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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28
To-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity until
midnight June Is, 1898: Occasional show
ers. no change in temperature.
weather From Washing ton
For Georgia-OceasionaI showers; south
erly winds.
For Eastern and Western Fiorida-Gen-
orally fair; variable winds.
For South Carolina-Showers and thun-
derstorms; cooler; southwest TO west
winds.
General conditions: Clear skies are
noted over the Atlantic coast from Nor
folk south; also in Northern Illinois and
Western Missouri In all other sections
il is partly cloudy to cloudy.
Temperatures have risen slightly in
Northern Georgia and Missouri and have
fallen slightly at New York and in East
ern Pennsylvania, Mississippi Northwest
ern Texas, Western Tennessee and Mime
sofa.
Light to fresh southeasterly to south
westerly winds prevail along the Atlantic
coast.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature 2 p. M. Sc degrees
Minimum temperature, a. m... rs degrees
Mean .--.+.....sss..s 90 ueST0eS
Normal temperature .....,...... 81 degrees
Excess of temperature ......... 5 degrees
Accumulated excess since
June 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 degrees
Accumulated excess since
JAN l Observation-Disclosures. .259 degrees
Rainfall ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90 inch
Normal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. % inch
Deficiency since June i ......... Las inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1.......,...11.65 inches
River Report-The hight of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at a. M, 10th me-
ridian time yesterday was AS feet, a fall
of O.S foAt during the. preceding twenty
four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin, Savannah, Ga,
for the twentyfour hours ending at a.
M, 10th meridian time June o. 1888:
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what whisky Costs.
From The Philadelphia Times

An Indiana grocer prints the following
in his circular, addressed TO patrons:
Notice is hereby given that # you will
come TO my store three times a day during
the next year and purchase a drink Of
whisky each time. paying 10 cents drinK.
at the end Of the year | viii donate five
barrels of my best flour. 100 pounds Of fine
granulated sugar. 100 pounds Of rice, 10
pounds of coffee, 10 gallons Of syrup. 50
yards Of calico, three pairs of shoes, one
SO 80 cloak for Your wife; and then / will
have $50 left to pay for the liquor you
drank"
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Dist. Averag es

Remarks.-High temperatures continue,
with showers in all districts
Observations taken June q, 1898, D. M
Goth meridian time), at the same moment
OF time at all stations for the Morning
News:
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-"What makes you think he isn't enc
Of the men who yelled for war 50 vocifer-
ously9" "js.c cause when il came ne IN
listed. Chicago Evening Post.
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Florida Central Il PeninsuIar Railroad Co
% shortest Tampa
TABLE IN EFFECT MAY 10
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1T. temperature; *v, velocity of wind.
Fl. 3. Boyer
Observer Weather Bureau.
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Plant System.

