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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
NEGRO's STRANGE DELUsIoN.
Great Preparations Being Made for
WaycrOss' Fair.

Waycross, Oct N.-Gus Reynolds, a col
ored barber employed in j. w. Newton 5
barbershop, was before Ordinary Warren
Lott to-day. charged with lunacy The
negro imagines that he is a great physi-
clan, and thinks he has made a discovery
that will be a revelation TO medical
science. The jury rendered a verdict ad-
Judging Reynolds insane.
There is some talk of a second brass
band being organized in Waycross The
German painter, Shchamber, has the mai
ter in hand
The Waycross Journals fourth anniver-
sary edition will be issued this week. The
paper will contain twenty-four pages and
a cover, and will be richly illustrated.
The Waycross Fair will open its gates
to the public for its exhibit for 1899 just
two weeks from to-day. 1t will probably
excel all previous exhibitions given by
the association. There will be Governors
day, Plant day and several other special
days that win attract thousands of visit
ors Gov. Gambler writes that he will be
here if he can possibly leave the executive
office long enough, and Congressman
Brantley and other noted citizens will be
here. Purses, aggregating about $500,
are offered for the races, which viii be
decided attraction. A new speakers stand
Is DelnS erected, ana OllleI Improvements
are being made preparatory to the open
ing of the fair.
DIR. j. c. Rippard, who has been APP
pointed chief surgeon of the railroad ana
hospital department of the Plant System,
10 succeed DR.. f. II. Caldwell resigned,
is a native of Pennsylvania and a gradu-
ate of Baltimore college of surgery. He
came to Waycross several years ago.
where he has built up a good practice and
established himself as a physician and sur
geon. For some time past he has been To-
cal surgeon of the system.
The Waycross Concert Band has been
officially notified by the secretary of the
Waycross Fair Association that the propo-
stion of the band had been accepted and
that institution win furnish the music for
the fair.
Sunday morning at the Catholic Church
Miss Lizzie Mccoy and George Kane were
married by Father Luckie. Miss Martha
and John Mccoy stood with the couple. A.
reception was rendered the couple by Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Nunez.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Williams and Miss Mag
o'clock in First Methodist Church. Rev.
George G. n. MacDonell performed the
ceremony. Miss Brown is one of the most
amiable young ladies in Waycross, and
Mr.. Williams is popular salesman in the
Waycross clothing store.
Robert J. Burdette, the celebrated hum
orist, appeared before large audience
here tonight, under the auspices of the
Waycross Lyceum Association. This was
the opening of the season of 1899 and 1900
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
Mrs. johnson
Saved from
Insanity by
Mrs. PiR1ks5aEss

menced TO have spells with my spine
Every month | grew worse and at last
became so bad that l found 1 was
gradually losing my mind.
The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but 1 got no better. One
doctor told me that l would be insane
Twas advised by friend to give Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before l had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
Il have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it,
l advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it a
fair trial. l thank you for your good
medicine. "-MRs. GERTRUDE M. JOHN
SON, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
GANG OF RAILROAD THIEVES.
Supposed to Have stolen a Lot of
Goods Found at Triton.

