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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
WATKINS TAKES THE BLAME.
stranding of the Paris Due 20 an I'm
Accountable. Error.


New York, July 1O.-Tne report Of Capt
watkins Of the strandlng of the Anieri-
can Line steamer Paris, was made public
to-day by the local board of steamboat
inspectors.
Capt watkins makes no attempt to
evade responsibility fer the accident but,
on the contrary says frankly that the
strauding Of the ship was the result Of an
unaccountabe error on MS part He says
the accident was not due TO any want Of
thought or anxiety about his vessel, but
resulted from a mistake he made in cal
cuating the position Of the ship.
The local inspectors Of steam vessels
have suspended capt. Watkins license as
master Of ocean steamers for two years.
Capt Watkins is stiH In charge Of the
Paris and Is acting In the interest Of the
underwriters to whom the ship was turn
ed over by the American Line officials.
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O'BRlEN PLANTS SUCCESSOR.
r,rcTED PRESIDENT OF SOUTH
rRN ExPnESS COMPANY.

,so gradually to the Position He
,o,, occupies-started With the
company in Memphis as Driver
=, ts54. and Now Has Reached the
ror--He Retains Also the Position
of General Manager of the Com
pany'
N-sq York. July 10-At a meeting of the
s,,,,l.ol directors of the Southern Express
r,rasnv held here to-day, NJ J. O'Brien
u,e elected president, to succeed the late
Henry b. Plant
Mr. OBren was formely vice president
and general manager of the company.
The arr9uncement of the election of
Mr. M. J. O'Brien TO the presidency of
The Southern Express Company was re-
ca.ve3 by private telegram from New
York during the day. had the announce
rent come in the nature of a surprise
ha employees of the Savannah office
could not have expressed more pleasure
and satisfaction.
The remarkable career of Mr.. Obrien,
The remarkable career of Mr.. O'Brien,
-ion for years of the gradual manner in
which positions of trust and importance
for The employees Of the Savannah office,
bIt for the employees of the company
throughout the country. The men here
have some knowledge OF Col O'Brien's
c1reer. and many of them enjoy the
pleasure Of an acquaintance with him
Supernlendent Myers is in New York,
where he went to meet Mr.. O'Brien on his
return from Germany. The company's
local agent, Mr.. f. c. Spence, therefore
sent the following congratulatory telegram
to The new president:
Savannah office sends congratulations,
bas wishes long life and prosperity. The
mantle Of our lamented former president
has fallen upon worthy shoulders"
Mr. Bren's career approaches that OF
the late AIr. Plant when 1t comes 10 know
.ns every round of the ladder on which
h. as ended TO his high position. Away
back 10 1888 he started with the company
al Memphis in the humble position OF
4 driver and while it has taken nearly a
half century of hard work to reach the
to1 The victory has at last been won.
How Air. O'Brien drfted from Baltimore
to Memphis is not known, but it is known
that be was rather youthful when engaged
as driver by the Adams Express Company.
Some Early Experiences.
Fortune must have favored the new
/ president in starting in the business for
which le was most adapted though there
ara stories told of his early experiences
as driver which would doubtless have dis
outraged the ordinary beg nner. 1t is said
l2e most difficult part of his duties was
a-eIi9s up his team, which. it seemed,
g u-d not do TO his satisfaction He
al not make this known to his employers,
4 however but with the tact and manage
mont taat characterized his after life, he
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NlDNAPPER FOUGHT

'r ana Guards and Tore
c. Cut Her own Hair.
h,.r%' July 1c.-Mrsh Anne Elizabeth
la a.r -. fmnesvllle, o., who kidnap,
6e Joi., N'faid Papiner, was taken to
lke Nv, peNIlentiary to-day. She Tough,
ak. 5.7 .s7 ana it required three men to
lol yard. 'v" % the cabin Of
Y. she were placed upon the woman
c'1'' Wh.rrr1. one hand free, struck
'atsl "5l o.f When the jan M ONCE 1H,e ws. Her
y, tao ao9. sea k.dnapper threw herself
t.o.n aer bes5 lofe handfuHs of her hair
s.i,'-lc eaerg,. screaming ana kicking win
N n aal ST. 7y at the jailor and his as
q ana bad has h,. finally carried out bod
VIC depot Wy main force on the ride
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Washington, July 10.-Surgoon General
Sternberg has received dispatch from
Mai. O'Renly al Havana in which he says
that Surgeon Havard has wired from San
tiago under date of July that no cases of
yellow fever have developed IN the past
twenty -four hours. The camps are n good
condition and the outlook favorable.
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ALGER WANTS WAR VETERANS.
He Is Anxious TO see slnny of Them
Among the Recruits.

