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The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
IMPERIAL GERMANY
HAS GONE A-VISITING.
To the DucaI House Into which the
Crown Prince VIII Wed.

Crown Prince VIII Wed.
Schwerin- -Mecklenburg, Sept. IL
Emperor William and Empress Au-
gusta Victoria arrived here this even
ing, accompanied by Crown Prince
Frederick William and his betrothed,
the Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin. The city was lavishly deco
rated and the royal party was given
an enthusiastic reception by the popu-
lace.
At state dinner at the castle, the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- -Schwerin,
in a short speech, welcomed his guests.
The Emperor. in his reply, expressed
great joy at the betrothal Of the Crown
Prince and Duchess, and said that the
latter would be received with open
arms and honored by the imperial
house. Her career. His Majesty said,
he was convinced would insure the
happiness of his son and with it the
happiness of his house and of the
fatherland. He concluded by propos-
ing the health of the Grand Duke,
dwelling on the close and intimate
relations which always had prevailed
between the two houses.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
TERRELL AND HIS PARTY
BACK FROM MANASSAS.
Governor Was Well Pleased with
the Georgia Troops.


Atlanta, Sept. 11.-Gov. Terrell and
the distinguished party of Georgians
who accompanied him to the govern
ment maneuvers at Manassas as the
guests of j. P. Billups of the West
Point Railroad, returned to-day.
The Governor spoke most enthusiasts
tically of his trip and particularly of
the big review of the troops Saturday,
when he said the Georgia troops made
a most magnificent showing
and were highly commend
ed by the officers of the reg
ular army. During this review the
Governor was escorted by a troop of
Georgia cavalry and during his stay he
received many callers. both officers of
Georgia regiments and officers of the
regular army. The Governor said:
II was much disappointed in not be-
ing able to visit the Second Provision
al Regiment Of the Georgia State
Troops l made every effort to make
that visit, but unfortunately, was un-
avoidably prevented.
II telephoned Col. Scott, but he was
in Washington on official business that
day and did not return TO the maneu-
yer grounds or receive my telegram
until after we had reached Manassas.
'When I did hear from him, l
made efforts to reach the Second Reg
iment by telephone, but was unsuc-
cessful"
Members of the party were Controller
General w. A. Wright, Col. w. l.. Pee
and Maj. Emmett Irwin Of Atlanta, and
Col. Peter Meldrim of Savannah.
Col Wright, while on the old battle
ground visited the home of Miss
Sommer Gaines, of one OF the
most distinguished families In
Virginia, and while there was recog-
nized by that lady, into whose home
he was carried from the Second Battle
of Manassas. II was there that his
leg was amputated and he was nursed
until his return to Georgia. This was
their first meeting since the war.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
CONNECTICUT NEGROES
ARE BACK AT HOME.
Their Captain Says Southern Sol
diers stoned Them.

dtcrs stoned Them.
New Haven. Conn.,, Sept. 11.--Tired
and foot-sore and craving good
nights sleep. the members of the
Connecticut National Guard. compris-
ing three regiments, returned tonight
from Virginia. where they went a
week ago to join IN the maneuvers OF
the army regulars and the troops OF
many other states.
Capt Ross Of the First Separate
Company (oolored). and Lieut. Jones
Of The same company stated tonight
that while the regiments were waiting
for trains ~ Manassas Junction yes-
terday afternoon. their company was
stoned BY q few of the southern rogi-
menia and several men hiL This. they
claimed. was ne only fimo during
Nhirh there seemed fo be anY feeling
sTainnf them on ibs pari ~ ths citizen
soldiers
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
NEW GUINEA NATIVES
MURDERED PRIESTS.

Nuns Also Fell Victims to Their
MurderOus Frenzy.
Brinsbane, Queensland, Sept. H.
News has been received from German
New Guinea saying that natives at
tackled the Catholic mission and mur-
dered Fathers Raschen and Rutter,
Brothers Bley, Plasschaer and Scellen-
kens, Sisters Sofia, Agatha. Annie,
Agnes and ANGELA.
Thirty-six natives we're captured and
sixteen of them were executed for the
crime.
The design of the natives was to
murder all the whites, but this was
frustrated
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
PEoNAGE IN MISSISSIPPI.
First Cases in That state Are Now
TO he Tried.


