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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS.
Entire Plant of the NordIinger-
Charlton Co. Destroyed.

Entire Plant of the NOrdIinger-
Charlton Co. Destroyed.
New York, June S.-Thirty-six buildings
comprising almost the entire plant of the
Nordlinger-Charlton Fireworks Company,
at Graniteville. Richmond borough, were
blown uD this afternoon, and the entire
fireworks plant practically wiped out Of
existence.
Although the fires which followed the
explosion lasted for several hours, the
wreck was complete within a few min
utes.
NO Ives were lost, and but three per-
sons were injured, two of them seriously.
Inc operators in the various buildings
rushed out into The yards, the flying rock
Gus many of them of the greatest power
made II almost as dangerous for the em-
Poyes to be out of the buildings as to
De in them.
AS they rushed out explosion followed
eAplosion as the buildings few into the
an After a score of explosions, three
AeaVy ones that shook The ground for
mics occurred. These were the three
e.ofehouses in which supplies for the
our IN of july were being held. The
loss is about $4,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
TEXAS QUARANTINE RAISED.
shown That NO yellow Fever Exists
in New OrIenns.

New Orleans, June s.-The Texas quar-
antine has been lifted so far as freight.
except secondhand furniture and house
hold goods, are concerned, and tomorrow
the embargo on passengers will probably
be raised Tonight DR.. w. F. Blunt,
health officer Of Texas, reached the city
and held a conference with the local
health officials at which the following
paper was drawn up and signed:
New Orleans, June S--We, the under
signed. hereby declare that we do not
know of any case Of yellow fever in the
city of New Orleans, ana we do not be-
lieve that any exists"
This document was signed by President
Souchon of the Louisiana State Board of
Health; President Quitman Kohnke of the
city board; DR.. w. w. Ashton, represent
ing the country parishes; H. r. Carter M.
D., Of the United States marine hospital
service; DR.. f. w. Parham and DR.. T..
Loeber of the board Of experts; Dr. T.. b.
McCutcheon, a member of the state board.
and c. l.. Horton, medical inspector.
When this paper had been signed, Or.
Blunt wired to Austin to raise the quar-
antine on freight He said after the meet
ing that he was satisfied there
was not case Of fever IN
the city and that the Louisiana
State Board OF Health would report every
case which developed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
CRUISER BOSTON mas SAILED.
Work of the Oregon and GunbOats
in the PHILIPPINES.

in the Philippines.
Manila June s.-The United States
cruiser Boston, Capt. w. H. Whiting, has
sailed for San Francisco by way of
Nagasaki. Japan. with long service Off
GERS and men from the various warships.
The battleship Oregon will soon be sta
toned off Dagupan, in the Gulf of Ling
ayen, on blockade duty.
The United States gunboat Albany, one
of the vessels purchased from the Span
iards and commanded by Ensign w. H.
Stanley, has captured three sailing yes
sells and one steamer off the island of
Negros. Nine of these boats, ali of the
Albany class, are now in commission, aud
are doing good service in the shallow
waters of the Southern islands.
Favorable reports are still being receiv-
ed from the party of fifteen Americans
belonging to the gunboat Yorktown, head
ed by Lieut.. ]. c. Gilmore of that vessel,
captured on April y by the Filipinos nor
far from Baler. The prisoners are all well
and are receiving fair treatment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
SCRAMBLE FoR THE TROPHY.
Many Georgia Cities Are Claiming
the Spanish Gun.

the Spanish Gun.
Atlanta June S.-Gov. Gambler Is com
pletely at sea as yet, in regard to the
Spanish cannon which Georgia Is supposed
10 get when the war department begins
to distribute souvenirs of the late brush
with the Dons.
Savannah may have been the first city
to claim the trophy but II appears that
she Is not the only one by long odds
In fact, the little city OF Barnesville had
her claim filed with Gov Gambler In ad-
vance of Savannah or any other place.
The Governor so stated this afternoon.
But priority Of claim win not determine
the placing Of the gun or guns by the
Governor. He says he does not know Just
yet how he viii be governed ia this mat
ter, not having taken It up at all yet.
He has had no official notice from Wash
ington, and does not know whether Geor-
gia IS to get one gun or two.
A score Of cities and towns have enter
ed claim for the Spanish cannon, Atlanta
has filed an application, as a matter Of
course. 50 have Macos, Augusta, Colum-
bus, Newman, GAINESVILLE, Gainesville.
Rome, and a half dozen others. 1t looks
as if there Is going TO be a regular cam
paign for possession OF the expected old
relics, and Savannah might do well 10
organize a delegation to support her
claims, when Gov. Gambler takes the case
I'd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
MAY WANT no SECURE PEACE.
Believed AguinaIdo Is Trying to Get
RID of Pillar and Luna.


