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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
DAVIS SIDE OF IT PRESENTED.
Shot Because He Thought Walker
Was Going TO shoot Him.

was GOlnS 10 SnOOt Him.
Bristol Va. May 2-The trial of George
p. Davis, charged with shooting ex-Con-
gresham James A. Walker, was resumed
this morning.
r. Hickman, the first witness introduced
testified that Walker and Hamilton had
some words and that Walker shot Hank
ton and Davis shot Walker, Hamilton
had his hand on his hip pocket when
Walker shot him.
Gen. Walker was recalled. and identified
the Derringer with which he shot Hamil-
ton
d. f. Bailey testified that he warned
Walker to carry arms as he was in danger
Walkers physicians, Drs Vance and
Pearson, were introduced. His coat was
removed and the location of the wounds
shown They entertained no fear of serious
trouble from the wounds.
The commonwealth here rested and
Judge William f. Rhea was put on the
stand. He testified to Walkers having sad
anyone could act the d fool, and to
the rough words that passed between
Walker and Hamilton, as given In Gen.
Walkers testimony yesterday. Walker, he
said shot Hamilton while the latter was
er's pistol and the commotion prevented
him from seeing who shot Walker. Davis
held Walkers hand during the first rack
ct Walker cursed Davis. telling him TO
hold his own friends, Davis apologized and
Walker cursed him again
l. A. Stems testimony was the same as
that of Judge Rhea and the Testimony of
the two was substantially sustained by
that of C. N. Steiner G. L. Kidd and NJ
b. Owen.
Mr. Hamilton testified that Walker shot
him while he (Hamilton) was in the act
of rising and after he said that if Walker
accused him of being drunk he was a id
liar
Davis the prisoner when put on the
stand, admitted that he shot Walker, who
had cursed him, and claimed that he fired
under the impression that Walker was go
ing to shoot him. The court then adj
journed until tomorrow morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
WOMEN sUFFRAGIsTs MEET.
Elected Officers and Killed "A Color
ed WOman's Resolution.

Grand Rapids, Mich, May 2.-To-day the
National American Woman's suffragist
Association elected Susan B. Anthony
president Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. vice
president; Rachel Foster Avery. corre-
spending secretary; Alice Stone Blackwell
recording secretary; Harriet Taylor Up
ton, treasurer; Carrie Chapman Gait.
chairman of committee organizations;
Laura Clay and Catharine Waugh Tay-
lor, auditors.
The resolutions adopted protest against
the word male" in the suffrage clause
proposed for the Hawaiian constitution;
recommend a commission of women to in
vestigate the conditions in our island colo
MES; congratulates The women of Kansas
on their increased vote; thank the legis-
lature of Oregon for submitting a suffrage
amendment, and rejoice in the approach
ing peace congress.
A colored woman from Michigan offered
a resolution demanding that colored wo-
men in the South be permitted to ride in
the same cars with white women
Laura Clay of Kentucky warmly at
tackled the resolution as an insult to the
Southern white women.
After a warm debate the resolution was
thrown out as tending to create fractional
feeling
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
EPISCOPAL VISITATION.
Schedule for This Section Given out
at SYracuse.

Syracuse. N. Y, May 2.-The bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church to-day
gave out the plan of Episcopal visitation
In the schedule are the following dates:
Atlantic Mission Conference. at Eliza
beth City. Oct. s. Bishop Fowler.
Blue Ridge Conference, at Seward, N.
c., Oct. 10, Bishop Fowler.
North Carolina Conference, at Winston
Oct. II, Bishop Fowler.
Pttsburg Conference, at Johnstown,
Pa, Sept, q, Bishop Fowler.
West Virginia Conference at Parkers-
burg, Sept. %, Bishop Foss.
Alabama Conference. at Pratt City, Dec.
Z, Bishop Mallalieu.
Atlanta Conference, at Rome. Ga, Dec.
7, Bishop Merrill
Central Alabama Conference. at Mont
gomery, Dec. IA, Bishop Mallaleu.
Georgia Conference, at Atlanta, Dec
A. Bishop Merrill.
Savannah Conference, at LAGRANGE, Ga,
Dec. IA, Bishop Newman
South Carolina Conference, at Green
vile, Dec. l6. Bishop Newman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
WERE SENATE DOCUMENTS.
Continued from First Page.

