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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
MAY BE A STRIKE IN MACON.

MOtOrmen and COnductOrs Object TO
Cut in Their Wages.
Macon, Ca, Sept. 20.-There may be
strike among the motormen and conduc-
tors on the consolidated street car line.
Yesterday the wages were reduced about
$40 per month. Maj. Winters, manager of
the line, says 1t it not reduction, but
simply a change in the method of paying.
Heretofore the men have received $3.50 per
day. and ii is believed by the public to be
about the hardest earned money paid in
Macon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
POsTMAsTERs APPOINTED.

of the Truly Faithful.
Washington, Sept. 2O.-The sollowing
postmasters were to-day appointed by the
President:
Alabama-Sanford B. strout, Evergreen;
Blevins S. c. Perdue, Greenvllle.
Mississippi-John r. Wood, Columbus !;
Clara e. Mortimer, Crystal Springs; A. b.
Fraze. Okolona.
North Carolina--John f. Dobson, Colds
bOro.
Texas-Wlliam II. Harvey, Bolton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
THE SUBJECT OF ARBITRATION.
,NERICA INSISTS ON CUBA's WAR
BEING ENDED.

Minister WOOfOrd's Late Conference
Rise to Much specuIatiOn-The In
iury to American Commerce Given
.san Excuse For American Inter-
ference in the Cuban Rebellion.
Paris. Sept. ga dispatch from San
s.,astian TO the Temps of this city says
mat in his interview yesterday with the
Duke Of Tetuan, the Spanish minister for
f5-eign affairs, the United States Minis
rer TO Spain Gen. Stewart l. Woodford
did not present any claim for indemnity,
but confined the interview to moderate
phrase in the statement of the great in
iuries commerce and industry had suffer
ed in the United States through the pro-
longation of the Cuban war.
Gen. Woodford is said to have added that
Secretary Sherman had desired him to de-
clare 10 the Spanish government that it
was evidently impossible for Spain to end
the rebellion in a reasonable time, and.
further, if the war was continued Cuba
would be devastated, and of no utility to
Spain or to the Cubans.
IN conclusion, the United States minis
ter is reported to have insisted courteous
~ but firmly upon the necessity of ter
minaung the war, declaring that if it was
not terminated by the end of October, the
United States would feel justified in TAX
ing measures to secure the independence
Of Cuba.
The Duke of Tetuan, still, according to
the dispatch to the Temps, while protest.
ing against alleged American "preten
sions, said he would reply officially to the
United States minister when the Spanish
cour. returns to Madrid.
Eject of the Conference in Spain.
Madrid, Sept. 2O-In official circles here
the greatest secresy is maintained regard
ing the United States ultimatum, which is
looked upon as bound to cause a great SEN
sation in Europe and to have the greatest
consequences for Spain.
While not intending it, it is believed the
action of the United States has greatly ia
cinlated a solution of the ministerial cri-
Sis and that there will be a reorganization
of The conservatives under Gen. Azcarra-
ga, the premier, and Don Francisco Sill
Vella, the leader of the dissident conserv-
atlFeS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
LOOKED LIKE FATALITY.
Brother of Murderer Killed by Ac-
cident at the Scene of the Murder.

Abingdon. Va, Sept 2O.-Mr. Frank
Short, a merchant and prominent citizen
of this county, was killed in runaway
accident near this place this evening He
was a brother to Brig Short, who some
three years ago killed Lee Simons and An
drew Dinkins. and a strange coincidence
is that he met his death at the place where
the killing OCCURRED.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
AN0THER ANDREE MESSAGE.
hnling BOat Captures n Pigeon
With "a Note

Copenhagen. Sept. 2O.-A dispatch re-
'so mere from Hammerfest, the north
,5 ,".'s' town of Europe, in Norway, says
t-o Mailing ship Falken, has brought there
dro, 'uird pigeon dispatch from Prof. An
Tra,,,ue aeronaut, who left the island of
an s'ttNe' IN balloon on July II, last, in
T5s eLlpt 10 cross the polar regions.
van. Inc message brought by the Falken
nous July 10, 1890 o. M, latitude 500
c3str longitude 1875 east. Good voyage
'isl"ard All we'll"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21

