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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27
A Modest Claim.

Kellogg, Of Louisiana, sO-called, is
again brought prominently before the
American people, but as IS usual with
him, in no very enviable light Not
satisfied with the popular odium which
is attached to his name on account Of
his misdeeds in Louisiana during the
Grant regime, and still later as the
usurper Of a seat in the United States
Senate from that State-tO which all the
Radical sophistTy which has been urged
in his defense could never give him even
the slightest prinld facjs claim-he seems
to have no shame, and has now asked
and received through Hoar, Of Massa-
chusetts. $4,000 from the public treasury
in addition to what he has already
illegally received-to reimburse him for
the expense he is alleged to have incurred
in his efforts 70 retain his seat against its
rightful claimants.
Apart from the fragrant injustice and
unlimited impudence Of Kellogg in pre-
senting this claim, the fact that he has
done so, and in accordance, too, with
precedents furnished by Congress, fur
nishes food for reflection. The practice
Of defraying the expenses of contestants
for seats in the Federal Legislature is one
fraught with naught but evil. 1t is not
only a severe tax upon the people. but it
is a direct invitation to disappointed
seekers for Congressional hOnOrs to con-
sole their grief with liberal grab from
the public money vaults. To this, no
doubt, is largely due the great increase
Of la.e years in Congressional contests;
and while this custom is allowed, it may
be regarded as pretty certain that
the contests will continue. In fact. it
is hard to imagine any more pleasant
and easy way 70 make snug little sum
than for a mau to rua for Congress, and
then. even if he be defeated by the most
overwhelming majority, to declare that
be was frauduieutiy counted out, "
UtEELuL HIS CHILLI " -OAEAN e--4 aAbNA
spending one or two seasons in pleasure
at the Federal capital. receive several
thousand dollars of the peoples money
as a generous gift So nice indeed is all
this that it has almost come to be pro-
fession among certain Radical politicians.
especially in this section. Certainly it
has become one Of the commOnest
nuisances at the capital.
Abiding to this particular claim Of
Kellogg, the Boston Post is led peril
nently to remark that 50, O60 would buy
a large edition of catechisms and spelling
books fol the wards of the nation, and,
aside from the question Of Congressional
jurisdiction, the money would be far bet
ter thus spent than in paying Mr. Kellogg's
bills in enabling him to hold a seat
which, but for the party decree Of his
associates, he long since would have
been compelled to vacate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27
Business and Stocks.

The recent rally in New York in prices
upon the Stock Exchange, has been re-
ceived with q sense Of relief by those in
terested, and is commented upon IS
proof Of the general prosperity OF the
country. It is admitted that in one sense
this view is correct, since had trade been
in anything like the desperate condition
which 'the bears" have but lately rep
resented it, the rally in prices would
have been impossible. As a general rule,
however, the New York stock list cannot
be accepted as any reliable barometer
TO indicate the actual rise or fall in the
conditions Of business. Prices there are
always more or less affected by manipu-
lations AID the wire workings Of specu-
lators which have no connection in the
world either with the intrinsic values OF
securities or the legitimate state Of trade.
In the special instance under corsidera-
ton. the rise IS undoubtedly due. IN
great degree. to the exhaustion Of the
energies Of the men engaged in manipu-
lation and in part to counter manipula-
ton.
It is conceded, however, as we have
stated, that this rise is, in part, due to
the really sound condition Of general
trade which has served TO maintain con-
fidence and check the abnormal tend
ency to a decline, due to the efforts Of
those who had "gone short, not alone
on stocks, but on the staple products Of
the country as well. 1t is q result in
great MEASURE, of the same causes which
have prevented the spread Of the dis
trust at first awakened by the disturb
snce in Europe over the failure Of the
Union Generate IN Paris.
In the opinion Of New York ex-
change, which has devoted much time
to the consideration of this subject, one
of the principal of these causes is the
gradual and cautious manner in which
the business revival that has been going
on for from two to three years past has
been conducted. Whether periods Of
great pr0stration and of partial or com
plete panic come about at fixed intervals,
as is plausi5ly argued by some, it IS Ger
tain that there are influences at work
which decidedly modify their effects. It
must be remembered that the last period
of this sort, though very painful, was
relatively Of long duration, and reached
its greatest intensity with comparative
slowness. Its results were not on that
account less painful; they were perhaps
even more so; but they were less in
tOlerable, and the commercial and fnan-
cial world has had stter opportunity to
recover from them steadily. This process
Of recovery has, moreover, been happily
uninterrupted by serious political trou-
bles or By war. II has teen the careful,
painstaking, and persistent effort Of the
business world to free itself from unpro-
fitable enterprises, adjust its plans to
new and severer conditions, and bring
into play gradually reviving energies.
In our own country this work has be
youd question been accompanied by
great deal Of rash speculation, not only
in stocks, but in cereals, in provisions,
and in cotton; but it has on the whole
been solidly and intelligently done, and
the result is as stable as anything in that
department Of activity can be.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27
The KnickerbOcker Life Insurance
COMPANY.

