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MURDER AT ADA A MYSTERY.
MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME MAY SOT
HAVE BEES POLITICAL.
Widow of flic Denil Sian. Honour,
Assert* That He Was Killed lo
Keep Hint Out of the PostolHoe.
\\ tiller Johnson Refer* Her Appeal
For Aid to the Poatmnstcr fiener
nl—Two Inspector* Vow Making "
Investigation.
Washington, March 3,—lnformation
reached Washington to-day, by way of
Atlanta, to the efftet that Postmaster
Freeman, who was recently murdered at
Ado, Ga., was not a victim of political
prejudice, as has been asserted. The kill
ing of Freeman is not denied, but an offi
cial investigation shows that his eneml*'.-
niay have been prompted to take his life
by other than political reasons.
Postmaster General Gary was to-day
shown a telegram setting forth this new
phrase in this now celebrated case, and he
appeared to he greenly surprised. He says
the only Information on the subject in the
posesslon of the department is a letter
written by the widow of Postmaster
Freeman to Walter Johnson, the Repub
lican referee in Georgia, stating that her
husband was killed because he was a Re
publican. and had recently been appointed
postmaster at Ada. Widow Freeman in
sinuates that the friends of the present
Democratic postmaster are responsible for
the killing of her husband, and she ap
peals to Mr. Johnson to help her in her
distressed condition. Mr. Johnson prompt
ly forwarded the letter to the Postmaster
General, who at once called in Assistant
Postmaster General Hristow and Chief
Postoffice Inspector Hamlet. The subject
was investigated, and it was found that
Mr. Freeman was appointed postmaster at
Ada several weeks ago upon the recom
mendation of Waller Johnson. Although
Mr. Freeman’s appointment was made in
due form, at the time of his death he had
not furnished his bond, and hud not re
ceived his commission, hence he was not,
technically speaking, an officer of the fed
eral government.
"I have no other Information on the
subject," continued Postmaster General
Gary, “in addition to Mr. Johnson's letter,
but I have sent two experienced postofllce
inspectors to Georgia to make a thorougn
investigation of the case. I am very anx
ious to learn the facts, and the inspectors
I have detailed for the work will get them
without doubt. I am looking for their re
port at any moment, for having called the
attention of the President and country to
the case, I am anxious to know why a man
should be shot down in cold blood without
a moment's warning. I am not confining
the investigation to the Ada affair, but I
have also instituted an investigation of
the Lake City, S. C.. murder, which in
even more heart-rending than the killing
of Freeman. So far as I am able, I pro.
rose to bring the perpetrators of these
dastardly crimes to justice if the combin
ed efforts of the poatoffioe department and
the departm<sit of Justice can locate the
offenders.” ~ ■<
At the department of Justice* nothing
has been received from the federal offi
cers in Georgia who are Investigating the
case.
ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.
A Number of Freight Rate IHffer
enee* to Be Adjnnted.
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—Representatives
of the Southeastern Freight Association
and of the Mississippi Valley Freight As
sociation were in conference in the offices
of the former association in the Equitable
building to-day attempting to adjust some
old differences between the two associa
tions as to freight rates. A member of the
big freight men of the Southern roads
were in the meeting and the
of the body will be of considerable import-'
ance to the two assoeiations. The session
began this morning and will probably con
tinue to-morrow. Seven or eight cases of
freight rate differences came up to be ad
justed.
S. F. Parrott, chairman of the South
eastern association, and M. P. Washburn
of Louisville, chairman of the Mississippi
Valley Association, attended the meeting,
t|ie representatives of each association
constituting a committee from their or
ganßation appointed some time ago.
STATE SUPREME COl HT.
Decision* Handed Down In a Number
of Ca*e*.
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—The Supreme
Court to-day handed down the following
decisions:
Tift vs. Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway Company. Affirmed.
Ferris vs. Vanlngen & Cos. Reversed.
Central Railroad Company vs. Rogers.
Affirmed.
Davis vs. Vernon Shell Road Company.
Reversed.
City and Suburban Railway Company vs.
Marsoher. Affirmed.
Cohen ve. La sky. Affirmed.
Rivers vs. AVest. Affirmed.
Newman vs. Schoiield. Affirmed.
Rushing vs. Scottish American Mortgage
Company. Affirmed.
Harvis vs. Central Railway Company
and vice versa. Affirmed; cross bill dis
missed.
Bruhl vs. Southern Express Company.
Affirmed.