"A new Dutch pianist, named Zelden-
rust, is the rage in musical and society
circles in London
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21

Located Ca r. r. forty miles Situation
high and healthy. Students morals
law prohibits saloons INTERCOLLEGIATE
The College offers full Philosophy,
Greek German French Hebrew, Pure Mathematics
PHYSICS Chemistry, Biology History,
Law and theology Entire for board tuition
and incdentals less than 5000
Goth annual session begins
full Information address w. A. GAMBLER, Oxford,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-21
Government Business Mt Mobile.

Washington Sept. 2-The war depart.
<nent has authorized the collector Of GUS
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the doctrine that the only way to save California from the condition of Mex ico, with peon class willing to work for few cents day, was to prohibit absolutely the entrance of any more Chinese coolies into this country and to deport those who were here. The eastern philanthropic and religious as soeiations fought Kearneyism on prin- ciple, but their influence was not po- tent enough to break down the mass of statistics which showed that Chi nese immigration was a positive men ace not only to the American laborer and mechanic but to our laws and morals. It was proved very clearly that no business could withstand Chi pese competition, and that no white laborers could meet them in rivalry without defeat, simply because the coolies had no families to support and lived in way that the rawest and poorest immigrant would despise- So all Chinese were barred out except merchants and travellers and residents who were returning from visits to their native country.
 It would seem that where so much popular excitement had been raised against the Chinese they would find it difficult to exist, but the Californian is a peculiar creature. Many of those who were loudest in their denuncia- tion of Chinese cheap labor patronized Mongolian laundries because they were less expensive than the white steam laundries, and others employed the hated coolie in domestic work because one good, efficient Chinese will do more work in the kitchen than two white women, and does it without word of complaint and with a mathematical regularity that is delightful to witness. Hence the Chinese who remained in California after the exclusion act was passed actually benefited by this pro hibitory legislation against their coun- trymen in China. Their number 9i- unfinished by constant returns to the mother country, and they were able to command better positions and better pay. Thus Chinese cheap labor" lit- erally became a myth. for the efficient Celestial secured as good wages as the white man. All that makes the Chi nese desirable now as field hands in the country is that they can be counted on 10 appear promptly on Monday morn
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The Distinction Made Between the
 Winter and Summer Diggings.

