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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
HIS ITINERARY NOT KNOWN.
naval Ofiicers Think Dewey Should
Come in Seventy Days.

"ihcerS Think Dewey Should
Come in Seventy Days.
washington, May 2O.-So far the navy
department knows nothing except in the
most general way of the itinerary of Ad-
'''''"i Dewey's cruise from Manila to New
i0'A lie has reported simply that he will
.o'Ne by the Suez route. and has not in
o''1'ei officially how long he will take
III making the "trip.
lie actual departure of the Olympia
"'s made known in the following FIVE
words coming by cable from Capt. Baker
Manila; Olympia. Hong Kong. AS
suined command"
-"' understanding at the navy depart
-'eN' Is thar the admiral win spend about
n Wv" weeks at Hong Kong, for the Olym-
-" r y 10 be docked and her drab war pains
Nay r,.1s' De covered with the spotless white
hyU makes the American naval ship
mos beautiful in the world
G.. :" 'Ae absence of other information, It
Ke -ssu1ned that the Olympia from Hong
n'ot VIII follow the usual course of the
srl- ps' coming home by way Of the
H.. Tahai She viii touch first, after
bo ,l ms ut singapore, then at Colom-
n, '"eu perhaps at Alden, the entrance
cars i'ea sea, to take on q crew of Las
To-, 70 fire the boilers in the intensely
can, 'dSsage through the sea and Suez
er5 VIII viii be made of necessity at suez
Win az Fort Said. 1t is assumed that Malta
Nae [e touched, and perhaps Genoa or
Te,,'ts-o Ds-ore reaching Gibraltar.
p5 r.tn Hs me Mediterranean, the OIym-
tis t %li stand straight across the At:an-
Two days. ' p'' ~ at azores ior
such une that should be occupied by
oa3lor. Tip is variously estimated by naval
dIv. out the average Is about seventy
viii ION to-day. However, the public
k5@o.. S.9n be able to get a more accurate
few I'se or the itinerary. for within a
in nss the navy department will be
Movements. ~ 'e1'e u 'he snip ;
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
WAGES of GLASS WORKERS.

An Increase Has Been Agreed Upon
for $500 Employees.
Pittsburg, May 2O-An increase in wages
for 1850 men was the result Of the con-
ference between the American Flint Glass
Workers Association and the Association
of Flint and Lime Glass Manufacturers,
which adjourned in Pittsburg to-day.
OF this number 1500 skilled workmen
will receive an increase of 10 per cent,
and 5000 unskilled men will receive ad-
vances in proportion. The advance will
go into effect at the beginning of the
next fire and will restore to the men the
wages they received in 1892 and 1893.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
HAD A GRIP FULL or SILVER.

George Murphy Charged with Rob-
bling an Express Company.
Louisville. May 2O.-George Murphy was
arrested here to-day as he stepped off an
incoming train. He carried a grip con-
tanning 900 in silver 1t is thought ne
is the man who robbed the Adams Express
Companys Office at Greenburg last satur-
day night He was presented in the po-
lice court on this charge later and was
afterward sued by the Adams Express
Company which seeks to recover the al
legged spoils.
An agent of the company identified the
bag In which the money was wrapped
The silver was consigned to a Greenburg
bank from the United States treasury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
MoRGANTowN HAS SMALLPOX.
Caused Much Excitement in a North
Carolina Town.

Morganton. N. c.. May 20.-This town
has smallpox. Fourteen cases were ex-
amined and passed on by DIR. Long, state
smallpox expert, to-day. He says Il il
confuent smallpox.
The board of aldermen have ordered
compulsory vaccination after Wednesday,.
May "a, and a shotgun quarantine has been
established around all cases. SO far two
deaths have resulted, both white.
The town is considerably excited. All
cases so for are confined to the suburbs.
The authorities hope TO keep II under con-
troll A pest house has been opened.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
STEAMER PARIS Is ASHORE.
Went Aground or the south Coast OF
Cornwall, Eng.

Falmouth, May 21-The American Line
steamer Paris. Capt, Watkins. from South
ampton, May 20 via Cherbourg for New
York, is ashore on the Manacles. Oft the
south coast of Cornwall, England.
The MANAGES lie near the Lizard light,
some twenty-five miles east of Lands End
and are among the most dangerous in the
English channel.
The Atlantic Transport Liner Mohegan
was wrecked on the Manaoles on Oct. II,
1898. and most of those on board perlshed.
The big liners give the rocks a wide berth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
Three IxlIIed in a Mine.

