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The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

from their winter quarters-the aims
house-and others from nowhere. The
last, professional tramps, leave each
May with good shoes and clothes and
bodies free of rum only TO show up
the following March In the most filthy
and pitiable condition. They must
however, represent the better element
of hobodom to be willing TO work for
even a few weeks and come back year
after year. They are not always TO be
depended upon, however, to stay
throughout the whole season. When
the feet OF some Weary Willie grow
tired OF being 80 often wet and long
for dusty roads. or the thought that
upon being paid off he VIII own the
price OF many WHISTLES demoralizes
him, he turns into his bunk sick ard
the men enjoy the joke. The crews
lester builds up a little grave In the
box OF sand, marked by his name ana
before witty remarks are exhausted,
the weary worker has been paid on
and sent ashore by the tug.
This year there were seven noats ~
operation within a distance Of eight
and q half miles. representing 81 hN-
srage ~ ten millions neh caught ~
each. o. seventy millions IN 81 taken
from the guapufhannn Flats iu nfe
weeks Most 81 fbesa ere herring Wnleh
are ssitsd ana Hoia largely Ia ne
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
TOWNS THAT RIDE THE WAVE.
HEnRING SEASON A GROUP
r,TtfrRs IN CHESAPEAKE BAY.

,,ob Is Combination of Raft and
village, With Streets, Houses and
,,..I.ine Buildings, All AhOat.
,,uIions of Herring, Shnd and
- Caught From These Floating
communities i'm the Few weeks
r,.,+ constitute the SeasOn-Hnrd
,,,o-I. in Long Spells When the
soiue. Are HauIed-CuriOus Make
m of the Working Population OF
the Floats.
washington, July 19.-Where the
o,sorehanna' empties its waters into
,-nosaneake Bay, there appears every
ring a little group of villages which
-,.a and fall with the tide, maintaining
.,,ro,,eb each season the same relative
..;+ions. Each of these floating towns
-as ia population of fifty or sixty men,
&c lodging houses and eating houses,
=. streets. and it's local government.
7,hov are virtually temporary munich
-ai,tias enduring for the fishing sea-
-, and governing themselves after
.hs law and customs or the "Susque-
hanna Flats" as the fishermen call
choir unique settlement. Each year
.hov send back into the country mil
ions of herring, shad, and rock, and
while these fish are runnig the little
raft-cities are the busiest, most bust
ling communities in all industrial
America.
EARLY in the spring, when the trees
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

Tables were warped into curious
shapes, chairs fell apart, water barrels
incautiously left empty Immediately
fell to pieces. but the most terrifying
aspect of nature were the cloudbursts,
striking and not infrequent phenomena
for which the conditions are especially
favorable. They are concentrated
storms of the utmost fury. A cloud
forms with great speed, grows black
and full of lightning, says down to the
mountains and releases a flood of wa
ter. The tales which come from the
canyons concerning these storms are
so marvellous that they border on the
mythical"
During the five months that the Ag-
riclutrual Department observers were
in Death Valley the daily temperature
did not fall below 1044 degrees ana
the maximum ran to 121 degrees. The
mean temperature in the central part
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
African travel RevoIutionized.

BRUSSELS Letter in Pail Mall Gazette
BY the cutting of the sud- the Nile
has established an unquestioned SUI
premacy as the best route TO the congo
region, and there can be no doubt that
the exaggerated statements as TO the
British advance In the Soudnn nave
their sole foundation I'm the traifc ana
communications agreement mentioned
in the Pail Mall Gazette OF June ~, by
which arrangements are made Tor
regular service OF river traffic between
Khartoum and the stations OF the Up-
Der Nile as far AZ Lado This service
worked IN connection with the Alexan-
-KhartOum Railway, VIII make the
transit on the Journey from Brussels
10 FondOkOro and Redlaf, for the de-
vciopment ~ the Upper Welle ana Ha-
knrka regions much more rapid than
by the Antwerp Matadi sea route, THIS
inst occupies twenty days ~ the best
Win the journey INLAND 40 follow. Whlle
along the Nile region u can be- reached
lu eighteen ana one-half days a. the
outside Tho matter ia clinched IN the
following Itinerary BRUSSELS 10 hfin-
dlai. two days. ErndiHi 40 AleHandua,
three dayH, AleKandfia ~ khaftoum,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