RID of Pillar and Lunn.
Washington, June S.-The officials here
are in doubt as to whether Aguinaldo. in
declaring his dictatorship, is animated by
desire to rid himself of his refractory
generals, Pillar and Luna, or whether he
aims to consolidate in his own hands the
power 10 make terms of peace.
1t is known from the reports of Presi-
dent Schurman, of the American Philip
pine commission, that these two generals
owe only faint allegiance to Aguinaldo
and their attitude towards the peace ne
gotiations has made them ineffectual the
civilian members on the Filipino side of
the joint commission being completely
overawed and dominated by the military
element controlled by these, generals. 1t
is believed here that if Aguinaldo can
bend these men to his will and assume
supreme control, he will at once make
for peace, being able 10 secure better
terms for himself than he would other
wise.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
CONSTABLE CRAWFORD ACQUITTED
Dispensary ConstnbIcs Have the
Right to search IL Necessary.

Columbia. June S-For the last three
days the trial of w. r. Crawford, state
liquor constable, for the killing of Mrs
Elizabeth stuart in her home in this city
several months ago, has been in progress
1t ended to-day.
FROM the first days conduct OF the case
the spectators got the belief that It would
ne a mlstrial or acquittal. There was no
tangible reason for this belief; it was in
the ar; the prosecution was listless. and
the lawyers for the defense seemed to
carry everything their way
IL early developed that the defense pro-
posed to push a new theory that Mrs
stuart was killed by her husband when
ne fell IN his doorway having been shot
doWo by Crawford The state made no
ulrect effort to dlsprove this theory,
though eye-witnesses did testify that they
saw Crawford fire the fatal shot
crawford admitted having fred three
shots into the door where Stuart was
standing, while he Crawford was on the
porch' and having turned ana shot two
bullets into the house after getting down
In the yard.
feature of the trial was the testimony
OF two motherless children, Q and II wears
oid These little girls told how their
N'tNe'tNt nav httAi hfiDl. w nen their fQfn-
er fell, they said, their mother had picked
up his pistol and fired. Just then she also
fell.
Crawford has not been under restraint
during the trial He has walked around
town and been very unconcerned. A mum
OF dispensary constables have attended the
trial There was a groundless fumor that
an armed party was going to 20 across
country from Columbia TO Camden and
KIN Crawford in the court room. There
mas not been the shadow Of truth In that
rumor. Codumbians let the law officers
take him when blood was hot just after
the killing.
Crawford was armed in court aud pistols
We're plentiful In the large crowd that has
attended. The case went to the Jury al
a late hour last night and after taking a
ballot or two they went to sleep on PAL
lets made on the court room floor
AZ 1915 to-day the jury reported that
they had agreed and returned a verdict Of
mot guilty"
Eleven of the Jurors were countrymen,
one being from Camden.
In his charge of one hour and twenty
minutes, Judge Buchanan stated that the
constable had right to use force TO search
the house of Stuart, IL necessary The
jury called on him to-day for further light
on this point and he charged them that
the officer had the right to execute his
search If opposed to the extent of taking
life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
GARRISON LEFT AT MoRoNG.
Many FilipinOs Want 10 Enter Ma
niiR, But Are Refused.


Washington, June s.-The situation in
the Philippines is described by Gen. Otis
IN the following cablegram:
Manila, June S.-Adjutant General
Washington. Result movements Morong
province was TO drive insurgents into
mountains, capturing Antipolo and other
towns in that section with point of land
projecting into bay They retreated and
scattered before our advance leaving
twenty-five dead on field; our loss four
killed and few wounded, mostly slight
CITY of Morong on only land route around
bay, garrisoned; all other troops Withdrawn
Inhabitants of provinces profess friend
ship, ask protection; large numbers wish
to enter Manila; refuse, as city population
increasing too rapidly Leading natives
throughout island. including active insur-
gent leaders, seek permission TO send fam
lilies to Manila; considered only place of
personal security. OTIS.
The conclusions drawn by war depart
ment officials concerning the condition in
the Philippines given in the dispatch of
Gen Otis are that the insurgents are lit
tie more than marauding bands which will
continually decrease when the men find
that there is life and liberty under the
American government These bands are
regarded as something like the bands Of
Indians twenty-five and thirty years ago.
and the people who are coming into the
American lines asking protection are con-
sidered like those who sought protection
in the forts during the early stages of
American development in the West.
Nothing is yet said as to the intention
of Gen. Otis to continue active hostilities,
but this is a matter that will be left wholly
in his discretion and he will no doubt fight
or rest as the circumstances determine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
NEW TRIAL FOR RANDOLPH.

