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Fleet at Panama Reinforced.
The United States fleet at Panama has
been augmented by the gunboat Benning-
ton and the torpedo boat destroyers Preble
and Paul Jones. which arrived there yester-
day from San Francisco.
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hours 16; year ago. 81.
Weather conditions and general foreca St
An area of high pressure of great magi.
tude covers the lake region and middle
Atlantic coast districts. 1t has increased
somewhat in intensity during the last TWEEN.
ty-four hours, pressures of 80. so inches be.
ing recorded in upper Michigan and On.
tario. A depression of considerable energy
covers the plateau and Rocky mountain re.
gions, with steep barometric gradients to
the eastward.
The weather has been fair in all parts
OF the country, except the Pacific coast and
the plateau region, wheRe rain has fallen
In southern districts and snow in the in
terror of northern districts.
The temperatures in New England and
eastern New York have again fallen to zero
and below. There has also been a consid-
cradle fall along the middle and south
Atlantic coast. The plateau region depres-
sion Will move east-southeast during the
next thirty-six hours, giving rain in the
lower Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys
and snow in the upper Ohio and lower
lake region Tuesday. nj az
The temperature will rise in the lake
region tonight, and it will be warmer Tues
day in the Ohio valley and the lower Mis-
sissippi valley, including Tennessee
The winds along the middle and south At
lanuc coast will be mostly fresh north
to northeast, and on the east gulf coast
fresh northerly, becoming southeastern
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the twen-
ty-four hours ending am. Sunday: Mont
gomery, Ito.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northwest to north
winds and fair weather to the Grand
Banks
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FAIR TONIGHT.

Tuesday Increasing cloudiness; Light
Variable Winds.
Forecast till pm. Tuesday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land. fair tonight. Tuesday, increasing
cloudiness; light variable winds, becoming
easterly.
For Virginia, fair and continued cold to-
night. Tuesday. increasing cloudiness, with
snow in extreme western portion; light
northerly winds, becoming easterly.
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late sister Mrs. Ssllie r. Jacobs.
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings, of the
Thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at am. yesterday
Thermometer-January II, pm, %; 8
PM, %; IL midnight, 10. January 1S, 4
am. II; am, IS: IL noon, %: pm, q.
mum. 16, at am, January -
Barometer-January IT, pm, 3O.2S; 8
pm. 3O.36; IL midnight. 80. 40. January 10.
4 am, 30 40; am. 3O.53; noon, 1886; 2
pm. 1885,
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Minimum temperature past twenty four
hours 16; a year ago, 81.
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PRUBATE NOTWITHSTANDING :

PROSATE COURT-JuStice Wright.
Estate of Annie Stovey; petition of Della
.Stovey for letters OF administration fled
Attorneys, Hamilton & Colbert.
Estate Of Valentine Klein; order to en-
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Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition Of water at 8
am: Great Falls. temperature. SO; Cond-
ton, SO: Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
SO; condition at north connection. SO: condi-
ton at south connection, 36; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, "a; con-
dition at infiuent gate house. SO; condition
at ef1uent gate house, SO; Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in
fluent. SO; condition at effiuent. SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. PSI am. and 2:5s pm. /;
high tide, 1886 m. and 8:46 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, 1928 am. and las
pm; high tide, Ola am. and 9:24 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:17 am; sun sets,
6:O4 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:1e am.
Moon sets. 8:18 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
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BANKRUPTCY COURT-Justice Anderson.
In re Andrew Krause; order of reference
to d. 8. McCalmont, referee Petitioner
solicitor, p. NJ Brown.
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CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2-Justice Wright
In re will of Isabella L. Nourse; on trial:
caveators attorney. II. E. Davis; caveatee's
attorneys Cole & Donaldson.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

CLAYTON E. EMIG ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL
Tor at Law has removed his Offices to the new
Colorado building, t4th and g SITS. JaZ-Z6t
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
The Prescription Bnth.

From Everybody's Magazine for July.
The bath house at each of the
famous health resorts of Europe is
the most imposing building in town.
with stately facade and inviting en-
trance. Inside are long corridors
ladies to the right and gentlemen to
the left-lined with dozens Of little cell
like rooms. each containing bath
tub, a couch. and a thermometer. At
the door is a strong-armed masseur.
There is much comforting between the
doctor and this attendant, repeated
testing of temperatures and mixtures
OF water In the tub. After the patient
gets into his tub, the doctor waits out
side the door. watch in hand, timing
the immersion. Then the masseur gets
to work with vigorous rubbing, still
timed by the doctor. Finally the pa
tent appears. dressed and refreshed.
The doctor talks automatically on
favorite symptoms. sympathizes a lit
tie. hatters a little more. and with a
sweeping bow hands his victim into a
carriage.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
FEAR THE "sEvEN wHIsTLERs."
Peculiar Superstition which Has
Caused Many Mining Strikes in
England.

