The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-26

ing q vote on the prisoners guilt or m /
noccnce one % the jury offered prayer. /
after which a hymn was sung. Then nav
ing worked themselves into pious frame
OF mind. they unanimously voted the ac-
cused guilty.
While II II pretty well established. says
the Baltimore sun. that the mosquito
communicates the malaria germ 20 man,
go that without mosquito bites one es-
capcs she fever. u is also established that
the mosquito gets HIS germs from man.
TIe but passes on 70 another the poison
he imblbes In the blood of his victim To
stamp our malaria % h. ouly necessary,
according 10 a new teaching, % cure ~
existing fever cases or cover az mainrial
patients with mosquito nets Thus dis
ease viii die out. Not all mosquitoes com
muuicate u. but only those few that have
toasted on contaminated human blood.
That the disease iE contracted through
mosquito bites seems 10 be shown IN the
fact that certain persons who spent the
pest summer months In the worst ma
lariai districts Of Italy and West Africa
escaped the fever wholly tn virtue of the
mosquito nets they employed at all hours
TO avoid being bitten. The insects are
thick IN the huts OF the natives OF the
countries mentioned. They are found there
when wanting out In the open. BY avoid
inE native shelters and using nets the
traveller u Is now taught, can be safe
anywhere.
There Is a curious murder case In
Washington. says an exchange. James
c. Lanckton. atlas ]. c. Long who Is
described on the circus posters as the
American Hercules" Is accused Of taking
the life OF woman named Bette l.
Wren with whom he had rela tions. and
the only witness - her sister, q paralytic
vino cannot write talk. hear or walk.
! She l. an absolutely help ess creature.
She was in the room 81 the time Ianck-
| ton Is supro ed 20 have committed the
assault from which Inc woman died but
/ there "a no way by which she can COM
/ municate her knowledge. LSnckton Is
somewhere IN the ueighborhood Of IS years
/ OF age and has performed in ciFcuses for
thiriy-slx years with the exception Of Elk
| years. when he served as a solder during
| the war IN the Ninth Indiana Infantry.
/ having enlisted at Logansport. He has
been with every circus Of fame since he
was a hoy-with John Robinson, Dan Rice.
/ Barnum and during the present summer
| with Forepaugh. He has been celebrated
/ for feats OF strength and balances
/ pillow on his chin. mas lifted two horses
and was famous as a cannon-hall tosser.
he has appealed TO the Grand Army OF
| the Republic 90 come 20 his relief His
case is now being Investigated
The first treatise Of the United States
and Of other foreign Powers were made
not with the aIikado or Emperor. but with
the Shotgun or Tycoon. who was IN rela-
iiy military dependent Of the Emperor.
hut who for many years in recent dimes
| had exercised the chief authority In the
Islands. circumstance touched upon IN
former Secretary OF State John W. Fos-
| ter's Century OF American Diplomacy"
issued by Messrs. Houghton. Miffin & Co,
"a popular narrative account 81 the dip
| lomatic history OF the United States. Yed-
DO. the seat OF government OF the Sho-
gun, was regarded by the outside world
! as the capital OF the nation. and the
| treaties had been made with that officials
| under the mistaken belief that he was the
| ruler OF the empire His authority had
been waning for some time previous TO
I the arrival Of Commodore Perry in the
| Bay Of Yeddo and the opposition 20 him
on the part Of the adherents OF the Mika-
| do gradually grew 50 strong that IN 1851
/ tho last Of the ShoRuns withdrew to his
own family estate. and the M.kado be-
came the undisputed ruler OF the empire.
| HIS supremacy made II necessary that ne
| should recognize or rattfv She treaties
| which had been celebrated by the Shotgun
with the United States and other Pow
ers. and thereby accept the iatter's lib
eral foreign policy; and this was accord
| ingly done in 1855 An event which oc-
CURED during the disturbed period Of the
revolt OF the Mikado's adhcrents against
the Shotgun occasioned a conflict with the
foreign Powers. The prince o. the prov
ince in which r. the narrow strait con
Meeting the japanese inland sea with the
ocean. who was an adherent OF the Mka-
do and had the latter IN his charge seiz-
Cd the fortified porn Of Shimonosekl com
/ ha rnFttaaH IN -
the treaties made with the Shotgun and
sought 10 close the STRAIT 90 all foreign
commerce This led 20 = combined naval
expedition IN 1873 on the part OF the Unit
ed States. Great Britain, France. and the
Netherlands. which destroyed the forts.
and opened the passage Of the strait. A.
an indemnity for the expense OF this ex-
pcdition. the representatives OF the four
Powers demanded and received from the
Shotgun the sum Of 10000. Of which
S7s5.ooo was paid 20 the United States.
Admiral Bradford IS ready 10 report
to Congress an exact route for a tele-
graph cable from San Francisco to the
Philippines says the Chicago Record
Since the % OF April last The steam col
Her Nero under command Of Capt Bel
kna9 and nftcrward Lieutenant Command
er Hodges. has been at work surveying
]
VINO was on the Maine when she blew Up
IN Havana. has had actual charge 81 the
soundings. and has selected a complete
route from the Hawaiian Islands l,isa
knots little north OF west 20 Midway
Islands. then 2.2s0 knots a little south Of
west TO Guam. and then 1872 knots .
little north OF west 10 Manila. From
Guam almost due north i332 knots a
branch line has been surveyed 10 Yoke
hama. The bottom Of the ocean is SINH
lar TO the surface OF tho earth IL s.
made up OF mountains. valleys. hills. can
ons. ridges, prairies and varies thousands
% fathoms IN depth. Economy. as well IL
safety. requires that a submarine cable
shalt he laid upon n bottom as nearly
even and level possible. avoiding rocks
which wear the wires and other ohstruc.
lions which interfere with che work Of
maintaining and repairing "a. Therefore
lieut. Hood has gone over the ground Or
rather the water between Honolulu AMI
Manila as carefully as possible IN order
TO select level surface upon which to
lay the wire. The route he has selected
is s.si2 knots In length and was examined
az intervals ~ every two miles in some
places and every ten miles IN others The
characteristics Of the bottom soil the
temperature OF the water and other con-
ditions were observed NJ every sounding
al a. A..