.
The Hon. Maurice Bourke, the captain
Of the Cordelia, is an officer of high rank
in the British navy. He is the son of the
late Lord Mayo, a former viceroy of In
dia, and is said to be high in royal favor.
He was captain of the British ship Vic
toria, which was run down and sunk by
her consort. the Camperdown, during a
maneuver of the feet in the Mediterranean
about four years ago. This was the great
naval catastrophe of recent times until the
late disaster to the United States steamer
Maine in Havana harbor. Capt Bourke
was among those saved from the wreck.
The Victoria being the flagship of the
fleet and the order having been given bv
Admiral Tryon, who lost his life as a re-
suit, Capt Bourke was in no way re-
sponsible for the terrible mishap. Ad-
n,iral Tryon being dead the order which
-NNNtNN 81 NAGeAHNlOuSiy mas never Oeen
explained.
The captaincy of the Cordela is regard
ed as a very good berth in the British
navy as il carries with il the rank of
commodore of the fisheries fleet off New
'foundland, where the vessel is engaged the
greater part of the time, with a salary of
fl 400 per year.
Among the young middies on board are
several scions of the British aristocracy,
there being one son Of a lord in the lot
Large crowds visited the Cordelia YES
terday. No visitors were allowed during
the morning, but many went aboard in
me afternoon. The manner in which the
snip was overrun by coiored sightseers on
SUNDAY did not please Capt Bourke. and
he gave orders yesterday that no negroes
should be allowed aboard. II is needless
10 say That the orders were enforced, much
to the disappointment of many of the col.
ored folks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
FOR CIVIL SERVICE PLACES.
Five Applicants Examined for De-
partmentaI jobs

A departmental civil service examinar
ton was held at the Savannah postof-
flee yesterday. 1t was conducted by Mr..
L. W. Covell, examiner from the DEPART
ment at Washington, assisted by Mr. H.
r. Rawls, secretary of the local postof-
flee board, and Mr.. Henry G. Greene of
the local customs board Three candi-
dates were examined for positions as ste
nographers and typewriters; and two for
clerks in the departmental service. and
two were examined for the railroad mail
service in the Georgia district.
Secretary H. r. Rawls of the local board
of examiners for the civil service in tie
postoffice department, received returns
yesterday from the examination which
was held last December. Of ten candi-
dates examined at that time, the averages
of but two were high enough to make
them eligible for positions in the service
These were William A. Allen and Edwin
Moffitt. Both applied for clerkships.
The list of eligible clerks for positions
ia the postoffice department is small. there
being only five including those added yes
terday. The questions during the past
year have been more intricate and nu-
merous than when the civil service first
began its examinations. and there are now
very few who get averages sufficient to
make them eligible for positions.
After a candidates name is put on the
list it remains there one year. when 1t is
taken off, unless. in the meantime, the
party has been appointed to a position. In
case the name is handed in three times
within the year and not accepted then it
is removed from the list, not being allowed
to be again suggested for a position.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
KNOW NOTHING OF HIM.
Police Have No Clue to III. A. Hud-
sons Whereabouts.

sons Whereabouts.
Nothing has been heard by the police Of
Fl. A. Hudson, whose arrest has been re-
auested by Mrs Hudson. and who claims
her husband took her jewelry on leaving
the Screven House unceremoniously few
nights ago.
MIR. and Mrs. Hudson came there from
Atlanta Friday night, but for some reason
Hudson seems to have left without making
his prospective address known.
Mrs. Hudson appeared at the police bar
racks on learning her husband had gone
end probably taken her jewelry, which she
could not find. She asked that Chief Nc
Dermott use all possible means to catch
him. A telegram was sent TO Charleston,
giving description of the man and the bag
gage he carried, but an answer was soon
received that no such man had arrived
there on any of the trains and was not to
be found in the city. The police here know
nothing of Hudson's whereabouts and X
may be that he will disappoint Mrs. Hud-
son by not showing up again soon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
TO USE LIBERTY co. GRAVEL.
FOX q Go. Awarded the Contract for
the Bull street Paving Material.

FOX q Go. Awarded the Contract for
the Bull street Paving Material.
The contract for gravel for paving Bull
street was awarded yesterday to j. II.
Fox & Co. at 81 per cubic yard. This vas
not the lowest bid, but hesCommissioner
OF. Public Works and the street and lane
committee, after careful consideration,
decided that the gravel offered by Mr.. Fox
was the best of the several samples sub
mitted.
The bed from which the gravel viii be
taken is in Liberty county, about twenty
eight miles from the city on the Plant sys-
TEN. Bull street is now being put in con-
dition TO receive the gravel. The railway
track is being constructed from the Plant
system switch on Estill avenue, so that
the gravel can be delivered from the cars
at any point on the street.
None OF the gravel furnished by Fox &
Co. has ever been used on the streets. but
a satisfactory test was made of il by tie
Commissioner of Public Works and street
and lane committee west of the city. The
range of bids before the committee was
from 90 cents to 81. D per cubic yard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
FOUGHT OVER A TELEPHONE CALL
One Subscriber Said Another Didn't
Know How 10 Talk.

