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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
THATCHER'S ISLAND.
Details of the Tragedy which Gave
the Island Its Name.

From the Boston Transcript.
The twin lights Of Thatcher's Island
are familiar TO many who go down
to the sea in ships. and to many more
who spend the summer months on
the rocky headland Of Cape Ann, but
probably comparatively few are fam
iliar with the details of the tragedy
which gave the island its name. 1t
was on a long ago August-269 years
ago, to be exact-that the Rev. An
thony Thatcher. his wife, his four chill
dren and several other persons left
Inswich in a vessel for Marblehead,
where Mr.. Thatcher was to take charge
Of the church. They set sail on the
18th, a fair summer day but with a
head wind and very little OF IT," They
had a tedious time beating out or
Ipswich bay, and at night on the 14th
had not yet succeeded In doubling the
cape. A sudden, furious August storm
came on In the night. and the luck
less craft was driven on the rocks
where she soon went 10 pieces. Mr..
Thatcher, after being buffeted about
by the sea for a long time was able
TO cling fast to a rock and climb on
shore. Drenched and shivering, he
walked about, vainly trying to see or
hear something OF his late companions.
How dreary must have been that lone
ly vigil In the storm and darkness,
while the insatiate sea Numbered on
the rocks about him, and, like Paul
under similar circumstances, he wish
ed for the day" In the early dawn
he saw his wife getting herself forth
from amongst the timber Of the brok-
en- bark" He went TO her assistance.
and she was soon safe beside him.
All the others, twenty-one in number,
persisted. Among them were the Rev.
John Avery, his wife and six children.
The name OF this unfortunate family
is commemorated IN "Avery's Rock"
a hidden reef Stunned by mariners, not
far from Thatcher's Island. AZ the
time Of this melancholy shipwreck there
were not more than two or three fami-
lies on Cape Ann, and no help came
for Mr.. Thatcher and his wife on the
first day or the second. Fortunately.
some provisions washed on shore from
the vessel and the weather cleared. 10
they could make themselves comfOr-
table during the time 81 their enforced
stay. They we're finally taken on By
a fishing vessel and carried 20 Mar
blehead. Some years later Mr.. Thatch-
er went from Marblehead % Yarmouth
whore he lived 10 n good old age other
children were born 10 him and HIS wife
BY whom the name IA perpetuated ln
various places ~ this day. a was
more than "a century later fhaf the
twin lighthouses were built. They were
nrsi lighted % Dec. "a. i5li.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
BIG THINGS EXPECTED
FOR SOUTH FROM CANAL

Colon, Dec. S.-The committee Of the
New Orleans Board Of Trade. consist
ing Of j. w. Perch, first vice presi-
dent, and Fred Muller. secretary and
treasurer, which was sent here TO look
into trade conditions on the isthmus
expresses itself az being much gratifled
over the outlook.
They assert that they see no reason
why New Orleans should not secure
at least rs per cent OF the business
between the United States and the 18th
mus. They claim 10 have accumulated
SUFFICIENT data 10 warrant that as
sumption, and assert that there Will be
a revolution Of trade conditions Ia the
Mississippi valley and In the South
generally when the canal Il finished.
The members OF the committee sail
ed for New Orleans to-day on board
the steamer Ellis,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
PARIS GREEN DOESN'T
PHASE BOIL WEEVIL,

Washington. Dec. S.-The Department
Of Agriculture to-day issued report
announcing, that after extensive investl-
cation. that the use Of Paris green in
controlling the cotton boil weevil is
absolutely futile.
Its persistent use has failed material
ly to reduce the numbers of the wee
wills or to increase the yield of cotton,
and the impossibillty Of successfully
poisoning weevils is shown by the fact
emerge from Information before the
squares are set upon the plants, that
they do not drink the dew on the
leaves at night, and that as soon as
squares are set, all feeding is done
within the shelter Of the brActs
(shuck) beyond the reach of any poison
that might be applied.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
DEPUTY WHO USED FIST
ASPHYxIATED IN PARIS,

Paris, Dec. S.-M. Syveton, the Ma
tionalist deputy whose action in strik-
ing War Minister Andre in the Cham
Der Of Deputies Nov. led to the min
listers resignation, was found dead late
this afternoon. having been asphyxiat-
ed by gas from a gas stove.
1t appears that the stove stood with
in an open fireplace of the usual type
in French houses, a narrow opening
in an iron plate allowing the gases
to ascend the chimney. It was pointed
out to the magistrate who was in
vestigating the affair that this OPEN
ing was plugged with paper, which
proved to be a copy of to-day's issue
of the Intransigeant, evidencing that
the stoppage was effected to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
CALLED FOR A REPORT.
TiIIman Wanted Information About
the Crum Matter.

