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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
GOT BROWNS WATCH.
JcweIry Worth %1,sOO Was stolen
from Him mt Macon.

Macon, Oct. 27-Julius L. Brown,
of Atlanta, was a victim of pickpockets
last night as he stepped from the
Southern train, and is now mourning
the loss of handsome 81 800 watch,
watch chain and charm
Mr.. Brown detected his loss inme-
diately and at once gave the alarm,
but the officers on hand were unable
to accomplish anything. The theft was
reported at police headquarters and
detectives equipped with an accurate
description of the watch and charm
were put to work.
Just before midnight last night secret
service men pinched stranger who is
booked as w. D. Wells who was sup
posed to be a professional pickpocket
and the litter of Mr.. Browns watch.
Mr.. Brown has offered a 5000. reward
for the recovery of his jeygelry. His
watch, is an open face timepiece. with
string of diamonds around the dial
and with his monogram on the back.
done in diamonds. The charm is a
Knight Templar badge and is studded
with diamonds. The chain is plain
gold
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
WOMAN is lNv0L WE'D
In the Government Land Frauds i'm
Southern Oregon.

Portland, Ore. Oct. 27.-The United
States grand jury to-day returned in
dictments against three persons on the
charge of forgery. in the entry of pub
lie lands in the Southern Oregon dis
tricts. The persons indicted are Miss
Mary L. Ware. Horace G. Mckinley
and S. A. d. Puter.
, The specific charges are that these
three defendants forged the names OF
hctitious persons to homestead appii-
cations and final proofs.
Miss Ware was formerly United
states land commissioner at Eugene,
out was removed several months ago
by United States, District Judge Bel
niger on charges of fraud. Mckinley
ana Puter are timber land operators,
ana IL IS alleged that they fraudulently
secured large tracts of timber lands by
working in connection with Miss Ware,
the United States commissioner.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
RUN ON The BANKS
WAS STARTED IN ST. LOUIS BY A
CHICAGO RUMoR.
ALL DEMANDS WERE MET.
OFFICIALS PARTIALLY CONVINCED
DEPOSIToRS OF THEIR SAFETY.

1t Was Reported from Chicago That
Two Directors of st. Louis In
stitutiOn Had Been Unable to Ne
gOtiate a s2.OOO,OOO LOan-On the
Savings Departments of Three
Banks the Run Then Commenced.
Anxiety Finally AIIayed.
st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 27.-Fronl short
ly before l O'Clock to-day until the
closing hour, o'clock, runs were made
on the savings departments of three
banks of st. Louis. and at the same
time more than the ordinary amount of
Withdrawals by depositors were notice
able in the other banking institutions.
The run, so far as it can be traced,
was started by a disquieting rumor
from the outside that seemed to strike
effect that the savings institutions here
were unsound. With rush the cor
ridors of the Lincoln Trust Company,
the Mercantile Trust Company and the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company were
filled with men and women. all eager
10 Withdraw their money.
The scene in. any one bank was du
plicated in the other two. A line of
people, with bankbooks in their hands
and faces eagerly scanning the little
barred windows of the bank tellers,
stretched out into the street and inter-
mingled, were policemen and bank OFF,
Gals counselling calmness and giving
assurances of solvency.
1t Is stated that the rumor that
started the run came from Chicago,
and, was to the effect that two directors
of the Mississippi Valley Trust Com
pany had recently endeavored to ne
gotiate a loan of $2,000.00O in that city,
and had been refused. To-day this
rumor was pronounced an absolute ca
nard by the directors concerned.
AS soon as the runs started all other
business was laid aside. and every ia
cility was afforded for the prompt pay
ment of deposits. The clause whi&
gives the bank the privilege of with
holding payment until sixty days after
notification was waived, and amounts
were paid rapidly. regardless of their
size. There was no disorder mani est
ed at any of the institutions, and in
many cases depositors. who had hur-
ried to withdraw amounts, departed
without their money, after having con-
versed few moments with the officials
and had been made confident that the
bank would continue o'do business.
At the Missouri Trust Company a
number of depositors had collected to
demand payment, but the crowd soon
tfiinned out, and before 3 o'clock the
incipient run had ceased.
Presidents of the different national
banks assembled during the afternoon
and issued a statement in which they
announced that the banks of St. Louis
are perfectly solvent and amply able
to iiquidate all demands. '-.t -,..
All the banks closed at o'clock, the
usual hour, and announcement was
made that they will open tomorrow
morning at the usual hour, at 10
o'clock. and will meet all demands
made.
The. directors Of the different trust
companies at meetings tonight decided
to enforce the thirty and sixty day
notification clause tomorrow and this,
it is believed, will doubtless stop all
tendency to a continuation of the runs.
A statement was given out saying that
the trust companies were In need of no
assistance whatever.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28

