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GAYNOR HEARING HAS BEGUN.
DEFENSE HOLDS THE INDICTMENT
IS DEFECTIVE.
BUlit Legal Fight Mill Dr Made
\galn*t the Removal of Hie De-
ItniUnli ,to Snvnannh for Trial.
Gaynor'* Former n ifr In the
Court Room-Six' Slay Be I ril n n
Wltnenn for the Government —t ime
Continued i ntll W cdneftilny.
Netv York Deo. JO B:njumin D. Gie n-,
Cos). Jfcshn F. Gaynor. Edward il. Qayn r
and''W!Ham T. Gaynfr. melfcbers of t' o
Atlnlic Contracting Company. Jointly Ip
dieted witlf Michael A Cornol y and fo -
tner Cafft. Oherlin M. Carter, Unttel
Stax. Engineer Corps, for conspiracy ie
•uitlng in a los* to the government of
tTT." 749.90 in connectlcn with the Savan
t nah river and Cumberland foji and con
tracts, appeared for examination to-day
before United States Commissioner
Shields. . v .
The fndiciment on which the Gaynors
and Greene we;e arrea.ej by Unite!
Slate Marshal Henkel, was found in the
early part of December itv the Savannah
district. The contract rs ate repretn n el
by the firm of Kellogg. Rose A Smith, whi
are prepared to make a bitter legal fight
against the removal of the men to Savan
nah for trial.
Since his arrest oil these charges, Col.
John F. Gaynor has secured a divorce and
remarried. Hi* former Wife, who claims
that she has been “greatly wronged."
will, It ia expected, figure as an important
witness for the prosecution. She was pres
ent during the examination in the federal
building to-day.
Contention of the Defense.
Counsel for the defendants contended
lhat the indictment was defective, instanc
ing that count which alleges lhat the
contracts in furtherance of their scheme ,
arranged for material "at the least coat lo
themselves and the greatest cost to the
United States.”
He maintained that this allegation was
too general and that it did not specify a
single act which the accused would lie
required to answer In any court In the
United States.
District Attorney Burnett offered a copy
of the Savannah indictment in evidence,
but counsel for the defense took Ihe posi
tion that a copy would not suffice, when
the original was within the Jurisdiction!
of the court. The commissioner overruled
the defense in both instances.
Capt. Cassius FI. Gillette, United Slates
Engineers, of Savannah was the first wit
ness put on the stand by the government.
The witness identified the four contractors
in court, and said that Michael A. Con
nolly and Capt. Oberlin M. Cartdg ware
not present. Capt. Gillette said that he
had appeared as a witness before ~s§e
grand Jury In Savannah which had fOund
the iodiciments against the contractors.
Lntfyer Rose said he was not prepared
to go on with the cross-examination to
day, which, he said, would confflms at
least two hours.
U was then agreed that the examination
should be continued on Wednesday.
OHIO'S LEGISLATURE TO MEET.
llolh Its Houses Are Controlled <y
the nepnhllrnns.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 30.—The Ohio
lature will convene Monday and organize
The kepubllcans have a majority in both
branches. In the Senate their are nine
teen Republicans, eleven Democrats und
one Independent Republican. In the
House there are sixty-two Republicans,
fortysflvg Democrats and three independ
ent Republican*. The Republican and
Democratic iaucuse* were held this af
ternoon and evening. Those of the Demo
crat* are a mere formality.
The Republican* of the Senate refused
to permit Gen. Charles F. Brown, Fu
iionint senator from Hamilton county, to
participate In their caucus. He retired
amid an ominous Rilence.
The Republicans of the Senate named
Oacar Sheppard of Prvble county for pres
ident pto tem. and the House Republicans,
A. C. Reynolds of Lake county, for
Speaker, and Chatles Merlon, Jr., of
Franklin for Speaker pro tem.
The Senate Democrats named Gen. W.
R. Brorein of Auglnlse, for president pro
tem. and the House Democrat*. Charles
Swain of Hamilton, Speaker and Cii 2.
Coard, Ashland, Speaker pro tem.
HBALER DRIVEN FROM A TOWN.
Charged With Disrespect to Gen.
Lawton nml Amerlcnns.
West Plains, Mo., Dec. 30—Wade C.
Mack, a "healer,” has been driven out of
town for alleged disrespect to Gen. Law
ton and the American soldiers it) the Phil
ippine.
Mack arrived here atid distributed circu
lars announcing himself a* a "healer."
He addressed crowds on the street corner
and during the course of his remarks he
declared he was glad to hear of Lawton's
death and that l>e hoped the other Ameri
cans in the Islands would meet the same
fale. He repeated his statements.
The crowd finally became threatening
and State Representative Jonew of Howell
county, known as "Cyclone" Jones, ad
dressed the people, branding Mack a* u
traitor and saying he was unworthy the
name of an American citizen.
To save further trouble Mack was ar
rcsted On a trivial charge. Mack tremb ed
and the judge accepted his proposition to
leave town if he were released. In P n
minutes the "healer” was "going west”
amid the hoots of citizens.
KNOX GIVEN FOUR YEARS.
Member of Prominent Family Sen
tenced for Forgery.
Pittsburg. Dec. 30.—Robert J. Knox,
alias J. B. Bennett, who was arrested in
New York recently as a member of a
gang of swindlers operating in various
parla of the country, was sentenced to
four years and a half In the Riverside
penitentiary to-day for forgery.
