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CHADwICK's QUEER STORY.
Does He Prove Too Much I'm His Ac-
count of the Santiago Fight:

Washington Correspondence of the Brook
Ign Eagle.
Washington. June 22.-The public gener-
ally. and officers of the navy in particular
are getting tired and disguised with the
endless schley- Sampson controversy. I'm
prejudlced naval men say that 1t is a most
unfortunate thing for the service that the
contest between these two officers and
their friends ever occurred, and that IL Is
the one unfortunate blot on the bright rec
ord of the navy during the Spanish-Amer-
lean war Said naval officer to the Ea-
gle correspondent to-day:
II am waiting with considerable curios-
ity the report of the findings in the Ad-
rnfral Cervera courtmartial case. You
know upon. the return Of the distinguished
SPANISH officer to his own country he was
tried by courtmartial. During the proceed
ings he told frankly the whole story of the
battle Of Santiago and the destruction Of
his feet The bureau of naval intelligence
expects TO receive the findings in a few
days. and will make a careful translation
of the report.
at is believed that Admiral Cervera's
story will set at rest a great many OF the
conflicting stories that are now going the
rounds Of the American press. and that il
orabIe engagement by the two rival Amer
loan admirals. Some officers are now in
ouiring closely into the relation OF Capt
chadwick to the main dispute, since ne
has been brought into recent prominence
Inv being appointed TO receive the deposit
tions of Heilner and Hodgson.
"As will be recollected, Chadwick was
the commander of the New York, Admiral
samnson's flagship during the Santiago
eaht ana has strenuously tried to have
mat vessel counted In as one OF the victo-
lions deet. In his report of July 4, Capt
c,badwick stated that the speed OF the
New YORK had increased toward the end
~ the chase to sixteen knots, and In his
complementary report he puts the speed at
seventeen knots.
srhe New York was az Siboney, nine
niles cast of the entrance to the bay or
Santiago, at $780, when the enemys Meet
came out. At II .35 the New York reached
the wreck OF the Viscaya, on Asserrade-
ros Al 1928 the Colon surrendered and
ren ashore the New York then being ten
,nilAe Ia the eastward, but reaching that
noInt al 2;23. From Siboney, the starting
nolnt of the New York on that desperate
snurt TO get In at the death, to the spot
where the Colon rested on the sands, Is
inst sixty-one miles by water, or about
fiftv-three nautical miles. The Wainwright
board showed that the New York was
from $50 until II 35 In steaming from Sib-
oney TO Asserraderos Point-twenty-seven
miles. The same report shows that the
New York took from II 80 until 1.23 10
reach position No. 7, west of Demas Cay
a distance of twenty-four miles only, with
nine miles to go to the wreck OF the Colon.
Assuming that the New York did not
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Decorative HeraIdry.
rrom the Chieago News.