not vet conquered our endemic filth dis
ease, typhoid fever, and tuberculosis
still claims nearly 10000 victims an
nually within the limits of the Unite i
States. Until these and other wildly
prevalent infectious diseases are prac-
tically stamped out our self-impos ed
task will not be C4nplete."
DR.. ID. r. Salmon, of the Bureau of
Animal Industry. presented a report
showing that bovine tuberculosis was a
factor In the human infection. He
said the evidence of infection from ami
mails was sufficient to prove the ne
cessity for measures to guard against
the infection of children through milk
The committee on car sanitation re-
ported through DR.. ]. N. Hurry of In
dianapolis. There is unanimity of opin-
ion, he said regarding the transporta-
ton by common carrier of persons sick
with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, leprosy, yellow fever and typhoid
Leprosy, he declared, is not as easily
transmitted as tuberculosis and COM
pared to the latter in it's destructive
ness of human life, it amounts to moth
ing at all. Yet. he said. a riot you'd
follow the introduction of a leper into a
railway car.
There was general discussion of the
subject of car ventilation, the concern
sus of opinion being that the air in
sleeping cars becomes initiated, and
that they are fruitful sources of dis
eases.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
KILLED AT NIAGARA.

Niagara Falls. N. Y, Oct. 27.-Three
men were killed and three injured
through an accident at the Canadian
Niagara Power Companys plant at
Niagara Falls, Ont, early to-day. Two
of the dead and the injured are ItaI-
ian laborers. The other dead man was
George Hitler. of this city. The men
were being lowered into the pit of the
power company when the bucket over
turned by striking a ledge, precipitat-
ing the entire party to the bottom of
the shaft, distance of $50 feet The
injured men probably will recover.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
ROOSEVELT APPROVES
THE LEVEE CONVENTION
Encouraging Letter Received from the President
by the Association in New Orleans

ray F. Smith of Vicksburg offered the
following resolution, which was unan-
imously adopted:
Resolved. That the thanks of the
people of the Mississippi valley are
hereby rendered to President Roose-
welt, through this convention, for his
manly and patriotic letter, indorsing
the purposes for which this convention
has been called, to-wit: the deepening
and improving of the channel of the
Mississippi river and the protection of
the vast area of alluvial and fertile ter
litory along its banks from devastation
by flood, whereby conserving and ia
cilitating the vast and growing inter-
state commerce already transacted
through the medium of great railroad
systems behind the levees.
Resolved, further, That the chair
man and secretary of this convention
be required to wire these resolutions to
the President"
The convention took a recess until
o'clock in the evening. At the opening
of the night session Judge N. G..
Blanchard of Louisiana, spoke, urging
government control of the leveeS.
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son, following Judge Blanchard, was
welcomed with great cordiality. He
said the question of government con-
troll of the leVees was new one to
him. 1t interested him deeply, and the
people of the lower valley had his deep
est sympathy in pushing it,.
The secretary spoke for the new pol
icy the government had adopted in the
matter of irrigation in the West. He
urged the imperative necessity of for
est preservation and of dam construc-
ton for the dual purposes of aiding
agriculture and reducing the volume of
water poured through the great river.
Congressman j. E. sRansdell followed
Secretary Wilson. When Mr.. Ransdell
concluded, President Scott announced
the committee on resolutions with Gen.
7. c. Catchings of Mississippi as chair
man. and members from the following
states represented in the convention:
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Mississippi, Missouri. Arkansas, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, New York, Alabama,
California, Texas. Georgia and Louis
lana. SO
The convention adjourned until to-
morrow
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28

