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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-30

Mrs. H. C. Merriam. wife of General
Merriam. who left Washington early in the
season for Shelter Island, has returned to
the West. She expects to join her son,
Lieutenant Merriam. in San Francisco be-
fore his departure for China. Lieutenant
Merriam was among the younger army Of
ficers to see service in the Philippines.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-30

Mr.. George Hildrech is among the Wash
ington contingent who are enjoying sum
mer life at the Pequot House, New Lon
don, Conn.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-30

Capt Robert Sewell. U. S. A.. who was
On the STAFF of General Lawton when he
was killed in the Philippines. is visiting his
father. Senator SewelL at his cottage at
Cana Nav
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
chI,nIr, Amons AnImaI..

From the Contemporary Review
Tho sense OF obligation 10 interfere ac-
lively on behalf Of the younger or weaker
mcmhcrs OF their species IS widely spread
through me animal kingdom In attempt
Ing 90 capture young pigs which have go
eared their pen and are running az large
among the herd Of perhaps nifty or sixty
fuu-crowu hogs d. g. necessary Ia be most
rircumspect in your method Of picking up
o youngster. for 80 once his shrin llttle
squeal Of distress l. raised. you will have
the entire herd down on you al once.
hrisii.s up and fierce war-cFy ringing. II
would be- moat unwise 10 await tho onset
Tor haif-wiid pig. when bis blool is az
ara that danger cry g. ringing Ia his ears
Is one Of the most reckless ana foroc ious
fighters thar can be met with.
cattle have the same curious suscF piiblity
10 mo cry q % frightened calf. especially
in their half-Wlid condition up on the
ranges, To startio suddenly young calf
from i'g most in the onR grass or the
saFebush upon the plains is one Of the
rakiost experience that can fan so your
iot ~ on foot and al any distance from
YOUR horse or wagon The little goose o.
almost sure 20 do ono OF two THINGS either
70 trot confdingly toward YOU. ana sham
bic ulong after you as though he were
your dog. which means that M does you
the compliment Of mistakiug you for his
mother or. with head and TAN erect and
rigid with terror. he will give voice 20 an
appalling succession Of barking "blsrta Z"
totally unlike his ordinary dinner-cry TO
his mother. and every horned creature
within tnrec-quarters Of mile viii go
fighting mad nt once and come charging
and believing down upon you. And woe
betlde you unless yo1 can reach your
horse or wagon before they arrive on thu
anauH
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

From the New YORK Time.
Gen william Price Craighin. the dis
tinauIshed Union officer % engineers. II
quoted by the Jack -onyllie H'laD Times
Union as follows. "a curious scrap Of
history has recently come 20 my knowl-
edge IN connection with the burial 81 Gen.
Robert p Lee Con. Lee died oct u, $50
few days before his death the great
Hood o. that year In James river f~d
swept everything before g. ana LeXing-
ton was cut on from communication with
the outside world II was found that there
Was not a CONN IN the town suitable for
the occasion. In this dilemma some one
found a box which had Aoated down the
river and stranded. Upon opening Il n
beautiful caaket wns found Ia the box.
ana IN this tho body ~ the great com
mander was buried. Should anybody be-
distressed 90 doubt these facts. ! am ore
pared 90 verify thCm absolutely That g..
indeed. a "curi Gus scrap of history" and
Why the story was never told before r.
hard 10 understand. The authority o. Gen
Cralghlil Is very high. however. and ne
would not have vourhed for u without
evidence that he considered good Ho Is a
West Virrininn by birth. A first licuten-
ant "a the outbreak ~ Tho war. he was
assigned during most 81 the time u last
81. 20 service az the West Point Academy
from which he was graduated with high
ionors Letter he saw much and imnor-
ant duty 10 the field. ana since the return
OF peace he has had charge ~ number
OF cast defense works
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