kinson continued, these compilations were
published as Senate documents, and they
are now public documents of the United
states. Therefore, any action taken to-
ward keeping them out of
the mails would imply that the
Congressional Record and official tiocu-
ments of the United States are unsuitable
to be sent to officers of the volunteer regi-
ments now in Manila. whose term of serv-
Ice has expired and whose return TO this
country is demanded by officials Of certain
states, who say that the men are entitled
20 discharge.
1T Is said that the dispatch OF these
pamphlets from this country to the Phil
ippines is barred lest they should create
discomfort and even mutiny among the
soldiers; that being stated by the DEPART
ment to be the design of these publiea-
tions.
There are two pamphlets only The
first edition of the first, printed In Novem-
Der, was dedicated to President Mckinley,
In support of his statement that 'ForcibIe
annexation would be criminal aggression
The facts and figures given In that PAM
phlet as whole were made the frequent
subjects of debate in the House of Repre-
sentatives and the Senate during the ses-
sion, and the pamphlet a whole was
finally printed by order of the Senate as
Senate Document No. g.
The second pamphlet was issued late
In February, when II appeared that acts
of criminal aggression were being COM
mitted In the Philippine Islands In that
pamphlet certain facts and statements
We're submitted to the attention of the
Senate and were the subject OF debate,
and that pamphlet again. by order of the
Senate, was printed as a Senate Docu-
ment. have a copy of No. 81 and have
sent for copy of the latter.
These pamphlets were, on April "a and
%, addressed by me 70 Admiral George
Dewey, President Schurman, Prof. Wor-
cester, Gen. H. G. Otis, Gen. Lawton.
Gen. Miller and the correspondent of a
New York illustrated weekly in Manila.
None others, to my knowledge, have
been sent to any ore else. / desired to
send them to other officers, and for that
purpose notified the war department OF
my intention and asked for a list that
would give me the names If 1t is unlaw-
full for a citizen of the United States to
favor other citizens in Manila by sending
them documents In a private edition which
have been printed by order of the United
states Senate as public document l am
content to leave the matter at that exact
point which requires no comment from
me-"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
TOBACCO MEN WILL MEET.
""ht Protection From Such Con
spiratOrs as Jacobs.

dtorS as Jacobs.
Fhliadelphla, May 2.-As an indirect out
come of the arrest of William H. Jacobs
anu ms co-conspira tors in the big revenue
stamp eounterfeiting case. the most i'm
poftant national meeting in the history
VI tile cigar leaf tobacco trade will con-
Vehe IN this city on May %.
Representatives win be present from all
the principal cigar leaf centers, delegates
coming from as far east as Boston and as
lar West as San Francisco.
one result of the conference will be the
forming of a permanent national organiza-
ton OF cigar leaf dealers. 1t is proposed
10 formulate plan which will enable the
government to protect itself and reputa BILE
tooacco dealers from such frauds as that
perpetrated by the Lancaster counterfeit
ing gang.
Inc government was a great sufferer bv
the JACOBS swindling, but the cigar leaf
aeaIers and the manufacturers generally
Iost great deal more Jacobs cutting
Oh prices upset the whole cigar business.
even pack TO the dealer in leaf tobacco.
"A suggested remedy, which The tobacco
liien nope VIII be incorporated in the laws
Oh the land, is the keeping of a record
OF sales of tobacco from the time il is
grown until 1t is made into cigars
AT present the governments espionage
peglhs with the wholesaler and jobber who
pay taxes on the tobacco Ii is known
mat on an average twenty pounds of to-
Dacco Will make a thousand cigars The
government can then tell about how MANY
cigars a manufacturer should buy stamps
Tor, by summing up his purchase from
wholesalers and jobbers
Jacobs avoided this by going back of
the wholesaler and making personal pur-
chases from the growers. which sales, un-
der the law, do not have to be reported
In this way Jacobs was able to make
and sell millions of cigars, when by the
reports he had bought tobacco enough to
make only fraction of the number.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
Gen. Breckenridge paid tribute TO the
MEDALS ron THEIR SOLDIERS.
Sons of American Revolution Elected
New Officers.