stop being made for regular meals.
The alternate hours of leisure are used
for that. The tides, two ebb and two
flood each day, are carefully watched,
as upon them depends the exact direc-
ton in which the seine is taken out,
and the time for beginning each morn
ing. Coffee is to be had for the ask
ing at any hour, and a peep at their
culinary department is most interest
ing. The three cooks will tell you that
two wash boilers full of coffee, twenty
five loaves of bread, one and half
bushels of potatoes and 40 pounds of
fish are used for one meal; seventeen
barrels of -four three hundred pounds
of coffee and two tons of bacon during
the season. The men are allowed no
liquor, but plenty of substantial food
and are paid about so cents per day.
A windy day, when the water is rough,
becomes a holiday Then the one vice
of the fishermen, that of gambling Tor
chewing tobacco, is freely INDUCED in.
Most of these men work year after
year upon the same boat coming from
oyster fisheries down the bay, some few
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

flies to the cone in the center, where
a crowd of tiny, brown. tubular flow
ers grow thickly together. These are
called disc flowers and they contain the
ing.
In painting this picture put tint OF
deep blue over the sky, leaving the
clouds white. with little gray on their
lower edges. When this is dry paint
the grass of the field light green, put
ting this color over the stems and
leaves of the cone-howers also. Then
paint the flowers bright yellow on the
ray flowers, and deep purple brown
over the centers. Put another tint of
the green over the leaves growing
along the stems, and a few stripes of
green for grass blades here and there
between them.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

and the work still go on. Nearly all
signals are given by the steam whistle.
AS the seine reaches the apron, should
the strain upon the quarter lines be-
come too tense and the hauling too
heavy for the crew, signal brings all
TO standstill Get the Niger" calls
the captain, and a small seine is
brought out and put aboard a rowboat.
all this meaning that a very large
catch is in the seine and must be ham
died in sections.
The largest haul ever made and han
died was seven hundred thousand fish,
and 1t took all day to land and get
them away. Larger numbers have been
surrounded by seine, but rather than
nave the fish spoil on their hands the
fishermen push the seine down with an
oar letting the capitives escape until
the number remaining can be success
fully handled But two or three trips
of the ''nigger" are necessary as a rule,
and the seine empties upon the float a
Silvery mass of squirming white
bodies. Coarse sand is thrown upon
them as they founder, and the scales
are whipped off. The fish are then
pushed into boxes built under trap
doors. Through these the water runs
and the fish are quickly washed, then
scooped into baskets and emptied into
the scow. Fifty thousand fish are
cleared away in twenty live minutes by
the land crew, the boat crew resting
in the meantime.
Occasionally a herring is thrown
aside. 1t is because it has been smoth-
cred under water and, therefore, would
bloat up after being cured. A shad
keeps as well after dying under water
as in the air. When all the fish are
landed the boats crew reloads the
seine upon the boat, coiling it symmet-
really, layer upon layer. while the
land crew rests. And so each day is
spent. beginning Monday morning
sometimes at midnight, never later
than 4, and lasting until at night, no
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
BLACK-EYED
SUSAN

ily belong the Daisies, the Sunfowers.
the Golden Rods and Asters and many
other well-known flowers, The Black
Eyed Susan grows about one or two
feet high. it's stem is straight, hairy
and usually without branches; ~
bears a few rough, oblong leaves and
carries at ~ tip a bright yellow now-
err head with "a dark purpliah brown
cOne-Hhnped center, from which Il gets
ita other name 81 Cone Flower But.
though IL seems 10 be "a single flower.
growing on the end Of the stem, IN
reality n IL "A cluster 81 many flow
ere. The long. ftraD-shaped leaves are
separate flowers, called ray flowers.
they serve as naEn o. banners % a..
tract the attention 81 bees ana butter
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

the entomologist as harbors of insects,
and the botanist for herbarium speci-
mems, but the true lover of the tree
thinks of it in it's wide value to all
living things in the universe.
Though trees lack the power of volt
ton and have no nervous system in
the ordinary sense of the word, they
are highly organized form of life. They
accomplish a vast amount of actual
work in a day and earn their living as
surely as you and l do. Their work
is the worlds work of the unselfish
kind. They struggle for self-preserva-
ton and the perpetuation of their spe-
cieS; they return to the soil and to
the atmosphere materials loaned them
for food; they are altruistic in pro-
viding an abundance of fruit for the
use of others; they furnish general
shade for man and beast, are the ref
uge of birds and insects, and add to
the beauty of nature.
Think of the linden tree on the hill
side! In autumn it sets sail its winged
nuts upon the breeze. Blown down the
hillside few are buried under the dry
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
IN DEATH VALLEY.
The PecuIiarities of the California
Desert and Its Intense Heat.


