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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

skirt Five times she ventured out into
the current, and each time a woman
or a child seized hold of her and was
dragged ashore. A sixth time she start
ed into the water. but she was ex-
hausted and had TO retreat to shore
to save herself.
One man who Vi lite l the church about
midday told a story that brought
tears even to the eyes OF the wrinklcd
pc7ce officer on guard there. The
visitor was N. w. Dillon, of 70 Man
gin street, and he was inquiring for
his little niece, Mary Diamond, the
S-year-old daughter of Mrs. Kathrine
Diamond. Mr. Dillon when he reached
the church was clenching in one hand
a crumpled bit of paper which the lit
tie girl had given to him just before
the boarded the General Slocum. On
the paper was a verse she had writ
ten for him. 1t was as follows:
She meets me on the corner
At the closing of the day,
And tells me that she loves me,
My golden headed May.
That's for you TO think about me
with" she had said to him.
"She was all l had" he moaned.
Every day she ran to meet me when
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
BY WAY OF WARNING,

Tattnall Journal: There are quite a
number of telephones in Tattnall coun-
ty, in fact, nearly every town in the
county now has long distance telephone
connection, and in each telephone re-
ceiver there is d bit of graduated car
bon that looks very much like gum
powder. The other day a North Geor-
gia farmer with an inqusitive mind
took his telephone to pieces, to see
what made it talk. He spilled out the
graduated carbon. but since the stuff
looked like gunpowder he thought it
must necessarily be nothing else.
Wherefore he got down his powder
horn and filled up the space with the
granules. Then he called up central"
to see if everything would work all
right An electric spark set the pow
der off, and the farmers ear was al
most torn off.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
SHORT STORIES OF
THE SLOCUM DISASTER

The following short stories of Incl
dents of the disaster to the New York
excursion boat General Slocum are
from the several New York papers:
Among those lost on the Slocum none
is more deeply mourned among the
children than Mrs. Anna Galweski of
"a Seventh street. She was Ga years
old. and her hair was white as snow,
but throughout the years she had man
aged to keep her heart young, and she
loved the children among whom she
was known as Mother Galweski.
When the weather was fine she would
take a score or so of youngsters with
her to Tompkins Park. where she would
watch them at their play and tell them
beautiful stories. Mother Galweski
was missing from her usual seat in the
park yesterday. but the little ones she
had befriended hung their tribute in
The form of a streamer of crepe and a
little bunch of white flowers on the
bench where she used to sit.
One of the most pathetic scenes amid
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
TUG WAS SUNK.

News of the sinking of the tugboat
Vixen and the drowning of her en-
gineer, Paul King, was brought TO
Jacksonville by Capt. E. c. Broward
of the lost tug. The Vixen was sunk in
the channel off Browns Point and Clap
board creek, about fourteen miles from
Jacksonville. The little tug was max
ing her way to Jacksonville without
any tow. She ran into a heavy gale,
and in some mysterious manner she
filled with water before the crew was
aware of the fact. Paul King made
plunge from the boat into the water,
and that was the last seen of him.
Capt. Broward manned the rowboat,
and in company with the other two
men, made for the shore, reaching it IN
Safety
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
HUMAN SHIELD NOT EFFECTIVE.

w. A. Squirting, a prominent mer-
chant of Walker Station, shot and kill
ed an unknown negro burglar in his
bedroom Thursday night. Mr.. Spurl-
ing and his wife room in the rear of
the store and were awakened during
the night by the noise of the burglar.
The negro saw at once that he was dis
covered, and as Mr.. Squirting reached
for his pistol the negro grabbed Mrs.
Squirting from the bed and used her as
a shield while backing to the window
through which he had entered. Squirting
who is noted for his prowess as a pistol
shot, waited his opportunity and when
the negro had nearly reached the win
dow and turned his head in such a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

In one instance, at least, the ancient
feud between the police and the river
rats" was suspended, and it is the
opinion of Inspector Albertson that
these dockside boys are to be cred
tied with many more than one in
stance of brave and effective work.
Tommy McQuade of nowhere in par
ticular, of no ascertainable age, a
thin, why chap, Weighing perhaps a
hundred pounds. is one of the rats re-
ferred to by the inspector. He is cred
tied with pulling TO the score forty
two bodies, and he was active in the
rescue work. Tommy's life on the
wharves and around the docks has
fitted him for such work as had to be
done about the wreck, and his handling
of a small boat is as sure as that Of
a Naples fisherman. TOO much cred
it," said Inspector Albertson, can
not be given TO the rats. They and
their boats that put out promptly, were
worth as much to us as whole tug.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
ARTILLERYMAN DROWNED.

