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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
SHOTS FIRED INTO A HOUSE.
Negroes Had stolen Hogs-AIIeGed
Murderer Escnpes.


Lanier, Ga, March quite a shooting
scrape took place near here last night.
Some of Powells hands were accused of
stealing hogs from anheighboring farm.
Last night a party of men visited the
shanty and riddled the house with bullets.
The hands, who were staying there, pulled
up the flooring and made their escape.
Mr.. Palmer of Burke county was here
yesterday in search of a negro who com
mitted murder near Louisville last year.
The negro was located at Mr.. u. p. VIII
Iams' still Mr. Palmer in company with
W. L. Brown, went 70 arrest him last
night. He was in a little log shanty not
far from the stin. His pardner would not
open the door, and while Mr.. Brown was
forcing an entrance there being four win
dows and two doors TO the shanty, and
only Palmer TO guard them, the negro
made his escape. Twice he has been spot
ted. and both times made his escape. There
is 500 reward for him, MIR. Palmer says.
n II. Moncrlef and Mr. Bacon killed a
wild cat one day last week. measuring
four feet from tip to tip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

New York March ?, noon.-Cotton flu
lures opened steady; March. 6.S2c; April,
6.S0c; May, 6.3lc; June 629c: July, $500 /;
August, 6.S1c; September, 617c; October
6.l6c; November. 6.14c; December 616c /;
January. 6.19c.
q. MIXTURES closed steady; March
6.29c; April and May, 626c; June use
July. 6.27c; August. 626c; September and
October, 6.l3c; November, Gle; December
6l4c; January 616c
New Orleans, March Cotton futures
steady; March, 5.s9c asked April, $50
5.SSc; May, 5.90d5.92c June, 593d5 .9ic;
July, 5.9i@5. Csc; August 5.S9d5.9lc; Sep
temher 5.S0@5.Sc; October, 5.S0d5,Slc; No
vember, 5.SlG532c; December, 5.S2G5,Sic.
New York, March. Hubbard Bros &
Co. say Of cotton: "Our market to-day
has been disappointing one in its re-
fusal TO respond TO the favorable advises
from Europe. When the light movement
of the past week has finally had an ef-
feet upon the minds of the spinners II
was more than lack of energy than any
bearish advices which has appeared in
the outlook. The trade expected that buy
ing orders would appear as a result of
the favorable advlces from abroad on the
contrary there appears TO be some
liquidation from WAN street houses
through the decline i'm the Stock Exchange.
In no way has the situation changed from
yesterday, excepting the absence of an
active buying demand March has been
strongly supported, showing the existence
of larger short interest in that position
than appeared yesterday, Bombay re-
cepts We're $1,000 against $1,000 the same
week last year. Exports to Europe, 1872
ono against $1,000 bales last season. The
close was steady al a slight decline from
yesterday y lower Liverpool is looked
for tomorrow"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
SHOT DEAD FROM AMBUSH.
Man Called to the Door and Killed
by His Enemies.


Madison, Fla, March "A few days ago
near Moseley Hall, fifteen miles south of
this place James Bumbry, who was at the
house of Jack Tuten, was called out af-
ter supper and shot and killed by persons
in ambush.
Before he died, which was in a few min
utes, ne stated that Ed. Sanders had called
him out, and that lobe Register and Jack
Tuten had shot him from behind null
berry tree in the yard. Tuten fed and has
not been arrested, but Sanders and Reg
lister were caught.
On committal trial before Judge Martin
here to-day, Sanders was discharged, hav-
ing proven an alibi, but Register was re-
quired to give 5000 bail-which, 1t is said,
is equivalent to commitment without bail,
as he cannot give the bond required. The
testimony developed an old fued and
threats.
The extent of the damage done by the
late freeze, when the thermometer fell TO
degrees above zero here, lis now apparent.
Vegetables were destroyed, and very few of
the flowers escaped. All choice roses were
killed to the ground, and the camelias
badly hurt, if not killed. The leaves of
evergreen oaks, and even the pine needles
in places, were scorched3 and are dropping
off The oat crop was Seriously hurt, only
about one-thrd remaining, There win be
no peaches or pears, the trees having be-
gun to bloom when the freeze came.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
STRANGE FRENCH MURDER.
Man killed to Intimidate Rich
Merchant, From whom Money
Was Demanded.
From the New York Sun.