The veranda of the Plant System general
Offices, just outside the door of the au-
ditor's Office, was enlivened yesterday
morning by a difficulty. in which Mr.. e.
A. Leonard and Mr.. Deveraux Bacon were
the participants. Neither gentleman was
hurt, friends parting them before harm
could be wrought.
The occasion of the trouble was rather
unusual, growing out of a telephone con-
versaton in which neither gentleman
knew to whom he was talking Mr.. Leon
ard was at the telephone trying to get
connection. He thought he had it all
right, when some one said, Hello. is that
2O6?" Mr.. Leonard answered that it was,
whereupon the other wanted to know If
one Of the clerks employed at the Plant
system Office was in. He called his name
incorrectly and Mr.. Leonard tried TO cor
rect him, calling the name properly.
The man at the other end did not seem
10 know what Mr.. Leonard was trying to
tell him, and he repeated his query, asking
again for the clerk under his mutilated
name. Again Mr.. Leonard tried to correct
him, but hnally said he knew who was
meant and would call him to the phone
Again the man at the other end did not
understand, and he asked Mr. Leonard to
get away and let somebody who knew how
to talk to come to the phone. This did not
come as very pleasant whisper to Mr.
LeonardS car, and he said something to
the man at the other end who was Mr.
Bacon, that the latter did not like. He ask
ed Mr. Leonard where he could find him.
and the latter promptly gave him the de-
sired information.
1t was not long after before Mr. Bacon
and his brother, Mr.. e. H. Bacon, appear
ed at the offices. They went to the door
of that in which Mr.. Leonard is employed
and called him out. Some words passed.
and then one or two blows were exchang-
ed
One of the officials of the road was
among those who interfered. He told tie
belligerents to stop fighting on the veran-
da, that they might so over in the yard
and finish it up. if they liked. but that
the offices of the company were not in
tended as a ring I'm which difficulties could
be settled. Neither Mr.. Leonard nor Mr.
Bacon seemed at all 10th to act on the
suggestion. They went downstairs, and
started for the yard
In the meantime, one of the clerks in
the general superintendent office had lad
his attention called to the difficulty. end
he told the official that if the men fought
in the yard he would have them arrest
ed The official then called them back
The trouble ended, If the end has come
in one of the belligerents demanding that
the other meet him to settle the affair
and the other assuring him of his readi-
tess to do so at any time or place he
might designate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
TwITTY's BONDS EsTREATED.
Rules Nisi Granted Against Himself
and Sureties in Four Cases,

ana Suret1es IN -Four Cases.
The bonds of H. D. Twitty under the
four indictments pending against him in
the Superior Court were estreated yester-
day, and rules nisi issued against the
principal and the bondsmen in each case.
The case was assigned for trial yester-
day at 10 O'Clock, but at that time the de-
PENDANT had not made his appearance. His
counsel, Mr.. w. r. Leaken, asked for
further time, and Judge Falligant said he
would wait until o'clock in the after
noon. AT 4 O'Clock Twitty had NOT an
peared. and the rules nisi estreating rho
bonds were issued.
There are four indictments pendino
against Twitty, and he is under a 81 O00
bond in each case. Two of the Indictments
charge larceny after trust and two charge
forgery, These indictments grew out Of
the fraudulent rosln receipts issued
against the Savannah Florida and West.
ern Railroad by Twitty under a power of
attorney from Mr.. Francis l. Mccall
T. G. Crawford is the surety on the first
bond. on the second there are J. r. San
ders, A. S. Pendleion, c. p. Peoples and
w. c. Thomas. The sureties on the next
bond are j. A. Dasher, Jr. w. C. Thomas
and George M. Sloat. on the fourth bond
the sureties are J. r. Lewis. w. l.. Con-
verse, o. X. Jones, Robert Black and w
c. Thomas Nearly all of these parties
live in Valdosta. Twitty's home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
GETTING IN THE RECRUITS.
FIVE APPLICANTS FOR THE NAVY
ENLISTED THE FIRST DAY.

