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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
INSIDE STORY OF A SURRENDER.
Richard Harding Davis Tells That
He Captured and Governed COamO-

AlchNFu haruInS DhNls IeIAs Ahht
He Captured and Governed COamO-
This is the inside story of the sur
render, during the Spanish War, of the
town of Coamo. as given by Richard
Harding Davis, in Golfers Weekly. 1t
is written by the man to whom the
town surrendered. Immediately after
the surrender this same man became
Military Governor of Coamo. He held
Office for fully twenty minutes.
Before beginning this story the read
er must forget all he may happen to
know of this particular triumph of the
Porto Rican Expedition. He must for
get that the taking of Coamo has al
ways been credited to Maj Gen.
James II. Wilson, who on that occasion
commanded Capt. Anderson's Battery.
the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, Troop c,
of Brooklyn, and the Second and Third
Wisconsin Volunteers under Gen.
Ernst. He must forget that in the rec
ords of the War Department all the
praise, and it is of the highest, for this
victory is bestowed upon Gen. Wilson
and his four thousand soldiers. Even
the writer of this, when he cabled an
account of. the event to his paper.
gave with every one else. the entire
Ci6Nll " NrCil. w liSOIl. ANA ever since
his conscience has upbraided him. His
only claim for tolerance as war cor
respondent has been that he always
has stuck to the facts, and now he
feels that in the sacred cause of his
tory his friendship and admiration for
Gen. Wilson, that hero of the Civil,
Philippine and Chinese Wars. must no
longer stand in the way of his duty
as an accurate reporter. He no longer
al I
that he himself captured Coamo.
One of them spoke to me the few
words of Spanish with which 1 had an
acquaintance. Ee told me he was the
Alcalde, and that he begged to sur
render into my hands the town of
Coamo. led him instantly to one side.
/ was afraid that if l did not take
him up he would surrender it to Paget
or to Jimmy. / babe him conduct me
to his official residence. He did so, and
gave me the key to the cartel, staff
of office of gold and ebony, and the
flag of the town, which he had hidden
behind his writing-desk 1t was a fine
Spanish flag with the coat-of-arms en-
broidered in gold. / decided that with
whatever else / might part, that flag
would always be mine, that the chance
of my again receiving the surrender of
"A town of 5000 people was slender, and
that this token would be wrapped
around me in my coffin. l according
~ hid 1t in my poncho and strapped il
to my saddle. Then / appointed a no.
-telkeeper, who spoke a little English
as my official Interpreter. and told the
Alcelde that | was now Military Gov
/ ernor. Mayor and chief OF police. and
that I wanted the seals OF the town.
lie gave me "A rubber stamp with a
coat-of-arms cut in IL. and / wrote
myself three letters. which. 10 ensure
their safe arrival, / addressed 10 three
different places, and stamped them
With the rubber seals. in time all three
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
CONVENTION AT HAMPTON.

The State Convention of the Chris
tian Church of Florida is in progress at
Hampton. There are a great many del
egates in attendance. Among the
prominent visitors are Elders IS. f.
Manire, jackson, Miss. B. L. Smith,
Cincinnati; F. M. Call, st. Louis, Mo. {:
Z. NJ Green, st. Joseph, Mo-; DR.. Il.
=. Walker and wife, Cedar Key: c. w.
Earring and wife. Mrs. Rufus A. Rus
sell, Mrs. Bennett of Jacksonville; G..
ID. jackson of De Land: H. C. Graves.
Elder NJ. Hanna and Miss O. Liddon,
Elder j, R. Biggs, Ocala; A. E. Sed-
oon, Atlanta; Elder S. j. White OF
Lake Butler Senator Crews, New Riv-
er; Miss Rebel Withers, De Land: FL
der S. j. Longdon and wife. De Land.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
TOO OLD TO PUNISH.

