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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-26
CARBINES SHIppED

ne governor was in. conference with
-sctln@ Adjutant General Byrd durirc
me day. A large number Of carbincs
nave peen sent to Darien. and a SUNNY
OF ammunition is en- route by special
messenger as the express companies
refused to carry it owing to its explo-
slNe character The governor is in EEL
esraphic communication with the scar
of trouble. 80
- SALOONS ALL CLOSED.
ne seVenty-five members of the II;rst
Georgia. who were left here two day>:
as" wren old man Delagle was taken
10 savannah, are patroling the town
tonisht. All saloons are closed an,. the
Slrlctest order is maintained.
Nearly every negro left town This
evening and tonight word comes chat
Trey are massed in DelagIe's swamp,
Twelve miles from town They are
known 10 be armed and posse 81 :iti-
zens lett on special train for the place.
at o'clock They will maintain a
guard Owe: the negroes and keep them
from doing any damage during +he
night. a telegram was sent to Bruns-
Wick urging all white citizens to come
TO Darien.
TO OVERAWF THF; BLACKS.
~ boat was despatched to carry then,
70 this city and a special train VIII Lc
ready in case mere want to come. Nh I.
presence Of the whites is wanted 70
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
TONER HANDED ~ ms NOTE.
The Temporary Adjustment of the
Alaska boundary Rcnched.

AtUsNN bOunuafN Hcncheu.
Washington, Oct. 2O.-Mr Tower. the
British charge here. called a the state de
partment to-day and handed to Secretary
Hay note formally accepting for his gov
eminent the proposition for the temporary
adjustment of the Alaskan boundary line
proposed by Secretary Hay in his note
OF yesterday.
with that act the long-expected modus
vivendi relative TO the vexed boundary
question went into effect. This result has
been brought about through the direct ne
collation. OF Secretary Hay and Mr.. Tow
er, after several failures in the past
through commissioners and ambassadors.
The state department is confident that il
has conserved every American interest in
The arrangement. without uniustly treating
Canada. The divisional line on the west
pass by which the Dalton trail is reached.
is placed 22l4 miles above Pyramid harhor,
which is regarded under the treaty as
udewater mark, so the Canadians are not
allowed 10 reach any point in the Lynn
canal Moreover there is no PERMISSION
given for a free nort or even for The free
transfer across the American TERRITORY Of
Canadian goods except of miners belong
ings, Those matters may figure Fater on
when 1t comes to a permanent BOUNDARY
line, but they are not touched upon in this
modus.
The modus vivendi follows the precedent
established by Secretary Evarts in 1915 IN
agreeing upon a temporary boundary on
the Shkine river in Alaska by an exchange
of notes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

only collector in the world who has
complete set of American dollars. Every
other collection. including my own, is
short one issue, and the gap will never be
filled until The sea gives up Us own"
do you mean 20 tell US. then" said
listener to the foregoing, that all the
Diamond Dollars now in private cabinets
are counterfeits2 by no means" replied
the collector. 81 own an 1904 dollar my
self, and there are at least three Others,
to my knowledge In the South. They
were issued by the government and are
perfectly good and legal coins, but they
are not originals. They are what are
known technically as 'restrIkes. In the
early days, when the minis had few
coins left over from one year TO another
they would change the date by striking
them with a special die, an operation that
can always be detected by an expert.
For some reason or other, nobody
knows just why. few dollars of the 1900
issue were restruck in 1894 and put In cir
culation. 1t is probable that the total
number was not over forty or fifty, and
good many have been lost. The ones in ex-
istence are worth $3.50 apiece, and you may
rest assured that all the Diamond Dol
lars not mere limitations belong to this
little lot Of restrikes. of course, some OF
them have been sold TO green collectors a 8
originals, and ! was myself the innocent
cause of such a transaction only few
years ago. A friend of mine who lives in
an adjoining state, and who owns a great
many rare and beautiful coins, telegraph
ed me one day asking whether $500 was too
much for a genuine 1904 dollar ] took 1t
for granted that he knew the facts about
the issue. and after puzzllng over the mes
sage for a considerable time concluded that
it was an obscure joke OF some kind, and
that / was simply too stupid to see the
point So | wired back, advising him 70
buy a bushel at that figure, and he
promptly closed the deal II turned out
afterward that the coin was a restrike,
and my friend has never quite forgiven
me. What deceived him was the fact that
the piece was known positively to have
been locked up IN an old chest at Savan-
nah since 1872. That did away with the
counterfeit theory and the only thing he
was doubtful about was the price"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