Peculiar Superstition which Has
Caused Many Mining Strikes in
England.
From the Boston Transcript.
In some parts of England peculiar
whistling or yelping noises are heard
in the air after dusk and early in the
morning before daylight during the
winter months. Sometimes, however,
the noise is described as beautiful
sounds like music, high up in the air,
which gradually die away. The gen.
eral belief is that the "seven whistlers,"
as they are called, are the foretellers
of bad luck, disaster or death to some
one in the locality. 1t is a very an
cient suggestion. Both swifts and
plovers have been suggested as the
Whistlers. 1t may be noted that plov-
ers are additionally supposed to con-
tain the souls of those who assisted
at the crucifXion and in consequence
were doomed to float in the air forever
Really, the "whistlers'' are widgeon, or
teal, as they fit from their feeding
grounds, passage always made UNI
der cover of darkness In SHROPSHIRE
the sound is described as resembling
that of many larks singing and the
folklore of both Shropshire and Wor-
cestershire says: "They are seven
birds, and the six fly about continually
together looking for the seventh, and
when they find him, the world will
come to an end"
Everywhere, without exception. the
seven whistlers" are believed to pres
age i'll, but the superstition seems to
be more particularly a miners notion
III they hear the warning voice of the
seven whistlers," birds sent, as thew
say, by providence to warn them of
an impending danger, not a man will
descend into the pit until the following
day. For example, in September 1874.
the following paragraph went the
round of the papers: ION Monday
morning large numbers of the miners
employed at the Bedworth collieries. in
North Warwickshire, giving way to a
superstition which has long prevailed
among their class, refused to descend
into the pits in which they are en-
ployed. During Sunday night it was
stated that the seven whistlers' had
been distinctly heard in the neighbour
hood of Bedworth, and the result was
that on the following morning many of
the men positively refused to descend
into the pits
Morfa colliery, in South Wales. is no.
torious for its uncanny traditions. The
seven whistlers" were heard there
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
a positive fact TRUTH"
The Gnme whiting.

The splendid fighter and delightful
pan fish that we call whiting i'm this
section of the country is called the
kingfish in Northern waters Indeed.
this species has a number of names,
according to locality. 1t is called whit
ing, kingfish, tomCod, hake. black null
let and mink. names properly belonging
TO different fish. 1t is. also known as
the Carolina whiting. Bermuda whiting
Enough not found in Bermuda's 365 is
lands), bullhead whiting. ground null
let and barb. On the Pacific coast IL
is called the sucker. In California wa
tiers it is known as the queenish.
Dr. Tarleton II. Bean, who is in
charge of the Worlds Fair fisheries
mas described it's coloring as follows:
color dusky gray above, sometimes
blackish. the back and sides with dis
tlnct dark oblique cross bands running
downward and forward, the anterior
one at the nape extending downward
meeting the second and thus forming a
V-shaped blotch on each side: a dark
lateral streak bounding the pale color
of the belly, most distinct posterity. and
extending on lower lobe of caudal: in
SIDE OF gill cavity scarcely dusky; pee
torals dark"
According to De Kay the English COL
onists liked it for its excellent flavor
and named 1t the kingfish In Della
ware and New Jersey it is known as
the hake; in Chesapeake Bay as the
black mullet; North Carolina STYLES it
the sea mink; Connecticut knows 1t as
the tomcod: South Carolinians and
Georgians call ii the whiting. The fish
goes In schools with the yellow-mouth
trout. In the South anglers say they
are going 'for whiting and trout" In
the North they say for "kingfish and
weakfish."
Has Caught 31,2OO whiting.
The New York Press thinks that the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

-Wife-'Henry, I am sure young
Spoonabit means business in coming
here to see Maud" Husband-"Non-
sense! What makes. you think SOP"
He wears a new necktie every time
he comes" do you think Maud cares
anything for him?" I'm certain she
does. Why, she hasn't eaten an onion
this spring. "-Pick-Me-U
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

before great explosion in the SOS. and
before another in 1890. when nearly a
hundred miners were entombed. In
December, 1895, it was said that they
had been heard yet again, whereupon
the men struck work and could not be
induced to resume it until the govern
ment inspector made a close examina-
tion of the workings and reported all
safe. In July, 1902, another instance
of colliery strike founded upon the
same superstition occurred in Eng
land.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
An Emnrhnm Trnnt.

