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The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
MUNITIONS OF WAR
SENT BY THE CAR.
Proof of the Friendship of Russia
for Montenegro.


Vienna, March 31.-The news from
the Balkans is causing uneasiness in
official circles here. The situation is
considered graver than a few weeks
ago.
Two particularly significant reports
were received to-day. The first, that
the Gar had presented to the Prince
of Montenegro eight batteries of quick
firing small calibre guns with ammu-
milton, and the second that Russia has
addressed another warning message to
Bulgaria.
In his autograph letter to the Prince
of Montenegro, the Car writes that the
gift is intended as a proof of Russia's
friendship for Montenegro, in whose
independence all the Slav peoples are
deeply interested.
The Cars gift recalls his recent
present to Servia of 100000 car
tridges.
With regard to Russia's message to
Bulgaria it is said to have been in
spired by the unfavorable reports from
the Russian consuls in Macedonia re-
garding the attitude of the Christian
population towards the Turks, and is
as an explanation of the recall of the
Daneff ministry.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Know of no Break.

Baton Rouge, La, March 31-Neither
Governor Heard nor the Board of Con-
troll has received any official confirma-
ton of the rumored break in the An
COLA levee. They say that the report
may be true, but they do not believe
it possible that they would not have
been advised of such a condition. A
break there would not be any great
surprise, but they do not credit the
present report.
Col. c. Harrison Parker, president of
the Board of Control tonight stated
he had not received any notice of the
break
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Bureaus River Report.

Washington,s March 31.-The river
situation continues unchanged below
the mouth of the Ohio river, and also
unimproved from Greenville southwark.
The slow decline continues generally,
but will cease within a day or two
from Vicksburg southwark, as the
overflow water from the cervasse on
the east side will begin to run in
by way of the Yazoo river
The crevasse near Lucy. La, is now
over 600 feet wide, and efforts to close
the break, while desperate, have thus
far been unsuccessful and great dam
age is resulting from the overflow
Stages tonight are as follows: Vicks-
burg 51.3 feet, a fall of OIL foot, New
Orleans 20.2, no change.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
HOPE AT NEW ORLEANS.
Improvement Was Noted in the Riv.
CIR Conditions

CIR Conditions.
New Orleans, March S1.-With a net
fall of two-tenths of a foot in the past
twenty-four hours and encouraging
news from the scene of the struggle
at Hymelia, river conditions were con-
sederably improved to-day.
The only disaquieting news of the
day was the reported break at Angola,
but the importance of this break was
minimized to some extent by the news
that the damage resulting would be
largely confined to the state farm
located there. The eleven miles of
levees protecting Angola have cost APP
proximately 100000.
The stock and bulk of the convicts
there had been removed into the
Tunica hills, as a matter of precaution,
and steps taken to protect the camps.
The plantation is one of the best in
the state and the cotton grown upon
it has been large source of revenue.
The levee is located nearly opposite
the mouth of Red river, and the water
will ultimately find its way back into
the Mississippi, increasing the flood
wave south of Baton Rouge.
Good results attended the work at
Hymelia during the day and the
answer to the appeal of the board for
additional men and money has been
answered. BY evening the cribbing
at the upper end of the broken levee
had reached the Willows on the bat
ture and extended out a thousand feet
on the lower end.
A hopeful feeling prevails at the
scene, and the chance of closing the
break is fair. The extent of inundated
land is gradually increasing and the
situation will be a desperate one for
the sugar planters and truck farmers
if disaster comes now.
Success continues to attend the
struggle to hold the levees of the
Pontchartrain district.
The morning reading of the river
here was POP, decline of a tenth
from yesterday. There was a further
fall of a tenth during the day.
The work of closing the Hymelia
crevasse bids fair to succeed. Both
ends of the 900 feet crevasse are being
held, and a wing of crib work filled
with sacks now reaches from the
broken banks to a thicket of willows in
front. The thicket itself acts as
breakwater, and the plan to build crib
bling 800 feet long through the willows
will be easier to accomplish than the
construction of the 300 feet in the rag
ing current against the crumbling
bank.
The river at New Orleans at mid
rest of the Louisiana line is still hold
inc
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
-wiltrud Marie Alix of Bavaria. w

-Wiltrud Marie Alix of Bavaria, who
is now 10 years old, is conceded to be
the most beautiful Princess in Europe.
She is a brunei with wonderful dark
eyes, perfect features and long, brown,
wavy hair. She is a painter of merit.
a musician, linguist and a classical
scholar. But, sad to say, the beautiful
princess is of the house of Wittelbach,
whose blood is tainted through and
through with insanity. To this family
belonged the mad King Louis of Ba-
varia, and the present King, who is a
first cousin Of Princess Wiltrud, is af-
dicted with insanity of the most terri
lie kind.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
River at Vicksburg.

