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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17
Another Flag Incident.


The people OF Ohio are singularly given to
hysteria- News from Washington that the
nag which Mapped over the portico at Wash
lngton was worn out and the custodian OF
the building had no money wherewith to
purchase new one led one Ohioan to tele-
sdapn tne governor demanding an army Of
5000 to raise ing on the capitol and hang
the man who pulled the worn out one down
while second patriot called DANGEROUSLY for
transportation for 81 900 Grand Army OF
the hepublic men to Washington to accom-
pllsh the same end. 1t would appear from
TINS sudden outburst OF flag patriotism that
there Is chance still in Ohio politics for
Bloody Shirt Foraker.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17
That Prize Fight.

DIR. A. Conan Doyle, the writer, in a
letter to the London Chronicle, defends
the prize ring. He claims that
domitable courage and energy, as an
instance of which he cites the ''Homeric
combat at Waterloo, "in which Shaw,
the Life Guardsman, previously profess
sional pugilist, and Col Kelly fought
back to back, and in which Shaw cut
down ten lancers and cuirassiers before
he fell" And, after recalling other acts
Of courage and of patriotism by pugilists,
he asserts that the old prize fighters
were, as rule, men of steady, law
abiding habits, if only for the fact that
they always either kept, or hoped to
keep, a public house, and, in either
case, their license depended on their be-
havior"
Correspondents and publications fav-
oring the pulling off" of the Corbett-
Mitchell mill in Florida are quoting DR.
Doyle's tribute to the prize ring, and add
ing to it whatever they can to bring
about a reversal of public sentiment in
favor of prize fighting. They assert,
with considerable degree of truth, too.
that the ring is patronized by men of high
standing in trade and the professions.
At every "frst-class" prize fight law
yers, doctors, merchants, bankers, farm
ers, mechanics, etc, are to be seen at the
ring side; they admire the manly art of
self-defense." How many of these pat
rons of the ring of high standing in the
lines of endeavor mentioned would be
willing to have their names published as
among those present at a prize fight2
Very few, it is safe to say. And those
who would be willing would go to see a
dog fight, or chicken fight, between
high grade contestants, just as quick as
they would a man fight And they
would have pretty much the same ad-
miration for the victorious dog or cock as
for the victorious man.
The desire to witness fierce and bloody
personal encounters may have been natu-
raj in the day of the gladiators; it is alb
normal now. Our civilization has out
grown such savagery, though traces of
the savage instinct remain in individuals.
Keeping pace with our moral and intel
lectual advancement, laws have been en-
acted making prize fighting illegal hence.
it makes no difference how many heroes
the ''old-time" prize ring may have pro-
duced how spiritedly DIR. Doyle NAV de-
fend the institution, or what class of men
attend the exhibitiOns-prize fighting is
against the law, and must not be per
mitted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

Gen. R. d. Spilman, president of the
Monongah Coal Company, employing over
1000 men in the Monongahela valley,
West Virginia, declares that free coal
would not injure West Virginia coal oper-
ators, but would eventually open up an
enormous trade for them with Canada.
Gen. Spilman is son-in-law of Senator
Camden, who is also large coal operator.
The Monongah mines are in Representa-
tive Wilson's district If this expression
does not cut the dirt from under the op-
orators who have 50 vehemently demanded
the retention Of the coal duty, it is diff
cult to imagine anything that would.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

Sock it to EN- Jerry!" shouted an I'M
known representative as Mr.. Simpson
was displaying some old clothes to the
House the other day during his tariff
speech. And the Kansan doesn't know
whether he was complimented or ridi-
cilled
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17
CURRENT oomMENr.
Thanks to the President.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch (Repl.
President Cleveland is entitled to the thanks
OF 900 90 people for Withholding dispatches
Nos. 3 and 20. To the average citizen. the
whole middle is becoming an unmitigated
bore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

A San Francisco dispatch says Queen
Liliuokalani is afflicted with heart dis
ease, and is likely to drop dead at any
shock. The New York Advertiser might
do its partisans service by mailing her a
bundle of its current numbers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

