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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
THEY FOUGHT A DUEL
OVER A WOMAN.

Chicago, Sept. IA dispatch to the
Record-Herald from Abita Springs,
La, says Frank Allison and Marshall
McGhee, two young men in st. Tam
many parish, fought a duel to the death
at the Talishook camp ground, four
miles from Abita Springs. Both men
were rivals for the hand of young
woman and Allison challenged McGhee
to a duel. McGhee promptly accept
ed the challenge, and pistols were
named
The men met at the appointed hour
and place and at the command of their
seconds, Are you ready, fire." both
weapons were discharged at the same
instant and both men fell dead, one
with a bullet through his brain and
the other with bullet through his
heart.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
DEAD BODY WAS FOUND
IN CAR OF WATERMELO NS.

Charleston, w. Va, Sept. 14.-The
dead body of young white man was
discovered in freight car loaded with
watermelons in the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad yards here to-day. His
skull was fractured and the pockets
of his clothing turned right side out,
indicating murder. with robbery as a
motive. From papers found. it is
thought his name is Isabold.
The car had been shipped from a
point I'm Virginia, near Richmond, and
arrived here last week. but had not
been opened. the agent having no way
bill for il.
The condition of the body indicated
that the man had been dead several
days. He was buried to-day by order
Of the coroner. The authorities are
working on the case.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
GRIEF FOR HIS WIFE
DROVE HIM TO SUICIDE

ST. Louis. Sept H.-Grieving over the
death Of his wife. the news Of which
reached him IN kilograms three days
after her demise. Robert Gtockweli
Hatcher. aged 40 years. OF Lafayette.
Ind. shot and killed himself 10 q room
~ the PLANTERS Hotel about noon to-
day. Mr. Hatcher was q clerk IN the
Office of Walter =. Stevens. secretary
~ the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company.
Mrs Hatcher "a the time of her death
was corr spending secretary general 0f
the Daughters ~ the American ReYo-
luton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
SWEPT SOUTH GEORGIA.
Chief Damage Was That Done Cotton
by the Heavy Rains.


Atlanta, Sept. 4.-Reports from
South Georgia indicate considerable
general destruction. as a result of the
storm, though there has been no I'M
usual disaster and no loss of life.
Heavy rains fell throughout the en-
tire southern section of the state. AL
bany reporting 420 inches, the heaviest
recorded. Quitman reports 1886 inches,
Allapaha 1.72 inches, and Eufau1a, Ala,
3 40 inches.
These heavy rains and the severe
gales have caused much damage to the
cotton crop, which is just ready for
picking. beating it down and off the
plant. Several railroad washouts are
reported, though none of a serious ma
ture, and the wires are down in many
places.
Outside of the cotton crop. it is be-
lieved growing products will be gen.
orally benefited by the rain.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
PUNTA RASSA REPORTED AS WASHED AWAY.
Losses of Life and Property Land Sea Show the Violence of
the Gale That Swept Across the StateCommuncaton by
Wire With Middle and West Sections Destroyed.
Damage Done Crops in South Ceorgia-Wasl-
outs on the Railways.