The science of heraldy has never since
49, Middle ages. lacked its devoted stu
dants and writer's. The treatAses on the
e,hiact are numerous and even az the
,,rasant dav are being added to; put the
use of heraldc ornament IN uecoIauo"
,s moi a subject to which. much atleh-
zion has been given, or one on whlch many
written works exist. Yet lts Naiue III
5aeoration. in those cases where II mas
heen used. is not only manifest TO the
lover of heraldry, but is also STRIKING
and effective to the most casual observer.
No one. for example, can enter the
oagnihcent nall of st. George IN WINDSOR
Castle. with its superb colorlnS ana BIO
rious composition and design, without pc
ing struck with the WONDERFUL eHects tiae
can he produced from purely heraldlc ma
tariaIs for this hall contains little else
hut heraldic ornament. Or, again, VINO
bas moi admired the windows in the great
han Of the palace of Hampton Court
with its coats of arms, showing the de-
scent of each of the queens OF henry
VIII? These are, of course, examples
only of the special use OF heraioic oeco .,Ia-
tion bur they are sufficient 10 show what
afsacts can be produced when the subject
Is worthily treated
II Is curious that some of the most an
cient examples of heraldic ornamentation
are often the best. The reason is posi-
bly because the artists drew them as far
az POSSIBLE from nature and had no con-
ventional copies to rely upon. The earl
less example known Is that OF tablet
from sirpoua in Chaldea, which some
herald must have designed before the
davs of Abraham, and which is now IN
the louvre at Paris. A lion-headed eagle
In the displayed" position, J. e., with
wings and talons extended, grasps with
ito claws the backs of two lions, pass
ant" or walking, in opposite directions.
The composition of the group Is excellent
and the general effect, although distinctly
conventional, Is very vivid and lifelike.
other good ancient examples, though com
naratively modern compared with the Sir
no11la tablet of 1900 b. c., are the Roman
eagles on Trajan's column
A very fine example of decorative her
aldrv and one familiar to most travellers
Is the lion of ST. Mark, so frequently re-
heated in Venetian ornamentation. The
lion is purely crest and 1t Is even more
svmbolical than most heraldic lions, for
n possesses wings, which. improperly
treated. might ruin the figure of the ami
mai for decorative purposes. But no one
who has seen the lion on the top of the
nlIlar in the Plazetta or over the Porta
della Carta in the doges' palace, will deny
that here we have an instance OF a sym
bolic animal treated with both vigor and
life. and yet, of course, 1t is conventional.
Indeed, a very good rule in heraldic draw
ing Is that, in spite of a certain requisite
amount of conventionality. a lion should
be leonine, an eagle aquiline, a dragon
should inspire terror and a stag should
suggest graceful and neaesful nanvannent.
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CONVICTED OF MANsLAUGHTER.
Jury Believed Mrs. Rockford Killed
Her Husband

baltimore, June 25.-The jury in the
case of Mrs Clementine NJ. Rockford, on
trial at Towson for the murder of her
husband, returned verdict of manslaugh-
ter In a former trial the jury failed to
agree.
The crime for which Mrs Rockford was
tried was committed in this city on Jan
~ last. The body of Azariah Rockford
was found in his bed with two bullet
holes through the head. Suspicion point
ed to the Wife, and strong chain of cir
cumstantial evidence was woven against
her' although she maintained her inno-
cence and asserted that an unknown man
did the shooting. The maximum penalty
for manslaughter is ten years in the peni-
tertiary.
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RARE VOLUMES.
Books Worth Their Weight I'm Gold
and Much More.
From the 81. Louis Star.

From the 81. Louis Star.
The first printing press was brought into
England by a merchant named Caxton,
who forsooli his trade to enjoy the favor
of the Duchess of Burgundy, sister OF Ed
ward ~ of England, and in 1476 imported
from Germany a printing ouflt. which he
established in a building adjoining West
minister Abbey especially for the purpose
of publishing his translation of the history
of Troy (Recueil des Histories de TrOyes).
II was the first English book ever printed
and in 1855 copy was SOLD by the Earl of
Jersey to Bernard Quaritch In London.
for SO, 100.
The next book printed in England was
The Game and Playe OF the Cheese. Copies
have been sold as high as $1,000. The FIRST
English book both written and printed in
England Q48O was Dictes and Sayings Of
the Philosophers, of which only four cop
les are known. One of them was sold last
year by the Earl of Ashburnham for ST.
COO.
The first book printAd in America was
Doctrina Christiana, by Juan Cromberg-
err, in the City of Mexico, in 1859 So far as
known there is not a cory in existence
Zumarraga, the first bishop Of Mexico. Il
was printed by Cromberger in 1543, and
copies have sold as high as 1920.
The first book printed I'm the United
States was an almanac at Cambridge in
1889 by Stephen Daye. who established
the first printing press In this country. The
second DuDilca ton was SID containing
poem entitled THE Freedman's Oath %
The next book was the Bay Psalm Book
In 1910 Copies are very rare. II is one
of the most valuable bool5es in the world
The first edition of the Canterbury Tales
printed by Caxton. OF which only two cop
les are known, has sold for 5000. $500 and
IS, 400.
The first edition of Robinson Crusoe
0719) sells' for $225. The first editions OF
Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler 1853
have sold for S2075. The first edition of the
for 800; the first edition of Paradise Lost
for $3.50; the first edition of Millions com
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crlption on a fly leaf in his handwriting