dropped. should strike the rlate and Ok
plodc The cap
Tho shooter went cut To the reel au3
drew ihc shell up So that tho top stood
about three tcet Atote tho Moor. and se-
curcly locked thc reel The cams were
then uncorkel and I noticed lhit There
were Two corHs to each can. che to.efb trg
on opposite corrrrs. az they didn't want
any shopping over Tho contents were
poured iuto che shells. aud loskei much
Ike hre undetermined hard ol. 70 was
hard Tor the Co realize t1c enc gy stored
up there and hat q few DROPS were
enough e. tear me into slrcis
AZ We walked back GO thc rccl my com-
panlon remarked That perhap. ] had better
withdraw feb o. distance AS Che mos oan-
gerour time Wss a hand
"Whcn ] start ietUuE on that brake Z
anything shoaii stick and ihen drop. IL
might he interesting ana 10 th" reel do s.
NOT work smooth and even I cannot tcli
how thingf arc doing down Boo the b D.
Sometimes sbtl sticks anJ unhook
ana romeumes tht tal lets go 10 Your
reri has hlrd spots Won never frsl r.r#
\ hc -pnh, Z began 90 fUal.E, Nata frW
GENTS pu tls prise paid Tor getting tHturs
JUST risht .lI uct count Tor anything iu "a
business Ike fha. iu few min ties the
she'll was 10 the bottom. and ! wls gwen
toe privilege of dropping the Eo-tgtt.
We walked on about $50 tc.t ard wait a
I must hlve h,eu "a hnolo1 hs tn hot
failcl t1 respond. tud another go-leE q
IiI uo better Tseu iack aquln vac made.
This Del simply smai uhe win about
1870 or tsrp. uaU'Hs 60. tIt u.givrrriut n
the bottom several leet ot waite. -pro {
fuse with SOP On tHr lower r.d tu o
glycsriuc. ,olrd up aud some sand packed
BOZ Co make w,isat a. sink % through tae
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
TlLLMAN sTINGs.
Tie - Making sharp and Imprudent
Speeches In Illinois.

From the News and Courier
Joliet IN. October % Senator Tnlman
Of South Carolina. has been making some
hot speeches 10 thi' section of the coun-
try Here the other day he sad
Il am not here 20 make any apologies
Cor South Carolina. We are giving 20 the
negro just such a share ia the govern
mcnt Of our State as he S capable Of
exercislng-and that is d. little We
were forced to DO some wrongs. perhaps.
Ia dealing with this question. ami al
nit b. There were more colorcd = op'e
Ia South Carolina than there We're whites
ana We were forced 70 get down the shot
gun when they attempted to have these
blacks dictate 60 us what form Of gov
eminent wo should have Yog man 81
the North would have done the same
You would not have stood 81 one ycar.
How many men are there In this au-
dience who believe that there Is "a back
man living cool enough 90 make laws
Tor white mani II you people want TO
see black heels on wElto uecks men YOU
try Il on yourselves FIRST before you at
tempt 10 force Il on Us. Tncres-is not a
colored man living that should dictate TO
the white citizens % this country.
Yes. We occasionally lynch Niger
down our way The only difference b.
tween our way and yours up here r.
that when one ~ those niggers rhvish's
a wife or dauEhacr we hunt him down
until we are sure o. the right man ana
,beu we shoot him down as you would
4 rlttlcsnako or wolf That's our way.
Tn here you people eet excited. as YOU
ala at Akron ohio. and XIII a couple =
innocent spectators and burn up c9upl"
OF millions OF dollars property. Some g
Won make a lot OF noise about our not
giving the black man 'fir tfial down
our way why don't we let the courts
,rv Tho caeeq because we men Of the
south are not whitc-ivered enough q
,erult our wives ana daughter 20 20
before the court and publicly reheafse
the details of the crime. that's why Ana
we are going 20 keep right on doing JUST
"a We have done a. long rs we have any
shotg,,pe left What 40 We wont % any
more black men ln this country VII n
We cannot treat deccntly those we already
have hcrc7
"Tho Republican party now wants 10
have FREQ citizens here and subie g On
tho other side Of the sea. We VII no.
hovc "A and unless you peupl vote q
Jov,n next month we win b. forced m
dav 20 shoot 10 down with our fihc-.
Let's kin the snake IN the egg before u
Is hatched out
Tiuman said ne ga noi want y under-
GOOD that he hated the negro A. .
mater ~ fact be said. be had coiotel
seryant. in hm f8miiy and he truse .
,bem with hls Keys and his private bufi-
nos Thcy were gontlemen. be clar' d,
and worthy OF respect. But he dd Mt
tblnk Inc iultoratc and the ignorant ne
rro should have any voice IN The Govern
ment
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
PRINCE II DIsGusrED.
Escort Of Chinest Court PiuaEcd ANA
Murdered.