ures are presented as TO the number OF
steamers and sailing craft reported miss
ing ana regarded now by the underwrit-
ers ana insurance people as lost No less
than tWenty-four steamers sailed out Of
various ports last year and have never
been heard from, and seVenty-nine sailing
vessels cleared and never reached their
destination. both classes representing a TO-
tai tonnage Of 72,773
In addition 96 ships, of which s. were
sailing craft, had to he abandoned at sea
As result of all the losses, the gross
reduction in the mercantile marine Of thc
world IS shown to be La vessels of s20725
tons, excluding vessels OF less than 1Oo
tons. This represents the tonnage Of YES
sci which have been lost at sea as well as
DINERS which have met a Peaceful end bv
being broken up or condemned. The
latter usually aggregate about one-fif.h of
the total The average of loss exceeds
the average OF the preceding seven years
by % vessels of 7O6 tons
Great Britains rate of loss Is ? q nor
cent, the next on the list being GERMANY
with 2.33 per cent. Germany and the Init
ed States are now making a "neck-snd-
neck race as regards the total number Of
vesstls owned, the latter having 244s,677
tons and the former q 113, 9S1 tons Austrfa-
Hungary Is third In point OF rate Of loss.
with S.1s per cent. and then comes Rus
sias with 1853 per cent. and the United
states, with 4.1i DER cent. The other ma
tons are in the following order Italy. 44
per cent; France. AS; Holland. 4.s2;
Spain, 5.0l; Norway. 5.55 and Sweden. Sc
The figures for Norway and Sweden are
regarded as too high especially as the rate
for sailing shiDs Is 75S and 9.65 per cent.
respectively. This is partly explained by
the great number of ships broken up or
condemned but there can be no doubt
that the larger rate is also due TO The
violent end OF many ships by wrecks. The
figures seem TO give support to the view
that the British government should insist
upon more seaworthy conditions for ships
flying the Norwegian flag when leaving
British ports.
of the total number of vessels loSt in
the year-l,14l, of S20725 tons-s22 of 49,
241 tons, were steamers. while S19 vessels.
of S57. 4s4 tons, were sailing craft Wrecks
account for the loss Of 524 vessels, of 356.5Os
tons. SS7 sailing ships and 1877 steamers
meeting their end while buffetiug against
some inhospitabIe shore. They thus equal
nearly one-half of the total. Ninety yes
sells, of 73.204 tons, were lost In collision.
4s being steamers and AZ sailing vessels.
but the average size of the former was
double that Of the latter. Ninety-six YES
sells, of 62752 tons, including So sailing
ships, had 20 be abandoned at sea-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
THE "DIAMOND DOLLAR. ~
Why None of the 1904 Original Issue
Are in Circulation.


Are in Circulation.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Every now and then one reads about
the discovery of another OF the famous
Diamond Dollars of 1904" said a gentle
men of this city, who owns one of the
finest collections of coins and medals in
the South. THE dollars of that date are
popularity supposed to be worth from 81. 200
TO $1,000 apiece, and if a few originals
could be produced / dare say they would
bring that figure easily enough. But il
happens, unluckily that there are only
four on earth, and they are locked up in
the vaults of the treasury building at
Washington, and couldn't be bought al
any price. They are what are known as
The test pieces, which are always laid
aside whenever new coin is struck, and
the rest of the issue is at this moment
quietly reposing under several miles Of
deep blue sea. The true story is rather
interesting.
In 1894 the mint at Philadelphia is
known to have turned out 1880 silver dol
lars. That was the entire ISSUE barring
the test pieces / have just spoken of, and
Il was never put into circulation. The
whole lot, just as il came from the stamp
ing presses, was dumped into an iron chest
and put on board a merchantmen bound
for China. 1t was directed 10 the captain
Of a United States frgate then in oriental
waters, and was Intended to be used in
paying certain expenses connected with
the service. The merchantmen ran into a
Chinese typhoon and went 10 the bottom
where, to the best of my information she
stiH remains, iron chest and all. and that
is the reason why your Uncle Sam is the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
THE WOMAN BARBER.
Mer Qualifications and the Develop
meut of Her Art in London.
From the Pan Mall Gazette.