Rossland, British Columbia, May 2O.-By
the breaking Of lever controlling the
hoisting machinery at the War Eagle
mine. a skip was dropped $50 feet, result
ing in the death OF II. A. Honeyford
James o. Palmer and Thomas A. New
lie. who were inside. w. e. Schofield
was so badly injured that he died soon
after being taken to the hospital.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
GIVEN A PUBLIC RECEPTION.
Admiral SchIey Cheered at Omaha
by 10000 People.

Omaha, Neb., May 20.-A public recep-
ton was given Admiral Schley to-day in
the rotunda of the city hall. Notwithstand-
ing the intensely disagreeable weather, at
least 10000 people gathered and cheered
him,
Conspicuous among those who pressed
forward to grasp the hand of the admiral
were the school children, who were evil
IDENTIFY his enthusiastic admirers. The ad-
miral was vigorously cheered as he left
the city hall
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
.sHAFTER NOW HAS alaska.
Change VIII BE Made in the Troops
GarrisOned There.

Washington. May 2O.-The war depart
ment has turned over to Gen. shafter the
complete direction of all military affairs
In Alaska.
The only general instructions sent to
him have been TO relieve the soldiers who
have been stationed In Alaska, by fresh
troops It being deemed unwise to attempt
to retain men in that climate for more
than one year at a time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
GATo,s FACTORY DESTROYED.
safe was Robbed Before the Place
Was Set on Fire.

jacksonville, Fla, May 20.-The entire
nlant of the C. II. Cato Cigar Manufactur-
ing Company was burned here tonight.
The loss is sl5,OOO with $1,000 insurance.
The origin was incendiary, the safe in
the office being robbed before the place
was fired. Mr.. Cato will rebuild immedI-
ately.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
THE OHIO HAS BEEN STARTED.
First RIvet Driven in New Battle.
ship at San Francisco.

San Francisco, May 2o-The construc-
ton Of the battlesh!p Ohio has been fairly
started. the first rivet having been driven
at the Union Iron Works. The perform
ance was attended with considerable cere-
money. the entire government force being
present.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
MERCEDES TO ARRIVE TODAY.
Reported or Cape Henry, Va, Yes-
terday Afternoon.

ftFUUt NTttFHDUHs
Cape Henry, Va, May 2O.-Capt. Gray,
OF Big Klnnakeet life saving station. six
teen miles north OF Hatteras, reports a
large cruiser in tow of two tugs with an
other tug following, passing his station
bound north at o'clock this afternoon.
The tugs were of a dark color and car
Tled two lnasts each. The cruiser was
painted white and carried two masts and
two smokegCacks. The vessels were too
far off shore to signal. but the cruiser is
presumed 10 be the Reina Mercedes.
The Mercedes win reach quarantine at
Fisherman's Island early tomorrow
morning and unless the Rescue has a
clean bill of health from Santiago they
will be detained there five days before
coming into Hampton Roads.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
CLEVELAND TO NEW YORK.

Trip VIII BE Made with an Auto
mobile in Five Days.
Cleveland. o., May pa horseless car
riage will leave Cleveland Monday for New
York, the longest trip ever undertaken by
an automobile vehicle. The passengers
will be Alex Winton, the inventor. and a
companion.
The distance is 800 miles, and the trip is
expected to be made in five days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
coUNTERFEITBRs WE'RE HELD.
VIII BE Tried by the United States
Court in June.

Wilmington, n. c.. May 20-The counter
feiters arrested here Friday morning,
Nicholas PoIitz and Waller Silvey, were
arraigned to-day before United States
Commissioner S, P. Collier, and at the con-
clusion of the Investigation were held for
trial at the United States District Court
which meets in this city the first week in
June next.
The bond of Politz was fixed at 5000, and
that of Silvey at $500.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
NEW LINE TO ROTTERDAM.
United States Shipping Company
VIII Establish II.

