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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
CATASTROPHE IN GUIANA
Loss of Passengers in Boats swept
Over River Falls

correspondence of the Associated Prcss1
Kingston. Jamaica. June 1S.-Particulars
OF the catastrophe which befeu the river
steamer Mabel and three boats size had
IN tow recently when they were swept over
the Tumatumari Falls in The Demarara
river, British Guiana. have been received
here.
There were 12O passengers. When the
boats were within 2o0 yards OF the Tuna
tumari landing it was found that The cur
rem was likely to carry them beyond IT,
lire thrown 10 the shore fell short and
Capt Decamp, a passenger on the steam
er, volunteered to swim ashore with it,
Capt Decamp only escaped being drown
ed by catching hold of tree
Amid the heartrending screams Of the
passengers the boats were swiftly swept
to the cataract. two being smashed
against the rocks and sunk. The rope
holding the third boat TO the steamer
brofe and the craft shot through the
rapids, her occupants being none the
worse for their terrible voyage.
The steamer, as soon as she got in the
rapids, blew up and went under The
cries of the passengers at this time were
awful The water carried many of them
down, their bodies being dashed with
great violence against the sharp coral
rocks. Fully one-haif of those on The
boats were lost, among the victims being
]. B. Tays, an American gold miner.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
HINDOo IDEA OF THE EVIL oNE'
Hideous Conception of the Devii anu
His wife by East Indians
From the Yves minister Review


From the Yves minister Review
silva is typical both of destruction anu
IF reproduction. But the latter attribute
uas countless a later addition to the sum
If his qualities. The original conception
of this deity was that of power de-
ugbnng in destruction, in the achieve-
nent of physical evil and wrong, ana IN
hurting death and devastation upon the
n.onle and their land. He is represented
&, ,be sacred books of the Hindoos as the
tarrib,e destroyer''-''the one who delights
in tho destruction Of men," But in all this
there is no whisper as yet of any moral
Qualities of evil. The conception Is en-
tirely one of physical power useu WIZ
tha utmost malevolence and inJustice
against men. If. -, -
Along with his principal wife, VINO Is
variously called Devi, Durga, Una ana
Kali. he is portrayed as the incarna iloh
of nhvsical evil wrong, injustice or m =
fortune In the "Puranas" silva IS de-
scrihed as wandering about surrounded
Inv ghosts and goblins inebriated, nakeo
and with disheveled hair, covered with
the ashes of a funeral pile, ornamehteu
with human skulls and bones, sometimes
laughing and som times crying. peVl' ms
consort is represented with ntueous anu
a terrible countenance, strea1hlus WIZ,
blood. encircled with snakes, hung round
win skulls and human heads, ana Ill all
r.snacts resembling a fury" rather than
a goddess The only pleasure whlch silva
ana Devi feel is when their aliars are
drsnched with blood. which, OF COURSE
could not be shed without the obstruction
of some form OF lie.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
.,zAFIRo AND IRIs WERE SENT.
Plan Proposed May Lead to a Settle
II ment of Chinese Trouble.

Flan proposed May Lead to a Settle
II ment of Chinese Trouble.
Washington, June PA cablegram re-
ceived at che navy department to-day from
Admiral Remey at Manila, states that the
Zsfro sailed yesterday from Cavite for
Hong Kong. She is a supply snip and
may proceed to Taku.
The Don Juan de Austria gunboat, has
arrived at Canton from Swallow.
1t is said a the navigation bureau that
the Zafro has aboard $50 sailors in adN-
ton TO her crew. These men may 90 on
the Oregon at Hong Kong. to round out
her complement. or be dispatched on the
ZafIo directly north to Taku, in the dis
erection of Admiral Kempff who will have
communicated with Admiral Remey before
The Zafiro can get 10 Hong Kong
,sAdmral Remey. from Manila supple
mented his previous brief dispatch rea-
tive to the sailing bf the Zafiro by one
later IN the day ann0unc ng the departure
OF the Iris from Manila for Taku. The
Iris is a water boat, but on this trip she
carried a quantity of supplies for Adm-
raj kempte little squadron, as well a. A
cargo OF good coal a comm di which
will be need by the M she arr es
The d vel pments of the day, apart from
tHOs- at en- ism greatly cOu aged the
ohicia here in their hope that the worst
is past in China and that the difficulty
Gao be Sc tied vi hout any ye~y serious
Change of the political status of the coun-
try at least in IT'S relations with the out
e. world The state department is much
gratihed Wi h the attitude of the Powers
So far it is Informed, there is no diff
ference of opiui or inten.icn among the
different Powers respecting the Chinese
81 uat on Their object is simply to re-
store pace, prote life and prope ty; and
leave all further questions for fu.ure set
Element
50 far as can be gathered there is not
a diss'dcnt voice among he Powers in
sA3swer 10 the pronosi ion made by the
Uni ed States to iimi the operations of
tie foreign armies and navtes in China
TO that simple programme, and if there is
a contrary purp Sc entertained anyw ere,
the particular Power has not signihed that
fact.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
DEPREDATIONs OF BOXERS.
Movement Began to Get Germans
~. Out of Shan Tung.