1.-THE United States against John
Howell, Illicit distilling." was called
in the United States court at Atlanta
An old man rose from back seat and
came forward slowly. In his hand was
long, crooked stick, and his body
shook as if palsied. Upon his chin
was a small bunch of whiskers as
white as human hair ever gets to be-
He had no mustache, and this fact
emphasized the in-turp of his lips
caused by the utter lack of teeth His
eyes were set far back in his head,
and what little hair he had was a
dingy white. After several seconds of
laborious walking he faced Judge
Newman, who eyed the man for a few
seconds, then asked: Are you John
Howell?" In a feeble, cracked voice
the old man answered: Yes, sir"
Where do you live?" "Lunpkir
county" How old are you?" bout
81" Well" said the judge. we've
got evidence sufficient to convict YOU,
but-well, go home"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
FOES OF THE OCTOPUS.
DeviIfish Has a Hard Time DOdging
Its Enemies.
From the Chicago Times.

From the Chicago Times.
The octopus of the sea has a harder
time than his land prototype, the trust.
The octopus has to keep a sharp look
out and do his best to guard against
the too pressing attentions of certain
species of whales, monster congers and
sharks. A close inspection of an oc-
topus reveals how wonderfully the an
imal is adapted for it's mode of life.
There is no doubt about those two
great unwinking eyes being 'all the
better to see with" in the dim, aqueous
world where the creature makes its
home, when each of it's eight long,
snaky arms is crowded with 120 pairs
of powerful suckers. So powerful are
these suckers that when once they
have fastened upon an object it is cas-
Ter to tear away the arm of the )cto-
pus then to make them release their
hold.
Like the professional beauty, the oc-
topus has the power of blushing to or
der-and how many poor innocents,
alasi fall victims to the deceit. But
the octopus can put the most skiIlful
human blusher in the shade with ease,
for it practically knows how to blush
in all the colors of the rainbow! Thus,
snoulu the octopus lie III walt among
ruddy colored rocks, crimson blush
will suffuse its sinister form and coun-
tenance; or should the rocks be COW
cred with green weed, then the blush
will become green; or it may change
to blue, gray, yellow or brown, ac-
cording to the color of the surround
ing objects. The different methods of
locomotion which the creature adopts
are quite in keeping with it's uncanny
shape. At times it will prowl about
the floor of the sea in most grotesque
and ungainly fashion, head downward,
on its outspread arms; or it will swim
by means of a rhythmic expansion and
contraction of its webbed arms. But
when it is in hurry the octopus darts
along tail foremost by expelling with
great force a jet of water from the
curious funnel attached to the under
side of it's body.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
EVANS WANTS TO BE JUSTICE.

Judge Beverly Evans of Sandersville
has announced that he would be a
candidate for the Supreme Court at
the next election. 1t is understood that
Judge Evans will oppose Associate
Justice William H. Fish. Justice Fish
has made no announcement that he
would be a candidate at the next cleo
ton. 1t is known. however. that Judge
Fish will be in the race. 1t is also
announced that Chief Justice Simmons
and Associate Justice Joseph Lamar
will also be candidates for reelection
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
"BY PARTIES UNKNOWN,

The coroner's jury. impaneled to in
quire into the death of Henry Thomas,
the negro who was found swinging to
a tree at Oakhill few days ago, rem
dered its verdict Wednesday They
went TO the scene and viewed the body,
nndlng that Thomas came to his death
by hanging, at the hands of parties
unknown. A grave was dug on the
spot where the negro attempted to
commit the heinous crime, and the body
was there inferred
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
FIFTEEN AFTER THE JOB.

There are now fifteen candidates in
the race for Bib county treasurer to
fill the unexpired term of C. B. Mas
senburg, deceased. The office pays So
600 a year and requires a bond for
$225, 900. OF the fifteen candidates now
out six are Confederate veterans and
were companions in arms of the late
treasurer
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
HOSIERY MILL DIRECTORS.