Vicksburg, Miss, March 31.-The wa
ter from the Washington county Gre
vases appeared here to-day and a
swift current is coming through the
Yazoo canal. The flow is not yet suf-
ficient to check the fall here, the gauge
tonight showing a decline of one-tenth
since morning along the levee lines.
There were no new developments to-
daV
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
EARLY MORNING FIRE.

At PAS o'clock this morning Police
man Reisen discovered fire in the
warehouse of H. Solomon & Son. at
Bay and Jefferson streets, and turned
in the alarm from box No. 9. The
department responded promptly and
soon had the flames under control.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Mrs. It. ID. Ford, Rome.

Rome, Ga, March 31.-Mrs. T. D.
Ford. one of Rome's most prominent
ladies', died this morning in her room
at the Armstrong Hotel. She had
been ill some time and her death was
not unexpected. She leaves a hus-
band and two children.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
OBITUARY..


Dothan, Ala, March 31.--Mr. Martin
Palmer, roadmaster for this division
of the Atlantic Coast Line, died here
to-day at IL O'clock after an illness of
nine weeks. His remains were car
ried to Jacksonville for interment. He
was a prominent man and was respect
ed by all classes. He was born in Mon
ticello Fla in 1913.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Improvement and there is little appre-
hension of further complications. The
water is falling generally in the city
The suffering and distress have been
greatly relieved, and the work towards
preventing further widening of the
crevasses to the south of the city is
meeting with better success. One of
the electric light companies has re-
sumed and this has been beneficial in
it's cheering influence.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Deer Swan the Mississippi.

Natchez. Miss, March 31.-The river
fell IS for foot in the past twenty-four
hours and reports from the levees are
most gratifying and satisfa Glory To-
day the Gallard Sporting Club secured
the conviction of a white fisherman on
a charge of killing a deer which had
been driven to this side from Louisiana
on account of high water.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Americas, Ga, March 31.-The John
r. Hudson stock of drugs was sold to-
day under decree of the court of bank
ruptcy, bringing ST. 400. Dr. Hudson
purchased the stock, either for himself
or interested parties, and will resume
business shortly.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

Portland, Ore, March 31.-H. w.
Corbett, ex-banker and former United
States Senator from this state, died at
his home in this city to-day of heart
trouble.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
corbett had retained the champion

Corbett had retained the Champion
ship.
In an instant a terrific uproar took
place. McGovern's hackers, madden
ed by the sight of their favorite being
dragged to his corner a defeated man,
swarmed around and into the ring.
They were not quicker than the po-
lice, however, who piled them pell nell
through the ropes. For five minutes
the uproar continued. Then the lights
were turned down and the crowd filed
out.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Shelter strike Settled.

Colorado Springs, March 31.-The
strike of smelter men has been settled
Manager Mcneil of the United States
Reduction and Refining Company has
promised the advisory board to rein
state the men by May IS.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Improving at GreenviIIe.

Greenville, Miss, March 31.-The
flood situation both in Greenville and
surrounding territory tonight shows
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01

--Philosophic Murphy recovering
from twenty-foot falD-"Well, / had
to come down for nails, anyway
Glasgow Evening Times.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
Car Strike Settled

Seattle, Wash, March 31.-The street
car strike has been settled.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-01
OUT WENT M'GOVERN.