New Orleans. Oct 27.-Resolved 10
appeal to the federal government for
adequate aid to levee both banks of
the Mississippi river and to maintain
such levees at maximum grade, there
by making possible the reclamation and
protection. of the alluvial lands and i'm
proving navigation, the largest and
most influential levee convention yet
held in the valley convened here to-
day, when President Charles Scott
called the Interstate Mississippi River
Improvement and Levee Association to
order
The occasion was otherwise a notable
one by the direct announcement by the
President of the United States of his
sympathy with the movement which
the convention proposes to inaugurate.
The delegates represented eight or ten
states of the Mississippi and Ohio val
leys and included Governors, sena tors.
members of Congress, high railroad Of
ficials and representatives of CONNER
cial exchanges and levee boards.
In calling the convention to order
President Scott defended the levee sys-
tenn and urged the constitutionality, the
expedience and the commercial and
military necessity of government
charge of the river. Mayor Capdevielle
and Gov. Heard made addresses of well
come.
Charles Scott was made permanent
chairman of the convention and John
w. Bryant of Louisiana and w. A.
Everman of Mississippi. secretaries,
and a committee on resolutions, COM
posed of two delegates from each state
represented and ten at large, was pro-
vided for.
Before the convention took a recess
Chairman Parker of the Committee on
Arrangements read a letter from Pres
ident Roosevelt. which aroused much
enthusiasm. The President wrote:
MY dear Mr.. Parker: Permit me,
through you, to express my very great
interest in the work of the Interstate
levee' convention. Exactly as I have
taken a keen interest in irrigation In
the arid regions, so 1 feel that the
movement for thoroughly protecting
the Mississippi lowlands by levees, is
one of appearances to the whole coun-
try, no less than to the people imme-
diately adjoining the great river.
wish all success to your convention,
and shall follow it's proceedings with
close attention. Sincerely YOURS,
Theodore Roosevelt"
When the letter had been read, Muir
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
ATTACK BY MCLAUGHLIN
Again a Feature of New YOrk's PO-
IiticaI Situation.


New York, Oct 27.-Hugh McLaugh-
lin, of Brooklyn to-day issued another
statement, attacking Charles F. MUIR
ply and Tammany Hall. In it Mr.. Nc
Laughlin said that had his advice been
taken the Kings County Democrats
would not have entered the recent city
convention. He said he had surrender
ed his leadership to the younger ele-
ment several years ago, and that if he
had been leader he would not have
countenanced Murphy's attitude in re-
fusing to discuss his ticket with Brook
lyn Democrats
The charge that Tammany was COL
onizing voters in this city, was made
to-day by Chairman Linn Bruce of the
Republican County Committee. and an
nouncement later was made that a re-
ward fund of $4,000 had been provided
by committee of nine citizens to be
offered by the Citizens Union for Sc
curing the arrest and conviction of
Violators of the election laws.
promptly denied by leader Charles F.
Murphy of Tammany Hall, who said it
was untrue, so far as his organization
was concerned, and If anything of the
KIND was going on, he said, it must be
by the Fusionists.
Charges were made that the Fusion
lists were putting up money for Dew
ery's campaign. These were denied by
Mr.. Cutting
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
NASHVILLE TO CELEBRATE
Completion of Railroad-News
Notes from VaIdosta.

Completion of Railroad-News
Notes from vaIdosta.
Valdosta, Ca, Oct. 27.-The people Of
Nashville. in Berrien county. are pre-
pairing celebration for thes compile
ton OF the Ocilla, Pinebloom and VAL
dosta Railroad to that place. The cele-
bration will take place next Saturday.
The new road will run excursions and
the road from Sparks to Nashville will
do the same. There will be a great
barbecue, and also public speaking.
one of the features of the day will be
an educational rally attended by prom
lnent educators from all parts of the
state. A few years ago. Nashville
was an isolated country court house
site, ten or twelve miles from the rail-
roads in any direction.
Mr.. Jasper Mathis, a well-known
farmer of this county, tells a story of
a battle which he and his wife witt
messed few days ago near thier coun-
try home. They were out walking
and found two large snakes. a RATHER
and a kingsnake. in a fight to the
death. The kingsnake had the advan-
tage of the struggle from the begin
ming, having managed to get hold of
the rattler's head and then to- coil it.
self around the RATHER so tightly as to
squeeze the life from the rattlesnake
after the struggle had lasted for ten
minutes or more. After ending the life
OF the RATHER. the kingsnake made a
meal of the remains. MT. Mathis says
that the grounds over which the two
snakes fought was bloody.
G. w. Holland. white man from
Cairo, is in Jail here, charged with
illicit distilling. Holland Is said to
have operated still in Thomas county
and he will be tried before Commits
sioner Johnson on the charge to-
morrow.
1t is believed here that good deal
of damage was done by the severe
weather of Sunday morning, the frost
being unexpected and unusual for the
season of the year. Many of the prod
ucts of the farmers We're hurt and
another blow was given to the already
unfortunate cotton crop.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28

