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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

schooner achore at Kinnakeet and
ashore at little kinnakeet The en-,
OF both were rescued by means of ~
! oreeches buoys, operated by the LIE
eIs VINO llred a line from the shore ia rba
vessels. The schooner Minnie B4rgar -
ashore at Chicanacomico and her 1Ta. a.
, seven We're saved in the same manner
Near Gull Shoals the schooner Aaron
Heppert went ashore, and ONLY three olt
u eight We're saved. The barkentine Pris.
CHA was lost near by, and ten OUT of four-
teen We're saved.
There are evidences. however. of
more serious disaster than either Of these.
At Durant's station, near Hatteras iplst
3O bales of cotton have come ashore. to-
sether with 200 cords of oak slaves. TIE
cotton was evidently shipped from New
Orleans. The bows of a vessel. believed IL
be a steamship are ashore, bearing the
name Agnes Two bodies were washed up.
one of them evidently an engineer of
steamship. We don't know the fate OF the
rest Of the crew of this ship.
The Cape Hatteras lightship on Dia-
mond Shoals went ashore d Creeds Hi
station and the crew were saved in the
breeches buoy
The Aaron Reppert, when she struck
let go her anchors a a distance so far
from shore that the life savers could rot
reach her. They fired a line to her but the
When the vessel went to pieces the crew
were swept overheard. The life savers
wadeG out into the boiling waters form
ing living line, and picked up those VINO
were swept toward the land. In this way
they t0Ok in eight.
THE rescue of the Priscillas crew was
an exhibition of heroism. Rasmus S. Md
gett, surfman No. l at Gull Shoals sta
ton, was the hero This man was pa
trolling the beach. three miles south Of
the station. 1t was O'Clock in the morn
ing, the hurricane at its hight and the
rain falling in such torrents that a ignt
could not be seen any distance at all
The surfman, riding along the edge OF
the breakers, saw Wreckage coming
ashore. He urged his horse ahead, and
pretty soon heard cries for help. He went
into the water up 90 his neck, and looking
seward, he saw a mass of wreckage about
fifteen feet from the shore. This was
the stern of the barkentine Priscilla and
upon 1t were crouched the ten survivors OF
the wreck. She had broken in two on
the bar, and the stern had drifted in The
men on the wreckage were exhausted and
could not help themselves
The surfman would wait until a big
wave receded, when he would follow il
down the beach, At the right moment one
man would jump overheard from the
wreck the surfman would seize him and
carry MN ashore. In this way he saVel
six. There were four others, however.
who were TOO feeble to drop overheard
The surfman became holder, and finally
made his way to the wreck and took OF
the four. The captain was a very heavy
man, and almost proved too much for the
rescuer.
The surfman then left the half-drowned
people on the sand, out of harms way,
While he rode back to the station and
tFHvN asf- in Lob ha p1Q n
ers We're brought to shelter
The captain. Benjamin Spr.ngsteen
lost his wife and child. A youth named
Fitz Lee Goldsborough, related 10 Adj
miraI Goldsborough, who was a passen-
ger on the vessel, was a.so lost"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
IMPRESSIONS OF SAVANNAH.
Changes That Have Taken Place in
Forty Years.

Editor Morning News: In the sweet
long ago. somewhere among the sos. this
scribe landed somewhere on the water
front of Savannah and YEARLY climbed
She sand bank that e'en-a-most REQUIRED
one mule to pull another mule up. and
we wondered why this city should have
"bu-lded upon the sand" Sand and trees
and houses. house and sand and tree come
trooping down the avenues Of memory as
associated with our transient visit Some
few blocks beyond South Broad street
said TO have been the southern limit of the
city then. The planters mot farmersD
were the nabobs in those days, and cotton
ana rice were the staple products mar
keted here There was a sleepy charm
a peaceful restfu.ness about the old CO.
lonial town aud some OF il remains still
the charm, We mean, not the sleepiness.
Since those days we'd heard incidentally
that savannah had grown somewhat in
population and trade and improved as a
sea port. Then we read of the encamp-
ment Of Lees army corps here and won
dered why Uncle Sam" should have or
dered his troops to so unhealthy a To-
cality; and not until the present summer
on revisitlng the city, did we realize and
appreciate the prodigious growth of the
place; the magnificent Improvements; the
perfection Of her municipal. departments
most notable in the sanitary and hygienic
systems so well evidenced in the abund-
ance OF excellent water and the purity OF
atmosphere. and we have continued. every
day. 60 grow into a lofty automobile mark
OF Interrogation Why? with the many
disadvantage thar have hereto
ore handicapped her, she should
have made such gigantic strides
forward in che race Tor commercial
lpromacy2 80 we wenl poking and
fowilnR around IN the said shape of and
nave obs"rved ana inquired ana examined
and oDtnIred Information and facts and
figures fHlt have sur.rlt'd us First We
nfIf chained WITH the beHut} OF thc c.ty.
which needs 90 pen emhelllsnm' nts or eN-
uat4sauza style of description also the
stml-r.IA d0mesiiciiy VI tie homes and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