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 14.-The
steamer Inchulva, of Liverpool, owned
by the Inch Shipping Company, from
Galveston, loaded with lumber and cot
ton seed meal and bound for Hampton
Roads for coal. went ashore near Boyn-
ton Friday night at o'clock. The
ships steering gear broke and she
f1oated at will, striking the beach with
great force. and breaking into three
pieces.
The captain and mates and fourteen
of the crew were saved. Nine were
drowned, among them the engineer.
The boats had a hard time landing.
One boat with five men in it was bat
tered to pieces by the waves, and it's
occupants we're drownd.
The schooner Martha T. Thomas, $50
tons, Capt Watts. with a cargo of
lumber. bound from Apalachicola to
Baltimore, was wrecked nine miles
south Of Jupiter. The schooner is split
in half. The crew were all saved.
How Palm Beach Suffered.
At Palm Beach the damage was Sc
rious. Gruber's Opera House was par
TALLY unroofed as we'll as his business
block on Narcissus street, and his ware
house. The Seminole block suffered
heavily and the Palms block to
smaller extent. The roof of the Trop-
ical Sun building is gone, and all the
glass in the lower front blown out.
The Lake Worth News was also a
heavy sufferer. The Masonic Temple.
the Dade County State Bank. and the
New Jefferson block We're also great
ly damaged. OF the latter large por-
ton of the roof was torn off.
All the boats on the lake front. ex-
cept three, were sunk, and are total
wrecks. On the east side the loss is
heavy. The Hotel Royal Poinciana was
slightly damaged.
Beyond blowing down a number of
trees and leaving a few small houses
slightly out of plumb, the storm did no
damage at Plant City.
Two Lives Lost at Tampa.
Two lives were lost in Tampa due
by the storm. Louis Baron, the CT
garmaker, who was struck by a part
of the cornice of the Diaz building
died the day after receiving his inju-
ries. His skull was fractured. an eye
knocked out and his body badly
bruised. Hala
T. Y. Hunnicut, mortorman, met
his death near the Cuesta Rey cigar
factory in West Tampa. He attempted
to remove wire which lay across the
track, but did not know that it was
alive. He received a shock, which
proved fatal The conductor who
went to his assistance, was also Sc
verely shocked.
The spire of the Buelah Baptist
Church (colored) was torn from the
building and carried across the street.
The gable ends of Avery & Owens
building. adjacent TO the Seaboard Air
Line depot, were torn completely
away.
In Ybor CITY several factories were
badly damaged.
The property loss az Tampa will
reach at least $4,000. probably more.
Orange Crop Gus ON.
Il IL estimated that half Of the orange
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15

raining continuously for forty-eight
hours. and at 8 o'clock tonight is pour
ing. High winds have prevailed, blow
ing down standing crops, but doing
no other damage.
Two washouts are reported between
here and ThomasVille. and severe dam
age west of Monticello. All streams
are full.
Rain will do serious damage in this
section The official rainfall yesterday
was three inches.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15

Columbus, Ga. Sept. IA large
tent erected by the evangelistic
churches of the city for union revival
meetings, which began here yesterday,
was blown down early this morning.
The piano was blown from the plat
form and badly damaged and the
hymn books were damaged by rain.
The tent came near being blown down
last night while services were being
carried on. No one was under it
when 1t fell
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
SAL VATI0NISTS WILL RIDE
LIKE THE ROUGH RIDERS.
They Have Rugged Up Cavalry 10 In
wade Kentucky.

Cincinnati, o.. Sept. 1.-THE first
use of cavalry in the Salvation Army
will be made this week in a march
through the feud districts of Ken
lucky. Those who will ride with
Staff Captain William Escott and
Col. Richard e. Haley arrived here
to-day in rough rider uniforms.
Tomorrow they will give a day
meeting at Winchester, Ky. Next day
they win hold meeting at Jackson and
will start across the mountains for
meetings at Salyersville, Prestonburg,
Pikesviile, Hindman, Hazard, Whites
burg, and thence into Tennessee and
Virginia. The itinerary of three
weeks may be extended.
The officers of the Salvation cavalry
will be the guests at Jackson of former
State Senator Alexander Hargis, who
is now at Cythiana attending the trial
of Curtis Jet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
DOESN'T WANT TOWNSEND.
TiIIman WouId Prefer Some other
Judge to Preside.

Spartanburg, S. c., Sept. IA mo-
ton was entered here to-day before
Chief Justice Pope by attorneys rep
resenting the commonwealth Of South
Carolina in the case of James H.
Tillman, charged with the murder of
cation Of the order appointing Judge
Townsend to preside at the coming
trial. The objections were based on
technicalities.
Justice Pope will announce his de-
cision later. The term of court, dur
ing which Tillman will be tried, will
be convened Sept. II.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
FOR POSTAL FRAUDS.
Mcclellan and Huntington Were
Arrested In New York.

