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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01

speeds up 10 seventy miles per hour and
upward, and that with safety and reeu-
larty. If IT Is desired to increase these
speeds TO leo miles per hour locomotive
designers could be found, we are sure
who would undertake to provide n ma
chine to accomplish the work. assuming.
OF course, that the train load would also
be lghtened.
i Is frequently said that the fact that
the locomotive is a reciprocatiug machine
while the electric motor is a rotary one.
gives the latter an advantage in the mat
ter Of high speeds. As an abstract promo
siuon this IS doubles true, but the loco
t., tive has by no means reached it's limit in
the matter of speeds. Larger driving
wheels, lighter reciprocating parts and
more careful balancing are some of the
means by which higher speeds could be
made as feasible as are the speeds al
present reached. II Is worth noting that
none OF our present day locomotives use
drivers as large as those I'm use many
years ago on some famous English loco
motives Of high speed. Another argument
occasionally heard is that the high-speed
electric motor would he much less severe
on the track than the locomotives, but
this argument again is based on theory
rather than practice. AS a matter OF fact
the standard electric railway track now
uses rail nearly twice the depth of the
standard steam railway rail, and this
practice has been forced upon the electric
railways by the impossbbllity of keeping
up their joints with any lighter construc-
ton.
Evidently the electric motor designers
have also some problem 10 solve before
they will be ready to put in bids for a
lW-milc-per-h service. The matter OF
current collection. for example, might
prove hard nut 10 crack. The trolley u.s.
of course, out Of The question, and the
heating OF a cast iron shoe sliding on a
third rail at speed of $50 feet per second
might cause some difficulties.
We must candidly acknowledge that the
subject is not a vital one at present for
no railway TO run trains at 100 miles an
hour Is yet in sight except in the brains
of mpecunious promoters. Existing rail-
way lines would find Il very difficult for
operating reasons. TO run trains OF such
high speed on their existing lines, and the
proposal 10 build a special high-speed cleo
trio line, even on such much-traVeled
routes as that between New York and
Philadelphia, has never yet been presented
to hnanciers in a way to command their
support il would probably be a much
easier task to build either electric or
steam locomotives 20 make 100 miles an
hour over line than Il would be 10 find
sufficient traffic 10 make II a paying en-
terprise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
VALDoSTA is IN GALA DRESS.
EXPOSITION OPENED UNDER IA
WORKABLE AUSPICES.

About 5000 People Attended the
Exhibits From Several Counties
Are Complete and NnGniiicent
WOmcn's Work Wen Represented.
Races Are On in Good shape ana
Large Crowds Are Expected.
Valdosta Ga, Octs S1.-The opening day
OF the exposition was all that the most
sangUine of its promoters expected Of it.
Probably five thousand people entered
the gates during the day and took in the
sights The exhibits are exceptionally
good, and represent half a dozen OF the
best counties in this section OF the state
The agricultural display sweeps the
whole range of products of this section
and shows them up in their best light
The buildings are deliberately decorated
and the agricultural department is hand
somely arranged with great pyramids,
huge banks, wreaths and festoons of the
various products making panorama ex-
ceedmgly attractive 10 the eye
The ladies' department consists OF nine
different sections, showing up womau's
work in every shade or kind. These ex-
hibits come from this county, from Ber-
rien, Madison. Clinch, Echols and other
counties. and are in charge of committee
of ladies.
Exhibits were arriving all day to-day,
and We're being arranged in the different
departments. The buildings tonight are
crowded with exhibits, and the exposition
IS pronounced by visitors being as fine
as any that has been held III Georgia
without the aid of the government and
other states
The commercial exhibits are numerous
and very handsome firms and manufac-
turers from this and other cities having
gone to much expense In making their
displays attractive. The special features
to-day were good They consisted of
high diving horses. high diving by man
high tower. guideless races. and spectacu-
| concerts. The races this evening attract
ed large crowd and were fine About
200 fast horses are here and the races of
the week promise to be the best In the
South this year
The exposition viii open in earnest to-
morrow. and large crowds are expected
from every section. The coming Of Prof
Stubs and Capt Purse on Thursday TO
discuss the sugar and syrup question be-
fore the farmers makes that day an at
| tractve one.
Tomorrow is Florida day and Friday
will be Military day. All of these DAYS
will be full of interest to the large
| crowds.
The rain of yesterday has settled the
dust and the track Is in fine shape for
races.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
vALDosTA,s ARTEsTAN WELL.
An Old Indian Fighter visits the
Exposition.

