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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
$4,000 FOR AN EAR
is WHAT A WESTERN MILLIONAIRE
is PAYING.
BUYS ONE FROM A GERMAN
AND IS VOW HAVING 1T GRATED
UPON HIMSELF.

Philadelphia Surgeon Is Looking
After the Decentralization
Head Bound to That of the Ger
man, who Was One of 300 AppIi-
cants to Sell an Enr-FOr Twelve
Days the Men Must Lie with
Heads Hound Together.
Philadelphia, Nov. 1S.-Dr. Andrew
L. Nelden of New York to-day per-
formed the operation of grating an
ear upon the head of a Western mil
lionaire, whose name the surgeon says
he is under bond not to reveal. The
operation was to have been perform
ed in New York. but District Attorney
Jerome is said to have interfered.
DR.. Nelden advertised for a man
willing to sell an ear for $4,000. and of
300 applicants he selected a young
German, who conducts a restaurant in
New York.
DIR. Nelden said to-day:
1.-The operation has been performed
and promises to be successful. l am
under legal contract and heavy bond
not to reveal the name of my patient
Generally speaking, he is a wealthy
man from the West. How he lost one
ear l don't know. 1t appears to have
been cut off with a sharp instrument.
I believe he says it was accidental,
but l never asked him to explain.
THE operation took place at a pri-
waite hospital here, where l was as
sisted by Philadelphia physician, and
one from New York. / think they will
be willing to have their names known
later.
1.-The two men were placed in oppo-
site directions upon an elongated bed
One-half of the volunteers ear--the
upper half-was cut off. together with
about four inches of the skin behind
the ear. This was twisted around and
fitted to a freshly prepared wound upon
the patients head. The half ear was
held in place by bandages, and the
two men bound so they cannot move
their heads.
They must retain this position for
at least twelve days. to allow the cir
culation to come through the flap of
skin that still remains a part of the
volunteers scalp.
IF this half ear starts to unite prop
erly, the lower half of the ear will be
grated in the same manner"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19

will profit. This company claims that
the present rate is reasonable.
Buttenbach IL Co. through their
Florida agent, G.. NJ. Dittmer, called
attention to the fact that while 1t was
true that apparently the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad had a cheap
rate on phosphate, it was a fiat rate
and the company charged as much for
the long haul as for the short haul
and in the long run secured as much
tariff from the industry in Tennessee
as the Florida lines. He argued that
the company was shipping about $4,000
tons of phosphate annually through
Fernandina, where the protest against
the rate and the claim of discrimina-
ton in favor of Savannah arose, and
that it would continue to ship there
and desired the old rate to remain in
force.
The small miners and w. N. Camp,
one of the extensive miners, claim that
the present rate is excessive and that
the railroads are discriminating
against Fernandina in the interest of
Savannah. They say that H. F. Dut-
ton 4 Co. have an arrangement with
the Atlantic Coast Line on account of
their tram road through the phosphate
belt which gives them. a cheaper rate
than their competitors enjoy, and that
they are interested in securing the
highest rate in order to stifle compe-
tition. The same claim is made in ref
erence to the Dunnellon Phosphate
Company, which has an outlet to Port
Englis.
The Fernandina Board of Trade con-
tends that they are being discrimi-
mated against and that the rate to Sa-
vannah is much lower than the one to
Fernandina and that Fernandina is
losing a great deal of business for her
which naturally belongs there The
hearing is on a proposed rate of l cent
per ton per mile to all ports of Florida.
1t will require at least two weeks for
the commission to reach a decision.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
NEW RACE is DISCOVERED.
Hitherto Unknown Tribe Is Found
on Australian Coast.
From the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
The days of Australian exploration
are not yet at an end, for a couple of
scientists from Queensland and New
South Wales respectively have just as
certained the existence in the far
North of a people who had never pre-
viously seen a white man. The dis
coverers We're DR.. Roth. the Queens
land protector of northern aborigines,
who is, perhaps, more familiar with
aboriginal life and character than is
any other individual in the common
wealth, and Charles Hedley, the con-
chologist of the Sydney museum. They
were making a scientific tour of the
Gulf of Carpentaria and of the Welles-
ley archipelago at the southern end of
the gulf. Mornington Island, which
has an area of ten by forty miles, was
discovered by Capt. Matthew Flinders
in 1902 while surveying and mapping
out the gulf, but he does not appear
to have landed on it. Since that time
the island has been known only by
name. 1t is not an inviting place for
the settler, the soil being poor, with
extensive tracts of marshy country.
There is plenty of bush and coarse for
est, and this affords shelter to large
numbers of kangaroos and other ami
mails, which furnish a plentiful sup
ply of food for the islanders.
An Interesting Race.
DIR. Roth and Mr.. Hedley experienced
no difficulty in effecting landing and
found the islanders, scientifically
speaking, an interesting people, their
modes of living and general character
istics showing that they had been sep
arated from the mainland natives for
many generations. With one excep-
ton, an aboriginal who had visited
the shores of the Gulf, none of the is
| landers had ever seen a white man,
! and the use of clothing, however
scanty, was unknown to both sexes
alike. The visitors, together with
some tame" blacks-that is, natives
who have been educated at the mission
station in Northern Queensland and
lsewhere-remained on the island
three days, employing the tame"
blacks as guides and scouts, and it
was speedily discovered that the lat
ter could converse in a fashion with
| the islanders, whose language was a
dialectical version of that of the Gulf
natives. Great caution had to be OBJ
served by the visitors, who were al
ways armed, the islanders having
spears and few boomerangs, but al
ways running away as the white men
advanced. At last, however, a cou-
pie of the islanders were induced to
make friends with the two explorers,
whom they regarded with stolid
gaze, as if their unexpected appear
ance was an everyday occurrence.
! This seeming indifference is an abor-
iginal characteristic. Their assumed
apathy vanished the moment that DR..
Roth and Mr.. Hedley lighted their
pipes. They stared in bewilderment
| and, according to the tame boys"
declared that the white men were
burning their mouths.
Fire-MRking Surprised Them.
They were equally astonished when
match was used for lighting a fire
/ and a billy" employed for boiling
water. Mr.. Hedley distributed among
them a number of penny whistles
which he had brought from sydney
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
AT THE HORSE SHOW.
Large Crowds at the Madison square
Garden Event.

