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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11

4A'''N'I'N' May 9.-Thc secretary
'-' navy has sent instructions 70
Adm. sampson, at New
.~ 20 take the North At
~, by, squadron to Newport, R.
'''''e May 30. in order that the
'' '"'y participate in the cere-
'5.,. ~ '.'' 's1ro'ing the governor Of
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11
Dropped Dead while Preparing a Neal

CINCINNATI May z. - Mrs. Norah
Graham, of o604 Eastern avenue, drop
ped dead while cooking breakfast Sat
urday. She was found by her 7-year-
old daughter. Dr. Meyers was sum
moned and notified the coroner. Her
husband is an employe of the gas
comDany.
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Canada Sued for sIs, ,ooo, ,oco Damages.

SEATTLE, Wash, May 5.-A syndi-
cate, composed of IS aliens. recently
excluded from the Atlin gold diggingS
has commenced suit against the Ca
madam government for SIS, COO 900 dam
ages. The men held licenses granted
before the passage of theexclusion act
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11

nj NN'l'A>' Cal, May "a we'll
.- IS " 'arge column of water
~ 'o 400 feet nigh has been
I. .,- ''ar Whitticr, in phis county.
e.r Was being drilled in the hope
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11
Wages Increased.

WHEELING, w. Va, May 6.-The
Semett-Solvey Co, Of Syracuse, which
operate by-product coal plants in the
east, central and south. granted an in
crease of 25 per cent. in the wages of
its workmen Friday. About1. 800 men
are affected.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11
italian Workmcn str,ke

'''''' May o. Several hundred
s,,. "' "or" on the Jerome park
..,,.,. went On strike Monday. The
.a... ''' '' T. Mcdonald, asked for
.,,a ,'-,'' and 100 policemen were
'"c reservoir.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11

BERLIN, May 6.-The government has
telegraPhed orders to the German con-
sui at Manila TO give pecuniary aid to
distressed German subjects in the Phil
ippines
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11

.,s,. .'1, May o At meeting Of
.oe. ''Herals opposed to Amer.
nee IN Cuba, at Mariana. IL
D. 70 organize Il Cuban Vet
w., ,'a''on and form political
N'Phose annexation.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11
Two Brothers Drowned.

WEST BEDFORD, Mass, May s.
Charles +. Hummer, ir.. and Robert c.
Hummer, brothers, were drowned
Thursday in Lower Mystic lake while
canoeing.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-11
'I hurned by Lirbtn,o.

r. Va May 9-The Method.
. eoun,' pa church at Marshall, Eau
m,,.y an'y' was struck by lightning
'''ed to the ground.
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Killed In n Runaway.

CRcLEvILLE, o., May John Par
solles, prominent G. A. r. man, was
killed in runaway accident Saturday
morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
AGENTS WANTED.

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represent the Universal Identification and
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w. Lewis. secretary, New. Haven, Conn
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ticle. big profit. Write quick, South Sup
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AGENTS WANTED FOR A SPECIAL
summer campaign. The Saturday Evening
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in l72S-now published by the Curtis Pub
fishing Company, proprietors of the La
dies Home Journal. Is offered to subscrib-
ers. for one year only, for sf.O0-the regu-
lar price is $3.50. This offer Is for the pur-
pose Of a quick Introduction, and will be
withdrawn Sept !. The regular price of
81 30 will be main aimed after that date
We will give good commission for every
subscriber secured, and distribute SO 900
Sept among the l76 best agents; $500 viii
be given the person sending the largest
number OF subscribers at 81 each per year
At this special low subscription price
thousands can be easily secured Address
the Curtis Publishing Company. Philadel-
phia. Pa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
HE LEADS A SOLITARY LIFE.
American Hermit Spending His Days
on "a Mexican Island.
From Two Republics.