An Old Indian Fighter Visits the
Exposition.
Valdosta, Ga. Oct. 31-Valdosta was
without water yesterday, but she has
enough to-day to supply the demand in a
city three times its size. The work Of
increasing the flow at the artesian well
was undertaken yesterday, and the flow
had to be shut off for about eighteen hours
while the work was being done The res
ervoir was kept full for emergency. but 1t
was sent through the mains in very small
quantities at intervals during the day
The work was completed al an early hour
last night and now the well is flowing
about four hundred gallons minute
DR.. c. B. Parker. who lives forty miles
from here in Clinch was in town to-day.
taking in the exposition 1t was his first
visit to Valdosta in forty years. and he
was much surprised at the growth of the
place since then. He says that there
were only three houses and one store
when he was here last. He is rs years old
and never tasted tobacco or whisky in his
life. He has ten married children and he
celebrated his golden wedding a few
months ago. He fought the Indians in
the Okefinokee swamp in 1887, and is al
together a remarkable man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
a TELEGRAPH COMBINE.
One of the biggest Trusts of the Age
Now Talked of.

One of the biggest Trusts of the Age
Now Talked of.
Philadelphia. Oct 81 The North Amer
lean will tomorrow say:
One of the greatest financial combina>
tioIA of the century is in progress of for
nation. The organizers of the Continental
Telegraph, Telephone and Gable Company,
recently Incorporated in New Jersey, have
obtained control of all the independent
telephone companies in the United States.
and aims to combine Herewith the great
telegraph companies and the five Atlantic
cable companies.
From various sources Information reach
ed the North American that the capitalist
interested in the venture include j. Pier
pont Morgan, George j. Could John ia
cob Astor. William c. Whitney, p A. b.
Widener and William L. Ellxins.
Verihcation of the story was obtained
tonight from Mr. Widener at his home in
Ogontz. He talked freely of the colossal
scheme, which, he saws, will bring about a
sweeping reduction in the cost Of trans
mission of electrical messages all over the
country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
Punctuate This Poem.
From The London News.


Mr.. Joseph Knight supplies to the Oc-
tober number of the Fortnightly Review a
corrected version Of "a Lesson in Pune
tuation." which. by the substitution Of
10Y" for ivy in the third line-whlch
looks like n misleading of bad manuscript
mad been converted into nonsense in a
previous rendering:
| saw a peacock with a fiery tail
! saw a blazing comet drop down hail
! saw cloud begirt with ivy round
/ saw sturdy oak creep on the ground
| saw a pismire swallow up a whale
/ saw the brackish sea brimful OF ale
| saw a Venice glass eighteen feet deep
| saw a we'll full of mems tears that weep
| saw mems eyes all In fame of fire
! saw. house big as the moon and higher
/ saw the sun al Y O'Clock at night
/ saw the man that saw this wondrous
sight.
Mr.. Knight does not know the origin OF
the lines, although they have been ell his
life familiar to him. The version which
Mr.. Dryden thus improves by correction
Of the Joy" mistake. and by one or two
other variations, was found by Miss Alice
Law in Caroline commonplace book.
which she described I'm the September
number of the Fortnightly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
SOUTHERN RAILWAY GOT 1T.
Northeastern Railroad Sold by the
State for 1907 900.

Northeastern Railroad Sold by the
State for 1907 900.
Atlanta Oct. 31.-At midnight tonight
the Northeastern Railroad a line forty
miles in length, running from Athens to
Lula, Ga, passed into the hands of the
Southern Railway.
The road which has been the property
of the state since Gov. Colquitts admins
tration, was sold to-day to j. w English
representing the Southern Railway, for
100000. The only other bid was that of
A. H. Hodgson of Athens, who is said to
have represented the Seaboard Air Line
His offer was 1921 SOL
The actual cost of the road to the state
was $2S7 000, and this was the upset price
fixed by the Legislature Although Mr.
Hodgson's bid was in excess of the upset
price, it is doubtful whether Gov Gambler
would have authorized its acceptance, had
no other bid accompanied it, as he consid-
cred the road worth $4,000 at a fair valu-
alton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
GIVEN A PRELIMINARY TRIAL.
Finding in the Case of the Deaf and
Dumb Institute.