Garden Event.
New York Nov. 1S.-For the first
time since the opening of the horse
show the promenade at Madison
Square Garden was thronged tonight.
An extremely varied and picturesque
programme during the earlier hours at
tracted the largest morning, and aft
ernoon crowds yet seen at the show.
First came the try-outs of large class
or horses suitable to become hunters,
hen followed a series of excit-
crformances over five foot jumps,
.ent to the wedding out Of big
IS of splendid hunters and jump
er5.
The Waldorf-Astoria cup for the best
horse suitable for a gig, which carries
with it the practical championship for
light harness horses went to Forest
King, w. II. Moore's horse, which he
is said to have imported from England
at enormous cost, especially to win this
prize.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19

IFS grifIess!
II WhifenS the teeth.
Ii preserves the teeth.
1t keeps the mouth in a
heaifhfuI condition.
1t has a pleasant flavor.
II gives a fragrance TO
the breath.
CANDLES Tooth Pow
der is the 'H" of all den
fifrices and is more wide
Iy used in Savannah than
all other tooth powders
combined.
Drug stores and toilet
counters sell ii.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
BASS DRUM TO BE HONORED.
Club Is Formed to Show Chicngonns
Instrument IN Really Musical.
From the Chicago Chronicle

~ heulAy Musical.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
The snare drum and the kettledrun,
are about to get the worst of it. for
the bass drum has come out boldly in
an assertion of its rights and is about
to proclaim to the world that it is the
only simon pure. dyed-in-t the wool
drum, from musical standpoint. in
existence. The proclamation will he
made through the agency Of the Chi
cago Drummers' Club. which mas been
formed with the object of dlscourslng
sweet harmony through the bass drum,
The sonorous sheeDskin is going to
take rank with the piccolo and the flute
IN the musical world and play a prom
lnent part either in the playing of a
Chopin nocturne or q ragtLme melody.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
Cooperage convention.

Memphis. Tenn. Nov. 1S.-The Ma
tiOnal Cooperage Manufacturing Asso-
citation continued it's sessions to-day,
trade subjects being under discussion.
1t is the general opinion among the
delegates that prices will be downward
by the first of the year. The reports
of committees were also heard to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
Barn Was Destroyed.

