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gang of shrewd swindlers.
phOMWBVT ROGUES ARREST.
KOIB II) IS SEW YORK.
ron . Operation)* by SVlileh They
S "wrc<l Money Fraudulently—They
from Prominent Families
<J " n( one Time Stood Well—Had
‘"penchant for Swindling Bank..
“ n of Them to Be Tried for Their
crimen.
York Nov. 14.—There is at police
|rr ; a quartette of prisoners, in
fUa! "[ht police of almost every large
"".ri.r.n city and many of the leading
- isinks and trust companies have
'ver interest.
and . wf . re rounded up after being watch
f-.r c, v . ral months, and were formally
' ;,v a police magistrate to-day on the
nominal charge of being suspicious per-
II c of New York say that most
. i ~ been convicted here tftid else
,,f swindling that has netted them
B my thousands of dollars.
TM prisoners are Alonzo J. Whitehead,
ycars ol i. of Dansville, N. Y., the al
le-ol head of the hand. He is a graduate
of Columbia Law School.
Frank Edmunds, 40 years old, clerk, of
jifw York.
j .hn Thompson, alias William Hartley,
2 1( 3S I‘. Lawton, alias Dr. George W.
y-nson, 31 years old, clerk, residence un
tnown.
Robert J. Knox, 42 years old, lawyer, of
y.av York.
’ There is under arrest at Pittsburg a fifth
comber of the gang, Charles D. Stewart,
a !as Charles Ward, about 60 or 70 years
p.i He was arrested there yesterday.
A cording to the statement given out to
risM by Capt. McCluskey, chief of detec
tive? Hartley, under the name of Dr.
Ovoice W. Johnson, entered Into negoiia
tiof.s with the real estate Arm of John F.
hims & Son, in Brooklyn, for the pur-
of a SIO,OOO house.
..p r Johnson” said he would pay $5,000
dottn and carry the remaining $5.0)0
a5 a first mortgage. In negotiating with
c. ntral Trust Company of Brooklyn
reading the interest on the mortgage,
"Dr. Johnson" managed to secure $360 on a
fraudulent check, from the company, he
having deposited a draft for $3,000 drawn
on the Hoboken Loan and Savings Insti
tution. Tnis was one of the many similar
C n?.- Capt. McCluskey says that Hartley
will have to answer for.
Some Shrewd Deals.
Several months ago a man claiming to
b, IV. L. Howe, cashier of the National
Rank of Lawrence, N. Y., ordered 10,000
drafts fa certain d-shtn from a firm of
lith sraphers in this city and paid for them
in case. They were sent to him “care of
Mrs. Whiteman, Dansville, N. Y.” A few
later a North River ferry 1 oat deck
lend found one of (he looks of drafts in
t;v river, and tire book was sent to a de
tective bureau. Soon reports of bogus
drafts began to pour in from all over the
country. They were all made on these
form? and drawn on the National Bank of
Lawrence. N. Y. Investigation by the po
lice tracul them back to Whiteman, who
Bved wi;h his mother in Dansville. N. Y.
There, it is alleged, he formulated the
pans, and his tools ail over the country
catri< and them out.
Another alleged swindling operation, re
counted iiy Capt. MoCluskey, occurred on
Oct. 3 last. The First National Bank or
Woonsocket, R. 1., paid $3,000 on a SIO,OOO
worthless draft drawn by the Lawrence
National Bank of Lawrence, Kan., on the
First National Bank of New York city.
This deal, the police state, was operated
by Charles E. Stewart, alias Charles
Ward, aided by Edmunds, Thompson and
Knox, and directed from Dansville by
Whiteman.
How They Were Cauglit.
After this money was secured the gang,
ncept Whiteman, went to Pittsburg,
where the next victim, the Tradesman Na
tional Bank, was to be worked. The
scheme there, according to the police, was
to deposit SI,OOO In cash to open an ac
count and give the gang a standing. This
was dime. A bogus draft for $4,000 was to
follow, and then an effect made to draw
Stewart, alias Ward, was to do
the work. He is gray and venerable.
The bank officials were notified by the
police, and plans were made for the arrest
of the entire gang when they came on
'Monday to draw the $2,000. The plans
miscarried, and Stewart alone was caught.
The other three escaped to New York.
Pittsburg's itolice wired Capt. McCluskey,
and the men were caught soon after land
ing here.
Whiteman, who came from Dansville to
tuis city on 'Saturday last, was arrested
it the Hotel St. Marc, on Fifth avenue,
where he had registered as “C. W. Cald
w. ll of Philadelphia.” He had been send
ing Invitations to himself by telephone
ard telegraph to occupy a box at the horse
show and to dine at various prominent
clubs.
t'hief of Detectives McCluskey says
Whiteman is wanted in Chicago where he
was tried a year ago for grand larceny and
sentenced to serve two and a half years
he having jumped his boll when he learned
fil'd the Illinois Court of Appeals had
affirmed his sentence. He will be turned
over to the Chicago police, who are be
• and t° be on their way here already.
1 4 ficbce records here charge Whiteman
"it!, swindling several hotels in this city,
''' Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago in
fay, 1898; the Parker House, Boston, in
1398, and the Isleworth Hotel in At
lantic City in August of the same year.
They Are All Bad Men.
H'.ampson will be tried here for swind
j L' the C< ntral Trust Company of Brook
■' Among his operatiens the police cted
't him with swindling the Holfywood ilo
'-'"iff Branch; the Narraganseit ilo
■ Providence, R. I.; the Russell House,
1 f. and the Spalding Hotel, Duluth.
