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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04

than the building. DeBrahms map of Sa-
vannah, dated 1867, marks the site of the
present building with the word "Ex-
change" The meager records which have
been preserved of the erection of the build
ing state that IL was erected upon the
site of building which was destroyed in
the fire of November 1896 when one-third
of the buildings In the little city of Sa-
vannah were wiped out. The population
al that time was only about 5000. Ii Is
probable that this building was also an
exchange, or place of meeting for the
merchants of the city, on account of its
convenient location 10 the landing places
OF the vessels on the river and the near
vicinity of the crane which Oglethorpe
had erected for the raising of goods from
the river side TO the bluff above. This be-
ing the case, 1t was natural that the old
name should have been retained, and the
old records show that no. one thought of
calling the new building anything but an
exchange.
The merchants having no place or
meeting, an agitation was begun In 1898
for the erection Of a Merchants Ex-
change. The movement met with general
approval, and on June 4, 1893, the corner
stone was laid with Masonic honors The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04

speedily sent them to sleep in death. They
were found after a few hours search,
sleeping sweetly in each others arms-the
sleep that never wakens on earth.
The two doves which are seen in the hish
ground are supposed TO show thir spirits
in transport through space to a celestial
heaven far away. Lu Ling returned and
killed the gardener and his wife, while the
willows have been weeping in sorrow ever
since for the fate of Lu and Wang This
is Inc traditional story of The Willow
Pattern" The original design brought 10
England was on a porcelain plate, printed
undergiaze in Chinese indigo blue and the
plate from which the illustration is made
is claimed to be a production made in
Staffordshire potteries a great many years
ago. in Chinese blue"
The willow ware is so called not only
because of the tale Of disastrous love which
It's design represents, but because the
siOpement of the Mandarfn's daughter oC-
Cured when the willow begins to shed
its leaves"
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
CITY EXCHANGE COMPLETES ITS
CENTURY TODAY.

The Cornerstone Laid with Masonic
HOnors June 4, 1700-BuiIt First ns
Merchants' Exchange, 1t Was
Soon Acquired by the City-Wns in
Its Early Days Savnnnnh's Most
Imposing building, and for Many
Years the Center of the City's PO-
litical, Social and Commercial
Life-Presidents, Statesmen and
Generals Have Been Received in
Its Long Room, and Many Famous
Mayors Have Presided over Its At
fairs There.
To-day marks the one hundredth ami
versary Of the laying of the corner stone
OF Savannahs city exchange Exchange II
was then and exchange it remains untn
this day. Other cities have their city
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04

Don't threaten the lads with ire and
wrath,
Lest Savannah girls may stand In your
pain.
Wen bring them back to our city, fair
Then every day'll be THANKSGIVING here"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04


wrath,
Lest Savannah girls may stand in your
PAIN.
Wen bring them back to our city. fair,
Then every day'll be Thanksgiving, here"
The girls Of the North-land
The Illinois Fourth land"
Beg favor 10 rise and remark
That the girl Of the Southland,
The cotton and drought-land,
Seems tioundering round in the dark
With thanks for her questions
Advice and suggestions,
We feel il our duty, you know.
To inform her politely,
Though plain.y and tritely,
We can manage TO hoe our own row.
We've short girls and tan girls.
And big girls and small girls
And girls Of all sizes between
We've maidens contrary-like
Girls literary-like.
Wtching girls, girls like a queen.
We nave hckle gir.s, faithful girls.
Awkward girls. graceful girls.
Girls who old stockings viii mend;
We nave homely and pretty girls.
Dull girls and witty girls,
Girls who a fortune would spend.
We've girls with true eyes,
Sweet innocent blue eyes
With eyes that are earnest and brown
That That v S Ii q fellow.
CHANGING upward, then witchingly down
Our sweet gracious actions,
Our countless attractions
Make w fair in our brave soldiers eve
And few girls in Savannah
In way. shape or "manneh,"
Can rival the beauty they prize.
We need not 10 worry,
To fret or to furry
Or cause ourselves useless alarm
All gossip we hear not
All rivals we fear not
For we are secure in our charms
In This we're confidng.
With faith strong abiding.
That no matter where they NAV roam
Our boys will not tarry
Away when they marry
But will find their ideals al home
We would not be selfish,
or imDish. or elilsh,
We're willing. IN Justice, to share,
The girl OF the Southland
The cotton and drought-land
May have those for whom we done care:
But the girl Of the North-land
The Illinois Fourth-land,
Is queen Of her own special throne,
And she'll keep not a part Of
But just the whole heart OF
Her hero In illinois Own"
Maffnon- m MAY u 1904
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Continued on Page IA
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halls. but Savannah has been satisfied to
retain the name OF exchange.
In fact the name is considerably older
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04

