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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
PERSONAL.

The latest useful commentary on Dante is
the work of a woman, Mrs. Russell Quincy.
Sir Edwin Arnold once said that if he were
at liberty to choose his sex and country he
would be an American woman.
The Hebrew young ladies' Miss Adele Ellis
and Miss Flora Rosenheim, have passed the
final examination for the b. a. degree of the
University Of Melbourne
Striking nomenclature is receiving steady
addition in Washington. The new Corean
minister's oflcial family viii include vi Hun
Chick and Chang Bong Whang
Mrs. Lucy Il. Fake formerly private secre-
tary TO George M Pullman, is successful
newspaper woman of Chicago. No relation to
the other Chicago newspaper fakes.
The late Sir Edwin Abercromby Eastwood
was the premier baronet Of Great Britain, his
barOnetcy having been the first created after
the union Of England with Scotland.
Admiral Blake, the hero after whom the
flagship of the British fleet in this country is
named, did not become a sailor until after he
was o0Years old, but made up for lost time
when he did.
The friends of the late Gen. Kirby Smith
have already raised enough money to meet
half of the outstanding indebtedness Of the
deceased, an Indebtedness which ten. w ii.
jackson of the Tennessee confederate Yeter-
ans says was honestly and conscientiously
contracted"
Among the students OF one of the colleges of
Buda-Pesth recently received by the pope
were seven Hebrews. His holiness, noticing
the HeDraic features Of one of the young men.
said to priest who accompanied him: Est
CONFESSIONS MOsaical:' Receiving an attirma-
tive answer, he conveTsed for some time with
the Hebrew students. When they left the
vatican he blessed them and senta blessing to
their parents in da-Pesth. The pope was
greatly pleased at the visit OF the young
Hebrews.
Prof James Jones White of Washington
and Lee University, Lexington, Va. who died
last week, was the bosom friend Of stone
wall jackson when the latter was professor
at the Virginia Military Institute before the
war. Prof. White led the students of his col
lege to the front as captain of the Liberty
Han Volunteers, in which position he dis
tinguished himself for bravery. For forty
years he filed the chair of Greek at the uni
versity. He was man of large wealth, promi-
nent in all church and educational matters in
Virginia. man of profound learning, mem
Der Of the Scotch-Irish congress, a friend to
the poor, and one of the beSt-known men in
the state.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
Emperor vs. The People.


The speech Of The German emperor to
some of the cher officers Of his army on
Tuesday tho fail ;ax; of which was pub
. lsbcJ in ou- dispatches yesterday, leaves
no douot Of his purpose to carry ont his
/ VIII ia rosTect to the army bill. if
it is within the bounds OF Tossi-
bjlitv for him 10 do so. He said
he was obliged 10 dissolve tho Reichs-
tag in The hope that the new Rcicbstac
would pass the bill ~ am determined, 60
he s..id in case this hope also be disap-
poinaod, to stake all my power to obtain
the eudctmeut of the measure, for I ana
too thoroughly convinced Of its necessity
as a guarantee Of the peace Of Europe to
allow it to be finally defeated "
The bill was defeated last Saturday by
a vote 2l0 to 1872. Tho government used
every argument it could command, and
resorted to every means in its power to
make votes for the bill and secure its pas
sage. The significant majority by which
it was defeated leaves little room for hope
that the new Reichstag will be any more
ready to do the bidding of the emperor
than was the one that has just been
Dissolved. There is no reason to doubt
that the Reichstag expressed the will of
the people in defeating the bill. They
don't want the army increased.
Their taxes, they think, are
already as heavy as they
can bear, and there is a growing hostility
to further and heavier drafts for military
service.
For years there has been a steady
growth of liberalism in Germany, and
Notwithstanding the efforts which the
government will make to get a majority
for the army bill in the new Reichstag,
it would not be at all surprising if the
opposition to the bill should be stronger
than ever.
The emperor is thoroughly in earnest in
this matter, and so are the people. 1t is
the imperial will against the will of the
people. No doubt the emperor is sincere in
the position he has taken. He believes
that a greatly increased military force is
necessary to the peace of Europe. His
subjects may not have given so much
thought to the question of the peace of
Europe as they have to their own burdens.
They know that an increase in the army
means heavier taxes and the taking of a
much larger percentage of the young
men for military service from the occupa-
tions in which the means to pay the taxes
are earned.
But what does the emperor purpose do
ing to carry his point if the new parlia-
ment should not be subservient to his
will? In his speech to his army officers
he stated that if defeated in the new
Reichstag he would stake all his power
to carry out his purpose. Does he mean
that he will appeal to force2 His words
certainly bear that Interpretation. And
his treatment of the Reichstag that has
just been dissolved indicates that he
hasn't the most profound respect for the
representatives of the people. The out
look for stirring times in Germany is
promising.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
Had to Catch the Boat.