Macy vs. Southern Mutual Building and
Loan Association. Affirmed.
GHOST OF A LAND SWINDLE.
Stock Worth Lea* Than S2O Sold to
the Public For
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—The ghost of one
of the biggest land scheme swindles that
was ever launched on the local public was
rehabilitated to-day by the tiling of the re
port of Special Master Culberson In the
Superior Court. The special master sus
tains nil the allegations of fraud against
the concern, the Chattahoochee Land
Company, of which J. D. Collins was the
head.
The master sustains the charge that the
company put in land bought for $125,000 at
$750,090 and some Cherokee mineral fields
of nominal value at $2,226,000, making s;i,-
000,000. upon which basis u lot of stock was
sold to the Unsophisticated.
SAVANNAH INSURANCE HATES.
Muller to Come Up nt Next Meeting
of Tariff Association.
Atlanta, Ga., March 3.—The executive
board of the Southeastern Tariff Associa
tion met here to-day in regular session, but
did not take up the question of Savannah
rates. Another session will be held to
morrow and the matter will probably come
up then. President Tupper mated to the
Morning News correspondent this after
noon.
Hood’s
Cure all liver ill*, bilious- mk ■ ■ ■
ness, headache, sour stom- ES ■ I I
itch, Indigestion, onstipa- Mr* y n fe .-j
tion. They act easily, with- " ■ ■ B
oat pain or errlpe. Soljffjy ail drngglsrs. 25 cents.
The only fills to talc* with Hood's Sartanarill'
PASSED WORTHLESS C HECKS.
Kitiilfinnn Adda Macon to the Liat of
Plaeoa He Has Fleeced.
Macon. Qa.. March 3.—M. Kauffman,
representing himsejf as being a traveling
man iff the employ-of Strauss & Cos., Bnl
limore, succeeded in raising money in this
city by having worthless checks cashed.
He first borrowed sls from the clerk of the
Hotel Hanier, and then went to Putzel’s
saloon and had the proprietor cash a
check for SSO.
Putzel sent the check through the hank
here for collection, and in due time it was
returned With the information that it was
a forgery.
Putzel then wrote to Strauss & Cos., nnd
is in receipt of a reply from that Arm. in
which they extend him their sympathy,
and. tell him that they have no such man
in their employ as Kauffman, and that
the check is a palpable forgery.
Kauffman's name has appeared In sev
eral papers, in which he is charged with
working this.check scheme. Inquiry has
been made at other places to locate him.
but no word has been received.
MACON'S POST MASTERSHIP,
Report That Herts Will He Allowed
to Hold Ilia Office Until Hum.
Macon, Ca., March 3.—Harry Edwards
and Walter Corbett, Republican applicants
for postmaster of Macon, received a black
eye to-day by the announcement that Post
master Hertz will serve out his full term
of four years as postmaster of Macon.
This is positive information that, comes
from Washington*, and it will set at rest
ail speculation with regard to a successor
to Postmaster Hertz, that is to say, it will
do so for the present.
There has been a bitter scramble for
the place, and a petition reflecting on the
character of one of the applicants threat
ened to precipitate a fight, as said appli
cant declured he would kill the man who
cent it to Washington.
The matter was kept quiet, and it is
thought that President McKinley knew
something of this bitterness between the
friends of the applicants, and decided to
retain Mr. Hertz until March 4, 1900.
OMAHA EXPOSITION.
The Commission Stirs I'p Interest nt
Quitman.
Quitman, Ga., March 3.—Hon. W. J.
Northen, Frank Henry Richardson, of the
Atlanta Journal, H. A. Cramer of the Con
stitution, and J. 11. De Lacy of Eastman,
the committee that is endeavoring to raise
funds to give Georgia an exhibit at the
Omaha exposition, were here to-day. A
mass meeting was held at the opera house,
end several of the members of the commit
tee made speeches. A good crowd was
present, and considerable Interest In the
scheme was manifested.
Last evening Mrs. W. T. Thompson gave'
a delightful entertainment, complimentary
to her guest, Miss AVilliams of Albany, and
this evening Mrs. F. J. Spain gave an
elegant reception in honor of her guest.
Miss Hatcher of Macon. Both affairs
were decidedly pleasant and largely at
tended.
MACON LEANS TO ATKINSON.
The Voter* Inclined to Support a
South Georgian.
Macon, Ga., March 3.—Judge Spencer
Atkinson left this morning at U o’clock
for Cordele, after spending the day and
night in Macon.