scription on fly leaf in his handwriting,
$1,1j0.
The highest price paid for book last
year was Sl0,50O by Pickering y Cnatto Of
London for Raoul lie Fevres A Boke Of
the Hool Lyf of Jason, printed by Caxton
in 1850 in black letter. It Is one of the
earliest books in the English language,
and formerly belonged TO Bishop Heber
Some biographical details on the fly leaves
in his handwriting greatly increase its
value. A copy of Capt. John Smiths
81 PAS.
The highest price paid for an American
book last year was $1,000, for a copy OF
the Rev. Mr.. Cushman's sermon on the
Daner of Self-TIove, which was preached
at Boston shortly after the settlement Of
that place 1t Is the only copy known OF
the first sermon ever printed in America
and belonged 40 the collection of the late
Charles Deane from which il was pur-
chased by the Massachusetts, Historical
Society.
The highest price paid for an autograph
last year was $1,000 for a letter from
William Bradford 10 Gov winthrop. con
corning the affairs of the Plymouth colony
a few months after the landing of the
pilqTimg,
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Ieach her maximum speed until she pass
- ., we mourn OF the harbor, and was then
steaming at rate of, say fifteen lsnots So
wouiu nave, at that rate of speed. made
from S;SO TO ;23 distance OF sixty miles
which considering that the whole az.
lance from Sib1ney to the Colon was only
n ~ miles. would have placed The
New York two mics west of The Colon
az me time of the surrender. That Is.
uc ,cg to Capt. Chadwick's record
But the New York did not raaot, -, :
Colon until 2:23. and she was In for, n ir,e
or ten miles east of the Colon al / "a In
view or me fact that the department
seems Inclined to examine closely int
discrepancies =, OF that famous engagement
u hlisht wei look into this peculiar state,
ment of Capt Chadwick,
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Farmers, Home Destroyed.

Augusta, June 25-Fire this afternoon
completely destroyed the home, outhouses
and contents of Hildred McDade, pros
porous farmer living about nine miles
from Augusta on the Waynesboro road. In
an effort to save some of his effects, Nc
Dade nearly lost his own life, but was he
Toically saved by DIR. James Wilcox of
TINS city. The loss amounts to several
thousand dollars, not covered by insur-
ance. The origin of the fire is not known
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WILL FORM A CUBAN VILLAGE.
Cubans Brought on the BufOrd for
Omaha's Exposition.

New York, June 25.-The transport Blu
ford arrived to-day from Havana with
thirty-two cabin passengers, twenty-nine
Cubans, seven destitute Americans and
ninety-three discharged soldiers and gov
eminent employees. Twenty-four of the
Cubans, nineteen adults and five children,
are Under charge of James II. Skunk, who
represents the Cuban exhibit at the Omaha
exposition. They will constitute the in
habitants of the Model Cuban village OF
T. j. Jackson, and will be sent to school
in this country.
There are also among the passengers Col.
w. H. Bisbee and Capt. r. N. Getty. The
Buford brought $50 army wagons. The
transport will be detained until to-mor-
row to complete her five days after leaving
Cuba.
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WAS PROBABLY 1NcExDIARy.
Hire Thought to Have Been started
to Cover Up n Murder.