Tallahassee, Fla, Oct Blast August
John Turner was murdered by John and
Henry Bryant, near Lloyd. Henry es-
capped, but John was captured and paced
in jail. John Bryant had a preliminary
trial on Monday before Judge Smith. and
was committed without bail. Lula EppS
Clancy Austin and Rose Epps We're ar
rested as accessories to the murder be-
fore the fact. CLANCY gave bond to ap-
pear for trial next Saturday aud the
others were locked up.
Al a meeting held this date, the Board
of Managers, after carefully considering
the evidence adduced in support of the
charges, made and presented against the
management of The Deaf and Dumb Insti-
tute, directed that the following verdic,
be recorded:
That il is the unanimous decision OF
the Board of Managers that the charges,
in many cases grossly exaggerated, were
not sustained in so far as they related to
the management Of Supt. Pasco."
The board also appointed Hons. NJ. r.
Cooper, r. F. Sebate and DR.. J. K. Rainoy
Of ST. Augustine, a local board of visitors
to look after the institution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
AN INTERESTING SUIT.
Involves the Distribution of VAL
uabIe Estate.

involves the DIStrIDuttOn OF n val
uabIe Estate.
Vadosta, Ga, Oct. S1-The evidence in
an important suit was heard before Au-
ditor W. H. Griffin this week, and the
case continued over to the first Monday
in January The suit is brought by Ben
jamn Morgan for $2425 against the ad-
ministrators of the estate of Elihu Nor
gan for money which he alleges he ad-
vanced to pay debts of the estate and ed
ucate the minor children. Elihu Morgan
ty, and the plaintiff alleges that his heirs
met and agreed to leave the estate intact
the widow of the deceased to be the agent
for the estate. He alleges that she Dor
rowed the money from him as agent for
the estate. The administrators allege that
the contract with Mrs. Morgan was fraud
ulent and that il was a collision between
her and her son, Benjamin, for the
purpose of defrauding the other heirs The
case is one of the most interesting that
has come up from EchOls county, and will
be watched closely as it progresses.
The announcement that Prof Stubs of
Louisiana, and Capt. Purse of Savannah
are to come here and discuss the question
of sugar and syrup making. is received
with much pleasure through this section
The farmers and others will turn out in
large numbers to hear these gentlemen,
and it is believed that the speeches will
do much good. This county raises a great
deal of syrup, but the farmers are not up-
to-date in preparing it for market. They
are, therefore, eager to hear the matter
discussed by those who can inform them
on these lines
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
Another TursOF'
Removed by
Lydia e Pink
HAMS Kegefa~
bic Compound

me no good, and ! thought l would
have to resort to morphine.
" The doctor said that all that could
help me was to have an operation and
have the womb removed, but l had
heard of Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
decided to try it, and wrote for her
advice, and after taking her Vegetable
Compound the tumors were expelled
and l began to get stronger right
along, and am as well as ever before.
Can truly say that l would never had
gotten well had it not been for Lydia L.
Pinkham's Compound. " - MARY A.
STAHL, WATsoNTowN, PA.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
TRAIN ROBBERY IN TEXAS.
Messenger Assaulted and n Large
sum of Money Taken.

Denison. Tex, Oct. 3l.-To-night whue
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas tram
from Sherman was in the city limits, a
train robber made a murderous assault on
Express Messenger Concannon, dealing
him blow which 1t is thought will prove
fatal.
The express car was robbed of consid-
cradle sum of money, but the agent re-
fuses to give the amount The sheriff and
posse are en- route TO The scene of the rob-
berry.
1t is rumored that a package containing
5000 was taken, and the officers say thai
fully $4,000 is missing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
Cans Defeated McFadden.

New York. Oct. 31.--At the Broadway
Athletic Club tonight Joe Cans. the col
ored lightweight of Baltimore received the
decision over George McFaddeu of New
York after one of the hardest fights wit
messed at this club in long time. They
fought twenty-five rounds. After the bout
Cans manager challenged Erne or O'Brien
for 5000 a side for the lightweight cham
pionship of the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
sIornon stiII Lendinr.