The stockholders of Rome's newest
enterprise, the Rome Hosiery mills.
held a meeting Wednesday and elected
the following board of directors: w.
J. West, president; Ike May, ]. H.
O'Neil, John NJ. Berry, ]. N. Cheney,
W. H. Thurston and r. A. Berry.
Work of installing the new machinery,
$4,000 worth of it. will commence at
once, and the mills will be in active
operation by April 1.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
-cryolite is huoride of sodium and

-Cryolite is a fiuoride of sodium and
aluminium. and IL is commercially val
liable as source Of these two metals.
A. IS a snow white mineral with a par
tial transparency which makes IL re-
semble Ice. cryolite Is obtained al
most exclusively from lvigtok. in
Greenland. Widespread search has
been made for Il IN the United States.
nut u has only been found in very
small quantities. in Colorado and In
me Yellowstone PARK Ia 1901 this
country imported 5Ss2 tons OF cryolIte.
valued ~ 3l0.see
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
FLORIDA.
WHALE CAST UP.

A dispatch from Fernandina says: A
huge whale thirty-eight feet long was
cast ashore at Amelia Beach. Hun
dreds of people have viewed the rare
sight. The whales jawbone alone is
three feet long.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
LAGRANGE CAVALRY TROOP.

The young men of LAGRANGE have
organized a cavalry company, and In
spector General w. G. 'Obear will visit
that city in a few days for the pur-
pose of inspecting the command and
passing upon its fitness for service.
Some years ago LaGrange boosted of
having one of the best troops of cav
airy in the state, but interest Jagged
and the company disbanded.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
The work of Capt. Carriers Sue
cessOr.

From the Engineering New

From the Engineering News.
On another page Of this issue we pre-
sent paper describing the recent work
Of channel Improvement at Cumberland
Sound. II shows not only the marvel
Gus success Of the work which o. now
In progress there, but the striking con-
trast between the cost OF the work done
under the Carter regime and its cost
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
sEABOARD OFFICIALS.

party of prominent Seaboard Of
hcials. j. Shelton Williams president:
J. NJ. Bars, vice president: d. e.
Maxwell, superintendent, and Mr.. Mid
dendorf, one of the directors, visited
the Manatee section Wednesday, going
as far as Sarasota
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
GEORGIA OFFICER SPEAKS.

Maj. Walter E. Coney of the Georgia
State Troops appeared before the Flor
ida Military oficers' Convention at
Jacksonville Thursday, on the invita-
tlor, OF the adjutant general and
made an address relative to rifle prac-
tice in the South. Mai. Coney ex-
tended an invitation to the officers to
attend the interstate shoot. His re-
marks proved of great interest to the
association. and he was rendered a
vote of thanks.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
DEADLY DUEL OVER A GIRL.

While engaged in a shooting sciape
in Slaughter creek district, near Pres
ton, Tuesday, Sam Walker shot and
killed Sam Ager. The quarrel arose
about who would go with girl. Ager
was shot in the heart, in the shoulder,
and when trying to get up Walker
shot him in the back. Walker was
shot about the mouth and in the arm.
Walker was taken to Preston and
placed in iail
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14

reached me, and 1 now have them as
documentary proof of the fact that for
twenty minutes I was Military Cover
nor and MaYOr of Coamo.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14

II you WANT GOOD MATERIAL.
and work. order your Autographed ana
printed Stationery ana bianK cooks
from Morning News. sayannah. Ca.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
NEW CHURCH FOR BRUNSWICK.

The members of the First Methodist
Church at Brunswick have decided to
build a new and handsome house of
worship at an early date.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14
GEORGIAAND FLORIDA
YATES SAYS IT'S COAL.

A dispatch from Atlanta says;
Geologist Yates returned to this city
to-day at noon from Randolph county
where he went to examine the re-
ported recent discovery of coal. Mr..
Yates brought with him large samples
of coal from the region in the vicinity
of Cuthbert. He says the mineral is
there in inexhaustible quantities,
claiming that it surpasses the bitumi-
nous coal of the West Virginia dis
trIcts which for all purposes, is the
best soft coal now used in the world.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-14

ICE TRVI 0p'0 Cherokee ssog
JOE MI LVn Coughs Colds LadriPpe
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26
MINES CLOSE
Strike in Effect in Grip
 pie Creek District.