Supposed to Have stolen "A Lot of
Goods Found at Triton.
Triton. Ca, oct. A.-Chief Nc
CURT and Policeman Saxson made
a rich haul in Triton Sunday night, while
hunting for the negro supposed to have
burglarzed the store of S. G. Slack one
night last week.
In the woman's fair building, which re-
mains open and unused, they found sew
eral cases of merchandise, containing
clothing principally for light summer
wear, and a case of baking powder. All
had been opened and a few of their con-
tens dug out, but more were damaged.
The case of baking powder was marked
TO Lee & Co., Pinehurst Ga, but the cases
of merchandise had been remarked so Of
ten that their consignment was illeglble.
After some investigation, it was found
that the goods had been shipped by Hall
and Kennon of Abel TO W. H. Moon of At
lanta, on the 18th inst, and an invoice of
the shipment was obtained from Hall &
Kennon.
Yesterday afternoon a representative Of
the Georgia Southern Railway assisted by
the police, checked over the goods by the
invoice, and only one pair of pants out of
the entire lot was missing. The recovered
goods amounted in value TO between $50
and $500.
The work is supposed 10 he that of an
organized band of railroad thieves, which
came near being broken up last year by
the arrest of one of the ringleaders, who
ESCAPED from the Cordeie jail. The gang
is supposed to operate between Macon and
Valdosta and to have representatives in
Cordele and Triton, who aid in concealing
the stolen goods, as well as i'm shielding
the thieves
+. p. Phillips negro, was arrested here
yesterday for running blind tiger. He
was convicted before Mayor Boatrisht and
fined $50 and costs. The recent influx OF
laborers incident to the construction or
the new railway lines here have given the
tigers a profitable field in which to forage.
A raid was made on q gang of gam
blers at Irwinville, Tiftons negro suburb,
by Bailiff Oliver and posse last night, and
four dusky sons of smoked Ham were
caught. They were brought TO Triton and
bound over to the County Court, where
they were carried to-day.
Manager Bowen has leased the Triton
Opera House to Messrs. S. NJ. Clyatt, f..
H. Tiff and c. w. Fulwood for a term
of five years. It will be overhauled, re-
floored and furnished; and some first-class
attractions for the season are promised.
Several white people have the disease
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DARTS DEATHS MESSENGERS.
Terrible Possibilities Of secret MUIR
der Ina This Device.
From The New York World.

From the New York World
Warden Hagan Of the Tombs has in his
possession a novel weapon perhaps the
most dangerous ever taken from a pris-
oner.
The origin Of this deadly implement was
an ordinary hypodermic syringe. II is the
hypodermic syringe adapted 10 crime
The slender. hollow needle with which
the puncture is made and the drug inject
ed in ordinary use is made into sort OF
tiny blow-pipe dart, which, when the pis-
ton Is pressed, will fly for a distance of
several feet with sufficient force to pune
lure the flesh and remain buried in the
almost imperceptible wound It makes. It's
hollow core is large enough to carry sur
hcient quantity of a drug to cause speedy
Inconsistencies or death itself.
Pressed against a persons arm or leg
or body in crowd ana the piston showed
hard, the deadly dose would go through
any ordinary thickness Of clothing and
carry its fatal dose deep into the flesh.
Commissioner Lantry Dr.. Campbell Of
The prison medical corps and a number
of experts In criminal devices have ex-
amned the weapon, and all pronounced
Il not only something new in the imple-
meuis OF crime, but something more dead
ly in its possibilities than they have ever
seen.
I'VE found the thing hid away in the
coat lining Of a notorious criminal OF New
York" said Warden Hagau yesterday.
"lIe was arrested for highway robbery.
and Is now serving sentence. 1t showed
evidence OF recent use"
The warden, by way of illustration, bare
ly touched the end of the piston and the
dart shot out and remained sticking in
the coat OF the reporter, seated fully four
feet away.
IAN the autopsies in the world would
not be likely TO reveal the cause of death
In person killed with this thing" he
said
1.-THE implement was made for criminal
purposes Not long after the prisoner who
had II was sent to prison vilainous look
ing scoundrel came here and asked for
the syringe. He had an order from the
convict for 1t, but / would not let him
have it."
The syringe two long, slender pitfalls,
a number of needles and a small extern
sion tube were compactly slowed away in
a little aluminium case that could be slip
ped into the waistcoat pocket.
The extension tube is made to 1T into
the end of the syringe thereby extending
il and making of ii a miniature rifle bar
rel from which the deadly darts could be
thrown 70 much greater distance than
from the syringe itself
This particular outfit, Commissioner
Lanlry says, is clearly of foreign make.
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NO MORE CASES At DOUGLAS.
That Town Has Established Quaran-
tine Against OciIIa.

Douglas. Ga, Oct 24.-There has not yet
developed another case of smallpox, but
the probability is that some more of the
sick negro's family of ten will have it,
having been in the house with him until
ordered isolated by DR.. Drummer, who vac
cinated the entire lot on Saturday night
before returning to Savannah.
Reliable information having reached the
city yesterday that Ocilla had seventy-five
cases, and no effort up to that time hav-
ing been made to stop it, and the case here
being brought by a negro from there think
ing there it was chicken-pox, Douglas
at once put on a strict quarantine against
Ocilla. This, ii is believed will soon
stamp out the disease here, with no chance
of an epidemic.
There is not now, neither has there been
at any time a solitary case within the CITY
limits, and only one so far outside.
Through the efforts of Postmaster A. b.
Finly Douglas is to become a weather
signal station.
Mr.. J. 3. Vinson of Roseborougb. N. c.
father of Mr.. B. II. Vnson, who. a few
days ago, was mysteriously murdered in.
or on the outskirts of Waycross, has Of
fered a reward OF 800 for the murderers
with evidence To convict, and the Govern
or will be asked to supplement this with
reward BY the state.r
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
PRISONERS TREATED WE'LL.
BOers Want Dutch of BechuanaIand
to Fight the English.