Jackson. Miss. Sept. 11.-At the reg
ular term of Federal court which con-
venes at Meridian tomorrow the first
peonage cases to be tried in Mississippi
will be called.
Iva Henderson and the I.egetees.
white citizens Of Kemper county, are
under indictment for holding in invol-
untary servitude a negro by the name
Of Shcp Griffin on their farm in Kem-
per county. The Pickett brothers, also
white are charged with holding I'm in
voluntary servitude a negro named
Dock Henderson
II is understood that there is con-
siderable peonage being carried on in
Mississippi just now. and while the
Federal officials will not talk about Il.
II Is believed that this Is but the be-
ginning.
The outcome Of the trials al Meridian
will be watched with great Interest
II n understood that former Circuit
Judge James Neville will be associated
with the United states District Attor-
ney Lee. IN the prosecution Of these
cases The accused have employed
former chief Justice Woods of the su-
preme Court Of MsHissippl % defend
them
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
COURT OF INQUIRY WILL
FRAME REPORT TO-DAY.
No IntimatiOn ns to what It's Ma
ture viii BE.


Atlanta, Sept. 11.-Col. w. E. Woot
en-, president, will call the Statesboro
Court of Inquiry to order, in this city,
tomorrow morning for the purpose of
framing a report to be submitted to
Gov. Terrell.
Gov. Terrell declined to discuss the
matter to-day, but it is understood
that he will Immediately take such ac-
tlon as the report of the Court of In
quiry warrants. In the event a court
martial is ordered. it will probably be
instructed to meet within a short time.
and the now famous case will be
threshed out before it is cold.
Thus far no predictions have been
made. with any appearance of au-
thority to support them. as to what
the verdict of the court will be.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
URUGUAY INSURGENTS
AGAIN WIN A BATTLE.
nBmOrs cOneerniHE she Casualties
Are Conflicting.

Buenos Ayrea. sept IA further
heavy engagement between the ineur-
gents and the troops ~ the govern
ment in which che latter ere reported
% have been drfeatod. Be- SAID 40 have
ooourred in Uruguay numorr con-
oerning me casualties ere connicfinr
Negotiations bffweeH fhe Paraguay.
AZ government and fhe reyoluuon'ria
there are sfl pfrfes1ina
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12

Cronstadt Sept. 1.-THE Baltic fleet
sailed to-day for the Far East. The
vessels of the fleet are as follows:
The battleships Souvaroff, Vice Ad-
miral Rojestvensky's flagship: the
Navarin, Sissoi veliky. Borodino,
Alexander III. Orel Oleg, and the Os-
liaba, Rear Admiral Voelkersam' S
flagship; the cruisers Admiral Max
himoff, Dmitri Donskoi, Aurora, and
the Almaz, Rear Admiral Enkuist's
flagship, and several torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers.
The fleet will merely touch at Libau,
where it will be Joined by twelve
transports, Golfers and supply ships
already waiting there and will then
proceed direct to the Orient.
The scene on the departure of the
feet was an imposing one. At dawn
the first anchor was hoisted on the
swift cruiser Aurora, which accom-
panied by two torpedo boats, slipped
out of the harbor. The town was
awakened by the booming of the guns
NiAC AOA - oS AAC oPCo "
wards Libau in advance of the main
squadron.
Nicholas Said Farewell.
At o'clock in the afternoon, the
time set for the departure of the re-
mainder of the fleet, the imperial
yacht, with the Emperor, Grand Duke
Alexis, the high admiral, and other
high naval officers on board, put out
from Peterhof, on the other side of the
bay with an escort of three torpedo
boats. Admiral's Rojestvensky. Voel-
kersam and Enquist went on board the
imperial yacht and personally said
farewell to the Emperor.
Then, with destroyers ahead and
abeam, the Souvaroff led the squadron
down the Finnish Gulf. The water
front and the piers and forts were
crowded with spectators. The en-
signs on the forts were dipped and the
guns Of each chain of forts across the
bay Joined in an admiral's salute,
while from the signal masts above the
forts fiuttered a string of colored
hags, reading: Good luck to the Bal
Tic fleet on it's long voyage"
II was announced from st. Peters,
ourg Saturday that the Baltic fleet
would sail for than Sunday
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
RIoT0US AGAINST JEWS.
Many Persons Were Injured by
MObs in Russia.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 11.-Anti-S Semi
tic rioting took place at Rovno, in the
government of Volhynia, Sept. 4, during
which many persons were injured and
shops pillaged.
A similar outbreak occurred at Smela,
government of Keef. where the troops
were called. Ninety-eight houses and
las shops were pillaged, and several
persons were seriously and many
slightly wounded by the troops Many
of the rioters were arrested.
The affair lasted for two days, Sept.
and Sept. s.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
ALEXIEFF Is READY
TO GIVE UP HIS JOB,