As we have already mentioned, a good
deal of interest has recently been excited
among the policy holders of the Knicker-
booker Life Insurance Company, of New
York, because of efforts lately made
by the management to induce
the policy holders to consent to a
return of all dividends which had been
previously paid to them, and in other
ways agree to a reduction of their poll
cies. A short time ago Mr.. Woods,
representing himself to be special agent
of the company. visited this city and en-
deavored to induce our resident policy
holders who now number, we learn,
from two to three hundred, but who at
one time amounted to 1900, and who
have, in the aggregate, probably paid
the company as much as million dol
lars to enter into some such agree
ment, but, as a general rule, these re-
quests were refused.
A gentleman of Atlanta who had re-
ceived one of the above mentioned cir
culars, forwarded it to Mr. Charles G.
Fairman, Superintendent of Insurance for
the State of New York, and in return re-
ceived the subjoined letter, which he,
having noticed our criticisms upon Mr..
Woods conduct at the time of his visit
to this city, has sent US for publication.
1t will prove of much interest to all par
ties concerned, and is as follows:
MessrS. -, Atlanta Ga:
GENTLFNIEN-I am this day in receipt
Of yours OF the 18th ultimo, postmarked
the I'd inst, with two enclosures relating
10 policy No. SO, 042 in the Knickerbock-
er Life Insurance company. advise
you to pay no attention, whatever, to the
requests of Mr.. Woods. The policy can
not be forfeited if his demands are ig-
nOred.
l do not know how you could place
the company in bankruptcy, except on
its failure to pay its matured claims.
The statement Of the company for De-
cember 81, 1881, just fled, shows the
following:
Assets ,034 5S4 70
LIB DllltleS. 4,o4os5ls 20
Respectfully yours,
CHARLES @. FAIRMAN, Sup't.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

The results of the census in eighty
three departments of France have recent
" been published, and only four depart
ments remain 10 be made up. These
eighty three departments give total of
35. 597, $50 inhabitants, which is an in
crease of only 3S9.O7S On the number
shown five years ago. In forty-three
Of these departments there has been an
actual decrease. The increase has been
in the commercial centres, like the Seine
for instance, where 1t has been S37 ,033,
OF pretty nearly the entire amount.
When the foreign element in France is
considered and deducted, it must be ad-
mitted that a country which in Eve years
has only added $50, 900 people to its pop
ulation is pretty low down in the scale
of reproductive power.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

