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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
Aldrieh and the Sugar Trust.

The New York Times furnishes some
very interesting information respecting
I Sena tor Aldrich's connection with the
sugar trust. He is one of the leading re-
publican senator's, and with others has
been particularly active in haunting the
democrats with having been influenced
by the sugar trust in making the sugar
schedule. If it should turn out that he
is a confidential friend of the trust, and
was chiefly instrumental in fixing the
sugar schedule in the Mckinley tariff from
which the trust has made such enormous
profits, the republican papers that have
been charging democrats with
crooked practices in connection
with the sugar schedule-charges
which have been investigated
and found to be without foundation-will
be put in the awkward position of SIAN
dering democratic senators with the
view of hiding indefensible practices on
the part of republican senators. Senator
Quay, a republican, is the only senator
who has admitted that he specialized in
sugar stocks during the time the finance
committee was discussing the sugar
schedule, and it is admitted that Senator
Aldrich lodged the vote on that schedule
when it came up in the Senate. Had he
voted with his party it is possible that
much of the protection the sugar trust
has in the pending bill would have been
stricken out of it.
The story the New York Times tells is
that Senator Aldrich is a warm friend of
Mr.. Searles, the treasurer of the sugar
trust; that through Searles the sugar
trust has put 81 100000 in a street rail
way syndicate in Providence, R. l., and
that Senator Aldrich is president of the
street railways and is making fortune
out of them with the aid of the sugar
trust.
If this story is true, and there does not
seem to be any reason to doubt it, there
are reasons why Senator Aldrich favored
an increase of sugar duty in the McKin-
ley tariff by which the sugar trust makes
many millions of dollars yearly, and why
he was not in the Senate, when the su-
gar schedule in the present bill was acted
upon, to aid in cutting down the protec-
ton which that schedule gives the trust.
When it is remembered that the repub-
AiSdHS luS4Sbeu upon investigating Ln6
charges the republican papers made
against democratic senators in respect to
the sugar trust, they expected to make
political capital against the Democratic
party. Instead of that, the evidence that
has come to the surface that is the most
damaging, is against republican senator's
The instrument with which they hoped
to iniure democratic senators has proved
to be boomerang.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
She Had Her Weigh.

When a women makes her mind up to any
thing" said the man with the ginger beard,
according to the Indianapolis Journal, they
amt no way of perventin' her from reachin'
the END she aims at"
"Ihouten she dies, Of course - remarked
the grocer.
1t does look to me, % said the man with the
ginger beard to the rash interrupter like
you nave the most natural gift of tellin' what
you don't know every time you open your
mouth Of any man ever knowed. l will ad-
NIT, continued the man with the ginger
beard. as the grocer assumed a huInbled eS-
preston, that you are all right in the gro
Gerry business. Fact is, a man would have to
be pretty smooth to make a Twin out OF the
KIND o stock you keep Now, the time you
explained the hair bein in the butter because
the butter wasn't strong enough to hold itself
together without II was plum good. How
somever, ii looks like rain, an / can't waste
no more time on YOU Now, this here
woman"
Which woman:"
This here woman I was thinkin' of when
/ spoke was just like all the rest of EN-: when
her mind was sot, II was sot. Pore thing. she
had to die to git her own way, but she got
it."
Love AFFAIR."" asked the man from Potato
tai composition.
Love affair nothin'. She was marrit to
her third husband They haven't been marrit
Ter more week, guess, before the old
man begins twittin' her cause she was so
thin. an wonderln why the Lord couldn t
a-seen 1T to make her weigh as much as his
hrst wife, How much did the dear angel
weight she asked him, kinder sarcast1c.like,
one dav. when they had been iawin' little
more than common.
% 'Jist exactly 155 pounds, says he.
Wen. says she, i N a-goin 10 git to that
weight II 1t takes me hundred years
'Howsomever, stead of gittin' any fatter
she gifts thinner and thinner right along. till
at last she ups and dies. Well saws the old
man, seems like she didn't git to that there
weight sne started fer after all. 1 guess she
weighed nearer fifty-tive than 1856. But
that's all he knowed about il. About two
years after they was boom in real estate
and the old graveyard turnin' OUT to be
pretty good town lots, the folks had to move,
this here woman among the rest. When they
come to dig her up she had patrified.
'Pctrihei, | suppose, you mean p" said the
school teacher.
Anyhow, I mean she had turned to rock.
An just fer curiosity they weighed her.
Funny thing, too She come exactly to that
there 1856 pounds she allies said She git. and
they won't never nobody make Inc believe
that she didn't know what she was dom all
the time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
Following a Friend,s Advice