Mr.. /. w. Neeson left this morning
70 spend his vacation in New York.
Mr. c. S. Wood is spending several
weeks at Kiamesha. y. Y.
Nj Thomas Hunter is at Manasquan.
Miss Eusenia EsH is spending the
summer az Mount Eag.e, Tenn
/ Mrs J. J. Mccoy and Mrs. A. NJ. Saeurs
/ Saratoga ''''e' III
mss Maude Fulton, who has been visit
ius irlehds in Chattanooga for two months.
mas returned to Savannah.
Mss Ruth Levison of Brunswick is the
guest OF her cousin, Miss Bertha Roths-
oH'iu' at lo9 Gordon street, west
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Rothschiid of Bruns-
Mlck, VINO have been the guests of Mrs.
t'otHschlld Tor a week, have returned
10 their home.
Mr. James P. Merrihew has returned
IN a peasant visit to North Carolina.
ms Merrlhew Is at the Hotel Wheeler
Hendersonville, where she will remain nm,
iii October '-''''ii uii-
MIS-. George McPheren and daughter
Mss Leila viii leave tomorrow for
ileston TO be present at the marriage
9I Mr.. j. b. Gardner and Miss Carrie
Mss MISS Catharine Ray joel has returned
from a pleasant visit to Atlanta.
Mr.. Abe NJ. Brown returned on Friday
from several weeks spent in New York and
the Northern resorts.
Miss Reamie Buckley will return This
Week from Charleston.
Mrs. O'Donoghue left on Saturday for
Baltimore. where she will spend Septem-
Ger a1ter have been all summer at Indian
/ Springs
Miss Rosalie Rembert is at Ashevi,Ie.
MISS Rembert will visit Tallulah Falls be-
fore returning home
A Pleasant bicycle run to Tbunderbolt
last Wednesday evening was heartily en-
Joyea by Misses Mamie Hansen. Cecile
McGreaL Angie Hanley Misses Hanlev.
Annie Corbett, Mamie Crowley. and Irene
Hanley, Messrs. F. Walker. william
thompson, A. WoOdcock. Steel Mcdowell
harry kramer and j. y. AIcDonough. Jr.
Miss Eva Stokes and her guest. Miss
Annie Mayer of Bamberg, s. G., viii leave
to-day for Jacksonville, where thew win
De the guests of Mrs 0. z. Love.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ". Symons have issped
invitations TO the marriage of their daueh-
Ter MISS Lula Adelaide and Mr.. Horace r.
ttoolison' at Citronele, Fla, on Wednes-
day, Sept g. Miss Symons is the dauphter
OF Mr. Fred w. Symons formerly of the
/ Morning News, and is the granddaugbt4r
OF the late Thomas Henderson. The good
"lShes OF many friends viii follow them
on their journey through life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
GALE OFF HATTERAs.
Blew at One Time at the Rate of 100
Miles an Hour.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
Lieut. c. e. Johnston of the revenue
cutter service returned to the city to-day
from a trip of inspection to the North
Carolina coast, which was recently swept
by the hurricane He went partlcul q :
Ia investigate the amount of damage
wrought upon coastwise shipping by the
storm.
1.-THE hurricane attained frightful veloc-
ity in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras," said
Lieut.. Johnson to a Star reporter to-day
mo one will probably every know the
real Intensity of the storm. At the Hat
teras weather bureau station the anemom-
eter blew down while registering a wind
velocity of l20 miles an hour, and one
squall blew for a fraction of a minute
at the rate of $50 miles an hour. The
lowest barometer reading was 2S.55 but
the hands oscillated below q. 1t was evil
dent from the stage of the barometer
THAI the center of the hurricane passed a
little to the east and south of Cape Hat
teras.
THE wind drove the waters of the ocean
so high tnat hey swept over the strip of
land stretching north and south and sepa-
rating Pamlico sound from the Atlantic
ocean. The strip averages about half a
mile wide, and the banks are from twelve
to fifteen feet above low water. Sheep
cattle and horses which were on this land
were drowned, and many houses were
wrecked AT New inlet a big club house
"as blown bodily from its foundations and
moved twonty feet. The life-snving sta
ton rocked 80 violently that the crew
stood by the back door, ready to take
10 the boats.
'Iher' were several wrecks al lng to-
coast between Chcamacomie0 ana Ocrl-
coke, distance OF twenty-six miles. and
the life-sayiug crews did noble work n
saving NE. There 10 a big three -masted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
ODD EXPENSES OF UNCLE SAM
IL Cost Good Deal for Items OF
Which the Public Knows Little.
From Leslie's Week.!