Artilleryman Linten. attached to the
Twentieth Company of Coast Artillery
at Pensacola, was drowned in
what is known as Big Bayou. Linten,
with another artilleryman named Pen
der, went bathing in the bayou, which
was thought to be shallow water, but
after wading out for several hundred
yards the former stepped from sand
bank into water thirty feet deep. He
could not swim. and Fender went to
his rescue, only to be nearly drowned
himself. Fender finally broke the grip
of the drowning man and swan ashore.
The body of the drowned man was re-
covered and is being held to await tele-
grams from relatives in Illinois.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
SCOTT ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

: The mystery surrounding the dsap-
pearance of w. c. Scott from Zebulon
on the night of June was cleared up
by the return of the old man to town.
An attempt at suicide was the ex-
PLANTATION given by him of his conduct
on that night. He says that while sit
ting on the front porch of Mr.. Smith
after supper he decided to end it all,
and he Immediately went to his room.
lie then determined to carry out his
decision to commit suicide, and began
the work of self-destruction by stab
bling himself in the neck
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
IDENTIFIED THE BODY.

An unknown young man who was
killed at Dallas proved to be J. c.
Hunt, % years old, the son of T. L.
Hunt, a farmer-merchant of Marietta.
His father went to Dallas in an auto
mobile and identified him. He said he
knew it was his son as soon as he
saw the published description of him.
The young man was subject to epilep-
tic fits.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
MEANS MORE Low WATER

The big dam of the North Georgia
Electric Company at Gainesville
has been completed, after near
ly two years of hard work.
Friday the huge water gates were
closed down. and the Chattahoochee
was successfully debarred from making
it's usual uninterrupted run to the sea.
Under present dry conditions, without
considerable rainfall, it will take from
seven to ten days for the huge basin
to fill up and the water overflow the
huge dam, which is thirty-eight feet
high. A big barbecue was served at
Chattahoochee Park at noon in honor
of the event. Excursions were run from
Atlanta and points on the Southern,
and from Social Circle, Winder, Mon
roe and other points on the Gainesville,
Jefferson and Southern Railroad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

cases of all" said the coroner as he
came from a death house with a slip
of paper in his hand. The paper was
found folded in the handkerchief of
little drowned boy, whose name vas
George ellis and who was II years old.
The note was to Georges teacher and
was signed His Mother" The note re-
quested the teacher to excuse the boy
from school because he was going to
have an outing on the st. Marks eX-
cursion. The note was pinned to the
little fellows clothing and the body was
sent to the morgue, where he was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

Henry saw the body he threw
himself across it in an agony of grief
and could not be dragged away. 1t
became necessary to remove him by
force, and as he was led off his means
brought tears to the eyes of the po-
licemen who were obliged to tear
him from the body of the child.
When Joseph Bensch of No. 401
Fifth street had looked at nearly 100
burned and mutilated bodies he came
to that of his wife. His grief was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

to thank her yesterday morning. Mrs.
Straub's husband knew she intended
to go on the trip. He was near the foot
of One Hundred and Eleventh street
when he heard that boat out in the
stream was afire and, running down,
he saw the General Slocum. He be-
came frantic with fear that his wife
might be burned or drowned, but when
he got home he found his wife there
safe and sound
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
REWARD FOR BONE.

Jack Bone, the slayer of 2. T. Hall,
of Floyd county, is still at liberty, but
officers and others are making efforts
to capture him. The son of the slain
man has offered reward of $500 for
Bones arrest and deposited the money
in the Exchange Bank of Rome. 1t
is expected that the Governor will in
crease the amount 500, making 5000
Bone has been seen in the neighbor-
hood of Rock Mountain in Texas VAL
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
MET PERILs of THE DEEp.