records of the grand lodge of Georgia
contain the following account OF Che
THE grand lodge convened In eonse-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04
Z" OUR DEFENSE"

ern Girls Poem.
Some time before the Fourth Illinois
Regiment left Savannah for Cuba a young
Savannah lady wrote and forwarded 10
the NATION Qll) Gazette. a poem with
the Fourths soldiers as the subject The
following is an answer, by a Nation lady,
TO the verse which said:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04

500
Sailor Hats, good
fresh straw, with
either black or white
bands. worth S5c.
Clearance qSale price
lie.
First Floor.
Right Section.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-04

quence OF an invitation by the Mayor ana
aiiueIinen 20 lay the corner stone OF the
Guy exchange. The members present went
III III proce ssion attended by the corporation.
Wileh tne stone was placed in position ia
me me usual Masonic form by the Most
Worshipful Grand Master William stepb-
ems, aided by the grand wardens and
accompanied by the brethren
The plate deposited with the stone had
the following inscription: -
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
DISTRESSING SCENE
At Bangor Where Remains of
Victims Were Taken.
Some Of the Parties Reported Dead
Found to Be Safe.
Thrilling Escapes-The Injured will All Re-
cover-Daring Rescues.

Bangor, Ne, Aug. 7.-Sixteen bodies
OF victims Of the disaster at Mt.
Desert Ferry lay in the shops of Ban
gor undertakers, Monday morning.
The train that left the Ferry at 8.45
I. NJ. Sunday, carried 20 bodies, of
which three We're left at Ellsworth.
while one was sent through to Old
Town, and the others taken in charge
by the undertakers here.
The bodies left at Ellsworth were
those of Mrs. Charles Slower, Mrs.
Hollis W. Estes and Charles William
DoWnes. The body of Joseph Murphy
was sent to his home in Old Town. in
charge of Undertaken Rackliffe.
To the Bangor morgues these bodies
We're brought: Mrs William J. Muir
ray, Brewer; Ora Mark Lank, Dan
forth. lately residing in Brewer; Irv-
ing Bridges, West Hancock; Mrs.
Alonzo p Oakes. Bangor; Melvin Nc
Card, Corinth: Geo. H. Bennett and
Wife, (supposed) Bangor; F. E. Sweet
ser, Portland; Mrs. A. H. Billings.
Bangor: Mrs. George H. Derwent.
Bangor: Mrs. Lizzie A. Ward Bangor;
Miss Grace Sumner, Bangor; two wo-
men unidentified: Clifford Cushman,
Corinth; Albert Colsen, Levant.
The woman at first supposed to be
Mrs. George II. Bennett is now thought
to be another person, although moth
ing definite has been learned concern
ing her identity. She is a large wo-
man, with a wealth of dark hair, and
her only jewelry is a gold ring set with
small garnet, surrounded by small
emeralds
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett came to Ban
gor from Massachusetts, two years
ago, and they have no relatives here.
Mr.. Bennett was baggage master at
the NJ. c. r. r. station.
One of the unidentified bodies at Fin
nigan's undertaking shop was positive
ly identified by several persons as that
Of Mr.. Wyler. a book canvasser, Of
"a Dwight street, Boston, who has been
in this city and vicinity for several
weeks. 1t was not until late hour.
this morning, that these same friends
of Mrs. Wyler's found her alive and
we'll at her boarding place on Second
street. The body was also positively
identified by several persons as that of
Mrs. John O'Donohue of Bangor, but
Mrs. Donohue, also, was found all
right at home.
Joseph Murphy. a young Penobscot
river driver, swan about near the
sunken slip for half an hour rescuing
people, and he was just striking out to
save a woman who was going down for
the last time when his strength gave
out suddenly and he sank to his death.
Edward Tremble of Bangor, an
other Penobscot river driver, went
down with the slip but was one of the
first to be pulled out. Instead of run
ming to a place of safety, Tremble div
ed again and again from the pier and
il is known that he saved at least three
persons from drowning.
Miss Georgiana Russell of Bangor,
was going down for the last time when
taken out, and for some time after
the Bluffs hotel she was in a
state, and it was feared that
1er mind had given way. Her condi-
Continued on page 2)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
A. 3. SMITH ALL RIGHT.
Reaches Mattawamkeag for Wi.e's Funeral
and Returns to Fairfield.