Cripple Creek, Colo. Aug. 1l-Prac- tically all the mines in this district ex- cept the Portland and those operated by the Woods Investment Company are closed down in consequence of the union miners strike, which began yesterday. The number of miners on strike is esti- mated at 5,700. Hundreds of miners are leaving the camp for other local ities. At the headquarters of the miners union it was asserted today that no more ore will be shipped from the camp to the mills and smelters of the United States Refining & Reduction Company and the American Smelling x Refining Company until they con cedc an eight-hour day and agree to pay the union scale of wages.
 Nome has her troubles but they are not along this line. There are still too many miners who own their own claims to have any strike.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26
HYDRAULIC
 ELEVATORS
Four Campbell Hydraulic Gravel Elevators Now Installed on
 Glacier and Anvil.

k. H. Campbell & Son, the San Fran cisco hydraulic mining engineers have just completed four of the Campbell Hydraulic Gravel Elevators for the Miocene Ditch Co. These elevators are on Glacier and Anvil creeks and are now in successful operation. Mr. Camp bell, Sr., was one of the first men to use the hydraulic gravel elevator, seven teen years ago in California. His long experience in that line brought him to Nome this spring under contract to place these four elevators on the Mio- cene Ditch Co. claims. He has sue ceeded in doing what the company wanted, and has given them hydraulic elevators so that the full duty of the water is obtained.
 These elevators are now in successful operation and have attracted the at tention of all practical miners. The Miocene Ditch Co. is fully satisfied with the results they are getting, and speak
 
 and the success of the hydraulic eleva- tors.
 , Practical miners are always inter- ested in any equipment in mining en- gineering that goes beyond the experi- mental stage and that proves a success. Hence the interest taken in these hydraulic gravel elevators. Mir. Camp bell will be in Nome for month or six weeks longer, and can be seen at the office of the Miocene Ditch Co. His San Francisco address is 30 California street. He can be consulted while in Nome on any matter connected with hydraulic engineering.
 The elevator installed at Glacier No. l is handling thousand yards every 24 hours.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26
TANANA
 COUN NTRY Stampede Gave the Sec. tion a Black Eye. MANY FAIR CLAlMS
The Country Needs Development and HydrauliCS--LOtS of
 Low Grade Ground.

The Tanana country has survived the stampede. That is the best evil dence that the country will come out all right. The strike was genuine and all right, but it caused a stampede that came near swamping everybody and everything. A few men staked all the country, and hundreds of people inter- ested in these claims left in disgust. Supplies were scarce and prices very high, flour going away up because so scarce and the demand so great. Fortu- nately. Nlr. Barnett, who keeps the trading post, had a fair supply on hand and sold it at reasonable price, other wise there would have been much sui fering. The men left the country in droves this spring, but those who have stood by believe that with the intro duction of machinery and hydraulics the Panama country will yield good re- suits.
 There are a number of claims that
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26

are known to be all right. McCarthy's 's claims were prospected and known to be all right. They are in the market to be sold, but no work has been done on them beyond extensive prospecting.
 Jack Coste had the claim on which the gold was found, which was the cause of the excitement the early part of last winter. He and his partners are still at work, ground sluicing, and getting good gold. They will work all fall and most of the winter on the claim.
 Lots of supplies and machinery have gone up into the Panama country this summer, and the prospect looks much more hopeful.
 The N. C. Co. is putting up big warehouse, and both the N. C. Co. aud the N. A. T. X T. Co. have put in plenty of supplies and machinery at Fairbanks.
 uc JNO JONu Us Ol tue tISLIltL are Chenoa and Fairbanks Naturally. there has been great rivalry between them. They are both on the slough of the main river off from Bates rapids Fairbanks was, at the suggestion of Judge WickerSham, named in honor of Senator Fairbanks. It is a thriving little city of several hundred log cabins and people. Logs are plentiful and the houses built are quite elaborate.
 A court house, jail and recording office are being built at Fairbanks, and it is expected that these offices will be moved from Circle City and installed at Fairbanks. Judge Wickersham has a fine claim on Cleary creek, near Fair banks, and has had fine log house built in the village. This gives Fair banks great start over it's rival, Chenoa, and makes it the most import ant town in the Panama district. There is plenty of timber and game in the district, and when the low grade dirt in that section is hydraulicked there will be plenty of work. There is an abundance of water to be had by ditch ing.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26
TO BENEFIT
 THE SOLDIERS
Alaskan Soldiers Ought to be On the Same Footing as Those
 in the Philippines.