New York, Oct. 31.-The second nights
play in the professional cushion carom
billiard match was a close struggle and
rain TO see the experts were well repaid
for their trouble Schaefer outplayed Slos-
son by just ten points, but Slosson main
tanned his lead 10 the end. The final score
at the end of the evening stood 500 TO 495
in Slosson's favor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
GRAND MASTER OF MAsoNs.
". \. Davis May BE Reelected
other News From Macon.

Macon, Ga, Oct. 1.-The indications are
that w. A. Davis will be reelected
grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge.
The election win be held tomorrow.
Deputy Sheriff Leo Harrington killed a
wild duck with a pistol at nearly 100 yards
to-day.
Anderson Farrar, a negro in Jail for
wife murder, died suddenly to-day
The Georgia Federation of Women's
Clubs, will be given a reception in Macon
tomorrow night. The business meetings
will be held the next dav-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
An old woman's Rough Ride.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

from Ilt IHIIauVIpHId Leugor.
Benson, Mimi. Oct 29.-Miss frank
woman 81 years old tried to climb over
a stock train on her way to church this
morning, when the train started with her.
on the bumpers and carried her 70 VIII
mar. thirty miles, in fifty minutes, where
she arrived safely with her Bible in her
hand, having ridden between the cars ali
the way, The railroad company sent her
home on an afternoon freight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
What Mrs. Pinkham's Letter Did.

" DEAR Mrs PNKHAM-After follow
ing the directions given in your kind
letter for the treatment of leucorrhRa,
l can say that l have been entirely
cured by the use of Lydia f. Pinkhams
remedies, and will gladly recommend
them to my friends.
" Thanking You for your kindness, 1
am gratefully yours, A. B. DAvIDs,
BINGHAMPToN, n. Y"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01
SPEED OF LOCOMOTIVES.
Faster Time Made With steam Than
with Electricity

T
wen Fairly Fly in the BY and BY" Is
the heading which we find attached TO
some recent public deliverances on cleo
tricity as the motor for the high speed
trains Of the future. 1t is a little curious
how universally Il appears to be assumed
that II II were desired TO run trains at
sneeds Of, say, 100 miles per hour. cleo
trlcity would be the power adopted In
the present state OF the art it must be
said that nothing has ever yet been ac-
complished IN the way of high speed on
an electric railway even experimenta.hy,
beyond what the steam locomotive is do
ing In actual service week in and week
out. The fast schedules on the New
York Central and on the Philadelphia and
Readings Atlantic City line have proved
that locomotives can be regularly run at
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01

Things are very interesting down in
the Transvaal" exclaimed Maud The
Transvaali" repeated Mamie with a puz-
zled look "Oh. yes. That's the country
where nearly all the towns sound as If
they had been named after American
slaarina-oa rs. ''---uvashinasan G4e-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01

would form
in the womb.
| had four
t. Inors In
two years. L
went through
trea tine n t
with doctors,
but they did
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01

TLETTrR TO MRS. rISKHAN NO. z9,6o2l
1.-TWO years ago L was great
sufferer from womb trouble and pro-
fuse flowing each month, and tumors
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-01

deep with a window and door and lower
second and third stories-apparently a
three-decker.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-05
TRAIN RoeeeRs use DYNAMITE.

Destructive Work Done in Union Pa.
cific Hold.Up In Wyoming.
While train robbery Is fast becom-
ing an unpopular and Improbable &C.
cupation. owing to the death penalty
which awaits those who are captured
red-handed in the crime. It Is also
fact that the bandits who still engage
in It are of the most desperate kind.
Nearly all the weakened chaps have
been driven out of the business by fear
of capital punishment; those who re-
main in 1t are men who are willing to
risk their lives in attempts to get plum
der from the railway and express COM
panies, we'll knowing that sure death
will be their fate if they are caught.
Some idea of the desperate measures
resOrted to by these outlaws may be
had from the manner in which they
destroyed the express car ON the Un-
ion Pacific train near Wilcox, Wyo.,
on June 2.
Ordinarily train robbers are-or
rather werp-willing and even anxious
to spare life. and secure their plum
der in the easiest possible way. The
old plan was to ''hod up the messen-
gers after the manner of Western stage
robbers, and to refrain from any acts
Of violence unless stubborn resistance
was made. Now, with death penalty
hanging over them. the bandits use
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-05