Philadelphia, June 25.--A special to the
fIess from Laurel, Del. says that it is
oeiieVed that the fire which almost wiped
mat town out of existence yesterday was
caused by inceudiaries who wished to
cover I'd a murder.
rms the special says, is based on the
nl, 9iiildtloh OF a night washman who
from the pool room kept by ]. j. Lari-
mer' IN which place the fire started. Ola
cluzens say they heard shots, and one
says ne saw two men hurrledly leave the
pool room shortly after the fire was dis
covered.
ne spot where the pool room was locat-
cd mas been roped off, and search will be
t l,l tomorrow for the purpose of finding
the supposed victims charred remains
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WHEN COFFEE GROWS TIREsoME
Not an Agreeable Companion on an
Ocean voyage.
From the washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
"sometimes the cargoes brought from
tbA hot countries play havoc by the fumes
they give FORTH said an old sea captain
"on one voyage the sugar we had aboard
made every one sick. Matters finally be-
came so bad that we could not live below
deck I chased a big Newfoundland dog
o,,t Of its kennel aft and used the place
as berth. while the crew threw them
selves around the deck at the Imminent
risk of being washed overheard. The
cook had to go into the hold occasionally
Soy provisions and when he did SO he tied
~, r,ece of cloth over his mouth and nose
ftar several such hurried visits he was
a,-ercone and two other men similarly pro-
tootad went down and secured him with
sonas and he was hauled out. The matches
oonld not be battened down for fear the
cargo would spoil so we had 10 put up
tba hest we could with the fumes until
we reached port. m.
..1'be usually pleasant aroma of coffee
:, ..aroes sickening indeed when man has
- sail for weeks in a ship loaded with the
yoin pine lumber is worse and petrol
80, ;s as bad as pine lumber You taste
~ stuff in everything you eat, and meat
Ia bread are the same, so far as your
naiate is able to distinguish, ali savoring
setrongly of whatever your cargo happens
to be. - - 49,, ...o,,,.., -,
these fumes get to be simply terrible.
n Si.e ne left port with our drinking water
CiS 80 casks. We had been out only a
y, ~, IA davs when che water began to taste
Few and from day to day the taste
hecame more disagreeable. At last we
- forced TO stop drinking altogether
Melv make for the nearest port, which hap
s snned TO be in the Island OF St. Helena.
There There we changed the wooden receptacles
for others of material not so easlly ar
Ia suffered cruelty for our Ignorance"
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want Their wages Doubled.

New York, June 25.-Nearly 5000 pant
makers went on strike to-day in Manhat-
tan. Brooklyn and Brownsville, throwing
5000 Italian women and girl finishers out
of work. They have been earning Sc
week, working sixteen hours a day They
demand $12 a week with ten-hour work
ing day
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MANY TONS OF SODA ASH.
Corporation with Heavy Capital
Formed to Make 1t.

Akron, O.. June 25.-There is a big cor
poration back of the enterprise to estab-
fish a soda ash factory at Barberton.
The two leading spirits in the corpora
ton, which is to be known as the Column
bia Chemical Company. with a capital
stock of $45 0O0,000 are H. Carrick, of the
Carnegie Company and John Pitcairn of
the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, both
of which concerns will use the product
of the factory. The plant will turn out
10000 tons of soda ash every year, besides
a large amount of other products. One
thousand men will be employed.
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Dwight Preached to Yale.

New Haven, Conn, June 25.-President
Timothy Dwight, the venerable retiring
president of Yale University, to-day
preached his last baccalaureate sermon be-
Tore the graduating classes of the acad-
envy and science departments. The coca
SION was also the fiftieth anniversary of
PRESIDENT, Dwght's own graduation. Many
Oh MS old classmates were in the chapel.
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San Francisco, June 25.--At Shell Mound
to-day j. e. German Of the Golden Gate
Pistol and Rifle Club tied the worlds if
ty-yard pistol shooting record, which has
been held for long time by r. e. Part
ridge of the Massachusetts Rifle Asso
citation. His ten-shot scores on the stan
dard ammunition target were 90, SO. 92,
IS, SO: total 4e5
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-26
The COMMERCIAL Congress.

Philadelphia, June 25.--Germany has Of
hcially indOrsed the International Com
mercial Congress project to be held under
the auspices of the Philadelphia Com
mercial Museums and will have an official
delegate present at the opening of the
congress on Oct. 10. Ecuador's acceptance
has been received and also that of the
government of Prince Edward Island
Canada
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-26
Want Merriam Recalled.

New York, June 25.-District Assembly
No. a. Knights of Labor, to-day unaui-
mously adopted resolutions recommending
Gen. Merriam's recall and courtmartial on
account of his action in the Couer d'Alene
labor troubles
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threatened Famine in Russia.

ST Petersburg, June 25.-The trans-Cas-
Man region of Asiatic Russia, which is
under the administration of the governor
general of the Caucasus, Prince Bar1atln-
ski, is threatened with famine, owing 10
the prolonged drought and a plague of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-26
R,oncbe wa1sh's Father Dead.

New York. June 25.-Thomas Walsh, the
noted East Side politician, better known as
Fatty Walsh" died tonight OF heart
faiIure. g years of age. He was the
father of Blanche Walsh, the actress.
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New York, June 25.-The Times to-mor-
row win say that the New York Central
Railway Company has acquired, by lease
the Boston and Albany line.
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Col. RooseveIt's Reply.

