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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

didacy is upon every Democratic
tongue. Yet it seems doubtful in the
minds of many thinking observers
that Tamn1any will make any very
strong endeavor to put Mr.. Cleveland
to the front. These doubts are almost
certain to be well founded, if. as some
suppose, Mr.. Croker was really behind
Mr.. Murphy's generaship of the re-
cent campaign, for Mr.. Cleveland and
Mr.. Croker were never sympathetic
in the past.
Mr.. Cleveland's candidacy would
bring to the political surface a num-
Der of men who have had little to do
with political affairs for several
years.
Away up to the front among them
would be William c. Whitney, Secre-
tary of the Navy under Cleveland, and
now great traction magnate; Daniel
S. Lamont, Cleveland's private secre-
tary both at Albany and Washington
later Secretary of War and now big
steam railroad magnate; Wheeler S.
Peckham and William J. HOrnblower
both Clevelands choice for the United
States Supreme bench; William r.
Grace, former Mayor of the town, and
so on, and so on.
Not all these men have always
maintained continuous pleasant per-
sonal relations with the ex-President,
but they belong to his wing of the
Democratic party and could not well
be otherwise than prominent in any
campaign for his election. They would
conduct such a campaign in a manner
somewhat different from the methods
employed in the last two national
Democratic campaigns.
There are many ways in which Mr.
Cleveland and J. Pierpont Morgan are
alike. Both dislike intensely the pub
licity that includes the exploiting of
the personal though both know how
to use the newspapers most advan-
tageously on occasions. To put it an
other way, both fight shy of the re-
porters, while both are very willing
under certain conditions to unboSom
themselves to the editors.
Thus a certain well-known CORE
spondent. commissioned to write a
character sketch of the great combina-
ZIONIST, found himself against a very
high and very blank stone wall when
he set out to get materials for the arti-
Gle. He was quite unable to see Mr.
Morgan, though the latter was assured
that the article was to be a friendly
one. Then the correspondent turned to
men known as Morgan's friends, but
with one accord they refused to give
the slightest assistance. One of them
said frankly that were he to help and
Morgan find it out, the latter would
surely withdraw his Countenance from
him permanently.
Another correspondent with a SINH
lar commission concerning Mr.. Cleve-
land, wrote the politest letter he could
to one of the ex-President's friends,
asking him to find out if the latter
would receive a correspondent. The
friend knew so well how Mr. Cleveland
would consider such a request that he
never answered the letter.
1t is safe to say that there is about
as much talk here about Arthur Pue
German as a presidential candidate
as there is about Grover Cleveland. Mr.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Walker Mulligan Furniture Com
pany has succeeded the w. T. Walker
Furniture Company. See them for bar
gains. Your credit is good. Corner
Broughton and jefferson streets.
At Sullivan's, Is Congress street, west.
new prunes, figs, oatmeal. six-pound
package Buckwheat 25c; Heinz's chow
chow and pickles in bulk.
a. J.. Desbouillons the reliable lew
eler. is showing a fine line of watches
clocks and jewelry ware. Get prices on
rings, pins and charms. 43 Bull street.
Daniel Hogan's are in receipt OF new
dress goods, ready-to-wear goods, neck
wear, etc; ds:n't fail to have a look at
them.
Chas. A. Cox, the practical tin-plate
and sheet iron worker; tin, slate, tar,
gravel and tile roofing: best work;
lowest prices. 142 Barnard street.
You can pass the time away by a
short stay at Conida's to-day. All
the popular hot and cold drinks. Conf
da's candies are fit for the gods.
Winkler is already planning for his
Thanksgiving display of good things
He will look to in that his patrons get
the best Of the seasGu's delicacies.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