Ir"in" by Meridian t, meons hour slow
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ing well. and a good deal of anxiety is
felt lest he be seriously Ill. The doctor
of the Montgomery thinks such fears
are groundless. while others who should
know do not entertain them.
A careful watch is kept on beard and
about the cruiser Montgomery, but the
officers Of that vessel say that no such
nervous vigilance is shown as is dis
play by the Y zcaya and the Aimiran.e
OQuendo, both of which are moored near
by. The Spanish ships at night con-
5tantly have patrol boats out, which fire.
quently stop harbor boats coming with
in the lines of the pickets
Senior Sagasta. tine Spanish Premier,
has written letter TO an intimate
friend, which was read at meeting OF
Conservatives here last Thursday In
this letter the Premier says that the
disarming of the volunteers had been
determined upon but that the publica-
ton Of the intention to disarm them was
premature.
The news Of the recrudescence of the
revolution in the Philippines was re-
ceived here with great disgust by the
Spanish residents. and with correspond
ing satisfaction by the insurgent sym
pathiZers
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EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS
Continue With Activity at War
and Nav Departments.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-Emer
sency preparations were continued to-
day in all branches of the Navy and
War Departments.
The Bureau of Construction of the
Navy Department finds itself excep-
tionally well prepared for any emer-
gency work that it may be called upon
to perform in connection with the aux
Hilary cruisers. It is due to an or
ganizaticn which, in ordinary times. is
50 arranged that the force can be made
speedily available for emergency de-
mands 1t is said that less than an
hours work would be required ins any
bureau office here to complete ali the
plans for the transformation of two OF
the best ships on the Atlantic into
auxiliary cruisers.
The detailed work of reconstruction
could be accomplished with like dis
patch at the League Island navy yard
At that point there is a naval con-
structor and ample force of draughts-
men. Work on the bat:leship Ala
bama is now in progress at Cramps
yard. but as there is no present pros
pect of completing her. the large force
of men could he withdrawn from the
Alabama and set at work on the aux
Hilary cruisers. 1t Is not doubted that
the Cramps yards would give the Gov
eminent every facility in the way of
workmen at their disposal.
The same readiness for quick work
OF construction exists at Newport
News and at Norfolk Al Newport
News there are Naval Constructor.
three assistants and thirty draushts-
men ready TO begin work Of this char
acter al any time. The large deck at
tnat point gives an additional facility
~ Norfolk the CONSTRUCTION Depart
ment has en- effective force ready to
begin work at once.
Thus far the work on the auxiliary
/ feet has NOT begun. but Il is a source
81 satlsiacficn a. tho Navy Depart
ment t. know that ample facilities are
re&ay on short notice. whenever this
branch Of work Is required.
The Secretary OF Navy has directed
that a recruiting station be onened in
Washington Immediately. the special
purpore being TO secure ordinary sen
men and macaiaists. LIEUT. nant R9h-
inson. at present on duty at the WASH
ington Navy Department. win he in
charge Of the navy station. which vii,
begin On next Monday.
The Naval Inspection BOARD bas
gone down 70 Norfolk to examine tho
Machias. Just returned from tho Ash
attic station by way or Suez. This in
speetioa is always made on the return
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MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.
Secretary Alger ProznuIgates His
Order Making the Changes.

WASHINGTON, March i2.-The War
Department to-day promulgated its or
der creating the Departments Of the
Gulf and of the Lakes. and abolishing
the Departments of the Missouri and
Texas.
The Department of the East will en-
body the States on the Atlantic Coast,
including North Carolina
The Department OF the Lakes will
include Wisconsin Michigan. Illinois,
Indiana. Ohio. Kentucky and Tennes-
see, with headquarters 1T Chicago.
The Department of the Gulf will COM
prise South Carolina. Georgia. Florida.
Alabama. Mississippi Louisiana and
Texas. with headquarters at Atlanta
General Brooke will command the
Department of the Lakes. and Briga-
der General Graham the Department
Of the Gulf.
The department is making efforts to
execute the changes in the great milf
tary departments announced in the or
der to which reference was made yes
tefday. The important change by the
order was the creation of the new
Department Of the Gulf by the COM
bination Of the old Department of Tex
as with the southern portion of the
Department of the East The other
changes made We're in the direction Of
rectifying the lines of the Central West
ern departments, so as to make them
more symmetrical and easily accessi-
bic in all portions from their respective
central headquarters. For this rea-
son the State of Ohio. for many years
attached to the Department of the
Fast has naaD fhrovsy, into +f,o n
partment Of the Missouri. which now
takes the name of the Department OF
the Lakes The change in name is
for purely sentimentar reasons.
The Western States included in the
Department of the Dakota have been
transferred to the Department of tha
Platte. while to maintain the present
proportions OF this department the
northern sections have been thrown in
10 the Department of the Dakota
No changes have been made in the
Department of the Columbia. the De-
partment of California or the Depart
ment OF the Colorado
Heretofore there has been only one
military center along the Atlantic
namely. that of New York but the
present condition of affairs made it an
parent from military standpoint that
II was desirable 10 have another mill
tary center at Atlanta. The same com
mandee. Brigadier- General Graham
will be in command at Atlanta as he
had previously been in command of the
Department of Texas. He telegraphea
the War Department to-day that ne
would go to Atlanta next Monday and
establish headquarters
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A NETWORK OF MINES.
A Ship Captain Says That is the
Condition OF Havana Herbor.

NEWPORT NEWS Va) March L.
According to Captain Greenmeyer OF
the steamship Castillo, from New Or
leans to Hamburg, which is now coal
ing here, there is u net work OF mines in
Havana harbor. Three years ago he
says his vessel was about to steam into
the harbor, when he was signaled not TO
enter. a pilot boarded the ship ard eX-
planned that the engineers We're plant
ing mines. and that it would be neces-
sary for him TO wait several hours be-
fore proceeding into port.
Captain Greenmeyer was then master
Of the Alhno. He was al one time in
the Germany army.
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PACIFIC COAST.
IT'S Defense Not Overlooked by the
Navy Departl emit.