Fairfield, Me. Aug. "A special to the
Bangor Daily News. Monday. says:
The report which was published in 4
morning paper 10 the effect that a. Il.
Smith of Fairfield. had gone away. that
his whereabouts could not be discoVere1
ana that his family had been in grave
fears that he had done away with h!la
self, is entirely without foundation, a.
WAS that part which stated that il was
believed Iudt business rcVerscS ana tn
long illness of his wife had unbalancci
his mind. Mr.. Smith Went away the day
before the death of his wife. but the
family knew where he WAS at all times.
but were unable 10 reach him by tcie-
graph or telephone. as he was away from
the lines Of either
Harry y. Smith, the son OF Mr.. Smith.
was seen by 4 reporter ii the Bangor
Daily News after his return from Malta
Wamkcag. where he had been with thc
remains of his mother for intyrmenj. II
seemed To be in his usual good health,
although very much saddentd by the
death of his wife.
Air Smith said: II wish the Bangor
Daily News to say that there is not the
slightest foundation for any such IL
article which appeared on Thursday
morning about my father and his going
away from home The facts are simply
these: My father had an important busi
ness engagement, which took him from
home on Monday. Al that time the CON
ter than it had been for i number o.
days, and there seemed 10 be every hope
that She would live for a number Ut uays
till he had completed his business ana
had returned home
ron Tuesday, after the death Of my
mother M Monday. letter directed 10
her was received from Brooks. stating
that letter would reach him at Rock
land on Wednesday evening. We hal
telegraphed to Belfast and Rockland
hoping to reach him at one or these
places. but only learned that he had gone
away out into the country. Wednesday
morning. he reached Belfast and there
received the kilograms and the call 10
the telephone. He wired II once that hn
would come along and meet the funeral
party at Mattawamkeag, which he did
leaving Belfast at once and arriving in
Mattawamkeag, the following morning.
before the remains Of my mother Were
buried.
Il wish to emphatically state that |
have never talked with any newspaper
man before about this matter. and that
there has not been a moment when the
members of our family have had
thought of such a thing as the mind of
my father not being in a perfectly
healthy condition. Such an article must
have come from some person who wished
to add another sorrow 10 our very heavy
one at the present time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
FRANK JONES SAFE.
Story 0! Her Loss Due TO Excitement Over Bar
Harbor Accident.

Portland, Ne. Aug. Inquiry at the
general offices of the Maine Central Rail
road. this forenoon, brought prompt
denial of the statement in some Of the
morning papers that the steamer Frank
Jones was missing.
There is absolutely no foundation
even, for the story" said Col: f. T.
Roothby THE steamer left Machiasport
Monday morning, at o'clock, on regula:
schedule. as she leaves that place Mon
DAYS and Thursdays, and not Sundays
She arrived a Bar Harbor on time at i
D. oclock Monday"
1t is not understood here how the curl
Gus report originated to the effect thai
the Jones was missing, but the story
emanated from Ellsworth and Bar Har
bor both of which places have been in a
very excited frame of mind during the
past a hours.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08

To the Taxpayers of Augusta:
The board of assessors will be in ses-
sion at their room in the City building;
August s. Q and TO- between the hours of
2 A. NJ. and p. NJ. for the purpose OF
hearing petitions for attachments. ;,
All parties who wish to be heard should
appear on these dates as these VIII DE
the last hearings before the expiration
of the discount allowed by the city on
the payment of taxes.
c. b. BURI.EIGH.
L. i. HARRINGTON.
c. w. JONES.
Assessors of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
CITY OF AUGUSTA.
NOTICE OF TAX COLLECTOR

BY order of the city council, all taxes
assessed for the year 1899 shall be due and
payable to the collector on the 18th day of
August. 1899, provided that the collector
may require payment Of all poll and per-
sonal taxes Immediately after the date OF
commitment. An abatement or discount
taxes Voluntarily paid to the collector on
or before August l6, 1929 and Interest AT
six per cent per annum shall be added II
all taxes remaining unpaid Oct. l, 1879
from that date.
J. Il. TOWNSEND. Collector.
1une2Odtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
Weather Conditions and General Fore cast.

