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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
GETS TWO YEARS IN PEN.
Young Strike Sympathizer at Nor
folk Gets 1t Right in the Neck.

Young Strike Sympathizer at Nor
folk Gets 1t Right In the Neck.
Norfolk, Va, March 17.-Because he
threw a large plank directly across
the track in front of car during the
first days of the strike of the street
railway men, j. w. Jenkins, young
man well-knoWn here, was to-day
tried in the Corporation Court and
sentenced to serve two years at hard
labor in the state penitentiary.
Jenkins was arrested while the ex-
element over the strike was at its
highest. He had a board twelve feet
long, twelve inches wide, and three
inches thick across his shoulders.
When a car approached he stumbled
and apparently fell in front of the ear,
clearing the tracks, but leaving the
plank in such a manner that the car
couldt not proceed.
The plea of the defendant was that
he stumbled and it was through no
fault of his that the board was across
the track.
Strikers are returning to work, thir-
teen of them signing to-day. The
strike breakers, as the non-union men
who came here are called, are leaving
for other places where their services
are needed.
The Norfolk and Portsmouth militia,
five companies, about $50 men, are
ready to respond to an emergency call
and can be on duty here within half
an hour after the call sounds. The
railway people are guarding against
dynamiting cars tonight. The patron
age of the road is about one-sixth OF
what it was before the strike started
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18

management and a man of tremendous
influence Gov. Geary had the presi-
Dental bee In his bonnet, and scott,
while fully recognizing the impossible
ity of Geacy as presidential timber, en-
couraged, fer his own purposes,
Geary's ambition. Mcclure went to
Scott, who was already familiar with
the case, and from whom ONeill had
carried strong letter to the Governor
of Minnesota and said:
II want you to give me a letter to
Geary, telling him to do whatever 1
want him to do
What do you want him to dor said
Scott. Mcclure explained. 'All right,
said Scott. I'm give you the letter,
but you will have to handle Geary your
self. .
Mcclure carried SCOTS letter to
Geary, with whom he was on terms of
personal friendship, and gave it to him,
saying:
Governor. 1 want you, as Governor
of Pennsylvania, to write an official
letter to Gov. Austin of Minnesota,
making an unconditional and unquali-
fed request for the pardon of young
Stokley."
Such a letter was never before nor
since written by one Governor to an
other. But it was a request that. if
made, could hardly be refused. The
proposition so staggered Geary that he
sat staring at Mcclure while great
drops of perspiration gathered on his
face
But the presidential bee was buzz
zing.
He did not want to refuse Scott any
thing Stokley had become a power in
politics. and Geary was fully aware of
McClure's strength in the state. A
last the Governor said weakly:
"All right. Mcclure. Draw up such
a letter as you want and I'll copy and
sign it," This was done.
Mcclure put Geary's letter, another
from Scott and one from himself to
Gov. Austin in one envelope, sealed it
securely, addressed it to Gov. Austin
and gave it to Henszey to deliver.
Henszey did not know then, and does
not know to this day (he is still alive
and employed in the office of the Clerk
of the Court of Quarter Sessions) what
that package contained. While Scott,
Geary and Mcclure had perfect conf
dence in Henszey's fidelity and zeal,
they doubted his discretion in a matter
of such Importance and delicacy. He
was told simply to hand the package
that he would remain in the city few
days in case the Governor should wish
to communicate with him.
Henszey journeyed to st. Paul on
tickets furnished by Scott and deliv-
cred the package into Gov. Austin's
hands as instructed.
The next morning Gov. Austin sent
FOR Senator Henszey and said to him:
You may go back to Philadelphia
and say to Mr. Stokley that his son
will dine with him on Christmas"
And he did.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
A CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
order Issued by Gen. Chaffee Plainly
Shows This to Be the Case.

