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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
SKIPPED WITH HUBBY's CASH.
brunswick Co1ored Capitalist Recov-
ers rruant Wife and shoots at
Barber,


ers rruant Wife and shoots at
Barber.
Brunswick, Ca, Aug. 11.-Matilda,
wife of Harry Tattnall, the stevedore.
and one of Brunswick's wealthiest col
ored citizens, has returned to the city
after an exciting chase for her through
several states made by Louis Wright
colored, on behalf of the injured hus-
band. Matilda carried with her a large
sum of money, estimated at several
thousand dollars. and a colored barber
named Norman. Norman returned one
day ahead of Matilda and Wright, and
attempted to make friends with the in
jured husband, but that abused man
secured a gun and chased the barber
about fifteen blocks through town to
the railroad station.
Tattnalls anxiety to get his wife
back was accentuated by the fact that
all his property. about $4,000 worth.
was in her name as we'll as his bank
account. When his wife checked
against the account for a few thou
sand and skipped out, Tattnall made
no big kick, but just put Wright on
the trail, and Wright chased the elu-
sive couple and the cash for three
weeks, winding up at Hot Springs.
Wright was especially anxious to in
duce Matilda to come back, as she also
had all of his property in her name.
Wright having loaned it to Tattnall
during a law suit some time ago. and
Tattnall made it over to his wife along
with his own when he had a law suit
a few months ago that threatened all
his wealth
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
INTERNATIONAL RIFLEMEN.
Teams of Eight From All Countries
to Contest August 80.

Icams of Eight From All Countries
to Contest August 80.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE competition
TOT places on the American team of
rife shooters who will take part in
the contest for the Palma centennial
trophy. which is open to teams of eight
rlnemen from all countries, will take
place on the ranges at Sea Grit, N. j.,
Friday and Saturday, Aug. % and "a.
Sharpshooters from all over the coun-
try are daily practicing on the range
Tor the National Rifle Associations
tournament. which will begin on Fri
DAY, Aug. 80, and extend to Saturday,
sept. Z. At the same time that the
american team will be chosen the New
Jersey State Rifle Associations team
also will be selected to take part in
the international contest between
teams representing the Ulster Rifle AS
sociations of Belfast, Ireland, and the
New Jersey State Rifle Association in
a revival of the Creedmoor Dollymount
matches, the last of which took place
twenty years ago.
Brig. Gen. Bird w. Spencer, presi-
dent of the National Rifle Association
of America, is watching the work of
all competitors on the ranges very
closely, and from the men making the
highest aggregate scores at the 800, 900
and 1000 yards ranges on Aug 20 and
"a, ten men will be selected to make
up a team of eight with two alternates,
for the Palma trophy and international
matches
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
AduIternted Flowers Now.
From the Lancet.