New York. June 2l.-The American Pi-
BILE Society has received letter from Rev.
John Hykes, D. D., dated Shanghai. May
II, who had just returned from trip TO
Pekin. DR.. Hykes says:
Il had a long conversation with DR.. w.
s. Ament of the American Board, ma
tive of Owosso, Mich, and a graduate of
Oberlin College, Oberlin. o.. who recently
made a journey of some eighty miles in
to the territory occupied by the Boxers.
At one of their strongholds they threaten
ed to bind Dr. Ament and his companion
n. murder a Chinese they had with them,
but they happily escaped without suffer-
ing any violence.
THE movement was first started with
the object of driving the Germans out of
Shang Tung, and it was encouraged by the
central government and the government of
Shan Tung in the hope that 1t would sue
coed in accomplishing this patriotic pur-
pose After committing many acts af law
lessness, including the murder of the Rev.
Mr. Brooks, they gradually spread north
and are now TO be found in a large part
OF the province of Chi Ii.
AT the present time the Boxers are
un0Ou htodly composed OF TOWuleS, FARMERS
and bows They are armed only with
swords. spears. bows and arrows. They
have robbed heathen and Christian alike,
but they are very bitter against the Chris
tlans. 10 whom Il is generally believed
that much persecution is sure to come. In
one place visited by Dr. Ament. there
were two Christian families, each con-
slstiog OF the parents and two or three
groWa sons. One Of these families armed
Themselves and defed the Boxers. They
presented such a bold front that they
were not moles led. The other family
showed that they were terrified by the
threats of the Boxers, and they were
compelled 10 pay large sum of money
and 10 PROSTATE themselves before the
IDOLS in the village temple. When re-
pyoved for this act OF idolatry, the father
said I would have been willing to die
and so would any Of my sons, but they
threatened to extermnate the Family
root and branch. ..,.
II is the general opinion In the North
that The government is afraid 10 do any
thing TO suppress the movement for fear
Il NAV become auti-dynastic. There Is
coed reason 20 fear this. TIE anti-reform
r ovement or rather crusade has aroused
ry bitter feeling all over the country
.ad II only waits a leader to start re-
lion that would quickly overthrow the
."'Vernment'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
RELATING TO HATS AND HEADS.
Quality Rather Than Bigness
Counts - Heads of Some Famous