Norfolk, Va, May 20.-The United States
Shipping Company. with headquarters in
New York, and a chartered steamship line
from Norfolk to Amsterdam, will, on Sept.
!. establish line from Newport News to
Rotterdam This information was given
out here tonight by the company's rep
resentatiyes on receipt of notice from the
New York Office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
German Cruiser at corinte.

vestor VA ia Nicaragua. May %. via Cal
rlye5 rly''.--I5e German cruiser Geier has ar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21

CONTINUED on Seventh Page)
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15
UMBRELLA DIPLOMACY.

A man with an umbrella was walk
ing in the rain; an umbrellaless friend
Joined him, and shared the protection
The umbrella owner noticed that now
he was getting only half protection, as
the rain and the drippings from the
umbrella as well fell on one shoulder.
Seeing another friend without an UNI
brella he invited him in out of the
wet, saying, There is plenty OF room
for three. BY this new arrangement
he now had complete protection, hs
he had to move the umbrella to the ro-
sition he carried it when he was using
it alone, and friend on either side
protected him from the rain while re-
ceiving the drippings from the UNI
brella-John Gilmer Speed in Won
ans Home Companion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15

ingenious mind have conceived; some
thing that does not merely represent
a bank account, but thought, care, and
the qualities that money cannot buy;
something out-of-the-way and un-
dreamed of, and as sure as anything
can be sure to be without duplicate
among the gifts. Such present Is
worth more TO the builders of the new
home, the founders of the new family,
than any Of the costly things that
they could buy themselves. and it not
only stands for that for which, in a
way, gold has no purchasing power,
for the long affection and preparation
but for the effort in which there is a
certain touch of the genius that evokes
wonders from the hidden and unfore-
seen.
But, after all, what do they care for
the best of our gifts, these two people,
Who without a dream that there is
trouble in the world, go forward to-
gether into their new life as If their
feet longed to dance to the fairy music
of the land where
East o the sun, west o the moon.
East O the sun and far away,
rhe time is always afternoon.
-Harper's Bazaar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15
A FLOWER AT $4,000.
History and Peculiar Features of the
Famous Lawson Carnation.

This is the celebrated Lawson car
nation for which 1t has been asserted
mat all sorts of fabulous prices up TO
s9D O0O have been offered. When the
lawson carnation was exhibited at
the New York Florists club in March,
1895 no one could have foretold for 1t
the distinction it has achieved today
II scored ninety-eight points out of a
nossible hundred, which was consid-
cred good, but not remarkable. The
flower was exhibited by Peter Fisher,
who had produced it by skillful graft
ing. The specimens shown then
were only about three inches in dia
ameter. Since then the flower has
been developed to four and four
and one-half inches. It's color is a
beautiful cerise pink. 1t has sturdy
stem and most remarkable vitality.
Some of the cut flowers have kept per-
fectly fresh for fifteen days.
Like a great many new plays and
other novelties, the Lawson pink was
tried on" the smaller cities before
II became popular 1t was first ex-
hibited in Horticultural hall, Boston,
about four years ago. There it at
tracted so much attention that it was
b.. a.3nd to pvt &, or The magfet. Tke
original plant has multiplied with
succeeding years until there are now
eight thousand of them. The flower
kept on winning prizes. No rival
10 it appeared. Its peculiar delicacy,
daintiness of coloring, large size, and
unique arrangements of petals placed
II in a class by itself The natural
tendency of the petals of carna-
ton is to draw inward as the flower
fades. With the Lawson carnation
the leaves expand.
So far as the market trade of the
flower is concerned, the supply has
never been equal to the demand.
There is hardly any limit to the COM
mercal possibilities of the plant. be-
cause it Is so hardy and prolific. There
is said to be a profit of 50 on every
dozen grown, and the plants are now
yielding fifty dozen day. Orders are
received from all parts of this coun-
try-New York excepted hitherto
and from Europe. Mr.. Calvin, the
agent, says several English noblemen
have endeayored to purchase slips
from him, but he refused them. He
declares that under all circumstances
he intends to hold the flower as a
Boston monopoly for ten or fifteen
years longer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15
ODD THINGS CrTEN HAPPEN.

