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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
GUAM AS SEEN BY WHEELER.
Beauties and Advantages of That
Charming Island.

Washington, March 2S.-Gen. Wheeler
has submitted 10 the navy department
report on his observations and impress
sions of the island of Guam.
He says the area of the island is about
100 square miles, although only about
per cent now under cultivation. The
population is about 5000 souls, nearly all
of whom reside in the towns. The soil
is very fertile, and fruits and staples are
produced in quantity, the cocoanut trees
especially having an appearance of thrift
and bearing power superior to any seen
before in the tropics The dug-dug and
bread fruit trees grow to an enormous
size on the island. Deer and wild goals
are found in abundance. Flying foxes
are numerous and form one of the prlncl-
pal staples of food. Centipedes, wasps,
large spiders and a species of small scor-
pion are common, but their bite or sting
is not dangerous. There are no tarahtu-
las and no snakes.
The principal and in fact, the only indus
try of any consequence in Guam IS the
production and expectation of coppera,
the product in England selling for $40 a
ton The towns are very neat and COM
plete. a good portion Of them being bullt
of stone and the rest of nipa and bamboo.
The roads, with few exceptions, become
very bad in the wet season, but as all
the towns are on the coast, sea travel Is
always available There is very LITTLE
money on the island and wages are low.
The temperature is mild and much cool
er than that of the Philippines, though the
Inhabitants declare the heat in August ana
September is almost suffocatin The
rainfall is very heavy and dry days ere
few. Monsoons are felt with Violencs TOR
three months of the year. but hurricanes
are comparatively rare. Earthquakes are
toerably frequent. 1t had been stated
that in the southwest part of Guam lepro-
~ was prevalent but there are few traces
of this dread disease now, although one
or two persons were encountered VINO
had the appearance of lepers.
The people are very friendly, and as
whole have regular features and erect
forms.
To the drinking water on the island is
attributed a great amount of sickness
among others than natives and plant
for distilling water has been erected at
Agana, the principal city. Agana mas
about 6,4O0 inhabitants and Is described
as being a clean, well-kept little city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
A Noted Knight Templar
Owes His Health to Peruna.

Col. T. P. Moody. a prominent Knight
Templar, is well known in every city of the
United States west of Buffalo N. Y. In
the city of Chicago as a prominent lodge
man, being member of the X. It's and
also of the Masons. The cut shows Col.
Moody in the costume of the Oriental Con-
sistory Masons, 32d degree
In a recent letter from $500 Michigan
avenue, Chicago, Ill, Mr.. Moody says the
following:
'FOr over twenty-five years l suf-
fered from catarrh, and for over ten
years II suffered from catarrh of the
stomach terribly.
~ have taken all kinds of medi-
cines and have been treated by all
kinds of doctors, a. thousands of my
acqunintances are aware in differ
ent parts of the United States. where
j have travelled, but my relief was
only temporary, until a little over IA
year ago l started to take Pcrunn,
and at the present time ! am better
than / have been for twenty years.
"Thc soreness has left my stomach
entirely and am free from indiGes-
all who are troubled with catarrh or
stomach trouble of any kind. don't
put ii OIL and suffer, but begin to
take Peruna right away. and keep IL
up until you are cured, as you surely
viii be if You persevere.
MY wife as many in the Southwest
can say, was troubled with a bad cough
and bronchial trouble. and doctors all over
the country gave her up to die. as they
could do nothing more for her She began
taking Peruna with the result that she is
better now than she has been in years
and her cough has almost left her entirely
The soreness has left her lungs and she
is as well as she ever was in her life, with
thanks, as she says, TO Peruha. Yours very
truly, T. p Moody.
Catarrh in its various forms is rapidly
becoming general curse. An undoubted
remedy has been discovered by DR.. Hart
man. This remedy has been thoroughly
tested duringa the past forty years. Prom
inent men have come TO know of lis
virtues and are making public utteran1es
on the subject. To save the country we
must save the people. To save the Deo-
pie we must protect them from disease.
The disease thar is at once the most prev
alent and stubborn of cure is catarrh.
II one were 10 HldAS ilSt VI tliC ciilCi-
ent names that have been applied TO ca
tarrh in different locations and organs, the
result would be astonishing. We have
often published partial list of these
names, and the surprise caused by the
first publication of it to all people, both
professional and non-professional, was
amusing And yet we have never emu
merated all of the diseases which are
classed as caJarrh. 1t must be confessed.
however TO see even this partial list
drawn up in battle array is rather ap-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
NEW DIRECTORS WERE PUT IN.
vANDERBrLTsf AND PENNSYLVANIA
CONTROL THE C. Il o.