Washington, Aug. Cool weather
continues in the North and East. There
have been showers ana thunder storms
in the south Atlanticand east Gulf states
Showers are indicated, Tuesday, north
ward from South Carolina. Moderate
temperature will continue in the North
and East for the next two days at leas:
on the Atlantic coast fresh winds Will
prevail, mostly northerly to easterly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
To Join Fleet at Par Harbor.

Rockland, Me. Aug. THE battle
ship Texas and the cruiser Brooklyn,
which have been in the harbor since
Sunday morning, sailed for Bar Har-
bor. tonight Thousands of people
visited the ships during the day. This
afternoon. the officers We're given a
public reception on the lawn of Mrs.
TillSOn
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
FAIR WEATHER.

Boston, Aug. Forecast for Boston
and vicinity, Tuesday: Fair, dry, and
cool weather, Tuesday and Wednes-
day; light north to east winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
MONEY TO LOAN.

We loan IS to $500 on Household Furni-
ture, Pianos, Bicycles, Live Stock,
Watches and Jewery.
BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL.
THE COLLATERAL LOAN COMPANY,
Opp. Cony House. Augusta.
dec27, ,eodtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
Washington Forecast.

Washington, Aug. 7.-Thursday AM
Wednesday, for New England: Fair,
Tuesday and Wednesday, with continued
moderate temperatures; fresh northerly
winds.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

The seizure of Emile ZOia's works in
Berlin. which has recently been re
ported, was not instituted by the Ger
man government authorities. or be-
cause the books themselves were OBJ
jectiOnable The government censor
had nothing To do with the matter. II
was simply the result c. a quarrel be-
tween publishers. emphasized by the
judgment OF a Stuttgart court. Il
seems that the German library at
Stuttgart and the Grimm library Of
Budapest had both secured from VI.
Zola the right CT transiating his novels
into the German language. the one for
Germany and the other for Austro-
Hungary. IL now appears that the
Grimm library. getting out its edition
first, Immediately placed the books on
sale in the Berlin boOk-shops The
publishers at Stuttgart. on being in
formed of the matter. at once insti-
tuted proceedings, and, according to
the judgment above noted, an order
was given to seize ali Of Emile lola 5
works in Germany that had come from
the Budapest publishers
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
THERE is NO GRETNA GREEN.
Place Where Romantic Marriages Take
Place Has No Existence.

From the Genealogical Magazine:
The novelists have woven a romance
about Gretna Green and its village
blacksmith which will last for all time
and which for all time will supply a
denouement TO the wares Of successive
professional story tellers. The sordid
facts of Gretna Green marriages ana
the still more sordid details OF the
Gretna Green registers are widely dill
ferent from the picturesque romance
which we associate with the days OF
POSITIONS and the mad racing and chaS-
ing through Carlisle. The history OF
Gretna Green and its marriages rests
upon the abominable marriage laws OF
Scotland. We call them abomlnaole,
for they are the curse OF the Scottish
genealogy. The marriage laws IN Scot
land were and are (for they remain un-
altered atrOciously simple. and there
in Law the temptation and attraction Oh
Gretna Green Probably the novel
reading public will be shocked TO near
that there is no such definite place as
Gretna Green: the name applies TO
district comprising some number ol
villages or hamlets some miles apart.
All that was necessary was TO get over
the border into Scotland and there
make the necessary contract before
witnesses. The blacksmith ShOp on
the high road north from Carlisle was
the most easily accessible and was
probably the best known. but there
were some houses just over the border
which kept witnesses at hand and re-
tanned a register of the contracts en-
tered into. The registers were a sec
ondary matter and the fees demanded
were frequently large and, where Sc
crecy was an object, eXtortlonate.
Those Gretna Green marriages still oc-
casionally take place. though now only
between residents in the neighbOrhood,
hut as similar ceremonies take place all
over Scotland there is nothing espe-
cially distinctive about the contracts
made at these Gretna Green marrying
shODs. But unless an actual and
proper ceremony takes place we believe
these Scottish marriages are not valid
upon persons where both are of Eng
lish domicile. though 10 those intend
ing to elOpe we can offer the consola-
ton OF the fact that ;he preliminary
residence and advertisement necessary
in England are not compulsory in Scot
land and marriage in a Scottish
church is binding. SO a couple Of re-
turn tickets to Scotland may still
carry matrimonial advantages. The
British law attaches great weight to
domicile and, provided domicile be
established, a marriage legal under the
laws of the place of domicile is held to
be valid in England.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
DISOWNS OUR FLAG.
AND SWEARS BY THE ENSIGN
OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Why William Waldorf Aston Had n
Bogus Pedigree Manufactured for
man.