= AOAAA A W ANNA'NDlltS.
There are some queer freaks in this
world" said a visitor from the interior
last night, land one of them lives over
on the west coast of Mexico He is an
American, according to all reports. but
so far no one has succeeded in penetrat-
ing the mystery that surrounds him
Down toward the lsthmus not far from
the mainland, is a small island, and Il
is on this that the American lives. Very
few people know how long he has been
there. The Indians all know him. but
none of them can tell anything about his
first coming. He has resided on the ISL
and for so many years that he has become
as much of a fixture as the rugged rocks
that stand out on the coast.
81 saw him once on the mainland as he
came to a little village to procure sup
plies About four times a year he makes
a trip to some village on the mainland
to buy such things as he needs. He new
er has anything TO sell and always pays
in gold dust, the origin of which is as
much of a mystery as the man himself
His appearance is patrinrchal now. His
long gray beard, white hair ana wild look
make him an object of great curiosity to
stranger. He speaks Spanish brokeniy
but with an accent that does not betray
his nationality. His complexion is dark
he has a certain air about him that indi-
Gates that he is not a Mexican.
There has often been much speculation
as to where his gold came from. Many
think he has a secret mine on the island
which he from time to time works EX-
plorers who have visited the island, how
ever, report that it is barren and gives no
indication of mineral deposits. 1t is sail
that the old man lives in a cave in the
rocks and that his food is birds and fish
He is well armed and always buys consid-
cradle ammunition on his trips to the
mainland. A number of times people have
tried TO draw him out but he refuses
to talk of his past or present mode of life
and such attempts are seldom made now.
He is entirely alone on the island and
seems to love the solitude. His trips 20
and from the island are made in an Oil
ships boat which he has had ever SINCE
the present generation has known him,
His expert handling of the sails and oars
leads some to believe that at one time
he was a sailor.
Many think that he is the sole survivor
of a shipwreck that occurred on the coast
about forty years ago Among the le-
gends of the coast Indians is one which
tells of the wreck of a big ocean vessel
one stormy night and of the loss of every
soul on board. There is a superstition cha
al times this vessel sails along the coast
a night and finally strikes rock and
goes down, just as it did SO many years
ago. 1t is said that the means and cries
of the passengers and crew can be heard
at these times There are other people
who say that the old mans self-banish-
ment is due to a crime he committed in
California. But nobody is sure and prob
ably never will be- Meantime the old man
continues to lead his mysterious life"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
An Editorial Gem.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The Hagerstown Mail has just cele-
brated it's seventy-second birthday, and In
language that cannot be condensed with
out spelling or omitted without injustice
to the readers of the Sun. Thus saith the
Mail:
OUR SEVENTY SECOND YEAR.
The listless SHOWS of seventy-two dis
wreathlng years have faded since the
Mail bloomed irresisubly upon this land.
Its birth was syuchronous with the en-
battlements clarifying our Nations Ma
tai Day; the leaping roar of fitful cannon
was its cradle song, and the FURNISHED
brillianCe of our flag in the azure skies
its canopy.
In those unrolling years since, man has
done much, lived much. Yet against the
Infinite how littlei-hardly one tear 10
all the bleak magnifcence of human do
lor, hardly one speck of snow upon the
lurid bosom of some illimitable desert
Still may we, knowing that and fitting
from one darkness to another, be elatt.
in that we have seen the light endured
the daily dust of life and drunk our cup,
and have not lain forever with those I'M
called shades who never died into this
life, and who have never tasted the
pleasures, battles and triumphs of exist
ence.
1t is thus ours, and we are glad there
fore, to glance skimmingly over the feic-
itous bosoms of remembered seas, noting
where the wings of memorized tenderness
CLINT and where our perious hopes and
yearning dreams dip LOUDLY swift until
the evening come. We may recall the
years far back to defle glimmeringly. like
starry, moon-thrilled hosts, and we may
rejoice in our friendships, our dead he
roes, dispensing hills, the hot sweetness
of our earth and the deep splendor or
anguish of the past that those years hold,
and we may be glad that in their flight
they saw us numbered not merely among
the ripp!es upon the sea of this world,
out saw us in the tide upyearning to
beat down the crags of ignorance, and
overseeing in renewing effort and null
tiplied energy to swell the flood bearing
the ship of human progress to its harbor
OF perfect enlightenment in the ages yet
to be-and before that dread hour when
the heavens shall he rolled up like scroll
ana man blotted from the book of Fate.
The leaf is turned for the new volume.
In the words of Mr.. Punch, That's the
way to talk itr'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
Io-DAf'S WEATHER FORECAST
Washington Forecast:

washington Forecast:
FOR Georgia and South Carolina: Partly
cloudy Saturday and probably Sunday:
continued high temperature Saturday:
probably cooler Sunday; variable winds.
For Eastern Florida: Partly cloudy sat
urday and Sunday. except showers on the
Gulf; variable winds.
For Western Florida: Partly cloudy
Saturday; increasing cloudness Sunday:
variable winds
General conditions at p. IN. July II.
l6~' Inc pressure is below normal over
nearly the entire country. with depres-
sion over New England and more extern
siNe one covering the country Srom the
upper lakes to Texas Except 80 Of an
inch at Dodge city and "a al North
fIatte, there was no precipitation to speak
OF east OF the Rocky Mountains High
temperatures continue over the Lower
mississippi ana Southern states Maxi
mum temperatures of 80 degrees or above
Were reported as follows. Savannah ana
augusta, %; Montgomery, Sc; Atlanta,
Jacksonville Memphis 81; Charleston. 81
Louis, Wilmington and Nicksburg. 92; Mo-
Die and Tampa, 30. Thundcrstorms at
corpus Christi, Tampa, Dodge City and
Jupiter
Yesterdays Weather at savannah
Maximum temperature p. m. 90 degrees
MINIMUM temperature 6 a. M 3 degrees
Mean temperature ............... sc degrees
Normal temperature ..............S3 degrees
Excess Of temperature ........... 3 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
july ! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. As degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. / Observation-Disclosures. Is degrees
Rainfall ........,...... 90 inch
Normal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. II inch
Excess since July ..............14 As inches
Deficiency since Jan. l ...........5. 90 inches
River Report-The hight of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at a. m. Goth me-
ridau time) yesterday. was GO feet no
change during the preceding twenty -four
hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin, Savannah, Ca,
for the twenty -four hours ending at a.
m. 10Th meridian time, July IA, 1899
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
FoR RENT-HoUsEs.

DESIRABLE HOUSE FOR RENT. 221
Waldburg street, east. newly painted In
side and outside just papered; rent right.
Est. s. Cohen, West Broad and Brough-
ton
FOR RENT, DESIRABLE HOUSES IN
irst-class localities perfect condition; :
right rent to right tenants; call early or
address Est Solomon Cohen, West Broad
and Broughton.
FOR RENT, CHEAP, SMALL. COM
Portable house. good condition, 81 Haber-
sham street; right rent to right tenant.
Apply on premises or Estate Saloman Co
hen, West Broad and Broughton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAYS.
TRUSTEES SALE.