Washington. July lO-sccrs stary Alger is
very anxious TO see the new req g'ments re-
cru!ted as far as possible from men who
served IN the state volunteers during the
Spanish war.
. He has received Information from a num-
Der of officers, especially those who We're
on duty mastering OUT the volunteers in
different states. that if there was an oD-
portuuity afforded probably 80 per cent
of the new regiments would be composed
of these men.
OF course under the regulations the re-
cruitins officers cannot discriminate be-
tween the men who have been in the vol
unteer service and those who have not
aud men WIZ he enlisted ass they apply
without regard to their previous RECORDS.
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Regiments STYLED First and Second Phili-
ppine United States Veteran Volunteer
Infantry"
Adjt. Gen Corbin cabled Gen. Otis that
these designations could not be allowed
for the Philippine regiments and in order
to save confusion they viii be called the
Thrty-sixth and Thirty-seventh United
States Volunteer Infantry.
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ANXIOUS ron TUE DIG FIGHT.
san Frnncisco bids 100000 and wiz
Make Admission 81.

San Francisco, July 10,-The managers
Of Glen Park in this city have raised their
offer Of a purse for the Jefrles-Sharkey
match to 10000. If they get the dQht
they propose TO make the general admis-
sion 81 and at that rate expect an attend
auce Of 100000.
The fight will be held in an open air
arena
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,vill Not Libernte Them.

Madrid July lO.-Aguine.do, according TO
n dispatch from Manila, refuses to liberate
the Spanish military prisoners in the
hands of the Fiipinos.
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PRESENTED FIFTY NAMES.
Bacon and Bartlett Looking Out for
the Officers.

Washington, July 10-Senator Bacon
called at the White House and presented
to the President a list Of about fifty men
Of that state who are eligible under the
Presidents call for officers for the new
volunteer regiments. The President told
them he probably would make the selec-
tion Of Georgia's quota from the list sub
mitted. but that in making II he would
be controlled entirely by the record made
by the officers in the war with Spain.
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TWO REGIMENTS OF VETERANS.
gen. otis Wires the Department That
They Are Assured.

washington Juiy 10-Gen otis cables
the following:
1.-TWO veteran regiments assured. They
will enlist about 1,000. You can appoint
eleven second lieutenants for first and
nine for second regiment to recruit In the
United States, all other officers filled.
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'" WILL ISSUE A UKAsE.
N.nor Succeeds Him. Michael
1. VIM Become Rcgent.

law, "Hl Become Regent.
Gr.rd ~ S'iy lO.-The Cars brother
sa,,,.. D'ke Michael of Russia. now heir
aooor,.. '' present in London He
yah,, .4''3o The Prince of Wales to the
sao s,r,.. .s'-ew of the Horse Guards par
4s uEea..''ood the Car will shortly is
II m1|. ordaining that in the event
Bother c..' 'Gceedins to the throne his
Resent '''o Duke Michael, is to act as
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~
''.'i' > BROTHER is DEAD.

by Violent Hemorrbomes
G. of the Throat
Dps. -, e''fs5urs, July 1O.-The Grand
4, .s brother of the Gar, is dead.
n -, '''','3. dispatch from Abbas Tuman.
Grand n1..t,.uuoasus announces that the
fcnorr5orry oieI of violent and sudden
ages of the throat. y
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rivc ArtIIlery1nen KIIed.

Pretoria, July l0.-Five artlllerymen
were killed to-day by the explosion Of a
powder magizine In Magotoland
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Continued on Fifth Page,
The silver star., 1899-03-23

ian well at Cortez Blawr turned
traitor to Southwestern Colorado
and worked against it. He was not
slow in his work against an appro-
priation for wagon road in Dolores
county, either. Mr., Blawr may
think he has done the proper thing,
but when he works against any por,
tion Of Southwestern Colorado, he
works against his constituents in
La Plata county, also. A man who
is such a hog that he cannot see
that anything will benefit his sec.
tion of the state unless it is in his
county, is about as small as a gnat
and has Icss brain.
The silver star., 1899-03-23

An exchange says: Look into a
cradle and you behold a crying male
babe. At the age Of 10 he is noisy
kid with half the bottoms of his
pspts and an eye for meanness; at
30 pnhlisher Of q country newspa-
per, Supporting every interest cal
culated to improve the town or en-.
rich its people; at IS he is an euia-
ciated. wornout man, with bald
head and holes ip his pockets; at so
he Is corpse in a cheap coffin, his
only RESOURCES two cases Of BREWER,
= hand press and subscription book,
with names Of t7s delinquent Sub
scribers.
The silver star., 1899-03-23
present DAY THOUGHTS
ev q. onosvs noa DAVE.