The Army and Navy Register sug. gests that the secretary of war in his report should call the attention of con- gress to the character of the services rendered by the soldiers in Alaska, and should request that they be put on the same footing as the soldiers who are stationed in the Philippines, in Puerto Rico or Hawaii. When serving in the Philippines, in Puerto Rico or Hawaii soldiers are entitled to have each year of such service count for two in making up the years of service which entitle them to retire On three-quarters pay. Surely, if service in the tropics should count for somuch, that in Alaska should do likewise:
 As matter of fact, if any distinction is made at all it should be in favor of the soldier who serves in the North. It is not necessarily that the service is more trying, although this may we'll be the case. But in Alaska the soldier doing arduous duty at the meager pay of $l3 per month is in community where the most ordinary labor com mands a daily pay almost equal to his monthly pay, and the purchasing value of his pay shrinks to absurdly small proportions, owing to the extraordin- arily high prices at which everything is sold. In tropical countries his pay is so disproportionately higher than the average pay of those by whom he is surrounded that he is looked upon as man of wealth In Alaska on every side there are opportunities open to soldiers by which they could become independent, if relieved of compulsory service, yet the men stick Loyalty to their service.
 AS sample of the work which the soldiers are called upon to do it is noted that enlisted men, both in the signal service and in the infantry, established and kept up the telegraph lines in the Northern peninsula; and that one in- fantry soldier was frozen to death and another one lost both feet by freezing, while repairing telegraph lines. Surely service to which such hardships as this are incidents should count for more to- ward retirement than ordinary garri- son duty, in the neighborhood of city, at a home station in the United States. Yet, under the law us it stands it does not.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26
4 Lanes LandinO Wedding,

Thos. Preston and Mrs. Dun of Lane's Landing, were married last Thursday Judge Gunderson Officiating. The young couple took their wedding trip to Dahltown on Dahl creek on horse back, where the boys gave them Il grand blow out and dance that night. Mr. and Mr5. Preston are the rropri- ctors of the Preston House at Lanes Landing. The wedding wa, swell affair and all the boys ou the creeks turned out lo celebrate.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26

is trying to get more help. He says he will pay more if the pay get, better.
 "Charlie is digging ditch acro,, hi, claim. We tried to buy some provisions from him but nothing would induce him to se..
 "H5ou' 200 people are now at the dig"inge. We met quite number on their way in. Some of the stampeders are pretty well used up over the trip and are not able to make the return trip. SHch persons will be helped out by tEc N. W. NJ. F."
 Capt. O'Bren, master of the Topeka, says Juneau and Stagway are pretty well rid of their ,urplu, population through the stampede to the new digg- ings.
 CoutinGod excitement over the recent ind in the old Cassair district near the hcadwaters of the Stickccn river, k re- ported by passengers of the returning steamers. From all settlements along the Stickeen from its mouth to the strii;', pro,pcctors are stampeding. While no really reliable information had Teen received at Fort Wran9el, the impression there is that rich strike has been made.
 The Cottage City and Topeka brought ninety-tyo passengers. Dn the former, Y. II. Graves. president of the White Pass X Yukon, accompanied by two English stockholders of the road, re- turned from the North, leaving the vessel at Victoria. They had been north on tour of inspection of the property.
 B. P. Moore. former collector of GUS toms of Alaska, and now of New ork, wa+ pas. ngor from Sitka, where he and some Eastern capitalists are deyel oping the pandc Basin mines.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26

A large consignment of fresh fruits and vegetables of all kinds received on late steamers at Bayles x Co.'S, 3O4 Front Street.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26

Four new billiard and pool tables at the Board of Trade saloon. Try them if you want d nice quiet game.
The Nome nugget., 1903-08-26

Fresh lCct, mutton. pork, veal, podl try, etc, just received hy the Pacific Cold Storage company.