Sons of American Revolution Elected
New Officers.
Detroit, Mich, May 2.-The congress of
the Sons of the American Revolution took
action toward comforting medals upon all
its members who had taken part in the
Spanish-American war. The president
general was authorized to appoint a com
mittee of three to procure metal from
captured Spanish cannon or ships, and
strike therefrom medals for each solder
of the order.
Franklin Murphy of New Jersey. who
has for several months been acting presi-
dent-general, was unanimously elected
president-general.
Gen. ]. C. Breckenridge. inspector gener-
al of the army, was elected first vice pres
ident, and it is conceded that the general
will be the next president. Other vice
presidents chosen are:
Judge John Whitehead, president of the
New Jersey society; ex-senator Thomas
w. Palmer. president of the Michigan So
ciety; Jonathan Trumbull president of the
Connecticut society. and Judge James H.
Anderson of Ohio.
The remaining officers were reelected
as follows:
Secretary general-Samuel f. Gross Chi
cago.
Treasurer Generate. w. Haskins New
York
-General-A. Howard Clark,
Washington.
n-General-EdN ard NJ. Gallau-
Diet, Washington.
Chaplain General-Rev. R. w. Clark De-
troit.
Resolutions offered by Gen. j. c. Breck
inridge We're adopted declaring heartfelt
admiration by all members of the national
society of the patriotism of THE men who
served their country and the cause of hu-
mainly so well during the months of the
campaign which are sin passing and are
still marked with bloodshed"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
NEW SUGAR TRUSTS IN SIGHT.
TWO OF THEM FORMED. PROBABLY
TO FIGHT HAvEMEYER.

Maryland and New York state Capt.
tai Back of the Combinations.
May Compel HaVemcyer to Adopt
" New Policy in the Future-saId
That the Arbucl1Ies Arc 'FRONT.'
nent i'm the New Companies-fIave-
meyer May Have IA Warm Fight
on Hand.
New York, May 1.-The formation of
two large sugar combinations with Mary
land and New York state capital was
announced to-day. While the new syndi-
Gates are fully organized. it is not be-
Ieved that either of them Will undertake
more than nominal existence until tho
present sugar trust reaches a settlement
with its competitors.
The members of the sugar trust advanc-
ed the theory that the new syndicates are
merely brought forward at this time In
an attempt to force Mr.. Havemeyer and
the other members of the sugar combine
to buy up outside interests. Up to the
present time MIR. Havemeyer has been
greatly opposed TO anything in the nature
the combination. 1t was said ths morn
ing, however, that the strong financial
backing behind the new enterprise might
decide the president of the trust upon a
new policy in the future
Mr. Havemeyer would say to-day only
that It was stiE too early TO foresee the
ultimate effect of the new trusts'' on the
sugar situation. The fact that the new
combinations have been formed was ac-
knowledged throughout the trade this
morning, but no one who was able was
willing to tell who was at the back of the
new enterprises. The impression seemed
to be that they had been formed by capt.
talisis interested with the Arbuckles, the
Mollenhauers and Mr.. Doscher in bring
ing the present war between the American
Sugar Refining Company and the various
outside firms to an end.
1t is said that the new combinations in
tend TO either force the trust into buying
up the outstanding interests, or to consol-
Idate in turn with each other and then abb
sorb all the individual firms who have
been engaged in lighting the old combina
ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
PASSENGER MEN ORGANIZE.
Association 10 Regulate Business
From 81. Louis, south.

st. Louis, May 2.--The st. Louis South
ern passenger association was organized
here to-day. The lines included In this
organization are the Louisville and Nash
vile, Mobile and Ohio, Illinois Central,
ST. Louis Air Line, st. Louis and Hen
derson, Big -Four, Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, and st. Louis Iron Noun
tain and Southern. The chairman is Cen
eral Passenger Agent Hanson of the I'LL
nois Central The secretary Is assistant
General Passenger Agent Warfell of the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern.
This association Is formed TO regulate
passenger business leading from st. Louis
to the South
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
GEN. HAMPTON'S HOUSE BURNED.
The Aged Veteran Badly ScOrched
in Trying to Save a Dog.

in Trying to Save "A Dog.
Columbia, S. c.. May Am incendiary,
supposed to be a discharged servant. set
fire to the house of Gen. Wade Hampton,
near here at 1 O'Clock this morning.
The old general, who is 81 years old, was
the first TO discover it, and aroused his
daughter and the servants. He strapped on
his cork leg and gathering up the swords
of himself his father and grandfather, es-
capped from the house, thinly clad.
There were family jewels, plate and
priceless old books TO save, but the gener-
al did not attempt to re-enter the house
ill he heard the cries of a pet collie dog,
that was about to be cremated. In his eff
forts to save the dog, he made, as he says
two more desperate efforts than ever In
battle. lie lost his eyebrows, lad part Of
his moustache and hair singed off and
his skin scorched before he fell back
In the loss of the finest private library In
this section, containing about 5000 vol
ulnes, Gen. Hampton sustained a severe
blow.
The house, Southern Cross" was of Pc
culiar value to it's owner having been built
by his old slaves, from the wreck of the
mansion burned by the union army.
Among his papers were several hundred
unanswered letters from persons in all
parts of the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
QUOTES POETRY IN PRAYER.
DIR. Hills, of Plymouth, Quotes TEN
nyson in HIS Invocation.