ment of Her Art i'm London.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The lady barber is no new thing, but
she is new in the sense of modern devel-
opment. Some of us, whose memories
can go back a good few years. can remem-
Der a little barber's shop, somewhere off
FIolborn, where, if the good man were not
in, his buxom wife would herself operate
upon the customers with razor and shaw
ing brush. The female barber, too, is ana
was by no means unknown in Paris. But
it is in its organized form as a recognized
calling for women that it presents features
of novelty. The Lady BARRIERS Associa-
ton-the original one, mark you!-which
is the peg upon which these words of iu-
PRODUCTION have been hung, has existed
for eleven years. It's present address is
G5 Chancery Lane, and it's latest proprie-
tor Nine. ST. Quentin, who has been in
possession since June last She is a charm
ing and accomplished lady-learned in the
mysteries of hypnotic influence, and has
even views on Buddha. In response to the
invitation contained in the announcement
that madame was at home, coupled with
the parenthetical promise of tea, the writ
or descended to the pleasant basement
room with the electric lamps diffuSinS
brightly warm color through the crimson
shades and beheld the priestesses of the
razor performing the customary rites upon
various stubbly and upturned masculine
chius. 1t seemed so entirely pleasant a
process that the writer remembered with
a secret joy that he had not shaved that
morning. Presently it was his turn, and
placing his head upon the pad, he suffered
himself to be lathered and prepared for
sacrifice.
To be shaved by a deft-handed woman is
almost a magical process. There is none
of the Establishing of the gentleman
whom a bountiful nature intended to be a
hedge carpenter. No, no. There is some
thing smooth and gliding over ones cheek,
with here and there the light pressure of
delicate fingers. and presto! one energies
with a chin that is equal without a shadow
of depreciation to every domestic and ante
marital demand upon IL. By the beard of
the Prophet, o woman, thou art born
shaver! No longer does the artist Tonsor
pour into your ear his latest views on the
Czarevitch. Instead, you have a CONVEX
sation like the purlng Of the brook that
flows merrily onward and takes everything
in its ken. Yes, the woman barber is a
great institution. II is an experiment one
must repeat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

The Admiral viii BE Stationed at
Washington.

Washington, Oct. 20.-Secretary Long to-
day issued an order assigning Admiral
Dewey to special duty at the navy depart
ment This was done because since his
arrival in Washington the Admiral has
been on waiting orders only. but now with
the prospect of the reconvening of the
Philippine Commission requiring his at
tendance. it is proper to put him in active
service with all of the emoluments per-
tanning thereto.
Secretary Hay has received a Geographic
notice from Messrs. DENLY and Worcester
of their arrival in Washington next Mon
day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
OFFICIALS REPORT.
To Washington Relative to the
Flight of President Andrade.

Washington. Oct 2O.-The following dis
patch has been received from Minister
Loomis, dated al Caracas, at PIP .. M:
1.-The President of Venezuela left Ca
racas at daylight with 500 men for La
Guayra. Has not resigned. Some disorder
in Caracas. Heavy dynamite bomb ex-
ploded in the house of Matos, former min
lister of finance"
The following has been received at the
navy department from Commander Hemp
hill of the Detroit dated at LaGuayra, via
Hayt, at 2:26 p. M:
Secretary Navy-Andrade has fed, 60
ing toward LaGuayra with 800 men. He
has not resigned the presidency. Vice
President, who holds authority during the
Presidents absence from the capital, has
telegraphed Castro to enter Caracas. No
disorder here or in Caracas thus far"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
WHITE RJBBONERS MEET.
w. c. T. u. In Its Twenty-afth An
nunI Convention at Seattle.