The large concourse Of our citizens
who yesterday assembled at the church
st which the funeral services of the late
Colonel William T. Thompson were
conducted, and the unusually large as
sembIage at the grave where the last sad
rites were paid his memory, was a sub
siantial token Of the regard felt for him
as amau, and Of the high esteem in which
be was universally held. Many were
the hearts filed with grief over his open
tomb, and sincere indeed was the
tribute paid his many virtues
and acknowledged talents. The feeling
that in his death this community has
suffered an irreparable loss is widespread.
and no man has ever passed away from
our midst with more general regret. He
was indeed gentle. capable, pure and
honest, and mother earth never re-
ceived TO her bosom a more estimable
man. May his rest be truly peaceful,
and may the remembrance Of his in
nate, genuine worth long survive to in
cite men to lead higher, nObler and better
lives
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

moved 10 Georgia, and became connected
with Judge Longstreet, then q newspaper
editor. Their business relations were for
a while broken up by young Thompson's
joining as government volunteer
10 the Seminole war He left the service AFTER
q years campaign and returned TO newspaper
writing. In 1925 he established the first literary
weekly newspaper-the MiYToT-ever publish
ed in Georgia. Soon afterward he married the
daughter Of a prominent Augusta merchant. TO
whose genial sympathy and interest was due
much OF the work that made the success OF his
humorous book, major Jones Courtship.
The Mirror was subsequently merged In the
Fdnttly Companion, a monthly Of which Col.
Thompson was editor for a short time
only. AfterWard he was editor or the
AfsceLldny, Of Msdison, Ga, and later still OF
the Western Continent, Of Baltimore. which
he left after a profi'7ble connection. and
founded the NEWS, in Savannah During the
war Of the rebellion, in which he gained his
brevet title, he ives aid = Governor Brown,
and later on was active in Democratic politics
Among his other books, written at intervals
between his active newspaper work, were
THE Chronicles of Pineville" and Major
Jones Travels" and he alCo wrote a farce,
which John E. Owens produced with success,
entitled The Vicar Of Wakefield" His legal
studies bore fruit in 1S45 in the preparation OF
a codihcation of the laws Of Georgia.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

according to a special from Washing
4 il seeDs that the opinion is gaining
mrd that the recent reports regarding
ALLEGED scandalous character Of the
,enses incident to the funeral of the
s President Garfield have been much
ageerated. The sum Of eight thOus-
Il dollars which was paid by the Ser
sntst-Arms Of the House is regarded
those who are acquainted with the
Is as an altogether reasonable amount
4 claimed that there were paid out Of
t sum the entire expenses Of the rail
Il train consisting Of six Pullman
which ran from Washington to
veland. the hlring Of a large number
carriages for the Congressional pro-
sion. the expenses attending the
urning decorations Of the capitol and
funeral train and many other items
legitimate expense. The amount paid
refreshments, including wines used
the trains, was very small.
nat anything should be paid for
or liquors is a proper subject OF
icisn. and it is well that public at
ion should be called to the fact. even
1ph it be alleged in defense of such
enditure that they have always Seen
Ired on such occasions. 1t is fur
stated that, while the more thought
and considerate members Of both
lee who we're not in attendance at the
sr,l Al Cleveland regret that there
any improper expenditure OF Pub
soney, they feel that it is very I'M
nate that exaggerated reports
ia be set afoat or that any attempt
ia be made TO stir up a debate on
lid il Congress-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

Whitaker has at last been settled. He
as been dismissed from the Military
.oademy at Yves. Point for deficiency
! his studies. Now that General Scho-
ED has been fully justified fer refusing
5 believe that the white cadets split
Thittaker's ears after they had all de-
ared they did not, the government
aght to feel ashamed Of itself for re
owing him from command Of the post
a that account. Of course it will
sver be admitted that this was the
Euse Of his removal, but that it was at
le bottom Of it there is little room 10
,uht
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27
Even the Miller bill does not satisfy

Even the Miller bill does not satisfy
the Californians. A correspondent of
the Sacramento Record Union points to
the fact that, while the new law will
stop the direct immigration OF the
Chinese, it viii not prevent them from
coming indirectly from Mexico and
from the British possessions. he ex-
poets to see Guaymes becoming the port
on the American coast to which the inn
migrant ships viii run and new immi-
grants swarming across the whole South
ern border.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