He is a brother of a prominent Preaby
terlun minister and a nephew of J. J.
Knox, ex-controller of the treasury.
Another uncle Is president of the Gor
man Theological Seminary at Bloomfield,
.V. J.. and n third Is a leading business
man in St. Paul.
AGENTS OF THE It AILftOAR.k.
What Court Held With Hcgard to
Sleeping far Companies.
Chicago, Dec. 30.—1n tefualng to enj |. v
the merging of the Pu Iman-Wagner
compsnlea the (tup ten* Court to-day hell
that sleeping car companies are bat agents
of lh< ralltoad* acting und. r contracts us
other employe* of the rod.
New Urk Haa a "Dewey Street.**
Xev Yolk, Deo. gt.-Ths Motiblpil
< oonoil to-day < Lunged tlto item.' of E|n,
-it*., t to Dew.) avenue lb honot of the
Admiral.
MAN IIAD ON STOLEN SHOES.
finspicioiin Character* Are Being
f Held In Aiignata.
Augusta. Dev'. 30.—The chief of police
here received o let lev yesterday from W.
! H. Suber pf Peaks, 8. C., saying that his
| store had been robbed the night of Dec.
i 32. of about ll.OCn. and among other things.
; two pairs of shoes, giving a deseripilon
! ef the shoes with the lot number stamped
j on the inside. Among the money stolen,
j was a let of pennies and gOM.
On receipt of the letter, the chief of po
i lice brought up one of the tiwee men ac
; re*ted TTiurtd.iy afternoon, on suspicion
I of being the gang that has been robbing
; po.-'oflice# and mercantile fstabliahmemj
ill over the country, and had the new
shoes be wns wearing taken off. On ex
amination they answered exactly to the
description furnished by tlie letter, and
bore the'Avlernioa! nueAßefs on the inside.
This he wired to Mr. .SCbeb, and in reply,
was wired (o hold the gang until to-mor
row. when Suber will come to Augusta to
identify them.
Three tramps were seen around Peaks
at the/1 igie of the robbery, and it ir
thought they will be recognized. As devel
opments go circumstances point even more
strongly to these as the men whp have
committed all the rohbqrig* reported, in
cluding those of,the postoffices uear At
lanta, q . ' •*
(OLLIER Ik IMPLICATED.
It Wan at Hi* House That Ahiritl
Simpkins Has Jvilled.
Quitman. Ga.. Dec. 3ft.—lsaac Collier, the
negro at wjjose iiouse Sheriff Simpkins
was kl led In Jefferson coun'y. Florida, is
behind the bars here.
Sheriff Conely learned Uiat he had pass
ed through on his way io Taiiokas, a saw
trdil town In the northern part of this
county and telephoned Brice, a convict
lessee there to lo.'k out for him. In ten
minutes he received a reply saying that
the negro wns in custody. He was brought
lo Quitman to-night. He walked into
Brice's oofirnissary this morning Just af
ter ftnoly's message wns received and
surrendered.
For sometime he denied any knowledge
of Jeffries, but finally admitted that he
had beei\ harboriiyr him since last May.
that he knew about the killing and ran
away to escape consequences. He bears
an unsavory repute ion.
NEW TRIAL WAS REFUSED.
So It Is Reporter! in tlie Cine of
Penrl KiiotCs Slayer.
Atlanta, Dec. 30.—A report reached the
city this afternoon, that Judge Reagan of
the Third Circuit, who presided for Judge
Candler al the last term of Fayette Court,
had refused new trial in the Kerling case,
thru!- the attorneys! had decided not to
tgke the rc up, and the Kerlings was to
serve bijt hrs life rentence for the murder
of Pearl Knott, whose body was found
general months ago In theF.lnt liver. Fay
ette county Is in Judge Candler's circuit,
and he said to-night that he bad heard
nothing of such a decision, but thought it
more than probable. A bill of exceptions
wiil be filed by the defendant's attorneys
before the twenty days allowed under the
law, expire.
MANY TREES CONDEMNED.
Thirty Thousand of Them Most He
Cat Down nad Burned.
Allan:;*, Dec. 30.—Thirly thousand fruit
trees, comprising the entire orchards of
D. C. and G. M. Bacon In Mitchell coun
ty, will be burned Monday by order of
State Entomologist Scott, owing to the
ravages of the San Jose scale.
In the immediate neighborhood of De-
Witt, Ga., in the counties of Irwin, Berien,
Worth and Mitchell, are more than 300,000
fruit-bearing peach trees, and In Justice
to the owners of neighboring orchards as
well as to perform a service to the state,
the trees will be destroyed. The work
of destroying the orchards will require
several weeks time.
ROME TEACHER GOES TO CUBA.
Scaffold He lup Built for the llanixlng
of Bail Harris.
Rome, Ga.. Dec. 30.—Miss Nannie Har
grove, one of Rome's best-known ladies,
who has been librarian of the Young
JMen's Library Association, haa accepted
a position with a prominent; English
school 1n Cuba. She was formerly a
teacher In the Brunswick public school'.
Miss HargroVe will leave Tuesday, going
via New York to Cuba.
The scHffoid Is being built on which Bud
Harris will be hanged for murder next
Thursday. It will I* a pr.vate hanging.
NEGRO CRIMINAL CAUGHT.
Took Refuge In tlie Woods Bnt W'nw
Driven In by the Clil.