Cape Town, Oct. PA dispatch from
Kimberley, dated Oct. n and brought by a
dispatch rider to the Orange river, has
just arrived here. 1t says
THE position in Kimberley is unchang-
ed. The siege continues. Yesterday the
armored train found the enemy in the
same position in the Spytfontein neighbour
hood.
The prisoners who were captured when
the armored train was destroyed by the
Beers at Kraalpan are now reported alive
and well treated.
THE Beers hoisted the flag of the Trans
vaal over Vryburg on Oct. 49, and are
about issuing a proclamation that Bechu-
analand now forms part of the Transvaal.
This is regarded as a move on the part
of the enemy to induce the Colonial Dutch
TO join the republic without mourning the
risk hereafter on the charge of high trea-
son, if the Beers are ultimately defeated.
Col Kekewieh. on hearing of it, imme-
dately issued a proclamation notifying
the people that if any Br fish subjects were
found assisting Her Majesty's enemies.
either directly or indirectly, such person
would be punished summarly as a base
rebel. Several arrests of Cape Dutchmen
were made here Yesterday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
Judge Way Resigned.

Darien, Ga. oct. 24.-Judge s. A. Way
notary public and ex-officio justice of the
peace, has sent his resignation to the Gov
ernor This is the end of a contest over
the question as TO whether Judge Way
could hold two offices. He is also clerk OF
the Superior Court, and for some time
many have contended that ne could not
legally hold the two offices. An effort was
10 have been made soon 10 combine the
Two offices by an enactment of a law to
that effect but yesterday the Judge heard
that there was opposition to the plan, so
he Immediately resigned as notary pub
Flc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
AS LONDON VIEWS 1T.
comment on the Celebration In
DeweY'S Honor.

Admiral Dewey saw the worst OF il yes
terday-the day of the great parade. lie
Is bearing up bravely and according to
report, he keeps up a smart fire of good
things. The day before was the begin
ming of it, and the Admiral was then very
quick with his deliveries. The women
came to salute him with an address. and
ne seems to have saluted them after his
own fashion; at any rate, he is described
as standing with his arm about the
chairwoman" of the deputation. woman,
beautiful woman" he murmured: and he
proceeded to thank the mothers of his
crews for the brave men under his com
mand. II am true sailor, and think all
women perfect" he added for the climax
After this it will be the Admiral first. and
all the rest nowhere in popular favor.
though Commod>-e Schley was extensively
kissed by the fair on his return from the
wars.
Truth to tell, it is an astonishing demon
stration, the more so because 1t is entirely
unlike anything else of the kind. on
both sides, the hero and the people have
the thing all TO themselves. The people
do anything they like, anything that comes
first, and there is no cold shade of a cham
berlain between them and their idol. The
Admiral does pretty much as he likes, and
seems to say anything that occurs to him
on the spur of the moment. There is
limits ii is go as you please. Yesterday
the scene must have been amazingly fine.
Ten miles of warships and river craft OF
every description passed before the Ad-
miral, Sir Thomas Upton i'm the Erin,
leading the starboard line of a procession
of nearly hundred yachts. The illum
nations on both nights were very fine, and
as original as all the rest. Originality
was the note.
Of the late celebrities who called TO con-
graduate the Admiral on Thursday was
Jeffries, the pugilst. Why not? Neither
the crowd nor the Admiral saw any incon-
gruity in that. Nor was there any to see.
from the American standpoint. 1t is a
country of big things, and this was the
biggest thing in the thews and sinews of
war Offering its homage to the biggest
thing in the brain. The Admiral even
passed his compliment and the champion
in hstcuffs had his cheer as he left the
ship The keeper of a menagerie. deter
mined to be in it one way or other, sent
a fine lion cub aboard. The Admiral was
equal to the occasion. He named the
creature Chichester" Gin memory of Gy
English friend Capt. Chichester of the
British cruiser Immortalite." He might,
OF course, have called it Diedrichs, but he
certainly did not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
BOOT AND SHOE COMBINE.
Further steps Taken to Protect the
Manufacturers.