Arrested I'm New York.
New York, Sept. 14.-Isaac Mcclellan
and George H. Huntington of the Co.
lumbia Supply Company, who were in
dicted in Washington, D. c., in connec-
ton with the postal scandals, surren-
dered themselves 20 United States
Marshal Henkel in this city to-day.
Each gave bail in the sum of $4,000.
Bench warrants were issued for
Huntington and Mcclellan last week.
The warrants charge them with having
in the city of Washington unlawfully
conspired together and with August w.
Machen and others to defraud the
United States out of the sum of 90
cents for each and every package box
to be furnished to the Postoftice De-
partment under contract with the Co.
lumbia Supply Company and with haV-
ing given to Machen 800 IN pursuance
of this conspiracy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15

Minot, N. D., Sept. 1.-two feet of
snow covers the ground and trains are
greatly delayed. A special from Ken
mare, N. D.. says one foot of snow
covers the ground, with snow still fall
ing. 1t is said to be the worst storm in
three years. At Medira. N D., the
snow is ten inches deep.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
no the McKinIey Tomb.

Canton, o., Sept 14.-This. the Sec
ond anniversary of the late President
Mckinley, was not observed by any
formal programme in Canton. Mrs.
Mckinley made a special trip to Nc
Kinley vault In West Lawn Cemetery
and placed floral tributes on the cas-
ket. Numerous floral pieces. received
from friends and strangers, were also
placed In the tomb. Mrs Mckinley is
in good health
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
MAD STEER GOT BUSY
ON STREETS IN AUGUSTA.

Augusta. Sept. i4.--A wild steer.
which came across the river bridge
from South Carolina. created q panic
on Broad street to-day by charging
after pedestrians. lie was shot re-
pesfedly By the police, and stirred up
quite = sensation before The seventh
bullet laid him lew
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
FIRED ON A WOMAN.
An Attempt at Assassination Was
Made az Rome.

Rome. Ca. Sept l4.-An attempt was
made tonight 10 assassinate Lula Ben
som. a white woman, living on ASu-
pbin street. Three shots were fred 81
her As she was sitting on her porch
No arrests have been made, 81 the per-
son who did the shooting IL unknown.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
Rain wrought Damage.

Valdosta, Ga, Sept. 14.-Heavy rains
fell here, and there was some wind
The damage is chiefly to the cotton
crop from excessive moisture. The
rain for two hours to-day was the
hardest in years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
MONUMENT TO M'KINLEY.
First Memorial to the Martyred
President in Ohio.

Toledo, o., Sept 14.-Toledo is en-
fete to-day over the unwilling of the
Mckinley statue, the first memorial to
the late President erected in Ohio.
After a naval and military parade the
ma made brief ex tempore address.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana was the
orator of the day. He paid a glowing
tribute to the memory of the late
President, comparing him with Lin
coin.
The monument is a square column
of granite. ornamented by a bronze
statue of Mckinley.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
Cotton Was Damaged.

Americas, Ga, Sept. 14-Americus
and the neighboring country suffered
to-day from an equinoctial gale which
was of unusual severity. Drenching
rains and high winds played havoc
with cotton fields and hundreds of
bales were thus beaten out damaged
or destroyed.
But little damage was done in the
city
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
HEAVY AT TOWNSVILLE.
washOuts on Railroads and other
Damage Done.

Thomasville, Ga. Sept. 14.-Thomas-
VILE was visited Sunday and to-day by
a severe storm. Trees and chimneys
were blown down and streets are al
most impossible. The precipitation for
the twenty-four hours ending at 7
O'Clock this morning was $40: for the
thirty-six hours. ending at O'Clock
this evening. II was lf.z0.
Wires Of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany are down and no trains have been
run since this morning on the Atlantic
Coast Line. There is q washout west
Of Cairo. fourteen miles from here Six
hundred feet Of track are under water
There r. a washout near Pidcock, TWEEN
- miles east Of here, hfty feet Of track
being under water The whole county
is storm-swept and cotton BE- severely
injured.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
WHITE BECOMES D. P. A.
kirkland Succeeds Him with Coast
Line at Augusta.