” !nu nds will be sent to Woonsocket in
, If "ability to stand trial with Stewart
‘ 1 ae theft of $3,000. Edmunds’ picture is
1 rogues’ galiery and he has served
‘ " " n both Elmira Reformatory and
01|! K Sing.
1 ari.s E. Stewart has his picture in
1 ' '"’-s’ gallery in this city. He serv
■ 1 nrm of five years In Sing Sing for
tv about 1877, and later served eigh
f' fnonths for obtaining money under
'■ Pretences. In 1889 he stabbed a wo
i m Cincinnati, and served four years
j, r ' ln ,he Columbus penitentiary. He
ar .l"; 1 term in Rochester for robbery,
c l; l of aI1 > three years and three
th ‘ ls , ln sln P Slr >g for the theft of
O'hcr ds of dol,ars ' worth of bonds and
Ih , p;i,,ers from the Waldorf-Astoria,
property of John C. Calhoun.
Mhlteman Is Well Known.
ml 1 !.".'.? 0 'Whiteman is No. 5,284 in the
gallery. He has been arrested a
■ of times. He has traveled the world
He Inherited $500,000 from his father
after leaving college. He led his
a , ' ln ' h Columbia Law School, and
m, , lln ® hls diploma and being ad
m 'to the bar he went to Duluth. He
’ a great deal of money there during
times.
bt .’ n . he , wa * Seated for Congress he
9 . to los money, and his downfall
ty fast. He lost his fortune on the
Board of Trade within a year.
m turned to the race track. He
! mon y as a bookmaker, met a bad
, ’°f hick, welched and was rilled off
for passing ‘bad cheeks. He
“ 'vtitencetl to servo nine months for
forgery In San Francisco in 1895. appealed,
got a reversal and was released. Subse
quently he was arrested for swindling the
Columbia Bank of this city out of 5590. He
got out of it, and has successfully evaded
prison walls ever since then, though ar
rested several times on various charges.
SO I THERM IRON INTERESTS.
largo Capital Will He Pat Into tlie
Consolidation.
New York, Nov. 14.—A subscription mem
orandum of the new consolidation of
Southern Iron Interests, which is to be
known as the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and
Iron Company, with offices at Birming
ham, Ala., was Issued to-day from the
office of Charles R. Flint of this city.
The properties to be controlled by the
new company are the Sioss Iron and Steel
Company of Birmingham. Ala.; the Phil
adelphia Furnace of Florence, Ala.; the
Ensley Furnace properties of Sheffield,
Ala.; the Gulf Coal and Coke Company
properly, the Brown ore properties of West
Point, Tenn., and Russellville, Ala. The
Corona Coal and Coke Company properly
may also be acquired.
The company is to have an authorized
capital of $10,000,000, 7 per cent, non-eumu
lative preferred stock and $10,000,000 com
mon, of which $6,700,000 preferred stock
and $7,500,000 common stock will be Issued
for the acquisition of plants and proper
ties, repairs, opening new mines, new
washing plants, new coke ovens, working
capital, expenses of organization and oth
er cash requirements. The balance of the
capital stock of the new company, namely.
$3,300,000 preferred stock and $2,500,000 com
mon stock, will be reserved for the erec
tion of a steel plant and working capital,
and for the general purposes of the com
pany.
A recapitalization shows that the Sloss-
Sheffield Steel andMron Company will
have, aside from the Ensley Coal and Ore
lands and coke ovens, seven blast fur
naces, with 1,400 tons capacity a day; 1,500
coke ovens, 62,000 acres of coal lands, 31,500
acres of brown and red ore lands, carbon
ate and Dolomitic limestone quarries, 1,200
tenement houses and thirty-one stores,
warehouse and office buildings.
PROPOSED CIGAR SYNDICATE.
Dctiiil* Are Now Being Discussed by
Manufacturers.
New York, Nov. 14.—The Tribune will
say:
A syndicate of cigar manufacturers has
been formed with a capital of $7,000,001
common stock and $3,000,000 preferred
s o k. The men interested in the new com
bination met yesterday to elect officers and
to talk over the final details of the plan.
The following concerns, members of the
syndicate, were represented at the meet
ing; If. Hernsheims Brothers & Cos., of
New York; Eugene Vallen & Cos., Chicago;
Ybor-Manrara Company, Seidenberg &
Cos., Julius Elinger & Cos., of Tampa; D.
L. Trujillo & Rosener, Arnold & Cos., of
Key West.
None of the interested persons were will
ing to talk yesterday afternoon, and the
meeting was in progress at a late hour.
It was understood, however, that Isador
Hernsheim of New Orleans was elected
president of the syndicate.
The purpose of the combination ls to re
duce competition and incidentally the ex
pense of doing business.
One of the men seen yesterday said that
an office might be started at Tampa, but
that so far as he knew, no definite steps
had yet been taken in regard to the final
arrangements for conducting the syndi
cate's business.
PRICE OF BROOMS DOUBLED.
The Man YVith Broom Corn Hns n
Good Thing; From It.
Chicago, Nov. 14.—The price of brooms
has been advanced more than 50 per cent.
This action was decided upon at a meeting
of the National Broom Manufacturers’ As
sociation of the United States and Can
ada. held here to-day.
