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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
GERMANY's SAMOAN STAND.
The Government Much Less Hot
headed Than Its Consul

headed Inan ltS consul
BERLIN, Feb. 4.--The Berlin Post re-
prints the article from the WeSer Zeitung
on the Samoan question, and remarks that
in many respects the views therein taken
are correct. The article in question rejects
the supposition that the government came
to terms with America owing to Germany's
position in regard to France, and says:
Neither under the present nor under any
other circumstances, would Germany have
risked a rupture with America for such
a bagatelle. The Samoan white book shows
that wherever the actions of German Off
cials were repudiared it was because the
officials acted contrary to international Law.
The press criticisms evoked by the white
book were almost entirely directed against
the excess of zeal displayed by the German
agents, who appeared to be lacking in the
statesmanlike discre ion necessary in deal
ing with the situation. Samoan reports
show the endeavor to make German an
nexation or protection appear necessary"
THE CONFLICT AVOID ABLE.
After stating that the conhict of Dec. 1S
might have been avoided had the Germ an
consul taken more literally his Instructions
which were that he should not intervene,
but in the event Of Ia nasese's inability to
hold his ground he should support nego-
tiations between Tamasese and Mataafa,
the Weser Zeitung co tinues: Whether
Mataafa's people were led by an American
or not is of no consequence, as the Amer-
can government cannot well be respons-
bio for the action of ind eiduals. The
German consul, however, by his action
undoubtedly burdens his government with
such a responsibility. The contrast be-
government is shown by the white-book,
and therefore is easily eNDlained
The Cologne Gazette violently attacks
the FrtSinnige Presse and repeats the de-
mand for the punishment or extradition Of
the American, Klein, as common criminal.
BIsMARCK's PACIFIC UTTERANcEs.
LONDON, Feb. 25, 4 A. M.--The Times
Berlin correspondent says that at the dinner
given by Prince Bismark TO the members
of the lower house of the Prussien diet FRI
day, the chancellor said he regarded it as
an utter impossibility that the Samoan
question should have the effect of inter
| rupting those friendly relations between
Germany and America which had existed
| for century. The geographical situation
| Of Samoa and the imperfection of teie-
graphic communication render itimpoSsible
| for him to be responsible for all the acts
of the German agents in the Pacific, but
the parties in the dispute we're animated by
the best spirit, and no doubt Germany's
commercial interests would not materially
suffer. Talking of the monarchical
principle in this connection, the chan
cellor remarked, instancing the Caroline's
incident, that a policy dependent upon
popular current was a much more difficult
one than a policy conducted by a sovereign.
The latter could withdraw without danger,
or even recede u few steps, whiSn was quite
impo .sible in the other csse. Even lost
battle need not Of itself shake the position
| of sovereign.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
STRANGE POISONING.
Coloring in Fur Cap Plays Havoc
in School

AlA u II IA up A6J A11NOC
in School
SIOUX CITY, IA, Feb. 2l.-A singular
case Of wholesale poisoning that came
near proving fatal is repor ed from the
Morning Side school, taught by Miss Hattie
Commit. Shortly after school was called
Yesterday peculiar odor was noticed, and
in searching for the source the teacher
opened the door to the closet where the
scholars kept their wraps. A fur cap be-
longing to one Of the boys had fallen into
bucket containing hot ashes and was sending
off clouds of smoke The teacher seized tie
bucket and started for the door, but
when halfway across the room was over
come by the smoke and dropped into
the nearest seat almost unconscious. A
boy then TO the bucket, but at once sue
cumbed and fell to the floor. Twenty of
the pupil, who sat where the smoke reached
them were made deathly sick and were
unable to arise alone. BY a superhuman
effort the teacher managed to get the door
open, and the fresh air revived her 30 that
she helped the children out doors, where
thev laid on the ground in agony. The peo-
pie living lear by brought fresh milk and
made the children drink freely Of 1t. At
the end Of three hours all hal recovered
sufficiently to be taken home, but were very
weak. 1t is supposed that the poison was
contained in the coloring matter Of the cap
and that IL was set free by tue burning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
A Negro Shot-Unburied Four Days
Centennial Representatives.