The Distinction Made Between the
 Winter and Summer Diggings.
 The gold diggings of the Yukon are graded according to their depths as winter and summer mines, a classified tion that has been recognized only with ill the last two years. Until within that time the miners considered it impraeti- cable to do any work in the winter, and so they hibernated for eight long, dark months, consuming what they had earned during the short summer sea son. Winter was time for gambling and dissipation, and they all collected at Forty Mile and whiled away the long night of self-imposed imprisonment.
 Though the people of Forty Mile still expect quite a muster from the mines at the approach of cold weather, there is very radical change from the old order. They have discovered that they can accomplish more in winter than iE summer, and as a consequence the working year is three times as long as it used to be. And here comes the utili ty of classifying the diggings according to their depth. If the gold lies only from two to six or seven feet from the surface it is necessary to remove all the worthless ground, throwing it to one side after the pay dirt is taken out, after which it may be piled where it was originally taken from. The diff culty of such mining is increased three fold by the fact that the ground is frozen. Every foot of it, either in singing or drifting, has to be thawed by small fires. The shallower mines, the whole process being in the open air, are worked in summer
 In the other kind, where the gravel is more than seven feet from the surface, they sink a shaft for a beginning and then burrow or drift under the super ficial part, removing only enough dirt to allow space to work in. These opera tions being underground, where the miner is protected from the weather, are better adapted for the cold season. So the miner builds his cabin at the mouth of the shaft, gets in a supply of wood to the most accessible place and tranquilly views the approach of cold weather. If he is of provident habit it is not necessary for him to expose him self greatly. He must bring to the sur face and dump possibly ton of "dead" ground in day, and also carry to safe place a few hundred pounds of pay gravel. There is no necessity for being out of doors more than minute or two at time.
 If one is prepared for them the win ters at the mines are not bad by any means. Seventy degrees below zero is about the coldest, but that is not of ire quent occurrence. There is a good deal of dry, still weather, with the ther- mometer from ten degrees to thirty de- grees below, and as much, probably, early and late in the season, when it hardly falls below zero. have met men who have wintered on Forty Mile in an ordinary tent.-Chicago Record.
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from head to foot and mumbled some thing about not being mind reader, and that all I had to do was to do as I was told. He motioned me to move on. We'll, moved, but not far, say a dozen feet. Two men were standing in the middle of the passageway engaged iR conversation. They were bareheaded and not in uniform. Believing them to be couple of senators, who had just stepped out of the senate chamber. I gave them only a passing glance and walked on. Instantly I felt a hand placed on each shoulder and fusillade of questions was fired atme. They were the same old questions.
 was getting madder every minute and was obliged to call up all my re- serves to keep my temper. answered their questions as civilly as I could under the circumstances. Twas getting dreadfully tired of discussing myself. I had come to Washington to learn of Washington, not to become better ac- quainted with my own uninteresting self.
 Fortunately I was then within few feet of the correspondents room, which l finally entered with sigh of relief. My letter was given to boy, who re- turned with an answer that the core- spondent would see me in half an hour. Left to myself, I resolved to enter the senate chamber and take look at the nations lawmakers in person.
 I had almost as much trouble getting into the senate chamber as I did in finding the correspondent. I passed out into the hall again and opened the first door I came to. I took seat in the gallery and composed myself for
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dered me to sit down. did so, but on a step in the aisle. This must have been a breach of senate chamber ethics for I was not allowed to remain in the aisle. It was evidently football day at the capitol, and 1 was the ball.
 Thoroughly disgusted with all crea- tion, and myself in particular, I left the building with stock of first impress sions which hope will belle the gen eral rule and not last. New Workers are accustomed to feel a degree of self-re- liance which generally stands them in good stead. They reason, more or less correctly, that in city. the most cos mopolitan in the world, the Gothamite meets with so much variety and sees so many types of humanity that noth-
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ly subduing. It all came about through visit to the capitol. entered its DOT tals with a goodly degree of patriotism and healthy estimate of my own mer- it's. I emerged with an overwhelming sense of the dignity and importance of all about me and with absolutely no self-esteem whatever.
 had promised friend, who is the editor of 8 prosperous newspaper, to jot down on paper my first impressions of Washington and illustrate them from sketches of incidents which might att tract my notice.
 Armed with letter of introduction to his Washington correspondent, I sallied forth to the capitol, where I was to meet him. He was to be found in some part of the building reserved for the press. While on my hunt for that press room I passed through an emo tional cyclone as well as seemingly endless corridors and railways, and it was not until the services of an army of doorkeepers and other officials had been called into requisition that found the room.
 was a peaceful American citizen on a harmless and peaceful errand. If I had been a suspicious person, loaded to the teeth with bombs and other in struments dangerous to the stability and welfare of society, doubt whether
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ing; that they require no comfortable quarters or bedding or any of the other requisites of the white farm laborer, and that they board them selves.
 In many of the trades the Chinese have busted white competition. They practically have the monopoly of the manufacture of shirts, overalls, boots and shoes, cigars and cheap clothing Many large wholesale dealers employ Chinese to make their goods, for when properly taught, the Celestial is an ideal hand" on sewing machine. He makes every bit of work absolutely ac- cording to pattern, and he works stead- fly ten hours day like piece of mae chinery. But most of the Chinese goods are made in large factories run by Chi nese. In several of these establish ments the curious spectacle is present. ed of white boys and girls working un- der Chinese bosses. If you ask these white girls how they are treated, they will tell you that they prefer to work under Chinese overseers, because these men never annoy them with personal attention or show any favoritism.
 In business the Chinese is known as one of the sharpest traders, as keen and as sure to get the better of his competitor as a Yankee; but even his enemies admit that be is square" What the Chinese agrees to do he will do to the letter, though you have only a verbal contract with him, and he will supply you with the exact quality of goods of which he has shown you
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GEORGE HAMLlN FITCH.
ARTIFICIAL SILK.
How Large Quantities of 1t Are Manu.
 factured in France.


