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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
PRICES DISPLAY FIRMNESS.
NEARLY As STRONG AS EVER AND
IN SOME LINES ADVANCE.

The World of Trade as Seen by Brad
street-Weather Conditions Exer-
else Their Natural Effect and Re
strict SpecuIRtiOn-LiberaI Rains
Improve Cotton Prospects and a
Slight Shading in Prices Is Noted
for the Week.
New York. July 28-Bradstreet's to-
morrow VIII say:
Weather conditions exercise their nat
urai effect upon the volume of current
business, which is however, larger than
year ago. and restrict speculation, there
fore limiting the volume of bank clearings
without, however, exercising any partic-
War influence upon prices, which display
nearly all their old firmness, and, in fact
Snow still further advances in several
lines.
Oihcial statistics of pig iron production
on record, having been insufficient TO off
sel current demand, and of stocks at the
cose OF the half year are far below what
o'ey We're at the opening or at this time
oNe year ago. Special activity in the iron
ana steel industry is reported at Chicago,
where heaVy advances have been made in
"''sAed products and numerous ship
n'Nts are reported not only to Ohio and
pennsylvania, but as far east as Boston.
livery blast furnace in the Birmingham
ONilct Is expected to be in operation by
"'e advent of autumn, but the production
io' the latter part of the year 1899, which
promises to be enormous, has all been
booked
Inc glass trade is reported particularly
og'Ne' and conditions in that industry
are said to be the best for wears past.
me cereal markets note little change in
80 out trade opinion seems to favor
rtIS demand and few Quotations in
~ oL admittedly large necessary taxi
- ny foreigners. Liberal rains at the
staH' particularly in the Atlantic coast
60 nave improved cotton prospects,
NV slight shading in price is to be
NO.ed for the week.
eHloHS the metals, tin has displayed
Vi5' Iyual strength, largely in sympathy
- "eaVy advances broad, claimed to
GU. legitimate basis in heavily In
snor5.Il consumption without a CORE
sDus output of the raw material
s+g,I-a"'L arrivals and heavily reduced
of " raw sugar, added TO large sales
oue former product.
bIi.@iroge' IS strong in price, and some
fsr-ll' operations are reported inter
vai+ WIN Northwestern shipments of
ta.5 'e pine are reported very heavy for
po jrog-eeo is firm and cigar leaf scarce:
iodjar.S to good prices being realized by
al '' ,1s The textiles. cotton goods retain
dry +-t o.d strength. FAN demand for
s,Su s& G'I. IS increasing, but complaints Of
,-'--HVery are more frequent Manu-
me- ls OF wooden goods are purchasing
pr,cs. I'eely Of fine domestic grades and
: ~ are looking upward, although there
ing markets. ~ a. i0''u
no mess failures for the week number
U.s. 5'iust ia last week 1879 in this week
IN s95. $40 III 1881 "a IN 1896 ana 22l
&c. ag sI-an failures for the week number
var .~, az - last week "a in this week a
i.5 ago. 81 in 1897, 81 in 1896, and "A in
"@oat' including -four, shipments for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
DIFFICULT WAY TO GET A MEAL.
How n New Guinea COcIxatoO Uses Its
Matchmaker Bill.

From the Philadelphia Press.
There is a wonderful cockatoo In one OF
the islands Of the Indian ocean, near New
Guinea. II Is as large as a full-grown
pheasant and it Is of a Jet black color.
The bird is remarkable for It's immensely
strong bill and the clever manner In which
1t rs used. The bill Is as hard as steel
and the upper part has deep notch in il.
Now, the favorite food OF this cockatoo
Is the kernel Of the canary nut; but there
is wonderful ingenuity required to get at
1t, for the nut Is something like a Brazil
nut, but 1t is ten times as hard. In fact,
1t requires the blow Of a heavy hammer
10 crack It.. IL is quite smooth and some
what triangular In shape.
The cockatoo might throw the nut down,
but II would not break or II might hold IL
in It's claws like the parrots usually do
with their food. and attempt to crush it:
but the smoothness OF the nut would cause
It to fly out of the beak Nature appears
10 have given the possessor Of the wonder
ful bill some intelligence to direct its pow
ers, for the cockatoo takes one of the nuts
edgewise in it's bin and by carving mo-
ton Of It's sharp lower beak makes a small
notch on II. This done the bird takes hold
of the nut with its claws and biting off
a piece of leaf retains IL in the deep notcn
of the upper part of the bill Then the
nut is seized between the upper and lower
parts of the bill and Is prevented slipping
by the peculiar texture OF the lear. A
sharp nip or two in the notch breaks off a
tiny piece Of the shell Of the nut. The bird
then seizes the nut in its claws and pokes
the long sharp point Of its bill into the hole
and picks out the kernel bit by bit
The cockatoo has a very long tongue,
which collects each morsel as It is broken
off by the bill.
This Is a wonderful process. for II Is
quite clear that without the leaf nothing
could be done and IL proves how certain
structures In birds are made to destroy GER
tain marta of Dlants
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sunday in the MladIe Ages.