others to BE Examined and Passed
Upon TO-day-AppIicants Have to
BE Good Seamen, Firemen or
Machinists, and They Must Also
Pass Severe Physical Tests-Lieut.
Chase Has a Good Number on His
List-Wants All the Good Material
He Can Get.
Applicants for enlistment in the United
States navy, of all kinds, classes. colors
and conditions, swarmed around the GUS
tom house yesterday most of them appar-
emily under the impression that all they
had to do was to go UP and put their
names down and they would be given po-
sitions at once.
To their dsmay, however, many of the
applicants discovered yesterday that they
had TO be well posted on the different
lines for which they expected to enlist,
and the result was that few ran the gaunt-
let of the examination.
Lieut.. V. o. Chase, who is in charge of
the matter of enlistments here, had the
names of thirty-nine or forty men on his
list when he opened his office in the Gus
ION house at 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. He began at once to sift this list
Many of those who made application
crowded around the door outside, which
mad to be kept locked, and one applicant
admitted at time.
Applicants for the ratings Of seamen and
ordinary seamen were examined by Lieut..
in an
were asked about many of the orders US
ually given on a ship, and told to tie six
or eight different kinds of knots in piece
Of rope kept in the office for the pur-
pose. Lieut.. Chase also examined appli-
cants for the rating of firemen. Lieut..
r. B. Higgins conducted examinations of
those who wanted ratings as machinists.
After going through this there was an
other gauntlet for the men to run; they
had to submit to a physical examination
by DR.. George A. Lung, past assistant
surgeon, for men of the navy must be
well built and without physical defect or
blemish.
Out of ten applicants who were exam
med yesterday only five were accepted
Two of these were firemen, two landsmen
and one seaman. There is one machin-
ISL who has been passed by Lieut.. Hig-
gins, but he has yet to undergo the physi-
cal examination, and his admission to the
service viii depend on his passing that
Numerous other applicants are I'm wait
ing and there will undoubtedly be swarm
around the photographic office to-day.
Ihere have been numerous applicants for
the rating of landsmen, but the enlisting
officers do not want any large number of
these, though they may have Instructions
later in the week to take them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
NEW GUNS FOR TYBEE.
Forthcation to BE supplemented
With Rapid Fire BATTERY.

With Rapid Fire Battery.
work on the Notifications at Tybee is
progressing rapidly. The forces have been
kept constantly going night and day. and
Sunday too, and it is said that il will be n
matter of only few days before the big
disappearing guns are in position and
ready for active work
In addition to these eight-inch guns the
war department has decided to supplement
the battery with four 4.7-inch rapid-fire
guns, which are expected to be here with
in week ana which will be mounted as
an auxiliary to the other Notifications
The eight-inch disappearing guns are
known as breech-loading rifles differing
in one important respect from the rapid-
fire guns. 1t takes four or five minutes 10
load and fire one of the eight-inch guns.
the projectle and the charge being mt in
separately. With the rapid-ire gun. how
ever, the projcctile and the charge are an
in one piece, just like the cartridge of an
ordinary rife. The cartridges are fed
right into The gun, and it can be fired
from forty to sixty times a minute. The
machine guns are still another class which
fire still more rapidly, the proiectiles be-
ing ground out of them by a crank.
The rapid fire guns are used for such
purposes as protecting mines, and protect
ing a harbor against countermning. The
sympathetic action Of the explosion of dy-
Mantle or gun cotton within fifty feet of
q mine would cause it to explode. and
thus a war vessel might sometimes make
clear its way into narbor. Land batteries
are used TO prevent this. and in this way
the rapid fire guns are brought into play
as are also the other guns.
Arrangements may be made for the for
tihcation of the approach TO Thunderbolt
through Warsaw sound and the Whining
ton river Gen. Graham stated on the oc-
casion of his recent visit here that that
matter would be looked after in case of
{4ny emergency. and attended to promptly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
WANT MORE BRICK PAVING.
st. Julian street Property Owners to
Petition Council.

The brick paving around the market
and on the block on ST. Julian street west
of the market is nearly completed. The
handsome appearance Of the pavement
has led to the circulation OF a petition
among the people doing business on the
next block west, on ST. Julian, from JEFF
ferson to Montgomery, requesting council
to pave that block in a similar manner.
It is said that the tenants on this block
favor it's paving while the majority of
the property owners there are opposed
20 II.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
CHARGED WITH STEALING SHOES
Hubert Ford Could Give No Account
of Pair He Had

Hubert Ford, colored was arrested by
Detective Barrett yesterday for stealing
shoes in H. Wilensky's store on Broughton
street. The negro took a pair of shoes
there and ask that they be exchanged
The proprietor was confident the shoes
had Not been sold to the negro and re-
ported to the police.
Dete ctive Barrett went to investigate the
matter, and on asking the negro where
he got the shoes, was told they had been
purchased from some unknown man. No
satisfactory explanation could be given
and the negro was placed under arrest
In every case where there is suspicion of
stealing and the party can give no ac-
count of where the things were obtained,
it is considered there is good ground for
arrest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
is WANTED ron BURGLARY.
solomon Lane Charged With Rob-
bling on Several Occasions.