WASHINGTON, March l.. - In maxi
ing preparations for the possibilities
of the future, the Navy Department
has by no means overlooked the
strategic defense of the Pacific Coast.
To guard properly this important sea-
board it has been found necessary 20
send an advance guard some distance
down the southern Pacific Ocean. The
battfeship Oregon. the sister of the m
diana. and one OF the most powerful
vessels in the navy, has been selected
for this work
Secretary Long to-day telesraphed or
ders To her commander To leave San
Francisco and cruise down The south
ern coast The vessel will report from
time to time by cable to the Navy De-
partment, and receive such instructions
as changes in conditions may warrant.
At present she is taking on afnnuni-
ton. about fifty tons in ALL which was
unloaded at the powder station when
the ship Went north last fall to have
bilge keels pun in place at the Bremeter-
ton naval station As soon as this
work Is done she is expected to sail
southwark.
Continued on Fifth Page)
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THE PREPARATIONS FOR
NATIONAL Defense.

suggestions and inventions. Many of
flying machines. kites and the like. cen
tipede-like steamers with manifold pro
pellefs and torpedoes of fearful and
W onderful destruction All of them are
given attention, and are offered to the
proper authorities for investigation, but
not much is expected from them.
SHOT AND SHELL FOR BIG GUNS.
The War Department will, on Monday.
open bids for one of the largest orders
for shot and shell for heavy caliber
guns ever given, including armor pierre
ing projectiles and deck piercing tor
pedo shells The number md character
of these follows: $50 twelve-inch deck
piercing shells, weighing 1000 pounds
each: 1,241 twelve-inch deck piercing
shells, weighing 500 pounds each; 4s1
ten-inch armor piercing shot capped;
l49 eight-inch armor piercing shells;
100 eight-inch armor piercing shot
capped
These projectiles are for the heavy
fortiffeation guns now mounted along
the coast. Their purchase is rot to be
made under the So, 100000 defense APP
preparation bill. but is in anticipation of
the fertilization bill, which g. ants 1910.
coo for reserve supply Of projectiles
and powder.
AS the making Of the heavy projecti,es
Will take considerable time. the con-
tract will be let ahead Of the passage of
the bill, assurances having been given
from men in Congress that no question
would be raised as to the regularity of
this proceeding.
The entire amount is designed to give
all the heavy guns now installed. and
these to be put in place during the COM
ing year, full quota of projectiles and
powder. The 12-inch shot are among
the largest made. The cost of a single
round of this class of projectiles is $3l l..
Aside from the large order TO Be placed
Monday. the emergency bill viii permit
! additional orders to meet the require
nents of such fertilization guns as may
be mounted for emergency. The present
order is for the actual needs of the guns
now mounted without reference TO any
existing emergency, although it has been
made all the more imperative by the
Spanish crisis
CONDITION OF CUBAN RECONCEN-
TRADOS IMPROVED.
The Spanish Minister, Senior Polo re-
ceived q dispatch to-day from Captain
General Blanco stating the condition of
the Cuban reconcentrados was greatly
improved. General Blanco stated also
that he had prepared full data On this
subject TO be forwarded to Washington
1t Will be timely contribution to the
official material on the condition of these
unfortunate people. and is doubtless
drawn out by the narrowing stories of
distress and starvation which have in
duced the sending of large relief sup
plies to Cuba By Americans.
Senior Polo has not yet opened business
negotiations with the State. Department,
except in the formalities OF presenting
his credentials. He is first attending TO
F.. the several duties incumbent on new
Minister, and after calling on the Pres
ident to-day, he spent the rest of the day
in calling on ambassadors and Minis
fprs
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READY TO BATTLE.
Ey-Confcaerates WouId Enlist ia
Defend The Flair.

oWoSSo eMicE-), March 12.-General
j. y. Gordon of Georgia. who lectured
here last evening on The Last Days
of the Confederacy," has received tee
gram from his State saying:
One hundred and fifty thousand Of
your comrades stand ready to follow
Your lead in the protection of our ma
tiCnal honor
Said the General: Il think 1 hear
rebel yells and Yankee hurrahs mingled,
as our common country unites in pro-
lection of our flag
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The BLOWING UP
OF The MAINE.
Theories Of Captain Paral, II is
Said, Are Not Suhstaniiated.
In American Officer Tells Of the Effects Of
ToreadOes and Mines,