A Negro Shot-Unburied Four Days
Centennial Representatives.
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. PA crowd of
negro gamblers, who are in the habit OF
gathering beyond the city limits on Sun
day to play cards, had big row over a
game near the barracks this afternoon, and
Wash Persons was, it is thought, fatally
shot by Oliver Wilson. After the shooting,
the wounded man was deserted by the
crowd. He was afterward brought in town,
and is expec ed to die. Search Is being m Ade
for Wilson.
LEFT UNBURIED FOUR DAYS
A negro woman who died four days ago
was allowed to remain in the room, where
there were two living occupants, without
an effort being made to bury her until this
afternoon, whe the body was turned over
to the medical college under the new law.
ALL TO BE +. r. vs.
The governor Is considering the appoint
ment of the representa- ives OF this state to
the centennial celebration of Washington's
inauguration to be held in New York,
April 3d. Thoroughly represent tive
Gsorgians, preference being given TO the
older families, will be selected. At east
one disti guished Savannahiin will be
honored. The governor will lead the party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
LEFT UNBURIED FOUR DAYS.
A STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
The Iroquois Heard Her, But Could
Not see Her or Give Assistance.

Not see Her or Give Assistance.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Feb. M-Capt.
Kemb!e os the steamer Iroquois, from New
York, which arrived here to-day, reports
that be had heavy weather and sea all dur
ing the trip. On Feb. %, at p. M. off
South Ha teras shoals he made out fash
light to the eastward, which shortly after
was followed ty Coston distress light and
a prolonged whistle, which showed the vessel
TO be a steamer in distress. The Iroquois
was then brought round, headed to the
northward and slowed do IN. The Coston
.nal was repeated, but owing TO the
heavy northeast gale, the heavy sea and
vapor fog, the Iroquois was unable to see
the vessel or hold communication with her.
AT 0 p. m. the Iroquois suddenly lost sight
Of the SIG ual, and, laboring heavily, kept
of on her course.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
FIRES AT NEW ORLEANS.
A Rice Mil, Saw Mil and Boot anc
Shoe Store Damaged.

NEW ORLEANS, LA, Feb. 24.-Firo broke
out this morning In the Southern rice mills
Of Rodsr a. Warner The flames commu-
nicated to the Orleans veneeriug saw mill
adjoining, and both buildings, with their
contents, were damaged by fire d water.
The total loss is estimated at $50. 900, but is
nearly covered by Insurance. IN local com
psnies.
Fire this afternoon In Henry Stern e.
Co.'S boot and shoe auction store caused
5000 damage. The property is fully in.
suredl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
ARREST OF A PRIEST.

He Advises Tenants Not to Pay Their
Rents.
DUBLIN, Feb. 24.-Father Stephens, after
conducting mass at Falcarrah to-day, was
arrested while driving to Gweedore. He
advised the Olpbert tenants not to pay their
n. is. The police who made the arrest " ere
accompanied by troops. Father Stephens
was only recently released from prison.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
Mills Confidence.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Chairman Mills
thinks that width more than two-thirds of
the Democratic party in the House at his
back and only six days of the session left,
he will he able to defeat the Randall-repub-
lican combination in its attempt to change
the rules of the House in the in crest of high
tariff The pending question is not as to the
tobacco tax repeal but as to the amendment
Of the rules
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
FRANCES SOCIALISTS.