the Crum Matter.
Washington, Dec. S.-The Senate held
only a short session to-day and ad-
journed until Monday. During the
open session an attempt to secure con-
sideration of the pure food bill was de-
feated by a demand of Mr.. Alrich that
the bill be read at length, which
brought an objection from Mr.. Tillman,
who-did not want the time consumed.
Mr.. Tillman brought the case of
William d. Crum, the colored man
nominated for collector of Charleston,
S. c.. into prominence by asking for
report from the Committee on Judic-
larry as to the status of recess appoint
ments, such as that made in Crum's
case in the first and second sessions of
the present Congress.
Responding Mr.. Platt said that the
resolution had failed to receive consid-
GRAFTON during the past session because
of the Illness of Senator Hoar. the
then chairman of the committee. He
promised to bring the matter up at the
next meeting of the committee.
Has the committee power to refuse
to make a. report when under the, in
struotions of the Senate to do so?"
Mr. Tillman asked, but before Mr..
Platt could make reply, Mr. Spooner
responded with another question,
which was. directed to Mr.. Tillamn.
He asked the South Carolina senator
whether the resolution carried a time
limit, to which the Senator replied In
the negative. He added the conviction
that it would be possible to stir the
matter up occasionally in the Senate,
even though no report should be
made"
After the colloquy between Mr.. Till
man and Mr.. Spooner, Mr.. Plat said
that he did not feel called upon to an
swer a hypothetical question as to the
powers of the committee. He could
only promise at this time to ask the
committee to consider the resolution,
and IL II should take action and that
action should not suit the purposes of
the Senator from South Carolina that
senator could, of course, follow any
line of action which might commend
itself to him.
Replying Mr.. Tillman said that he
did not intend to make any factious
opposition to the Crum nomination for
the purpose of thwarting the will of
the President, but that he felt called
upon to antagonize confirmation until
the committee report could be re-
coived
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
ONE-FIFTH OF THE
WORLDS MONEY
is HELD IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE WORLDS STOCK is APPRoxI-
MATELY $12,5OO,0 900, 900.

The Banking Power of the Unitaa
states Aggregates $13,sOO, 900, 700.
The Total Banking Power of the
World Is Approximately S33, 6OO,-
OOO,O00-In 1890 the Worlds Banlx-
ing Power Was SIS 900, OOO. 900 and
That of the United States less
Than One-Third That Amount.
These Figures shown by the Con-
troIler of Currency in His Annual
Report.
Washington, Dec. S.-The annual re-
port of the controller of currency was
made public to-day. A great part of it
was included in the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury. In his
statistics of money the controller
says: "of a total stock of money in
the world S2.5oO,2OO,OOO, or approx
mately one-fifth, is held in this coun-
try The stock of gold of the United
States $500, 100000, is greater than
that of any other country and is
nearly one-fourth of the worlds stock.
The amount of silver is $679, 20O, 900.
The per capita circulation of the Unit
ed States is 5000 and is greater than
that of any of the principal countries
of the world except France, wherein
1t is $40.09. The circulation per cap
tia Of the various kinds of money in
the United States is as follows: Gold,
Sl6.26; silver, 1886. and paper. $617.
IN MI In
The banking power of the United
States, made up of the capital. sur
plus profits, deposits and circulation of
banks of the United States and island
possessions, aggregates 1885, 900, 900.
Anese ftgures include funds of nation
al banks, amounting to $5,171, 900, 900;
reporting state banks and bankers, S.,
VsEOOO,OO0, and incorporating banks, es-
timated, 1858 0OO, 0O0
From the latest and most reliable
oata the banking power of foreign
Countries mas been estimated at $19,-
,Sl'OOO,OOO, thus making the aggregate
banking power of the world approx
mately $33. COS 100000
The Worlds Banking Power.
The worlds banking power in 1890,
as as estimated by Mulhall, was $685.
SSVV'VVV' the United States being credited
t pS nm with something less than one
t ttlIu Oh that amount. The present es-
Innate compared with Mulhall's,
SSinoWs that the banking power of the
GnIted States has increased since that
oate by $S,676, 0OO, 900. or 1884 per cent,
S S,cu ad mat of foreign countries by $685.
vypV,Voo, or S2.57 per cent. the combined
oalklng power of the world having in
S Sgs since 1890 from SIS, 1885, 900, 900 to
or HOPS per cent"
Great Growth of Wealth.
ia an reviewing his report the Control
&c, ,er says: The figures show the most
marveious growth in the wealth and
numerical importance OF the United
ave, yes. Almost every year all previ-
us records are broken in the volume
o. our internal trade, our exports and
ss,,'ports. The people OF the United
"'ates nave become the richest I'm the
c .oiId, and the natural resources OF the
20 uHtry are 10 great that this Is sure
continue and increase for many
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
PRESIDENT MAY GIVE
LAMAR AN APPOINTMENT.