This advance is made necessary, the
broom manufacturers say, by the ad
vance broom corn has made during (ho
present year. During the past few months
most of the available supply of broom corn
has been taken by the Union Broom Sup
ply Company of Chicago, with the result
that the price has gone from about S6O to
over S2OO i>er ton. Broom makers have
been selling their products at prices rang
ing from $1.25 to $3 per dozen, according
to quality. The advance brings the poor
est quality to the price formerly paid for
the best, $3. and better qualities are ad
vanced proportionately.
The broom manu a-turers claim that
they have been losing money steadily for
a number of months past. The price of
broom handles and wire has been more
than doubled, in the laiter case almost
trebled, and it was almost impossible for
the manufacturers of brooms to make any
profit under the existing circumstances.
The meeting adjourned until Dec. 4, 1900.
METHODIST BISHOPS’ MEETING.
They Hail Some Important Questions
Under Dlscnssion.
Philadelphia, Nov. 14.-The best methods
of dealing with the Southern negro pro
blem, was the subject of a discussion at to
day’s meeting of the board of Methodist
bishops and the general committee of
freedmen’s aid.
The closing section of the report of the
committee cn conference collection was
adopted after some discussion.
An important question considered wag
the appropriations for Southern schools.
The amount asked is $107,650.
The bishops will meet the general com
mittee on missions in Washington to-mor
row.
SALISBURY ENTERS PROTEST.
Charge* That Hi* Speech Was Im
properly' Quoted.
London, Nov. 14.—Lord Salisbury has
written to the newspapers protesting
against Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice’s mis
quotation from his speech at the Guild
Hall banquet and again declaring that he
does not wish to discuss “arrangements,
which, under conditions that are yet in
the future, the government may think de
sirable.”
The latter refers to the phrase We do
not seek gold fields or territory.” and is in
tended as a disavowal of the Dally
Chronicle’s intepreiatlon that the govern
ment does not intend to annex the Trans
vaal. _
FOUR TOBACCO FACTORIES.
Fire Wiped Ont a Large Lot of
Property at Danville, Vn.
Danville. Va., Nov. 14.—Fire, which be
gan at 10:45 o'clock to-night, destroyed to r
tobacco factories, several dwellings and a
number of smaller houses, together with
their contents. The buildings burned
were Moseley & Co.'s frame factory, a
four-story structure filled with leaf to
bacco' a large three-story hogshead fac
tory. owned and occupied by Keen Bros ;
the four-story frame tobacco factory of
Terry Orgain, with a small stock, the
building being owned by J. T. Burton, and
the vacant four-story brick factory build
ing owned by Col. George C. Cabell. The
loss will aggregate piubably St,WW,
TBEMOKNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1899.
WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED.
Government’* Cotton Crop Estimate
Seem* Well Founded.
Washington, Nov. 14.—The statistician of
the department of agriculture in a report
sent to press to-day says that the fact th it
the preliminary official estimate of the cot
ton crops several times has turned out to
be an under-estimate, has been due In ev
ery instance to a failure to keep pace with
the rapid expansion of the productive area.
When, therefore, the very large crop of
last year made it manifest that the acre
age had increased beyond both official and
almost all commercial estimates, it was
determined to institute a special and very
thorough investigation into the entire crop
situation this year.
The productive area last year is found to
have been 25,C00,(XX) acres and that for the
present year to be about 23.500,0U0 acres,
with a probability that the final returns
will show the present acreage to have
been below rather than above the amount
stated. The investigation discloses one
of the smallest average yie.ds per acre
in many years and in estimating the total
crop at a maximum of R.00J.000 l>ales, a
substantial and most ample allowance for
any tendency to take a too pessimistic
view of the situation, the actual indica
tions at the present moment pointing to a
crop of !ess than 9,000,000 bales. The re
port further says;
‘"ln his capacity as cotton export to the
United States commission, the statistician
has had the preparation of the United
States cotton exhibit for the Paris exhibi
ion, and his duties in that connection have
afforded him additional facilities for as
certaining the actual condition of the crop
in every part of the country. The unim
peachable evidence that has come to him
in that capacity is in every way confirma
tory of the most unfavorable reports.”
REDUCED COTTON ESTIMATES.
Figure* Seem to Indicate That the
(fop I* Very Short. ,
Atlanta. Nov. 14.—The Constitution will
publish to-morrow estimates of the crop
from prominent men in the cotton growing
states.
Arkansas and Alabama place the esti
mate at 8,500,000 bales; Tennessee places
the figure at 8,300,000; Mississippi at 8,750,-
000. while Texas and South Carolina give
their estimates at 8,000,000 each. North
Carolina and Louisiana do not give any
figures, but say the crop will be very much
reduced.
R. E. Morgan, one of Arkansas’ largest
dealers, wires from Little Rock:
“Cotton ls being rushed to market to
realize present remunerative prices. With
identical weather and the same condi
tions as in 1896, when the crop was 8.700,-
000 bales, this crop is now 300,000 behind
that year. The present crop cannot under
any conditions exceed 8,500,000 bales.”
■Montgomery, Ala., reports:
"Scarcely any cotton has been brought
ln for two or three weeks. Many conserv
ative handlers of the staple Insist that
the crop will not exceed 8,509,000 bales.”
Practically all the. cotton crop of North
Carolina ls gathered, but little remaining
on bottom land. It has been gathered
much earlier than ever before. The opin
ion seems to be that the crop cannot ex
ceed 9,000,000 bales. This is based on a
comparison of the crop of the present and
last year ln North Carolina.
In South Caro’ina the crop is harvested.