Detective Clarity yesterday arrested
Solomon Lane. colored, aged As years,
charged with burglarizing a house on VIII
liam street some time ago. A sharp look
out has been kept by the detectives for
solomon since the crime was reported TO
the department. but he succeeded in elud-
ing the officers until now
The detectives say he entered the house
of one williams al different times and
took guns, an overcoat and various other
articles. None of The property he is charg-
cd with taking has yet been recovered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29

A formal election of second lieutenant
viii be held next MONDAY night by Com
pany d of the Saw nnah Volunteer
Guards. Sergeant Harry Blum was elected
by the company some tune ago, but the
election was not conducted in the manner
prescribed by the military law.
Capt. W. 7. Hopkins as received his
commission as captain
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
DAIRYMAN HELD FOR FORGERY.
Charged With the Unauthorized Use
of G.. HI. Dugan's Name.

H. B. Dale, an employee on the dairy
farm of c. H. Dugan, four miles from
the city, on the White Bluff road, was
arrested yesterday by Policeman Tullis
charged with forger.r. Dale is said 10 have
forged Mr.. DuganA' name to paper on
which he secured money, but the amount
is not known. He is Is years of age, and
a dairyman by occupation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
They Are I.nreIr

The Plant System fast trains leaving sa-
vannah at 1:O5 p. m. and 1927 p. M, for
Charleston, Richmond. Washington. Batti
more. Philadelphia and New York, 43 miS,s
per hour. Pullman finest vestibule sleep I.
ing, drawing-ro1m. dining, library. and OBJ.
servation cars, lighted by electricity.-ad-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
BOMBARDING PR n1Es.
At Gray's store.

1914 sheeting at Toe.
Fruit of the loom shirting at SIC.
Lonsdale cambria at nc.
Crash toweling a. 21bc.
Larger towels 20-40. at 9e.
Black (S8-in.) Henrietta at PIC.
40-inch lawns (colored) now 121hs,.
French, organizes reduced to 19ta
Colored CJ9c) silk. ow 39c.
And many other bargains TOO nu N erous
to mention. c. Gray & Son.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29
SEWER work SUSPENDED.

NO Further Work VIII BE Done I'm
til Fall.
The house drainage people have shut
down construction work. No pipe was laid
yesterday and no work was done on the
big sewer The big bucket machine on
East BROAD street is being taken down. The
contractors have = force al work cleaning
up the streets which they have used and
putting them in order. The Commissioner
of Public Works win sec to il that the paw
Ing Is restored ia a proper manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29

The greater includes the less. HOODS
sarsaparilla cures scrofula, and may be
depended upon to cure boils and pimples.
-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-29

"Desbrosses and Cortlandt streets.
fWest 23d street station.
For any further information apply
any agent of the Southern Railway Cor
pany or its connections.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-10-07
Millions Gtren A,cnu.

It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know Of one concern in
the land who are not afraid to be
generous to the needy and suffer
ing. The proprietors of DR..
Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and colds, have
given away over ten million trial
bottles of this medicine; and
have the satisfaction of knowing
it has absolutely cured thousands
Of hopeless cases. Asthma, bron-
chitis, hoarseness and all diseases
of the throat, chest and lungs are
surely cured by it. Call on p. c.
Remington, druggist, and get a
trial bottle free. Regular size
so cents and 81. Guaranteed to
cure or price refunded.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-10-07
Preachers Son a Fighter.

Devils Lake Inter Ocean: Presiding
Elder Klingel returned on Saturday from
New York, where he went for tho pur-
pose of seeing his 0 Chester, who is on
the battleship Oregon. Chester enlisted
as a seaman at San Francisco last spring,
and was with the ship on its trip around
the Horn and during the battles at San
tiago. He hasn't been sick a day since
he enlisted, and although but seventeen
years of ago, weighs 179 pounds at the
present time. One of Rev. Klingle's OBJ
jects in making the trip was to see if his
boy was satisfied with sea life, and is. so,
to ascertain what steps would be neces-
sary to get him admitted as a cadet in
the naval academy at Annapolis. Ches-
ter wants to remain a sailor, and his
father will endeavor to secure for him an
appointment. Mr.. Klingle brought back
with him a number of interesting relics
which were picked up by Chester on
board the Christobol Colon after it had
been destroyed in the battle of July 3D..
Among the number are a l-pound shell,
a Spanish flag, a Mauser cartridge, box
partially filled, several spoons, a robe and
a caliper. He had an excellent opportu-
nifty to secure mementos of the fight, as
he was one of the prize crew placed on
the Colon.