Default having been made In the pay
mcut Of the interest due on the bonds OF
the Suburban and West End Railway
Company. and other defaults having been
made whereby the property Of said COM
pany has been levied upon and seized un-
der process Of law. Now then,
Under and by virtue of the power vested
In me as trustee by that certain deed OF
trust made executed and delivered to me
on tho first day Of September 1897 by the
Suburban and West End Railway Com
pany as appears OF record in the Clerks
otiice OF the Superior Court Of said county,
In Mortgage Book 3ys, Follos 3O7 to $40.
inclusive. and In The deed of contlrma lion
and acceptance dated 18th day OF April,
1898 of record In said book 3ys Folio 30S,
said office, to which reference is hereby
made, have entered upon and taken pos
session OF the railway and property here
matter described and / will sell TO the
highest aud best bona Tide bidder at public
auction before the Court House door in
said county, on the first Tuesday in Au-
gust next, 1899, between the usual
and legal hours of sale the property de-
scrihed in said trust deed and confrma-
tory deed. to wit:
All the properties. rights. privileges and
franchises of said company, that is to say,
the line of railway OF said company being
within the county and state aforesaid,
commencing at point on St Julian street
20 West Broad street thence south on
West Broad street to Margaret street,
thence west on and over Margaret street
10 Lumber street, thence south on Lumber
street to New street thence west on New
street to West Boundary street, thence
south on West Boundary street to Rail-
road street or the Louisville road. thence
west on Railroad street or the Louisville
road over ana across the Ogeechee canal
on the said road and west ward on said
Louisville road to the Augusta road
thence Westwardly on the Augusta road
on and over the lands dedicated to said
company for railroad purposes by the
West End Improvement Company and
Paulsen ana Isazarou, and known az First
avenue TO Alexander street. and thence
northwardly on and over said Alex
andcr street to the Augusta road, thence
bi-furcation OF the Augusta road and Bay
and estate OF said company. Of every kind,
real, personal and mixed. whether within
or outside OF the location of said railway.
and however acquired including all the
railway tracks, turuouts, rails, super
structures. Viaducts, bridges. buildings.
overhead systems. poles. wires ground
wires. switches and electrical appliances.
and all tools, implements and furniture
whatsoever belonging to said company; also
ali the rights, privileges. franchises. liens.
contracts chooses in action and similar
property, whether legal or equitable, be-
longing to said company or TO which ii
may be in any wise entitled.
Terms cash; purchasers paying for titles.
w. f. McCAULEY, Trustee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
TO ENTER SACRED Tibet.
BoOISyvaIter, with Approval of Rus
sia, Hopes TO See The Grand Llama.


From the New York Journal
Springfield, o.. July John w. Book
walter, the northumberland manufacturer,
who for the last thirty years has spent
most Of his time in travelling. will Geave
next month for India, where a little later,
on the borders of that country, he will,
by permission Of the Car. join Russian
exploring expedition, which will penetrate
that mysterious country about which lit
tie Is known, Thlbet.
Traveller after traveller, eager 10 learn
something about this great seat Of the
Buddhist religion, has endeavored unsuc-
cessfuHy TO reach the capital. Only a few
months ago Walter Savage Lander, an
adventurous Englishman, made the at
tempt, only 10 be driven back after fright
ful torlures.
Mr. Bookwalter has no doubt Of the sue
cess Of his trip, which will have the for
midable backing of Russia. One of his
main purposes viii be to visit the city Of
Lhassa where the Grand Llama, the head
OF the Buddhistic religion, resides. He VIII
endeavor to get an interview with him.
great banquet and reception were Civ
en- to Mr.. Bookwalter last evening in honor
Of his return from his famous trip to Rus
STA. Siberia and Central Asia. He IS
one of about han a dozen outsiders who
has been allowed to go into Central Asia
by the Russian government. and his book
descriptive of his observations brought a
warm letter of appreciation from the Car
himself While permission was given TO
Mr.. Bookwaltcr TO visit that country. Eng
nshmen who tried 10 do so were expelled
without ceremony.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
LOCAL Personal.

Mr.. J. A. Peacock and wife of Dublin are
in the city, stopping at the De Soto.
Mr.. w. D. Palmer of Atlanta was among
the guests registered yesterday at the De
Solo,
Mr.. C. S. Wood will be passenger on
the steamship Kansas City for New York
tonight.
Mr.. Glen G. Moore and wife of Craw-
louisville were among the arrivals regis
tered yesterday at the De Soto.
Mr.. oscar Kulman left for New York
Yesterday on The City of Augusta to look
after his recent invention, the antisepuc
broom.
Mr.. James J. McGouldrick, of the Port
ROYAL naval station, returned TO that point
yesterday. after spending several days
with relatives in Savannah.
Deputy Jailer Joseph Kinchley has been
at the ST. Joseph's lnhrmary for several
DAYS and is reported to be quite Ill. Mr..
Kinchleys friends trust that his Illness
will not prove serious.
Mrs. John R. Davis and children, ac-
companied by Mr.. Dave Middleton, her
brother. left last night for Topeka, Kan,
where they will spend the remaining sum-
mer months Mr.. Davis will join them
the latter part of next month
Mr.. Thomas Collins, proprietor of the
Schley County News, is one of the fore
most business men of his town. He has
extensive land interests, and Is leading
merchant. He is accompanied by his wife
on the editors excursion to Savannah.
Sheriff John T. Roman was reported yes
terdav to be much improved and it was
stated last night that his condition was
very favorable Sheriff Romans friends
are now beginning to hope that their APP
prehensions on his account were unwIr-
ranted.
Cant. r. S. Warner and daughters, nc
comnanied by Mrs. NJ. j. Griffin of Tampa
are among the guests at the De Soto. They
win leave tonight by steamer for New
york Besides Capt Warner and Mrs
Gridin. in the party are Misses Minnie,
IIa1en and Nellie Warner.
Mr. w. N. Benns, proprietor of the But
,ar Herald. is one of the most success
mi newspaper men of the state His be
Ginning was slender, but by persistent
effort and rigid economy he has aecumu-
Iated a great deal, and has given to MS
town a splendid paper. Mr. Benns is an
enthusiastic member Of the Press Asso-
ciation, He is accompanied by his wife
to Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
nR' OkEEFE DENYING RUMORs.