DIR. Hills, of Plymouth, Quotes Ten
nyson in HIS Invocation.
From the New York Herald.
Unmindful of the criticism which was
directed at him recently for substituting
novels for the Bible as texts for his SER
mons, the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hills,
pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn,
preached 10 a large congregation last night
on Tennyson's "Idyls of the King"
At the conclusion of the sermon he rais-
ed his hand for the prayer. Then the con-
gregation with bowed heads, heard with
surprise this prayer from the prelude of
Tennyson's I'm Memoriam"-
Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seem Thy face
BY faith, and faith alone, embrace,
Believing where we cannot prove;
Thine are these orbs OF light and shade;
Thou madest life In man and brute;
Thou madest DEATH and 10, thy foot
Is on the skull which Thou hast made.
When Dr. Hills had recited the three
following verses of the prelude, he dropp-
ed into prose and prayed for Gods guild
ance, and concluded the prayer with these
two lines from Tennyson's Crossing the
Bar
And we shall see our Pilot face to face,
When we have crossed the bar
All this departure from what the con-
gregation has been accustomed to caused
a sensation. And much of the comment
overheard was Of favorable nature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
PLOW TRUST NOW FORMING.
Scope COntemDIates All Agricultural
Implements.

Chicago. May 2.-Representatives of
number of the great pillow manufacturing
firms of the United States are in Chicago.
The object of their assembling is said TO
be the formulating of plan for the COM
bnation of those engaged in the business.
This combination is Furthermore said to
be but a step toward general massing in
to one corporation of all the makers of
agricultural implements In the country.
According to the rumored scheme, the
makers of threshing machines will follow
the pillow manufacturers in the work of con-
soiidation.
These two consultations once complet-
ed, the general scheme includes to take
action among the makers of harvesters
and other agricultural implements. Final
Iy all are to be united in one great com
blne.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
DECIDED AGAINST TRUSTS.
They Cannot Operate as Corpora
lions In Missouri.

st. Louis May Elm the Circuit Court
of Appeals to-day Judges Bland, Biggs and
Bond, on the bench unanimous decision
was made In an appealed case in which
the National Lead Company was plaintiff,
TO the effect that a trust cannot cloak its
objects under the form of a corporation
and evade the penalties provided for vio-
lations of the Missouri antitrust law of
1891.
Under this decision accounts with trusts
operating as corporations in Missouri are
not coIlectable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
ESCAPE OF A BAD CRIMINAL.
Hid Himself in "a Box and Was Haul
ed on in a Wagon

Columbus, o.. May 2.-Timothy Hogan
the notorious mail robber, and one of the
smoothest of criminals, escaped from the
Ohio penitentiary this afternoon. He Sc
GREETED himself in a box just as a wagon
was about to leave with a load. As yet
no trace of him has been discovered.
Hogan has a long criminal record, and
the police in nearly every large city have
had dealings with him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
DEATH OF HENRY B. HYDE.

President of Equitable Life Sue
cumbed TO Heart Trouble.
New York, May 2-Henry B. Hyde, pres
ident of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety of the United States, died at his
home in this city this afternoon Of heart
failure.
Mr.. Hyde had been suffering for more
than a year with lnhammatory rheumatism
which left him with an affection of the
heart. He spent last summer in Saratoga
for the lettering of his health. On Monday
he was seized with an alarming attack
which grew continually worse until this
afternoon. He was slxty-aye years Of age.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
sTRIkEN WITH APOPLExY.
Ex-Gov. Scott of south Carolina i'm a
Serious Condition.

Napoleon. o., May 2.-Ex-Gov. Il. r.
Scott of South Carolina was stricken with
apopfexy early this morning at his resi-
dence in this city. The following bulletin
has been issued:
Gov. SCOTS condition is improved and
he Is resting easily"
Friends who have been admitted to the
sick room believe that the Governors con-
dition is more serious than the physicians
admit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
WILL BE A sHoDDY TRUST.
said 1T VIII Have a Capital of About
100000. 900.