necessary That Both Should Have n
voice in Its Management-Chesa-
ueake and Ohio, Under This Con-
troll. VIII Figure in No New Deals.
lis Traffic Alliances VIII Be Used
nv Its New Owners-Where This
Line Runs.
New York, March 28.-At a meeting
held in this city to-day the board of di-
recfors Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road was reorganized, presumably in the
interest of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the Vanderblts by the election of the
following as directors: S. NJ. Provost.
samuel Rea, N. H. Parker Shortridge.
Cbauncey NJ. Depew, H. Mckay Twomb-
lev and II. ]. Hayden.
The three first named are said to repre-
sent the Pennsylvania and the three lat
ter the Vanderbilts. The other directors
are G. w. Stevens, president; Decatur
Axtel and II. T. Wickham.
Rumors have been in circulation for
several days regarding a proposed extern
sion of the Chesapeake and Ohio and in
Guiding the acquisition of the Toledo and
ohio Central and Kanawha and Michigan
railroads. President Galloway of the
New York Central, when asked to-day
about these reports. said:
There Is not word of truth in it. A
majority of the stock of the Chesapeake
and Ohio is owned by the New York Cen
,r,l and Pennsylvania Railroads, and
there are to be no extensions. The Ches-
apeake and Ohio is now in position
which each of the other two roads named
has a close interest in its policy and man
aeement and it will not figure in any
outside deals. The fact that the Chesa
peake and Ohio is natural feeder as well
as an outlet for the Big Four System
made it necessary that the Vanderbnts
should have a voice in its management"
Another influential officer in the Van
derbiIt system said:
THE time has gone by for the Chesa-
reake and Ohio system to be used in any
new deals 1t rs the property of the Van
derbilts and The Pennsylvania, and a ma
iorty of the stock is put away where
speculators cannot reach it. Undoubtedly
such traffic alliances as the Chesapeake
and Ohio has, which are of advantage,
viii he maintained and strengthened"
The Chesapeake and Ohio runs from
Newport News to Cincinnati and is COM
nosed of a number of subordinate lines,
including the Elizabeth, Lexington and
Big Sandy, the Ohio ard Big Sandy river,
the Kentucky and South Atlantic and the
Virginia Midland. There have also been
close traffic relations between the Chesa-
peake and Ohio and the Kanawha and
Michigan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
STEYN ISSUES PROCLAMATION.
Continued from First. Page.

Oh the Times at Lorenzo Marquee. tele-
graphing Monday, says:
Mr.. Steyn has issued a circular letter
oeains with the proclamation of Lord
ROBERTS and declaring it to be obvious
mat the enemy's policy is, as it. always
mas been in South Africa, to divide and
dominate his opponent
The circular goes on to say that be-
fore the war the British ATTEMPTED to
seduce the Free State by treacherous
means from its solemn convention with
the Transvaal in order to facilitate the
swallowing up of the republics
He deprecates the charge that the
ourghers have been misled by their lead
ers, and then says:
The enemy now by fair promises
seeks to divide US by Offering a reward
LOT dlsloyalty and cowardice. Could a
srosser insult be offered than TO dissuade
us from creed. Let US not be mfslead by
this cunning ruse. The man who would
seduee another TO disloyalty cannot him
self be faithful.
He would only leave the dis,oyai
oufghers alone-when he had his foot on
the neck of the Afrikander nation That
he is already disloyal 10 his promise Is
clear from the shameful destruction of
property at Jacobsdal and the arrest of
the Bloemfontein burghers who trusted
in his promise. Although the capital Is in
me enemy hands, the battle is not lost,
On the contrary there is a greater reason
for lighting more hercey The power of
the country is not dependent upon anv
town"
There is unmistakable internal evidence
that this letter is the work of State Sec
rotary ReitG. Now that Mr. Fischer is
gone II is apparent that Mr.. Steyn is
dominated by Pretoria.
short on Ammunition.
Hundreds of the youngers Beers. in
Guiding officers, are being arrested for
desertion. a large number of men over
~ years of age are being comma ndeered,
although not legally liable for service.
According to trustworthy information
from Pretoria the total stock of Mauser
ammunition. 100000 rounds was issued
to the Free State burghers The Beers
are now issuing Lee-Metford cartridges,
OF which they have only 100000 and Mar
tlni-Henry cartridges. of which they orig
inaly possessed 100000. The Creusot
ammunition is almost exhausted. The
smokeess powder which was manufac-
tured is proving deficient in quality, and
the experiment OF recharging the Mauser
cartridges has proved a failure, owing
to the Inability of the Beers to make
caps.
Pretoria is being entrenched. A lager
for women and children is being con-
strudted some miles out of town. News
from responsible parties confirms the re
port that the Beers intend TO blow up the
works and shafts Of the principal mines
on the rand and on crown reef, together
with the Robinson and Langlaegte estate
mines, huge charges of exceptionally pow
erful blasting gelatne having alreRy
been placed in position with this object.
This is said to be done at the instiga-
ton of Mr.. Reitz with the concurrence of
Mr. Kruger but against the wishes of
many influential burghers. There are
grounds for suspecting that the real mo-
tive of the threat is TO induce foreign in
vestors to bring pressure on their govern
ments to intervene
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
DENIES THE JURISDICTION.
Guthrie's Answer in Blackwell To-
bacco Company Case