Seattle, Wash. Oct. 2O.-White- Ribbon
ers TO the number of 500 are in Seattle to-
day. participating in the Twenty-ffth An
nual Convention of the w. c. r. u, and
celebrating in song. in prayer and In joy
full thanksgiving, the silver jubilee of tho
organization.
To-day's convention was formally open-
ed by the national president, Mrs. l.. NJ.
Stevens. Then came reports of officers
and miscellaneous exercises
Probably the best summary of the work
done by the w. c. T. U. was furnished
in the report of National President. Mrs.
Lillian M. Stevens
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
CHARGED FAV0RlTlSM.


exceptional Mr.. Brysn said he dill not be-
ueNe IL necessary 10 talk 10 the people
VINO had already shown their ioyafty TO
he Chicago platform. having gwen him "A
majority of i,lS9 in 1895, The 2lcome lax
engaged his attention first. trusts next
ana finally the Philippine question. In the
discussion of the latter he charged favor
ilsm in the appo ntment OF officers i'm the
Volun ecr service
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

Colon, Colombia Oct. 20, via Galveston.
The Liberals in the department. of San
lander have taken up arms against the
government. Martial law has been pro-
claimed throughout the republic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

President of Venezuela skipped out
to LaGuayra.

to LaGuayra.
Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 20, 2:3O p. M
President Andrade. it is now known, es-
capped this morning to IAGuayra. Tele-
interrupted.
An attempt was made last night 10 dyna-
mite the residence of Senior Matos, Gen.
Andrade's representative in the negotia-
tons with the insurgent commander. Gen.
Cipriano Castro.
Gen. Andrade fled without transferring
power.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

London, Oct 20.-It was reported in the
House of Commons this evening that the
British had captured seventeen guns at
Glencoe. and that the cavalry We're stin
pursuing the fleeing burghers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

steamer Montezumn Leaves New Or
leans with Them.

New Orleans. Oct. 2O.-The steamer Mon
tezuma cleared to-day for Cape Town
South Africa, with 2,O29 mules for the
British army 5000 bushels OF oats 500 tons
OF hay and so tons of bran. Her com
mander Capt. Owen, expects TO make the
run from New Orleans 10 Cape Town in
tWentV-siN DAYS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

Ottawa O.. Oct. ga large and demon
strative crowd greeted the Bryan party
here the people coming from the sur
rounding country for miles Mr. Bryan
spoke on the money question and the anti
option bill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
XuIe Assumed Command.

London. oct. pa dispatch from Glen
coe Camp says that Sir William SUMMONS
was shot through the thigh, but no bones
were broken Maj. Yule has assumed com
mand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
-e~I~e~------
ATTORNEYS FOUND GUILTY.
ngham and hewitt Convicted of

Ingham and hewitt Convicted of
Conspiracy and Bribery.
Philadelphia Oct. 2O.-Ellery p. Ingham,
ex-United States district attorney, and
Harvey l.. hewitt, his law partner and
former assistant district attorney, were to-
day found guilty of conspiracy and bribery
in connection with the revenue STAMP
counterfeiting plot, headed by William M
Jacobs and William L. Kendg, the Lam
caster cigar manufacturers.
The case was given to the jury az 3
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon, and the YER
dict with a recommended ton for mercy.
was returned az 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
FIRST TRANSPORT SAILED.
(Contlnued from FIrst Page.

suonde5 with vigor. The oonm7pder-io-
chief Gen Lord Garnet Wolseley, with
ms stan, was p.eseAt "a. tAc tIupt.Natloh.
The United States naval attache. Lieut.. J.
c. ColWen, was an interested spectator
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
CANNOT BE DEFEATED.
President Steyn Says, Because God
l. on Their side.

Cape Town. Oct. 2O.-Advices from the
Orange Free State announce that President
Steyn has issued another proclamation.
calling upon the burghers 10 a man TO
take arms and 10 fight against an "un-
scrupulous enemy"
I'VE are lighting just war" says the
proclamation. land cannot he defeated, as
God is on our side"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

London. oct 20-The afternoon papers
publish dispatches from Portsmouth,
pointing to the forming of a new flying
squadron.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
ordered to Gibraltar,

London, Oct 20-The British channel
squadron has been ordered to proceed to
Gibraltar next Tuesday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
Xntcd 1n.0nn. GOO Pounds.