1so Young MRN-DRBroRs:-
In the case Of churches 1t has
been proved a thousand times over
that church in debt is a church
alive. The burden Of all unites the
purpose Of all. If. not the methods.
The danger of all Is the strength Of
all through the effort to lift the bur
den. The church under pressure Is
usually the ono that has the least
time for weakening dissensions.
The public burning Of a church
mortgage IL therefore by no means
q promise Of future prosperity. 1t
may really bring on the greater dan.
ger that comes when workers lie
down in their tracks and the eye has
time to wander from the old purpose
and grow critical regarding this one
idler,. that one gossip. and the Other
kypocritc. Thus with no debt al
all-laxincss, criticisms, jealousics
heart. .burnings, soui-wrongings,
damage. 81,
Yet on the other hand there arc
cxceptions:.for In somc. cases th'
The silver star., 1899-03-23
GRAPHITE TIPS.

A baby boy was BORN at Farm
ington, N. NJ, recently, who had
two teeth when born. That boy is
most too smart for these days and
should have waited about fifty years
before putting in an appearance,
~
No man was ever able to suit
everybody. !
The fellow who used Hebrews,
XIII, 8, as his blessing, must have
been printer.
"a honest confession is good for
the SOUL" but few of them are made
nowadays.
A soap trust has been organized
but we won't worry as our office
towel has passed the stage when
soap will take effect.
W.
Many people," says an Illinois
paper, "are at a loss to understand
why railways charge 5000 to haul
a man ffpm here to San Fraaciscc
and only charge S. 90 to transport
a hog" and remarks; "Here is a
case where civilization gets decid-
edly the worst of it," The differ.
ence is made On account of educa-
tion-of the hog.
~
A total eclipse of the sun will
take place on May aeth of this year,
Remember the date and get your
smoked glass ready.
While returning from Toten's
lake Monday the junior editor ol
the News.Sun had the pleasure OF a
half hours visit with ]. H. Dewitt,
the genial and handsome editor oi
the Dolores SILVER STAR. Besides
being good looking Joe is a rustlel
and is getting out a paper which il
credit to the community it repre-.
sents. and deserving Of the most
liberal patronage of every business
man in that town.-Rico News-Sun,
See here. Casey, because you've
got handsome features does not give
you license to make fun of our mug
The silver star., 1899-03-23
Song 70 Ha* q Wife.

A Boston Sunday school teacher
not long ago gave her class rather
graphic description of how Eve was
created from the rib of Adam.
Mamma" said the youngest men,
Der Of the class that same eyeriHg,
pressing his hand to his side, "I'm
afraid I'm going to have a wife. -
New York Tribune.
The silver star., 1899-03-23

A newspaper whose columns over
flow with advertisements of busi-
ness men, has more influence in at
tracing attention to and building
up q town than any other agency
that can bc employed. Capital and
labor go where there is an enter
prising community. No power on
earth is so strong to build up town
as newspaper well patronized, and
jts power should be appreciated
T. Dewitt Talmage.
The silver star., 1899-03-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.
.A.AEAAE
X AAAA.

The Harris emblem law, intro
duced by Senator John ]. Harris,
and which has passed both houses,
will not be reported from the enroll
ing committee until next. Saturday
and Governor Thomas will hold it
the ten days limit before signing
it, so that it will not interfere with
this springs city elections.
The silver star., 1899-03-23


That smooth, easy talking would
be surveyor and erstwhile repre-
sentative Of la Plata county, Blair
Burwcll. should have the cuphoni'
GUS title Of Hog" prcfxcd. to his
name and be relesated to innccuouH
dcsuitudc. Mr.. Blawr was oil
smiles. smooth talk and unseen
curscducss while working for appro'
priations for La Plata county. but
when Montsxuma's representative
Hon. u. l.. Short. asked for small
cum for the completion. of the arses'
The silver star., 1899-03-23