Pohu oct q Prince su. who ac om-
panied the Chinese court in the nigbt TO
Tai Yus1 Flu ana an,rWsrd returned
here disheartcncd by the anarchy exist
log tmous those oomposirr The imnedl-
ate advisers 81 tho throne. gave to-day an
Interesting account OF bits Journey
ON the FIRST day said Prince su. "thr
court Travelled iu carts twenty miles uortn
escorted by 3u0u soldiers who pillaEod
murdered and committed other outrag 81
along the entire route. The flight was
continued on the rate OF twenty miles a
day 10 Hruan Hut ia. 100 the most lanl,-
stricken manner So Nttlc authority was
cNcrted that soldiers even stole the mules
prepared for the Empress D0wager and
the Emperor Tho execution OF several
FOR murder and puage. eventually
brought chem under control
The court remained three days a.
Hsuan Hua some advisors connecting a
further stay
They. however. were overruied. owing
to tho fear Of forcign pursuit snd tho
flight was resumed 90 Tai Yuou Flu with
l5n additional troops under Gen Tung
Au Hsians who added 10 the aiscord
The Empress Dowagcr did little else
but weep and uphrad her advisors The
Emperor reviled everybody The journey
occupied twcniy-siN days the longest
route being taken. owing 10 fear Of pur-
suit.
con arriving az Tai Yuen 70 great ar
nculty was experienced IN forming any
semblauce OF government. Many edicts
were ignored and affairs reached a state
o. absolute clnos. The Emperor would
have preferred 10 trust himself with The
allies huf he was compelled 20 Join lr
Che flight "
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

went around that boy had been seen
az one % tho nearby restaurants eettlr-
lunches for fifteen girls, WHO were wait.
ing 10 the building
man named sexton % said rs nav,
seen two men and O woman De one of tho
TOP floor windows, just before the build
.ng collapsed. Another witnp-. said ur
saw four girls beiug carried down th,
rear fire escapes by mon Of truck Do A.
no hremen are supposed to have been lost
THESE girls probably were saved
Another witness said that Dee saw a
large number OF girls on a fire ESCAPE hist
before The explosion ana thar none eou 4
have escaped.
Only one known 60 he Dead.
Tho only person known 20 have p en-
Killed up 60 O'Clock tonight was q man
who died go a hospital from th. result OF
au injury received in the street
Chief Croker al an early hour said there
were 10 hremcn missing. although &c had
been reported that uu entire company
could not be found and % was supposed
that hey hai been Lost under rho rlirs
OF mo collapsed commission house. IN
Washington street A number az uremcn
re injured iu various ways however
and scores of persons received injuries OF
every degree from falling debris. in the
streets
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
THREE DEATHS REPORTED.
stranger Died nj Race Pond-othcr
Maycros News.


Wsycross Ga. oct % Mr. Tom Faux
died saturday night aud her remains
were buried yesterday in Kettle Gre k
Cemetery tho funeral having first been
preached a. tho residence by Rev J VI
Glenn. She was about % years OF age.
and leaves young child and husband.
\ slx-year-o.d daughter Of Mr s II.
Hinnant % the Waycross Steam Laun-
dry. diod "a an early hour yesterday
morning She had been lll only a day or
two, having had a oongestvc chin she
was buried in Lot, Cemetery yesterday
afternoon. Rev r 4 Brown, officiating
An unknown white man died al Race
Pond twenty miles south of Wlycross
Saturday morning The man claimed to
Boz a boiler maker by trade and said he
was from Dawson Hc carried a pocket
knife which he claimed TO have made
himself The man was about five feet
seven inches in night probably s. years
Of age. dirk eyes ard hair and heavy
mustacne ana whiskers
His whiskers were slightly tinEed with
gray This strange man had been tn Race
Pond four or FIVE days. being sick when
y" stopped there. He was cared Tor m
life. and his body afterwards buried by
Mr. S +. German. who would like 20 com
munioatc with the friends or relatives OF
che man.
Hon John W. Bennett and Mr. c. c
Buchanan attended tho Conec county
sunday School Convention ~ Mcdonald.
The next meeting Will Doe held az VII
laeoochec
Mr. j. y. Read. State Secretary o. the
Young Mems Cbr-r an Association. OF
Georgia. with headquarters In Atlanta.
was Ia the city yesterday and to- day Al
$50 yesterday afternoon he addressed
company OF representative men
from tho different churches in
the city al the Presbyterian
Church II was decided as prelim-
inary to the organization OF Young
Mems Christian Association IN this city
TO institute q Young Mems Band. week
IS meetings 20 be held for six OF eight
months. the permanent establishment OF
the association 90 be- determined by the
success Of those band meetings Mr. r
Prentice Peabody was elected chairman OF
the band. and Is 10 be the medium or
communication between the state assOci-
alton and the local order
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
srnE-E>otGn UMBRELLAS.