Many persons have been rudely
shocked to ind that flower for which
perhaps they gave a considerable sum
and which they took to be genuine
proved subsequently to be artificial in
every particular. Within our own ex-
perience not long ago the attention OF
a gentleman sitting at dinner was
drawn to the fact that his shirt front
and coat were gradually being cover
ed with streaks of a brilliant red col
or He was wearing a bright carnation
in his buttonhole which at quite a
short distance, as 1t appeared subse-
quently. deceived perfectly. Even the
perfume was admird. The Flower" had
just been watered to freshen il and
1t was then seen that on the water
drops detaching themselves they were
of brilliant red color while the car
nation" gradually assumed a faint va
riegated appearance owing to some of
the coloring matter being washed out
General incredibly was expressed
that at first sight, the fore could be
anything but real. A laboratory exam
nation, however, soon brought the
whole truth to light, and the results
are remarkable and certainly credit
TO the ingenuity of the desiger.
There was not the vestige of a car
nation about it, The "fiower' con-
sisted of slices of turnip neatly cut and
dyed with arid magenta; the stems
and leaves were of twisted cloth dyed
a dark green with cromium: busted
over the stems and leaves; and the
support to the whole clever fabric was
a concealed iron wire. A synthetic am
ber-colored oil known as "oeillet"
completed the deception in giving a
perfume wonderfully initiative of the
genuine carnation. Altogether we can
hardly conceive of cleverer deceit
and IL Is satisfactory to be able to add
that so far as our observations went II
is free from positive harm except to
wearing apparel.
On carefully searching The various
materials for irritating substances
and poisonous metals we could not OBJ
tain the slightest evidence that such
were present. 1t is clearly possible,
however. that the colors used for ar
tihcial flowers may contain substances
injurious to health-such as. for EXON.
ole. arsenic,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
NO L0AFlNG ALLOWED.
Atlanta Shuts Down on Idlers Since
officer Debray,s Murder.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 1.-THE streets of
Atlanta are to-day practically clear of
idlers and loafers. AS a result of the
order issued by Chief of Police Ball i'm
mediately after the murder of Police
man Debray and other outrages equal
ly deplorable, but less heinous, there
are now over 200 men confined in the
city stockade against whom the charge
of idling and lettering has been entered.
Before the order of the chief was is
sued, these street walking idlers in
tested the city like a locust plague.
Hundreds that were not arrested have
decamped, leaving for parts unknown.
The detention of the idlers has resulted
in an overflow at the stockade. The
records to-day show that there are
now 321 persons working on the public
roads. This breaks the record for the
Atlanta Police Court. During no
Christmas week, the time when the Re-
corders grind is the heaviest, have SO
many arrests been made as since the
murder of Officer Debray
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
TOKEN MONEY.
Various Forms which Have Been
Circulated in This Country.


Circulated I'm This Country.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The action of a local drug company
in issuing extensive brass checks good
for a five cent glass Of soda water re-
calls to early Chicagoans the days be-
fore and during the war, when token
money was one means OF making
change. While the cause which called
great quantities of token coins into
monetary circulation in the early his
tory of this country is now lacking,
and hence there is no danger of re-
petition of the discomforts and annoy
ances of those days, still any reminder
of the troubles of token money is suf-
ficient to awaken interest.
Token money is called into use by
the people of all countries when the
supply Of money available for purposes
of trade is too limited to meet the pop
ular needs. Naturally this occurs most
often with the subsidiary coinage,
which is used in making change. All
countries have had greater or less ex-
perience with this form of circulating
medium, but 1t is believed that the use
of token coins reached its greatest de-
velopment, and consequently it's great
est discomforts, in the United States
during the period from 1912 to 1867.
During that time many thousands OF
varieties of tokens were issued by pri-
vate parties in lieu of money.
In the current issue OF THE Political
Science Quarterly" Roland p. Falkner
describes a number of interesting varie-
ties of token money which were used
during this period in the United States,
most of which will be remembered by
the older persons now living. Among
these were the so-called "shinpiasters, -
the small notes with which individuals
and storekeepers, bridge, turnpike and
transportation companies and others
sought to relieve the demand for small
change. The semi official currency
which was issued by banks through the
thinly yelled disguise of private parties
was another form described.
About the year 1887 an enormous
crop OF small coppers Of various de-
nominations appeared and 1874 varie-
ties Of these have been preserved Many
of these coins besides acting as a me-
dunn of exchange. were used as We
hicles of political satire and abuse,
generally directed at President Jack
son. One of these coins bore the en-
blem OF a jackass in his most stub
born attitude. with the letters Ill.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
$500 COMMISSION will be paid
to any broker selling this house
to COLORED PEOPLE Ex-
CLUSIVELY-Will be sold cheap
Easy terms. Apply to your own
agent for within after Z p. m.


George Washington Heatley, a den
list, who formerly practiced in Brook
lyn and now lives at Wading River, l..
l., is the owner of the house, but never
occupied 1t, having purchased it, it is
said, merely as a real estate specula-
ton. Few of the people living in the
district have any acquaintance with
him and his brother, George L. More
of 202 De Kalb avenue, protesting ig-
norance of the causes which led him
to put up the notice.
II is said that Or. Heatley has met
with much difficulty in disposing OF
the house at the price he paid for II
and for some reason or other feels
spiteful against his neighbors, while
others conjecture that the threat OF
invasion by a colored family was mad
with n view to force them to chip in
and buy the property. No. / South Ell
lott place, the house adjoining, is
owned and occupied by James Hart, a
rich merchant, who is at present trav
cling in Europe with his family.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
Gave Away His Children.