Governor Hawkins, Of Tennessee,
inks the prospects Of the South as a
anufacturing section are very latter-
2. and he is especially enthusiastic
out his own State. About $4,000 600
: now invested in Tennessee in cotton
etories, and they are IN prosperous
ndition and paying large profits. In
so the capital invested in the manufac
.ae Of iron was s., 6s4, 776, and the Gov
,or is confident the iron industry has
creased fully fifty per cent since
lere is a deep interest in the iron in
stry in the State. and capital is being
b il Il constantly.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

Louisville C0urisr-JoNrHal:. The
british protectionists in 1910 were just
s confident as American protectionists
I their ability to coerce or buy the PEG
lie into silence on the subject Of tariff
Ak reduction, but they were suddenly
Verwhelmed by public Indignation.
american protectionists are far less
scure than they Of Britain were, and
ley are perfectly aware Of it. They can
OF stave of the big fight to save their
YES. The Democratic party will win
ventually in a square tariff fight"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

The Supreme Court Of Rhode Island
rzoved Ct the terms and fOIms IN
Il which the Sprague property is to be
I'd at auction on the fourth day Of May.
is understood that the property viii be
Id in bulk; that about 33t per cent on
e sprague notes viii be realized, and
At the estate viii remain in the hands
Rhode Island capitalists. 1t S barely
lssible that the Sprsgue counsel may
ise a temporary obstacle; but the pro-
sbility is that justice viii BE satisfied at
st, although it involves the economic
in Of a once powerful and imperious
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

Speaking of Bill Brown, who
omitted that he was the man who re
emily attacked the memory Of the
amented Garfield under the singu-
arly inappropriate nom de plume Of
Justice" a Chicago papeE indignant
= remarks: 1T is a satisfaction 10
now that the authorship Of that in
amous transaction has been definitely
lxed, and that the world now knows for
ertain who, next to Guiteau, IS the
-flest wretch in America in human
orr7
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

Files Of the Rio Ne1s, up to the oath
ult., announce the important item Of
commercial intelligence that bill has
been introduced in the Senate providing
for reduction Of the export duty on
coffee to 3 per cent, and a further re-
duction Of 6 per cent. in the railway
tariffs on that same product.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

Grant may have been severely bitten
by his recent unlucky speculatiOns, but
there is life in the old man yet. 1t is
stated that before he ceases to enjoy the
hOspitalities Of the White House, he
proposes to fix up some important ap-
pointments, including two or three army
nromotiOng.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

The labor agitations increase rather
han diminish. They seem to be steadily
gaining IN volume, and perhaps the labor
organizations Of the entire country may
Be involved in the pending agitation.
Thus far all is conducted in good order,
Jut unless reason comes to settle the
ihieulties the end may not be SO promis-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

The Chicago Tribune is cfushingly Sc
we're on Justice" who DETAINED Gar
fields memory lately. and calls him ''the
dirty dog bill brown"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27
Savannah Times.

Since the Times went to press yesterday the
people OF Savannah have come to mourn the
loss OF one who was a giant in their midst but
whose Strength was like that Of a bright warm,
genial light. which created and encouraged in
growth all the finer feelings and cheering sensi-
nlhtes Enlch essist TO gladden. the heart Of
the people. IL hes very truly been said that
prophet g not without honor except in his own
home, and though this remark NAV not be
sttlctly applicable in this connection, it may
De uuiy said wherever the English language
IS spoken the name Of the prophet whose
ceath we lament YVES honorei as the name Of
but very few are honored among the giants of
these days. 1t is a name which he's not only
been dlgnifed by the verdict of thousands Of
Engllsh readers, expressed in admiration of
the grand intellectual qualities of very highly
gifted mind, but one which, whenever it is
mentioned, awakens in the brefst Of the reader
or nearer the kindliest feelings for the late
William Tappan Thompson.
Col. Thompson was born at Ravenna Ohio
on the 5lst Of August. 1912 and died at his late
residence IN this city last evening at half
past eight O'Clock.
Few men who reach the poe of tbrae soora
and ten have buster existence, and as citizens
IN the private walk of the home circle or as
puonc men either in civil or military life pass
OH the stage and leave more stainless record
un6iemished by moments neglect of duty or
undlmmed by an act that would impeach the
purity OF motive or the integrity of their
character. When we contemplate the charac-
ter OF person who has such a record we can
be Dardoned for exclaimfng, How have the
mighty fallenr"
our cotemporary, the MORNING NEWS, of
winch newspaper Colonel Thompson was the
1cunder and the senior editor up to the
moment when the messenger angel from the in
NlslCle kingdom summoned him hence has
gwen the public histoIy Of his busy and well
spent life, and we neG 4 not make a repetition
OF 1t here Suffice to say the author of
Major Jones' Courtship, - 1.-The Chronicles Of
Plneville' and 1.-THE Live Indian" Is survived
by no superior in that class Of litarature
THESE works are monuments which will endure
az long es the English tongue is spoken. On
them are delicate traciDgs drawn by a mester
viii ever speak to the head and touch the
heart Aces hence their unpretentious elo-
quence will testify to TIE multitudes of the
greatness and goodness Of the man who drew
them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