While here the gubernatorial candidate
received many attentions and was last
night the guest of the Progress Club. He
promised to return to Macon in the near
future, and will probably be invited to
speak before an Atkinson Club, which, It
is understood, will be organized in the
near future.
One thing Is certain. Bibb county will
support that man whose heart and Inter
est He south of the dividing line, and so
far Atkinson is preferable to Berner and
Candler. That is the drift of public sen
timent here.
KILLS HIS III!OTHER AND HIMSELF.
Quarrel Over Business Matters nt the
Bottom of the Tragedy.
Cordele, Ga.. March 3.—Shep Wood, a
prominent young farmer living near here,
to-day shot and killed his brother, Thom
as Wood. Seeing the result of the deed,
he turned the revolver on himself, and sent
a bullet through his own head, killing
himself instantly. The brothers had quar
reled over business matters.
Had Place for Hoboes.
HawkinsvtUe, Ga., March 3.—This city,
usua'ly immune from tramps, has been
infested for several days with the hobo
tribe. One giving his name as John Lee,
and hi? home St. Louis, was to-day prose
cuted in the County Court for assault, and
sent to the chain-gang for six months. He
threw a brjpk through a window at a ne
gro cook who refused to furnish him
food, and at a number of other places used
insulting language lo ladies.
llorat- Afflicted With Hydrophobia.
Amerleus, Ga., March 3.—A valuable
horse belonging lo t'he paid hre depart
ment was killed this morning. Six months
ago a mad dog bit the horse upon the nose
as he lay asleep In his stall, and running
from the engine house, bit two other dogs
nnd a hog before being killed. Both dogs
bitten, as well as the hog, died of hydro,
phobia. Yesterday the horse exhibited
every symptom of rabies, and to-day was
ordered killed.
Found Their Mother Dead.
Columbia, S. C., March 3.—When her
two daughters returned from school at
Pelzer to-day. they were horrified to find
Mrs. L. P. 801 l lying in the fireplace burn
ed to a crisp. Mrs. Bell was a widow, and
had many friends In Pelzer. The only the
ory Is that she fainted and fell Into the
fire.
Pembroke Pointer*.
Pembroke. March 3.—"Dink” Pervis,
whom It was stated through the News last
week as suffering with appendicitis, is
rapidly recovering without an operation.
Mr. L. J. Fink and Miss Julia Paloma
Swann were married last-Sunday.
E. V. Harvey has moved his saw-mill
two miles from town. He has purchased
1.400 acres of timber from Dr. J. A. Mur
row.
Mining; Expert Dead.
Jacksonville, Fla.. March 3.—Capt. Mar
ry H. Randall of Murray, Ida., a well
known twining expert, died here to-day.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1898.
CLIFTON SUCCEEDS CANDLER.
FORMER SAVANNAHIAN MADE SEC
RETARY OF STATE.
Gov. Atkinson Appoints the War
horse of the W iregrass to Fill the
I nexplred Term—Mr. Clifton Not to
Ben Candidate for the Full Term.
Had the Endorsement of Col. Har
din and Senator Cook—Sketch of
Ills Career,
Atlanta, Ga., March 3 Hon. William
Clifton, formerly of Savannah, but now of
Darien, was to-day appointed Secretary of
State to fill the unexplred term of Col.
Allen D. Candler, whose resignation takes
effect April 1. Col. Candler retires to de
vote all his time to the prosecution of his
candidacy for Governor,
It was expected from the announcement
of Col. Candler's resignation that Col.
Clifton would be appointed, as he was
widely endorsed, and in addition was a
close personal friend of Gov. Atkinson.
Col. Clifton came to Atlanta to-day and
received his appointment in person.
Col. Clifton aspired only to the unex
plred term, and will not be a candiJate
for the office in the general election. On
this account he was endorsed by both Col.
Hardin and Senator Cook, the candidates.
The appointment will be generall ap
proved, for the successful candidate Is a
man of great personal popularity, and a
faithful Democrat.
Col. Clifton was born In Taitnall county
42 years ago. He removed to Chatham
and from 1888 to 1892 represented that coun
ty in the state legislature. He was also
chairman of the Democratic executive
committee of the First cengressional dis
trict. Six years ago he married in Darien
and a year later removed to that place.
He was a candidate for Secretary of State
in opposition to Col. Candler, the present
incumbent, and though he only entered the
contest about three weeks before the con
vention was held, he made a surprisingly
good race, being narrowly defeated for the
nomination. He was elected secretary of
the iSenate four years ago and re-elected
for the succeeding term. He will proba
bly be a candidate for the same position
this year.