The kidnapping yarn from Kentucky,
in which young Edward L. Wentz of
Philadelphia figures as the principal
reminds a few New Workers of a GU
rious little book, a piece of fiction,
which was issued some eight or ten
years ago under some such title as
Twenty Millions Ransom"
In it the kidnapped individual was
no less a parsonage than Jay Gould,
and the whole purpose of the story
seemed to be to show that it would
be quite as feasible to carry on the
kidnapping for ransom business here
in the United States as in any other
part of the world.
The author of the story, oddly
enough, resembIed Jay Gould very
strikingly, though superficially, in his
physical makeup. He believed that
his book ought to make a great sensa-
ton both because of it's matter and it's
literary style but his hopes of a ca
reer in letters with Twenty Millions
Ransom" as a foundation stone were
doomed to disappointment.
1t was published as a serial in one of
the "up-to-date" newspapers, 1 be-
lieve, but it made only a very small
ripple in that form, and its book sale
was insignificant.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

German has many friends among New
York Democrats, but it can hardly be
said that all those who would be en-
thusiastc for Cleveland would support
German with a like degree of ferVor.
Mr.. German was very well known
throughout a large part of the coun-
try, especially in the East and North,
long before he became prominent in
politics. That was in the early days
of baseball, The national game took
its first hold in Washington, where he
was a Senate page, in 1853. Young
German belonged to one OF two teams
that used to play on then vacant
lot at the rear of the White House.
There was no stand for spectators,
but chairs were brought out from the
various governmental departments,
and all sorts of high officials, includ-
ing the President used to sit in the
chairs and look on.
out of these games grew the
famous old Nationals. Young Cor
man was captain After the war they
toured the country, playing in nearly
every big city, including New York
whore they won every game In this
respect the experiences of the club
were uniform everywhere, till Chicago
was reached. There they went up
against a hitherto unknown club made
up of country boys from Rockford, ILL.,
It's captain was named A. G.. Spalding,
who became a professional player when
playing the game for fun was suppressed
ed by playing it for a living.
In his way, Spalding, who has now
been prominent in everything pertain
ing to baseball for quite forty years,
has been as much of a public charac-
ter as German, and probably has made
more money.
No doubt some of my middle aged
readers will remember that they learn
ed the rudiments of the game from
Spalding's Baseball Guide, away back
in the late sixties and early seventies
and the name of Spalding has been
proverbial in sporting circles ever
since.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
HUGE DERRICK SWEPT AWAY.
Four Men Drowned and Others In-
 jured as Result.

New York, Aug. 25.-At the height of the storm to-day huge derrick on the Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge across Newark Bay from Bayonne to Elizabeth was swept from its supports into the water carrying with it num- Der of workmen. Four of the men were drowned and several badly injured. At least sixty men were. at work on the bridge at a. point about half mile from the Bayonne shore. The top of the der- rick was 1SO feet from the water, and nine men were working at various points upon the huge structure, one be- ing on the very top of it, Strange to say, he was about the only one to es- cape injury.
 The storm came up suddenly and fu- riously, and only the men working be- low on the bridge itself were able to make their escape, and. some of these only by throwing themselves flat along the steel rails. Eight men were on the ladder attempting to descend to a place of safety, when the storm broke.
 The accident stalled the trains along the railroad for several hours. No bodies have yet been recovered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
SEVERE IN DANBURY.
Hall stones So La-se and Heavy as 10
 Bruise People

Danbury, Aug. 25.-A storm which be- gan shortly before o'clock this after noon plunged the city into darkness for several hours and for time the ser vice of the street railway was suspend ed owing to the breakage of wires through the fall of trees and branches. Lightning struck in several places, but no fires were caused. For ten minutes during the storm there was a fall of hailstones so large and heavy as to brulse people who were hit by them. A young woman who sought shelter in the
 postoffice became hysterical from fright and had to have medical attendance. She recovered later, however, and went home. n fs
 One accident due to the storm led to the serious injury of Henry Policy, a workman at the factory of the Rogers Silver Plate company. The rainfall flooded the first floor of the factory and a trap door leading into the cellar was opened to let the water out, Pol ley walked into the hole and fell to the floor of the, cellar, becoming uncon- 5scious. At the hospital tonight he was still unconscious and concussion of the brain was feared. t
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
THE STORM HERE.
Terrific Down Pour 0f -Thunder
 aud Lightning in Abundance.