Wouldn't it be good idea" said the dis
interested friend, TO put high-grade bicycle
in your window and mark it $50 or some such
price? You'd lose some money on it, OF
course, but look at the advertising you would
get out of it. Everybody in town would be
talking about it inside of twenty-four hours
and your store would get a reputation fol-
selling good machines cheap that would be
worth hundreds of dollars to you"
That's not bad scheme" said the bicycle
dealer, according to the Chicago Tribune
after thinking it over. John" he called out
to one of the boys, put that Creased Light
ming Racer in the front window and mark il
$50"
But"
Never mind arguing the matter. I know
what IN doing"
The Creased Lightning Racer was placed
conspicuously in the show window with the
$50 tag appended.
Now, said the disinterested friend
that looks something like it, You'll see a
crowd gathering there inside of five minutes
BY the way, you may just consider that
machine sold. I'll take it off your hands
But I'm no hog" he added cheerfully IN
let it stay in you window till to morrow morn
ing"
Wasn't that rather an unhandsone
tr1cky'' asked the silent palmer, after the dis
interested friend had gone away.
NO reflected the dealer. That machine
has been on hand two years, but it's worth
every cent of s47.50."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
An Unanswerable Argument

The tramp, who came slipping through the
back way, did not need a tag to mark what he
was says the Detroit Free Press. He was it
so Enthusiastically that discussion on the sub.
ject was worse than discussing the tariff
The cook met him at the kitchen door,
kin git bite to eat?" he inquired with
true professional humility.
You can't replied the cook sharply
''unless you work for it. We don't feed
tramps for nothing"
I'm no tramp" he asserted positively.
You are, too" retorted the cook
"But say 1 am not
Don't tell me, she insisted; don't know
tramp when l see oneY'
me-"
Get out; you might swear yon wasn't on
stack of Bibles as high as steeple and
wouldn't believe you
The tramp seemed to be convinced by her
argument.
wen, let it go at that" he said; I'm a
tramp"
'Ot course you are, and we never feed
tramps unless they work for it, / tell you"
He drew himself up haughtily.
Then all I've got to say, mum, is that you
never feed tramps, as is tramps and Ill go
to some place else. / wish you good mornin'
mum" and he stalked out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
Quarantine Fees.

The city council has decided to abolish
/ quarantine fees after August l, and TO
/ turn the quarantine station over TO the
| national government, to be operated by
/ the marine hospital service, if the gov
| eminent will accept it. Although the
/ government has taken charge of the quar-
antine at Brunswick, it is by no means
certain it will do so at this port. 1t is
question to be carefully considered
whether it would be advisable for the
city to yield absolute control of her quar-
antine to the government. There is no
doubt that the marine hospital service
would be diligent in its efforts TO protect
the city against the introduction of infec-
tious and contagious diseases, but quar-
antine that might satisfy all the require
ments of the marine hospital service
might not be satisfactory to this city. 1t
is possible that the marine hospital ser
vice would heed protest from the city
authorities if doubt should arise as to
whether, in certain instances, it would be
safe to permit vessels to come up the
river No doubt the committee which
has the matter in charge will make in
quiries on this point during its conference
with the marine hospital service.
Whatever is done should not be done
hastily. There is plenty of time to find
out exactly what may be expected from
the marine hospital service, if it should
accept the quarantine station, before
coming TO a final agreement in the matter
If the government should take charge
of the quarantine there would be a saving
to the city of about s15, 900 year But
if the city would have better protection
from local quarantine she could well
afford to bear the quarantine expenses
But would she have better protection if
she retained control of her quarantinel
Under some administrations she might,
and under others she wouldn't. The
government quarantine would be pretty
certain to be an intelligent and con-
scientious one. Men trained for quaran-
tine duties would be in charge of the
quarantine station, and all modern APP
pliances for purifying vessels would be
provided, but the period of detention, in
allcases, might not be as long as safety
demands
Under local control one city administra-
antine, while another might expose us to
all sorts of dangers. The influence of
politics would likely be felt, and that
sort of influence, as a rule, DISCREPANCIES a
service.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest
part. Brunswick's quarantine is in gov
eminent control, and that port is so
closely allied to this that even if local
quarantine here were better than
the government quarantine at that
place, we would be little, if any,
better off than if our quarantine
were also under government con-
troll, We are inclined to the opinion
that if the government will accept our
quarantine it would be advisable to let it
have it. If the change should not give
satisfaction it would not be a difficult
matter for the city to resume control of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
A Chance to Test Chief puder.