Col Roosevelt replied as follows:
81 want to say l cannot express in
words how deeply I am affected by what
YOU have done. / prize this gift more than
anything else that could have been given
to me- coming as it does, and in the way
it does, and from those from whom it
comes. For it comes on the anniversary
of a day fateful in the annals of the
West. Twenty-three years ago Custer
rode to his death with his gallant men
at the Rosebud, adding his share in the
winning of the West-in the upbuildinS
of the West which you all have upbuilt-
bringing up your section level in patriot
ism. level in highness of purpose with all
that there is in this nation.
81 cannot say how glad l have been 10
come here. 1 never was in New Mexico
before. but have never felt like stran9-
or for one moment among you. (Applause).
claim. the same right that eacn OF your
sons claim of glory and take the pride IN
the name and fame of New Mexico am
an American as you are Americans, ana
Won and l alike have the right to CAIN as
our own every acre and rod OF country
from Maine to Oregon, from FLORIDA 10
california. (Applause). All l shal say Is
that if New Mexico wants to De stale
Won can cali on me and l will go TO WASH
inqton TO speak for you or do anything you
wish" Great applause).
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SAVANNAH TO BOSTON
VIA DIRECT SHIP.

CHATTAHooCHEE. Capt. Lewis.
THURSDAY. June 20. 4p m.
GATE CITY Capt Googlns, THURS
DAY, July 6, 400 p. m.
CIATTAHOoCHEE Capt. Lewis,
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, THURS
DAY, July 90 $50 p. m,
CHATTA HOOCHEE Capt. Lewis.
THURSDAY, July q. $500 a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
D. m. daily, except Sunday and Monday,
and leave Boston for Savannah every
Wednesday at 10 noon, via New York,
w. G. Brewer, Ticket Agent, lO7 Bun
street. Savannah, Ga.
r. W. Smith, Cont FIR. Agt.. Saw, Ca
r. q. Trezevant. Agt., Savannah, Ga
u. II. Hinton. Traffic Manager
John NJ. Egan, Vice President
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James Edwin Cooke. once famous as
The champion ten-horse rider OF the
world, is living in an abandoned street car
in Long Island.
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Passenger Fares from Savannah.

passenger faTeS IRON SAVANNAH.
TO NEW YoRK-capln. $40; excursion.
S2 Intermediates. SIS; excursion. s2L
Storage. $40
TO BosToN-cabin. s2s: excursion, ssa
intermediate. ST.; excursion. S2s. Steer
age, sl1.75
The express steamships of this line are
appointed 10 sail from Savannah, Central
@oth) meridian time. as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett.
MONDAY, June 2s. I .. m.
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher. TUES,
DAY, June q. p. IN.
BIRMINGHAM Capt. Burg, FRIDAs.
June 80. 1890 a. m
TALLAHASSEE Capt. AskIns, sATrJR-
DAY, July Y Il 80 a. m.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage, MON
DAY. July 8, 1870 D m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett.
TUESDAY. July 4, 2:30 pm.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher. FRIDAY.
July 4 4:SO p. m.
cry Or BIRMINGHAM Capt. Burg,
SATURDAY, July s. 500 r. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt AskIns. MON
DAY, July 10, $50 .. m.
CITY OF MACON. Cant. Savage. TUES
DAY, July Il, Ton D. m.
FRIDAY. July. II. 800 a. m
KANSAS CITY. Capt Fisher. sATUR-
pa pay July e. 1900 ?, M -. 90.
MONDAY. july il, ii:SO a. m
TALLAHASSEE capt Askins. TUES
c,I DAY, IN Jply i; c 1870 =. m. M,
DAY, July q, 800 a. M
CITY or AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett.
SATURDAY, July %. 4:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, MONDAY.
July "a, 800 ~ m
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg.
TIL EsDAY, July 25, 700 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asklns, FRIDAY.
cry or MACON, Capt Savage. SAT-
rRDAT. Jaiy 30. le:oo a. m
CITY or AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett,
MONDAY, July 81, 1900 noon.