Counts - Hehds OF sone a"V"S
Men.
From the New York Christian Advocate.
When Mr.. Gladstone died the London
News stated that his head was of excep-
tional size. and gave an incident which
Gladstone told at Lord Ripon's residence
about man who could not get hat large
enough till at last the halter called, In
desperation, for an Aberdeen hat Inc
point of this was that Scotchmen have
larger heads than Irishmen or English
men. The News recalls the special study
in hats made by Dr. Collins, In the course
~ which 1t was mentioned that Mr.. Glad
stones number in hats was rs.
No Z hat is the average English size.
Sir Walter Scott's and Lord Beaconsheid
hats were of this size. The hats OF John
Bright, Robert Burns and Charies DICKENS
we're 7A. Lord John Russell's 7A-sll
smaller than Mr.. Gladstone's. But the
Gladstone hat was exceeded in size by
that OF DR.. Chalmers, ~. Daniel O'Con-
neil whom Gladstone styled the greatest
Irishmen who ever lived, wore nat OF
The size Of S. The late DR.. Thomas, Arch
bishop of York. wore large ., ana Jo-
seph Hume's was empnatlcally aonorHai;
az At a meeting of the convention OF
Iordon University DR.. Collins had l26 hats
measured. and found that between 40 and
Il per cent were just the average SIZE
and "a per cent. were under the average.
when Bismarck died, Herr Frledrlch H.
Kranz, the present head Of the old Frank
fort firm of hatmakers, Martini d Co.
communicated some trade statistics to the
Hamburger Nachrichten, which the Lon
don Times published for the benefit OF tu-
ture biohrap pliers and Psychologists. FIFTY
wears ego, according TO the first record
OF the Martini "kopfmass machine, BIS
marck's head had n width OF 5s1a cent?
meters. Ii is obvious that this statement
means not a widdth, but circumference
for the 81 centimeters are equel 10 TWEEN
ay-four and forty-one hundredths tnches'
which would give him a size OF about NO
g. Concerning his heads swelling this
would mean a thickening of the scalp OF
two-hfths of an inch all round.
on reading these statistics II occurred
IN us TO call at what is generally supposed
ia be the leading hat ore In this coun-
trv. and probably the most numerously
natronized of the "b HEADED" class (per.
la a in both good nses of the wcrt) In
mis- city. aud u inquire of the manager
concerning the relative proportions OF size
M heads in a large order. He kindly re-
snonded 10 our request, showing US that
az four lots OF twenty-four dozen, each,
a total OF lis hats, there were the tol-
lowing sizes: 6ih, 3; 67s, IS; ga, III; 61s, 2S;
7, g7s; ~. 2l9; IN, 165; Ia Is; w, "a; "a. o
The manager informed US that there are
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
MANS MOST SENSITIVE POINT.
when the Tip of the Tongue LIS
Touched the Whole Body Thriiis'

From the Cincinnati enquirer
The tin of the tongue possesses tho
most perfect sense of touch. The finest
hair Is felt upon it's surface. and even
u hen fingers fail to ascertain the quah"
ties OF certain bodies. contact with the
tongue Immediately recognizes them. Ihe
rels i've sensibility Of various parts CT the
hodv is best measured by means or
nair of compasses, the points OF which
are ripr ed with cork. The tip OF inc 'onsue
can distinguish two distinct Impressions
uben the comrass points are only half
line or the twelfth OF an inch, apart, the
lin of The finger when they are llhe
apart Other spots vary still more WIDE
Nv. This distance at the lips is two lines;
the tin OF the nose, three lines; the cheek,
1--WE lines; palm Of the hand. nve mes
forehead, ten lines: back OF the nahd'
fourteen lines; chest, twenty hhes' VaNA
and thigh. thirty lines.
If. however this experiment Is repeated
with a pair of compasses capable py
slight prt ssure of pricking II viii be found
that there is no corresponding dlnerehce
between the parts in their sensioility 10
main. on the contrary. IN places Where
the sense of touch is most keen, the sense
of pain In the first instance al least DEAD
ened and the parts most callous In d s.
crin,inating the double touching points
are by no means the least alive to the
sensation excited by their pressure, The
tip OF the tongue has fifty times the tao
tile discrimination of the arm, but the
arm is more sensitive TO sharp point
ano,ied with mod rate pressure TO the
skin. than either the tongue or the nnser,
ana Il at least alive TO the presence OF
a very light body, a hair, or feather. drawn
along the surface. Curiousiy enough, the
riaht hand, which IL more sensitive to
b uch than the left, is less sensitive 10 tenn
nerature. II the two hands are dipped in
Two basins of water AT the same temper
ature the left hand will feel the greatest
sensation of heat.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
WILL PRESERVE THE PEACE.

Viceroy of the Southern Provinces
m Wired Minister Wu.
I'D Washington, June 2l-Mr. WI, the Chi
Mise minister, called upon Secretary Hay
az the state dcpartm, mt to d2y, and in
. 9Fmed him that he Lad received a dis
patch from the vceroy of the three great
prov inces of the Yang Use Kiang, saying
.that he felt himself p IF city able TO keep
me peace in h 5 provinces, and insure the
3o5ety of the foreign missi naries, and
TfIzGt in conjunction with his colleague
Niceroy Human. ne is able o answer for
t4Ie pr, serva ion of peace and order in
IA the great southern provinces of China
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
They Must BE Deported.