Depends or Depth OF the Water
Where the Explosion Occurs as
to What Effect Would be WISH
hIe OF, the Surface-Thc Lack o2
Dead Fish Explained by the
Fact That No Fish Tnhs5it the
Waters Where the Maine Was
Anchored.
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BATTERIES ARRIVING AT FORT
HANCOCK

NEW YORK, March l2-Fort Han
cock, at Sandy Hook, presented a war
like appearance to-day The two bat
teries Of seventy-fve men each from
Fort Slocum. Davids Island. and two
battalions from Fort Wadsworth ar
rived there to-day With the 300 men
who arrived yesterday there are now
more men at the fort than at any time
since the Civil War.
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THE MONTGOMERY
NOT INJURED.
Commander Converse Sets at Resi-
the Sensational Story
That the Warsaip Has Met With a Mishap
in Cuban Waters.

Thinks 1t Would be We'll for Sem
sation Mon@ers to Give Some
Thought to the Feelings of the
Wives and Other Relatives of
the Officers and Crew at Home
Before Causing Deep Alarm by
Such Baseless Stories.
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An Editor Becomes Insane.

NEW YORK, March 12.-Isaac CT.
Reed, editor of The Protector" official
organ of the Woman's Protective Aux
iliary Lea-ue.. and sonce United States
Consul in France, was taken tonight to
the insane ward of Bellevue Hospital.
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AT MILITARY POSTS.
Artillery Batteries Preparing to
Go TO the Sea Coast.

CHICAGO. March 12-Quartermas-
ter-Gcneral Lee of the Army. Depart
ment of the Lakes, is making arrange
1nents to transport batteries Of artil-
lery cw at forts in the West to the
Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico
To-day the Western railroads having
headquarters at St Louis and other
Western cities were invited to teleg1 aph
| by the 10Th inst. proposals for the
transporting Of batteries of artillery
from Fort Riley, Kas., to Fort Monroe,
Va, and from Fort Riley TO New Or
leans. La, and a third from Fort Riley
20 Savannah, Ga Each battery con
sists OF five officers. sixty-fiye men,
fifty-seven horses, foGr guns with Gals
sons. battery FORCES and camp equip
ments
The equipment must go through from
the initial point without change and
enthusiastically TO leave Fort Riley by
noon on the 10Th inst.
ARMS FOR NAVAL RESERVES.
ST. LOUIS. March 12-Lieutenant-
Commander Felix H. Hunicke Of the
St Louis naval reserves to-day received
a communication from Assistant Sec
rotary Of the Navy Roosevelt inclos-
ing bond upon the execution of which
the Department Will authorize the lean
Of 30 Hotchkiss rifles. 4o-calibeT, with
belts The l1tter concludes as follows:
AS the State of Missouri does not
share in the appropriation for aiming
and equipping the naval militia, the De-
partment can be put to no expense IN
dispa.ching these rifles. The cost of
trans ortation win have to be borne by
your organization. and as the Depart
neut cannot lend small arm ammuni-
ton, this, too, will have TO be furnished
by the organization.
KANSAS BATTERIES ORDERED
SOUTH.
JUNCTION CITY (Kas), March L.
orders were received at Fort Riley this
afternoon at O'Clock ordering the
three batteries Of artillery at this post
to the South. Battery 3 of the Fourth
Artillery, Captain Anderson, goes to
Fort Monroe; Battery f Of the Fourth,
Captain Taylor, gees to Savannah, Ca,
and Battery of the Fifth, Captain
Riley. to New Orleans. The orders are
such that it will compel the movement
Of these batteries to their station not
later than Wednesday OF next Week
Major Randolph. who is in command of
the artillery post at Fort Riley, has
not been ordered elsewhere. There IS
great excitement here and at Fort Ri
ley.
Telegraphic reports stating that the
troops ere en- route are erroneous.
KANSAS CITY, March IA rumor
in persistent circulation this afternoon
that troops had been ordered from Fort
Le2venWorth, kas., to the Pacific Coast
is denied by army officials at this
point.
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ACTIVITY AT NAVY YARDS.
Work Being Carried on Day and
Night.