Edwin Booth told the following story at q
supper table:
once during the days of his early struggles,
young Booth was barn storming' down in
virginia at a place called Lees Landing.
Inc lmprovlsed theater was a tobacco ware
uouSe, ana IL was crowded by the planters
Tor miles around. Booth and his companions
hau arranged to take the weekly steamer ey-
pected late that night, and between the acts
were busy packing up. The play was the
merchant or Venice and they were Just GO
ing on Tor the trial scene when they heard
the Whistles, and the manager came running
IN 10 say that the steamer had arrived and
would leave again in half an hour. AS that
was Ihelr only chance for week of getting
away they were in terrible Quandary
II we explain matters" said the manager,
the audience will think they are being
cheated and we will have a free fight. The
only thing Is for you fellows to get up some
sort of natural-llIe impromptu ending Tor the
piece and ring down the curtain. Go right
ahead, ladies and gentlemen and take your
cue from Ned here, and he hurried away to
get the luggage aboard.
Ned" of course was Booth who resolved
10 rely upon the ignorance of the Virginians
OF those days to pull him through. So when
ola George Ruggles who was playing Shy
lock, began to sharpen his knife on his boot
Booth walked straight up to him and said
solemnly: You are bound to have the flesh,
are yOu!'
You bet your life, " said Ruggles.
Now, I'll made you one more offer" con-
tinued Booth. In addition to this bag of
ducats I'll throw in two kegs of niggerhead
teroack' shotgun and couple of the best
coon dogs in the state'
I'm blowed if l don't do it," responded
Shylock, much to the appreciation of the au-
dlence, who were tobacco raisers and coon
hunters to man. And to show that there
are no i'll feelings" put in Portia well wind
up with Virginia reel
When the company got aboard the steamer
Une captain, who had witnessed the conclusion
OF the play, remarked I'D like to see the
whole OF that play some time, gentlemen I'm
blessed If thought that fellow Shakespeare
had so much snap in him"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina, it APP
pears has not had enough of going to law.
On several occasions recently he has been
''turned down by the lawyers; still he
intimates that ne may take tilt with
Solicitor Jorvey in the matter of Jervey's
refusal TO prosecute the Denmark lynchers
until action shall have been begun by the
solicitor in whose circuit the lynching
took place. Mr.. Jervey has made the law a
life study. He is one Of the leading mem
bers Of the Charleston bar, and it is not to
be supposed that he would assume un-
tenable ground in a matter involving his
dutyas states prosecutor. The governor.
on the other hand is not a lawyer. and
he takes his legal advice from men in
whose knowledge of the law he has, him
self, little confidence. as was shown in the
recent railroad tax cases, IN which a Vir-
ginia attorney was employed 10 represent
the state. Should Impeachment proceed
ings be instituted aQainstSi0licitorJo ryey
therefore, there eau Boz little doubt as {.
what The outcome would be-.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
Sugar Planters Alarmed.