Augusta, Sept. 14.-Mr T. c. White,
who has been for some years connect
ed with the Charleston and Western
Carolina Railway, and later with the
Atlantic Coast Line here, filling the
position of soliciting agent, has re-
ceived the appointment of division
passenger agent of the latter system,
with headquarters at Tampa, Fla''
and he leaves tonight for Florida. Mr..
White is succeeded at this point by J.
w. Kirkland. who has filled a similar
position for some years for the Coast
Line at Montgomery, Ala.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
EXPLOSION CAUSED
BY LIGHTED LANTERN.
Was Approached Too Near the
Alcohol ON the Olympia.

Alcohol ON the Olympia.
Norfolk. Va, Sept. 1.-THE bodies OF
Marine Corporal J. S. Yerkes and Naval
apprentice Henry seifert. killed by the
explosion of alcohol on the cruiser
'Iympia Saturday night. were sent to
fh'iaGelphia for burial to-day. A
guard Of 100 sailors and marines. with
'1e post band, escorted the bodies 20
The wharf.
an Official investigation 70 determine
,Ie cause Of the explosion was begun
q naval board to-day A lighted
.1''efn brought too near the alcohol IL
t'hsf1lly accepted az the means Of eK-
'oainK the spirits.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15

Mobile, Ala. Sept. Alt was announc-
ed by the Weather Bureau here to-day
that all danger from a hurricane in
this vicinity has passed. The barome-
ter is slowly rising.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15
FOR A NEW CANAL TREATY.
Colombian senate Approves the Bill
Authorizing One.

Bogota, Sept. 1.-THE Senate has
approved the bin authorizing the gov
eminent 70 negotiate new Panama
canal treaty With the Emitted states on
~ hrgt reading. Secretary Percy
soto announces that be viii oppose h
in fhs subsequent debates.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-15

Heavy Raise 80 huffman.
Quitman Ga. sept Ill has been
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-24
SET or DICKENS s1ao, 900.
Extravaganees OF a Cashier Who
Killed Himself

Extravagnnces OF a Cashier Who
KILLED Himself
When Howard I Goodwin. cashier
for Cassatt u CO., bankers and brokers
Of Philadelphia, killed himself last De
eember it was said that, aside from his
stock speculation, his only exuav-
agance was book buying. To what
lengths Goodwin carried this, says a
late Philadelphia dispatch, develops as a
result Of the cataloguing Of his library
valued at several hundred thousand
dollars, preparatory to Its being offered
for sale. He permitted himself indul-
gences in first editions, editions dc luxe,
rare works and extra illustrated vol
umes that halted at ne expense.
Pre-eminent in the collection isba set
Of Dickens for which Goodwin had con
tracted to pay the enormous price of
S130,000. There were to have been 125
volumes with an extra portfolio of IL
Illustrations. When Goodwin committed
suicide only three volumes had been de-
livered to him. qs.ss,.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-24

ON UNIONS
Presidents Views as to Discrimina-
ton In Federal Offices Published.
LETTERS TO CoBTELYoU.
In Them the Executive Declares
That No Rules Of Union Can
BE Permitted to Override the
laws Of the United states

Washington. Aug % There is con.
siderable excitement In union labor cir.
cles here over President Roosevet's
declaration that union labor VIII not
be permitted 70 control the appointment
OF employees tn government Offices and
that the ruling IN the reinstatement o.
W. A. Miller In the printing office viii
be applied to all departments
The president has authorized the pub.
location Of a letter which was sent 70
each member OF his cabinet on July %
by Mr. Barnes the ACTING secretary to
the president as follows
"The president directs me 10 send you
herewith for your information copies
Of two letters sent TO Secretary Corte
Won with reference to the government
printing office which define The 8tti
tude Of tie administration in con8ec
ton With the subject discussed They
are sent to YOU for your information
and guidance as they indicate the poi
icy Of the president Ii this natter
Cannot Override the Laws.
The letters TO Secretary Cortelyou
were written on July IS and "A The
salient sentence OF the first letter wast
There is no objection to the EN-.
ployees Of the government printing
Office constituting themselves into
union If they 50 desire, but no rules or
resolutions of that union can be per
mitted to override the laws Of tha
United States which il is my sworn
duty to enforce"
In the letter Of the 18th the presi
dent quoted the finding of the anthra
cite coal strike commission regarding
the employment Of labor as follows
st Is adiudged and awarded that no
person shall be refused employment or
tn any way Disseminated against on
account of membership or nonmember-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-24

Results % the Outing system az the
Carlisle school.