President Roosevelt has broken an
other record by sending to a candidate
of the opposite party a good luck"
message. The candidate in question is
Mitchell L. Erlanger, nominated by
Tammany for sheriff in New York. The
president and Mr.. Erlanger were class
mates in the Columbia Law School and
have been warm friends ever since. In
$685. when Mr.. Roosevelt was running
for Governor, the Tammany man sent
him good luck" telegram, repeating
ii in the campaign when his old class
mate was elected vice president. In
complimentary return for these good
wishes the President sent the message
in question.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
BLAIR MAY RECOVER.

st. Louis. Oct. 27.-The physicians
attending James L. Blair. who has
been in a precarious condition since his
fan down flight of stone steps at his
home last Saturday evening, as the re-
suit of a physical collapse. stated to-
night for the first time since the acct
dent that Mr.. Blair has now an even
chance for recovery. Percy Blair to-
night stated that his mother, who Is
president of the board OF lady managers
Of the Worlds Fair. had called a meet
ing of the board for Nov. IL at which
she would state her position regarding
the Worlds. Fair st
The investigation into the charges
made against Mr.. Blair is being pur-
sued by the grand jury, but no new
witnesses were examined to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
New steamboat Line.

cambridge, Ga. Oct. 27.-The estab-
lishment of the new steamboat line be-
tween this city and Apalachicola will
materially help the. business interest Of
this city in obtaining lower freight
rates. The steamboat Gertrude made
its initial trip the early part of the
week, and brought large cargo of
freight as well as passengers. The
boat is owned by anaindependent COM
pany composed of Apalachicola aud
Pensacola people. The Gertrude was
brought here from the Ohio river,
where she has been- in commission. for
some time, although she is practically
a new boat. She will make the round
trip twice a week connecting at Apa-
lachicola with the Gulf steamers ply
ing between Pensacola and New Or
iaanS --f
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
OBITUARY..
Mrs. n. w. Greene.

The funeral of Mrs Robert w. Greene
took place yesterday afternoon from
the family residence at No. PA Ogle-
thorpe avenue, west. Rev. Robb
White, pastor of Christ Church, con-
Quoted the services, a part of which
was the singing of number of hymns
by the choir of Christ Church. The
pallbearers we're Messrs. ]. M. Black,
Chas Ehlers, George f. Graham,
George f. Forrest. Jake Eitell and
William Roach. The burial was in
Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Greene had been i'll but short
time prior to her death, so that the
news that she had passed away came
as a distinct shock to her many friends.
She is survived by her husband and
four children.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
SITUATION EASIER.
Believed That Russia and Japan
A. VIII Come to Terms.

Yokohama. Oct. 27-Mysterious
movements of Russians in Korea con-
tinue to be reported. A detachment of
200 Russian. troops is said to have
crossed the river Tumf into Korea, and
another contingent of forty Russians
appeared at Win on Friday last and
subsequently retired.
The newspapers here regard the sit
uation as being easier and believe that
Baron De Rosen, the Russian minister,
and Foreign Minister Komura are
nearer to reaching an agreement.
Following the announcement made
here yesterday that the Korean govern
ment had protested against the Rus
sian fertilization of Yopgampho. on the
Yalu river, official advices received at
Toxic tend to confirm the report that
the Russians have fortified that place.
This may lead to important develop
ments, as the fertilization of Yongam-
pho would be an infringement of Ko-
rean integrity. |
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
Wilson ON n Tour.

New Orleans. Oct 27.-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson arrived here to-
day. The secretary is on his way to
Texas. He will spend Thursday at
Crowley, La, where he will inspect the
Crowley canal system and study the
production and marketing of rice at the
most important rice milling center in
America. During the day the secretary
visited the Cotton Exchange and be-
came quickly the center of attraction.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
TRAIN KILLED THREE.

New York Oct. H.-Three men were
instantly killed on the tracks OF the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad this evening by a local train.
One body only was identified. The men
were walking in labyrinth OF tracks
and seeing one train approaching they
jumped on what they supposed was a
safe track. but instead got on the one
on which the train switched as II came
through the yards.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
Mrn. /. @. Q. Lamar, Macon.