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
Dickens birthplace.
The Interesting Ola House Soon to
Be Sold at Auction.
II Was niS Home for Hut the FIRST
Two Years OF iiis Life -Rricrrcd
IN In "DaNid C0rpor-
Held"

According to the cable dispatches
the birthplace of Charles Dickens is
to be sold at auction The public is
always interested in the places which
are in any way associated with the HE
history of a great man, and never
more so than in the places which en-
vironed the much-read and warmly
loved English novelist, Dickens.
Although the old-fashioned. two
story, red brick house at Portsmouth,
Portsea England-which is brought to
public notice at this time because the
auctioneer's hammer is to fall and u
is to change owners and possibly suf-
fer alteration or obliteration-sile
tered Dickens for only the first two
short years Of his life. il is certain
that even at that tender age his eye
was observing and his mind storing
up for the days when il would unload
its fullness of rare treasure for the de-
light and help of the book lover. For
this reason there is an interest in this
quaint. tile-roof house situated on
Commercial road a Portsmouth, such
rs lnEIt tOuiu bc III NlAN VI thpi"NN -
no other author,
In David Copperfeld, which is rec
ognized as really an autobiography of
the author. Dickens says, in speaking
of his birthplace: 81 think the mem
DRY of most of us can go farther back
into such times than many of us sup
pose: just as I believe the power of
in numbers of very young
to be quite wonderful for its
and accuracy. Indeed, /
think that most grown men who are
in this respect may with
greater propriety be said not to have
lost the faculty, than to have acquired
it." And it is undoubtedly true that
the little two-year-old boy, who in
later years became famous in the
world of letters the world over. re-
ceived impressions and saw and heard
things in the house of his birth which
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06

were given TO the world in his books.
Ii has been said that mo article,
however short, treating of Charles
DICKENS, can avoid entering into the
details of MS early history with
fullness which would be out of all pro-
portion TO what follows, but for the
remarkable fact that the events of his
childhood and his youth impressed his
imagination and influenced the whole
of his literary career so profoundly
that to the very end Of his life there
is not a single work in which some Of
the characters. some of the places. are
not derived from his early recol,ec-
tons We identify the Marshalsea
prison of Little Dorrit" as the place
where for two years he went in and
out while his father langushed in the
debtors prison. Bob Sawyer's loda-
ines in Liant street were his own. We
identify David Copperheld, the friend
less youth in the dirSy warehouse in
London. as a picture Of himself during
the distressing period of his life to
which he never referred in his con
versation with friends Ard we can
go back INFO the days Of his info ~
in the home at Portsmouth where he
was born and trace something of his
| life and impressions there.
But the years have brought Their
changes When Dickens was horn The
hop-e stood half q mile outside N,
town walls Of Portsmouth in q cub-,~l
called Landport Since those dat
nearly a century AGO -,he place ha,
grown to be a great town. end
"trar! ca" line runs INN ediatelv 10
fcre inc front door of the DicIc9s
birtNnlqco Since the day when Johr
/ Dickens. the father Of Charles. wa
/ recalled to London-he was a clerS II
/ The navy pay Office al Portsmouth,
/ the house has been continuously oc
cupicd hv Miss Sarah Pearce. daugh
ter of the landlord of Dickens father
! TO whom he let" the house for 90
n year And now he house is TO b,
sold at auction. with all the uncer
tainty which attends such a fate.
Before the death Of Charles Dicten
he expressed a wish to be buried il
the quiet little churchyard at Shorne
and his children made arrangement
10 carrv out that desire. but the nation
earnestly sought the privilege of hon
oring its illustrious author with
resting place among the worthless fl
Westminster Abbey and there hi
bones repose to-day. Would It not b
fitting II England. moved by the sam
spirit of devotion. would step forwar
at the present time and secure an
preserve hts birthplace? She provid
ed tomb. a last resting place; VIII
should she not secure and preserv
he first home and resting place Q
Charles DIckensf
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06