Columbia. S. C., Dec. 30.—John Quincy
Corbett, a white man 8) years old. nh>
last June brutally ravished a 9-year-o and
r.egro child In Sumter county, and haa
since defied arrest, was captured in Sum
ter to-day. Corbett has been in the
woods of Sumier and Kershaw, but was
driven in by the fold. He was staying
with friends in Sumter when surprised an t
secured by the sheriff before he could
shoot.
COMPANY MOVES TO TAMPA.
West Coast Naval Store* People
Have Made a Change.
Tampa. Fla., Dee. 30.—The West Coast
Naval Stores Company, with a paid-up
capital of $l5O,<WO, will liegln business here
with the new year. The company has
lieen doing business at Pensacola, bui has
concluded that Tampa Is the best base for
tlielr operations.
The concern is operated and backed by
some of the besi known business men of
Florida and Lower Georgia.
NEW MILL FOR J ICKNONVILLB.
Chlragn I.umber nnd Coal Company
Will Build One There.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Dec. 30.—The Chicago
Lumber and Coal Company of St. Louis,
Mo., will open a branch bouse in Ihl*
city and erect anew sawmill In the taie
capable of turning out *8,000,000 feet of
lumber per year.
The capital Mock of the company will
be increased from 1750,000 to $1,000,000 and
a mill will, be erected In South Georgia
also.
Toccuh* Bond Issue.
Atlanta. Dec. *O. -The city of Ttmeoa
registered $9,000 worth of U* bond* io-lny
in the secretory of wtate’* office. The>
are eighteen In number of Ihc denotnlua
t on of $3OO, and are to he sold for ihe i
purpose of btflkUcg n n-w school house
lII* Plre ul Fusil*, Flu.
Fusils. Ilk, I). 3u.—The building own.
and and Occupied by th* Hitt Printing c m. !
p->y, | uWtobeis of the Kdaria Luke lie- |
gon. mat • d*!l a- rovol by Utu fit*
* O'lljbg. Lo** $lO,M* i
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1893.
WAR ABSORBS THE GERMANS.
SOMF. THINK THAT ENGLAND WILL
LOSE ( IPE COLONY.
liberal Leader Barth Believe* De
feat Would Bea Wholesome Lea
son for the llrltl.li—Germany’s
New Naval Programme Doe la
Great Measure to South African
War—Germany's V lew * a* to Dela
tion Hay Situation.
(Copyright. ISS9. by the Associated Pres-.)
Berlin. Dec. 30.—The South African war
overshadows everything else here.' The
correspondent of the Associated Press has
just had an Interesting Interview with the
Liberal leader, Dr. Barth, who is one of
the most steadfjst friends of Great Brit
ain ;ra Anvrtca. but who also condemns ,
this war. Dr. Barth saia.
"At present it looks as if England might
lose the whole of South Africa. I have
private Information from Africa, via Hoi- |
land, according to which the rebellious
movement among the Cape Boers has as
sumed much more serious proportions
than the English newspapers admit. There
never was a greater piece of political slu- 1
pldity than that shown by Mr. Chamber- 1
lain in provoking war without having
made the necessary military preparations.
If England had only waited a few years
she could have had everything without
war.
"If England 1* totally defeated this war ;
will be the best thing for Ihe world, even ;
for England. It will be a lesson she will >
not soon forget. It will have a wholesome
influence upon the jingoes of all countries, j
including Germany. *
"The navy scheme, which is almost sure
of adoption, must be understood to be
in connection with the war in South Af- j
rica. all fine phrases offered in explanation
notwithstanding. The increase was de
cided upon because Germany has lost con
fidence In the men who are shaping Eng
land's policy. The brutality of the present
Englsh policies renders Germany's posi
tion too insecure. Whot happens in the
Transvaal to-day on land may happen to
Germany upon the sea to-morrow. Dis
trust of England makes it necessary for
Germany to be strong at sea. so that the
English jingoes will think twice before at- ;
tatk Germany. If the English statesmen
of to-dey were of the type of Gladstone
and Morlay. we should have no concern;
but with such political jack-o'-lanterns as
Mr. Chamberlain at the helm, we do not
know what to expect, and must arm for
any eventuality.”
May Lose Cape Colony.
The German press), generally, during the '
Inst few days, has expressed ihe opinion
that Great Britain will loss not only the
war but also South Africa. A military
writer in the Deutsche Mages Zeitung
says:
"It Is no longer a question of whether
England will not subjugate Ihe Boer re
publics, but of whether she will also lose
Care Colony. It Is true England will re
tain the harbors for they lie under the
guns of Engl sh ships, but ihe interior she
will lose, and instead of tire dreamed-of
enormous British South African empire,
England will only keep a number of ports.
This will probably be the Issue of the
war If England dees not hurry up and con
clude peace.”
From an excellent authority the corre
spondent of the Associated Press hears
that Great Britain has instructed her
minister at The Hague, Sir Henry How
ard. to sign the peace convention with the
reservation of article 10, ail the conference
Powers having consented to such reser
vation.
The new German civil code goes Into
effect Jan. 1.
The German papers are publishing the
annual ami century reviews, the genera!
tone being satisfactory with the turn Ger
man affair* have taken.
One of the reforms to be carried out in
1900 will be in connection with the Berlin
criminal police, which Is grossly ineffi
cient. The reform will be thorough, com
prising the training, promotion and dis
tribution of the force. Hereafter the
Criminal policemen will be chosen from
civil life and their number will be In
creased:
Fold Weather In Germany.