 The weather man was out with ven- geance yesterday and he kept things going at lively pace. There was a slight shower in the morning during which S-100 of an inch of rain fell and then the atmosphere became so thick and muggy that it was almost stitiing. It was a hot day until about o'clock in the afternoon when there was gen. uine bombardment from the heavens and the lightning flashed and cracked and the thunder roared and beloved forth in riotous manner. t 1 This. was followed by cloudburst and the rain fell in sheets rendering trawc on the streets impossible and soaking everything exposed. The streets became rivers of water and boats would have been necessary had the downpour continued for short while longer In the few minutes of the torrent of rain half an inch of water came down. The weather man said last night that he ex- pected showers throughout the night and perhaps during the morning, but that the atmosphere would clear up about noon and the afternoon be quite warm.
 At Savin Rock the excursionists ran for shelter anywhere when the downpour began and in few minutes the park looked entirely deserted. There was a terrific boom of thunder and even more terrific cracks of lightning, at about 4:30, which passed off to all appear ances on the electric wires in the park.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
PORTLAND ATTACKED.
Descent of warsh,ps on City Early This Morning.

Portland. Me. Aug. 26.--At 1:15 a large vessel. evidently battleship, came into range and was fred upon with one round srom Forts Williams and Levette. and three rounds from Fort Mckinley. The vessel returned the fire of both the Fort Williams and Fort Levett batteries.
 The ship appeared to come in a short distance and then stand off to a point opposite the Two Lights on the cape.
 General quarters were sounded at Fort Preble. the fertilization farthest inside in the harbor, when the fire was opened from the other forts. The rattle of nusketry was heard in the direction of Fort Levett and it was supposed an attempt had been made to land men from the fleet. ti.
 At 1855 8. m. the harbor near Fort Preble was filled with launches from the fleet with landing parties and the troops defending Fort Preble. the acknowledge key to the harbor defense, were firing in force.
 The firing at TAO was general from all the forts in the harbor,
 At 1:43 all the forts had ceased firing except Fort Levett.
 Another vessel came in opposite Fort Levett at Cushing's Island, the divisional headquarters, but soon turn ed about and withdrew from the shore.
 It is supposed the musketry heard at Fort Levett was caused by landing party from this ship.
 The harbor was filled with smoke at 1:30 and when the batteries were all en- gagged the cannonading was deafening. The smoke and thick weather made it almost impossible to observe the move ments.
 A cutter and launch from the ships was captured by the land forces at Fort Preble shortly after 1:40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
nHIo DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Johnson Winning tn Contest Over Con- tested Delegates.

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 25.-The pre- liminary meetings this afternoon and evening of the democratic state conven-
 ton reported in favor of Mayor Tom l..
 Johnson, of Cleveland, in his contest with John L. Zimmerman, of Spring field, for the gubernatorial nomination. The state central committee, which was selected at Sandusky last year, met to- day and passed upon contests affecting 145 of the 690 delegates in favor of the Johnson contestants. The Johnson men secure most of the members of the new state central committee, which holds over to call the state convention next year. when delegates-at-large to the democratic national convention will be selected an an endorsement be made for the presidency.
 The state central committee in con- sidering the contests from counties in alphabetical order first decided to re- port to the committee on credentials that there was no contest from Cuya- hoga county (Cleveland), and then it was decided that there was a contest from Hamilton county (CineinnatD. The result of this action was that the
 First and Second districts at Cincinnati, which are anti-Johnson, were prevented from voting in the organization of the committees and the convention, while the Twentieth and Twenty first dis tricts at Cleveland were enabled to take part. The contests in other counties were also determined favorahly to the Johnson faction. Zimmerman support CTS carried the fight into the meetings of all the committees tonight, and in- sist that they will carry it into the con- vention tomorrow.
 Mayor Johnson addressed the meet ings of his home delegates, representing the Twentieth and Twenty-first dis tricts, urging them to stand to the last for John H. Clark for senator. At the same time his home district refused to endorse G. M. Saltzgaber for senator, but Saltzgaber was endorsed by other
 districts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
NATAL MILITIA,s CAMP.
AnUneventful Day in she Rain Ye.tsr-
 day.