Boston, Oct. 24.-The National Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers Association formu-
lated some time ago in Philadelphia, was
completed here to-day by the adoption of a
constitution The intention is 20 afford
general benefit to all its members and TO
MAINTAIN a price for manufactured prod
ueiS commensurate with the cost of raw
material At the meeting Thomas James
OF Cincinnati served as chairman.
y committee appointed by the Philadel-
P4Ia meeting to plan out the object report
60 that organization was desirable to cor
ieel me many abuses that have crept into
inc trade, including, first, the counter
handing of orders; second, the return of
goods for no good reason. or of WORKOUT
7oods' thlrd, TO prevent unjust demands
o,.en made upon manufacturers.
ne committee reported that since the
rHadeIphia meeting there had been rap
III changes in the price of raw material
ana mat the outlook for the future was
any 1hln9 but encouraging for the manu-
LECTURERS. Some leather had steadily ad-
,,au'ed, and kid leather now was scarce,
Nl7h IN price and poor in selection.
az tne evening session resolutions were
l,i%rted tdvoring a raise of % cents on
ea-n palr Of shoes, in addition TO the ad-
."uee adopted at Philadelphia. The reso-
IoIons also embodied an emphatic state
"eHt mat the Boot and Shoemakers As
the word
NO action was taken on either of the
,eSoiuJlonS, and the session closed with
NIle or no debate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD.
,rw CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
WE'RE PASSED UPON.

u-;iI BE Submitted to the COnven-
zion when 1t Meets in Savannah.
con. Evans Plan of Dividing the
STATE into Four Brigades Was APP
nroyed-Objects of the Organiza-
zion OutIined-COming Reunion
niscussed by the Board.
Atlanta. oct. 24-The advisory board of
~ Georgia Division of the United Confed-
sr,,a Veterans held an important meeting
the capitol to-day, Gen. c. A. Evans
sting. There were thirty-six members
.,e-ant Capt. A. K. Walker represented
savannah.
Tho hoard is composed of prominent men
throughout the state, mainly commanding
cheers of camps. The form of the con-
s6tutioa and bylaws was prepared by
Con Evans in conformity with a request
made al the Charleston reunion. These
r4r~ submitted to-day and after being
amended in some particulars were unanl-
,oo,s}y recommended by the advisory
hoard for adoption by the convention in
savannah. The constitution is similar to
That of the Confederate Veterans.
Cen. Evans was requested at The con-
vsntion of the Georgia division held dur
inc tine reunion at Charleston to make four
subdivisions of the state, each of these
subdivisions TO be called a brigade In
accordance with this request, he present
Cd a plan of dividing the state into foU"
brigades about equal in the number #
aanns and counties. There will be about
tbirty-three counties in each subdivision.
This plan was adopted unanimously by the
committee and recommended without
change TO the convention. The object of
The organization is stated in article 1, as
follows.
Article l. The object of this organiza-
ton shall he TO promote comradeship
among Confederate soldiers and sailors
Ia collect. preserve and compile valuable
data for the history of the Confederate
Struggle. to protect our children from eli
false history, to encourage the writing
and publishing of the history of each Con-
tolerate command which went from Geor-
eia TO the war and to have prepared for
reservation in each county and especially
in the archives of the state, the name and
record of every soldier and sailor enlisted
from this state and of every soldier and
sailor residing in this state. Other great
objects and purposes shall be TO assist our
needy living comrades and the widows
and orphans of such as are deceased, to
aid in marking the graves and building
monuments to our Confederate dead. TO
render proper funeral tributes to those
who hereafter depart this life, to faith-
fully observe a Memorial day by every
camp in every year, to celebrate the birth
DAYS of jefferson Davis and Robert e.
Lee and 10 hold at least one state reunion
Every year
The approaching reunion was interesting
~ discussed, and many questions asked
concerning it. Gen. Evans spoke of his
recent visit to Savannah, stating that he
found that all Savannah was alive to the
great occasion, and was preparing extern
sively for the entertainment of the sol
diers. Capt A. X. Wilson also spoke and
said Savannah extended cordial greeting
TO The Georgia veterans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
MOTHERS NOTIONS"