 Many people are feeling interest iI the manufacture of silk from wood pulp, as it bids fair to become greatin dustry. Count Hilaire de Chardonnei had been for g. long time making ex periments in this direction, meeting with many difficulties and discourage ments, until he felt that he had achieved degree of success that warranted hi, founding, in 1891, a company to worl his invention. The enterprise is grea, commercial success. He has continuaI ly since that time employed large number of chemists and eminent en gineers to aid .him in his process, until now at Besancon 200 kilos of silk are made daily, of a quality said 10 rival the best products of Chinaa and Japan. Int demand is so great that this factory is to be enlarged in order to put out oyei 800 to 1,200 kilos per diem. Here 12,00e little glass silk worms are utilized these being fractions of glass tubes, oi which the lower extremitv has capillary opening, through which passes, by the action of powerful pres, outV, d liduIu lIdtlcl, HAiCA iS BlOlO~ eellulose, in the form of a special col. lodion. This is transformed by drying into a filament of silk scarcely percepti- ble, and serves to constitute the final thread.
 No fewer than ten of these would be required to make up the thickness of a human hair. These almost invisible filaments, forced through the orifces of the tubes under pneumatic pressure, are passed by nimble-fingered girls through the guides and on the bobbins- After being spun the silk must ba denitrifed, to render if noneindamma ble. Finally, the hanks arc placed on two revolving rollers, which stretcl1 sp iron them, producing that high d< of luster which is ' notabla felt K
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sample. It is the failure to adopt the | same course with him that has cost so many California merchants valuable trade, for the Chinaman never forgives the white man for any intentional de- | ceit in business Speculation, efnbez- | clement, fraudulent bankruptcy, all are unknown to the Chinese merchant. He looks forward to the New Years festi- val as the yearly accounting time, and he strains every nerve to settle his af- fairs and pay all obligations. It is re- garded as the deepest disgrace to be unable to present a clean balance sheet at that time.
 With such qualities, and with pa- tience, perseverance, industry and econ omy, the Chinese is not a bad fel- low if he could be separated from his vices and made to conform to our civ ilization. But as this is impossible, no community can afford to have too large a percentage of coolies. At the present rate of decrease the Chinese will soon be memory in California. The census of 1890 gave the number in the state as 71,066. In six years this has been cut down to 3O,0O0 San Francisco's Chinatown 20 years ago had as many residents as there are Chinese to-day in the whole state. This Chinatown is the great showplace of San Francisco, and naturally, for it gives the tourist as good an idea of Chinese life and cus- toms as he would get in the native quarters of Hong Kong or Shanghai. The old business buildings have been converted into huge lodging houses, some of them accommodating in former times as many as 1000 Chinese. Each story is divided into two, and by means of galleries a building that would be crowded with 30 whites is made to hold 100 Chinese. About 1876 Chinatown saw its best days. Then the decline began, until now fully one-third of the stores and houses are empty, and trade has shrunk to pitiful proportions.
 Yet with all this decay the Highbind- CT associations keep up their strength. These societies are organized mainly for blackmail. Under the guise of pro tecting merchants they make all men of means pay them regular tax; they also levy toll on all gamblers and other questionable characters. Many mer- chants who object to their methods are forced to submit to their exaetions
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quiet view of the proceedings. was alone save a couple of Mexican Indians who were seated some distance away from me.
 Beg pardon, sir," said voice behind me. Are you diplomat?"
 'No," I said, and truthfully. My re- cent experience with capitol high mightiness had convinced me of that.
 "Wen, you can't stay here. This gal lery is reserved for the diplomatic corps"
 was led out into the hallway, an American citizen, while those redskins were permitted to remain undisturbed. By this time my fighting blood was up. Instead of being bounded by officials, I determined to take hand in the hunt game myself. I was now looking for officials. I found one, of course. They are not hard to find, nothing like so hard as a. New York city policeman.
 Look here" snarled, "is there spot in this blasted building where law abiding American can go without be ing challenged as if he were an an- archist?"
 "Yes, lots. Where do you want to go?"
 'Iwant to go inside the chamber there and watch the proceedings"
 Playing hunter seemed success, for this man was quite civil and ushered
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CHINESE NO LONGER MENACE LABOR.
Fast Disappearing from the Pacific Slope Though the
 Japs Are Increasing
CH1NATOWN
REDUCED TO A SHADOW.
But Condition lmproved-R
 suits kearneYsm.
Copyright. l37.l