Mantle, Conn, Aug. 25.-An unevent- ful day in the rain tells the story of the fourth day in camp of the Connecti- cut battalian. naval militia. c. N. G.. The second division. under the corl- mand of Lieutenant Lyman Root were out in the boats all day. returning at 4:30 this afternoon. Tomorrow the third division. under the direction Of Lieutenant Frederick Bartlett. will have its turn on the water, while the second division guards camp.
 Tonight a liberty party of about 125 donned shore togs and visited Crescent Beach and the Spiritualist camp, where dancing was enjoyed. There is sorne- thing about the naval men that takes the feminine eye, so consequently the boys are royalty welcomed to all the festivities in the vicinity.
 It $ the custom to send the liberty; ment out in parties under the direction Of a petty officer. This ensures all the men keeping together and it is sure to prevent sky-larking, providing the men are so inclined.
 The guard line is proving it's efncien- cy. Everybody is intercepted. It is related that a party of women and children who were taking short cut across the camp grounds from the spir- 'itualist camp to the depot were halted by a sentinel and when they persisted in getting through the line. were con- ducted to the officer of the day. Of course they were allowed to pass, but the incident emphasizes the rigidity of the guard line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
LIPTON,S HOPE NEVER WANEs.
Shamrock's Turn May Come Next Time -IseIIn's Opinion.


 New York. Aug. 25.-After the race Sir Thomas Lipton said:
 You have all seen the results. and the only thing I can say is that we did better to-day than in the last race, which is hopeful. I figure my defeat at little over one minute. If I make as much progress in the next race as I did in this over the last will be good bit ahead in the finish of the third race. I was more than pleased with the way my own boat was handled to- day. It is hard to admit it, but the best boat won. Perhaps with more wind at the finish the result might have been different. But don't want to throw any cold water on the victor. It is hard to win every race in such a series and I hope our turn will come next
 Captain Barr said: That's number two. Now we will get ready for Thurs day."
 Lord Shaftesbury said: "We are lick ed. The Reliance is jolly well the best boat"
 c. Oliver Iselin said: q don't suppose anybody ever saw two boats better handled than those two were to-day. It would seem, however, that the Reliance has proved her superiority in all kinds of weather and under all conditions"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
TORNADO HITS STAMFORD.
CONSIDERABLEDAMAGECA USED
 BY THE STORM.
Hundreds of Trees Blown Down in Residential Ssction-TroiIey System Badly Crippled and the City is in Darkness - Thousands of Dollars Damage.
Damage.