A Louisville man has a little house
dog that chews gum like human be-
ing.
A Delaware farmer recently pur-
chased a horse which had been in the
Spanish-Amerlcan war, and on being
clipped several shot were found i'm
bedded in its flesh.
Seventeen victims 10 Easter eggnog
were picked up in the streets of Cam
den, N j., the night after that day
and classified with the ordinary DRINKS.
A San Francisco man who died not
long ago with pleurisy was found to
have had three-quarters of an inch OF
a needle in his heart, which had been
there long enough TO rust.
A Pennsylvania woman, aged l02
years, committed suicide last week be-
cause she was tired OF living. The
coroner might have rendered verdict
OF ju3tifable homicide.
A Young man In New Jersey became
unconscious on a Tuesday, recovered
sufficiently on Wednesday to ask what
day 1t was, said he would die on fri
day, became unconscious again and on
Friday kept his word.
One Kentucky farmer has an other
wise well developed calf, born without
eyes or tail, and another farmer has
four roosters sitting on duck eggs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15
HE KNEW.

"Hov yez heard about ut?" queried
Shannigan, with well-simulated indig-
nation. "Dhe authorities wudn't let
'em bury poor ovid woman yister-
day!"
"Wudn't let EN- bury her?' ejacu-
lated McLubberty. AN for phwoy
not, OF dun no'?'
she walnut dead Thot's wan on
yez, Mack."
"Niyer moind! Niyer moind! OH
work ut aph on sawmbody Use. I"
Meeting O'Hoggarty little later, lie
remarked
"Uts sayages thot rule us, d'yez
moind?'
"Oo'm not married mesilf," replied
O'Hoggarty, calmly.
col don't name thot. Begorra, obey
wudn't let 'em bury poor ovid dead
woman Yesterday"
"Phoy not?"
Because she wasn't dead. Haw'
haw,"
Wasn't dead? Die dlvill Yez just
said she was dead"
"Av OF did, Of got ahead of mesllf.
TITS a joke, d'yez see? OF am a wag.
Dyez know pivot wag is?"
"Yis!"
Pivot, thin?"
"A wag is a dom fool!"-Harper's
Bazaar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15

An Ohio minister is in trouble with
his congregation for saying that rain
bows existed before the flood.
a Perkins, Oklahoma, bachelor
started to Joplin, No, not long ago
with wagon-load OF peanuts, and on
the way he met a widow with seven
children. 1t was n case OF first-sight
love, and, marrying her the next day,
he carried a wagonload of family back
home with him.
A Kansas man not long ago shot a
dog by accident, and in showing the
owner how it was done he shot him,
and later in showing the coroner how
he had shot the man he shot the coro-
ner
4 Kansas City Irish girl was natu-
rallied in order to become notary
public.
a l5year-old Indiana boy attempted
TO drown his father, locked his mother
in the cellar, stole a basket OF eggs
she had waiting for huckster, sold
them and bought whisky. got drunk,
was arrested and locked up, tried to
hang himself with his suspenders, was
cut down in time to steal hat and
vest from fellow prisoner and was
finally sent to the reform farm.
A Pennsylvania kodak fiend was in
stantly killed while attempting TO get
a snapshot of blast as it exploded.
-.. 4 Z errgVfyaIiI;t my 'feaSGd = 81 +
with kittens till she jumped at him
and mangled the calf of his leg SO that
he will probably be a cripple for life
a 5-year-old Philadelphia boy fell
out OF third-story window and his
life was saved by lighting on a man
wearing a silk hat, The hat was
ruined
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15
IN CHOOSING wEDDING-GIFTs.

For those in moderate circum-
stances. If the giver has money
enough. 1t is usually not difficult to
provide a present that shall be useful
and welcome and valuable. And for
those with whom We have a sufficient
intimacy our knowledge OF their tastes
and our freedom in consulting them
again make the matter easy. But
when Il becomes necessary 10 make a
bridal gift 20 those OF whose tastes
we are uncertain, or to those who are
so wealthy that they already have al
most everything the heart can wish,
who have silver and gold and jewels,
houses and lands, then the task be-
comes more involved, and really a
good deal more interesting.
70 such persons a gift that simply
shows The expenditure OF money Is
unnecessary and unwise; and i you
have not a superfuity Of money, and
they know It. il places you in a fool
ish light For a gift to such people
the world-that is, our corner OF it,
has to be ransackei. and something
has to be found, curious or beautiful
or original and unusual, that only
research could have turned up or an
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15
THE RANDS CROSSINGS.
Mining Experts Figure Upon African
Gold Production.