Order Issued by Gen. Chaffee Plainly
Shows This to Be the Case.
Washington, March 17.-Rumors of
cases of conflict of authority between
the civil and military authorities in
the Philippines find substantial confir-
nation in an order recently issued by
Gen. Chaffee, the division commander
at Manila, to the commanding officer
of the fifth separate brigade operating
in Iloilo. The order is in part as fol-
lows:
There appears to be some misun-
Outstanding as to the extent and I'M
der what circumstances the military
may act of it's own motion in prov
inces where civil government has been
put into operation by the Philippine
Commission The division comman-
der desires to avoid friction with the
civil authorities, and you are informed
that the civil government entertains a
strong suspicion that the army in
many instances wilfully and for ute
rior motives unnecessarily interfere
with the civil officials in their pre-
scribed duties, making arrests when
they should not do So usually on Sus
picion than for just cause; if not for
cause, then unwarranted arrests be-
cause of the fact that civil authority,
not military, should act.
1.-The military will be upheld in at
lacking all armed bodies which Of
ficers believe are intended to disturb
the orderly and peaceful authority of
the United States in these islands. 1t
will be well, however, to determine in
advance whether it is United States
authority aimed at or whether a mere
local disorderly band is out for rob-
bling, the suppression of which the
civil authorities may prefer to deal
with single handed, unaided by the
army of the United States. You are adj
vised also that may complaints are
received by the civil government to
the effect that soldiers are disorderiy
in the communities where stationed;
that they are harsh and ill-treat the
inhabitants. No excuse can be ac-
cepted for complaints of this sort, if
true from any station of our troops
in the pacified provinces. 1t is the
duty of every officer to maintain good
discipline of his troops, and to redress
at once every disorderly act committed
by soldiers on the inhabitants. Mill
tary necessity is one thing-lawless-
ness is another, and quite a different
matter"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
TOADs IN FOLKLORE.
They Have n Strong Place in the
Belief of Some of the SuperstitiOus.

They Have Strong Place In the
Belief of Some of the superstitiOus.
From the International Monthly.
No animal could be more unlike a
swan than a toad, yet the latter also
has prominent place in folklore. Per-
maps such honor is primarily due to
the very ugliness of the creature, just
as it has been affirmed that next to
personal beauty a reverse aspect may
find favor with the fair sex; the main
point being to impress the memory At
any rate, we find the toad distinguish
ed in popular tradition, and that in its
most permanent province, in local wor
ship and belief. The survival IS so
strange in itself and so well lifted to
illustrate the primitive character of
fairy mythology that it may be ac-
corded particular attention.
According to the statements of DR..
G.. Pitre, contained in his excellent ac-
count of Sicilian tradition. the faith of
that island still recognizes supernat-
ural beings known as Donne di Fuora.
Ladies from Abroad, also entitled Pa
tronesses of the House, who have at
tributes in common with the fairies of
England. Like the latter, during the
night time they enter houses, where
they expect to find everything in or
der; among mortals they have their
favorites and enemies. fortune is con-
sidered to result from their kindness,
sickness and poverty from their per-
secution 1t is a peculiar feature of
their habits that they visit the domi-
ellie not on any evening indifferently,
but only on Thursday, making their en-
trance by the keyhole or by cracks of
doors. If day surprises them before
they leave the cottage. they change
into toads and in this state remain
until the following eve, when they are
once more at liberty to resume their
proper shape of beautiful women. Dur
ing the interval the toad is sacred, be-
cause it is impossible to be sure that
any particular one may not in reality
be the Lady of the House.
Legends abound in which are related
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
LOVE TRIUMPHs OVER SNAKES.
Wife, Sued for Divorce for Putting
Reptiles In husbands Bed, RE-
penis.

Reptiles In husbands Bed, Re-
penis.
From the North America.
Paterson, N. j., March 17.-Love has
triumphed over snakes, and Walter
Hedler who has brought suit for di-
vorce from his wife, a snake charmer,
T because she put a reptile lin his bed,
has agreed to withdraw the suit They
will kiss and make up and again re-
sumo their marital blessedness, for she
has promised to keep the reptiles in
their proper places hereafter.
The I1edlers, during the winter
months, reside in this city, and Mrs.
Hedler has always made it a practice
to keep her Shiny pets in her own
apartments, despite her husbands OBJ
jections and deadly fear of the crawl
ing creatures. One night last Octo-
ber just for joke, Mrs. Hedler
brought her biggest RATHER into bed
with her while her husband slept. He
was awakened by feeling the snake
entwinlng itself about his leg, and,
screaming with fright, jumped out of
bed, but not before the snake had
sunk its fangs in his leg.
He lost no time in getting to a ply
sician's office and when his wound had
been dressed he returned him and told
his wife that she would have to get
rid of her snakes or of him.
Indignantly she refused to do away
with her pets, but the husband was
obdurate and announced that either
the snakes or he must go, and the wife,
compelled to choose between the two,
decided that she loved her reptiles the
best. Hedler left the house i'm no pleas
ant frame of mind when he realized
his wife's determination and lost no
time in retaining counsel and starting
suit for divorce.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
SCHLEY SPOKE AT BOSTON.
Celebration of the Vacation of the
City by the British.