Everyone knows that it costs almost 500
OoOOOO year to run the United States gov
renment in times of peace and that the de-
partments Of war and the navy, the IN
dlan and the pension bureaus absorb tl'
larger part of this amount but in .
course of years large number of depend
ents upon Uncle Sans purse have come
into being of which the general puDho
knows little. Such, for example. are ne
International bureau for the repression Oh
the African slave trade, located at Bru'-
sells, highly laudable institution to the
expenses of which our government con-
tributes 800 a year; the international ou-
leau OF weights and measures, also AZ
Brussels, 10 which $3.50 IN contributed
and the lnterna tional Georetic Assocal' ION,
the expenses of which our governmea.
shares to the extent of 81 500 yearly. ~
leading member Of a group of nat IDS
specially interested in humane and pA -aH-
thropic work we subscribe 1928 y -
a lighthouse service on the coast Of NO
rocco; about 81. 500 10 be divided amon- lt
lzens other lands for service rendered "
shipwrecked American seamen; $50 l'a.
toward maintaining a hospital for tiIi'tT
at Panama and 50 90 for keeping and l.e
ing American convicts imprisoned W.
eign countries. Among the uniAih
purposes In tho home country for
money is appropriated from the
treasury IS enc maintenance 81 ~
lngton monument. costing ST. A-l
ana The provision OF artificial ilna ~
soldiers, calling Tor s5i7,O09 a yeas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
Il. S. LEETE, Factory Agent.

the courteous and cosmopolitan manner
and character of the people. which appeals
so directly to the pilgrim and the stranger
Then we became interested and eventual
ly enthused with the strdent march OF
progress and the robust prosperity that ex-
isis, as also the vast resources and oppor-
tunities that offer for the future and the
broad fields yet open and awaiting the
Judicious investment of capital brains
and Drawn. There is a tide in the af-
fairs Of men, which taken at lis flood leads
on to fortune" and it has very forciblv
impressed us that this is Savannah's
tide" We've had facilities and oDor-
tunties extended to us for obtaining some
knowledge of her improved harbor and
depth of channel; of the gigantic railway
terminals. now here and still TO come and
the numerous advantages they offer; OF
the large receipts and exports. We know
that she is the largest market and dis
tributing center for naval stores on the
Atlantic or any other coast, and ranks
third among the Southern cities as a cot
ton port. Have seen all the signs that in
dictate a thrifty traffic along the water
front and other marts of trade. Have
noted besides the foundries and machine
shops. the car and fertilizer works the
Southern Cotton Oh Company, the Dixie
Of Company, etc, etc, that Savannah
can eat her own canned goods, sweep
with her own homemade brooms, wash
and scrub with her own soap and wash
ing powders. black her shoes with home
made backing. Garry her prog in her
own baskets. get her meat from her own
packing house, ana pack ~ In her own
homemade barrels, and drink her own
home-brew beer We've noticed too. thai
the silent cotton factory viii soon De re-
snscltated, and its spindlcs hum ouatp
Then with stll more pleasure we note
tho serious agitation and discussion az "a
sugar refinery ana hope IL may developo
into an accomplished fact as also starch
factory and more canning establlshmsnls.
These latter Industries are what may be-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19

Mansfield, Mo-, Jan. 1f.-Ihe prelim-
mary hearing of the Macomb train
ROBBERY cases was resumed yesterday.
f. Byrum. on the witness stand, made
a confession in which he implicated
Lewis Neigh, his father-in-law; q. NJ.
Ray, Joe Shepard, William Jennings,
]. \. Faglcy and ]. c. Wright. Byrum
said: '>We rode on horseback to Ma
comb. Mo-. secreting our horses and
walking down the track to await the
arrival of train No. 4. Ray boarded
the train at Norwood with short fare
and was put off at Macomb so as to
stop the train. After we completed
the hold-up we mounted our horses
and rode five miles to an old house on
Lew Neigh's farm, where we divided
the proceeds of the robbery"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
EIGHT CANDIDATES.
They are Named by Republicans for
the Place Now Occupied by senator