Congressman Brawley, of South Caro-
lima, who has been nominated to a federal
judgeship, says he will not leave congress
until the Wilson bill shall have passed the
House, as his vote may be needed The
pity is that the democracy is not repre-
scented at Washington by more Brawleys.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

1t is the right of the populists to run
Ellington for the governorship if they
want to. But they had as well keep it in
mind that the governorship is not run
ming for Ellington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

The Baltimore American reports
progress on the scheme to connect that
city and Washington by an electric road,
and says that before the summer of 1895
people will be travelling between the two
cities, distance of thirty miles, on
electric cars and making the round trip
for rs cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

A Boston temperance lecturer went
down to Louisville, Ky, Few days ago
to gather data of horrible examples to be
used in his anti-whisky lectures. The
morning after he struck the city famous
for its -four X mountain dew" he was
found lying in gutter hopelessly and
helplessly drunk. He had information
enough for book.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

A dispatch from Des Moines says that
in the heat of his campaign for the
Senate, ex-Representative Gear was lied
TO refer to his chief rival, Congressman
Hepburn, as his betty noyer'" That
probably settled it. The Iowans con-
cluded nothing was too good for man
who could talk French like that.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

Talk of this government buying the
great Krupp gun that was exhibited at
the worlds fair has been revived at
Washington. 1t is said the Krupps have
offered it to the war department for
100000. The original cost of the gun was
more than 100000. The great expense of
transporting the gun makes the owners
anxious to dispose of it in this country.
New York wants the gun for her harbor
defense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

The German emperor is determined
that his army shall be prepared to get
there under any circumstances when
ever occasion may require. He is now
having his soldiers drilled on skates and
on snow Shoes When the streams are
open the soldiers are drilled in swimming
with their guns in hand. The bicycle,
too, has been adopted in the army. As
soon as some genius shall have per-
fected practicable pair of wings the
emperor willhave his soldiers practicing
aerial evolutions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

A woman who claims to be Charles
Stewart Parnelrs widow has settled at
Opelika, Ala. Mrs. Parnell was in Eng
land less than month ago. No bogus
Mrs. Parnell can fool the people of this
country. There are too many Irishmen
here who have met the beautiful Kitty
O'Shea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

The Philadelphia Press reports that,
''in consequence of hard times, it is said,
poker playing limits have been greatly
reduced" The Philadelphians are to be
upon their efforts to keep
abreast of the times.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

1t seems that Gov, Waite is about to
have his way with the Colorado legisla-
ture. Does that indicate a cold wave in
the neither regions2
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17
Sticking Pins in ohaunosv.

When Mr.. Channcey Nj. Depew re-
turned from his recent European trip he
sent to the New York newspapers an in
terview written by himself, in which he
gave the most interesting of his expert
ences while abroad. 1t was published, of
course, because what Mr.. Depew writes
is worth publishing He said a good deal
about his visit to Rome and his talk with
the pope. Some malicious individuals in
Rome have criticized Mr.. Depew's utter
ances in way intended to make him I'M
happy. They try to make it appear that
his claim that the pope conferred a
special favor upon him by giving him a
private audience, he being a private per-
son, is ridiculous, because the pope, they
say, grants private audiences to private
persons every day. They say also that
the pope had no idea that MIR. Depew was
going to use the audience to puff himself
These same persons further declare that
Mr.. Depew's wit Ohey call it heavy
buffoonery) fell fiat in Rome, and that
Mr.. Depew's pretense that the king of
Italy was anxious to see him but that he
hadn't time to call upon that potentate is
mirth provoking. They would like to
have it understood that Mr.. Depew
flooded Rome with papers containing his
interview
OF course, Mr.. Depew is no such man
as these malicious Rome gossips picture
him. He is just plain, -you-please,
American gentleman, who likes to see
himself in print, and who never hesitates
to tell the newspapers all he wants them
to know about himself What he said
about his audience with the pope was en-
tirely proper, and he would have had a
talk with the king of Italy if the king had
been ready to receive him when he was
ready to see the king.
The only thing that troubled Mr. De
pew when he was abroad was that he had
TO pay his fair on the railroads. Heasked
for passes, remembering how many dead
heads from abroad he had sent to the
worlds fair over the New York Central.
and they were refused him. He will not
be so free with deadhead tickets in fu-
ture, when distinguished foreigners want
to go west from New York They will
have to pay their way as Mr. Depew did
in France and Italy and other European
countries. The shafts of malice, shot
from Rome at Mr.. Depew, have not in-
jured him. He will talk for the newspa-
pers again when he has something to say.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17
Tom" Carter's Future.
From the New York Morld lneml