tered, but. laying back its ears, and ex-
polling the air from its lungs with a loud
Kissing sound, it scrambled quickly to
the ground and worked its way along
the sides of the building, looking for
hole to escape by. decided to LET it go,
and hunt the animal up later, to get an
idea of its private life. So opened
the door about a foot, and it dashed
out and was lost In the shadows be-
hind the buildings, almost before
could see which way it went For, shcrt-
legged and heavily built though IL is a
raccoon has a most astonishing way OF
hustling over the ground when there is
any real necessity for it,
Next day | set out 10 find where that
raccoon lived for felt sure its home was
not very far from the farmyard il had
been visiting After a search of reerly
two days, during which | visited every
hollow tree I knew Of for two or three
miles around, came upon an old trunk
| half hidden amongst the branches Of
other trees. Near the top there wcs a
ve~y promising hole. and, as the bark had
been recently scratched b. the claws
Of some animal, | was pretty sure there
was something hairy in that" I
climbed the trunk and, peering down
into the dark hole, saw two shining
stars, and heard again the kissing
sound which the raccoon had made
in the henhouse. had seen all cared
about for that day; knew where she
lived now, and | could visit her at
my leisure Next day set ont early to
my visit, and upon arriving at the tree
| picked up a big dead branch, with which
belabored the trunk at the same time
shouting at the top of my voice. This
outrageous conduct had the desired ef-
feet and a large raccoon scrambled out
CT the mouth of the hole, and. swinging
on TO a branch which grew near. was
soon al the top of another tree After
= pounding the stump again to no effect
! ] climbed up to the hole and looked in
This time | saw no shining stars. but
, SOW a number of bright little spots. and
] heard chorus of long-drawn. tremh.
: lous pur-r-r-rs. which knew from pre-
= vious experience meant young rae
cOons ! leaned into the hole snt
; r~"ohed down. and drew them out fou,
! of them, each with look OF astonish
ment on his comical little face. pu
) one of them in each Of my side rockets
! and after returning the others to thei
: home slid to the foot of the tree. Her
/ set the little gray cubs on the ground
! and more self-possessed youngsters
5 never saw. They seemed interested ii
e everything. but surprised at nothing
e crd they just toddled about amongst tn
l ferns and tree trunks as though the
4 were attending to everyday duties. a
: the time purring contentedly. Then
' took them home, and, like other youn
. rGccoons | have rearad, they took readil
TO COWS milk.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
RNggllIS nm H0ME
They Prove Very Interesting Wisn0
You study Them Carefully.
Ca,chns an OLA one in q Ken House
nad iluntine an Her Home ana
aer Iiabies-tlow they
Acted

/ Personally, I should never dream oil
toterrupting a fox or other villa crea-
iture I'm the act OF stealing a men. tor
the pleasure and Information 10 be
gained by watching the animal at
work. the payment OF a hen or two
would seem no more a loss than would
the payment OF money for lecture tick
cts. But, then, my living in nowise de-
pends upon the successful rearing Oh
poultry: If II did. l might have had
more sympathy for a farmer neighbor
who called upon me some months ago
Something, he said, had been stealing
his chickens. and he wanted to know II
I wouldn't try to find out what II was.
accepted the proposition. and tfat
night took an old army blanket ana
made myself comfortable under the lee
of a haystack, whence | had fair we"
OF the farmers henhouse.
Before that, however, | had all the
hens removed to another building, for
| knew the animal. whatever II was
would probably return to the scene Oh
its former successes. and in case
had to capture the animal in the hen
house | did not wish to have matters
complicated by the insane acts OF
half hundred squawking hens That
night, however, my watching was in
vain. and the second night was just as
barren of results. But the third, a
beautiful moonlight night. was not
disappointed. 1t may have been u
o'clock when l distinctly heard a
sound from the direction of the sta
Bile: 1t was the sound of some animal
shifting. Presently. round an angle OF
the barn came a darl1-loolling animal
which. by its peculiar rocking gait alone,
should have recognized as raccoon.
Near one corner of the henhouse there
was a little door for the hens and in
to this the raccoon walked, as Gelib-
erately as though he owned the farm.
! arose quietly. and, slipping across
the yard, dropped the little door into
place, and | had prisoner Then
got lantern from the stable, and, open
ing the door very carefully, walked into
the henhouse The raccoon was walk
ing along the topmost perch as en-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
Speaking Dates.

Judge T. P. cook and Judge
James Breathut viii address the
voters at the following times and
places;
Gracey, Tuesday, Oct 6, l pm.
Pee Dee. Tuesday, oct. g. night
Beverly. Weaus sda,, Oct. IL P IN.
Lafay ette, We'd, OFT, Z, night.
Howell, Thursday, Oct. s, l P m,
Bell, Thursday, Oct. s, night.
Kennedy, Friday, Oct. 9, / p m.
Pembroke, Saturday, oct.1O, P m.
Fairview, Saturday, Oct.10, night.
Perry S. H., Monday, Oct. r.
l pm.
Pom, Monday, Oct u, night.
BUFF Spr. Tuesday, Oct. l3. l p m
Helsley IS Store. Wed. Oct1 p m
Lantrip S. II Thurs, Oct.15.1 p M.
Era, Thursday, Oct Is, night.
Ptois Store, Friday, Oct. 10, P m.
HIser's Store, Friday,Oct. Tonight,
Croftop, Saturday, Oct. II, l P. m.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
GAINED 40 Pounds In 80 Days.