Cleveland, o.. May 1.-THE latest pro-
posed combination Of capital is wooden
mill trust, TO include all the mills man.
ufacturing shoddy. of which there are a
dozen mills in the United States The
trust, II is expected, win be Incorporated
in New Jersey for 100000 or $4,000, 900
as soon as options are secured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
WILL NOT SHIP ANY COAL.
Effort to BE Made to Settle Strike
in Indian Territory.

Pittsburg, Kan, May AIT a confer
ence of the miners and operators in this
district several of the operators have
agreed not 10 ship any coal into the ter
ritory of the striking miners until set
tlement can be effected.
A resolution was adopted that all miners
officials and operators present at the
meeting ask the operators whose miners
are now on a strike In Indian Territory
by joint letter TO meet the miners Off
Gals in a conference in this city on May
and discuss and settle, if possible, the
existing differences. -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
TRANSFER OF PENSIONS.
'of'ua Legislature Makes a Rec
concentration About 1T.

Il
a'''Hassee, Fla, May 2.-The Florida
'"a'e has adopted the following resoIu-
o0''cefning pensions to Confederate
cans to be submitted to the United
g'-10erate Veterans at their approach
'en .e0uion in Charleston. S. C.
-. ''VS'i'ed' by the Senate of the state of
- 49, '''''' mat 1t be recommended 10 the
80 Nenfederate Veterans, in their APP
"a 's reunion, TO consider the equity
6eir P'op''ety of advocating legislation in
syorth,. .spectlve states providing for
Crgani,,'' elerans by the state in whose
Tor s5r ne''on the service was rendered, and
fer of rs eS'a olished system for the trans
vision r,oper evidence of merit and of pro-
lence" 'Sions with cnange OF resi-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
ADMIR- AL STUART RETIRED.

Last Service Was az Paymaster Cen
eraI of the Navy.
Washington, May 2.-Tne retirement of
Rear Admiral Stuart, paymaster general,
was announced at the navy department
to-day. The retiring paymaster general
was appointed to the navy from New York
in 1861 and served with credit throughout
the civil war. He was made chief of sthe
bureau of supplies and accounts in 1890,
and in conjunction with Secretary Whit
ney was a leading spirit In the reform of
the entire naval system of purchasing and
distributing supplies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03

ca aiidhassee, Fla, May 2-Maj D. f.
Coiioiy of the Fifth Battalion of Florida
S'ate troops, has rendered his resignation.
.i ieu SaidWall of Daytona has been com
nllssloned as second Lieutenant of the Hall
lax Rihes, vice c. NJ. Weeks, resigned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
TILLMAN TO STUDY TOBACCO.


Columbia, s. c.. May Ex-senator TIT
man viii go 10 Florence tomorrow to study
the culture Of tobacco. He proposes To
make some experiments with the plant on
his farm at Trenton. He has about sixfy
acres 70 devote to les cultivation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
FOUGHT TwENTY-RoUND DRAW.
Maher Was the Fayorite Again vt
Rubin at 100 to GO

New York, May Peter Maher and Gus
Rubin, the akron Giant" fought TWEEN
ty-round draw before the Lenox Athletic
Club tonight Maher was nine pounds the
lighter of the two. Maher was the odds
on favorite at 100 to 60. Six thousand peo-
pie saw the fight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03
MAY REACH AN AGREEMENT.
Round Cotton Bale People and the
Railroads Confer.


Railroads Confer.
Columbia, S. c., May at was decided
this evening on the petition of the Lowrey
round cotton bale people, and with the
consent of Col Brown, that the matter
of adjusting the differences with the rail-
roads would not be entered into by the
Railroad Commission at this meeting.
There seems to be a probability of the
railroads and round-bale people coming to-
gether without the Interference of the
commission.
Tomorrow the matter of cotton freight
rates from six miles to two hundred miles
will be entered into. The commission has
fixed the schedule several points lower
than in Georgia, and the traffic managers
will tomorrow argue against it. The
Coast Line claims 1t will lose $4,000 IL
the new rates go into effect.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03

Berlin, May 2.-Dr. Martin Eduard Won
simson, the distinguished German iurist.
died this evening in his seth year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-03

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t'is divorce except for adultery.