WASHINGTON. March 12-There is
general activity at the Washington ma
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vy-yard. three shifts OF men working
Gwenty-four hours continuously. The
completion Of the big guns there is be-
ng pushed ahead with all possible
haste. The rush has led TO large de-
a1and for machlnists of all kinds. which
ap to now has not been met. An en-
.istment office for blue jackets was
opened at the yard to-day. Thirty ma
.ines have been detailed from the yard
10 go with the Columbia or the Mime
apolis. They are held in readiness 10
start at a moments notice. Some of
the four-inch guns have been coinplet-
ed this week, and were shipped to IN
dian Head TO be tested. Not a uay
passes but what guns OF some caiber
are finished and taken down by the tug
Triton to the proving grounds TO be
tested TWO or three OF the monster
thirteen-inch guns, with the exception
of few finishing touches to he put 10
the .jreach mechanism, are already TO
be tested.
INCREASING THE FORCES.
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE enlist
ing IF skilled mechanics, machinists,
seamen and ironworkers was continued
to-day at the Brooklyn navyyard but
ali applications of apprentices, LANDS
men and coal passers We're refused, as
there is already a full complement of
these classes.
The torpedo boat stiletto has been
put IN condition for sea.
The work Of transporting ammunition
from the yard to the steamers down
the bay was continued to-day.
WATERFOWL Cdaes.), March 70
Fifty more mechanics will be put TO
work at the arsenal on Monday, and
night work in the machinery depart
rnent will be begun
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COALING or MARSHES.

PORTSMOUTH tN. H.. March IL
Orders have been received at the Ports
mouth navy-yard from Washington TO
ascertain how many WarshIpS could be
coaleI here and the quickest possible
time which would be required to sup
ply a vessel The Washington authori-
ties have been informed that four bat
tleshi,,s and seven cruisers could be
cooled at the navy-yard here at one
time, and that 20,Gbo tons of coal could
De supplied. The work Of equipping the
Notifications is proceeding steadily
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A Railway Omcia7 III.

NEW YORK; March 1o.--J. @.
Schrieber General Traffic Manager OF
the Southern Pacific Railway Company,
With offices in New York. is very i'll ar
the Hoffman House.
Why does a loafer always bother a
man when he's busy?
The record-union., 1898-03-13

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-17
RESOLUTIONS OF COINCIDENCE.

Whereas the sad intelligence has just
reached this body of the death of Ensign
Bagley, Of the torpedo BOAT WinSlow. off
Cardcnas harbor, and in view Of the facl
that his parents are neal nelghbOrS ant
warm friends Of Shaw University, Oul
alma mater. some of us remember hin,
while students here. when he was Il child
tripping the green sward in his mothers
yard;
Therefore We herein tender to his fam
lily our slncerest sympathy in this hour
OF their bereavement. and share with
them their SORROW. We feel prouG OF
his patriotism and valor. knowing that
he died III 4 just cause in behalf of hui
manity and his country, and as Il brave
North Carolinian among the first whose
blood was shed in the present conflict.
Committee on resolutions for Shaw
University Alumni Association:
A. i. VINCENT.
Il. 4. JOHNSON,
j. 4. DODSON,
CHAS. T.. MESERNE,
President Shaw University.
To Mrs. w. II. Bagley and Family, L.
r.. South street, Raleigh, \. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-17
ARMY NEWS FROM MOBILE.

Commodore Schley's Son to Stand for
Promotion.
Mobile, Ala. May 16.-Col. !. ID.
DouruSy. OF the Eleventh Infantry, who
was given 4 three months leave about
ten days ago. returned to camp last
night, having been to Washington. New
York and st. Louis. He is senior col
onel and has taken command Of the
Second Brigade. Brigadier General
Hawkins received his commission today.
it having gone round by way Of Tampa
by mistake.
The Second Cavalry began routine
drills today. having Il fine drill ground
4 half mile west of the Infantry en-
campment.
Col. Hunt. of the Cavalry. who stlf-
fered from Il fall from his horse while
ut C~hicamauga, is still somewhat I'M
Ger the weather. He and staff were
formally received by General Coppinger
at headquarters tonight. Lieutenatns T.
:. Schley. Ferd w. Kobe. Fl. G. Cole
man. and +. G. S~tritZenger. of the sd
Infantry. stationed at New Orleans.
came over today to appear before the
examining board for promotion. Schley
is The son of Commodore Schley Of the
flying squadron. Fifty-seven wagons
for this command were received here to-
day from Jeffersonville, Ind.