From the Chicago Record Herald.
One of the singular mental features
of the suffering in the Death Valley is
that a man often imagines himself lost
when he is in reality on the right trail,
The horror and the nervous tension are
so great that the imagination is in
famed and the reason becomes de-
throned The profound desolation, the
appalling silence and the tremendous
heat contribute to unsettle the mind
and weaken the nerve of the strongest
man. Not long ago a member of
party of railroad surveyors became ac-
cidentally separated from his compan-
ions and lost sight of them behind
some sand dunes. He Immediately
imagined that he was lost and COM
menced to run about like an insane
man, first this way and then the
other, until he confused the points of
the compass and gave up in despair.
few hours after some of his associ-
ates found him lying stark mad in the
sand almost within the sound of their
voices. He was taken UP tenderly and
carried to camp. but died the same
night, a victim to his own imagina-
ton.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
NIGHT OWLS AVENUE sUsQUEHANNA FLATsA GROUP OF lS
4'ANAAA

of the Desert of Sahara is about 81
degrees in the interior of Arabia II is
"a degrees. and at the center OF the
greatest heat in India it is 80 degrees;
The hottest places In the world are sald
to be Gardai, in the Desert OF sahara,
about i75 miles southwest OF the cur
~ Gabes. Uydersbad, on the Indus;
Mooltan and Dera Ismai Kahn, both In
the Junjaub. All Of these places are
celebrated for their great dryness ana
excessive heat, yet the mean tempera-
ture of Death Valley is greater
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
PORTFOLIO OF WILD FLOWERS.
No. 10.
BLACK EYED SUSAN.
Copyright 1901 by s. s. Mcclure Coz

The weather is never too hot for
Black Eyed Susan. In the dry, open
field, under the blazing midsummer
sun, where many flowers would droop
and wither. she lifts her saucy head and
laughs at the farmer, among whose
crops she is often a troublesome weed.
She belongs to a hardy and very num-
erous family, the Thistle or Composite
Family, whose members are great trav-
elers: they have wandered all over
the world and have planted colonies
wherever they have gone. To this fam
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

fashionable boulevard restaurants the
other evening the bill for wines con-
sumed by party OF a dozen came 10
gao. The host was known Pa
rislan celebrity. and the wines ranged
between 1870 Band 1884. A record price
for n single dessert at the same estab-
between 1906 and 1884. A record price
garlan. who one day IN January was
charged "a for a dish OF fresh straw
berries
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
The EpIcure's Paradise.

From the London Mail.
Paris, July 4.-Paris continues TO
maintain its reputation as the paradise
of the epicure. In one of the most
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
GUSTAVE E6KSTE|N & CO.,
Broughton

three and a half days; Khartoum to
Fashoda, five days; Fashoda to Red
jaf, five days.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21

The late Senator Kyle OF South Da-
kota used 20 describe himself a. the
"nrst ana last indocrat." that IL a Dem
ocrat aud an independent. a little Of
naln-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-21
WHAT WE OWE TO THE TREE.