Colombia Granted 1t at Request OF
State Department.
Washington, June S-Probably in a spr-
1t of comfy toward the United States, the
government of Colombia, has granted a
new trial to the American, Randolph, 9TH
erwise Radford, now in jah>at Medellln,
convicted of murder.
Randolph has had a checkered career,
being a scion of one of the first families of
Alabama, then a refugee from his coun-
try, and again convicted of murder and
under sentence of death in Colombia.
The state department has taken an ac-
tive interest in his behalf at instance of
his friends and owing TO its efforts the
Colombian government first commuted his
sentence to a long term of imprisonment,
and has now ordered a retrial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
WE'RE BLocKADE RUNNERS.
Efforts TO start Revolt in Some of
the Small Islands.

Washington, June S.-The three sailing
vessels and one steamer reported to have
been captured by the United States gun
boat at Bany, off the Island of Negros,
Philippine Islands, are supposed by the
naval officers here to be blockade run
ncrs carrying supplies Of food and am
munliion to the islanders. who are threat
eniug to rise in the interior.
These ISLANDERS have been powerfully
influenced by Tagal emmissaries to re-
volt, and in some cases have done so,
attacking the people in seaside towns
who stood for the United States.
The army already has taken steps TO
establish a garrison on the Islands, and
the war department is gratified to learn
that its efforts are being ably seconded
by the navy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
VIRGINIA EPIsCoPALIANs.
Council Has Besun Its Annual ses-
sion at Norfolk.

Danville, Va, June s.-The council Of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
Southern Virginia convened here to-day
Bishop A. NJ. Randolph Of Norfolk pre-.
sided.
To-days session was mainly for organi-
zation and announcement OF standing CON-
mittees. Morning prayer was conducted
by Rev. T. M. Carson, d. D., OF Lynch
burg. Rev. Beverly d. Tucker d. d., OF
Norfolk and Rev. j. Cleveland Hall OF
Danville.
The councils annual sermon was
preached by Rev. w. q. HulHhen OF
staunton. Bishop Randolph administer
ed holy communion to the deiegates.
Two sessions viii be held tomorrow. A
hundred and ffty delegates ana visitors
are In attendance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
GRANT BELL WAS NOT GUILTY.
Negro who Wanted sonnet thing to Eat
Arrested for Assault,

cedartown, Ca, June s.-The jury in the
case Of Grant Bel. charged with at
tempting 20 assault Mrs. j. II. Lumpkin,
tonight returned a verdict Of not guilty.
Bell left town Immediately for Ala
bama.
As Illustrating the nervousness and ap-
prehension Of the white women In this
part Of the country over the recent out
RACES by negroes, It develops that the ne
gro who was reported TO have approached
Mrs. Benjamin Williams near Cave
Springs yesterday. and who was quickly
arrested and jailed on the charge OF an
attempted assault, only tried to trade a
snuff box for something 10 eat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
oALvo EXPECTS NO nurTtRE.

Does Not Believe Nicaragua and
Costa Rica VIII Fight.
Washington. June s--Minister Calvo Of
Costa Rica Has been advised by his gov
ernment that the two companies OF troops
sent a short time ago to Port Llmon, near
the Nlcaraguan border because of the as
sembling of large bodies of Nicaraguan
troops on the border, had been with
drawn. The minister accepts this as
showing that there is no further llkeli-
hood of clash between the Nicaraguan
and the Costa Rican troops on the border,
The minister feels satisfied that the small
border disturbances have not affected the
two governments, so as to cause a rup-
ture between them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
OPPOSITION GROWING LESS.
Cuban Soldiers Are Now Taking the
Gratuity Right Along.