81 know you won't believe It," said
Harry Harden. 'tbut 1t is the 20.
tive. fact, truth" Now, "A simple
truth may be open to doubt, when it
Is fish story, but fact truth"
should be held unimpeachable. Harry's
>'fact truth" was this: He was up
In Effingham a week or so ago on his
variation. A fish fry was arranged.
Fishermen went out a day ahead OF
the event TO make sure OF fish for
the occasion. The sportsmen fisher
men wet their lines only on the morn
sng OF the fry" But if the pot-hsh-
ers hadn't gone out at all the sports
men would have had an elegant suffi-
cheney for all purposes. Il never saw
anything like it," said Harry. I'VE
fished with live bait. We'd cast up
under the willows. Soon as the bait
would hit the water, 'z-Z-z-ipv some
thing would have II and be gone! Man
aiVe, we caught 'em. Bream as wide
as your two hands; Jacks as long as
your forearm. And trout Saw. how
big fresh water trout did you ever
seer Three pounds7 on, that was a
nldnnow! We'd have used that for.
oaitl Why, we got 'en FIVE, six ana
seven pounds right along. Our best
trout weighed ten pounds, after ne
9lad been out OF the water several
noaro. Why, q man could stick his
mead IN that fi5h's mouth We caught
trout ana Dream until we were tired.
We fed seventy-five people. They ali
Bhsn enough, and there was a lot of
TO iept over. But that ten-pound
helhow-he was a beauti Now, I don't
S1peo You 10 believe n about that
n'A None Of my friends does. But
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

A light, plant rod and fifty yards of
fine linen line, a fine gut leader and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
More About the whiting.

A we'll known and expert fisherman
says the whiting is one of the bravest
little fighters that swims-little, be-
cause it rarely exceeds two pounds in
weight. and gamy enough to fully merit
the honorable title by which it is
known in the North-the kingfish. 1t
is certainly a remarkably powerful fish,
will pull and fight like "all possessed"
takes the bart with a rush and a
vicious jerk, and when it feels the
prick of the hook swims off with sur
prising rapidity.
II literally lays low" persistently
keeping near bottom, and when it can
gain no more line it will break water,
and. falling back, will start off on a
mad career in a different direction or
in a circle. When finally you have
landed the fish you will marvel ex-
ceedingly that your valiant antagonist
weighs but a pound or two. The whit
ing has a long, tapering form, and is
covered with round scales. the head
and mouth being small, the latter be-
ing beneath the upper jaw: or, in
other words. it has a fiat, blunt. big
nose covering very small mouth. The
back is a dark gray, the belly is
blush white, and the fins of various
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
Fishing and
Fishermen

During the next few days there will
of eager fishermen, one early in the
morning and one late in the afternoon.
And midday there will be the low tide,
at which time the small fish are sup
posed to bite best.
But for big, game fish-the fellows
that will make your reel hum and burn
the skin off the thumb that you use
as brake--if you haven't had the fore
thought to have a leather brake put on
take advantage of the high water,
every time. Half an hour before high
water slack to half an hour after the
ebb sets in is the best time for bass
and drum. They will bite earlier and
later, of course-sometimes. But the
best time to fish is when the fish bite
best, and that is the period stated.
Not a great many bass have been
taken lately They seem to have about
finished their runs But one boat a few
Gays ago took seven fine drum at a
point in Wilmington river that the fish
ermen refused to disclose. All they
would say was that the drop was with
in half an hours easy rowing from
Thunderbolt.
The rig and the bait for drum is
about the same as that for bass, except
that somewhat smaller hooks may be
safely used. The drum is not so game
a fighter on a reel as a bass, but il he
weighs five pounds or over he will let
the angler know that there has been
something doing"
All kinds of bait are now plentiful
and If bait is not promptly forthcom-
ing. after having been ordered a suffi-
Gent time in advance. there is no rea-
sonable excuse that can be offered by
the bait-catcher. He may give an ex-
cuse, but it won't be reasonable. And
boiling in sardine oil is light punish
ment for the bait catcher who disap-
points his patron.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
Tvventy-six Fish ON One Hook.

yes, SIR" asserted an Ogeechee river
fisherman with vehemence and posi-
tiveness, Il make the statement, and
am ready to kiss the book ON it, that
/ once caught twenty-six fish on one
hook at one and the same time! 1t may
sound preposterous. but it is gospel
truth. / was no less surprised at the
numerical strength of the catch than
you probably are to hear me tell of it,
on my word of honor. But facts are
stubborn things.
yet it was not so strange after all.
You must know that a mother catfish
harbors its young in it's mouth; at
least the fresh water cat does; 1 don't
know about the salt water cat. My
catch was a big, blue-black catfish,
with mouth not less than four inches
across. After 1 had taken the cat off
the hook and thrown it in the boats
fishwell, it disgorged number of tiny
counterparts of itself. 1 counted them.
There were twenty-five of the little
fellows. Adding this number to the
parent fish, had caught twenty-six
fish on one hook at the same time"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
Fishing for JeweIry.