Tampa Morning Tribune: A party
of prominent gentlemen from this civ
had a narrow escape from death In
the waters of Tampa bay. They
had gone to Egmont Key on the auxii-
iary launch Tarpon Saturday evening
for days sport on the water fishing
and their Sunday outing came near re-
sulting fatally. They left Egmont KEY
Sunday morning and spent the day on
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

l came home. I'd rather die than live
without her"
One of the saddest sights of the day
was the grief of Henry Hardincamp
His father, two brothers and his sis
ter Mary had been burned to death
The body of Mary was recovered. She
was to have celebrated her eleventh
birthday anniversary yesterday, and to
make the occasion all the happier the
pleasure of attending the Sunday
school picnic with her father and
brothers was given to her When
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
HOw's THIS SNAKE STORY,

L. D. Harris of WatkinsNlle had a
china nest egg in a hens nest. It was
missed from the nest. Soon afterward
Mr.. Harris killed a chicken snake and
noticing protuberance on the outline
of the reptile, by pressing his foot on
it's body, he forced the china egg from
it's mouth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
RELICS WENT CHEAPLY.

Atlanta News: Echoes from at least
two disastrous business ventures
were heard this morning on the
steps of the Court House, when 1000
worth of notes and accounts of the
Georgia Loan. Savings and Banking
Company were sold at public outcry to
Judge John r. Wilkinson for S72 and
four shares of stock of the West At
lanta Land Company, at 800 per share,
were sold to c. NJ. White, for IA cents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
SALE OF BONDS HELD UP.

The sale of the $4,000 of Hillsbor-
ough county good roads bonds, just
sold by the County Commissioners to
A. c. Clewis, agent for Parson, Leach
& Co., New York, was held up at
Tampa by a temporary injunction Sc
cured from Judge Wall by the First
National Bank of Tampa Various
grounds are set up by the petitioners
for the injunction, among them being
that the terms of the sale as adopted
do not constitute a valid SALE and that
the bonds are to be sold below par.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
WON'T STAY "FLAYED."

Thomasvlle Times Enterprise: Judge
Norwood, of Savannah, has "flayed"
Roosevelt and Bryan. Those two
worthless have been f1ayed so often
and still seem to have a whole skin!
They would mean a fortune to
some progressive tan yard keeper.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
MAY RUN THROUGH TRAINS.

There is a rumor current that the
Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad is
making arrangements to run through
trains from Brunswick to Atlanta, go
ing over the Central Railroad from
MOnteZIlrna
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
VAUDEVILLE AND SERMONS.

Quitman Free Press: We have seen
at least six papers commenting on a
paragraph appearing in the Free Press
to the effect that all the new full
skirts are not as full as they look. If
that paragraph had been about the
good being done by Mr.. Mumford' S
orphan home, for instance, it would
not have been noticed. A good many
people must prefer summer vaudeville
to sermons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

the snapper banks, returning in the
afternoon. Leaving the key at sun
down to return to Tampa. when about
five miles in they were struck by a
northerly squall, which came near An
ishing them. Their boat broke her rud-
der, and but for three members of the
party, Capt. John Fitzgerald, his son
and Mr.. Harry Hunt, the party would
have been lost. About midnight they
managed to raise a jib and sail to the
Manatee river where they anchored
for several hours in eight feet of yater.
Some of the gentlemen We're terribly
seasick, and it was late Monday morn
ing when they got back to Tampa. The
gentlemen composing the Inflated par
ty were Messrs. Harry Hunt, E. w.
Monrose, J. NJ. and A. A Martinez.
Ernest Berger, James Burns, Fernando
Rodriguez, Capt. John Fitzgerald, Neil
Fitzgerald and r. L. Ross of Atlanta,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

way that his head was exposed, Srurl-
ing sent bullet through his neck and
the negro fell dead with Mrs. Squirting
in his arms. Mrs. Squirting is a fral
woman and it is feared serious results
will follow her experience.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

-Kwoter-"After all. Truth is
stranger than fiction, you know"
Newitt-"It may be stranger, but IL
isn't as successful. You never hear
OF truth going into It's twentieth edi-
ton IN six months. Philadelphia
Press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
FIRE AT PALMETTO.