Fruitless Attempts to Hold Meetings
at Paris and Nantes.
PARIS, Feb. 24.-The socialists made
fruitless attempts to hold a meeting in the
Place Hotel de Vile to-day. The small
groups that gathered were dispersed by
ge d'armes. A few socialists who offered
resistance were arrested. Other meetings
were held to-day at Bourdeaux, Lyons,
Roubaix and Marseilles,
At meeting at Nantes the agitators
shouted "Vive la Revolution SocIale. ="
Gems d'armes dispersed the meeting and ar
rested number of those present.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
More Miners Made Idle.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4-The continued
dullness Of the anthracite coal trade has
necessitated further restriction OF pro-
duction. Last night the Lehigh Coal and
N Navigation Company shut down operations
at all of its eight or nine large collieries in
Summit (old Lehighl which throws about
s. 900 hands into idleness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
Pepal Arbitration,

LONDON, Feb. 25, A M-Ths Chronicle
says that a special com mission of cardinals
has been convoked by the vatican to exam
inc into the best method of preparing for
European congress, aud for making propa-
Qanda in favor of papal arbitration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
FreiRht Trains COLLIDE.

Knoxville, Feb A.-Two freight trains
collided this morning on the Knoxville and
Ohio railroad half a mile north Of this
city. Oue fireman was killed and both en-
gines were wrecked. Several freight cars
we're demolished The accident was caused
by a misunderstanding of orders.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
AN INQUEST,
In at the Mac and out at tne Ischium,

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga, Feb. 24.-Jesse NJ
Bruce, citizen Of this place, accidentally
shot his little S-year-old son this morning
while removing blank cartridges from
revolver The ball entered the left lilac
Z ssa and made its exit near the tuberosity
Of the ischium. The wound will no DOUBT
prove fatal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
HaYaa and Hamlin.

WASHINGTON, Feb 24.-Ex President
and Mrs Hayes will come to Washington
for the first time since they left it this week
as the guests Of Senator and Mrs Sherman.
Ex-Vice- President Hannibal Hamlin will
aieo ha hare
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

BERLIN, Feb 25-4 A. M.--The Kreuz
Zeitung says that the engagement of the
czarowitz to Princess Allx is fact, but
that it will not be officially announced
until MAY 90
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25

THE pronunciation OF some fashionable anglo.
maniac clergy fnen is getting 10 be very much
like that Of the English clergyman who In read
ing the passage. He that hath ears to hear
let him hear" gives II, "He that hath yabs 10
YAH lot him yah. "-New York Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
Guillotined in Germanv.

HAMBURG, Feb 24.--Dauth the murderer
and robber was guillotined here. He was
impenitent to tie last.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
KILLED ON A DUMMY ROAD.
The Coroner's Jury Blames Those 1
Charge of the Train.

The Coroner's Jury Blames Those In
Charge of the Train.
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. A.--An unfortun-
ate and fatal accident occurred on the
dummy line about o'clock this afternoon
As train was going out thirteenth street,
a young white man named Charles Porter
ran out from the Jaques building and
caught on to the platform of one Of tne
cars, and while trying to pass to another
car he fell between them. He caught on
the bumpers as he lell, but his feet were
caught under the truck of the rear car,
and he was drawn under it and to ribly
mangled. One Of his legs was mashed to
Jelly, mis- neck broken, and his skull crushed
in two places. His body was taken TO an
undertaker's establishment and prepared
for burial.
AN INQUEST.
A coroner's inquest was held, and the
blame was attached to those in charge OF
the train. Porters parents reside in Ca
milla, and it is probable that his re mains
will be Sc lt there for interment Until re-
Gently he was connected with the paid force
Of the fire department as driver OF No
hose reel, but since thon he has been tending
a bar. Porter had one crippled hand, which
probably caused him to lose his hold and
fall between the cars.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14

q =
there are rules governing shis work
80 that all contestants arc elected
the same evening to avoid any nm
fair selections Both societies have
violated this We are informed
The college orchestra, whose servi-
ces cheered the sober seniors the
3rd instant, deserve great praise for
their laudable effort to furnish the
w. v. U. boys with music for their
entertainments. They did remarka-
ably we'll and deserve the patronage
of the college on all such occasions
as the afore-named. 1t would be a
wise measure for the boys to encour-
age this work by their universal
support toward aiding them, for it
takes time and money. PREP.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14
JEFFERSON DAVIS DEAD.
A Brief outline OF the Life Of the Con.
federate Ex-President.