Macon, oct. 27.--Mrs. L. @. c. La
mar, widow of the former justice of
the United States Supreme Court, died
tonight at her residence in this city.
Mrs. Lamar was formerly Miss Hen
rietta Dean. daughter of James Dean.
Mrs. Lamar was reared in Vineville, a
suburb of Macon. Her health had been
failing for some time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
JENKINS is CHAMPION.

Pittsburg. Pa. Oct. 27.--The wrest-
ling match for the championship Of the
world. which took place at Old City
Hall, this city tonight, between Tom
Jenkins of Cleveland. o.. and. Dan Nc
Leod OF Canada. was won by Jenkins.
he taking FIRST and third falls.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
FIGHT IN DOUKHOBoR.
Three Persons Killed and One Fa-
tally Wounded.

tally Wounded.
Chicago, Oct. pa dispatch to the
Tribune from Winnipeg, Man, says:
Word has been received here of a
riot in the Dcukhobor colony, to the
north of Swan lake, in which three
persons were killed and another fatal
ly injured. Peter Veregin. the self
styled Christ of these people, went on
a visit to the Yorkton. colony. Be-
fore he went he called his followers
together and. while they lay PROSTATE
he told them to follow out his doctrine
during his absence and to pay no
heed to any so-called missionaries who
might visit them. '., 70. o.
For day all went we'll until Meth
odist minister, named Perkins, arrived
at the settlement and tried to preach
The community divided itself, and one
faction of the men stripped themselves
of clothing, as they have done on sew
eral previous occasions, and started to
look for Veregin. The others inter-
fered, and a pitched battle ensued.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
c. R. Lndd, JacksonviIIe, Fla.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct 27.-Charles
Rensselaer, Laid. ex-state auditor of
Massachusetts. died here to-day of pal
sy after i've months treatment at St.
Lukes Hospital.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
NJ. M. Este, HonoIuIu.

Honolulu, Oct. 27.--United States dis
trict Judge, M. NJ. Este. died here to-
day OF prostTation following an opera
trouble.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
AMERICAN COCOA DRINKERS.
The Increase I'm Consumption ReIn-
lively Greater Than That of Coffee
or Ten.

From the New York Sun.
It surprises many of-us to learn that
our consumption. Of cocoa has grown
more rapidly, than that, of coffee, and
much more rapidly than that of tea.
In fact the use of both cocoa and cof-
fee has increased in the United States
in recent years faster than that of
tea, which shows no material increase.
The following figures of our import of
each of these three articles bear out
4bia
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28
Johnson Got Decision.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 27.--Jack
Johnson got the decision over McVey
AZ the end of twenty rounds here to-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-28

The cacao tree grows wild in tropl-
cal America, and Is also much Guilt
waited there, and to some extent in Asia
and Africa. 1t is from the seeds of
the fruit OF this tree that the chocolate
of commerce is produced, while the
shells are used for the decoction, known
as cocoa. We import the crude cacao
and leaves and shells.
While our import of crude cacao has
Increased so largely that of nnanufac-
tured cocoa and chocolate has fallen
from 1.467,977 pounds, valued at $685.
S19 in 1897. the year in which the Ding
ley protective tariff began, to $50, S24
pounds in 1903, valued at $144,S23. The
benefit to our manufacturing and wage
earning interests is shown in the
growth of our cocoa and chocolate fac
tories. quoting Census Bureau figures,
the number OF factories being seven in
1880. eleven in 1880 and twenty-four in
1900:
s 1880. 1900.
Capital employed 81 $50, 500 Sc 800, 1872
Materials used ...... s12. 403 6.S76 6S2
Value Of product -, 1.302153 1885, 1872
The fact that our cacao imports in
Guided about ten million pounds in
1892, and twenty million pounds in 1902
from the West, India. Islands, is of es-
pecial interest in connection with the
possibilities of Porto Rico along this
line. 1t win be a victory for us when
the cocoa we use is grown under the
American flag. In 1900, we got 1872
pounds from Porto Rico. but none
since. still. the fact that cocao was
raised there opens the question for the
future. Experts say that cocao plant.
Ing in Nicaragua yields $500 yearly per
acre. Of which $3.50 is profit
Why not grow our own cocao, as well
as manufacture il into cocoa and choc-
olate?
Walter J. Ballard.
Schenectady, Oct. IS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-11-13
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