Although the Southeastern Tariff AS.
ISOLATION has not plainly stated that it
thinks the management of the fire
department of this city is inefficient, it is
the understanding that it holds that
opinion. One of the recommendation in
the special report of Chief Hale, of Kan
sas City is that the fire department
should be freed from all political infiu-
ences and that its chief should be given
absolute control of it-should have sole
authority to discharge and employ mem
bers of the fire force
The MORNING NEWS commended that
part of Chief Hale's report. The city
council has decided to do nothing in re-
spect to the report until it prepares the
next budget. From this it is inferred
that the question of Chief Puders eff
ficiency will not be passed upon until
that time
But would it not be advisable to give
Chief Puder every opportunity during
the six months he will likely remain in
office to show whether or not he can salts
factorily manage the department if given
full control of it! Why not clothe him
with full authority at once to make such
changes in the force as he deems neces-
sary, in order that it may be demon
strated whether or not the change
is likely to increase the efficiency
of the department. What is wanted now
is action. The situation is not likely to
be improved any bya delay of six or seven
months. The freeing of the department
from all political influences and giving the
chief absolute control of the fire force, at
the same time holding him responsible for
the efficiency of it, will at. least show the
associated fire insurance companies
that, there is a disposition to do
whatever it is possible to do i'm
mediately toward making the fire
department satisfactory to them There
does not seem to be any good reason why
this course should not be adopted, and it
might have the effect of preventing an in
crease in insurance rates at this time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
PERSONAL.

Royalties have, as cody, defective eye
sight. Princess Maud of Wales is the only
royal lady who wears a single eye-glass.
The mother of Mrs. Henry Scott, of West
Union, o., had not until last week tasted
water in thirty years. She would not touch
1t under any circumstances using milk, tea or
coffee.
The Emperor William is reported to have
introduced an innovation into his court. At
tor sneeZing violently one day, the emperor
remarked to those with him We'll YOU don T.
trouble yourself at all about one!'' The hint
was taken, and since then court etiquette
preScrlbes the words, Health your ma
lesty," when, and as often as, the Kaiser
sneezes.
An amusing story is told of the late Prof.
Henry Morley. Some years ago when the
stunning boom was occupying general at
tentiOn in London, he was acCosted one
day by peculiarly emaciated and ragged in
| dividual, who solicited aid in moving terms
Prof. Morley, who was never proof against
| such petitions, responded with a silver coin
THANK you, Prof. Morley; I'm much
| obIig ed said the man. You know me Ell?
| Yes attended your lectures at Kings Col
lege IN Is o." Dear, dear, M sorry to see
| lessor. ] am doing some articles for my pa
| per, and the editor insists on my making my
| researches in character. WIN you dine me to-
| night?' and he handed a card bearing well
known name.
Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne on
June 90 1887, at the death of her uncle, King
| William " On Wednesday last, accord
ingly, she entered on the 5Sth year of reign
which surpasses In length any other to be
| found among existing European soyereiRns.
| With the exception Of George III. also, who
reigned more than fifty-nine years Queen
| Victoria has been upon thethrone of England
! longer than any of her predecessors. Indeed.
! she has actively reigned longer even than
! George Ill, since he was the victim ofmental
| disorders during the last ten years OF his life
! that caused the AFFAIRS of the kingdom to be
taken out of his hands and placed in those of
regent. Although she completed about
| four weeks ago. her 18th year. the health and
may occupy the throne long time vet. Hers
has been an epoch.marking reign in English
! history. and in that respect the Victorian
| period may have distinctive celebrity like
| the Enzabethan. .
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22

The English newspapers are just now
very much exercised over the alleged
lynehings of blacks in the southern states
They assume that the English people are
very much more civilized than the south
ern people, and they feel it their duty to
give the people of the south some lessons
calculated to lift them to a higher plane
of civilization. But are not the English
people themselves in need of few lessons
that would tend to make them little
less brutal A recent issue of the New
York Evening Sun contained story. told
by an American theatrical manager who
had just returned from London, that
seems to indicate that the English people
are in want of some sort of teaching. The
story is as follows:
~ don't know what Mrs Langtry has
been doing lately to get herself into such
bad odor, but | never felt more sorry for
"A woman in my life than l did on that
first night. The lines of Mrs. Langtry's
part offered the audience all the opportu-
nifty that was needed. The guying began
in the second act. Mrs. Langtry had to
remark to another woman: My charac-
ter is better than yours. There has never
been a word of scandal breathed against
my good name
Instantly litter ran around the
house. The pit went into CONFUSION, and
finally. voice from that region exclaimed:
oh, say, Lily, draw it mild, old girl
A shout went up from all parts of the
theater. Mrs Langtry bit her lip, but
stood her ground pluckily After the
tumult had subsidized a bit she went on
with her part. But the lines went from
bad to worse, and the guying was kept up
at intervals until the curtain fell on the
last act
Talk about bull batting and all that
sort of thing! I've travelled over the
world pretty thoroughly and have seen a
good many barbarisms, but the way the
audience baited that woman was the
cruelest thing that l ever saw"
1t is safe to say that nothing so coarse
and brutal could have occurred in any
theater in America.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
Filling in the Streets.