The report that has appeared recently
in the dispatches from Washington, that
the President has decided to instruct the
Secretary of the Treasury to draw no
more warrants for sugar bounties in order
that he may have tested the question
whether or not the law authorizing the
bounties is constitutional, has greatly
alarmed the sugar planters. They have
called convention to meet at New Iberia
which is in the heart of the sugar pro
ducing area of Louisiana to protest
against the repeal of the bounty feature
of the Mckinley tariff unless the duty
on sugar is restored.
1t is not strange that the sugar planters
should be made uneasy by reports that
they are about to lose the bounty, how
ever mfounded the reports may be. They
say the sugar planting industry could not
exist without a sugar bounty or a sugar
tariff. The bounty now paid amounts to
between IS, 900, 900 and $4,000, 900 a wear.
That is a very handsome sum to be divided
among the comparatively few sugar
planters of the country
But it is hardly probable that the
President has any intention to have the
constitutionality of the bounty law tested.
He will have the law carried out as long
as it is the recognized law of the land.
If there are those who think the law I'M
constitutional they can have it tested.
and congress may take notice of the fact
that its constitutionality is doubted, but,
as already stated, the President will
hardly do so.
As a matter of fact, however, some of
the ablcst lawyers in the country are said
to hold the opinion that the law is uncon.
stitutional. They can find no authority
it seems, for it except the general welfare
clause. That clause is being made tC
cover multitude of laws of a like char
acter
No doubt the question of the constitu
tionality of the bounty act will be tested
in the courts before long if congress does
not repeal it, but it is hardly reasonable
| to suppose that payment of bounties
will be stopped until it is known whether
| or not the tariff ON raw sugar will be re
! stored
1t seems to be the general impression
| of those who live pretty close to the adj
ministration, that the sugar bounty Law
will be repealed The sentimen
of the country is against it. TIL,
/ wheat and cotton farmers declare the,
are as much entitled to bounty as tn,
sugar planters. 1t is probable that tn,
sugar question viii give congress a grea
deal of trouble. 1t is pretty certain. how
ever, that the sugar planters will succeed
in getting either a tax ON raw sugar or il
retaining the bounty. Itlooks, however, "a
if tax would be levied for revenue pur
poses.
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THURSDAY. MAY II. 1898.
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Ruslin as Poet Laureate.

From the Philadelphia Press (Repl.
If Mr.. Gladstone wished to confer high
and mcrited compliment on one Of the greater
figures of English letters by Offering the post
of poet laureate to John Ruskin, he has done
well. Old bent, broken, nigh to insanity,
long half crazed by nervous disorder, always
tormcnted by the irritable extravaganza OF
genius no living man holds place and rank in
English literature equal to his Mr. Glad
stone has avoided the difficult task of choos-
ing between contemporary poets by confer
ring n high but Unsolicited compliment on one
of the idols of his youth and named as poet
laureate q man whose only claim to distinc-
ton is in his prose, ana whose prose would be
the better il it were less often like poetry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
Shall the Fair Be Opened on sundaysP