London, Sept. 11.-A dispatch TO
Reuters Telegram Company from st.
Petersburg says that It is understood
that Viceroy Alexieff, IN view Of the
paramount military exigences In the
Far East. has placed his resignation in
the hands Of the Emperor. but that no
decision with regard 70 il has yet been
made
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
LOSSES OF THE JAPS WERE
1889 AT LAO YANG

Washington, Sept. IA dispatch
from Toxic. which reached the Japa-
nese legation to-day, placed the total
casualties on the japanese side at the
battle of Lao Yang at 1853 officers
and men killed and wounded OF these
the army of the right (Kuroki's) lost
1896 the centre (Nodzus) 1882, and the
left (Oku's) 1851.
The number of officers killed was 1856
and the number wounded 464.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
DEATH IN FOOTBALL.


narrisbnfg. Pa. Sept "a Blaine
Hoffman, aEod 20 yearn. received such
serious Internal Injuries in "a gsme of
football az iYkena near hrre yeHtsr.
eaF. whom oppaflnF players piled upoo
hlm. fhaf death resulted to-day
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
SOLEMN SERVICE FOR
REP0SE OF THE DEAD

Shots Heard During the Russian
Ceremony at Mukden.
Mukden, Sept. 11.-All is quiet in this
region. 1t is understood that the main
force of japanese has retired to Yentai.
A solemn service was held to-day
for the repose of the souls of those
killed in action. 1t was attended by
the entire staff and garrison. A few
distant shots were heard during the
ceremony, but this did not disturb the
solemnity of the service.
The weather is threatening and more
rain is expected.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
MELBA RAN OVER
AND KILLED A MAN.
Prima Donna Was Running Her
Automobile in Paris.

Paris, Sept. 11.-Mme. Melba, the
distinguished singer, while driving an
automobile this Afternoon; accompanied
by her two cousins, the Misses Walker.
ran over a man about 81 years old and
killed him instantly. The chaffeur
was not to blame as the old man got
in the way Of the automobile, while
endeavoring TO escape being run over
by a cab.
Nine. Melba was greatly distressed
and returned 10 the hotel. where she
Is now confined 20 her apartments.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
NEGRO AND HIS DAUGHTER
KILLED AT BOSTON.
A vaIdosta Negro Charged with tho
Crime.

Valdosta, Ca, Sept. 11.--News was
received here to-day of the killing OF
a negro and his daughter at Boston
by a negro named VIII Drayton OF
Valdosta. Drayton who Is alleged TO
have done the killing. has a bad rep
utation. II is said that he had a
brother lynohed in Florida. another
brother hung in this state. and still
another killed In an alteration. He
also had a brother killed in a water
melon patch, and he has served most
Of his life IN the chaingang for va
rious crimes. n IL presumed that he
made his escape after committing the
crime, as the ofnoera here we're noti-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
ENCOUNTERS WERE
ONLY OF PATROLS

ST. Petersburg Sept lin q tele-
gram 10 Emperor Nicholas, dated Sept
10, Gen. Kuopafk'n says,
"Thers were ne hostl'flea to-0es
fgafnrdayl except maNine1nf patrol
eonanued oa Fnh'r're
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12

Visnna. Sept 1.-THE Ninth Inter
national Press Congress opened f0-dar
boz fhe Han of ifli.arE ~ fhe Chamber
~ Deputies Archdukn halnfr. repre-
aenflnR me Emperor Count Oouloueh.
akl ihH Fofeign Minister nr Won
Nofher fhe premief. aud Other mlnis
ffra NrTr present
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
RUSSIA'S HOPE
IS AGAIN AFLOAT
BALTIC FLEET HAS SAILED
40 GIVE BATTLE TO JAPANESE ON
EASTERN SEAS.

To Capture or Destroy or to he
Captured or Destroyed, Admiral
ROjestvensky Sailed to Meet the
RedOubtabIe Japanese Admiral
Togo, Who Has Visited Such Havoc
Tpon the Russian Armada-Em-
perOr Sped the Departing Fleet.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12

Montreal, Sept. 11.--General Manager
McNiooll of the Canadian Pacific, to-
night stated that he had been advised
that the trans Continental train, which
left here last Tuesday morning, had
been held up by train robbers twenty
two miles from Mission Junction, b. c.,
forty-three miles from Vancouver.
There were four men in the party.
They compelled the train crew to un-
couple the mail and express car from
the remainder of the train and run
ahead two miles, where they looted the
mail and express cars.
II is not known here how much they
secured. Mr.. McNicoll stated that he
had been advised that arrests had been
made.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-12
ROBBERS GOT $1,000
AT THE PISTOLS POINT,
Held UD a Train and Touched the
Express Messenger.

Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 1.-THE Ca
madam Pacific Railroad westbound
trans-continental express was held up
by four masked men last night at $3.50
o'clock, four and half miles west of
Mission Junction.
At the point of revoivers the ex-
press messenger was compelled to hand
over the valuable and the safe was
dynamited. The registered mail also
was rsnsacked. The robbers escaped to
the bush and are supposed to have
crossed the boundary. They secured
about $1,000 from the express safe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-19
Elaborate System in Use By Which The
D Lives of Passengers Arc
] .v r. - Safeguarcled. Ill: :

length across the track when the train
is running as in figure a(d) the train
has parted. +, !" s.axv. T''. ~ .....
Swung horizontally in circle as de-
noted in figure (e) means apply air
brakes: ~ j a. ..,r-."E ( ? -
A lantern held at arms length above
the head when the train is standing as
in figure (f) means release air brakes.
AS everyone Knows flags are used
in the daytime and lanterns at night,
red means stop, green proceed. yell
law proceed with caution, green and
white flag stop. A blue flag by day
or blue light by night means to an
engineer that wockmen are about and
to be cautious.
Watches of train crews are exam
ined by inspectors every night, for
which they receive a! certificate, which
is filed with the superintendent of the
division. Before train pulls out the
conductor of the train and the engi-
neer must compare time by their
watches: -
Possibly you have noticed flags
! placed OF the front part of a locomo
tive; you have seen them there, but
do not know what they mean. Two
white flags placed in front OF an en-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-19

that took place between them years
before we were born? Leave her at
the station? Indeed, we'll do nothing
OF the kind"
Nothing will be gained" she re.
piled, "by refusing to grant their re-
quests, besides who knows but that it
may &c the means Of
"Oh, nonsense" he interrupted, pet
ulantly, then added, sarcastically
you don't know Bob Hanson
But you'll let me leave her, won't
you, Charlie?"
She was standing with her hands
resting upon his shoulders. Mary al
ways begged with her big blue eyes,
and never since their first meeting had
Charlie Hanson been able to resist
their plcadings.
He answered now as he had hun,
dreds of times before: ooh. we'll
Mary. have your way"
Two passengers entered the depot
from opposite doors. A look of rec
ognition passed between them. Two
heads jammed themselves into the
ticket window, and said simultane
ously:
''Was little girl
Ladies' rooms," Interrupted the
The two disappeared and entered
the designated room, then came to a
sudden stop.
Seated at the farther side of the
room was a beautiful child of five
years. They .hesitated Neither had
a disposition to acknowledge rela.
tlonship, even through the child.
r." They turned toward the door as II
to Withdraw, but stopped when a
! child's voice called:
"1s you my grandpapa?'
There are times when human nature
| predOminates over the animal, re,
gardless of past opinions or present
| preferences-times when love of off.
| spring, that all prevailing, innate ele.
ment which binds heart to heart. and
! intertwines life with life, rides rough.
shod over our despotic nature and as,
serts its sway, not because of our de-
sire to do good, but in spite OF our
will to do evil.
| They turned toward her saying:
''Yes, I am your grandpapa.' y
IF you is, want to go home. Nam
ma left me Aere long time ago, and
said I must stay till my grandpapa
come with one ann Of. and now I've
got two grandpas with two arms Oh. Z
&: She had slipped from her seat, and
taking each BY the hand. amused them
with her childish 5prattl le while she LED
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-19
MANY USES FOR COAL.
Fuel Not the Only Purpose for Which
1t Is Employed.

Fuel Not the Only Purpose for Which
It Is Employed.
The jet which jewellers use is moth
ing but coal of very compact nature
In a Welsh country town there may
be seen a foot-bridge made of coal
originally intended to be only tenn.
porary structure, but found of sufi'
cient strength and firmness to war.
rant it's being used as permanent
footway. At Barcelona, Spain, there
was constructed in 1888 a lighthouse
of compressed coal blocks: On a por.
ton Of the southern English coast, at
a small point called Kimeridge, circu
lar shale disks with square hole
very much like Chinese "cash")
have been turned up by the plow
Curious biologists who heard of the
disks found that they were nothins
but coal money, for il seems that in
ancient England, in pre-. e.Roman days
coins or tokens of coal shale were
quite common and were perforated in
order to be strung together Oike Chi.
nese "cash'') that they might be more
conveniently carried. Not the least
curious of the many applications OF
coal is coal porcelain. Coal flower
vases, milk mugs, plates and sau.
GERS. book covers, clock frames,
wash basins, inkstands, spools for
lace work, candlesticks and scores OF
other articles are made out of coal at
factories in the anthracite region OF
Pennsylvania.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-19