jefferson Davis died at New Or.
leans at 12:45 last Thursday morn
ing after lingering illness Of sew
eralweeks. He rallied somewhat a
few days ago, but his physicians at
no time have had any confidence in
his recovery.
The leading features Of the dead
mans life are too well known to
need reproduction, but brief sketch
follows:
jefferson Davis was born June 8,
1908, in that part of Christian coun-
ty, KY, which now forms Todd coun-
ty. Soon after his birth his father
removed to Mississippi, settling near
Woodville, Wilkinson county. He
received an academical education
and was sent to Transylvania Col
lege, Kentucky, which he left in
1924, having been appointed by
President Monroe cadet in the
Military Academy at West Point,
where he graduated in 1928. He re-
manned in the army seven years.
In lS43 he began his eventful po-
litical career, and in 1914 was one
Of the Presidential electors of Mis-
sissippi to vote for Polk and Dallas.
The following year he was elected a
Representative in Congress, and
took an active part in the discussion
of important questions. While he
was in Congress the First Regiment
of Mississippi volunteers, then en-
rolled for service in Mexico, elected
him their Colonel. Overtaking the
regiment at New Orleans, on it's way
to the seat of war, he remained with
it until the expiration of the term of
it's enlistment. He distinguished
himself in the battle of Buena Vista,
February %, 1S47, where he received
n severe wound, but remained in the
saddle until the close of the action.
This wound caused him considerable
trouble throughout the remainder of
his life, and indirectly FASTENED his
death.
In the Thirty sixth Congress,
which met in 1849, he was the re-
cognized leader Of the Democrats in
the Senate. His name for years had
been frequently mentioned as can
didate of the Democratic party for
the Presidency. At the convention
for the nomination of President in
1860 he received many votes, al
though his friends announced that
he did not desire the nomination.
Every schoolboy is informed as to
the part Jefferson Davis took in the
secession and the war that followed.
Since the close of the rebellion Da-
Wis has remained most of the time
at his rural home in Mississippi
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14

When is a walk to be laid from
Front street to the wharf,
When are the lights to be put on
the new north end streets?
When is your august body and the
ono that does municipal affairs duty
for South Morgantown going to hold
s'joint session" to settle on plans
for walk from Durbannah bridge to
Main street?
When are you going to formally
recognize the existence of the fire
company and provide it with new
hose house?
Can't better surface drainage be
provided without vote of the peo-
pie?
Would not solid crossings over the
streets be as much Of improvements
as across the alleys on each side of
Court square2
When are the big piles of loose
rock and dirt, occasioned by the lay
ing of the water mains, to be taken
Off the streetsf
Is coasting to be allowed on the
pavements this winter?
When will we have an all-night
policeman to put stop to Bach
analian rows and rumpuses?
When will the horse racks be TIA
ken off the important streets?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14

CHARLESTON, W, Va, Dec. 5.--The
death Of Judge Thomas c. Green,
which occurred yesterday at his
home in this place, leaves vacancy
in the West Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals which will be hard to fill.
Although Judge Green has been in
failing health for some time, he has,
until quite recently, been attending to
his official duties, and the news of
his death will be a shock to those
who have been associated with him
on the bench.
Judge Green was born November
2, 1920, and has lived in Charles
town since 1850, having come here
from Romney. His public record is
we'll known. During the war he
served the Confederate government
first as soldier, then as Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue. After
the war he settled down 10 the prac-
tice of law, which he followed until
1875, when he was appointed to a
position on the Supreme bench to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Judge PAUL. He was twice re-
elected, the last time in 1880. His
term would have expired in 1898.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14
Jefferson DAVIS.