Boston, March 1.-THE one hundred
and twenty-sixth anniversary of the
evacuation of Boston by the British
was celebrated in South Boston to-day
by the unwilling of a monument erect
ed on the site of the breastworks of
the Colonial army on Dorchester
Heights. A military parade preceded
the ceremony and following it Senator
Lodge delivered an eloquent historical
grafton.
In the evening a banquet was given
by the South Boston Citizens Associa-
ton in honor of the day, with Admiral
Schley as the chief guest.
During the after dinner speaking
Admiral Schley amid much enthu-
siasm, spoke of his pleasant associa-
lions with Boston, ties made during
a three years residence here. Contin-
uing, he said:
1.-The event which you are celebrat-
ing to-day was momentous in the life,
the glory and the permanence of this
great republic of ours. The influence
of the evacuation of Boston gave life
and shed hope throughout the colonies,
then struggling for freedom. The les
son it imposes is devotion to duty, for
those who won it were martyrs to
sense of duty that never knew the fear
Of death 4"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
THE NORTHWEST BLIZZARD.
The Weather Fair but Intensely
COld-fen or Twelve Persons Have
Persisted.

The Weather Fair but Intensely
COld-fen or Twelve Persons Have
Persisted.
st. Paul, March 1.-THE great bliz-
card which has ragged over the Dako-
tas and Manitoba since last Friday,
subsidized last night, and TODAY the
weather was generally fair, but in
tensely cold. the thermometer ranging
from ten to sixteen below zero.
With the subsistence of the storm the
railroads are bending their energies to
open their lines for traffic, and inn
of men with pick and shovel are at
lacking the mountainous drifts that
block the tracks. The Great Northern
has succeeded in opening it's line as
far west as Church's Ferry, N. D.,
and the road is expected to be clear as
far as Minot by morning.
If all goes well, the coast train that
should have arrived in st. Paul last
Saturday morning will get here some
time on Wednesday.
In view of the fury and suddenness
of the storms it is remarkable that so
few lives are reported lost. While the
reports so far have been meagre and
many remote points have not yet been
heard from, it is the general belief that
not more than eight or ten persons
persisted throughout the storm-swept
region. A family of four is reported to
have persisted near Minot, N. D., and
two or three others are said to have
been frozen to death in different locali-
tiles. The loss to stock is hard to esti-
mate.
A report from Dickinson, N. D.,
places the loss at from % to 80 per
cent, while rumor places it, in other
localities, at a much higher figure.
There has been a good deal of suffer-
ing among the new settlers, many of
whom arrived but recently and were
ill prepared to Withstand the severe
weather, but relief committees from
the older inhabitants have taken
charge of this matter and are doing
their best to alleviate the needs of the
newcomers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
KILLED ANOTHER NEGRO.

Albert Edwards, Arrested at Angus
TIA, Claims Killing Was Accidental.
Augusta, March 1T.-Albert Edwards,
a negro, apparently 30 years old, was
arrested in Augusta to- night on the
charge of murder. This evening in
Hamburg, S. c., he shot with a rifle
and instantly killed another negro,
named Dick Phillips. There were no
witnesses, but Edwards fled across the
river to Georgia, where he was later
arrested. He claims that the shooting
was accidental. He said he had the rifle
between his knees and in getting UP,
accidentally discharged it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18

the reward or punishment consequent
upon the good or ill treatment of a
Friday toad; on this day, therefore, the
usually unpopular animal is safe from
abuse and secure to belong to a species
possessing a particular arrangement of
the cuticle reminiscent of ladys head
of hair. Any person who occupies HIM
self with folklore becomes accustomed
to remarkable survivals; yet it does
excite establishment to find so perfect
an Illustration of prehistoric thought
in central Europe of the twentieth cen
turV.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
railroad once Robbcd.