There is a little top crop in the low coun
try yet to be gathered, but this will not
materially affect the yield. There was less
cotton planted than last year, and the
yield in South Carolina has been in the
vicinity of 750,000 bales as against 1,000,000
for an average crop. This ratio will bring
the crop to 8,000,000.
The production of cotton In Tennessee
during the past season was vety light. The
crop lias been removed from the fields and
I up to date but 3.871 baies have been lian
-1 died at Nashville. According to reports
gathered from over the s ate the crop is
short, indicating ln the cotton belt, if the
same ratio holds up, about 5,300,000 baies.
Every day the shortage of the cotton
crop in Texas liecomes more apparent. The
yield for the present year is conservative
| l.v stated at one-third off from last year,
j The receipts are governed by the same
j anxiety of farmers to sell, which always
j exists, and the talk of extensive holding
j back on the part of farmers is discredited
J by all country merchants, who are in tile
i best position to know the facts. This
I year’s cotton crop can only be a trifle over
8,000,000 bales.
The cutting in cotton acreage in Louis
iana this year, and the enlarged attention
to other crops, together with the light
yield of the staple, are matters vouched for
by all who have traveled through the
country. Reports from many planters
show three bales this year against five last
year. This ratio will stand good througn
out the state.
Mississippi’s cotton crop was practically
gathered at the first picking, and was
promptly rushed into market. The only
reason which exists for a high estimate is
the hope that cotton has been held back,
and will be forwarded to market with reg
ularity through the coming months. A
visit to large cotton neighborhoods will
show this not to be so. The plant matured
all at once, time for picking was favor
able and the work was done quickly.
The best figures would warrant a crop
of probably 8,750,000 bales in the cotton belt.
REPLY FROM COL. BRYAN.
Answer* Congratulatory Telegram*
From Maryland Men.
Baltimore. Nov. 14.—The executive com
mittee of the Maryland Democratic (sil
ver) Association made public to-day the
following reply to their congratulatory tel
egram to W. J. Bryan:
“To the Members of the Association: I
am greatly obliged to yot! for the congrat
ulations sent through your executive com
mittee. The fight ln Nebraska was made
on national issues and the result is grati
fying. The returns from other states indi
cate a growing opposition to Republican
policies. We are much pleased to we that
Maryland is again in the Democratic col
umn and ready for the contest of 1900.
Very truly yours,
“William J. Bryan.”
The association's officers report it to be
in a flourishing condition.
Ilad Dynamite on Board.
Havana, Nov. 14.—The bark New Venice,
from Key West, which was captured off
Porto Padre, under conditions that ex
cited suspicion, was found to have several
hundred pounds of dynamite on board. It
is supposed that she intended to poach
fish in Cuban waters. The captain and
officers have been placed under arrest, and
the dynamite has been confiscated. Col
lector Bliss has not yet decided what
further step will be taken.
lu*peet*’d the Terminal*.
Norfolk, Va.. Nov. 14—President Cas
satt, the board of directors and depart
ment heads of the Pennsylvania Raifioal,
arrived in this city to-day and inspected
terminal facilities. This ivei Ing they left
for Richmond, and will go thence to North
Carolina.
A**embllng of Reiehntng.
Berlin, Nov. 14.—The Reichstag reassem
bled to-day. The president. Count von
Balles rom, welcomed the members. The
proceedings wee formal. The House then
adjourned.
DEATH OF MAJ JOHN A. LOGAN.
(Continued from First Pnge.)
yeans he was captain of the local militia
company known as Eogan Kities.
In May, 181 XS, he received from Pres dt nt
McKinley the appointment of assistant
adjutant general with the rank of first
lieutenant on the staff of Gen. John C.
Botee. He went to Cuba and took part in
the battle of K 1 Caney. He was promoted
to major for gallantry in battle. Aug. 19
last he was a pointed major of the Thir
ty-third United States Volunteers and
sailed with his regiment eorly in October.
Maj. Logan leaves a widow' and three chil
dren here —John A. Logan, third; Mary
lgouise Logan and Edith Josephine Logan.
JIACaN BXIMIE9SE9 REGHKT,
Maj. Lovnn Wa* Provodt Marshal ln
That City Lnut Year.
Macon, Ga., 'Nov. 14.—The news of the
death of Mnj. John A. Logan, in the Fh‘f
ippincs, was received here with genuine
regret.
Maj. Logan was provost marshal here
under Gen. Bates last year and earned the
r* s; e t of the people of Macon by the ex
cellent order w hich he maintained among
the 10.000 nun stationed here, half of them
negroes.
There was no trouble with the soldiers
here until he 1 ft for Cuba with his tem
inent. He was a prime favorite in socle tv
and made many warm friends among the
best r> of the city during hls stay.
SPANIARDS SAW GILMOIIE.
YYnffton Sny He Has Cabled for Sal
vage for Charleston.
Washington, Nov. 14.—The folowing was
received at the navy department from
Admiral Watson to-day
“Manila, Nov. 14.—Escaped Spanish
prisoners at San Fabian report seeing Gil
more Nov. 1 in Tarlac with five men; nil
well. He crossed the mountains from Ba
ler in May with thirteen men. Location of
other tight unknown. Have cabled llong
Kong for salvage for Charleston.
“Watson.”
SEVEN AMERICAN'S KILLED.
London Also ItcportM Death of Sev
enty-Seven Filipino*.
London, Nov. 14.—Special dispatches
from Manila say that seven Americans
wore killed and fifteen wounded in Gen.