rev puUlIC iHdu nave c'ei cuJoJ GU
SO long and so uninterruptedly the
confidence and esteem of their spec
ial constituency as did Mr.. Davis.
The leader of a"Lost Cause" he went
to his grave beloved by those who
shared with him the disasters of the
Confederacy and extorting the res
pect of even the btterest of his foes
Like all men of positive character
and convictions, lie had many enc
mics even among his own people,
and host of detrictors among the
smaller and meaner natures in the
ranks of his political adversaries;
but his purity and elevation of char
acter and integrity of purpose were
never successfully assaulted, and he
had the rare COOL fortune to live
long enough to disprove all the
calumnies that prejudice or malice
conceived against him. 1t has long
since ceased to be the fashion to de.
nounce him as the sole author of the
woes that overlook the Confederaey
and as the embodiment of "disloyal-
ty" and sectional passion. With
the subsistence of the angry feeling
excited by the war has come JUS
ter, more candid view of his charac-
ter and public acts result largely
due to the tranquil dignity of his
conduct and his vigorous and states
manlike contributions to the litera-
ture of the various discussions which
have arisen from time to time con-
corning the machinery of the mighty
conflict between the States and the
part played by him as one of the
chief actors in that gloomy drama.
Of all the notable figures opposed to
or associated with him, he remained
at last almost alone, fact which
contributed in no small degree to the
exceptional prominence of his clear
cut, striking individuality during
the closing scenes of his long and
eventful life. He stood, solitary
figure, on the boundaries of the past,
in bold relief against the dark back
ground so full of tragic interest for
both sections of the country. When,
one by one, the other great men of
the Confederacy, when Lee and
Stephens and Toombs and others
had departed and Johnston and
Beauregard had passed into retire
ment seldom broken by any public
utterance, he came to typify for the
Southern people the forsaken hopes,
the heroic struggles, the patient sub
mission which were for them the
cherished memories of the effort to
assert what they regarded as the
constitutional rights of sovereign
States. Ignoring or forgetting the
mistakes of policy or of judgment
and the weaknesses of prejudice and
passion with which he had been
charged by some of his associates,
they saw in him only the devoted
champion of constitutional
ideas as the construed them,
against whom the shafts of
the enemy continued to be aimed
long after the war had ended and a
general amnesty had been proclaim
ed--Baltimore Sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14

IL
Taking everything into consider
alton, West Virginia offers induce
msnts to young men, Of pluck and
energy, far above the average Of
States.
Some States may be more favor
ably situated and better adapted to
the cultivation of cereals, but these
same sections are subject to destrnc-
tive storms and scorching drougats,
and invested with deyouring insects.
They are lacking in pure water,
salubrious climate, have neither
timber, stone nor coal and are us
ually beyond the reach of market.
There is more profit and satisfac-
ton in remaining in the mountain
air, drinking pure water and raising
80 bushels of corn to the acre, worth
40 cents, than to go into the heart
Of Kansas, to be blown away by the
storms, burnt to crisp by the
drought, devoured by the grasshop-
per, drink out of frog swamp, sha-
ken to pieces by the ague, and raise
go bushels to the acre, worth Is cents
q bushe!,
This disposition to go west and
grow up with the ague and the grass
hoppers, is nothing more than the
outcropping of a restless disposition
that should not only be curbed but
thoroughly subdued before it leads
the victim into trouble. How many
men who are doing we'll, sell out and
60 west, pay out all their substance
in doctor bills and write to their
friends for money to come back on?
How many of these same men, after
remaining here a few years and re-
cuperating their finances, will go
back, like the man bitten by the
sworn of the still, that he may be
bitten again?
Any man with energy can do as
well here as any where and should
be satisfied toilet well enough alone. u
When he makes change he is very
apt to Jump out of the frying pan
into the fire." A striking illustra-
tion of this is furnished in the case
of. o. Fraley, who was prosper
Gus farmer of Buffalo Creek. He
was an Industrious, thrifty man.
The trouble was that his craving to
grow rich was little too strong and
he broke down his health by work
and exposure, and then became dis
satisfied. Last Spring he went to
Nebraska, and in this issue gives
his views of West Virginians going
west