Fire destroyed the Palmetto stable.
owned by ]. A. Howe. Eleven head
of horses with buggies, wagons and
harness were consumed. The total loss
was $4,000, with insurance of about ST.
900. Citizens turned out and fought
successfully the further progress of the
flames, although the high wind menaced
the entire business portion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

round, the flagstaff trembled. swayed
once or twice under the boys weight,
and fell back into the deck furnace.
Mrs. Philip Straub of No. go st.
Marks place says she had Fremont
ton of danger while she was on the
General Slocum on Wednesday morn
ing, and she left the boat just before
the gangplank was pulled in. A man
to whom she told her fears thought
the premonition so strange that he
made his wife and five children leave
the steamer He went to her home
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
WHITAKER CITY ATTORNEY.

Mayor Salomonson of Tampa has ap-
pointed Charles C. Whitaker as city at
torney. Col. Whitaker was city at
torney under the Bowyer administra-
ton
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

Pauline Peltz. II years old, waitress
In the home of DR.. Watson, one of the
island surgeons. saved five persons by
wading into the water after she had
slipped off her shoes and heavy outer
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

pitiable. Mrs. Bensch was a passenger
on the Slocum, with her daughter
Louise. years old. She leaped from
the burning deck and was drowned.
The child was picked up by boat
man, revived and taken to Lebanon
Hospital. Bensch kissed the forehead
of his dead wife and staggered away.
Mary Mccain, a patient on the is
land, who is recovering from an attack
edge with the doctors and nurses from
the isolation camp. She waded into
the water until only her head showed
above, and before she collapsed ana
was dragged back to the ward, ha
pulled twenty persons ashore. she
may or may not have received a serl-
Gus "setback''-the doctors are wolk-
ing over her with unusual care.
In his tiny fist a little boy who was
picked out of the water clutched a
bean bag. Evidently he had been toss
ing it to his playfellows when the blow
fell, and he must have jumped in the
water Immediately, because his face
was free from burns. The 5eans in
the bag had swollen and the calico COW
erng was stretched tightly.
What on earth is this the little fell
low has?" asked Coroner O'Gorman as
he took the toy from the childs hand.
Then one of the nurses whispered:
Coroner, / think it's bean bag.
"This is one of the most pathetlc
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

After every one was supposed to have
been taken out of the bow of the boat
either alive or dead. when Capt. Van
Schaick and his pilots were coming off,
those on the island saw a little yellow
haired boy Chamber to the rail by the
Flagstaff and begin to climb up the
pole away from the burning deck
He may have been years old, a
sturdy looking little chap, and he
climbed doggedly up as the flames
cracked in the wreckage below him.
1t was brave fight he made, and the
pity of it, to those who watched from
the shore and those who were pulling
towards him in small boat, was that
he had to lose. Before the boat got
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

the injured and dying was witnessed by
DR.. Darlington on North Brother Is
land, and affected him visibly. He was
called to attend a girl about Is years
old who had been burned. She lived
long enough to stretch out her hand AMI
give him a little satchel.
Please hand that to my mother
she gasped. and turned her face away
from the light and died. The doctor
opened the bag and found three dainty
hemstitched handkerchiefs. but moth
ing that would identify her. Close by
was another young woman of about
the same age. She handed over her
watch and chain. and had just strength
enough to ask that they be sent to her
home before her pulse ceased to beat.
Like the other, she died without leaving
anything by which she might be idca-
tilted.
Just before dawn an old man tottered
into police headquarters and asked
Sergt. Sullivan if any news had come
as to whether the body of his daughter
had been found.
Il am Jacob Hencher of No. 100 Sec
ond street. My daughter Lulu is 19,
and she was with the excursion. Tell
me. sir, If you can, where my child's
body is?"
Sullivan looked at his memorandum.
Your daughter is alive and in the
Lincoln Hospital" he said.
The old man threw up his hands and
fell to the floor. Water was dashed
into his face and he was revived. With
fervent prayer of thankfulness he
hurried out and ran all the way to
Third avenue.
Among the crowd that waited all
Wednesday night and through yester-
day morning at the foot of the stairs
at the Eighth street elevated station
was George Henry Arson of No 167
Fourth street. His daughter and her
little girl had told him that they
would meet him there on their return.
As soon as the old man heard of the
accident he took up his post at the
stairs, waiting for his daughters re-
turn. AS the day and night wore on
he bought paper after paper looking
for their names. They did not appear,
and this kept the old man firm in his
a friend persuaded him to leave his
post He refused to go home. but was
willing to go to the church, where he
could sit down, and get the news. As
he was nearing the church, a child
cried out, Grandpa" and his little
granddaughter threw herself into his
arms. The old man fell to the side
walk, and sat on the curb crying with
JOY, as the child told him how her
mother and she had been saved. The
mother had been looking for Arson for
several hours.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