Hagan, Ga, March 17.-The Seaboard
Air Line Railroad depot was robbed
last night. The robbers stole into Agent
d. C. Smiths bedroom and secured
the keys to the Office, out of his pocket,
went in and opened the safe, same be-
ing one with only a key lock on it,
and got $62 therefrom. There is no
trace of robber at this time. Another
attempt was also MADE to break into
the postotiice here, but the robbers
were frightened before their purpose
was accomplished.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
DAVID B. HILL ON FLUNKlES.
Ex-senator Speaks to Friendly Sons
of st. Patrick at Albany.

Albany, N. Y, March 17.-Speaking
at a banquet of the Friendly Sons of
St. Patrick here tonight, ex-United
States Senator David B. Hill said:
ct have no patience with the flunkies,
the sycophants and the would-be cour-
tiers who are constantly criticising the
Democratic methods of our people, but
who have nothing but unstinted praise
for the customs and conventionalities
of those who serve under royal rule.
The attitude of this country towards
other governments, and particularly
towards monarchial governments,
should be that laid down by Thomas
Jefferson in his first inaugural address
as President, namely:
Z" Peace, commerce and honest
friendship with all nations, entangling
alliances with none.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
The Augusta Golf Players.

Augusta. March lin the qualify
game to-day fer the Presidents cup
on the Bon Air golf links, there were
who qualified, and Mr.. H. H. Cum
ming won the cup offered by Mr. Dem
ming for the highest score among those
who qualified.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
THE ENDYMION PICKED UP.
Yacht Wns in Helpless Condition
When sighted by the Merritt.

Norfolk, Va, March 1.-THE yacht
Endymion, with George Lauder, her
owner, aboard, has been picked up at
sea in a helpless condition by the
wreckage tug L. ]. Merritt. The
Merritt left Norfolk for Cape Look
out on the Caroline coast to work on
on unknown tramp steamer ashore
there. While going down the coast
she sighted the Bndymion in a dis
mantled condition and bore down upon
the helpless craft, which was at that
time at the mercy of the elements.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
ENTIRE FAMILY POISONED.
Negro Driver Was Trying to Kill
the Nurse.

Washington, N. c., March T.-Dr. T.
Tayloe of the State Board of Medical
Examiners and his entire family were
poisoned this morning from coffee and
hash containing arsenic put there by
Jim Walker, a negro driver, who had
often threatened to kill the negro
nurse. When arrested rat poison, con-
tanning arsenic, was in his pocket.
Quick aid saved the poisoned family,
all of whom were seriously i'll. The ne
gro is in Jail and confessed that he put
the poison in the coffee and in the hash
but only to kill the old nurse, who had
ccnjured him.
Feeling is high against the negro and
Gov. Aycock has granted the sheriff
request to call out the troops to pro-
tect him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
FOUND FLOTING IN LAKE.

Norfolk Tug Captain LOses HIS LIE
in Lake.
Norfolk. Va, March 17.-Saturday
night, March 1, Capt. James M. Alex
ander of the tug Lumsdon, disappeared
from home and not the slightest trace
of him could be found until this morn
ing. when his body was seen floating
in Mahone's lake, short distance from
the city.
1t is supposed he tried to cross the
lake on a foot bridge on his way home
and fell in.
He leaves a wife and five children.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
AUGUSTA HAS A SENSATION.
Unknown White Women IntOxicat-
ed and n Dead Baby Found.

Augusta, Ca. March 17.-To-night
the police are searching for two un-
known white women who are reported
to have been in an intoxicated con-
dition in a certain locality Sunday
night and a dead baby has since been
found there Its skull is crushed. Its
parentage is unknown.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18
A SHIPS CREW IN DANGER.