London. oct. ON the House of Com
mons to-day vote of ElO0OO,0lO was car
RED the result being announced as 81 for
and 80 against the credit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
reported Smelling Dundee.

Ladysmith, oct. 20, 9:2O a. m.-An I'M
confirmed report has been received here
that the Beers artillery is Smelling Dun
dee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

-clara-so that Gotrox girl didn't sue
coed in capturing lord after all?
Maude-No; but she married a baron. and
they say he gets as drunk as a lord.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

Durham. Oct 20-It is officially an
nounced that the Beers retired from Hat
tingspruit this morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
MARINE LOSSES or : YEAR.
Total Number Estimated at Liar
vessels of 100000 Tons.

Washington Dispatch in Baltimore Sun.
The losses at sea sustained by the mer-
chant marine of the world in the past
year are set forth ia a report prepared by
the British government, copies OF which
have been received here. Great Britain,
with over 100000 tons afloat. has the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21
No New Cases Nor Deaths.

New Orleans, Oct 20.-The Board of
Health reports to-day no new cases of yell
low fever and no deaths
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

should, after a life of intolerable miser%,
die in the wretChed manner above de-
scriDed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-21

-Quiller-Couch says no one in America
pronounces his name In the right way,
which is "Killer-Kooch.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-09
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Perhaps Ii would not be accurate to desig-
nate the cap-and-gown war at De PAW
University as "a tempest in a teapot" for
matters of this kind sometimes assume
great Importance in college communities,
and the Journal would hardly dare to COM
pare one of the great educational institu-
tons of Indiana to a hon.ely kitchen uten-
sill, even though it be quivering with the
suppressed excitement of a great internal
commotion. Therefore. discarding the temp
est-in-a-teapot figure the Journal remarks
that TIE faculty of De Pauw must have
taken very advanced and very high ground
on the cap-and-gown question when 1t re-
fuses the permission of public graduation
TO sixteen out of forty-four members of the
senior class because they rebelled against
the order and refused TO appear in the new
college uniform 1t is not stated whether
the plucky insurgents rebelled against the
islation, or on personal grounds. because
they did not wish to appear in "a rig
which they regarded as unbecoming. but
they did rebel and were. therefore, denied
the honor and privilege of public gradua-
ton. Under the high moral stand taken by
the faculty the sixteen insurgents were
simply handed their diplomas i'm private.
while the twenty-eight graduates who
donned the regalia were permitted to sit
on the rostrum and received their diplomas
In the presence OF an admiripg public,
basking the while in the approving smiles
of the college authorities who had con-
ceived and promulgated the cap-and-gown
order. Recent years have brought many
gratifying evidences OF educational prog
ress In Indiana. but De Pauw is the first
college In the State TO hold that young men
who have taken the regular course of study
and fairly earned every honor that per-
tains to graduation. including that Of re-
ceiving their diplomas In public. shall be
made TO suffer hum,liating penalty be-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-09

cause they decline to wear In public a me
diaeval costume that is far removed
from American ideas of education as the
court TESTERS cap and bells are from
American ideas of government II was not
always thus. In the early days of old As
bury University, when Western Methodism
was still in the days of its primitive SIM
plicity and the institution was under the
presidency of Matthew Simpson, afterwards
bishop, and other educators of his demo-
cratic spirit and broad ideas, no require
ment was made nor questions asked of the
students as TO what kind of clothes they
would wear on commencement day" If
they had earned their diplomas by hard
study and good work. they got them with
all the honors attached, whether they ap-
peared on the rostrum in broadcloth or in
blue jeans. in tailor-made or in homemade
clothes. The list of alumni of old Asbury
and even of later De Fauw includes the
names of. hundreds Of good and some great
men who were graduated without the cap
and gown, many of whom have got through
this world and into the next without ever
having been asked what they wore on COM
mencement day The sixteen seniors who
have just been disciplined for refusing to
do the cap-and-gown act can console them
selves with the reflection that they are in
mighty good company.