Good for Young People to Follow.
my little grandson often comes up 20
show me how large the muscles of his
arms are.
He was delicate child but has de-
veloped into a strong, healthy boy and
Postum Cereal Food Coffee has been the
principal factor
Il was induced to give him the Postum
coffee because of my own experience with
it,
Il am 60 years old, and have been a VIC
tim of nervous dyspepsia for many years.
Have tried all sorts of patent medicines
and had treatment from many physicians
but no permanent relief came. l believe
nervous dyspepucs suffer more than other
sick people, as they are affected mentally
as well as physically.
Il used to read the Postum Cereal adver-
tisements every week in our paper. At
first / gave but little attention to them
thinking it was a fraud like 50 many
had tried, but finally something was sai1
in one of the advertisements that made
me conclude 10 try it. l was very partic-
ular to have 1t prepared strictly accord
ing to directions and use good rich cream.
II was very nice indeed and about bed
time | said to the members OF the family
that believed I felt better. One Of them
laughed and said, That's another Of moth
er's notions but the notion has not left
me yet.
u continued 20 improve right along af-
Ter leaving off coffee, and taking Postum
Cereal Food Coffee, and now after three
years use ] feel so well that / am almost
young again. l know Postum was the
cause of the change I'm my health and ]
cannot say too much in lis favor. / wish
l could persuade all nervous people to use
It. have no objections to your using nv
name, if It viii do good to even one suffer-
err Mrs. NJ. l.. Turner, 26l9 Capitol ave-
nue.. Omaha. Neb.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
LOOK TO THE TROOPS FIRST.
BaIfOur Writes to a Candidate for
Parliament.

BaIfOur Writes to a Candidate for
Parliament.
London. Oct. 24-Mr Arthur j. Balfour.
First Lord of the Treasury and govern
ment leader in the House of Commons,
writing TO the Conservative candidate for
Parliament in Bow, makes it perfectly
clear that the government asks the sup
port of the electorate at the present juno
ture on patriotic grounds. He says:
ION questions of legislation much might,
on a more fitting occasion, be said, but
subjects of merely domestic interest are
dwarfed by the stirring events in South
Africa. There we find our troops, both
British and colonial from the necessities
of the case, divided and isolated and for
sisting with the utmost heroism an unpro-
voked invasion of the Queens dominious
"Our imperial destinies are now being
decided in Natal and Cape Colony. Con-
stituencies that are called on at such
crisis to elect represen natives in Parlia-
ment cannot remain idle spectators of
contest which, though it be waged 6O00
miles away, does most nearly touch us
all. They have an exceptional share of
the national responsibilities, and for my
part l cannot doubt that the electors whose
suftrages you are asking will feel that
their first duty is to strengthen the hands
of those to whom, under conditions of pc
culiar difficulty have been entrusted the
maintenance of the empire
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
THE SOUTH IN THE WAR.
Splendid Record of Southerners in
the Spanish War and In the Phil
fnnfuau

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
The long list of officers killed and wound
ed during the struggle Of the last eighteen
months includes large share of Southern
names. As large a share of the names
known to the Southland may be found in
the list of the officers of the army and
navy who during the same time have dis
tingushed themselves for heroism. SAT-
fold, killed Saturday at the head of his
men in a charge at Noveleta in the Philip
pines, claimed the same Alabama home as
does Hobson OF Merrimac fame. Worth
Bagley, the only naval officer killed dur
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
MEN Will N0T co TO woRK.
strikers Say Their Demands Must
First BE Complied with.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 2i-The susque-
hanna Coal Company, at Nanticoke. Pa,
whose colleries, owing to strike. have
been idle the past three months, posted
a notice to-day to the effect that all the
mines would resume operations Thursday
The $500 strikers held a mass meeting
tonight and the men pledged themselves
asaln not to return to work until the com
pany granted their demands
General Suerintendent Tonkin said to-
night that all will be given work who pa
ply on Thursday In case sufficient
number of men are not secured to run
the mines, then they will shut down until
next spring