From the New York Sun.
Paris, Feb. H.-News of strange crime
comes from Nancy. A wealthy merchant
of the name of Matthias received some days
ago an anonymous letter demanding the
sum of $4,000 francs on the pain of death.
The writer said that in order to show the
genuineness of his threat and how little
he cared for human life he would kill
man at nightfall on a certain street in
Nancy three days later. Matthias was not
much disturbed over the matter, believ-
ing it to be a joke or an empty threat.
On the morning after the day named,
however, he received another note saying:
Your victim mas fallen. Forty minutes
ago a man, apparently of the working
class, was killed by a bullet through his
body in the Rue ST. Max This is simply
TO show you that we are in no fear Of sac
rificing life"
That morning the newspapers described
the mysterious murder of a gardener at
the spot named in the letter and Matthias
lost no time in consulting the police; but
there is no clew TO the murderer. The
merchant is constantly guarded and is
still alive, but he is half dead with terror.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
Mrs. BucISi Seeks Her AIlmony.

From the New York Herald, Feb. %.
Mrs. Hattie e. Bucki who, after Ave
years of litigation with her husband
Charles L. Bucki. a millionaire humber
merchant, succeeded in January. 1898. in
obtaining a decree of separa ton. from him.
the Court of Appeals deciding in her favor.
is now trying to enforce the decree of the
court. which directs him TO pay her ali
mony of $3.50 annually She obtained q
judgment against him for 1888 for unpaid
alimony, and as IL could not be collected
former Judge Bankson 7. Morgan was
appointed receiver of his property. The
receiver now charges that Mr.. Bucki con-
veyed property he owned here to Henry
Weller without consideration. and he has
brought an acton in the Supreme Court
to set aside the conveyance and TO have
u declared void.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

Edgar Saltus in Golfers Weekly.
The kiss which Paolo II Belio put on the
mouth of Francesca di Rimini, which YER
di stuck into a waltz. which SWihburue
wove into verse which that pastry cook
Bougureau smeared in cold cream ami
which Lieut.. Hobson distributed all
over the country, has recently enjoyed the
honors of a profound ana .yss. In the
current issue of the Revue Sclentihquei
II is infinitely explained. Personally we
thought we knew all about IT, As usual
we were in error. Professionally had we
been asked. and even had we NOT been
we stood ready 20 trace il back to a mys-
tic and religious origin. Privately, we
rad presumed to regard IL as a simple
matter over which TOO much fuss is made
We had been Informed that II is pleasant
or the reverse in direct proportion to the
maestria of the party of the second part
we had gathered from novels that such
charm as It possesses wanes with repeti-
lion. and we had plenty Of hearsay ev.-
dence to the effect that delight in II is
wholly matter Of taste. We had, there
fore, views OF our own concerning Il. but
never. untl this minute, did we suspect
that II was double, and not merely that.
out olfactory and nutritive TOO. Such,
however is the case The olfactery kiss
Is Monaghan. The nutritive affair Is Flu
ropean. The Monaghan kiss is with the
nose The European kiss is with the
mouth. The Monaghan kiss Indicates
that the party shifted would be agreeable
prey, the European variety indicates that
the party embraced would make a delec-
able meal. They are but the different
ferns of the same instinct Of preservation,
the give and take of wild beasts @. +. ID.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

will float for the completion of that road
from Douglas to. Fitzgerald $26S0O0 worth
of bonds, instead of $1S7, 900 as reported.
Messrs. Ward & Dart, attorneys for the
Democrats, and Quincy & Mcdonald, at
torneys for the Populists, went to Way
cross yesterday to argue in chambers be-
fore Judge Bennett, the Coffee county con-
tested election case.
1t was rumored in the city yesterday that
a Mr.. Harper, residing in the southwest
ern portion of the county, died of menin-
gifts this week. and left three children
stricken with the same malady.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
DRY GOODS.