UNKNOWN Stenmshfp About TO Go TO
Pieces ON Cape Lookout Shoals.
Morehead City, N. c., March IT,
The unknown steamship on Cape Look
out shoals will probably go to pieces
tonight. 1t is impossible to reach her
on account of high seas and winds.
The life saving crew have tried in vain
to rescue the crew.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18

which he said MIR. Newlywed" had
worked off on him. for a half-day's
guiding about the city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-18

although the WAR of the States"
leu thirty-five years ago, Confeder-
Nv money is still in circulation at the
de ,lonal capital-at least, it was one
,,' Iast week. A bride and groom
oc ele sightseeing here, and as a matter
si course the newly made husband de-
tisu 10 give his bride all the atten-
N1ulS due her on such an eventful trip
r,. Oh the professional guides, who
'aNes handsome income showing
"Sual visitors the sights. took the
sing couple in charge and escorted
U III TO all of the public buildings,
tI,Iluihg up with a visit to the White
o,,3Ie The young man thanked the
e Sue Tor his kind ttention-quietly
Npped bill into the guides hand and
moment later was being whirled
thDS m an automobile. The guide saw
NJ ngures 10" as he hurriedly
rUSHeq the money into his pocket. and
tIsileu off to capture another pair Of
ISIS. A few minutes later he re-
s ,. ueu TO the White House to seek as
of 'dhce in trying to identify 'the pair
SDoons' he had in tow a few min
~. before He explained his anxiety
~ displaying a $40 Confederate note,
The Iola register., 1902-08-22
Something About Paving.

lola has decided to pave her streets
and so these figures which Chanute
has secured, showing the cost OF the
kind of paving we want, are interest
ing here. The Tribune says:
The council awarded the Main
street paving contract last night after
considering the bids in executive ses-
sion, to Stephen Schuttle g. Co., a Ft.
Madison, Ia, firm, whose bid for paw
ing complete was Sl.57 per So. yd.
Six other bids were considered and
were as follows:
w. II. Stuckey, Coneyville, sl.62t.
Ramsey & Ramsey, Topeka, 81. so.
II. S. Gilfllan, Ft. Scott, Sl.Sj.
w. M. Edwards, X. c. Mo, S1.S7.
John Ritchie, Lawrence, $l.SS.
Chopson & Greever, Lcavenwor.h,
$500.
Bids on curbing alone we're submit.
ted by the Ft. Scott Flagstone Co.,
and Henry A. Usher. The firm bid
40! per lineal foot new curbing lac
for changing old, while the latter bid
60c for the new and l5c for the old.
The contract must be completed by
the end of the year so it is not to be
very long until Chanute will have one
Of the finest streets in the state.
The contract calls for the best kind
of paving. A base of asphaltum ther
a layer of sand, then layer of Cha
mute brickla laid on side, layer of sand
on this, lastly PAYERS laid on edge.
The city attorney was instructed tC
prepare ten year improvement bonds
This will give property owners or
Main street ten years to pay theil
paving assessment if they desire it,
one-tenth being paid each year by
tax levy. All who desire of course
can pay cash now before bonds are
issued, which it is thought most of the
property owners will do.
The Iola register., 1902-08-22
Surprised Mrs. Bartels

A very pleasant social function oc-
CURED AZ the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. M. Bartels on North Wash
ington last Tuesday.
1t was perpetrated by Salem Chap
ter No. 4 o. +. S., who deftly and
quietly took possession of the spacious
parlors, completely surprising their
hostess.
The grounds we're soon lighted with
japanese lanterns and a mandolin
company put in an appearance who
discoursed sweet music while merry
voices whiled away the hours in song
and laughter.
Mrs. Bartels is an invalid and "a
much loved sister Of the order, and
the surprise was as grateful as it was
unexpected. The gift of large aud
beautiful bouquet Of roses and astors
presented by the worthy matron, Mrs.
Shoenarts, in u few well-chOsen and
touching words, was a pleasant
feature of the evening.
Refreshments, dainty and palatable,
we're served, and about fifty guests
partook.
The moonlight, the music, the feast
ing, the love and cheer made an event
that will be long remembered by Mrs.
Bartels and her happy friends.
A STAR.
The Iola register., 1902-08-22
died From Heart Failnre.

Ed Dutton, a lame man who for sew
eral years was located in lola, being
operator at the Santa Fe depot, was
found dead in his bed at his room in
Chanute Sunday morning. He had
been out hunting Friday, became
over-heated and complained of being
i'll afterwards. When a boy went to
wake him Sunday morning it was
found that he. had died during the
night. He was X. r., Workman
and railroad man and carried s., ,00C
life insurance in the Workmen, The
funeral was held Monday afternoon
and Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Ellis, of
lola, attended. When Dutton lived
here he roomed at the Grays'.