The Rand district of south Africa
produced over sS0,000,000 in gold last
year. Recently over 100000 was
sent to London in one shipment.
Nine-tenths of this south African gold
comes from strip of land thirty miles
long and averaging little over mile
wide. Mining Experts Hatch and
Chalmers, in whose conclusions George
f. Becker, OF our Geological Survey,
concurs, estimate that the Rand can
be probably worked to a depth of .
900 feet. In that case its total prod
uct will be about s3,500,000. The
total gold production of all the world
for four hundred years has been only
1920, 100000. This one insignificant
strip of land may produce a third as
much gold as the whole world has in
four centuries.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15
PREPARING FURS FOR WEAR.
Skins Must Be Well Cured Before
Being Made Into Garments.

From the animals back to the lady's
shoulders there is much skillful hand
ling of high priced furs. Aside from
the trapping and selling and the max
ing into modish wraps an intermediate
step occurs, and upon this depends
more truly the ultimate value OF the
skin than its depth OF tone, purity of
color or even rare breed to which it
was designed by the Creator. In con-
sequence ordinary skunk skins have
been made beautiful martens at the
dresser's shop, While the raTest of sa-
bic has been rendered useless. AS a
trade this intermediate handling has
been little affected by the advance of
mechanical ingenuity. 1t still re-
mains primitive-a trade of hand work
and foot work and mans labor. No
mechanical device has ever been made
to equal in delicacy and result this
contact with human flesh.
The work of the dresser is interest
ing, and in stages highly picturesque.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-15

The skins are turned over to him by
the firm, which buys its seasons sup
ply in the raw state. The trapper has
literally skinned his game-turned the
outside or fur side in, leaving the en-
tire pelt exposed. The skins are
creased to preserve them from vermin.
and soon turn stiff. This constitutes
the raw state.
In curing, the pelt is first put
through softening process-a chem
ical solution-and the skins are then
tubhed. Here they remain in the salt
and water or similar wash as required.
The skins are wrung out of this bath
and partially dried, then turned over
10 the flesher. This Is another depart
ment Of the trade, and requires skilled
hands to scrape these skins properly.
The next departure leads 10 the de-
tails of the dresser's shop. Along
each side of the room are ranged large
barrels nf three-quarters height. In
these tt nen stand waist deep, while
sacking forms the cover from the edge
of the barrel to the mans body. This
keeps in the heat, which in time be-
comes excessive, and in these covered
barrels the half-naked men tread and
tread day after day, and look as
though they were practicing some GU
rious dance. With their naked feet
they work the butter into the pet and
fur, and the heat which emenates from.
their body forms a most important
item in the curing of the skins. 4
Switchboard fastened obliquely across
the front inner side of the barrel aids
them in rotating the skins, which IN
time acquire a high degree Of heat,
very surprising to the novice. This
heat renders the fur soft and supple.
Only a few skins-ten to dozen are
trodden at one time.
When the butter dance stops the
skins are removed to drying room
and spread over the floor. At the
right point of drying they are gath
cred together and taken to the saw
dust room. This sawdust is in truth
pulverized wood, as fine in quality as
cornstarch Sometimes it is of ma
hogany, sometimes of rosewood. The
latter however, contains so much ac-
ridity that it Is used more sparingly.
For the different sorts of fuTs different
dusts are used-wood dust for the
darker coats and flour and marble
dust for ermine. This wood dust is
expensive, and the supply limited. In
the curing season 1t becomes serious
item in the dresser's trade.
AS only 10 per cent. of the butter IS
actually absorbed by the pelt, the rest
clinging to the fur, the dust is worked
very thoroughly into the creased fur,
and cleanses 1t Of the butter and rem
ders the fur soft and silky. The first
mechanical labor is here introduced,
when the skins with a copious supply
of dust are thrown into big revolv-
ing tub, which initiates closely the ro
tation OF treading, and by passing over
coils Of steam pipes gets warmth sim
liar to the heat in the treader's body.
The furs and dust are revolved rapidly
until sufficient dust has been taken up,
when they are dumped out, picked up
separately and given deft shake,
and the hand labor is again called into
use.
The skins are then spread out in the
air, beaten, turned fur out and given
to the comber. He finishes the silky
coats, and evens up the skins to a
point of symmetry.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.