New York, June 21.-Joseph Mullet and
James Fitzharris were taken from Ellis
Island TO the emigration station in the
barge office, and officially notified to pre-
pare for deportation. The men angrily
declared that they had been treated worse
by the United States government than
during any time of their Incarceration in
English prisons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
Restriction on Rnte sheets.

Chicago June H.-At the meeting of the
presidents of the Western railroads in this
city to-day, it was agreed that no line
party shall have power to issue a new
rate sheet until Il has been submitted to
the local committee, where the business
originates, and has the approval of the
highest executive officer in charge of the
traffic OF the interested road. Committees
will be located at Kansas City. Omaha,
Sioux City. Council Bluffs, ST. Paul and
MINNEAPOLIS
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
GERMAN TROOPS IN CHINA.
Present Effective Fighting Force
VIII Be Increased.


Berlin. June 21.-Preparatons continue
for increasing the German forces in Chi
ma.
Fer the present the fighting force of the
Cetman troops will be 5000, when all shall
have arrived, but 1t is understood that If
more alarming news is received. the gov
eminent will send out volunteer corps
taken from all the regiments of the army,
Un 10 1000.
The armored cruiser Fuerst Bismarck
will carry 300 soldiers in addition TO crew
OF $40 The big cruiser Wineta, which has
arrived ct Laguayra. has been ordered to
DHoceed 10 China, and the cruiser Cor
naoran, which is now in the South Seas.
has also been ordered thither. Similar
instructions have been given TO the gun
boat Luchs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
VIII Bid on Armor Plate.

Philadelphia, June 21.-At the annual
meeting to-day of the shareholders of the
Bethlehem Steel Company the announce
ment was made that the company pro
pose to bid for the entire contract for
$1,000 tons of armor plate for which bids
had been requested by the government
from all steel companies.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
Germany Does Not Like 1t.

Berlin, June 21.-Imperial circles ere
greatly displeased by the course of Bavaria
in increasing instead Of diminishing her
special treaty rights with the empire. The
latest illustrat ton of this disposition is the
appointment of a Portuguese minister at
Munich
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22

Brussels, June 22-The Peti+sRl.,, s.a..-
tina a telegram was received vestarsa,.
oy an i'm ortant b ussels firm from China
saying that Admiral Seymour's relieving
force and the Russian column entere5
Fekin simultaneously. The legations were
reported intact, and all the Belgian resi-
dents are said TO be safe.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
TWO KILLED IN A FIRE.
Loss by Burning OF Roundhouse
Will Be S4CO, COO.

Bakersfield. Cal, June I.-The Southern
Pacific roundhouse al Kern City was
burned to-day and the remains of Patrick
Quinn ard Byrd Gilmore. employees, were
found the sbris They were k lied by
The explosion of an oil lamp. which start
cd the IRE. The loss to the railroad COM
pany will amount to Sl0o, 900. Twelve en-
gines were DESTROYED
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22

aBoston. June al.-some anxiety has been
expressed by friends for the safety OF
Rev. T. e. Clark president OF the Unit
ed Society OF Christian Endeavor, who
with Mrs. Clark and their son Harold,
was in Ten Tsin aud Pekin during the
massacre by the Boxers. A message Just
received here from Dr. Clark stated that
the family had arrived safely at Flu San,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
Killed His Wife and Himself.

San Francisco June H.-Afitr shooting
and killing his wife. Henry II Ike,
bookkeeper, shot and killed hims If to-
night. Domestic trouble is assigned as
the cause of the double tragedy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
Gang of American Thieves.

London. June 22.-Several OF the morn-
ing papers assert that gang OF Amer can
thieves and confidence men is operating in
London The Daily Chronicle sugg SITS
that these people got Princes RadziwiiI's
pearls, not the real ones, but exact imita-
tons
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
Lii to Remain ,t Canton

hong Kong, June 2l.-Reports have been
received here from Canton. that owing 10
me representations of the foreign consuIs
Ii hung Chang has consented 10 remain
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
SEYMOUR Is AT PEKIN.