Athens, Ga, Nov. 1S.-Yesterday
morning at o'clock DR.. w. A. Carl
ton lost his barn. seven mules and ST.
600 worth of forage by fire. at his farm
just outside the city. The fire is
thought to have been of incendiary
origin. The loss was $4,000, and the
Insurance only $3.50.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19
RemaIns OF Mrs. Monroe.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-The remains
of Mrs. James Monroe. widow of the
fifth President of the United States,
and of their daughter. Mrs. Samuel
Gouevenieur, which were disintered
from their resting place near Leesburg
Va, and brought here last night, were
taken in a private car over the South
ern Railroad to-day to Richmond. A
number of descendants of the Monroe
family were on the train.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19

Richmond, Va, Nov. 1S.-The re-
mains of the wife and daughter of
President Monroe arrived here to-day
and were this afternoon reinterred in
Hollywood Cemetery, where rest the
remains of Monroe. The services were
simple and impressive, and were at
tended by representatives of various
societies.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19

They were equally astonished when
a match was used for lighting a fire
and a billy" employed for boiling
water Mr.. Hedley distributed among
them a number of penny whistles
which he had brought from Sydney
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-19

The full name of the company, California Fig
Ia printed on the front OF every package OF the
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
1t Was the Wrong Man.

Deputy Sheriff Lee Kennerly Of
Putnam county, one of the most ettl-
cient officers in the state, was in the
city Sunday.
Mr.. Kennerly came upon q tele-
gram from Deputy Sheriff Lee
Stokes of Micanopy, notifying him
that he Officer Stokes) had arrested
a man wanted in Putnam county for
assault with intent to murder.
Mr.. Stokes, feeling sure he had the
right party, brought his man to this
city Sunday morning. Mr.. Kennerly
arrived in the afternoon and pro-
ceeded to the jail, but Immediately
upon his arrival at the prison he told
the jailer that the prisoner was not
the right party, hence he was re-
leased.
Mr.. Kennerly returned on the af-
ternoOn train to Palatka without the
game which he desired, but in board
ing the train he stated consolingly
that he had enjoyed the trip any
way, as it had afforded him the op-
portunity of meeting few of his old
friends s.-Gainesville Sun.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
CURIOUS
STORIES.
From the News OF the Week.
SN%%NNNNNNANNN~NNS

ChO Ell JUNE bN a N EW 1Okh EH-
Just before the fall of the curtain
on the first act of 1.-The Jewel of
Asia, at the Criterion theater, New
York, recently, young man in eve
ming dress purchased an admission
ticket and hurried past the doorten-
der. 10 an usher he said he desired
to speak to two persons who occu-
pied seats in the fourth row of Or
chestra.
The usher found a young man and
a handsomely gOwned young woman,
and told them they were wanted in
the foyer. Considerably agitated,
they made their way up the aisle.
AS the man came into the foyer the
one who had been waiting seized him
roughly by the shoulder
you're a cur and Il scoundred,
Gordon" he shouted.
Don't you speak to me like that"
retorted the wOman's escort. ut
was only Il joke"
The young woman's face was GRIM
son, and she started toward the door.
Later the man who had summoned
the other and his companion from
their seats said he wished to apollo
gize for having acted in such man
ner.
II purchased two tickets at the
Gilsey house" said he, intending to
take the young lady to this perform
ance. That young man obtained
possession of the tickets, locked me
in my room and himself brought the
young lady here. / got out of the
temporary prison when the act was
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
A Palatka job.

Whenever Palatkan visits the
new city hall in Jacksonville and
notices the handsome newels and
grills which adorn the stairway of
that handsome structure he should
bear in mind that they are the pro-
duct of the Palatka Brass and Iron
Foundry. The contractors are proud
of the work and so also are Chris.
Stanton and his pattern-maker, F.
NJ. Downing. They have, says the
contractor, demonstrated that in
their line, Florida product ranks
second to nothing in the United
States.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
Presbytery Releases Mr.. Hay.