Stamford. Conn.,. Aug. 25.-A storm
 of almost cyclonic force passed over the
 center of this city between and 5
 o'clock this afternoon, causing much
 damage. In the district between Main street and the tracks of the New York,
 New Haven and Hartford railroad, the
 wind was like tornado. Hundreds of trees on residential streets were blown down. ill some cases being torn up by the roots. while electric wires were tangled and several sheds unroofed. South street. which is one of the finest
 residential streets is filled tonight for
 distance of three blocks with wreck age caused by falling tree trunks. In Atlantic street. the main thoroughfare from Main street to the railroad station,
 many trees are down, while other streets in the neighborhood of the sta- ton also bear marks of the passage of the storm in the shape of fallen trees and broken and tangled wires. In the coal yard Of Leonard Blondel some sheds were unroofed, and wagons were hurled by the wind against the build ing and broken.
 On account of broken wires, the troll ley system is in operation tonight in
 only part of the town. and the electric light service is, also crippled. The en- tire center of the city and most of the
 outskirts being in darkness. Business | is practically suspended. in stores not supplied with gas. though some mer- chants have secured partial illumina- tion by the use of kerosene lamps. In the harbor the wind was appar- ently not so severe as on shore. Though several vessels dragged anchor. only one suffered much damage. The schoon- CT Hattie M. Bird went ashore on
 Smiths ledge. She is a 90-ton freight vessel running to Long Island ports and commanded by Captain Charles Palmer. An effort will be made to float her at the next high tide. 5.
 Hundreds Of men are at work in the streets within the path of the tornado tonight clearing away the wreckage and e1ldeavoring to straighten out the tangle of wires. It is estimated that the path of the most violent portion of the storm was nearly a mile wide, and the damage will foot up to thousands of dollars. Fortunately no persons were injured by the failing trees or wires. During the height of the storm dark ness fell over the city and lights were necessary before 5 o'clock. ..
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
MURDER CHARGE CHANGED.
Canterbury Farmer Released on Bonds
 of se,0Oo.

Willimantic, Aug 25.-Thomas J. Brown, Canterbury farmer, who was formerly first seIectman of that towns was to have been arraigned before a justice in Canterbury to-day on a charge of murder, but at the request of counsel, the case was put over to Sep- tember 5, when the hearing will be held in a schoolhouse in the village of Pack erville. Justice of the Peace H. H. Hunter of this city drove caross coun- try to Packerville to-day to conduct the hearing, and he allowed Brown to be released on bonds of S6,oOO, which were; furnished by William B. Brown of' Griswold, the charge of murder in the first degree being changed at the tina to manslaughter. Since his arrest Brown has been in jail at Brooklyn
 He is charged with having caused the death of Fred F. Montgomery ot Packerville, son Of the postmistress of that village. On July 3, Brown and Montgomery went boating together on the Quinebaug river. About g o'clock Brown returned to the village and re- ported that his companion had jumped overheard and drowned himself, sxx...s he was tired of life After n
 was recovered, the medical examiner gave permission for it's buriatp but the alleged discovery subsequently, of cuts on the face and head led the coroner to investigate, with the result that Brown was arrested The two men are said to have quarreled about a year ago, and it is understood to be the theory of the state that Brown assaulted his coIYft panion mad threw him overheard
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-26
Race In Detail.

New York, Aug. 25.-Wllen the yachts reached the starting line shortly after 10 a. m. the wind was south southeast and blowing about four knots-not enough to send them over the course within the time limit, but there was in dication that there would be enough later. The preparatory signal was fired at 10:45. the warning gun at 1o:55 and the starting gun at il. The Navi- gator signa1led that the race would be over triangular course, ten miles to a leg, the first leg south, the second northeast by east half east, the third northwest by west half west The wind at that time was due south and had be- gun to freshen.
 In the preliminary jockeying Captain Barr of the Reliance got the windward position, blanketing the Shamrock H., and clung to it through various man. oeuvres until the warning had been fired when Captain Wringe had got clear of the Reliance. At the sound of the gun Shamrock III. bore off to lee ward and away from, Reliance while Captain Barr tackled under the stern of the Navigator as the starting gun was fired and crossed the line only thirty six seconds behind the gun. The Shamrock III. kept away from the line almost until the handicap gun, then tackled and crossed it handicapped by nineteen seconds, for which no allow ance was made to him. The nineteen seconds was dead loss. The official staring time was:
 n @ SrbeildIiCe .......s.s.'s ..s.s.... .l1'uV'oo Snamrock Ill ...................sl ll:Uz:UU
 The actual starting time of Shamrock III. was 11:02:19. Both went across the line on the starboard tack but held that tack for not more than a minute and then headed for the Jersey coast.
 Once fairly away Captain Wringe of Shamrock ILL resumed his tactics of the previous race. gave his boat good rap full and sailed through the Reli- ance's lee and out under her lee bow.
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