Wheaton's daybreak attack this morning
on the town Salinda, which was stubborn
ly defended. After a heavy fire the Amer
icans charged and stormed the works. Sev
enty-seven dead Filipinos were counted in
the trenches.
REPORTS ARE CONFIRMED.
Gen. Otis Wire* of the Ilnttlen With
tlie In*urgent*.
Washington, Nov. 14.—The following has
been received at the war department from
Gen. Otis:
“Manila, Nov. 14.—Rain continues; ty
phoon prevailing; nearly four inches this
month in Manila; more central in Luzon.
Gen. Lawton has passed beyond tele
graphic communication; nothing from him
since yesterday. Wheaton reports en
gagement 11th instant short distance from
San Fabian; battalion Thirty-third, un
der Marsh attacked and defeated 400 of en
emy intrenched; had two men wounded;
i enemy left fourteen dead on -fleid and for
| ty-one rifles. Wheaton ahout to attack
| San Jacinto; result not learned. Hughes,
Pa nay, operating West, Iloilo, Cordova
Maasen, Cabanatuan; enemy make no
stand.
HUMBERT OPENS PARLIAMENT.
He Refer* to the Coninr Celebration
of the Holy Year.
Rome, Nov. 14.—Parliament was opened
to-day by King Humbert in the hall of
the Senate, Palazzo Madams. Hi?* Majesty
was accompanied by the. Queen and all
the royal family, except the Duke of Ab
ruzzi, the cabinet members and the prin
cipal court officials and dignitaries. In
the speech from the throne. His Majesty
said:
“The forthcoming celebration of the
holy year will be. a signal event for the
Catholic world, and our epoch and will
afford us an opportunity of showing once
more how entirely we respect and cause
to be respected the obligations we assum
ed when, in achieving Italian unity, we
made good the title of Rome to be the
capital of the kingdom of the
Italian people. I am watching you,
gentlemen, and I await your la
bors with confidence. May they be as
fruitful as the events require.”
Strike Wu* Prevented.
Springfield, 111., Nov. 14.—As the result
of a conference held between national of
ficers of the United Mine Workers of
America and the operators of Belleville
district, a strike was prevented by the
operators agreeing to supply no more coal
to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the
Iron Mountain, the Missouri Pacific and
the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail
roads, pending the result of strikes in
mines along the lines of those railroads.
Rio: Deal in Alabama.
Montgomery. A fa., Nov. 14.—A deal was
close.! at Anniston to-day for the purchase
of the Jenifer furnace, 10,00) acres of ore
land and limestone quarries. The pur
chase price was not given, but a check
for SIOO,OOO changed hands. The furnace
has a capacity of ninety tons and will be
Siarted in sixty days.
SURE TO ASK
Tlio Kind of Coffee YVlien Poatum I*
Well Made.
“Three great coffee drinkers were my old
echool friend and her two daughters.
“They are always complaining and tak
ing medicine. I determined to give them
Postum Food Coffee Instead of coffee
when they visited me, so without saying
anything to them about it, I made a big
pot of Postum the first morning, using
four heaping teaspoons 10 the pint of wa
ter and let It boil twenty minutes, stirring
down occasionally.
“Before the meal was half over, each
one pissed up- the cup to be refilied, re
marking how fine the coffee was. The
mother asked for a third cup and inquired
as to the brand of coffee 1 used. I didn't
answer her question just then, for I had
heard her say a while before that she
didn’t like Postum Food Coffee unless it
was more than half oki-fashtoned coffee.
“After breakfast I told her that the
coffee she liked so well at breakfast was
pure Postum Food Coffee, and the reason
she liked it was because It was properly
made, that is, It was boiled long enough
to bring out the flavor. I have been
brought up from a nervous, wretched in
valid, to a fine condition of physical health
by leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
"I am doing all I can to help the world
out of coffee slavery, to Postum freedom,
and have earned the gratitude of many,
many friends.” Myra J Tul.er, 1023 Troo.t
avenue, Kansas City, ilo.
THE SEWS AT WAYCHOSS.
Many Item* of Interest Prom That
HiiHttiDs Town.
Wayeross, Oa., Nov. 14.—The Thigiwm
Lumber Company will establish a yard in
Way cross.
The Wayeross Rifles will probably ac
cept the Invitation to attend the Rnins
wiek Fair Nov. 30.
The County Commissioners have cut off
the allowance of? 200 per annum to tho
Wayeross Rifles.
The public school has an enrollment of
460.
The Wayeross Journal appears now as
an afternoon dally.
Gen. John B. Gordon will lecture here
under the auspices of the Lyceum Associ
ation In February.
In all probability- a largo number of vet
erans from this section will attend the re
union in Savannah.
J. J. Wilkinson exhibits to-dny some
sweet potatoes, ten of which fill a half
bushel.
The little 3-year-old daughter of Jodie
Smith, at Klste, was seriously burned Sat
urday. The child was playing around a
Are In the yard, when her clothing caught
and she was severely burned before as
sistance came.
The 8-year-old boy of J. B. Jones fell
from a wagon yesterday, the wheel pass
ing over his neck. The wagon was heav
ily loaded with IlghUvood, and the won
der Is, the boy Is nllve. '•Fortunately no
hones were broken, and, with the exeep
-1 'on of considerable soreness and swelling,
he Is all right to-day.
An attempt nos made by burglars Sun
day evening to enier the residence of M.
D. Blackshear. on Gilmore street. Slats
were cut on the blinds of four windows,
but they (ailed 10 gain an entrance.