Washington. Dec. 8. = President
Roosevelt had a talk to-day with Ed
gar S. Wilson, Of Mississippi, with
whom he consulted regarding matters
pertaining to the state of Mississippi.
Mr.. Wilson presented to the Presi-
dent, l.. G. Q. Lamar, son of the
late Secretary of the Interior in Presi-
dent Cleveland's cabinet. The Presi-
dent expressed the cordial regard he
always had entertained for Secretary
Lamar and told his callers that he
hoped some time during his administra-
ton to give the son a good appoint
ment. He did not indicate what the
appointment might be. Mr.. Lamar
now holds a minor position in this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
New Mexican Postal Rates.

Mexico City, Dec. s.-The reduced
postal rates between Mexico and Cam
ada, agreed on by both governments,
will probably 20 into effect soon. The
rate from Canada will be 2 cents gold,
and from Mexico cents silver, AS is
now the rate OF the United States.
The amount OF correspondence be-
tween this country and Canada is
steadily growing
Sir william Mulock. Postmaster Cen
eral OF Canada, now here. Is working
actively TO promote direct trade with
the Dominion.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
FATHER AND son KILLED.

Bristol. Ark. Dec. s.-R. r.. White
and his son. Day white. were shot
from ambush to-day near EnOla,
Faulkner county, dying almost IN
stantly
A Few weeks ago David Harris was
murdered near the place where fhs
two Whites were slain to-day There
Il 10 clue 20 the perDetrat0rs Of TO-
days crime.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09

mirals in the navy; also the follow
ing:
Adam c. Carson Of Virginia, assoc
ciate justice of the Supreme Court of
the Philippine Islands.
Postmasters-Georgia Helen d.
Longstreet, Gainesville.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09

Washington. Dec. s.~The senate 90
day confirmed Capis. Francis W. Dick.
enH Y. 2, Wilde, Charles ~. Davis.
Charles , Train George W. PiRmnn
and George a. Converse ~ BE- rear "a
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-09
COLUMBUS DEFEATED MACON.

Macon, Dec. SIN the second game
OF the Southeastern Bowling League,
PLAYED tonight. Columbus defeated
Macon by Ave pins, the score being
2,515 to $50.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1904-04-07
@rDbebemseI6i6te aus Matne.

Caribou, Me., 81. ytdra. 8as
Grbbeben, tpeldes am 81. Mdrs in Den
Observation-Disclosures perlpiirt muroe,
bat permutblid i'm n0rbli4en Sbeile
oes Staates Maine ieinen urIpruns
gebabt, uno nun foinlnt Die leitlame
Mdr, baB Der alte 8alo Moufltaiu. elm
feaelformiger Berg. Der lit i'm 3ibo-
que.9hale tpenige Wteilen bon Der
6ren5e DDn gteli 8raunia,peig erbob,
beriunfen 1T uno on Der STEELE. tpo Der
iteile Berg ettua 1000 SUB bod empor=
ragte. ieBt elm ialamlniaer See lie9t.
0ultaniide Grdfte haben auseniden-
lid ben giniturs bes 8erses bewirtt.
Der @initurs oieies gersss ioa oann
bic beftiaen @roit6Be, Die in gang Neu=
england peripirt muroen. peruriaAt
baben. ginise Dolafdller, bic beute
aus Der 8e9en0 tamen, befdti9en Die
tpunoerli6e Welouna, oaB Der Berg
eingeitiirst uno Deriunten lei.
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sic rettete iein 2ebett.

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fit ftds Wcnate lang an etnen oifenen
gein, lhreibt iebcd, bab Buflen's Nr-
MICA Salbe i'm In fiinf 5asen sebeilt
babe. Gesen Shparen, 5dmCrrbOipen,
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ipuuben 1T ea Die bette Salbe In Der
@elt. Sur 25e. bic Sdahtel. 5d-
lung sarantirt Der MpCtbefer 6. 3.
Nainsberser. Sn 8ainsbersers Mpp<
tbefe ipirp peutih 9eiprcAen.
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Mm 16 gRdr, l1orb in 9iiricb q,Iors I,