From the London Express.
Nearly twenty EngI.shmen are now al
work on seven umbrellas for an Ashanti
chief and bic faithful sian
There Il nothing under che sun a chief
can wear. not even excepting - east-oii
SILK hat or a r,d-uned cavalry coat So
calculated 90 strike awe into the minds
u refractory natives ANA SO Undue them
with spirit OF obedience a. a 'gingnam
Tmdets. when they want 90 obtain free
access 20 the country OF one al the hos
lse tribes make presents o. worn-oui
clothing 90 the natives. or even camp
10 a particularly obstinate ana pugnacious
chief
a London syndicate Of Gold coast trad
IRIS has given the order ana are paying
'or the umbrellas tn question. which vii
pe given % hrlbe the voin. dusky war
rldr4.
Messr james smith & Sons ~ oxford
street, arc mskins tlam at 49, FOR tho
arga ono uud ilo olrh f1r the ofherf
When finished the umbrellas Wil ho
gorgeous beyond tne dream % tbc mos.
Imaginative negro.
For the chief che present will be- nearly
fifteen fcet across. quite dcconf-sizei
tent In fact. on state occasions Il VIII
b. 80 ueed
The handle viii chen De stuck iu the
ground ana six slaves will act a. the
teutpcgf
The material from which % r. being
made 81 silk ana tho col0rs are 10 be-
red white ana blue" what will some
~ our political stump orators cay %
thia2
Round the edge VIII be deep rich
fringe nnd on che top an elaborately
chased cap surmountod hy . British lion
rampant
For the stan the umbrellas will bl
somewhat smaller and less majestic
what reioicinRs there viii be 10 the
lnnd when tho carriers arrive with those
parasol-tentlike umbrellas
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
HE SMOKED CIGARETTES.
50 Mrs. Cawfhon Hacked Tier son
20 Pieces with Ratchet.

Chattauooga, Tenn. Oct clifford
Cawthon. 10 years old. was found dead in
hlssbed to-day at the home Of his widowed
mother He had been hacked 20 pieces
with Ratchet
Mrs Cawthon. according TO tho police.
confessed later that she killed her son
because he was bad and smoked cisa-
rettcs" She declared, II IL stated. that
IL had been her intention 10 destroy the
whole family.
Fircmen discovered the crime when
they were called 70 tho house which evil
IDENTIFY had been set on FIRE 70 destroy the
body
Mrs Cawthon Is Frustrated over the
discovery OF her deed
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
Harris Guilty On second DeHree

New York Oct. 2a.-Gullty Of murder IN
the second degree was the verdict brought
In tonight by the jury before which Ar
thur Harris the negro who has been on
trial for killing Patrolman q ) Thorpe.
Il was Harris unprovoked crime that tn
cited wholesale race riots on the East Side
2 couple Of months ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
MIG EXPLOSION ~ CANTON.
snid 20 Have Been Arsenal of Re-
formers-Many Killed

formers-Mnny KILLED.
Hong Kong oct "a serious explo-
sion occurred IN Canton Sunday morn
ing -Four houses near the Governors
ylfncn were. destroyed and many persons
killed. 1, is rumored that the scene OF
the explosion was the reformer's arsenal
which was fun Of powder and gun cotton
and that the object was 20 destroy tine
yamcn. The occurrence will probably
lead to the persecution OF the reformers
II n rumored that the French ere pre-
pared TO send thousand troops from
saigon 60 Canton. This report together
with the presence OF numerous French
wnrships. has aroused suspicious among
tho Chinese regarding French designs
The reformers threaten that n the
French attempt 20 seize Canton the Can
tonese wiz lay the city IN ruins
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

Memphis Tenn. oct. 29.-John r shorr
to-day gncd J. Miller 90 ride for his sta
bic next aeasou. Miller succeeds Tommy
Burns who has been engaged 90 ride for
w C. Whitney. Miller will start immc-
diately for California with several horses
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

Ny wife used sew
eral bottles Of S. S. S.
as n blood purifier and
10 tone up a weak and
emaciaied system with
very marked effect by
way Of improvement.
" We regard it a
great tonic and blood
purifier. ~. i. DUFF,
Princeton, Mo.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

ReidsviIe. Ga. oct 29-fiou W Y.
I,eaken. Capt. Henry Blum Jr.. and J. ~.
Deveaux addressed d large and cnthusiss-
nc audience here today on national Issues.
Mr. Iaakcn met with q warm welcome in
Hoidsvtllp
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
JOHN G.. BUTLER.