No man in Georgia is better known or
more widely popular than Col. Bill Clifton.
His personal magnetism is great. It has
made him friends innumerable. From
one end of the state to the other his strong
handed clasps, ever ready cordiality and
unfailing good humor are known and ap
preciated.
A RKMARRABLE PENSION CLAIM.
a
In Behalf of tlie Widow of a Soldier
Who Served Eighty-Five Yenrs.
From the New York Post.
Washington, Feb. 19.—The private pen
sion claim of Mrs. Clarissa Collins Moore,
recently disposed of by the pension com
mittee in the Senate, brings to light the
career of a soldier who served in the army
longer than any other man in the history
of the country, and, in the opinion of some
war department officers, broke a world's
record In that particular. Lieut. Michael
Moore, for that is his name, was for eigh
ty-flve years continuously in the military
service of this government, counting the
period of retirement, during which, ac
cording to the rules of war, he was still
a soldier. He died in Brooklyn, in last
August, in his ninety-eighth year. He was
born in New YorlcAdty on the 4th of July,
1800, and came of military stock. His fath
er was with Washington at Trenton.
Just before the braking out of the war
of 1812 young Moore, in company with an
elder brother, left home and walked to
Albany, where both enlisted under Col.
Peter B. Schuyler in the regular army.
Moore’s first appointment was as a drum
mer boy, and he participated in the assault
and capture of Fort George, the battle of
Stony Creek and many other fights. At
the close of the war he immediately re
enlisted in the regular army, becoming a
member of the Second Regiment of Infan
try, commanded by Col. Hugh Brady. He
followed the career of the regular army In
Indian and other warfare, and was for
many yeare before his retirement, in 1872,
stationed at the Bedloe's Island recruiting
agency.
Lieut. Moore’s death last summer was
due to extreme old age. He was twenty
two years older than Gen. Grant, twenty
years older'than Gen. Sherman, twenty
four years older than Gen. Hancock, and
thirty-one years older than Sheridan. He
was nine years older than Gladstone, and
had been a soldier three years when Bis
marck was born.
Lieut. Moore’s widow. In a recent letter
to the chairman of the pension committee,
said: “I am not the young wife of an old
soldier, but am 82 years old, and, if my
husband had lived one month more, we
should have been married sixty-three
years. If the pension is granted, it will
not be for long, as I am twelve years past
the allotted three score and ten.” The
bill provided for sls a month pension dur
ing her lifetime, but the committee found
upon examination that under an act pro
viding for widows of soldiers of the war of
1812 she could secure a pension of about
the same amount, under general law, dat
ing from the death of the soldier, and
Commissioner Evans offered to make the
case a special one and give it prompt con
sideration.
Duping the Negroes.
Americus. Ga., March 3.—A negro
preacher, who has w r orked other towns as
well, is here to-day enrolling names of ex
slaves. with the promise of securing from
the government a pension for each ot
them. He will reap a harvest of dollars
from the ignorant blacks.
If there is a history of
weak lungs in your family,
take Scott’s Emulsion.
It nourishes and invigor
ates.
It enables you to resist the
disease. Even if your lungs
are already affected, and if
besides the cough you have
fever and emaciation, there
is still a strong probability of
a cure.
The oil in the Emulsion
feeds; the hypophosphites
give power to the nerves;
and the glycerine soothes and
heals.
soc. and st.oo. all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
Carlsbad.
This season of the year is the
most suitable for the use of the
well-known Carlsbad Sprudel Salt.
Since five centuries it has been
acknowledged by the medical
faculty to be the best and most
effective mineral salt for all
ailments of the liver, catarrhal
affections of the stomach, bile,
bile pigment, gallstones, tem
porary and habitual constipation,
Millions of people all over the
world have been cured by the use
of this celebrated spring, and it
deserves to be made known to all
suffering from above and kindred
diseases who have not heard of it
or used it before. It acts mildly
without pain, and regulates the
secretions of the stomach. The
genuine imported Carlsbad Spru
del Salt has the signature of
Eisner & Mendelson Cos., sole
agents for the United States, on
the neck of every bottle.
Office, 152-154 Franklin St„
New York.
NEWEST TYPES OK TORPEDOES.
% nrlous Devices for Controlling the
Projectiles— Automobile null Ollier
Kinds.