Joel Smith, of Elsie, Is In a sad condi
tion. He lost his mlt and about iwo years
ago, and being very old and In very feeble
health now, he Is approaching the end of
his journey in n pitiable condition.
Miss Getrude YVoodard will he married
at Coffee, in Pierce county, to-morrow
morning to Mr. Ernest F. Fleming, by
Rev. .1. M. Glenn of Ibis city. The bride is
a daughter of Mr. R. I). Woodard, a prom
inent naval siores man of Coffee, and the
groom is a resident of Brunswi k, hut is
engaged in the crosdle business near cof
fee. He Is a hrother-ln-law of Judge Jos
eph W. Bennet.
The Superior Court has been engaged to
day in the trial of the case against Robert
Nesbitt, charged with the murder of N.
H. Trout. After hearing the evidence in
the ease, Judge Rennet directed the jury
to return a verdict of not guilty.
The court was busy this afternoon with
the case of Ihe state versus Malt Robin
son. charged with assault with intent to
murder Crit West. Ho made the assault
on a Sunday morning not many weeks ago.
HARRISON ON THE WAR.
English People Feel That YVe Should
Sympathize With Them.
Indianapolis, Nov. 14.—Gen. Harrison,
who has Just returned from Europe, said
to-night ns to the sentiment of the Eng
lish people In regard to the Transvaal
war:
"While I came In contact with most of
the leading public men there, there was
no opportunity for serious discussion. I
was present when Hiclcs-Beach, Chancel
lor of the Exchequer, made his Interesting
flnancial statement as to how the cost of
the war was to be defrayed, which was
simply a proposition that they should bor
row the money and defer levying any ex
tra taxes until the war was over, which
he thought would be very soon,
and he also introduced the sugges
tion that they might be able to make the
Transvaal republic pay for the cost of the
war. Some of the Irish members talked
and denounced the war as cowardly and
cruel. The English people generally feel
that as their sympathies were with us in
our recent trouble, ours ought to be with
them In the Transvaal war.”
Gen. Harrison believes the Dreyfus case
is permanently settled. He does not think
he has got what he Is entitled to from
the arbitration tribunal.
EMPEROR GAVE HIM A MEDAL.
lfnlle I sell fits Influence to Pre
serve Good Feellngr.
Chicago, Noth 14.—Emperor William of
Germany has bestowed upon Edward C.
Halle of this city the title of Chevalier
of the Order of the Crown, and presented
him with a gold medal, embellished In
white and blue enamel.
Mr. Halle used his Influence during the
war with Spain In maintaining friendly re
latione between the United States and Ger
many, and the honor at the hands of the
German Emperor 1* In recognition of his
services.
Cummins Favors a Change.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 14.—Hon. 11. B.
Cummins, member of the Reputglean Na
tional Commiitee, In an Interview 10-duy
In regard to an effort to change the ba.-is
of represtntatlon In the national conven
tion, said he favored a change In the rep
resentation according to votes cast for Re
publican presdentlal candidates and not
acbording to representation In Congr ss is
at present. He realized that this would
work a hardship to Republicans of the
South who need encouragement, but he
sees no reason why they should be able to
control mote strength In the conventions
than their ratio of votes would ordinarily
allow.
The Emperor Refused.
Paris, Nov. 15.—The Gaulols says:
"We learn on good authority that Prince
Louis Napoleon, who is a colonel In the
Russian army, asked leave in order to
volunteer for service In the Transvaal
army. Emperor Nicholas refused Ihe re
quest because His Majesty wishes to ob
serve the strictest neutrality. The Prince
will leave Paris for Russia to-day."
They Have Returned Home.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey returned from New York this
evening, and were driven to their home
on Rhode Island avenue, presented to the
Admiral by the American people. The ar
rival was unmarked by any popular dem
onstration.
Death of Gen. Thomas W. Hyde.
Newport News, Va„ Nov. 14.—Gen.
Thomas W. Hyde, principal owner of the
Bath, Me., Iron Works, died at Old Point
Comfort this afternoon. He was one of the
best known ship builders In this country
and had been 111 only a short time.
Murtlerer Shot to Death,
Round Lake, Miss., Nov. 14.—The negro
Dickerson, who assassinated Arthur Max
well and M. K. Grey, on Friday night,
was captured near here last night and
shot to death. The negro resisted arrest.
To He Mastered Oat Nov. 2d.
Washington, Nov, 14.—The last of the
state volunteers, the Tennessee regiment,
will be mustered out of service on Nov.
23. This will end the service of state
troops called out for the Spanish War.
Senator Hayward Very 111.
Nebraska City, Neb., Nov. 14.—Senator
Hayward, who has been In poor health for
some time, is said to be In a critical con
dition to-night with a probability of death
at any time.
More men and women are
troubled with weak and imper
fect kidneys than with any other
form of disease.
There is but one known
specific for the kidneys and
urinary organs that can always
be relied upon —that one is,
Warner’s Safe Cure.
ARRIVAL OF TROOP SHIPS.
(Continued from First Page.)
Oct. 37, with the cavalry brigade Btnff and
naval reinforcements on board, had ar
rived at Cape Town.
!%o DnniHKo to l.ml > Mini f li.
Pietermaritzburg, Friday, Nov. 10, morn
ing.—lt is officially stated that the long
range Ixanburdmont of Ladysmith with
heavy guns continues dally, but without
serious damage.
The Weather nt Kimberley.