t IUII VIV NC" lUIk WUIIu VUtW.J,
Having given up the management of the
Republican party, Mr.. Carter, of Montana
will be free to return TO the subscription
book business in which he was even moe
shining as a success than he was in the cam
paign of 1892
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

Will somebody kindly spill a bottle of
mucilage in Boutelles chair the next time
he gets upl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

The succession of Joe Manley to the
Craftsmanship of the national republican
executive committee was Reed victory.
The nomination of Gear for the senator
ship in Iowa was a Mckinley victory. So
far honors are even with the two leading
candidates, with Gen. Harrisons faith
still pinned TO divine interposition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

During the conference of the republi-
can editors of New York state in New
York city the other day Editor John /.
Platt, of Poughkeepsie, took occasion to
pay a compliment to his friends, the
enemy, of the democratic press. The
democratic papers, he said, were beating
the republican papers in the presenting
of political arguments. THE democratic
papers concentrate all their energies upon
one point, and are thus able to sweep
everything before them. Never was this
plan better carried out than in the cam
paign of 1892, The very arguments that
the republicans papers could use in favor
of their party the opposition, by concen-
trated attack, turned into weapons
against the Republican party" Editor
Platt might have added, that, besides
making a systematic fight, the democrats
had, and have, all of the sound arguments
on their side
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

The MORNING News has time and again
referred to the evil of permitting gather
ings at night of idlers and loafers in The
public squares, on street corners and in
vacant lots about the city. The idlers are
of both races, and there are numerous
places throughout the city at which they
meet almost every evening There can
be but little doubt that many crimes are
concocted at such gatherings, and no
doubt whatever that pernicious infu-
ence is exercised upon those who attend
them, especially the boys. 1t is alto
gether likely that the species of white
capism reported in the MORNING News
yesterday as having taken place in the
neighborhood of Washington square on
Sunday night had its inception at such
gathering as we inveigh against. The po-
lice should take tip from the alleged
motto of the Washington square gang, and
"hit one, hit all' of the gangs roosts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

The success of Senators Hill and Muir
ply, of New York, in having the nomina-
tion of Judge Hornblower rejected by the
Senate, may meet with a very lively pro
test on the part of the independent"
voters of the state. The day before the
matter came up for final consideration in
the Senate it was suggested in the New
York Times that in the event of Judge
Hornblower's rejection as a federal
justice he should be elected gov
ernor of New York. The Times,
ono of the leading democratic papers
of the city, was favorably disposed
towards the suggestion. To put Judge
Hornblower up for governor would be to
draw the line sharply between the Tam
many, or machine, democracy and the
anti-Tammany element, and would pre-
cipitate as lively fight as ever occurred
at Donnybrook fair.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

Speaker Crisp deserves the thanks of
the democracy for having so thoroughly
famiharized himself with the history of
tariff legislation, and the circumstances
under which former bills were passed, in
anticipation of the fight on the Wilson
bill The facility with which he turns
the weapons of the republicans against
themselves day after day must arouse the
admiration of even the republicans them
selves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

1t is announced that Senator PETER. not
to be outdone by Representative Simpson,
will, during his tariff speech, exhibit a
model Of the shack IN which he lived.
under a protective tariff, and while wait
ing TO be discovered by the populists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-17

EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Row, New
York City. c. S. FAUL<EER. Manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29