debt saddled on a church by am
bilious officials in a wild, religious
competition to equal OF surpass the
edifice, or the organ, or the ritual
of a peighbcring church, proves SO
discouraging that the greater num-
Der of the members give up in des-
pair. Thus with too heavy debt
indifference, absence of principle,
presence of sheriff, shameful COM
ments by the worldly.
But one must not dwell! too long
upon the details of the moderncom-
plicated church that has grown up,
or away, or down (whichever word
you choose to nse) from the simple
doctrines of q simple teacher. /
Fmerely. want.syou to look at the
church as :; a picture of yourself-ens
body, many members.
oR A YOUNG MAN it is hetter
to owe a Thousand than to
own It. A good, honest debt inn
parts a good. honest impulse; so
that the desire for the qualification
of the stomach at the expense Of
the back. or of both at the expense
of your kindly creditor is subordi-
mated to the one purpose of making
full repayment and thus being able
to hold the head up in free air again.
Easy come and careless spend do
not put the backbone of good sense
into man, nor do they place him
in SYMPATHETIC touch with the great
struggling mass of burden bearers
who copstitute such large proper
tion of the world.
Yet at;the same time it must be
conceded that a heavy debt con-
|tracted by a young man through
needless living, careless thinking,
foolish efforts has large element Of
discouragement in it and has driven
many a man to the camp of the
tramp, where no debts are paid, no
good done, and no service rendered
to mankind-where, as with ravens.
food and free air are all that are
asked; here today, away tomorrow
needless, careless, foolish, self,
gratifying as before.
***
~RERDoM FROM debt and dis
enlargement through debt
remind one of the conditions Of life
in the tropics and in the polar re.
gions. The dwcller in the hot.
moist regions of the world worries
little about food and even less about
clothes. Dame Nature, really un-
kind to him.. drops food into. his
open mouth, much as Mistress
Robin will be doing with her Aedg.
lings IN a few weeks. Conditions
around him are too easy to. bring
him to the best that is possible for
. human being. His NAV may In.
deed be distent with food, and his
body we'll nourished, but he is no
type Of man to pattern after. Less
food found by lying on the back,
and a great deal'more effort would
be good for him, and tend to make
his feet move in marching sipc with
The silver star., 1899-03-23

It may. be an item not generally
known that. the United States STU
preme Court recently handed down
an opinion to the effect, that poultry
running at large is wild game, and
persons on whom chickens may
.trespass havs a legal right to kill
them. If your neighbor's hens per.
sist in scratching up your spring
garden, the law will.apho!!a you in
killing them.-Ex.
The silver star., 1899-03-23

the real workers of the world.
On the other hand the paralyz-
ring influences of darkness and cold
in the polar regions are just as dam
gerous. Their effort is all negative
avoiding death rather than grand
ly living, no ambition save to have
a big piece of blubber or, as an oc-
casional treat, bite from a tallow
candle, no care for the great world,
no interest in its burdens, no appre-
citation of other conditions of life,
no care to know more, no more to
care for than mere existence.
*** {.
IT IS THE TEMPERATE zone 81
! moderate responsibility that is
best feEs a 4 ypupg man; where, nature
is heither too kind nor too harsh,
but decidedly tickle and hard to
compass-where conditions are not
all against nor all for a young man,
but where if he is for himself and
for the highest, noblest, purest de-
velopment ofhimselfthere is enough
of reward to his efforts to encourage
him.
*~*
RLLOw DEBTORS, let us make
no mistake. We all work
best under pressure. The constant
bearing in upon wholesome man
Of the knowledge that he must put
up'a good fight with the conditions
that confront him, makes him fight
and makes him win. The man of
right intentions gets no harm by
being cornered and hedged around.
1t works up his moral muscle and
to his moral muscle is going to come
some kind of a victory, even if it be
but the victory over indifference and
carelessness and inderectness of aim.
In all Of us, placed under the
forcing-glass Of case there is too apt
to develop laziness. 1t is TO easy
to lie down and do nothing-to idly
watch the days 20 by that never re-
turn, to'yield to impulses that set
us back in a moment a THOUSAND
years behind the present ideas Of
what it really means to live-that
we may and can and ought to well
come any condition, no matter how
seemingly hard for the time being,
that jolts us out ofcomplacency and
puts Us where we must either. be up
and doings or supinely lie down like
a worthless cur. The young man
who complains at hardships Of q
moderate character will have much
more of it, If there is good material
lin him, before his whimpering
ceases. The hammering Of our
selves, like the hasnmcring Of brass,
has a moulding purpose about It.
The more we are hammered the
more shapeiy our characters Be.
come; for who arc we to expect to
60 through the world on the elder.
down of ease, when humanity -of
whom each Of Us IL merely an cpl.
tome--has made its greatest gains
by struggling against the odds Of
boisterouy nature without and indo.
lent, ease.loving nature Within.
The silver star., 1899-03-23
A SNAP!
Must Go At Once.