Cuban Soldiers Are Now Taking the
Gratuity Right Along.
Havana, June S.-Col. Randall, in paying
Cuban soldiers at Matanzas yesterday,
found that the majority of them had
turned over the arms sometime before to
Gen. Pedro Betancourt, the civil governor
of Matanzas.
A few of them had certificates, but the
majority had not Consequently Col. RAN
dali experienced difficulty and only paid
thirty-seven men, though over 800 were
in waiting and wanting money.
All opposition on the part of the in
surgents to receiving the gratuity from
the United States ended to-day. Lieut..
Col. Randall, at Matanzas, Lieut.. Col.
Rafferty,, at Sagua La Grande, and Lieut..
Col. Bisbee, at Paso Real, had large
crowds waiting for payment and dis
charge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09

New York, June s.--A London dispatch
printed here to-day says:
Princess Chimay, formerly Clara Ward
of Detroit, telegraphs from Cairo that
Jancsl Rigo, the Gypsy with whom she
eloped and later married, is not dead, but
II quite well 10 Cairo.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
ISrDNArPEns ~ THE ToMBs.

They Were Unable TO Give Bail In the
sum of $4,000 Each.
New York, June s.--George ana Addie
Barrows who are accused of kidnapping
Marion Clark, were brought TO New York
from Nyack to-day. and were taken TO
police headquarters.
Bella Anderson. or Carrie Jones, was
taken TO police headquarters soon after
the arrival of Barrows.
The Barrows and Carrie Jones were ar
raigned before Justice Fursman. They will
enter formal pleading tomorrow In de-
fault of $4,000 bail each, the prisoners
were remanded to the Tombs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
NO BREAK IS YET PROMISED.
Hot Wave Extends All Along the At
Inntlc COaSt.

Washington. June S.-The mercury to-
day fell off one degree from yesterday S
high record of 81 degrees Norfolk, Char
lotte and Augusta all registered 9S de-
grees and were the only Atlantic coast
points hotter than Washington. The
weather bureau is not promising any
break in the hot wave.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
1t was 1o2 at Columbia.

Columbia, s. c.. June S-The maximum
temperature here to-day was 102, mini
mum in twenty-four hours II. This is
the fourth successive day the temperature
has been above 81, and for more than a
week SO has been the lowest maximum
This immediate section has not had but
one shower in ten weeks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09

New York Has Another scOrcher
with Fatal Results.

New York, June s.--The cool furry that
struck this city last night had but little
effect upon the temperature that was to
follow to-day. The thermometer ranged
almost as high as yesterday. Al o'clock
this afternoon, when the temperature was
az its highest point Il stood at 81
The record of fatal prostratons was
somewhat smaller than the list of yester-
day nineteen persons dying in New York
and vicinity to-day Aside from this there
were twenty-ore prostration
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
De Martens WIN Go to Paris.

The Hague, June s.-Prof. F. De Mar
tens, umpire in the Angio-Venezuelan ar
bftration, who Is also a member of the
Russian delegation TO the peace confer
ence. viii 20 to Paris on June IS to open
the arbitration proceedings, but wild re-
turn here Immediately after.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
-Four women burned to Death. A..

Linz. Austria, June S.-The market town
of Ottensheim, about five miles west of
Linz. on the Danube, has been totally
destroyed by fire. Four women perished
in the flames. and number OF people
we're injured
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
CHANGE OF VENUE REFUSED.
Nut Jurors to Try walker VIII BE
Secured From Ontsfde.

iuchmond, Va. June Sat Bristol to-
uiy' In the case of the commonwealth
'1".nst Gen. James A. Walker, the court
p.Hed the motion for change of venue,
1t granted, the commonwealth concur
Us motion for change of venire
me jury will be gotten in Montgomery
county, which is outside Of the Ninth dis
uict and the trial proper Will begin
July g. next.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
ONE DEATH AT NEWPORT NEWS.
Heat at shiDyards So Intense That
Work Was stopped.

Newport News, Vas June S.-One death
by sunstroke and numerous prostrations
day of the year in this city Edward
Clark, laborer, succumbed to the sum
later.
AT the shipyards the heat was intense.
In some of the battleships and other yes
sells under cons iruction, the men had to
stop work this afternoon. Every avail
able man is on night duty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
ABLES WILL GO TO GALLoWs.
MRS. EDGERTON's AssAILANT WAS
QUICKLY CONVICTED.