A special meeting of the Suwanee
Presbytery was held at the Presby-
teIian church last Tuesday after
noon. The meeting was called to
act upon the resignation of Rev. T.
P. Hay as pastor of this church and
his acceptance of the call to the
Gainesville church.
The clergymen present from out of
town were Revs. Lynn of High
Springs, Crowley of Lake City, Hull
and DR.. Boggs of Jacksonville.
Mr.. Matheson represented the
Gainesville church.
The whole matter of Mr.. Hays re-
tirement from this pastorate was
gone over by the Presbyterv as well
as the call, with the result that the
Presbytery authorized the change.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hay are engaged in
packing their household goods and it
is understood they will move to
Gainesville the early part of the
coming month.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20

A telephone message received here
at an early hour Thursday morning
announced that the Ocklawaha river
steamer Metamora sank in that
stream little over a mile above its
mouth at 1922 a. m. The boat was
loaded with passengers, but all were
got off in small boats to Welaka, two
and a half miles distant, where they
took the steamer Fearless for this
city, arriving about noon.
A colorcd deck hand, name I'M
known, and Walter Watson colored
waiter, were drowned. Watson was
II years of age, and lived with his
parents in this city. His father,
Berry Watson, is an enlisted soldier
in the regular army.
There was q large crowd at the
dock on the arrival of the Fearless.
Some of the passengers came off in
dishabille, indicating that they were
aroused from bed and made q hasty
scramble for the top deck. Some
wore bed blankets and others carried
their effects in them. They all looked
sorry, tagged and yet relieved.
From passenger the News learns
that the boat sank quick. The after
part lies deepest in the water which
reaches the roof of the first cabin
aft. All the upper cabin is dry.
In the hurry and in the absence Of
the boats officers full, authentic
particulars of the disaster could not
be learned, but there was but the
two fatalities above mentioned.
The Metamora has been doing q
big business, and the Ocklawaha
river travel is now at its best. The
boat probably cannot be raised and
put in shape for further business this
season. The loss is almost a crushing
one to Capt. Lucas.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
Three Months for Shooting.

1.-THE mills of the gods grind
slowly, but they get there just the
same" Steve Sykes, young man
from Crescent City, who loaded up
with whisky last Christmas day and
good-naturedly proceeded to shoot
holes into houses promiscously, and
for whom a warrant was sworn out
at the time, was caught by Sheriff
Howell last week at Port Orange,
VO,usia county. He was brought
before Judge Cox, pleaded guilty
and sentenced to three months in
the chain gang.
Sykes is a young white man of
good family. His punishment
should be a warning to the young
element who indulge in booze and
carry guns at the same time.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
Died This Morning.

Benjamin B. Stones, son of Rev.
VIM. Stones, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church in this city, died at his
fathers home this morning at $3.50
after an illness Of about a week. The
cause of death brain affection. The
young man was l6 years of age, and
has been employed at Selden's cy-
press door factory.
The funeral will be held at 10:30
Saturday morning from the resi-
dence.
The sympathy of the people of Pa
latka is with the family in their
great loss,
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
PRIZE FIGHT IN A CHURCH CLUB

L hlLE lGt1I IN n ChU hCh SLb d
According to reports a real prize
fight, with light boxing gloves, took
place in the gymnasium of the
Greenwich, Conn, athletic club Sat-
urday night, one of the participants
being Thos. Young, Jr., club men,
Der, and his opponent, John Deyber,
an electrician.
The athletic club is managed by
the churches of the town, Rev. DR..
Josiah Selden of the Congregational
church being head of the board.
They, however, knew nothing of the
fight until it was over, and are now
investigating.
The men who had the gloves on,
and the score of spectators say that
it was only q friendly bout, but ad-
nit that it was pre-arranged, that a
side bet of So was made as to the re-
suit, that a watch was placed to pre-
vent interruption, and that the men
spared for points ''for two cOnsecu-
tive minutes, during which blood
was spilled
At the conclusion Young, who was
declared the winner by the referee,
Carl Mead, apologized to Deyber.
They shook hands, and if there had
been any i'll feeling it vanished.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
LATEST "GEr- f2IcH-QuIcK"-