From the New York Tribune.
The use of a submarine explosive tic
vice as a moans of attacking warships is
at least 120 years old. Although they did
not then bear the name “torpedoes,” they
were tried, or, at least, it was proposed lo
try them, in American waters early in the
revolutionary war. In construction, pow
er and operaiioh, however, these misehiev.
ous agents have been much improved dur
ing the last thirty years.
Torpedoes may be roughly divided into
three classes: (1) Those which are sta
tionary, being moored in a harbor or along
a coast, for defensive purposes; (2) those
which are used for attack, travel several
hundred yards and are controlled by elec
tric wires from a station on land, and (3)
those which are both propelled and steer
ed by self-contained mechanism.
Sunken njines may be fired either auto
matically, when a vessel coming into har
bor strikes a submerged receptacle, an
chored, but trying lo float, or by the vol
untary act of an operator on shore who Is
keeping watch and who manipulates an
electric current running through the wires
that are connected with the device. The
explosive material, when fired automatic-
ally, may be discharged in a variety of
ways. Years ago a favorite plan was to
equip the torpedo with a percussion cap,
like that used on an old-fashioned musket,
but bigger. A projecting lever, struck by
the passing vessel, would fire the cap. An
easily crushed protuberance containing
sulphuric acid, potassium chlorate and su
gar, has been similarly employed. Elec
tricity has also been tried In two or three
ways. A battery on shore would supply
current through proper wires; but contact
between the torpedo and the vessel is re
quired either to break the circuit or to
close it. In the one case a spark is pro
duced, which ignites a primer. In the
other, g. bit of slender platinum wire, bur
ied in the explosive, is heated red-hot.
Torpedoes are now looked upon as of
equal value with land batteries in harbor
defense; and in time of war, when an
attack is anticipated,- there may be more
stationary torpedoes hidden under water
than there are available guns at any
critical point. It Is important, of course,
that a careful list of these submerged
devices be kept, so that when the period
of danger has passed they may be re
moved.
For effective action, however, it is de
sirable to carry the charge as high up in
the water as possible, and to adjust the
buoyancy of the torpedo to the strength
of river and tidal currents, so that the
latter will not depress it too far. At the
same time, it will not do to have the tor
pedo or its connections show above the
surface at slack water.
Gen. Henry L. Abbot, of the United
States Engineer Corps, who was long in
charge of the Willets P6int torpedo sta
tion, on Long Island Sound, says in an
article in "Johnson’s Encyclopaedia:”
“The increase in intensity of explosive
action, secured by good elevation in the
water, Is also Important, for efforts are
being made to give increased strength to
the hulls of war vessels by employing Iron
in the form known as the double cellular
bottom, thus reducing the destructive
range of the torpedo and exacting the
employment of more powerful charges. Jn
England experiments upon the Oberon, a
vessel of this type, show that the horizon
tal destructive range of .gun-cotton, in
charges even as large as five hundred
pounds, is restricted to a few feet. This
charge was fired- on the bottom in 48 feet
of water at horizontal distances of 109,
80, 60, 50 and 30 feet, and Anally vertically
under her side. Although she was much
shaken and injured by some of these
shots, only the last burst through the
double bottom and sunk the vessel. At
the engineers' school at Willets Point a
long series of trials was conducted to de
termine the effective range of different
charges of various explosives sunk at dif
ferent depths below the surface. By the
careful measurement of several hundred
explosives the matter has been success
fully brought within the scope of mathe
matical analysis.”
Gen Abbott elaborated two general
styles of submarine mine. One, designed
for shallow water, has the case lie on the
bottom of the harbor or channel. Th
other, intended for deep water, is of the
buoyant type. The explosive used in these
Is dynamite. Wires from a shore station
admit a cui rent of electricity, and a "clr
culi-closer,” actuated by the vessel when
it touches the torpedo, regulates the cur
rent. A change In the volume of the elec
tricity ignites a fuse, which fa embedded
in the dynamite. The fuse is su
perior to percussion cape and triggers, be
cause when a torpedo has been stored for
a long lime the igniting mechanism may
tie tested to Fee if it is in working order.
An electric current, too feeble to heat the
"bridge” In the fuse, may be sent through
it with perfect safety, and delicate instru
ments will reveal its passage.