While the weather here has moderate!,
Ihe reports from elsewhere in Germany
tell of severe cold. A letter carrier roamed
Luedtke was frozen to death while on duty
at Damnatz and another Anton
Baumann was killed by the cold at Frank
fort-oro-the-Maln. The snow lies phenom
enally high In the mountains.
At the Royal Opera to-morrow n ght will
take place the first performance of th?
fairy opera, "King Drossrlbart," the text
by Delmer and the musi? by Kulen
kampff.
A perfect epidemic of weddings broke
out here, the number of persons married
being six times the ordinary number.
The correspondent of the Associated
Pres-s learns In government circles that
Germany does not believe the report that
Great Britain intends to take decisive
steps soon at Delagoa bay. It is admitted
that Germany would be Informed Nrofore
hand if any serious step was Intended,
and the reports circulated are considered
to be ballons d'essai issued by the coun
tries interested in preventing Great Brit
ain from getting Delagoa bay.
Mrs. • Beebler, wife of Lieut. Command
er W. H. Beehier, the United States naval
attache, will be presented at court at the
next general reception.
The launching of the Hamburg-Ameri
can Line steamer Deutscheland, which
was to have occurred Jan. 3 at Stettin, has
been postponed because of the heavy lee
in the river Oder.
Race* at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. SO.—The weather was
cloudy and cool and Hie track fast on the
outside. The favorites were In better form
and three finished first.
First Race—Sel.ing, one and one-*ix
teenth miles. Schoolgirl, 6 lo 1 and 2to
1, won, wlih Nailer, 12 to 1 and 5 to 1,
second, and Musket, 7 to 1, third. Time
1 :511k
Second Race—Handicap, five and a half
furlongs. Triadltza, 7 to 5 end 7 to 10,
won. with Tom Gilmore, 25 to 1 and 8 lo 1.
stcond, aud Gold Or. 3to 1. third. Time
l:o*i*.
Third Race—Selling, six furlongs. J. E.
Cline. 3 to 2 and 3 to 5. won, with Brown
Vail. 10 to 1 and 4 lo 1, second, and Tobe
Paine. 13 to 5. third. Time 1:14%.
Fourth Race—New Orleans handicap,
seven furlongs. Imp. Mlntsauce, 7 to 2
and 3 to 2. won, Andre, U to 1 and 5
to 1. second, and Mohr, 30 to 1 and 12 to 1,
third T’roe 1:0%
Fifth Have—Belling, one and on#-!x
teenlh miles. Yubadam, 5 to 1 and 2tol. I
won. with K onrtlke Queen, 8 to 1 and *
to 1, necor.d. and Joe Doughty. Iff) to 1,1
third. Time 1:50
Fifth Dtalrtrt Hepnhlirnn*.
Atlanta. Dei-. .—The Fifth Dlelrict Re- j
Itubllcan Executive Committee met to-day.
and by * vote of ihlrtieti to ten, selected
Jonesbcvo over Atlanta for the holding of
the*ne' District <*onveitpi, nnd K*b
Is, a* tho date, where two and legatee and
two alternate* will be Heeled lo the .Na
i tonal convent on In Flu a ielphia. The i
pteeenl asUniniatMtion ww* itidoiw*l i
Am Adiance Im Wage*
Meridian, Mlw , Dec $0 —The slock
liold.ie of the MoridDn 'Orion Mill* have
•4mmneed tie* wage* of all *mpi<).* $ per
cert. 1
ALL THE NEWS AT WAYCHOSS.
Ttaiu 7S Struck n Freight—Sodden
Death of an Old Citizen.
NY ay cross. Ga., Dec. 30.—J. R Thigpen
of this county, killed a pig yesterday that !
tipped the scales at 475 pounds.
Train 7S. on the West Coast Line, from
Port T.impa and Wary cross, ran into a
freight last night at Argyle, twenty miles
west of here. The cabocse was smashed
up, and the passengers Jarred up slightly.
No one was injured.
Joseph Jordan, one of Ware's oldest cit
izens, died yesterday at his home near
here. HD death was very sudden. He was
in town the day before in apparent good
health.
Charlie Dunbar, who lost a leg yester
day by the Plant System pusher passing
over it, died thi* morning from the effects
of the shock.
Prof. W. T 1 Asbttry will open the public
school at Nieholls Jan 15. The public
school will reopen here Tuesday morning
next. Settle's Polytechnic School will
open Monday.
Rev. Edward Thompson. I-L. D.. of
Atlanta, will be In Waycross Sunday. Feb.
4, wlien he expects to hold two or three
meetings in the different churches here
in the interest of the Sunday League of
America, of which he is the general man
ager.
Mrs. C. L. Thigpen and her daughter.
Miss Lily, will move cn Wednesday :o
Coffee county, where Mr. Thigpen Is en
gaged In the lumber business.
A pleasant entertainment was given
Thursday night at the home of Hon. L m
Johnson. His son. Clifford. en:e tainel
h!A diaSsrodfes of the High School class of
IS9S.
The Upstart Social Club will secu-e
rooms in the McLendon block. They will
establish a free reading room.
The Sunnyside Social Club was organ
ized last night In the Clough neighbor
hood. north of town. They will meet again
next Thursday.
CLAIMS HE IS CALL'S PARTNER.
Cliarle* IV. Slater Held for Cashing
Two Worthies* Draft*.