Much of the earth taken from the site
of the new public building has been put
on the north side of South Broad street,
between Abercorn and Lincoln. There
was at first a disposition on the part of
the residents in that locality to object to
the placing of fresh earth in front of their
residences. 1t was argued that much of
the filth of the streets must have filtered
through the porous soil and poisoned the
earth that was being removed The
health authorities concluded, however,
that no danger was to be apprehended
from placing the fresh earth in the
streets, and thus the alarm that had been
excited was quieted.
In speaking of the matter, DIR. Duncan
called attention to something that is
worthy of consideration. He is reported
to have said he saw no objection TO the
use of the fresh earth on South Broad
street, except that it sis merely adding
more soft material where there is already
too much"
There does not seem to be any need for
the material where it is being placed on
South Broad street. The water does not
stand in that locality in wet weather. 1t
is probable that South Broad street
will be paved one of these
days, and then most, if not
all, of this new material will have to be
removed at the expense of the city If
the material is not needed in South Broad
street what is the use of putting it there
Why should street be filled that doesn't
cause an expense TO the city at some time
in the near future? If there is no need
for the material from the public building
site to fill in low places it would be ad-
visable TO dump it into the excavation on
the government lot on the corner of Pres
ident and Abercorn streets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
Enc Losses and Hard Times.

From New Orleans Times Democrat Dem).
Fire losses are running low. For the first
nYe months OF the year they are only S53. $780,
800, against 800 637, $50 for the similar period
of 1898, decrease Of S16,306 80 or 81 per cent.
They are also well below the total for 1892.
II is popularity supposed that bad business
year increase the mum Der OF fires; bat we are
Just now having conclusive proof that this
theory is an erroneous one. and that incen-
diary fires play very small part in the total
OF losses. there is nothing 10 show the cause
OF the decrease in losses this year, and il
would be interesting to know whether fall
ing on in business reduces the property at
risk, whether men become more careful in
hard times whether the buildings are being
built more hre-proof than formerly, or the
nre departments are improving and becoming
more efficient Whatever the cause, IL Is
gratifying To know that hard times are not
being made worse by heavy Dire losses, one OF
the greatest financial drains from which this
country suffers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22

1t seems that the Senate investigating
committee might open a whole volume of
information with respect to the alleged
sugar deals by putting Mr.. William E.
Curtis, an ex-chief of one the department
bureaus and at present a correspondent
for the Chicago Record, upon the witness
stand. Mr.. Curtis intimates. in one of
his letters TO his paper, that some of the
senators who testified on Saturday last
that they had not speculated in sugar
told under oath what was not true In
Mr. Curtis language, the denials of some
of the senators "caused a shudder to
creep up the spines of some of their
friends who happened to know of their
speculative transactions and of the profits
they or the members of their families
have made by the rise Of sugar stocks.
There are at least four ladies'.
the wives of senator's, who have boasted
in the presence of witnesses Of having
made profits Of from $4,000 to $1,000
within the last thirty days in sugar specu-
lations. " The committee should give Mr.
Curtis the opportunity Of proving the SEN
ators periurers and their wives stock
traders, If he can. If there is truth in
what he says the committee ought to
know il.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22

The rice importers have been trying
again to get the rice schedule changed.
They claim that the margin between the
duty on clean and that on unclean rice is
too small to allow the millers fair
chance. The millers of Louisiana, Geor-
gia and South Carolina seem to be very
well satisfied with the schedule as it is
Hence the argument of the importers can
hardly be correct. The truth seems to be
that the importers want to import I'M
clean rice at low rate of duty, handle it
in their brushing plants and put it on the
market at an immense profit. Under the
present rice schedule they will not be
able to do that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGs.-The Delegates to the Conven-
ton OF the First Congressional District Of
Georgia; Ancient Order Of Hibernians,
Division No. 3; Lador Naval Stores; Tam
many Club.
SPECIAL NOTICEs.-LePanto Cigars, E. L.
Mastick; Semi-Annual Dividend Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company; As
TO Crew OF Steamship Drifheld Wool, Hides
and Beeswax Wanted, NJ. Y. Henderson;
Dividend Notice, Germania Bank Tongues,
Mutual Cooperative Association; Cottage
Blub Tyhee, Mrs. Bannon.
REMNANTS ALL OVER THE HoUsE.-Leo-
pold Adler.
AUCTION SALEs.-Furniture by ]. d. Op-
penheim & Son.
FLY FIEND.-T. J. Davis,
THIS Is AWFUL SULTRY WEATHER-Appel
& Schaul
Now SHOWING THE LATEST STYLEs-At
Krouskof's.
DO You AFFECT Sox?-B. H. Levy & Bro.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE-Ocean Steamship
Company.
CHEAP COLUMN INSTRUMENTATION
Wanted; Employment. Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.