Widespread influence for Good In
the Oxygen and Moisture II Conn
municntes TO the Air.
From the Chicago Post.
Most people have formed the habit
of talking about shade trees, fruit trees
and lumber as if shade. fruit and
building materials We're all for which
the tree were good. OF course, the
artistic eye looks at them for beauty,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-15
WOMAN ACCUSED OF
HUSBANDS MURDER

st. Joseph Mo. March 14.-AIrs Rich
ardSon has been indicted by the grand
Jury for the murder of her husband,
Frank II Richardson, the wealthy mer-
chant. at Savannah last Christmas eve.
The indictment of Mrs. Richardson was
entirely unexpected, according to the
statements of her relatives. Mrs. Rich
ardsOn some time after the Indictment
IVES returned said
i have no fears as to the outcome of
the trial I know absolutely nothing of
the crime than I have told to the ~Ose-
cutting attorney. Furthermore, / believe
he knows that ] am innocent
The relatives of the defendant say they
believe the Indictment is simply a bluff.
They say there is no evidence 10 show
that She fired the shot or that she saw
anyone who did. The grand jury will con-
tinue work on the Richardson case. 1t
IS expected there viii be two other in
dictments
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-15
MEMBERS OF INSURCENT
CABINET SURRENDER.
Many Prominent FiIipinos Fall Into the Hands
of the United States Troops.

Manila, March IA detachment. of
the Forty-sixth volunteer infantry
captured five rebel officers and thirty
men, together with forty-seven rifles
near Indianang, province of Cavite.
Colonel Robert L. Billiard of the Thir-
ty-ninth volunteer infantry, has re-
ceived the surrender of the insurgent
colonel, BOpen with two officers. thir-
ty-three men and twenty nine rifles at
Batayan, province of Batangas
Lieutenant Thomas L. Sherburne of
the Thirty-third volunteer infantry
with a company of native scouts de-
feated forty insurgents in the noun
tains beyond Santa Maria( province
of South IlOcOs.
Major Corey of the Forty-second
volunteer infantry captured one insur-
gent officer and two brass cannons
near Moronga.
Major e F. Taggart of the Twenty
eighth volunteer infantry captured
about twenty-five miles south of Caga-
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yam, the following members of the rev
dictionary cabinet: AuzeIinO Abe
jechuca military chief and Gusto
Jacklan, Ramon Neerez, Santiago Cos
tello, Ramon Chavez and FaustO Piodo.
The rebel trading operation in the
NiScayan islands have been effectual-
" broken up. Lieutenant Fred r.
Payne, commanding the United States
gunboat Pampanga. pursuant to in
StructiOnS, has seized and destroyed
300 vessels of various sizes, mostly ma
tive crafts, constructed to assist the
insurgents. But, among these which
have como to grief are a number of
coasting vessels belonging to leading
Manila firms.
Lieutenant Payne captured a guam
THY Of supplies and war materials,
shipped by the insUrgent governor of
the island of Leyte to the rebel COM
mander on the islands of Samar.
The Cebu pirates who occasionally
raided the opposite shore of Negros
Island have been suppressed and their
boats are all burned
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WILL NOT CLOSE GATEWAY
Conditions at Ogden Will Remain
Undisturbed.

San Francisco, March 14--Cha ~les NJ
Hays, president of the Southern Pacific
company, who has just returned from
the east. said in an interview:
II do not think the Union and Central
Pacific are to be merged As TO the
Southern Pacific closing the Ogden gate
way to all lines save the Union Pacific
the rumor is all bOsh.''
He added that while the Union Pacific
viii have a voice-in the Southern Pacific
affairs, the cOmpany's relations with its
other connections VIII continue undis-
turbed.
e Dickinson, general manager OF the
Union Pacific road. will leave here today
in special train tor a tour of inspection
over the coast division of the Southern
Pacific.
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THE VETO MESSAGE.
% TIE SENATE:

20
herewith without approval senate bill
No 11e, can Act Amending Section
Of Prosecutions in Criminal Cases"
responsibility
It is of the
good or IL it easily other
this determination
ability provisions have DOUBTLESS been eagerly discussed
the xagger
them without any reservation whatever full credit for absolute %
sympathy public welfare
themselves render noteworthy and unique piece
DUTY D1sAPPRovE.
But these conditions only serve to make the responsibility
the more "egh and could have wished to be spared the
Nevertheless the recollection requirements my
demanding of approval
from this bill If know myself can sincerely that
past And knowing PEG
present feeling
may be- they viii be sincerely grateful
written books.
The patience loyalty widely
recognized that only by the repua
solution Of the problem Even the bd s the @ complete h the
admit that with exceptions the
EFFEcT OF THE BILL
IN my opinion nothing can be clearer than that this BILL
very intended to ameora Furthermore
have believe its
ment directed solely against certain social conditions
only suffer
a % p aoI a u bs P " g gd citizen n OF whas9sv
Surely there is selfish
unbacked they by either respectable
All readily recall
ng period shortly
bitterness stalked community
datenO longer than two
second
the prosperity
have rolled and Utah. united vigorous, marching
brevely ard to rs music Of the Union
PROTECTION
yield affection people
the relation in
product infancy regard my
heritage,
Their
which is
few, it, in reality invites
briefly many
which might
fore Very respectfully HEBER NJ. WELLS, Governor.
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MRS. BOTKIN is TO
GET A NEW TRIAL