Harrisburg, Pa. Jan. 13.-George A.
jerks, the democratic candidate for
governor in the late campaign, is the
choice of the democratic senators and
members for United States senator.
He was nominated by acclamation at
Thursdays caucus after eX-Lieut. Gov.
Chauncey F. Black had polled IA votes
to 65 for jerks.
conference of the republican SEN
atorS and mem berS who refused to
take part in a senatorial caucus until
Senator Quay is acquitted of the con-
spiracy charges pending against him
in the Philadelphia courts met yester-
day. a new pledge binding the sign
ers not to vote for Mr.. Quay until he
is acquitted was adopted and signed
by the 43 senator's and members pres
ent. a committee of 20 was appoint
ed as a steering committee.
Both branches of the legislature
met at noon yesterday. In the senate
Senator Cochrane. of LycOming coun-
ty. on behalf of the democrats. placed
Hon George \. jerks in nomination
for United States senator. The fol-
lowing republican candidates for the
soma torship were then named: NJ. S.
Quay, Congressman John Dalzell eN-
Congressman Charles w. Stone; f. \.
Irwin. Hon. Charles Tubbs and eX-
Congressman Huff. The senate then
adjourned until Monday.
In the house the following candi-
dates for senator We're named: Sena-
tor QUAY, George \. jerks, eX-CoH-
UraSsmau Charles w Stone Charles
Tubbs, j. f. Downing. Judge John
Stewart, Congressman Dalzell, Col. +.
A. Irwin and Col. George f. Huff. All
hut Judge jerks are republicans. The
house adjourned until Tuesday.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
ANOTHER WRECK.
Trains Collide on the Union Pacific
Road Fireman Killed and Several
Passengers Hurt.

Sidney, Neb., Jan. 10.-At Sunola,
Is miles east of here, the Union Pa
cifc had bad wreck Monday. Train
No. 3, fast passenger, which left Oma-
ha Sunday evening, double-header'
ran into train No. ,. The engineer of
No had orders to meet No. and
the brakeman was just in the act OF
opening the switch when the double
header came laundering along at 40
miles an hour and nearly one hour
late Both trains were on the main
track, the engines were badly demol-
ished The entire train of No. 3 was
destroyed excepting mail car and one
sleeper. The composite car of No. .
was burned up. Engineer Bonner was
internally injured and had several
ribs broken. Fireman Coleman was
killed. Engineer Ell was scalded but
not seriously. Several passengers
were badly hurt.
There were 32O passengers on No. 3
and all but two. an old man and a
woman, are accounted for.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
ARE NOT WARLlkE.
A Spanish Priest Says the Filipinos
Would Not Oppose the United states
Hui for Had Leaders.

San Francisco, Jan. 10.-Father
Diaz. leader of the ten Spanish priests
from Manila who are in this city on
the way to Panama, says: The Fill
pinos are not naturally warlike and
would not be now opposing the Uni
ted States were it not for the leaders
who are squirting them on. These
leaders are in the work solely for ner-
sonal gain and would prove hard mas
ters for the weaker portion of the
natives should they gain the power.
AT IloilO. where | was stationed,
there would have been little fighting
if il had not been for these malcon-
tents, who fairly forced the natives
TO take up arms. Most Of these men
who are at the head Of insurgent
movements are halfIbreeds. As to
Aguinaldo himself. he is a crafty fell
low and has following among those
people who hope to climb by his ad-
vancement. | do not consider A%uin-
aldo personally responsible for all the
brutality shown our friars, yet he
could have prevented a good portion
of it if he had seen fit to do So
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
EAGtN is CENSURED.
War Investigators Take Action He-
garding the Uttersnces Of the Conn
missary General.