From the Nineteenth Century Review.
The Lords Day was a day Of resi- and
joy and Thanksgiving, and the works and
the attitude Of penance at such a time
were conceived as a kind Of slight upon the
church at large. The same s rong feeling
during the middle ages manifested itself
in the encouragement Of every form Of
innocent anu ement and recreation. Pro-
vision was made first Of an for duties of
praise and thank giving, and especially
for the supreme act Of worsh p offare in
the holy sacrifice Of the mass but his
being secured. there was no idea OF inter-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
FOUR ON ONE sCAFFOLD.
Negroes Go to Their Doom for Rape
and Murder.

ana Murder.
Baltimore. July 2S.-Upon one scaffold
and simultaneously four negroes in the
Baltimore jail yard were at 94s a. m to-
day, ushered into eternity. Three Of the
men, Cornelius Gardner. John Myers and
Charles James, paid with their lives for
criminally assaultlng Annie Bailey, a 49,
year old negress, while Joseph Bryan, the
fourth member of the quartette, killed
Mary Pack, a negress with whom he had
lived
A fifth negro Daniel Rodgers, convict
ed of killing his brother-in-aw, Charles
Lewis, was to have occupied the same
scaffo,d, but his sentence was committed
to life Imprisonment by Gov Lowndes.
The necks of James, Myers and Bryan
were broken by the fall, and they died
almost instantly. Gardners cap became
disarranged in the fall, and his contorted
face was visible to the spectators. He was
apparently conscious about one moment,
after which he slowly strangled. This ac-
cident, which was entirely unavoidable,
was the only feature to mar the otherwise
perfect execution.
The remains Of the four men were tutn-
ed over to uudertakers to be buried at the
direction Of the families.
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the week aggregate 1866, 432 bushels
against 3. 4OS. O73 bushels last week. 2.371 872
bushels IN the corresponding week of 1895
2,349,021 in 1897, 2,64S,749 bushels in 1895 and
1,4609l7 in 1895. Since July l the season
the exports of wheat aggregate L. 797, 292
bushels. against 1884 $40 bushels last wear.
and S,346,547 bushels in 1897
Corn exports for the week aggregate
800 bushels, against 1866 294 bushels
last week, 2,601 S21 in this week wear
ago, 1,482715 bushels in 1897, 1,495, S12 bush
els in 1896 and 594 SOS bushels in 1895. Since
July this season corn exports aggregate
1907, 497 bushels, against 1867, 469 bushels
during the same period a year ago. and
1892, 321 bushels in 1S97-9S
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
LITTLEFIELD A CAPTIVE.
Negro Wanted for Murder Under Ar
rest in Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, July 2S-Wn Little
field, the Hornlake, Miss, desperado who
is wanted for the killing of three officers
of the law at that place about fourteen
months ago is at last a captive
He is a negro. who occasioned much ex-
element Wednesday afternoon by leading
a chase through the heart of the city. and
who resisted the police until he had been
shot several times and beaten almost into
insensibility.
The negro, who is at the city hospital.
admitted his Identity to-day, and in the
next breath asked the officers TO project
him, and especi ally not to send him back
to De Soto county. Mississippi, to be tried
for murder. Officers from Hornlake who
arrived here tonight, positively identified
Littlefield.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
WILL ExCoMMUNICATE 200.
Bishop of Illinois VIII Exile Many
From the Church.

Chicago, July 2S.--A dispa ch to the Trib-
me from Bellvile, Ill, says:
The RI. Rev. John J. Jansen of this
mace. bishop Of the Beileville diocese, is
about to communicate all the members
of St Patrlcks parish in East St. Louis.
II is expected that next Sunday notice of
such action will be promulgated.
Twelve hundred people will be exiled
from the minis rations of the church. The
impending wholesale inhiction of the
churchs extreme penalty will be the con-
sequence Of three months violent resist
ence 10 ecclesiastical authority.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
A MIGHTY ALLIANCE.
bailey Believes Britain and the
United states Are Together.