Of popular education. The Russian peas
ant farmers, as a class, are the most init-
crate people in Europe. The reports of the
Russian ministry of war show that in the
ten-year period from 1874 to 1884 n per
cent of the young men drafted into the
army at the age of twenty were unable
either to read or write In the province of
kharkof the proportion of niterate recruits
reached So per cent in the province of Kiev
So per cent, and in the province of Kazan
81 per cent. But these figures do not give
an adequate idea of the illiteracy of the
population as a whole, for the reason that
they do not include women. They relate
only to the flower of young Russian man
hood and therefore show the literary status
of the class whose educational facilities
have been best. The great mass of the pop
ulation stands on a much lower level. From
statistics compiled by the zemstvos or pro-
vincial assemblies, OF twenty provinces in
European Russia, between 1880 and 1880, 1t
appears that 81 per cent of the whole pop
ulation were iliterate, and that the pro-
portion of illiterate women reached rs per
cent. In other words. there were only
ninety men in a thousand and only twenty
women in a thousand who could either read
or write. In eight provinces out Of the
twenty the illiterate men numbered $50 per
thousand. and In twelve provinces the num-
Der of illiterate women exceeded $50 per
thousand. In cne-fifth of the villages in
the province of Tambof there was not a
single peasant who could read or write. of
either sex, and in the district of Dmitrof
province of Orel there We're only twenty
three women who could read and write in
a population of $500.
Statistics In the Case.
If Russia be compared with other Euro
pean countries upon the basis of ill,teracy
as shown in the returns of the recruiting
officers, 1t will be seen that, in point of edu-
ca ton. she occupies, the very last place in
the list. The figures, as given by Prof
Yanzhul are as follows:
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Is a great consolation to us to know that If
we must be frozen in We have been caught
as far north as we had ever dared hope to
go with the snip.
Our experiences of the day show the un-
certainties of arctic navigation in a most
striking manner. Last night We arrived
here and were surrounded by many miles Of
open water. Though the pack was to be
seen to the north, We were not without
hopes of being able to find an opening in
It through which the ship could be pushed
some distance farther north. This morn
Ing a change came upon the scene. Before
We were out Of bed Capt. Bottelfsen had
found II necessary to move the ship, as the
ice threatened from the northward, a fresh
wind having sprung Up from that quarter.
The sky was overcast, and snow was fall
Ing Where the night before had Eeen a
bright arctic scene. with a Hood Of glorious
sunlight, 1t was now thick and dark and
we found 1t impossible to see the Table
Island, distant about two miles Two or
three times during the forenoon Capt Bot
telfsen moved the Jarl to a place of greater
safety NEARER the bit of open water About
y In the afternoon an incident occurred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-29