CARD COLLECTORS Four Lowell -
- cards 1Oc. handsome Chrome CsrF - ~ 81
stamps taken II. II. RICH, g. w, BaltjT,l.9Sc-.
street, Baltimore. Mo Dol1AlnoFe
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At half past eight O'Clock on Friday evening
the subject OF this notice departed this life after
elnger1ng illness OF several months To those
intimately acquainted with the late Col. Thonp-
SOD. II IS wholly unnecessary to state that he
bore MS sufferings with Christian fortitude,
and was entirely resigned to the will Of God.
II can be truthfully said that he was man
among men. No inducement, whatever might
De me result whether OF honor or emolument,
could prevail upon him to deviate from the
path OF rectitude and honor. The journal of
winch ne was the founder, and for the period
OF thirty-two years. to which he devoted his
time and abilities.has so well outlined the bril-
liant career OF this good old man that it is not
requisite for us to say anything further in this
respect
In brief, he vas a remarkable mainland was
seemingly fitted by his Creator for the profeg-
sion which he mastered AS writer Of huInor
ne had no superior, while upon politics, as a
hIe-iong Democrat, he was peerless ms an adj
Vocate or the interests Of that party. His we'll
stored mind and brilliant intellect made him a
ready writer upon all subjects and he had it
may be said, the unusually happy faculty of
knowing exactly what to say, and the still
more remarkable gift, not generally possessed
1y All Journalists, or knowing what not to say.
~ these traits, which may be denominated
Newspaper virtues. ne has managed to give a
hfe-time or service to the public without
giving onense, or creating any unpleasantness.
He possessed large combination of good
qualities and more than an ordinary degree of
excellence, and they did not lie in any one ex-
benefit OF the public, and its universal senti-
ment viii be, We'll done thou good and faith
full servant
Colonel Thompson was In his SEVENTEEN year
and leaves wife and several children, besides
a host OF friends TO mourn his loss.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-27

A dispatch from Savannah, Ca, announces
the death Of Colonel William Tappan Thomp-
son, editor OF the Savannah MORNING NEWS.
Colonel Thompson was in his SEVENTEEN
year and had been iii for several months,
He was one Of the most influential jour
nalis,s Of the South, and was the oldest
member of the profession in Georgia He was
born ia Ravenna, Ohio, August 81, 1912, his pa
rents being among the pioneer settlers Of the
Western Reserve. He was the first white child
born in that section. His mother was an Irish
lady whose father had taken part in the
revolution Of 1873, and emigrated to
America His father was a Virginian,
and from the union OF these two races the son
drew that combined humor and sound sense
that marked his work as literary man. He
left the West on the death of his parents in
his eleventh year. and obtained employment
In the office Of a Philadelphia newspaper,
where he gained his first idea of newspaper
life. He Afterwards studied for the bar,
thinking to make the Law his calling, and be-
came secrefarg to the late Governor Wescott,
of Florida, and continued his legal studies in
the latter's oface. In 1885, however, he re-
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