RenOrt of safety of the Legations Is
- Confirmed.
Merlin, June IA semi-ofticial dispatch
flom Tokio dated June 81, says the Japan
sSe consul at Shanghai confirms the re-
ports that Vice Admiral Seymour has ar
Rived at Pekin, and that the members of
the diplomatic corps are safe.
. According to an official japanese report
from Chez Eco the foreign settlement at
Ii n Tsin was reduced to ashes June IS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22

How Il Happened-"Here, waiter?
cried the camel, who had been vainly en-
TO absorb his mint-julep, this
s,raw has a flaw in It," sorry" replied
tha monkey. who was acting as bartender,
''but you'll have to get along with II. It's
the last one in the house" Then the
camel, in his frenzied efforts TO draw
through 1t. broke his back.-Philadelphia
Press,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
Entered PeI1in simuItaneou.I

horea' where they were TO take the
steamer for Vladivostock. ''
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22
Telephone Devices.

A number of countries show telephone
apparatus. The Western Electric Com
pany, Of the United States, L. prsplring
to equip o small exchange. and have the
usual pretty girl TO answer calls. I'm
provements in telephony OF late years have
been mostly confined to the switchboard.
The transmitter and receiver are practi-
cally perfect. The form OF transmitter
seen here in Paris Is of Swedish design.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
TO WIN A BRIDE.
A Rich Man Has tiis Cow Legs
Broken.

Logansport, Ind, May S.-The
the Hellespont to win the fair Helen
is eclipsed by the martyrdom of Louis
Hoen, who had his legs broken to
take the bows out of them because his
sweetheart objected to curved lower
extremities.
Hoen lives in Indianapolis. He is
about twenty-five years of age, and
from the waist up he is a handsome
young person. Even when seated he
has been known to present as capti-
waiting an appearance to the female
eye as any man of his weight and age
in the State capital
With straight limbs Hoen might
marry the lady of his heart. With his
bowed extremities there was no hope.
She read in the papers last winter of
a man in Connecticut who had Il pair
of bow legs remedied by n surgical
operation She called Hoen's atten.
tion to it.
TO avoid publicity in his home town
he came to Logansport three months
ago and arranged with the surgeons
in st. Josephs Hospital to tinker with
| his lower limbs so that they might not
attract attention because of the seem
| ing aversion of the knees for each
| other.
| IIoen was chloroformed and his legs
were broken by the surgeons with
neatness and dispatch. The brok en-
parts were put in plaster of paris
casts, and all Hoen had to do was to
| lie in bed and wait for the bones to
knit.
| The young man will be discharged
in few days with his underpinning
as straight and strong as the under
| pinning of any athlete in Indianapolis
And, most wonderful of all, he will he
a full inch taller than he was when
he consented to make martyr of him
self for the sake of love The straight
ening of the bones has caused that
gain in his stature.
| 1t is said that the wedding bells will
ring out as soon as Hoen gets home
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10

at the Palace to bid farewell to Gen
eral Otis, who kept at work with his
accustomed energy until the moment
of leaving.
Since the beginning of the insur-
rection General Otis has kept at his
desk from early morning until mid
night. He has never been seen on the
Luneta, like the other officers. and
only two or three times has he been
seen in society, and these occasions
were semi-official receptions. The
General leaves the army admirably or
ganized, provisioned and clothed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-05-10
ALLEGED HORSE THIEF.
Sheriff at Greenwich Catches Man
Who Took Rig from Tarrytown.

Who Took Rig from Tarrytown.
Greenwich, Conn, May S.--Sheriff
Fitzroy of this place did some detec.
tive work to-day whereby Andrew J..
Clark of White Plains was lodged in
the town lookup, charged with horse
stealing. Clark accosted Sheriff Fitz-
roy as he was passing the Sheriff's
house in buggy. asking the Sheriff
If he was beyond the State line yet.
The Sheriff. whose suspicious were
aroused. told him he was. and, after
parleying with him asked him if he
wanted to trade his horse. The strang-
er agreed, and a trade was made.
Clark accepted an offer to stay at
the Sheriff's house all night. On OK
amining the buggy Sheriff Fitzroy
found the name of White Plains
carriage manufacturer on it.
Clark admitted that he had hired
the rig at Thompson's livery stable
at Tarrytown, N. Y. The Sheriff then
arrested him. The liyerymen were
notified. and identified the horse and
buggy The prisoner is held. pending
the arrival of requisition papers.