feet wet. Prof. French and Mr. Dodge. lust
to show that Americans are not to be out
done by any one, wallowed about In the
slush, and took their share Of the duck
tngs, too. With cigars and hot coffee ALI
around, musical instruments and song we
made merry till far into the morning all
but Capt. Bottelfsen unmindful of the
lowering clouds and gathering fog in the
northeast.
The Ice Cleared Away.
Tuesday, May 15.-Oficer Of the day.
Prof. French
from the east. justifying Capt Bottelfsen's
move of last evening. The Jarl lay quiet
and secure, anchored to the shore ice under
the lee of Table Island. while a moderate
gale from the east ragged outside. The ice
had disappeared with surprising rapidity
Except that adheriEg to the shore, none
was to be seen in the neighborhood, and the
pack was just discernible to the north and
northwest For the first time since our
arrival here there was a chance to make a
little northing with the ship.
capt. Bottelfsen expressed the opinion
that as long as the wind continued to blow
from the east 1t would be better to lie In
harbor, for the longer the wind kept I'D
the farther from shore would be the winter
Ice and small broken up foes by which we
had lately been SURROUNDED Moreover the
hiSh wind from the east would consume
so much more coal in making northing and
casting. 1t was decided, therefore, that as
long as the wind continued we should re-
main where we are. keeping careful watch
Tor more promising opportunity to push
on.
Coal power Is an important consideration
with us now. We brought out from Tromsoe
all the coal We could get aboard, even
building bunker on the deck to hold an
extra quantity. We knew the time would
come In which our coal supply would be
worth its weight in gold and that time
Is now mere We might have been better
on II we had left the dogs in EurOpe and
ueVoted the space which they have Occur
Pied In the ship to coal. 1t would also have
peen better had we had a larger steamer
Win greater coal endurance, but one can
NOT nave everything In this world. We
had and still have reasonatIe avnacta,,on
tnat the dogs will be found useful. esneciailv
III we are able quickly to reach tho noIar
pack, where the surface Of the foes NAV
De expected to be comparatively level A.
TO the size OF the steamer, she is as Costly
'essei as we could afford. In this world.
IN arctic work. as in everything else ona
has to do what he can, and not What he
likes. and 1t must be remembered that
steamers mt for ice work are not pIentif,,I
even In Norway, and the few big sealing
steamers that were adapted to the purnose
to afford. ~ i'e
Instead Of putting many more thousands
into a larger steamer, we prefer to give
our skipper and his crew something To
work for, knowing that skill and courage
work wonders In the arctics more than big
ships or coal power. So We today adj
dressed the following letter to Capt Bot
ON BOARD RAGNvALD JARL
TABLE ISLAND, May Is, 1904.
Capt Johan Bottelfsen:
Dear Sir-This expedition hereby offers
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A NEW ENTERPRISE.
Supplying the London Breakfast tn
BILE With Fresh California Fruit.

New York Correspondent Chicago Herald
A new enterprise which will be watched
with interest is the shipment of fresh fruit
by the train load to London. Two cargoes
have already gone, and the third will be
carried by the steamer Paris, which sails on
Wednesday for Southampton. A train of
sixteen refrigerator cars, carrying 1900
packages CT pears, plums, peaches, grapes
and other fruit, left California last Monday
morning, and will reach New York on Tues
day If nothing happens. The cars will be
switched alongside the steamer on the dock
of the American line. and the fruit will be
transferred with the slightest exposure DOS
sible to the great refrigerating compart-
ments Of the Paris, where it will be slowed
away until its arrival at Southampton.
Then a special train of refrigerator cars will
be waiting, and the next morning the fruit
will appear on the breakfast tables in Lon
don, fourteen days from the tree. But by
maintaining an even temperature it can be
almost perfectly preserved, and the wastage
on the first two cargoes is said to have been
less than is usual with that delivered in
New York. This is probably due to the fact
that greater care was taken in selecting and
packing the London shipment.
But the experiment Is a success 1t has
been demonstrated that California can fur
nish Covent Garden market with fruit lust
as we'll as the Isle of Jersey, and at prices
tIldt VI competition. The
shipments will now be a regular thing, and
all three of the steamers of the American
line will have trsIinloads of California fruits
down to see them off on Wednesday of each
week. 1t has long been the practice for the
stewards of these and other steamers to
take On enough oysters, fruit and other per-
ishable food at New York to last the entire
voyage, and people coming this way often
wonder where the oysters came from that
they ate off the half shell every day at din
ner and the Holsters and soft shell crabs
which taste as fresh as IL they were eaten
In Fulton market. The refrigerators of the
ships are kept at temperature that arrests
decay, and the oysters, Holsters and crabs
are taken on alive and packed in seaweed-
over which buckets Of salt water are
thrown every morning.
Some years ago an attempt was made to
snip fruit across the sea, but 1t was aban-
doned because OF the excessive freight rates
and the great wastage. but since then IL has
been discovered that fruit does not REQUIRE a
cold, but an even temperature and the
American steamship line has made con-
tracts with the fruit growers by which they
agree to land the fruit in London for 500 a
car, which is about 90 cents a basket for
pears. peaches or grapes. The new steamer
now building at Cramps yard for this line
will be especially fitted up for the fruit bust
ness. and the foreign lines will undoubtedly
fall into the trade as soon as 1t proves profit
able.