Houston, Tex, July 28.--In an interview
the Hon. j. w. Bailey said to-day
81 am fully persuaded that the national
administration has entered into a full and
complete agreement for an alliance be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States. This alliance, ~ my opinion. Is
to be both offensive and defensive. /
think the reason A. has not been published
to the world Is that for politcai reasons
che President is afraid to do 80"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
MANY NEW SMALLPOX CASES.
Frankfort Again Prohibits All Pub
lie Gatherings.

Frankfort, Ky, July 2S-The City Coun-
Gil of the state capital held a special sez-
sion to-day and, upon recommendation Of
the health board, again issued orders
closing all churches ana prohibiting pub
lie gatherings indefinitely.
A former proclamation of this kind was
rescinded last week just previous to the
Populist state convention. II is now rein
stated on account Of the appearance Of
many new cases Of smallpox
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
CLARDY KILLED sOUTHALL.
And Another SOuthaII Then Killed
the Murderer.

Hopkinsville. KY, July 2S.-Advices
from Lafayette state that Pet Clardy
killed william southall and that Charles
southall, Williams brother mortally
wounded Clardy to-day.
The southall brothers were In tobacco
field when Clardy approached and, with
out warning, shot VIII Southall twice
with a gun, killing him instantly Charles
Southall then felied Clardy with a stone
and struck him repeatedly on the head.
fracturing his skull. Both families are
wealthy and prominent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
MANY ALABAMA NEGROES.
They Are Taking the Place of strIk-
ers in Iowa.

Des Moines. Ia, July 28-Three weeks
ago the Boone Mining and Railroad Com
pany locked all the men out of its mines
at Frazer, Boone county. because they
Joined the union. A few days ago two car
loads of Alabama negroes were imported
and to-day two carloads more came, max
ing nearly 200 in all.
The situation at Frazer. one Of the wild
est coal towns in the state. is critical. The
strikers declaring they will allow no ne
groes to go into the mines 1t is said by
the strikers that Manager Hamilton
Brown is arming the nesroes Brown de-
MES this but says he will not allow any
strikers to go into the mines again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
Compulsory System.

London, July 28.-According 10 the st
Petersburg correspondent Of the Daily
Mail, the Russian government has intro
duced compulsory passport system for
Talien Wan and Port Arthur. preventing
Euglshmen and Americans from travelling
there
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
Use Aliens Foot Ease inYOurGIOyes

A lady writes: Il shake Aliens Foot
Ease into my gloves and rub a little on
my hands It saves my gloves by alb
sorbing Precipitation. 1t is a most dainty
toilet powder" Aliens Foot-Ease makes
tight or new shoes easy. Always use il to
Break in New Shoes II keeps the feet
COO. und comfortable. We invite the at
tenton OF physicians and nurses to the
absolute purity of Aliens Foot Ease. All
drug and shoe stores sell 1t. Csc Sample
sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted.
lie Roy, N. Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
OPINIONS IN THREE CASES.
Attorney General Considers Fran
chises in Porto Rico.

n
chises in Porto Rico.
Washington. July 2s.-The Attorney Cen
eral has rendered opinions in three cases
involving questions of franchises and con-
cessions in Porto Rico. In the case of
Vncente and Jose Usera, the Attorney
General holds that they do not hold a
complete and lawful concession to build
a tramway from Ponce to Port Ponce, and
that the Secretary of War has no right
10 uphold such concession.
The Attorney General also holds ad-
verseIy on the application of Ramon Val
DEE Cobian for a concession of the right
to use the water power of the River Plata
in Porto Rico. In the case of Frederick
w. Weeks for permission to construct a
walk or pier at Ponce, the Attorney Gen
eral holds that to grant the application is
beyond the power Of the Secretary of War.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
WANT THE MONEY RETURNED.
United States Think Nicaragua
should Give Back the $4,000.

should Give Back the $4,000.
Washington, July 2S.-United States
Minister Merry was to-day instructed to
represent to the government Of Nicaragua
that, in the opinion Of the state DEPART
ment, the 5000 collected by Gen Torres
from the American merchants in Biuefelds
should be returned TO them.
The merchants were required to pay III s
amount on goods that had previously been
assessed by The revolutionary party, while
the latter was in control At Bluehelds. Our
government objected to this double collec-
ton, and the money was placed With the
British consul at B.uefelds awaiting the
decision of the legality of the last collec-
too.
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His Speech This Time Was at Frank
lin, o.