gine means that it is an extra train.
Besides. the two white flags two white
lanterns are placed on the engine at
night.
Two green flags on the engine run
ming forward by day means that there
is another section following behind
and to look out for it.
At night two green lanterns are also
placed on the engine. This is shown
In. designs herewith.
Two green flags on the upper part of
the structure of the engine and two
down below near the cowcatcher,
when an engine is running backward
without cars, or at the rear of train
pushing cars, mean there is another
section following.
At night the same meaning is sig
nailed by two green lights on top and
two red lights below.
The two green flags you see at the
rear end of coach are there simply
to show the end or the base of the
train.
At night two green lanterns are
hung out when the train is running,
and two red lights when the train is
standing still, as in figures herewith.
The headlight Of an engine is dis
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-19

States have identically the same code
OF signals. They are issued in book
form and every employe connected
with the operative department is Civ
en- revised edition once year.
In reference to engine whistles the
engineer has to be most careful that
he makes them distinct, with intens-
ity and duration proportionate to the
distance that the signal is conveyed.
Like the Morse telegraph code the
signals are conveyed with long and
short dots and dashes.
For instance. 20" stands for short
sounds and G." for longer sounds.
When an engineer gives short blast,
s"O," thus, it means stop. The brake
man knows he must Immediately ap-
ply the brakes. ri I'd.
Two long blasts, **- - thus,
means release brakes - j. W
= One long blast, "-," and then
three short ones mean ''1agman, 60
back and protect rear end Of train" :"
This signal is generally given the mo-
1nent the train pulls up at some point
not down on the schedule. a,t3 rs E%% :
] The code of hand, flag and lamp sig
nails are thus: j: &, =: !, j III I'd g1tB
B. When q conductor swings his Ian
tern across like in figure (a) It is =
signal to. stop. .5s3s.5 l. !; sss4
u Raised and lowered as in figure (b).
It means proceed. Il ssf .sS53 =Ei N!
b Swung VERTICALLY in q circle across
the track II hen the train is tanding
As In figure lcl the signal means back
Swung vert ically "a q circle At arms
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-19
REFLEX ACTION
by s. III. McCAUSLAND
Copyrighted 190s By The Antt0rs Publishing Co,npdn5

At last Tom Bradshaw and Rob
Hanson had made up their minds that
they would never be able to agree
upon anything. In infancy they had
lain in opposite ends of the same era
die, making faces and kicking each
other. Tom could scream loudest. but
Bob was longest winded. They fought
over their games and toys in boyhood,
quarrCled about their sweethearts in
youth: and wrangled over politics and
religion in later years.
In the fall of '5S came the bitter
factional war in that state and they
drifted apart. sworn enemies.
When Bradshaw joined the Union
army, Hanson vowed, by gum,
didn't never intend to take no side in
the Dlasy war nohow, but now I'll
join the South jist to git even with
Tom, by gum, l will And he did.
Bradshaw declared. by ding. Id
reether be shot by the whole Confed-
a squint at me. case it 'ud do him so
11ssh good. An. moreover. eff ever l
~ a pull athaa,r1f hi rtl1id won't#be
wuth skinner, an they won't be
enough left Nv his carcass to amuse
the folks as buries him"
On opposite sides these two men
faced each other in all the hard
fought battles from Five Forks" to
the Wilderness
In this terrible conflict Bradshaw $
right arm was shot away, and Hanson
lost his left.
When the war closed, Tom married.
and, as he put it, pulled his freight
fer old Indiany." saying: They amt
state in the whole Union big enough
fer both me an Bob Hanson"
The years came and went; the Brad
shaw and the Hanson families grew
up total strangers They had not met
since the war, and neither had men,
toned the others name
Mary Bradshaw. Toms daughter,
had gone to Leavenworth to visit.
While there she met Charlie Hanson,
and they soon became engaged.
Being buds of the old blossoms -
they took the bits in their teeth"
defeld parental displeasure. and mar
ried. Both were promptly disowned.
Six years later Mary received a
note from her father, which read:
"YOu kin leave that leetle gal NV
yourn down to the depo' whar | kin
see her. She's my fresh and blood,
you amt an never wuz, an never
kin be; don't you conc nor let your
man. case ef you do, won't look at
her" TOM BRADSHAW.
The only answer to her letters in
six long years, and ir it not word