Mn1 10. W1r5 ltarb IN yurim Yfars
rer Sr. 6rieDrin Wleili III Wieoifon I'm
glter pon So SabreR. Sr. Weili mar
Elm sifrieer sSoroerer bss Suruweieus.
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8urnfeit uHo priuat-Daseni al. Der
3iir6er SodIhule.
ssn Ieinsm 81. 2lltcrsiabr lit IN 8iel
(gern) aft 5ecunodrlsbrer ST.. Bnede.
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Nldum als Gebrer Der Waobell=Secuns
oari9ule 8iel feierte. geItorben.
Die 8ermddtnilIe Der in leBten Se=
sember in 8larus perltorbenen Sfrau
Babette Sriimpi belauien lih auf 10 :
600 fSr. 3as Wobnhaus, pelhes auf
66, 900 6r. tortert 1T, bat Die 8eltim=
mung elmer tnntonaten @rbolllngs-
ifation fir 8enelenoe (yteconuales5en.
tsnbeilit).
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GberftrieQstommillar, contra n3ilr=
der YoH" ipuroe oeren Geoatteur Or.
g8ettItein bon ben 3urAer @eIAnornen
megen 8efNlmpfung 81 elmer SuBe BON
800 6r., elmer @ntlbdolgung bon 1900
S5r. uno ben erbebliden Soften perur=
tbeilt.
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So. in @bam t3ua) bat wieoer cute
8eIhdIte semadt im Sabr 1908. Ser
&eingepinn betrd9t 3.3l8,3lS Sr.
IS loGsu 100000 Sr. abaei6rieben
uno 3,l20.000 6r.-l64% 0ipioenoe
pertbeilt tperoen. 76,l38 6r. meroen
auf neue 3s1nune aeidrleben uuo
10000 Jr. Dem Granten= uno llnfall=
fonos 5ugelpieien. Wenn man 10 sliif=
LID ndre, ba gIftiondr au iein!
Mu6 Diioinsen (6reiburs) ipenoet
einen Eipioenoen. 5egen BON l64 %.
Yfarrer &6pfli bon geihi (Solo-
tburn) Der tiirsli6 auf bic Glage bon
Sberamtmann Steiner Elm Siibneqelo
bon 100 ST. besablen mubte. bat nun
auf Die Sla9e bon @eri9tsprdlioent
9tampfli in 5oiotburn pe9en @brbe=
leioisung ebenfalls 100 6r. 8ube uno
fic Soften 3u entri9ten. SSiir einen
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prsKe auseelhriebene Pafer- uno gus=
Idufsrltelle baben Ii9 innerbalb bier
Susen geaen 200 8efettanten 9emeloet.
Gin 3eiden Der 3eit!
Nun baben mir einise Sage erlebt,
bic uns ben Srublins abnen lieBen;
anaelanat lit er aber nod ni9t.
9lus Srient i'm Wallis miro 9etels
bet, Der Gdnee lieee 2 Meter bod, bel
lGertiefuneen ioear 4-5 Wster bod.
Weoer Wiauern nod Sefen eien gu
leben, alIes lei nipellirt. Ser Obere
She'll oes 5rient.S bales lei ourd eine
2atuine, bic pom Col be 8aIme berun-
ter fam, oollltdnoi9 beoeft. Gin i9o=
ner 2dr9enwalo nurbe tpesraiiert.
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miro oe,neloet, on Steuen. no gar
teins S1nee,peben Iib beFinoen, lei e,
Us m. bod. @inise Wale bat I'M
8ebir9e nun ihon Der 50bn 9ebrauit;
bic Wdloer nelgen lib oann oor Der
ltarten @inbsbraut, Die 6duIer GA3en
1 uno ltDbnen, elm aaeemeines grauieu
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itiirsen BON Den 9dnsen. uuo bic gerQ=
5ade fbpellen an uno raul4en lauter.
grbebeno liebt Der Medi6 Der @irtung
Der allmd6tisen 9tatursepalten gu.
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1904-04-07
ueberseit Mrbett.

Das Nhtlfunbenseieb tpiro BON pielen
fleinen Nrbeitern-Dr. &inss Stem 9ife
pills - nidt bea6tet. Millionen iinp
Sag unb Naht an Der Irbeit unb furie>
rem gerbauunss- unb @allenbs{Awerben,
5artleibtsfeit 8cpfi6mer3en. Masen<,
Qeber. unb lnterleibsleiben. QeiAt, an-
senebm, 3userlaiiis fiber. Madt ben
gerluA. Sur Csc. In Der @pptbefe BON
6. 9. Nainsberger.
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\ Gin arst in montona bat entoed