Athens, Ca. Aug. 11.-william En-
brick. a citizen OF East Athens, has
given away his four children. Embrick
is a widower. and blacksmith by
trade, making about 81 a day. His
mother is supported by her crippled
grandson. The four children are named
Reulah. Richard. Thomas and George
Dewey. aged respectively II, 8, and
3 years. The last named, George
Dewey. was given away by Embrick
10 a total stranger. The city authori-
ties say they have no Jurisdiction In
the matter, and many citizens favor
taking the law in their own bands.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12

From the Portsmouth (Eng.) News.
A COW. while being escorted from
Lydney to Blakeney the other day en-
tered a house. walked down a long
passage. and up twenty-five steps into
a bedroom where it prepared itself for
an afternoon siesta. The manner OF re-
storing 1t to the street was ingenious.
Another COW was brought to the bot
tom of the stairs. and the intelligent
bovine at once descended the twenty
two stairs to invite the new arrival to
share its slumbers. Then thew were
both showed into the street,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
WILL NOT STRIKE.
,utuots steel Works Employees Have
Grievance, but VIII Assist.

TrIfunlE Steer sOA -" $500 =
Grievance, hut VIII Assist.
chicago. Aug. 1.-There will be no
lilo nv members of the Amalgamated
.ssociation at the Illinois Steel Works
= south Chicago. At joint meeting
- the local lodges this afternoon. pre-
Siasd over by a representative of Vice
Iresident Davis of the Fourth district,
: Vas decided by an almost unanimous
!! lo+s "a remain at work, and If neces-
,r, ia give financial support to their
s4riking brethren in other mills. In a
stotement to the public defining their
s"sition in the struggle between the
Piesociation and the United States Steel
Cornoration, the men claim that in
4nstice to themselves and the Illinois
SSteel Company they are compelled to
disregard the order of President Shat
Cor as they have no grievance, and
nave contracts signed that will not ex-
hire for another year.
vice President Davis was present at
.be meeting, but took no active part
IN the proceedings and left the hall a
few minutes before the deciding vote
was taken.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
TO FROZEN FIELDS.
German Antarctic Expedition Left
I<ieI Yesterday.

KEEL Aug. 1.-THE German steamer
Gauss bearing the German Antarctic
expedition under the leadership of
Prof Enrich Won Drygalski, of Berlin,
sailed from Kiel to-day. Herr Roth,
under secretary of the interior. wished
the expedition God-speed on behalf of
Emperor William and the German ma
ton. and Prof. Won Drygalski made a
suitable reply. The crews of vessels
in the harbor heartily cheered the
Gauss. All the farewell festivities, in
Guiding the banquet. were omitted in
consequence of the death of Dowager
Empress Frederick.
The expedition will establish a base
at Kerguelan, from which point it will
push as far south as possible and
spend the winter. If nothing is heard
of the expedition by June, 1904, a
search expedition will be sent out.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
MILLIONS FOR ANIMALS.

highlands Purchase of Western
stock Has Been Enormous.
Kansas City, Aug. 11.-Col. Skinner
of the British army, one OF the English
officers who has been stationed in the
United States since the outbreak of the
Boer war, buying horses and mules, re-
turned to Kansas City from New Or
leans to-day. With the shipments just
made from Kansas City to Cape Town,
the British government has spent ST.
900, 900 in Kansas City for horses and
mules for service in South Africa. Col.
Skinner says that approximately 100,-
900 animals have been shipped from
this vicinity through the port of New
Orleans during the past three years.
The average paid for these animals is
$50 head, making the total expendi-
ture 100000 in Missouri and Kansas
alone.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
TYPOS To MEET.
Forty-seventI, Annual Convention
Begins at Birmingham To-day.

~
Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 1.-THE for
ty-seventh annual convention of the
International Typographical Union will
begin its sessions in this city to-mor-
row. Delegates are arriving from all
parts of the United States and Can
ada.
The committee on laws has been in
session since Thursday and will make
its report tomorrow or Tuesday. The
sessions of the committee are execu-
tive. 1t is understood that more than
fifty questions have been disposed OF.
The more important matters under
discussion are the eight-hour law and
decreasing the number of districts in
which organizers shall work. The terms
of district organizers are to be made
permanent and the annual elections
will be abolished.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
WOODS IN TROUBLE.
squatters Are Camping on His Prize
Homestead mt Lawton.