Raleigh. N. c., March 2S.-W. A. Guth-
rie of Durham to-day filed in the United
States Circuit Court here his answer to
the suit of the American Tobacco Com
pany against the Blackwell Tobacco Com
pany of Durham.
The American Company has asked the
court TO appoint a receiver to sell the
Blackwell property, divide It's assets and
terminate the existence OF the latter cor
poration. Guthrie, in his answer SAYS the
Circuit Court had no jurisdiction over the
Blackwell Company, which is chartered
by the North Carolina Legisls ture, and
which Is a solvent corporation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
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JUDAS IsCARIOT''-BUTCH
Armour's Veteran "LeadinG" sheep
Pays the Penalty at Last.
From the New York Tim

From the New York Times
Chicago, March 23.-After having led
thousands of confiding sheep To their
death, Judas Iscariot'' as he is called
in the yards of Armour & Co., has paid
the penalty of his treachery and been
butchered. For eight years Judas Is
CARROT" has been the leading sheep for
the company.
Last week Judas rebelled. He refused to
work, and his execution was decided upon.
It is said by stockmen that sudden at
tachment for a snow-white feminine
sheep among the victims is responsible for
his rebellion and ultimate death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29

petition for Charter of Chattahoo-
chee Valley HOad.

Montgomery. Ala. March ga petition
far the Incorporation of the Chattahoochee
Valley Railroad has been fled with the
Secretary of State.
The petition is signed by a number of
Alabama and Massachusetts capitalists.
The subscribers desire to construct rail-
road under the name of the Chattahoochee
valley Railway Company, the terminals
In Alabama to be al some point In or
near Ianett in Chambers county and in
ar near Phoenix, in Lee county.
THE amount Of the capital stock will be
s,o0 0O0 divided into shares of 800 each.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
SAMPSON on THE KEARsARGE.
lie VIII Remain with Her UntiI
After Her Trial Trim.

Newport News, Va, March 2s.-Rear
Admiral Sampson arrived at Old Point
this afternoon from Washington and inn
mediately went on board the bettleship
Kearsarge which is lying off Fort Mon
roe. He will remain on board the ship
until she returns from her final accept
ance trip, which Is to be made next Tues
day when the naval inspection board will
make test of the warship's speed and
guns.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
To Remove a Mig Tobacco Plant.

Detroit. Mich, March %-Preparations
40 beine made for the removal of the
,reat scotch tobacco mandatory from
1etroit. All the 5000 employees have been
notiaed that their services will not need
"a after May /. The machinery and ao-
,Iiances will probably be distributed to
ptber plants Of the Continental Tobacco
Comnany. OF which the Scotch Company
hecame a part two years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29

Des Moines Ia, March &-The House
to-day passed the Shiloh monument bill
appropriating $4,000 for state monument
and 5000 each for eleven reglmental mon
uments in the Shiloh battlefield. The reg
iments are 10 choose their own
commissioners to carry out the
work The amendment including
the Lookout Mountain, and Chat
tanooga battlehelds and making an appro-
priation of $33 900 therefor, was defeated
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
BoMBARDMENT OF MAFEKING.
Michael Davitt Had an Interview
with Kruger.