Gin Mr3t in Montana bat entoedi,
oab Elm Metall. oas er .@aoiOmite" ge-
tauFt bat. cine Iungebeure 0eiltraft be-
fist. Wenn man zine sauaatitdt bes
WletoIs in ber SaIde bel iid trdgt,
tam man iiberhaupt nift tranf tper-
ben. MuB biefer Mr3t aber cine Wutb
ouf ale feline golle9en baben, baB er
bas Gebeimnib 70 6ffentlid bertiinostl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-19

Allison has been in the senate now
for over 80 years and prior to March 4.
1873, when he took his seat in the
chamber at the north wing of the cap
itol, he had been member of the
house of representatives for four con-
crosses, SO that legislation comes to
him now by instinct and he can accom-
plish more without apparent effort than
many others can accomplish with much
straining and strenuousity. He is Is
years old now and he has been in con-
gress since he was 81.
Allison has a greater facility in shap-
ing legislation than any other man who
has been in either house or senate in
many years. He has positive genius
for parliamentary phrasing, securing
by an apt word or sentence exactly the
legislative result which he desires. On
conference committee, where so much
of the important legislation OF congress
is really framed, Allison is irresistible.
Without exciting antagonism or SEEM
ing to be insistent he almost invariably
secures exactly the results which he
sets out to obtain. With smile and a
suggestion he touches unerringly the
hidden spring which opens up what
looks to his antagonist as a compro-
mise, but which in truth results in pre-
cisely the aim he had in mind.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-19


feated by a substantial majority. Yet
again he dominated his audience by
the force of his overwhelming person.
-ality and while he held them under the
spell, Of his eloquence seemed to be
carrying everything by storm. He
reused cheers of frenzied enthusiasm
from his democratic associates and
from the galleries. and even those on
the republican side of the house could
hardly restrain themselves from ex-
pressions of involuntary approval.
The glamour of dramatic occasion
disappeared in the cold gray dawn of
the morning after, and even some of
the democratic representatives who had
INDUCED in the most frenzied exclama-
tons of delight began to wonder seri-
,ously what it had all been about and to
recall that Bourke Cochran in the past
had lent his eloquence fully as often to
the opposition as to them and that he
had only rarely been on the winning
side.
Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania, whose in
corruption of the Tammany orator was
the occasion for stirring Cochran to
his great burst of eloquence. is physi-
cally SO inferior to the Irish leader as
to make his attack seem almost ridicu-
'ous in the retrospect. He has slen-
der figure of medium height, a head
which tips pertly to the right at an
angle Of several degrees, and a voice
which is thin and piercing almost to
the point Of racking the hearers
nerves. He is lacking in magnetism and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-05-19

Hon. Rourke Cock the men and the
ran. occasion the floor
of the house may well become the
arena for dramatic scenes equal in in
tensity and interest to any of the great
days which once made the popular
branch of congress the center OF attrac-
ton for those who throng the capitol.
Bourke Cochran, of course, is giant
among popular orators. 1t is doubtful
whether in all American history there
has been any man who could exceed
him as an overpowering oratorical per-
sonaiity before popular assembly. He
is big of body, big of head, big of
voice, big in magnetism, with a genius
for pharse-making and a wealth Of in
vective with which no man of the pres
ent generation can compete.
1t is doubtful whether In all the his
tory of American politics there has
been a more impressive oratorical tri
umph than that which Cochran won in
the Democratic convention of 1892 at
Chicago. In that year Cochran attend
ed the convention as member Of the
Tammany delegation from New York
who were bent upon defeating the NOM
ination of Grover Cleveland, and who
united in written appeal to the dele
gates from other states against Cleve-
lands nomination on the ground that
it would surely involve the loss of the
Empire state to the democratic party.
THE convention was in continuous ses-
esion in the great wigwam for hours
during the day and far into the night.
, The rain beat upon the roof, the great
tcrowd of. 10000 people surged and
thowled and altogether it was an unruly
mob. The sentiment for Cleveland was
dominant and the democratic managers
under the lead of William C.. Whitney
had completed the arrangements for
his nomination. For hours the most
reflective orators in the party had been
appealing from the platform, some in
favor of Cleveland, others against him,
but no matter who they were or whom
they favored they were drowned in the
fury of the crowd. Their oratory was
"a voiceless pantomime. Then at three
o'clock in the morning Cochran rose
and plowed forward to a place on the
platform. He had not been speaking
two minutes before he had the great
auditorium silent under the spell of his
eloquence and he held a hostile audi
'ence there for an hour, while he mar
shalled argument after argument
against the former president, who was
as he described it popular on every
Gay except election day" Then after
he had concluded his speech the con-
vention went i,calmly to work and
placed in nomination the man against
whom he had let loose the floods of his
.eloquence. 81