Some torpedoes are Intended to he
launched in pairs, a long rope connecting
them, nnd to drift down against the object
of attack. This plnn contemplates the
rope getting afoul of the ship’s anchor
cable, in which case the torpedoes swing
around and come alongside. The torpedoes
are provided with vaned wheels, which are
actuated by the tide. By the revolutions
thus set up, a gcrew is turned, and there
by a trigger Inside Is released. A pin, be
ing driven against a guncapi fires the
charge. This sort of torpedo can be
thrown overboard qiiietly from a rowboat,
which has first reached a convenient posi
tion on the upstream side of the ship to
be attacked.
The two classes of torpedoes which are
propelled and steered by Interior mechan
ism resemble each other in general apgiear
ance and proportions. They are cigar
shaped, several feet long, fifteen or twen
ty inodes in diameter, and are elaborate
pieces of machinery. They are equipped
with screw propellers ast'ern, and carry
from 209 to 500 pounds of some high ex
plosive (usually gun-ootton) in a compart
ment in front. This Is exploded when a
torpedo strikes a vessel’s side. Those
which are intended to be controlled from
shore are connected therewith by a slen
der wire cable, from 1,200 to 3,600 feet long,
and colled up In a receptacle or wound on
a reel in the torpedo itself. It is paid out
so easily as scarcely to retard the prog,
ress of the device through the water. Oft
en a tiny float Is adjusted a few feet above
the torpedo, and shows on the surface of
the water for the guidance of the opera
tor on shore. A short, heavy pendulum
automatically controls a rudder, which in
sures a horizontal motion and corrects any
tendency to dive or come up to the sur
face. But the torpedo is steered from side
to side by magnets, which are under the
influence of an electric current, controlled
by the operator. The propeller is general
ly rotated by an electric motor and a stor
age battery inside of this complicated en
gine of war. A speed of twenty miles or
more an hour is attained. Among the
host-known torpedoes of this class are the
Sims-Edison, Nordenfeldt, Patrick Bren
nan and Victoria'.
The automobile or "fish” torpedo takes
care of itself after It Is once launched.
This is the kind of projectile which is car
ried on the torpedo boats and naval ves
sels. When fired. It is ejected from, a
si>ecial tube, called a launching tube. The
best known torpedoes of this type bear
the name of Whitehead and Howell. One
is English and the other American. The
Whitehead is propelled by compressed air
store ! In the torpedo. The Howell carries
a big flywheel, which is set in notation
at a tremendous velocity, just before the
launch, by connection with an engine
outside. Both of these torpedoes have
automatic steering devices, and both car
ry explosive charges of wet gun-cotton,
which arc fired by a small primer of dry
gun cotton contained in a water-tight
receptacle. Automobile torpedoes often
have a speed at starting of thirty-fit*
knots.
In addition to the primer of dry gun
cotton in the nose of a torpedo, there is
also one of fulminate of mercury, which
is fired by a pin or other mechanism. This
feature- of the torpedo, generally called
the fuse, is often an elaborate contriv
ance. A variety of such devices have been
invented. They should be so constructed
that they cannot fire the charge by acci
dent nor prematurely, and yet shall not
fail at the critical moment.
The launching tube in the Whitehead
system opens under water, and is there
fore guarded with a sluice door, which ex
cludes the sea. The torpedo is thrust in
from the rear, a door is closed behind it,
and then water is admitted, so as to force
the torpedo out without deflecting it from
the proper course. In the Howell system
a small charge of common powder is used
to expel the torpedo, and the tube opens
above sea level.
Automobile torpedoes are usually
launched from small, fast boats. These
craft and torpedo boat destroyers develop
higher speeds than other naval vessels,
from thirty to thirty-five knots being con
sidered the regulation gait nowadays. ?
CLIMATE NOT CHANGED. *
Why tlie “Oldest Inhabitant's” View
Cannot He Depended Upon.
From the Monthly Weather Review.
A correspondent in Northfieid, Mass.,
desires our opinion (he question, “Were
the winters of fifty or seventy-five years
ago much colder, or were the snowfalls
deeper than at present? The opinon is
widely held that the winters were colder
and the snowfalls dee-per, but I can find
nothing to warrant the belief except that
in the first part of the century a much
larger percentage of the population lived
in the hiil towns or in the Interior, Which
are both colder than the valley or the
coast towns.”