Results % the outing system at the
Carlisle school.
The twenty fourth annual report Of
Colonel r. II Pratt superintendent Of
the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa, is
devoted largely TO the results OF the
.outing system 81 the school in the civil
llzation Of Indian youth. Last year $40
boys and 429 girls had outlng privileges
for some portion of the year. While
the boys worked largely for farmers,
some we're placed in mechanical situa-
tons, working side by side with the
regular employees In various establish
ments. Others were employed at sea-
shore and other summer resorts in such
positions as are often filed by college
students during vacation
The united earnings Of those who
had outing privileges the past year
were S3l,393. The workers save half
their earnings. and the accumulated
savings i'm two years are S35.9O4 Dur
ing the year 101 graduates Of Carlisle
were employed IN the Indian school
service Of the department Of the in
terror, their combined salaries being
$4,000. In this connection Colonel
Platt remarks that he has never urg-
ed upon the department wholesale em-
ployment Of our graduates, but rather
have uniformly urged them TO 70 out
into the world and struggle for the
good things Of life ID competition with
our other peoples, and 50 begin tribal
disintegration and their unifcation
with our masses
The total enrolment at the school
during twenty-four years has been
1903. Last years enrolment was
1,29S, from seventy seven tribes, and
forty-six were graduated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-24
cotton stil1 kim N Terna.

Cotton is still king in Texas" said
Mr. ]. e. Downes, a leading business
man Of Crockett, Tex, to a Washington
Post reporter
"slnce / left home I see our people
are talking OF. a 100000 bale crop, and
this estimate Is not too big If the boil
weeyiI or some other unlocked for mis-
fortune doesn't come along to spoil
things. IL the 100000 yield does ma
terialize it ought at $50 a bale which
is not too high an estimate, be worth to
Texas, farmers $20O,000000. Here is a
tidy sum of money, a good bit more
than all the gold that is dug out Of
every mine in the Union, with Alaska
thrown in Cotton will still be king In
Texas at least for many a year."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-24
THE "slNalNa SANDS. I"

Massachusetts Professor Explains
Musical Noises at seashore.
at the field meeting Of the Manches-
ter (Mass,) Historical society and Essex
institute Professor J. Fl. Sears Of the
Peabody Academy Of Science spoke re-
garding the famous musical sands
which have given the name of Singing
beach to one part Of Manchesters
ocean front He announced that he
had actually discovered the cause Of
the peculiar sounds and had expert
mented so we'll that be could as an
agent bring them about at will.
Professor Sears says the theory IS, in
brief, as follows: The sounds really are
produced by minerals Of harder ma
ture than the sand itself, which is com
posed OF quartz and feldspar Occa-
sional grains Of both quartz ana field
spar contain inclusions Of such min
erals as tourmaline and zircon Tour
maline possesses a hardness OF nine,
and that OF zireon is from eight and a
half 10 nine, while the hardness Of
quartz Is seven and feldspar IS still
softer, with its hardness measured only
ut six.
The grains Of quartz and feldspar
which contain these ineluslons upon be-
ing worn away leave the inelusions in
IA condition Of points surrounding the
grain Of sand These points, since they
are 50 much harder than the mass Of
sand, give out a scratching sound when
the sands are rubbed together, and
these sounds are at Singing beach dis
tinctly musical
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-24
soeiaIlst Gains in Reichsiag.

Berlin. Aug, % The Socialists are
entitled TO have appointed from their
party one OF the three vice presidents
Of the teichstag on account Of their in-
creased representation, and the other
parties appear willing TO concede this.
The Socialist leaders, however differ
as to whether they ought to accept the
Office, BECAUSE it would limit their com
plete freedom Of obstruction and oppo-
sition. Herr Bebel takes this view, but
Herr Bernstein favors accepting The
Socialists of Munich have rejected tie
idea BY a majority Of eighteen while
.Stuttgart voted for II.