You can't say too much in praise of
Tommy McQuade and his sort"
To-day as the tide turned and swept
up past the island, bits of wrecka ge,
bodies, and scraps of clothing were
carried ashore. What might have
been marked Exhibit 600, blank' was
the body of very young child, baby
just out of arms, dashed securely into
little go-cart. Cart and baby had
apparently gone down in some quiet
eddy amid the Slocum's wreckage, and
been held down until the straining of
the wrecking tugs at the timbers had
loosened the trap. There were no
marks on the babys body, and the
go-cart might have been set upright
on the beach as it landed and trun-
died away with it's pitiful burden.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
BE A PERFECT MAN

How grand how beautiful it is to be perfect man
anu nave fuH possession of your manly strength and
Wgor' Are you perfect man? If not why not? You
can be. Dr. J. T. Gaut Savannahs leading specialist
on Chronic Diseases you. II YOU have a case
OF VARICoCELE or sPERAfAToRRHEA, or a plain
case or SEXUAL WEAKNESS. associated with SMALL.
WEAK or UNDEVELOPED ORGANS call on Or
Gaut and he will take pleasure in explaining TO you
Just how your be cured. II you cannot call
write for informa ton and diagnosis blank All deal
ngs with patients u kept confidential every parcu-
lar orhce hours. $50 a. m. 10 p. m 2 70 8 D. m.
Sundays 10 a. m. 20 I D. m.
DIR. J. a. GAULT,
ib Board Of Trade Building Savannah Ga
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

One of the most pathetic scenes amid
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

This is one of the most pathetic
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-22
Abscess.

w. H. Harrison, Cleveland, Miss,
writes. Aug. Is. 1902: II want to say a
word of praise for Billiards. Snow Lini.
ment. stepped on nail, which caused
the cords in my leg to contract and an
abcess to rise in my knee, and the doc.
tor told me that would have stiff leg,
so one day 1 went to J. F. Lords drug
store who is now in Denver, Colo.) He
recommended bottle of Snow Liniment
got SOC size, and it cured my leg. II
is the best liniment in the world.
Assesses, with few exceptions, are
indicative of constipation or debility.
They may, however, result from blows
or from foreign bodies, introduced into
the skin or flesh, such as splinters,
thorns, etc. Sold by w. B. Paine
& Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-22
COSMOPOLIS.

Mrs. j. G. Lyons is enjoying a visit to
Puget Sound cities, including Tacoma
and Everett.
W. Thompson and H. II. Hammond
have gone to Oregon to investigate the
chances for making profitable invest
ment in farming land.
The edict las gone forth that if man
will not be subject to the orders Of "The
Dictator" he must leave Cosmopolis.
Three cheers for "Free American
Mrs. S. II. Wright and daughter,
Gladys, who have been visiting her
mother, Mrs. j. d. Moulton, and friends
in Cosmopolis, returned to her home at
South Bend Saturday.
Chas. Johnson who has been in charge
Of the dry kilns for G. II. G. Co., is at
DR.. SHIFTS General hospital in Aber.
deem. He needs to rest and recuperate
for week or two, on account OF his
general health.