New York, March 2.-The tone of cotton
goods market continues strong through
out. The demand for quick deliveries
keeps stocks in a very clean condition,
and sellers are frequently turning down
orders for forward deliveries on basis Of
current prices Fancy and staple prints
decidedly strong Brown and beaehed cot
tons against buyers, and colored cot
tons gradually advancing. Cotton Innings
very firmly held. Cotton underwear
steady, but hosiery still irregular. Print
cloths not offered on present basis of 2Ad
for regulars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
FLOR

lsr9l ''eS IN Manatee county have sold
,aods for $4,000, supposed to he ~, r,., 80 ,u
iuller's earth. ~ NC ri'h III
,,, e"s'coia News: The Florida Ieaisla-
Anra "n'cn VIII meet at Tallahassee IN
w,r1 should do everything nossih,o 80
nd,st, encouraging the establishnent -
.ral LA enterprises in this state 4 ~
,,r poley would induce the investrn ~,
'''se blocks of capital. '''ss'"'eo'
,tn"',iie Sun; The Refrigerator car or
.'uee which left this citv ,rb,,rss,,. "a, Vi
carEet III new York in time for Mondays
s breaks the record for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
FINANCIAL.

Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market is firm.
The following are the Savannah quota
tons: Commercial demand, AS6A; sixty
days, sAsi; ninety days, AsSh; francs.
Parts and Havre sixty days. 5.2l; Swiss.
sixty days. 5.26; marks, sixty days, "a 9-16
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows
Amounts up to $25. 10 cents; s25 to $50, Is
cents; $50 to 800, 20 cents; 500 to 500, X
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
coFFEE oouNTY's COURT HOUSE.
New Enterprises at DOuslas-News
Notes From That City.

Douglas. Ga, March 2-Messrs. c. T.
Thompson & Bros, of Birmingham, Ala
were the lowest and successful bidders for
building Coffee county's new court house,
at the sum Of si4695, and have fifteen days
within which to file the required bond.
The new brick block to be built in Doug
as for pr n Peterson is to be IS by 80 feet
instead Of IS by 80 feet as formerly report
ed.
The Waycross Air Line Railroad people
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
R0SlN MARKET HIGHER.
PALE GRADES MATERIALLY AD-
VANCED FROM 5 TO 20 CENTS.

Good Demand for the Offerings.
spirits Turpentine Firm at -
Cents-COttOn Unchanged with the
Tone Quiet and SteRdy-Other
Markets steady.
Savannah, March Am advance on
medium and pale grades of ros!n was the
feature In The local markets to-day There
was a good demand for the offerings at
the advance. The spirits turpentine mar
ket was firm at l4c. The cotton market
remained unchanged. The wholesale mar
kets were steady. The following resume
of the different markets will show the tone
and the quotations at the close to-day!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

The local market continued quiet and
STEADY. with sales of 60 bales for the day.
AZ the Cotton Exchange, at the first call,
the market was bulietined quiet and
steady and unchanged. with sales of &C
bales. AZ the second and last calls the
market was unchanged, with no sales re-
ported.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The price held up to-
day. but 1t was reported that some offer1
ings were not taken at the price. At the
Board of Trade, at the first call, the mar
ket was bulletned firm at i4c with no
sales At the last call the market closed
firm a 4ic.
Rosin-There were changes IN the status
of the market to-day The common grades
declined sc. and nearly all other grades
advanced. The market was firm, and
the sales were 1855 barrels. The market
rln-cA frrn ~ Tho fnllnlulnn, nnnlat.nna.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03

RecelpIs InIs Jay Ia5t ytaT- Ib1, I.II3
Charleston, S, c., March 2.-Turpentine,
market firm at Hc; sales, none. Resin
steady and unchanged; sales none
Wilmington, N. c., March 2.-Spirits
turpentine firm, 44D441kc; receipts. 7 casks.
Rosin firm, 9Oc and SIC; receipts 122. Crude
turpentine firm, $1.35 and $40; receipts. T..
Tar firm, 800; receipts 800.
New York, March 2.-Rosin steady al
a.S0 Turpentine. firm at 461kal7c.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08
TIE TURN IN THE TIDE.