dynamite, not only with the purpose
of wrecking the car and safe in order
that they may get at the money surely.
but also to dispose of the messengers
and trainmen, SO there may be no wit
nesses to identify them in case they
are caught. In the robbery at Wilcox
the express car was literally blown to
pieces. The bandits secured some
thing like $4,000 and got safely away.
The pursuit Of the robbers has pass
ed into the police history Of the Rocky
mountain region as one Of the most
exciting episodes on record. Several
hundred men took part in the chase at
various times. including some of the
general officers of the railroad and ex-
press companies, and band Of expe-
rienced scouts continued the pursuit
for about month. On the fourth day
Sheriff Hazen OF Douglas County, Wy
oming. was killed In a battle with the
outlaws. who, by several narrow es-
capes, managed to evade their pur-
suers completely. 80 that eventually
active pursuit was abandoned. A re-
ward for the apprehension and capture
still holds good, however. The Union
Pacific Railroad and Pacific Express
Companies. Jointly. will pay $4,000 per
head, dead or alive, for each Of the
six robbers engaged In the hold-up,
and the United States government will
pay $1,000 per head additional. maxi
Ing. in all, $1,000 for each of the rob-
bers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-05
very often OF rocks ana sand 40 form

very often Of rocks and sand AZ form
Ing the terminal moraine Of glaciers,
but here Is a glacier whose principal
morainal material is grasshopers.
These insect remains are washed out
Of the ice In burrows wherever the
suns heat has grooved the surface
into runlets Of descending water. The
grasshoppers permeate the glacier
from top to bottom. No fragment Of
Ice can be broken so small as not to
contain remains. Most Of the insects
have been reduced to coarse powder
and the burrows Of them washed out
by the runlets and naturally disposed
In parallel lines are very dark In color.
New York Sun.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-05

hnd assured ourselves that the
were all right. AS we came out
the doors We're locked behind us
lid:
found this old carpet bag on the
as l came along.
Ind l found this, said the mana
Ind found this I added.
lere was an interval Of painful
Re and we all walked out together.
outside Waterman came up as we
b, and the president observed:
)pecial meeting. you see, James.
} better 80 inside for the rest Of
light
les, inside said the manager.
les, inside. James, said !.
mes was locked In the bank" con-
h the ex-cashier, "and we babe
other good night and separated.
Is an even thing so far as 1t had
and ought to have been so to
nd, but the honest man Ia always
he to suffer. Next day got the
he. The president said that he
the manager had been thinking
IL over and had come to the con-
bn that l had been tempted to rob
bank and would doubtless have
IN away with every dollar II they
It happened to show up. l was
st In acknowledging 1t and had to
nd l believe they had their sala-
raised for their zeal and solicit
"-Chicago News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-05
1t Made q Dir renee.

III I slip down on defective graf
ing in the street pavement and sustain
severe damages can get redress?" he
asked Of a lawyer.
"You can"
"WhOm shall I sue?'
"The owner or Occupier Of the prem
Uses. You can hold him responsible. ="
II was laid up seven weeks and
think ought to have ECO"
II think we can get double that. DO
you know the owner of the propertyT'
II can find out very easily. It's No.
80 Blank street."
"What? Why, that's my residence!
Better drop the case at once, sir.
forgot to say that the law Is SO defec-
tive that you can't get verdict once
in twenty times."-London Tit-Bits.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-05

"I'm about pushed in the matter of
curiosities," unused the owner of a
small store. "lt's bad habit-this
idea Of drawing trade by making a
museum OF the window, but l can't
stop now-business won't allow it,"
A few hours later the soda water
trade was rushing. The crowd outside
the window gazed until it was thirsty
at the remarkable bird that hung in a
big cage. The card attached bore a
handful of the alphabet Historically
put together and designed for scien.
tific name. After it were the words:
"From Samoa"
A few days later the curiosity"
was feeding in the back yard with the
rest OF the bantam hens.-Detroit Free
Press.