Shall the Fair Be Opened on SundaysP
The one great question that is agitating
Chicago now is this: Shall the fair be
opened on Sundays2 The Chicago papers
are not discussing it. They are simply
demanding that the fair shall be opened
on Sundays. They say that four-ffths of
the people Of Chicago and the great ma
iority Of the visitors want the fair opened
on those days. and that the viii of the
majority ought to be respected.
The fair was closed on last Sunday and
there was a vast and clamorous crowd at
the GATES. There was an impression that
people would be admitted and the news
papers did not correct the impression. 1t
is suspected that the managers left the
matter in doubt. with the hope that the
disappointed crowd would help to create
a sentiment in favor of opening the
fair on Sundays. If that was their pur-
pose they were not disappointed. About
everybody in Chicago is talking about the
matter, and the great majority appear to
he i'm favor of keeping the gates open
every day in the week. The poor people,
especially, those who cannot leave their
work on other days Of the week, are out
spoken in their wish that all who want to
visit the fair on Sundays shall be permit
ted to do so.
The fair managers declare that if they
should close the fair on Sundays they
would lose, in all probability, about
S3,000,000 That is a pretty big estimate,
but there is no doubt that their loss would
be very large one. They are much in
doubt whether the fair will be a financial
success. The expenses are about $4,000
a day, and the amount invested is some
thing like S:}3 O0O, 900. 1t is evident that
there must be very large attendance
every day if the bondholders and stock
holders are to get their money back.
At the Centennial exhibition in Phila-
delphia the average daily attendance for
the month of May was Is, 900 Later in
the season there were days when the ad-
missions were 100, 900 and over and one
day, Pennsylvania day, there were $50, 900
admissions. At the Paris exposition four
years ago, the average daily admissions
on week days was 1851 900, and on
Sundays it was 100000. The admission
fee, however, was only 20 cents. The
small fee stimulated the attendance.
The attendance at the Chicago fair
during the first week was not nearly so
large as it was supposed it would be- On
the first day it was only about 155, 600,
and on other days not more than 10000
The average was about 1000 1t is evil
dent that the attendance will have to in
crease greatly or the fair company will
go into bankruptcy. 1t is estimated
that to save the fair from finan-
cial disaster the average daily
admissions will have to be at least 100, 600,
producing a gross income of $4,000.
The bondholders may get their money,
but the present indications are that the
stockholders will get nothing 1t is not
at all strange, therefore, that the clamor
in favor of opening the fair on Sundays is
very great. Chicago has S5,0OO,OOO in
bonds and her citizens have more than
S5,000,000 in stock in the fair. She cannot
very well afford to lose such a vast sum
of money
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

A telegram from the City of Mexico
stated that it was the intention Of the
Mexican president to recall Minister Ro-
nero from Washington and reinstate him
at the head of the treasury department.
Asa matter of fact, Mr.. Romero is already
at the head of the treasury department.
He is not exactly a Pooh Bah, but he is
secretary of the treasury in the Mexican
cabinet, as well as the diplomatic repre-
sentative of his country at Washington.
He has an assistant in Mexico, who acts
for him in his absence, but he is as much
the Mexican secretary of the treasury
residing in Washington as he would be
residing in Mexico. 1t was announced
when he returned to Washington some
weeks ago, that his place in the cabinet
would probably be given to some one else.
But ii has not been done, and Mr. Romero
is still enjoying the incumbency and sal.
aries of two big Offices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

The rate war between some of the great
western railroads has been carried to
ridiculous lengths. One road has cut its
rates from Denver to all points III Col
orado covered by competing lines to IS
cents. The cut will be met by the other
roads. Under this rate it is possible to
travel more than 300 miles for a quarter
of dollar. Such competition is great
from the travellers standpoint, but it is
ruinous to the people who put their money
into railroad enterp rises.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

The governor of New York has signed
the bill making it a misdemeanor for pub
fishers or proprietors of newspapers to
misrepresent their circulation for the pur-
pose of securing, advertising or other
patronage If the law should be strictly
enforced the circulation departments of
several metropolitan journals would prob
ably be conferred in the Tombs. 1t may
be further remarked, in passing, that the
necessity for such law is a reflection
upon the afidavit-publishing journals of
New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGS Zerubbabel Lodge No. Is, F
and A. NJ; The Savannah Loan Association
Savannah Cottage and improvement Com
pany: Savannah Hotel Company.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-Notice to City Court
Jurors; AS to Crew of Spanish Barkentine
Lorenzo: Liquors, Henry Solomon Son; As
TO Crew Of Steamship Louise H,
CARNIVAL DAY-Appel & Schaul.
PEOPLE ARE AsToUNDED-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
STEAMSHIP standardization Steam
ship Company.
THOSE STRAW HATs-Falk Clothing Com
pany
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