William Waldorf Aston claims to
trace his lineage back geo years or
more. This wonderful pedigree, which
is given herewith, is pronounced fraud
ulent by no less a person than Mr.. La
throp Wilmington, who is an eminent
English heraldic authority. Mr.. Whit
tington has gone through the French
archives and other original sources OF
information and found the pedigree to
be collection of nonsense. containing
several falsified dates in order to make
1t seem probable
The alleged Astor ancestors are as
follows:
Pedro d'Astorg (of Castile)-Fol-
lowed Raymond. Count OF Toulouse, to
France after the war in Spain. 1888.
against the Moors, who were command
ed by Yusuf TaShafin. MOslem king OF
the Almoravids of Morocco. Received
q grant Of land from Count Ray
mond. whom he followed as a crusader
to the Holy Land. where he was killed
at the taking of Jerusalem. 100. A
Spanish queen granted to one of his
ancestors the arms of falcon argent
on a gloved hand in acknowledgment
or the capture of her favorite falcon.
The recipient adopted as his name the
Spanish word Azor (the goshawk).
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

Lawyer NJ. o. Waggoner of Toledo.
agnOstic and infidel converted to Chris
tianity by sacred music issuing from
talking machine, and who is going to
burn his library in that city, is the re-
cipient of many letters. They come
from men in every walk of life. The
majority of them are from curious in
diyiduals, inquiring if it is true that he
has been converted from a scoffer to
believer. Many of them are from inf
dels, who call him fool, and one man
says he must have been under hypnotic
influence. One enterprising book hunt
err in Cincinnati has written him Of
feriDg to purchase his library at a good
figure. AS it has become known that
ne is to burn his books he has received
numerous letters from persons who
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
SLOT MACHINE SUGGESTIONS
In New Orleans Tryin. Your Luck Is
Almost Craze.


Almost a Craze.
The slot machine habit has become
next door to a craze in New Orleans,
and it is interesting to note the many
odd superstiti0ns it has developed
among the players. Almost every deal
er who has one or more OF the devices
in his place can tell numerous stories
along that line. "One of my custom
ers," said a tobacconist the other day.
never plays anything but nickels OF
even date, and examines every five
cent piece he gets with that end in view.
l have known him to go to some pains
to get coins exchanged in order to try
his luck. Another imagines that he
is especially fortunate with nickels that
were minted between 1870 and 1880.
and will put no other in the slot, and
still a third has the same peculiar
idea bout nickels of the Cos. It's very
absurd. of course, but no amount OF
laughing will shake them. and almost
every house has similar patrons. /
have noticed that belief in the good
luck of ~ nickels is quite prevalent
among slot-machine votaries. refer
10 the coin that has letter in place OF
the head. Whenever one is received
in change it is almost certain to go
into the box A confirmed slOt-ma-
chine player" continued the dealer. "is
always on the lookout for hOodooS, and
Is quick to jump at the conclusion that
this person or that is "a Jonah to him.
One of my customers conceived such an
idea in regard to very nice little fell
low who works in an adjoining office
and comes in here frequently to give
the machine spin on his own account.
By an odd coincidence the little fellow
gradually got the same notion regard
ing the other fellow, and the conse-
quences were amusing. They would
often walk in by different doors at al
most the same time and make a bee
line for machine. Then, when they
would catch sight of one another n
look of mutual disgust would over
spread their cOuntenances. and they
would scOOt for the sidewalk. | tried
to persuade them that by playing to-
gether they would kill the hoodoo but
they wouldn't listen to me. New Or
leans 'Times-DemOcrat