Armed Men in Court Waiting to
lynch Him. But When They Heard
the Judges Charge they Desisted.
Mrs. Edgerton Told of the Assault
and the Negro Practically Con-
fessed His GuiIt-He VIII Be Hang
ed on June 80.
Paxley, Ga, June S.-Within one hour
after being placed on trial here to-day
for the rape of Mrs. Vicey Edgerton, the
negro VIII Ables was convicted and SEN
Fenced to be hanged.
The hanging will be in Appling county
IN June 80, the earliest date the law al
lows after sentenced is passed.
Many people here who are familiar with
the facts in the case, are unanimous in
the statement that the charge delivered
by Judge Bennett this morning to the
grand jury saved this county the stain
of lynching and the state another black
mark. They all unite in saying that it
was a masterpiece of eloquence, delivered
with ar. .oratorical effect that was inspir-
ing TO noble thought and deed and spoken
from a heart that throbbed with sym
pathy for an outraged people, and yet
felt that the dignity of the law must be
upheld.
Armed Men In Waiting.
They tell it in Baxley tonight
that armed men sat in the
court house. to-day waiting for
the up-train to arrive from Bruins
wick, when they intended to take the
rapist off and hang him, yet when Judge
Benuefs now famous charge was deliv
cred they wept under Its influence and
stood silently by as the prisoner whose
life they demanded was marched past
them to his trial.
The charge was a plea for the uphold
ing of the laws of the state; plea for
the fair name of Georgia, and a plea for
the manhood OF Appling county. No copy
Of it is now in existence, and tonight
Judge Bennett cannot repeat even the
smallest portion of it, while those who
heard it say that it was an Inspiration
delivered under circumstances that have
never before existed in a similar manner,
and will hardly ever exist again.
But it brought the negro rapist fair
trial, and he will now pe hanged accord
ing to the laws of Georgia, and not in
the usual manner of like criminals.
Court Room Was Cleared.
AT the trial this afternoon the court
room was cleared, although the parents of
the accused were allowed to remain. Three
eminent counsel, led by Judge Parker con-
Quoted the defense, while Solicitor Ben
nett was the prosecuting attorney.
Mrs. Edserton testified positively and re-
peatedly that Ables accomplished his pur-
pose after repeated struggles and threats
Of death, and the prisoner practically con
fessed his crime.
When Mrs Edgerton was told of the
death sentence she said she was glad Of
it, and wished 1t could be a thousand
times over
Appling county has certainly made "a
new record in Georgia for dealing with
rape cases, and it is due in great measure
10 the confidence the people of this cir
cult have in the administration of justice
by Judge Bennet and Solicitor John w.
Bennett
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
IN THE SAME OLD QUARTERS.
Spanish Legation Re-estabIished in
De Lome's Residence.

Washington. June s.-The Spanish lega-
ton has been re-establshed at the hand
some quarters formerly occupied by Min
listers Dupuy de LONE and Polo, at the
corner of Massachusetts avenue and
Eighteenth street. The archives Of the
legation have been taken from the Aus
trian- Hungarian legation and set up in
the place they formerly occupied.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
THE HEAT IN PHILADELPHIA.
There Were Four Deaths and Many
PrOstrations Due 10 IL.

Philadelphia, June S.-The weather to-
day was again excessively warm, and the
heat continued tonight with no imme-
diate prospects of refief. The maximum
temperature to-day was ~ degrees with a
very high percentage of humidity There
were four deaths and an unusually large
number of prostrations directly due TO the
heat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
GLANDS CASE IS HOPELESS.
"SSicians i'm Attendance Have So
Informed His Family.

Leoanon, No. June Sat 10 O'Clock Mr..
land appeared somewhat brighter and
'iooaoly will live through the night
hours
ne physicians regard the case as hope
''sS' and have so informed the family
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
Programme wan Abanaoned.

Washington, June 8.-The reunion OF
the Daughters Of the confederacy at
Glen Echo ended to-day. The slim at
tendance yesterday and some dlssatis-
faction With the arrangements caused the
abandonment Of The programme.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-09
TO CREATE NEW CARDINALS.
1t Is Said Twelve VIII Be Proclaim
ed ON June 10.

tU UH , UEft IJs
Rome, June SIT is officially announced
that the Pope, at a secret consistory on
June 10, win create twelve Italian cardi-
nails. including the Nuncio at Madrid, the
Archbishop of Goritz, the Archbishop of
Toulouse the Latin patriarchs of Con-
stantlnople and Antioch, and others A
public consistory will be held on June %,
when number Of Italian and foreign
bishops will be preconized.