On the general question as to apprecia
ble changes in climate the editor’s opinion
is that there has been no such change in
any respect whatever so far as meteorolo
gy proper is concerned. If we divide our
records of the weather recorded in North
America since the days of Columbus Into
two periods, viz., before and after the
year of 18C0, we shall ftnd that every pe
culiarity, such as remarkable storms,
winds, ruins, floods, frosts, etc., recorded
in the out rent century can be matched by
a corresponding remarkable event before
the year 1809. The popular impressions al
luded tr, by our correspondent result al
most entirely from the imperfections of
our records, and especially of our memo
ries. There is a large class of persons
whose habits of thought are so crude that
when they experience any very remarka
ble weather they jump to the conclusion
that the climate has changed, .forgetting
that they themselves have had such a
limited personal experience that they are
not fair judges of the weather over the
whole country or of the climate of a cen
tury.
Our correspondent seems to suggest that
a certain change in the habits of the peo
ple, such as the removal from the Interior
to the coast, or from forests to prairies,
or from country to city, or vice versa, will
partly account for the widespread errors
in respectAto the climate. The suggestion
is excellent, but the editor would be In
clined to interpret the phenomenon some
what differently. The general movement
of the population in the past century has
been from the Atlantic states westward,
and from the country to the city, or quite
oppposlte to the movement suggested by
our correspondent. In fact, we find no
real ngreement In the so-called itopular
traditions with regard to the weather. We
have met with quite as many persons who
think the winters are more severe as with
those who think the. winiers are less se
vere than formerly. Everything scem= to
depend ui>on how and where the “oldest
Inhabitant” lived when he was a boy, as
compared with his present condition. The
average climate of New England, so far
as the weather is concerned, has not ap
preciably changed since the days
her oldest forest trees were young sap
lings, and that carries us back nearly 509
years.
Florida's Transportation Men.
Tallahassee. Fla., March 3.—The trans
portation men, who yeßterday undertook
to prepare a sheet of freight rates at the
commission rooms, abandoned the Job and
left for home.
The commission will hold a session .on
March 10 to consider passenger rates and
the mileage book question and the matter
of reviving freight rates will be taken up
again at that meeting.
' SPECIAL NOTICES.
FURNITURE AND GENERAL -MER
CHANDISE STORAGE.
Can be had at the District Messenger and
Delivery Company’s warehouse, 32 to 3$
Montgomery atreet, on reasonable terms.
The building has been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and now oftere un
surpassed facilities for storage of all
kinds, furniture vang.express wagons and
messengers lurnished. Pianos and furni
ture packed for shipment and removed
with care. Telephone 2.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
DUER.—Relatives and friends of Air.
and Mrs. L. C. Duer, and Mrs. Hannah
Hanley, are invited to attend the funeral
of Mrs. L. C. Duer, at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. J. J. Welch, 513 East Con
gress street, at 3 o’clock this afternoon.
MEETINGS
LANDRUM LODGE NO. 48, F. AND A.M.
A regular communication of this A
lodge will be held this (Friday) eve
ning at 8:00 o'clock at Masonic
Temple.
E. A. Degree will be conferred.
Members of sister lodges and transient
brethren fraternally Invited to attend. By
order W. S. POTTINGER, W. M.
W. C. TRAVIS, Secretary. .
AMUSEMENTS.
Friday, March 4—Special matinee at 3P. M.
The Eminent Actor,
MR. LOUIS JAMES,
Management of Wagenhals & Kemper,
in superb scenic productions.
FRIDAY NIGHT-First time here of
Mr. James' last and greatest success, the
brilliant romantic drama entitled.
“A CAVALIER OF FRANCE.”
FRIDAY' MATINEE, Shakespeare’s im
mortal tragedy,
“JULIUS CAESAR.”
Mr. James as "Brutus.”
Matinee and Night, Saturday, March 5.
Thrilling Scenes of Peace and War.
“The Girl I Left Behind Me”
"TELFAIR ACADEMY “
OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Open to Visitors daily, except Sunday,
F| 'fffn 1(1,0, m. to 5 p. m.
Single admission 25 cents. Annuai tick
ets SI.OO.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
ALL PERFECT
HOUSEWIVES
BUY SOLDER’S FLAVORING EXTRACTS
These extracts are used and endorsed
by the best families in the United States.
Their reputation Is long established for
giving the best results. Remember the
brand. To be had of all reliable grocers.
CFTXI&Hr.
A HIGH POLISH
In necessary to liide the dirt In laun
dry work. We do only domestic
finish, and consequently wash clean
and iron perfectly.
A trial is all we ask.
SAVANNAH STEAM LAUNDRY CO.,
11 Congress Street, West.
’Phone ftSIL
OLD-FASHIONED
RYE WHISKEY.