Cincinnati, July 2S.-W ]. Bryan met a
few political friends here to-day en- route
from Indianapolis to Franklin, o., where
he tonight addressed very large audi
ance on the problems OF the day under
the auspices of the Miami Valley Chau-
taugua Association
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POPE WON'T ARBITRATE.
Unless Haiti and santo Domingo Ac-
cept His Ruling

London. July 29.-The Rome correspond
ent OF the Daily Mail says the Pope viii
refuse to arbitrate the Hayt-santo Do
mingo frontier dispute unless both states
will give him fun liberty Of action and
blind themselves to accept his decision
without question.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29

Insurance Clerk-Here is woman thar
wishes her pet cat insured. managerial
right, but tell her she'll have to take out
policy on each one Of the cats lives
Chicago News.
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senior Captain of the Goth RegI.
ment Gives Up Ills Place.

Columbia, S. c., July 2S.-Henry r.
Thompson, late lieutenant colonel, Sc
cond South Carolina Volunteers, has re-
signed the senior captaincy In the
Twenty ninth Regiment being recruited at
Atlanta. He will become commandant OF
a military school in Ohio.
Guzman BiaDcO Dead.
Paris, July 29.-Guzman Blanco, ex-
President Of Venezuela. is dead.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-29
WAS AN ExAGGERATIoN.
Report of Steamer Disaster Was a
BIT OF Color.

st. Petersburg, July 2s,-The story Of a
collision on the river Volga between
cargo vessel and a passenger steamer
which was said 10 have resulted in the
drowning Of 80 persons was an exag-
gerated version Of a collision that occur
ed July Is when few persons were
DROWNED.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-16
AN AUDACIoUs RosICRUCIAN.
He Pretended to Have Lived Two
Thousand Years.

I. -. fenlleiu, III July fOrum.
The cleverest and most audacious impos-
ture under the rose cross symbol was prob
ably that of q gifted and plausible adven-
turer calling himself the Count De St. Ger
main, who flashed upon the court of Louis
XIV. No one knew who he was or
whence he came. There was a grotesque
report that he was the wandering Jew. An
other story proclaimed him the natural son
investigators decisively announced that he
was the offspring of a Portuguese Jew es-
tablished In trade at Bordeaux.
Under the patronage of the Marechal de-
Belle Isle, ST. German made his debut in
the gay capital. Everybody was delighted
with the mysterious stranger. His easy as
Many who questioned his claim to- have
lived two thousand years retired in perplex-
ity; bewildered by his presence of mind. his
ready replies, his astonishing accuracy on
every point mentioned in history, and his
fertility of resource. He dressed in a style
of the greatest magniicence, sported liza
monds Of princely value. and made costly
apparent unconcern. The King looked upon
him with marked favor, spent hours at a
time in his company, and would suffer no
Madame De Pompadour was as pleased
with st. Germain as was her royal lover. He
sold his elixir vitae to all the grand ladies,
performed miraculous feats. pretended to
remove blemishes from diamonds, and for a
time was the wonder of society. In the most
familiar manner he would speak of his
ITleuuSnlp lOT d hlnS OF STdUuee WUO Hdu
been dead for centuries: and once, when
supping with some not overintelligent peo-
pie, he had the impudence TO speak of his
personal acquaintance with Jesus Christ.
St. German had a most astonishing vaga-
bond for a servant. TO whom he would often
appeal for confederation when narrating
some wonderful event that had happened
centuries before. On one occasion ST. Ger
main was relating at a state dinner a con-
versation he pretended 10 have had in Pal
estine, about 1195, with King Richard l OF
England. whom he described as his particu-
lar friend. Signs OF establishment and in
credulity were visible on the faces of the
company. upon which 81. German coolly
| turned to his servant, behind his chair, and
asked IL he had not spoken the truth.
II really cannot say" replied the man
| without moving a muscle. You forget, sir,
| that I have been only five hundred years
in your service!'
"Ah. true" said his master. II remember
now; il was a little before your timei'
ST. German drifted from Paris to Ger
many, where he died while on a visit to
| the Prince OF Hesse-Cassel. whom he was
seeking TO convert TO Rosicrucianism.
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him. The meat is all subject to government
inspection, and at present I believe the
prices are fixed so that each butcher sells
at the same rate. Over each meat stall this
morning we see the figures '2s." This is
the price per kilo for which beef is selling.
A kilo is 1-5 pounds, so that beef is SELL
ing at about a shilling of our money per
pound.
In another part of the market We find
dried beef for sale. This is brought here in
great quantities from Venezuela and other
where's and it often brings a better price
than fresh meets. The most OF il is saltier
than the brine Of the Caribbean sea, but the
Porto Ricans like il. They cook it up in
stews and eat it with rice and in other ways.
Another favorite article is Goldfish, which is
largely consumed and which is sold in every
| city and village and all over the country.
1t is a curious thing that these people do
not like our ways of cooking. The poems
will not eat our soup and meats. They pre-
| fer Goldfish and dried beef. Among the ma
tive soldiers who enlisted near Ponce was a
| man who became very sick. He was Offered
the best OF American soups, but refused
| them. He was tempted Will all sorts of
dainties from our commissary department
in vain. AT last when he was thought to be
dying his wife, who lived five miles away,
was sent for. She came and cooked him a
stew of stale Goldfish and rice, which he
greedily swallowed. and on this diet re-
covered.
In this same connection ii is hard to get
the Porto Rican horses to eat American
| oats or corn. They prefer the rough hard
grass of the fields and turn up their noses
at bran and baled hay.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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SOME FACTS FOR THE NEGRO.
A Colored College President Presents
Some Facts.
Comecill. in July Forum.