r. DENIES the Authorship of an Ar
'cie in the MeIdrim GuidOn.
snee the Introduction of the ordinance
.e'es'aoIsh the city dispensary Keeper
N75'e has been kept busy denying ru-
''' affecting his political standing. One
carried to some of the aldermen yes
'''' II Is said, that Mr.. O'Keefe wrote
article cridcizing Alderman schwarz,
,"" appeared in the Meldrim Guidon
fone time ago.
han r'' 81 - heefe tod his friends that Alder
trom in"drz had stated he was satisfied
H. formation he received later that
h. I'VE was written by someone else
h. r '!l' heefe. If those who started
EKesr'' succeed in proving that Mr.
n ts saa was its author the probability Is
krd,r.1- VIII favor the passage of the
n tba .. e some believe the refutation
Is .niot viii have the opposite effect.
b aro't7a that the aldermen approach
Ahey t5c,'uay about it said il It was true
IRON ,b, nt Mr. O'Kee1e should be ousted
tase tb. uIspensary, but if such is not the
H. mat would take a different view Of
fensaw oa IS being prepared for the dis
pats. and V5'( &C. There are several appll-
\ m bs , IL is not believed a selection
H. '''e until later. r, N. Rutledee
"A the GU candidate for superintendent
IL to - W. I' section of Laurel Grove is
4 well k stated for dispensary porter, II
a the cos mat Rutledge was the man
*andirs ,Helery job, but by a misunder-
<eclon 90, aldermen who turned the
he rss5 5@' Rut'edge mixed with wright
the boorST Was Wright's election. some
sy af,s -'o are said to have been kent
fs and me meeting explaining mat
llh the bo W'Nlng themselves square"
ave baer 90Ss' Matters are understood 70
unaers,a p%3lened up satisfactorily by
a'pensary. TO care for Rutledge at
pronlsse.ss Hloing ordinance the present
9das ri, f5or to . be Of several weeks week.
Ike the tc ana those interested intend to
'uHcl siar rS' OF it. Il is not known how
nus on the ordinance. nv"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-15
CITY BREVITIES.

A two-story frame house located in
Jones field caught fire yesterday after
noon. An alarm was sounded from box
II. and the apparatus from engine houses
and 8 responded. The blaze was readily
extingu!shed. It started from a defective
fue The damage was slight.
Health officer Drummer was out of the
city Yesterday. lie went to Montgomery
county to give his opinion upon disease
which is said to have ragged there, and
which is believed TO be smallpox. The dis
ease has worried the citizens of Montgom-
cry for several weeks. and they resolved
TO get the opinion of an expert without
further delay.
The residents of the nelghborhood from
Bull to Barnard street, on Gordon, would
appreciate an electric light. There Is. a
light at The corner of Bull and Gordon,
and also one at the corner of Barnard.
but the latter is of a very poor variety
and furnishes but little light for residents
midway from Gordon block and midway
between Whitaker and Bull.