New York. pec. 30.—Charles W. Slater,
aged 23, of Sratersvlile, Va., who claims
to be associated with ex-United States
Senator Call of Florida In railroad build
ing in Florida, and similar enterprises In
Ctiina, was to-day arraigned in Police
Court on the complaint of William H. U.
Yoting. cashier of the Murray Hill Ho
tel, who alleges that Slater in March and
April. 1898, through the Introduction of
the cashier of the Grand Union Hotel, got
him to cash two sight drafts amounting
to $l,lOO.
These drafts were drawn upon Robert
Y. Slater of Washington. D. C„ whom the
defendant claimed to be his brother. The
drafts were not honored. The defendant
alleges that he deposited with Mr. Y’oung
$2,000 .worth of bonds as security, but
these, Yo.ung say*, have no value.. Slater
was held for examination.
INCREASED GOLD PRODUCTION.
' I f>
United Ntnte* Mnke* n Better Show
ing in llotli Metal*.
Washington, Dec. 30.—The preliminary
estimate Of the production of gold and sli
ver in the United States during th cal
t c.-jar year 1399,'made by Mr. Roberts, the
director of the mli\t, shows a total gold
production of $70,691,170, an increase over
ihe production of last year $5 2J6.C70.
The production of silver during the
year is estimated at $74,421,698. an increase
during the year $1.040.211.
Colorado heads the list in both god and
silver production.
The-British Klondike go and production Is
estimated at $l6 114.150.
For the Appalachian states the gold
production of 1899 is estimated at $337..'44.
against $327.7CU, and s.lver $1,05?, atalust
$2,063 for 1898.
COAL MINERS W ILL STHIKE.
______
May Ultimately Lead to the Calling
Oui of AO.OOO Men.
Altoona. Pa . Dec. 30.—Bituminous coal
miners in this section met In convention
at Portage last night and ordered a
strtkF San! 1. About 1,000 men at the
| Portage, Puritan and nearby collieries are
[ involved. , r
i Sessions were also held at Barnesboro
i and Patton, at wiiich points the miners
| also Voted a strike for the increase de
manded at the recent Clearfield conVen-
I tion. At these places, however, the men
will await the action of United Mine
i Workers now in session at Indianapolis.
The action of the miners Is regarded 'n
I th's section as the entering wedge which
will result ill the calling out of nearly 50,-
000 miners.
COLLISION ON THE SOUTHERN.
Matcliett W’n* Killed anil Foster
Fatally Injured.
Spartanburg, 9. C., Dec. 30.—A freight
train ran into t* construction train near
Duncan station;-Mn m l:s from here, this
afternoon. ’ '
Philip Matchevt of the Phoenix Bridge
Company was Instantly killed. Matchett
was from Pennsylvania. Henry Foster,
colored, of C.ifton, S. C.. was fatally in
jured.
The freight train was badly wrecked,
and several cars were thrown down an
embankment. The engineer and fireman
escaped with slight bruises.
NOTED NEWSPAPER MEN.
Five Hast* in llronse Will Be Sent
to Paris Exposition.
Chicago, Dec. 30.—Five busts in bronze
of noted newspaper men of America will
le placed In the publishers building of the
United States at tlie Paris Exposition next
year. R. H. Park, the sculptor, has just
completed (he l ust of Joseph Medill, late
editor of the Chicago Tribune, which will
be among the number on exhibition. Mr.
I erk, who has charge of the American In
teiests at ihe expoeltion, has arranged for
the busts of Benjamin Franklin, Horace
Greely, George W. Childs, Charles A.
Dana and Mr. Medill.
Tallatiaxsee New* Nate*.
Tallahassee, Fla . Dec. 30.—The weather
i* decidedly cold here, the mercury regis
tering 28 early this morning.
A meeting of he Lon County Demo
cratic Committee wa* called for yesterday,
to recommend someone for county com
missioner, vie* F. T. Christie, resigned.
Falling to secure a quorum, action was
postponed until Jan. 12
W H. Lawrence, editor of the Middle
Florida Republican, formerly published si
Carr*belle, has moved to Tallahassee, and
th* first laaua of hi* paper at tlie capital
wi,i appear Jan. 1,
Memorial service* to ihe memory of
Evangelist Dwight L Moody, recent ly d
• ased. all be held at lit* Methodic!
Church Wtinday night.
Large heed Hawes named.
little Rixk Alb, Dc. Ib.—Three large
seed bouaaa and >fi* of th* meal wi •*
of (h* I'sssass * Oil t'esgsur s mil, i
own>d by Chi' < apiiadsi*. see*• bu n
ed <-4ay The toe* Is ftt.'M. Viift
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ANIMALS ARE HARD TO LOSE.
W (WnBHKIL DIRECTION SENSE OF
SOME DOGS AXD CATS.
A Sea fa rl hr Tutu Which Tnrned Ip
Mot I nocconntably—Sailor's Do*
Follow* Hla Maatcr Around the
World—Kitty Trail* Ita Mistress
Over Five Hundred Mllea.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Two of them, were retired sea captains
and they had been talking about the story,
recently printed in the Chronicle, of a
Newfoundland dog which traveled fifty
miles, crossed the Mississippi, and walked
over two tiers of ships lying in the river
in order to find the particular one from
which he had accidentally fallen over
board nearly a week before. One or two
members of the company had expressed
a measure of incredulity in regard to the
truth of this story. The two old sailors
smiled. The bringing forth of a flood of
reminiscences was an easy matter after
that.