The board of aldermen of Paterson,
N. j., balloted 40 times, without a change
of vote, for a president; then the mayor
said he was tired of the foolishness and
would act as president himself The re-
suit will be several suits at law, as one of
the defeated candidates holds that the
mayor cannot appoint himself president,
and the actions of the board so organized
would be illegal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

One of the queerest characters in New
Jersey is the Rev. j. H. Van Blarcom
He is an earnest preacher, but, unfortun-
ately, he cannot make the points of his
sermons sufficiently emphatic without
swearing. Some time ago during an
argument concerning religion he became
so profane that he was arrested and sent
TO prison for sixty days. In Jail he desired
10 preach to his fellow prisoners, but
swore so outrageously during the sermon
that the officials had to stop him His
sixty days sentence expired recently and
he was discharged and advised to stop
preaching. The queer fellow is quite
wealthy, and is as sincere In his swearing
as other preachers are when they pound
the desk
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

The total of paid admissions to the
worlds fair for the first week was 2l5,-
068. That is a very much larger number
than was admitted the Centennial exposi-
tion during its first week But, it will be
remembered, the Chicago exposition cost
several millions more than the Philadel-
phia show The Chicago papers say the
managers of the fair are well satisfied
with the first weeks business and enter
tain no doubt of the ultimate success of
the enterprise. In contrast with the paid
admissions to the fair, the number of pass
admissions is something surprising The
Times, of Chicago, furnishes comparative
figures for the first three days of the ex-
position as follows; MAY the number of
paid admissions to the Columbian exposi-
ton was 12S, 965. On the same day the
number of persons admitted on passes
was 10000. May 2 the paid admissions
reached 13, $50 and on the same day the
passes accounted for 5,641. May paid
admissions were 81 ,274 and admissions on
passes were 81, $50"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
4 Swift Age.
From the Philadelnhia Record ne

From the Philadelphia Record (Dem).
If the Campania the new Cunarder. should
cut down the time between England and
America to tive days it would be possible to
start on Monday in the old world and bring
up in Chicago on saturday. Christopher Co
lumhuS inspired dreamer and enthusiast that
he was, never had so wild flight of fancy as
the prosy fact of to-day
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

Fraudulent and forged Chinese registra-
ton tickets are beginning to come in to the
revenue officials on the Pacific coast. At
Tacoma a few days ago a number of al
legged merchants were detained because
their tickets, which they alleged had been
sent by mail, had not. arrived. Suisse
quently they confessed that the tickets
had been forged in Hong Kong and that
they had paid $50 apiece for them. An
other report is that fraudulent tickets
have been sent to Vancouver from Den
YER and elsewhere, and that white men
are assisting in getting Chinese across the
border from Canada. Itwas to be expected
that the Chinese would resort to all
sorts of tricks to get into this countryS
But it was not expected that white men
of the Pacific slope would pocket their
antipathy for the Celestials at the APP
pearance of an opportunity to make d few
dollars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
Prohibition in South Carolina.

From the Charleston News and Courier Dem)
The present intention of the state barkeep-
ers, it Is reported is to handle bottled beer
only, and to sell it at Is cents hottie, and in
a warm condition, at that. Plainly the idea
is to make hcer unpopular and so swell the
sales OF whisky. And this is prohibtiOny
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

Those Athens petitioners against the
abbreviated dresses of the stage might
have gone little further and paid some
attention to the abbreviated dresses of
society. The chief difference between
the stage dress and the society dress is
that one is abbreviated at the bottom and
the other at the top.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
Rallying Round a Lost Cause.
From the New Yorll World Deml.

The republican league convention, which is
to meet in Louisville this week, is nothing
but a gathering of machine politicians
Their object Is to try to find out where they
are at" There was no need of convention
for the purpose, Whether they acknowledge
il or not, they are down and out-very low
down and very far out
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11

The broken bank exhibit at the worlds
fair is not in the catalogue. But it is
safe to say nothing in the catalogue was
of more intense interest to the depositors.