LATEST " NEI-hlCh-NSUlCh
VIM. T. Edison & Co., 80 Wall
street, is the firm name of the latest
get-rich-quick concern to operate in
New York. The firms circular let
ters have been flooding the mails for
nearly month. They tell the old,
old story of millions to be made in
discretionary pools.
Edison d Co. "advise you, If de-
sirous of placing your money where
it will bring forth good returns, to
communicate with us Immediately.
Three months ago party in Brook
lyn put 800 in the pool He let his
profits accumulate and now has over
81, 900 to his credit"
The person who received the letter
from which the above quotation is
taken sent it to a newspaper with
the quotation marked and the de-
duction, from the experience of the
party in Brooklyn" that at the
same rate of dividends Edison & Co.
would have to pay this client at the
end of one year $Sl 100000, and at
the end of two years S65,6l0, 900, ,000,-
600. To which bit of ciphering was
added the following comment:
"If 800 would in two years make
over 65 trillions, think of Edson
with 100 or 1000 such accounts. oh,
shades Of $50 per cent, Atllsrw !
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20

Archdeacon John Gray, rector of
the Church of the Holy Trinity at
Gainesville, has thrown up his job.
He was urged to reconsider but re-
manned firm; thinks he can do more
good somewhere else.
The Childrens Home in Tampa is
the recipient of frequent foundiings.
One, a healthy male infant only a
few days old, was found on the steps
of the Home last week In q box,
This Is the third baby mystery In
Tampa within the past two months,
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
PROGRESS OF MoRMONIsM-

PROGRESS OF MoRMoNIsM-
"M0rmonism is pagan religion;
it has polygamous flesh and bone
gods" was one of the expressions
used by Rev. J. D. Cutting, secre-
tary of the Utah gospel mission, re-
Gently, in an address to the Presby-
terian Ministers Association of New
York on "The real Mormon problem
of today"
After noting the difficulties of
evangelizatiOn among the MormOns,
the speaker said: "If they increase
in the next II years as much as they
have in the last IL they will control
all the country from Alberta, Can
ada, to Chihuahua, Mexico. In 1890
they had IA 900 members, and by the
last census the membership had in
creased to 2l0,0OO.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
PREACHERS CAN LIVE ON $l2 A
HrN

Rev. Z. NJ. Winchester, clergy
man of Middleton, N. Y, has pre-
pared a table in demonstration of
his declaration that minister can
live on $l2 month, if he lives alone,
and live substantially at that, with
some money left every month to
give to the church.
The clergyman suggests that some
of the articles mentioned in the table
might possibly be omitted, thereby
adding to the mans health and hap
piness.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20

Jacksonville is in the thToes of
municipal campaign and there is a
not time in the old town almost
every night. Judge Nolan and J. E.
l. Bowden are rival candidates for
mayor.
Alexander Surrency of Avon Park
Is In jail at Fort Mead charged with
,.he murder of man named Gray
last Saturday night. There were no
witnesses to the shooting but Sur
t,ency claims the shooting was done
2 self'defenee,
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
BREAD THAT DOESN'T GET STALE

BREAD THAT DOESN'T GET STALE
Members of the Finnish Relief So
ciety in New York have just received
some of the "bread," which is al
most the only food that can be OBJ
tanned by their STAY wing countrymen
at home. 1t is made of the bark of
pine trees, and looks like brown
sandstone. 1t is almost as hard as
stone, and no one would ever suspect
that it could be eaten. Its only re-
deeming feature is that it lasts for
years in as palatable condition as
when fresh.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20

HN ANCIENI hINE > OHAHIUT-
Advices from Cairo, dated Feb. "a,
says Davis, an American, who has
expended considerable sums in eX-
ploration work near Thebes, has
found splendid chariot in the tomb
of King Thothmes. The fittings of
the chariot are of bronze and the re-
mainder is of gilded wood. The
chariot is valued at $4,000.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20
Base Ball Organized.

About 20 base ball enthusiasts as
sembled at the council chamber last
night and set the machinery in mo-
ton for a season os Base Ball in Pa
latka.
w. A. Walton and d. G. Sanford
were chosen managing directors and
P. M. Hagan, manager.
The club will get to work and will
soon be ready to tackle anything in
the state.
A game has been arranged for next
Thursday with the San Mateo club,
at the ball park.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20

Fire at Arcadia one night last
week resulted In the total destruc-
ton of the residences of o. Il, SAM
ford, J, A. Reward and Jake Mey,
The loss Is estimated at Sle,eOa.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-03-20

Hon. Frank Clark has stock farm
scar Lake City,