"A big gray tom cat, who was positively
unlosabie, sailed with me in the Pamlico
for many years,” said one. ‘‘He had been
traveling with the ship for several years
before I took charge of her. and the man
who commanded her during that time told
me that no matter where he left him, the
world around, he was sure to rejoin the
ship sooner or later. He had tried in vain
to lose him several limes, and had finally
given up the attempt in despair.
At the time he tried to dispose of it first
the Pamlico was making the round from
Liverpool, England, to St. John’s. New
foundland, and thence to Pernambuco,
Brazil, ur.d so home.
The Cat Came Dark.
When the ship sailed from Liverpool on
this particular voyage Tom was left be
hind on the docks. Six months fetter he
was observed peacefully washing his face
in the rigging of the Pamlico again, hav
ing come aboard, somehow or other, at
St. John’s. How did he get there? We i.
nobody knows exactly, but he must have
made the trip to Newfoundland in tomt
other vessel, stopped oil there—perhaps
reasoning in some dumb animal manrer
that it was the first stop made by hit own
vessel—and came off to the ship in s m’
of the rowboats. Nobody nolle and h m
until he was comfortably making hit
toilet In the rigging. He provided against
all possible attempts to leave him bhinl
again by keeping out of reach of the sail
ors until the vessel was wed under way.
During hts period of absence the Pam 100
had made an entire round trp from Liv
erpool to Brazil and back again. Tom ev
idently hadn't enjoyed rhe five months'
wait in St. John's sufficiently to with 'O
undergo it again. He wasn’t a popular
cat far many reasons, but none of the sail
ors cared to do away with him summarily,
somehow or other. And as he resolutely
refused to be lost or. stay given away he
sailed with the Pamlico for more years
than a cat is popularly supposed lo have
lives to his credit. When I left iff fo low
ing the sea steadi'y he was stil with the
old vessel; if he hasn't pa and the and bt o!
nature long ago he’s pretty sure to be with
her still.
Couldn't Lose Him.
“I tried to lose Tom myself more than
once, but I never succeeded. The first
time I left him. safely bestowed, as I sup
posed, in the custom house at St. Johns.
On I went to Pernambuco, back to Liver
pool and so on around to Newfoundland
again. Considerably more than stx months
were consumed in this manner, and when 1
entered the custom bouse at St. Johns
they told me old Tom had been missing
something over half a year. The officials
who had taken charge of him did not
doubt that he had been drowned or killed
in a fight. I wasn't very sorry because
none of the men cared for him very much,
and I don't take to cats myself. But
wtien we got out to Brazil again I was
treated to a genuine surprise.
“I had sent the icaptain's gig ashore
with some of the men aboard, and when
it came hack to the Pamlico, lo and be
hold! ihere wos old Tom in the bow calm
ly stroking his face with his paw. Nona
of the men had seen him come aboard,
nobody at the custom house knew any
thing about him. But there he was, and
if his conduct doesn’t argue In favor of
a cat’s reasoning I don't know what does.
That he should be able to pick out the
! vessel of his choice from among a river
' full of them was remarkable enough. But
how, if he couldn’t reason and didn't un
derstand Just where we were going, and and he
know enough to take a vessel headed for
i the same port? That’s what I’d like to
know.
Always Caught the Bout.
' After that we tried him at half a dozen
different times and alwoys he found us.
Several times he traveled around the en
tire ‘beat’ before he did so, but he Invari
ably managed to catch us, somewhere.
When he got tired of chasing the Pamlico
from port to port he simply went ashore
at the nearest place of entry and stayed
there until the ship came around. After
he'd make the experiment a few t'mes he
: did this anyway; never bothered to chase
us at ali. He merely went to the port he
fancied or back to Liverpool and awaited
us there. I don’t believe we’d have been
able to lose that cat If we’d Journeyed to
the North pole, instead of Pernambuco.
Somehow or other he learned all about
the trip to be mode beforehand and then
he made use of this knowledge Just os
a man would have done. And he seemed
to know by instinct whenever a port was
to be missed for any reason, and skipped
it, too. Yes, sir; that cat could cer
ta'nly reason or something very like it.
The cat which some of our boys brought
home from Cuba as a mascot, and which
being set free in New York harbor,
promptly mode Us way to its own ship
and Its own company*, furnished a later
illustration of this curious power which
seafaring cats possess.”
Dog; h Hood Follower.
I "Most old sailors couid tell true stories
—and belter stories than the one we’ve
been arguing about, too-of eats and dogs
; who had followed vessels if they felt so
I inclined.” spoke up the other captain. “I
had e dog I ihought a heap of myself onbe
and it followed me all around the world
in very truth and found me in all sorts
of queer manners. One time I lert him in
China. I didn’t mean to, but some of the
men Ilad had Gyp ashore and left him
there and we sailed without him uncon
sciously and he came back to me in the
West Indies. Just swam off to one of
the boats as it lay on its oars In the river.
Insisted on clambering aboard in spite of
the way In which several of the men who
didn’t know him tried to knock him back
into the water, Jumped ail over the men
he did know and nearly went wild with
Joy ai seeing me when the boat came
alongside. lie was thin and looked as
though ha might have had a hard time
finding us and t wonder. My route of
voyage had been changed In the mean
time, end I hadn t gone back to llung.