Advices from South Africa indicate that
was of short duration. The tables have
been turned n the British troops are
sweeping everything before them. I'm
less some wholly unexpected maneuver
is executed by the Beers it will be i'm
possible for them to regain lost ground.
In the meantime Great Britain is leaving
little to the vagaries of chance. Her
soldiers are being modelled in military
ly forwarded to the 'front.'. Victories
achieved by General White in his sorties
from Ladyslnith will in no respect damp
en- the ardor of the British, or cause,.them
to relax their vigilance until the last gun
of the hostile is ilenced. sf
Intelligent observers concede the speedy
triumph of England, and many of the
Beers are already threatening to make
the final dawn of peace a very annoying
and red-handed proposition. They have
in mind the carrying on of a guerilla war
fare in the hills. after the backbone of
Kruger's government is e~ffectually
broken. Theoretically. this sort of a
movement is ornamented with dazzling
colors, but it soon settles down to an
abysmal black after a few preliminary
installments. Peace, when it comes, will
be as welcome to the average farmer in
the Transvaal as it is to the Outlanders,
and to every one else in interest. Out
lawry will scarcely commend itself, even
to the most implacable Of England's foes.
1t is seldom a profitable investment.
Should peace be brought about during
the next few months. Great Britain will
Undoubtedly establish an equitable form
of colonial government upon the ruins
of the burlesque republic of the Beers.
South Africa will then take on the ele-
ments of true progress, migration will
be stimulated, manufactures established,
education promoted. and the mineral
| wealth of the country extracted from the
bowels of the earth under 4lberal laws.
The world can afford to look forward with
hope to the speedy triumph of the Brit
ish flag in the Transvaal, for it will mean
the relegation to the rear of the narrow,
cynical and thoroughly corrupt domina-
ton of Paul Kruger and his gang.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08
AFLYER nv HICHART,

This morning the Anaconda Standard,
by way of showing the superiority Of its
high art department., reproduces what
purports to have been a picture in a re-
cent number of the Inter Mountain.
Had our contemporary borrowed the
original cut from this office, instead Of
filtering a copy of it through its high art
department. and passing 1T off on the UNI
suspecting public as a legitimate repro
duction, no objections would have been
offered to it's comparisons.
But when the Standard subjects one of
our illustrations to the visual eccentri-
cities of its alleged high art department,
it energies from the ordeal too badly
warped to be recognized as even a legiti-
mate O p of the original "
Therefore, the comparisons instituted
by the Standard are worthless, both of
the rival pictures having been drawn by
the same artist, for the especial purpose
of showing that one was a better work of
art than the other.
It is neither here nor there, however, as
the Inter Mountain does not pose as a
high art journal.
That is why this paper did not publish
a half page illustration Of the Montana
volunteers passing under the arch, the
mex day after the celebrated parade
wasn't held. -
It is likewise Why we do not crowd out
legitimate reading matter to make room
for half page pictures of old-timers
fighting Indians thirty or forty years ago,
with firearms that We're not invented un-
til long after most of them We're dead.
1t is also likewise why we do not try
to warp the judgment of the supreme
court, by publishing portraits that are
liable to place litigants before that body
in quarantine before they have half &
chance to prove an alibi.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"There has been a great deal Of jok-
ing" says "The Philadelphia Press"
about the odd name of the place where
Sir William Whites English troops have
been doing battle. AS a mater of fact,
Ladysmith did get it's name from a wo-
man. This was the wife of General Sir
Harry Smith, whose marriage. by the
way, was one of the of the
Peninsular war. At that time two young
British officers II a Spanish town. which
had just been occupied by an English
force, were surprised by a visit from two
very young and beautiful Spanish girls
of the better class. These fair callers
begged protection in the alarming cir
cumstances in which they had been plac-
ed by the occupation of the rougher SOL
diery, Their request was, of course. gal
lantly granted, and in q short time one
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08