This whisky has over thirty years’
reputation. Orders are invited qpiri
will receive prompt attention for
this and desirable kinds and
grades of WhiskleN, Brandies, Gins,
Rums and Wines.
HE.YRY SOLOMON & SON,
302 to 312, Bay street.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PAXTOvTICD^jrpOISMr”
, -n ,
Houspkrrprrs lire remlmled flint
now is the time to use this well,
known preparation enil keep yonr
premises free from this dinuuNtinx
little pest, Bottles 25 cents each.
Detersive Fluid will make olil
clothing look like new. Dottles 25c
each.
SOLOMONS & CO.,
Congress st. and Dull St. Branch
Store.
DO YOU W ANT
THE BEST
SHOULDER BRACE
THEN CALL AT
LIVINGSTON’S DRUG STORE.
Bull and Congress Streets.
TO THE PUBLIC.
AU persons are cautioned against pur
chasing that tract of land in Chatham
county, Georgia, immediately south of the
extended limits of the city of Savannah,
known as the Branch tract, containing
one hundred artd seven acres, more or
less, bounded on the north by Estill ave
nue. east by Waters road, south by lands
of Barstow, and west by lands of Gen.A.R.
Lawton, as I have made a contract for the
purchase thereof, and intend to apply to
the courts for a specific performance of
the contract. J. H. ESTILL.
Savannah, Aug. 30, IBSB.
TO THE
LADIES:
NVe have still four lots of shoes to
dispose of before winter la over. Vie
herewith offer then, to you at the
following; pnltry price* 0 eloae
then, out quick. These are geunine
bargains:
Viol Kid Bntton and Laee Boots,
pnt. tip. silk stitched, flexible soles
n splendid wearing shoe and what
yon always pay $12210. Price on* to
Fine Viet Kid Dutton Roots, WP i t
soles, new coin ioe, pnt. tip and kid
tips, always sold at $3. Rednced to
Finest Vlcl Kid Bntton and Uace
Roots, kid and cloth tops, flexibly
welt and turned soles, very st>ll*i,
usual $3.50 goods. Now C);,.
One big mixed lot of Button 1100 Ia
welt soles, some with cloth top* <a
big bargain). Some of these are $t
shoes. Marked down to z^
Cor. Whltikn
Advertisers of Facts,
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital, $500,000.
Transacts it generul bunking busi
ness, Maintains n Savings Depart
ment and allows INTEREST AT 4
PER CENT., compounded quarterly.
The acooants of individuals, firms,
banks and corporations are solicit
ed.
With oar large number of corres
pondents in GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA and SOUTH CAROLINA we
■re prepared to handle collections
on the most favorable terms. Cor
respondence Invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President.
M. B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREMAN, Cashier.
THE CHATHAM Bas
SAVANNAH. GA.
Transacts a general banking
business, maintains a liberal sav
ings department.
Foreign nnd Domestic Exchange m
specialty.
Having a large ..amber of Interior
correspondents, we can hnndle col
lections at very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
HOMES FOIt THOSE W HO PAY
MONTHLY RENTAL.
The Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company have a beautiful tract of
land south of Anderson street on which
they will erect homes.
To those who wish to own their little
homes on a monthly rental in preference
to paying rent to the landlord, they will
serve their own .interest by seeing Mr.
Solomons.
All the corners on Price street are taken,
but two.
Call at the office or see a representative
on the ground daily between 2 and 4 o’clock
M. J. SOLOMONS.
Secretary and Treasurer.
OBSERVERS OF LENT
will find the lunch suitable to
the day 11 o’clock
At BECKMANN'S CAFE.
Fresh famous Imported Coburger
Beer.
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAP,
50 CENTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY BOUND IN CLOTH AND
STAMPED IN GOLD ON 6IDE.
For sale by
. MORNING NEWS.
HOW ABOUT
PUNTA GORDA OY£TERS?
They are now at
—THE GEM-
Served any style.
GEO. C. SCHWARZ.
Congress and Whitaker.
BEFORE PURCHASING
A Typewriter see the Improved Reming*
ton Typewriter, No. 6. It has no equal
BEARING A HULL.
Sole Dealers for Savannah.
C Dray ton street.
Central of Georgia Incomes.
Southwestern Railroad Stock.
State and City Bonds.
And otter securities.
Ileal Estate Loans Negotiated.
AUSTIN R. MY RES.
n 22 Bryan street. East