Kong at all. If I had dona so his finding
tns wouldn't have been so Wonderful. Hut
how on earth did he know what I didn’t
know myself when we left him behind
us? And whet Instinct or intuition told
Mm where 1 was going when I didn't ivmie
back? lent ask me? | don't know
llut I do know that he did find me and
I verily believe that he'll find hla way
to me in the nesl if it s anyway pus
eibia, I hope ll will be. It isn't ovary
day that even • dog loves „n* well enough
la irgvel the world around Just to be with
owe, is ill"
GEN. JOE WHEELER
PRAISES PERUNA,
The Great Catarrh Cure.
JOE W-EI-t*. CtUISE IT SJO JUM lOLL^
Major General Joseph Wheeler, com
manding the cavalry forces in front of
Santiago and the author of “The San
tiago Campaign,” in speaking of the
great catarrh remedy’, Pe-ru-na, says: "I
join wish Senators Sullivan, Roach and
McEnery in their good opinion of Pe-ru
na. It is recommended to me by those
who have used It as an excellent tonic
and particularly effective as a cure for ca
tarrh."
Tutted State* Senator McEnery.
Hon. S. D. McEnery, Unifed Slates
Senator from Louisiana, says the follow
ing in regard to Pe-ru-no:
"Pe-ru-na is an excellent tonic. I have
used it sufficiently to say that I believe
it to be all that you claim for It.—S. D.
McEnery, New Orleans, La.”
NEGRO EXHIBIT AT PARIS.
Calloway Give* Henson* Why It
Should lie W orked I p.
Chicago, Dee. 30.—Thomas J. Calloway,
special agent, who has charg? of (he ne
gro exhibit, at the Paris Exposition, ar
rived in Chicago to-day to seeu r e material
representing the progress of his race.
"There are three strong reasons for a
negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition nxt
year,” he said. "The first is found in the
peculiar attitude In which Europe is now
situated. The ‘Fashoda incident’ and the
present Boer war are only the ou.cro -
pings of a tremendous Korop an invasion
of Africa. This dark continent is no long
er dark, as the most gigantic ellcris of
capital are being directed tonard opening
up the continent for the overpus popula
tion of Europe.
"A second reason for the exhibit lies in
the fact thnt mui'.i criticism of the United
States is indulged Ur abroad on tne ground
that ihls country has assumed to annex
new territory largely populated with dark
races, when it is cncirged this nation pro
scribes in every way possible the 10,000,1C0
of such people in its own borders. This
exhibit can show other nations the other
side to the story and can furnish evi
dence of marvelous progress of the ne
groes as an offset to the charges of pro
scription.
"Tne right of the negroes to have oc
casional opportunities to show in a dis
tinctive way the evidences of their prog
ress furnishes the thiid reason for such
an exhibit. Those expositions have
opened up several factories for negro la
bor and have crystaiized a strong senti
ment in many parts favoring him as an
operative.”
Cripple Creek’* Gold Output.
Colorado Springs, Cos!.. Dec. 30.—The Ga
zette gives the product on of gold from
the Cripple Creek district for the present
year as A5,850 tons of ore, with a bullion
value of 519.743.100.
OSTRICHES MIX THE SEASONS.
They Think It 1* Spring anil I.ny
Eggs.
From the Jacksonville Times-Union and
Citizen.
There is a curious complication at the
Ostrich Farm in the shape of eleven emu
eggs and two very much excited birds
from Australia. Australia being south of
the equator, is Just entering upon her
summer season, and the Antipodean birds
have failed to realize that they are no
longer in the Antipodes, or that winter is
nigh; and accordingly they have gone to
work and ore foolishly trying to raise a
family, much to the discomfiture of the
owners of the Ostrich Form, whose first
exper ment this is to ralke the Australian
bird. Another problem has also set the
management thinking vel-y hard, and that
is, when is the hen bird going to stop
laying?
In a talk with Mr. Taylor, one of the
owners of the farm, he stated that after
searching the encyclopedia for Informa
tion, he finds that the emu lays from six
to seven eggs, nnd then the' male bird
performs the process of Incubation and
cares for the young when hatched. "Now "
said Mr. Taylor, "what has got into these
birds? The male walks like a sentry ba-lt
and forth, trying to ge-t into the var'd with
the golden pheasants, and has rubbed
every feather from a square foot to his
neck against the wire; and her ladyship
takes life easy, and instead of laying six
or seven eggs, has already laid eleven”
The reporter hunted up the rncyclope
d'a. nnd found as follows: Chambers spells
the name of the bird “emu,” nnd after
a very good description of the bird says
that it lays from six lo seven eggs of a
dark-green color. Appleton agrees with
Chambers, as does the American Ency
clopaedia. The Brltanniea. however does
not agree wlih either of the above' and
from appearances and the indications at
!hL^i rl r F T m> nu,,t b " Presumed i
that the Encyclopaedia Brltanniea is cor
rect.
thlM work the specie* is spelled
emu.” and lay* f rom nlne to thirtepn |
ihf n.T <i '‘*' ri P ,lon ’"'l”* with that of
the other encyclopaedias In every other
respect, stating additionally that the ccl-s
" r ; from hlutst, greet, to dark bot- '
tie green. It also states that the eggs
are hatched by the male bird, the incu- !
button bistlng from seventy to eighty i
•lay*. The young at birth are stt In, il
tudinafiy with dark markings on a |
light ground
lalJ *' Ihe game tlm., 1
of the year they wool I have done 'TI i
hey no: been Imported, it will he
dimTui.Tin*: T r,VMI ,h -" ">'*V ><- I
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w£dd u t v „ *•*■ ' I hy I
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I nited States Senator Sullivan.