San Francisco, March 20.-California Is the most cosmopolitan state in the union, and as San Francisco is its western gateway to the orient and the South sea, it is natural that among the aliens should be a large percentage of Chinese and Japanese. The Chinese have had a great influence on the swift material development of California. They built the first overland railroad across the snow-eovered Sierra Ne vada mountains. But for them the road would have been constructed far .nore slowly, as white men could not be hired to work in the regions of snow aud ice, where the rudest accommodations were lacking. Chinese labor was also largely employed on the Southern Pa cific railroad, which was built across the burning Colorado desert and through Arizona and New Mexico at an average rate of two miles a day. Those were the days when the Chinese were well comed to California, and their labor was looked upon as valuable Soon, how ever, they came in such great numbers and they busted so many white men from employment that the cry went up: ''Fhe Chinese Must Col"
 This cry was taken up by shrewd politicians, and it became the party shibboleth of the thousands who trained under Dennis Kearney, the orator of the San Francisco sandlots, who started so great a movement in California that James Bryce devoted an entire chapter to him in "The American Commonwealth" Kearney preached
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tention.
 Immediately on entering the hallway was stopped by an official who wanted to know all about me, where l came from, what I wanted, what my busi- ness was and my name. told him pretty much all I knew about myself and was directed to climb some stairs and traverse some corridors and l would find the man I wanted to see. Thanking him politely, I started to do the climbing and traversing as he suggested, when I was confronted by another officer, who also wanted 10 Know all about me. This man directed me in an entirely different drectton' The only points of similarity between the two sets of instructions referred 10 the climbing and the traversing. They were evidently inevitable, and oolted for the first pair of stairs l came to. On arriving at the top met another man thirsting for knowledge. l1 is astonishing what interest these doorkeepers feel In their fellow men! A For the third time went through the same inquisition, and was told to go heaven knows where; at any rate, It Vas in direction which did not tally With any of the instructions had be- lore received.
 l was becoming nettled by this time and asked the official what the other sWo blankety-blank flunkies meant py nlsdirectinp mo. He looked me over
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IMPRESSIONS OF WASHINGTON.
What an Artist Saw in a Day
 and a Half
PEACEFUL AMERICAN CITIZEN ON HARMLESS ERRAND.
He Learned More About His Weak Points Than He Had Ever
 Dreamed of Before-IIustrations That Seem to Talk
Copyright, 1S97.1

It was affairs of business nature which sent me recently to Washington, D. c. It was my first visit to that city. remained only day and half, yet during that brief stay learned more about myself, especially my weak points, than I ever dreamed of.
 ran through a gamut of emotions which the veneer of civilization had not, in my case, succeeded in complete
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canrht a Rig Cat.

Herman Gunsallus, of Beech Creek Pa. recently caught large catamoun in a trap at the head of Big Run. The animal measured three feet and seven inches from the tip of the nose to the ftp of the tail. Gunsallus has also caught four bears in traps this winter
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ing can nonplus him. If my Wash- ington experience counts for anything, metropolitan assurance won't work everywhere. My sojourn in Washing ton gave me the most vivid sense of what power and position mean and how insignificant a private individual is. This, of course, did not help my self esteem any.
 ". B. STEWART