Kimberley, Tuesday. Ni>v. 7, morning,
via Hope Town, Friday, Nov. 10.—'Thu
lk>crs are now throwing shells nt th<‘
reservoir and water works. The weather is
fine.
To Fight the Flenrlng House.
New York, Nov. 14.—The Domestic Ex
change National Hank was started to
day in Wall street, with a capital of $300,-
000, to fight tho Clearing House Associa
tion, whose banks have a combined capi
tal of $39,422,100 and deposits of $744,801.0)0
The bank is organized for the express pur
pose of collecting out-of-town checks free
of charge, a practice which the banks of
the Clearing House Association discontin
ued last spring.
Conditions In favorable.
Cambridge. Mass., Nov. 15, 2 n m —The
Harvaid ol>s rvers rei ort that the condi
tions were unfavorable for observation of
the meteoric display.
TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST
Washington forecast for Wrfm sday and
Thursday:
For Georgia nnd South Carolina: Fair In
southern; tain and cooler In northern por
tions Wednesday; fresh southwesterly
winds. Thursday fair.
For Eastern Florida and Western Flor
ida: Fair Wednesday and Thursday; light
variable winds.
General conditions at 8 p. m. Nov. 14, 1W;
The storm, which moved In from the
Northwest during the past twenty-four
hours, has decreased In Intensity on Its
movement eastward. It is now over the
lower lakes. It has caused rain over the
lakes and the Ohio valley. The only de
cided temperature changes ore n rise of
8 to 16 degrees along the Middle Atlantic
coast, and a fall of 10 to 20 degrees over
portions of Missouri and Illinois. It was
snowing at 8 p. m. at New Tork and rain
ing at Philadelphia ami St. Paul. Thun
derstorms occurred at St. Louis and Mem
phis.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah—
j Maximum temperature 3 p. m..,Tl degrees
! Minimum temperature 7 a. m. .. 51 degrees
Mean temperature 61 degrees
Normal temperature 58 degrees
Excess of temperaturo 3 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Nov. 1 5 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan. 1 165 degrees
Rainfall oo Inch
Normal ; 07 inch
Deficiency since No<v. 1 1.10 Inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 8.98 Inches
River Report—The hlght of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m. (75th me
ridian time) yesterday was 5.2 feet, a fail
of 0.7 foot during the preceding twenty
four hours.
Observations taken Nov. 4. 1899, 8 p. m_
(75th meridian time), at tho same moment
of lime at all stations for the Morning
News.
Name of Station. | -|-T.| *V. jllaln
Boston, cloudy 38 I D .00"
New York city, snowing 26 6 .16
Philadelphia, raining 38 12 T
Washington city, pt cldy 46 6 .00
Norfolk, cloudy 64 12 .0)
Hattsras,, cloudy fit) io .0)
Wilmington, partly cldy 58 L .00
Charlotte, clear 64 8 .01
Raleigh, clear 51 L .00
Charleston, partly cloudy | 62 I, .oo
Atlanta, partly cloudy ...I 62 8 .00
Augusta, clear I 62 L .00
Savannah, clear |6O L | .0)
Jacksonville, clear | 66 6 .00
Jupiter, partly cloudy .... 72 12 .00
ICey West, clear |72 12 T
Tampa, partly cloudy 68 L .00
Mobile, clear | 64 | L | .to
Montgomery, cloudy ......I 70 6 i .00
Vicksburg, clear J7O 1, j .to
New Orleans, partly cldy | 72 6 .00
Galveston, clear j 70 6 .00
Corpus Christl, clear | 72 16 .00
Palestine, clear ! 74 L .00
Memphis, clear I 68 8 .12
Cincinnati, cloudy 1 60 10 T
Pittsburg, cloudy 46 L T
Buffalo, cloudy 38 6 .23
Detroit, cloudy 44 8 .24
Chicago, clbudy 46 14 | .0)
Marquette, cloudy 40 12 .00
St. Paul, raining 28 8 T
Davenport, cloudy 48 L .0)
St. Louis, cloudy | 52 12 .28
Kansas City, clear [ 48 L .00
Oklahoma, clear | 60 | L .00
Dodge City, partly cloudy 52 j 6 .(0
North Platte, partly cldy | 56 | L .00
-|-T, temperature; *V, velocity <.r wind.
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official Weather Bureau.
—The Italian army keeps abreast of the
times. For a year past there has been a
bicycle corps, which, by reason of the fine
Italian roads, has been able to perform
some very remarkable maneuvers, which,
it is exiw-cted, would be Improved on with
an actual war In the peninsula. The head
quarters stolt Is now studying the advisa
bility of introducing the automobile. In
fact, plans have already been devised
which will l*> put Into practice as soon
as the necessary credits have Been secured.
The scheme devises that the motor car
might serve two very important functions
1n the army, that of transjtorting ammuni
tion from the rear to the fighting line and
of carrying the wounded to the camp or
40 the nearest hospital. It is pointed out
that with the roads comparatively free a
velocity can be attained with a motor car
imixersiW.e with a home, and, as the cars
are perfected, it is confidently expected
thait many ot/her military uses will be
found for them. So far the headquarters
Staff has had no thought of applying the
automobile to artillery.
PECULIAR I’IitVII,EDGES OF PEERS.
Only Three May Remain Covered la
Presence of the Sovereign.
From Tit Bits.
Tho more ancient iteerages of the Brit
ish reulm hnvo attached, to them certain
curious privileges, granted to ancestors of
ihe present holder* by monarch! of tho
past, and many* are Ihe quaint and ri
diculous ceremonies the present holders
have to perform of (times In order lo pre
serve the right to their titles.