London March pa Pretoria dispatch
TO the Daily Mail, dated March IS, says:
IAN official dispatch reports heavy
HON bardment Of Mafeking in progress on
Monday. March 26, which was meeting
with a spirited response.
michael DaVitt had an interview with
President Kruger to-day
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29

Bloemfontein, March 2S-The military
authorities have discovered in a Free
State government chest realizable secur-
tiles worth 100000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29

palling. If the reader desires to see this
list, together with a short exposition a
each one, send for our free catarrh book.
Address The Peruna Medicine Company,
Columbus, Ohio.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
Beers RETOOK LADYBRAND.
TransvaaI Report Declares That the
British Fled.

Kroonstad, Orange Free State, Tuesday,
March 27-Commandant Crowther, who
commands the Transvaal fighting line in
the south, reports that he has retaken
Ladybrand after the British had been
there an hour.
He adds that Landrost van Gorkum and
Field Cornet Smith fell into the hands of
the British, of whom three were wounded
and one was made a prisoner The Boer
loss. he declares. was nil. The British
fled in the direction of Maseru.
In skirmish near Brandfort four Ian
GERS were killed and six were wounded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
BoER ATTACK At wARRENToN.
Many Cattle Were Killed and One
Briton Was ~ Ounded.

Warrenton. March gS.-The Beers opened
fire with artillery and rifles on the Brit
ish camp to-day. The first shell burst
while the Fusineers were at breakfast.
A hail of bullets poured into the village.
Many cattle were killed.
A hotel that is used as hospital and
over which the Red Cross flag was flying
was fired upon. The attacking Boer force
was large, but Notwithstanding the enc
my's heavy expenditure of big gun and
Mauser ammunition only one Briton was
wounded
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
INVITED TO CHARLESTON.
McLaurin Asked the President 20
Visit There In July.

Washington, March Ex-senator Nc
Laurin of South Carolina called at the
White House to-day and on behalf Of the
people of the city of Charleston invited
the President to attend the meeting Of the
National Educational Association 20 be
ned there early in July next The PreJ-
dent said he would be glad TO attend the
meeting. but could give no positive answer
az this time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29

Washington. March 2S.-The President
Today nominated 1. J. McCottrie 10 be
collector Of customs for the district ot
Caorgetown. S. c., and Thomas Quincy,
nostmaster at Waynesboro, Ga
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
situation at Mafeking.

London March 2S 1920 p. ma private
telegram received from Mateklng reports
tbat ali was well there March 20.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29

From the Deck-"Just look, Aunt
Mary" shouted blue-eyed Mabel. as she
pointed out Of the stateroom window on
the first morning out--"just look at the
water. Il IS al covered with houncesg'-
Hhrper's Bazaar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
Progress ON Alaskan BAH.

Washington, March 2s.-The amendment
offered in abe Senate by Mr.. Carter to the
Alaskan civil code bill relating TO the min
ing for gold under the waters of Cape
Nome was agreed to, but no further pro-
gress was made with the measure.
The conference report on the measure
providing additional amounts to supply
urgent deficiencies was agreed to.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
WRECK NEAR ATLANTA.
Trains of the Central and the A. a
W. II. Crashed Together


Atlanta July There was a wreck
at Fort Mcpherson at : a. m. to-day. a
collision occurring between. Central
Railroad suburban passenger train and a
local freight of the Atlanta and West
Point. Engineer D. c. Wall and Fireman
j. f. Nance of the suburban train were
painfully bruised by jumping from the
engine. None of the passengers were in
Jured, though twenty-five were on the
train.
The Central engine was badly damaged.
several cars on the freight were splin-
tered and piled up on che track in a
heap. twisted iron and shattered wood
work strewed the track in every direc-
ton, lending to the wreck an appearance
of serious character. 1t is estimated that
the damage to the railroad property is
between 5000 and $1,000
Responsibility for the collision is said
TO rest on the shoulders of Operator J.
B. Reeves of the West End station and
tiagman on the freight. 1t is claimed
by the Central employees chat Reeves set
the block signal for a clear track and
let the suburban train by when he knew
the freight was on the block directly
ahead
Inc trelgnt lett Atlanta at $50 for
Montgomery. At Fort Mcpherson Con-.
ductor f. +. Emerson cut the long train
in two parts, leaving the rear part on
the main line, while he sent the engine
with the forward end into a sidetrack
for several cars The engine pulled out
of the siding with the cars and backed
down to pick up the balance of the train
on the main line. When the engine with
the forward end of the train bumped
against the rear end, the whole train ran
back several hundred feet.
Before the freight could get under way
the suburban train released by the West
End operator, dashed around the curve
at a speed of forty miles an how The
engine was running backward, With two
coaches hooked to the front end and the
tender toward the freight
Engineer Wall saw the freight on the
main line ahead too late 10 stop. He re
versed his engine, however. and yelled
to his fireman TO jump The fireman
sprang out of the cab window quickly, fol-
lowed by the engineer. Both landed
against the embankment.
In an instant the passenger train crash
ed into the freight. The tender of the
engine was jammed into the cab directly
against the seats where a moment before
the engineer and fireman sat. The ca
boose of the freight mounted the tender.
while two cars next to the caboose buckled
and split into fragments.
The main line was cleared at 9 o'clock.
Traffic was not delayed by the wreck. as
the outgoing and incoming trains on both
ROADS used the clear track Of the double
line of rails.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
SOME PLANTS AnE cARNIvoRoUs.
They DevOur Insects That Chance 10
AIIght Upon Their Leaves.
FROM the Longman's MagazInt