“I desire to say that I have been taking
IV-ru-na lor some time for catarrh, and
have found it an excellent medicine, giv
ing me more relief than anything I have
ever laken.—W. V. Sullivan, Oxford,
Mies.”
lulled States Senator Roach.
"Persuaded by a friend I have used Pe
ru-na as a tonic, nnd am glad to testify
Hat it has greatiy helped me in strengih.
vigor and appetite. I hhve been advised
by friends that it is remarkably effica
cious in a cute for the almost universal
complaint of catarrh.—W. N Roach, Lari
more, North Dakota.”
A free book on catarrh sent to any ad
dress by The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Cos.,
Columbus, O.
Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru-na
Almanac for the year 1!W0.
be an experiment. Messrs Pearson and
Taylor are not quite sure what they w 11
do about It. Were It not for the p ssi
bility of a very cold snap of two or thre
days duration, there is no doubt that they
would let the birds take care of the eg-*
The matter is still unsettled, but as Mrs.
Ifmu is stil! adding to her collect on.
there Is no hurry about deciding.
The young birds will be watehe! with
n good deal of attention and curiosity by
ornithologists all over the world, and i
problem will be solved that has not yet.
been placed on record in the encyclopedias
and that is. will the young birds hatched
north of the Equator beomec unlike an
tipodean birds, ami lay in March insteal
of December? Ail Northern wild birds com
mence to lay in spring, and so do tha
birds south of the Equator. But sprii g
south of the Equator is late fall, or may
lie winter, here. Whether or not the
Northern hemisphere young will revolu
tionize the laying season is an Interesting
subject, and one of much importance to
the Florida ostrich farm.
Two new incubators have been added, of
American manufacture this time, and
there are now about seventy ostrich eggs
undergoing artificial Incubation. All the
eggs but four in the South African incu
bator have proved fertile, and the st-ck
of the farm will be augmented shortly
with numerous young birds.
EVERYONE SHOt LD EAT SAND.
Philosophy Recognizes Seven Condi
tions ns Essential to Life.
Dr. O. E. Mil'er in St. Louis Post-Di-patch.
The newspapers have been devoting
much space to what they have been p eas
ed to call the ’ sand cure,” basing their re
marks upon some statements made by my
self in an address before the Nat onal So
ciety for the Promotion of Hea th.
What I had lo say was a simple ex pit ra
tion of some of the principles of genetlo
philosophy as given by Samuel T. Fow
ler of Philadelphia, amplied and made
practical by Prof. William Windsor. LL
D.
Genetic philosophy, as explained by
Prof. Windsor, recognizes seven conditions
as absolutely essential to life in any form,
namely, earth, water, food, companion
ship. magnetism, air and liberty. We will
confine ourselves in this article to the first
two conditions of life, viz: earth and wa
fer.
Every other animal on the face of tbg
earth except man has sufficient knowledge
of the conditions of life to bring the bars
foot In contact with the ground at such
intervals as is necessary to pass off the
accumulated magnetism. Savage tribes of
men follow the same custom, and are free
from the disease incident to civilization.
Birds bring their feel in contact with tho
ground during the day time, while they
are exercising and generating magnetism,
but during the night they rooHt upon tome
mn-conducting material. Animals that
sleep upon the ground insulate themselvev
by lying upon the hatry portion of th ir
bodies in dry places, but during the <l*y
they Invariably establish connection with
the ground through the bare soles of tho
feet. .
The reader will doubtless remember tho
account of Nebuchadnezzar’s insanity and
how, after being turned loose In the field
for a period, his reason returns 1, an 1 ha
acaln resumed the reins of government.
Bear in mind that the contact of tha
bare feet with the earth is only requir'd
during the active hours, when magnet am
is being generated in large quantities by
the continued vibration of the body. Dur
ing sleep or at time when the body is rel
atively Inactive the connection shou'd o
broken by insulation as indicated ab ve.
Some good Bible students will tell you
that sin Is the cause of disease, but I d.n’t
so read my Bible. The first effect of sin,
o>r disobedience, was clolhing. and dis a a
in the majority of caeca is the result of
improper clothing.
Barefooted inhabitants of colder el ms [ S
than ours are totally unacquainted w th
our pulmonary diseases and have to e
taught how (o cough after we Initiate
them into the mysteries of civilised (?)
clothing and colds.
And now for the Fand! The earth nm-t
be taken internally an well as external y.
Every tinlmal, from a canary bird to a l *
elephant, except man, lakes into his lo.lv
every day a certain quantity o' san h
Birds swallow quantities of gravel of tha
coarsest description, beoau c e they ar-' us
ually grumnivorous or carnivorous, whi *
those animals that are largely herbivorous
consume a finer quality of sand or sandy
soli. In either case the purpose Is tho
same, simply to assist nature In the I'f
cess of digestion by furnishing a rtt '<J
grind up the food. Thla grit al-o prav n ?
the food from forming a pasie in the bow
els and producing constipation. Every
man wlu owns a canary bird knows ih'J
she must keep sand In Us cage of 11 , 1
soon iliu. Every man accus.nmed jo 1 ”
cars of horse* knows that the anbrni.
when confined in the stable for a few day*,
will, when allowed the freedom of b’
immure Ilium Stately aat dirt. And If kJP
in the elsbiv long enough will 1 “ l 1
woodwork of lias Mali, grinding it “P
grip