San Francisco, March 1.-THE state SUI
preme court today granted q new trial to
Mrs. Cordelia BOtlxin, who was convicted
OF the murder of MIS-. J. Z. Dunning IN
the summer OF 1898, and sentenced to lie
imprisonment The trial, resulting in the
conviction of Mrs. BOtkin, was noted
ore in criminal history.
Mrs BOtkn was tried on the charge Of
sending through the United States mail
from this city 10 Dover. Del, a box Of
poisoned candy. which caused the death
of Mrs. Dunning, to whom it was ad-
n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-15
HELD IN SUSPENCE.
Applicants for Army Appointments
Awaiting Their Fate.

1t~-- =
Washington, March 14-Great agitation
among the candidates for army appoint
ments now in Wash ngton resu- ted r m a
long visit to the White house today by
Secretary Root and AdJutant General
Corbin- 1t was known that for the past
two or three days the president had been
endeaVOr1ng to arrange ali or nearly all
OF these troublesome appointments. Many
congressman also remain in the city
awaiting action upon the applications
they have filed.
But after two hours spent in close con-
ference Secretary Root came away from
the White House. leaving the appoint
ments still to be finally arranged though
1t IS expected that an end can be reached
in the course of few days
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-15
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR KEARNS
TO DISTRIBUTE PATRONAGE

where the senatorial status has
changed, the incumbents Will be reap
pointed as their terms expire. In a
few instances new senator's have sue
ceeded to those who secured appoint
ments four years ago.
In a general way it can be said that
the new senators will be allowed to ex-
ercise their prerogatives and name men
of their own selection if they are not
satisfied with the present officials
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-15

Washington. March 14-Attorney
General Griggs talked with the presi-
dent today about number of places
under the department of justice. the
terms Of the incumbents being about
TO expire.
These include large number Of
United States district attorneys and
marshals. Except where charges have
been made against incumbentS, and
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Storm is Abating.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 14-By
noon today most of the trains on the
Grand Rapids & Indiana and the Pere
Marquette systems. which were block
AIDED last night Dy the heavy storm. were
moving slowly, many of them with two
engines. The heavy winds have abated
but snow is still falling. 1t is thought
that the roads will be cleared enough by
tonight to resume their passenger traffic
but no attempt viii be made to move
freight until the weather becomes set
tied.
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THE EVANS Bull. by which its au-
thor hoped to protect men who
are praeticing unlawful cohabita-
ton, viii lot be placed on the statute
books Of Utah. At a little after 8
O'Clock last evening Gershom j. Wells.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-15

private secretary to the governor. ap-
peared in the senate chamber with an
envelope containing a communication
from the executive. He turned it over
TO Sergea.it-at-Arns Phillips. who laid
1t on Secretary Warrum's desk
For a few minutes the senate pre
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-15
Sand Fell from Clouds.

Berlin. March 1.-THE official labora-
tory at Hamburg has discovered that the
sand which fell during the recent snow
storm in northwestern Germany, came
from the African Sahara
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died plate, on which win be engraved
the words:
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EVANS MEASURE INVITES
DlSCORD AND DISASTER
Governor Says Law Would IDjure Those 1t Seeks
To Protect

Senate Will Sustain the Veto By Vote of to Com
ment of Members.
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Silver ard Lead.

Silver. 6i5kc per ounce
Copper, ss[sc per pound.
Lead. A s. g. r. Co. price, $40: New
York exchange. SLs7sz; New York brok-
eTs', -S4.0O-
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How the Senate Will Vote.

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ForecastfOr Salt Lake Today is !
Fair; slight changes in tempera-I
ture.