This newspaper plant is for sale at a bar
gain e-col army press e-coi. quarto stone,
oxs jobber, Fl fonys job and ad type, 15o lbs,
nenapariel, so lbs. BREWER, 80 lbs FCrescent, .
95 lbs. leads and slugs, cases, etc.
Good opportunity for a rustler. Have
other business Must sell at once or will
lease on good terms. For further particulars
call on or address
JOE H. DEWITT. &.
Dolores, Colo.
La Junta tribune., 1899-11-15
Used by s,i,I.h Soldier. In Africa.

Capt. c. G. Dennison is well
known all over Africa as comman-
der OF the forces that captured the
famous rebel Galishe. Uuder date
OF November :, 1897, from Vryburg
Bechuanaiand, he writes: "Before
starting on the last campaign |
bought quantity OF Chamberlain's S
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy which l used myself when
troubled with bowel complaint,
and had given TO my men, and in
every case it proved very beneficial.
For sale by Arcade Pharmacy.
La Junta tribune., 1899-11-15
s.s., See. m...ios ro-s,sh..

Every citizen who is interested
in the welfare, prosperity and ad-
vancement OF the Interests OF La
Junta is expected to attend meet
ing a, the court house tonight to
consider the sngar beet proposition
that is now before the people OF
the Arkansas Valley. The loca-
ton of the factory will be decided
upon in a very short time, and 1t is
a matter OF vital importance TO
every business man and property
La Junta tribune., 1899-11-15
hofSmise Wins . Case.

Jack Gross, who was tried in the
district court of Bent county last
week for burglary, was acquitted.
He was accused OF robbing the
postoffice jewelry store, at Las
Animas, OF about $500 worth of
jewelry, most of the booty being
found buried on his property.
Thomas r. Hofimire was his at
torney.
La Junta tribune., 1899-11-15
Som. o.moer... Clad Th.y'r. Sorry.


The new editor of the Manzanoia
News sizes up political conditions
in Otero comfy like an old-timer,
and truthfully says: "The result
OF the election was great surprise
to both republicans and democrats.
The vote would indicate that the
free silver republicans have gone
back to the party. Another reason
for the republican victory was the
popularity Of the present county
administration. Many democrats
voted a part Of the republican
ticket" That many democrats
voted part Of the republican
ticket is quite true. Some OF them
voted the entire ticket. and their
only regret is that Mr.. Weiland
was defeated.
La Junta tribune., 1899-11-15
FISHER Il LARSEN
Chsmbsrtsin's Pain Balm

Cures others, why not you' My
wife has been using Chamberlain s
Pain Balm, with good results, for
a lame shoulder that has panied
her continually for nine years.
We have tried all kinds OF medi-
cines and doctors without receiving
any benefit from any Of them. One
day we saw an advertisement OF
this medicine and thought of trying
La Junta tribune., 1899-11-15
s.oekhoias,.s . Mss.ins.

Notice is hereby given tina, a
meeting of the stockholders OF the
Crooked Arroyo Ditch Company
will be held on the 2oth day OF No
vember. 1899, at the hour OF ten
o'clock in the forenoon, at the law
Office OF o. G.. Hess. 10 the town
OF La Junta. Otero county, Colo
RADIO, for the purpose OF electing
officers for the ensuing year. and
for the transaction of such other
business as ma, regularly come be-
fore them. T. J. HowARp.
Vice President.
La Junta tribune., 1899-11-15
New Farmers Association !.

A number of farmers met at the
county court room last Saturday
afternoon and organized the Otero
County Farmers Exchange Asso-
cation. The object of the asso-
citation is to promote and encour-
age the industry OF farming and
especially alfalfa seed. The far
mers complain that they are un-
able TO obtain fair and just prices
for alfalfa seed and propose to
remedy the matter by organization
and dealing direct with consumers.
They have been writing to dealers
in Chicago, Omaha and Kansas
City for prices and in every in
stance have been referred back to
local dealers. They propose now
to get on the inside and establish
a corner on the market themselves.
They have been receiving cents
a pound on an average for alfalfa
seed and at this meeting a COM
was read from dealer
offering to loan money on alfalfa
seed at 5 cents per pound with 10
per cent interest.
The organization adopted con.
and bylaws and elected
the following officers: President,
]. L. Potter; secretary, ]. L.
Brown; directors, ]. L. Brown, A.
D. c. Seeley, ]. L. Pot
ter, William Shell; manager. Geo.
Hammond.