The following fish story from Nor
ristown, N. j., has the distinction of
appearing in the New York Tribune,
edited by Hon. Whitelaw Reid, for
merly United States ambassador to
France. Its reliability, therefore,
ought not to be questioned. The
story:
"a remarkable recovery of a watch
by its rightful owner was that made
by Mrs. John Biddle while fishing
in Budd's Lake yesterday. Mrs Bid
die, who lives at Mine Hill, caught a
twelve-pound pickerel, and in the
stomach of the fish the watch was
found.
THE Biddle house at Mine Hill was
robbed three years ago, and all the
jewelry in the place was carried off
When the burglar was caught he said
that he had rowed out into the mid
die of Budd's lake and dumped the
stuff overheard. He was convicted and
sentenced. but none of the jewelry
was ever recovered, because Budd's
Lake is a rather deep body of water
For the first time in her life Mrs
Biddle went fishing yesterday, and the
only catch she made was the pickerel
She is now considering the advisable
ity of fishing there every day. to see
II she cannot recover the balance of
her jewelry in the same way"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

man who knows more about whiting
than any other man in this country
to-day is Col. Thomas Hayward How
ard ot Grahamville, Beaufort county,
South Carolina.
The Press says Col. Howard has
passed the threescore milestone, and
for the past fifteen years he has given
up one day to his favorite pastime.
Preferably he fishes the drops of Broad
river every Tuesday in the year, and
if the rains are too heavy for him to
drive the dozen miles from his home to
the sea he goes on Wednesday.
His catch of whiting alone usually
numbers fifty, in addition to trout,
blackfish and an occasional sea bass.
When he drives to his home on Tues
day night the upper section of Graham
Vile goes in strong for whiting. If
the Towards. the Burnets, the Horrys
and the Lynahs didn't have whiting
and trout once a week 1t would violate
sacred tradition. Estimating his
catch at fifty which is not an extrava
CANT figure, Col. Howard has taken in
fifteen years more than 1000 whiting a
year. or a total of 1920 whiting in
fifteen years. 1t will be remembered
that whiting are in the Southern wa
ters about eight months in the year.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24
A swell Shark story.


Swell Shark story.
SAY" exclaimed DIR. Morris, why
don't you write up the story of the
shark that George Schwarz caught
It's the richest thing you ever heard.
No other fish story of the season can
compare with it. Never heard it? Why,
that's mighty peculiar. Everybody is
talking about it. You see, it was this
way: A party went down to Warsaw
sound Excuse me, there is man l
want to see"
"D'you hear about the shark George
Schwarz caught?" asked Frank Wall,
with a broad smile. NO? Well, then.
you've got a laugh coming to you.
Funniest thing ever happened. Make
you bust your buttons I'm using safe
ty pins now; buttons all busted. Have
to laugh every time I think of it. Ha.
ha! 1t was this way A party went
down to Warsaw sound Gee, there S
the chief; I've got to see him; will tell
you about it later so long!"
Funny story, that, about the shark
George Schwarz caught" said AL Chip
man; did you hear it? No? It's just
too good for anything. I've heard
shark stories in my time. but this beats
'em all A party went down to War
saw sound Yes, sir; l can show you
some cotton rope; this way, sir. What
size will you see?"
II heard about that shark George
Schwarz caught way up in South Car
olina," said John Huiskamp of Garnet
Station; why didn't you put it in
the paper? The way 1 heard it was
like this: A party went down to War
saw sound Hello! Yonders Mr.. Zip
perez; I've been looking for him! Good
by!"
Tell you fish story?" said Mr.. Nell
son of the Casino; "yes, with pleasure.
The best one 1 can think of right now
is that of the shark that George
Schwarz caught. You see, a party went
down to Warsaw sound Excuse me
a moment, please, while 1 answer the
telephone"
Il heard a good story to-day" said
Mullaney of the baseball team. TT
was about a man named George
Schwarz, who caught a shark. 1t seems
a party went down to Warsaw sound
What's that? Release Oyler? Not on
your life Why, that kid etc, ETC.,
etc.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

Has Caught II zoo whiting.
The New York Press thinks that the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

Funny about that shark George
Schwarz caught, wasn't it?" asked
Conductor Futch of the A and b.
belt line. Il heard some gentlemen
talking about it. They said a party
went down to Warsaw sound Yes.
maam; this is Fortieth street, the Isle
of Hope junction, and the car leaves
on the hour and half hour. You'll catch
the car all right, ma'am."
Say, old man." began Jack" Cor
man, Il want to tell you about that
shark"
But the fish editor stuck his fingers
in his ears and escaped around COR
ner.