For several months our younger
brother had been troubled with in
digestion. He tried several rem
edies but got no benefit from them.
We purchased some of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and he commenced taking them. 10
side of thirty days be had gained
forty pounds in flesh. He is now
fully recovered. We have a good
trade on the tablets. Holly Bros.
Merchants, Long Branch. Mo. FoI
~a'le b. G, K WHY, druggist,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
NOTICE
OF Sale of Telephone Franchise
October 70.

In obedience to an ordinance
passed and adopted by the Board
OF Council of the city Of Hopkins.
vile, on the 18th day Of September,
1908, the undersigned will on the
23rd day of Octob,r, 1908, at two
o'clock p. M, at the front door of
the Christian county court house in
the city of Hopklnsville, Kentucky,
offer for sale to the highest and
best bidder a Telephone Franchise,
the terms and conditions of which
franchise are fully set out in an cr-
dinance entitled "An Ordinance.
Authorizing and Directing the Sale
OF a Franchise to Erect, Operate
and Maintain a Telephone Ex-
change in the City of Hopkinsville,
kentucky, passed and adopted by
the Board OF Council of the City of
Hopkinsyille on Sept. 18th, 1908.
The purchaser of said franchise
will be required to pay the amount
bid for such franchise in cash or by
certified check to the treasurer of
the city of Hopkinsvilie within five
days after such sale, and also to
execute the bond as provided in
said ordinance of September 5th,
1908. But the Board of Council
hereby reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
CHAs. S. JACKSON, Clerk
OF the Board of Council of the CITY
of Hopkinsville, KY.
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]. NJ. HIeaINs 9 Sos, Agents.
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BARRIERS,


am prepared t. find homes for
those wanting employment as cook :
or bOuse servants Also to find
help for families need of cooks .
house girls. washer women or Ia
oorers. lis my plrpIse to cou-
duct a hrstclasS employment bu-
TeaD. Gail on me when you need
domestic help or want a home
Teisphore 213.3 rugs. or 461 resi-
depce. ReasoDab bic charges.
John O. Chain.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
FINANCIAL FAILURE
Was the State Fair At Ovens
bOrO.

The second annual Kentucky
state fair is now only a memory of
the past. It's ending was sad one.
The fair may justly be character
lied as huge financial failure. The
local guarantors will be called upon
for not less than $40, 500. tits under
stood that the fair association has
gone into debt something over
$21 900, besides the state premium
appropriation. The gate receipts for
the week amounted to ia the neigh
borhood of $ll 100. At that rate
23,5S0 paid Abundance into the
gates. The fair officials aeEpqnt
for and admit that they gave oat
1900 complimentary tickets. The
complimentary tickets admitted
two.
The guarantors will not mfNe
statement until the fair of4cials
notify them of the amount they are
expected to pay, 1t is understood
that contest win be made by the
guarantors over the payment Of the
money.
DR.. James H. Hickman, one of
the principal guarantors. and who
worked as hard as anyone for the
success of the fair, said he was not
surprised at the outcome.
think the fair management has
been recklessly extravagant in con
Quoting this second annual state
fair. If the loss had been a small
gum the Owenshoro business men
would have paid it without muir
muir, but as it has got up to such
an amount there will doubtless be. a
contest. AS soon as we are noti-
fed of the amount we are expected
to pay meeting of the guarantors
to the SIT 500 will be called, and
then we will give statement which
will doubtless surprise many people
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
Bic Bargains.

For nice home, the Walter Will
liams residence property on Walnut
street, !Hopkinsville, KY, see us.
In real estate and FIRE insurance,
we lead all competitors in selling
realty and quick adjustment Of FIRE
losses.
J. NJ. HIGGINs g. Son, Agents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-06
Shot and Killed.

William Posey, young farmer
of Henderson county, shot and killed
himself in the presence of his moth
err and sister, while temporarily
insane.