Not a few plants are as truly carniver-
Gus as tiger catching their prey, con-
verting their structure for the time being
into a stomach end digestlng the nutri-
tious parts as we do our dinner. Our
boys and mountains are studded with the
attractive little sundew (drosera rotundi-
folla and longifolla). From a loose rosette
of battledore shaped leaves rises the pan
icle of somewhat inconspicuous flowers.
The leaves are thickly sprinkled with
bright red tentacles each crowned with a
tiny drop OF sticky mucilage which gilt
ters in the sun and gives to the plant its
name. But woe to the fly that is attract
ed by its beauty! Once let him light up
on IL and there Is no escape; the mucilage
holds him fast.
There is a story somewhere Of an Eng
lishman who won a large sum at a gam
bling-house in Paris. Unwilling to walk
the streets at night with so large sum
about him, he was persuaded to engage
a room I'm a clearinghouse next door.
Fortunately for him he was too excited
10 sleep, for in the still hours he suddenly
became aware that the tester of the bed
on which he was lying was slowly and
silently descending to smother him. The
feeling of the fly on the sundew must be
somewhat similar to his. Equally slow
ly and silently the tentacles which cover
the leaf fold themselves around him, and
when they expand again there is nothing
left Of the fly but the wings and the skin.
the rest having been assimllated by the
leaf.
Another carniverous plant is the blad-
der vert (utricularia). 1t Is an aquatic
plant wholly submerged with the eXcep-
ton of tho blossom, and profusely furnish
ed with small bladderlike appendages
about the size of snipe shot. The blad-
ders are open, and the opening is firing
ed with hairs pointing inward like the
wires OF rat trap The small animal or
ganisms whose number and variety in
a single drop OF water when examined
under the microscope astonish one. can
enter, but they cannot leave 1t. There
and then they turn into Vegetable.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
BOWEL CATARRH OF SUMNER.

STOMACH, AND QUIET SLEEP.
thank you for your kind advice in my
case / might add that Peruna cured me
that ! stayed cured That is an i'm
portant thins.
In later letter he says: "Peruna is a
household necessity. and l hope that
every family will come TO realize the
fact. AS TO my health. it ls as near per-
feet. l believe as any ones health can
be at my age l am well and feel the
vigor and vitality of man of 30 or 40
years, though | have just passed my
18th birthday.
Il use no glasses for reading or writ
ing and as / am a fruit grower | labor
regularly and never feel fatisued.
owe this state of being, | sincerely be-
leve, TO the good effects, the Alternative
and restorative properties of Peruna
and Manalin-Peruna chiefly, of course.
WAS IN A DEPLORABLE CONDI-
TON TRULY. WHEN | BEGAN TO
TAKE THIS GREAT RESTO RER, AND
/ WONDER AND WONDER AT THE
CHANGE IT WROUGHT IN MY PHYS
ICAL AND MENTAL CONDITION. Pc
runa is a heavenly gift to the race. Or.
Hartman is one of the chosen helpers and
benefactors of the age and of suffering
men and women.
Il let no opportunity pass where Pc
runa can be used to recommend II Co
neighbors and friends. | perform this
service as a duty"
Peruna cures all phases of summer
catarrh. Address The Peruna Medicins
Co, Columbus, O.. for q free copy OF
Summer Catarrh," book which treats
in an instructive manner the diseases
peculiar to the summer. months.