For instance, the office o^ royal cham
pion is hold by the llymokes <>t Scrlvelsby
court, near Horncastle. William the Con
queror grained Scrlvelsby to Robert Do
Marmion on condition that he anil his suc
cessors for all time should officiate as
royal champion, stipulating that If at any
lime the owner of the manor failed to
appear, either in person or by deputy, us
champion at Ihe coronation banquet the
Scrlvelsby estate would be forfeited to
the crown.
For SOO years a representative from
Scrlvelsby court never failed to perform
Ibis duty, even though In 1292 tile manor
passed into the hands of the Dymokes,
who have held It ever since.
Attired In complete armor, with lance
at rest, the champion's duty consisted In
riding Into Westminster Hull during tho
progress of the eoronutlon banquet, pre
ceded, of course, by a herold. Reining up
tits steed by the side of the sovereign, ho
then had lo challenge all comers to deny
the Justice* of the monarch's claim to tho
throne and offer to tight them on tho
spot.
Needless to say, no one coming forward
to accept the challenge, a goblet of gold,
tilled with wine, was handed to the cham
pion, who (hen drank to the sovereign's
health. This goblet was always retained
as a souvenir.
A peculiar right Is possessed by Lord
Inchlquln, who can dress his servants In
the same liveries as the royal attendants.
11l tho reign of Henry VIII la>rd Inchlquln
was King of Ihe southern part of Ire
land, and In return for giving up his au
thority the merry monarch granted him
tlds privilege.
It may surprise many to know that Her
Majesty has such a servant as a sandal
bearer. This office Is fulfilled by the Earl
of Rhodes.
Another curious right Is possessed hy
the Silencers. YVhen a royal christening
lp about to take place, with or without
leave, an earl of that name Is entitled to
he present If he feels disposed to avail
himself of the privilege, I hough, to tie In
order, he must present himself with his
coat decorated with solid gold buttons,
each of which must be of a certain weight.
On one occasion an Earl Spencer, mucti
against the will of the Queen, presented
himself for admission to the royal chris
tening, resolutely refusing to forego his
right.
Of the validity of his claim there was
no doubt, but as a last resource the lord
chancellor directed that the gold buttons
on his coat should tat weighed to see If
they complied with the conditions. One
of l hem was found to be below the pre
scribed weight, and this proved to be a
sufficient reason for excluding the carl
from the ceremony.
l*ord Klnsalo of Ireland and Lord For
ester of England, together with the mas
ter of Trinity College, Cambridge, posoe'te
tho privilege of remaining covered In tho
presence of their aovereign and not remov
ing their headgear, as other subjects are
bound to do.
In Red With ft nttlesnnkes. ,
From the Ban Francisco Call.
'•When I was collecting specimens of
Plants and animals In Zacatecas," said the
noted Dr. Maximilian Schumann, “I ha 1
an experience with rattlesnakes which
came near bring the dtalh of me."
The doctor Is the Belgian explorer and
naturalist who went through Africa, and
In telling of his adventures he gild: “
"I had gone a day's Journey on horse
back from the city of Zneati cos to the
southeast to examine some old To’.tec
ruins. They are very extensive. I got
there Into at night. I had shot a couple of
doe on the way and had thrown them
across my pack animal.
"On my arrival within tho ruins I PI a
fire to get my supper after which I spread
my blanket and thy dawn. In the morning
when I woke up I threw my hand out
side of the blanket and it almost touched
a big, poisonous rattlesnake. I escaped by
the mre*t chance. Looking toward my
fret, What wan my astonlshiifAit to see
rattlesnakes all over the blankets. There
were no less than six of them besides the
one that missed my hand.
"The reptiles were not tho Crotalus hor
rltlus, or diamond crotaJus, known In Cali
fornia, but the Crotalus mltailus, found In
the hot regions. They are very poisonous.
When I had lit my (Ire In the evening i
could not sre the snakes, which, I pre
sume, hod crept along the walla.
"The altitude of Zacatecas atld the old
ruins Is between 7,000 and 8.000 feet, and It
gi ts quite I old at night. My Are was what
undoubtedly attracted them. When they
got out toward It (hey found my bed, and,
discerning the warm blankets, crawied up
on them and went to sletp. I have always
thought it was almost miraculous that I
escaped being bitten. As I did not want
the snakes, having already a.l I wanted,
I killed them and nailed them alt to the
adobe wall, with my card on each.
"The lizards and other reptiles which I
got there 1 salted away In casks and for
warded to Europe. It Is a general belief
among the Indians, notabfy among the
Creeks, Cherokees and Choctaws In In
dian Territory, where I was for a time,
that If one is bitten by a rattlesnake all
he has to do to prevent fatality is to eat
the snake. But I never discovered any
virtue In this. Tho best remedy is to Im
mediately bind a thong above the wound,
so that the poison cannot circulate high
er. Then cut an incision below the wound
and squeeze out as mueh blood as possi
ble. Then If to the wound Is made an tp
plicant of potash or any alkali there U
almost no danger.
"I got the best collection of reptiles from
Mexico and forwarded them to Euro,te that
has ever teen seen here. The rattlesnakes
were so plentiful that they coud be seen
by thousands and thousands."
—“Daughters are a great anxiety." "How
so, Mrs. Nooch?” "If you don't dress them
handsomely they are not attractive; and
if you do dress them handsomely men are
afraid to marry them."—Chicago Reeoid.
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