Fort Sill, o. T., Aug. III. r. Woods,
The prize winner in the land lottery,
who claimed a strip along the Lawton
town site to the injury of Miss Matte
Beals, the Kansas telephone girl, has
applied to ex-Gov. Richards, who con-
Quoted the opening, to have govern
ment troops put the trespassers off his
homestead. Telegraphic correspond
ence is said to have passed between
Gov. Richards and Maj. H. L. Scott,
commanding officer at Fort Sill, but
no official order has yet been given.
Squatters are now camped on nearly
every lot in the 100 acres of Woods
homestead. They have sunk wells and
contracted for the erection of frame
buildings. Woods processes to be I'M
concerned. His lawyers say that If his
homestead rights are denied every
other homestead entry is worthless and
chaos will prevail.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
The order Disregarded.

Joliet. ILL.,, Aug. 11.-At meeting of
the four lodges of the Amalgamated
Association, which includes the skilled
Mechanic and workmen of the Illinois
Steel Company's plant in this city, the
situation was discussed and a secret
ballot on the question of striking was
taken. The meeting lasted from 10
o'clock in the morning until Z o'clock
to-night The result of the vote was
10 disregard President Shaffer's order
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
Lodges Must Contribute.

Cincinnati, Aug. 11.-Local lodges 1,
< and 8 of the Amalgamated Associa-
ZION of Iron and Steel Workers of Cow
ington and Newport, KY, have been
notified that they must contribute 10
per cent of their wages for the benefit
of the striking members. All the mills
IN this city are independent of the trust
and no trouble is anticipated here.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12

.ns Bay View Lodge will contribute
iIiTb IN to the strikers in the East.
Whether the lodge is in danger of
IosiN3 . disturbing many of the workers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
WERE DEADLY RIVALS.

One Killed I'm a Duel, the Survivor
Commits Suicide.
Atlanta, Aug. ia special to the
Constitution from Jackson, Miss, says:
In the Bowman neighborhood Friday
night Frederick Westbrook and Robert
Groin. two young white men who had
been paying attention to a young lady.
met on the public road while West
brook was taking the young lady to
church. A duel followed in which
westbrook was killed. Groin after
wards committed suicide.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12

Baron Iwasaki has purchased the
library of the late Prof Max Muller,
containing $4,000 volumes. for presenta-
ton to the University Of Toxic,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12
WILL SELL TO NEGROES ONLY.
$500 TO Any Agent who VIII Find
Colored Buyer for This Fine House.

CoIored Buyer for This Fine House.
From the New York Sun.
Residents in the neighborhood of
South Elliott place and DeKalb ave-
nue., Brooklyn. were shocked yesterday
morning by seeing this notice plastered
in big letters on twenty-foot sign
across the front of the four-story
brownstone house at South Elliott
place:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12

-Logical-Mamma-- Willie, shut that
window-screen. You're letting the flies
in.
willie-well. you've got to let some
OF 'em in.
Aamma--Why?
Willie-'Cause II you don't let EN- in.
how are they goin' to get on the 6v-
paper Press,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12

lone of the curious results OF the
recent events in which Tolstoi played
so large a part" says a ST. Peters
burg correspondent OF the London Pail
Mall Gazette, rs that there has set in
this year an altogether abnormal in
fiux of American tourists. 1t is quite
beyond anything seen In previous
years Nearly all the visitors from the
New World are making for Moscow. in
the hope of seeing the Count. and
among them is no small sprinkling OF
literary men, artists and politicians
whose position may entitle them to
hope for a personal Introduction
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-12