Washington, Jan. 14.-There was no
abatement in the interest exhibited
here Friday in all the Incidents con-
nected with the bitter attack made on
Thursday by Commissary General Ea-
gan upon Gen. Miles. As might have
been expected a matter of this official
consequence was sure to attract the
attention of the president, and in CON
sequence "A greater part of Fridays
session of the cabinet was given to it's
consideration.
The war investigating commission
passed a resolution of censure on Gen.
Eagan for the language he used when
he appeared to answer the charges
made against the cOmmssary branch
of the army by Gen. Miles. and sent
the statement Incorporating his testi-
mony back to him, with the privilege
of resubmitting it if he chooses to re-
wise its language. Further than t. &
the commission determined it could
not proceed. The commission regrets
that Eagan proceeded as far as he did,
and it is explained that the vitupera-
tive nature of the testimony was a
and that but for the rapdity with
which Gen. Eagan read his long state
ment and the absorbing yehemence of
its delivery he would have been check
ed at the time.
What further steps may be taken in
the matter, save as to the acceptance
or rejection of a revised statement if
one is submitted. lies without the
scope of the commission. If the state
ment is returned with the objection
able language entirely stricken out,
and with Only V conservative language
used, the commission will accept it
and consider il as any other testimony.
Gen. Eagan did not give any sign of
an intention on his part to avail him
self of the offer made by the board.
His friends did not hesitate to inti-
mate that he would eNpunge the OBJ
jectionable language. but he would
say nothing for himself.
The war department officials are not
vet clear as to what would he the eff
feet of a Withdrawal or modificat ton
of the statement. One element holds
| that. officially, the record failing to
show that any objectionable language
|
had been used, there would he no le-
gal otfense. Another takes the view
! that while the amendment of the
statements would mitigate Gen. Ea-
gan's offense. it would not wipe it out
Another aspect of the case is the
| bringing forward of the plea of eX-
| emption which was guaranteed in the
name of the president to all witnesses
| before the board from what they
| might say. but again the officials were
| divided and this was also true of the
| members OF the cabinet, as to whether
| the exemption could be claimed in this
| particular case.
Meanwhile Gen. Miles is apparently
waiting for the war department to act,
taking the position that it is incum-
bent upon il and the war commission
to protect the army from such attacks.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
WELLS FILLED WITH sONES.
Hundreds Of Human skeletons arc
Found Near Cuban HTowns-ArraRge-
ments for Governing Havana.

Havana. Jan. 12.-Perfecto Lacoste,
who was president of the Havana jun
Ia Patriotica, will be appointed mayor
of Havana by Gen. Ludlow. Lacoste
is a wealthy planter, popular among
all classes of Cubans, and a resident
of Havana. The Cuban Mario Memo
cal will be chief of police, and j. G.:
Evans. of the South Carolina volun-
teers, former governor of South Caro-
lima, and now one of Gen. Ludlow's
Staf officers, will be appointed super
intendent of the department of cor
rection, embracing the police, minor
courts and correctional institutions.
EN-Chief McCullagh. of New York, viii
remain here for time to help carry
out the police plan he had devised
with Col. Moulton, of the Second llli-
nois regiment, who was superseded as
military chief of police, and has re-
turned to his regiment at Quemados.
La Discussions describes the finding
Of 60 human skeletons in a wei! on a
plantation near Manguito. The writ
er of the story asserts that these peo-
Pile were undoubtedly thrown in while
alive. He says that in some cases the
finger bones are severed and the sup
position is that this was due to the
efforts of the victims to raise them
selves out of the pit The body of
Pedro Alayon. prominent Cuban who
disappeared mysteriously during the
insurrrection. has been identitief La
Discussions accuses the guerilla oief.
Antonio Ries. Sergeant Jean Perez and
Nicpnta /al0O. a schOOlmaSter, of be-
ing the authors of the terrible crime
All are said to be in Havana. La Dis
cussone prints also a story from Ma
tanzas of the finding there of the re-
mains of from 200 to 300 persons in
well near the headquarters of the civil
guard.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
AS a DECLARATION OF WAR.
AGuinaIdo VIII So Regard the Land
Ing of American Soldiers at I1oiiO-
Harbor Entrance BIockaded by Fill

Manila, Jan. 13.-The situation at
Iloilo is unchanged. The Filipinos are
increasingly active day and night. On
Saturday they loaded some lighters
with rock and sank Them at the en-
trance of the river, blocking the chan
mel for all vessels with the exception
Of launches. All the harbor lights
have been extinguished.
On Sunday one of the Arizona's S
boats. manned by soldiers, was car
ried by the eDb tide to Quimaraes isl
and and while attempting to lanI
there armed natives assembled on the
beach and compelled the Americans to
retire. The Filipinos refuse to have
any dealings with the Americans.
1t is reported that the rebel govern
ment at Malaios is willing that the
Americans should establish a protec-
torate on the condition that they
promise to give the Filipinos absolute
Independence within a stated time.
II is also said that the FilipinOs will
demand official recognition.
Efforts are being made to bring
about another conference with the
rebels. The educated Filipinos are
anxious to avoid trouble and it is
hoped that the militant Filipinos will
recede before wiser counsel. In the
meantime the tension is extreme on
both sides.
London. Jan. 13.-The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Times says: The
Filipino refugees insist that Aguinaldo
will regard a landing of the Americans
at Iloilo as a declaration of war and
will Immediately attack Manila. He
has already warned the foreigners, in
Guiding the Spaniards, of his inten-
ton. offering them a safe conduct into
the provinces. The American authori-
ties still exercise a strict censorship
at Manila over all press messages"
The Hong Kong correspondent OF
the Daily Mail says that 5000 addi-
tional Americans who had embarked
for IIoilo have returned to Manila.