DEALER IN
Paints. Oils ana Glass. Sash. DOORS. Blinds.
and Builders supplies. Plain and Decora-
tive wall Paper. Foreign and Domestic
Clements. Lime. Plaster and Hair Sole
AGENT for Abesiiuc Cold Water Paint
10 Congress street. west. and 10 ST. Julian
street. west.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30
KNIGHTS PHARMACY,
what a Prominent Grocer says:

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No. go william Street. Savannah. Ga.
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Tonic. ana one single bottle of your tonic
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feel Il my euty 20 inform you 81 the
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Respectfully yours.
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The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

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The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

returrh, and ncrVouafiess VanSshes a8 htW
rich pure blood once more circulates
through all parts Of the system.
S. S. S. Is the only purely vegetable
blood purifier known. II contains no min
erals whatever Send for our free book
on blood and skin diseases and write our
physicians for any information or advice
wanted No charge for medical advice.
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The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

Il the greatest Of all
TONES, and you viii
find the appetite in
provesat once. strength
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-30

outside ~ q few who were injured in IN
i1."fs tho loss of life by the fire and
ion must have occurred In the Tar
.tai building mainly. and possibly IN the
'her buildings destroyed by IRE. The
imhor of persons ia the Tarrant buile-
3 was estimated 70 be In the nc.ghhor-
oi ~ hny. Secretary Allen. o. the com
my s1ii that there were forty-iivc en-
iaycs and he thought all got OUT with
.aa exception Of one
People who cav the fire declared. how
Eer hat more must have been lost.
Low many 90 the girls and other EN-
escaped could not be guessed even
aisht although = large number 81
sing perHons indicated that there were
me l' was said that half Of the en-
'tNSes were out getting lunch. A rumoi
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
KING OF ASHANTEE
HAS APLUG HAT AND A SKULL
TIPPED UMBRELLA.
Wears a Girdle of Dried Grass and
Whenever Any Of His Subjects Dis
please Him He Orders Their Heads
Chopped on.
(Snecial Letterl


The King of Ashantee, Great Brit
KIN 1mplacable foe, is the most extra
ordinary monarch in the world. He is
picturesque, powerful and a merciless
despot. Twenty-six years ago England
sent out an expedition at cost of
S4,OOO,00O to bring the King of Asian
Tee to terms, and before the expedition
returned it had cost 100000 more.
Ih1s king lives in the interior of
Africa, several hundred miles from the
gold coast, on the western shore. He
wears a girdle of dried grass around
MS loins, and plug hat. Where he
got this hat nobody knows. but it is
his only crown. He has no throne, but
instead he has a stool of solid gold
which four slaves carry around for
MIN wherever he goes Upon this he
sits and gives his orders. They are all
verbal, but often they mean either life
or death. The kings name is Prem
peh, and he is the absolute monarch
OF more than 100000 savages. His
emblem of authority is giant UNI
brella. The spokes are of embossed
gold, and on the end of each spoke is
human skull. This emblem has des-
cended to him through long line of
ancestry
King Prempeh has exactly 1888
wives. Why this number should have
peen decided upon he does not know.
Like several other things, they came to
MIN by inheritance. He takes them
Tor granted. The kingdom of Asian
tee is rich in gold and Prempeh is
many times millionaire. He wears
earrings of solid gold. All of his per-
sonal adornments are of gold. He owns
the only house in his kingdom 1t is
rude structure of stone. His royal
hlghness sleeps on the floor. King
Prempeh is a bloodthirsty ruler and
Is In the habit of making human sac
rlfices. This is one of the practices
which England desires him to stop,
for Whenever his gods are displeased
he seeks to propitiate them by having
few hundred of his subjects behead-
ed. 1t was to put a stop to this that
England made war on the King of
Ashantee in the 7O's. There was fight
ing again in 1895 and again in 1895.
Now there are indications of more
trouble. Still the King # Ashantee
goes on with his barbalaus practices,
killing whenever he please,1 and rul-
ing with absolute power His subjects
love him because he is of their royal
blood, and fear him because of his cru
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Believe Andree IL AlIve.

Ernst Andree, brother OF tina ex-
plorer. 8. A. Andree, believes that his
brother is alive. and that he viii be
heard from by the latter part IT the
coming summer. Ernst Andrse Is
thoroughly acquainted with his broth
er's plans and is better able to discuss
the notable fate Of the polar expedition
than any other living scientist. He
has made study of the movements OF
the northern ice pack, of aerial cur
rents in that latitude, and Of the
known bodies Of land in proximity to
the pole. He assisted the explorer in
designing, equipping and testing the
balloon in which s. A. Andree and two
companions started from Norway, for
the north pole July II, 1897 A note
dated July IS, 1897, was brought back
by carrier pigeon four days after the
start was made. No word has been re-
ceiyed since from the party.
Ernst Andree advances the theory
that the balloon was blown about by
conflicting currents Of air and finally
set down at point from which 1t
would take the party three arctic sum-
mers TO reach the neighborhood OF
Hudson bay.
q 4 expect to hear from my brother
during the coming summer OF au-
tumn 1; seys Ernst. sbnt Id Gaze he