so well. and the nesting places where
tne young are to be raised Much of
THIS migration is carried on at night
high in air. and during storms MYRIAD
or birds are often confused and killed
by dashing blindly into the lighthouses
that mark the highway. At Heligoland
ight the ground in the morning is fire.
quentiy strewn with birds. from ducks
ana geese to the smallest songsters. In
the interior the birds follow valleys
and the mountain ranges.
On the Pacific coat the coast range
and Sierra Nevada mountains consti-
tute well-defined line of travel. In
Southern California the fight of cranes
and geese along this pathway is a re-
markable sight. The birds, especiallv
the cranes, cover long distances by
soaring. gradually reaching within rifle
shot from the ground; then they stop
and begin a spiral movement turning
In graceful curves, flashing like silver
dollars in the sunlight as they turn
and disappear, rising ever higher until
they are mile or more above the VAL
ley, or above the summit of the Sierra
Madre; then, as though at the COM
mand of the leader they turn, and in
long lines soar away with remarkable
velocity. literally sliding down hill,
covering six or seven miles or more be-
fore the maneuver is repeated.
The winter finds the trees, groves
and garden deserted, except by the few
forms which defy the cold The birds
are in the South-Florida, Cuba and
even South America: the reptiles are
housed underground: insect life has
been destroyed or is alternating, and
will spring into life in the spring The
only animals abroad are the mammals:
the deer, elk. caribou. fox. cougar, wild
cat, lynx and other forms. which wan
der over the barren wastes and in the
deep SHOWS of the woodlands, finding a
precarious living until the spring
comes. the wanderers return and all
life takes on new meaning.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-24
PLAYING HAVOC WITH SAWS.
Land GlAimnnts at Nichols Damag-
ing Southern Pine Company and
MuchABad Feeling Exists.

WaycrSs, Ga, March 23-Considerable
excitemeFt peeNaiisaHp at Nichols on ac-
count ot@the destruction Of saws belong
ing to the Southern Pine Company. 1t
seems. that there is dispute between the
company and residents of Coffee county
over the ownership Of certain timber
lands around Niqholls, and the feeling has
already reached the danger mark, Dur
ing the past month no less than twenty
FIVE saws have been ruined at the big mill,
seven CT them beihg, destroyed yesterday.
One man employed by the company has
been. notified thatrhe must leave there at
once, or suffer the consequences. He Gays
he expects to be assassinated at any time,
but does not propose TO be frightened Off
Many of the people in that part OF the
county are said to, he so intensely bitter
against the Southern Pine Company that
bloodshed isl feared by the more law
abiding element. Ut seems that the com
pany is having timber cut on land that
has other claimants. and in order to get
even, somebody has been boring holes in
the trees and driving railroad spikes,
plow points, Hiron,, pipes, etc, in and
then plugging. up the holes with wood.
When the saw strikes these pieces of iron
1t is ruined. There is great danger of en-
ployes of the mill being fatally injured by
the bursting of the saws and unless the
trouble is settled soon It is liable to reach
dangerous proportions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-24
ROOSEVELT MAKES A PLEA.
should Make the Rest of Conditions
as They Are and Not Grieve
for the Past,


New York, March 2S.-The twenty-flfth
anniversary of the Legal Aid Society was
celebrated by a banquet at the Waldorf
Astoria tonight. Vice President Theo-
dore Roosevelt was the principal guest.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke to the toast "Our
Country"
i. When called upon. he was received with
great enthusiasm. He said in part:
There is never any use in idly regret
ing changes that have swept away con-
dltions which perhaps we should have
hked to have seen obtain permanently:
the thing to do is 90 face the fact that
the changes have occurred and to meet
the new conditions. We stand on the
threshold of a new century and are go
ing to succeed or fail according as we
remember or fail to remember that the
duty OF each is the duty to the neighbor
as well as the duty to himself
We have to beware of those who, in
the revolt against one kind of injustice,
flee to another kind of injustice. No
good whatever comes from trying to APP
ply false remedy, from recognizing an
evil and, then trying 10 abate it by the
creation of a worse evil
our great safeguard against that kind
Of revolution is the existence of a suf-
nclent number of men who try to cut out
the cause which would lead to such a
revolution 1 think that of those who
have studied the problems all are con-
WINGED that oftentimes the men that play
into the hands of the agitators against
the existing social system, especially the
existing social system as regards prop
erty are the very men who DANGEROUSLY
INSIST upon an undue share of the bene-
fits of the existing social SYSTEM