victorious at the polls. The signifi-
weighed. 1t means the return of Cor
man to the high position which he for
merly held as a national leader of his
party: it means that the anti-Bryan
determined to push a representative of
their own to the front for the adulation
and applause of the public; it means
that the veteran democratic leader of the
for presidential honors unde the patron
age of the eastern wing of his party. The
democratic victory in Maryland is a dis
tinctive and self-evident movement to-
ward German, and serves notice on the
American people that if all goes we'll Bry-
an will have a competitor for presidential
honors in the next national convocation
of that party.
The fact should not be lost sight of that
in Maryland the democratic state con-
vention. at the opening of the campaign,
voted down a silver resolution and en-
phatically refused to endorse the Chi
cago platform. The party turned it's
back on Bryan. and achieved a victory!
1t will require a most vivid Imagination
for any so-called silver democrat to eX-
tract comfort from the results of the
election in Maryland.
Withal, the elections aggregate a most
Iemphatic rebuke to the democratic party,
and is a most whitening blight to that
faction of it which hypocritically assumes
to be loyal to silver. Too cowardly to
make a fight for the white metal in any
state in which an election was held, seek
ing to win victory by unpatriotic sub
tefuges. they went down to defeat like
grass before the scythe. Retrospective
ly, like the chickens that come home to
roost, they find that their only party vic
tory of political significance before the
country was won by the bourbons of
Maryland. who laid aside their false pre-
fences and uneeremoniously stamped the
paramount issue of 1896 into the mud.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08

l SAT IN solemn grandeur with the girl at
whose invitation L was there, I would
nave gladly have exchanged places with
a man leading a forlorn hope on the field
OF battle. Before the dinner was half
over l would have considered being lost
IN a tropical jungle pleasing by compare
son. oh, those girls, those girls. They
lett the dining-room before l did, and, in
doing so, they passed my table. tried to
talk e~ntertainingly to my friend, but 1
could feel them going by-and sizing me
up ,and | was satisfied that l didn't pass
muster. 1t seemed as if EACH one was
saying to herself: oh, he's not SO many!
he lacks ease, and his tie isn't on
straight
And that" he added, "was my most
terrible experience. There was a thrill
OF emil to every minute of it. 1 would
repeat any other ordeal of my life in
preference to it. If you hav never dined
with 500 girls fully conscious of their
power and mischievously inclined you
cannot appreciate what it isl
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-08
MOST TRYING EXPERIENCE.

He was a man of experience, "a the
New York Sun. He had visited nearly
every known country and had thrilling
adventures in some of them. He had
hunted big game, and had been through
at least one South American revolution.
Consequently he was looked upon as ar
interesting story teller, and, being in a
convivial party. there was a natural de-
sire on the part of his associates to draw
him out.
Tell us about the most thrilling, awe
inspiring experience you ever had" one
of them urged.
ooh, you can't expect him to single out
one as the most nerve-trying of ALL" put
in another. "He has had too many for
that. Just tell us about any one of them,
old man."
The man Of experience thought a few
minutes.
There is one that stands out pre-emi-
nently as the most trying ordeal of my
life,' he said at last. mo other experience
that 7 ever went through begins to equal
it. Nothing else ever made me half SO
nervous"
Tell us about it," they all cried.
ut was the day l took Inner at Vassar
College," he began.
"Oh, come Off" they broke in. Don't
try to jolly u.s."
Tn not replied the man of expert
ence. I'm telling you the solemn truth.
| was the friend of the family of a girl
at Vassar. and. being armed with the
proper credentials, l called upon her there
and was invited to remain for dinner l
was the only man in the dining room.
When I entered the girls were already
seated and they took me in from head to
foot. I could feel them doing it. At a
rough guess l should say that there We're
500 pairs of eyes riveted upon me, and
l knew that 500 girls were passing judg-
ment upon me and everything connected
with me-my dress, my bearing, my fea-
lures, my everything. One pair
of feminine eyes can make a man feel
uncomfortable, two pairs can make him
think that life isn't worth living, and
three pairs can give him the cold shivers.
A girl knows it and she glories in it.
When she has man at a disadvantage
there is nothing that gives her greater
pleasure than to make the most of it and
make him suffer. Those girls had me at
their mercy. They overwhelmed mt with
cold, critical, analytical glances that were
more deadly Than Mauser bullets. By the
time l reached the guests table, where