w. II. Comecill. in July Forum.
1 have said that the solution of the prob
lem does not rest with the negro. He has
fulfilled every condition of civilization. de
is a fervent, long-suffering, forgiving Chris
tan. He is every mans. friend. Every man
IS welcome to his humble cabin and to the
ly, docile laborer, a loyal, sober, industrious
citizen-and a brave soldier. He has added
much TO the material, moral, and INTEL
%lectual South since the war, as the follow
ing epitome of facts shows:
He has reduced his illiteracy As per cent.
in ~thirty-ive years. Negro children in the
common schools number 100 900; negro
students in higher institutions, 10000; negro
teachers, $1,000; negro students learning
trades, 10000; negro students pursuing clas-
steal courses. LOO; negro students pursuing
scientiiccourses, 100; negro students pursu-
Ing business courses, Loco; negro. graduates.
braries; 156 negro higher institutions; 500
negro doctors: 800 books written by negroes;
$50 negro layers; three negro banks; three
papers. TIL value o ( negro libraries is
$4,000; of negro school property, s12, Zoo, 900;
900 Negro negro c farms. P ssS5' e6d,y SC: Sa of i5S'o Goo OF negro gro
homes. besides farms. s325, o0O. 600, and Of
negro personal property. sl65, 100000: Since
the war the negro has raised for his own
The friends of the negro should not be
ashamed of this record; and If he has any
which he has fought and won for himself
and for the South. If we turn on the light
of the eleventh census we find that:
1. Negroes are more eager for education
than whites. The whites enrolled IA per
cent. of their population in 1870, and only
% per cent. in 1890; the negroes 3 per cent.
in 1870 and 10 per cent. in 1890.
2 The whites have 8 criminals to every
10000 of their population; the negroes 33 to
every 10000. But the whites have leo to /
in educational advantages, have the entire
machinery of the courts in their hands, and
100 chance to l to evade the law and to es-
cape punishment.
3. Whites and negroes each have s pau
perS to 1000 population; while the whites
are GA 70 i in wealth, and 100 to 1 in good
paying positions.
4. The negroes die twice as fast as the
whites. but the whites have greater COM
forts and many advantages as regards
skilled medical attention.
5. The whites have 81 of / per cent. di-
vorces; negroes 81 of 1 per cent. The
whites have more than two thousand years
advantage in civilization.
6. In the whole country there are 25 ne
groeS to IS whites who own their homes;
the proportion should be 1 negro to 6 whites.
Z. OF the negro homes, 81 per cent. are
freeholds; of the white homes, but II per
cent.
s. OF farms owned by negroes SO per cent.
are u~nlncumbered; of those owned by
whites. but Il per cent.
3. Forty-one per cent. of negroes are en-
gagged in gainful pursuits; while only sc
per cent. of whites are thus engaged
10. Government reports show that the
negro is the best soldier in the regular army.